If the Soviet Union wanted to obtain weapons and military supplies from the Chinese Empire, it needed to go through bilateral negotiations, deposits, and safe transportation.

The Soviet Union urgently needed arms, and the Soviet military was already in a hurry. Faced with the huge price of the Chinese Empire, they did not pay back the money. Just like the Tsarist Russia transported all 800 tons of gold from its treasury to the Chinese Empire to purchase arms in order to cope with the domestic revolution, the Soviet Union mortgaged 350 tons of gold and 12,000 tons of silver in its treasury to the Chinese Empire in exchange for the Chinese Empire that the first batch of arms worth a total of 12.2 billion dragon coins were immediately transported to the Soviet Union.

Stalin generously donated money, and the Chinese Empire also satisfied him to the greatest extent.

As the huge arms transaction was profitable, the Chinese Empire government drew 10% of the arms transactions and immediately stamped them after tax. Due to the special instructions from Emperor Chen Hao of the Chinese Empire, the Imperial Export Control Commission only required the Soviet Union to pay a guarantee of 400 million dragon coins as a deposit to prevent the Soviet Union from copying the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire through reverse engineering, and then relaxed the restrictions on high-tech exports to the Soviet Union.

The major arms dealers in the empire, like seeing a cat, all of which sold out their respective high-tech weapons and equipment, which ranged from more than 300 types, including military, logistics, civilian and other aspects. The Soviet government even refused to accept everyone. As long as the technical level exceeded that of Germany, the Soviet Union accepted everything and did not bargain.

It can be said that the Soviets who were in a brutal manner were desperate. This greatly reduced the arms dealers of the Chinese Empire. In just three months, the Sino-Soviets signed arms orders with a total amount of up to 264 billion dragon coins, which was equivalent to the 13-month GDP of the Chinese Empire.

Of course, the Soviet Union could not afford so much money at once. The Soviet Union's gold and foreign exchange reserves were only enough to pay less than one-third of the fees. The remaining funds were paid in installments, and even directly mortgaged the only two oil areas of the Soviet Union to the Chinese Empire. The arms dealers of the Chinese Empire could not get out all the weapons, equipment and materials required by the Soviets at once, and most of them had to be produced first. Therefore, they agreed that the Soviets would pay the deposit first and the final payment would be paid in one lump sum on the official trading day.

No matter what, the Chinese Empire had to take the Soviets, so this huge sum of money would definitely not be taken out again if it was put into the pocket.

However, the Chinese Empire was still trustworthy. Unlike when he was cheating Tsarist Russia, he collected 800 tons of gold from Tsarist Russia, but he was slow to give Tsarist Russia arms. Until Tsarist Russia was destroyed, the Chinese Empire only provided less than 30 tons of gold weapons and equipment, which can be said to have cheated Tsarist Russia.

But this time is different. For various strategic considerations, the Chinese Empire required the Soviet Union to engage in an unprecedented war of attrition with Germany. Therefore, after collecting the Soviet gold and silver, it immediately fulfilled the contract and quickly transported the first batch of arms worth 122 dragon coins to the Soviet Union.

The strong national strength of the Chinese Empire was fully demonstrated at this moment. The Chinese Empire dispatched 1,200 various military transport aircraft, and more than 3,000 transport aircraft from major civil aviation companies of the Empire, and first airlifted 500,000 tons of military supplies to Moscow. It mainly included the M28a3 main battle tanks, W30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and Z29 anti-tank fighting vehicles that were urgently needed by the Soviet Red Army, as well as various anti-tank rockets and anti-tank sniper rifles. This was the strategy adopted by the Soviet Red Army to deal with the German armored clusters.

The Chinese Empire's timely airlift of this batch of military supplies to the Soviet Union was undoubtedly a life-saving straw for the Soviet Red Army, and played an immeasurable and tremendous role in blocking the fierce offensive of the German army.

