Chapter 220: Hawaiian Steak
It's not that there are no reinforcements, it's just that the reinforcements have been sent to Europe!
At the outbreak of the war, the Soviet dictatorship was extremely efficient. Within five weeks of Stalin's announcement of the national mobilization, more than a million workers and peasants were rapidly reorganized into a new Red Army group, and the number was still increasing at a rate of 500,000 per week.
It was just that the grim situation in the European battlefield left Stalin with no more energy to pay attention to the Far Eastern battlefield, and all the reports and telegrams asking for help in the Far East were handed over to Molotov, the newly appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Command.
For the first time in the Soviet Union, the foreign minister was appointed deputy chairman of the Supreme Command Department instead of a military officer, and it also showed Stalin's trust in the "Moscow actor."
After the "Barbarossa" plan was launched at the same time as the "Sky Song" plan in the Far East, the German army on the Western Front quickly crushed the border guards of the Soviet Red Army. Ritter? Feng? Under the command of Marshal Lib, he conquered the Baltic states annexed by the Soviet Union and quickly set off a wave of independence for Lithuania and Estonia. In early September, the Northern Cluster Army surrounded Leningrad and formed a standoff with the Red Army.
The Southern Cluster Army commanded by Marshal Rundstedt, under the cover of more than 1,400 aircraft, attacked the densely populated agricultural heart - Ukraine, and Hitler planned to deploy the Southern Cluster Army in the area from Lublin to the mouth of the Danube, capture Kiev, and then attack the Donbass, and then attack the Russian steppes in the south to the Volga River and the oil-rich Caucasus, so that Ukraine will become the granary and oil depot of Germany's giant war machine.
To this end, Hitler did not hesitate to transfer the armored forces used by the Central Cluster Army to attack Moscow to the Southern Cluster to participate in the Battle of Kiev. Of course, in the deduction of Wei Qingge, His Majesty once bluntly said that the transfer of Guderian's Second Panzer Corps to the south was an absolute failure. If Guderian had joined, the central cluster would not have been repulsed by Soviet infantry in the Battle of Moscow.
Although the Germans occupied a large part of the Soviet Union within two months of the start of the war, including Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states, and even a spearhead unit in the central cluster, the spiraling spirals of the Kremlin were seen. But with the mud of autumn and the lengthening of supply lines, all German units faced supply shortages, and Stalin threw almost all of the new regiments into the European theater, and the stubborn will of the Red Army soldiers gradually reversed the decline on the battlefield. In Leningrad, in Kiev, and in the west of Moscow, the German offensive began to weaken, and the Soviet Red Army began to effectively build defensive positions, especially after Zhukov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and several beautiful counterattacks even pushed back some German troops by more than 100 kilometers, and these victories immediately became favorable evidence for the Soviet propaganda machine to trumpet that the Red Army was still strong and invincible.
But in fact, it was not only the Red Army soldiers who fought valiantly to stop the German army from continuing the offensive, but also the strong demand of His Majesty the Han Emperor also played a large role.
In September, His Majesty wrote a long handwritten letter to the mustache, detailing that the German and Han armies could not end the war against the Soviet Union before 1941, and that even if the Germans could capture Kiev, Leningrad, or even Moscow in the following operations, they would not be able to force the Soviet Union to surrender, and Stalin had already moved his war industry to the Urals, Central Asia, and Siberia. Napoleon's lessons had to be learned.
Within the German army, the German Army's quartermaster general, Eduard ? Wagner also reported to the FΓΌhrer: "We have reached the limits of human and material resources. We are about to face the serious threat of a cold winter. β
In addition, due to the difference in railway gauge between Germany and the Soviet Union, the railway network left by the Soviet army could not be used by the German army, and they had to produce locomotives and carriages suitable for the Soviet railway gauge in order to meet the supply of the front-line troops.
Of course, what finally prompted the mustache to decide to suspend the offensive before the onset of winter was another decoy thrown by the Han Emperor - oil.
In the forties and fifties of the 20 th century, Germany, like China, was an absolutely oil-poor country, but the German army relied heavily on armored forces and other mechanized troops, and the German eagle also became a hairless vulture due to lack of oil.
Emperor Han promised to provide a large oil field that would support Germany until the end of the war, which made the mustache overjoyed, "Let the evil Soviets live another half a year!" β
The position that Zhong Yi offered to the mustache was Libya. As for the Middle East, that is where His Majesty left his son to make a fortune.
Rommel's Afrika Korps had just driven the British back to Egypt, but as Germany began the war on the Western Front, Churchill, who was under less pressure, strengthened the Eighth Army, replaced the Han army that had been defeated twice in Somalia, and once again lost Riningham in Ethiopia. Toil? Montgomery became commander of the Eighth Army.
His Majesty, who heard the news, almost laughed in the Wei Qing Pavilion, and Jiang Yunzhi, who didn't know why His Majesty was so happy, was confused! Winston Churchill has appointed a new African commander, what are you happy about?
Without him, the world would not change!
Rommel and Montgomery staged a double meeting in Africa, which proves that the little butterfly called Zhong Yi has not changed history too much, which means that His Majesty can still have many "time-traveler halos" to play a role.
It's like this Libyan oil field, it's just a little bit sorry for the future Colonel Gaddafi! Hey, that beauty/female guard Jurchen ......
According to the location provided by His Majesty, the German oil workers soon succeeded in drilling an oil well, and geologists proved with hindsight that there was enough oil in Libya to support all the oil needs of the German Empire.
When the mustache heard the news, he was so excited that he almost flew to Chang'an to kiss Zhongyi. For this kind of situation, of course, His Majesty will pour a basin of cold water on him, "The Mediterranean Sea is still British territory, do you want to count on the Italian Navy to protect your oil tankers?" β
When it comes to Italy, the mustache is not angry, this Nima when he signed the Iron Alliance, he still regarded Mussolini as a character, fortunately the son of God was born, otherwise, Germany will repeat the tragedy of Kaiser Wilhelm II in World War I - find the wrong ally!
gave an oil field, and the Han Emperor became the son of God in the mouth of the mustache, His Majesty shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Nima, they all say that the Germans are rigid, but this flesh is numb, and it is also a goods without discipline!" β
Counting on the Italian Navy to control the Mediterranean, it is better to wait for the sow to go up the tree! Hitler, who had been completely disappointed with the guys who could only play football (anyway, football was not as good as the Germans), turned his mind to the Royal Navy again, and there was nothing to be embarrassed about! Since the oil fields are all sent, then you will send the oil to your home, and it just so happens that the Royal Navy does not have a fleet in the Albert Sea?
His Majesty smiled at Hitler's request, but in the telegram he sternly refused, "How can that be, the Mediterranean Sea has always been the traditional sphere of influence of European countries, and we have stipulated in the alliance treaty, the scope of our Han interests is in the Asia-Pacific region, and the Royal Navy enters the Mediterranean, isn't it a violation of the alliance!" β
This is a typical bargain and sell well! You see, the Han Empire was quite respectful of its allies.
After reading the telegram, the mustache's beard was crooked, but the person was under the eaves and had to bow his head. Germany's own navy was not angry, and it was easy to get a battleship Bismarck that could be handled, and it was humiliated and sunk by the British! First, it is too late to develop aircraft carriers, and second, Germany does not have more resources to develop its navy in its current war model, and it is already the limit to get some U-shaped submarines to compete with Britain and the United States in the Atlantic.
Don't go around the bush, it's all a fox for thousands of miles, Hitler sent a telegram directly to the Han Emperor, "You just say which place in the picture, send it directly under German control, and send troops to beat you down if you don't control it." Even if they wanted the Marseille of France, the Vichy government would have to listen to Germany! Just one condition, blast the British out of the Mediterranean! β
The mustache was so refreshing, Zhong Yi was embarrassed to take it anymore, and discussed with Jiang Yunzhi and Zhang Zheng for a long time, thinking that the southern fleet in the Arabian Sea region could not move, first, the Middle East region was very important, and the power of the empire had just stepped into the Persian Gulf, so it could not be abandoned halfway; At the same time, the Southern Fleet remained in the Arabian Sea, which could also deter India and even the Bay of Bengal region, although the empire had not yet explicitly declared war with Britain, but the hostility between the two sides was a matter of time! At least in African Somalia, the Coastal Corps under the command of Hans had already twice defeated his teacher, Lieutenant General Leningan.
Especially in the counterattack/attack on Kenya, the Sixth Guards Army under the command of Shui Mo killed 80,000 black troops with a force of 40,000 soldiers and swept away the leaves in the autumn wind. Even within the Imperial Army, because of the heroic performance of the Sixth Guards Army, there have been proposals to increase the number of mechanized infantry divisions in the Imperial Army to replace the purely armored units with excessive logistical pressure.
Of course, this statement was ruthlessly reprimanded by Jiang Yunzhi, Chief of General Staff, "On paper, the literati mislead the country!" A group of pens just need to do your copywriting work, do you know what armored power is? In the European theater and in the future Americas, is the enemy more powerful than those of the African natives? β
General Chiang's words were published in the newspaper by reporters the next day, and then an American newspaper reprinted the report, "The Han people are going to land in the Americas? Such questions immediately spread throughout the United States, causing considerable panic in major cities on the West Coast of the United States, and many wealthy people began to sell their property and move inland and east.
In Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston, workers have no intention of working, and even the news that the most successful film "Gone with the Wind" in history won eight Oscars cannot take away the limelight of "Han people are going to land in America", Fei Wen? No matter how beautiful Li is, she can't withstand the Han Emperor's planes and cannons, right?
Under pressure, U.S. Secretary of the Army Stimson had no choice but to keep the three Army divisions that were going to be transferred to Hawaii on the West Coast to increase the sense of security of the people.
His Majesty, who got the news, jokingly said: "One sentence from the chief can top three divisions!" β
Indeed, this unintentional lie has done "General Han Shin" a great favor, and the two oceanic fleets led by Admiral Long Zhou have secretly built an advance base on Christmas Island in the Central Pacific, preparing for a long-term battle with the US military in the Hawaiian region.
But the U.S. Army's temporary termination of the reinforcement plan will make the landing operation on Oahu much less stressful, and the Hawaiian Islands still maintain the previous garrison, and the commander of the Honolulu garrison, Major General Short, when he learned that the War Department had canceled the reinforcement plan for Hawaii, scolded, "Are the War Department all a bunch of idiots?" Don't they understand what a sweet fried steak Hawaii is without the protection of the naval fleet? β
There are always so many coincidences in history, and no one knows that it was when Short uttered this apt analogy that the two oceanic fleets off Christmas Island had already set sail for Hawaii, 2,000 kilometers away.
Long Da Fat Man likes to eat to relieve stress, every time before the war, he likes to eat a big meal, this time his dinner is extraordinarily rich: Christmas Island fire crab, South China lobster...... Well, on the plate next to it, there is also a fried medium-rare, sweet ...... Steak!