-- Germany

Jiang Cheng looked at the crowd marching outside, shook his head and said, "Germany has gone crazy, Hitler's plan is very successful." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" said and closed the window.

Chen Nan asked, "Boss, this newspaper said that the Polish army attacked the German radio station, and also published anti-German remarks by the Poles, and several German soldiers and Germans died, could this really be a German ploy?" ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "There will be no mistake, if you think about it carefully, since two months ago, in German propaganda, there has been news of Polish provocations against Germany, from the burning of houses and attacks against Germans in the Polish corridor, to the anti-German trend in Poland, all of this is too natural, and it is naturally terrible, as if there is someone behind this who is directing, if I guess, I think this director must be Hitler." ”

Jiang Cheng turned around and asked, "How is our arsenal now?" ”

Chen Nan replied, "Rest assured, our production capacity is constantly improving, and the output of various new tanks and weapons is steadily increasing. ”

Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "The country is also very unquiet now, Chongqing and Yan'an are fighting hard in northern Jiangsu, and the Japanese army has intervened again, hey.... We immediately sent a telegram to Yan'an to report the situation in Germany, and then it was up to Hitler to see what Hitler would do. ”

On April 28, 1940, the radio station in the German border town of Levitz was captured by an unknown unit and an anti-German manifesto was issued, and the local German army quickly counterattacked, killing three of them, all wearing Polish uniforms.

On April 29, Hitler issued a statement to Poland, demanding an explanation for the invasion, and sent a note to Britain and France, declaring that it would be a last resort against the Polish invasion, and the Polish government denied all the words of the German government. The British ambassador went to negotiate with Germany, hoping that Germany would consider it carefully, and Germany issued its last diplomatic statement, and Ribbentrop read out to the British ambassador Germany's sixteen demands, which included not only the Polish corridor, but also the national policy of Poland, and stressed that Poland must reply by the early morning of the 30th.

At this time, there were no Polish diplomats in Germany at all, and the British could only convey this to Poland, and the Polish envoys hurried to Berlin, and when the Polish ambassador Josef Lipski arrived in Berlin at noon on the 30th, he hurriedly said that Poland was willing to consider negotiations with Germany, but he admitted that he did not have full authority to sign any agreement, and Ribbentrop drove him away.

On the evening of 31 April, Germany announced on radio that Poland had rejected the German proposal, and the negotiations were terminated. At seven o'clock in the evening, Hitler signed the order to attack Poland, deciding to launch the offensive at 4:45 a.m. on May 1. And Stalin in the USSR was informed of this decision.

-- Moscow

The Kremlin was brightly lit, and Stalin looked at the telegram sent by Hitler over and over again, he sighed, reached out and picked up his pipe and asked, "How are you discussing?" ”

"Militarily speaking, Germany and Poland are not at all heavyweight opponents, it is like a heavily armed knight going to fight with a child with a stick, but Poland also has a lot of troops, and it is the Great Patriotic War, and if no third country participates, this war will last about half a year, and finally end in the destruction of Poland." ”

Stalin nodded and said, "Then can we enter this war?" Poland has always been against us, they are the enemies of redism! ”

Malenkov reminded: "There is a non-aggression pact between us and Poland, and if we do not have a suitable reason to enter the war, we will be very passive internationally." I hope Comrade Stalin will think about this. ”

Stalin snorted, looked at the sky and said, "Yes! The international perception of us is also important, so can you find any reason? Well.... Just like Germany? ”

Saying that, Stalin looked at Beria, who immediately said, "Comrade Stalin, of course there is no problem in this, we can do it, but if we do that, I'm afraid it will be a little too deliberate, and should we wait to see the attitude of Britain and France?" ”

Stalin took a puff of cigarette and sighed, "Alright then, then let the Germans perform first, we can send a telegram to Hitler, wishing him well, in addition, we must be ready at any time, I think Britain and France will not care about the life and death of small countries, they will definitely compromise, and the compromise of capitalism will be vividly manifested in them!" ”

Saying that, Stalin looked at the map and said, "Hitler must be reminded that our agreement must be kept, and in addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the secrecy of this matter." ”

Three o'clock in the morning on May 1, 1940

The border between Germany and Poland is still very quiet, but the main German air bases are brightly lit. The pilots were called by a hurried whistle, and the commander announced to them the order to carry out the battle plan.

German fighter and bomber after German fighter jets and bombers took off quickly, and when the first German crew entered Polish airspace, it was just 4:30.

At 4:45, more than 6,000 artillery pieces of the German army placed on the border roared together, and the defense line that the Poles had worked so hard to build instantly entered the hell of fire and iron, and I don't know how many Polish soldiers were torn into pieces of flesh in their sleep.

Plane after plane rushed down from the clouds, bombing round after round of Polish arsenals, troop assembly points, bridges, and railway lines. Soon, the command and communications of the Polish army were basically paralyzed, more than seventy percent of the Polish planes were blown to pieces before they could take off, more than 200 tanks and combat vehicles were turned into scrap metal in the rear, and countless artillery, automobiles, and other baggage were destroyed before they could retreat. The Polish army became the first sacrifice of the German army. All the Polish troops were stunned by what they saw, they could not have imagined that the war would come so quickly and so violently.

But after all, Poland has been preparing for a long time, they soon entered the nearest preset position and began to counterattack, Poland had already mobilized more than a million troops before the war, and more than 800,000 concentrated on the Western Front to defend Germany, these troops lined up, forming a chain of defensive positions, which was the most common defensive tactics in World War I - trench warfare.

The Polish commander-in-chief, Shimigvi, who had served as a mid-level officer in World War I, had distinguished himself in the Soviet-Polish War, and was the de facto dictator of Poland at this time, was determined to be able to withstand the German attack for at least six months, and with this buffer, he could allow the British and French to attack from the south of Germany and force the Germans to retreat.

But when he saw the battle report the next day, he couldn't believe his eyes, the incomparably powerful German army was rapidly cutting through his position, and it was about to succeed.

The German army was divided into three roads at this time, each of which concentrated an armored cluster composed of nearly six or seven hundred tanks, and these steel torrents formed by tanks No. 1, No. 2 and even No. 3 and No. 4 quickly broke down the Polish defense line, and the trenches prepared by Poland for the German army did not play any role at all, and the Polish anti-tank guns in front of No. 3 and No. 4 were like a toy, and these troops quickly tore open a gap in the Polish defense line, and they were not entangled with the Polish army at all, and ran all the way to the east. They swarmed in and quickly disappeared from view of the soldiers on both sides.

After these troops penetrated, they immediately detoured to the back of the Polish army, and from the back of the Polish army and the German infantry still in front, together with the German planes that completely occupied the air supremacy in the sky, Poland was wiped out at a rate of 20,000 or 30,000 people a day.

Shimigvi looked at the battle report, extremely anxious, he desperately tried to block the rampaging German armored group, but he was able to quickly get to the designated position, and there was only one force in Poland to participate in the blockade - Polish cavalry.

Himigvi reluctantly ordered the cavalry units to concentrate to block the German armored group, in fact, it was a cavalry unit, but the Polish cavalry was completely different from the cavalry of the Middle Ages, as early as 1935, the Polish army no longer let the cavalry use spears, and uniformly issued imitation "Mosin-Ganna" cavalry guns, in addition, each cavalry company had at least 4 37 mm or two 50 mm anti-tank guns, and the cavalry was also issued with anti-tank grenades. Himigvi hoped that the cavalry could use mobility to attract German armored forces to difficult terrain and use their anti-tank weapons to eliminate them.

But in this narrow place of the Polish front, and completely lost the air supremacy of the Polish army, it is impossible to move freely, the Polish cavalry just gathered, attracted a large number of German bombers to bomb, and finally most of the cavalry were forced to give up their beloved horses, and the infantry hid in the trenches to fight, a small number of cavalry ran to the front of the German armored army, and could not form any threat, but for the country, these cavalry still fought to the last moment, many cavalry ran out of ammunition, helpless to hide in the mountains and forests, These people became the main force of the Polish partisans, which later gave Hitler a headache.

On the other hand, because the Franco-Polish military agreement has been expressly stipulated. The French side will "gradually launch an offensive against limited targets within three days after the general ****** is issued." and that "as soon as Germany attacks Poland with its main forces, France will launch an offensive against Germany with its main forces, starting from the 15th day after the start of the general mobilization of France". On the same day that the German army attacked Poland, France announced the start of general mobilization, and Britain, which also had a military treaty, also declared a state of emergency on the same day and announced that it would send troops into France to fight alongside France.

On May 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

-- Paris

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier anxiously asked the French commander-in-chief, "How long will it take for us to launch a decent attack on Germany?" ”

At this time, Gammelin had already known from the Polish population the terrible combat effectiveness of the German army, and France had been in Nanshan for so many years, and many weapons and equipment had not been updated, not to mention that the French who had experienced World War I did not have much desire to fight, and Gammelin said in embarrassment: "My Prime Minister, we still have a lot of things to prepare, and it will not be until about two years later, such as 1942, that we can really launch an offensive campaign." ”

After saying that, Gammelin probably felt that his words were still a little too full, and said, "Of course, this is under the premise of British reinforcements and American equipment, if Britain and the United States do not cooperate with us, I think we had better wait until three years before attacking, after all, we have Maginot Nos, and it is a smart choice to let the Germans run around and bleed, isn't it?" The lives of our French are worth much more than the Poles. ”

Daladier rolled his eyes and asked, "Now that Germany has attacked Poland, what should we do?" Do you want us to sit and watch them act? ”

"My prime minister, I am a soldier, I am a military man, I am a military analysis, how long do you think Poland can hold out?" I think that in less than three months, the German army will move a large number of troops to the Western Front, so that our initial advantage will be swept away, and a large number of living forces will be lost, in addition, I went to Germany to see their acting and weapons, their weapons and equipment are very advanced, and we do not have enough aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons, if we go on the offensive now, our factories will be bombed, and then those factory owners and workers will make a fuss, my chancellor, Do you think your Radical Socialist Party will be able to continue to form a government? ”

Daladier opened his mouth and looked at the Gammelin I am good for you, and couldn't help but admit that he had a point, he smacked his lips helplessly and said, "Well, I just hope your judgment is correct." ”

Then, the most interesting scene in the world's military history happened, the French Army, which was considered the most powerful in the world at that time, under the premise of having absolute superiority in troops, all sat quietly behind the steel fortifications, watching the allies who kept saying that they would definitely protect with their lives were wiped out by Germany little by little, and did not dare to fire a single bullet.

-- Modern time and space

Just when the time and space of the Republic of China and the whole world have been in a mess, Jiang Cheng is looking at the machine in front of him with a curious face, since Japan has used the new cipher machine, the original deciphering code brought from the modern era is no longer useful, although there are "giants" and Turing and others from the modern era, the decipherment of Japanese intelligence is only a matter of time, but Jiang Cheng is not completely assured, war is the first catalyst of science and technology, God knows what kind of cipher machine the Japanese army will use after that, not to mention the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, Britain and other countries, how to decipher their codes after that is also an important issue in Yan'an. (To be continued.) )