Su Tong from the Presidential Office of the Nanjing Presidential Palace also stared with a pair of rabbit eyes, anxiously waiting for the news.
"Jianming, Jianming, good news, good news, the Germans have attacked Soviet Russia." Bai Chongxi, who had been guarding the confidential department all night, jogged into Su Tong's office happily.
The people who stayed up all night on the night of June 21st were not only the Germans and Soviet Russians, but also our Soviet commander. Although he knew that it was inevitable for the Germans to attack Soviet Russia, before seeing the results,
He still couldn't relax. The cigarette butts all over the floor in the office showed Qi Sutong's anxious mood.
Since Moscow time is a full five hours later than China time, it was already 12 noon when the news of the massive German attack reached Su Tong. Su Tong finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news. He sat down on the chair and took a long breath.
He breathed a sigh of relief and began to feel relaxed. He reached for the tea cup on the table and was about to take a sip of water, but found that it was already empty.
Bai Chongxi sat down on Su Tong's desk in a disgraceful manner, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Su Tong, "Haha, Jianming, you didn't sleep last night, I haven't seen you so glum for a long time.
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Su Tong rolled his eyes at him: "Aren't you the same, squatting in the confidential room all night? Otherwise, why would you have sent me the telegram as soon as possible? We two brothers are equal, so no one should laugh at the other.
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"Haha, you are still so unforgiving." Bai Chongxi smiled, took out a lighter and lit it for Su Tong before saying, "But I also admire you for being able to estimate the time of the German attack so well.
That’s right, there really is you.”
"Can it be inaccurate? It's all written in black and white in history textbooks." Chief Su muttered secretly, "If I weren't afraid of deviations in history, I wouldn't be so anxious."
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, let's get serious." Bai Chongxi looked at Su Tong and said seriously: "Jianming, now that the Germans have taken action, when will we take action too? I have asked you the same question before, but
You always say it’s not yet time, now you can say it.”
Su Tong took a deep breath of cigarette and shook his head, "I didn't say it before because I haven't thought about it yet, but the only thing that is certain is that the sooner the Soviet-Russian matter is resolved, the better. But we still have to observe the attitude of the Western world.
, especially Americans, their attitude is crucial."
As Su Tong spoke, he was immersed in his thoughts. According to the information decrypted by later generations, the Soviet Union was not so much defeated by the Soviet Union during World War II as it was defeated by the United States and the United Kingdom combined with the Soviet Union. Germany launched a sudden attack on the Soviet Union.
After the attack, due to the lack of preparedness of the Soviet army, the western border was breached and a large number of Soviet weapons and equipment were destroyed. In the first few days of the war, almost all of the Soviet Union's western border and its nearby airports came under violent air strikes, and almost all the fighter planes were destroyed by the Germans.
The massive losses of Soviet aviation in the west directly affected the confrontation with the German army. The United States and Britain, which did not want to see the Germans dominate Europe, therefore decided to strengthen military assistance to the Soviet Union.
Throughout World War II, the United States and Britain, mainly the United States, supported the Soviet Union and Russia with a total of 18,303 fighter aircraft, 13,000 tanks, more than 400 ships, 1,196 radars and
329 sonar units. In addition, the Allies also provided many other combat materials to the Soviet Union, including more than 420,000 trucks and jeeps, more than 8,700 tractors, and 8,218 anti-aircraft guns.
, more than 5,800 anti-tank guns, more than 470 million bullets and artillery shells, more than 320,000 tons of explosives, 1,981 locomotives and more than 350,000 machine tools and countless materials.
It can be said that without the help of the United States and Britain, the Soviet Red Army would not have killed the Germans with artillery shells and tanks, and would not have fought with the Germans with bayonets. But now the United States and Britain will definitely not watch China helplessly.
How smoothly did Germany occupy China?
Thinking of this, Su Tong felt a little upset. He stood up and walked slowly in the office. Now it seems that even if the United States and Britain want to carry out large-scale rescue for Soviet Russia, they will have to wait until half a year. During this period, Soviet Russia is officially the most vulnerable.
During this period of chaos, if you want to occupy Siberia, you must do it before the United States can react in order to gain the greatest benefits.
Su Tong walked around a few times and turned to ask Bai Chongxi: "Brother Jiansheng, who do you think is more suitable to be the commander-in-chief of the Siberian front?"
"Commander-in-Chief of the Siberian Front" Bai Chongxi was slightly surprised, then thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "The position of Commander-in-Chief of the Siberian Front is not so easy to fill. According to our previous plan, the commander-in-chief is in charge of an army of five million people.
Ah, you need to be very careful when choosing this person. You are not sure about this question."
