Chapter 536 Tell the head of state that I have tried my best
Of course, it is only in the future tense that the Allied forces will surpass the Soviet army on the border.
As for now, the second batch of German troops planned to increase troops, totaling 450,000, has not yet set off. Negotiations on a military alliance with the Finnish government are still in progress. As for Italy's 200,000 Allied troops, they are estimated to still be in the country.
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Therefore, the current strength of the German army on the Eastern Front is actually 100% at a disadvantage.
In addition, the intelligence produced by Reinhardt, who used his prophetic advantage, showed that the Soviet army had approximately 10 million regular troops in reserve. Once the two sides went to war, the German army, which was unable to concentrate its full strength due to Operation Sea Lion, had no chance of winning.
Because of this, the always arrogant Reinhard chose to be patient, pretending to turn a blind eye to Stalin's malicious behavior again and again, and even made that decision...
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"Call 554, this is 553. I have been ordered to take over your aircraft to perform the cruise mission. Please return!"
"554 received, I can no longer return, you continue to move forward, repeat, you continue to move forward!"
Over the Baltic Sea, a radio conversation echoed through the sky.
It happened after Stalin saw through Reinhardt's strategy of using Japan to contain the Soviet Union.
At Reinhard's request, the German army on the Eastern Front had always been in a state of tolerance. After all, Reinhard did not want to cause unnecessary military conflicts between the German army and the Soviet Union on the eve of the attack on Britain.
However, Stalin regarded Reinhardt's tolerance as weakness, and repeatedly touched the German army's bottom line. The Soviet-German front line was once full of gunpowder, and it seemed that as long as there was a spark, a fire would burst into the sky.
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There was a reason for Stalin's arrogance.
After seeing through Reinhardt's methods, Stalin quickly sent Molotov to personally preside over negotiations with Japan and signed a "Soviet-Japanese Prime Minister Treaty".
This treaty clearly mentions that "if one of the contracting parties becomes the object of war with one or more third parties, the other party shall remain neutral throughout the conflict."
In other words, this is almost a clear statement from the Soviet Union: "Once we start a war with Germany, little Japan, don't engage in any sneak attack operations."
An even more frightening coincidence is that due to the successive defeats of the Japanese Army representing the northern movement, the navy of the southern movement, which has always been opposed to the army, has finally gained a lot of power recently and has begun to prepare to take the opportunity to move south to seize the sphere of influence of Western countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Adhering to the glorious tradition of opposing the Japanese Army's ideas, the Japanese Navy overturned the Army's plan to march northward to the Soviet Union for the second time, and at the same time came up with a completely opposite plan to advance southward, and actually obtained the Japanese base camp.
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Therefore, the Japanese base finally began to seek to adjust relations with the Soviet Union in order to consolidate northern security.
Japan even took the lead in proposing the "Japan-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty Plan" and appointed Lieutenant General Takekawa Mitsuji as the new ambassador to the Soviet Union, and went to visit Molotov.
As a result, Jianchuan and Molotov hit it off almost immediately, and finally concluded a "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty" that Stalin requested to change its name.
The reason for changing the name is of course because the name "non-aggression" is unlucky.
The Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression pact, but the Soviet Union still wants to take action against Germany. Do you think the dwarfs would feel at ease if the Soviet Union signed another treaty with the same name as Japan?
With this treaty as a basis and having stabilized his rear, Stalin finally felt confident enough to start what he had wanted to do for a long time.
Therefore, at 10:39 a.m. on January 12, 1941, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft, under the order of the Soviet border defense forces, penetrated deep into German airspace in the Baltic Sea, preparing to circle to the German defensive positions on the eastern front and collect information on the deployment of German defensive positions.
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The German warning radar built in the northern part of the occupied Polish area successfully discovered the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft, so the German air defense department immediately sent a me-109 fighter jet to intercept it.
When this Soviet reconnaissance plane encountered the German fighter jet that came to intercept in the Baltic Sea airspace, the German fighter jet's front fuselage and vertical tail were painted with a large red "554", which was particularly eye-catching!
It came up from the left rear of the Soviet reconnaissance plane from the direction of the open sea, and it was fierce as soon as it came up.
This was the first time for the Soviets to observe the German Me-109 fighter jet at such a close distance. During the approach, the German aircraft began to slow down and monitored the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft at close range, with an overwhelming momentum.
Viewed from the aircraft window, it looks like a golden eagle with spread wings, fierce and angry. The Niu-7 Soviet reconnaissance aircraft with a short and stubby body looks like an ugly, clumsy duck.
