Rise of Australia

Chapter 914 Pig teammates

In fact, the entire German combat plan was very simple, which was to launch a surprise attack and encircle and attack the reinforcements.

Yes, although Germany did not have such a saying, the concept reflected in the combat plan was indeed these two words.

It can be roughly divided into two parts. The first is a surprise attack to quickly defeat the regular Russian army deployed in the west. The second is to besiege and attack the reinforcements, using several important cities in Russia to effectively kill the Russian reserve troops coming to support.

Although Russia has a population of over 100 million, as long as millions of Russian troops are eliminated in a short period of time, even a country like Russia with a huge territory and population will definitely not be able to withstand it.

It is worth mentioning that this battle plan, which seemed very grand to the German Prime Minister, was only copied nine times in the whole of Germany.

Except for one copy each for the Army, Navy and Air Force, the remaining six copies were all kept by the German High Command in case of emergency.

In addition, in order to prevent leaks before the outbreak of the war, only a very small number of senior German officers knew about this final battle plan, and some generals were not even qualified to access it.

This not only effectively avoids the possibility of intelligence leakage, but even if the intelligence is leaked, the people who leaked the intelligence can be quickly identified within a small number of people.

Moreover, if the Prime Minister does not believe that the British and French espionage methods are so sophisticated, they can train their own spies to become high-ranking officials at the level of German marshals.

You know, if you want to become a senior military officer at the marshal level, you either have to become the absolute confidant of the German Prime Minister, such as the British Air Force Commander Goering, who was famous for his flattery.

Or they could be traditional German military officers who were already famous before World War I. Because of their high reputation in the military, they would be won over by the German Chancellor and given the position of marshal.

But both of these are basically impossible. If you want to become the absolute confidant of the German Chancellor, you must follow him through all the difficulties before you grow up.

Britain and France could not predict the future. How could they have imagined that this guy who was just an ordinary non-commissioned officer in World War I could quickly grow into the ruler of Germany before the outbreak of World War II?

If there is really the ability to predict the future, there is no need to send intelligence personnel. After all, just predicting the future will tell you the movements of the German army. Isn't this much simpler and safer than intelligence work?

Of course, Germany also understood that it was impossible to keep the troop movements secret from Britain and France for long. You know, the German army was still frantically attacking the British and French armies a week ago.

Although a feint attack is still underway, the scale of the attack has obviously been greatly reduced compared to a week ago.

For a short time, Britain and France may have thought that Germany was repairing its army and replenishing weapons, ammunition and war supplies.

But if time goes on for too long, Britain and France will react sooner or later. After all, it is impossible to disguise when more than half of the troops are missing.
The fact was just as the Germans expected. About a week after Germany mobilized troops from the Western Front, Britain and France finally realized that something was wrong.

At first, the French army thought that the Germans were just resting. But after seven days of not feeling any strong German attacks, the British and French armies felt something was amiss.

However, during the reconnaissance of a small number of British and French air forces, it was discovered that the size of the German army had been greatly reduced and was far less large than when they launched a large-scale offensive a week ago.

This also raised a question for the British and French governments: where did those missing German troops go?
This is actually a very scary question. If we cannot find out where at least a million German troops disappeared, it would be like adding another layer of hidden danger to the war on the front line.

Wherever these one million troops went, they would pose a fatal threat to Britain and France. If they went to northern Italy, it would mean that southeastern France would be attacked by millions of German troops.

If we go to the Balkan Peninsula, it means that the Balkan countries led by Yugoslavia are likely to be destroyed in the German blitzkrieg.

Therefore, finding out where these millions of German troops had gone has become the most important task for Britain and France at the moment.

But Britain and France did not need to think about it, because just the next day, the Australasian ambassador to the UK found British Prime Minister Churchill and told him a piece of information that stunned Churchill: these millions of German troops had all gone to southeastern Poland.

What does this mean? It means that the German army is likely to launch an attack on Russia.

Why did they do this? You know, the wars in France and the Balkans were not over yet, and if the Germans did this, it would undoubtedly be a risky move.

