Chapter 774: Winter Offensive
Poland, Warsaw, Allied High Command.
Everywhere was busy, the staff officers were running away with folders, there was a tick-tock sound everywhere, and in Cai Yi's office, two people were talking.
Cai Yi said to Zhang Xiaozhun, who had just rushed over: "Yesterday there was a telegram from China, and the instructions of the Supreme Military Council are that it is now winter, and the climate is very cold, which is not conducive to our army, which will increase the casualties of our army, so the telegram ordered our army to stop the offensive, and wait until the temperature warms up before launching a large-scale attack, this time I call you over, the first is to inform you, from now on all wars against Soviet Russia will be stopped, but you can't help but guard against the counterattack of Soviet Russia, and Kolchak should also keep an eye on it more, lest that side can't withstand it first." The second is that there is a meeting tomorrow that you need to attend with."
Zhang Xiaozhun asked, "What is the theme of the meeting?" β
Cai Yi said with a smile: "Although our army has stopped attacking, but the attacks of other countries on Soviet Russia cannot be stopped, they have been resting for several months, it is time for them to find some unhappiness for the Soviet Russians, this military meeting is to draw up a winter offensive plan!" β
The next day's military meeting was held as scheduled, and Cai Ye wore a straight Chinese army general's uniform, wore the rank of general, wore a thick woolen military coat, and wore shiny riding boots on his feet and walked into the conference room.
"General Cai has arrivedβ"
Hearing the voice, the generals of various countries turned to look at Cai Yi, and then stood up and saluted, although the generals of all countries here have the same military rank as him, they are all generals, and some are even marshals. However, Cai was not only the supreme commander of the Allied forces, they should salute him.
After returning the salute, Cai Ye said, "All the generals should find a place to sit down." We will meet now".
When the generals heard this, they all looked for places to sit down, and the conference room was a circle. The generals of the countries sat on chairs against the wall, empty in the middle.
After everyone walked and sat down, Cai Yi said: "Everyone, I have summoned you here today, mainly to discuss the organization of the winter offensive, in the past three months, the four corps of the Chinese army have taken turns to carry out a large-scale attack on the southwest of Soviet Russia, and the officers and men of each department are exhausted, according to the plan of the Allied High Command. Next, all units of the Chinese army will enter a period of recuperation, and the armies of other countries will also take over the baton and continue to attack Soviet Russia, and Soviet Russia will not be given a chance to breathe, so you will receive relevant orders next, and you and your army will only have half a month of preparation and mobilization time at most."
French Marshal Xia Fei asked: "General Cai, launching an offensive in winter has a great impact on our army, not to mention that the execution of tactics will be affected by the weather, let's just say that once there is heavy snow, logistics supplies will be interrupted." This is almost fatal for the attacking troops! β
Cai Ye turned his head to look at Xia Fei, and said with an indifferent smile: "General Xia Fei has too many concerns, there is a rainy season in spring, and there is also a time when it rains heavily for a month in a row in summer. According to General Xia Fei's logic, because the weather may affect the battle, the war will be stopped. Then we simply don't fight, since we don't fight. Then simply don't want the army, and we, the soldiers, should be disarmed and returned to the field. If there is a dispute between countries, wouldn't it be better to let those politicians fight each other, and whoever wins the war will hear about it? β
"Hahaha??????" Cai Yi's words not only satirized and countered Xia Fei, but also spoke extremely humorous and playful, and the generals of other countries laughed when they heard it.
Xia Fei's face turned red with anger when he saw this, Cai Ye didn't give him any face, and he sarcastically and sarcastically mocked him, how could this make him not angry, but now that Cai Ye has a high official position, he has no choice but to endure it, what if he can't bear it? Who knows if Cai Ye will give him small shoes to wear?
Cai Ye glanced at the generals of various countries and continued: "Your army has been resting for several months, it is time for the activity, and if you don't deal with Soviet Russia again, I suspect that some people in the army have forgotten how to fight!" Although the climate is very cold in winter, and the snow will bring some obstacles and impacts to our offensive, but you should not forget that the severe cold will affect us, and it will also affect the Soviet Russian defenders, if any of us freeze to death, they will definitely freeze to death, but I can responsibly say that our equipment is definitely better than that of the Soviet Russian army, and the warm clothing we distribute to the soldiers is definitely thicker than that of the Russians, this is beyond doubt, who doubts this? Do you have? If anyone says that our warm clothing is inferior to the Russian army, please stand up! β
The room was silent, no one spoke, only someone could be heard smoking pipes incessantly.
Cai Ye waited for half a minute, and saw that no one stood up, before continuing: "It seems that you all agree with what I just said, our army's equipment is better than that of Soviet Russia, and the Russian army can fight in such a cold temperature, why can't our army?" Why? Is it because our soldiers are too delicate? Is it because the lives of the Russians are cheap, and our soldiers are noble? Since our soldiers are nobler than the Russians, what are we going to fight? What else do you do as a soldier? Let's all go to be nobles!
