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This nascent socialist country has been a thorn in the side of Japanese imperialism from the very beginning.Because in the secret appendix of the "Anti-Comintern Pact" signed by Japan, it is stipulated that the two sites of Khabarovsk and Amursk are to be divided into Japan!But now the Chinese Communist Party has been allowed to establish a country...just because of the ambiguous attitude of the Chinese Nationalist Government, the Japanese have never dared to openly attack this country.But now these ambitious Japanese warlords are backed by the British Empire. It seems that the Japanese imperialist attack is imminent!

At this time, Chairman Zhang Da in the Chairman's Palace of the Far East Republic seemed very calm, and was talking in a low voice with Zhou Enlai, the leader of the Communist Party of China who had just arrived from Baotou.

"Comrade Enlai, I don't seem to be able to be the chairman of the government for a few days. Look, the Japanese Far East Army has issued an ultimatum to me again. We are limited to hand over Khabarovsk within 48 hours...or they will The attack is launched."

Zhou Enlai smiled and said: "Comrade Guotao, according to the analysis of the Central Committee, although these Japanese warlords are clamoring fiercely, their nature of being strong in the outside world determines that they dare not really start a war. In fact, it is not us who really need to worry, but the Japanese warlords. Japan occupies most of the Far East coastal area! Now that the Kuomintang has withdrawn from the war with the Soviet Union, their army of several million people has no signs of demobilization! Such a powerful force must have an outlet Object... If the Japanese attack Khabarovsk at this time, who do you think will be unlucky in the end?"

"Does it need to be said? It must be my Far Eastern Republic that is going to be in trouble." Zhang Guotao shook his head with a wry smile. "Those Japanese warlords are masters who do things regardless of the consequences, so they will not be intimidated by the millions of troops of the Kuomintang reactionaries!"

Zhou Enlai smiled and shook his head.The current policy of the CCP is to prepare to take over the banner of the world revolution, take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the world war, and establish a socialist regime in places where capitalism is weak!But now the war in the Soviet Union seems to have turned into a civil war, and there is no sign of China and Germany launching a war against Britain and France for the time being... If world capitalism chooses to coexist peacefully after destroying the Soviet Union, it will be difficult for the world revolution to achieve new goals. 's victory.So the CCP is not afraid of a world war now, but only of peace in the world!It doesn't matter even if it caused the temporary fall of the Far Eastern Republic.

During this time, Zhou Enlai, in addition to leading the daily affairs of the CCP in Baotou, his keen eyes have been fixed on the Far East and Siam.See if it is possible for a new world war to start in a short period of time?And can the CCP give a proper push to speed up the pace of the wheel of history?

He first set his sights on the Siamese crisis that was raging. The Kuomintang has been shouting and killing for almost a year, but the knife has never been seen. Although the United Kingdom keeps saying that it will not allow the sovereignty of a free country to be trampled on!But when Germany annexed Austria, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and Latvia, and when Italy invaded Abyssinesia, didn't you see the British Empire come forward?Could it be that they will go to war with two powerful imperialist countries, China and Germany, for a small Asian country thousands of miles away?

Perhaps a bystander knew that Zhou Enlai saw through the essence of Britain at the first time with his keen eyes. They would never go to war with China to defend Siam!Perhaps Siam is just a tool used to attract China's attention and draw Luo Yaoguo's attention from Europe back to Asia.

However, Britain has now wooed Japan to form an alliance with them. It seems that it wants to use Japan to contain China and contain China's naval power.But while this piece of "British-Japanese Alliance" tied Japan to the chariot of the British Empire, why didn't it also tie Britain to the chariot of Japan?If a war breaks out between China and Japan over territorial disputes in the Far East, will it trigger a new world war?This question may be difficult to answer. If there is only one China, the British may not hesitate to support Japan, but there is still a powerful Germany eyeing Europe!That is the heartache of Britain.

Zhou Enlai sighed slightly. Just as he was about to inquire about the construction of governments at all levels of the Far Eastern Republic, Xu Xiangqian, Chief of the General Staff of the Far Eastern Army of the Communist International, rang outside the door.

