I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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As for China, the situation is even more serious. China needs more time than Germany and Japan, and is even more short of time than Germany and Japan.

As for the Soviet Union, the situation is actually the same as that of Germany, China and Japan, with a shortage of time.

Among the eight major countries in the world, the United States, Britain, France, and Italy are all enjoying peace leisurely and leisurely. The United States has completed a comprehensive industrialization construction because of its strong strength. Naturally, it does not matter in terms of time. , Britain and France are comfortable, lazy, and do not think about making progress. Italy is purely a pool of mud, and does not seriously prepare for war at all. Only Germany, China, Japan, and the Soviet Union regard time as the most scarce and precious thing.

The Soviet Union is a young country. Its birthday was December 1922, 12. At this time, it was "20 years old", and 17 years is too short for a big country. What's more, the political turmoil in the Soviet Union came and went, which greatly affected the country. It interfered with the Soviet Union's national construction. In addition, the Soviet Union had too many hidden dangers from the outside world, which greatly restricted the Soviet Union's national, military, financial, and energy.

Although the Soviet Union is known as "the first Bolshevist country in the world", it has always had a bad reputation internationally, because the Soviet Union, which inherited the mantle of the Russian Empire, not only continued the huge territory of the Russian Empire, but also continued the tradition that seems to be innately engraved in the genes of Russians. greedy desire for territory.

The Soviet Union needs too much time!As long as it can be delayed, in three or five years... the situation of the Soviet Union will be much better, and the strength of the Soviet Union will be much stronger.

No one is more aware of this reality than Stalin. It stands to reason that the Soviet Union should adopt a "shrinking strategy" internationally, just like China did to Japan at the beginning, swallowing its anger and making compromises in order to gain precious time.

Stalin did do this, but to a limited extent. He could not be as "forbearing" as Chiang Kai-shek. First, the Soviet Union was much stronger than China, so there was no need to be overly humble. Less than three years ago, Stalin and the entire Russian nation advocated offense, aggression, and plunder. Forbearance and retreat are not the style of this nation. Even if it is self-defense, the Russian nation also has its own style, that is, to build Servant countries, dependent countries, satellite countries, and puppet countries form a buffer zone to protect Russia, trample, sacrifice, and occupy the interests of other countries, and use other countries' land to build Russian fortresses.

Soviet Russia does not need friends on an equal footing with it. It only needs servants, slaves, servants, lackeys, and minions. Just as a Russian president in later generations famously said: "Russia's real friends are the Russian army, navy, and air force." called arrogance.

Jiang Weiguo, who has seen through history, is the clearest about this point. In the original history, how did the Soviet Union solve the war crisis it faced before World War II?First of all, sign a non-aggression pact with Germany, in which the territory with Germany is divided nakedly, and other countries are placed on the table of the Soviet Union and Germany to carve up; the Soviet Union, a member of the Allies, signed with Japan, a member of the Axis Powers Neutrality Treaty; Carve up Poland with Germany, and obtain a little more than half of Poland's territory as its own buffer zone; collude with Japan, recognize the puppet Manchukuo, "establish diplomatic relations" with the puppet Manchukuo, and recognize the puppet Manchukuo as Japanese territory, in exchange for Japan recognizes that Outer Mongolia is the territory of the Soviet Union, completely disregarding that the puppet Manchukuo and Outer Mongolia are both Chinese territories, and has been supporting Outer Mongolia to "establish an independent country", split China's territory, and infiltrate and control Xinjiang (at this time, Xinjiang had Soviet troops stationed there. ), using Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang belonging to China as a buffer zone to protect the Soviet Union; more than that, the Soviet Union also launched the Soviet-Finnish War (Winter War) to invade Finland in the early days of World War II, forcing Finland to cede territory to the Soviet Union as a means for the Soviet Union to protect itself buffer zone; and brazenly annexed the three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) as a buffer zone for the Soviet Union to protect itself (it is worth mentioning that the total population of the three Baltic countries at this time was about 700 million. After being annexed by the Soviet Union, in order to control the local area, The Soviet authorities forced about 200 million people from the three countries and most of them were social elites to move to Siberia, deliberately leaving them there to fend for themselves); forced Moldavia to "join" the Soviet Union as a buffer zone for the Soviet Union to protect itself; sent troops to occupy Romania Bessarabia and North Bukovina region, as the buffer zone for the Soviet Union to protect itself (causing Romania to completely fall to Germany and fight against the Soviet Union); once conspired to send troops to Bulgaria through the Black Sea, occupying part of Bulgaria's territory as a buffer for the Soviet Union to protect itself District (after Bulgaria learned of the Soviet Union's plan, it completely fell to Germany and fought against the Soviet Union); ... there are so many things, too numerous to enumerate.

