On October 30, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), Qingdao was restored!
When the news spread to Europe, Okamura Neji finally became anxious and rushed to the "Wolf's Lair" overnight to ask for a meeting with Hitler.
Okamura Neiji did not know that half an hour before he arrived at the "Wolf's Lair", Manstein had just returned from the front line. The reason why Mustache recalled Manstein from the war-torn Balkan front line to the "Wolf's Lair"
", I just want to hear Manstein, who is known as "the first German general", give a comprehensive analysis of the situation in Asia.
Manstein, Guderian and Rommel are also known as the three famous generals of the German army. However, Manstein is the only famous general recognized by all the generals of the German Wehrmacht. Manstein's strategic thinking is profound and terrifying.
Almost every battle he planned was a masterpiece, always frightening and frightening his opponents.
In the brightly lit basement, Hitler and Manstein sat opposite each other.
"Your Excellency, Head of State, I think it's time to put pressure on Russia and force it to make some concessions to Japan." Manstein sat as straight as a bell, with a straight military posture. "China has just leased a naval fleet from the United States. There are
With this fleet, Myanmar's war supplies and mechanized corps can continue to move northward through sea routes. If the contradiction between Japan and Russia is not coordinated as soon as possible, the Japanese army will lose control of Northeast Asia without any suspense, and its final defeat will be inevitable.
will be inevitable."
"If the current situation is maintained, how many years can Japan last at most?" Hitler looked gloomy.
Manstein pondered for a moment and then said: "Japan's military resources have been exhausted, so it can last for up to three years."
"Three years!?" Hitler said with a gloomy look on his face, "How many years will it take for the Reich to end the war in Europe?"
Manstein said without hesitation: "It will take at least five years for the empire to force the United States and Britain to sit at the negotiating table."
Hitler immediately fell into a long silence. If Germany could take the lead in winning the European War and force the United States, Britain and other countries to sit at the negotiating table, then even Japan's final defeat would be acceptable. Hitler was even willing to form an alliance with the newly born China.
To form a new continental alliance to fight against the maritime alliance with the United States and Britain as its core.
Compared to Japan, a small island country, Hitler was actually more willing to form an alliance with China.
However, if Japan is defeated first and Germany fails to force the United States and Britain to the negotiating table, the situation is likely to get out of control, because after Japan's defeat, China is very likely to send troops to Central Asia or Siberia. Once the Russian Communist Party
Restoration, then the war on the Eastern Front would start again, which would be almost unbearable for Germany.
Manstein just sat across from him quietly and did not interrupt. He only said what he should say.
In fact, Hitler's way of thinking was exactly the same as Roosevelt's. Roosevelt was worried about China becoming bigger. Hitler was also worried about Japan becoming bigger. Imagine if Japan got China's population, the resources of the Far East, and Japan's original industrial base.
, within ten years, it will become a serious problem for the third Germany!
Therefore, for Germany, the most ideal result is for China and Japan to fight in Asia and lose both sides, while Russia fights with the Allies in the Balkans battlefield to the bone. Only in this way, after the war is over, Germany can
Able to firmly hold the leadership of the Axis Alliance without losing power.
Ordinarily, Germany would be happy to help Japan appropriately so that both China and Japan would suffer losses.
But the problem is that there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Germany must put pressure on Russia, and Russia must surrender.
Although Russia's national and military power is far from being comparable to that of the Soviet Union, and it no longer poses much of a threat to Germany, in any case, Russia still has more than 5 million regular troops and a huge industrial base. Once Molotov is
If you are desperate, if you change course and turn to the anti-fascist alliance, you will lose more than you gain.
The reason why Hitler delayed meeting Okamura Neiji for so long was that he was unwilling to put pressure on Russia. At least before forcing the United States and Britain to sit at the negotiating table, Germany was unwilling to cause too much trouble with Russia. As for reaching an armistice agreement,
After that, Russia's problem needs to be solved sooner or later. A unified Russia is obviously not in Germany's interest.
"Where is Molotov's bottom line?" After a long while, Hitler asked with a gloomy face.
"The sovereignty of the Far East cannot be discussed." Manstein sorted out his thoughts and then said, "The Japanese must also know this. What the Japanese actually need is the iron ore, coal, timber and crude oil from the Far East.
Strategic resources, and the other thing is that the Japanese government hopes that the Far East Industrial City can give priority to protecting the Japanese army."
"Is there still oil in the Far East?" Hitler was stunned when he heard this.
