The Soviet attack on Poland ended in a complete victory for the Soviet army after only a few days, but Ouyang Yu, who should have received an honorary award, did not have the opportunity to celebrate the victory, but was demoted by Stalin, deprived of all his duties, and kicked back to the Frunze Military Academy as a teacher.

This was because Ouyang Yu refused to carry out one of Starlin's orders, coupled with the promotion of some villains, which made Starling make the above decision in a fit of anger.

After the end of the campaign against Poland, three prisoner of war camps were established in the Smolensk region of the Soviet Union, namely Starobelsk, Kozelsk and Ostashkov, which held a large number of Polish soldiers and officers, as well as many intellectuals, civil servants and artists, with a total number of about 22,000 people, which were guarded by the First Panzer Army, which was the most trusted army of Stalin, that is, Ouyang Yu's troops.

The Soviet government considered Polish prisoners of war to be a big burden, on the one hand, the Soviet Union had to consume valuable manpower and material resources for them in the intense preparations for war, and on the other hand, Polish prisoners of war could resist the Soviet prisoners of war at any time, so they decided to dispose of the Polish prisoners of war officers first. Eliminate the officers, and the rest of the soldiers will be left without a leader, and the best way to do this is to physically eliminate them.

The NKVD (Minister of Internal Affairs) of the Soviet Union (Minister of Internal Affairs) Beria wrote a report on the execution of more than 20,000 prisoners of war and prisoners, mainly Polish officers, and submitted it to Stalin and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Brazzaville for approval, which was immediately approved, and it was also to avenge the death of about 200,000 Soviet prisoners of war after being captured by Poland in the Soviet-Polish War in 1920. (Here some things need to be advanced for the sake of the plot, which is actually March 5, 1940.) ）

On September 24, 1939, Ouyang Yu's First Panzer Army Military Headquarters, a number of black cars drove into the military headquarters in rows, the NKVD of the Soviet Union. Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria stepped out of one of the cars.

Beria, who was in his forties, had not long hair, was slightly bald, had round eyes on the bridge of his nose, and his modest eyes would shoot a chilling gaze from time to time, and he was wearing a neat military uniform. After calling for a pair of black shiny leather shoes, and after getting out of the car, he glanced around habitually, and then Beria strode into the military headquarters building.

Belial didn't notify anyone of his arrival, and before he walked into Ouyang Yu's office, Ouyang Yu was notified that Belial was coming.

"What is this Great Demon King coming to me for?"

Beria was not a good man, he was a loyal subordinate of Starin, one of the main executors of the Great Purge, and the feared Demon King, who issued a shooting warrant that killed more than 100,000 people, and many more were exiled. It's not a good thing to be approached by him on his own initiative.

"Bang!"

Beria rudely pushed open the door of Ouyang Yu's office.

Ouyang Yu didn't dare to be careless about this big demon king, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Dear Comrade Beria, why do you have time to come to me." ”

Beria didn't answer Ouyang Yu's words with a cold face, but turned his head slightly and said loudly: "Except for Comrade Ivanova, everyone is out, and no one is allowed to come in without my order!"

Except for Ouyang Yu's system soldiers, no one dared not disobey Belial's orders, but looking at Belial's appearance, it seemed that there was something very important, Ouyang Yu nodded lightly and motioned for his system soldiers to go out as well. Her movements and the actions of the system soldiers were watched by the observant Beria.

"Please sit down honorable Comrade Beria. After Beria sat down, Ouyang Yu personally brought him tea.

Beria put a document with top secret written on the cover in front of Ouyang Yu, "This is an order signed by Comrade Stalin. Execute it as soon as you're done. ”

Ouyang Yu curiously opened the cover and looked at it, the more she looked at it, the paler her face became, she really couldn't do the order in the document, this was because this document was signed by Stalin, the order for the execution of tens of thousands of Polish prisoners of war.

"Smack!"

Ouyang Yu slapped the document on the table, "I'm sorry Comrade Beria." Please forgive me for not being able to accept such an order!"

