Chapter Two Thousand and Seventy-Three The Eastern Front Hurriedly Withdrew Troops
At this moment, from the loudspeakers on the streets, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) sent a message to all the Soviet people about the general mobilization of the whole country in the face of the German fascist attack.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the Kremlin office, through the thick glass of the ticket, the sound of the loudspeaker on the street clearly reached Stalin's ears, in his office, there was still no light, the clay carved wood-like figure, standing motionless in front of the window for a long time, Stalin's face was gloomy, not alleviated in the slightest, his eyes through the night sky, looking east.
"The troops in the east, the action of withdrawing from the battlefield, I am afraid that it will not be so smooth, the Japanese Kwantung Army has been greatly injured by Zhukov, and has no ability to stop it, but that Tang Qiuli, that cunning and scheming Chinese, he still has enough strength and ability to cause great obstacles to the withdrawal of the eastern troops, with his own understanding of that Chinese, he will do that, he will!" Stalin thought to himself.
"I just hope that Vasilevsky's troops are not thrown too deep into the battlefield, otherwise, it will become very difficult to evacuate!" Stalin was full of worries about the large-scale strategic transfer of troops in the East, and the source of all his worries was the Chinese Tang Qiuli who he had never forgotten to completely kill, and as for the Japanese Kwantung Army, it was not a reason for him to worry.
At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a general mobilization was made to conduct a national war in the Soviet Union and broadcast to the people of the whole country that Stalin was worried about the prospects of the war, in Berlin, Germany, at the Reichstag building. In the office of the German Führer Hitler, there was a joyous atmosphere.
Just like the lineup on the eve of the implementation of the "Barbarossa Plan", the German party, government, and military leaders were all in the Führer's office, but this time, there were many more people than the last time.
With a smile on his face and a glass of champagne, Hitler talked to his subordinates with a smile and a glass of wine, clinking glasses with a high-ranking military officer or government boss from time to time. Hitler, who had not drunk a single drink, had apparently drunk it all his life today, and he was indeed very excited, because, in the first few days of April. There is so much good news for myself.
The German army, which attacked the Soviet Union, was overwhelming. There was almost no resistance. In the Soviet Union, his old Chinese friend Tang Qiuli proposed a plan to send an elite force to quickly seize the Caucasus oil fields of the Soviet Union, which also went very smoothly. The troops, who had an important mission, did not encounter the slightest resistance from the Soviet army on the way in.
According to the report of the commander, Lieutenant General Josel, there were two more weeks. It was possible to reach the Caucasus oil fields of the Soviet Union and completely occupy the region in a week, but this was not the thing that made Hitler the happiest, and what kind of victory in the war against the Soviet Union was expected.
The thing that excites His Excellency the Führer the most was the report from the battlefield of the British Isles, just half an hour earlier, the Chief of the General Staff, the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, von T? Field Marshal Strongs came to his office in high spirits and brought the good news he most wanted to hear.
Feng? Field Marshal Strongs was so excited that his face was red, and in front of Hitler, regardless of the etiquette of the nobles and the prestige of the marshal, he danced and reported: "My Führer, allow me to report to you a good news, just ten minutes ago, the General Staff received a report from the commander of the Third Army Group in the British Isles, von ? Telegram from Marshal Clayderman. ”
Speaking of which, Feng? Field Marshal Strongs took a breath of breath, and his eyes lit up and continued: "At about six o'clock in the evening of April 10, the Third Army Group ended its attack on the battlefield of the British Isles, and more than 500,000 British and American troops were all annihilated, of which more than 300,000 were captured. ”
Hearing the news, Hitler himself clearly remembered, the heart seemed to burst open in an instant, the blood flowed much faster than usual, the grand dream of unifying the European continent, entrenched in the British Isles after the Anglo-American coalition was annihilated, finally realized, Britain was destroyed, the Americans wolf bèi returned home, in the ancient European land, from then on, there is no longer any concept of other countries, the European continent, under the rule of the German Empire, the "swastika" flag fluttering on every land!