"Come in." Zhang Guotao called softly.Xu Xiangqian pushed the door open and walked in, holding a telegram that had just been translated in his hand.

"Chairman Zhou, Chairman Zhang." Xu Xiangqian saluted the two leaders. "Just received a telegram that the Soviet Red Army's counterattack against Leningrad has started ahead of schedule!"

"Oh?" Zhou Enlai raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly took the telegram in Xu Xiangqian's hand and read it.

Chapter 0767 The Sunset of the Soviet Empire ([-]) Summer Offensive

In the last few days at the end of April 1938, on the plains of the Novgorod region where the White Army and the Red Army faced each other, the muddy ground had gradually hardened due to days of dry weather, and the temperature had risen to a comfortable level. Degree.The officers and soldiers of the two armies facing each other also felt a little easier to breathe. The inconvenience caused by the snow melting before, such as the muddy roads, the difficulty of dispatching aviation and tanks, and the difficulty of moving cars and carriages full of logistical supplies and troops, etc. It's all coming to an end...

One day in early May, when the first ray of dawn in the morning hadn't pierced the darkness and brought light to the earth, a flash of light suddenly passed over the front of the Soviet Red Army, turning the night into day.Immediately afterwards, a huge roar that could hardly be described in words rang in the ears of the officers and soldiers of the confronting red and white armies!The shelling of the Soviet Red Army has begun!Moreover, as many as 5 heavy howitzers, cannons, field artillery and mountain artillery roared at the same time on a front less than 10000 kilometers away!Countless shells dragged their long red tail flames and whizzed across the dark night sky. After only a few seconds, they turned into pillars of flame and smoke on the positions of the White Russian army, and the roaring shock waves engulfed deadly The metal fragments swept across the entire front of the Russian army, the earth trembled, and the sun and the moon changed color!

The power of the Red Army's shelling can even be felt in the Russian Army General Headquarters in the city of Old Russa, ten kilometers away from the Russian Army's defense line!Tukhachevsky felt the ground tremble under his feet, everything in the house was shaking slightly, and there were bursts of dust falling from the ceiling.What surprised him especially was the faint but continuous roar that seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.Tukhachevsky, who once served as the People's Commissar of National Defense of the Soviet Union, knew very well that this was the prelude to a large-scale offensive by the Soviet Red Army.

At this time, all the phones in the headquarters began to ring non-stop, and the staff officers either yelled at the phones, or shuttled back and forth in the headquarters, relaying the latest defeat on the front line.On the huge map table in the middle of the war room of the headquarters, the staff officers are placing symbols symbolizing the intensity of the shelling on various parts of the entire Russian defense line.And Tukhachevsky stared at the map intently, trying to find the main direction of the Soviet breakthrough from it!

The tactics of the Soviet army were no secret to Tukhachevsky at all. In fact, the tactics of the deep assault were proposed by him himself!And Zhukov, who commanded the Soviet troops on the opposite side, was an old subordinate he knew very well.Of course, Zhukov also knew him very well.

In fact, there is nothing new in the deep assault tactics. It is nothing more than concentrating artillery, concentrating troops, concentrating tanks, concentrating everything that can be used to break through the enemy's defense, and then tearing a gap in the weak link of the enemy's defense line. Throw in fast-advancing units like tanks, cavalry, and motorized infantry to sweep your opponent's rear!

In order to counter the Soviet army's deep assault, the White Russian army on the front line began to build a solid line of defense from the beginning of 1938. By May 1938, this line of defense was still under construction, but it was roughly completed.The depth of the entire line of defense is 5-4 kilometers.A large number of anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines were buried on all the roads leading to Petersburg. In addition, there are a large number of anti-tank ditches with a total length of countless kilometers. They are generally several kilometers or even tens of kilometers long. It is 8-3 meters and the width is 4 meters.Behind these anti-tank trenches is a large area of ​​trench defense and fortification areas.In the main support points of these fortified areas, there are also a large number of 10mm and 37mm anti-tank guns, 57mm or 76.2mm field/mountain guns, and countless Maxim heavy machine guns.Behind the trench defense zone, there are a large number of 75mm, 105mm, 122mm and 150mm howitzers to support the infantry defense.In addition, at least 152 Belarusian infantry were deployed on this strong line of defense.

