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With the fall of France and the complete control of Western Europe by the Central Powers, the Soviet Union and Armenia were left in Europe to confront the Central Powers. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗ But the latter has the support of the Chinese Empire behind it, and has actually reached a tacit understanding with Germany, Romania, and Bulgaria.

Britain joined the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere, was sheltered by the Chinese Empire, and achieved a ceasefire with Germany. Although on the African battlefield, the German-Italian-Spanish coalition forces and the British and French coalition forces still fought, but soon the newly established Vichy government and the British government in France successively issued ceasefire orders, although Italy was not reconciled, but in the face of pressure from Germany and the Chinese Empire, Mussolini also had to suspend the invasion of the British and French colonies.

In this way, with the exception of Sweden and Switzerland, which remained neutral, the Soviet Union was left alone to fight the entire Allied world.

In this case, the whole world cast sympathy for the Soviet Union, but because of ideological differences, the Soviet Union has always been regarded as the enemy of the whole world, so this sympathy is also limited.

Alone against the entire Allied world put the Soviet Union in a dangerous position. In the face of such tremendous pressure, Stalin was in a state of high insomnia for a week, and a large string of fire bubbles rose on the corners of his anxious mouth.

At this time, the Soviet Union, despite the victory in the defense of Moscow, was still in an offensive posture with the German army and the Allied ** team on the whole, and the Soviet Red Army was in a strategic defensive posture. With the fall of France, Germany and the Allied forces ended the French battlefield, and the main forces of the German army were quickly transferred to the Soviet battlefield, while Italy and Spain also mobilized the main forces on the French battlefield. Went to the Eastern Front to join the war against the Soviet Union. In addition, Finland, Bulgaria, and Romania were also constantly increasing their troops on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, and for a time 80% of the military strength of the Allies was concentrated in the territory of the Soviet Union, and the intention of destroying the Soviet Union in one fell swoop was quite obvious.

On the one hand, Stalin actively sought dialogue with the Chinese Empire. Attempts were made to seek military protection and support from the Chinese Empire, but the Chinese Empire has been procrastinating, politely refusing on the grounds of ideological differences. So the Soviet Union retreated to the next best thing. ╔╗ It is hoped that the Chinese Empire will ensure the supply of weapons, equipment and materials to the Soviet Union, and at the same time it is hoped that the Armenian army will be able to withdraw its troops from the states of Georgia and Azerbaijan in the Transcaucasus. Restoration of Soviet rule over the region.

The Chinese Empire, citing intense pressure from Germany, refused to return Transcaucasia to the Soviet Union, saying that it would persuade Armenia to return it to the Soviet Union after the end of the Soviet-German war.

Obviously, the Chinese Empire did not want to return the Transcaucasian oil zone to the Soviet Union, or wanted to take this opportunity to blackmail the Soviet Union and control the Soviet Union through oil.

But in order to appease the Soviet Union, the Chinese Empire said it would do its best to supply the oil needed by the Soviet Union, and at the best price. However, on the grounds that most of the Soviet petrochemical plants were occupied or destroyed by the German army, they refused to export crude oil to the Soviet Union. Instead, the Chinese Empire carried out deep processing until the refined oil was sold to the Soviet Union, so that even though the refined oil obtained by the Soviet Union was much lower than the international oil price, in fact, the Chinese Empire got more profits.

When Stalin saw that the Chinese Empire intended to see the Soviet Union as good-looking, and that it intended to destroy the Soviet Union with a false hand to Germany, it was also obvious that although he was unhappy, he was helpless.

On the other hand, Stalin also opened negotiations with Germany, hoping to concede some benefits and end the Soviet-German war.

But Stalin's hot face was attached to Hitler's cold ass. By this time, Hitler had already laid down 6.2 million German troops on the battlefield of the Soviet Union. The Italian army was 2.3 million, the Finnish army was 660,000, the Spanish army was 430,000, the Bulgarian army was 360,000, and the Romanian army was 130,000. With a total strength of 10.2 million troops, the alliance has 11,350 aircraft, 7,588 tanks of various types, and 112,000 artillery pieces of various types.

