On June 27, 1941, in a large and spacious conference room at the Presidential Palace in Nanjing, a row of long tables formed a zigzag shape. The tables were covered with dark green tablecloths, and the floor was also cushioned with green mats.
There is a carpet. There are a row of stools in the surrounding corners, and there are many teas and cakes on the surrounding coffee tables.
At this time, the conference room was already crowded with people.
"Hahaha, Commander Wang Dayong, I haven't seen you for a long time. Where have you been hiding all these years? Why don't you even give me a call?" A middle-aged major general with a thick appearance slapped the commander of the 5th Infantry Division with one palm.
On Wang Dayong's shoulders.
Wang Dayong smiled and said, "Well, Shi Haoxing, you must have been confused by going to the old forest in Sichuan. I have always stayed in Nanjing. All the old brothers back then came and went frequently. You are the only one who kept silent.
Yes, what are you doing?"
"Oh, it's a long story. Brother, I have suffered enough over the years." The two of them began to talk affectionately.
"Boyu, you are also here to attend the meeting. Haha, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Sun Liren, who was dressed in military uniform, greeted Hu Lian who was sitting on a chair drinking tea with some surprise.
"Brother Fumin, it's you." Hu Lian put down his tea cup, stretched out his hand and held it tightly with Sun Liren.
"You are so lucky. In just a few years, you have been promoted to a second-level general. It seems that the president always looks at you differently."
"Haha, boss, don't laugh at me, you're not the same as me, you have three stars on your shoulders."
There are many scenes like this in this spacious conference room. This is the first time that hundreds of generals have gathered together in the presidential palace. The generals here range from major generals to lieutenant generals to generals.
Many generals who had not seen each other for many years chatted in the conference room, as if it had turned into a tea party.
The voice of the officer on duty suddenly rang out, "Everyone stands at attention. The President has arrived."
"Wow"
The generals who were chatting enthusiastically at first seemed to have spring wires attached to their butts. They all jumped up and stood tall with their heads held high and their waists straight.
At this moment, Su Tong, accompanied by Jiang Baili, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, guard captain Tieniu and others, walked in wearing a straight military uniform without military rank, looking solemn.
Su Tong walked straight to the head of the table and glanced at everyone with his piercing eyes. The generals caught by his gaze could not help but straighten their chests.
Su Tong patrolled for several minutes before looking away, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Long time no see, is everyone okay?"
"good"
"Hello President"
Listening to the unanimous voice of everyone, Su Tong's originally solemn face showed a smile. He took out a small book from his open bag and opened it and said: "Now that everyone is here, I will start to call the roll, Liu Yecheng."
"arrive"
"Sun Liren"
"arrive"
""
All the generals whose names were called by Su Tong responded loudly.
"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, we will officially have a meeting." Su Tong put away his notebook and nodded.
"I think everyone should know what the purpose of today's meeting is. Just a few days ago, Germany went to war with Lao Maozi. I think everyone knows what this news means to us. We have been working hard to reorganize the army for a long time.
What is the purpose of restoring the economy? Tell me what it is for.”
"Drive out the Tartars and restore our mighty China," all the generals roared in unison.
"Yes, drive away the Tartars." Su Tong sighed softly, "We in China have suffered countless humiliations and sufferings since the Western powers used strong ships and cannons to knock on the door of the country more than sixty years ago.
How many people have been killed and humiliated by the great powers, and countless conscientious Chinese people are grieving for this. There are also countless people with lofty ideals who have shed their lives and blood for this. Now that the country is finally unified, we must also make our voice heard in the world and fight for the rights that belong to us.
It is the dream of every Chinese to have our own space and stand at the top of the world again, but all this will not fall from the sky in vain. We have to fight for these things ourselves. Now the opportunity has come, and the Soviet Russians have
We were beaten so hard by the Germans that we couldn’t just watch the excitement. Many things had to be fought for by ourselves, so we also had to fight for the living space that belongs to our nation in our own way. Colleagues, please tell me
Me, how are we going to fight for it?”
All the generals in the conference room stood up, with warm eyes in their eyes and shouted loudly: "War, war!"
"To war."
Su Tong waved his hand vigorously, "If we want to seize our own sky and land, we must launch a war. We must let our army march into Siberia and into Europe. Only through war can we let the world know our power."
Strength and majesty. Colleagues, are you ready?"
