Chapter 553: Siam Has Changed

As long as China does not participate, this war will most likely run along the trajectory of World War I, and Germany may be crazy in the early stage, but the Allies can also win the war with a huge resource advantage, and the top leaders of Britain and France maintain enough confidence in this.

The development of the Polish campaign has stunned the world, Germany has completed the metamorphosis, the German claws have become sharper and faster, the war officially began on September 1, and the army on the Polish front line fell into the division and encirclement of Germany on September 3, and on September 7, Rundstedt's South Route Army Group severely damaged the Polish army "Lodz" and "Krakow" two armies, occupying the Polish industrial center Lodz and the second largest city Krakow.

On September 8, the German army had already pointed directly at Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and a week after the start of the war, Germany surrounded Warsaw, creating a miracle in the history of war.

In fact, the Chinese military has already made many deductions, and China has come to the conclusion that it will only take five days to occupy and encircle Warsaw, and it has proved that the German blitzkrieg still needs to be sharpened, and the first use has not yet entered the best state.

Jiang Baili explained the situation of the Polish campaign to China's top generals in front of the battle map, "Generals, Poland is located in the East European Plain, the terrain is flat, there is no natural danger, it is a natural armored battlefield, this geographical environment can only be compared with China's Inner and Outer Mongolia, in fact, we have conducted several simulation exercises in the steppe province, and the conclusions are all the same, relying on the existing military technology level of Germany. and the availability of equipment. Not only Poland could not resist for many days, but even France was very dangerous! ”

"Poland was a Russian province before the last war, but after the war, it became independent, and most of the eastern territories of Poland belonged to the two republics of Belarus and Ukraine in the present Soviet Union, while the western territories of Silesia and Denzer were originally German territories. The eastern part of Germany lost a large amount of people and land, all of which were assigned to Poland, in fact Poland had offended the two great powers to death, and they pinned their security on the treaties and guarantees of France, in fact, we Britain and France did not attack the western border of Germany, they had abandoned Poland. The country is finished! ”

A large amount of intelligence is sent to China every day in Europe, and any change in the current situation cannot escape China's eyes, China has fought with Britain and France, is familiar with their situation, and at the same time has had in-depth military exchanges with Germany, and it is unceremonious to say that most of Germany's tactics were learned from China.

Guderian, the father of the German blitzkrieg, had practiced in the Chinese armored forces for a long time, and was well versed in the use of tanks, and the blitzkrieg theory put forward was regarded as a guideline by Hitler. At about the same time, Tukhachevsky of the Soviet Union also put forward the theory of large-depth operations based on the armored era.

In fact, both theories have similarities. It's just that due to the different national conditions of the two countries, there are big differences in expression. The Blitzkrieg emphasized the importance of speed, which was in line with Germany's desire for a quick victory, and the German leadership generally believed that the defeat in the First World War was caused by the war entering a delay, and that Germany must defeat the enemy as quickly as possible in order to gain an advantage.

The territory of the Soviet Union was vast, and when it fought against Napoleon in history, it also traded space for time, and it was only by relying on strict walls and clear fields that Napoleon was consumed, so the focus of the Soviets' large-depth operations was space.

The theories of armored warfare in these two countries have important roots with China, Germany learned from China, while the Soviet Union was beaten out by China, and China's land warfare field is considered in time and space.

The war naturally ends as soon as possible, so as to reduce the sacrifice, but if the opponent is too strong, it must consider fighting for a long time in exchange for victory, which is also a matter of no choice, and if you do not change your thinking, you will make the mistake of Germany attacking the Soviet Union.

While he was telling, another piece of information was sent, Qiao Yu glanced at it slightly, and then said: "Brother Baili, the Soviets have already sent troops to eastern Poland, and the scourge of partition has once again fallen on Poland, and the last hope of this country is gone!" ”

The course of the war in Poland greatly exceeded the estimates of some generals, and the efficiency of a country with a million-strong army was shattered in less than ten days after the war began, and the capital was breached, which perfectly illustrated the speed of Germany.

What was even more surprising was the reaction of the major powers, Britain and France, as allies of Poland, did not send troops to attack Germany's Western Front at all, and of course it cannot be said that they did not send troops, but launched an offensive, occupied dozens of small villages, and then quickly retreated to the Maginot Line and continued to hold on.

