In the 30s of the twentieth century, Nazi Germany led by Hitler rose rapidly, and the "appeasement policy" adopted by Britain, France, the United States and other Western countries added to the momentum of Nazi Germany

After the outbreak of World War II, the army of Nazi Germany soon swept through Central Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe and the Balkan Peninsula, in 1941, Germany controlled the human and material resources of 16 countries in Europe, including France, western Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, etc., and at this time in the world, only Britain relied on the English Channel to fight against Nazi Germany alone, and at this time, the Soviet Union also cooperated with Germany to take half of the territory from Poland and Bessarabia from Romania, From Finland it took the Hanko Peninsula and the territory close to Leningrad

At the end of the 1930s, after more than ten years of large-scale economic construction, the industrial output value has jumped to the first place in Europe, but the quality of production and people's living standards are far inferior to Germany

First of all, the heavy industry and the military industry of the USSR were systematically relocated to the east of the Urals; Peace talks with Germany should avoid provoking Germany to stabilize China in the East, sign the "Soviet-Chinese Peace Treaty" with China, establish an "Eastern Front," increase strategic depth, and so on

In the process of establishing the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union occupied about 600,000 square kilometers of land according to the secret clauses of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, quickly pushed Finland, Romania and other countries against itself, and was generally condemned by all countries in the world, and in fact the Eastern Front played an extremely limited role in the war

On the German side, the war on the Western Front went smoothly, and only Britain was desperately resisting with the advantage of the sea, which made Hitler feel that he had a chance to free up his hands to deal with the Soviet Union, a big country in the east, and the misjudgment of the Soviet Union by German intelligence agencies also made Hitler think that the Soviet Union was a very easy country to deal with, so he began to formulate a plan to invade the Soviet Union, the plan was codenamed: "Operation Barbarossa"

Thus, the battle plan against the USSR began

The Barbarossa plan was to concentrate a large number of troops to carry out a rapid and far-reaching assault from several directions with a "blitzkrieg", occupy the capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, the second and third largest cities of the Soviet Union, wipe out the main force of the Soviet Red Army in the western part of the Soviet Union, and then drive straight into the hinterland of the Soviet Union, enter the Arkhangelsk, Volga, and Astrakhan lines, and destroy the Ural industrial region with the air force, so as to defeat the Soviet Union

On May 1, 1941, a military parade was held on Red Square in Moscow to commemorate International Labor Day, although Britain and other countries and Soviet spies repeatedly reported to Stalin that Germany would attack the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Stalin believed that Germany had not yet been able to invade the Soviet Union before the war between Britain and Germany was clear, and he even suspected that this was fabricated by British spies in order to pull the Soviet Union into the trap of war against Germany

But Stalin's judgment was wrong ...

According to the Russian scholar Boris? Vadymovich? The Russian version of "The Secret Archives of World War II", published by Sokolov Борис Вадимович Соколов, was published in 2001, and the Chinese translation was published in 2005? Разведка.ТайныВтороймировойвойны? (2001) revealed that Stalin also had a "big thunderstorm plan" Операция 'Гроза' to attack Germany, which was introduced earlier than the Barbarossa plan, but because the Soviet Union's war preparations had not yet met the requirements of the attack, Germany's Barbarossa plan was one step ahead..., Hitler's dissatisfaction with communism has been a long time, and at this time the Soviet Union was not only the largest, but also the only communist country, at least that's what outsiders see, Under these circumstances, the German attack on Russia naturally became a matter of course

What's more, Hitler has been asking for the so-called living space, in Hitler's book "Mein Kampf", he clearly stated that the German people must pursue the so-called "living space" Lebensraum, that is, land and resources, and this living space should be found in Eastern Europe, so the Soviet Union and Germany can be said to have a war

Since there is a war after all, it is natural to strike first...

