I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The German army captured dozens of large cities in southern and western Ukraine such as Odessa, Nikolayev, Kherson, Krivoy Rog, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, and Lviv all the way at lightning speed. , The soldiers pointed directly at Kiev, the capital of Ukraine and known as the "mother of all Russian cities". At this time, more than 130 million German troops entered the territory of the Soviet Union.

Within three weeks, the Soviet army in western Ukraine was completely defeated, losing more than 70 divisions, and more than 100 million people were killed, injured, captured, or missing.

At this time, the Soviet army only controlled Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and a few dozen cities such as Kharkov and Luhansk in eastern and northeastern Ukraine.

These cities are located at the junction of Ukraine and Russia, forming a line of defense for the Soviet army to resist the German invasion of Russia.

The German army's crossing of this line of defense not only means that the entire territory of Ukraine has been captured by the German army, but also means that the Russian mainland will be exposed to the German army.

On June 1940, 6, the Battle of Kiev broke out.

This battle was the first strategic decisive battle in which the Soviet army assembled the largest force that could be assembled after the complete defeat at the beginning of the war against the German army.

If the Soviet army wins, the German army will be completely suppressed in Ukraine and will no longer be able to march towards the Russian mainland; if the German army wins, the main Soviet army west of Moscow will be wiped out.

The scale of the Kiev battle was unprecedented. The Soviet army successively invested more than 180 million troops in the battle, and the German army successively invested 150 million troops in the battle.

At this time, Poland took advantage of the wind and completely turned to Germany, allowing the German army to pass through Poland, causing more than 50 German troops to enter the Soviet Union through Poland and participate in the Battle of Kiev.

The massacre of more than 300 million troops is almost unprecedented in human history, and the battle situation is also unprecedentedly tragic.

In a reception room in the Kremlin, Molotov received Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu tremblingly. The reason why he trembled was entirely because of anger.

Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu looked at Molotov with radiant smiles on their faces. They could hardly help laughing, because the situation at this time was so favorable to China.

Although it is very "despicable" to fall into a well and take advantage of the fire to rob, this kind of despicable behavior for the country can't make Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu feel guilty. , artificial fish" pleasure.

Molotov almost gritted his teeth in hatred for Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu's undisguised and naked schadenfreude looks, and his face was as angry as a pig's liver.

A big house like the Soviet Union was being set on fire by the Germans, and the Chinese were standing by the fire with a barrel of gasoline, blatantly demanding benefits from the Soviet Union, otherwise they would pour the full barrel of gasoline on it.

Such an "extremely despicable and shameless" behavior had to make Molotov's seven orifices smoke and his internal organs catch fire.

If Germany is a bad person, then China is a villain. Compared with a bad person, a villain is more hateful.

"What do you two do?" Molotov suppressed his anger.

"Mr. Molotov, why did you ask the question knowingly?" Yang Jie smiled, "Of course it is to resolve the territorial dispute between China and the Soviet Union!"

Although Molotov tried his best not to tremble, he couldn't control it at all, and his body was shaking violently.

"Do you have any plans?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Yes, of course, and it's very simple and clear!" Jiang Tingfu took out a document with a smile.

Molotov saw that the documents Jiang Tingfu took out were not written paper, but a map, a map of the Soviet Union.

"North Asia east of 110° east longitude, and Central Asia east of 70° east longitude, hand over to China!" Jiang Tingfu said slowly, "The territorial dispute between China and the Soviet Union that lasted for more than two hundred years can be resolved once and for all! The two countries and the two peoples will be able to live in harmony from now on! Oh, for the war that is unfolding in your country at this time, our country will naturally provide humanitarian assistance to your country as a neutral country.

After all, the matter has been settled, the two countries will be friendly neighbors in the future, and we are willing to define the morals that should be borne! "

Molotov not only almost exploded his lungs, but also almost exploded his stomach. According to the Chinese request, which is no different from extortion, the Soviet Union will divide more than half of Siberia, which is about 730 million square kilometers of land And about one-third of the land in Central Asia, almost 150 million square kilometers, was given to China, adding up to a total of 880 million square kilometers!Almost the size of Oceania!

