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"Your Majesty, the Soviet Union lost nearly a million more troops in the First Battle of Kyiv, and I don't think they can hold out for long. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗"

From time to time, Zhang Zizhong sent Wang Chenhao a signal that the Soviet Union would be defeated, but Wang Chenhao was unmoved, and he firmly believed that it would be difficult for Germany to defeat the Soviet Union. Even if Germany's current military power is several times stronger than that of Germany in that time and space, the Soviet Union also has the full military support of the Chinese Empire behind it.

For the Chinese emperors, not fighting for a long time has already made them feel itchy. After the outbreak of World War II, which was in full swing, the imperial side was already ready to move.

If the Chinese Empire was forbidden to use force in the era of peace treaties due to international public opinion, but now that wars are going on all over the world, the Chinese Empire's dispatch of troops at this time will also be regarded as maintaining world peace and defending the security of the empire.

However, for the peace-loving citizens of the Chinese Empire, they had the mentality that more was better than less, and that making money was the last word, and that it was difficult for the people to allow the people to intervene in the war unless the imperial government had sufficient legitimate reasons to enter the war.

Wang Chenhao knew very well that the Chinese Empire was like the United States in history at this time, and unless a certain country committed an unforgivable crime against the people of the Chinese Empire, the imperial government would intervene in the war with the support of the people. Otherwise, the people of the empire would not have chosen to go to war without making war money.

Looking at the expressions of Zhang Zizhong and other military officials trying to participate in the war, Wang Chenhao had to appease them.

"That's just a temporary phenomenon!" Wang Chenhao thought for a while, turned his head to look at the crown prince Wang Guoqing and said, "Tell me about the National Day!" ”

As the crown prince, Wang Guoqing has already begun to assist Wang Chenhao in handling military affairs at this time. As Wang Chenhao's successor, Wang Chenhao has directly handed over many important military tasks to him and his staff as a training for him.

It has been more than ten years since Wang Chenhao allowed the prince to participate in the military aircraft. Wang Guoqing was an observer from the beginning. to gradually deal with some small things, and now to the conferment of military ranks below the major general, and the right to appoint and dismiss Wang Chenhao has been handed over to him. ╔╗ And the crown princess also chose Wang Shizhen's youngest daughter Wang Jing, although Wang Shizhen has died. However, Wang Shizhen's influence in the emperor is second only to the emperor, which is of great help to Wang Guoqing to quickly be recognized by the military and stabilized.

"Sons obey orders!" Wang Guoqing saluted Wang Chenhao. Then he turned to the ministers of the army, navy, air and space in the main hall and explained: "That's right! Germany blitzed the Soviet Union and had already achieved a string of resounding victories in the first three months of the war. The Battle of Kiev mentioned by Mr. Zhang was a great victory for the German army, and it is also an indisputable fact that the Soviet Union has lost nearly one million troops. ”

"But!" Wang Guoqing changed his tone and said: "We should take a comprehensive view of the outcome of a war, and we should not draw conclusions based on the victory or defeat of one or two battles, that is too early. ”

Zhang Zizhong asked: "Dare to ask His Highness Gao Jian!" ”

"I can't talk about it!" Wang Guoqing smiled modestly, and then said: "I think the main reason why the Soviet Union has lost several consecutive battles is not that the Soviet army's combat effectiveness is inferior to the German army. It was the Soviet army that was not ready for war because of the influence of the political struggle of the Central Committee of the CPSU. So much so that when the German army attacked the Soviet Union, the Soviet army was stunned all of a sudden, and it has not slowed down until now. ”

Zhang Zizhong nodded, agreeing with Wang Guoqing's point of view, but he objected: "This is like two people fighting, and passerby A beats passerby B with a stick and takes the lead." There are two endings after that. First, A and B did not have a deep hatred, and passer-by A knocked passer-by B to the ground, waiting for passer-by B to stand up and solve the problem. The other ending is that there is a deep hatred between them, and after passerby A beats passerby B unconscious, he will take the opportunity to ask for his life. Then passerby B will never be able to stand up again. What kind of outcome does His Highness think Germany and the Soviet Union will be? ”

Zhang Zizhong's question was very tricky, and all the military ministers, including Wang Chenhao, focused their attention on the crown prince.

