Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1258 World Reaction
The outbreak of the Sino-Soviet War also caused great shock and repercussions all over the world.The occurrence of this incident was not sudden to the United Kingdom, and they had obtained information in this regard beforehand.The British welcomed this war, because the main pressure of the war would be borne by the Russians, which undoubtedly brought life-saving straw to the dying British Empire.Because of this, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech dripping with honey at 9 o'clock that night, and Londoners also began to call their clients "Tavalishi" (transliteration of "comrade" in Russian) when soliciting clients. )

But although the words are nice, they do not represent actions. For the British, Russia is also an enemy in the final analysis.The best outcome of the war is naturally that both China and the Soviet Union will lose.What's more, according to the opinions of British military experts at that time, the cheese of Russia was easily cut open.

In China, where this war was launched, the situation is much calmer.Guan Xuqing took a good night's sleep at noon, and the task of declaring war on the Soviet Union was carried out by Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang.He was responsible for announcing the outbreak of war to the Soviet ambassador to China.

Soon, Yang Rui, Minister of Propaganda, delivered a speech at 5:80, announcing the start of China's war against the Bolsheviks.Prior to this, he had had [-] copies of the Declaration of War secretly printed.

Allies of the Reich were generally supportive of the war, including Kaiser Wilhelm II, although this support was not sincere.After all, before the war, Guan Xuqing did not inform this uncle of his determination to invade the Soviet Union.Nevertheless, Wilhelm II declared war on the Soviet Union that very day.Immediately afterwards, an expeditionary force consisting of the 9th, 52nd and 3rd motorized infantry divisions of the German Army with 60 tanks and supported by 2 combat aircraft from two brigades also began to be formed.They will be sent to the Soviet Union to serve the Dragon Army.

Romania also declared war on the Soviet Union on the first day of the war, and its troops fought that day.Although Finland has not yet declared war, its army has prepared for war according to the agreement reached with the Chinese before the war. Even Spain, which has not declared war on the Soviet Union, is preparing to send the so-called "blue division" to the eastern front of the Dragon Army

But Hungary, another ally of China, is still hesitant at this time. Although the Hungarian dictator Horthy once urged China to launch a war against the Soviet Union, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sent him a secret message as early as June 6 last year. He pointed out that the empire may cancel relations with Russia at the beginning of this year, and asked Hungary to take steps to secure its borders.But on the day of the war, Horthy slipped away to play water polo after telling the Chinese ambassador that attacking the Soviet Union was his dream for more than 15 years, and mankind would thank the Chinese emperor for this, in order to evade China's request to declare war on the Soviet Union.However, the ambitious Chief of Staff of the Hungarian Army, Wirth, declared in a memorandum: War against the Soviet Union is the only way to further expand the territory. If we delay the time to join the war, we may even be in danger of losing everything we have gained so far.Therefore, the Hungarian army also made corresponding war preparations, and the troops preparing to fight against the Soviet Union were mainly the so-called Carpathian Group.The group consists of a rapid army, the first mountain infantry brigade, and the eighth anti-jager brigade, with a total strength of more than 20 people.The Rapid Army is composed of the Hungarian 1st and 1nd Mob Brigade and the 8st Cavalry Brigade. It once participated in the German invasion of the Balkans.

On April 4, under the pressure of the Chinese minister, Hungarian Prime Minister Bardosi announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, but still did not participate in the war.Until noon on April 23, three Romanian bombers disguised as Soviet planes bombed Laho, Hungary, killing 4 people and injuring 26.Due to the insistence of Chief of Staff Wirth, Hungary declared war on the Soviet Union on April 3 without the final approval of the old slicker Horthy, who was in power in Hungary.

Almost at the same time, the third order of the General Military Commission of the Soviet Union had also been issued to the headquarters of the various armies of the Western Red Army.As mentioned above, this order based on the wrong information that "the Dragon Army's offensive in most parts of the national border has been repulsed and suffered losses" is full of optimism, and it even requires the armies of all parties to "use all forces and means to attack." enemy forces and annihilate them in the border areas”

But in fact, not only did the troops fail to repel the fierce offensive of the dragon army, but they fell into great chaos and suffered heavy losses.Even without considering these factors, a huge mechanized corps equipped with a large number of technical weapons has no ammunition, no fuel, no enemy information, and some are just a pile of tanks that need to be repaired. It takes one night to prepare for the attack, and To drive to the starting area of ​​the attack from different places near and far, and then launch the attack without reconnaissance at all, such orders can only be made by military laymen.

