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"While pear blossoms are blooming all over the world,
The soft gauze floating on the river
Katyusha stood on the steep bank,
The singing sounds like bright spring light
Katyusha stood on the steep bank,
The singing sounds like bright spring light
The girl sang a beautiful song. She was singing about the eagle on the grassland"
On the defense line outside Moscow, Russian soldiers and officers were constantly singing "Katyusha", which will be extremely classic in later generations, because not long ago they had just recaptured the last line of defense outside Moscow, and this also meant They had completely driven the Germans out of Moscow
"Marshal Zhukov, congratulations"
In a trench on the front line, several members of the NKVD congratulated Zhukov
Although Zhukov did not like these guys very much, Zhukov, who understood that these people were not easy to offend, finally managed to show a smile on his face.
After losing parts of Outer Mongolia, Central Asia, Southern Russia and the Far East, Russia was much weaker than in history. Therefore, in this war, Russia did not launch a counterattack at the end of 1941 as it had historically done. Instead, the stalemate with Germany lasted until May 1942.
In this month, China successively captured Taiwan and Thailand, and Russia also successfully expelled the Germans from Moscow.
However, standing in the trench, looking at the cheering soldiers and officers around him, Zhukov didn't feel even a little joy in his heart.
"This victory should have come earlier"
Thinking of what he had experienced in the past, Zhukov said painfully in his heart
After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Germany tore up the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" and dispatched 5.5 million troops to invade the Soviet Union. The German army attacked in three directions, advancing to Leningrad in the north, Moscow in the middle, and Kiev in the south. Due to the hasty response of the Russian army, It was impossible to stop the German army. As a result, the German army advanced 300-600 kilometers in 3 weeks. By late July, the German army advancing south was only 15 to 20 kilometers away from Kiev. Stalin ordered to defend Kiev. However, Zhukov insisted on abandoning Kiev and withdrew the Southwest Front to the other side of the Dnieper River. Avoid being encircled by the German army, preserve strength, and plan to counterattack again. Unfortunately, Stalin not only failed to accept Zhukov's suggestion, but instead dismissed him as chief of general staff and demoted him to commander of the reserve front. Two months later, the Southwest Front was encircled by the Germans in the Kiev area. Stalin realized that Zhukov's idea was correct, but it was too late. The 700,000 troops of the Southwest Front were surrounded and annihilated, and Kiev fell.
Due to the outstanding performance of the reserves commanded by Zhukov in many subsequent battles, Zhukov was soon appointed commander of the Leningrad Front. By the evening of October 9, Stalin decided to merge the Western Front and the reserve front, and Zhukov would Command On October 10, Zhukov was appointed commander of the reorganized Western Front
At this time, after Germany lost the support of China, due to the long battle front and insufficient supplies, it was too consumed in the battle and had neither defensive positions nor battle reserves. In addition, it had just survived the cold winter and was unable to see the enemy for a long time. The hope of capturing Moscow, etc., morale has dropped a lot.
But for Zhukov, this is the best opportunity
After all, after losing the support of China, Romanian oil alone cannot support the operation of Germany¡¯s war machine.
On the other hand, Zhukov commanded the formation of the Western Front Army and the German army to fight for Moscow, and took back the lost city bit by bit.
At the same time, Zhukov also thought about transferring some of the well-equipped troops in Siberia and the Far East back to Moscow. After all, the current Western Front has just been formed, and it is far behind in terms of training and combat effectiveness. If I insist on saying they have something, it can only be enthusiasm
It¡¯s a pity that Zhukov¡¯s idea was eventually rejected by Stalin
The reason is simple, because top Russian officials believe that China is not trustworthy
In the eyes of Stalin and others, the Germans are indeed hateful, but China, which once seized many territories from Russia, cannot be trusted either. Especially what China is best at is stabbing people in the back
During World War I, China was an ally of Russia. However, after Russia fell into civil strife, China continued to take the opportunity to regain lost territories such as the Xing'an Mountains and Outer Mongolia, and also took the opportunity to secede Central Asia from Russia. and the southern Russian region south of the Volga River¡
It is precisely because of what China did back then that Russia did not have enough power to repel Germany.
At the same time, it is precisely because of this lesson that Stalin and others are very worried. Will China take this opportunity to seize the entire Siberia again?
You know, in the past twenty years, a long period ofThe border line is a considerable pressure for both China and Russia. After all, the longer the border line, the more areas that need to be guarded. In addition, the relationship between the two countries is not good, and there are frictions and even exchanges of fire. Something happens sometimes
"If we take this opportunity to annex the entire Siberia, it will definitely be a once and for all thing for China. At least Stalin and others believe that they will never be able to refuse this temptation.
Even if Russia wants to retaliate afterwards, after losing Siberia and having its national power greatly damaged by the war, Russia does not have the strength to retaliate against China.