At this time, France on the Western Front had 83 divisions, while Germany only had 11 regular divisions, and the disparity in strength was difficult to compare.

But the French just don't attack, and not only the army does not move, even the navy and air force have not acted, if at this time to bomb the industrial areas in western Germany, it can also achieve considerable results, Germany's strength is far from reaching its peak, there are many shortcomings, but Britain and France just do nothing, watching.

In fact, Stalin knew best what they were thinking, Poland was a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Germany, and now that Poland was finished, the Soviet-German border was bordered, and Germany's armored forces could be stumbling to the death with the Soviets, and to some extent sacrificing Poland was exactly in the interests of Britain and France.

But you are unkind and unjust, Stalin saw through the wishful thinking of Britain and France, so he desperately signed a treaty with Germany to jointly divide Poland, and let the Nazis go to the Western Front first.

"Chief of Staff, Poland is a country with backward equipment and low military quality, most of the planes they are equipped with are old-fashioned models, and there is no way to compare them with Germany, and they are only equipped with a small number of ultra-light tanks, which are simply a thin-skinned and stuffed meat can, which cannot be compared with German tanks. Weapons and equipment, tactical thinking, training organization, and national mobilization are far behind Germany in all aspects, plus the French stay out of the way, and the Soviets fall into the ground, and the country's demise is quite normal. And France's equipment is not worse than Germany's, and with the help of Britain, it may not fail quickly! Zhang Zuolin asked on the side.

"Any failure is a failure of the mind, and any mistake is a mistake of the mind!" Qiao Yu interjected at this time: "The problem of France lies in the serious backwardness of military thinking, we have long said that this country is doomed to end from the beginning of the construction of the Maginot Line, the reason is that it has lost the heart to attack, dare not attack, how to defeat the enemy." And from their belief in the Maginot Line, it can also be seen that the French did not really understand the war of the mechanized age, and even if they had good weapons and equipment, they could not be the opponent of Germany! ”

"The president is right, the key factor in the war is speed, of course, without speed, it is not necessarily the destruction of the country, the only remedy is to use space to make up for it, as long as there is enough strategic depth, you can be hit by the moment when the blitzkrieg is unsustainable, but it is a pity that France does not have such strategic depth, and I am afraid that only the Soviet Union can do this in the whole of Europe!"

The officers present were also carefully savoring the truth of this, and the war in Europe is precisely because the mode of war has undergone tremendous changes, and the inspiration for people is very great, what China should do next, when it will participate in the war, and which side it will participate in, these are all issues of great concern to everyone.

"President, if you think Germany can defeat France, why don't we join the German side now, and what are we waiting for?" Xu Shuzheng raised this question again at this time, as an old Beiyang person, Xu Shuzheng has a very strong sense of closeness to the German army, and the new Beiyang Army was established with reference to the German Army.

"What really decides this war is the two countries, the United States and us, obviously we can be chess players, why should we join in early and become chess pieces, waiting for the price to sell, we not only seek the greatest benefits, but also think about spending the minimum price, after all, people will die on the battlefield, and every life is priceless! Of course, our task now is not to do nothing, on the one hand, we must step up to strengthen our own strength, and on the other hand, we will keep an eye on Japan, the island countries want to expand is not a day or two, and now Germany is smooth sailing in Europe, which will definitely stimulate the nerves of the island countries, Japan from the emperor to the ordinary people are actively seeking expansion, they will not miss this opportunity, and this time is also our opportunity to completely eliminate and crush Japan! ”

Qiao Yu has always opposed cooperation with Germany, the reason is actually very simple, it is a matter of cost, now helping Germany is just the hegemony of the Far East, not helping Germany, as long as Japan is pinched to death, China is naturally the first power in the Far East, you must know that China has the world's largest potential market, has unparalleled demand, and in the future, China will be able to integrate the Asia-Pacific region with economic means, and the effect is almost the same, so why take a huge risk to go against the United States.

Qiao Yu thought more about cultivating internal skills first, and then appearing in the world as a savior, but sometimes the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, just when Germany and the Soviet Union carved up Poland, a serious demonstration of unprecedented scale broke out in Siam, and soon spread throughout the country, the slogan played by the marchers was to abolish the royal power and prevent Chinese colonization! (To be continued.) )