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Chapter 2121 Russia is the final winner
While the French were fleeing France in a hurry, in Poland, 1300 kilometers away, German troops and Russians joined forces at the Bug River.

The partition of Poland was part of the content of the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact".

In addition to the five public articles of the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact", there is also a secret subsidiary protocol.

In secret subsidiary protocols, Germany and Russia demarcated spheres of influence roughly along the northern border of Lithuania in the Baltic region, and the Narew, Vistula, and San rivers in Poland.

At the same time, Germany also acquiesced to Soviet interests in Bessarabia.

Bessarabia refers to the triangular area formed by the Dniester River, the Prut River-Danube River and the Black Sea. It used to belong to Russia in history. In January 1918, Bessarabia merged with Romania according to the principle of national self-determination.

Russia did not attack Poland at the same time as Germany.

Germany launched an attack on Poland on September 9, and Russia launched an attack on September 1. There is also a complicated game behind this.

The self-confident Poles claiming to destroy Germany in three days before the war broke out was not outright arrogance, the Poles had reason to think so.

As mentioned earlier, Poland's own strength is not bad.

At the same time, Britain and France deployed a total of 83 divisions on the Maginot Line on the Franco-German border. In order to deal with the attack of the British and French allied forces, it was impossible for the Germans to deploy all their troops to fight against Poland. Some troops had to be deployed on the Franco-German border.

The Germans indeed did this. When attacking Poland, Germany deployed 23 divisions on the French-German border, of which only 11 divisions were regular troops, and the rest were hastily assembled reserve forces with incomplete weapons and equipment.

The balance of power before the war gave the Poles enough confidence.

When Germany attacked Poland, it had a total of 106 divisions, equipped with 3195 tanks, more than 1 artillery pieces, and 2500 aircraft.

At this time, Britain and France had a total of 110 divisions, equipped with more than 3000 tanks, more than 2.6 artillery pieces, and more than 3000 aircraft.

Coupled with Poland's own more than 40 divisions, 870 tanks, 4300 artillery pieces, and nearly a thousand aircraft, if Poland, Britain, and France go all out, it is indeed possible to defeat Germany within three days.

It's just possible.

The Poles ignored the situation in France, and the British determination to defend Poland.

France is now facing a very bad situation. The threat is not only from the German side, but also from Italy and Spain.

Therefore, France is now facing enemies on three sides, and it is impossible to use all its power to attack Germany.

In fact France didn't even dare to try.

On September 9th, Rundstedt's South Road Army Group severely damaged the two Polish armies "Lodz" and "Kracow", and occupied Poland's industrial center Lodz and the second largest city, Krakow. Army forward Erich Hoepner's 7th Panzer Corps was approaching Warsaw.

The Polish government once again turned to Britain and France for help, hoping that France could launch an attack on Germany on the Eastern Front to reduce the pressure on Poland.

At the request of the Polish government, Maurice Gustave Gamelin, commander-in-chief of the British and French allied forces, launched the "Saar Offensive", voluntarily leaving the solid Maginot Line and attacking the frontal German army.

The Germans had long been prepared for the attack of the British and French allied forces.

As soon as the French left the Maginot Line of Defense, the frontal German troops quickly retreated into the "Siegfried Line of Defense" further back, leaving only 20 empty villages for the French.

Even the people are all evacuated, it's ruthless!

The Siegfried Line was called the "Western Wall" by the Germans. It was built after Germany occupied the Rhineland and was basically completed in 1939.

The line of defense starts from Kleve, near the Dutch border in Germany, and extends along the borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, and France to Basel, Switzerland, with a total length of 630 kilometers.The defense line consists of three parts: the obstacle zone, the main defense zone and the rear position, with a depth of 35 to 75 kilometers.

Look at the Germans, build a defense line, and protect the entire western part of Germany.

The "Maginot Line of Defense" built by the French only covered the Franco-German border, and even the Franco-Belgian border was not covered because of the opposition of its allies. It deserved to be sieved by the German armored forces.

Although the defensive power of the "Siegfried Line" is not as good as that of the "Maginot Line", it can also form a certain resistance to the British and French allied forces.

Gan Molin didn't want to fight at all.

He just put on a show to deal with the Poles.

The French advanced five kilometers straight in three days.

After the German armored forces invaded Poland, they advanced 60 kilometers a day.

At this time, the Germans and the French showed an amazing tacit understanding.

Before attacking Poland, Mustache gave the defenders on the Western Front an order that once the British and French allied forces launched an attack, they would retreat into the "Siegfried Line of Defense" and defend on the spot, and it was strictly forbidden to launch a counterattack against the French army.

When Gan Malin attacked Germany, he gave the attacking troops the same order that once they were counterattacked by the German army, they should immediately retreat to the "Maginot Line of Defense" for defense, and it was strictly forbidden to go deep into the hinterland of Germany.

Moreover, Ganmaling's "Saar Offensive" only invested 15 divisions.

