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When the Chinese Empire started printing money printing machines to print dragon coins on a large scale and squeeze the hard-earned money of people all over the world, the Soviet-German war also entered the most critical moment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ╔╗

After the Battle of Kiev, the Soviet Red Army had no more reserves. In order to defend Moscow, the Soviet government had to draw a large number of troops from the Sino-Soviet border on the western front and the Soviet-Turkish border on the southern front, but most of the troops were not adequately equipped and lacked armored troops and fighters.

The German "Barbarossa" battle plan planned to occupy Moscow by December and break the last resistance of the Soviet Union, but by the beginning of November, the German army still failed to launch a full-front attack on Moscow, resulting in the failure to achieve the intended goal.

This was mainly due to the fact that Germany's crude oil supply was urgent, the German army's battle line was stretched too long, and the muddy roads in the Soviet Union in autumn and winter seriously affected the marching speed of the German mechanized troops, which greatly increased the difficulty of the German army's logistical supply.

In order to solve the problem of crude oil supply, the German army had to transfer the main forces to attack the Ukrainian zone and advance in the direction of Transcaucasia. In the first battle of Kiev, the German army disabled nearly one million Soviet troops, captured nearly 700,000 people, and obtained a large number of weapons and ammunition from the Soviet army, but the most important thing was to get 4 million tons of oil stored by the Soviet army in the Ukrainian war zone, which made the German army's war machine run at high speed again.

The Germans captured more than 4,000 tanks of various types, more than 1,000 planes and more than 40,000 artillery pieces of the Soviet army, and this batch of military equipment was quickly replenished to the German combat units, which greatly increased the degree of mechanization of the German army, from one-third to two-thirds of the previous mechanization. Became the most mechanized unit among the belligerents. Of course, it is still incomparable with the Chinese emperor who has fully realized mechanized equipment.

The German victory at the Battle of Kiev gave an unparalleled boost to the morale of the German army, for which Hitler trumpeted the German Army as the most powerful in the world. Even the entire Allied world cheered for it, and even took the Imperial Chinese Army in its eyes.

For this, the German High Command on October 27, 1941. An operational plan for "Operation Typhoon" was also drawn up. The Germans had already delayed four weeks of valuable strategic time, so in order to complete the Barbarossa plan. The Germans were to take Moscow in 10 days. In the last days of October, the Germans assembled their forces and prepared for the "Typhoon" offensive.

On November 2, 1941, Fedor? Feng? Army Group Center, commanded by Bock, finally launched an attack on Moscow, codenamed Operation Typhoon. ╔╗ The Germans considered Moscow to be of great political and military strategic importance. The Germans planned to carry out a surprise attack with various tank groups to cut through the Soviet defenses, encircle and annihilate the Western Front, the Reserve Front and the Bryansk Front in the Vyazma and Bryansk areas, and then encircle Moscow from the north and south in a powerful and rapid cluster. Simultaneously with the frontal offensive of the infantry corps, the capture of the Soviet capital.

To this end, the basic forces of the German army were concentrated in the area of Army Group "Center" east of Smolensk (commanded by Field Marshal Bock). Army Group "Center" has the 9th (commanded by General Strauss), 4th (commanded by Field Marshal Kruger), 2nd Army (commanded by General Weix), 3rd tank (commanded by Admiral Hort), 4th (commanded by Admiral Hoppner), and 2nd Cluster (commanded by General Guderian), with a total of about 1.8 million men, 6,700 tanks, more than 44,000 artillery pieces and mortars, and 2,390 aircraft.

This time the Germans were not only numerically superior. Moreover, by capturing a large number of advanced tanks, aircraft and artillery of the Soviet army, it also had an advantage in the quality of weapons. On the other hand, the Soviet army lost three-quarters of its mechanized army and equipment, and the Soviet army fell into an unprecedented weak state under the balance of strength between the two sides. Of course, this does not include the newly built group army with medium armament in the rear of the Soviet army.

After Zhukov's persuasion. Stalin eventually agreed to continue the adaptation training of the Central Ordnance Army in the rear, believing that Moscow could be held with the current forces. For the sake of the final plan for a great counteroffensive, Stalin chose to endure for the time being.

