April 10, 1942, for the Germans, was a carnival after victory, another absolutely important goal of Hitler's conquest, but certainly not the last, for the Soviets, the flames of war burned on their own land, it was the beginning of deep suffering, and it was Stalin's retribution for greed for the Chinese land.

As far as Tang Qiuli's role in the period is concerned, he was undoubtedly the direct catalyst of the Soviet-German war, the participant in the formulation of specific campaign plans, and even changed the direction of the Soviet-German war, and even the final outcome.

Obviously, the great surprise of the success of the raid on the Soviet Union made all the German party, government, and military bigwigs in the office of the German Führer Hitler get carried away, and Goebbels, the propaganda minister of the Nazi Party, slapped Hitler with a very comfortable sycophant in poetic language, so that the vanity of His Excellency the Führer, who loves to watch Xiàn, was greatly satisfied, while others expressed their ecstatic mood in another way.

Paul, the SS National Deputy Commander-in-Chief who was not a drinker? Admiral Schulenburg, chanting repeatedly: "Guards! Guardsman! Go get a good bottle of whiskey at once, I'm going to make an exception today and have a few drinks with the Führer! ”

Several other soldiers also shouted for wine, and Hitler smiled and said: "Gentlemen, there is no restraint in the presence of the victors, let's make an exception today, let us have a good drink!" ”

Goebbels was busy writing the radio script, Hitler rubbed his hands excitedly, and after walking around the room a few times, he said to the chief of the General Staff, von Brown. Marshal Strongs said: "My dear Strongs, this good news should be known to my old friend His Excellency Tang Qiuli. Yes, you must let him know that you will immediately send a telegram to inform him of the news of our great victory, so that old friends can share the joy of victory with us! ”

At about nine o'clock in the morning of April 10, Tang Qiuli, who was in Saiyin Shanda in southern Outer Mongolia, came to the house with a very relaxed expression, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, and the sprinkling and falling. Seyinshanda was shrouded in a storm and snow, and this heavy snow added a lot of difficulties to the troops directly under the corps that were lurking on the two flanks of the Soviet Union's Outer Mongolian Front, and for the Dongzhi troops heading for the Chita area. It's a good hidden weather.

But for Vasilevsky, the difficulty was even greater. On the way to retreat. Covered with heavy snow, the Soviet army will be struggling, greatly slowing down the pace of the march, which is fatal for the Soviet troops who are eager to return to the direction of Europe, and the Soviets are now most lacking. It's time, perhaps, at this moment he hasn't received a telegram from Moscow yet, and offensive operations are being deployed, right?

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe. With snowflakes on his head, he came to Tang Qiuli's side with a telegram and said with a smile: "Division commander, it has been more than three hours since the German attack on the Soviet Union, and as you expected, the Germans have sent a telegram!" ”

Tang Qiuli raised his head, closed his eyes slightly, and let the snowflakes fall on his face as much as he wanted, and a cold chill appeared on his skin, but it made him feel very comfortable, "Oh? What did Hitler say? Isn't that good news? He asked casually.

Zhao Yuhe looked very relaxed and replied: "Division commander, you guessed right, the German General Staff sent us a report on the battle situation, the German army's surprise operation was an unprecedented success, the German troops attacking from all directions, the resistance encountered was extremely weak, and the war began more than three hours ago, in the territory of the Soviet Union, an average of more than 80 kilometers, at present, all German units continue to attack in depth in the Soviet Union!" ”

After a slight pause, Zhao Yuhe continued: "The Germans' telegram is full of complacency and showing off, but, in my personal opinion, this is just the beginning of the war, the Soviet troops along the border line are not the main force, the Soviet army is not injured, the main force is still there, the end of the battle is up, next, there will be several decisive battles, the victory or defeat will be seen at that time, the Germans will celebrate now, it is too early, right?" ”

Tang Qiuli opened his eyes, a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and while walking towards the house, he looked at Zhao Yuhe, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Oh, Yuhe, do you see it that way?" His tone was very light, but Zhao Yuhe still heard a different meaning from it.

Zhao Yuhe's footsteps paused slightly, thought for a while, and replied with a little restraint: "Yes, division commander, I think so, the war potential of the Soviet Union is undoubtedly huge, the German offensive did not inflict heavy losses on the Soviet army, and the vast land area of the Soviet Union has great strategic room for maneuver, as the German army continues to penetrate deep into the interior of the Soviet Union, the vast territory will dilute the strength of the German army and continue to thin the offensive momentum of the German army. ”

Tang Qiuli took off the military coat on his body, and did not say anything about Zhao Yuhe's words, but continued to ask: "That's all, is there anything else?" There was no contempt or impatience in the tone, but more encouragement!

