readx; On July 25, 1939, Germany launched a formal attack on Poland, this time Britain and France did not choose to endure with Austria and the Czech Republic, but finally chose to face the challenge of Germany head-on. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, despite the declaration of war, the atmosphere of war on the Western Front in Europe was very flat, and in order to avoid fighting on two fronts in the early stage of the war, the German Wehrmacht Staff formulated a combat plan to maintain a defensive posture on the Western Front to the maximum extent, and strictly ordered not to take the initiative to attack. As for Britain and France, according to the analysis of later historians, Britain and France had sinister intentions and intended to bring disaster to the east, so they sat back and watched Poland fall and ignored them.

Chen Jingyun did not know what the real situation was in the original time and space, but after Germany declared war on Poland on July 25 in this era, Britain and France immediately issued the strongest diplomatic protest and issued an ultimatum to war, demanding that the German army withdraw from Poland within 24 hours, otherwise Britain and France would declare war on Germany.

At this point, it is almost clear that Britain and France were determined to halt German expansion by this time, at least for the first month or two of the war. However, even if war was declared, it was impossible for Britain and France to pull out millions of troops overnight to attack the German mainland, although the German troops on the Western Front were not large, but there were dozens of divisions, and there were also fortified lines that had been built for many years, although this fortified defense belt was not as famous as the Maginot Line, but it was also a real permanent fortified line. In a short period of time, a part of the French army on the front line would never be able to break through the German defense.

France needs time, it needs time to mobilize and expand its troops at home, it needs time to move troops from other places to the battlefield, and the time it takes is not something that can be done in a day or two. The same is true on the British side, which needs to form an expeditionary corps to land in France to fight, and it is not a day or two of time.

According to the ordinary military vision, that is, Britain and France hoped that Poland would hold on, and after Britain and France completed their mobilization and entangled their heavy troops, they would break through the German defense line on the Western Front in one fell swoop, and finally storm Berlin.

After all, according to the traditional point of view, Poland, as a country with the number one platoon in Europe, is not weak in military strength, and it is better to say that it has hundreds of thousands of troops, even if it is worse for a few months, it will not be a problem.

But none of them could have imagined that the German blitzkrieg tactics would be so fast and effective, and that the German attack on Poland had already completed the crucial interspersing of the left and right in just a week, and had eliminated many of Poland's front-line corps, and the ensuing battle was almost indescribable, because it was a completely marching war, and Polish resistance was almost zero. Before anyone else could react, Poland was already in a desperate situation and was about to be finished.

At this time, Soviet Russia also sent troops to Poland according to the secret treaty signed with Germany, in order to avenge Poland's dispatch of troops to the Soviet Union. What happened next was already quite clear, under the attack of the Soviet Union and Germany, Poland was quickly destroyed, so that Britain and France could not react.

After the fall of Poland, Germany and the Soviet Union carved up Poland, and then the two countries signed a treaty, Britain and France and other countries pinned their hopes on the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union, and more importantly, the main force of the German army originally used to attack Poland was quickly transferred to the Western Front, when Britain and France finally completed the preparations for the war, the German army has transferred a large number of main forces to the Western Front, at this time the British and French armies did not have any hope of breaking through the German defense line.

At this time, the German army also needed time to prepare, on the one hand, to consolidate Poland and other rear, and on the other hand, to prepare the materials needed for the next large-scale battle.

As a result, the Germans and Britain and France were at a stalemate on the Western Front, and they were no longer sure that neither side would take the initiative to attack each other's stable direction, because that would doom them to no victory, and they would only bring heavy casualties and defeats.

The combination of the above factors is the reason why there was no war on the Western Front after Britain, France and Germany declared war, and the most important of them was that Poland was destroyed too quickly, and it was over in less than a month.

The strong combat effectiveness shown by the German army made the British and French generals also sigh in their hearts, not to mention on the surface, but they still lack the courage to fight hard with the German army, the French army in this era is no longer the French army in the Napoleonic era, and the navy in the British army is naturally no problem, but the army is lacking a lot, the expeditionary force is just that, the main force still has to rely on the French army, the French army itself has no confidence, and the British army has no confidence.

Therefore, the strategy chosen by the French army was to be passive defensive, trying to rely on the expensive Maginot Line to achieve the goal of blocking the German attack.

I have to say that the generals of the French army are too scummy, which is still immersed in the stiff tactics of the First World War in 1939, which talks about the tanks of the British and French armies, they are actually quite a lot, but their use of tanks is still stuck in the concept of World War I.

However, the German concept of using tanks was to learn from China, to concentrate on the use of tanks, and to establish rapid infantry units to accompany the rapid advance of tank troops, and the German self-proclaimed blitzkrieg tactics were actually the rapid advance theory that prevailed in China in the early twenties.

However, later on, the Chinese Army continued to improve the theory of rapid advance and developed the theory of large-depth assault, and this theory was basically tailor-made for Soviet Russia, and only the vast territory of Soviet Russia could allow the Chinese Army to have space to carry out large-depth assault tactics. Therefore, the Chinese Army's various tactical theories are actually quite numerous, and generally speaking, they can be roughly divided into the south and the north, and this can be seen from the fact that the troops in these two regions are equipped with different equipment, and the troops deployed in the Guangzhou-Yunnan-Guizhou region pay attention to light infantry tactics and jungle tactics for drills, while the troops deployed in the northern region pay attention to the tactics of large armored corps, so it is impossible to generalize about the many tactical theories of the Chinese Army.

Countries have been playing tanks for more than 20 years after China, but in fact, so far, Germany has learned the essence of Chinese tank tactics, while other countries have not done it even if they are China's old opponents, Soviet Russia, although they have also formed a lot of armored divisions, but the Soviet army's own strategic theory has not yet matured, and it still needs to be perfected in actual combat.

The French and British concept of the use of tanks was still stuck in the First World War, and it would be a miracle that such an unenterprising army could still hold off the German army.

While the Western Front in Europe remained calm, the rest of Europe was not calm, and after the Soviet Union and Germany partitioned Poland, the pace of expansion was faster than that of the German army, and just after the end of the war in Poland, they could not wait to issue a final ultimatum to Finland.

Finland was a vassal state of Tsarist Russia before, after the conquest of Finland has been seeking reading power, and this reading demand finally got a chance in the First World War, after the Russian Revolution in 1917, Finland took the opportunity to read power, and after the Russian Revolution there was a split, the Soviet Union ruled by the Social Labor Party and the Russian Republic supported by China, the United States, Britain and France fought a civil war for four or five years, and the Russian Civil War also gave Finland the greatest opportunity to read power, getting rid of the control from Russia. In 1918, the Finnish revolution was severely suppressed by the Finnish political axe, in 1919, Finland sent troops to participate in the attack on Petrograd by Yudenich's White Army, and in 1921 thousands of Finns participated in the riots in the Karelli region of Soviet Russia.

These factors add up to make the relationship between Soviet Russia and Finland extremely tense, and Finland regards Soviet Russia as an old enemy, and in order to find foreign aid and actively contact foreign countries, Britain, France, the United States and Germany are almost all supporters of Finland, but when it comes to the biggest supporters, it is still China, because the enemies of both countries are Soviet Russia, so the relationship between the two countries has always been very close In 1925, China and Finland signed the Sino-Finnish Nanjing Trade Treaty, which on the surface is just a commercial cooperation, But if you look at the content of commercial trade in it, then you will know that this treaty is not a simple commercial treaty, but a military aid contract, in which China provides Finland with a large amount of military equipment, and the relationship between Finland and China is very close.

In 1932, Finland and Russia signed a non-aggression pact, but instead of feeling the slightest sense of security, the Finns increased their military cooperation with China, which even surpassed that between China and Iran.

Finland is the first country in Europe to be equipped with Chinese T6 tanks and F3 fighter jets, as for Spain, these heavy equipment sent by China is only for testing, and not sold to them much, and the largest arms trade with Spain is still guns and artillery These traditional weapons, and more are consumable materials, such as shells and bullets, military canned food, pharmaceutical products, etc.

Based on the fact that both countries have the same enemy, and Finland's foreign relations are relatively simple, unlike Poland and Hungary, which are prone to get into trouble once they intervene, China's support for Finland is still relatively strong after entering the thirties.

In 1935, Finland even sent people to sign a treaty with China on an offensive and defensive alliance against the Soviet Union, and the Finns obviously meant to pull China together against Soviet Russia and prepare to attack Soviet Russia on both sides. At that time, Chen Jingyun had this intention in his heart, but Chen Jingyun did not agree immediately, but instead signed another trade treaty with the Finns, increased military aid to Finland, and Chen Jingyun personally said to the Finnish envoy to China: "Finland is a nation of reading, and anyone who changes this fact is unacceptable to me." ”

This kind of verbal words can basically represent Chen Jingyun's guarantee of Finland's reading ability. Although this kind of verbal assurance does not have much effect, the Finns also know that China is Chen Jingyun's hall, and as long as they can win Chen Jingyun's favor and sympathy, then this verbal guarantee is not much different from the actual alliance treaty.

Nanjing Presidential Palace, the Finnish ambassador followed Yan Jing Kuang with a anxious face, and when they came to a door, the Finnish ambassador took a deep breath, smoothing the irritability in his heart, as the representative of Finland, he needs to prove to Chen Jingyun that the Finns are capable of resisting the attack of Soviet Russia, only in this way can Finland get support from China.

In this world, China is not the most powerful country in the world, although in 1939 China's industrial output value has surpassed Britain, France and Germany, and has reached the second position in the world, second only to the United States, but China's influence on other countries in the international community is far from the second position, at most it is the leader in the second echelon, the fifth and sixth appearance, and the first echelon in the eyes of people is still Britain, France, Germany and the Soviet Union. However, when making these judgments, they all chose to forget that China has one of the world's largest land forces and the world's fourth-largest tonnage navy, and it is difficult to say whether the Chinese navy is the first in terms of purely comparing naval combat effectiveness, but the current huge aircraft carrier formation of the Chinese navy is enough to smash the fleet of any country.

For Finland, it doesn't matter whether China is the most powerful country or not, what matters is that China and Soviet Russia are mortal enemies, that they share the same enemy as Finland, and that there is not even the slightest conflict of interest between the two countries. So despite the distance, China is actually Finland's best ally.

But for China, Finland is only one of several allies, the same countries are also Iran, and even the Republic of Russia and the Republic of Korea are in a similar situation.

Now Finland is facing the last ultimatum from Soviet Russia, and the Finns do not know whether China will intervene in Soviet Russia at the risk of war with Soviet Russia, and the possibility of China directly sending troops to Soviet Russia is too small, and the Finns do not count on this for the time being, what they need is for China to threaten Soviet Russia and force Soviet Russia to discourage the idea of attacking Finland, if Soviet Russia insists on attacking Finland, then Finland hopes to obtain military assistance from China.

When he saw Chen Jingyun, who was also smiling and outstretching his hand to welcome him, his heart had calmed down, and his mind had already begun to think about what kind of words to use to gain Chen Jingyun's sympathy and help.

Looking at the Finnish ambassador who came through the door, Chen Jingyun naturally knew why he came over, Soviet Russia issued a final ultimatum to Finland, and China's intelligence department sent back the news as soon as possible, the Soviet-Finnish war was not a small war in later generations, Chen Jingyun naturally heard about it, but he thought that the strategic situation of Soviet Russia in this time and space was so poor, it should not take the initiative to attack Finland as in history, is Stalin really not afraid of himself when they fight fiercely, Give it a stab in the face of Siberia?

Could it be that the thinking of these social workers is as incomprehensible as they are to themselves, and that they even take the initiative to provoke a war when the strategic situation is so bad? Chen Jingyun was a little incomprehensible.

He naturally didn't know that the reason why the strategic situation of Soviet Russia in this time and space would be so bad was because of the influence of China, China's army in Siberia and Central Asia was like a beheading knife, hanging over the heads of the Russians all the time, and the Russians invested a lot of strength in order to maintain balance in the Siberian region, but after the thirties, China's military assistance in Iran and Finland further exacerbated the disadvantage of the situation in Soviet Russia. If Finland and Iran both send troops to Soviet Russia, then Soviet Russia will have to jump on its feet.

To a certain extent, the reason why Soviet Russia still insists on attacking Finland in this time and space is to break this strategic disadvantage, the Siberian side cannot be changed, and the situation on the Iranian side is too complicated, but Finland is on the edge of Petrograd, and it is expected that Soviet Russia will not spend much effort to attack, and after taking Finland, it will be able to ensure the security of the northwestern border of Soviet Russia.

Therefore, at least one of the reasons why Soviet Russia ventured to attack Finland in this time and space was caused by China.

In the face of Soviet Russia's attack on Finland, Chen Jingyun naturally wanted to jump out and vigorously oppose it, which has nothing to do with whether the Finns can maintain their national reading ability, nor does it have anything to do with his sympathy for the Finns, in fact, these things that are very important to the Finns are not fart for Chen Jingyun, what he wants is to make Soviet Russia suffer a lot on the Finnish side.

Therefore, after the Finnish ambassador was worried for a long time, Chen Jingyun said that China would express the strongest protest against Soviet Russia's intention to invade Finland, and then said that China would further increase military assistance to Finland.

A large number of munitions began to be loaded from China's major ports, and then will go to Northern Europe, and then delivered to Finland, because Europe is a war zone, and the Baltic Sea also has the Soviet Russian naval fleet, so these ordnance weapons are also accompanied by a fleet to escort when they go to Finland, so as not to let those European belligerents be detained, you must know that after the outbreak of war in Europe, China's merchant ships transported to Germany have been detained the materials of several fleets, Although in order to avoid provoking China, Britain and France would buy these seized materials at high prices, but this still caused great damage to China's trade with Germany, and China had to trade with Germany through neutral countries, such as Switzerland, Sweden, and Italy, which had not yet entered the war at this time.

Trade with Germany is not only to make money, but more importantly, to continue to send industrial raw materials to Germany, continue Germany's vitality, so that Germany can hold on longer, and these materials to Germany are mainly various industrial raw materials, and the largest material is oil. As an oil-poor country, although Germany can obtain a large amount of oil from Romania, it is still far from enough for Germany's huge oil consumption, and China's oil production is seriously excessive, with an oil output of 40 million tons in 1939, second only to the United States, and the second largest oil producer in the world.

Although China's industrial output value is also high, the people's private oil consumption is not large, and the number of cars owned is still not as perverted as the United States, you must know that the annual oil output of the United States is as high as more than 200 million tons, and the combined oil output of other countries on the earth is not as much as that of the United States. And the huge oil production of the United States actually does not mean anything, if China has enough market and demand, oil production can also quickly climb to hundreds of millions of tons, several large domestic oil fields have been discovered and are waiting to be developed at any time, but the key is that there is not enough market, so much oil has been mined in a short period of time to sell to whom, the domestic private oil consumption is not too much, and the oil consumption of the Chinese [***] side is also a limit, According to the standards of World War II, in fact, even if China only has 10 million tons of oil production, it can basically support a world war. The most terrifying thing on the United States side is not oil production, but oil consumption, in this era the United States consumed almost half of the world's oil production, correspondingly the United States alone accounted for half of the world's industrial output, plus the United States has a large population, these industrial potential can be completely transformed into military power potential.

If China can have border contact with the United States, even Chen Jingyun will not worry too much, it is a big deal that tens of millions of troops will push it over, but the key is that the North America where the United States is located is on both sides of the ocean, so the strategic advantage almost puts the United States in an invincible position.

Even if they are at a disadvantage in a short period of time, even if the soldiers of the United States are all young master soldiers, as long as the enemy country cannot attack their native industrial base, it is basically impossible to defeat the United States, after all, one person drives two tanks, one person drives two planes, and it is still a hairy fight!

If we really want to defeat the United States, in fact, there is one way, that is, after the mass production of nuclear bombs, it should be noted that this does not mean that nuclear bombs can be developed, but that nuclear bombs can be mass-produced, that is to say, the nuclear bombs needed are not one or two, but hundreds of thousands of them, and these nuclear bombs can basically be won by blowing the United States into ruins after throwing them in turns. Of course, there is also a nuclear bomb miniaturization and intercontinental missiles. However, this is not necessary, even if the nuclear bomb cannot be miniaturized, it is impossible to make an intercontinental ballistic missile, but it can be used to install a nuclear bomb on an ultra-long-range bomber, with China's current aviation technology, it is not difficult to make a bomber with a range of tens of thousands of kilometers, but there is no need for this now.

In the development of nuclear strike forces, the most difficult thing is not the research and development of nuclear bombs, not ultra-long-range bombers, nor intercontinental missiles, but the mass production of nuclear bombs, the technology required for the mass production of nuclear bombs is needless to mention, and the more important thing is that almost a huge amount of resources are invested, not the top countries simply can't play, with the technology of World War II, whether it is China or the United States, there is no problem with getting one or two nuclear bombs, but to get hundreds of nuclear bombs, it was a little difficult in the forties, Historically, the United States completed the mass production of nuclear bombs in the late fifties under the threat of the Cold War, and it was only then that the nuclear deterrence of the United States and the Soviet Union became a reality.

Until then, nuclear bombs were just larger bombs, and they were the kind that didn't have a second one if they were thrown away.

Because China and Germany have a lot of trade, after the outbreak of the war, China transported a large amount of materials to Germany through neutral countries can not be hidden, but they have no way to do this, this time to Finland to transport military supplies, Britain and France are afraid that these materials are transported to Germany, but also sent warships to intercept, the result is naturally the strong opposition of the Chinese naval ships accompanying the escort, and even carried out live ammunition threat shooting, and the Finns accompanying the ship are also trying to explain, In the end, it was intercepted by the British and French navies.

At the same time, China lodged the most serious diplomatic protest against Soviet Russia, but Stalin was also a scoundrel this time, ignoring the threat to China, and directly sent troops to Finland. Of course, when the troops were sent to Finland, the millions of Russian troops in Siberia were also in a state of combat readiness, ready to respond to a possible attack by China.

At the same time, a military advisory group of more than 300 people also arrived in Finland on the third day after the outbreak of the war.

When it comes to combat experience with the Soviet Russians, the Chinese are the most experienced in the world, and this officer advisory group is almost all drawn from the troops of Siberia and Kazakhstan, and their previous work is to study how to fight the Russians all day.

In addition to the assistance from China, Sweden, and Germany, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Finns' own troops is also very strong, especially the strong combat effectiveness they showed in the snow battle, which made the Chinese officers and advisers feel incredible, and the report submitted by the country strongly praised the strong combat effectiveness of the Finns, if the country can continue to provide assistance and supplies to Finland, then it will be able to leave countless corpses in the ice and snow of Finland.

Half a month after the start of the war, Soviet Russia had to stop the pace of the offensive because of heavy losses, and had to continue to draw troops from the rear to prepare for the next wave of offensives, the winter war between the Soviet Union and Finland, let Stalin know for the first time that the Soviet army after the Great Purge was already weak to the point of vulnerability, and it was this war that allowed Stalin to start the army reform, which gave birth to the Soviet army in World War II, and it was also the inferior performance of the Soviet army in this war that gave Hitler the confidence to defeat Soviet Russia.