At the same time, there were also a large number of military vehicles, artillery, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials transported to the Soviet Union through land railways. For the Soviet people who were in a tough battle, the Chinese Empire was undoubtedly a timely help. Of course, this was because Stalin strictly prohibited the government from revealing any news that the Soviet Union had hollowed out the treasury and obtained these materials from the Chinese Empire. On the one hand, Stalin did not want the Soviets to know that the Soviet treasury was empty, but on the other hand, he claimed that this was the humanitarian aid of the Chinese Empire to the Soviet Union. His intention was already very obvious, which was to please the Chinese Empire and prevent the Chinese Empire from taking the opportunity to invade the Soviet Union. At the same time, it also had the purpose of instigating Germany and the world of the allies to be hostile to the Chinese Empire.

Stalin's move naturally stimulated Hitler.

At this time, Hitler was already taking risks in order to invade the Soviet Union from the east, because France on the Western Front had not been eliminated and could breathe and counterattack Germany at any time. At the same time, Hitler was also very clear that once Germany destroyed the Soviet Union, he would face the Chinese Empire directly.

The Chinese Empire airlifted huge military supplies to the Soviet Union in a short period of time. This powerful transportation capacity highlighted the strength of the Chinese Empire, which shocked Hitler.

Hitler knew very well that it was sooner or later to go to war with the Chinese Empire, but he hoped to postpone the war as much as possible unless Germany was ready to deal with military attacks from the Chinese Empire. Therefore, when Hitler learned that the Soviet Union had negotiated a weapon purchase agreement with the Chinese Empire, he issued an order to quickly destroy the Soviet Union to the German army on the front line.

Although the Soviet Red Army obtained up to 300,000 tons of weapons and equipment on August 15, it would take at least several months for the Soviet army to adapt to the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire. During this period, the Soviet army was forced to adopt a strategic retreat plan that exchanged space for time.

The German army was unobstructed. After occupying Minsk, on August 15, it captured Smolensk, the gateway to the Soviet capital Moscow, through fierce battles, surrounded more than a dozen Soviet divisions, cut off the Minsk-Moscow Highway, the most important transportation trunk in western Soviet Union, and set up the headquarters of the German Central Army Group here.

At this time, the German army was only 380 kilometers away from Moscow.

After a month of high-intensity mechanized operations, the German oil reserves dropped sharply. Hitler knew that the conspiracy of the Chinese Empire was nothing more than hoping that the Soviet-German war would become a deadlock. Therefore, in order to be on the safe side, Hitler had to include the Chinese Empire's support for the Soviet Union. In this way, Hitler believed that it would take at least four months to destroy the Soviet Union. That is, it would be possible to completely occupy the Soviet Union by the end of this year.

The German army's oil reserves could not last until that time. Even if they could, the Chinese Empire would definitely make a fuss about oil. Once the Chinese Empire used the excuse of Germany's lack of money to pay, the German army would be in danger.

Therefore, in order to ensure the supply of oil, Hitler had to order the German army to give priority to the attack on the Soviet oil zones, Maikop and Grozny.

Maikop and Grozny are located in the Transcaucasus region, sandwiched between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. They are the only large-scale oil-producing area of ​​the Soviet Union. Once the German army occupied this place, Germany's crude oil consumption problem will be solved immediately, and the Soviet Union will also accelerate its demise due to the lack of crude oil.

However, if the German army wanted to capture Maikop and Grozny, they had to occupy the Ukrainian area first and then bypass the Black Sea halfway before they could arrive.

Originally, the allies on the Black Sea coast had an absolute advantage, because the main countries on the Black Sea coast were members of the Allied countries, including Romania, Bulgaria and Türkiye.

Germany has always wanted to control the Maikop and Grozny oil zones. Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey think so, and even the neutral country, Armenia, has long had the ambition to annex Maikop and Grozny.

When Germany sent troops to the Soviet Union, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey expressed their intention to capture Maikop and Grozny. Hitler agreed considering the relationship between the allies. However, the three-national coalition forces were stubbornly resisted by the Soviet army, and more than a month after the war started, they still failed to land in the western part of the Black Sea.