Next, the Me-109 fighter jets got closer and closer, squeezing the Soviet reconnaissance plane. At the latest, the distance between the two planes was only 2 meters, and their wingtips were almost touching, so that when looking out of the window, only its
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The Soviet pilots could see that the machine guns mounted on the German aircraft were close at hand, and the sharp leading edges of the wings glowed coldly in the sun.
Within sight, the German pilots were also looking at them with a stern expression, which made the crew of the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft feel extremely depressed.
What happened next proved that the Soviets' worries were justified.
At that time, after the flight altitude of the two planes reached 1,500 meters, the German fighter plane quickly flew away from the Soviet reconnaissance plane. The German me-109 fighter plane, equipped with a high-thrust engine, deliberately used the strong airflow generated during a close pass to make the Soviet Union
The reconnaissance plane almost lost control.
On the other hand, the German Me-109 fighter jet had requested to fire on the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft more than once, but the German top brass seemed to be worried about causing a conflict and did not want to do so. This resulted in his every request being met with ambiguity by his superiors.
The application will be rejected for unclear reasons.
As a last resort, the German fighter jet could only perform a drive away mission from the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft and circle around the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft.
A few minutes later, the German fighter planes saw that the Soviet reconnaissance plane had no intention of leaving and circled back, so they had to press against the Soviet reconnaissance plane at very close range again.
Seeing this, the captain of the Soviet reconnaissance plane immediately ordered the plane to slow down and pretended to show the German pilot that his plane was leaving.
After that, the Soviet fighter jets disappeared again.
But this cunning Soviet reconnaissance plane did not really go away. It circled again and then turned back.
At 10:56, when it was 48 nautical miles away from the German coastline, the ME-109 appeared for the third time.
This time, it flew directly under the right wing of the Soviet reconnaissance plane!
Before taking action, the German pilots contacted the command center again by radio and requested to attack the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft. However, the command center told the German pilots that their superiors had strict orders not to fire on the Soviet aircraft. In addition, they could use any other method to drive away the Soviet aircraft.
This is what the German pilots were waiting for!
"Tell the Führer that I tried my best. Tell my father that I still love him."
After leaving these words, the pilot stuck the plane up, adjusted his position under the unlucky Soviet reconnaissance plane, and then accelerated suddenly...
In an instant, the German Me-109 fighter jet was like a steel-armored monster, roaring and leaping straight ahead, devastating and unstoppable.
The German pilot's driving skills were very superb. He cleverly used his canopy to avoid the opponent's high-speed rotating and whirring propellers. His left vertical tail was like an upright paper knife, and he accurately and neatly hit the Soviet reconnaissance plane.
It was scratched under the engine on the right outer side.
With the scream of metal scraping against metal and the crackling sound of the high-speed rotating propeller being interrupted, the engine nacelle of the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft was suddenly cut open, and one of the propeller blades was broken by 310 centimeters.
The broken propeller penetrated the fuselage of the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft like a flying knife. Its right engine quickly stopped, and a plume of smoke drifted toward the tail of the aircraft along with flying metal fragments.
In an instant, the German fighter jet made a sharp right roll and disappeared again.
The moment it left, the crew of the Soviet reconnaissance aircraft saw the cold light of the machine gun mounted on the German Me-109 fighter jet, which was chilling.
Will it turn over and deliver a fatal blow?
No one in the Soviet crew felt confident. Fear enveloped everyone.
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The fighter pilot numbered 553, who was ordered to cover the return of fighter numbered 554, called: "Call 554, this is 553, I have been ordered to take over your aircraft to perform the cruise mission, please return!"
"554 received, I can no longer return, you continue to move forward, repeat, you continue to move forward!"
Subsequently, the German aircraft crashed gloriously in the Baltic Sea, and the pilot died due to a parachute failure.
Of course, the Soviet reconnaissance plane was not much better. Due to an engine crash, it began to plummet, falling more than 2,000 meters in 30 seconds, and finally sank into the Baltic Sea, with all people on board missing.
When Soviet military planes illegally invaded Germany's airspace over the Baltic Sea, under the critical situation of "if you don't fire, the air sovereignty of the Baltic Sea gateway will be lost, but if you fire, the Soviet Union and Germany will have to fight, and Germany will be passive in the war." This young man
The German pilots chose to trade their lives to end this invasion.
Afterwards, both the Soviet Union and Germany announced that it was an accident.
Because there was no exchange of fire, this heroic action successfully turned the conflict between the two into an accidental air crash...
