The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

No Soviet soldiers noticed anything wrong on the road, because they never dreamed that volunteers would be armed as Soviet soldiers and infiltrate, and they were so crazy about becoming Crazy Ivan.

Soon, Reichstag arrived in front of the artillery depot, and the busy Soviet soldiers nearby noticed him.

"Hey, Davari, which company are you from?"

"Oh, I'm from the 100th Brigade of the Volunteer Army."

"Volunteer Army? Volunteer Army!"

The Soviet soldiers who reacted roared and rushed towards the Imperial Convention, but it was too late. The Imperial Convention directly exchanged 50 kilograms of remote-controlled explosives and pressed the detonation button without hesitation.

The next second, flames rose from the Soviet artillery positions. This was equivalent to a chain reaction caused by the explosion of a Japanese aircraft carrier. Shrapnel and shock waves swept across everything around. Even a behemoth like a railway gun was torn to pieces, and the gun barrel flew more than 500 meters. The power of the explosion eventually condensed into a landmark mushroom cloud.

The Soviet railway guns, minus one, had over three thousand casualties.

Chapter 110: If you don’t fight, we will attack

(Third update, an elder in my family passed away, alas~)

The Battle of Irkutsk began, but Zhukov always had a question: who was attacking?

Logically speaking, the current situation should be that the Soviet army is attacking and the Volunteer Army is defending, but the battle situation fought by the Volunteer Army made Zhukov seriously doubt that he was the defending side, and the Volunteer Army was emerging from various places and launching terrifying attacks.

For example, the Soviet railway guns have not fired a single shot so far, but more than half of them have been lost, and the remaining ones are being transferred. There is no chance to deploy and open fire at all. Considering the huge gap between the two sides in the struggle for air supremacy, the Soviet army may face its end if it opens fire.

"Heavy equipment above the tank level is not suitable for fighting against the Volunteer Army."

Zhukov wrote this in his report. He no longer expected victory. Although reinforcements and equipment were still arriving from the rear, Zhukov was still not optimistic.

The war had only been going on for three days, but their casualties had already exceeded 100,000, and they were expected to achieve greater success in the next three days.

During this period, Zhukov experienced "being suppressed in the air battle all the time, and the rear was infiltrated every day. The enemy could penetrate everywhere, and guerrilla harassment was carried out all day long." -p

Under the operation of the players, Zhukov felt the illusion of being trapped in the vast ocean of people's war in Siberia.

How come so many people suddenly appeared in Siberia, a sparsely populated country? Is this... right?

"Comrade Zhukov, our attack has failed."

"Okay, got it. Let our boys go to the rear and have a good rest."

"Yes."

Not long ago, Zhukov launched a tentative offensive, the result was quite tragic. The heavy artillery of the Volunteer Army seemed to evaporate the entire battlefield. In this round of tentative attack alone, the Soviet army was bombarded by at least 100,000 artillery shells.

Were all the ammunition for the Volunteer Army delivered by the Northwest Wind?

Now, both Zhukov and the Soviet soldiers assumed that the Volunteer Army had endless ammunition, while they themselves were suffering casualties every minute and every second. They would never make a judgment like "the Volunteer Army was short of supplies" because that was just a conspiracy to let you go and then attack you. In order to ensure that the enemy came close enough, the Volunteer Army would even let the enemy be within 20 meters of themselves before opening fire.

Zhukov believed that the Soviet army could not achieve such a level of organization and discipline.

Even if they could do it, their ability to withstand pressure would not be as good as that of the Volunteer Army, because they were obviously elite soldiers who had fought many battles, but the Soviet Army was like the army that received new equipment every year, with only new recruits.

It is really puzzling. The war has been going on for a long time, and the casualties of the volunteer army should have been very heavy. Why are their veterans like leeks in the ground, which can pop up endlessly as long as they are not dug up by the roots?

I don’t understand, I don’t understand at all.

"It is hopeless to attack the Volunteer Army's fortress. We must find a way to engage them in open battle."

After witnessing the terrifying power of the Volunteer Army's 406 fortress guns, Zhukov directly gave up the idea of ​​attacking Irkutsk.

With such a huge cannon, the area within 50 kilometers around the fortress is within the effective attack range. The Soviet railway guns are completely helpless against this level of defensive firepower, and it is not certain whether the railway guns on their side will have the opportunity to fire.

As for the front-line attack, it had been tried before, and the loss was 37,000 in one morning.

The damage to morale from that massive artillery bombardment was quite severe. It wasn't a question of how many people were killed, but the fact that the Soviet army could watch helplessly as an area next to them simply disappeared on the spot, turning into falling debris and soil. Because it was shattered so thoroughly, blood could be squeezed out of the soil in some places.

Many Soviet soldiers went crazy, and some of them seemed to be still alive but were already dead. Within the effective killing radius of heavy artillery, the shock wave could turn the inside of the human body into a paste, turning the living into the living dead.

Zhukov and his staff began to look for new opportunities on the map. One of the options was to go south, but that meant entering Xinjiang and Mongolia. The local traffic conditions were a huge test for the Soviet army. Mechanized troops were not omnipotent. Without sufficient maintenance and supplies, the armored troops rushing through the wilderness would encounter large-scale equipment strikes after running one or two hundred kilometers. The result of continuing to force the advance at this time would be that the armored forces would become less and less, and eventually become infantry.

Armored forces may sound impressive, but they are also highly dependent on modern industrial supplies. Every general who has received systematic military training knows this.

The practice of the Volunteer Army repeatedly concentrating armored forces to break through enemy positions has made armored assault a compulsory course worldwide. Countries around the world are learning from it, and the Soviet Army is no exception. However, they cannot reach the level of the Volunteer Army, and they cannot understand how to conduct a rapid assault without worrying about logistics.

At this time, Zhukov's hatred for the Kuomintang reached a new level. This useless government had been in power for so long, but it had not even built a reliable road system in northwest China.

And that guy named Sheng from Xinjiang is also a good-for-nothing and can't do anything!

Zhukov was putting people in a difficult position. Sheng was an erratic political villain, and his final historical position was a "reactionary warlord". Even the Kuomintang government that retreated to Taiwan characterized him as an "untrustworthy speculator."

The only regret is that this guy died at the age of 78. Damn!

Of course, Sheng did do something, but that little bit of work was obviously not enough to make up for his mistake, let alone the fact that the Soviet army wanted to move south but had no transportation system available.

Just as Zhukov and his staff were racking their brains to think of a way out of the impasse, the Volunteer Army sent an envoy.

"decisive battle?"

Zhukov couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes, a decisive battle. Fighting offensive and defensive battles every day is too boring. Are you interested in a real manly duel with us?"

He Shigeng looked at Zhukov with a smile and made a proposal that the other party could not refuse.

The main reason was that the players felt that defending the city every day was boring, and it was time for some exciting battlefields like Kursk. So after some discussion, they decided to invite the Soviet army to an armored clash, with everyone's main forces fighting each other, and no nonsense.

"Do you know what year it is now?" Zhukov said sarcastically.

The other Soviet staff officers also laughed, but soon they stopped laughing.

"It's your fault that you bunch of useless guys can't get in for such a long time. I can only make it easier for you." He Hegeng shook his head and spread his hands. His look was even more sarcastic than the Soviet army's laughter.

After all, the Soviet army really couldn't break in. On the battlefield, being bad is the original sin.

Sure enough, Zhukov and others looked as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly. Their attempt to gain an advantage through verbal tricks was ridiculed by someone who increased the quantity without increasing the price.

"The great Soviet Red Army will surely win!"

"Ah, yes, yes, you can win, you can win, so do you agree or not? It doesn't matter if you don't agree, we will counterattack tomorrow anyway, and you just need to take it. Don't let us take it away in one wave, that would be meaningless."

Zhukov's expression was murderous. He really couldn't stand the other side's attitude of treating war as a game. This was more hurtful than any ridicule. Combined with the actual performance of the Soviet army, this was a critical hit that could cause real damage.

At this moment, Zhukov wanted to slam the table and stand up, saying directly, "Come on, who's afraid of who?"

But he couldn't. Don't forget that it was the other side who took the initiative to come and issue a challenge. Is it possible that the situation has changed in some way that is favorable to the Soviet army?

Thinking of this, hope emerged in Zhukov's heart again, and he felt more and more that the other side's arrogant attitude was actually a last-ditch effort. After all, the volunteers were normal people who could be killed by bullets. They just hid their supply lines, not that they did not need supplies. After advancing thousands of kilometers deep into the Soviet Union, they finally reached their limit.

These were just guesses, without any intelligence evidence to support them, but Zhukov was willing to believe his guesses.

