Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 618 Explosive news

At this time, the banquet was about to begin. Lenin and Guan Xuqing both entered the venue and delivered welcome speeches and thank-you speeches. After the banquet began, Lenin invited the Chinese emperor to the Ekaterina Hall above for a separate banquet.Half an hour before the arrival, several madams began to prepare the morning tea. After the arrival of the guests and the hosts, a male waiter in a red embroidered collar shirt began to serve the distinguished guests according to the old tradition. Chop firewood and "fan the flames" with a real boot (which looks like a high-leather boot) placed on the table Seeing this most traditional way of hospitality, Guan Xuqing felt very unique. The hall was decorated with national traditions The images of the firebird and the lion are placed on the dining table in the middle and the Soviet Union facing each other.

Lenin led Guan Xuqing to the Russian samovar decorated with firebirds and said: "Today's conversation was very successful, and I am honored to have dinner with you here."

Guan Xuqing nodded, and then replied: "China and the Soviet Union are friends. In China, a friend is a very noble title, which represents trust, understanding and help."

"You said it very well." Lenin looked very happy, pointing to the sumptuous food on the table and said: "The Soviet people have prepared a very good dinner for you, you must taste it."

Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "Thank you, I don't want to talk about eating, just looking at these delicacies, I will be hooked. Ha ha"

After the greetings, the two walked to the table and began to taste Russian-style dinner.The dinner arranged by Lenin for the Chinese emperor was ingenious and had distinct national characteristics. The main dishes were smoked beluga, fritters and cranberry jelly; eggs, black caviar and sour cream; quail meat dumplings; cherry soup.When the two dined, the national band in traditional costumes sang and danced to add to the fun.

At this time, in the banquet hall downstairs, the banquet was in full swing. The Soviets seemed to have a natural love for wine. Vodka was originally a strong alcoholic drink, known as the king of alcoholic beverages. The vodka used for this banquet was carefully brewed by the chefs of the Kremlin Palace. After three times of distillation, the vodka with high alcohol content can drunk to death an elephant, but the people attending the banquet, whether they are men or women, are more cautious at first. They used exquisite silver wine glasses. After drinking for three rounds, the alcohol evaporated in their bodies, and their wildness was fully revealed. They changed into military green enamel tea mugs, and each of them poured Filled with vodka, the strong smell of alcohol can make the people on the opposite side run away. A lineup of more than 1000 people came to the Chinese delegation of more than 100 people to toast. Feng Xianghua never drank alcohol. But this time the other party's kindness was really hard to bear, and he made an exception and drank a cup, and immediately became a big blush.Xu Shichang, Liu Buchan, Wu Peifu and other high-ranking military officials already had a lot of alcohol, but they could barely handle it, but it was hard for Kang Youwei and other civil servants. Later, the Soviets simply photographed a group of female representatives to persuade them to drink. They drank a teacup in one go. Kang Youwei had no choice but to drink half a cup. up.

After staying for a day, Guan Xuqing returned to Beijing with his entourage officials on Air Force 1.

Just as Guan Xuqing was on his way back to Beijing, the largest offensive plan in the history of the world, the Barbarossa plan, officially started on the border of the Soviet Union.

The task of the Central Army Group of the German Army was to encircle and annihilate the white Soviet army. The source of troops reached 50 divisions and two brigades. After completing the encirclement and annihilation mission, they then attacked the heart of the Soviet Union.The Northern Army Group has 2 divisions. Its mission is to annihilate the Soviet Army on the Baltic Sea coast and attack Leningrad. The Southern Army Group's mission is to attack Kiev and the entire Ukraine, and wipe out the main force of the Soviet Army in Ukraine to the west of the Dnieper River. , The source of troops reached 29 divisions and 57 brigades.In addition, there are two armies of Norway and Finland pointing directly to the north, carrying out assaults in the direction of Murmansk and Leningrad respectively.

At the beginning of the war, 66 airports in the western part of the Soviet Union were violently bombed by Japanese aircraft fleets. The Soviet army lost 1200 aircraft within half a day, and 800 of them were destroyed at the airport before taking off. The communication facilities were severely damaged by the German aviation attack, and the command organization of the border military region was basically paralyzed.

The German army advanced 60 kilometers on the first day of the war.The Soviet National Defense Committee immediately issued an order that night, requiring the border military region to launch a fierce counterattack to eliminate the invading enemy.

In the first few days of the war, the German army fought extremely smoothly by virtue of its sudden attack, advantages in weapons and equipment, and rich combat experience. As far as the approach to Kiev, Army Group North has crossed the West Dvina River.

