Rise of Australia

Chapter 915: An Old Trick of Undeclared War

This military meeting lasted for more than six hours. In addition to determining the detailed tasks of each war zone and each unit in the few days before the war, it also clarified the purpose of this war, which was to defeat Russia, let the British see the end of this war, and then start peace talks with the British.

In his final mobilization speech, the German Chancellor once again mentioned the importance and necessity of attacking Russia. The leader, regarded as a great leader by the Germans, said:

The Russians will certainly see this war as a decisive battle between the two countries' ideologies, which also means that they will definitely not retreat from the war.

We must wage an all-out war against Russia with the conviction of completely crushing the enemy's ideology.

We must take into account the enemy's powerful air strikes and respond flexibly to them in order to clear the obstacles for our army's advance.

Perhaps the most difficult war for us was the first six weeks of this war. I hope you all understand what our goal is, which is not to defeat this country, but to defeat the horrible ideology that was born in this country."

When talking about the British, the Führer spoke with resentment: "The British are unwilling to reconcile with Germany, and they even intend to get together with the Russians to guard against us.

This is a betrayal of all anti-Russian ideological countries in the world and an abandonment of all European people.

If we lose this war, the whole of Europe will be engulfed by this terrible ideology. If the British fail to realize this, they will sooner or later lose their hegemony and their status as the world's most powerful empire.

As the only ones who see all the difficulties in this war clearly, we have the responsibility and obligation to fulfill our duties as a European power and protect the European people from being swayed by such ideas.

As I said, warriors, let us end this war in two months, melt the iceberg of St. Petersburg with our hot blood, may God bless, long live the German Empire! "

"Long Live Germany!"

1937年4月15日早上6点26分，俄国总统苏达林还沉浸在自己的香甜美梦当中。

Suddenly, there was a particularly intense knock on the door, accompanied by an urgent and anxious cry: "Mr. President, Mr. President, something big has happened!"

Sudalin was awakened by sudden knocks on the door and shouts. He felt a little uncomfortable in his chest because no one had ever knocked on the door so recklessly since he became president.

Even Andreev, the presidential guard whom he particularly trusted, would never do such a thing.

"What happened? Colemans, if you don't have a good excuse, you should know the price of waking me up." Sudalin's eyes were half open, and it was obvious that he had not fully woken up yet.

"Mr. President, there is an urgent telegram from the street border. Just this morning, a large number of German planes launched air strikes on Kiev, Minsk and other cities. The war has begun!" The guard called Kolemens by Sudalin did not dare to hide anything at this time and searched out all the information in detail.

"Impossible!" Sudalin sat up instantly, looking out the door in shock and disbelief, and all his sleepiness disappeared instantly: "The Germans launched an attack on us? When did this happen?"

"Just this morning, Mr. President," Kolemens continued, "not only Kiev and Minsk, but also Pskov was bombed by the German Air Force.

And according to the report from the St. Petersburg Army Group, the German army had captured Pskov two hours ago and was heading towards Luga. "

"What?!" Sudalin was now completely awake. He stood up and said to Kolemens outside the door, "Call all the senior military officials in Moscow. I want to hold an emergency military meeting."

The meeting took less than 20 minutes to prepare, and before 7 a.m., the military meeting was already held in the conference room.

In the conference room, Sudalin had a gloomy look on his face, spreading the depressing atmosphere throughout the entire conference room.

The senior military generals below had also received the news long ago, and their expressions varied, but no one dared to look at Sudalin.

Regardless of whether Sudalin's decision was wrong or not, at least he is still the president of Russia. If they make Sudalin unhappy at this time, they may still be liquidated by Sudalin.

"Tell me, how is the war going on the front line now?" Sudalin rubbed his brows and finally accepted the fact that Germany had already declared war without declaration.

"According to reports from the front, the German army divided into three groups and attacked Pskov on our northwestern border, Brest on our western border, and Rovno on our southwestern border.

