1941, June.

The summer of '41 was hotter than ever, and the manic war clouds seemed to turn the whole world into a stewed pot, in which the people of the warring nations were put into it. In the face of all-out war, everyone is waiting with bated breath, for fear that one day they will be drafted into the battlefield or die under the explosion of a single shell. As China and the United States, which have not yet participated in the war, the lives of ordinary people are repeated in worry, excitement, happiness, fear, and schadenfreude, especially the Americans, who believe that the United States is blessed with unique advantages and has a geographical advantage that is difficult for the enemy to conquer, and has become the most leisurely people, sitting on the shore and watching the fire, appreciating the suffering of the people of other countries.

"Chairman, this is the information we have just received, and according to the Germans' notification of the date of the operation, the Barbarossa plan will be launched in a week's time. In order to further confuse the Soviets, Germany made preparations for a large-scale sea-crossing operation off the coast of Holland and France, and deliberately leaked a fake plan called Kerroman to the British, and an unprecedented fierce air battle broke out between Britain and Germany over the English Channel. ”

In the combat conference room of the base camp of the Chinese head of state, all of them were high-ranking generals of the republic.

Su Yuren, head of the Supreme Operations Department, took the report on the Barbarossa plan that had just been analyzed and sorted out by the staff officers of the Führer's base camp, and reported to Zhang Shusheng, "It took the Germans more than four months to extract as many as 100 divisions of troops to go to the Eastern Front, and according to our intelligence summary, it is estimated that the Germans have concentrated about 230 divisions, more than 4,700 tanks, more than 5,500 aircraft of all kinds, more than 52,000 artillery pieces, and a huge number of fleets. The Germans will use the blitzkrieg, which they do best, to give the Soviets a head-on blow. ”

"Huh? In this way, Hitler wanted to repeat the miraculous victory in France on the Soviets. Zhang Shusheng frowned slightly, although the Germans are indeed much stronger than the Third Reich in the original history, have more allies, and have more appropriate strategic choices, Hitler even played the trick of assassination + hatred, trying to deceive the Soviets. However, the combat scale of this Barbarossa plan has increased by at least 20% compared with the original history, especially the tank armored forces, and the combat level of the armored forces of the Germans has reached at least the level of the peak period in 1943 in the original history.

In contrast, the Soviets were faced with an unknown China and an equally fierce China, and if they were not careful, they would be wiped out.

According to Zhang Shusheng's thinking, it is impossible for Stalin not to have foreseen such a dangerous surname, and as for Hitler's performance and bravado, it is difficult to really deceive Stalin. Perhaps Stalin may have been deceived by the Germans in history, but in the current situation that is extremely unfavorable to the Soviet Union, and even the Sino-Soviet border war has turned to the defensive, it is impossible for Stalin not to see this extremely dangerous surname.

What if you see it? Could it be that if you take the initiative to attack the Axis powers, you might perish more quickly, and you will be heavily armed on the Eastern Front, relying on strong fortifications, permanent fortifications, large groups of native air defense fighters, and armored corps that are not enough to defend but have more than enough to attack and kill the enemy.

"Chairman, according to the latest information we have just received, it is possible that the Germans have informed us of a false period, and that they are likely to act a few days in advance. According to the report of the agents in Zaoben, even Yu himself did not know the exact time of the attack, and the general command of the coordinated operation was in the hands of the German adviser Field Marshal Moder, and as many as one staff group of Germans had been stationed in Korea to take charge of the battle plan named Far East Glory. General Luo Feng, director of the Intelligence Department of the Führer's base camp and director of the Intelligence Department of the Republic, talked about the latest intelligence.

"Well, Wei Guo, tell me about the situation in North Korea." Zhang Shusheng turned his head to look at the Northeast Garrison Command, the supreme commander of the Northeast People's Army, Lieutenant General Huo Weiguo, who had just flown from Shenyang to Hanjing in the morning to attend this emergency meeting of the head of state's base camp.