After trembling all over for 5 minutes, Molotov paused word by word through his teeth with a livid face: "This request from your country is simply unacceptable!"

"Really?" Yang Jie looked at Molotov in surprise, and then nodded, "You find it difficult to accept? Oh, it doesn't matter, because the Germans are not difficult to accept!" See you with a poor dagger, "If you don't give it, the Germans will give it for you!"

Molotov stood there trembling violently, not knowing how to answer.

Chapter 459 World War (2)

The "Battle of Kiev" between the German and Soviet armies was very similar to the previous historical Battle of Kiev in terms of the location, background, and meaning of the battle, but they were very different. The impact of the "butterfly effect".

First of all, in terms of scale, the Battle of Kiev reached an appalling level. The total number of Soviet troops participating in the battle exceeded 180 million, while the German army participated in the battle. The total number of participating German troops exceeded 150 million. The former accounted for more than two-thirds of the total number of Soviet troops in Eastern Europe. Accounting for more than three-fifths of the total number of German troops participating in the Soviet War, the total number of troops participating in the war was as high as 330 million, which is unprecedented. However, although the total number of troops participating in the Battle of Kiev in the original history was also large, it was only 135 million ( The German army is about 50, and the Soviet army is about 85). Obviously, the scale of this Kiev battle has doubled and a half. The reason for such a large scale is that the German army did not occupy Poland. As previously mentioned, the troops were divided into three groups and attacked Belarus and the three Baltic countries through Poland. As a result, the main force of the German army is now all in Ukraine, and the Soviet army is also due to the same "butterfly effect". Army troops have not suffered a devastating blow from the German army after the war, and at this time they can gather in Ukraine to start this decisive battle with the German army.

In a nutshell, in the early days of the Soviet-German War in the original history, wars broke out between the German army and the Soviet army on the north, center, and south routes (such as the Battle of Leningrad on the North Road and the Battle of Minsk on the Middle Road). At this time, the troops of both sides All of them were concentrated in Kiev on the South Road, and this earth-shattering decisive battle took place.

The strategic significance of this battle is extremely huge. If the Soviet army wins, the German army will be completely suppressed in Ukraine, unable to advance to the hinterland of the Soviet Union and Russia. If the German army wins, the main force of the Soviet army in Eastern Europe will be wiped out. Moscow It will be completely exposed to the front of the German army.

Before the German-Soviet War, the Soviet army had a total of about 400 million regular troops, of which about 100 million were in North and Central Asia for defense against China and Japan, about 50 were in the Caucasus, about 50 were in Northwest Eastern Europe, and about 200 million were in western Eastern Europe. In Ukraine, Belarus and other places, after the war, the German army was invincible and wiped out about 100 million Soviet troops within half a month, and only lost more than 100 people. Therefore, the Soviet army only had about 180 million troops left in the western part of Eastern Europe. From the Caucasus region, Northwest Eastern Europe and other places, the east wall was demolished to make up for the west wall, and the militia and reserve troops were added to form a [-] million army, desperately protecting Kiev, which has become the "west gate of Moscow" and "the most important city in the west of the Soviet Union".

Kiev is a place that the Soviet army must defend and a place that the German army must capture.

For a moment, the whole world held their breath and cast their extremely nervous eyes on this place.

"Kiev must be defended! If you lose Kiev, you will all be Soviet sinners!" Stalin almost hysterically gave death orders to the top Soviet generals on the front line in Kiev.

"Kiev must be captured! The rise and fall of Germany lies in this battle! You can do it!" Hitler also gave death orders to the top German generals on the front line of Kiev with unprecedented emotion.

The urgency of the situation made the two leaders red-eyed, and both took desperate measures.

On the battlefield in Kiev, the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, the aircraft group covered the sky, the tank group covered the sky, and the artillery group was overwhelming. More than 300 million German and Soviet troops participated in the war for the fate of their respective countries and nations, fighting in the vast expanse of hundreds of kilometers in length and width. Fighting frantically in the area.

