Chapter 510: 509 Peace
81_81266 At about the same time that the German Führer's envoy arrived in Washington, D.C., a German envoy arrived in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, and then met with Stalin and presented a German Führer's peace agreement.
This agreement does not seem to be a big problem, after all, Germany was an invaded country in this Eastern Front War, and every counterattack by the German army was a just war to defend the country, and the Soviet Union, as a shameful aggressor, was naturally morally spurned.
At this time, the war had reached the current stage, and both countries were actually very embarrassed: the Soviet Union originally wanted to invade Germany, but the German army had already hit Ukraine in one go, and Germany originally wanted to start the war in 1939, but it started in 1938.
In fact, both countries are very uncomfortable now, one is not very willing to fight, and the other wants to fight but loses. Therefore, this peace agreement was thrown out by Germany at this time, in fact, it has an incomparably tempting force.
Stalin wanted to put an end to this failed invasion and consolidate the domestic discontent that had arisen as a result of the defeat. He summed up the reasons for his defeat this time, and found that in fact, there was such a general around him who could win the war.
Although Khrushchev and the like were loyal, there were no ideological problems, but the flaws were also very obvious. Including Marshal Voroshilov and others, although these people firmly supported him Stalin, they were all incapable people, and Khrushchev and Voroshilov were masters when they engaged in politics or chose to take sides, but when it came to commanding operations, they were obviously not as reliable as Timoshenko.
Another reason why Stalin wanted to end the war was that his main forces were almost exhausted. The grassroots commanders he carefully selected since the Great Purge lost seventy-seven or eighty-eight in this war, and 2 million elite Soviet Red Army who obeyed his orders were annihilated by the German army, and captured prisoners. Now almost all of the obedient troops in his hands are these near Moscow, which is obviously not rosy for Stalin.
There is already a problem on the part of Kazakhstan, which was originally discussing accession with the Soviet Union, but because of the defeat on the periphery of Ukraine, negotiations on the region's accession to the Soviet Union were suspended, and they were waiting for a result of the Soviet-German war, a definite result. They also dragged on the news of their accession to the Soviet Union, waiting for the Soviet-German war to be decided.
Another reason is that the material aid from the United States is not as timely as expected. The main reason was the fall of the British mainland, so that most of the American transport ships bound for the Soviet Union had to sail from the west coast to Vladivostok and other places, and then to the western part of the Soviet Union by land - across most of the northern hemisphere, to reach the front line and be distributed to the Soviet Red Army.
This leads to a heartbreaking phenomenon, where some of Siberia's supplies close to the United States are piled up, while there are very few supplies that can be delivered to the front line in Ukraine in time. As a result, the American supplies that Stalin used as life-saving straw were not as effective as he expected.
Of course, Germany is indeed unwilling to fight to the death with the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, on the one hand, because the war on two fronts has caused Germany's reserves to be depleted, and on the other hand, the German * team has indeed not rushed into the hinterland of the Soviet Union and completely crushed the strength of the Soviet Union.
The German army that entered Ukraine only had 400,000 troops with good mobility, namely Guderian's Army Group G on the left flank and Keitel's Army Group E.
Most of the German troops had just entered eastern Poland and had managed to turn the encircled millions of Soviet Red Army into prisoners of war and corpses. It was only at this time that they were surprised to discover that eastern Poland on the other side of the border was not much better than the German-controlled central part of Poland.
No wonder the partisans were reluctant to retreat to eastern Poland, and that the natives of central Poland preferred to be persecuted by the Germans rather than move to Soviet-controlled eastern Poland - simply because the Soviets were more ruthless and fiercer than the Germans.
But when the German generals led their huge armies into the territory of the Soviet Union, they realized that the millions of armies were only too small to exist compared to the heavens and the earth.
Only then did they realize that they had underestimated the enormity of the Soviet Union and the strength of the enemy. The Führer was right, that in order to win the Soviet Union, it would not have been possible without war mobilization, and it would have been impossible to succeed without making all-round preparations for war and building up an army of more than 5 million on the Eastern Front.
Thousands of tanks of all types were captured, millions of shells and thousands of artillery pieces were captured. Millions of Soviet Red Army soldiers were captured - and as a result, there were still so many Soviet troops in their way, still densely packed with soldiers.