The Soviet armies that took part in the Battle of Moscow were: the Western Front, the Reserve Front, the Bryansk Front, the Kalinin Front, and the Right Wing of the Southwestern Front. By the end of October, the Western Front of the Soviet Army (commanded by Colonel-General Konev) had jurisdiction over the 22nd Army (commanded by Major General Vostrukhov), the 29th Army (commanded by Lieutenant General Maslennikov), the 30th Army (commanded by Major General Khomenko), the 19th Army (commanded by Lieutenant General Lukin), the 16th Army (commanded by Lieutenant General Rokossovsky), and the 20th Army (commanded by Lieutenant General Yershakov). The defense of the area northwest of Yelnya was more than 300 kilometers wide. The Reserve Front (commanded by Marshal of the Soviet Union Budyonny) defended frontally with the 24th (commanded by Major General Rakutin) and 43rd Army (commanded by Major General Sobennikov) in the 100-kilometer area in the direction of Roslavli, while the remaining 31st (commanded by Major General Dolmatov), 49th (commanded by Lieutenant General Zakharkin), 32nd (commanded by Major General Vishnevsky), 33rd Army (commanded by Brigade Commander Onupryenko) were placed in the rear of the Western Front. ╔╗The Bryansk Front (commanded by Colonel-General Yeremenko) has jurisdiction over the 50th (commanded by Major General Petrov), the 3rd (commanded by Major General Kreuzel), the 13th Army and one army group, and holds an area west of Bryansk and south of which is more than 300 kilometers wide.

The three fronts of the Soviet army totaled more than 1.25 million troops, 990 tanks, 7,600 artillery pieces and mortars, and 677 aircraft. Compared with the German army, the Soviet army was at an absolute disadvantage.

According to the "Typhoon" plan, the German 2nd Panzer Group began an offensive in the Bryansk direction on October 30, and the 3rd and 4th Panzer Groups on November 2 in the Vyazma direction. Despite the stubborn resistance of the Soviets, the Germans were so heavy that they quickly allowed the Germans to break through the defenses. The German 2nd Army broke through the line of the Soviet 50th Army and captured Bryansk.

On 3 November, Orel fell. The Germans advanced along the Orel-Tula road. West of Moscow in the direction of Vyazma. The Western Front and the Reserve Front fought hard defensive battles. On the 7th, the Germans reached the area of Vyazma, where most of the armies of the two fronts were encircled and held up until the 12th and 13th.

On the 13th, most of the Soviet Vyazma Group was annihilated. The besieged army later broke out of the encirclement, and some remained behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla struggle. The Bryansk Front, having found itself in the predicament of the battle, also retreated, on the 23rd. Most of the Soviet Bryansk group was annihilated. The Germans again captured more than 670,000 Soviet troops in the Battle of Vyazma-Bryansk, and the German army achieved unprecedented results. Shocked the world again.

The Mozhaisk defensive line thus became the main area of resistance for Moscow close to the ground. The total number of Soviet armies in the four armies was only about 90,000. These forces were not enough to build a strong defense along the entire strip. In order to improve the command of the army, the Western Front and the Reserve Front were combined into the Western Front on November 10, with General Zhukov as commander.

After Zhukov was instructed, Stalin overrode public opinion and reorganized the elite units of the 9 armored brigades of the all-Chinese armament army deployed on the Sino-Soviet border for retraining, as well as the 25 mechanized divisions that had not been formed into infantry divisions, and successively transferred them west to the suburbs of Moscow, quickly rebuilding the four army groups, and mobilizing the citizens of Moscow within three days. Twenty-five workers' battalions, 120,000 militia divisions, 169 street fighting squads were organized, and 450,000 men were mobilized to build three fortifications around the city, of which three-quarters were women. ╔╗

By the end of November, women and children alone had built 72,000 kilometres of anti-tank trenches and excavated more than 3 million cubic metres of earth. The city of Moscow, which was in a state of defense, was tightly sealed by barricades, deer barricades, and fortifications. As a result, there is a severe shortage of food.

From mid-November to early December, in a number of fierce battles in the Mozhaisk defensive area, the Soviet army put up stubborn resistance to the superior German forces, stopping them in the areas of the Rama, Ruza, and Nara rivers.