The most ridiculous thing is that the Soviet Union was one of the four major allied powers in World War II, but it had "close cooperation with the alliance to carve up the territories of other countries" with two of the three major Axis powers (Germany and Japan).

Stalin did this, on the one hand, because of his greedy desire for other countries' territories, and on the other hand, he and the entire Soviet Union were extremely insecure.

The Soviet Union has no true friends, because it only needs servants, slaves, servants, running dogs, minions, and accomplices who use each other and share the spoils with it. This is determined by the hegemonic ideology of the Soviet Union. Others are equal to him.

Stalin actually didn't want to cause trouble in the Far East, but he had to do so because the situation in the Far East exceeded his expectations.

China and Japan stopped fighting, which made Stalin very disturbed; China and Japan might cooperate with Germany, which made Stalin very worried; China and Japan might form an alliance with Germany, which made Stalin feel extremely frightened.

China and Japan cannot stop the war!China and Japan cannot turn enemies into friends!China and Japan must not be in collusion with Germany!Because each of these three things poses a more powerful threat to the Soviet Union than one.

In this regard, Stalin took some other measures to alleviate and solve it. For example, he encouraged China to counterattack Japan in an all-round way and encouraged Japan to continue to invade China. The method of rejecting the curve, "We need a large amount of funds and a large amount of materials from the Soviet Union, and only after the funds and materials are in place, will we start fighting." Of course, Stalin would not do stupid things like chicken and eggs. He also tentatively tested the Sino-Japanese , gave China thousands of guns, and Japan several million dollars, but the two countries continued to ask for more benefits after taking the benefits, and did not listen to the Soviet Union; this made Stalin angry and frightened. Based on some intelligence evidence, he became more and more convinced that China and Japan had reached some kind of agreement, even under the auspices of Germany. The three-nation alliance between Germany, China and Japan was too threatening and harmful to the Soviet Union!Thinking of the terrible consequences of this nightmare becoming a reality, Stalin was so anxious that he almost couldn't sleep or eat.

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, Chairman of the People's Committee of the Soviet Union (the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union) and the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union (the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union) who won the trust and respect of Stalin and was loyal to Stalin. Molotov once came up with a countermeasure for Stalin to "disintegrate the Sino-Japanese alliance": transfer Outer Mongolia to the Japanese or return it to the Chinese.

Molotov’s countermeasure is very clever. First of all, Outer Mongolia is Chinese territory. The Chinese authorities have always had a grudge or even a grudge against the Soviet Union’s control of Outer Mongolia. However, due to practical reasons, they had to forcibly turn a blind eye. One eye; secondly, the Japanese have always coveted Outer Mongolia, and the Japanese declared that "Manchuria is Japan's lifeline", and the Japanese who had already acquired Manchuria naturally "gave long and full hope to Mongolia"; in such a situation Under the circumstances, if the Soviet Union transferred Outer Mongolia to Japan, it would be extremely difficult for Japanese high-level officials to be unmoved. Once the Japanese want it, the Chinese will suddenly intensify their hatred for the Japanese, no matter what agreement China and Japan have reached (including those reached under the auspices of Germany) If the Japanese take Outer Mongolia, the conflict between China and Japan will be completely intensified, and the possibility of another war between China and Japan is extremely high; if the Japanese do not want it, the Soviet Union will return Outer Mongolia to China. Outer Mongolia is Chinese territory. There is absolutely no reason for China not to want it. Once the Chinese want it, the Japanese will be suspicious and suspicious of the collusion between China and the Soviet Union. At the same time, they will also resent the loss of a great opportunity to obtain Outer Mongolia. Coupled with the Japanese greed and desire for Outer Mongolia, China and Japan will tear each other apart. The possibility is also great.

The Soviet Union used Outer Mongolia as a bargaining chip, coupled with diplomatic activities, to provoke China and Japan to fight again.

After listening to Molotov's statement, Stalin was furious: "Absurd! Outer Mongolia is already a protectorate of the Soviet Union. How can the Soviet Union hand over Outer Mongolia? The Soviet Union is not safe in the Far East. Outer Mongolia is How can the Soviet Union's important buffer zone in the Far East be allowed out? Comrade Molotov, your proposal is really irresponsible! It simply ignores the safety of the Soviet Union!"

Molotov turned pale with fright and apologized repeatedly.

The reason why Stalin rejected Molotov's proposal was that he was worried that he would make a fake show and put the cart before the horse, but the main reason was greed.

Stalin had always had a voracious appetite for devouring the territories of other countries, and it was extremely difficult for him to accept Outer Mongolia that was already in his mouth.

In the end, Stalin, who repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, decided: make a decisive move!Take the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin, which belong to China but are occupied by Japan, as a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Japan.

Feeling unsafe, occupying the territory of neighboring countries as a buffer zone to protect oneself, this is Stalin's fixed thinking, and it is also a tradition of the Soviet Union.

Beginning at the end of June, the Soviet Red Army High Command, in accordance with Stalin's order, began to substantially and massively strengthen its Far East troops.

The Soviet army in the Far East is called the "Far Eastern Front Army". The 1st and 2nd Front Armies), the troops of this Front Army include the 55th, 56th, 57th Army, 58th, 59th Army and some affiliated troops. Among them, the 57th Army is the main force with the largest number of troops and the best equipment .

Following Stalin's strict orders, the Soviet High Command decided to reorganize these five armies into the "1st Army of the Soviet Red Army" and quickly expand it into a large corps with independent combat capabilities.

After reorganization and expansion, the troops under the group army include 27 infantry divisions, 6 cavalry divisions, 7 mechanized infantry brigades, 10 motorized infantry divisions, 7 armored brigades, 7 tank brigades, 3 airborne brigades, 4 machine gun brigades, 12 artillery regiments, 7 anti-tank artillery battalions, 6 air defense battalions, etc., with a total strength of more than 40; Including more than 5 tons of shells, more than 2 tons of bombs, more than 3 tons of fuel, more than 8 tons of grain, more than 5000 vehicles, more than 1000 tanks, more than 800 armored vehicles, more than 1200 artillery pieces, more than 1000 aircraft, etc. (It should be noted that the designation and strength of the Soviet army have a lot of moisture. In fact, a division of the Soviet army only has 8000 people, and a brigade has only [-] people. As for the so-called "armor brigade" and "tank brigade", the tank brigade The actual number is not large. If there are more tanks, they are called "tank brigades", and if there are fewer tanks, they are called "armored brigades". scare people".

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In addition to the Soviet army, there are also the puppet Mongolian army (referring to the puppet army of Outer Mongolia, which is different from the puppet army of Inner Mongolia, because the masters are different, the former is from the Soviet Union, and the latter is Japanese). Several divisions and [-] to [-] troops cooperated with the Soviet army to fight. (In fact, it is completely under the command of the Soviet army).

The commander-in-chief of the entire battle and the commander of the 1st Army was Marshal Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher, and the commander of the 1th Army, the core of the 57st Army, was Georgy Konstantinovich Lieutenant General Chi Zhukov (Zhukov's military rank at this time is "military level", the rank of lieutenant general).

Stalin's instructions to Blyuchel, Zhukov and other senior Soviet generals on the front line were: make a quick decision and occupy Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces like lightning.

The reason why Stalin issued this instruction was that he clearly knew that his decision was a desperate venture. If it succeeded, the security situation in the Soviet Far East would be greatly improved. If it failed, the consequences would be disastrous.

How to succeed?How to avoid failure?The only way is to "quick battle and quick decision". First, you can't fall into a protracted war, otherwise it will consume the Soviet Union's national strength and military strength, and the Soviet authorities will be entangled in this war. Second, the key to this battle is the word "quick". Before the world's major powers come to their senses, the battle will be settled, and the new situation in the Far East will be ready. At that time, the world's major powers had nothing to say, unable to take timely countermeasures, and could only acquiesce in the Soviet Union regaining control and leadership of the situation in the Far East.

In other words, the Soviet Union needed a "cut first, play later" effect.

The Soviet army fought against the Japanese army before, that is, the last Zhanggufeng incident. That local conflict ended with the Soviet army winning a big victory and the Japanese army retreating.

The reason why the Japanese army did this was because they were worried that they would fall into a situation where China and the Soviet Union would attack and be attacked by the enemy, so they gave in. However, the "weakness" of the Japanese army and the victory of the Soviet army greatly encouraged the high-level Soviet army, which in turn made the high-level Soviet army despise the Japanese army. The Japanese army is "a second- and third-rate army that can only show off its power on the Chinese battlefield", and it is full of confidence in defeating the Japanese army in one fell swoop.

For this instruction of Stalin, Bliuchel and Zhukov had different opinions.

Bliuchel believes that the purpose of the Soviet Army is clear, but the task is difficult. The total area of ​​Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province exceeds 70 square kilometers (the territory of Heilongjiang Province at this time is very different from that of later generations), The Japanese army has more than 10 troops in Manchuria, and there are still many potential sources of troops and follow-up reinforcements, and there are more than 30 puppet Manchukuo troops to help in the battle. Therefore, they want to quickly solve the 70 million enemy troops and occupy more than [-] square meters. The Soviet army must make the best preparations for the land of [-] kilometers, just like a bow, it must be pulled to the maximum, and it must be accumulated in order to burst out the maximum attack power and attack power at once.

Therefore, Blyuchel planned to launch an attack in mid-September, when the Soviet army's ordnance, supplies, and soldiers would all be in place.

Zhukov doesn’t think so. His opinion is: the original Soviet troops in the Far East are basically enough to defend against the Japanese or Chinese troops or the Sino-Japanese Allied Forces, but they are very insufficient for offensive purposes, so they need to be greatly supplemented. However, the Soviet army did not have any ordnance, materials, or soldiers to replenish in the Far East. The required ordnance, materials, and soldiers had to be transported thousands of miles from Eastern Europe through the Siberian Railway. The distance was so long and there were so many things. It is conceivable that the Japanese are not blind or deaf, and they will definitely notice it, and then they will startle the snake. With precautions and preparations, how can the Soviet army make a quick decision?

"Comrade Zhukov, you are right!" Blyukher nodded, "What do you mean?"

Zhukov said firmly: "Comrade Commander, I think we must launch an attack in advance!"

"Launch the attack in advance?" Blyuchel was very surprised, "But we are not ready yet?"

"This is not important!" Zhukov seriously analyzed, "Comrade Stalin ordered us to settle the war quickly. The question is, how long does it take to resolve the war? It is definitely not possible in three or five days! According to my prediction, the shortest is one month, at least two months for the elderly.

Therefore, we should make full use of this time gap and launch an attack now. Although we are only half prepared, it does not matter. Half of the fully prepared troops are already capable of fighting. As for the other half, we can wait for follow-up ordnance during the war. After the supplies are in place, we will go to the battlefield one after another!"

"It's like this...it's risky!" Blyuchel hesitated.

"No risk!" Zhukov seemed confident, "The first step in our war is not to fight an offensive war, but to fight a war of mass and annihilation.

First provoke a local conflict to attract the main force of the Japanese army, and then concentrate the superior forces to eat the main force of the Japanese army in one go. In this way, the strength of the Japanese army in Manchuria is greatly damaged, and the follow-up troops of the Japanese army are still on the way. Naturally, our army can be as powerful as a broken bamboo!At that time, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army will arrive, and the follow-up troops of our army will also arrive. Although they are evenly matched, our army has already grasped the initiative in the entire battle, and there is nothing more important than this!"

Blyuchel was persuaded: "Comrade Zhukov, you are right, yes, we should fight like this!"

Originally, all the ordnance, supplies, and personnel of the Soviet Army in the Far East would not be in place until mid-September, but the high-level officials of the Soviet Army in the Far East decided to start ahead of schedule in early August to preemptive strikes. However, in order to seize the opportunity, the Soviet army did not give the Japanese army enough time to prepare, so the battle started more than a month earlier than the scheduled time.

In early August, the Soviet Army instructed the Puppet Mongolian Army to "proactively provoke trouble" on the Manchu-Mongolian border, creating an excuse for war.

On August 8, the puppet Mongolian army instigated several Outer Mongolia herdsmen near the Nomonhan area to deliberately cross the Haraha River, the "border river" of the puppet Manchukuo and puppet Mongolia, and enter the puppet Manchukuo to graze.

After the nearby Puppet Manchukuo patrol found out, they immediately expelled the Outer Mongolian herdsmen to leave Puppet Manchuria. A dispute broke out between the two sides. Soon, a team of Puppet Mongolian Army patrols arrived, which escalated the situation. The Puppet Manchukuo and Puppet Mongolian troops exchanged guns pointing fingers.

In the chaos, gunshots rang out, and a small officer of the Puppet Manchukuo Army was shot and fell to the ground. The surrounding Puppet Manchukuo Army was shocked and angry, and then fired back at the Puppet Mongolian Army. The Puppet Mongolian Army also opened fire immediately, and a fierce armed conflict broke out between the two sides. A dozen people were killed or injured each.

On August 8, a cavalry division of the puppet Mongolian army rushed to the Nomonhan area, and an infantry brigade and a cavalry brigade of the puppet Manchukuo army also rushed to the Nomonhan area.