"Always be prepared," everyone replied word for word.
"Well, now I would like to ask General Bai to explain to you the plan formulated by the General Staff."
Bai Chongxi stood up and nodded to everyone, "Colleagues, generals, before the Germans attacked Soviet Russia, our General Staff formulated this plan code-named "Thunder". In this plan we used the general
The number of troops reached five million."
"five million"
Hearing this, the participants couldn't help but exclaimed. Bai Chongxi ignored them and continued, "These five million troops include a total of one million servant troops from North Korea and Vietnam and our own four million army.
These include 20 armored divisions, 20 artillery divisions, 180 infantry divisions, more than 50,000 artillery pieces, more than 5,000 tanks and 5,000 aircraft."
As Bai Chongxi explained, everyone listened attentively below, and a huge battle was gradually revealed in front of everyone.
It took Bai Chongxi two hours to finish explaining this huge combat plan. "In order to achieve this strategic goal, with the approval of the Ministry of National Defense and the President, we have divided the participating troops into three combat groups. Now I invite President Su to read out these three
Candidate for the commander of an army group"
Su Tong slowly stood up, looked directly at everyone for a while, and then slowly announced: "I will announce now."
"Wow!" Everyone stood up and stood solemnly.
"Appointed General Liu Yecheng to be the commander-in-chief of the First Army Group, Lu Gang to be the chief of staff of the Army Group, General Sun Liren to be the commander-in-chief of the Second Army Group, General Luo Zhuoying to be the chief of staff of the Army Group, and General Hu Lian to be the third general.
The commander-in-chief of the army group, Guan Linzheng is the chief of staff of the army group."
As Su Tong's appointment was read out, everyone felt something strange. It was not surprising that Sun Li and Hu Lian were appointed as the commanders of the army group. These two people were old men who followed Su Tong. Regardless of
His ability and loyalty to Su Tong are obvious to all. But it was a surprise to everyone that Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang were able to take on the important task. These two generals from the Socialist Party had been serving since the national reorganization.
They were valued by Su Tong, and their military positions were promoted from division commander and army group commander to the current army group commander. I really don’t know what the president valued about them.
But Su Tong had his own plans. Liu Yecheng, who graduated from the Soviet Union's Frunze Military Academy, was very familiar with the Soviet army's large-depth operations and the Soviet army's combat characteristics and all aspects, and Lu Gang was also a very outstanding staff officer and organizer.
Talented people, their pairing was very famous in another time and space. Moreover, by reusing these two people, I can also send a message to the outside world that I am a president who is also thoughtful, whether he is from the Socialist Party or the Congress Party.
, as long as they are talented, I will reuse them, which is very beneficial to improving my reputation.
On June 28, 1941, the Chinese Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement to the outside world: Because the Soviet Russian army continued to provoke the Chinese army in Siberia, it shot, killed and wounded the Chinese National Defense Forces and Siberian soldiers.
Innocent soldiers and civilians, from now on, the China-Soviet non-aggression treaty signed two years ago by China and Soviet Russia will be automatically abrogated. The Chinese army will use all means, including force, to defend the integrity of territory and sovereignty, and warn Soviet Russia.
Political axes should not play with fire[]. Anyone who is an enemy of the Chinese people will not end well.
Roosevelt was sitting in a wheelchair at the White House in Washington, USA. Standing beside him were his senior staff Hawkins, Army Chief of Staff four-star General George Catrick Marshall and a dozen political officials including Vice President Truman.
At this time, the voice of Chinese Foreign Minister Zhou Tiecheng read out the statement from the radio in the room. The translator kept translating the Chinese on the radio into English. After the broadcast, Roosevelt said solemnly: "Chinese people
Stalin is in danger if he joins the war."
Everyone was silent. They naturally knew that the current Soviet Russia was caught off guard by Germany, and the Soviet army was also struggling to resist. If China were to attack from the east again at this time, even though Soviet Russia had a vast strategic depth, it might not be able to survive.
Half a year is still an unknown.
"President, are we still going to provide military assistance to Soviet Russia as planned?" Vice President Truman asked softly for a long time.
Roosevelt was silent for a while and sighed softly: "There is an old Chinese saying that all personnel and matters are left to fate. Our military assistance is still carried out as planned. Whether it can sustain it depends on the ability and luck of the Soviet Union's political ax."