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Obviously, without the ability to equip more and better tanks, the Soviets could only settle for the next best thing, and developed and produced a powerful 57mm anti-tank gun as an emergency.This is not good news for China and Germany, which have huge armored clusters.

Turning back, there are some technical data and photos of the latest fighter jet developed by the Soviet Union, the I-16.This aircraft uses high-quality wood to make the fuselage, and the engine uses a 750-horsepower nine-cylinder radial engine, equipped with two 2mm machine guns.It seems that the engine and aluminum alloy that Zhou Enlai ordered from Gonghe Company were used to imitate this kind of aircraft... However, Luo Yaoguo is not worried about this kind of aircraft at all. Under his vigorous promotion, the aviation industry in China and Germany has developed in this time and space. Very quickly, the two aircraft currently undergoing final testing have almost reached the level of 7.62 in history!BMW's famous 1941-cylinder radial engine in history, BMW-14, has completed all development and design work and is preparing to put into production.The same Daimler and BMW have also developed the latest 801 horsepower in-line engine.Moreover, these aircraft engines can be put into production at the engine factories of China's Sino-German Aircraft Company and Republic Aircraft Company at the same time!

"Is there any wine?" Luo Yaoguo closed the folder and leaned his body on the sofa.

"Vodka or champagne?" Although Anastasia asked that, she took out a bottle of French champagne from the wine cabinet and poured a glass for Luo Yaoguo.

"Thank you." Luo Yaoguo took the wine glass, took a sip, and said, "Honey, your information came in a very timely manner, especially the anti-tank gun... I didn't expect Stalin to attach so much importance to anti-tank guns. The 60mm gun with more than 57 times the diameter of the gun barrel is expensive, and I hope not all troops can equip it."

"It's just a cannon! Is it that important?"

"Well, where did they appear?" Luo Yaoguo took another sip of his wine.

The queen walked behind him and gently massaged his shoulders. "If there are hundreds of doors in the main direction of your armored attack at the same time, things will be difficult, right?"

"It may be a heavy loss, but the final victory still belongs to me." Luo Yaoguo raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, smiled and said:

"Because the new weapons are not unique to Stalin, tomorrow I will take you to see our new fighter jets. There are two latest models, one of which was developed with the Germans, and the designer is Messerschmitt. The official number of the aircraft is BF-109, and tomorrow you can see the first model that will go into production - BF-109E-1, equipped with the latest 1100 horsepower BMW-8 or DB-601N In-line engine, the fuselage uses the latest ultra-hard aluminum alloy... The armament is two 2mm/7.62mm aviation machine guns and two 7.92mm caliber MGFF cannons; the maximum range is 2 kilometers, and the maximum speed is as high as 20 kilometers/ Hour.

... There is also an aircraft designed by your subjects Shevelsky and Katveli, which is a dive bomber that can also be converted into a torpedo bomber.Equipped with a 1400-cylinder BMW-14 radial engine with 801 horsepower; maximum speed 410km/h, maximum cruising speed 310km/h; practical ceiling 7290 meters, maximum range 1400 kilometers; can carry bombs with a total weight of 1800 kg , the maximum dive angle is 90 degrees!Almost a vertical dive. "

"Well, it sounds very advanced!" Anastasia didn't have any idea about weapons at all, but seeing Luo Yaoguo's excitement, she casually echoed: "But these new weapons of yours When will it be put into use? Will it be put into use before the winter of 1937? My army commander-in-chief, Marshal Denikin, believes that the Soviet Union will launch an attack on Poland before the winter of 1937, which is estimated to be September or October. "

"Oh, Marshal Denikin thinks so? Do you know why?" Luo Yaoguo thought for a moment and asked, "Why isn't it winter? Don't you Russians not be afraid of the cold?" He raised his arm and pointed A large piece of skin was exposed on the queen's shoulders.

The empress giggled, squinting at him. "Uh—we Russians are not polar bears! How can we not be afraid of the cold? I am also afraid of the cold, so I come to the warm Shanghai to spend the winter. And Russia is too vast, so the infrastructure there is not as good as in Western Europe. Once winter comes, the roads will be muddy and difficult to pass for a long period of time, which will be a disaster for the logistics of millions of troops! After the mud passes, the entire land will be frozen and covered with ice and snow, which is very unfavorable for the attacking side. You know what you've fought. The attacking officers and soldiers will become stiff and slow, and the enemy's fortifications will be frozen hard... These difficulties also exist for the Russians.