This incident alarmed the high-level leaders of the Puppet Manchukuo and Puppet Mongolia "two countries", and then alarmed the Japanese and Soviets behind the "two countries". Both sides protested to each other and demanded an explanation from the other.

On the evening of August 8th, a mortar bomb exploded in a barracks of the Puppet Mongolian Army in the Nomonhan area. The Puppet Mongolian Army concluded that the mortar shells were fired by the Puppet Manchukuo Army, and immediately launched an "unbearable counterattack". The army crossed the "border line between the two countries" of the puppet Manchukuo and the puppet Mongolia, and rushed to the opposite puppet Manchukuo army. The two sides fought a scuffle, killing and injuring more than a thousand people each.

In the next three days, the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia began to gather in Nomonhan on a large scale. The Japanese army in the Northeast realized that something was wrong, and also mobilized troops to Nomonhan in a large scale.

In the early morning of August 8, the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia attacked the Japanese army in the northeast with overwhelming momentum, and the "Far East Campaign" officially broke out.

Chapter 423 Far East Beacon (3)

"War is on! The Japanese and the Soviets are fighting!" In the Nanjing Army Headquarters in Beiping, an excited and enthusiastic atmosphere quickly permeated and continued to ferment. Senior generals stared at maps, sand tables, and documents. , the staff officers gathered together to discuss, research, and analyze nervously and eagerly. The communications officers trotted in and out to deliver documents, their fingers flying in front of the radio station, the sound of radio sending and receiving and the heart-piercing ringtone of the phone One after another, the atmosphere of the scene was intensified.

"Bring it!" Jiang Weiguo, who was sitting in a corner of the conference hall of the headquarters, extended his hand to Liu Wugou, the "personal secretary" standing beside him.

"What?" Liu Wugou was puzzled.

"I asked you to buy something on the way!" Jiang Weiguo was serious, but his expression had begun to be unbearable.

"Are you still free to eat this?" Liu Wugou took out a bag of melon seeds from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Weiguo, even more surprised.

The reason why Jiang Weiguo came here was because he received an urgent report from the Nanjing Army Headquarters at the headquarters of the North China Political Affairs Committee, so he knew what had happened, so on the way he drove here, when he passed a melon seed stand, he told Liu Wu Kuu bought a pack of melon seeds.

Jiang Weiguo took the melon seeds from Liu Wugou and began to eat them leisurely and slowly.

Liu Wugou stared wide-eyed at Jiang Weiguo who was calm and even radiant and radiant. Although she didn't understand military affairs, she had been with Jiang Weiguo for so long and knew a lot about it. Ten minutes ago, she and Jiang Weiguo I rushed here and found that the atmosphere here was extremely different from the past. From generals to ordinary officers, everyone had focused and dignified expressions. It was obvious that something important had happened.

Liu Wugou couldn't believe it when he saw that Jiang Weiguo was still in the mood to eat melon seeds when facing such an important matter, and his expression was very relaxed and leisurely. At first, Jiang Weiguo's expression was still very serious, but soon, his expression was completely gone. It became a kind of "weird joy".

The expression on Jiang Weiguo's face was as vivid as if he saw his enemy fall into a cesspit, and he almost laughed out loud.

"I heard from General Huang and the others..." Liu Wugou asked cautiously, "Are you fighting again?"

"That's right!" Jiang Weiguo laughed happily, overjoyed.

"War? Then you still eat melon seeds?" Liu Wugou was incredulous.

"Hahaha!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't hold back in the end, and laughed loudly, "Good fight! Great fight! The fight is really awesome! The Japanese and the Soviets are at war! Hahaha! Today is really a 'happy day! 'What a day! I haven't been in such a happy mood for a long time! Hahaha! As a melon eater who doesn't know the truth, what else can I do if I don't eat melon seeds? Hahaha!"

"What a mess!" Liu Wugou couldn't bear it any longer, "Speak clearly! What is 'Xi Da Pu Ben'?"

"Happy to hear and see, joyful to the hearts of the people, the whole world celebrates, and runs to tell each other!" Jiang Weiguo explained happily, "It's collectively known as 'Xi Da Pu Ben'! Hahaha!"

Liu Wugou looked at Jiang Weiguo in bewilderment, she was puzzled, then looked at the generals present, and found that the faces of all the generals were "sunny", some smiled slightly, some were full of smiles, some It is obvious that although there is a war, it is a good thing that makes the top Chinese military "deeply happy".

In fact, the same is true for Wuhan.