I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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"This requires us to make sacrifices, although it is painful, but we must sacrifice!" Zhukov looked at Stalin, "Comrade Stalin, Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, we must abandon one or even two, so as to concentrate our forces Stabilize the Western Front.

Actually, the Germans were exhausted, we were fighting at home, but they were fighting at a distance!"

Stalin asked sullenly: "Which one do you think can be discarded the most? Which one should be discarded the least?"

Zhukov said bluntly: "Moscow is the most to be abandoned, and Stalingrad is naturally the least to be abandoned.

Comrade Stalin, abandoning Moscow is painful and will bring great negative effects, but if we can exchange Moscow for the final victory, it will be worth it!Napoleon successfully captured Moscow that year, but so what?The final victors of that war were us Russians.

Comrade Stalin, I am the commander of the Moscow Special Military District, and it is my responsibility to do my best to defend Moscow, but for a longer-term victory, I am willing to bear the responsibility of Moscow's fall!"

Stalin did not speak out against it, so he acquiesced to the proposal. He knew that the Soviet Union had no capital left.

Shaposhnikov asked: "Comrade Zhukov, according to your plan, how do you want to fight?"

Zhukov said: "First of all, I want to know the current deployment of the Chinese army!"

Shaposhnikov did not take out the information, because he remembered all of them by heart: "At present, the Chinese army has four group armies and five armies participating in the war against us. The four group armies are from southern China and belong to Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army. , with a total strength of about 40, responsible for the siege and blockade of four cities in North Asia. The combat effectiveness is relatively low. The five armies belong to Jiang Weiguo's northern army. Among them, the 31st army is commanded by Chen Mingren, which has five divisions under its jurisdiction. The 5th, 17rd, 123th, 20th, and 150th divisions, with a total strength of about 200, are stationed in Central Asia; the 16th Army is commanded by Feng Zhian, and the army has 37 divisions, the 5st, 101th, The 111th, 37th, and 38th Divisions, with a total strength of about 39, are stationed in the northeast of Kazakhstan; the 16th Army is commanded by Huang Wei, and the army has 77 divisions, the 5th, 77th, 74th, 180st, The 201nd Division has a total strength of about 202. The 17th Division is stationed in the Baku area, and the remaining 180 divisions are stationed in the Omsk area; the 4th Army is commanded by Song Xilian, which has 10 divisions under its jurisdiction. The 5th, 206th, 207th, and 208th Divisions, with a total strength of about 209, are stationed in the eastern region of the four cities in North Asia and Outer Mongolia; the 210th Army is commanded by Li Yutang, which has 15 divisions under its jurisdiction. 100. The 5rd, 88th, and 99th divisions, with a total strength of about 203, are stationed in the northwest of Kazakhstan!" He finally concluded, "A total of 204 million Chinese troops participated in this war!"

Zhukov nodded: "In this battle, our first task is not to regain lost ground, but to annihilate the Chinese army to the maximum extent. If we can wipe out 30 million or even 50 million in one go, the Chinese army will be seriously injured. The Chinese government Loss of confidence, coupled with temptations, the possibility of forcing China to withdraw from the war is extremely high, and the Chinese army has suffered heavy losses, which can also give the Chinese government a legitimate reason to withdraw from the war in front of Hitler!"

Shaposhnikov said: "It seems that the siege of Omsk is the best choice. The local value of Omsk is great, and it will be of great significance after recovery. Moreover, Omsk has 14 Chinese troops, and our army will wipe them out. Afterwards, it will definitely shock the Chinese government!"

Vasilevsky said: "I don't agree with the siege of Omsk. Such a battle is a fortified battle, and it will cost the Soviet Red Army a heavy price. Aiding Omsk's reinforcement troops, little will add up, and great results will be achieved!"

Meretskov said: "But we don't have that much time. The Germans won't give us too much time to fight slowly on the Eastern Front, and the accumulation will add up!"