"There is indeed oil in the Far East, and the reserves are extremely rich." Manstein said, "It's just that it's not easy to extract, and Japan's refining equipment is relatively backward, so the oil and gas production is not high. If it weren't for the lack of oil and gas reserves, the mechanization of the Japanese army in the Far East
I am afraid that the Corps has already moved south into the hinterland of China, and the situation of the Japanese troops in China will not be so passive."
Hitler nodded and said: "Do you think Molotov will agree to the Japanese terms?"
"This shouldn't be a problem." Manstein said this and then added, "However, I think Okamura Neiji will also put forward additional conditions."
"Additional conditions?" Hitler frowned, "What conditions?"
"It's hard to say exactly what it is." Manstein shook his head and then added, "However, generally speaking, there are only the following possibilities, either asking Russia to assist in finished gasoline and diesel, or asking the empire to assist in large quantities.
Military equipment, or asking the empire to assist the production line of me-262 jets."
Hitler said without hesitation: "Tiger and Leopard series tanks or finished gasoline and diesel can be considered, but the production line of the me-262 jet is out of the question."
At this time, although Germany lost the oil fields in Romania, it controlled the Baku oil fields in Azerbaijan through Russia. Therefore, there was no shortage of refined gasoline and diesel. It was not a big deal to assist Japan with hundreds or thousands of tons of refined petroleum products, but things like jets
The Germans will never share their cutting-edge technology with their allies.
Before Hitler finished speaking, his secretary came in and reported: "His Excellency Neji Okamura would like to see you."
Hitler smoothed his slightly messy black hair and told his secretary: "Let him wait outside."
After that, Hitler said to Manstein: "Fritz, the intelligence agency has confirmed that the reason why the U.S. government leased the navy to China is because the Chinese government provided the Americans with a new infantry weapon.
The official name is 'Gunship', and it is said to be a fatal threat to the empire's armored groups. What do you think?"
"Armed helicopter?" Manstein frowned and said in a deep voice, "Helicopter?"
"Oh, by the way, there are also video materials." Hitler immediately pressed the doorbell and asked someone to bring the projector and film into the secret room. After viewing the video materials, Manstein's face suddenly changed. With Manstein's
With a strategic perspective, how can you not see the huge threat that armed helicopters pose to armored clusters? This weapon is simply the nemesis of armored clusters!
"Your Majesty the Head of State, the empire must also develop armed helicopters as soon as possible!" Manstein said solemnly.
Hitler waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "In the field of armed helicopters, the empire has fallen far behind. Instead of catching up, it is better to put more energy into missiles and jets. As long as we seize battlefield air superiority, we will be able to completely
Destroying the Allied forward bases, these short-legged helicopter gunships will pose no threat."
Hitler's strategic vision was naturally not as far-reaching as Manstein's, but it cannot be said that his views were wrong.
Due to Yue Weihan's time travel, the emergence of armed helicopters was advanced by a full 30 years. However, the newly emerged armed helicopters undoubtedly had many flaws, the biggest of which was their short range. For example, the first model developed by the Kamov-Miri Design Bureau
The KM-34 armed helicopter has a combat radius of only 150 kilometers.
Such a short voyage would not be able to function at all without the support of a forward base.
However, Hitler did not know that the shortcomings of the short range of the armed helicopters would soon be improved, and it was impossible for the German Air Force to completely seize air supremacy in the Mediterranean battlefield. After all, the air forces of the United States and Britain were there, and it would not be long before the two countries
China's jet fighter jets will also be put into service, and the production speed will only be faster than that of Germany.
Manstein wanted to say a few more words, but was rudely interrupted by Mustache. He had no choice but to sigh and turn around to leave. Immediately, Mustache also turned and left the basement to go to the ground command headquarters to meet with Okamura Neji.
Yangon, Four Fields Headquarters.
Deng Gong walked slowly into Yue Weihan's office, put the telegram in his hand in front of Yue Weihan, and said: "Zhongshu, the central government has come up with the division of war zones for the four major field armies."
As of yesterday, the Second Field Army's 1st Army had completely eliminated the remaining Japanese troops in Nanjing City. At this point, the entire area south of the Yangtze River has been liberated, and most of the counties, townships, and villages in the southwest, northwest, and North China Plain have also been liberated.
After the Restoration, the division of battle zones among the four major field armies indeed had to be adjusted.
Yue Weihan picked up the telegram and looked at it. It was basically similar to what he guessed.
The combat and garrison areas of Yiye are still the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, and the combat targets are still the Japanese troops in North China.
