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Although Zhukov's proposal was rejected, it also reminded Stalin that the Finnish passage and the eventual Soviet-German relations had become a priority.

Because of the fact that Germany has never been trusted, the four major military districts of Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic Sea and the Southwestern have always maintained a million elite troops, and the pro-German Finland has always threatened the security of Leningrad, resulting in the 500,000 elite troops of the Moscow Military District having to be withheld to prevent Germany from hitting the heart through the Finnish channel. As a result, 1.5 million elites are dragged in Europe. You must know that before the war, Moscow claimed to have an army of 500, but in fact there were only about 4.5 million, and most of them were new soldiers. And from Afghanistan to the end of the Kazakh battle in Central Asia, in fact, nearly 2 million troops have been lost in the East. Coupled with the fact that 200,000 people in Afghanistan are now besieged, Tashkent is holding on to nearly 400,000, the Caucasus and Persia are holding on to 800,000, and Siberia and Kazakhstan east of the Aral Sea, in fact, not only have all the troops urgently formed after the Battle of Ahvaz pulled out, but there are not many decent reserves in hand.

So Stalin thought about it all night, or after the next day, he made a formal speech to the nation, acknowledging the news of the invasion of Central Asia, but not saying a word about key figures such as casualties. In his speech, he called on the proletariat of the whole country and the whole world to defend the Soviet Union and Central Asia with concrete actions, and at the end of his speech, he also described the Wehrmacht's counterattack as a "Yellow Peril invasion", trying to use this abhorrent word to attract European and American forces and Nazi racism and continue to ease Soviet-German relations.

This speech caused an uproar in the world, and many Soviets found it incredible. A few days ago, the newspapers were still talking about how many "lands" were recovered and how many enemies were destroyed, but how could it become invaded overnight? Although there were many doubts and speculations, the effect of his speech was still very amazing, and under the powerful propaganda machine of political work, the slogan of defending the country resounded throughout the four fields. Millions of young Soviet men began to take up arms, partisan detachments of all stripes were quickly formed, workers were rallied to work day and night, even criminals were mobilized into the production ranks, and at least 50,000 mid-level officers, pilots, and naval personnel who had been assigned during the purge were released and returned to command.

This speech also officially announced the elevation of the war in Central Asia to a national war!

The ability to mobilize under the unique system of the Soviet Union was unquestionable, and the day after Stalin's speech, Moscow announced that it would reorganize 70 army groups and 5 million partisans, declaring that it would drown the invaders in the sea of people's war. GC international organizations around the world have also responded to the call. By the end of February, at least 50,000 "international fighters" from France, Eastern Europe, the United States, and even South America had gone directly to the front lines through the Caucasus and elsewhere.

Perhaps Zhukov was halfway convinced, and Stalin added five new divisions on the basis of six divisions, plus a variety of international fighters, and the strength of Tashkent increased to 500,000. Apanashchenko also vowed at the military conference to turn Tashkent into the grave of the enemy. Drain the enemy's vital forces and buy more mobilization time for the rear.

Stalin also made positive adjustments in terms of weapons and equipment, in view of the fact that the troops reflected that almost everyone in the Wehrmacht had a semi-automatic rifle, and the elite troops were also issued with a large number of submachine guns (the Soviet Union misunderstood that fully automatic was a type of submachine gun), so the production of SVT-38 not only did not stop, but was improved into SVT-40, began to expand production capacity, and also began to develop new submachine guns. Faced with the Type 31 and 36 tanks, the Grabin Design Bureau thought of the 57-mm anti-tank gun under development, taking into account the difficulty of processing the original design of 71 times the body barrel. So change it to 635 times the diameter. Judging from the results of the experiments, the depth of armor penetration was very good, so Stalin decided to immediately start installing it on the T34 tank, which was designated the T35/57 type.

Of course. These are just transitional scenarios. Because even if it was shortened to 635 times, the roughing industry in the USSR had difficulty securing the quantity. Therefore, the KV2 tank with a 122-mm gun was also quickly finalized, and finally Stalin also demanded that the Navy's 100-mm cannon be installed on the T34 to increase firepower. As for the plane, knowing that it would not be able to match its opponent in a short period of time, it simply ordered to intensify the production of the IL-2, which has good ground efficiency.