It's impossible that the volunteers thought field combat was fun and came here specifically to PK with them. This is war! You can mock the enemy with a joking attitude, but you must respect the battlefield of iron and blood!

"Go back, young man. This is war, not playing house. The great Soviet Union has no obligation, nor any interest, to follow your orders. If you want to attack, then come!"

As Zhukov stood up, other Soviet generals also stood up with pride on their faces.

It’s better to lose the battle than the defeat. Now face is the essence.

He said nonchalantly, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

Chapter 111: The Thirst of the Third Reich

(Fourth update, today's 10,000-word update is completed, everyone (?3[▓▓] good night)

"Breaking News! The Volunteer Army has successfully pacified the Northwest and is now marching towards Xinjiang!"

"Breaking News! The Soviet invaders can't advance an inch past the Volunteer Army's defenses!"

"Extra, Extra! Trotsky forms a new Soviet government!"

It is said that there is no shortage of news in turbulent times, but it is a good thing for some countries and a disaster for some countries. Anyway, Chinese people are quite happy recently.

From north to south, from cities to villages, wherever information could be transmitted, people were discussing the victory of the Volunteer Army.

Ordinary people could only imagine the distant prosperous Han and Tang dynasties in their hearts, but the Volunteer Army's sweeping victory could be seen in newspapers every day. Countless Chinese people rushed around and called for the Volunteer Army to become the new orthodoxy of China.

The people's cognition is very simple. Whoever can give them dignity and happiness is the leader of the country.

Now the Volunteer Army can beat the great powers in terms of dignity, and in terms of happiness, the liberated areas have enough food and clothing.

The provinces close to the areas liberated by the Volunteer Army all became provinces with large population loss. The population of northern Hebei Province lost at least half in a very short period of time. Many herders near the Inner Mongolia border also fled. Even Shanxi saw a wave of refugees, which spread as far as Shandong Province, scaring the Kong family three times a day.

After all, the Volunteer Army has classified them as national scum who have been "surrendering for generations" and national traitors. This directly shows that the Kong family in Shandong must be severely liquidated and the fanaticism of local civil servants must be severely curbed. The locals must understand the simplest truth: "If officials do not serve the people, the Volunteer Army will exterminate their entire clan."

Anyway, officials in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia have already experienced the bloody enthusiasm.

"Have you heard? The Volunteer Army recently released a new map."

"I heard that, it's really unexpected." -p

"Everyone talks about the grandeur of the Han and Tang dynasties. I think this is the grandeur of the Han and Tang dynasties!"

Not long ago, the Volunteer Army released the latest version of the map of China. In this map, Lake Baikal has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times. After all, such a large freshwater lake can play a lot of value even if it is only used for water diversion.

Then it got a new name, or rather its old name in the past - Beihai.

It is not impossible to go further north, but to be honest, that latitude is too challenging for the current human beings on Earth, not to mention that it has to support the new Soviet Union. So after all the surrounding upstream waters are incorporated into Chinese territory, the remaining part will be the territory of the new Soviet Union.

This also helped the Soviets realize their dream of developing Siberia and the Far East ahead of time (funny).

The Soviet Union was naturally furious about this, but the volunteer army produced a large amount of evidence from ancient times and how shameless the Tsarist Russia's invasion of China was, and then said: If you don't accept it, I will fight you.

The Soviet troops stuck in Irkutsk were clearly unconvincing.

It is extremely difficult for the Soviet Union to develop Siberia at present. This land can only be regarded as promising in the future for the Soviet Union at that time. But Comrade Steel will not ignore the future for the sake of current interests. The Soviet Union must not give up the Far East, at least not so easily, not to mention that there is a new Soviet Union playing against it.

No matter how difficult it was, the Soviet Union had to fight on.

But don't expect the Soviet Union to suffer the loss of nearly 30 million people in a fight with the Volunteer Army for the land in the Far East. The Russians are indeed very greedy for land, but they are not fools. They know that they can't do business that will result in huge losses. When the new Soviet Union is able to stand on its own, it will face two pressures. At that time, no matter whether the Steel and Volunteer Army are willing or not, they will have to compromise.

Later came the nuclear age. The territorial disputes between major powers became relatively stable under the deterrence of nuclear weapons. The rise of national consciousness made it more difficult for major powers to annex land. Therefore, if you want to deal with the territorial issue before the 21st century, it is best to take advantage of World War II, which is the most rare window period. After that, you will have to wait for the stars and the sea.

At this time, Europe had entered the undercurrent state before World War II. A country called Poland did not know that it would soon be gone. Britain and France were still pursuing the last fantasy of peace under the idea of ​​appeasement policy. Germany's military expansion and preparations for war had entered the full start-up stage. What followed was a release of anger that shocked the world.

Nanjing Liberation Area, Government Office Building

"We come with sincerity, General Liu Qi."

The man in front of Liu Qi is called Joachim von Ribbentrop. He was born on April 30, 1893 in a Prussian military family in Wesel, Germany. His original name was very long - Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop. Later, he got the noble prefix "von" because he was adopted by his noble aunt. He had special attacks on France (nods).

This man was a tough and ruthless person. He studied in England and France in his early years and was proficient in English and French. Later, he went to Canada to do business, mainly engaged in the wine trade. After the outbreak of World War I, he returned to Germany to join the army and was promoted to lieutenant. It can be seen that not only reincarnation is a science, but even adoption is also a science. After becoming the old Prussian Black Flag, Ribbentrop's life began to take off.

In 1920, yes, two years after the end of World War I, he married Anneliese Henkel, the daughter of a champagne tycoon, and entered the upper class society. He accumulated wealth and connections, and every day was like the New Year.

In 1932, Ribbentrop joined the Nazi Party. Due to his extremely wealthy status, he began to enjoy rapid promotion after joining the party. Less than a year later, in 1933, he became a member of the Reichstag and Hitler's foreign policy advisor. His villa in Berlin became the Nazi Party's "Wonder House", where all important party meetings would be held.

Since he was valued by the little mustache, Ribbentrop must have some ability. His main achievements include:

In 1935, he led the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which allowed the German navy tonnage to reach 35% of the British navy, breaking the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles and was regarded by Hitler as a major diplomatic victory.

But the fundamental reason was that Britain was not strong enough after World War II, but still wanted to stir up trouble in Europe, and believed that it still had the ability to suppress Germany and deter Europe, so it indulged Germany in military expansion. Everyone knows what happened next. The little mustache expressed his enthusiastic "gratitude" to Britain, and directly turned the British Empire into a small country where the sun had set, laying a solid foundation for Britain to become "Little Britain and Northern Ireland, which cannot be united with the Kingdom" in the future.

But the subsequent diplomatic operations were really weird, making people very suspicious that he was a wallfacer in the anti-fascist camp.

For example, he facilitated the Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan in 1936 and pushed for Italy to join the following year. Are you sure this was to find an ally for Germany, rather than digging a hole for the Axis powers?

Trivia: Italy's most effective force during World War II was the anti-Nazi forces organized by the Italian Communist Party.

It's really unbearable.

In August 1939, Germany signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, secretly dividing spheres of influence in Eastern Europe and clearing the way for Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland. This is the famous "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Toilet Paper."

What followed was another famous scene of the century: territorial claims against Poland in 1939.

Famous historical event in Paradox game - Danzig or the Battle.

However, please note that his personal character and abilities were flawed. He was described as "arrogant and lacking political foresight." During his time as ambassador to the UK, his rude behavior ostracized him from British political circles, with Chamberlain calling him "not a good fellow." Even Hitler criticized him for his "overconfidence," suggesting the Führer himself was aware of his talent. However, he was loyal, and for a politician of Mustache's caliber, loyalty was more important than ability.

His end was hanging and expulsion of his household in 1946, which was a deserved punishment. The purpose of his visit to China to visit the volunteer army was very simple, which was to establish an alliance with the volunteer army.

The little mustache guy really hopes that there is a ferocious dragon behind the Russian bear, especially after seeing how the Volunteer Army beat the Soviet army in winter, he was shocked.

Napoleon was defeated by winter. Hitler had long believed that there would be a war between the Soviet Union and Germany in the future, but the possibility of Japan moving north had completely been reduced to zero. In this case, the volunteer army became the best and only choice.

What's more, the volunteer army still has many things that Germany wants.

Although the volunteer army shouted the slogan of world revolution, slogans are slogans and actions are actions. As a mature politician, Hitler understood the principle of duplicity. There is nothing that cannot be negotiated, as long as the price is right.

So Ribbentrop came here, hoping to gain a capable ally through this diplomacy.

Chapter 112: Steel Whistling