Germany must now make a gesture of hope for peace in order to soothe people's resistance to war. The Germans don't want to go to war anymore, they want peace to be restored - this is all nonsense, when one country occupies several countries, everyone wants to be able to develop peacefully, the key is to see whether other countries are willing to see such a powerful country rise.
So this time, the German envoy came, with a group of reporters and propagandists, to Moscow in a high-profile manner, and they seemed to tell the people of the world their desire for peace: "The Germans love peace, and once there is hope for peace, the Germans will continue to work hard for this hope." ”
"Border conflicts often occur between major powers, and this kind of thing is caused by the high level of combat readiness of the two countries when they are on guard against each other. There was a non-aggression pact between our two countries, and I believe that this pact was not torn up by the Soviet leader, Mr. Stalin. These were the exact words of the German envoy to reporters, who did not discuss the question of reparations or explain the conditions of the armistice, but tried to explain the decisive battle between the two countries as a border conflict.
Millions of troops have been fighting for almost a month, and you say it's a skirmish on the border? You go to the grave and burn the newspaper -- what about the liars? If it's a border conflict, tell me how many people will it take if it's a strategic decisive battle? 300 million, 500 million, and all mankind fights? All the reporters feel that they want to curse, but they can only record the words of the German diplomatic envoy with a smile on their faces.
Stalin, of course, knew that Germany was struggling, but the Soviet Union, which he led, was also struggling. If it's just a struggle for everyone, then simply handing over a peace treaty can undoubtedly solve this problem.
But now the conflict of interests between the two countries is too great: in the Middle East, Germany wants to assert its voice and support Turkey's expansion, which violates the border interests of the Soviet Union; in Poland, Germany is strengthening its military deployment, which also keeps Stalin awake at night; if you take into account the interests of the Far East and the Arctic Ocean, it seems that Germany and the Soviet Union are more bitter than the enemy of his father.
Moreover, the content of the German armistice treaty was also somewhat unacceptable to Stalin, and its treaty stipulated that all the former Polish areas were assigned to Germany, and Germany would only return 500,000 prisoners of war to the Soviet Union, and the other part would be permanently transferred to Germany as the German population, and the Soviet Union would compensate Germany with 4 million barrels of oil and 30 million US dollars as reparations for starting the war without authorization.
What is this? This is an unequal treaty! Reparations for land cession and confiscation of prisoners of war! Did the Germans think they had won? Well, it was indeed the Germans who had won. But as long as Stalin did not agree to this treaty, the war would not be over, and the Germans would not have won!
How could such a treaty be signed? If it was signed, what was the difference between it and the Qing government? Of course, Stalin would not accept the conditions offered by the Germans lightly; on the one hand, he secretly ordered that Khrushchev and Marshal Voroshilov should defend the southern region to atone for their crimes, and on the other hand, he ordered to strengthen the troops in Timoshenko's hands and prepare to fight a battle in Ukraine, and then negotiate a treaty with the Germans.
Soon, the 300,000 Soviet Red Army in the north of the Soviet Union, which had not suffered fatal losses, began to move south, converging with the 200,000 troops supported by the central part of the Soviet Union, and engaged in a massive battle with the German army that was advancing towards Kiev in front of them.
This time, the Soviet Red Army was no longer victimized by the leadership who did not understand the war situation, because Stalin decided not to appoint supervisors to Timoshenko, and he himself carried out the operational command of the front. It was also a bold attempt, marking Stalin's first questioning of the model of a politician leading a military strategist.
"As long as there is one German soldier standing on the soil of the Soviet Union, the Soviet people will never give in! The war will never end!" Stalin stood on Red Square and loudly encouraged the Soviet people: "Wait until we drive the Germans out of their homeland, and then talk to them about our peace!"
Later that day, Accardo also addressed the people of the whole country at the Führer's residence in Berlin: "Is there anyone willing to go to the Soviet Union to help me remind Stalin that he is provoking the 80 million strong and unyielding German people! German tanks and fighter planes will tell him that the German people love peace, but they have never feared war!"
There was thunderous applause at the scene, and the peace proclaimed by the Führer was about to come, and what could be more exciting than this news? In the square in front of the Führer's residence, the cheers of Long Live Accardo Rudolph came one after another