Germany could not afford it. Turkey asked to use Armenia to cross the Caucasus Mountains to attack Maikop and Grozny. However, since the end of the Gulf War, Armenia has completely become a pawn of the Chinese Empire and has become the most powerful nail owner of the Chinese Empire in the Transcaucasus region. No one can buy any of the accounts. Including Turkey, which has a paramilitary alliance with the Chinese Empire, is no exception.

Since the Chinese Empire attaches great importance to oil, it has long promised that once Armenia changes its power, the Chinese Empire will support Armenia in controlling the oil areas of Maikop and Grozny.

At this time, Armenia was an ally of the Chinese Empire. Although this small country had only 200,000 troops, it was all Chinese-style equipment, and its equipment level was almost the same as that of the Chinese Empire. With the help of the Chinese Empire in recent years, the combat effectiveness of the Armenian army has become a powerful country in West Asia, and even the Soviet Union had to give it three points.

After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Chinese Empire only had the Armenian government at the first time, requiring it to send troops to control the Maikop and Grozny oil zones at critical moments. The Armenian government itself had long been salivating there. After obtaining substantial guarantees from the Chinese Empire, the Armenian army had been deploying troops on the east and west sides of the foothills of the Caucasus. Once the Soviet army could not withstand the attack of the allies, it would immediately send troops to occupy the area.

Under such circumstances, it is even more impossible for Turkey to use Armenia to attack the Soviet Union, which has led to the delay in completing the combat mission of Turkey, Bulgaria and Romanian coalition forces, which made Hitler very angry. When the energy was gradually in a hurry, Hitler had to let the German army take action himself.

The German army divided the main force of the Central Army Group that attacked Moscow, and instead attacked Kiev in the south to occupy Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union. However, the most important purpose was to cross Ukraine to attack the Transcaucasian Federation in order to capture the Maikop and Grozny oil zones as soon as possible.

The Battle of Kiev was from midsummer to early autumn. The Soviet army suffered serious defeats in the defensive war in Kiev. Not only did it lose front-line troops, but the reserves used in this direction were also exhausted. Among the two frontiers deployed in the Kiev region, six armies were surrounded, and all the heads of the Southwest Front Army were killed, and several commanders of the army were captured.

The German army then announced the great results of the German encirclement and annihilation of 665,000 Soviet troops, becoming the largest annihilation war in history. In early September, the Northern Army Group had occupied Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and entered the suburbs of Leningrad, and joined forces with the Finnish army to completely block Leningrad.

Stalin issued a death order to the Leningrad defenders, and those who retreated were dealt with by military law, forcing the Leningrad defenders to fight to the death and launched a tragic battle to defend Leningrad.

In order to attack Leningrad, the German Northern Army Marshal Loeb readjusted his troops deployment: the Northern Assault Group was formed with the 41st Panzer Army of Reinhard and the 18th Army of Qusiler, and broke through the defense line from the lower reaches of the Luga River. The attack on Leningrad was attacked by Gatche; the 56th Panzer Army of Manstein (neglecting the 8th Panzer Division, adding 1 SS Police Division) formed the Western Assault Group, attacked Luga from the middle reaches of the Luga River, and constrained the main force of the Soviet army. Later, he attacked Leningrad along the Luga-Leningrad highway; the 57th Panzer Army of Boucher and the 3rd Panzer Corps of the Central Army of Hot formed the Southern Assault Group, broke through the defense line from the upper reaches of the Luga River, and then turned to the northeast. Attacked Chudovo, cut off the October railway line from Leningrad to Moscow. Surround Leningrad from the east.

