On the one hand, Xiao Zhenlei gave strong support to the cultural and economic fields, and on the other hand, he was very concerned about the external situation, and the war situation in the Western theater and the negotiations between Germany and the Soviet Union were the two main points of his greatest attention.

On the morning of March 14, Wang Yaqiao, director of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau, rushed to report to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, the situation is a little bad, we have received news that Germany and the Soviet and Russian sides have reached an agreement on the terms of the armistice agreement in general secret, but there are still a few small issues that disagree, we analyze, these small problems can not become an obstacle to the signing of the armistice agreement between Soviet Russia and Germany, if nothing else, the armistice agreement between them is likely to be signed within a few days!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei frowned, in fact, he had sent several telegrams to Cai Guodong in a row, all urging Cai Guodong to quickly solve the stubborn resistance of the German army on the Transylwasinian plateau, but he himself knew that it was not easy to solve those German troops in such a short time, he could not force Cai Guodong to death, even if he forced Cai Guodong to death, he would not be able to solve the current problem.

Now the situation began to turn unfavorable to the Chinese army, before the Chinese army has completely solved the German army on the Transylwasinian plateau, if Germany and the Soviet Russian side signed an armistice agreement, then the Chinese army will fall into a huge crisis, externally, the German army from the north will pose a huge threat to the Chinese army, at that time if the encircled German army suddenly exerts force, the Chinese army will not be able to take care of the end.

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it, what he could do now was to increase the attack on the German army on the Transylwasinian Plateau on the one hand, and on the other hand, to find a way to delay the signing of the agreement between Germany and Soviet Russia, and it was almost impossible to find a way from the German side. It can only be found from the side of Soviet Russia.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Zhenlei picked up the phone and dialed Yang Yongtai's number: "Contact Soviet Russian Minister Bosankov." Just say I have something I want to talk to him about, let him come as soon as possible! ”

"Okay. Great President! ”

At half past two in the afternoon, Soviet and Russian Minister Bosankov came to the presidential palace, and Yang Yongtai quickly arranged for him to meet with Xiao Zhenlei.

After the two met for a while, Bosankov asked: "Your Excellency, I don't know what you are doing with me this time?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Bosankov, I heard that your country is secretly negotiating with the German side recently and wants to cease war with Germany?" ”

Bosankov looked surprised: "Impossible, Your Excellency the President, how did I not know about this. How did you find out? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Of course we have our channels, and as far as we know, your country and the German side have reached an agreement on the armistice agreement in many aspects, and the armistice agreement will be signed on this day!" I regret this very much, do you know how much trouble our expeditionary forces in the Balkans will be caused by the signing of an armistice between Germany and Russia? Without the containment of your army, the two million German troops deployed on the Eastern Front would have driven southward, and now our army is attacking the 300,000 German troops on the Transvassinian plateau. In this way, the trapped German army will inevitably be greatly demoralized, and it is likely to concentrate forces to counterattack our army, and our army will be attacked by the enemy at that time. So I am very angry about what your country is doing now, and in any case, Russia is also a member of the Entente. What do you want to do to make peace with the Germans without the consent of the other Entente powers? Do you want to betray the Entente and join the Central Powers? ”

Bosankov hurriedly said: "No, no, no. Your Excellency, it must be that your country has obtained the wrong information. How could we possibly do that? ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand: "Mr. Bosankov, there will be no mistakes in the information, and my country will not be unreasonable, if you don't know about this matter, then it can only mean that your government has no intention of telling you." I hope you will send a telegram back to your country, telling Vladimi, I hope he can act prudently, once an armistice is signed with Germany, it will be an enemy of the Entente, and Soviet Russia can no longer attack the German army, and can defend on the spot forever, but only an armistice agreement cannot be signed with Germany, we need Soviet Russia to contain the German army on the Eastern Front! ”

After pondering for a moment, Bosankov agreed: "Okay, Your Excellency, when I return to the embassy, I will send a report to the country, convey your opinion to Vladimi, and if the country replies, I will soon come back to inform you of the news from the country!" ”

"Thank you!"

After sending Bostankov away, Xiao Zhenlei thought for a long time and still felt that he couldn't completely count on Soviet Russia, after all, he separated the whole of Siberia from Russia, although this was a deal at the beginning, but he believed that Vladimi, who had been the leader of a country, must be very regretful and unwilling, which is also a stain on Vladimi's life, this person will definitely do everything possible to recapture Siberia, but I am afraid that there will be a vicious war between China and Soviet Russia in the near future.