In addition, according to reports from the Air Force and military airports, the German Air Force has attacked Minsk and Kiev. Currently, the military airport in Minsk has been destroyed, and at least 200 aircraft have lost their combat capability. "A deputy chief of staff of the Russian General Staff Headquarters reported truthfully. "Damn it, what is Pavlov doing? At least 200 aircraft were destroyed by the enemy without any preparation. Doesn't this mean that we will be at a disadvantage in the next air battle?" After hearing the specific damage information, Sudalin was quite angry and questioned Pavlov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Western Front.

"According to General Pavlov's report, the Western Front has temporarily built a more solid defensive line in Brest and mobilized more aircraft and tanks as firepower supplements.

I believe that under the obstruction of our brave and fearless soldiers, the German army will not advance any further. They are just cowards who can only launch sneak attacks and will never dare to fight our army head-on. "The Chief of the General Staff, Shaposhnikov, replied with a confident smile.

After hearing what the Chief of General Staff Shaposhnikov said, Sudalin's expression improved a little, and he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​blaming Pavlov.

At least in Russia at present, Pavlov's personal reputation is still quite good. This guy, who has just turned 40, is already the commander-in-chief of the Russian Western Front and a senior officer with the rank of general.

Speaking of Pavlov's promotion history, it is very rare in the whole of Russia. Pavlov, born in 1897, successfully graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in his early 30s and was sent to a crash course in military technology for further study.

After completing his studies, Pavlov served successively as the commander of a cavalry regiment and a mechanized regiment, and was ordered to support the Spanish Civil War as the commander of the Spanish Volunteer Tank Brigade.

Although his resume at the grassroots level only included the titles of regimental commander and brigade commander, he was after all a so-called mechanized force, which is the current armored force, which is very rare in the whole of Russia.

When Pavlov was the commander of a tank regiment, there were only two tank regiments in the whole of Russia, and the commander of the other tank regiment was the famous Zhukov.

There is no need to say much about Zhukov's glory in history. Pavlov, who had a similar status to him at this stage, was naturally also a mechanized troop commander that Russia attached great importance to.

After the Spanish Civil War, Pavlov successfully became the Minister of the Russian Armored Tank Department. In line with Russia's idea of ​​mass production of tanks, he became the commander-in-chief of the Russian Western Front and implemented large-scale tank deployment and combat application in the Western Front.

This is a very bold attempt for Russia. If successful, Russia will have a very powerful armored force and will greatly improve Russia's experience in the research and development and manufacturing of armored forces.

As a very important, even crucial link in this, Pavlov naturally became the main figure influencing the development of Russian armored forces.

1937年4月15日早上7点15分，俄国边境，布列斯特。

Brest is just a slightly larger city in Poland, and when Poland existed, it was not that important.

But after Germany and Russia divided Poland, Brest became a frontier fortress on the new German-Russian border and one of Russia's most important military towns on the western border.

This is the most forward outpost of the Russian Western Front and the area with the largest number of soldiers stationed there.

The Germans put a lot of effort into capturing Brest.

It is worth mentioning that the person responsible for the attack on Brest-Litovsk was also an old acquaintance, a famous German general in World War II, the inventor of the famous blitzkrieg, and one of the most skilled tank operators in Germany.

Guderian led the German 2nd Panzer Group, facing the Russian 4th Army on the left wing of the Western Front.

Of course, it didn't matter which Russian army it was. For Guderian, how to launch another blitzkrieg on this more familiar land was what he should consider.

Compared to Guderian, a man who mastered the use of tanks, the Russian army on the opposite side obviously had other ideas when it came to the use of tank forces.

Yes, this person is Pavlov, the pioneer of Russia's current armored forces and once served as the Minister of the Armored Tank Department.

What did Pavlov think of the tanks? In his opinion, the tanks should be used to assist the infantry, because tanks have no ability to fight independently.

Why do you say that?
Because the most mainstream tank in Russia, the T-26 light tank, has no armor protection at all. Not to mention the bombing of the enemy air force, even if it faces the enemy's infantry, there is a high probability that it will be destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire.

In Pavlov's view, the T-26 tank can only stand behind the infantry and act as artillery. At least compared with artillery, the tank has a certain degree of autonomous mobility, which is much more convenient than artillery.

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