Before Germany and the Soviet Union joined forces to annex Poland in 1939, the two countries signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which was ostensibly a non-aggression treaty that divided the borders between Germany and the Soviet Union by dividing Poland and other countries, and this treaty shocked the world, because the two countries have long been hostile to each other, and the two countries have completely opposite ideologies Because of this treaty, a great deal of diplomatic relations and trade between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were developed, and the Soviet Union supplied oil and raw materials to Germany, Germany, on the other hand, provided high-tech to the Soviet Union, and despite the treaty, the two countries remained highly suspicious of each other's actions, and a brief period of peaceful relations soon ended in the outright outbreak of war

Teller had always wanted to conquer Western Russia in order to exploit the local Slavs, so he signed the treaty only for a short period of convenience, and the fact that both Hitler and Stalin had great ambitions to conquer the territory led to the eventual outbreak of conflict

This, coupled with the fact that in the Soviet-Finnish War with Finland, the Russian army, which had suffered a great purge, showed the world its internal corruption and extremely low combat effectiveness, which made Hitler himself think that it would only take a short time to conquer Russia

All we have to do is kick the door open, and the whole rotten structure inside will collapse

――――――Adolf? Hitler

In order to prepare for the attack, Hitler sent 320 to the German-Soviet border, repeatedly sent reconnaissance planes to infiltrate Soviet airspace to investigate, and also stockpiled a large amount of military supplies on the Eastern Front, even though such a huge preparation process was carried out, the Soviet Union still did not anticipate the German army's intentions and was completely caught off guard when the war broke out, mainly because Stalin was convinced that the Third Reich could not launch an attack less than two years after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, He was also convinced that Germany would wait until Britain to open up a battlefield, and despite repeated warnings of impending war from Soviet intelligence, Stalin refused to change his mind, believing that this was a disinformation deliberately designed by Britain to bring the Soviet Union to war with Germany

The German government also contributed to this deception, revealing to Stalin that the German troops were being moved only to get away from the range of the British bombers, and Germany even explained to the Soviet Union that they were deliberately trying to make the British think that they were preparing to attack the Soviet Union, when in fact they were preparing to attack the Soviet army and materiel, therefore, until the outbreak of the war, Stalin was not seriously prepared for a possible invasion by the German army, and it should be noted that the communist spy Richard who was lurking in Germany? Sorge had given Stalin the exact date of the offensive before the outbreak of the war, but this information was not taken seriously

In April 1941, Germany also launched a series of feigned attacks against Britain, pretending to be amassing troops in Norway, which were accompanied by a large number of naval ship gatherings, flight surveys, and exercises, and deliberately revealing details of a fictitious invasion plan

It was in this context that one of the deadliest wars of all time began on June 22, 1941

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"Hey, hurry, hurry, if we don't hurry, we'll all run out of wine"..., at an airfield on the Soviet-German border, several Russian ground crews in military uniforms suddenly turned back to their companions who were left behind as they walked in the direction of the barracks

While saying this, they still have a few bottles of vodka dangling in their hands...

The Great Purge, led by Stalin, resulted in the purge of a large number of officers and commanders with combat experience, who were replaced by rookie officers with "political experience" but no combat experience at all

Under the command of these officers, the Soviet Russian Red Army, which had fought bravely and driven the intervention forces of the great powers out of Russia, not only had poor military discipline but also had low combat capability―――――― but then again, even if those experienced officers and commanders were still there, it was estimated that drinking alcohol in the army would not be prohibited, after all, Lao Maozi himself was a nation that had been entangled with alcohol all his life...

And this degree of entanglement is probably like AIDS, there is no way to divide it...

Therefore, even those officers who have taken office and passed the political test will turn a blind eye to the problem of drinking alcohol among their subordinates, because this situation is so common that if you really want to seriously investigate it, not only will you offend people and purge the few remaining combat officers, but even the lowest ordinary soldiers will probably have to be purged with it...

After all, drinking alcohol is a thing that everyone likes in Russia

At this time, the ground crew, who had been lagging behind, hurriedly sped up two steps after hearing the words of his companions

"Wait for me, don't drink all the wine...", the Russian looked back at the airport as he said that, "But then again, is it really okay for you to just park the plane at the airport?" ”

The Russian also pointed to the planes behind him, and behind him, a large number of Russian Air Force planes were closely lined up by the runway, neither evacuating nor doing any protective measures

However, it is not surprising that Stalin's stubborn personality prevented him from accepting any unfavorable subordinate advice, coupled with his blind faith in the non-aggression pact, he increasingly overestimated the strength of the Soviet Union in the spring of 1941, Stalin's intelligence agencies constantly warned of the imminent German invasion, but Stalin's attention was not taken seriously, although Stalin and his staff also recognized the possibility of an attack, but because of Stalin's superstition about the strength of the Red Army, the Soviet Union decided to avoid provoking Hitler

The consequence of this series of mistakes was that the Soviet troops on the border were not put on alert at the beginning of the war, and even in the event of an attack, they had to ask the top for permission before they were allowed to counterattack

Therefore, until now, most of the Soviet units have remained in peacetime, that is, unguarded ...