Wang Guoqing just smiled faintly, avoided a positive answer, and explained in another way: "I got information from the Intelligence Bureau that since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Germany has invested a total of 4.2 million troops in the allied ** team, including Finland, Bulgaria and Romania, which are divided into three army groups in the north, central and south. ╔╗”

Wang Guoqing paused, and then said: "Take the combat vehicle, the most powerful attack weapon of the armored forces, as an example. The Germans committed more than 3,600 main battle tanks, while the Soviet Union had more than 12,000 main battle tanks of various types with about 3.2 million troops on the western defensive line. It can be seen that at the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union had an absolute superiority in the number of tanks, and our intelligence showed that the Soviet Union had more than 25,000 tanks throughout the country, half of which were deployed in the western region. ”

Before Wang Guoqing had even said the beginning, the military ministers already understood what he meant.

For Zhang Zizhong and others, they obviously know this.

As a socialist country, the Soviet Union had a different ideology from its neighbors. However, the Soviet Union's neighbors were the powerful Chinese Empire and the Third German Reich, so the Soviet Union had to strengthen its military readiness. In addition to the deployment of more than 12,000 tanks, more than 7,800 aircraft and 58,000 artillery pieces of various types in the western Soviet-German direction, more than 10,000 tanks, 4,600 aircraft and 32,000 artillery pieces were deployed on the Eastern Front to defend the Chinese Empire, and more than 3,000 tanks, 1,200 aircraft and 18,000 artillery pieces were deployed against Turkey in the Black Sea direction on the Southern Front.

It can be said that in the 20 th century, the Soviet Army's equipment, which was the largest number of tanks, aircraft, and artillery, the three major indicators for measuring the combat capability of a country's army, was the largest in the world. In this regard, even the Imperial Chinese Army could not match it. At the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Imperial Chinese Army was equipped with a total of 8,600 combat vehicles of various types, 12,200 combat aircraft of various types, and 48,000 artillery pieces. Of course, this is only in terms of the amount of equipment for tanks, planes and artillery. In terms of quality and sophistication. The equipment of the Soviet Army could not be compared with that of the Imperial Chinese Army, let alone that of Germany.

The tanks of the Soviet Army mainly include T-26, T-37, BT series light tanks, T-28 medium tanks, T-35 heavy tanks, and the latest T-34 medium tank. KV-1, KV-2 and other heavy tanks.

At the time of the outbreak of the war, 1225 units of the newly equipped T-34 had already been produced, of which 967 were already equipped with troops. ╔╗ The Western Special Military District of the Soviet Army facing Army Group Center of the German Army. Equipped with 266 T-34s, facing the Kiev Special Military District of the German Army Group South. There were 494 T-34s. The latest Soviet KV heavy tank has 508 units equipped with six mechanized corps.

Compared with the Soviet Union, most of the 3,600 tanks that Germany put into the offensive were No. 2 tanks, 35T tanks, and 38T light tanks, which basically did not have the ability to confront Soviet tanks. The German army's more advanced No. 3 tank had only about 960 units on the Eastern Front, while the No. 4 tank had only more than 400 on the Eastern Front, and there were not many No. 5 tanks. There are less than 100 vehicles, and most of them are experimental models.

"I think everyone is aware of a couple of local tank battles during the Battle of Kyiv!"

Wang Guoqing was referring to the "T-34 crisis" encountered by the German armored forces on the Soviet-German battlefield when they completely annihilated the Soviet Union's Kiev Front.

The so-called T34 crisis refers to the fierce battle between the German tank units and the Soviet tank units during the attack, and the German tank units suffered heavy losses in the face of the T34 tanks of the Soviet Army.

In terms of the performance of the two tanks, the T-34 and KV-1 both have 76 mm guns, which can break through the front armor of the German tanks No. 3 and No. 4 at a distance of about 30-50 mm. The 50 mm 42 x diameter tank gun of the No. 3 tank, the most powerful anti-tank tank in the German army. It took 100 meters to pose a threat to the 34-mm inclined armor of the T-45. The KV-1 tank had armor of up to 75-90 mm in the front and 60-75 mm in the rear of the sides, which could not be done by any German tank gun. As for the 75-mm short-barreled gun of tank four, it is even weaker, and it is difficult to threaten the T-100 at 34 meters.

