Glorious Mission 1937

Hitler decided to send troops to Greece on January 1941, 1. This decision was made after the British reinforced Greece.Churchill also hesitated before deciding to help Greece. He felt that it would be politically and morally unfeasible to abandon Greece, a brave little country, when it was in danger.

Of course, this is only after accepting the previous lessons, and after learning from the pain, I have such an awareness.The British can't forget the performance of Britain and France when their ally Poland was attacked by Nazi Germany.In the months after the Polish War in 1939, there was no movement on the Western Front where British and French troops were stationed, and it was once nicknamed "the inexplicable war".

Even the common people in France have this feeling: "After waiting for a long time, apart from a few inconspicuous small contacts in the vacuum zone on the northeastern border and multiple air raid warnings where no enemy planes were seen, what else is there?" Nothing happened."

The long-term compromise made the harm extremely far-reaching, and finally led to the disastrous consequences of the rapid defeat of France.France's air-raid warning system was poor at the time, and sirens tended to drag city dwellers out of bed for no apparent reason.Basements have been converted into air-raid shelters, run by janitors; art has been relocated to country houses; monuments are protected with sandbags; people wander about in World War I gas masks.Certain commodities were rationed as a warning rather than a necessity.

In order to maintain the production of munitions factories, certain skilled jobs have been designated as "reserved occupations", and workers there work as usual.The wages are the same, and they often work at home.The disparity of circumstances compared with those conscripted, combined with the inadequacy of certain "reserved occupations," gave rise to envy and resentment.Fear of the future and emptiness of reality breed resignation or agitation rather than resolution and action.

In the army, there is always a stereotyped life, except for some useless training.Has been doing nothing.This situation is gradually demoralizing.The commanders are also aware of this, and put the utmost importance on fair arrangements for vacations, holding sports activities, performing plays, showing movies, etc., in order to pass this mandatory idle time.However, people gradually began to doubt how necessary this war was.Especially this kind of declared non-war situation.People cling to a glimmer of hope.Want to pass some kind of miracle.To bring this war to an end before it has really begun, either use a blockade to force the enemy to succumb to starvation, or cause the enemy to collapse due to internal strife.The planes dispatched drop many things in enemy territory every night.But instead of bombs, tons and tons of leaflets were dropped on the sleeping Germans.

It is impossible that this feeling of boredom and bewilderment among the people does not infect the politicians.Therefore, although it has not yet developed into a party that advocates peace, there is a tendency to desire peace.It is not yet organized, but it is so earnest that this section even has its own speaker in the Senate.

Also, the ambitious plans for air strikes on the Caucasus and support for Finland were partly intended to incite public opinion and give the impression that the war had really begun, but it did not disturb anyone's peace of mind, because the war happened In distant places, and the scale is relatively limited.

It is precisely because of this strange behavior that Yingfa not only watched Poland being wiped out by the Germans, but more importantly, it prevented the French from turning to the track of war in the first place, and the catastrophic consequences could be expected in the end. Got.

In Churchill's view, the tenacity of the small country of Greece is arousing the enthusiasm of the people of the occupied countries and winning the admiration of the Americans headed by Roosevelt.Although many people in the United Kingdom at this time believed that the defense of Egypt was the most important thing for the British Empire; they did not want to transfer reinforcements intended for the African front to Greece.

But the prime minister's impulsiveness and his enthusiasm for adventure finally made Churchill make the decision to aid Greece. Beginning January 1941, 1, two convoys a week transported 1 men safely to Greece from the Libyan front or from the Egyptian reserves.

The British entered the war in the Balkans, which made Hitler angry but helpless. He could only passively decide to rescue Italy, a teammate who was stupider than a pig.

The German Supreme Command made a plan to send a total of mountain combat troops and armored troops to the Italian-Greek front line to assist the Italians to hold their positions and launch a counter-offensive.If necessary, this corps will support Army No. 12 in its attack from Bulgaria in the direction of Thessaloniki.

Germany eventually intervened in the Balkan Peninsula. Although the outcome of the war is still unknown, Greece's resistance to the Italian invasion and Britain and Germany successively intervened in the Balkan Peninsula. have this extremely significant impact.

