Six hundred and sixtieth eight chapters ripped off
The cold wind was blowing, and snowflakes were falling continuously. In the winter of 1941, Russia seemed particularly cold. Since the beginning of winter, the large-scale exchanges between the Soviet Union and Russia have begun to gradually decrease, and the cold winter has begun.
Russia is not a season suitable for war.
The harsh winter gave the arrogant Hitler a resounding slap in the face. The more than five million troops who entered the Soviet Union did not prepare winter clothing in time. When the first heavy snow fell, they froze to death or suffered from frostbite overnight.
The number of amputated soldiers actually reached more than 2,600, and this number is still increasing. Due to heavy snow blocking some areas, and the arrogant Hitler, he did not expect that the severe winter in Russia would come so suddenly.
And cruel, even the minimum winter clothing, food and fuel were not prepared, so they were caught off guard. Hungry and cold, the German soldiers had to search everywhere for all the clothing, food and fuel they could collect, because of the cruel reality
They have been told that in a flimsy tent, if there is not a campfire beside them at night, it is very likely that all the soldiers in the tent will turn into frozen corpses when they wake up in the morning.
But the German soldiers struggling on the Soviet front did not know that the head of state they admired was furious in the office of the Chancellery, and those who suffered his anger were Lieutenant General Rafis of the German Logistics Department and a group of generals of the German Empire.
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"You are all a bunch of complete bastards. In one day, nearly 3,000 soldiers died of frostbite. Where is the logistics you swore to guarantee before the war started?" Hitler's face was very pale at this time, and he was wearing a yellow shirt.
There was still a trace of milk left, and it was obvious that Hitler, who usually paid great attention to his image, was in a very bad mood at this time.
"Guderian's armored group had to stop because it had no fuel, and Paulus's assault group also lost its offensive capabilities because it did not have enough winter clothing. Didn't the staff think of preparing enough for the troops before this?
"Winter clothes?" Hitler's saliva almost sprayed into the faces of the generals.
Faced with Hitler's accusations, Lieutenant General Rafis's psychological grievances were not to mention. Before the war started, he specifically reminded Hitler to pay attention to the smooth flow of logistics and reserve enough winter clothes. However, at that time, he was carried away by arrogance and
Hitler did not accept the advice of this prudent logistics minister. Instead, he arrogantly said: "Three months is already too long. Winter clothing and other things are by no means necessary for brave German soldiers. When the Russian winter comes,
Our soldiers have already sat on the special train returning to Germany singing songs of victory."
But the reality was a big joke on Hitler. The German army followed in the footsteps of Napoleon. Facing the tightly guarded Soviet army, the German army outside Moscow found that they did not have enough clothing and food for the winter.
Telegrams sent by the German generals on the front line requesting for the allocation of supplies as soon as possible flew to Hitler's office like snowflakes. This was a huge blow to this ambitious apostle of God. He was so angry that he finally couldn't help summoning the generals.
Get up and reprimand him severely.
Field Marshal von Brauchitsch on the side couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but said something fair for Lieutenant General Rafis: "My head of state, I think the most important thing now is not to hold anyone accountable.
It's about how to mobilize enough supplies as quickly as possible to deliver them to the soldiers at the front." Von Brauchitsch is a typical military character. He is not interested in things other than military matters. He also seems to be taking things a bit easy on weekdays. He is not interested in Hitler.
He didn't dare to refute the order, but today when he saw Hitler being so angry at Lieutenant General Rafis even though it was his fault, he couldn't help but jump out.
"Oh, you mean what I said is wrong." Hitler's little eyes shot out a cold light, and his tone miraculously became calmer. But people who are familiar with him know that whenever their boss has this look,
It means that the boss is seriously dissatisfied with someone.
"No, the Führer is angry." Marshal von Brauchitsch's heart tightened. It would be too bad if he was taken down by his boss for this reason. Naturally, he also knew the reason why Hitler was in a bad mood, because it was just
Yesterday afternoon, the Americans declared war on the Japanese and brought the Germans along with them. This also made the Germans feel a little aggrieved. Damn it, we were not the ones who attacked your Pearl Harbor. What does it mean if you brought us along?
As for declaring war on us for the British?
The old marshal who started to feel uneasy quickly stood up and said nervously: "My head of state, I don't dare to question your words, but I think that instead of blaming General Memphis, wouldn't it be better to order him to atone for his crimes?" Marshal von Brauchitsch
Although he was frightened, he pretended to be brave and asked Lieutenant General Memphis for a favor in disguise.
"Oh, Marshal Memphis, do you have any good ideas?" Sure enough, Hitler heard this and immediately turned his attention to Memphis.
Memphis smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Dear Head of State, the railway leading to the eastern line is now covered with snow and is often attacked by Soviet guerrillas. Therefore, the efficiency of the railway has been slower than in previous months.
Quite a bit. As for roads, we currently lack heavy-duty trucks and the trucks are very slow due to slippery roads, so they cannot meet the needs of the front line. Moreover, we not only have to transport food, clothing and fuel to the front line, but also
Without transporting ammunition, our logistics line would no longer care about the heavy burden."
"You can't do this and you can't do that. Do you want the soldiers on the front line to wear autumn clothes and fight hungry?" Hitler finally couldn't help but stood up and banged the table with his right hand. "You always say this
Difficulties are difficult, but look at the Chinese people who have also encountered severe cold, but why are their troops okay? They are now comfortably warming themselves by fire and drinking vodka in Yekaterinburg and Siberia, and they still don't forget to laugh at us."
Now everyone finally understands the real reason why the boss is angry today. It turns out that he is despised by the Chinese people. Just a few months ago, Hitler said with great satisfaction that there was no need for the Chinese people to interfere in the affairs of Soviet Russia and Europe. Let them
He stopped advancing and even said that the German army could occupy the entire Moscow before the Chinese army occupied Yekaterinburg. But now Moscow is still in the hands of the Soviets, but he was awakened by the harsh Russian winter.
This made their always good-looking boss feel extremely embarrassed.
But it’s okay not to mention the Chinese. General Memphis was full of resentment when he mentioned the Chinese. “Dear Head of State, as far as I know, the Chinese have transported enough clothes and food to Siberia before winter comes. Besides,
There is basically no war in the area they control, so "Memphis didn't say any more, but the meaning was already obvious. The Chinese people are no longer fighting, so the consumption of weapons and ammunition will naturally be gone, and their logistics lines will
There is basically no fighting, and naturally there will be no guerrillas to cause trouble, so the efficiency is naturally on par with ours.
"Hey," Himmler on the side suddenly shouted: "By the way, my head of state, I have thought of a way to deliver enough supplies to the front line in a short period of time."
"What have you come up with?" Everyone looked at this most notorious executioner of the Third Reich with suspicion, who wore a pair of myopic glasses and usually only studied how to kill people. Could it be that today is April Fool's Day?
Even Himmler began to study logistics and transportation.
"Ahem." Himmler, who was a little embarrassed under everyone's gaze, coughed slightly and said: "That's it. It was the words of the head of state just now that inspired me. I suddenly thought of a possibility, can we
Ask the Chinese people to help us transport supplies. I heard that the Chinese people have a very large air transportation force. In the last month, they were able to transport more than 100,000 people to the front line through transport planes and airships in one day.
Five thousand tons of supplies are enough to meet the needs of our frontline troops."
"This" After hearing Himmler's words, everyone looked at each other and were speechless. Himmler's words are not unreasonable, on the contrary, the feasibility is quite high. But the problem is that the current Chinese politics
The Chinese government and the German government are not at ease with each other. Didn’t you know that some time ago our air force was in confrontation with their fighter planes? In order to retaliate against Germany, the Chinese government also donated three destroyers and fifty fighter planes to the United Kingdom.
Well, now you are eager to get others to help you transport supplies. You really think that you are a god who can order others around at will.
After hearing this, Hitler glared at Himmler fiercely, secretly blaming him for coming up with bad ideas. When Himmler saw Hitler's eyes, he quickly gave von Brauchitsch a look. The old marshal gritted his teeth and stood up from his seat.
He stood up and said: "My head of state, I think this plan is quite feasible. I know what you and the generals are worried about, but I don't think so. Churchill said it right."
There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, there are only eternal interests." I think as long as we give the Chinese government enough benefits, it is not impossible for them to help us transport supplies."
Von Brauchitsch's words made Hitler ponder. As a utilitarian, he naturally understood this truth. Himmler's words undoubtedly opened up another way of thinking for Hitler. However, what made Hitler feel embarrassed was that he did not know that Germany
What price must China pay to let go of its resentment and help the German soldiers on the front lines who are in trouble?
As if seeing the hesitation in Hitler's heart, Himmler gritted his teeth and added another fire: "Great Führer, you also said that the Chinese people are a nation that only values interests like the Jews. As long as we pay enough, they will
I think the Chinese people will definitely be tempted by the price of being tempted. But if we don't make a decision as soon as possible, a large number of our soldiers on the Eastern Front will die abnormally every day."
Himmler's words moved Hitler. He turned around and looked around. All he saw were faces expressing acquiescence. Even Air Marshal Göring, who had always hated the Chinese, lowered his head and remained silent. After a long time, Hitler finally
He spoke: "Okay, Ribbentrop, call their ambassador to China Wang Ting'en for me and say that I want to have dinner with him at six o'clock tonight."
"Yes, my Führer" Hitler said, and Ribbentrop at the side immediately agreed respectfully.
The fire was burning brightly in Su Tong's office at the Nanjing Presidential Palace, and the pale yellow walls were beautifully decorated. The bookshelf next to Su Tong's desk was filled with densely packed books, which reminded people of the profound knowledge of the owner of the office.