Hitler's eyes were scorching with flames, and he asked eagerly: "Dear Strongs, does Clayderman's report mention the British royal family, and the whereabouts of Churchill, the great London liar, do you know, dear Strongs, I very much hope that our German soldiers can send Churchill to me, what an exciting moment!" ”
Hitler had a quirky personality and had little affection for political leaders from all over the world, including Germany's ally, Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, and Japan's Emperor Hirohito, but he hated nothing more than British Prime Minister Winston? Churchill, whenever this person has to be mentioned, His Excellency the Führer will be given the title of "London's great liar", and if he can capture Churchill alive, it will be even more meaningful for him than to occupy this Britain!
As the Führer's confidant, Chief of the General Staff von? Field Marshal Strongs naturally understood the Führer's thoughts, and he also hoped to bring unexpected surprises to the Führer, "My Führer, I am very sorry that a few days before the Third Army Group launched a general attack on the Anglo-American coalition, the British royal family and cabinet had already gone to the United States for refuge, and of course, that Churchill also ran with him!" He said with deep regret.
The flame in Hitler's eyes dimmed instantly, but he immediately regained his vigor and ran away, "Churchill, the great liar of London," is just a fly in the ointment, not even a loss, what else can the British royal family and government do if they lose their nest and run away to the United States? Leave him alone!
Hitler looked at the elated, toasted and reveled in all the dignitaries, and said to von? Field Marshal Strongs said: "This is a good day to celebrate, don't waste it, Strongs, give the order to the Third Army Group, rest for two weeks on the British battlefield, and then, go to the Russian battlefield, Clayderman didn't keep complaining, did not put his troops on the Russian battlefield, is it the loss of the German army, well, the General Staff is responsible for giving the Third Army Group, a suitable and independent offensive direction, you go and arrange it!" ”
It is conceivable that if one of Germany's most elite army groups, with a strength of more than one million people, is put on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, it will be tantamount to adding insult to injury for the retreating Soviet army, but Stalin does not know this for the time being, and his attention is on the battlefield in the east, where all his hopes lie.
Until the morning of 11 April, the commanders of the four fronts of the Soviet army, who were fighting in the Far East and Outer Mongolia, had not yet received the news of the outbreak of the Soviet-German war.
On the evening of 11 April, the Political Bureau of the CPSU made a decision, and with it, the order issued by the General Staff to evacuate the Far Eastern and Outer Mongolian battlefields also reached the headquarters of the Front.
Prior to this, General Zhukov, commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Front and commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces in the Far East, was holding a military conference at the temporary residence of the headquarters of the Front with the participation of senior officers of the commanders and above of the three front army groups to deploy the final blow to the Japanese Kwantung Army.
When the battle came to this point, all the Soviet officers knew that the fall of the Japanese Kwantung Army was a matter of the past few days, and they were even desperately resisting, constantly sending elite divisions to attack the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Minamijiro, who was at the exit of the southern road to Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk, and he was also very clear in his heart.
Therefore, this military conference can be regarded as the last military conference attended by senior generals of various armies before launching a general attack on the Kwantung Army, and what Zhukov has to do is how to completely annihilate the Japanese Kwantung Army in the encirclement at the minimum cost, and it will not be a problem to completely annihilate it, and how to do it at the minimum cost, but it is a delicate job that must be precisely deployed, and Zhukov is not a general who relies on human lives to fight a war.
More than 10 days of bloody fighting, the total strength of more than 180 Japanese troops, can be regarded as disabled, according to the statistics of the results reported by the various military reports, more than ten days of fighting, a total of about 1 million Japanese troops annihilated, in fact, Zhukov observed the battlefield situation every day, the blood left by the Japanese soldiers and Soviet soldiers, the swamps on the plain, are dyed dark purple, but also roughly estimated the losses of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
The Soviet army paid the price of more than 700,000 casualties, and after more than 10 days of fierce fighting and bloody fighting, more than 1.8 million soldiers on both sides of the Soviet Union and Japan fell on a battlefield with a radius of only 7 or 800 kilometers, but this situation will soon come to an end, and tomorrow, that is, at 5 o'clock in the morning on 12 April, the final blow will be dealt to the Japanese Kwantung Army!
Zhukov looked at the hundreds of high-ranking generals sitting in the tent, talking and laughing happily, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he felt a little emotion in his heart.
Accompanied by the commander and member of the Outer Khinganling Front was General Kirganin, and the commander and member of the Baikal Front was General Gregariv, the three Soviet military giants in the Far East walked into the conference room side by side, and hundreds of high-ranking officers of the Soviet army immediately fell silent.
(To be continued)(To be continued......