"Yes, Führer!" Huo Weiguo got up and saluted, then walked to the front of the northeast map on the left side of the war room, picked up the baton, pointed to the map of China and North Korea, and said, "According to the previous Sino-German tripartite secret agreement, the report sent to us by the Sino-German Joint Operations Command has reached 1 million troops, and there are still a large number of follow-up divisions that can land at any time. According to the plan agreed upon by the Germans, at the beginning of the Barbarossa Plan, the Far East Glory Plan was to be carried out at the same time as the attack on the Soviet Red Army in the Far East.

In order to cope with the build-up of the troops and prevent emergencies, the total strength of the Northeast Garrison Command was expanded from 580,000 to the strength of the five group armies, totaling nearly 700,000 troops, in accordance with the order of the Supreme Operations Department. The garrison area has made all kinds of emergency preparations to prevent the dog from jumping over the wall in a hurry, secretly turning the situation into an attack on our country. ”

Jiang Baili, Chief of the General Staff of the Republic and Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Operations Department, added to the defensive deployment of the three northeastern provinces, "According to the order of the chairman of the committee, the base camp has formulated a plan for the defense of the northeast this time.

First of all, once the war starts, the Northeast Garrison Command will immediately be reorganized into the Northeast Front Army in accordance with the wartime policy, and will be commanded by Lieutenant General Huo Weiguo.

In order to strengthen the defense in the northeast, Lieutenant General Tao Qian was ordered to lead the First Armored Army to be stationed in Shenyang in February this year. It has three tank divisions, as well as only one self-propelled heavy artillery brigade and one self-propelled air defense brigade under its command, and its comprehensive combat capability is very strong. One tank division is fully equipped with Tiger III tanks, two tank divisions are equipped with Tiger 2 modifications, and all vehicles are capable of fighting in cold conditions.

In April this year, the 14th Group Army commanded by Lieutenant General Chen Cheng and the 15th Group Army commanded by Lieutenant General Ye Yulong were stationed on the Jilin-Heilongjiang line, and in wartime, they would form the Second Northeast Front Army with the follow-up supplementary troops of the Jinzhou First Line, and Comrade Zhuge Sheng, the former commander of the Tibetan Provincial Garrison Region, would serve as the commander of the Second Northeast Front Army, making the total number of the Northeast People's Army exceed the 1 million mark.

On the front line of Jinzhou, there are still follow-up corps, and the 12th Group Army led by Lieutenant General He Zhiguang can take the train north to support at any time.

In terms of the air force, we have concentrated about 1,500 aircraft of various types in the northeast, and correspondingly, according to our demands, after the Germans made concessions, the Japanese army deployed more than 500 planes in northern Korea near the Soviet Far East, while in the Benhai Sea a number of aircraft carriers, equipped with improved carrier-based aircraft that could take off from the aircraft carriers to launch attacks on the hinterland of the Soviet Far East. The army's lightning operation, the 'Far Eastern Glory' plan, will dispatch the first batch of about 1.5 million troops, nearly 1,500 aircraft of various types, and more than 9,000 artillery pieces to launch a surprise attack on the Soviet Union.

Therefore, we have absolute superiority in land and air, and unless the Soviets suddenly turn around and attack our country, there will be no war in the northeast. In the event of the worst situation, the Northeast Front Army Chiang quickly entered the battle, and the pre-formed Northeast Second Front Army will also be quickly replenished to the front line, and the same can sit back and relax. ”

As soon as Jiang Baili's words fell, all the generals fell into deep thought, what a huge battle plan, Hitler's big strokes, and his own madness were all shocking. You must know that today's army is no longer comparable to the army of the past, with relatively advanced armaments, sufficient logistics, and no China pulling its legs behind; once it attacks the Soviet Union, the Far East of the Soviet Union will fall into a sea of fire, and it will be said that it will sweep the Far East like a locust.

After hearing these situations, Zhang Shusheng also pondered, a Barbarosa plan, a Far East glory plan, are so crazy.

Originally, in history, the Barbarossa plan had more than 190 divisions and more than 3 million troops, but this time, it reached the 4 million mark, even if there was a considerable part of the servant [***] team, it still seemed very large.

This is mainly because the Germans have done a more thorough war mobilization and have a clearer goal, Zhang Shusheng does not know whether Hitler had any thoughts about destroying Britain, but it is definitely Hitler's goal to carve up the Soviet Union with Yuben and even with China.

Historically, Europe was very unstable, and guerrillas appeared frequently, and in order to protect the oil in Bulgaria, the iron mines in Sweden and other countries, and the garrison in Paris, the Germans had a large number of active elite troops were appropriated.

However, the current situation is that Europe is far more stable than the original historical Europe, and many Nazi puppet axes, while pursuing a more moderate national policy, actively follow Germany, and even France has set up a temporary political axe, nominally freeing itself from all German occupation.

And several major client states of Germany formed a large number of servant [***] teams, and the Italian army stationed in France alone amounted to more than 700,000. Turkey, for example, has more than 50 divisions sent to the Eastern Front, and will participate in the task of territorial occupation and logistical transportation and support after the blitzkrieg, along with more than 1 million other servants, mainly the Italian army.

In the Far East, in addition to deploying nearly one million troops in Southeast Asia, and excluding the local garrisons, there will be nearly 3 million troops that can be put into the Far East war against the Soviet Union, and they are still frantically expanding their troops, and their eyes have jumped from the Far East to Siberia.

With the help of Germany and the acquiescence of China, he found himself in an unprecedented opportunity, and the vast expanse of Siberia was like an inexhaustible cornucopia, waiting for his army to occupy it and then transport it back to him.

The entire high-level officials are already looking forward to the perfect interpretation of the British and German alliances, the cooperation of Germany in Southeast Asia to contain the Anglo-French coalition forces, and the cooperation of Germany to carve up the Soviet Union, what a beautiful expectation, as if the next moment, the company will become the second largest in the world.

Seeing that the chairman did not speak, everyone discussed in a low voice, waiting for Zhang Shusheng's instructions.

After a long time, Zhang Shusheng walked up to the wall where the map of the Far East and the map of the European Eastern Front were hung, and said, "The Germans' Barbarossa Plan and my own Far East Glory Plan have the characteristics of a particularly large scale and very clear combat objectives.

The Germans and themselves tried in vain to defeat the Soviet Union in a year, or even less, and occupy at least a third of their territory, especially the energy centers of the Soviets.

The millions of German troops on the Eastern Front and the millions of troops in the Far East seem to be a very frightening number, and their combined are even basically equal to the size of the Soviet Red Army in active service. This time, the Axis powers, at least in terms of the number of fighters, had an absolute superiority.

At the same time, this time the Axis powers will also adopt blitzkrieg tactics, and even the German advisers will be forced to attack at the same time, what does it mean?

Just now, I heard some of your discussions, Lieutenant General Zheng Zhinan, commander of the 8th Army, what is your point just now? ”

This was a military meeting in the base camp attended by the high-level leaders of the Republican [***] team and some of the new army commanders, Zheng Zhinan was shocked when he heard this, and then he stood up and saluted, "Report to the Führer, I think the Soviets will not be able to resist the attack of myself and the Germans." However, one year may not be enough, and I expect that within two years the Soviets will be forced to surrender, or rely on a major battle victory to make peace with Germany. ”

Zheng Zhinan's heart was still very nervous, and when the chairman asked him personally, he almost felt frightened.

"Very good, sit down. Comrade Zhang Zizhong, commander of the Northwest Garrison Region. Zhang Shusheng nodded the second name.

"Report to the Führer, I don't think the Soviets will lose so quickly, on the contrary, I think that if the Soviets don't make peace with Germany in about a year, the war will progress after that, and there may be a tendency to turn around. I have been stationed in Xinjiang Province for many years, and I probably know more about the Soviets, Stalin was a very crazy leader, and the Bolsheviks were very appealing, and the Soviets were likely to go to war with Germany. After Zhang Zizhong finished speaking, he stood up again.

"Well, Comrade Chu Shiwen, commander of the Third Army."

"Report to the chairman, I think that if Stalin had hired people and had been prepared, it would have been very likely to rely on the Soviet Union and its huge strategic depth to consume the offensive momentum of the German army, from the defeat in the early stage, to the exchange of land for time and space for time in the middle stage, and then to the Jedi counteroffensive in the later stage. The USSR, perhaps, needed a process. Chu Shiwen's answer reflects his consistent combat style, which is his most refined tactical theory in defense and defense.

"Second Panzer Army, Chen Jun."

"Report to the chairman, I think that Germany and the two sides will achieve great results in the early stage by relying on the lightning tactics supported by armored forces, but I agree with Lieutenant General Chu Shiwen's view that the strategic depth of the Soviet Union is too huge, and if China does not send troops to cut off the east-west artery of Siberia, the war will enter a prolonged period."

"Comrade Yang Hucheng, Acting Commander of the 17th Group Army." The last thing Zhang Shusheng pointed to was Yang Hucheng, who was also the third former Kuomintang general who was entrusted with the important task of commander of the group army in the republican [***] team sequence after Zhang Zizhong and Chen Cheng. In 1941, under the pretext of the huge military threat posed by Ben and the Soviet Union, China finally maintained a large army with 17 army groups as the framework. Of course, because in non-wartime, most of these group armies have more than 100,000 people, and the few have only a few tens of thousands of people, for example, the last group army that Yang Hucheng served as the last group army was a group army that had not yet been expanded during the war.

The People's Army has a total of 2.5 million land forces, although it is nothing compared to the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, but China does not need to immediately participate in the war, which is the biggest advantage, and once the war breaks out in an all-round way and China enters the war in an all-round way, a larger army will be quickly established on the basis of these 2.5 million army forces.

Yang Hucheng stood up and saluted, "I think this is a lose-lose war, and it is also our chance. ”

Zhang Shusheng waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, then returned to the Führer's seat and made a summary speech to the generals below, "The offensive forces of Germany and Yuben are very strong, and even, I can tell you responsibly that my madness will make them send more troops in the next war."

However, this is by no means a short-term war, and the Soviets will not raise their hands and surrender, on the contrary, they will fight with the strength of the whole country.

This is an unprecedented world war, perhaps, there will be no such major war on the earth in the future, so I want to remind everyone that since even we can fully expand our armaments, those participating countries will not take the initiative to give up resistance, and the all-out war that the Soviet Union and Germany said is just around the corner, and in addition to keeping an eye on the war situation and looking for the best harvest time, we are paying close attention to the Americans.

Don't forget that the United States is not only watching the fire from across the strait, but also the United States. ”

A palace on the outskirts of Moscow in the Soviet Union, where Stalin spent his summer recuperation and hunting.

"Comrade Stalin's marksmanship is really brilliant, and this time he has gained a lot." When Stalin's chief of the guard saw that Stalin had returned on horseback under the guard's guard, he hurriedly stepped forward to take over a large string of prey carried by the guard, and immediately said, "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Beria has come, saying that there is an urgent military situation. ”

"Hmm." Stalin, who was in a good mood because of his hunting gains, frowned again, and every time Beria brought him bad news, and every time it was information that Germany was going to attack the Soviet Union.

Stalin thought to himself, even the chief of the General Staff knew that Germany would definitely attack the Soviet Union, and he, as the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, naturally knew that, however, the Soviet Union was not ready, which was a reality that made him angry but helpless.

When he met Beria, he got bad news, a very bad news.

"Beria, looking at your anxious look, you didn't tell me that Germany had begun to attack us." Stalin took the pipe handed over by the guard officer, smoked it with a click, and asked with a pretending to be relaxed but a little worried.

"Yes, wise Comrade Stalin, we received information that the Germans could very well launch a military operation in these two days, and they could not wait." Beria said worriedly, although he had received information that Germany would most likely attack the Soviet Union in the early hours of the morning. Well, if the intelligence is true, Comrade Stalin will have only a good mood for one night.

He did not dare to tell Stalin this information directly, but only to subsume it into a huge list of information to be processed and sifted.

"Then let them attack, the great Soviet Red Army will fight back against any enemy." Although he was worried, he thought of the huge echelon deployment of troops, the huge local defensive combat air force, and the huge armored troops in the series of defense plans formulated by the staff under his instruction, thinking of these, he was a little less worried, "Beria, you came in time, maybe we can have a pleasant game dinner tonight." ”

"Haha, Comrade Stalin's marksmanship is getting more and more accurate."

Beria thought to himself, since Comrade Stalin was reluctant to mention those thousands of complicated intelligence, then let's have a game dinner together, even if the Germans attack tonight, there are still millions of Red Army troops on the front, and it is not his turn to worry.

Everything, there was the great Soviet Red Army, the great Soviet people and the loyal Red Army, as Comrade Stalin said, would defeat any enemy.

Comrade Beria, as well as a number of invited high-ranking members of the Bolshevik Party-Central Committee, enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with Comrade Stalin, and praised Comrade Stalin's marksmanship with great grabity.

That night, in Germany, after putting aside the faint problem of jet lag, Comrade Hitler also did not sleep.

"Great Führer, the front-line troops are ready for all the offensive, and the Air Force will also begin the offensive in the early hours of the morning." The Chief of the General Staff, General Halder, who was in his fifties, had been weathered, but at this time it was difficult to stop his excitement, and his saluting hands were trembling, and as the current Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, he was very pleased to see the German army attacking the Soviet Union and launching such a huge Barbarossa plan.

"Well, let's attack."

Hitler, who had been sitting there, finally said the first words in three hours, waved his hand habitually, and then ordered, "Prepare me the sumniest dinner at once, the best roasts, the best Bordeaux wine, and I, immediately, will soon have a meal with my generals." ”

It was 11 a.m.

Emperor Hirohito and his wife sat together in the Kikuno Pavilion, and below them stood the ministers of military affairs, each with their heads bowed as if they were praying silently.

When the appointed time finally came, the Emperor looked at the German advisor next to him, and when the advisor picked up the phone, answered it for a few seconds, put down the phone, and nodded to the Emperor.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Barbarossa Plan has begun, and according to the agreement, Marshal Moder has ordered the Far Eastern Glory Project to officially begin." German adviser, said seriously and earnestly.

After a while, the Emperor's special military commander also said to Emperor Hirohito and the ministers in the palace, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Imperial [***] team has just crossed the border of the Soviet Union in the Far East and launched an attack on the Soviet Union. ”

Emperor Hirohito nodded slightly, and only after a long time did he say, "The military fortune of the empire will start from this moment, and I hope that you will work hard for the long-term prosperity of the empire." ”

"Long live the Empire."

Many ministers bowed and saluted.

Meanwhile, in China, Mr. Zhang had just put down a report that he needed to sign in person when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Mao Yun walked in first, "Chairman, at 11:34 Hanjing time, Germany and Yuben launched a full-scale war attack on the Soviet Union at the same time. ”

"yes, got it." Mao Yunxian was about to go out, but Zhang Shusheng stopped him again, "You go and inform me, today's lunch, everyone will come to the base camp, and the two ladies and I will have dinner with everyone." ”

"Yes, Chairman."

At about three o'clock in the morning, when Comrade Beria, who had drunk a whole bottle of special sake, returned to his residence and was about to fall asleep with his lover holding the meat, he was suddenly woken up urgently by the adjutant.

"Comrade Beria, the Germans attacked."

When the panicked Comrade Beria had just found his pants and had not yet put them on, another piece of news came, and the adjutant carefully reported again outside the door, "Comrade Beria, I said that I have also attacked." ”

Beria, in a panic, slapped his lover out of the shoulder, and then yelled, "Damn! Prepare the car immediately, I will go to Comrade Stalin right away!! (To be continued.)

(To be continued)