Therefore, after hearing the concerns of their companions, the ground staff who were carrying wine bottles all smiled

"What are you worried about, the only ones who will attack us now are Germany and China, China is too far away from us, and Germany is picking up the British..." ”

Before the war, the Soviet propaganda machine was constantly propagating the strength of the Red Army, declaring that any aggression against the Soviet Union would be easily repulsed, not to mention what the high-ranking figures above thought, at least ordinary Red Army soldiers and junior officers were still convinced of this, and many Soviet Red Army Red Army members even kept thinking about liberating the local Slavs south of the Volga River...

After hearing his companion's words, the ground crew nodded and didn't say anything, just looked back at the planes that were densely placed in the open air next to the runway, and he was still a little worried in his heart

But after thinking about it, ......, "Now that the Germans are cleaning up the British in the English Channel, it shouldn't be possible to come to our side..."

Thinking so, the Russian was also much more relieved

"Let's go inside and drink..."

I have to say that the Slavs are indeed a people who are related to alcohol, so even now when they are still on duty, there are still many officers and soldiers who get together to drink vodka...

However, just as the group had just walked into the barracks and were about to get together for a drink, there was a sudden hum of a piston engine outside...

At this time, a few people in the barracks had just drunk for a while, so they were dazed before drinking, but they still wondered for a while when they heard the sound of the engine outside

"Strange, I remember there was no plane taking off today."

As he said this, one of them stood up with a bottle of wine and walked out the door to see what was going on

A few of the companions at the wine table didn't care, anyway, how to drink or how to drink

But it didn't take long for the man who had just gone out to run back with a pale face, looking overly frightened

"Virtue ...... It's German."

It looked like the wine had fully woken up, and as if to cooperate with him, a series of explosions had already been heard before his words fell, and the guy who was still outside the door was swept into the house by the air wave generated by the explosion

"Damn, it's an enemy attack"

The leader yelled, threw the bottle aside in his hand, and then ran out of the house, and several other people in the house saw that he was going out, and quickly ran out

At this time, the alarm in the base also sounded, but at this point, it is estimated that no one knows what is happening...

When a few people ran out of the house, they found that the sky was almost covered by German bombers and fighters, and deadly bombs were constantly falling from the bombers

At this time, the dense placement of planes on the runway became a complete disaster, because bombers could easily destroy multiple planes at once

"These damn Germans, actually launched an air strike"

I don't want to think about how tempting my previous defenselessness was, and the commander of the German bomber base who looked at the sky cursed loudly

However, due to the purge and defenselessness, the Red Army soldiers in the base were almost unable to organize resistance, and almost all the planes in the base were blown up on the ground during the entire air raid, and the number of planes that could survive the death was pitiful...

And by the time the German air raids were over, all they were left with was a mess of air bases...

Looking at the base after the air raid, the base commander who survived the death was almost about to grit his teeth

It's just that while feeling sorry for the loss, he is afraid of the results of the treatment of him from above, as a "politically strong" senior officer parachuted in after the Great Purge, he can be said to remember everything that happened during the Great Purge, if what happened to him at that time...

"What should I do..."

Being made like this by the Germans in an unguarded situation, just think about it and the commander is terrified ...

In fact, he did not need this at all, because the Germans' "Barbarossa Plan" was carried out quite perfectly in the defenselessness of Russia, so the airfields and other facilities on the Soviet-German border were now almost in shambles, and he was only one of them

Let alone...

After the air raids, the German Army had already crossed the Soviet-German border and launched its strongest offensive against Russia

Although no one knows what the final outcome of the war will be, at least so far the German offensive has been extremely smooth, and the defenseless Russian Red Army, which has undergone a great purge, has been unable to organize effective resistance in the face of well-trained German troops, and troops on the front line have to ask permission from the top for permission to counterattack even when attacked

In such a situation, it would be a strange thing if the Russians did not defeat ...

"Anyway, it's finally begun..."

Not long after signing the "Exchange Act" with the British, Yan Guang said softly after listening to the MIA's report on the smooth progress of the "Barbarossa operation".

"Increase the supply support to Germany, if necessary, directly through the air force, and contact the Russians to ask if they need our help..."

Yan Guang didn't want Hitler to win, but he didn't want Hitler to lose too quickly like in history, so...

"It's more lively, the more lively, the better..."