On the other hand, the Soviet army, a year after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the main force of the Soviet army before the war had 3.5 million people, but most of them were disabled by the German army, and the combat losses were as high as 2.1 million people, most of whom were captured by the German army. After the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet army had completed the recruitment of 15.2 million soldiers, but the Soviet Red Army was less than 4 million people who were really combat-ready, and most of the others were recruits who had never fought a major battle, and even women formed a force of more than 300,000 people. ╔╗

In terms of equipment, only 3.92 million Soviet troops have complete weapons and equipment, of which only 560,000 Soviet troops are equipped with advanced Chinese weapons and equipment, and the rest of the Soviet troops use weapons and equipment produced by Soviet factories before the war, and can even be traced back to the German army's Nagan rifle during World War I. The main reason for this situation was that a large number of Soviet troops were annihilated by the German army, resulting in the capture of all the advanced weapons and equipment newly imported by the German army, and most of the Soviet military factories and combat reserve depots were also destroyed when the Soviet-German war broke out last year. The Soviet factories were relocated from the western front to the eastern rear on a large scale, and now they have just been re-commissioned in the rear, but the production capacity will certainly not reach the pre-war level, and it will be at least a year before the war attrition of the Soviet army can be fully satisfied.

Of course, the Chinese Empire also provided weapons and equipment to the Soviet Union on a large scale, but the imperial side considered that the Soviet Union might not be able to withstand the next full-scale attack of the German army, and if a large amount of advanced equipment was given to the Soviet army, it was very likely that it would be captured by the German army like France, so the imperial side did not actively deliver the goods, but deliberately delayed it.

In response to this, the Chinese Imperial Government repeatedly demanded that the military hand over the equipment to the Soviet side as soon as possible, but there were policies and countermeasures, and in the actual implementation process, deliberate delays were still widespread.

Continued vigorous support for the Soviet Union was the policy of the Chinese Empire to deal with the American and German allies for the time being. The Chinese Empire did not expect the Soviet Union to last long, so when the Imperial Bank of China started the printing machine to issue a large number of banknotes to the military, the Imperial First immediately began large-scale preparations for war.

The Imperial Army bears the greatest pressure, because the total strength of the army of the entire Allied world (Germany, the United States, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, and Finland) is as high as 24 million, while the total strength of the member states of the Great China Federation is only 13 million. It is difficult to put huge military pressure on the league ** team.

As a result, the Chinese Empire had to rely mainly on the Imperial Standing Army and Reserve Army for possible future military operations. According to the operational plan of the Imperial General Staff, the Chinese Empire will complete the recruitment of 10 million troops at the beginning of the 43rd year of Guanghua and the training of at least 5 million regular troops in the summer of the 43rd year of Guanghua. These five million regular troops will be the main force against the Allied bloc.

In addition, the Imperial Government of China also issued a mobilization order to the entire member states of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere, so that each member state could enter a state of war preparedness at an early stage.

As a result of the plan drawn up by the General Staff of the Chinese Empire against the American and German allies. It is indispensable to need some cannon fodder troops to make a cameo appearance to contain the enemy's main force. Create warplanes for the main forces of the empire and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop. Over the years, Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, Lanfang, Singapore, Papua, Australia and other countries have successively contributed more than 3 million cannon fodder troops to the Chinese Empire, most of which played an important role during the Sino-American War.

In view of this, the Imperial Government, in consultation with the member states, established a special coalition command. It is promised that the benefits of the post-war period will be evenly distributed, and the more troops will be dispatched, the greater the contribution will be, and the post-war dividends will be greater.

But for the member states, the war of the Westerners is not their business at all, and they do not want to go to war. With the exception of Mexico, which was already fighting with the United States, and Armenia, which was already fighting with Germany, the British and French governments-in-exile, which had just joined the alliance, were the most active, and most of the other countries were in the attitude that more was better than less, and in turn persuaded the Chinese imperial government not to intervene in World War II.