"Ambassador John, are you sure that what you said is true?" Churchill was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He looked at the Australasian ambassador with some disbelief and confirmed again.

"Of course." Ambassador John nodded calmly, not caring about Churchill's questioning tone.

"These are photos taken by our people of the German troops stationed in southeastern Poland. Please take a look, Mr. Prime Minister." Ambassador John took out three photos and looked at Churchill with a smile.

Churchill was shocked again, not because German troops had gone to southeastern Poland, but because the Australasian intelligence agency had been able to take photos of such a top-secret German military operation.

What does this mean? There is a very good chance that there are Australasian spies in the German army, and they are in high positions.

This is something that is truly terrifying when one thinks about it carefully. Although it is normal for countries to send spies to each other, it seems that so far, none of the spies sent by Britain to Germany have been able to reach the top of the German military.

A very important part of the reason for this is that the sudden rise of the current German Chancellor has directly disrupted Britain and France's plans for Germany.

Originally, Germany was supposed to be a two-power struggle between Kaiser Wilhelm II and President Hindenburg, but after the rapid rise of the current Prime Minister, he quickly gained the loyalty of the army and overwhelmed Kaiser Wilhelm II to become the real ruler of the German government.

It is obvious that Britain and France have no way to complete their layout and place intelligence personnel under the command of the current German Chancellor in just a few years.

But Australasia has now achieved this, which made Churchill very impressed by the work ability of Australasia's intelligence personnel, and he began to pay some attention and doubt about it.

Churchill even suspected that there were many Australasian intelligence agents within the British government. After all, the majority of the population of both countries was British, and both believed in Protestantism and spoke authentic British English.

Coupled with the good impression many British people have on Arthur and their nostalgia for the Victorian era, it seems very normal for Australasia to send intelligence personnel to Britain and gain the support of some British people.

Although he was shocked by Australasia's intelligence capabilities, Churchill certainly couldn't say anything at this time. After all, the two countries are still close allies, and the most important thing at the moment is to defeat their common enemy, the German Empire.

"What is His Majesty Arthur's plan?" Churchill pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Ambassador John and asked.

As we all know, the person who can really make the final decision in Australasia is Arthur, which is why Churchill directly asked Arthur for his opinion.

Arthur's opinion represents the opinion of the Australasian government. For Britain at this time, it is also very important to properly consult its allies.

"Keep the news secret for now, and notify the Russian government when Germany is about to take action." Ambassador John said slowly.

Churchill nodded, paying no attention to Arthur's opinion.

Although in theory, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Britain and Australasia should cooperate with Russia to defeat the Germans.

But the problem is that Russia is currently also clearly a potential enemy for Britain and Australasia.

It is necessary to defeat Germany, but at the same time, it would be better to defeat Russia, a potential enemy, to achieve a win-win situation.

What is a win-win situation? Of course, it means that the UK and Australasia win twice.

"I never expected that Germany would mobilize millions of troops just to attack Russia." Even though it was certain that Germany's target had become Russia, Churchill still couldn't believe it and said with emotion.

"His Majesty the Emperor once said that Germany is a crazy country, and the current German Chancellor is even more of a crazy person.

The combination of these two crazy guys will only make Germany even crazier. That is why Germany must be eliminated, and no country can follow Germany’s path.”

Churchill nodded, expressing his approval of Arthur's words conveyed by Ambassador John.

At present, it seems that ideas similar to those of Germany and Italy, although they can quickly unite a country, will also make the country crazy.

Currently, this concept is popular among the three major powers of Germany, Italy and the island of Italy, and these three countries have become much crazier.

Germany and Italy are almost fighting against the whole of Europe, or even half of the world. Although the island country is not so crazy, as a militaristic country, it is already a manifestation of madness.

Such a crazy idea was also a shock to Churchill himself. After the victory of this war, Churchill also planned to advocate a complete ban on such ideas to ensure that no country in the world in the future would become as crazy as Germany and Italy now.

After all, such a concept also adds to the combat effectiveness of the army. Except for Italy, which is a hopeless country, both Germany and the island countries have made certain improvements in the combat effectiveness of the army.