But only those who are really familiar with Su Tong understand what the book inside is about.
"Jianming, Wang Ting'en sent a telegram from Germany, saying that the German government wants to use our air power to airlift clothing, food, medicine and other supplies to their troops on the front line. He asked us what we should do." Today, Jiang Baili, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi
Several big bosses gathered in Su Tong's office for a small meeting.
"What do you think?" Su Tong just took a sip of tea and looked at Jiang Baili.
"I don't think we can agree to this matter." Jiang Baili said immediately: "In the past, our relationship with the Germans was close because of the need of national interests. Now that we have gradually alienated from them and have turned closer to the United States and Britain, we
You shouldn't be like a fence-sitter, swinging between the two sides. You must know that no one will like a person who is half-hearted. Otherwise, we may end up in an end that neither of us will please in the future."
"Gong De, what do you mean?" After hearing Jiang Baili's words, Su Tong looked at Li Zongren again.
Li Zongren smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I really don't know what to do about this matter. It's not too difficult for us to transport supplies from Yekaterinburg to several places such as Moscow and Umyanovgrad."
But as Duke Dan Ning said, it’s not worth it to be at odds with Britain, the United States and other countries for a small profit. To be honest, I’m very conflicted.”
Su Tong smiled slyly: "My opinion is contrary to yours. I think we can agree to the German government's request. As long as the Germans can agree to one of our conditions, what if we help the Germans become the captain of the transport brigade?"
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"Oh, you mean"
"As long as the Germans recognize the reading ability of the Caucasus region, we can agree to the Germans' conditions."
"Caucasus"
"Yes, it's the Caucasus. Don't forget that Azerbaijan's Kuba Oilfield is the most famous oil-producing area." Su Tong said firmly: "Now as our country's oil consumption increases, our oil production is also increasing.
We are getting more and more nervous. Although we have occupied Siberia, the natural environment in Siberia is too harsh and it is difficult to exploit the oil fields there. If we can take the Kuba Oilfield into our hands, our country's oil gap will be greatly reduced.
Mitigation, this is an important factor related to whether our country can win this war."
"But the Germans have long coveted the Kuba Oilfield. Can they agree?" Bai Chongxi said doubtfully, "The Germans have deployed six divisions of troops in the Caucasus. This shows that they still value the Kuba Oilfield.
, according to the report of the team we deployed to the Caucasus, their current activity space has been severely compressed by the Germans."
"As long as Hitler doesn't want his troops to be frozen to death by the cold Russian wind, he will definitely agree." Su Tong seemed very confident. After all, there were more than one Kuba oil fields in Soviet Russia. There was no need for the Germans to hang themselves in this tree.
On the tree, Su Tong also believed that Hitler would understand the importance of this.
Su Tong continued: "However, before that, we still have to inform the Americans and British that due to the sudden arrival of winter, several of our civil organizations could not bear the large number of German soldiers freezing to death and frostbite, so they organized themselves to provide relief services.
The German government sent a batch of cotton-padded clothes and food, and asked them to rest assured that we will not send military supplies to the German government."
"Is this possible?" Jiang Baili and others were dumbfounded for a moment. Su Tong's excuse was really bad. He just sent supplies to the Germans. He also said that he couldn't bear to see German soldiers freezing to death and frostbite, so he specially transported them.
Humanitarian supplies, they talk about themselves as if they are angels descending to earth, as if they are very caring.
Seeing the suspicious looks from the three people on the side, Su Tong smiled: "No one knows whether it will work or not. How about we try sending them a telegram first?"
Soon, Churchill received an official diplomatic letter from the Chinese ambassador to the UK. After reading this official letter, Churchill almost became angry. Your Chinese government is really hypocritical. This shows that you must have knocked it.
The Germans used a slap in the face to transport military supplies to the Germans, but they pretended to be Jesus descending from the earth and made themselves look so compassionate. What the hell do they want to be?
, a typical example of setting up a memorial arch. However, the Chinese government repeatedly assured at the end of the telegram that they were only transporting humanitarian supplies such as food and clothing, and would not include weapons and ammunition. This also made Churchill feel a little relieved.
"These Chinese people have everything they want now." Churchill sighed and put the telegram on the coffee table. He felt that his head began to hurt again.
The difference with Churchill was that when Roosevelt received this telegram, which was exactly the same as the one sent to Churchill except for the title, Roosevelt, who was busy dealing with the Japanese, took the time to summon the Chinese ambassador to the United States and carefully inquired about the contents of the telegram.
Whether it was true or not, Roosevelt's originally tense face softened after receiving the personal assurance from the Chinese ambassador to the United States.
"These Chinese people, you dare to take advantage of the Germans. I really don't know whether to say you are smart, stupid, or greedy." At this time, Roosevelt was also confused by Su Tong's bold move.