For these small countries, of course. They have the big tree of the Chinese Empire to shelter them from the wind and rain, so naturally they will not care about the world war. No matter who wins or loses, it has little to do with their vital interests. But for the Chinese Empire, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and sooner or later Germany and the United States will make a move against the Chinese Empire.

The Imperial Government of China had already begun preparations for war. The huge war machine is warming up and refueling, and the determination to go to war against the Allies is already a foregone conclusion. It is precisely because of this that Britain willingly temporarily armistice with Germany and actively cooperate with the French government-in-exile in the preparations for war with the Chinese Empire.

However, the biggest problem in front of the Chinese Imperial Government is still the issue of the people's attitude towards the war, although after Germany destroyed France, the strength of the Central Powers expanded dramatically, and many citizens of the Empire saw the threat of the Central Powers to the Chinese Empire, but the people of the Chinese Empire did not like war since ancient times, and since the Chinese Empire ascended to the world hegemony and the grand occasion of the coming of all countries to the dynasty reappeared, the people of the Chinese Empire did not like war even more.

As the most democratic country in the world, every major decision of the imperial government requires a referendum by the people of all parts of the empire, that is, all the members of the local councils of the state governments and provincial governments vote, and then the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Imperial Congress are voted on, and then approved by the Prime Minister of the Imperial Government, and then handed over to His Majesty the Emperor to be stamped with a jade seal to announce to the world.

This high degree of democracy made the people of the Chinese Empire extremely happy politically, but it also sometimes caused a difficult problem that could not be agreed on on a major bill.

This time, for example, the Imperial Chinese Government decided to intervene in World War II, but the National Assembly was never able to reach an agreement, and the local councils of the provinces and states were also very divided, making it impossible for the Imperial Chinese Government to formulate a treaty to enter the war.

But there are two sides to everything, and the Chinese Imperial Government plans to enter the war, which makes the United States and Germany and other allied countries very nervous, because they can feel that the Chinese Empire has chosen to fight against them. However, the public opinion in the Chinese Empire has always been opposed to intervening in the war and prevailed, which made the United States and Germany and other allied countries thank the Chinese Empire for its high degree of democracy, because they believed that the Chinese Imperial Government could not go against the will of the people of the Empire.

The American and German allies secretly rejoiced, and they vigorously carried out public opinion propaganda in the Chinese Empire, promising that the Allies would never go to war with the Chinese Empire, in order to confuse the Chinese people and make them continue to oppose the Chinese Empire's participation in the war. ╔╗

For the Imperial Chinese government, both the military and the government were very distressed, and without the support of the people and the permission of the National Assembly, it was futile to make any preparations for war.

But Wang Chenhao doesn't see it that way. On the contrary, he was pleased, of course, by the fact that the democratization process of the Chinese Empire had been highly developed, but at the military level, Wang Chenhao saw it as a golden opportunity to politically deceive the American and German allies.

But where war. The first is political deception. The wars waged by the Chinese Empire are enough to prove that a reasonable political deception before the war is very effective and can paralyze the enemy. Be unprepared by surprise.

"Your Majesty!" Song Jiaoren asked: "The empire's entry into the war must be approved by the parliament and the whole people, otherwise the democratic system that has been painstakingly built will face the danger of being seriously trampled on." ”

Song Jiaoren thought that Wang Chenhao had decided to go his own way. Even if Congress does not agree to enter the war, he will intervene in the war.

Wang Chenhao smiled: "Don't worry! How could the imperial democracy, which I had painstakingly managed, be so easily trampled on? ”

Song Jiaoren asked puzzledly, "Then how does Your Majesty plan to carry out political deception?" Once the imperial public opinion is in the main war, the United States and other countries will definitely be on guard. ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "Therefore, we must plan carefully, so that the people can support the government, and at the same time, we can surprise the enemy." ”

Song Jiaoren asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Wang Chenhao coughed dryly and said, "I haven't figured this out yet, you go down and think about it." I'll leave this matter to you! ”

Song Jiaoren was stunned. He could feel that Wang Chenhao was deliberately pretending not to know, which didn't seem to be a good thing.