If the German army had not strengthened its will, the combat effectiveness currently displayed by the German army would definitely not be so exaggerated.

You know, Germany was a country that was restricted militarily for 20 years after World War I. In addition to the toughness of the Germans themselves, the influence of such ideas on the Germans was also a very important factor in their rapid return to the throne of the world's number one land power after 20 years of military restriction. About half a month later, the German army's preparations were almost complete.

Seeing that the Germans were about to launch an attack, after consultation between Britain and Australasia, on April 1937, 4, British Prime Minister Churchill personally sent a letter to Russian President Sudarlin, stating the mobilization of German troops and intelligence that Germany might launch an attack on Russia.

The letter was sent to Sudarin's office in Moscow and was seen by Sudarin himself.

But the problem was that the relationship between Britain and Russia was not good at that time. This letter, which seemed to be a reminder to the Russians, made Sudalin himself think that it was the British who were trying to sow discord between Germany and Russia.

Why did Sudarin think so? Because long before the outbreak of World War II, Britain and France had repeatedly sowed discord between Germany and Russia, and tried to draw the Germans' attention to Eastern Europe and start a war between Germany and Russia.

But Germany at that time was not stupid. Most Germans hated the French. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble if they rashly went to war with the Russians?
In addition, Russia, which had always been excluded by Europe, also wanted to keep a low profile, so the instigation of Britain and France had no effect, but instead made the relationship between them and Russia more tense.

What is unexpected is that, because of the bad relations between Britain, France and Russia, the British's well-intentioned reminder was not taken seriously by the Russians, but instead made the Russians feel that the British had bad intentions.

At an internal meeting of the Russian government, Sudalin also mentioned the letter from the British Prime Minister and confidently stated that the mobilization of German troops was only for strategic defense against Russia and was a manifestation of fear of the Russians, and was definitely not an attack on Russia as the British said.

Sudarlin even called Churchill's letter a belated April Fool's joke, and said that the Germans would definitely not have the strength to attack Russia until the outcome of the Western European battlefield was determined.

The matter was left unresolved because of Sudalin's indifference. No one in Russia took the German troop movement seriously, and the front-line troops had no preparations to respond.

On April 1937, 4, German Ambassador to Russia Schulenburg bluntly revealed to Russian Ambassador to Germany Vladimir Dekanozov in Moscow at the time the news that Germany was about to attack Russia and stated the detailed date of the attack.

Schulenburg firmly believed that Germany's attack on Russia at this time was not good news. He hoped that Dekanozov could report the news to the Moscow government and allow the Russian and German governments to contact each other to avoid this war that should not have happened.

When Dekanozov heard what Schulenburg said, he immediately became terrified and went to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report the news after the meeting.

That same day, Sudarin convened a political meeting and told everyone about the warning from Schulenburg, the German ambassador to Russia.

But the blindly arrogant Sudalin also did not take Schulenburg's warning seriously. Instead, he kept emphasizing to all officials that this was just Germany's way of scaring people.

Sudarin even vowed: "Germany hopes to pass false information to us through diplomatic ambassadors, attract the attention of Britain and France, and achieve the goal of a surprise attack on France.

We need not fear a German attack; our borders will be as strong as steel, and a powerful Russia will be in no danger."

On April 4, Russian spy Sorge also reported to the country the intelligence that Germany might attack Russia, and attached a copy of the telegram mentioned by German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop in private that Germany planned to attack Russia in mid-April.

But for the blindly confident Sudalin, he obviously regarded such intelligence as misleading information within Germany and did not take it seriously.

On April 1937, 4, the German army completed all mobilizations and was currently waiting for the last batch of military supplies to be shipped to the front line.

On the evening of April 4, Churchill again reminded Sudarlin that the German attack was real and advised the Russian army to defend the border.

Compared with the previous letter, Churchill's reminder this time was more sincere. He even really wanted Russia to prepare in advance so as not to suffer heavy casualties when facing the German attack.

After all, what Britain wants is for Germany and Russia to consume each other, and Britain does not want Germany to defeat Russia quickly.

But what Churchill did not expect was that Sudarlin once again regarded Churchill's advice as misleading British intelligence, and disdainfully burned the entire telegram.