"How's that going? A couple of small local victories. It is difficult to stop the general trend of defeat as a whole! Zhang Zizhong knew what Wang Guoqing meant, and immediately retorted, and continued: "Although the German army was in an overall inferior state in terms of the number and performance of tanks, the Soviet tank units suffered huge losses in the early stage of the war. According to Imperial intelligence, the more than 20,000 tanks that the Soviet army had stockpiled before the war are now very small. ”

"That's right!" Wang Guoqing acknowledged this, explaining: "As far as I know, the Soviet Union currently has only 1,500 home-made tanks that can be put into combat. ╔╗ Among the tanks lost by the Soviet army, a large proportion were discarded due to mechanical failure and poor maintenance. In the case of the 15th Mechanized Corps, the 64 KV tanks owned by the army lost 56 in a month and a half, of which only 11 were combat losses, another 11 were lost due to crew errors, and the other 34 were abandoned or destroyed due to mechanical failure or insufficient maintenance. In addition, at the beginning of the war, the Soviet army's logistical support was seriously underprepared, and a large number of newly equipped T-34s had no ammunition available, and each vehicle could only be equipped with a few 76-mm shells. A large number of new T-34s could only brave German artillery fire and hit German tanks and artillery with their hulls. ”

Zhang Zizhong said at this time: "It turns out that His Royal Highness also thinks the same as Weichen, and the Soviet Union will definitely not last long if it continues like this." The minister suggested ......"

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet!" Wang Guoqing interrupted Zhang Zizhong's words and said with a smile: "The focus is below. ”

Wang Guoqing continued: "After the Soviet army suffered huge losses in the early stage, the number of tanks has fallen into a disadvantage, but some tank units on the front line have continued to perform well with T-34 and KV-1, creating dozens of tank heroes. At the same time, the Soviet Union imported advanced weapons and equipment from the empire on a large scale, and so far the Soviet army has accepted more than 2,000 tanks, more than 1,800 aircraft and 22,000 artillery pieces. The Soviets' tanks were more advanced than the Germans, and ours were more advanced than the Soviets, but the Soviets did not use them directly, but secretly deployed counterattacks in the rear, which shows that the Soviets are preparing a big counteroffensive plan, just like when the Imperial Army often used defensive counterattack tactics to defeat the enemy. ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "How can the Soviet army be compared with the imperial army. They may not win. ”

Wang Guoqing said with a smile: "Since Lord Zhang also said that it is not possible, then presumably the Soviet Red Army also has a chance of victory!" ”

Zhang Zizhong was speechless for a moment.

Wang Guoqing continued: "If Germany wants to destroy the Soviet Union, it must at least eliminate the Soviets' Central Armament Army Group, right? Then we don't need to intervene until the defeat of the Soviet Army. If the Soviets also lose the last chips. Then it's never too late for us to step in. But if the Soviets stabilize the war, we can continue to make war profits. ╔╗”

Zhang Zizhong seemed to be convinced, so he turned to Wang Chenhao and said, "Your Majesty." The minister also agreed with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's point of view, if the last bargaining chips of the Soviet Union were lost. The empire will act. ”

When Wang Guoqing saw that Zhang Zizhong actually took advantage of him, he immediately rolled his eyes and was speechless.

Wang Chenhao was able to immediately express his feelings and be rubbed by the generals of the main battle faction of the military, who accounted for the majority, every day, which was hard enough.

So Wang Chenhao smiled and said: "If the Soviet Union can't stand it, we naturally have to intervene, and we can't let the flames of war burn to the borders of the empire." ”

Wang Chenhao's words suddenly made Zhang Zizhong and other military ministers excited, this is Wang Chenhao's first statement, and its direction is already obvious. The Chinese Empire would eventually side with the Entente against the Allies.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Wang Guoqing, Zhang Zizhong and others immediately cheered in unison.

However, before the Chinese Empire officially occupied the army, there were still many problems to be solved, and Wang Chenhao never fought unprepared wars.

Wang Chenhao called: "Where is Zhang Ting of the General Armament Department?" ”

"Minister Zhang Tinggong listens to the holy oracle!" Zhang Ting hurriedly came out of the ranks.

Wang Chenhao asked, "What do I want you to prepare?" ”

Zhang Ting then replied: "Your Majesty, under the orders of Your Majesty, immediately organize manpower to tackle key problems, after several months of hard work by the General Armament Department and all the staff of Beiyang Science and Technology Heavy Industry......

"Getting to the point!" Wang Chenhao saw Zhang Ting rambling and immediately rolled his eyes.

"Yes!" Zhang Ting hurriedly picked up the key points and reported: "The antifreeze required by His Majesty has been successfully developed. In addition, the test was successful at the Arctic Mountain Training Center, and after using antifreeze, our armored vehicles have the ability to maneuver at any time in extremely cold conditions. ”

"Good!" Wang Chenhao nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Immediately organize large-scale industrial production and equip the troops!" ”

"Obey the order!" Zhang Ting hurriedly said: "Don't worry about Your Majesty." The minister had already arranged everything in place, and had already ordered the seven large chemical groups of the empire to start mass production. ”

"Good!" Wang Chenhao nodded, showing a smile, and secretly criticized this Zhang Ting, although he spoke verbosity, his ability was still very strong.