On September 8, the Northern Lu German Army took the lead in launching a fierce attack from the lower reaches of the Luga River to the Jinjishep area. On September 13, it broke through the Jinjishep defense line, occupied the Moloskovice Station, and cut off the railway and highway route from Leningrad to Jinjishep; on September 11, the Southern Lu German Army launched an attack from the upper reaches of the Luga River to the Himsk area, and on September 15, it broke through the Soviet army's first defense line, occupied Novgorod, and then advanced towards Chudowo in the northeast direction. It was prepared to cross the Volkhov River with some forces,

Occupying Tihvin; the 56th Panzer Army of the middle lane, Manstein, launched an attack on Luga on September 10. Although it was frustrated, it restrained the strength of the three Soviet divisions. On September 15, Manstein was ordered to hand over the task to the 50th Army to take over, leading the 56th Panzer Army to advance south and support the German Army of the South Luga. At the same time, the Finnish Southeast Army in the north of Leningrad also advanced to Lake Radoga with three divisions. The Finnish Karelian Army of the Finnish Karelian launched an attack on the 23rd Army of the Sudi Isthmus in Karelian.

The German army advanced forward at a speed of 2 kilometers per day. On September 21, the German army in the South Lu were occupied Chudovo and cut off the October railway from Leningrad to Moscow. At the end of September, the German army in the North Lu arrived at the Slutsk-Korpingno area, which was only 20 kilometers south of Leningrad. On October 8, the German army in the South Lu arrived at the southern shore of Lake Ladoga to the east of Leningrad. Observing Schlüsselburgh, cutting off the last land transportation line between Leningrad and the outside world, surrounding Leningrad on three sides. Only Lake Ladoga can maintain water and air connection with the outside world. In the eyes of Marshal Leb, Leningrad was ready. In the eyes of Marshal Voroshilov, Leningrad had no hope. He even ran to the front line, hoping to be killed by the Germans.

Stalin, who was furious, decided to form the Leningrad Front Army, and General Zhukov, the former commander of the Front Army of the Base Camp, was appointed as the commander of the Leningrad Front Army. At the same time, Stalin asked them to be pulled to the front line without waiting for the Chinese equipment group to complete adaptive training.

In the end, Zhukov persuaded Stalin, saying that the Chinese army group was the last killer weapon of the Soviet Red Army. They must wait until they fully learn to adapt to the advanced weapons and equipment of the Chinese Empire before letting them go to the battlefield. Otherwise, the weapons and equipment purchased by the Soviet Union would have no meaning.

After research, Stalin and Zhukov decided to first transfer the Rpg30 anti-tank rocket regiment equipped with the Chinese Empire and the MK1625mm anti-tank sniper rifle regiment built by the Chinese Empire to Leningrad to destroy the German armored forces.

Zhukov believes it is feasible because he has learned about these two weapons and equipment. The Rpg30 individual rocket made by the Chinese Empire can effectively destroy the German army's No. 5 main battle tank. The other MK16 anti-tank sniper rifle combined with the DK64 armor-piercing sniper rifle ammunition is enough to severely damage the German army's No. 4 main battle tank and other light armored tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

After Stalin actually inspected the anti-tank strength of these two weapons at the shooting range, he couldn't help but praise the Chinese Empire that had been prepared to deal with the Germans, and thus his confidence increased greatly.

In this way, Zhukov transferred two Soviet anti-tank infantry regiments into Leningrad, which played an immeasurable role in blocking the attack of German armored forces (anti-tank weapons are most effective in street combat).

In the early morning of October 10, Zhukov flew to Leningrad with his assistant Lieutenant General Hojin, Major General Fejninsky and Major General Kokopev. At this time, Voroshilov and others were holding a meeting to discuss what measures should be taken if they could not defend Leningrad. Zhukov immediately proposed that Leningrad must be firmly defended until the last person.

Zhukov then reorganized the front army, with Fekuninsky serving as deputy commander and Hojin as chief of staff, and removed Major General Ivanov, commander of the 42nd Army, and Major General Sherbakov, commander of the 8th Army. Zhukov and his assistants also formulated a city defense plan overnight: withdraw some anti-aircraft guns from the urban air defense forces, place them in the most dangerous areas of Leningrad, and carry out direct fire on German tanks; use all the naval guns of the Baltic Fleet to support the 42nd Army in the Uritsk-Pulkovo Heights; establish deep staging defenses in all major directions, lay mines, and set up power grids; draw some forces of the 23rd Army from the Isthmus of Karelia to support the 42nd Army and strengthen the defense in the Uritsk region; use the Baltic Fleet sailors and military academies to form 5 to 6 infantry brigades.