The garrison area of the second field is still the nine provinces of Central China, but the combat area has become the Indochina Peninsula and Southeast Asian islands, and the combat target has also been changed from the Japanese army in Central China to the Japanese army in Southeast Asia.
The garrison area of Sanye is still the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Kangxi, plus the northwest provinces and Tibet, but the targets of the war have become the Japanese Mengsui Army and the Russian army in Central Asia.
The garrison areas of the Four Fields are Myanmar, Singapore and Taiwan, and the combat areas are the four eastern provinces, the Far East and the four Japanese islands. The combat targets are the Japanese Home Army, the Kwantung Army and the Far East Front Army. In addition, considering that the supply line of the Four Fields is too long, the newly established
The Chinese Navy Corps is temporarily under the command of Siye.
Of course, the immediate task of Si Ye is to cooperate with Yi Ye to establish the Great Wall defense chain.
Yue Weihan read it in a hurry and then put down the telegram and said to Deng: "Old Deng, news just came from the FBI. With the intervention of Germany, Japan and Russia have reached an agreement. The specific terms are not clear yet, but I
Think, if it takes two months or half a month, the Japanese troops outside the Pass will move south in large numbers!"
"Half a month!?" Mr. Deng's face changed slightly and he said, "So fast!"
The Japanese troops outside the Pass are about to move south, but the defense chain of the Great Wall is not even visible yet.
Although Yiye's 2 million troops can be stationed along the Great Wall at any time, without the Great Wall defense chain, without the airports in Peking and Tianjin for fighter planes to take off and land, and without Tanggu Port to continuously receive military supplies from Myanmar, even Yiye would be unable to do so.
, even if all the four fields were exhausted, it would be impossible to block the huge armored group and heavy artillery group of the Japanese army outside the pass.
What's more, most of the troops in the four fields are still scattered in various places, making it difficult to assemble in a short period of time.
So far, the 3rd Army Group has landed at Tanggukou, the 4th Army has assembled in the Zhoushan Islands, the 5th Army has just passed through the Taiwan Strait, the 6th and 7th Army are still undergoing training, and the 1st and 2nd Army
, because the defense replacement troops in the second field are not in place yet, it is not possible to evacuate the Siam battlefield for the time being.
"So, our actions must speed up!" Yue Weihan said solemnly.
Deng Gong frowned and said with some embarrassment: "But the Japanese army built a large number of fortifications and stationed heavy troops in Peiping and Tianjin. Unless a bomber group is dispatched to carry out large-scale bombing of Peiping and Tianjin, it is impossible for our army to attack Peiping and Tianjin in a short period of time."
We can capture Tianjin or Peiping within a short period of time, but if we carry out large-scale bombing..."
Although Mr. Deng did not continue, Yue Weihan knew what he was going to say.
If a bomber group is dispatched to carry out large-scale bombing, then Peiping, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, will not be saved. By then, the ancient city walls and a large number of ancient buildings in Peking City will be destroyed, and the magnificent Forbidden City will not be spared, and
, while the massive bombing killed a large number of Japanese troops, it also inevitably caused a large number of casualties to our compatriots.
What makes Yue Weihan embarrassed is that it is precisely the large-scale bombing that will cause a large number of casualties among his compatriots.
As for the city of Peiping, Yue Weihan actually has no favorable impressions. Among the so-called ancient capitals of the Six Dynasties, except for Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty who usurped the throne and established his capital in Beijing, the other five dynasties were all Hu dynasties and were not orthodox in the Central Plains. Therefore, the city of Peiping carried more
It is the barbarian culture, or the Manchu and Qing culture that has just been swept into the garbage dump of history, rather than the mainstream culture of the Central Plains.
In Yue Weihan's previous life, Qing palace operas were very popular because of the side effects of New China's decision to make Beijing the capital. Because Beijing carried so much Manchu and Qing culture, New China could not avoid its influence. As for this life, these will no longer exist.
It happened because Chairman Mao had submitted a report to the Politburo, recommending that the National Government move the capital to Xi'an.
Xi'an is the real capital of China. It is not a coincidence that Xi'an was the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties.
Bombing Peiping is likely to cause the death of tens of thousands of Peiping citizens. However, if there is no bombing, the heavily mechanized Japanese army outside the pass will definitely seize the pass and move south before the national army can establish the Great Wall defense chain. By then, the entire North China Plain will
All lives will be reduced to ashes and blood will flow into rivers. At that time, hundreds of thousands or millions of compatriots may die!
Gritting his teeth, Yue Weihan finally made up his mind and said fiercely: "Send my order to bomb Peiping!"