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The German army became the second country after China to use a large number of cloudburst bombs, and the Soviet government naturally immediately thought that it might be that the Chinese government secretly transferred jishu to Germany, but Hu Weidong, who asked Ying to settle the matter, did not admit it at all, on the grounds that although Germany used cloudburst bombs, they used different detonation methods, and the power was far worse than China's. He also did not blush at accusing the Soviet Government of fraternal countries of the same ideology without evidence and for selflessly assisting the Soviet Union, and ridiculed them for not being able to produce even defective products

It is true that the Soviet government has no evidence in its hands, and even if the Germans come out to testify for them, Hu Weidong can also be said to be a German to drive a wedge between China and the Soviet Union, and the key lies in the fact that there is no physical evidence, and there can be no physical evidence. The reason is very simple, Hu Weidong only verbally told the German ambassador who "secretly stolen" a number of Jishu secrets with the acquiescence of the Chinese government, and if it were not for Germany's strong industrial and technological foundation, they would never have succeeded in developing it so quickly. In the absence of evidence, seeing that the Chinese government was so tough, the Soviet government suddenly had no bottom in its heart, and it was impossible for them to be stupid enough to go to war with China again when it was very difficult to deal with Germany, so they had to hurry up

In retaliation for Germany's use of cloudburst bombs, the Soviet Union was bent on retaliating with a tooth for a tooth. The United States and Britain also want to get the means to retaliate. However, they have not been able to successfully imitate the Izumo Bomb, and the number of bombs they purchased at the beginning was so small that they used most of them just by researching and understanding them, and now there are very few left. After the Chinese government sternly refused to transfer the jishu, the Allies offered to buy cloudburst shells again, and in much more quantities than they had at the beginning, and it would be foolish not to make money, and the Allies were currently in a difficult situation, even if it was only to balance the situation in World War II, they should be supported. So the Chinese government was only symbolically embarrassed, raised the price for a while, and quickly agreed

Due to the current capacity constraints. Unable to provide sufficient quantities of China's scarce commodities (potash and iron ore), and with China refusing to accept any banknotes, including dollars and pounds, the governments of the three countries had to offer easily transportable precious metals such as gold, platinum (and other platinum-based metals), silver, and rare metals such as chromium, beryllium, and zirconium (which China does not necessarily lack, but are extremely expensive). ) to pay. The total value of the deal is no less than $1 billion. It was considered by later generations to be the largest single arms deal in history. It is mainly the U.S. government that pays. But it was mainly the Soviet Union that used these weapons of mass destruction

However, as early as this batch of more than 10,000 tons of cloudburst single-base explosives (the rest of the three countries can be imitated, only this special fuel air explosives that are ahead of the times can't, so just sell the explosives directly. ) before arrival. The Soviet army has already launched a major offensive, because Stalingrad did not have time to rescue, so the Soviet high command simply chose the breakthrough point in Kharkiv, an important town in northeastern Ukraine, as long as it can tear the hole from here and drive straight in, the Axis army in Stalingrad will be cut off from the German army in Ukraine, and the Soviet army can get a good opportunity to annihilate it.

Because the German army did not expect the Battle of Stalingrad to win so quickly, the previous Jihua was all disrupted, and the deployment of troops was disjointed, and the Soviet army's attack on Kharkov happened to hit the soft underbelly of the German army, and as a result, Kharkov was lost in just a few days, and the 500,000 Axis troops in the Stalingrad area were in danger of being blown up before the celebration was over

But the supreme commander of the German Army Group South, Erich. Feng. Marshal Manstein, however, was keenly aware of the danger and saw an opportunity to turn defeat into victory, and he stubbornly withstood the scolding of the mustache and put forward an extremely bold counterattack to him

At this time, the Soviet army was faltering because of the muddy roads caused by heavy rain, especially the inability of heavy artillery to push to the front line in time, which greatly affected the Soviet army's ability to attack fortifications, which was considered the most direct reason for the defeat of the Soviet army after the war. At the same time, because of the moustache coming to the front line, the morale of the German army in Ukraine was extremely high, and the Air Force Command also transferred a large number of elite flight wings to Ukraine as quickly as possible, so that the Luftwaffe completely seized air supremacy in Kharkiv and its surrounding areas.

Under the inducement of Manstein's success, the vanguard of the Soviet army took the initiative to drill into the pockets tied up by the three elite armies of Germany, and was completely annihilated as a result, and the overwhelming superiority of the German army's military quality and combat experience in this battle, or the poor combat effectiveness of the Soviet army after losing its firepower superiority, greatly increased Manstein's confidence, and he decisively changed the original Jihua, no longer in a hurry to recapture Kharkov, but ordered the armored troops to advance to the depth of the Soviet flank as quickly as possible, His goal was to eat the entire main force of the Soviet Southwestern Front, which had already been rebuilt once

At the same time, the German 6th Army, which had taken Stalingrad, also launched a fierce attack on Saratov to the north, effectively pinning down the enemy. The main force of the Soviet Southwestern Front missed the best opportunity to break out because Stalin refused to admit defeat, and was finally divided and surrounded by Manstein's million-strong army. Although the Soviet officers and soldiers put up a desperate resistance, they were inevitably wiped out in the end. At this point, the Battle of Kharkov ended with another great victory for the German army, and if we count from the Soviet attack on Kharkiv, the total number of Soviet dead and missing troops exceeded 500,000, and no less than 200,000 people were captured, and most of the weapons and supplies that the United States had finally sent to the Soviet Union were also lost

However, compared with the early stage of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet army's will to resist has been significantly strengthened, and it can be seen from the sharp decline in the proportion of prisoners that although the Soviet army is still defeated again and again, the exchange ratio between the two sides has quietly changed unconsciously. In the Battle of Kharkov, the total number of German casualties reached more than 200,000, much to the distress of German generals such as Mustache and Manstein, and this was only the beginning (to be continued......