On the morning of October 9, the German army launched a frontal attack from the south to Leningrad, with the main attack directions being Uritsk in the southwest of the city and Pulkovo Heights in the south. On the 10th, the German army tore a gap in the defense ground of the Soviet 3rd Guard Militia Division. On the 11th, the German army occupied Dudgov and the next day, occupying Hongcun, advancing towards Uritsk.

On October 13, the German army broke through the Soviet defense, occupied Sosnovka, Koylovo, Finland, and forced into Uritsk. Zhukov realized that Leningrad's defense had reached the most critical moment, so he decided to put the 10th Infantry Division, the last reserve unit of the Front, into battle.

On the 14th, the 10th Infantry Division, with the support of artillery and aviation, carried out rapid assaults against the enemy. At the same time, two Soviet anti-tank infantry regiments equipped with Chinese-made RPG rockets and MK16 anti-tank sniper rifles also entered the battle.

The German army did not expect that the Soviet army would suddenly launch a counterattack, especially the two anti-tank infantry regiments of the Soviet army. Relying on the cover of the ruins, they caused a fatal attack on heavy weapons such as tanks and tanks of the German armored units, and a large number of German tanks and tanks were destroyed.

The German infantry, who had lost the cover of tanks and tanks, was in a state of chaos and was forced to abandon Sosnovka and Koylovo, Finland, and the Soviet army resumed its original situation.

For Loeb, there was no more time. Because Hitler shifted the focus of his combat to the Moscow axis. On October 6, Hitler issued the No. 35 order, code-named the "Typhoon" operation, and determined that the Battle of Moscow will be launched on November 2, and that Moscow must be completely occupied within one month (the German army believes that occupying the Soviet capital would force the Soviet Union to surrender).

Hitler asked Loeb to quickly establish contact with the Finnish army in the Isthmus of Karelia and encircle the Soviet army group in Leningrad so as to create conditions for the German army's attack in the middle road by October 15 at the latest. By then, the 4th Armored Corps of Hepna and part of the air force will be transferred to Marshal Baoke's Central Army Group. If Lebre cannot capture Leningrad before the 15th, Loeb will be even less capable of capturing Leningrad.

To this end, Loeb called the German General Staff Headquarters and asked him to postpone the armored corps for four or five days before handing over the Central Army Group. At the same time, he promised confidently that he would occupy Leningrad within a few days. Loeb's request was approved to postpone him for four days.

German Chief of Staff Halde added a meaningful sentence at the end of the order: "Many things and the future of many people will be determined by these 4 days."

Leb understood that among these many people, he also had himself.

On October 16, Loeb looked for weak parts of the Soviet defense and commanded the German army to break into the Soviet defense from the junction of the 42nd Army and the 55th Army, and captured Push City 18 kilometers south of Leningrad, detoured to the left, detoured to the Pulkovo Highlands south of Leningrad, and detoured to the right, detoured to the southeast of Corpino.

However, under the tenacious resistance of the Soviet army, the German offensive speed was as slow as that of a snail, and its propulsion speed dropped from 5 kilometers a day in August to less than 2 kilometers a month in October. It was only one day before Hitler stipulated. Loeb decided to make a last move at all costs.

On the 19th, the German army's attack reached **. German infantry launched a fierce attack on the Pulkovo Heights under the cover of tanks. The artillery carried out 17 consecutive hours of bombardment on Leningrad. The aviation troops dispatched nearly 30,000 aircraft to carry out 6 waves of saturated bombings on the city.

However, Stalin was not a bully either. On that day, he used 800 J-10 fighters and 150 h6n2 heavy bombers from the Chinese Army Group to launch an air counterattack on the German army.!~!
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