Zhao Yuhe also let go of his mind, and the right to be with the division commander was discussing a purely military strategic issue, "Of course, there is more to it than that, the German offensive, under the influence of the Soviet Union's huge strategic maneuver space, can not be maintained forever, in the early stage of the war, the German army will repeatedly succeed, and the Soviet army's losses will be very heavy, but as long as Stalin survives the most difficult stage in the early stage, with the Soviet Union's land area, huge population base, and highly centralized state politics, and war potential, the Germans will be consumed!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuhe suddenly chuckled, "However, division commander, if Stalin made a series of mistakes in military command, this advantage would be consumed prematurely when the German offensive momentum was at its peak, and it would be really hard to say whether Germany would win or lose the Soviet Union!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said half-jokingly: "Yuhe, the chief of staff for a few years has a lot of experience now, you have said both victory and defeat, and you are firmly in an invincible position, ah!" - Hahaha! ”

Zhao Yuhe blushed a little, and he could hear the ridicule in the division commander's tone, and there were a few words of argument, but Tang Qiuli changed the topic, "Yuhe, after talking about the Outer Mongolian Front, are there any new moves?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "No, the three group armies of its vanguard are still advancing in the direction of Saiyinshanda according to the original plan, because of the heavy snow, the number of sorties of our combat aircraft has decreased, and the advance speed of the Soviet army is obviously much faster than that of the previous few days!" ”

The corners of Tang Qiuli's mouth put on a sarcastic smile, and he said to Zhao Yuhe: "Well, there are no new tricks, Yuhe, remind the troops on both wings, pay attention to hidden traces, and in addition, pay close attention to the movements of the Soviet army, you go and get busy!" ”

Zhao Yuhe left, in the house, only Tang Qiuli was left, it seemed very quiet, walked to the window, the howling northwest wind had subsided, looking at the snowflakes that were fluttering, rendering the heaven and earth into chaos, it seemed that when the snowflakes landed, the slight "brush" sound.

Tang Qiuli's thoughts returned to the conversation with Zhao Yuhe just now, Zhao Yuhe was right, the war potential of the Soviet Union was absolutely huge, if the direction of history, as before, followed the old trajectory to move forward, the defeat of the Germans is only a matter of time.

First, the date of the German attack was two and a half months earlier than recorded in history, and secondly, at the beginning of the war, elite troops were sent to seize the Transcaucasian oil fields of the Soviet Union, which had never happened in history.

However, in the second year of the war, the German offensive, in the gradual increase in the resistance of the Soviet army, had lost the sharpness at the beginning of the war, and the Soviet Union's war potential had already been revealed.

Stalin also saw the key problem, around the Transcaucasian oil fields, the deployment of heavy troops, the German army until the defeat, did not get close to the Caucasus oil fields half a step, in Tang Qiuli's view, at the beginning of the war, did not seize the Soviet oil base Caucasian oil fields, is the main factor of the German army's defeat of the Soviet Union, weather reasons, the potential of the war, fell second, the Soviet-German war, Germany fought a large-scale mechanized corps, rapid advance, roundabout outflanking operations, the dependence on oil is extremely high.

Seizing the Caucasus oil fields can not only supplement the oil needs of the German army, but also cut off the blood vessels of the Soviet army, which can be regarded as a plan to kill two birds with one stone, which is also the original intention of discussing the "Barbarossa Plan" with Hitler in Germany, and he tried his best to advocate sending a surprise army to quickly seize the Soviet Caucasus oil fields.

I remember that at that time, Hitler was still very unimpressed, thinking that the Caucasus oil field area was not an important military fortress of the Soviet Union, nor was it a politically and economically intensive area of the Soviet Union, it was a sparsely populated barren land, and ten Caucasus regions were not as good as one Moscow or Stalingrad.

Hitler's greatest interest was in the capture of important cities in the Soviet Union, especially Moscow, in his opinion, the capture of Moscow meant that the Soviet Union had been defeated, and Tang Qiuli only used a few words to subdue Hitler.

"Your Excellency, if you want me to participate in this plan, then, to occupy the Caucasus oil field area of the USSR, it is necessary to send the most elite troops to carry it out at the beginning of the war, otherwise, I am not interested in this plan!"

The fire in the stove beat with a "pop", and in the silent room, it was exceptionally clear, pulling Tang Qiuli's thoughts back to reality, "Now, I'm afraid that the news of the German attack on the Soviet Union has reached Moscow, right?" He thought to himself.

(To be continued)(To be continued......