Chapter 122 Blitz the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union spanned the Eurasian continent and was vast. As the country with the largest land area in the world, it is naturally bound to be remembered.
Among them, the one who was most jealous of the vast Soviet land was Hitler. He was determined to swallow the Soviet Union. Before attacking Britain, he did not use too many German main forces, but quietly concentrated the main forces in the Polish region and prepared to implement the Barbarossa plan.
The Soviet Union was prepared for the German army, but Stalin's strategy was not very good. He always thought that the German army would destroy the whole of Europe before attacking the Soviet Union. However, he never thought that the German army had just completed its landing in England and believed that Britain was about to perish. Hitler immediately ordered the German army on the Soviet-German border to start a blitzkrieg attack on the Soviet Union.
Before blitzing the Soviet Union, Hitler spoke with Zhang Meng with a phone call, hoping that the Tang Empire could restrain the Soviet Union in the Far East. Zhang Meng nodded in agreement, but he still said that whoever occupied the territory between the Tang and Germany would belong to him.
In response to this, Hitler kept grinding his teeth. The main force of the entire British navy was stolen by Zhang Meng, and the Ireland Island was also occupied by the Tang army's airborne troops. This was a great fortune and was jealous. However, the German army controlled most parts of the UK. In the long run, with the plunder of the German most occupied area, the interests were far more than those obtained by the Tang Dynasty.
Whenever he thought of this, Hitler felt more at ease, forgot the pain of being cut by the Tang army, and chose to continue to cooperate with the Tang Empire.
Hitler once again agreed to Zhang Meng's proposal that the Tang and German armies jointly attacked the Soviet Union, and whoever occupied the territory would be his.
However, Hitler didn't care because he knew very well that the army and Marines of the Tang Empire were very limited, and most of them were attracted by the Japanese army in the Northeast to occupy Australia. The only airborne troops were placed on the Ireland Island. He believed that the Tang army could not use more troops to fight against the Soviet army in the Far East, so he was not worried about how much territory the Tang Empire could grab.
For Zhang Meng, he had no intention of fighting with the Soviet army at all. He understood the history of the Russians, and Napoleon was cheated. Hitler would also be cheated, which was a cheating thing. It would be a cheating thing. It would be a head-on battle with him. Zhang Meng had his own strategy against the Soviet Union.
Zhang Meng used the excuse of tight military strength to eliminate the Japanese army in Northeast China before attacking the Soviet Union. Hitler understood this. Germany successively defeated and occupied most European countries such as Poland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and so on. Thus, he obtained an economic base in almost the entire Europe and seized the weapons and equipment of 148 divisions of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, and greatly enhanced his economic and military strength. He was very confident that the German army was enough to be inferior to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would surrender in a short time, and would not give the Tang Empire the opportunity to seize Soviet territory.
In the early morning of March 8, just before Britain surrendered, the German army on the Eastern Front suddenly launched a blitzkrieg against the Soviet-Germany border. The Soviet-German war broke out. The German army dispatched 190 military divisions, 3,700 tanks, 4,900 aircraft, and 47,000 cannons, with the support of the aviation force, and the troops were divided into three groups to raid the Soviet Union in a blitzkrieg manner.
In order to prevent the German attack, the Soviet army placed the main forces on the front line of the Soviet-German border. The Soviet army's tanks, aircraft, cannons, vehicles, and supplies were on the front line and lacked strategic depth. However, Stalin liked to engage in autocracy and carried out repeated purges on those who opposed him, which caused many Soviet generals to be cleansed. The Soviet army was in turmoil, morale was low, and command was chaotic. As a result, when the German army suddenly launched a blitzkrieg, the Soviet army on the front line was about to collapse and had no resistance.
In just 10 days, the German army broke into the Soviet Union 600 kilometers. During the first day of the battle, the Soviet Red Army lost 1,200 aircraft, of which 800 were blown up before taking off.
In the next three months, most of the Soviet Union's European territory fell. 2.8 million troops were lost, 4.2 million light weapons, 15,600 tanks and self-propelled artillery, 70,574 various marching artillery, and 7,237 combat aircraft.
The German army was in full swing and was in a state of destruction of the Soviet Union in one fell swoop, and the Soviet Union was in a critical survival.
Zhang Meng, who was far away in Chang'an, kept listening to the news on the Soviet-German battlefield. He was hesitant and did not know whether the German army would be cheated again. The German army in history attacked the Soviet Union in June, but was threatened by the cold winter half a year later. Now he attacked the Soviet Union in March, three months ahead of schedule. This is an unknown whether the Soviet army can hold on for three more months. After all, the Soviet army is still the same Soviet army, but the German army was armed by the Tang Empire.
The more Zhang Meng thought about it, the more he became more and more confused, so he made a gamble. He immediately sent someone to contact the Soviet Union. As long as the Soviet Union was willing to hand over the Far East to the Tang Empire, the Tang army would not launch an attack on the Soviet army.
The Far East is originally China. Tsarist Russia forced the Qing Empire to ced the Far East to Tsarist Russia through an unequal treaty. When the Soviet Union rose, the leaders of the Soviet Communist Party agreed to return the territory that Tsarist Russia invaded China. As a result, they soon found that China was too weak and was a mess, so they refused to return it.
At this time, Zhang Meng re-arranged the old story and asked the Soviet Union to hand over the Far East to the Tang Empire, otherwise he would send troops to attack the Soviet Union.
If Stalin would never consider it at the beginning, he would definitely say to the Tang Empire: "Who are you?"
But in the past three months, the Soviet army has suffered heavy losses, nearly three million Soviet troops have been wiped out, and countless weapons and equipment have been lost. Almost all parts of the entire Soviet Union and Europe have fallen. The German army is imposing and makes bold statements to destroy the Soviet Union before the end of the year.
According to the German advancement speed and combat effectiveness, the demise of the Soviet Union by the end of the year is not a joke, and it is entirely possible. Stalin was panicked and was stepping up the transfer of some European industrial equipment to the direction of Asia. At this time, if the Tang Empire attacked the Soviet Union from the Far East, the Soviet Union would be attacked from both sides.
Stalin scolded Zhang Meng for being shameless and proposed the conditions to ced the Far East at this time. The Soviet generals were also very angry, but after calming down, they agreed that if the Tang Empire also sent troops, the powerful naval and air force of the Tang Empire, especially the strategic bomber power of the Tang Empire, would be blown up by the Soviet Union. At the same time, China would also stand on the side of the Tang Empire, and China would definitely be very active in regaining the Far East territory. At the moment, the Japanese army is at the end of its path, and it will be sooner or later annihilation by the Chinese and Tang countries. If it refuses, the Soviet Union will persist until the end of the year.
"It was originally China's territory. Comrade Lenin once promised to return it to China, so even if you hand over the Far East to the Tang Empire, if Comrade Lenin's words are there, the Soviets will not scold you!"
"The Tang Dynasty wanted the Far East, which was originally China's territory. If we gave the Far East to the Tang Dynasty, China would negotiate with the Tang Dynasty, and cracks would occur in the Tang Dynasty, which would be beneficial to the safety of our rear."
"If you don't agree, we will fight on both sides soon, and we can't stand it!"
Officials of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have made suggestions, and now they can only compromise.
Chapter completed!