We have a word to describe the highest honor of a soldier, and that is 'Horse Leather Shroud'! If I'm not mistaken, Napoleon of France once said something similar, 'The last soldier should die at the last bullet of the last battle', although the two are different, but they want to express the same meaning, dying on the battlefield is the highest honor of a true soldier, the launch of the winter offensive is imperative, no one can excuse me for any reason, even if you are going to die, you will die on the battlefield.
As you all know, the American army had a bad performance of evacuating and returning home without an order some time ago, and several American generals who directly disobeyed the order have been punished, but it is only a few generals who really disobey the order, and the other generals, officers and soldiers are just acting on orders, and they are not guilty, so in order to let the American army show itself again, the Allied High Command decided to let them take the lead in attacking the Soviet Russians, Let them prove that they are still useful with their practical actions!
General Statham, the Allied High Command has decided to let the American army take the lead in attacking the Soviet Russian defenders, do you have an opinion as the new commander of the American army? β
Statham is the new commander of the Allied High Command's more than 100,000 U.S. troops, and after listening to Cai Yi's words, he stood up and said: "General Cai, I don't have any opinion, our 170,000 U.S. troops absolutely obey the command of the Allied High Command!" β
"Very good, please sit down!" Cai Ye pressed his hand and continued: "Okay, now I ask my chief of staff, Brigadier General Zhang Xiao, to issue a combat order to you!" β
Zhang Xiaozhun was both the commander of the Huaguo Expeditionary Force and the chief of staff of Cai Yi, which was something that the generals of all countries knew, and it was not surprising that Zhang Xiaozhun issued the battle order.
Zhang Xiaozhun stood up and said: "The combat mission of the US army is to attack in the direction of Minsk, capture the surrounding areas of Minsk, gain control, and the combat mission must be completed by the end of December!" The Italian army attacked the Upper Olochok ??????".
After releasing the combat missions of the armies of various countries, Zhang Xiaozhun finally said: "The US army must launch an offensive within a week, and the armies of other countries must launch an attack on the Soviet Russian defenders within half a month, and the specific time is not limited!" β
The British Field Marshal Haig asked, "General Zhang, this plan does not seem to be complete!" β
"Yes, the plan itself is complete, but I didn't say it completely, a lot of it is hidden, the generals must report the combat situation at any time, and the command will adjust the battle plan according to the changes in the battle situation, the reason for this is because the battle situation will change at any time, and the Allied High Command will adjust the follow-up battle plan at any time, and it is also to prevent the leakage of the battle plan, I hope you can understand."
Cai Ye continued: "The combat orders issued by General Zhang are clear to you, I hope you will strictly follow the plan of the combat bureau, if the Allied Command sends you new combat orders halfway, please don't be surprised, because this is the need of the battle situation!" β
After the meeting, Xia Fei and Haig got together, and the two of them came to Xia Fei's room in the hotel, each with a cup of coffee, and the two sat on the sofa to discuss today's meeting.
Xia Fei said: "General Haig, at today's military meeting, I always feel that Cai Yi wants to use our army as cannon fodder!" Since it was a winter offensive, why didn't the Chinese army participate? Even if the Chinese army has been fighting for three months, but they have 1.2 million people, as far as I know, the seventh and eighth army corps of the Chinese army basically did not join the battle, some time ago the battle with the Soviet Russian army was the ninth army and the tenth army, the ninth army was composed of the Japanese, the tenth army was composed of the southeastern countries of Korea, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese was okay, and the Soviet Russians were on par, and the tenth army formed by the southeastern countries was purely cannon fodder, and the casualty rate was more than double that of the Soviet Russians, If the Chinese army is willing to participate in the winter war, it can send the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army to the battlefield, right? β
The reason why Chauffeur and Haig were sent to command the French and British armies to participate in the Allied forces was because neither of them was liked by their respective presidents, French Prime Minister Clemenceau did not like Petain and Chauffeur very much, and British Prime Minister Lloyd? George also didn't like Haig, because these people were very individual, often working with their prime ministers and prime ministers, Clemenceau and George naturally had to give them small shoes, after the formation of the Allied High Command, the armies of various countries were not under the command of their respective governments, so George sent Haig, whom he didn't like, to command the army, and Clemenceau first sent Petain over, Petain knew that he would definitely be angry when he came with troops, Cai Ye is also a person with a very distinctive personality, and he really had a conflict with Cai Ye after he came, But it was not possible to disobey Cai Yi's command, and in the end he had no choice but to pretend to be sick, Clemenceau had no choice but to let Petain return to China, and sent Xia Fei, who he did not want to see, to come over again. (To be continued......)