Therefore, the Russian General Staff and Commander-in-Chief Denikin agreed that the Soviet Red Army would launch a surprise attack on Poland one or two months before the winter of 1937. Their goal was to defeat Poland before winter, and then turn to defense, allowing the The Germans attack in winter!Of course, in case of defeat, the Red Army can also withdraw to the Stalin line of defense in time under the cover of severe winter, and their Far East Front Army can also use the entire winter to retreat to the west of the Soviet Union in an orderly manner. "

"Well, it makes sense. If we launch an attack before winter, if Poland can't be defeated in one to two months, the Red Army can only switch to the other way." Luo Yaoguo said, frowning and nodding slightly.How Red Russia will fight, I am afraid that White Russia is the clearest. "In other words, we also have a month to encircle the Soviet Far East Front Army! But, empress, are you sure you can get these more than 100 million people to surrender? These troops are crucial to your empire!"

In fact, Luo Yaoguo's willingness to support the "Russian Empire" is sincere. After all, it is a very threatening thing to be a neighbor of a German head of state who is not quite normal.Although Hitler has shown enough friendliness to China so far, Luo Yaoguo has not forgotten that this person is the greatest evil of the 150th century.Who knows that one day the head of state will have a hot head and feel that the Aryans will rule the world, so he will send troops to the east... Even if he doesn't fight over, a Germany that annexed and digested Russia is too powerful, and sooner or later it will It is the scourge of China.So a sufficiently "strong" Russian Empire must exist between China and Germany.And for this empire to exist, and for Anastasia to be the queen of this empire, the [-] to [-] million Soviet Red Army in the Far East cannot all be slaughtered!

This is also the main reason why Luo Yaoguo has been unwilling to go to war with the CCP... Although the CCP is not so easy to deal with, Inner and Inner Mongolia can be captured immediately. It is mainly a grassland desert terrain, which is where the mechanized troops can exert their power. Moreover, the two living Buddhas believed by the Mongols are in the hands of the national government.Therefore, it is not a problem to win Inner and Inner Mongolia.The problem is that once Mongolia is under the control of the Nationalist government, the Soviet army in the Far East will have no way to continue fighting. They can only abandon East Siberia, demolish the Siberian Railway, and then withdraw their troops to the west of the Soviet Union.In this way, not only will it be more difficult for Germany to defeat the Soviet Union on the Soviet-German battlefield, but the chips in the hands of the Russian empress will also be greatly reduced.Without enough troops and territory, her empire is likely to be wiped out by Hitler!The German head of state in history did not support any puppet regime on the territory of the Soviet Union...

"Do you mean to start the offensive in October 1937 and end the fighting in November?" Anastasia stopped the "massage" in her hands, crossed her arms and mused. "Impossible, absolutely impossible! It is absolutely impossible to wipe out the 10 million troops defending the defense in one month! Honey, you haven't drunk too much, have you?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly, and said: "Uh--it is of course impossible to kill all those 150 million Russians inside the defense line... I don't want to kill so many people, you know, my heart is very kind. I I just want you to guide them on the right path. Of course, before that, I must defeat them! My initial idea is to defeat the mobile corps of the Far East Red Army, capture Chita, cut off the Siberia Railway, and let the rest of the army fall into We are surrounded! Then you, the Russian empress, will come forward to persuade you to surrender, so you have more than 200 million troops, and even Hitler can't swallow you in one bite, Anas, do you think so?"

"Oh, so you are worried that I will be eaten by Hitler." The queen gave him a sideways look affectionately. "Well, we Russians are actually very afraid of death, unless we drink too much vodka. As long as you let these troops be in a desperate situation, I think they will be willing to join me... It's better than being in a prisoner-of-war camp Is it better to rot slowly? And I can also grant titles and official positions to the Bolsheviks who are willing to take refuge in me, just like those subordinates of Trotsky, have they all become loyal servants of the Queen now?" She said Frowning slightly again, "But, can you really surround them within a month?"

"of course!"

The queen blinked. "Honey, can you tell me a little bit?"

"Okay." Luo Yaoguo stood up and walked to the side of the wine cabinet, and poured himself another glass of champagne. During this time, his drinking capacity was getting better. "First of all, of course, surprise is the effect that any military action wants to pursue...I will let everyone believe that China's military action will start in April 1938, not 4, so that the Soviet army in the Far East will take it lightly .Secondly, there is a surprise attack! By the way, Anas, how is the training of the special force I asked you to prepare now?"