On April 4, Russia’s most famous media, TASS, issued a statement: “The news that appeared in newspapers in Britain and other countries about the possibility of Germany attacking Russia is all misleading public opinion in these countries and a trick against Germany and Russia.

The Russian people believe that any talk about Germany wanting to attack Russia is completely unfounded and that such rumors are hurting the trust and goodwill of all Russian people.”

Good, very good, extremely good.

This was Churchill's reaction after seeing the response from the Russian domestic media.

Churchill had completely given up on the blind arrogance of Russia and Sudalin.

Since the Russians are so blindly arrogant, let Germany and Russia fight. Anyway, Russia has a population of hundreds of millions, and losing a few million people is not a big deal for Russia.

Churchill himself still trusted Russia as to whether Russia would be defeated by Germany in a short period of time.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is an unknown, the Russians' desire for territory means that any country that wants to occupy their territory will have to face a relatively crazy Russia.

Especially now that Russia has a brand new government, it is really unknown what the outcome of the fight with Germany will be.

Besides, even if the Russian army was not prepared at all, it would be basically impossible for Germany to defeat Russia quickly.

The vast Russian territory meant that the German army would spend at least half a year to a year in Russia. Such a long time was enough for Britain and France to dispatch troops and organize a large-scale offensive.

Although the German army felt that they could defeat Russia in a short period of time, Britain and France made the German army understand that Britain and France could also defeat the German army in a short period of time, even if they only left a small number of troops to defend.

On April 4, intelligence was sent to Sudalin that Germany was ready to attack Russia and only needed to wait for the final attack time to launch a full-scale attack.

Su Dalin not only did not consider the continuous intelligence, but also directly replied on the intelligence: "Let the spy who sent this intelligence go to hell. He is not an intelligence officer at all, but a fake intelligence maker who was recruited by the enemy."

It has to be admitted that it is Russia's blessing to have such a blindly arrogant and self-willed ruler.

If Russia was prepared for an attack by the German army, all statements from their government and media could be seen as a disguise to paralyze the Germans.

But the problem is that the Russian government and Sudarin himself were clearly not prepared to attack Germany. Such a statement was not to paralyze the enemy, but to show their own stupidity and ignorance from the inside out.

The good news is that such statements are indeed paralyzing.

The bad news is that such statements paralyze the Russians themselves.

Under the continuous statements from the Russian government and media, the Russian people and Russian troops on the border relaxed their minds and bodies. They also believed that it was impossible for the German army to attack Russia at such a juncture.

But the development of the plot is so bloody that when the Russian government was preparing to announce to the world that Germany's attack on Russia was just a rumor, the Barbarossa Plan, which was about to shock the world, officially began in Germany.

On the morning of April 1937, 4, a large-scale top-secret military meeting was held at the Chancellery in Berlin.

In order not to attract attention, all participants in the meeting were divided into three groups and arrived at the venue separately.

The first to arrive were the generals of the Eastern Army Group, followed by the generals of the Northern Army Group, and finally the generals of the Southern Army Group.

Without too many additional words, the first sentence of this meeting was to discuss the specific war objectives of the three major army groups in the first few days of the war, and to issue combat arrangements in their respective war zones.

Soon after, the Army Air Force and the Air Force also reported their respective plans and determined which theater of war the specific air force formations should take care of.

The entire meeting lasted from around 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. before the generals had time to rest and eat.

But no one expressed dissatisfaction, because they understood that what Germany lacked at the moment was only time.

The German Prime Minister had a detailed understanding of the deployment and combat plans of each army, and just listened quietly without interrupting.

After hearing the military report that although the Russian army had an advantage in numbers, the overall quality of the army was very poor and would not pose a threat to the German army, the German Chancellor nodded with satisfaction and expressed optimism about the entire war.

Although quite a number of German generals had other opinions on attacking Russia, at least they believed that it was not appropriate for Russia to fight on two fronts at the moment.

Seeing the Prime Minister's confident smile and the continuous orders issued by the military top brass, they could only swallow their saliva and temporarily hide their hesitation and worries.

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