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"Defeat the USSR! Liberate Central Asia! ”

"Long live the Republic of China!"

"Long live the President!"

Nothing could stop Yang Qiu from joining the world of competition, and when his declaration of war speech was over, the shouts of a tsunami had erupted on the National Mall outside. Every citizen and soldier who heard the speech had in their chests the anger of the sneak attack, the persistence of defeating the enemy, and the pursuit of building a stronger country. For the first time, the whole of China fell into a frenzy! When the words invasion and danger come up repeatedly, the meaning of the state is sublimated in this moment.

Less than two hours after Yang Qiu's speech, the Congress officially declared war on the Soviet government, announced the passage of the supreme wartime bill, gave the president full authority to handle the country's internal and foreign affairs, announced that the Central Asian independence bill would begin immediately, announced that all collaborators and supporters of the Soviet government would automatically become the offensive targets of the Chinese defense forces, and announced the temporary suspension of the presidential election until the end of the war.

Tens of millions of arms waved and shouted! After more than 20 years of peace, the country has finally gradually recovered under the invasion of the enemy, and although it has not yet reached its most intense moment, it is no less fanatical and paranoid than in Europe and Japan. Yang Qiu is not worried about these. This is the era, a great era full of blood, dreams, sacrifice and dedication! No matter how many conspiracies and intrigues are in it, no matter the means, no matter who provokes the war, the most important thing for him is that the most important thing is this! He finally tied the whole country and the nation to the chariot.

The speeches and declarations were quickly sent around the world by journalists, and many politicians were surprised by the speeches and declarations, not by the declaration of war, not by Yang Qiu's powerful speech, but by the Central Asian independence bill that was being enacted in China. The significance of this bill is too great, if it does pass. If China wins the war, there will inevitably be several, dozens of independent states controlled by China! The entire Soviet Union would collapse and disintegrate.

No one knows whether the collapse of the Soviet Union was a good thing, but Central Asia, with its vast territory and abundant resources, was very unwilling if China was to monopolize it. But Central Asia is not the Pacific, and after Iran and Afghanistan are cut off, not to mention the United States, even the British government will not find any opportunity to intervene. Moreover, China and the Soviet Union have declared war, and no matter which side the United States intervenes in, it will become the target of attack by the other side. Beijing, in particular, has more than just a powerful army at its disposal (Roosevelt considered the air force to be an army aviation). There is also a navy that is expanding by leaps and bounds.

Even Hopkins couldn't do anything about it, sitting next to him and smoking a cigarette weakly: "He's the greatest strategist I've ever met, and he's born with good luck." ”

"yes, he's lucky, and there's an obedient Congress." Roosevelt envied not only the Central Asian controversy. He was also very interested in Yang Qiu's use of war to coerce Congress. He understood that the scale of the war had begun to expand, and the possibility of the United States being alone was already very low, so he couldn't help but ask: "Harry, don't you think his method is very good?" ”

Hopkins smiled: "Yes, the signs of Japan's attack on the Philippines are already very obvious, do you plan to intervene in advance?" ”

Roosevelt understood what he meant. Seriously: "I know, it's too early to intervene. But Harry, do you spot a problem? America is being marginalized! Previously, we had all miscalculated Beijing's technological capabilities. Although their economic numbers are huge, it is because of the numerical advantage of the population. Before the World Fair, they showed only a level of scientific and technological prowess comparable to that of Italy and France, but now? I can't find the words to describe it. Their aviation superiority is a little better than ours. The army's weapons are better than those of Germany, if you speculate according to this. The Navy will not be bad either. Harry, what if Japan loses before we intervene? Or if Japan does not go to war with Beijing at all, then our efforts will be in vain! ”

Hopkins was stunned for a moment, but quickly smiled: "Franklin, your worries are very reasonable, but there is one thing you forgot. The war between Beijing and Moscow must be comprehensive and brutal, the distance between them is so far that whoever wants to conquer the other will have to pay very great sacrifices, and it cannot be done in a short time. Maybe Mr. Yang Qiu has technical abilities in his hands that we don't know about, but his battlefield is too vast. Now is just the beginning, and the pressure will increase when the war enters the middle stage. As for his relationship with Japan, he could not coexist, so he needed to face the pressure of fighting on two or even three fronts. ”

Although Roosevelt knew that what he said was reasonable, the war would not end in a short time, and the United States and himself still had enough opportunities. What he's really worried about is the Atlantic! If Stalin loses this battle, it will inevitably lead to a weakening of the European direction. Why avoid fighting on two fronts, Moscow had to go and show goodwill to Germany. For Britain, France, and even the United States, Germany was dangerous, but not fatal, because Germany was so short of resources that it could not even scrape together a minimum of oil, and it needed to rely on Norway for iron ore. But if the USSR traded these for not going to war, or even a direct alliance! That would be a disaster for the Atlantic.

If that happens, the United States will probably have to make a choice, so it thought for a while and said, "Harry, help me call Marshall and get a comprehensive and detailed grasp of the progress of this war!" Also, help me contact the President of the Senate, it's time to increase military spending and call up more soldiers, I have a hunch that the United States will be forced into the war sooner than we estimate! ”――

The war in Central Asia is in full swing. In order to open up the situation as soon as possible, Kulik, known as the father of red artillery, exerted his ability to watch his own family, and launched a frantic attack on the largest East Kazakhstan battlefield with a total of 15,000 artillery pieces of various types, 2,000 tanks of various types and 60,000 cavalry of three mechanized armies as arrows.

Millions of shells were smashed on the beautiful prairie. The surface, which became the surface of the moon, was littered with craters and wreckage from explosions. Under this powerful firepower, the Soviet army advanced "unusually" smoothly, advancing 120 kilometers to the east in just 72 hours. Hundreds of border towns such as Kainar, Bestamak, Barschats, etc., quickly fell, and tens of thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers were so badly blown up by the shells that suddenly fell from the sky that they had to retreat sharply, which made Stalin, who was angry that the delay in declaring war had caused international public opinion to be passive, was ecstatic.

For the USSR. It's a battle we can't afford to lose. The situation in Europe was at a delicate moment, and the delay of the German army in showing a new strategic direction after Poland made Stalin very worried that Germany would take advantage of the opportunity to attack the Soviet Union. Therefore, he cannot lose this war, once he loses, it means that there will be a huge power vacuum in the European direction, and it also means that Britain and France will use the Soviet Union to contain Germany, and the idea of containing Germany will gradually lose interest with the defeat of the Soviet army. So Stalin's order was simple, attack! Offensive! Attack with all your might! With such a thought, Kulik launched an onslaught almost at any cost.

On the contrary, the Kazakh Front of the Northwest Theater led by Xu Shuzheng adopted diametrically opposed tactics. Even if they had air supremacy, they did not rashly launch a counteroffensive. It was just the use of the air force to cooperate with the front-line troops to constantly snipe and consume the strength of the Soviet army. Hundreds of towns in the west were emptied, supplies were burned, and railways and roads were cut off along the central axis of Semipalatinsk-Karakum Fortress (Ayaguz)-Akdouka. In order to delay the pace of the Soviet offensive, induce the Soviet army to invest more troops, and buy time and opportunities for the counteroffensive. Of course, the Air Force will not abandon the offensive because it deliberately reduces its tactical actions, but will concentrate 1,300 bombardment planes on the next day to launch successive large-scale bombardments against Balnaul, Karaganda, Taraz, Turkestan, Tashkent, Dushanbe, Herat, Mashhad, and other strategic points of the Soviet army.

Meantime. In order to reduce the pressure from the northwest, the Persian Gulf Army and the Afghan Army also launched the most fierce attacks on Qom and Herat at the same time. On the fifth day of the war, 60 H-7 bombers of the Persian Gulf Army made their first sortie and bombed Tabriz and Mashhad, known as the southern gates of the Caucasus. And blew up the Caucasus Railway and the Mashhad to Tehran Railway.

But the limitations of the Air Force were gradually revealed in this offensive, the most important of which was the lack of large and medium-sized cities in places such as East Kazakhstan and Central Asia, which could not be used for urban navigation, and also the lack of radio navigation base stations. So the accuracy of the night bombing was low. This shortcoming was quickly exploited by the Soviet army, which frequently used the night to carry out attacks and transfers. Constantly tugging at the Wehrmacht's defensive line. During the day, because the Northwest Command needed to deliberately lure the Soviet troops into the depths, it did not invest all its air power, and has been using small-scale support to help the ground forces.

The battle was carried out in an unusually stalemate, and every position needed to be fought over and over again. Although the front-line soldiers did not know the entire battle plan, they still faithfully performed the sacred duty of defending the country and fighting for every inch of land. In every position, they have to make the Soviet army pay several times or even dozens of times! In the secondary battlefield at the southern end of the lake at Balkhash, due to the natural defensive line of Mount Aitau, the Soviet army's progress was not as smooth as that of East Kazakhstan, and it was only on the fifth day that it advanced less than 50 kilometers. In order to open the situation as soon as possible and put pressure on Almaty to prevent the Wehrmacht from transferring reserves to East Kazakhstan, 10 divisions stationed in Tashkent and Turkestan began to rush to the southern front on the fourth day after the outbreak of war. At the same time, in order to increase the stakes for victory, Stalin again transferred 20 army divisions from Chelyabinsk and other places, of which 8 divisions had just been formed and had not yet completed their training. It also transferred 1,200 aircraft and 630 tanks to continue to increase the number of troops in East Kazakhstan, and even transported the four T34 tank regiments that had not yet been formed from Stalingrad in an effort to completely occupy East Kazakhstan before the opponent counterattacked.

After three days and three nights of hard fighting, the three armies of Kulik and Zhukov finally withdrew on their own initiative with the 22nd Infantry Division of the Fifth Army of the Wehrmacht, occupied Dolon on the Irtysh River, completed the encirclement of Semipalatinsk, and surrounded Longyun's Fifth Army in the area of the Kalba Mountains from Semipalatinsk to Ust-Kamenogorsk, cutting off its connection with the fortress of Karakum.

The Soviets on the other two routes finally crossed the Bakanas River a day later, and the next day reached the Ayaguz River, the most important barrier to the west of the Karakum fortress, and the Soviet advance was only thirty-five kilometers from the heart of East Kazakhstan. At this time, there was also major news on the southern front, after the subsequent 10 divisions of Uzbekistan were put into operation one after another, the Soviet army paid the price of 50,000 dead and wounded, and finally conquered the important town of Ottar in the central part of the Aitau Mountain defense line, and made a small gap in the Aitau Mountain.

Moscow was overjoyed by the successive good news, and Pravda and TASS even used the phrase "imperialism collapsed under the iron heel of the Red Army" to describe the success of the Red Army. But there was a problem that everyone, including Stalin, had overlooked, at this time the total number of troops that the Soviet army had invested in East Kazakhstan and Almaty had exceeded one million, and in order to strengthen the offensive strength, Kulik had successively withdrawn two infantry divisions from the west bank of Lake Balkhash, and sent three infantry divisions of the 16th Army as a strategic reserve to East Kazakhstan as early as possible.

By November 3, only 3 infantry divisions, 5 BT7 tank battalions, 6 artillery regiments and 16 machine-gun battalions remained west of Lake Balkhash, and they were also stationed in Sareshagan, Balkhash and Orta Dereshin, with a total strength of less than 50,000! And the remaining 1 tank division and 4 infantry divisions of the 16th Army are still in Aksu Ayure, more than 100 kilometers away.

After paying the price of tens of thousands of soldiers, the window of the counterattack finally showed the light of day