Chapter 677: Crisis on the Western Front
Huaguo, Presidential Palace.
Xiao Zhenlei frowned in his office and looked at the battle reports on the battlefield on the Western Front, at present, due to the crazy counterattack of the German army, the British and French forces and the newly joined American troops have been defeated and retreated.
Jiang Fangzhen, who was sitting next to him, shook his head and said: "The US First Army that landed on the west coast of France has not yet launched an attack on the German army, and it was defeated by the German army as soon as it arrived at the front line. If the German army continues to fight like this, I am afraid that the armies of Britain, France, the United States and other countries will be driven down the Atlantic Ocean to feed the fish, and if we want to prevent this from happening, the best way at present is for our army to attack from the southeast defense line, attract the attention of the German army to our side, and give the British, French and American armies time to gain a firm foothold and re-establish the defense line! ”
Xiao Zhenlei finished reading the battle reports one by one, his brows tightened, he rubbed his temples, lit a cigarette, smoked, and said after thinking for a few seconds: "How many troops does my army currently exist in the European theater?" How many Germans and Austrians are in the Southeast Line? ”
Jiang Fangzhen said: "There are about 1.7 million troops in the European theater, of which 700,000 are the armies of Southeast Asian countries of the Second Army Corps, and the combat effectiveness of course cannot be compared with our national defense forces, while the German-Austrian army currently has 2 million troops on the southeast defense line."
Xiao Zhenlei walked back and forth in the office a few times, shook his head and said: "Using 1.7 million to attack two million, there is no advantage in troops, and the German army can draw troops from the Russian border on the Eastern Front at any time, as far as I know, there are more than two million troops over there, right?" Now Germany is holding secret talks with the Soviet Russian side. If they don't figure it out, they will come to an agreement if we launch an offensive on the southeastern line now. Once they had reached a total armistice within this time, Germany would be able to draw at least one million of its two million troops on the Eastern Front to the Southeastern Front. When the time comes, it will not be us attacking the German-Austrian forces, but they will carry out a crazy counterattack against us! ”
Jiang Fangzhen walked to the map and said: "President, in fact, we can use more than 1.7 million troops, this is only our troops, not counting the local army, according to our statistics, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Algeria, Macedonia, Greece and other countries have more than 2.5 million troops, and we can at least send 1.5 million troops to join the war, I believe these countries will cooperate."
And on the other hand. If we don't do it now, if we don't eat most of the German-Austrian forces on the southeastern front before the armistice agreement is reached between Germany and Soviet Russia, once they reach an armistice, the Germans can draw a large number of troops from the eastern front to launch a fierce attack on our southeastern defense line.
The Germans have no time to take care of us at present, so we will take this opportunity to eat up the German-Austrian living forces on the southeastern front, and only by eliminating a large number of German and Austrian living forces can our troops advance to the west and northwest, and in doing so, on the one hand, we will be able to relieve the pressure on Britain, France, and the United States on the western front. On the other hand, it also relieves the pressure for us in the next battle! ”
After listening to Jiang Fangzhen's words, Xiao Zhenlei came to the map and looked at southeast Europe, he turned his head to look at Jiang Fangzhen: "You said that the countries of Southeast Europe and Turkey currently have 1.5 million troops at their disposal?" ”
"Yes, absolutely. And just a little more! Jiang Fangzhen said categorically.
Xiao Zhenlei kept smoking a cigarette and kept his eyes on the map before he said after half an hour: "Do you think you want to attack?" Where is the best place to open the situation? ”
Jiang Baili picked up the command pole and dotted on the map: "I have been thinking for a long time, what we can do at present is to take Serbia and the western plateau of Romania as quickly as possible before Germany and Soviet Russia sign an armistice agreement." The German-Austrian forces were heavily stationed in these two places, totaling about 1.2 million horses. If we can eat these 1.2 million horses, then even if Germany transfers all the two million troops on the Eastern Front, we don't have to be afraid! ”
Xiao Zhenlei looked at Serbia and western Romania, both of which are plateau terrain, and the direction of the terrain is high in the east and low in the west, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Chinese army occupies most of the high terrain of the Carpathian mountain range, as long as the army is put into it, and then quickly advance to the west with a condescending momentum, this is completely feasible, especially the western part of Romania is high mountains on three sides, as long as the speed is fast enough, it is not easy for the German and Austrian troops to run away, the key is to be fast, to transport heavy weapons up the mountain, Use heavy firepower to destroy German strongholds in some key defense areas!
Xiao Zhenlei squinted his eyes at western Romania, the Transylvanian plateau! This is the place where the 700,000 troops deployed here by Germany and Austria are eaten, and then they can rely on the natural geographical advantages of the Carpathian Mountains to deploy heavy troops to resist the German army from the southern battlefield on the eastern front in the north.
Xiao Zhenlei took a sharp puff of cigarette and said: "Okay, order Cai Guodong to dispatch a total of one million people from the First, Fifth, and Sixth Army Corps, at all costs, to surround the 700,000 German-Austrian troops on the Transylvanian Plateau as quickly as possible, and then deploy fortifications in various dangerous places in the middle of the Carpathians to resist the attack that may come from the north of the German army south." At the same time, 1.5 million troops from the countries of Southeastern Europe were drawn to attack Serbia, with this 150 army as the main force, supplemented by our second army, to eat the 50 German and Austrian troops in Sevillea! ”
In this way, there is a huge disparity in the number of troops, there are 700,000 people in Germany and Austria in the north, and Xiao Zhenlei uses the main forces of the three national defense forces, all of which are elite, a total of 1 million, while in Serbia there are only 500,000 German and Austrian troops, but Xiao Zhenlei needs to use 2 million and 200,000.
Jiang Baili understands this very well, after all, the countries of Southeast Europe have just recovered from the control of Germany and Austria, although the number of troops is already quite large, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they really dare not compliment, if they want to eat Serbia's 500,000 German and Austrian troops, they must use absolute superiority.
Jiang Baili agreed: "Okay, I'll go back and give orders in the name of the Supreme Military Council, and as for the specific battle plan and deployment, I'll leave it to them to do it themselves, you see?" ”
"Yes, yes. Our domestic side only determines the strategic direction, and the specific tactics are deployed and implemented by themselves. Let's not interfere, it's not like there's a saying 'will be out.' Is there anything wrong with military orders'? That's it! ”
Jiang Baili nodded: "Understood!" “
This is the secretary Xiao Gao knocking on the door and walking in to report: "Big President, Inspector Ma is back, he is outside now".
Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly said, "Oh? Then call him in! ”
"Yes!"
Jiang Baili heard that someone was coming to see Xiao Zhenlei again, so he said, "President, then I'll leave!" ”
"Okay, go slowly!"
Secretary Xiao Gao led Ma Boyang in and left, Ma Boyang came over and reported to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, I'm back!" ”
Xiao Zhenlei happily beckoned Ma Boyang to sit down and asked, "Now that the batch of gold has been transported into the treasury, you have done a good job this time." Got us 900 tons of gold twice in a row, which is a great credit! I have already read the telegram about the general situation of your operation, but I would like to hear you in detail."
"Okay, President!"
Since Ma Boyang and others received a train loaded with gold about 50 kilometers east of Ullman, they poisoned hundreds of Russian soldiers in food, and solved the last destabilizing factor in one fell swoop.
Although the instability had been resolved, Ma Boyang and Eagle Falcon still did not dare to relax at all, after all, their location was still under the control of the Russian army at that time, in order to cover up the clues of the disappearance of gold. Ma Boyang and others buried the bodies of hundreds of Russian soldiers who had been poisoned, and then loaded and unloaded all the wooden boxes containing gold from the train onto the sled, and left the receiving place before the Russian cavalry regiment could catch up.
It took only seven days for Ma Boyang to bring the convoy from Chelyabinsk, but it took half a month to transport the gold back. On the way, many civilians and soldiers froze to death, and when they returned to Chelyabinsk, the entire transport team was reduced by a fifth. It can be regarded as a very heavy price.
After sending Ma Boyang away, Xiao Zhenlei ushered in another guest. Chen Huizu, the president of the National Bank, Chen Huizu said excitedly when he saw Xiao Zhenlei: "President." These 900 tons of gold play a great role, with this 900 tons of gold as reserves, we can issue currency again and relieve the pressure on the economy! ”
Xiao Zhenlei asked, "How long can I last if I issue currency with this amount?" ”
Chen Huizu said with confidence: "I have calculated, I can support it for at least two years!" ”
"Two years?" Xiao Zhenlei nodded, "Two years is enough, judging from the current situation, two years is enough time to defeat Germany!" ”
In the early days of the war, China's gold reserves were very small, but now China's gold reserves are already the largest reserves in addition to the United States, soon after the outbreak of the war, the gold standard system of various countries collapsed one after another, no matter which country did not allow its own country's gold to flow abroad, and countries issued a large number of currencies, thus causing prices to rise, currency depreciation, of which the pound, franc and mark depreciation is the most serious.
However, Britain, France, Germany and other countries want to buy raw materials, weapons and ammunition from other countries, they must also use gold to pay, of course, they also use the method of borrowing, but this requires the willingness of the country, the United States and China in this war to the British and French side of the loan is very large.
China has obtained a lot of gold from Britain and France, which is mainly due to the huge profits brought by the sale of antibiotics, the invention of antibiotics has greatly reduced the battlefield casualty rate, Britain, France and the United States and other countries in order to reduce casualties, have to ruthlessly use real money to buy antibiotics from China, which also allows China to obtain a large amount of gold from various countries, really with these gold reserves, China's economic situation has been very good, Huayuan not only did not depreciate, but also some appreciation.
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