Replying to the Poles, Gamelin claimed to have committed half of his troops.

With such a tacit understanding on both sides, the Poles are out of luck.

The mistakes of the Poles themselves were also very serious. According to the British military theorist Liddell Hart: It is no exaggeration to say that the tactics of Polish commanders are 80 years behind.

Pushed back from 1939, 80 years ago was probably the Franco-Prussian War.

Liddell Hart is right, it is precisely because of the mistakes of the commander of the Polish army that Guderian and his lightning tactics were achieved.

Poland had 870 tanks before the German attack. The commander of the Polish army actually believed that once Germany launched an attack, it would use the light cavalry as the vanguard to cooperate with the heavy cavalry to attack, and the tanks were only auxiliary to the infantry.

Therefore, before the outbreak of the war, Poland had the largest cavalry force in the world.

It’s amazing, although tanks and aircraft have proven their strength in the Brazilian Civil War and the Spanish Civil War, Poland still uses cavalry as its main force, and it is not disturbed by the Brazilian Civil War and the Spanish Civil War.

For troops dominated by cavalry, facing the lightning tactics of mechanized troops, the consequences are extremely serious.

The Polish army also made mistakes in deployment. Most of the troops were deployed near the German-Polish border. As a result, within two days of the outbreak of the war, the Polish army near the border was quickly cut, surrounded, and wiped out by the German army. The Polish army had no power to fight back. .

The Germans were indeed aggressive in attacking.

When the war broke out on September 9, the first to attack was not the armored force, but the bomber force.

The Germans were well prepared before the outbreak of war and knew the military deployment of the Polish army like the back of their hands.

When Germany declared war on Poland, bombers had already entered Polish airspace, and important targets such as camps, command centers, ammunition depots, airports, railways, roads, bridges, etc. of the Polish army were all bombed by German bombers.

The unprepared Polish army suffered heavy losses. 500 planes were blown up at the airport before they could take off. The old fighter planes that took off in a hurry were no match for the BF109. Germany had 7 aces on the first day of the war. pilot.

This is also because most of the Polish planes were blown up before they even had time to take off.

Otherwise, the German army would gain more ace pilots.

In addition to the aircraft, countless artillery, cars and other supplies were destroyed before they could retreat, the transportation hub and command center were destroyed, and the Polish army was in chaos.

At this time, the German army, led by mechanized troops and motorized troops, quickly broke through the Polish defense from several key positions.

The war was actually over at this time.

When Ganmaling launched the "Saar Offensive", the German army had already occupied Poland.

On September 9, Russia launched an offensive against Poland.

On this day, the Polish government decided to move to Romania.

On the 28th, the German army and Russia joined forces at the Bug River, and the German government hoped that Poland would surrender.

The Polish government was determined not to surrender, and Wladyslaw Sikorski formed a government-in-exile in Britain to continue fighting against Germany.

Although Warsaw was occupied, the Polish army was still resisting.

The large-scale resistance did not end until October 10th, when Germany was finally able to transfer the main force to the Western Front.

Gan Molin sat on the wax immediately.

Gan Molin did not expect the Poles to lose so quickly.

Just looking at the paper data, even if Poland can’t beat Germany, it can at least last for a year or two. The Spanish Civil War has been fought for more than three years. Italy has not completely conquered the Abyssinians until now. Africans are worse.

The reality is so cruel.

The fighting power shown by the German army during the Polish campaign frightened Ganmaling.

Throughout the Polish campaign, the Polish army killed 66300 people, injured 133700 people, captured 69.4 people by the German army, and 10 people fled to neighboring countries.

The German army killed 10600 people, injured 30300 people, and more than 3400 people were missing.

Therefore, during the entire Polish campaign, Gan Molin only launched a bluffing "Saar Offensive". After Germany and Russia joined forces, the French army quietly retreated to the Maginot Line of Defense and returned 20 villages to the Germans.

In the process of this attack, the French army did not even commit any crime.

This is unique in the previous wars that broke out between Germany and France.

It's a pity that Germany, which has already divided Poland with Russia, will not let the French go.

According to the agreement between Russia and Germany, Germany is divided into 18.8 square kilometers of territory and 2020 million people.

Germany's strength is increasing, and the French are fleeing France. This is changing, and Gan Maling regrets it.

During the Polish campaign, France had countless opportunities to weaken Germany. Even if it sent bombers to bomb key facilities in Germany, it could cause some trouble for Germany's offensive. However, Ganmaling did nothing and sat back and watched Germany and Russia carve up Poland.

Why did Russia not attack Poland until the 17th?
Russia is also waiting for the response of Britain and France. If the British and French allied forces send troops to attack Germany as soon as Germany attacks Poland, then Russia will not send troops to Poland at all.

It is precisely because of seeing through the appeasement policies of Britain and France that Russia sent troops to Poland on the 17th, and in the process of finally carve up Poland, it gained more than Germany.

If you look at it this way, the Russians are the final winners.

(End of this chapter)