Xiao Zhenlei smoked two cigarettes in a row in the office, and after thinking about the whole thing, he picked up the phone and said to the secretary Xiao Gao: "Xiao Gao, send a report to Cai Guodong in my name, telling him that China is trying to find a way to put pressure on the Soviet Russian side, hoping to delay the signing of the armistice agreement between Soviet Russia and Germany, but it may not have an effect, and we can't completely put our hope on the side of Soviet Russia, let him do everything possible to solve the German army on the Transylwasinian plateau as soon as possible!" ”

"Okay, President!"

Cai Guodong, who received the domestic telegram again, was even more anxious, he didn't know that the current situation was very critical, and he didn't know that the best way was to solve the besieged 300,000 German troops as soon as possible at all costs, but these 300,000 German troops occupied an extremely favorable terrain defense on the Transwassinia Plateau, and it was very difficult for the Chinese army to solve these 300,000 German troops with sufficient food and ammunition in a short period of time.

After reading the telegram, Cai Guodong convened a military meeting, and the commanders and deputy commanders of the three group armies all rushed to the meeting, and Cai Guodong first informed them of the current situation, and the crisis situation made Wu Shiyou, Zhang Xiaozhun, Huang Yingjie, Zhou Chuandong and others feel that a boulder has been pressed on their hearts.

Previously, Cai Guodong did not tell them that Germany was negotiating a secret armistice with Soviet Russia, so they did not have a sense of crisis, but now they knew that the two million German troops deployed by Germany on the Eastern Front were likely to attack the Romanian region south after Germany signed an armistice agreement with Soviet Russia, so a sense of crisis came up.

Cai Guodong told them that the country was already putting pressure on the Soviet and Russian sides, hoping to undermine the signing of the armistice agreement between Germany and Soviet Russia, but don't get too much hope, to solve this crisis in the end, you can only rely on yourself!

After a day of discussion and deliberation, in the end, Cai Guodong decided that, in addition to the logistics troops, the Chinese army's defense areas in all parts of the Balkan Peninsula would be handed over to the local army, and all the troops would go north, and Zhang Xiaozhun's Second Army of 800,000 people would advance from the southwest of Ukraine to the northwest. Establish a defensive line at the northern foot of the Carpathian mountains, cooperate with the Chinese troops stationed on the Carpathian mountains to defend against German attacks, and if they are really unable to resist, retreat to the south until they retreat to the defensive points on the Carpathian mountains.

Zhang Xiaozhun's Second Group Army is composed of troops from Southeast Asian countries, with a total of 1.1 million people at the beginning, and it has been almost nearly three years since a few years ago, and in these three years, the Second Group Army has fought a total of three large-scale battles, with nearly 300,000 attritions, and the climate in Russia and Ukraine is relatively cold, and it cannot be compared with Southeast Asia at all. More than 10,000 people died of disease due to water and soil adaptation, and more than 200,000 people died in battle, leaving only 800,000 people, but these 800,000 people have become an elite division after several years of fighting and non-stop training.

In addition to ordering Zhang Xiaozhun's Second Army to deploy along the northern foot of the Carpathian Mountains, Cai Guodong also ordered all air force fighters to be equipped with a large number of napalm and high-power aerial bombs to carry out a large-scale bombardment of several strategic points occupied by the German army on the Transylwasinian Plateau, and then cooperate with the opposing troops to launch the most fierce and frequent attacks, and issued an ultimatum to the German commander, asking the German commander to lead his troops to surrender before March 17, otherwise all the remaining German troops would be destroyed.

From the evening of the 14th to the afternoon of the 16th, the Chinese army dropped tens of thousands of tons of napalm and aerial bombs on the strategic points defended by the German army, and several positions of the German garrison were almost burned to the ground, and in three days, more than 60,000 German troops were burned to death and burned.

The staff officers of the German commanders estimated that according to the amount of bombs dropped by the Chinese army, in a few days, more than half of their remaining German troops would suffer casualties, which was too miserable, and it was worse than being killed by bullets.

In spite of this, the German commander still gritted his teeth and insisted, due to the large casualties of the troops, many defensive areas and defensive lines began to appear blank in the defending forces, in the face of this situation, in order not to be broken by the Chinese army, the German commander had to order the shrinkage of the defensive line, but the German army's measures to shrink the defensive line made their own side increase the intensity of bombing by the Chinese army, the Chinese army's encirclement of the German army began to shrink, and many strategic places on the periphery were also occupied by the Chinese army, after losing a lot of defensive strategic points, The natural superiority of the German army in defense began to gradually lose, and the situation became even worse for the German army, and a large amount of food and ammunition was lost, blown up, and burned, and the German army began to have a shortage of food and ammunition. (To be continued......)