At this time, no one was more nervous than Hitler. He knew very well that this battle was Germany's first battle after initiating the world war. , Germany’s plan to destroy the Soviet Union is about to come to naught. Just a few months after the German-Soviet war started, the German army was beaten out of the Soviet Union by the Soviet army. The German army must have suffered heavy losses. The spirit and hope of the German people will also be shattered, and naturally they will not be able to fight again. The German war machine will come to an abrupt end just after it starts, and his own ambitions and grand plans will all be wiped out with this defeat.

"We must win! Because the victory or defeat of this Kiev battle is too great! It is not just a battle, but a war, and it is a turning point in the fate of Germany!" Hitler was restless and unwilling to eat in the Chancellery. He knew , This is a gamble that must be won. The gamble is not only about his personal political life and fate of honor and disgrace, but also the national destiny of Germany as a whole. Therefore, during the battle, he flew to the front line of Kiev four times in person. On the one hand, it is to boost morale. Recently, he was even less than one kilometer away from a certain unit of the Soviet army.

At this time, no one was in a worse mood than Stalin.

In the Kremlin, Stalin's situation was the same as that of Hitler's. He couldn't sleep well, and he couldn't eat well.

Stalin is known as the "Iron Giant". His will is indeed as hard as steel, and his means are as cold as steel, whether it is against his own people or against his enemies.

In the past 16 years in power, Stalin has purged the entire party and the whole country through iron-fisted means that can be described as "disregarding human life". Stalin has killed countless people and killed countless people. An industrial powerhouse.

However, after suffering such a heavy blow right now, although he was still calm and unmoved on the surface, Stalin was also a little panicked in his heart.

After a full week of emotional adjustment, Stalin finally regained his true composure and took on the important task of leading the Soviet Union to resist Germany. General Boshnikov repeatedly suggested to him that "Kiev must be decisively abandoned, so as to preserve the vitality, resist steadily, consume the strength of the German army and delay the progress of the German army, and gain valuable resources for the Soviet army to gather follow-up troops and build the next line of defense. Time", but Stalin stubbornly rejected this correct proposal. He sternly ordered that "Ukraine can be occupied by the German army for a short period of time, but there must be no German soldiers in the territory of Russia. The German army must be contained in Ukraine at all costs." "The battlefield can only be in Ukraine, as well as in Romania, Hungary, Poland and Germany itself."

Stalin's major strategic mistakes planted a major hidden danger for the Soviet army on the front line in Kiev.

Stalin was in an extremely bad mood at this time, his face was so livid that no one dared to take a second look.

A pile of urgent telegrams piled up on the table in front of him, almost all of which were bad news, either a certain city was captured by the German army, or a certain Soviet army was defeated by the German army.

"Hitler the son of a bitch!" the unbearable Stalin cursed angrily.

Stalin's bad mood came not only from Hitler, but also from Jiang Weiguo, or in other words, even more from Jiang Weiguo.

"Comrade Stalin!" Molotov trotted over in a hurry, "The Chinese government asked us to re-discuss the territorial issue between the two countries, and proposed to redefine the border between the two countries..." He handed over the letters of Yang Jie and Jiang Tingfu in fear that plan.

Stalin's reaction was exactly as Molotov expected: almost madly tearing up the plan document.

"These despicable and shameless yellow-skinned monkeys!" Stalin was furious, almost roaring, "how dare they play such a blatant and shameless trick on the Soviet Union! Do they really think that the Soviet Union is a fish on their chopping board? Do they really think that the Soviet Union is afraid of them? Such a condition of the Arabian Nights! Damn! A bunch of clowns who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth! Tell them all to go to hell with me!"

Stalin's overwhelming anger made Molotov frightened into silence. He barely plucked up the courage and said with great difficulty: "Comrade Stalin, the Chinese's despicable intentions are obvious. They just took the opportunity to blackmail us, but... the Germans aggressively invaded The Soviet Union, if we turn against China, it is very easy to fall into a two-front battle... Our army suffered heavy losses on the Eastern European battlefield. If necessary, we must mobilize troops from Siberia and Central Asia to reinforce the Eastern European front, so..."

"So what?" Stalin looked at Molotov furiously, and the other party almost gave in. "So we have to give in? To be coerced by the group of arrogant, greedy, arrogant Chinese? Ceded more than one-third of the Soviet Union The territory of the Soviet Union to feed the Chinese? Comrade Molotov, your thinking is too problematic! It is dangerous! The land of the Soviet Union was bought with the blood of the Soviet martyrs! Every inch is sacred and inviolable! Why should we Resist the Germans? Just to defend the land of Eastern Europe! Siberia and Central Asia are the same! Otherwise, why would we fight? Just give Eastern Europe to Hitler! Comrade Molotov, have you thought about it? If the Chinese lightly It is easy to blackmail our territory of several million square kilometers. Next, what about the Japanese? What about the British? What about the Turks? Don’t they all follow the example of the Chinese? Before defeating the Germans, we have already The Soviet Union is almost ceded!" He bristled with anger, his voice was stern, and his facial features were even more ferocious, almost distorted.

Molotov was sweating, his voice trembling with fear: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, you are right, I did not think carefully, I will make a review to you..."

Stalin was extremely irritable, livid and smoking a cigarette when the Minister of Internal Affairs Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria opened the door.

"Comrade Beria, you came just in time!" Stalin looked at Beria with a stern tone, "Have you figured it out? What are the real intentions of the Chinese? Are there any signs of large-scale mobilization of the Nanjing Army?"

Beria thought about his words and replied: "Comrade Stalin, according to the information we have obtained so far, the true intentions of the Chinese are not very clear. , Chilling in battle, it seems that the willingness to participate in the war is not very high.

According to intelligence, Chinese high-level officials rejected a bilateral cooperation between Germany and them before the war, and also asked the Japanese Army to continue to disarm under some excuses. We guess that Chinese high-level officials may be more willing to deal with Japan than us!"

Stalin looked displeased and said in a cold tone: "Comrade Beria, you must know that the reliability of intelligence is equal to its certainty. I need certain information, not filled with 'seems', 'as if', 'possible', etc. Guessing with uncertain words, such information is indistinguishable from being unspoken, and can even be extremely misleading! I need detailed and accurate information! Comrade Beria, this is your responsibility!"

Beria suddenly changed his color slightly, revealing a trace of fear covered by guilt. In the Soviet Union, he was so powerful and hard-hearted, he could kill anyone he wanted, and punish anyone he wanted. (Molotov's wife was once arrested by Beria. On Molotov's birthday, Beria released Molotov's wife as a "birthday gift" to Molotov. When Beria When Lia went to visit Molotov's wife and was about to announce the "good news", Molotov's wife thought she was about to be executed and fainted on the spot when she saw Beria), But he also had someone who terrified him, Stalin.

Facing Stalin's questioning, Beria had to feel nervous: "Comrade Stalin, we will work hard.

In addition, regarding the mobilization of the Nanjing Army, there is, but the main force of the Nanjing Army has been mobilized to Chahar, Rehe, Hexi, Southern Liaoning, Mongolia and other places close to the Japanese occupied areas in China. This incident seems to be... He realized that Stalin didn't want to hear the word "as if" at this time, so he hurriedly changed his words, "...It should prove one thing, the Nanjing Army wants to deal with the Japanese more than us.

Comrade Stalin, I have studied with Shaposhnikov and other comrades. If the Nanjing Army wants to attack us, the best route is to attack from Xinjiang instead of going east to west along the Siberian Railway. If we increase our troops to Xinjiang on a large scale, then the Nanjing Army will be very suspicious, but this is not the case!"

Stalin was smoking a cigarette dully, his eyes flashed: "Could it be that...the Chinese want to take this opportunity to beat the Japanese instead of us?"

"It's not impossible!" Beria nodded again and again.

"If the Chinese's true intentions are like this, it will be a great thing for us!" Molotov immediately echoed, "Perhaps we can add fuel to the flames, after all, it is in our best interest for China and Japan to fight together.

Comrade Stalin, I think the Chinese may be greedy. They want to solve the Japanese and take the opportunity to blackmail us. We might as well push the boat along the way, feed them, let them be satisfied, and then continue to bite the dog with the Japanese.

As for the lost territory, we can take it back when we defeat the Germans!"

"There is no need for that!" Stalin snorted coldly. "The Battle of Kiev is underway. As long as the Soviet Red Army wins this battle, our difficult situation will be completely turned to safety! At that time, the German army that invaded the Soviet Union was completely defeated. Driven back to Germany by the Soviet Red Army, and facing such a huge victory of the Soviet Red Army, the Chinese who jumped up and down would be scared to death, and would never dare to take advantage of the Soviet Union! Therefore, the key to everything lies in On the final victory of the Kiev battle! As long as we win the Kiev battle, the Germans and the Chinese will no longer be a threat to the Soviet Union! Before that, just delay and perfunctory the Chinese!"

"Comrade Stalin..." Molotov argued without confidence, "You are right, the Soviet Red Army won the Kiev battle, and all problems will be solved, but victory is not achieved overnight, and the Kiev battle may continue A few months, the time is too long, and it is too easy to get out of hand.

First of all, the Soviet Red Army on the front line in Kiev needs more troops. The lack of training and well-equipped militias is difficult to meet the needs of the front line. We are likely to mobilize troops stationed in Siberia and Central Asia. Then, this premise is that the Chinese If we don’t do anything, we must stabilize the Chinese before and in order to defeat the Germans; secondly, if the Kiev battle is not over, the Chinese will attack us, then we will be completely worse. After winning the battle of Kiev, the rear of the Far East will also lose sight of the other..." He whispered, "It is impossible for the Chinese to let us procrastinate for several months at the negotiating table..."

"This is precisely your responsibility!" Stalin looked at Molotov sternly, "Comrade Molotov, Comrade Beria is in charge of intelligence, and it is his responsibility to collect sufficient, detailed, and accurate information. You It is your responsibility to blind and paralyze the enemy with brilliant and ingenious diplomacy at the negotiating table! The Red Army soldiers at the front need to fulfill their responsibilities, and so do you! Comrade Molotov, the difficulty of this matter It’s really big, but it’s because of this that you can test your ability!”

Molotov was speechless, he shook his head and smiled wryly in his heart.

In Northwest China, there are continuous deserts and rolling mountains.

In a certain mountain in the suburbs of Lanzhou, an old soldier wearing a soldier's uniform stood on a soil slope, looking at the northwest scenery in front of him with emotion, and could not help but think of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" No. .20 The story of the first chapter: In the first half, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were sent under Cao Cao’s fence, cook green plums and discuss heroes together. , led the army northward to seek refuge in Yuan Shao, who is dominant in Hebei, Liu Bei took the initiative to ask Cao Cao to intercept and kill Yuan Shu. After receiving Cao Cao's permission, Liu Bei "packed up the arms and horses in the starry night, hung the general's seal, and urged him to do it." Fei was puzzled, and asked Liu Bei, "Brother, why is he in such a hurry to go out to battle?" Liu Bei replied, "I am a bird in a cage and a fish in a net. This trip is like a bird climbing to the blue sky and a fish entering the sea, and I am not bound by the cage and net." .

"What you said is true..." the old soldier sighed.

This person is none other than Feng Yuxiang, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Second Military Region and vice chairman of the Military Commission.

Of course, Feng Yuxiang is not an ordinary person, he is one of the influential figures in the Republic of China, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a generation of heroes, but time has passed, and he who once held hundreds of thousands of Northwest Army is now alone. After the war, it completely fell apart. Having lost his army, territory, and real power, he was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the vice chairman of the Military Commission, and he sat idle to eat.