Of course, Stalin did not know that Yan Guang was already eyeing Australia at this time and had no time to take care of Siberia. Moreover, he also needed a strong Russia to continue to attract firepower before his younger brothers became stronger
However, no matter what, Stalin still could not believe that China
After all, Stalin was also someone who had experienced that era. He had also witnessed the disintegration of the once huge Russia, and had witnessed the role that China played in it.
From a certain perspective, Zhukov still recognized Stalin¡¯s vigilance towards China.
After all, Zhukov knows very well that China is definitely the biggest threat to Russia. Even the United Kingdom, Germany or the United States cannot compare with this. After all, these countries cannot completely threaten Russia, but China has the ability to swallow Russia whole.
But compared to these, the current battle situation is more important
The most important thing is that Zhukov believes in Sorge¡¯s intelligence and judgment
Sorge had anticipated Plan Barbarossa before this, so Zhukov believed Sorge¡¯s intelligence that ¡°China will not attack Russia or annex Russia.¡±
And the most important thing is that although Germany is now weak, Russia, which is also much weaker than in history, will not be able to expel the Russians from Moscow if it does not mobilize raw power from Siberia
It¡¯s a pity that if Zhukov doesn¡¯t believe it, Stalin must believe it.
Fortunately, facts soon proved Zhukov right. Although Zhukov's command was excellent despite his inferior strength, he was still unable to expel the Germans from Moscow.
In this case, Stalin naturally thought that Zhukov was slacking off or having problems with his command ability. For this reason, Stalin even called in Vasilevsky and others to replace Zhukov. Fortunately, Vasilevsky and others Everyone supports Zhukov, and they always believe that the current situation is caused by insufficient troops
In this case, Stalin could only admit that Zhukov was right
Of course, this also laid the foundation for some things that will happen in the future.
In fact, Zhukov's end was not very good in history. After the war, Zhukov once served as the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army Group in Germany and the top military administrator of the Soviet-occupied area. However, in April 1946, Stalin said that because Eisenhower and Montgomery were both Having been recalled to the country, he decided to also call Zhukov back to the country, and he was changed to the Soviet Standing Deputy People's Commissar of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Sokolovsky succeeded him as the Commander of the Soviet Army in Germany. Some people in the West believe that this is due to Zhukov's outstanding military exploits and his own Due to his character flaws, he was deposed as Army Commander-in-Chief after being criticized by the Central Military Commission for being politically unreliable to the party.
On June 9, 1946, based on Luo Zhi's charges, Stalin signed an order accusing Zhukov of being "immodest, too arrogant, and crediting himself with the decisive role in winning all major battles during the war." He pointed out that "Zhukov was prepared to snare some with hatred. Frustrated, dismissed commanders engaged in activities against the government and high command.¡±
Stalin did not decide to arrest Zhukov because Konev, Rokossovsky and Vasilevsky resolutely refuted the claims that Zhukov had conspiracy intentions.
But even so, the three important positions held by Zhukov were revoked, he was expelled from the Party Central Committee, he was demoted, and was demoted to the commander of the Odessa Military District, and later was demoted to the commander of the Ural Military District.
This situation did not end until Stalin¡¯s death
In 1953, Zhukov participated in the arrest of Beria, so he became the First Deputy Minister of Defense, and in February 1955, he was appointed the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
In 1957, Khrushchev had conflicts with Molotov, Bulganin and others. The latter asked Khrushchev to resign at the presidium meeting. Khrushchev asked to convene a plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee. Zhukov supported Khrushchev. Ordered the Ministry of National Defense to use military aircraft to fly Central Committee members to Moscow. On June 19, more than 300 Central Committee members, alternate members and inspection committee members held a plenary meeting. Most members expressed support for Khrushchev, Malenkov, and Molotov. Others were dismissed from their posts
But he??Excessive publicity finally aroused suspicion. When he was invited by Tito to visit South Korea, he was dismissed from the post of Minister of Defense. In addition, he was also given the status of Central Political Commissar and forced retirement. The same issue of Red Star that reported his return also published that he was dismissed. According to the news, Zhukov's former subordinates and colleagues were mobilized to publicly accuse Zhukov. Some generals who were rescued by Zhukov on the battlefield also came forward to make trouble.
Under this circumstance, Zhukov finally had to propose recuperation and withdraw from the political stage.
After Khrushchev stepped down, Zhukov was mentioned again, but the eavesdropping on him continued until the moment of his death more than nine years later
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Since the Germans were never able to be expelled from Moscow, Stalin finally had to agree to Zhukov's proposal and transfer some of Siberia's elite troops back to Moscow.
These so-called elite troops may indeed be called elites
Because most of these troops have participated in border conflicts with the National Defense Forces, and before they set off, they also received a considerable part of the standard equipment of the National Defense Forces, and were also equipped with Katyusha-type equipment.
Although equipment may not necessarily equal combat effectiveness, at least as a regular army, they are much stronger than the reserve force of the Western Front
And it was precisely because of this new force that Zhukov was finally able to expel the Germans from Moscow
It¡¯s just that after expelling the Germans from Moscow, Zhukov was unable to pursue them.
The reason is very simple. In the past long war, Russia has suffered too many losses, so much that Russia was unable to mobilize enough power in a short period of time. Of course, this is also related to China's sudden interruption of support for certain key projects.
But this is not surprising. After all, for Yan Guang, the more tragic the war between the Russians and the Germans, the more sacrifices they make, the better.
If the war ends early, that would be against his wishes.
On the other hand, Yan Guang also needs to focus the eyes of Westerners on the European battlefield for a longer period of time, so that he can take advantage of this opportunity to bring Australia into his arms.
After all, Australia is a continent anyway. For such a large place, it is impossible for Britain and the United States to just sit back and watch China annex it without some special circumstances
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Although Zhukov wanted to pursue the victory, because China interrupted the supply of many materials, and Russia also suffered considerable losses in the process of expelling the Germans from Moscow, Zhukov also We could only interrupt this idea and instead reorganize the remaining troops to restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
At the same time, Zhukov personally went to Stalin and asked Stalin to negotiate with China and resume assistance on some key projects as soon as possible, so that the war against the Germans could be launched as soon as possible.
And Yan Guang on the other side is happy to rub shoulders with the Russians
At the same time, the Germans were driven out of Moscow and the liberation of Taiwan became headlines in newspapers around the world.
Of course, for Western countries such as Britain and the United States, the victory of the Battle of Moscow is definitely much more important than the victory of Taiwan. After all, the importance of Moscow is definitely far greater than that of Taiwan. No one can deny this.
Therefore, in major newspapers, the front pages are almost always filled with reports from Moscow, while news from Taiwan can only be ranked on the second page.
However, for the Japanese, the news of the fall of Taiwan was nothing less than the first edition.
Although the current Taiwan cannot be compared with the Nanyang Islands and Australia that Japan has captured, for the Japanese, Taiwan is one of the first two colonies they obtained.
The Japanese have been operating in Taiwan for many years, and they also have deep feelings for this place. Therefore, when the news of the fall of Taiwan spread back to Japan, it was like a bolt from the blue to the Japanese.
Of course, this is only for ordinary Japanese. For Japanese senior leaders, the fall of Taiwan was something that could be expected. Therefore, although they were distressed after the fall of Taiwan, in the end their eyes turned to focus When it came to the seized automatic rifle
Many army generals speak highly of this weapon. Of course, many army generals think that this weapon is a waste of bullets. Some think that the most important thing is the spirit of Bushido
???????????????????????? However, the evaluations are confusing, but one of the evaluations is quite consistent, that is, this is a weapon that Japan cannot afford.
The reason is very simple, although the magazine of this weapon is almost 30 rounds of bullets.?, if you use a drum magazine or an extended magazine, you can have more, but the same weapon consumes bullets very quickly
As a country with very little copper mines, at least not enough for a population of 800 million, in order to solve the problem of bullets, departments under the National Defense Forces finally produced highly practical steel-cased bullets after nearly two decades of research.
I have to admit that copper-cased bullets are indeed easier to use than steel-cased bullets. However, due to the lack of copper resources, China cannot use too many bullets. The reason is simple, because at this time, China had an army of six to seven million people. , but domestic copper mines cannot provide bullets that can supply six to seven million troops.
Especially now that it is still a war period, shooting training in peacetime is already very tense. During a war period, the consumption of ammunition will only increase than in peacetime.
Of course, China can also import copper mines from Chile and other countries. After all, these countries are very rich in copper mines, and they have been conducting transactions with China in this area for more than 20 years. In the past ten years, Over the years, China has even acquired a lot of copper mines in Chile.
The problem is that this is war time, and Chilean copper mines cannot be transported to China
So, steel-cased bullets appeared. After all, China is still relatively rich in iron ore resources. Copper-cased bullets are not good, but steel-cased bullets are still fine.
But it¡¯s OK for China, but that doesn¡¯t mean it¡¯s OK for Japan.
After all, whether it is copper or iron ore resources, Japan is equally poor
But it is precisely because of this that Tojo Hideki and others saw clearly the truth that this automatic weapon was not suitable for Japan. Of course, despite this, there are still many Japanese generals who appreciate this weapon.
But appreciation is valuable, and the rest is
"Since we can't use it, then give it to the Germans"
"Then, come back with some weapons we can use"
In this case, the rifle flew over and came to Germany, and by this time the Germans had been waiting at the port for a long time (To be continued)
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