"Hahaha, what is the problem that has our little Zhuge stunned?" A burst of hearty laughter came, and it turned out that Jiang Baili came in.
"Mr. Tanning, Jianming just asked me about the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Siberian front line. I couldn't answer for the moment, so I lost my composure." Bai Chongxi shook his head and said.
After hearing this, Jiang Baili laughed and said: "What did I think it was? It turned out to be for this reason. In my opinion, no one except one person is suitable to serve as the commander-in-chief of this front line."
"Who is it?" Su Bai and the two asked at the same time.
"Of course it's Jianming," Jiang Baili pointed at Su Tong.
"Are you kidding me, I can't do it." Su Tong shook his head like a wave drum, "Dan Ning Gong, no, no, I can't. I haven't led troops for many years, and I don't have the ability."
His family knows his own affairs, and Su Tong is self-aware of his own abilities. He originally led hundreds of thousands of troops in Siberia, but he had just started his career at that time. It is not an exaggeration to say that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and it is not difficult to fight in a war.
With the supply of the moon base, he went on a rampage. What he did was to beat the old master to death with random punches. Now he has to lead 80% of the country's troops and the whole country of Soviet Russia to strangle them. If he is not careful, he will be completely killed.
In the end, if the army is annihilated, if millions of army elites have their wings broken in the hands of Lao Maozi because of him, then he will not be able to make amends even if he dies a hundred times.
"Jianming, I didn't ask you to go to the battlefield and take command personally. I didn't know what you were doing." Jiang Baili laughed.
"Hey, hey, after all, I have led soldiers and fought against Lao Maozi, okay? What's wrong with me, I'm not bad either." Although he knew what he was capable of, Su Tong felt uncomfortable when Jiang Baili said this.
"Okay, I didn't say you can't do it. What I mean is that this position of commander-in-chief can only be done by you, and only you are the most suitable." Jiang Baili said seriously: "Our plan can mobilize 100% of the country's commander-in-chief."
Eighty-four million people in the army and 50% of the air force. It can be said that no one except you, the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces of the country as stipulated in the constitution, dares to sit in this position."
At this point, Bai Chongxi and Su Tong also understood that the root cause was here. This seat is a hot potato, and not everyone has the courage to do it. Even if you sit on it, you have to worry about other people's eyes.
"But it's not okay if no one takes the post of commander-in-chief. After all, it's not okay for a snake to have no head." Su Tong became worried after hearing this.
"I said Jianming, don't you want to learn from Hitler? Their five million army doesn't have any commander in chief." Jiang Baili said, somewhat hating that iron cannot become steel.
"Yes." Su Tong slapped his thigh suddenly, "We can also divide the troops into three army groups, each led by three generals. They will be directly responsible to me and the General Staff. Wouldn't that be great? Anyway, the communication is now
It’s so convenient, I can control it remotely even in Nanjing.”
While the three of them were having a lively discussion, Li Zongren also walked in with a document.
"Hey, Jianming, Jiansheng, and Mr. Danning, you are all here. This is just right, and it saves me having to look for you one by one."
"Gong De, what is going on?"
Li Zongren handed the document in his hand to Su Tong, "Now that the Germans have begun to attack Soviet Russia, our plan is about to begin. You must know that when the cannon goes off, there is ten thousand taels of gold. The daily consumption of our five million troops is just
But it’s an astronomical figure. If we don’t transform the country’s economy into a wartime economy, we won’t be able to survive. So I’ll trouble you, the great president, to sign this document.”
Su Tong took the document, flipped through a few pages, thought for a moment, took out a pen from his body, changed one part of the document, and handed it to Li Zongren.
Li Zongren took a look and saw that Su Tong changed the military expenditure estimated to account for 30% of national income to 15%. Li Zongren asked with some confusion: "Jianming, is this 15% too much?"
If it's less, even 30% of the expenditure to maintain an army of five million will be very difficult. If you change it to 15%, it will definitely not be enough."
Su Tong smiled: "Don't worry, I can ask several companies affiliated to the Northwest Group to advance half of the largest military expenses such as ammunition and weapons. This can reduce a lot of military expenses. There will be many places to use the money in the future. We can
You can't spend all your money at once. If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries."
Li Zongren hesitated for a moment: "This war is a national matter, how can I let you pay for it personally? This is not a small sum of money."
Su Tong knew that Li Zongren was worried that his Northwest Group would be burdened by this heavy burden, but he didn't know that he had the golden finger of the moon base. Not to mention just paying part of it in advance, it would be no problem even if it was fully covered.
After smiling, he said: "It doesn't matter, just leave it like this. I will change it back when I can't stand it any longer."