The Third Reich in Desperation

Now, the Soviet Union gave them this reason!

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If we want to use an example to trust the ants on the hot pot, then Khrushchev and Yezhov at this time could not be more suitable.

The two front armies of Kovalev and Timoshenko fought for more than 20 days, but they still stayed around the border.In order to urge the two generals to go all out, Stalin decided to send two political cronies, Khrushchev and Yezhov, to strengthen the political and ideological awareness of the front-line Soviet troops, with the intention of motivating the troops to fight more bravely.

It's a pity that things backfired. Khrushchev and Yezhov, two political experts, gave blind guidance as soon as they arrived at the front line, forcing the two generals Timoshenko and Kovalev to pile up many troops with insufficient ammunition. On the front line, it is hoped that the soldiers will use the crowd tactics to crush the Polish defense line.

It is not enough for Kovalev and Timoshenko to disobey. If they dare to say no more, they may be branded as cowardly.In this way, maybe the fault of the unfavorable offensive some time ago was pushed to them by the two politicians.

Well, anyway, we can't open the situation, so we might as well keep our mouths shut and let Khrushchev and the others make a fuss, since they won't be responsible for their failure anyway.

As a result, tens of thousands of Soviet troops, led by a group of incompetent grassroots commanders, clumsily assaulted the fortifications built by the Polish army according to the Polish army training manual.

After two days, the Soviet army advancing across the board lost more than [-] soldiers, but they still did not open up the situation.

Although the efficiency is low, the Soviet army still caused a lot of losses to the Polish army due to the high casualty ratio.In time, after dropping tens of thousands or even 10,000+ corpses, it is not impossible to penetrate the Polish defense line without a reserve team.

But the problem is that Stalin just received a report this morning that the League of Nations had expelled the membership of the Soviet Union because of the Soviet invasion of Poland.In a rage, Stalin ordered Khrushchev and Yezhov to tell the two generals that they must take Warsaw within three days to promote the prestige of the Soviet Union!

There was a reason why the order was to take Warsaw and not to penetrate the defenses.It’s not that Stalin was so successful and blindly set military goals, but that Khrushchev and Yezhov deceived Stalin a day ago in order to cover up their incompetence, saying that they had helped the Soviet generals take down the Polish border. The entire enemy army, the Soviet army is advancing into the heart of Poland.

Stalin, who got the news, also publicly named and commended the two of them at the meeting held in Moscow that day.

Now, according to the reports of Khrushchev and Yezhov, the Soviet army that wiped out the main force of the Polish army in the east is almost about to advance to the vicinity of Warsaw.Stalin, who was thousands of miles away, only judged from the report that he should have taken Warsaw in three days.

In the end, Timoshenko, a professional military general, couldn't help but say: "It's definitely too late for us to continue fighting. I suggest you reply to the chairman and say that the Polish army has sent a large number of reinforcements from the western front. Our army needs more troops." Take some time to exterminate."

Khrushchev wiped the cold sweat from his brow and shook his head: "No, no! To make up another lie in order to substantiate one lie, there will be big problems sooner or later."

"No!" After all, Timoshenko can be regarded as a well-known Soviet general who has experienced many battles. Although he is much inferior to the German generals, he is also the shortest and tallest among the current Soviet generals. .

Timoshenko explained to Khrushchev and Yezhov who had no idea what he had planned for a long time: "Using the time gained this time, General Kovalev and I will mobilize all the troops we can get. Fighter planes attacked the positions of the Polish army in the air, and at the same time used the railway built by the Germans to transport as much ammunition as possible during the air raid. After a few days of air raids, the troops who replenished the ammunition were concentrated and transferred to charge. Can take down the crumbling Polish defense line!"

After hearing this, Khrushchev and Yezhov immediately saw hope, and quickly said to Timoshenko gratefully, "The general is indeed a famous general of our Soviet Union, the winner of two Red Banner medals. If we win this battle, we will definitely win the war under the leadership of the Chairman." Let's praise the commanding talent of the general!"

Thank God you don't slander me, Timoshenko thought to himself.