A trace of anger flashed in Beria's eyes, this document was drafted by him and signed by Stalin, Ouyang Yu, a small lieutenant general, dared to disobey the order? This made Beria feel offended, and anger instantly filled his heart.

"What if you're the celebrity in front of Stalin? There are more celebrities in front of Stalin. Even the marshal has died more than one in my hands, and you, a little lieutenant general, see that I don't kill you. ”

Beria's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Comrade Ivanova, are you really not going to obey Comrade Stalin's orders?"

"Comrade Beria, please pay attention to what you say, it is not that I disobey Comrade Stalin, but I am unwilling to accept this order, I am a soldier who can destroy any stubborn enemy on the battlefield, and not a butcher to kill unarmed prisoners of war!"

Ouyang Yu tried to look directly at Belial without fear, Belial was a little flustered by her, stood up and said: "Since this is the case, then we have nothing to say, farewell!"

On the same day, Beria took a plane back to Moscow to meet Stalin, and made a report to Stalin, who angrily threw off his beloved big pipe when he heard it, and just wanted to order Beria to arrest Ouyang Yu but calmed down.

Although Starling was very annoyed with Ouyang Yu, he was happy with her behavior, which showed that Ouyang Yu was a principled person, and principled people were usually more trustworthy and would not betray him easily, after calming down, Starling glanced at Beria standing in front of him and said: "I know, since Comrade Ivanova is unwilling to carry out the order, then you will carry it out yourself, and take off a gold star on Comrade Ivanova's neckline, remove all her military positions, and let her go back to teach at the Frunze Military Academy." ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I'm going to deliver your orders. Disappointed, Beria left Stalin's office.

So Ouyang Yu's rank of lieutenant general has not been covered with heat, and then she returned to the Frunze Military Academy with her four female soldiers, and the young male cadets in the academy are very welcoming to her. And it's okay in the dead of night...... In short, Ouyang Yu started her quiet college life again.

On the morning of November 30, 1939, Soviet bombers suddenly appeared over Finland and carried out indiscriminate bombing of almost all of Finland's towns and cities. On that day, 23 Soviet divisions invaded Finnish territory under the cover of more than 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and the Soviets planned to take Finland within three days.

Soviet troops launched an offensive in four areas of the Soviet-Finnish border. After fierce fighting, the Soviets achieved their intended goal at the northern end of the front. Suffering crushing defeats in other areas, they were forced to halt their offensives, readjust their deployments, and increase their forces in preparation for another attack.

On the Karelian Isthmus, Soviet troops failed to break through the Mannerheim Line. The Soviet Seventh Army of Vsevolod Fedorovich Yakovlev commanded seven infantry divisions, one tank corps and two tank brigades, formed a far-reaching battle formation and deep echelon battle formation, and carried out an offensive on the Karelian Isthmus, with the main assault directed in the direction of Vyborg. The offensive began first in the eastern section of the isthmus. An attempt was made to attract the reserves of the Finnish army to the east, followed by a major assault on the western section of the isthmus.

The Finnish army concentrated the forces of two corps and five divisions to defend the area, first defending the narrow approaches in the support zone with covering forces. During the day, the Finnish troops used close combat firepower to coordinate with the front of the formation under favorable conditions to kill and wound the enemy's living forces, and destroyed the Soviet tanks from close range with various anti-tank weapons; at night, they sent ski detachments to attack the rear of the Soviet troops, and attacked the Soviet soldiers who were sleeping in the snow and fire, and beat the Soviet troops to exhaustion.

In the northeastern region of Lake Ladoga, most of the two divisions of the Soviet Red Army were annihilated. Forced to go on the defensive. The Soviet Eighth Army had five infantry divisions and one tank brigade under its jurisdiction, and carried out attacks on two routes, north and south. Its task was to contain the Finnish forces from the flanks. Cooperate with the offensive of the Seventh Army. After crossing the border, the Soviet Red Army was held back by two divisions of the Finnish Army and by the night attacks by partisans. Six days later, the North Road cluster had advanced forty kilometers. In the area of Lake Torva, fierce fighting broke out between the two sides. As a result, the Soviet Red Army suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and was forced to go on the defensive. No more daring to attack. After advancing more than 40 kilometers on the southern route, the offensive and defensive battles were fought in the Kitaile area for more than a month, and by January 1, 1940, they were divided and surrounded by the Finnish army, and their supplies were cut off. Most of the two divisions were annihilated, with more than 20,000 casualties, and the rest of the troops retreated and turned to the defense until the end of the war.