However, Tukhachevsky knew that it was impossible to resist the Soviet assault by relying on this line of defense and infantry alone!Lines of defense and infantry are just tools used to slow down the opponent's breakthrough speed.What really played a decisive role was the counterattack of the armored forces and reserves.Behind the entire Russian defense line, there are also reserves of 3 armored divisions and 10 infantry corps.And now, Tukhachevsky is looking for the breakthrough point of the Soviet army on the map!In order to put the armored division in their hands into it at the first time, as long as the opponent's tank unit is defeated, the victory of this battle will basically be established.

At this time, the map was already densely marked with marks representing the density of artillery fire. They clearly showed that the focus of the Soviet army's breakthrough was on the Russian defense line northeast of Lake Ilmen.I have to admit that Zhukov chose a breakthrough point that is very beneficial to him.If his tank group can advance to the shore of Lake Ilmen, the entire Russian defense line will be divided into two, and it may collapse soon.

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At this moment, General Zhukov, the commander of the Northwest Front of the Soviet Red Army, was standing in a well-built shelter in the middle of the Soviet front, watching the artillery battle outside with the artillery from the observation port inside.The White Army's reaction was also very fast, and they began to fire back within a few minutes after the Red Army's shelling began, but their firepower was still slightly inferior to that of the Red Army.Moreover, the opponent's artillery is scattered and deployed on the entire front, and he concentrates his firepower on the main breakthrough point as much as possible!So on the front of the front, the firepower of the Russian army was completely suppressed.

Zhukov chose the breakthrough point in the middle of the fronts of both sides. On this breakthrough point less than 20 kilometers away, half of the cannons of the entire Northwest Front Army were concentrated!More than 5000 artillery pieces of various calibers have been mobilized here secretly. Until the moment before the roar, I am afraid that your opponents still don't know anything about it?The iron hand of the Bolsheviks was unmatched by that soft-hearted Empress Anastasia.

After watching for about 10 minutes, Zhukov felt a little bored. The White Army position on the opposite side had long been submerged by smoke columns and fireballs.There was nothing to see but flashes of light.He straightened up and said to Rokossovsky beside him: "After the shelling is over, the troops charged and tore through the white bandits' line of defense!"

After an hour of shelling, the first wave of the Red Army's offensive began!Dozens of red flares rose into the sky from behind the Red Army's defense line, almost lighting up the night sky before dawn.Under the night sky, countless Red Army officers and soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms jumped into the trenches. Inspired by the political commissars and internal affairs personnel behind them, they took up bayonet-mounted rifles and formed dense skirmish lines. Under the cover of the barrage fired by the artillery group, they rushed towards the opposite defense line of the White Army.

This was an attack involving twelve infantry regiments. Almost 3 Red Army officers and soldiers rushed forward shouting in the breakthrough area of ​​less than 10 kilometers.When they poured into the anti-tank trench with a depth of 3 meters and a width of 10 meters, the remaining firepower of the White Army also began to roar!Dozens of heavy machine guns spewed flames from the fortresses behind the anti-tank trenches, coupled with the clear and crisp sound of Mosin Nagant rifles and Mauser 98 rifles, the Red Army infantry crowded in the trenches lined up. Hit!Countless people tried their best to climb up with hands and feet, trying to cross the 3-meter-high "cliff" and rush to the middle of the White Army's trench area, but the intensive cross-fire turned this 10-meter trench into a Heaven's moat!But soon, a gentle slope made of corpses appeared on the side of this anti-tank trench...