Song Jiaoren left the imperial study, then returned to the Empire State Building, and exchanged views with Zhang Zizhong. It happened that the crown prince Wang Guoqing was also there, so the three of them sat down to discuss countermeasures.

Wang Guoqing said: "I think we can learn from the experience of the Spanish-American War! ”

Song Jiaoren asked, "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

Wang Guoqing explained: "Outsiders think that the Americans started a war against Spain because the Maine was blown and sunk, but in fact the Maine was just sunk by the Americans, and the purpose was to blame the Spaniards in exchange for the support of the American people." In this way, the United States will be able to smoothly declare war on Spain! ”

After Wang Guoqing's reminder, Song Jiaoren and Zhang Zizhong suddenly realized, and the latter said excitedly: "What His Highness said is extremely true, but how should we blame the Germans?" ”

Wang Guoqing said: "That's not simple? The submarines of the Germans were everywhere, and if they were not careful, they could sink the ships of the Reich. We really just need a starting point. A pretext used to incite national anti-German sentiments. As long as Congress can successfully pass the war law, we can enter the war with confidence. ”

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly praised: "Your Highness is really wise!" That's a great plan! ”

Song Jiaoren frowned and said: "If it is just a merchant ship, the Germans may sacrifice some interests in exchange for the understanding of the imperial people in order to take care of the overall situation." This alone was not enough to succeed, but would cause the Germans to be wary. ”

Wang Guoqing asked, "Then what should you do according to Lord Song's intentions?" ”

"To rise directly to the military level!" Song Jiaoren said: "Your Majesty means that we will take it by surprise and attack it unprepared, and we will not wait until the people are angry to do it, but we will do it first, and then obtain the understanding and support of the people!" ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "Directly ascending to the military level, that is, we also have to learn from the Americans to blow up and sink their own warships and blame the Germans?" ”

"Exactly!" Song Jiaoren nodded affirmatively, and then said: "Only in this way can the emperor directly dispatch troops to retaliate, the Germans were forced to have no choice but to go to war with us, and the people will understand and support our actions!" ”

Wang Guoqing nodded and said, "That's right! That's how it should be! ”

Zhang Zizhong hesitated a little and said: "If we bomb our own warships, there will definitely be deaths and injuries among the emperors, even if we get mixed up today, how will we face public opinion in the future?" ”

Wang Guoqing and Song Jiaoren nodded at the same time, and Zhang Zizhong's words were not unreasonable.

Soon, Song Jiaoren said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, and the future will be talked about in the future!" ”

Wang Guoqing thought for a while, and suddenly said, "There are other ways!" ”

Song Jiaoren and Zhang Zizhong hurriedly asked, "Please also ask Your Highness to make it clear!" ”

Wang Guoqing said: "Can we take a military provocation? Let our planes often fly into the airspace of the Allies and force their planes to open fire. Impose a blockade and embargo on the Allies on land, creating some conflict and trouble on the border. From time to time, the navy seized the merchant ships of the Allied powers, forcing the allies to take action against us first. ”

Zhang Zizhong didn't agree with playing Yang to bomb his own people, so he immediately agreed with Wang Guoqing's proposal and said: "This is a good idea, forcing the Allies to go to war against us, then everything will be logical." ”

Song Jiaoren thought about it, nodded and said, "That's good!" It is possible to do tricks on the Arctic Ocean route! Germany and the United States now rely on the Arctic Ocean route to exchange resources between the two countries, with the Americans providing Germany with cheap oil and food, and the Germans providing the United States with advanced weapons and equipment. All of this is very detrimental to the future entry of the Empire, and if our navy enters the Arctic Ocean route and blocks the trade route between the United States and Germany, I think it will not be long before the United States and Germany will be tempted to take action against us first. ”

Wang Guoqing suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Then let's do it!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zizhong and Song Jiaoren immediately received the order.

In this way, the Chinese imperial authorities immediately began to formulate a plan for the attack on the Arctic Ocean route, and an unprecedented war was about to begin. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )