Chapter 691: 300,000 German troops surrender

In fact, the signing of the armistice agreement between Soviet Russia and the German army this time paid a great price, far more than the price paid in real history, Germany's requirements for Soviet Russia in real history were not so harsh, and in this world, Soviet Russia not only had to cede Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine to Germany, but also had to pay reparations of 6 billion rubles of harsh conditions, which initially caused serious disagreements within Soviet Russia.

In the early days of negotiations between Germany and Soviet Russia, after Germany put forward conditions, the opinions within Soviet Russia were not unified, and some people advocated agreeing to Germany's conditions, although Germany's conditions seemed to be a bit harsh, but at this time the new Soviet Russian regime was really precarious, after all, there was a threat of millions of German troops outside, and a large number of former Tsarist Russian forces and former bourgeois forces inside tried to subvert the new Soviet Russian regime. Only six people agreed with this opinion.

The other part advocated resolutely rejecting the German conditions and continuing the bloody war against imperialism to the end, and at the top meeting of 60 people in Soviet Russia, 32 people were in favor of this proposal.

The last part advocated an armistice, but no treaty with Germany, that is, no war and no peace.

In order to bring about the signing of an armistice agreement between the Soviet and Russian sides as soon as possible, the German side thought of many methods, and exhausted all methods, and finally the Soviet Union and Russia still signed the armistice agreement, and the conditions put forward by Germany were not only much more than the original, but also more harsh, but the Soviet and Russian sides had to agree to Germany's conditions in order to eliminate the huge external pressure as soon as possible. An armistice was signed.

Although the armistice agreement signed this time was a huge loss for Soviet Russia, the agreement was signed. The Soviet and Russian sides did not have any other ideas, but they could not stand the fact that the Chinese side sent a large number of intelligence officers to make a big deal of propaganda in the lost lands of Russia. Provoked partisans from all over the country to run out to make trouble for the Germans, and the German top brass had to start worrying that the Soviet and Russian sides would renege on the signed armistice agreement, after all, the agreement was too unfair to the Soviet and Russian sides.

After the partisans in Poland, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, and other places came out one after another to attack the German strongholds, the German army was a little overwhelmed, and the various logistical supply points were attacked by the guerrillas, and the supply of the 1.5 million German troops who went south to attack the Chinese army began to have problems.

Not only were the German supply depots attacked by the partisans, but some of the garrison sites were also attacked by the partisans, and in just a few days, the German occupation zone in the north showed a tendency to erode. The situation of local erosion was nothing to the German army, and the key was that there was a problem with the supply of 1.5 million German troops to the south, which quickly reduced the offensive ability of these German troops.

The logistical problems could not allow the German troops going south to have a serious shortage of ammunition, and began to have a large shortage of food, and they could fight with bayonets if they were short of ammunition, but if they had no food to eat, where would they have the strength to fight? The German offensive was completely halted within a few days, which gave Jang Hyo-joon's Second Army a respite. The Chinese army took advantage of this opportunity to use a large number of transport planes to airdrop a large amount of ammunition and other supplies to the front line.

After the German high command learned that the more than one million troops heading south were in danger of running out of food, Wilhelm II rebuked Hindenburg and ordered him to find a solution to the problem immediately. Otherwise, he was relieved of his post as Chief of the General Staff.

At this time, Hindenburg had no other way but to draw troops back from the front and protect the supply lines along the way, after all, the occupied territory in the north now had only half a million troops. These armies were scattered all over the country and were subjected to daily attacks by guerrillas. The number of troops itself is insufficient, and it is impossible to be specially deployed to protect the safety of transport and supply lines.

So 300,000 troops were drawn back from the front line that was heading south. As a result, the number of German troops moving south was less than one million, and although it was 300,000 more than the Second Army of the Chinese Army, the gap in strength was not so large, and the pressure on the Chinese army was not very obvious.

Judging from the current situation, the time for the German army to go south to completely defeat the Chinese Second Army has become a long way away, coupled with the fact that the Chinese army is constantly supplying the Second Army, the 300,000 German commanders who were besieged in the Transvasinia Plateau had to face the reality after learning these news, they had to face the reality, after being besieged for so long, the 300,000 German troops were already hungry, and many people had not eaten a grain of food for many days. In the absence of guns and artillery, 300,000 German troops chose to surrender to the Chinese army despite the stern warnings of the German high command.

300,000 German troops surrendered, this is the first time Cai Guodong encountered, and it was surrendered to him, which he couldn't help but be excited, this kind of large-scale surrender of the German army had not happened at all in the previous battles, but there had been large-scale surrender of the Allied armies to the German army before, which France, Britain and Russia had all appeared.

The capital, the presidential palace.

Xiao Zhenlei received a call from Jiang Baili, who reported to him on the phone: "President, the 300,000 German troops besieged on the Transylvassinian Plateau have surrendered to our army, just this morning!" General Cai Guodong accepted their surrender on behalf of our army and said that he would give preferential treatment to German prisoners in accordance with international law! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was overjoyed when he heard this, and almost lost his temper, "Okay, good, this news is too important, this is the best news I have ever heard, immediately send a congratulatory message to Cai Guodong and all the expeditionary officers and soldiers in the Western Theater, telling them that I am proud of them, and the people are proud of them!" ”

"Yes!"

This victory is not easy to come by, when Cai Guodong's battle plan was reported to Xiao Zhenlei before, there were many opposing voices in the country, almost everyone was not optimistic about Cai Guodong only using 900,000 people in three group armies to solve 700,000 elite German troops in such a short period of time, it was Xiao Zhenlei who overrode public opinion, withstood huge pressure and resolutely supported Cai Guodong's battle plan, so that there will be this big victory today.

After the surrender of these 300,000 German troops, the purpose of the more than 1 million German troops going south no longer exists, and there is no point in the German army fighting to the death, and there are still 700,000 people in the three group armies of the Chinese army, plus more than 600,000 people in Zhang Xiaozhun's second group army, there are still nearly 1.4 million people in total, and the total strength of the German army is more than the total strength of the German army going south.

Xiao Zhenlei stabilized his excited emotions and said to Jiang Baili on the other end of the phone: "Cai Guodong may send over the list of meritorious service awards and fallen soldiers, and you must urge the relevant departments to come up with a commendation and pension plan as soon as possible!" ”

"Understood, understood!"

After ending the phone call with Jiang Baili, Xiao Zhenlei immediately asked his secretary Xiao Gao to inform the members of the presidential staff to hold a meeting with the heads of some relevant agencies under the presidential palace to discuss the combat strategy of the expeditionary force in the next stage.

After the meeting began, Xiao Zhenlei said: "Although our army has suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, which is much larger than the casualty ratio of previous battles, I have to say that we have achieved a brilliant victory this time, forcing 300,000 elite German troops to surrender unconditionally, which is unique in history!" The German-Austrian army has a total of 1.2 million people in this area, except for Serbia, there is still a part of the Austro-Hungarian army that has not been eliminated, and the other German-Austrian troops have all been solved, and now the armies of the Balkan Peninsula countries are attacking the Austro-Hungarian army, and in the north, our second army Zhang Xiaozhun is confronting the German army with 100 people, and the German army is no longer able to attack our army, and the offensive and defensive momentum is completely reversed, so how should our army proceed next? Will the army go north to attack the German army moving south from the Eastern Front, or will the army move west to attack Austria-Hungary? I don't know what you think? ”

Before the end of this meeting, Hua Guo made a big deal about the surrender of the 300,000 German troops besieged on the Transylwasinian plateau, and everyone knew about it. Now that the German army had surrendered to China on such a large scale, the other Allied member states were greatly excited when they learned the news and rushed to tell each other, and the morale of the soldiers and legions of the Allied countries on the front line was greatly boosted.

Domestic and foreign newspapers and radio stations have carried overwhelming reports on the capture of 300,000 German troops, which is absolutely impossible in people's inherent thinking, but now it has really happened, which makes the top officials of various governments have to face up to the real combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.

Soon, the Chinese army besieged 700,000 German troops with only three group armies with a total of 900,000 people, and annihilated 400,000, losing only a few tens of thousands of people, and only 100,000 people lost their combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the series of battles of the Chinese army since the beginning of the war have all won more with a small number of battles, and these examples have mainly focused on annihilating the enemy's living forces, so that the high-level officials of various governments have to face a very real and real problem, the Chinese army has become one of the most powerful armies in the world, and it is very likely that this "one" will be removed.

At this point, the weight of China's argument among the Entente countries has become heavier and heavier, the diplomatic work of diplomats has become easier and better, and the Chinese in foreign countries have become more and more respected by foreigners, after all, behind them stands a powerful country that has risen, and the strength of this country makes all countries have to face it squarely and have to face it. (To be continued......)