"There are 3000 people ready, all of whom have been carefully selected and trained by Count Slyanksky and German military advisers. They have the best combat skills and can pretend to be the Soviet Union's Ministry of Internal Affairs...that's what Stalin saw. I can’t tell the difference!” Anastasia said, “Moreover, this unit was formed under the name of the ‘Queen’s Guards’ and has been undergoing closed training, and few people know their true role.”

Luo Yaoguo took another sip of his wine, "Very good, I want you to hand over this unit to our Airborne Command."

"Okay." Anastasia nodded without asking why.

"Are there any precise maps of Siberia, especially the maps around the Trans-Siberian Railway?" Luo Yaoguo asked again.

"Get ready. Duke Alexander helped me get it. They were all measured by the Russian Empire's Army Department. They are [-]% accurate. I will have brought the map to Shanghai."

Luo Yaoguo nodded, with a smug expression on the corner of his mouth. "Siberia is too vast, and the Trans-Siberian Railway is too long... It is not that difficult to cut it off! There is no need for hundreds of thousands of troops at all, as long as there are a few commandos and an airborne force. ...and then there's Blitzkrieg!"

Chapter 0717 Stalin's Assault ([-]) Deceiving the Party

Königsberg Dock, East Prussia, Germany, January 1937, 1.

On this easternmost land of the German Empire, there is already a fully mobilized battlefield scene.The Germanic nation has cheered up from the great humiliation of defeat in the First World War. With the acquiescence of the British and French world empires, they tore up the "Treaty of Versailles" to re-arm themselves, and merged Austria and the Czech Republic without bloodshed. Slovakia.Now it's finally time to fulfill their promise - march east!Until the time to smash the entire Bolshevik Empire!This German port city, backed by the Baltic Sea and facing east, has been completely transformed into a huge barracks, warehouse, transportation hub, airport, or combat base.Materials and equipment transported from the western mainland are stored here.The German Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS in black uniforms and red swastika armbands who came by sea one after another disembarked here. After resting and gathering, they boarded various vehicles and drove to the border with Lithuania.

Before destroying the Soviet Union, Germany will swallow Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, the three Baltic countries that stand between Germany and the Soviet Union!And the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and of course China, these big countries in the world are all ignoring this!At this time, the diplomats of Germany and the Soviet Union were running around the capitals of these three countries with ultimatums full of threats and intimidation.Coax and intimidate the leaders of these countries to give up their national sovereignty and join the German Empire or the Soviet Fatherland.According to some tacit agreement unknown to outsiders, Estonia will become a member of the happy Soviet family!Those in her upper echelons will become part of the gulags scattered across the Soviet Union if they don't run away!Lithuanians and Latvians would become second-class citizens of the German Reich, their homeland would become part of a swastika-covered Germany, and the Jews living in both countries...would be out of luck, of course.

But now these three almost desperate countries have not finally succumbed. They all gritted their teeth and mobilized, and each took out a small army to dig trenches on their western or eastern borders.If they have not surrendered by the end of this month, Germany and the Soviet Union will start a war!At that time, maybe the tanks and planes of the advance army of the Chinese Expeditionary Army who traveled all the way to Europe to help them will have a place to use.

Hermann Göring, German Minister of War and Air Force Commander, General Carl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, Commander of Army Group North, and several other military advisers who had served in China Senior officers, as well as Admiral Raeder, the commander-in-chief of the German Navy who came from the port of Kiel, have been waiting in the port of Königsberg for a long time.They are all waiting for the arrival of the advance troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

During this period, Germany and Poland have started negotiations or quarrels about the establishment of the Joint Supreme Command!Both Poland and Germany believed that there was a need for a unified headquarters to command the armies of Germany, Poland, China, Italy, Romania, Hungary and other countries on the European battlefield.However, there has been no discussion on who should be in charge of the joint supreme command.The German side naturally believed that their army and air force were the main forces in this battle against the Soviet Union, and the joint supreme command should be led by the Germans!However, Marshal Szymigvi of Poland stubbornly believed that the Polish army and the German army have the same strength, so they must have the same power!Therefore, the Polish army cannot obey the command of Germany. The two sides should not interfere with each other, and even the battlefield should be clearly demarcated.Just when the issue of who is in command between Pod has not yet reached a result.The quarrel between the two countries over the ownership of this Chinese expeditionary force and the command authority of the 25 Belarusian troops that will soon arrive in Europe has begun again!