But Stalin's orders were irresistible, the counter-assault had to be carried out, and as Colonel Baghramyan, who was then Chief of Operations of the Southwestern Front, admitted: "The optimism in the judgment of the headquarters documents was also largely due to the It was caused by the passionate documents we sent.” In this case, the frontline troops had no choice but to carry out the helpless “passion” to the end.

The morning of June 6 came unexpectedly, a dreary morning in Stalingrad.The dive planes of the Dragon Army dropped hundreds of bombs on the airport by the light of dawn.The bombardment was followed by artillery bombardment.The building at the airport ignited raging fire, the walls collapsed, and the steel bars were twisted, but the soldiers continued to fight.

"Until evening, the enemy did not take the airport building. So, we turned to the detour. At this time, we turned the battle to the square in front of the airport. There was a fierce battle by the fountain, by the railway embankment. I still remember it like this Situation, the Chinese circled behind us and gathered in the turret on the square in front of the airport. On our topographic maps, we called the turret a 'nail factory' because nails were stored there. The enemy attempted to attack us from there. However, we saw through their intentions and launched a counterattack against them first. At this time, we received fire support from Captain Zavodun's mortar battery, which was approaching the airfield. We were not able to fully The occupation of the "Nail Factory" only occupied one workshop, while the adjacent workshop was still in the hands of the enemy. At this time, the fighting had shifted to the inside of the building. The strength of our company was almost exhausted. Not only our company, but the entire battalion All were in an extremely difficult situation. The battalion commander, Captain Chervyakov, was wounded and transported to the other side of the Grand Canal. The battalion was under the command of Captain Fedoseyev.

"The enemy is pressing on our camp from three sides. The ammunition is already very scarce, not to mention eating and sleeping, but the most terrible thing is thirst. In order to find water, first of all for the machine guns, we shot through the water pipes, from the inside Water oozes drop by drop. The fighting in the 'Nail Works' building stops and starts. Knives, shovels, and gun stocks are used in hand-to-hand combat."

"At dawn, the enemy called in the reserve team, and a connection was coming towards me. Faced with such a strong attack, it was obviously difficult for us to resist. I immediately reported the situation to Captain Fedosheyev. At this time, Korega The 3rd Infantry under the command of Lieutenant Novov came to reinforce us. On the way, the company encountered heavy artillery fire and was attacked several times. Koleganov was tall and thin, wearing a soldier's uniform covered in mud , In the end, he brought the company. He reported calmly: "There are 20 people left in the company, come and report." He wrote in the report to the battalion headquarters: "I have arrived at the 'Nail Factory', the situation Extremely serious. But as long as I am alive, no villain will be able to mess around!' The fierce battle lasted all night. Chinese automatic gunners and snipers, divided into groups, came to my rear. They hid in dark buildings, ruins and sewers , shoot at us from these places."

A Soviet officer who participated in the Stalingrad sniper battle wrote this in his diary, and at the same time, it also reflected the tragic degree of the war from one aspect.

Although in a short period of time, the Dragon Army has achieved one victory after another, the arduous battle has exhausted the Chinese soldiers, their eyes are red, and the number of comrades killed in battle has greatly exceeded their expectations.Gone is the victor's mood of a week ago.The environment around me was different and disturbing.Artillery fire became more dire in the cities.The explosion of the shells themselves was not the only danger. Whenever a tall building was hit, the air was immediately filled with large quantities of shrapnel and fragments of masonry.In this alien space created by the remains of the ruins, these "land warriors" have lost the concept of time.Even the midday sun casts a strange, ghostly color on the rising dust.

In such a relatively small area, soldiers must be more sensitive to the three-dimensional space of the battlefield, because dangerous snipers may be ambushing in every tall building.He also needs to observe the sky.Whenever the Chinese Air Force's air strikes come, the "Land Warriors" quickly lie down in the same action as the Soviet army.Everyone is always worried that Lanxiang fighters will not be able to see the five-clawed golden dragon flag spread on their own positions, so they often send signal flares to the sky to show the position of the position.The Red Army bombers came too, low enough to see the red star on the tail.High in the sky, fighter jets gleamed in the sun.One observer felt that the fighting and rolling fighters were more like fish in the water than birds in the air.

All kinds of noise kept disturbing Long Jun's nerves. "The air was filled," said one tank officer, "with the devilish howl of Lan Xiang's dive, the thunderous roar of flak and cannon, the roar of engines, the creak of tank tracks, the Viper bazooka. The screams of firing, the clatter of submachine guns all around us, every moment we felt the heat of the burning city enveloping us."

(End of this chapter)