Xiao Zhenlei was very happy about the successful development of jet planes and helicopter gunships, after all, the improvement of scientific and technological strength is always a good thing, although these two weapons have just been developed, there are still problems of one kind or another, and it is impossible to fully equip the troops in a short period of time, but this is always a good start.

Xiao Zhenlei was very satisfied with the research work of the Aircraft Research Institute, and instructed Chu Hedong and others to concentrate their scientific and technological forces and technical personnel to find out the shortcomings and deficiencies of these two weapons as soon as possible, and then carry out comprehensive improvements, so as to make them fit the needs of war.

However, at this time on the battlefield in Eastern Europe, the Allies were engaged in a life-and-death battle with the Soviet army.

Since the Allied forces launched the winter offensive in November last year, Cai Ye used the method of agitation and insult to let the French fight to the death with the Soviet army, and the Allied forces launched a comprehensive attack on the Soviet army on the battlefield in Eastern Europe. Moreover, the Soviet troops in front of them could not be supplied with weapons and ammunition for a long time, and the tenacious Soviet soldiers had to fight with the Allied soldiers with bayonets, which multiplied the losses of the Soviet army.

By the end of the winter offensive, the Soviets had lost 1.8 million men on the Western Front, of which more than 800,000 were captured and 1 million annihilated. The reason why the Soviet army suffered so many casualties was mainly because it could not get the supply of weapons and ammunition, while the Allied forces had sufficient weapons, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides was too great. Despite the fact that the Soviet soldiers and officers were armed with ideas and had a strong will to fight. But after all, people are not beaten by iron, and even if they are beaten by iron, they cannot withstand the blows of the fierce artillery fire of the Allied forces. And the losses on the part of the Allies were not small, the 1.2 million Allied troops in the entire European and American countries were left with only 600,000 after the end of the winter offensive, and the Soviet troops were only 300,000 on the Western Front.

In view of the huge losses in the winter defense of the Soviet Russia, the 800,000 Soviet troops deployed on the Eastern Front to defend the Chinese army in the Ural Mountains could not be transferred. In the spring, fearing that the Allies would continue to attack, they began to mobilize young people from all over the country, and even teenagers as young as thirteen or fourteen were drafted into the army. Fearing that the Allies would launch another rapid attack on the Western Front, and that the Soviet Army on the Western Front would not be able to resist it, the Russian side had to send all the newly recruited recruits who had not yet completed their training to the battlefield. The Russians were sent to the battlefield even the children of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, which shows that the Soviet Russians are exhausted by now.

February 28, 1920. The winter offensive is over in full swing.

Zhang Xiaozhun reported to Cai Yi: "Songpo, in this winter offensive, almost all the armies of all countries have suffered heavy losses, originally a total of 200,000 people, but now it is less than 600,000, and 600,000 people have been consumed in more than three months, with an average of 6,000 people per day. However, this level of casualties has appeared in the armies of European and American countries, and the morale of the armies of various countries has fallen to the bottom, and I am afraid that they will not be able to go to the battlefield within half a year."

Cai Ye thought about it and said in a deep voice: "It seems." The next thing is to rely on our own strength, how prepared are the Seventh and Eighth Armies? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "They are all ready, and they can take over the baton at any time to launch an attack on the current defense line of the Soviet army."

Cai was just about to say that he would let the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army attack the Soviet defensive line. At this time, the adjutant came over and immediately reported: "Two generals, General Li Delin, the Minister of Logistics and Munitions, ask to see you!" ”

Cai Yi: "Oh? Let him in! ”

"Yes. Checkmate! ”

Li Delin quickly walked in and saluted Cai Ye and Zhang Xiaozhun Lizheng, "General Cai." General Zhang! ”

The two nodded, and Cai Ye asked, "Li Delin, do you have anything to do here?" ”

Li Delin's face was worried, and when he saw Cai Yi asking, he hesitated and reported: "General, our military budget is about to run out, and according to the current situation, our logistics supplies can only last for two months at most, and after two months, we can only stop fighting."

Cai Yi's face changed, and he said eagerly: "How can the military budget run out so quickly?" We can have 20% of the German reparations as a backstop! ”

Li Delin swallowed his saliva and explained: "General, Germany's total indemnity to various countries is only 3 billion yuan, and 20 percent is only 600 million yuan, and the total strength of our allied forces is 2.5 million people. ”

"Two and a half million people? Are there so many Allied forces? The combined armies of all countries are only more than 1.2 million! Cai Ye asked in surprise.

Zhang Xiaozhun reminded beside him: "Songpo, I think you probably didn't count the four corps of my expeditionary force, now it is a joint operation of various countries, and the military expenditure used is 20 percent of the German reparations, so the military expenditure of our expeditionary force should also be included in this money, and of course the domestic base camp cannot provide us with additional military expenses."

Cai Ye was stunned after hearing this, then patted his head and complained to himself: "Hey, how did I forget this!" ”

Then, Cai Ye said to Zhang Xiaozhun again: "Songpo, can you defeat Soviet Russia within two months?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Two months is too short, and we have limited military spending left, it is basically impossible to completely eliminate the military power of Soviet Russia within two months, after all, the current Soviet Russia is almost equivalent to a comprehensive army, and the most difficult thing to fight against Soviet Russia is not positional warfare, but urban street fighting, if the cities of Soviet Russia are like Japanese cities, it is easy to fight, but the houses in Soviet Russian cities are basically stone houses, and street battles in areas like Europe, casualties are definitely a terrifying number, Even if we risk sacrificing a large number of soldiers, in the end, we are afraid that even if we win, we will win miserably, and after the war, your and mine's reputation will be ruined! ”

Cai Yi pondered Zhang Xiaozhun's words carefully, and after a few minutes he asked, "Yunnong, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "My idea is to fight a few battles first, St. Petersburg has been taken by us, only Moscow and Kiev are left, now our troops are not far from Moscow and Kiev, and so we force Moscow and Kiev under the city, if by that time the Soviet and Russian sides have no intention of peace talks, we will take the initiative to propose peace talks, after all, the Soviet and Russian sides can not support it, in fact, until now, both sides can not bear it, although no one has proposed peace talks first, but this is just that no one can pull down face, I believe that when we encircle Moscow and Kyiv, the top level of Soviet Russia will not be able to hold peace talks even if they do not want to, because the war will reach this point, and the economy, industry, agriculture, and military of Soviet Russia will collapse, and they are now just gritting their teeth and holding on, and I believe that they will definitely accept peace talks."

Cai said: "What if they don't accept the peace talks? ”

Zhang Xiaozhun shook his head and said: "It is impossible for the two sides to continue to fight like this, the high-level of Soviet Russia is not a fool, and it is not good for them to fight like this, after all, they are also the leadership of a country, and it is impossible to do a battle of will, take 10,000 steps back, even if they do not accept the peace talks at that time, then we will ask for instructions from the country to see if we can attack from the east and west at the same time, if there is domestic support, the Wehrmacht in the Ural Mountains in the east will also attack Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Russian side will definitely not be able to stop it!" ”

Cai Ye thought about it for a while, and finally agreed to Zhang Xiaozhun's proposal, he said: "Okay, just do what you want, immediately report our situation and ideas to the country, and see what instructions and plans the country has."

Zhang Xiaozhun agreed: "Okay, I'll do this."

The telegram was quickly sent back to China, and Jiang Baili immediately reported to Xiao Zhenlei after receiving the telegram, Xiao Zhenlei read the telegram and asked Jiang Baili: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

Jiang Baili said: "From a military point of view, we now have the advantage, but Cai Yi and Zhang Xiaozhun's telegram mentioned that their military spending is almost exhausted, and they can only support two months of war at most, if you want to eliminate Soviet Russia in such a short period of time, the only way is to attack from both sides of the east and west at the same time, and the intensity of the offensive should be strengthened unprecedentedly, so that the Soviet Russian side has a chance to breathe, but if we do this, we have to come up with a large amount of military spending, otherwise this war will not be able to start!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a long time and said: "It is not wise to treat a regime like Soviet Russia and blindly use troops, and the battle is almost the same when it comes to this point. This is not going to work, I think it will be better for Cai Ye and them to fight for a while longer, and then talk about it after surround Moscow and Kiev, and then if the Soviet and Russian sides still refuse to compromise, we will have no choice but to be ruthless! ”

After the end of World War I, all countries began to resume production and carry out post-war reconstruction work, and if China invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to wage war against Soviet Russia, it would inevitably be affected to a certain extent economically. Politically speaking, allowing Soviet Russia to exist is also a containment for all countries, so that they can be distracted to pay attention to Soviet Russia, instead of staring all their eyes on China and guarding against China.

On the other hand, keeping Soviet Russia is also a spur to China itself, and keeping an enemy can transfer internal contradictions to the outside at any time. (To be continued......)