The Polish side believes that the Chinese and Russian armies should be independent of the Polish army and be responsible for one aspect alone.Poland suggested that the Sino-Russian coalition forces should be responsible for attacking Leningrad, and they do not need to accept the command of Germany!Germany, on the other hand, takes it for granted that they should command the Chinese and Russian armies, and Germany also hopes that the elite Chinese armored division can act together with the German armored division... And behind this issue, it involves whether Germany will perish The Soviet Union then fulfilled its promise to restore the Russian Empire in doubt.Shmigvi and Hitler sent more than a dozen long telegrams to discuss this issue with China and Russia.

As for China and Russia, or more precisely, Luo Yaoguo and Anastasia, they didn't comment on this, but they just evaded sending troops to serve the overall battle situation.How to organize the battle specifically, they are far away in the east and don't know the situation, and they can't control it remotely. It should be resolved through consultation between the senior commanders of all parties on the front line.

Therefore, when this army arrived in East Prussia, Germany, as the host, paid unprecedented attention to it and sent a large number of senior generals, including Fat Goering, hoping to win the support of senior officers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force at the first time, so as to consolidate Germany's position as leader of the Anti-Comintern League.

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At the same time, Luo Yaoguo suddenly summoned the commanders-in-chief of all aspects of the Chinese National Defense Forces, the commanders of the group armies, and their chiefs of staff, and all senior naval and air force commanders went to Wuhan on February 2 to attend a high-level military meeting.

This seemingly important meeting was held in the large conference room on the top floor of the General Staff Building, from where you can overlook the misty East Lake of Wuhan.However, the generals who came to the meeting were no longer in the mood to look at the scenery, because they knew that the establishment of the wartime headquarters of the Republic of China would be announced at this meeting!After that, China will be fully transferred to wartime.

The atmosphere in the meeting room is now solemn, and everyone is waiting for the most important meeting in the history of the Wehrmacht.The senior generals of the front army and group army gathered together.Even Zhang Xueliang, who had just returned to China to serve as the chief of staff of the Chinese Frontier Defense Force, was among them. He attended the meeting as a representative of the CCP.Everyone was waiting for Luo Yaoguo to step into this meeting room.On the wall of the conference room is a huge map of the situation of friends and foes in Northeast Asia.It can be clearly seen that the Heilongjiang-Amur River line, as well as the junction of Eastern Mongolia Province, Heilongjiang Province and Chita State of the Soviet Union, are densely covered with symbols representing troops and arrows of various colors.Obviously that's where the next war will break out!

Footsteps sounded outside the door.An Sihua was the first to stand up with a bang, and then all the officers stood up, everyone in a military posture.Luo Yaoguo appeared in everyone's sight.As usual for military activities, he wore a dark green marshal uniform and a blue sky and white sun medal, which was awarded by Sun Yat-sen himself after the Battle of the Middle East Road in 1927.There is obviously something special about wearing this medal at today's meeting.

He came to the front seat in the middle of the conference table, accepted everyone's salute, and then slowly said: "I have brought you here today to describe the current international situation to everyone. In this way, you can see To clarify the various factors we rely on to make a decision. It is also to enhance the confidence of the entire army that it will win."

At this point, he paused, and then glanced around, "I am afraid that the war with the Soviet Union will break out early! Although all aspects are not yet fully prepared, those Bolsheviks obviously do not intend to wait for us and Germany, Poland, Japan and the Russian Empire made all preparations to attack them. According to the information sent back from Poland, the Soviet Red Army is likely to launch an armed attack on Poland around December in the winter of 1937, that is, after the land in Eastern Europe is completely frozen! But This attack is sure to fail. Because Poland will have 12 million troops at that time, and the German Empire will also gather more than 200 million troops in East Prussia, Lithuania, Latvia and other places, and we will also have a large number of troops to transport Go there! So don't worry about the situation in Europe, I invite you here today to discuss the situation in the East.

When the Soviet Union attacked Poland, of course we had to declare war on the Soviet Union!There is no doubt about this because we are bound by a treaty with Poland.But shall we immediately launch an attack on the Soviet Union?If you want to attack, where do you start?In this regard, I would like to hear everyone's suggestions. "

There was a buzz of discussion from below, and the generals of the National Defense Forces (including Zhang Xueliang) couldn't hide the joy on their faces, and everyone put all their energy into it.Just wait for Luo Yaoguo to make the decision to attack.

At this time, An Sihua coughed lightly, pointed to the Soviet Far East region on the map, and said indifferently: "According to the information (provided by Zhang Xueliang), the Soviet Red Army's Far East Special Military Region has thirty infantry corps, three cavalry corps, one Tank army, two aviation brigades, and three independent artillery divisions! And they also built a Chita-Heilongjiang-Amur River line of defense, which is more than 2000 kilometers long. In important areas, there are deep trenches, A modern defense system composed of barbed wire, minefields, and turrets... According to the lessons of the First World War, such a line of defense is difficult to break through from the front! If you attack such a defense line in the winter in Far East Siberia, which is extremely unfavorable to attack, The line of defense will cost us unimaginable casualties.

As we all know, the temperature in winter in the Far East and East Siberia is often as low as minus tens of degrees Celsius. The officers and soldiers of our National Defense Forces from warm regions cannot adapt to such cold, and our enemy is the Soviet Red Army, which is accompanied by cold weather all year round.Therefore, attacking the heavily guarded Soviet defense line in winter is really not worth the candle.The staff suggested that if the Soviet Union launched a war against Poland in the winter of 1937, we could only launch a diversionary offensive in the Far East... The truly decisive offensive should be launched before the end of April 1938 according to the original plan.I believe that with the combat effectiveness of the Polish army and the German army, they should be able to defend the attack of the Soviet Red Army. "

Luo Yaoguo had been quietly listening to An Sihua's speech, smiling and nodding frequently while listening, seeming to agree with him.And the eyes of everyone in this conference room were also focused on him.

Luo Yaoguo straightened his clothes and stood up.He smiled and said: "Comrades, General An Sihua's opinion is very reasonable. The winter in the Soviet Union is too cold, and it is difficult for us Chinese to adapt, and the 'Amur Line of Defense' carefully constructed by the Soviet Far East Front Army is also very strong. ...We can't sacrifice the lives of Chinese people casually, right?" He turned his head and looked at Zhang Xueliang, who looked excited. "Brother Hanqing, you have been in the Far East for many years, so you should know the situation there like the back of your hand? Tell me, how should we defeat the Soviet Red Army there?"

Zhang Xueliang was startled when he heard the words, he snapped to attention, strode to the front of the map, picked up the baton, and pointed heavily to the direction of the far east. "Reporting to Chief of Staff Luo, the Ministry of Staff has indeed been in the Far East for many years in the name of the General Political Commissar of the Volunteer Army, and has some knowledge of the situation of the Amur River Defense Line in the Soviet Far East. According to the observation of the Ministry of Staff, the entire Amur Line of Defense is not actually impenetrable, but only in the Far East. Some important areas are more closely guarded...

In addition, this line of defense did not cover the entire border between the eastern part of the Soviet Union and China. Among them, the southern borders of Chita, Buryatia, and Baikal states were almost undefended.Blyuchel has been worried that the armored units of the National Defense Forces will detour from the grasslands of Eastern Mongolia Province south of Manzhouli to the south of Chita, outflanking the rear of the Far Eastern Front Army.In order to make up for the loopholes in the defense line, Marshal Bliuchel of the Far Eastern Front reserved a large reserve force including one tank army, ten infantry armies and three cavalry armies in Chita, the capital of Chita Prefecture.Moreover, these infantry corps are all equipped with the most advanced anti-tank guns and other anti-tank weapons of the Soviet Union. Long-term anti-tank warfare training is the trump card used by Blyuchel to restrain the armored units of the Wehrmacht! "

He paused, then pointed his baton at Baikal State, and said loudly: "Baikal State is the throat connecting the Soviet Far East and Central Siberia, and the Trans-Siberian Railway also passes through it...and this is not part of the defense of the Far East Front Army. , The Soviet Revolutionary Military Council has set up another Baikal Military Region here. The total strength of this army is no more than four divisions, and they are all poorly equipped and poorly trained reserve troops. The full rate is only [-] to [-]%. If the troops quietly go north through Mongolia and attack the Baikal Military Region of the Soviet Union..."

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand to stop Zhang Xueliang from speaking.He smiled and said, "I already know General Hanqing's suggestion. But in the winter of 1937, is it possible for the Wehrmacht to complete this task?"

"Impossible." Zhang Xueliang said: "In winter, the lowest temperature in the Baikal region can reach minus 50 degrees, and it is impossible to fight."

Luo Yaoguo nodded, "It seems impossible for us to attack the Soviet Union before the spring of 1938...unless we attack the Soviet Union first! Sihua, Jiansheng, Delin...what do you think?"

"Impossible!" Bai Chongxi, the commander of the Northeast Front Army, lifted his gold-rimmed glasses and was the first to express his objection. He said, "Our war preparations will not be completed until October this year at the earliest...but this season is far away from the Soviet Union's The severe winter has been less than a month. It is impossible for us to defeat the Soviet Far East Front Army in a month, and in winter, the war will inevitably come to a stalemate."