On November 14, the Germans broke through into the Kalinin area. There are rumors that Moscow is about to fall. Some factories blew up machinery and equipment, and part of the workers fled Moscow.

Although the Germans wiped out a large number of Soviet forces in the Battle of Vyazma-Bryansk, the autumn rain and sleet turned the roads into mud as the weather became colder, and the German offensive was almost paralyzed. The Germans were then forced to halt their advance on all fronts until the ground froze.

The temporary halt of the German troops gave the Soviets precious respite. By the end of November, the Soviet High Command began to withdraw some units as reserves to give them the necessary rest, and new reserves were constantly arriving.

In November, the Germans carried out 31 air raids on Moscow, with a total of 2,000 aircraft participating, of which 278 were shot down and only 72 broke into the skies over Moscow. The Soviet air defense forces relied on advanced anti-aircraft guns and radio proximity shells imported from the Chinese Empire to deal a head-on blow to the Luftwaffe.

At the beginning of December, the Soviet army in Moscow got another 100,000 people, these Soviet troops are very different from the previous Soviet army, they from the steel helmet on the head to the military boots under the feet, from the external equipment to the underwear, all are the standard equipment of the Chinese Imperial Army, except for the dragon totem military medal of the Chinese emperor, everything else is available.

This batch of Chinese-style equipped Soviet troops aroused the unanimous envy of other Moscow Red Army, and the women of Moscow flattered them in groups, and some even thought that the Chinese emperor ** drove in, shouting slogans such as finding a Chinese man to marry to China, and caused a series of commotions.

A large number of Chinese weapons and equipment entered Moscow, including more than 1,000 M28A3 main battle tanks, more than 300 Z29 anti-tank fighting vehicles, and more than 6,000 artillery pieces of various types, which greatly improved the defense capability of the Soviet army. ╔╗

In order to boost the morale of the people and the army, Stalin ordered a large military parade to commemorate the November Revolution on 7 December on Red Square. As the main object of the military parade, the Chinese armament group army cheered up the Soviet people. The parade was inspected in front of the Kremlin and then went straight to the front. The Soviets strengthened the Western Front with a large number of reserves and replenishment, and at the same time removed the Bryansk Front. The various armies were ordered to hold the occupied areas and prevent the Germans from making a detour to Moscow from the northwest and southwest

Beginning on December 13, the cold winter of the Soviet Union came, and as the ground froze, the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Hader, convened a meeting of the chiefs of staff of the various corps at the headquarters of Army Group Center. The "Order for the Winter Offensive of 1941" was issued. Army Group Center concentrated a total of 51 divisions for this purpose. The frontal assault was tasked with Kruger's 4th Army, to its left was Hort's 3rd Panzer Corps and Heppner's 4th Panzer Corps, which were tasked with encircling Moscow from the north and west, respectively; Guderian's 2nd Panzer Corps on the right surrounded Moscow from the south.

On November 14, Stalin and Shaposhnikov gave the order. An order for the Chinese armament army to carry out a counter-assault. Zhukov did not agree to this, but Stalin, anxious to boost the morale of the Soviet military and civilians, again ignored Zhukov's opposition.

The counter-assault was carried out by Rokossovsky's 16th Army and Zakharkin's 49th Army. The targets of the counter-assault were the northern and southern flanks of the German troops in the Volokolamsk area and the lower Nara region.

The combat effectiveness of the two armies, which were equipped with advanced medium-armed weapons, was greatly improved, and the M28A3 main battle tanks met the German tanks No. 3 and No. 4 and the T34 tanks captured from the Soviet army. The tanks were almost one-sidedly slaughtered, and the German 17th Panzer Division suffered heavy losses.

Although the Soviet army won the victory in the local battle, after all, it was equipped with too few Chinese weapons, and the Soviet army was not very suitable for the Chinese weapons and equipment, and the Soviet army took strategic defense as the leading idea, which had little impact on the main force of the German army except for containing part of Kruger's troops. The Germans were well aware that the Soviets did not dare to attack rashly in order to protect the flanks of Moscow. Therefore, avoid engaging them head-on, and instead continue the attack in other directions.

From December 15 to 18, the German army, after adjusting and replenishing, relaunched its offensive on Moscow. ╔╗ The Germans carried out the main assault in Kalinin along the Klin, Rogachevo and Tula directions, respectively, in an attempt to detour Moscow from the north and south.

On December 17, the Supreme Command of the USSR, headed by Stalin, issued Order No. 0428, which was aimed at destroying and burning all residential areas on the front, starting a scorched earth war.

At the end of December, the Germans, paying the price of huge losses, advanced to the Moscow Canal. Capture of Kalinin. The fighting near Moscow became more and more intense, and the Soviets sent countless recruits and volunteers, and even women's battalions were thrown into German machine-gun fire.

After stubborn resistance and several counter-assault battles from the end of December to the beginning of the following year, the Soviets successfully prevented the German attempt to occupy Moscow. Although the Soviet army was often in a critical state, it finally relied on the financial and material resources of the country. After paying a huge price in casualties, it finally held out and consumed the German army.

In the 20 days of fighting from December 16 to January 5 of the following year, the Germans suffered more than 150,000 casualties near Moscow, and lost about 2,800 tanks, 2,300 artillery pieces, and nearly 1,500 aircraft. Most of the German tanks were destroyed by the Chinese-made M28A3 tanks and Z29 anti-tank fighting vehicles equipped by the Soviet army, as well as a large number of anti-tank sniper rifles and anti-tank rockets. Only the artillery positions of the German army were successfully counterattacked by the Soviets with flesh and blood and tenacious mental will.

In addition, the winter from the end of 1941 to 1942 was unusually cold even by Russian standards. Due to the long battle line, insufficient supplies, and excessive consumption during the campaign, the German army had neither defensive positions nor campaign reserves, nor was it prepared to fight in winter conditions. In early November, the roads were usable, but the Germans were underequipped for the winter, believing that the fighting would be over before the winter. Thermal clothing and white camouflage suits were insufficient, and the engines and fuel tanks of tanks and other vehicles could not be started due to low temperatures, which caused a serious demoralization of the German army, while the morale of the Soviet army gradually increased.

For the Soviets in Moscow, the opposite was true. The Soviet troops from near the North Pole had long been accustomed to life in the cold zone, and had enough winter combat equipment, their guns were covered with thermal jackets, antifreeze lubricating, and there were enough cotton clothes, leather boots, and ear protection winter hats to protect against the cold. The 8.5 million pairs of military boots and 10,500 tons of boot-making leather that the Chinese Empire urgently exported to the Soviet Union ensured that the Soviet army could fight in cold conditions. Of course, the Soviet tanks could not be started because of the cold, so the two sides began to abandon their armored forces and fight in the most primitive way.

The German army not only hit a nail in the direction of Moscow, the German 25th Panzer Army, which was advancing from Kiev to Transcaucasia, successively routed six Soviet Panzer Corps in the early stage, destroyed more than 1,300 Soviet tanks, and approached the Transcaucasian oil zone all the way. At the same time, the Germans formed the Transcaucasian assault group. Prepare for a direct capture of the oil-producing areas of the USSR.

Due to the fact that the Soviet Union transferred most of the forces of Transcaucasia to the direction of Moscow to participate in the defense of Moscow, resulting in a shortage of troops in the Transcaucasus, the Transcaucasian Front was already frightened by the steel torrent of the German army, in order to avoid being surrounded by the German army again. To avoid a tragedy like the one in the Battle of Kiev, the Soviets planned to retreat on their own initiative and intended to set fire to all oil extraction and refining equipment.

Stalin immediately objected. Although he was aware of the danger of the oil area falling into the hands of the Germans, without the oil area, the armored forces of the Soviet army would be incapacitated. If even oil is imported from the Chinese Empire. Then the neck of the Soviet army was choked by the Chinese Empire. Stalin was well aware of the strategy of the Chinese Empire, and once that situation occurred, the Chinese Empire would definitely squeeze the hard-earned money of the Soviet people even more, and even direct a stalemate like the First World War again, then the Soviet Union's hard-working economic construction for more than 20 years would be completely finished, and the Chinese Empire would squeeze the last drop of blood.

Stalin would never allow that to happen, so he ordered the Transcaucasian Front to fight to the death and not to retreat.