Seeing that the time was ripe, Rokossovsky, the commander of the 10th Army of the Red Army who was in charge of the front-line command, decisively ordered the launch of the second wave of charges. Another 3 Red Army officers and soldiers from twelve infantry regiments, in the political commissar Under the supervision of the internal affairs staff, they rushed forward on the corpses of their companions. At the same time, an overwhelming rain of bullets fell on the rear and flanks of the White Army's position, blocking the reinforcement road of the White Army Reserve.Accompanied by the powerful artillery suppression of the Red Army and the overwhelming crowd offensive, the Red Army finally got its wish and captured the first line of defense of the White Army one hour after the offensive was launched!

When the news of the successful breakthrough of the Red Army reached the ears of Zhukov, who had just returned to the command post of the Front Army, a sneer leaked from the corner of the mouth of the Red Temple of War, and then he quickly ordered: "Give Konev an order, let him The 1st Assault Group went up first, and then let Vasilevsky's 2nd Assault Group follow up, after breaking through the opponent's line of defense, go straight to Lake Ilmen, and cut off the White Army from the middle!" He smiled confidently when he said this He smiled: "Tukhachevsky, I want to see if your armored division is better or my tank division is better!"

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When this battle, known in history as the "Battle of Lake Ilmen", started, it was Wuhan time, China, at 4 pm.At this moment, Luo Yaoguo is attending an important arms conference in the General Staff Building.Since the war against the Soviet Union has come to an end, the fate of the Soviet Union has long been doomed.Therefore, there is no need to further expand China's land military power, and even gradually demobilize some of its troops to reduce the pressure on military expenditures.But at the same time, the large-scale construction of the navy has to be put on the agenda again. After all, the next stage of operations will be launched in the ocean between the Nanyang Islands.

The meeting took place in a large separate office, or rather a showroom of models and blueprints of naval ships.There are blueprints and large-scale models of various types of warships owned by the National Defense Forces and Navy, but the focus of today's meeting is not these ships that have been equipped with troops, but a ship that has just been built by the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and the Navy. A new type of aircraft carrier jointly developed by the Design Bureau - the Taiwan-class aircraft carrier.

"Auxiliary commander, all generals!" Yang Junsheng, the general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, pointed to the model of the aircraft carrier excitedly and said:

"This is the Taiwan-class aircraft carrier. It is a new-generation aircraft carrier jointly developed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation and the Naval Design Bureau after four years. It is also an upgraded version of the Zhongshan-class aircraft carrier currently in service. This class of aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 4 tons. , the full load displacement is as high as 27500 tons. The length (full length) of the ship is 35000 meters, the length of the flight deck is 266 meters; the width of the ship is 263 meters, the width of the aircraft deck is 28.5 meters; the average draft is 29.5 meters. 7 meters.

The propulsion device of the ship is 8 Wagner-style high-pressure heavy oil-fired boilers, 4 Bloom-Foss-style steam turbine engines, the output power of the main engine is 15 horsepower, 4-shaft propulsion, and the fastest speed is 32.7 knots.The fuel load is 6300 tons, and the endurance is 15000 nautical miles/15 knots.

The Taiwan-class waterline armor belt is 63mm-101mm thick, the turret armor is 127mm thick, the turret base armor is 28mm thick, the flight deck armor is 38mm thick, the hangar deck armor is 76mm thick, and the main deck armor is 38mm thick.The armament is 12 double-mounted 88mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 quadruple-mounted 40mm 'Bofors' anti-aircraft guns, and 46 20mm 'Oerlikon' anti-aircraft guns.

而该级航空母舰所能搭载的舰载机也将比中山级有明显增加，根据设计，该级航母将能搭载1个拥有36架BF-109舰载型的战斗机大队、1个拥有34架A-4C雷鹰俯冲轰炸机的俯冲轰炸机大队、1个拥有20架A-4D雷鹰鱼雷机的鱼雷机中队，1个拥有10架A-4E侦察轰炸机的侦察机中队，总计100架飞机，此外还能搭载12架预备飞机。”

Speaking of this, Yang Junsheng glanced triumphantly at the senior officers of the National Defense Forces in the office, and said with a smile: "Now in the 3-ton shipyard of our Guangdong Longxue Shipyard of CSSC, one ship has been completed. Hull manufacturing, Taiwan-class aircraft carrier undergoing outfitting—Taiwan! This is an order secretly placed by the Ministry of Armaments as early as early 1. This aircraft carrier will be completed and enter the sea trial stage before the end of June 1936 at the earliest. And now Almost all the 1938-ton berths of China Shipbuilding Corporation and Zhonglian Shipbuilding Corporation are idle. If the order of the National Defense Forces is placed, our two companies can build 6 Taiwan-class ships at the same time, and they can guarantee that they will all be completed before 3! To be honest, for China's shipbuilding industry, which has built 10-ton battleships, 1941-ton aircraft carriers and 4-ton armored ships, this 2-ton aircraft carrier is not too difficult."

After listening to Yang Junsheng's introduction and guarantee, all the admirals in the meeting room were all smiling. Their navy has really tightened their belts these years. Since the completion of the four Zhenyuan-class battleships, they have hardly purchased any large ships. .

"If 6 Taiwan-class ships are under construction at the same time, what is the average cost of one ship?" Luo Yaoguo looked calm, as if he knew it by heart.

"If six ships are under construction at the same time, the average construction cost will not exceed 6 million French currency. Of course, this figure does not include the aircraft." Yang Junsheng replied.

4000 million multiplied by six is ​​4000 million French currency!Of course, this figure was unimaginable before the two five-year plans, but it is not impossible to get it now.However, an aircraft carrier cannot attack alone, and must be protected by a large number of warships.According to the proposal submitted by the Nanyang Fleet, an aircraft carrier formation must be equipped with at least one "Polish Legion" armored ship, two to three "Guangzhou" class light cruisers, six to eight 1936-class destroyers, one high-speed transport ship, one High-speed tankers... In this way, it is not a small expense to equip seven aircraft carrier fleets.But in order to dominate the war in Nanyang, the money that should be spent still has to be spent!

"Well, then start construction on six Taiwan-class ships at the same time, and the names of the ships will be Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Shandong, Henan, and Sichuan. Add Taiwan and Zhongshan-class Zhongshan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, we will have 1941 aircraft carriers in 12!" Luo Yaoguo stared at the model of Taiwan for a while, and said: "At the same time, we will start building six 15000-ton 'Polish Legion' Class armored ships are used to escort the aircraft carrier formation, and anti-aircraft cruisers and destroyers must follow up at the same time, and the army in the next battle will be the artillery shells fired by the navy!" At this point, he turned his head and looked at the commander of the Nanyang Fleet Zhao Zheng and Minister of the Navy Chen Si, "Do the Ministry of the Navy and the Nanyang Fleet have any thoughts on the next stage of operations?"

"Auxiliary Commander." Nanyang Fleet Commander Zhao Zheng stepped forward and said: "Since all four Zhenyuan-class battleships have been transferred to Europe, the current combat power available to the Nanyang Fleet is aircraft carriers and submarines. The Nanyang Fleet now has 5 ships. The Zhongshan class has 400 carrier-based aircraft, all of which are the latest BF-109 and A-4 series, which are significantly ahead of the carrier-based aircraft equipped by the Japanese Navy. There are now 120 submarines in the Nanyang Fleet, most of which are 2D Submarines, the main function of this type of submarine is to break diplomatic relations. Once we go to war with Japan, we can use them to block the external traffic of the Japanese archipelago. So now if the Japanese navy dares to provoke, with the strength of the Nanyang Fleet, it is absolutely sure to defeat it. As for The Eastern Fleet of the British Navy is no longer a problem! Therefore, our Nanyang Fleet proposes to ignore the threats of Britain and Japan, and start a war against Siam as soon as possible! Lay our first nail in Nanyang."

"Then what about the escort?" Luo Yaoguo thought for a while and asked again.He clearly remembered that the United Fleet of Little Japan was tossed by American submarines in history.Now the Nanyang Fleet can dominate Nanyang by relying on 400 carrier-based aircraft that are clearly technologically advanced, but their escort capabilities are probably not much better than Japan in history, right?

Chapter 0768 The Sunset of the Soviet Empire ([-]) Sneak Attack Plan

"Escort?" Zhao Zheng was taken aback when he heard this. As the commander of the main fleet of the Chinese Navy, General Zhao really hadn't considered the issue of escort.His idea is to use aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft to seize control of the sea, at most there will be submarines to break the war... That is a tactic used when the sea battle cannot beat others!It doesn't seem necessary now.

Luo Yaoguo walked to a huge chart platform on the other side of the office, staring at the Nanyang Islands and the South China Sea.Indifferently said: "Nanyang is China's natural territory, and in this world war, it will inevitably return to China's control! However, we must not underestimate our opponents. They have no way to compete with us for sea control Under the circumstances, it is very likely that we will use sneak attacks or disrupt traffic methods to mess with us...

With so many islands in the South China Sea, if Germany can defeat the British fleet and Italy can defeat the French and British fleets in the Mediterranean, we will become the master of the sea. It is a major battlefield for the naval struggle. The Ministry of the Navy and the North and South Ocean Fleets must pay full attention to this. It is necessary to establish a large fleet-level naval escort command, and to build light destroyers for escort... By the way, we should also study The role of aircraft in anti-submarine warfare, strive to develop large-scale anti-submarine patrol aircraft as soon as possible, in addition to build some light aircraft carriers for escort, the displacement can be around 10000 tons, and the number of aircraft on board is about 30. "

"Yes! Assistant Commander." Several naval leaders replied loudly at the same time.Zhao Zheng took a few steps forward and approached Luo Yaoguo, and said in a low voice: "Assistant Commander, can we start implementing our plan to go south to Siam?"

Luo Yaoguo looked back at the crowd, "Hua Long (Chen Si) and Han Yu (Zhao Ding) stay here, the others should leave first."

After everyone left, Luo Yaoguo patted the chart platform lightly, and said with a smile, "The two of you will be the protagonists in the upcoming battle in Nanyang. If you have any suggestions, feel free to suggest them."

Chen Si and Zhao Zheng glanced at each other, and Zhao Zheng said: "Assistant Marshal, fighting at sea is no different than fighting on land. There are many variables. Sometimes it is not possible to win by relying on advanced ships and aircraft. A gamble-style sneak attack can often be won." Achieve unexpected results! For example, the current Japanese navy, although their carrier-based aircraft performance is far inferior to ours, but as long as they have a way to let the aircraft carrier fleet slip past the Philippine Islands... If the Americans let the water go, it is completely possible It’s possible! As long as the 7 Japanese aircraft carriers can get close enough to the Zhanjiang Military Port, and then use carrier-based aircraft to carry out sneak attacks without declaring war, we can still use backward aircraft to destroy our Nanyang Fleet all at once. Cruel! Their 7 aircraft carriers can carry 600 aircraft, and our Nanyang Fleet cannot maintain the highest combat readiness at all times, so sneak attacks are very easy to succeed!"

"Pearl Harbor incident!" Luo Yaoguo muttered in his heart, it seems that such a thing is really possible!With the gamble of the Japanese, it is entirely possible that they will use this method to paralyze the Nanyang Fleet, or the US Pacific Fleet!The key is to see who they want to attack.

"Hanyu, do you have any good countermeasures?" Luo Yaoguo said in a deep voice.

"We can act first!" Zhao Zheng said in a low voice, "We are going south to Nanyang. The resistance is the British Navy and the Japanese Navy. The main force of the British Navy is not in Asia, so it does not pose a big threat to us! The 7 Japanese aircraft carriers have always been a threat to us. The assistant commander, I suggest that we can solve Japan before going to Nanyang! Let's use 5 carrier-based aircraft on 400 aircraft carriers to raid Wujun Port! Take the combined Japanese fleet Completely paralyzed."

"What? Sneak attack on Wujun Port!"