"Our army threw one echelon into the Mannerheim Line and attacked in one echelon in turn, but because we did not find out the main defensive zone and support zone of the Finnish army, did not find out the fortifications and obstacle system of the Finnish army, and because of the ineffective coordination and poor command, by the end of December, after paying a heavy price, we had only captured the Finnish army's support zone 20 to 60 kilometers deep, and at this time our army was no longer able to break through the main defensive zone of the Finnish army, and was forced to stop the offensive on the spot and turn to the defense. ”

In front of Stalin, General Kovalev in the Kremlin explained the current situation of the battle with Finland on the map with his hand, and in Stalin's office, all the generals gathered, and the 23rd person stood respectfully in front of the supreme Comrade Stalin.

After listening to the explanation, Stalin, who was smoking with a pipe, said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if all this matters, as long as Comrade Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov's Ninth Army can attack from the direction of the Gulf of Bothnia and divide Finland in two from a narrow position, the Finns' Mannerheim line can be broken by itself." ”

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Chuikov, his ...... of the Ninth Army. ”

General Kovalev glanced at Marshal Timosinger beside him, and Marshal Timosinger, who was Stalin's most trusted, continued: "Comrade Chuikov and his Ninth Army were stubbornly resisted by a large number of small detachments of the Finnish army in the village of Somussalmi, about forty kilometers from the border. The vanguard division of the Ninth Army was forced to spread along the road, forming a long formation of more than 20 kilometers, which was divided by the Finnish army. Encirclement, at the same time a division of the strategic reserve of the Finnish army rushed to the battlefield, under the command of Lieutenant General Almar Silasvoy, commander of the Third Army of the Finnish army, at the end of December to completely annihilate the vanguard division of the Ninth Army, and then the transfer of troops will stop the other division of our army that came to reinforce the head and cut it off, divided and annihilated, our army lost a total of more than 23,000 people in the first battle of Somus Salmi, and Comrade Chuikov's Ninth Army is still near the village of Somus Salmi, playing hide and seek with the small detachment of the Finnish army. ”

After listening to this report, Stalin was not calm, he took off the pipe in his mouth tremblingly, "Except for Comrade Timulsinger, Comrade Kovalev, Comrade Koniv, and Comrade Vasilevsky, everyone else left the office. ”

Under Stalin's order, the crowd quickly left, leaving only the four named men, who glanced at each other, and they were familiar with Stalin's temper and already had a premonition that a storm was coming.

Sure enough, Staling threw his beloved pipe on the table, stood up and scolded the four generals: "It's all a bunch of waste, rice buckets, millions of great Soviet soldiers can't deal with a small Finland, they are beaten like a dead dog, the officers at the front should be responsible for this, it is these incompetent officers who have caused a large number of deaths among the soldiers, this is a crime against the people, this is the murder of ordinary soldiers!"

General Kovalev loudly defended: "Dear Comrade Stalin, these are not all the fault of the front-line officers, but the Finns are too cunning, they ......!"

"Shut up!" Stalin's rude interruption of his words, "these are all excuses, excuses! Incompetence is incompetence, failure is failure, stop making excuses for those waste, I should learn from Hitler and shoot all those waste officers!"

Stalin's roar could not be stopped even by the heavy gate, and the generals who had just left heard all his angry scolding outside the door.

"What happened? Why did Comrade Stalin's temper tantrum?" Ouyang Yu, who had rushed to the scene after receiving the order, squeezed into the crowd and walked to the door of the office.

But none of the people around dared to say anything, and all of them were silent, Ouyang Yu couldn't ask why, so he had to knock on the door of the office.

"Come in!"

Starlin's anger did not subside, and Ouyang Yu had no choice but to cheer up his spirits, tidy up his clothes, and walked into the office. (To be continued.) )