Facing the prepared German army, the Soviet army was caught off guard. Although the Soviet Union took emergency measures to change the frontier military region into a front army and set up the Soviet Army Command, a large amount of work could not be completed before the outbreak of the war. Due to the outdated equipment of the Soviet army, the poor quality of the commanders, and the misjudgment of the enemy's main attack direction, 28 divisions were wiped out in the early days of the war, and more than half of the 70 divisions' personnel and weapons were lost. 30 Soviet troops captured.

After occupying Minsk, the German army captured Smolensk, the gateway to the Soviet capital through fierce fighting, encircled more than a dozen divisions of the Soviet army, cut off the Minsk Highway, the most important traffic artery in the west of the Soviet Union, and sent the German Central Army Group headquarters is located here.At this time, the German army was only 380 kilometers away.

At this time, the German army made a mistake that may be related to the overall situation. The German army dispatched part of the attacking Central Army Group to attack Kiev in the south to occupy Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.The Soviet army suffered a serious defeat in the Kiev defensive battle. Not only did they lose their frontline troops, but the reserve force used in this direction was also exhausted. Among the two front armies deployed in the Kiev area, six group armies were encircled, and the Southwest Front Army All the chief officers were killed, and several army commanders were captured.Up to now, the Northern Army Group has occupied all of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, entered the outskirts of Leningrad, and joined forces with the Finnish army to completely blockade Leningrad.Although the German army achieved major victories in the south and the north, they did not fully succeed in Leningrad on the north road, and missed the best time to attack on the central road, and also missed the best chance to defeat the Soviet Union in one fell swoop.

As soon as Guan Xuqing returned to Beijing, telegrams from the Soviet Union came one after another, requesting that weapons and strategic materials be sent over quickly.Feng Xianghua didn't think it was necessary, "Your Majesty, the life and death of the Soviets has nothing to do with us. Do you really plan to support them with these military supplies?"

"Xianghua, you don't understand the principle of dead lips and cold teeth, do you? If the Soviet Union is really defeated, where do you think Hitler's next target will be?"

Feng Xianghua thought about it carefully before saying, "It's probably our country."

"That's right, with the successive victories of the Communist Party, Hitler's arrogance and arrogance have also reached the extreme. At that time, Hitler will definitely direct his troops to China. He must touch this piece of fat that he seemed untouchable in the past. Yes. We will temporarily supply the Soviet Union with weapons and supplies, so that the Soviet Red Army will face head-to-head with the main force of the Communist Party. Even if the Soviet Union wins, it will definitely pay a heavy price. It will be much easier for us to deal with him again."

"Yes, I understand."

At this time, Zhao Bingjun came to see the emperor and reported the investigation of the assassination. Guan Xuqing was shocked.

"Your Majesty, I have something very important to report to you." Zhao Bingjun looked nervous and excited, completely different from his usual calm and sophisticated demeanor.

"What's the fuss about?"

"In addition to those four assassins, we caught someone in their hiding place. Your Majesty, guess who this person is?" I don't know what happened today, Zhao Bingjun spoke completely upside down, out of proportion.

Guan Xuqing snorted and said angrily, "Who is it?"

"It's that prime minister, Hideki Tojo!"

It doesn't matter if you say a word, Guan Xuqing was taken aback, "What! How is this possible? The central area of ​​the nuclear explosion on Tokyo was the Emperor's Palace and the Prime Minister's official residence. It is impossible for anyone to survive in that area. Hideo Tojo How did the plane escape, impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Your Majesty, at first I couldn't believe it. We also found this from a document he carried with him." As he said, Zhao Bingjun presented a crumpled and crumpled document to the emperor.

The document clearly reads: Prime Minister of the Great Empire Hideki Tojo, Showa 4, with the seal of Emperor Hirohito on it.

really him?Guan Xuqing couldn't help being stunned holding this certificate.

"Your Majesty, there are still these, please read them." Zhao Bingjun presented another stack of local newspapers, and Guan Xuqing took a look. These newspapers were "Yomiuri Shimbun" published in the past six months, and almost all of them were They all published photos of Hideki Tojo, and Zhao Bingjun added: "It is with these photos that I finally confirmed that the last person caught was Hideki Tojo."

"What's going on here? Have you found out what's going on?" Guan Xuqing became more and more confused the more he listened.

"The minister interrogated him overnight, but that guy has clearly made up his mind to die. No matter how much he asks him, he doesn't say a word. He is really a diehard. This person is of great importance, and I dare not torture him privately, so I still want to invite the emperor Determined. But I got some information from the other four assassins."

(End of this chapter)