Zhukov nodded: "This is actually not very contradictory. On the one hand, we have to race against time, and on the other hand, we can accumulate more. The key is to improve the mobility of the troops!" He looked at Rokossovsky, "Rokossov Comrade Ski's No.16 Army has completed semi-mechanized equipment. If we can concentrate all the tanks and cars that our army can mobilize, it will be a powerful mobile force. What's more, we also have the world's largest cavalry force !” He looked at Budyonny.

Budyonny showed a thoughtful look.

"Mix the tank group and the cavalry group, such a force not only has strong mobility, but also has strong impact and attack power!" Zhukov explained his idea, "In addition, we also have the world's largest airborne Soldiers!"

Stalin looked at Kulik: "How is the production of the new rocket launcher?"

"Everything is going well, Comrade Stalin!" Kulik replied respectfully.

"What about the new t-34 tank?"

"Also in full production around the clock!"

"Last year (1940), how many planes and how many tanks did we produce?"

Kulik replied: "There are more than 8000 aircraft, half of which are new aircraft; about 5000 tanks and self-propelled artillery (doors). Although the losses were great during the war, new aircraft and tanks have been continuously replenished!"

Stalin looked at Kulik with stern eyes: "So, how many planes, tanks, and artillery can we use now to invest in this comprehensive counterattack against the Chinese?"

Kulik asked a little nervously: "Is it under the condition that Moscow is allowed to fall?"

The muscles on Stalin's face moved slightly, and then he nodded slowly.

Kulik eagerly turned his brain and gave three numbers: "Over 5000 aircraft can be mobilized, more than 5000 tanks can be mobilized, and more than [-] artillery pieces of various types can be mobilized, including about [-] large-caliber artillery pieces! "

"It will take a lot of time to assemble so many troops and equipment!" Meretskov was amazed.

Shaposhnikov said: "Comrade Vyshinsky has arrived in Wuhan and is launching a plan to paralyze the Chinese with all his strength, thus buying us more precious time!"

Stalin nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly his expression was fierce: "Comrades, this big counterattack is directly related to the life and death of the Soviet! We must go all out! Overcome all difficulties and win! Otherwise, the Soviet will really die Powerless! I approve this plan! I hope that the Soviet Red Army participating in the war can be as unstoppable as an avalanche! Therefore, this big counterattack is code-named 'Big Avalanche'!"

Chapter 522 Big Avalanche (2)

On the fifth day after the Spring Festival, Jiang Weiguo returned to Peiping in a hurry, and Zhang Qun was given the task of arguing with Vyshinsky, because although Jiang Weiguo was extremely "greedy", he was not so foolish. Insisting that "unless the Soviet side immediately provides a treasure burial site of no less than [-] tons of gold as a sincerity, China will not consider unilaterally negotiating peace with the Soviet Union." Naturally, Vyshinsky couldn't parry his tough attitude.

Jiang Weiguo would not be dazzled by bubble illusions, so he was too lazy to waste time with Vyshinsky, not to mention that Peking had already sent an urgent call.

On February 1941, 2, Jiang Weiguo returned to Beiping. Several senior generals including Yang Jie and Xiao Yao were already waiting for him at the airport.

On the way to the North Parallel Camp of the Military Commission by car, Yang Jie and Xiao Yao reported the latest intelligence from the Soviet Union to Jiang Weiguo.

"Since the end of last year, the Maritime Statistics Bureau has successively collected a series of intelligence, proving that the Soviet army is mobilizing troops to the eastern Ural Mountains. According to the information we have so far, we have determined that there are about 20 divisions of new Soviet troops. Over the Ural Mountains!" Yang Jie said.

"Twenty divisions?" Jiang Weiguo thought, "According to the establishment of the Soviet army, a division of the Soviet army only has seven to eight thousand or even five to six thousand people. Twenty divisions are full of 8000 troops, which is not a lot!"

Yang Jie shook his head and said, "Second Young Master, don't take it lightly.

Because of the special political system of the Soviet Union, it is difficult for the Maritime Statistics Bureau to obtain detailed and accurate information, and it has been confirmed that there are twenty divisions, but there may actually be thirty or even forty divisions!"