At last. To solve the long-plagued threat to the Finnish passage, and to free up half a million elite troops of the Leningrad and Moscow Military Districts. After much thought, Stalin decided to take advantage of the winter to solve the problem. According to his thoughts, a mere Finland must be a good one. Moreover, from the analysis of intelligence, the troops in Yang Qiu's hands have actually been used to the extreme, 1.7 million in the northwest, 500,000 in the southwest, 500,000 in the northeast and North Korea, 500,000 in the Persian Gulf, and 200,000 in Borneo in the South China Sea. As for the first batch of recruits mobilized after the declaration of war, they would not be able to complete their training until February at the earliest, and with the influence of the Chinese New Year, he believed that Yang Qiu would not launch a new offensive before the end of the Chinese New Year on February 22, 1940, so as long as he could finish Finland before the end of February, he would have enough time to turn around.

On December 15, good news came from Berlin. Motorov and Ribbentrop signed a "reexchange agreement", according to which Moscow will deliver a total of 4 million tons of various ores to Germany by the end of March, and add another 3 million tons of crude oil to the original base. In exchange, Germany promised to produce 1000 BD engines for the USSR and again deliver 330 BF109 fighters. At the same time, GC International also began to encourage workers in Poland, the Czech Republic and other places to resume active production. Although the supplies were less, the good news that more and more factories in Poland, the Czech Republic and other occupied areas were resuming operation still made Hitler smile from ear to ear.

After Motolov, who had whispered in front of Germany, he immediately arrived in Helsinki with a haughty expression and proposed to re-sign the "Soviet-Finnish Treaty of Mutual Assistance" and jointly defend the Gulf of Finland. Finland was also asked to move the Soviet-Finnish border on the Karelian Isthmus 40 kilometers north, to cede to the Soviet Union several islands in the Gulf of Finland and Finnish territory on the Rebache Peninsula, and to lease the Hanko Peninsula to the Soviet Union for a period of 30 years at a cost of 8 million Finnish marks per year. In order to compensate for the loss of territory, the Soviet Union offered to give Finland land twice the area northwest of Lake Onega, which was ceded by Finland.

The Finnish government, which was greatly relieved after the start of the Sino-Soviet war, did not expect the Soviet Union to make a comeback, and also demanded the cession of the important Hanko Peninsula, so it unceremoniously refused. When Stalin heard the news, he was furious, and he poured all the anger he had received in China and Germany on Finland, and transferred Zhukov, who opposed him, to the Northwest Military District, and transferred 300,000 troops to threaten Finland with war.

The whole world didn't expect it. Stalin, who had just lost 1.17 million troops, would have been angry with Finland. Because of Finland's extremely important position, Britain and France issued war warnings and demanded that the Soviet Union stop taking risks.

The world war was already slipping faster and faster towards the abyss that no one could predict, and at this time, Beijing and China led by Yang Qiu were not affected by external influences, and the great victory prompted another economic, industrial, and war readiness.

According to Yang Qiu's order, the first step was to divide more than 700,000 Soviet prisoners of war into hundreds of groups, adopt a reward and punishment contract responsibility system, and devote themselves to the construction of the three railways at a speed of eight kilometers a day. for managing them. Xu Shuzheng gave the task to the Kazakh Independence Army, which had grown to three corps, and the oppressed Kazakhs were happy to accept the job. At the same time, a large number of small processing machines were sent to the Kazakh occupied territories, food and wool processing plants were organized, production of the Karaganda iron mine, the Balkhash copper mine and the Pavlodar coal mine was resumed, and the supply of military supplies was stepped up to reduce logistical pressure.

As for the large number of weapons seized, there were also buyers early. India's Chandra and Jinnah, Iran's Pahlavi and Afghanistan's Nader Shah have all taken a fancy to this piece of fat and have sent people to hope for a piece of the pie. Song Ziqing also followed Yang Qiu's explanation, except for some mortars and body-barreled artillery guns of better quality, which were intercepted for their own use, and left enough for the Central Asian Independence Army to use, the rest adopted the method of partial assistance and some low-cost sales, and provided 100,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition to the four companies respectively, and the captured tanks were repaired. A portion will also be sold to them.

