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If it weren't for the order of the artillery master and the suppression of An Enbo and other army commanders, the generals and colonels at all levels below would have rushed to the position with their own troops.

It was not that the Southwestern Military Region could not defeat these positions, but that their offensive plans were halted because of the huge losses that were likely to be caused by the positions.

After the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese fortifications were all revised again. In addition, they now have a large number of army air forces and combined fleet fighters to support, and the price to be paid by the Southwest Military Region in the event of a strong attack is huge.

If the price paid in capturing these positions is too great, then when the follow-up attacks include Thailand, Malaysia, and even India, the Southwest Military Region can only withdraw and repair and is unable to launch an offensive.

And if it is only to support the South China Military Region, it does not know how much it will cost to be able to take those areas. And now, although the elite of the air force is concentrated on the front line of the Southeast Asian theater, the number is too small.

It is impossible to form an absolute superiority on the battlefield. The improved fighter jets of the Japanese army have also strengthened their power and defense capabilities, and they are no longer as easy to pack as before.

The Japanese army, which has fought several air battles, now has a group of pilots with combat experience. They will propose improvements to the fighter and will train new pilots.

That's how the Wehrmacht itself developed, and they knew better than anyone else what the Japanese would do.

To put it simply, the situation on the battlefield is now evenly matched. The Southwest Military Region and the Air Force pointed out that it was not impossible to capture the positions of the Japanese army, but that they would pay a great price.

And the Japanese army did not dare to launch a counterattack easily. They are not fully supplied right now. The losses caused by the previous battle off the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were too great, and this time it was a large number of newly built transport ships that came to support.

Even these transport ships travel back and forth between Japan and Southeast Asia day and night, because they cannot meet the huge battlefield attrition. At present, the strategy of the Japanese army is to hold on to it if it can, and it will definitely not launch a counteroffensive easily.

The latest strategic arrangements for the Tokyo Imperial Battalion had been handed over to Sugiyama Moto, and the Southern Army was now tasked with ensuring that the Japanese resources in Southeast Asia were not occupied by the Wehrmacht.

The offensive side will be undertaken by the newly established Expeditionary Force against the Soviet Union. The commander of the Soviet expeditionary force was Ishihara Waner. The Soviet Expeditionary Force was set up as a front army, with two armies and three independent mixed brigades under its jurisdiction.

And each corps has two full-fledged first-class divisions, which means that Ishihara now needs at least 150,000 troops under his command. Of course. This is now just on paper.

It is also impossible for Afghanistan to agree to Ishihara's release of more than 100,000 people into Afghanistan at once. Therefore, the troops could only be formed in what is now Southeast Asia. These forces would then gradually move on to India, which had become an ally with Japan.

After that, we gradually went to Afghanistan.

"We failed...... The liaison who remained in Kandahar is dead, and Daoud's fate is now unknown. According to intelligence, the Japanese directly and blatantly appeared in Kandahar. ”

Moscow, the Kremlin's conference rooms are filled with smoke. Both Stalin and Trotsky did not look good. This time the Soviet power in Kandahar was almost uprooted.

Except for a few hidden lines that are usually hidden, the rest of the intelligence officers have been wiped out. Even those who survived by luck had to be forced to choose to hibernate.

Kandahar is now buzzing with soldiers from the Afghan Central Army patrolling the streets. King Zahir of Afghanistan has moved back to his palace, and Daoud's estate has been completely confiscated.

The telegrams and letters with the Soviet Union, which Daoud kept in the secret compartment of his study, were copied. Zahir sent a letter angrily accusing the Soviet Union of trying to interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

And explain that because of this "untimely, infuriating, unfriendly behavior" of the Soviet Union. Afghanistan will agree to the passage of Japanese troops through Afghanistan to the Soviet Union ......"

However, this was not the worst news for the Soviet Union. The worst news was that they received a British telegram from Ottawa, which was harshly enough to scold the Soviet leaders as idiots.

As a result of the actions of the Soviet Union, almost all British forces in Kandahar were wiped out. But like the USSR, they also kept a few dark lines that were not copied.

But even so. The huge losses also made the British angry. Even British Prime Minister Winston Churchill threatened the Soviet Union with the threat that if something like this happened again, Britain would cut off the Soviet Union's support.

The United States did not react much, but said that they hoped that the Soviet Union would need to inform the United States of something similar in the future.

"All we can do now is prepare for the game." Stalin took a deep breath and stood up to the crowd: "About this defeat. I'm responsible. This action was my proposal, and thus led to the Soviet ...... on the Anglo-American side"

Stalin meant that he wanted to take the blame for this matter directly. It's better to take the initiative to say it yourself than to let someone else say it. After all, you have taken the initiative to take responsibility, and it is not easy for others to chase after you.

Even if someone wanted to do this, Kalinin would certainly not agree.

"No, Comrade Stalin. This matter was discussed and approved by everyone at our meeting, and if we talk about responsibility, we are all responsible. "It was not Kalinin, who had always supported Stalin, who said this. It turned out to be Trotsky, who was considered by everyone to be Stalin's sworn enemy.

I saw everyone look at Trotsky in amazement, and he had shocked everyone so much during this time. In the past, he was always working against Stalin with men.

Stalin's ideas, he denied them. What cannot be denied is mixed with sand. But in the intervening years, he seems to have changed his attitude.

No longer working against Stalin, most of the time he will even stand on the same front as Stalin to support Stalin's proposals. Before the meeting, everyone thought that Trotsky would reproach Stalin for this.

It might even weaken Stalin's authority - this was what Trotsky wanted to do all along. But none of them could have imagined that Trotsky would speak for Stalin at this time.

"None of us had a better choice in Kandahar under the circumstances. It can only be an attempt to prevent the Japanese and Zahir from getting together. Trotsky waved his hand at Stalin. "Obviously, we failed. But even if we don't, Zahir's choice won't be any different than it is now......"

Saying that, Trotsky sighed: "We do not have any money in exchange with Zahir, on the contrary, the Japanese have more money and greater advantages than us......

Kalinin smiled, one of the few times he smiled at a meeting after the fall of Europe. But he said to Trotsky and Stalin: "I agree with Comrade Trotsky's statement. In fact, we can see from Daoud's telegram that Zahir has already made a decision in his heart. It's just that now we're forcing him to take a step forward. But this step, he will do sooner or later. ”

"It doesn't make sense to say that now, and it's not the time to hold anyone accountable. What we need to face is the USSR, which launched an attack from Poland. and the day of the offensive from Afghanistan. "It was Marshal Tukhachevsky, known as the Napoleon of the Red Army, who spoke.

From his words, you can see why he was not popular with the Soviet leadership. He never hid his attitude when he spoke, as in the present. Neither Stalin nor Trotsky, nor even Kalinin frowned at Tukhachevsky's words.

"I mean, I will personally go to the front line to organize the defense of the Japanese army." Tukhachevsky also knew he was saying the wrong thing. Now he can only bite the bullet and say: "I need at least 300,000 troops, the Soviets need to prepare a large amount of cement and steel for me to build fortifications, and I also need to give me a part of the cavalry and tank troops......"

Tukhachevsky, on the other hand, unceremoniously made his request, which made his attitude look extremely arrogant. It is good that everyone in this room knows the youngest marshal of the Red Army.

"I'll prepare these for you as you ask, but I need your guarantee that the Japanese can't enter Troyintsk!" Trotsky interrupted Tukhachevsky and said: "I will give you 400,000 men." But it's only 400,000 men, and you won't have any more troops. Because compared to the Japanese. The Germans were even more threatening! ”

At present, in order to defend against the German attack, the Soviet Union has fully integrated its troops and actively carried out training since the outbreak of war in Europe. The Soviet army expanded from 8.55 million at the beginning of the merger to 19.43 million later.

After Germany conquered Britain, seeing that war was coming, the Soviet Union urgently increased its troops to more than 5 million, and the army planned to increase from 98 divisions to 303.

At the beginning of Hitler's European war. The General Staff of the Soviet Army drew up a plan for the transfer of industry to wartime production, but because a large number of engineers, technicians, and resources that originally belonged to the Soviet Union were allocated by China, equipment production seriously lagged behind.

According to the requirements of the reorganization of the Soviet General Staff, the tank unit needs to be expanded to 61 tank divisions and 31 motorized infantry divisions, each division should be equipped with 375 and 275 tanks respectively, totaling more than 31,400 vehicles.

But until now, we have added tanks purchased from Germany and China before the war. The Soviet army also received only more than 2,000 vehicles in total, and the reorganization required the creation of 25 aviation divisions and 106 aviation regiments within a year. Half of them are equipped with new aircraft

But until now, only 10 aviation regiments have completed the modification. The five airborne forces that began to be formed at the beginning of 1938 were seriously short of technical weapons, and the new air defense system had not yet been truly built.

The Soviet Army's preparations for war, especially the planned mechanized equipment, were unprecedented in the history of mankind, and it can even be said that their plans were divorced from reality.

That's true historically, and it's true in this plane. Although the Soviets were desperate to fully arm their troops, it was a pity that they did not have that much weaponry at their disposal.

But some conditions in the USSR were better than they were historical. Historically, the Soviet army lacked training and combat experience because of the lack of training and combat experience of a large number of officers promoted after the "suppression of rebellion," resulting in a sharp decline in the combat and training level of many units.

The youngest soldier in their combat unit with the Germans turned out to be enlisted in the autumn of 1940, and those who joined in the spring of 1941 were sent to the reserve corps. Before the war, more than two-thirds of the soldiers in the border military districts served in their first year, and half of them only joined the army that year.

The consequences of this were obvious - the huge casualties inflicted by the Soviet Union in the early stages of the war did not stop the German offensive. More than two million troops suffered direct battle losses. A large amount of land has fallen.

In the first month of the outbreak of the war, the original establishment plan of the Soviet army was forced to be greatly reduced, the aviation division was reduced from 4~6 regiments to two regiments, the number of aircraft in each regiment was reduced from 61 to 22~32, the infantry establishment was reduced by 25%, the artillery was reduced by 52%, and the automobile was reduced by 64%, and the mechanized army in the process of exploration was all abolished.

But now it's different. Although the Soviets lacked those historical advantages, they also gained others. Officers and men at the grassroots level have rich combat experience. Because of the years of war, they are no strangers to weapons.

These soldiers and officers with war experience were organized and ordered to intensify their training and be ready to go to war.

"Comrade Trotsky, I think I should go to the United States." As he was talking, Stalin suddenly said: "Now that President Roosevelt must have known that if he did not want to see Germany defeat us, then he would certainly be willing to give us some assistance." ”

As he spoke, Stalin took a deep breath and said, "I will go to China first." Then divert to the United States. Only with their support can we survive this war......"

"We're supposed to make contact with them, but wouldn't it be too dangerous to let you go?!" Trotsky first agreed with Stalin, but then said: "Comrade Stalin, now your safety is important. The Soviets can't afford to lose you, and if anything happens to you, it will have a huge impact on the entire Soviets......"

"Nope! Comrade Trotsky, I am sure that you will be able to manage the affairs within the Soviets. And I'm on my mission now. It's about getting that help. to support the Soviets to keep fighting! Instead of letting our warriors face the enemy's swords and guns with their chests. ”

Kalinin was very satisfied with the current situation within the Soviets, which had not been in such a situation of mutual support for a long time. Ever since the Soviets came to power, the commissars stationed in the Kremlin have not stopped attacking each other.

Comrades who have shared weal and woe. Became a sworn enemy with swords and guns. Trotsky was expelled, and several patriarchs were defeated in political struggles and dismissed.

As soon as Stalin came to power, he even used his power to hunt down Trotsky all over the world.

But in the midst of the crisis, these former Soviet commissars stood together again. Maybe they all do. This time it was really a life-and-death crisis, and if you were not careful, then the Soviet would become a term of history.

"Comrade Trotsky. I agree with Comrade Stalin. Kalinin spoke at this time, but saw him facing the crowd: "This is also what we must do now." We need a lot of assistance, including weapons and industrial equipment. Even the technicians, without which we could not defend ourselves against the German and Japanese attacks......"

"Comrade Stalin is the deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of the Soviets, so it is his duty to ask for assistance on behalf of the Soviets. And Comrade Trotsky, you must remain in the Soviets and preside over the present situation......"

Kalinin's words were finalized, and Trotsky could not say anything more when he had said this. To be honest, Trotsky did not want Stalin to leave, the biggest reason was that he had found himself less precise than Stalin in his judgment of many things.

For example, the progress of the German war in Europe, such as how to deal with the layout of the day in Kandahar. Trotsky found that if prejudices were put aside, Stalin was indeed much stronger than him in the overall judgment.

That's why he wanted Stalin to remain in the Kremlin. Because he thought that in this way Stalin would play a greater role.

"Alright! Comrade Stalin, be sure to keep yourself safe. Trotsky sighed: "It seems to me that your safety is of paramount importance!" It's for the Soviets! ”

No matter what the fests were, even if there were political differences, even if there were life and death differences, Trotsky's words still touched Stalin's heart.

"Rest assured! Comrade Trotsky, I will do my best to ensure my own safety. Stalin took a deep breath, how long had he not experienced this purest feeling between comrades?!

"For the Soviets!!"

Unlike the Kremlin's bitter drama, the Reichstag conference room in Berlin, Germany, was filled with laughter. The construction schedule was distributed to everyone.

Access to the resources and industrial base of the whole of Europe has directly increased Germany's manufacturing capacity and productivity by more than 70%. If it is not in the integration period, then the productivity will be higher.

"That's it! My generals, I believe that we are now capable of launching an offensive against those damned Slavs! Hitler waved his hands feverishly and roared: "We will use their blood to prove the excellence of our Germanic people!" Tell them and the world that Germany is great and invincible!! ”

"Hey! Hitler!! The generals in the conference room all stood up, raised their hands and shouted feverishly.

"Field Marshal William Ritter von Lieb! You will become the commander-in-chief of Army Group North, with the 16th and 18th Army Corps, as well as the 4th Panzer Corps and the 1st Air Fleet! ”

"Hey! Hitler! Field Marshal William Ritter von Lieb stood up excitedly and responded loudly.

"Field Marshal Fedor von Bock! You will take control of our Central Army, which commands the 4th and 9th Army Corps, as well as the 2nd and 3rd Panzer Corps! At the same time, I will hand over to you the command of the Second Air Fleet! ”

"Hey! Hitler!! ”

"Marshal Gert von Rundstedt, you will take your Army Group South with you as always. The 6th, 11th and 17th Army Corps, as well as the 1st Armored Corps, rushed to the battlefield! Hitler laughed and said, "Of course! I will send you the Third Air Fleet! ”

"Hey! Hitler!! ”

"Go ahead! German eagles, tell the Slavs with our swords! Germany is invincible!! ”