Chapter 586: Long Tassel in Hand
Japan declared war on China, and the Chinese government immediately declared war on Japan, and at the very first time when China declared war, the Soviet Union also officially declared war on Japan, and the two camps finally wanted to fight a world war worthy of the name.
"Stalin was really cunning, and at this time the Soviet Union declared war mostly to take back the areas around the Sea of Okhotsk, including the Kamchatka Peninsula and other Japanese-occupied lands. If war is not declared, when China takes it all, there will be nothing to do with the Soviet Union! ”
Jiang Baili broke Stalin's mind with one word, and Qiao Yu also saw through this step, in fact, the Soviet Union was in extreme danger at this time, and the German army was already approaching Moscow, and the two sides were fighting to the death. Stalin was still obsessed with the Pacific at this time, which shows that this is a figure with a long-term strategic vision, and the three giants of history stood at the pinnacle of human power, and now it seems that none of them are good.
"Brother Baili, how are the border negotiations with the Soviet Union going?"
"Stalin has already sent Molotov over to negotiate, and an agreement has been tentatively finalized. Central Asia is bounded by Lake Balkhash and stretches north-south, giving China 130,000 square kilometers more land than the Line of Actual Control, and the Far Eastern Republic will extend part of it to the west, expanding the buffer zone. In addition, the Soviet Union also promised that if it did not send armed forces within 100 kilometers of the border, the two countries would establish an effective border communication mechanism, and any military movement of more than 500 people would have to be notified to each other, and the defense ministries and foreign ministries of the two countries would establish a hotline for direct contact to maintain communication at any time! ”
According to the doctrine of geopolitics, there needs to be a certain buffer zone between the major powers in order to ensure peace, and there is nothing wrong with a two-ocean country such as the United States, while natural neighbors like China and Russia do not have such good luck, and any issue involving the borders of the two countries must be cautious. Establish effective communication. Avoiding miscalculations is important for both countries.
Of course, China took advantage of the weakness of the USSR. Conducting border negotiations, he was able to gain enough advantages, and Qiao Yu was relatively satisfied with this result.
"Brother Baili, since the border issue has been preliminarily finalized. We can also send out supplies to the Soviet Union, but there are also some restrictions, and we must let the Soviets shed more blood! ”
Of course, China did not use the best things to aid the Soviet Union, and most of the food, such as grain, was bought by China from the United States at a low price during the Great Depression. At that time, it was basically just a freight to buy these grains, and now it has been more than ten years, and when it is time to eliminate them, they are naturally transported to the Soviet Union as aid.
In addition, there are cars, planes, tanks, machine tools and other materials, these things China will do some tricks, such as the armored force when the logistics supply becomes very important, there must be enough transport vehicles. Provision of fuel, delivery of maintenance equipment, etc.
China is doing its hand on these trucks. Increasing the failure rate, so that the Soviet Union could not achieve a rapid march, so that it could only be slowly consumed with the Germans, and this kind of hand and foot protection Soviets could not see, it can only be said that the natural environment of the two countries is different, and the Chinese cars are somewhat unadaptable.
This is especially true of other weapons, this kind of thing is not only done by China, but also by the United States, and even more than China, although everyone is in the anti-fascist camp at this time, but everyone knows that once the war is over, all countries lose their common enemies, and they will immediately become competitors, or even enemies, so it is very normal to secretly play a black hand.
During the Spanish flu, China developed sulfonamides, and the root of banlangen was also very popular in the world, which suddenly established China's position in the field of medicine, and then China registered a patent for penicillin.
Finally, a few years ago, China solved the problem of large-scale industrial production, and now China is the largest producer of antibiotics, a large number of soldiers are injured every day on the Soviet-German battlefield, and there is a huge demand for penicillin, an antibacterial drug, while the Soviet Union's own production capacity is limited, so it can only be imported through China.
The Chinese side has received a secret order to increase the toxicity of penicillin exported to the Soviet Union to a certain extent, so that some of the wounded Soviet soldiers can be quietly abolished, and the veterans who have been wounded on the battlefield will often become the backbone of an army, and the more they are damaged, the strength of the Soviet Union will be weakened, and the European battlefield will be fought for a few more years.
After officially joining the war, things are complicated, Qiao Yu has to deal with all aspects of things, fortunately, China's political system is relatively mature, and all departments can operate efficiently, so Qiao Yu only needs to set a tone, and the rest of the others can do it well.
Now Qiao Yu is most concerned about the war in the South China Sea, China's four aircraft carriers are pouring south, the target is the Japanese fleet, although Qiao Yu has enough confidence in the Chinese air force, but there are too many accidents on the battlefield, victory or defeat is often in a thought, even the best commander can not guarantee to fully control the battlefield situation.
At this time, Shen Honglie, the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet, is like this, he is looking for a Japanese aircraft carrier in the vast sea, the sea area near the Strait of Malacca is not very wide, but he has not been able to find the Japanese Navy for a long time, so Shen Honglie is very puzzled, the Japanese Navy will never disappear out of thin air, and will not give up hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, where are they?
In fact, the Japanese aircraft carrier is replenishing supplies in the Pontianak area, and due to the continuous operation in Singapore, the material consumption on the aircraft carrier is very serious, and because of the large-scale dispatch of the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese side is somewhat afraid, and they are unwilling to use the precious aircraft carrier to fight with the shore-based air force.
Moreover, Japan also clearly knows that China's aircraft carriers will inevitably go south, and the aircraft carrier battle is the key this time, so the Japanese side decided to transfer the two aircraft carriers to Pontianak, which is backed by Borneo, which Japan has been operating for a long time, and has a strong shore-based aircraft force, which can cooperate with aircraft carriers.
Shen Honglie has been focusing on the search near Singapore, and naturally did not find the Japanese aircraft carrier, Shen Honglie knew that it was likely to be his own judgment error, so he immediately decided to change his thinking, simply not to look for the Japanese aircraft carrier, but to order the entire fleet to sail eastward and go straight to North Borneo.
North Borneo was a British colony two months ago, and now it has fallen into the hands of the Japanese, which was originally an important oil-producing area in the South Seas, and the Anglo-Dutch Shell oil company built a large number of oil wells here, and when the Japanese attacked here, the British did not even have time to destroy these oil wells, all of them fell into the hands of the Japanese, so that their oil problems have been greatly improved.
Shen Honglie's target is these oil wells, which are the lifeblood of the Japanese Navy, as long as he attacks here, he is not afraid that Japan will not come to the rescue, and then he can lure the Japanese aircraft carrier out.
The South China Sea Fleet sent the first wave of attack aircraft groups, a total of thirty-six fighters and eighteen bombers, exactly three flying squadrons, this number is not very much for the South China Sea Fleet with four large aircraft carriers, China's target is the Japanese aircraft carrier, naturally there must be enough aircraft left to protect the aircraft carrier.
Never mind that China sent only eighteen bombers, but all of them were napalm, and there was nothing better for a refinery than napalm.
The refinery has a large number of pipelines and cables and other items, in addition to a large number of oil storage tanks, oil refining equipment, etc., these things are flammable and explosive items, as long as a little spark, it will cause irreparable consequences, not to mention the specially produced napalm.
The so-called napalm is usually made by adding a thickener to the gasoline. The basic charge of napalm bomb prepared with a mixture of naphthenic acid and fatty acid aluminum soap as a thickener. In order to deal with targets in water, some active metals such as calcium or barium can also be added, which will chemically react with water to generate hydrogen to accelerate combustion.
During World War I, Germany developed flamethrowers, and the Chinese army was also equipped with a large number of flamethrowers, and played an extremely important role in the attack on the Ryukyus.
When the Chinese aircraft group appeared in the skies over Borneo, the Japanese were immediately alerted, and they sent a large number of planes to intercept them, but due to their production capacity, Japan's Zero aircraft were the first to be equipped with naval aviation, and the army aviation also had a large number of old-fashioned biplanes, and the quality of the pilots could not be compared with China's.
So they can only cause some trouble for China, and the Chinese fighters can solve these problems quickly, and the bombers are much faster than these Japanese planes, and can easily get rid of their interceptions.
The Chinese fleet finally appeared in the sky over Sarawak, and below was the oil refinery, and after the first batch of napalm was dropped, it had an astonishing effect, scattering sparks quickly spread throughout the plant, and many Japanese oil workers who had just arrived tried to extinguish the fire, but it was obviously useless.
Once the napalm burns, it is not easy to deal with, some Japanese are also stained with sparks, they are constantly afraid to fight, how do you know that the fire is more and more, almost enveloping them, some people try to roll on the ground, but it is useless, the Japanese in despair rushed to the companions around them, and soon the two of them burned into black charcoal.
At this time, the refinery also exploded violently, and in an instant a prosperous factory turned into a sea of fire, and the news of China's air raid on the refinery was soon known to the Japanese side, and the aircraft carriers Canglong and Feilong had to be dispatched before the Zuihe and Xianghe arrived, and sailed to the unknown battlefield. (To be continued.) )