Zhang Zizhong has been paying attention to the war in Europe and the United States and the construction of imperial reserves recently, and has been busy lobbying members of Congress and inciting the people to agree to the imperial government's participation in the war, but has not noticed anything else.

At this time, Zhang Zizhong asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled and said, "I guess what will happen to the vehicles used by the German armored forces after they enter the Soviet Union!" ”

Wang Chenhao deliberately sold a pass to make everyone speculate, and Air Force Minister Liu Xiang said directly: "The transportation in the Soviet Union is said to be a mess, and it is estimated that it is difficult for German mechanized troops to deploy in the Soviet Union." ”

Navy Minister Lin Jianzhang suddenly said: "That was a few decades ago, and now the Soviets attach great importance to transportation construction, which has been greatly improved." ”

Zhang Zizhong shook his head and said, "Isn't the biggest problem of vehicles traffic?" What else could be a problem? ”

Wang Chenhao turned to Wang Guoqing and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Guoqing lowered his head and made a contemplative appearance, but he was giving Zhang Tingan a look next to him, who hurriedly whispered the temperature.

Zhang Ting's voice was only enough to reach Wang Guoqing's ears, and because Wang Chenhao's dragon chair was some distance away from the ministers, Zhang Ting's whispering would not be heard by Wang Chenhao.

Wang Guoqing suddenly said: "Enlightened father, it should be related to temperature!" ”

"That's right!" Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "I have learned that the fuel used by the vehicles used by the Germans' armored troops and logistics troops is not resistant to cold and cold. Take the diesel used by the German side as an example, it will condense when the temperature is below zero. ”

As soon as Wang Chenhao said this, Zhang Zizhong and other military ministers suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Wang Chenhao had always been optimistic about the victory of the Soviet Union, and it turned out that this factor was taken into account.

Before this, Zhang Zizhong and other military ministers had always been not optimistic about the Soviet Union, but now when they heard Wang Chenhao's words, everyone suddenly discovered the huge military value.

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly said: "The Soviet Union is located in a bitter cold place, once the winter comes, the temperature in the area north of Moscow drops to at least minus forty or fifty degrees, not only the diesel used by the German mobile units will condense, but even the cooling water pipes of the motor vehicles will freeze, then the German armored forces will fall into a place of no return." ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "So I ordered Zhang Ting earlier to be responsible for developing anticoagulants in extremely cold climates and various emergency measures to prevent motor vehicles from stalling due to cold!" Fortunately, Zhang Ting fulfilled his mission and successfully completed it, so that the armored forces of the Imperial Army would not have to worry about this problem. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers shouted in unison.

Wang Chenhao was very happy, so he asked Zhang Ting to share the research and development of vehicle anticoagulants with the ministers.

It turned out that after Wang Chenhao learned of the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the first thing that came to his mind was the main reasons for the defeat of the German army's powerful armored forces, including natural factors.

Napoleon and Hitler, two powerful figures in Europe, were defeated by Moscow, the former because Moscow burned down and the French army was defeated because it could not withstand the cold, and the latter also caused the vehicles of the armored and logistics units to break down en masse because of the cold.

Wang Chenhao not only thought of the reversal of the Soviet-German war, but also worried about the weakness of the Chinese imperial team in this regard through the lessons of history. Although the Chinese Empire is a global leader in petrochemical technology, it has not paid attention to the natural factors in this area before. The imperial ** team basically hibernates in winter, and rarely conducts large-scale training, especially the armored forces have reduced their training in this area in consideration of the maintenance cost in winter.

In the past, this was not a problem, because the armies of all countries in the world adopted the same hibernation policy in the middle of winter, and it has been like this since ancient times, and there are basically no wars in winter.

However, Wang Chenhao considered that once the Soviet Union reversed Germany and became stronger as it did in history, then sooner or later there would be a war with the Chinese Empire, and the Imperial Chinese Army would have to learn a lesson and make military preparations in this regard in advance.

For the petrochemical technology of the Chinese Empire, it was easy to develop high-performance anticoagulants, but it had not been paid attention to before.

Zhang Ting personally supervised and commanded, and completed the development of anticoagulants and the technical reserve of industrial production in less than three months. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )