Today, two guests came to the Ministry of Defense building in Pori, the capital of Finland. They were two young men and women with Asian faces. Under the leadership of the guards, they entered the Finnish Defense Forces, the actual controller of the Finnish army.
Office of Committee Chairman General Mannerheim.
When the guest entered Mannerheim's office, the general, who had a beard almost identical to Stalin's, smiled and shook hands with the guest, then said in Finnish with a smile: "Welcome, beautiful Miss Cheng,
Are you going to bring me another surprise today?"
At this time, the young Chinese woman also introduced in proficient Finnish: "Hello, Chairman Mannerheim, this is Captain Fan Bingbing sent by the Chinese government. He will be responsible for our two countries."
liaison matters. And my current job is your translator."
"Oh, welcome, young Mr. Captain." Mannerheim's smile was so cheerful that people couldn't help but feel good about him.
Fan Bingbing smiled and said in Chinese: "Hello, Chairman Mannerheim, I have seen your country's hospitality. I think our future cooperation will be very pleasant."
When Miss Cheng translated Fan Bingbing's words, Mannerheim smiled and said to Miss Cheng: "Beautiful Miss Cheng, it seems that you are not only an excellent reporter, but you are also a qualified translator. Your
Speaks Finnish very well”
"Thank you for your compliment." Miss Cheng smiled and nodded gently, and the intellectual beauty unique to Chinese women was revealed involuntarily.
At this time, Cheng Kai on the side spoke, "Chairman Mannerheim, I think we should get into the topic now. This time I was invited by your country's government and appointed by our country's government to provide you with some of our country's information."
Supplier of weapons to help your country resist the invasion of Soviet invaders."
"Thank you very much for your government's helping hand. During this period, only your government has expressed goodwill to us. It is not as afraid of the threat of Soviet Russia as other countries. I just don't know what kind of help your country can provide to our country.
Woolen cloth"
Mannerheim's straightforward words and military temperament won Cheng Kai's favor. He smiled slightly and took out a list from the briefcase beside him, on which the names and capabilities of many weapons were densely written in Chinese characters and Finnish script.
and price.
After taking the list, Mannerheim carefully examined the prices and capabilities of these weapons, and kept mumbling something.
After a long time, Mannerheim took a long breath after putting down the list, and said with a half-smile: "Mr. Captain, first of all, I have to admit that according to what is written on the list, your country's weapons are very good, but the price is also high. It's very expensive. Look, the Somi submachine gun written on the list is a submachine gun designed in my country. Although its cost is relatively expensive, the cost in our country is only three hundred US dollars, but your country charges five hundred dollars. One hundred dollars, don’t you think this is excessive?”
Cheng Kai spread his hands and said helplessly: "Oh, Chairman Mannerheim, this includes its labor costs and transportation costs. You can't let us sell it to you at the ex-factory price. You have to give it to those ordnance workers."
The boss of the company should give some profits."
Mannerheim stared at Cheng Kai for a long time before nodding, "Okay, what you said makes sense, but why are there not the heavy weapons we most urgently need in these lists? For example, 155, 20
What about the third-class large-caliber howitzer and your country’s world-famous Siberian Tiger tank?”
Cheng Kai smiled bitterly and said: "Chairman Mannerheim, you must understand our difficulties. We all have these heavy weapons you mentioned, but due to limited transportation capacity, we cannot transport them all the way. You must know that we rely entirely on
We are using a transport aircraft converted from a large bomber to transport weapons to you. The aircraft's transport capacity is limited and we do not have the ability to transport such large heavy equipment."
Mannerheim sighed regretfully. Now the Soviet Union has assembled more than 200,000 troops outside the Mannoheim defense line, and follow-up troops are still coming in a steady stream. At this time, Finland has a population of only three hundred.
Of the 700,000, the total number of the Defense Forces is only 127,000. The equipment of the Finnish Army is only at the level of World War I. There is also a severe shortage of weapons. Many soldiers do not even have military uniforms, and most of the rifles are old rifles from the World War I.
At this time, there were very few countries in the world willing to support Finland. Most countries were afraid of offending the Soviet Union and refused to sell weapons to Finland. The 50,000 reinforcements that Britain and France originally promised to send have so far failed.
Only 6,000 people came. As a neighboring country, Sweden was restricted by the Neutrality Act, so more than 2,000 people could only sneak over the border in the name of volunteers. It is conceivable that Finland wants to defeat hundreds of thousands of supplies with such a small force.
How difficult it was for the Soviet Russian army to have enough and well-equipped troops.
At this moment, a little-known female reporter from China who was covering in Finland brought the goodwill of the Chinese government. They were willing to sell weapons to the Finnish government. This was no different for Finland, which was in dire need of weapons.
Sending charcoal in the snow.
Of course, Mannerheim also understands that if people are willing to sell weapons to him, they must make a lot of money, otherwise they will not be able to bear the risk of offending Soviet Russia and transport the weapons all the way here.
.
However, to Mannerheim's surprise, the price quoted by Huaxia Zhengaxe was much lower than Mannerheim's psychological expectation. Mannerheim calculated silently, and after throwing away the freight, Huaxia Zhengaxe
The profit obtained is not high, but of course, necessary bargaining is still necessary.
Thinking of this, Mannerheim asked again: "We need a lot of weapons and ammunition. Can your country guarantee that they will be delivered on time?"
Cheng Kai smiled slightly: "Don't worry about this, we can deliver your goods to your designated location at any time as long as you need it."
At the end of the conversation, Mannerheim, on behalf of the Finnish government, ordered 1,000 Somi submachine guns, 5,000 Garand rifles, 500 MG34 general-purpose machine guns that had been eliminated by the Chinese army, and 200 57mm rearless rifles.
Seat-powered anti-tank gun.
After negotiating the deal, Cheng Kai assured Mannerheim that the arms would be shipped to Finland within a week, while Mannerheim assured that as soon as the weapons arrived, the Finnish government would transfer the money to Finland.
Hua Xia Zheng Ax's account. In this way, a deal that both parties were happy with was concluded.
While Cheng Kai was discussing the deal with Mannerheim, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Soviet Russia, a group of Soviet army staff officers were also making final preparations.
Zhukov, who had already served as deputy chief of staff, said to Stalin who came to inquire about the simulation: "Comrade Stalin, according to our simulation, the situation is not optimistic. Although Finland has a small population, it only has an army of more than 100,000 people, and its land area is
They are small and lack depth, but their territory is densely covered with virgin forests and the roads are very poor, which is not conducive to the advancement of mechanized troops. We have superior forces but it is difficult to deploy large forces, so "
"So you're scared, right?" Stalin interrupted Zhukov mercilessly, staring at his general with sharp eyes, "Zhukov, you have to remember that you are facing an army organized by farmers.
They have no heavy artillery, no new aircraft, and they even use rifles from the last war. Are you so cautious when dealing with such a few troops that don't even have machine guns? I'm very disappointed, Zhukov, do you have any courage left?
Are you in Siberia?"
Stalin's words were very serious and did not give any face to this hero who had worked hard to resist the Chinese army in Siberia for more than two years.
Zhukov also said unceremoniously: "But Comrade Stalin, this is a fact. There is no exaggeration in my words. I am just reminding you that the Finns are not soft persimmons that we can manipulate at will. If we
If we're not careful, they might pierce our palms."
"That's enough," Stalin shouted angrily: "Comrade Zhukov, starting from today, you will no longer be responsible for the combat plan against Finland. You immediately hand over this combat plan to Comrade Vasilevsky."
After signing a ceasefire agreement with Su Tong, Soviet Russia's five-year plan developed relatively smoothly. Some time ago, Germany followed Germany to carve up Poland. Stalin's self-confidence began to rise again. He was convinced that the last setback of the Soviet army was just
For the time being, as long as the great Soviet Red Army regains its former combat effectiveness, it will not lose like last time when it faces the Chinese army again. And this time the battle against Finland should be regarded as a military training exercise. Who will let it?
Finland is so close to Leningrad. If I don't hit you, who will I hit?
But at this moment, Zhukov poured cold water on Stalin, saying that although Finland is small, it is not easy to eat, and he should be cautious. How could Stalin, who was already full of confidence, accept this? He was furious.
Stalin immediately stripped Zhukov of his command.
Zhukov sighed, handed the combat plan in the hands of a young major general, and slowly walked out of the combat command room.
Without even looking at the lonely figure behind him, Stalin stared at the major general in front of him and said: "Comrade Vasilevsky, what do you think of the upcoming Finnish campaign?"
The young Major General Vasilevsky quickly stood at attention and said: "Comrade Stalin, I don't think there is any problem. We have prepared 23 divisions with a total of 450,000 troops. We have no reason not to win this war.
The final victory, yes, without any reason”
"Yeah, that's good." Listening to the sworn assurance of the major general in front of him, Stalin's eyes narrowed unconsciously. He suddenly found that he admired this major general very much, didn't he? The great Soviet army lacked this