Main text Chapter 187 Politician rhetoric

Just before British Prime Minister Chamberlain declared: "No British government will and will never sacrifice the life of a British Grenadier in defense of the Polish Corridor." Later.

The commander-in-chief of the French army, Gan Molin, threatened: "If the German army can destroy Poland within half a month, France can be exempted from moral anxiety." After that.

The spokesperson of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said inexplicably: "Although Japan withdrew from the League of Nations, it has been committed to maintaining the internal stability of the League of Nations. Regarding the infighting between the Soviet Union and Poland within the League of Nations, Japan strongly condemns the Soviet Union, which provoked the war." side, and is always ready to take action to maintain stability within the League of Nations."

As long as the Japanese spokesperson is a politician with a good brain, he will not take it seriously.Which country in this troubled world does not believe in self-interest? To maintain the internal stability of the League of Nations, Japan, which voluntarily withdrew from the League of Nations, will never stand up!

The treacherous and cunning diplomatic departments of various countries easily analyzed from the speech of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Japan was looking for an excuse to fall out with the Soviet Union.

Sure enough, on the second day after the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs uttered these words, that is, on October 1939, 10, exactly one month after the Soviet invasion of Poland, the Japanese Kwantung Army took over in the Nomonkan area in eastern Mongolia under the Soviet sphere of influence. Big move.

First of all, the Japanese Kwantung Army claimed that a soldier "missed" during a search team exercise near the eastern area of ​​Nomonkan, so the Kwantung Army requested that the army enter the Nomenkan area to search.

The unreasonable request of the Japanese Kwantung Army was immediately rejected by the Mongolian border guards.Then without any communication, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Xilin Taolagai post guarded by more than 7 cavalry from the 50th border post of the Mongolian Army, and immediately occupied the post.

Later, Lieutenant General Dizhou Libing of the Japanese Army ordered the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army to advance to the Nuomenkan area on a large scale.

The Mongolian border army with few soldiers was no match for the Japanese army. At the beginning of the war, it was beaten back by the Japanese Kwantung Army and fled all the way from the border to the Haraha River.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese Kwantung Army's Higashibabaizang Zhongzuo, with the cooperation of five Japanese planes, led a small-scale Kwantung Army cavalry of more than a hundred people to launch a fierce attack on the Mongolian Army's 5 highland east of the Haraha River. Occupy for the day.

Losing the most critical highland 742 east of the Haraha River, the Mongolian army had to retreat again and retreat to the west bank of the Haraha River.

The Mongolian government, which had lost its city and land, soon realized that relying on their own strength, they would never be able to defeat the Japanese army.Therefore, the Mongolian plenipotentiary special envoy, who was in a hurry, rushed north to seek support from the Soviet Union, an ally that had signed the "Soviet-Mongolia Mutual Assistance Agreement" with Mongolia.

"They're repeating their old tricks!" As soon as they entered the conference room prepared by Stalin in the Krem Palace, the Mongolian representative said emotionally in fluent Russian: "These hateful Japanese have been fighting since eight years ago. They are looking for all kinds of stubborn reasons to excuse their aggression against neighboring countries. Now that they have run into walls everywhere on the East Asian battlefield, they have begun to look north for aggression.”

"These Japanese have always been annoying, and the Soviet government has actually been wary of their Kwantung Army going north." A fat general in his forties standing behind Stalin comforted the Mongolian representative.

After hearing what the general said, the Mongolian representative also felt the attitude of the Soviet government towards Japan from the inside and outside of the words, and said excitedly: "Since the Soviet army has been guarding against the Japanese Kwantung Army, and we have signed a treaty agreement between the two countries. "Soviet-Mongolian Mutual Assistance Agreement, why don't you join forces to eliminate this group of Kwantung Army?"

At the end of the oval-shaped conference seat, Stalin listened to the Mongolian representative's speech with a blank face, and took a sip from the water glass from time to time, but he never made any statement on the Mongolian representative's proposal.

Seeing that Stalin remained calm, the Mongolian representative became anxious on the spot, clenched his fists and said anxiously: "Mongolia has always followed the lead of the Soviet Union. Now the Mongolian army is willing to fight against Japan as the vanguard of the Soviet army. I just ask the Soviet army to send troops here as soon as possible! "

Seeing that the Mongolian representative was in a hurry, Stalin said with a smile that was not a smile: "Mr. Representative, it's not that I don't want to help you, but that the Soviet Union is now at war with Poland, which is known as the fifth largest military country in Europe. It is really useless. If there is not enough return , it is also difficult for us to gather strength to assist you in a short period of time..."

The first half of Stalin's words were directly filtered out by the Mongolian representative as a cliché.The Mongolian side, who knew a little more about the strength of the Soviet army, never doubted it. He fully believed that it would not be difficult to use Soviet military strength to take down Poland.What's more, this time there is an emerging Germany that is cooperating with the Soviet army to attack on both sides.

He knew very well that what the other party really wanted to express was in the second half of the sentence—the Soviet Union didn't want to help, but just wanted to ask for "a little" satisfaction in return after helping.

"Naturally, we will not treat our Soviet allies badly. The Mongolian side will accept whatever the Soviet side asks." The Mongolian representative tried his best to squeeze out the words that lost national dignity.

In fact, the Soviet Union has long sent a large number of political commissars and advisors to the Mongolian army and government, established a financial and monetary system controlled by the Soviet Union, expelled all third-country businesses, and even strictly prohibited third-country personnel from entering.In other words, Mongolia has long been fully Sovietized and has become a vassal and satellite state of the Soviet Union.

But even so, Stalin was still not satisfied!

Facing the respectful Mongolian representative, Stalin handed him a resolution that had been drafted this morning—Mongolia must abolish the Mongolian language and use Russian instead!

The resolution also stipulates that children must learn Russian from elementary school.The school textbooks and reference books must use Russian books published by the Soviet Union, and the lectures must be in Russian.

At the end of the resolution, Stalin also offered a sweet treat, which was to allow Mongolian people who had not joined the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to join the Soviet army and receive the same treatment as Soviet soldiers.

This so-called sweetness seems to be a special case of giving preferential treatment to the Mongolian people, but it is actually expanding the source of troops for the Soviet army to meet Stalin's "Great Thunderstorm Plan" to invade all of Europe.

Although I don't know the "big thunderstorm" of the Soviet military, the Mongolian representative is not a fool, and naturally knows the intentions of Stalin's resolution.However, in this situation, he can only bow his head to accept it on behalf of the country.However, the Mongolian government has long been used to this kind of thing.

In contrast, although the Soviet Union has been trying to control Mongolia, after all, it still sent a lot of technicians to help build a large number of accessories and processing national industries in Mongolia.Even the largest central power plant in Mongolia was built by Soviet aid personnel.

On the other hand, Japan, which is attacking Mongolia, if Mongolia falls into their hands, the end will be really terrible.Not to mention far away, the three northeastern provinces of China are a lesson from the past!

Compared with the Soviet Union, which was just exploitative, those Japanese talents really don't treat the people in the occupied areas as human beings at all!

"No problem, I think the country will definitely accept the resolution proposed by the Soviet Union." The Mongolian representative replied to Stalin like his predecessor.

"I think so." As if waiting for such a statement, Stalin, who was still calm just now, immediately showed a harmonious smile: "There has always been a long-standing friendship between the Soviet Union and Mongolia. It is difficult to see Mongolian friends. I am selfless." The Soviet government will never sit idly by!"

Chapter 188 of the main body: the general who was once protected by Stalin

"This time to deal with the Japanese Kwantung Army, I am going to send you to be the commander-in-chief of the First Far East Army." After sending away the Mongolian representative, Stalin left the general in his early forties alone to talk.

Handing over an army group to a young general just over 40 years old is enough to show Stalin's trust in this general.And this general trusted by Stalin was named Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov.

"Thank you for the cultivation of the chairman! Don't worry, I have [-]% confidence to win this battle." Being able to command an army, Zhukov confidently believed that the Japanese Kwantung Army was by no means his opponent.

The 40-year-old commander of the group army is quite young and promising even in Germany, where there are many heroes.But if someone asks whether this position is worthy of the current Zhukov, the answer is yes, it is far from worthy of Zhukov's talent!