"Thirty divisions, forty divisions, a total of 30 to [-] troops!" Jiang Weiguo mused, "It's a lot, but it's not a lot.

What did the Soviets want? "

Xiao Yao said: "The Soviet army's move is obviously to continuously strengthen its troops on the eastern battlefield. Based on the information, we have repeatedly analyzed and believed that the Soviets have two possibilities. One is to strengthen the defense force to block our The large-scale offensive launched in the spring and summer of this year; the second is..." He paused, "The Soviets are preparing to launch a counterattack against us!"

"Counterattack?" Jiang Weiguo was a little surprised. He didn't really believe it. "Do the Soviets have the power to launch a counterattack against us now? Seven or eight times out of ten, the main force of their original army has been wiped out. Although there are still several million troops, most of them Some of them are recruits recruited by force, and their combat effectiveness is very poor. In my opinion, they can only be beaten. How can they fight back? What's more, the Germans are stronger than us and pose a greater threat to the Soviet Union. Even if the Soviets want to fight back, they should fight back. Is it a counterattack against the Germans? The Germans are the protagonists, and we are just supporting roles!"

Yang Jie said: "Yes, most of us don't think so either.

We now have two main views. One is that the Soviets only want to strengthen the defense forces on the Eastern Front to ensure that our army can stop a new round of offensive in the spring and summer of this year, thereby stabilizing the Eastern Front. The western front is against the Germans; the second is that the Soviets want to launch a partial, medium-scale, and high-intensity counterattack against us on the eastern front, recapture one or two key points, and improve their unfavorable situation on the eastern front!"

"Hmm!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "The Soviets are unable to counterattack us on a large scale. In my opinion, they want to strengthen the defense force on the eastern front, or to carry out a partial counterattack against us, which is indeed more reliable.

If the Soviets really wanted to launch a large-scale counterattack against us, wouldn't they be afraid that the Germans would take advantage of it?Whether it is Leningrad, Stalingrad or Moscow, the Soviets are on the verge of collapse. Where did they get the extra power?Once the troops on the western front are deployed, do they still want those three important towns? "

"That being said, but..." Xiao Yao was noncommittal, "Soldiers have orbits.

War is all about surprise.

If fighting a war is a well-regulated and scripted matter, how can war be so uncertain as it is in reality?It is undoubtedly a risk and a gamble for the Soviet army to deploy troops from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, but isn’t war itself a risk, a gamble?The Soviet Union is already on the verge of national subjugation and extinction, just like a person who has been forced to the edge of a cliff. When there is no way to retreat, and there is no life or death, a person will use any means to survive death, and a country and an army will also die. It will be like this!"

"I've also thought about this possibility!" Yang Jie said, "It's true that soldiers are tricky, but no matter what, it must be based on reality.

Even if the Soviets have this courage and courage, but do the Soviets have this strength? "

"Not completely, but it can be squeezed!" Xiao Yao said, "Yes, the pressure the Germans put on the Soviets on the Western Front is as heavy as Mount Tai. Even if the Soviet army transfers an army from the Western Front, it may Cause collapse, the west wall is more important than the east wall, tearing down the west wall to make up for the east wall is a stupid thing, almost tantamount to suicide, but because of this, we and the Germans firmly believe that the Soviets will not do this kind of 'never The more dangerous Western Front deployed troops to fill the relatively less dangerous Eastern Front, and it was precisely because of this that the Soviet Union could do the opposite.

First, when a large number of Soviet troops are transferred from the Western Front to the Eastern Front, we will be aware of it immediately, but what about the Germans?Will the Germans notice?On the one hand, the Germans did not think that the Soviets would do this. On the other hand, they suspected that the Soviets were luring them, so they were slow and would not respond in the most timely manner, which gave the Soviets a time difference; second, the Soviets It is true that we have been beaten to the brink of decline, but we should not underestimate the enemy. The Soviet Union has strong national strength and solid foundation. Even if half of the Soviet Union's industry was destroyed in last year's war, their industrial output is still more than ten times that of ours.

The industrial areas of the Soviet Union continued to move eastward before the war, which made the bombing effect of the Luftwaffe not particularly ideal. When it was our turn to bomb with the conditions, winter had already arrived, and the rain and snow continued, so that our air force did not give the Soviet Union's industrial area Thirdly, the problem of soldiers, the Soviet army did suffer extremely heavy losses, but the Soviet Union had plenty of people, and the top officials in Moscow didn't care about human lives at all. After millions of recruits were rushed to the battlefield, they fought for several months. See With so much blood, even if they were untrained recruits before going to the battlefield, as long as they haven't lost their lives, they have grown into veterans, right?The mechanization power of the Soviet Army still exceeds that of our army!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart became heavy. He thought for a while and asked, "How many troops do we have on the front line?"

Yang Jie replied: "There are almost 120 million, of which 60 million are used to blockade the four cities in North Asia and stabilize the rear, and 70 million are on the frontline!"

Jiang Weiguo asked again: "How many Soviet troops can our 70 troops stop? If it is a mechanized Soviet army and the Soviet soldiers are more qualified!"

Yang Jie replied: "If the Soviet army counterattacked in an all-round way, it would not be a problem for our army to hold back the 30 million Soviet army. However, if the Soviet army concentrated its forces on a focused counterattack, our defense line would probably be breached in all likelihood. A few places, second son, you know that the occupied area of ​​our army in the Soviet Union is very vast, and the battle line stretches for thousands of miles. The 70 troops are placed on the defense line of thousands of kilometers. Naturally, the density of troops is not very high. If the Soviet army Concentrating 30 to [-] troops for key breakthroughs, our defense line will definitely be breached, but it is unlikely to collapse unless the Soviet army uses a million troops to make key breakthroughs!"

"It seems that the situation is not optimistic!" Jiang Weiguo smiled, "If the Soviet army uses hundreds of thousands of mechanized troops to carry out partial counterattacks, our army should be able to hold on, but we still have to fight a fierce battle!"

"It must be a bad fight, but the victory belongs to us!" Although Yang Jie looked solemn, he was also full of confidence.

"I'm only worried...the Soviets will really launch a counterattack with millions of troops!" Xiao Yao's expression was only dignified, "I also know that this idea seems a bit unfounded, but... thinking about the problem is not just thinking about the most important thing. Bad situation?"

"If this is the case, then we will immediately let the Germans launch a full-scale offensive on the Western Front!" Yang Jie said, "Once the Germans launch a full-scale offensive, even if the Soviets have brought millions of troops to our noses, they will have to fight again." Call back!"

"According to the report sent by General Shang Zhen from Europe, the Germans are too busy to get away with it!" Xiao Yao said, "Hitler's head of state decided to concentrate the greatest force and destroy the Soviet Union in one fell swoop in the spring and summer of this year, so he is busy It's too late.

On the one hand, the German army has lost hundreds of thousands of well-trained and elite veterans, and they are in urgent need of replenishment. And strengthening; not only that, Hitler believed that the war against the Soviet Union had entered the final stage, the United States, Britain and France initially stood by and watched, but now, the United States, Britain and France saw that the Allied Powers were about to destroy the Soviet Union, and they were already in a state of steady victory. He must be unable to hold back, and he will definitely put pressure on Germany behind Germany. Therefore, the German army will further expand its army and strengthen its troops at the western border of Germany; it is also very complicated to handle the relationship between Germany and the slave countries. Italy, Spain, Hungary, etc. Romania and Romania have been tied to German tanks. There are German troops stationed in these four countries, but Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, and the Baltic Sea countries that have newly surrendered to Germany are not willing to have German troops stationed in their territories. These six countries only want to be Germany. In addition, the Polish government believes that it has made great achievements, and has already asked Germany to carve up the entire territory of Belarus and western Ukraine to Poland, which made Hitler very angry. The Polish government even hinted that the German government, if If Germany does not give Poland enough benefits immediately, Poland will withdraw from the war, and the German army will not be allowed to enter the Soviet battlefield through Poland. Poland’s move is obviously taking the opportunity to coerce Germany, and it is up for grabs. At the same time, the German army has already occupied a large area of ​​territory in the Soviet Union, digesting these territories, supporting the new Ukrainian government, exterminating the Soviet guerrillas and pro-Soviet and pro-Russian resistance forces...all consumed a lot of Germany's national power and military power!" Xiao Yao Then, he added, "By the way, the German army is fighting in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet army is fighting on the mainland. Maybe the right time and people are on the German side, but the location is not right. The rainy season and winter cause the roads in the Soviet Union to erode, seriously affecting The progress of the German army and the strength of logistics replenishment, there are so many, too many to list!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo and Yang Jie, "We will definitely win this war, and the German army will definitely win a decisive victory in the next stage of combat. However, the German army needs time.

Time is a very disturbing factor. If the Soviets launch a large-scale counterattack against us when the German army is not ready, what should we do?At the very least, at the beginning of the war, we have to rely on ourselves to resist!"

Both Jiang Weiguo and Yang Jie were lost in thought. Finally, Yang Jie sighed: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover it! The Soviets have no choice, and neither do we!"

The Vasyugan Plain in the northwest of the four cities in North Asia.

Siberia (North Asia) is geographically divided into three parts: East, Central and West. In fact, the geographical features of these three parts are indeed different. The eastern mountains stretch, the central plateau stands tall, and the west is the Great Plains. , the famous "West Siberia Plain", this area is extremely wide, about 260 kilometers long from north to south, and about 100 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​about 80 million square kilometers (the total area of ​​plains in mainland China is about 100 million square kilometers), it is the largest plain in Asia and the third largest in the world, and this great plain is "very flat". More than [-]% of the area is flat, and only a few places have some low and low hills. The altitude difference between thousands of kilometers in a radius does not exceed [-] meters.

But it is a pity that this great plain is not a treasure land of agriculture or a super granary, because this place is not in the temperate or tropical zone, but in the sub-frigid or frigid zone. The climate is very cold, and there are few species of animals and plants. The boundless virgin forest.

The Vasyugan Plain belongs to the West Siberia Plain. It is a small part of the southern part of the great plain. The terrain is low and flat. Most areas are between 40 meters and 60 meters above sea level. But in the extreme cold at this time, the ground has turned into stone-like frozen soil, and the water surface has also become stone-like ice.

At the beginning of February right now, the local temperature has dropped to more than minus 30 degrees, and it is icy and snowy.

The Vasyugan Plain is located in the northwest of the four cities in North Asia, so it is one of the defense lines for the Chinese army to encircle the four cities in North Asia. Because the natural conditions here are too harsh, and although the Chinese army has a strong force, the encirclement is still difficult. It is too vast, so the density of troops is not high, so that the Chinese army in the Vasyugan Plain area has only one division, about 1 people.

The encirclement of the four cities in North Asia is mainly the responsibility of Luo Zhuoying. He has four group armies with a strength of 40 troops, forming a big encirclement like a golden bucket of iron barrels against the four cities in North Asia. The Chinese army in the Vasyugan Plain is the 133rd Division , belongs to the 20th Army, and the 20th Army belongs to the 27th Army, one of the four armies of Luo Zhuoying's department.

Xia Jiong, the commander of the 133rd Division, is somewhere in the hinterland of the Vasyugan Plain with a small group of cronies, seemingly waiting for something.

Xia Jiong looked at the sky, then at the ground, and subconsciously wrapped his military coat tightly. He was dressed very thickly, with a heavy cotton coat on his body, thick cotton trousers on his legs, and thick long tubes on his feet. He wears military boots, rabbit fur gloves on his hands, a rabbit fur scarf around his neck, a thick felt hat on his head, and a thicker sheepskin army coat over the cotton coat, covering his whole body with only half of it exposed. Even so, he still felt the piercing chill continuously piercing through his clothes like steel needles, penetrating into his bones, his exposed eyebrows were covered with a layer of frost, and the white air he exhaled directly melted into his face. Small ice crystals like ice mist were blown away by the knife-like cold wind.

"This shitty place!" Xia Jiong was disgusted. "Is there any place more desolate than this place? I heard that the Qing Dynasty used to send prisoners to the Northeast to kill them, but this place is actually colder and more desolate than the Northeast." Desolation!" He looked into the distance, and he knew that this was not the real "extremely northern land" of the Eurasian continent, and it would take another two thousand kilometers to the north to reach the Arctic Ocean, the true northernmost point of the Eurasian continent. It's almost unbelievable what it's like there.

Xia Jiong looked at the sky, it was gloomy, and there were snowflakes falling down again, the sky here was always gloomy like a shroud, he looked at the earth, the forest was like boundless darkness, the ground under the forest On the other hand, it is like a boundless plain, the place is very flat, and there are basically no snow-capped mountains and ridges at a glance. The sky and the land are so vast and desolate that there is almost nowhere to place one's soul.

"It's me!" Xia Jiong hated, "What's the difference between being sent here and being exiled into the army? I'm really fucking unlucky for eight lifetimes!" He is from Sichuan, and he lived in the warm and humid land of abundance since he was a child. , was sent to Siberia at this time, naturally extremely unable to adapt.

"Master, here we come!" A confidant major beside Xia Jiong shouted eagerly.

Xia Jiong hurriedly raised his eyes and looked into the distance.

The Vasyugan Plain is almost completely covered by primeval forest. Xia Jiong and others are inside the forest at this time, but the scene in front of them is obviously not "natural". All trees have been felled and a road has appeared in the forest.

This is a very primitive road. The ground is not paved with stones, bricks, or asphalt, and it is still snow and ice accumulated over thousands of years. This road is essentially someone who "cut out a long strip in this forest. The open space is three to five meters wide, and the length cannot be seen from the beginning to the end. Two cars or a tank can be driven side by side.

In Xia Jiong's attention, a black spot appeared at the end of this primitive forest snow road, behind the black spot there were second, third, fourth, fifth... black spots, crushed With the ice and snow, it drove slowly, like a long centipede crawling in this forest.

Slowly, Xia Jiong saw clearly that the black dots were all vehicles, not cars. Cars were prone to skidding. The black dots were all tanks, tracked armored vehicles, and half-tracked vehicles. Towing a long string of sleds, the sleds are also full of things, each car is like a "little train", the tank is the front, and the sled behind is the carriage.

The convoy approached slowly, and then stopped. Xia Jiong stood there with a straight face.

A Soviet t-34 tank at the front of the convoy stopped slowly, and then a Soviet colonel climbed out of the tank cabin.

The Soviet colonel walked towards Xia Jiong with a smile all over his face.

"It's very smart!" Xia Jiong looked at the Soviet convoy nonchalantly, and the translator beside him immediately translated into Russian.

The Soviet colonel grinned: "This is the way our Commander Konev came up with, using tanks to drag a few or even a dozen sledges, on the one hand, it can transport supplies, and on the other hand, it can directly send them to four cities in North Asia. Go tank.

General Xia, you also know that in this ghost place, cars are difficult to use, and the wheels will slip. It is better to use tracked vehicles, and the tank has a lot of power. A tank can tow almost ten large sleds, adding up to ten How many tons of supplies! "

Xia Jiong snorted coldly: "Could it be that I saw your convoy only driving from the Urals to the four cities in North Asia, but didn't see your convoy driving back to the Urals from the four cities in North Asia? back.

How many are there this time? "

The Soviet colonel quickly replied: "130 five!"

"So many?" Xia Jiong was taken aback, "You guys are too courageous! In the beginning, there were only a dozen or so, and then gradually became dozens, and now there are more than 100 at once! Do you know that such a There are too many vehicles, even if there is a forest cover, if a reconnaissance plane flies over, it will be exposed immediately! When the Dongchuang incident happens, I will lose my head!"

The Soviet colonel repeatedly comforted: "It's okay, it's snowing now, and your reconnaissance planes won't be dispatched!"

"Must be less than one hundred!" Xia Jiong snapped, "Otherwise, our partnership will come to an end!"