The Transcaucasian Front has already lost six Panzer Corps in succession. The more elite troops had long been transferred to Moscow by Stalin, at this time General Andonov had less than 230,000 men in his hands, only a pitiful 133 tanks and 667 artillery, and there were a lot of aircraft, and there was an aircraft cemetery of the Tsarist army during the war nearby, which contained tens of thousands of old aircraft, many of which could fly, but it was a pity that the Soviet army did not have so many pilots.

In this case. Andonov could only order the Soviets to fight the German torrent of steel with their flesh and blood. The result was apparently a one-sided massacre by the Germans.

On December 8, the Germans broke through into Transcaucasia, and Andonov was already powerless, and a large number of Soviet troops surrendered, and he did not even have the manpower to blow up the oil production facilities in Mykop and Grozny.

At this critical moment. Under the covert command of the Chinese Empire, the Transcaucasian country of Armenia dispatched six armored divisions and 12 mountain infantry divisions on December 9 to secretly cross the Caucasus Mountains into Almavir, forcibly confiscate the ordnance of the local Soviet army, and take control of the Maikop oil area. At the same time, the Armenian Caspian Navy dispatched 11 destroyers to cover the landing of two motorized rifle divisions in the vicinity of Marachkala.

When the Germans forced down the commander of the Transcaucasian Front, Andonov, and 110,000 Soviet troops, and were happily preparing to receive the rich oil of Mykop and Grozny, they found that they had already been labeled Armenia.

The Germans immediately intervened with Armenia, but Armenia refused. Since the main emissary behind Armenia was the Chinese Empire, Germany had no choice but to beat the dog to see its master, and immediately sent a special envoy to negotiate with the Chinese Empire. However, the Chinese Empire refused to express its position, and only hoped that Germany and Armenia would sit down calmly and negotiate, and the Chinese Empire did not want an armed conflict between the two countries.

The reply of the Chinese Empire was clearly in favor of Armenia, and there was little hope for German negotiations with Armenia, because Armenia was resolute and had already incorporated the two oil fields into Armenia's territory, and Hitler was so angry that his hair stood on end.

At this time, the Soviet side also immediately sent representatives to negotiate with Armenia and thanked the Armenian army for their help. The Soviet Union wanted to send troops to defend Mykop and Grozny with the Armenian army, but Armenia refused. Stalin was also quite dissatisfied with this, but considering the current situation in the Transcaucasus, Stalin chose to compromise with Armenia and temporarily allow Armenian troops to be stationed there, but hoped that Armenia would supply oil to the Soviet Union.

Armenia, under the mediation of the Chinese Empire, agreed to export crude oil to the Soviet Union at a price of 18 dragon dollars per barrel, although this was already the lowest price in the world, 7 dragon dollars cheaper than the oil sold by the Chinese Empire to Germany, but it still made Stalin quite painful.

But Stalin still chose to compromise, he hoped to use this incident to make Armenia go to war with Germany, then the Soviet Union would have one more ally, and at the same time, the Chinese Empire behind Armenia would definitely make a move, and the chances of joining the Entente camp would be greater.

Hitler was well aware of what was at stake, but his hesitation caused discontent among the German troops in Transcaucasia.

On January 17, 1942, the 25th Panzer Army of the German Army in Transcaucasia brazenly launched an attack on the Armenian Army, and the Armenian War broke out. On the same day, Armenia declared war on Germany, which was then forced to declare war on Armenia.

The Chinese Empire, on the other hand, remained neutral, but secretly fully supported Armenia in its war against Germany. This is different from the Chinese Empire's support for the Soviet Union and Britain and France, and the relationship with them is only a monetary relationship, and the weapons exported to them are "foreign trade streamlined". However, Armenia is completely dependent on the wings of the Chinese Empire and is a member of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the Chinese Empire's support for Armenia is all-round, and the empire's high-precision weapons and equipment can basically be found in the Armenian army. The Chinese Empire let Armenia go to war with Germany, in fact, the Chinese Empire wanted to test the real combat effectiveness of the German army through the Armenian army, see how much the gap between the Chinese and German armies was, and lay a good foundation for the Chinese Empire to intervene in World War II in the future. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )