In April 1934, two very different views emerged on the shape of the Soviet-German war, which was in full swing. Most people think that the world war, which has lasted for nearly two years, has finally come to decide the winner! The Soviet Union's power declined rapidly after it had expanded to its limits, as evidenced by the tremendous progress made by China and Germany on both the eastern and western fronts. Judging by the map, the USSR seemed to be finished, and in less than two months they lost the southern part of the Far Eastern Republic, the Baikal region, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. It seems that as long as there is more effort, tens of millions of Chinese and German troops on the eastern and western fronts will rumble towards the core of the Soviet Union, completely crushing the evil Bolshevik regime. There are even optimistic commentators on military issues who predict in the newspapers that the world war will end in victory as soon as 1934 with the victory of China, Britain and Germany.

However, the Chinese premier, Marshal Chang Ruiqing, was clearly not one of the optimistic majority, and in his opinion, 1934 was indeed a turning point in the Second World War, the expansion of the Soviet Union had reached its limit, but the war to destroy the Soviet Union had only just begun! The decisive abandonment of Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Far East and Baikal by the Soviet troops was not a sign of the exhaustion of their forces, on the contrary, the war potential of the USSR was sufficient. They are retreating now just to withdraw their fists and then punch them out more powerfully! From a purely military point of view, Trotsky was indeed a much more powerful figure than Stalin. If it was Stalin who now ruled the Soviet Union, then the Soviet Red Army would have concentrated on their eastern and western borders and would not have fled. Stupidly waiting for China and Germany to eat them dry.

This is probably the so-called blessing and misfortune, right? Thanks to its own little butterfly effect, the Soviet Union had a leader who took the world revolution as its own responsibility, and as a result, the entire country and the Russian nation were brought to the brink of ruin. But. This leader was indeed an outstanding military strategist, and the Soviet Red Army had become one of the most powerful armies in the world under his tempering. The Soviet Union was built into a powerful war plane by him, and it was impossible for China and Germany to smash and divide this war plane without a brutal bloody battle!

Trotsky's world revolutionary policy gave him the opportunity to carve up the territory of the Soviet Union, and his outstanding military prowess was the greatest obstacle to his goal! And the lame strategist on the other side of the ocean will not watch China and Germany rise to become superpowers capable of competing with the United States. So. This struggle to determine the ownership of world hegemony for at least the next 100 years has just begun!

"Prime Minister, this is Bai Jiansheng's telegram. The 18th Army encountered stubborn Soviet resistance at Khujand. The city, located at the entrance to the Ferghana Basin, has been fortified by Soviet troops. The Soviets also planted 10-inch and 11-inch fortified guns there, and the troops guarding Khujand had at least one army group. In addition, according to the information obtained from the interrogation of the prisoners, the headquarters of the Soviet Tien Shan Front has been moved to the city of Fergana. At least one more army group was deployed in the mountains around the Ferghana Basin. There was supposed to be a large stronghold of Soviet troops in the south of Central Asia. At the regular meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Zhao Zhen, chief of the General Staff, put Bai Chongxi's telegram on the table with a frown: "Brother Jiansheng also said that the main force of the Soviet army in Central Asia is still missing, and the troops that have been identified now are the two group armies in the Fergana Basin, one group army in Tashkent, one group army in Dushanbe, one group army in Samarkand, and one group army in Karaganda. ”

"Only 6 armies in total? Hehe, did Trotsky really not want Central Asia? Want me to say. Let's not be intimidated by the Soviets' empty city plan, and simply increase the offensive on the southern front. First of all, Tashkent, Samarkand and Dushanbe were defeated. And then concentrate on attacking Ferghana, isn't it just a broken fortress? There is nothing to be afraid of, leave it to the Stuka of our Air Force to solve it, this aircraft can carry 500 kg armor-piercing bombs for large-angle dive bombing, even battleships can't carry it, and the broken fortresses of the Soviets can be stronger than battleships? Air Force Commander-in-Chief Yang Xianyi is obviously optimistic, his Chinese Air Force has always been the object of national key development, now has more than 6,000 pilots (pilots), equipped with the world's most advanced fighters and bombers, and China's current aviation industry is quite advanced, although the design of any good aircraft, but the imitation ability is first-class, the output is high enough, enough to support the Air Force high-intensity operations. The Soviet Air Force is obviously not an opponent of the Chinese Air Force, and the air supremacy on the Eastern Front has been firmly in the hands of the Chinese Air Force since the beginning of the war, so Yang Xianyi's confidence is not unreasonable.

Seeing that the commander of the Air Force was full of confidence, Chang Ruiqing was also a little relieved, but he did not echo Yang Xianyi, but turned his head and asked Wu Shi: "Where do you think Trotsky will make a move, Central Asia or Krasnoyarsk?" ”

Compared with the confident commander of the Air Force, Wu Shi, the commander of the army, was much more cautious, and took a one-millionth map of the Sino-Soviet battlefield shì and spread it out on the conference table: "This is the latest Sino-Soviet battlefield shì. Just now, Chief of General Staff Zhao has already said that the shape of Central Asia is shiŬ, so I will introduce the war situation in the north. Commander-in-Chief Guo (Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Siberian Front, Guo Songling) and Commander-in-Chief Wang (Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Chinese Front, Wang Junhao) have telegraphed that the area along the Trans-Siberian Railway, east of Irkutsk, has been completely charged, and that the Slavs living in the vicinity of the railway are under the centralized supervision of the Wehrmacht. However, Soviet partisans were still active in most areas of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and the Yablonov Mountains. The area north of the 55th parallel is still under the control of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which still has a regular army of about 60,000 men, and an even larger number of partisans, probably more than 100,000. ”

"These old hairy people are really stubborn to get home, and they still can't leave at this point!" Yang Xianyi scolded.

Although the Soviet army abandoned the Trans-Siberian Railway, it still relied on the vast East Siberian region to resist and wanted to wipe them out completely. I am afraid that it is really necessary to take Krasnoyarsk, establish a blockade along the Yenisei River, cut off communication between Eastern Siberia and Western Siberia. But Krasnoyarsk could never turn into a second Irkutsk. It is a key point connecting Eastern and Western Siberia, and if it is lost, not only will it be impossible for the Soviet army to maintain the situation in Eastern Siberia, but even Western Siberia will be greatly opened. Moreover, the straight-line distance between Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk is 8 to 900 kilometers, and the railways and highways along the way must have been completely destroyed by the Soviet army, and the communication lines connecting Irkutsk and Manchuria or Kulen are not very smooth, so I am afraid it will be difficult to support the large army in combat.

"General Manstein. What do you think? ”

Everyone here is a little bit of a foreigner, especially a little superstitious about the experts in moral affairs, and even Wu Shi and Zhao Zhen have cast their eyes. Manstein smiled. He lifted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in English: "The Soviet army on the Eastern Front has retreated in great strides and temporarily changed back part of the initiative, Krasnoyarsk and Karaganda and Semipalatinsk are connected by railway, and the main forces of the Soviet army on the Eastern Front can quickly travel between Central Asia and Siberia." If we stand still in Irkutsk. The main forces of the Soviet army in Krasnoyarsk would go south to Central Asia. ”

"It seems that this battle must be fought!" Manstein's analysis strikes a bit grim. But listening to it in Chang Ruiqing's ears is a matter of course. Who is the commander of the Soviet Red Army now? Vatsettis, Tukhachevsky, Frunze, Ubolevich, Yaquil, Blyukhel, Egorov...... All of them are dazzling and bright superstars, and Zhukov, the Soviet military god of another time and space, is just a small generation compared to them, and the young is not old, Ubolevich and Yakir are not very old, but when Zhukov was the commander of the cavalry company, those two were already commanding the army group! Such a group of generals and a supreme commander Trotsky, who single-handedly created the Red Army and defeated the intervention armies of the foreign powers and laid down 20 million square kilometers of red country, would be defeated by himself in three or two strokes, and then it would be really a hell of a thing. I just have some memories of my past life, and I'm not God!

"If you had to choose between Central Asia and Siberia. I built yì hit Krasnoyarsk. Zhao Zhen, who was sitting next to him, had already proposed to build a yì, and Zhao Zhen was a fat man with little timidity, so he always thought of the worst possibility first when considering problems. In this battle, it is possible to be defeated by the Soviet Red Army! But it doesn't matter if you lose the battle in Siberia, at most you will retreat to Irkutsk, relying on Lake Baikal and the Sayan Ridge, backed by the Trans-Siberian Railway, and you will always be able to wear down the Soviet army. If the Northwest Front can be given the opportunity to seize the Ferghana Basin, this defeat will be worth it.

Chang Ruiqing looked at Wu Shi, Wu Shi nodded: "I am also in favor of fighting Krasnoyarsk, but since I want to fight, I must find a way to fight well!" ”

He paused and continued: "Trotsky is playing the trick of luring the enemy deep in Siberia, and it is estimated that there will be a heavy army group waiting for us to take the bait in Krasnoyarsk, and he has put the line so long that it is clear that he wants to catch a big fish, we might as well ...... Come to the other way, and give back to the other! ”

Chang Ruiqing's body leaned forward suddenly, and he said with great interest: "Lure the main force of the Soviet army out of Krasnoyarsk to fight?" Can it be done? ”

"It's hard to say." Wu Shi shook his head, not daring to make a conclusion.

Everyone was silent, thinking about how to use tactics to hook up the main forces of the Soviet army from Krasnoyarsk. After all, it is a key point connecting East and West Siberia, and there is a danger of the Yenisei River to rely on, and it is likely that a large fortified area has been built, and if the main force of the Soviet army is stuck there, this battle will definitely not be big.

After a while, Manstein suddenly smiled and said in English: "In fact, we have made a choice, and the initiative is not on the side of the Soviet Union, because for them, the concentration of troops in Siberia and Central Asia will inevitably be empty." If the Fergana Basin cannot be preserved, the entire shape of Central Asia will fall to us in its all-round way. And the Soviets paid such a big price in Central Asia that they had to win a huge victory in Siberia to make up for the losses. ”

Manstein's words lit up everyone's eyes, and the atmosphere in the room was lively. Chang Ruiqing loosened his frowning eyebrows and agreed: "General Manstein is right, Trotsky paid a great price for the decisive battle of Krasnoyarsk, and he must expect the corresponding gains, this is his weakness, we will seize his weakness and deploy, he will play to lure the enemy deeper, and we will lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Everyone nodded. Wu Shi's vision was obviously farther, and then he asked about the situation on the Western Front: "General Manstein, how is the situation on the Western Front?" When will Warsaw be taken? After taking Warsaw. Will the Germans continue to advance eastward? ”

Manstein frowned and said: "The siege of Warsaw was not fought very well, and the resistance of the Polish army was very stubborn, beyond our imagination. They probably thought about the possible siege of Warsaw, so they built strong fortifications outside Warsaw, and concentrated at least 20 divisions of Polish troops inside Warsaw, deploying a large number of artillery. Moreover, the citizens of Warsaw were fully mobilized, and hundreds of workers' battalions were organized to participate in the fighting. We have now mobilized more than 50 infantry divisions and more than 3,000 artillery pieces to attack Warsaw. The Air Force also sorties 1,000 planes a day to drop bombs on Warsaw, believing that it will be able to capture Warsaw by the end of May.

In addition, we had an unexpected problem in Poland and East Prussia. The Soviets transported most of the grain before retreating. The warehouses of almost every collective farm were empty, not even seeds were left, and the situation was similar in Eastern Romania and Bulgaria...... Now there are suddenly tens of millions more mouths to be fed, and they have to raise grain for spring ploughing. And our own food supply is very difficult. 7. Eight million people have put on military uniforms, and the labor force for farming has naturally been greatly reduced. So now the main energy of Berlin is spent on raising food,' Max. The second phase of Hoffman's plan may be delayed for some time. ”

"It's a matter of doing anything!" Wu Shi snorted lightly.

Chang Ruiqing had expected it a long time ago, but in his heart he was still secretly surprised by the revolutionary determination of the Polish GCD, the Romanian GCD and the Bulgarian GCD! If Hitler really had a single-minded mind and didn't care about the lives of tens of millions of people in southeastern Europe, wouldn't more than half of their people starve to death?! Thinking of this, he looked at Manstein: "Please tell Chancellor Hitler that China can provide food aid." 200,000 tonnes of wheat and 100,000 tonnes of soybeans will be provided initially, and further assistance will be decided after discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture. That's right. Have you informed Anglo-American and French of the shortage of food in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria? How are they prepared to help? ”

Manstein nodded and replied, "Thank you and the Chinese people for your generosity, and I believe that the people of Poland, Romania and Bulgaria will never forget the selfless assistance provided by China in their most difficult times." As he spoke, his tone became gloomy: "As far as I know, Britain and the United States have also promised to provide food aid, but the total aid promised by the two governments is only 80,000 tons of wheat, and France has turned a deaf ear to the impending famine in southeastern Europe, and even restricted wheat exports for the people to protect domestic food supplies!" Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Sweden and other countries have already pledged to provide larger amounts of aid. ”

Hearing that so many small countries are willing to provide food, Chang Ruiqing breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, to be honest, because of the increasingly widespread use of chemical fertilizers, China has obtained two large granaries in the Far East and Siam, but there is no shortage of food, but it is far from enough. If it weren't for the consolidation of the alliance with Germany, he wouldn't have pulled out so much food aid at once!

However, Germany postponed the "Max. The news of the second phase of the Hoffman plan still worries him very much. If Germany suspended or canceled its offensive in the western part of the Soviet Union, it would mean that Trotsky would be able to mobilize more troops to the eastern part of the country to fight a decisive battle with him!

Now the Sino-Soviet battlefield can be said to have reached the most critical moment, and in the Fergana Basin in Central Asia and Krasnoyarsk in Siberia, China can once again gain the initiative in the overall situation as long as it wins one. That is to say, as long as one of the two major battles in Central Asia and Siberia is won, the task will be completed, and from this point of view, China's chances of winning are still quite large, and of course there is no certainty of victory. After all, the opponent is a powerful country like the Soviet Union, and there are a bunch of bullish military strategists, how can it be possible to fight a losing battle with China? Competing with this kind of opponent, you can fight with a 60% chance of winning, and if you have an 80% chance of winning, it is probably a trap.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of the conference room, and it was Zhang Guotao, director of the National Intelligence Bureau, who walked in, and he was also going to attend the regular meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, but it seemed that something was delayed today. Seeing that the look on his face was a little uncertain, Chang Ruiqing frowned and asked, "Kaiyin, what's wrong?" Is there any important information? ”

Zhang Guotao did not hide it, nodded and took out a copy of the telegram from his briefcase and handed it to Chang Ruiqing: "Prime Minister, I have just received information from Tianyan that Trotsky has already issued instructions to the Japanese GCD, asking them to concentrate on attacking British New Guinea, Bismarck, Solomon Islands and Australia after completing the Dutch East Indies Campaign. ”

"Oh?" Chang Ruiqing raised his eyebrows: "Attack Australia?" Was Trotsky at odds with the British Empire? "The fastest way to read novels and read books, /book/dazhuzai/