German intervention in the Balkans delayed Operation Barbarossa, and especially the airborne operations in Crete shortly thereafter at the expense and impact of aircraft and paratroopers. Some clues can be seen in Tal's conversation: "If Italy had not attacked Greece and needed our help, the course of the war would have been very different. We could have captured Leningrad and Moscow before the severe cold in Russia came, let alone after The Battle of Stalingrad.", plus the need to suppress partisans and defend the area against Allied attack in the occupation of Greece, contained some German and Italian divisions in the war, although most of them were less powerful secondary forces. Division and foreign armed guards, but it still greatly restrained the strength of Germany.

When the news came that the German army had dispatched troops to the Balkan Peninsula, Chen Feng felt helpless and depressed at the same time.Although Chen Feng had nothing to do with winning or losing in the Balkans, but the Germans suspended their attack on the Soviet Union, but Chen Feng had a close relationship with him.

Originally, according to Chen Feng's idea, the Germans would start to attack the Soviet Union after obtaining penicillin drugs and production equipment. The time should be from the end of February to the beginning of March in 1941. This would not only avoid the severe winter of the Soviet Union, but also have enough time to attack the Soviet Union. Take Moscow and Stalingrad within half a year.

Therefore, Chen Feng even did not hesitate to end the Battle of Southern Hebei early, and transferred some of the elite to the vicinity of Dongfang City.Chen Feng planned to ask Stalin to return the Chinese territory at the most critical juncture of the Soviet-German war. If Stalin yielded, they would still be friends with each other. Otherwise, Chen Feng would capture the Far East and Siberia in the shortest possible time.Although this kind of behavior is a bit base, but for the sake of China's future and his own life, Chen Feng doesn't think there is anything wrong with what he did.

However, plans can never keep up with changes, and the inertia of history is definitely not so easy to change. After a long time, history has returned to the old road before, and there will be a little lag in time, which makes Chen Feng helpless.

In desperation, Chen Feng had no choice but to turn his attention to Saibei Province. There are still many things in the jurisdiction that need him to deal with urgently.Just at this time, Hua Rong submitted a telegram to Chen Feng. The telegram was sent by the Soviet Union. He was deceived and informed Chen Feng that the location of the new tank factory had been confirmed, and it would be built in Ulan-Ude, which is close to Outer Mongolia. , was fooled into transforming a factory that produced tractors, and sent a large number of Soviet engineers.

After the factory remodeling was completed, he was fooled and immediately asked Chen Feng to send someone to transport the production line of new tanks to Ulan-Ude. Obviously, Stalin felt the threat from Germany.

In addition, he told Chen Feng that the evacuation of personnel in the Tyumen area and other related matters had been completed, and now his troops and workers could enter Tyumen at any time.In the telegram, Stalin specifically reminded Chen Feng that he hoped that he would strictly abide by the agreement between the two parties. The army stationed in the Tyumen region must not exceed one infantry brigade, and it is best to control it within one regiment.

After reading the telegram, Chen Feng immediately sent someone to find Li Wensheng, Yang Yi, and Sui Jinguang. He needed to ask for their opinions on this matter.

Soon Li Wensheng and others came to Chen Feng's office one after another. Chen Feng explained the matter, and then asked: "You three, one is the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater, one is the chief of staff of the theater, and the other is the logistics director of the theater. I think Let me ask for your opinion, how many people should we send to the Soviet Union?"

Li Wensheng was the first to speak: "Commander, in my opinion, it doesn't matter how many people we send. The Soviets asked us to limit the number to a brigade or even a regiment. The smaller the number, the better. But I think we can send one battalion. Already!"

"Oh, tell me what you think!" Chen Feng said.

"Although Tyumen has been ceded to us by the Soviets, and it is still ceded permanently, we cannot deny that Tyumen is still in the territory of the Soviet Union. For us, Tyumen is an enclave. Wherever the Soviets ceded it to us It's not voluntary, but forced, or forced by form."

"In this way, if one day the Soviets are strong enough to sweep us away, or if they solve the foreign aggression and can concentrate their forces to deal with us, I don't think the Soviets will hesitate. So now how many people we station in the Tyumen area Similarly, there is no difference in essence between a brigade and a battalion. Our troops stationed in Tyumen have no power to fight back against the Soviet Union's [-] troops, so I think a battalion is enough!" Li Wensheng analyzed. (To be continued..)