Finally, when Xu Shuzheng handed over the proposed list of rewards and punishments for the battle to the Ministry of National Defense, he also proposed that the Kazakh army group be divided into two new army groups in order to cope with the larger battlefield after the formation of the salient. His suggestion was agreed to by Yang Qiu. He also officially upgraded the Northwest Theater Command to the Central Asia Theater Command, with him replacing Zhang Xiaozhun as commander-in-chief, and letting Long Yun take over as commander of the East Kazakh Army and Chu Nan as the South Kazakh Army. Xie Ruyi's Andijan Army was also renamed the Uzbek Army, and Sun Chuanfang's Central Asian Army was renamed the Turkmen Army. Together with He Xifan's Siberian Army Group and Bai Chongxi's Persian Gulf Army, the number of troops radiating Central Asia has increased to 156 divisions, with a total strength of 2.51 million, plus the envisaged 50 independent divisions of Central Asian nationalities, which can ensure 3 million troops in the west, and this is also the largest supply capacity under the current railway capacity.

Stalin is adjusting, Yang Qiu is also actively adjusting the deployment for the coming year, and a new round of battles has begun to brew.

When Marshall arrived in Kashgar, the last stop in the northwest, the atmosphere of preparation was very strong. Every day, large numbers of military trains laden with soldiers and equipment divert from here to Tajikistan, Andijan and Afghanistan.

"General."

Stilwell pushed the door open. As the U.S. military attache in China, he regretted that he had not been able to witness the Battle of Central Asia, so he learned that Marshall had arrived in the northwest and flew here from Persia to meet him. Seeing Marshall's casual salute, his tone was anxious: "I have just contacted China, and the president has spoken to the British Prime Minister to confirm that the Soviets are mobilizing troops to the Finnish border. The British, German and French governments have all issued warnings to Moscow, but with little success. Judging by the current indications, war will break out within a week at the earliest. ”

"Are they crazy?" Jensen and Donovan came over with their coffee and were very puzzled. The latter was even more surprised: "What was Stalin thinking?" Do you want to mess with Finland at this time? Wasn't he afraid of German retaliation? ”

Stilwell shook his head: "It is very difficult to determine whether Germany will retaliate or not, because Motorov flew directly from Berlin to Helsinki. So the British suspect that they have reached some consensus. Judging by some indications, Moscow probably hopes to solve the problem of the Finnish passage before the Chinese make a move on Tashkent. ”

"Do you think the Finns can stop it?" Marshall was also worried. The war in Asia has already worried the United States, and if Moscow invades Finland and provokes a war in Northern Europe, then he will probably have to return home immediately to prepare for war.

"The Finnish government has only 30,000 troops, and although it is already mobilizing, it is very under-armed. And judging from the attitude of Britain and France, they are more verbal condemnation, so now everyone is most concerned about the reaction of Germany. After Stilwell finished speaking, he suddenly lowered his voice: "General, I have received some bad news, the Polish Resistance has issued a warning to the British, saying that the Soviet Union and Germany signed a secret document to divide Europe and Asia!" ”

"It can't be!" Jensen was the first to jump. You must know that Hitler has always stood in the role of opposing the GC party, and it is on this basis that the British and French governments have made a policy of appeasement that leads to trouble, and the racist statements of the Nazis have repeatedly pointed at the entire Slavic nation, how can such news suddenly come out? Donovan was not convinced, but he was deeply concerned about the recent frequent contacts between the Soviet Union and Germany: "Your Excellency Jensen, you can't make judgments lightly. Didn't you notice that Yang Qiu was also playing with the ambiguity policy? With the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet war, Stalin had to withdraw his hand to Europe, and if he could convince Germany with concessions in the Balkans and Eastern Europe, I am afraid. ”

"Will Hitler enter Western Europe first?!" Marshall was even more worried, asking, "Has Mr. President responded to our work?" ”

"It was Mr. Hopkins who conveyed that President Roosevelt was also very concerned about the situation in Europe and was very concerned about Soviet-German relations, so he asked us to resolve the Philippine aid package as soon as possible. He said he could pay Beijing some if necessary, but China had to be involved. ”

"Let Yang Qiu participate in the Philippine aid program?" Jensen wondered, what does this mean?

ps: I'm very sorry, but on Monday, Little Hippo is in the new semester, so this weekend from buying tools to meeting new teachers, all kinds of busy. I haven't even written the time and plot of the codeword, so I hope you can understand and try to repay the debt next week