Hitler did not give the Soviet Union and Poland much time to prepare. Just over 20 days after occupying Czechoslovakia, the German armed forces invaded Poland on May 1. Within three days, the Polish Air Force was reduced to a pile of waste.
Iron, after that, only German aircraft roared over the Polish land. In less than a week, the organized resistance of the Polish army was crushed, and the remaining Polish army was divided into several isolated and helpless groups by the German mechanized troops.
Small groups, unable to communicate with each other, could only fight on their own. At this time, the Polish army could no longer be called an "army" and became a combination of several stragglers.
After all, there were not many battles in the previous invasion of the Czech Republic. But this time the invasion of Poland, the Polish army resisted desperately. The armies of various countries once again feasted their eyes on the style of "blitz warfare". In their memories, except for the one three years ago
In the Ming army's cross-river battle, no other army used this tactic so beautifully.
At the same time, the secret negotiations between the Ming side and the Soviet side were still going on in a decent manner. The Ming side opened its mouth. Not only did it not agree to give up the occupied areas in Central Asia, but it asked the Soviet Union for the entire Kamchatka Peninsula. Moreover, the Ming side
The requirement was that the border from the Outer Khingan Mountains to the Kamchatka Peninsula must be established, so a "coastal corridor" must be drawn between the two places. That is to say, the Soviet Union must cede all 200 kilometers of land from the coastline to the west to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the Ming side also proposed that the Soviet Union must recognize the "Russian Federal Republic", that is, Free Russia, and must cede part of the land to Free Russia as its territory. As for where to cede and how much to cede, this is a matter between the Soviet Union and Free Russia.
Ming Dynasty will not interfere with the affairs between the two countries, you can talk about it yourself. But before the three countries sign a treaty, the Ming army will not betray its allies (Free Russia) and unilaterally withdraw its troops from Central Asia.
Molotov simply lost his temper. Not only did the Ming Dynasty not return the occupied areas in Central Asia, it even opened its mouth to claim the entire Kamchatka Peninsula, and also carved out an additional "corridor" that was almost 2,000 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide.
It was given to the Ming Dynasty, and it was still a coastal area. In this way, regardless of the loss of land area, the Soviet Union would have no outlet to the sea in the Far East. What was left was a small section of coastline in the Arctic Circle, which was in the Arctic Circle for most of the year.
It is frozen and covered with clouds and fog all year round, making it worthless for navigation. This is not over yet. We still need to negotiate with "Free Russia" and cede territory to the reactionary Belarusian regime...
But at least Mingfang finally proposed something, and it’s not like I won’t talk to you. As long as we can negotiate, there is hope. Molotov is ready to start bargaining and lower the asking price. And Mingfang seems to be very sincere.
, it is not that no counter-offers are allowed at all. Although the asking price is very high, with Molotov lowering the price, the two sides are like ordinary friendly neighboring countries, you come and go and bargain. In this way, let Molotov
My husband felt a lot more at ease.
They bargained like this for about a week, and the two sides were almost at an end. Ming admitted that its main interests were in the Far East, so it was willing to give up some of its demands in Central Asia in exchange for benefits in the Far East. Therefore, it was willing to give up eastern Kazakhstan.
Eastern Uzbekistan and eastern Turkmenistan were returned to the Soviet Union. However, the Ming army would not transfer the two small mountainous countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, to the Soviet Union. Because these two small countries happened to guard the western section of the Tianshan Mountains and the Pamir Plateau, with high mountains and high terrain.
The dangerous point is the western gate of southern Xinjiang, which is related to the border security of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty will not merge these two small countries into its territory. Instead, it will help them establish independent countries and become a buffer state for the Ming and Su in this area.
Molotov asked Stalin for instructions, and Stalin agreed in principle. Because these two small countries are indeed small in area, mountainous in territory, and of little value, they can be discarded as a price.
In exchange for Ming's concessions in Central Asia, the Soviet Union fully met Ming's territorial requirements in the Far East, that is, ceded the entire Kamchatka Peninsula and the coastal corridor from the Transhunggan Mountains to Kamchatka Peninsula to Ming, and recognized the Russian Federal Republic.
For the Soviet Union, this time is an unprecedented hemorrhage. From the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, the country "Russia" has always been expanding, and there has never been a record of spitting out the land it has acquired. Now in order to get rid of the dangerous situation of fighting on two fronts, in order to
To save the European part, Stalin could be said to have knocked out his front teeth and swallowed it. Fortunately, after paying all these costs, he was finally able to transfer the elite main force of the Red Army to Europe to defend against Hitler's attack. As long as Hitler could not attack, the Soviet regime would
It would not collapse, and Stalin's own power could be preserved. Stalin himself was a capricious and unfaithful person, but he was very confident in the credibility of the Ming Dynasty. He knew that the Ming Dynasty was still a very trustworthy country. Negotiation
No matter how extreme the extortion on the table is, it is another matter, but once the treaty is signed, Ming will definitely abide by it 100% and will never tear it up like Germany did.
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A consensus was roughly reached with the Ming Dynasty, and it was already late May. The German army was deploying troops and generals in Poland, sharpening their knives. Stalin, who had always been calm, could not sit still at this time. He sent several telegrams a day asking,
Urging Molotov to quickly conclude a peace treaty with the Ming Dynasty. Molotov, a veteran diplomat, was also very anxious. He urged the Ming side representatives to sign the treaty every day, saying that the details should be put aside for now, and the two sides could sign supplementary terms in detail later. The Soviet side did not
The Ming side was at a disadvantage. But the Ming side was very calm and insisted on confirming many details one by one and writing them into the text of the treaty, which made Molotov as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
With great difficulty, Mingfang finally confirmed it. Just when Molotov thought he could finally sign the contract, Mingfang’s representative suddenly remembered and said: By the way, you still have to talk to Free Russia. Wait for you to talk too.
Okay, let's sign it together.
Molotov was so anxious that he almost fainted. He wanted to achieve an armistice in Central Asia as soon as possible, and then slowly negotiate with the Belarusian side, but the Ming side insisted on not agreeing. So there was no choice, Molotov made arrangements with the Ming side.
Next, we had a hasty meeting with representatives of Free Russia.
The first condition of the representatives of Free Russia is that the Soviet Union must cede all the land east of the Yenisei River as the territory of Free Russia.
Molotov's vision went dark and he almost fell down.
The Soviet Union is divided into two parts, Europe and Asia, separated by the Ural Mountains. There are three large rivers in the part east of the Ural Mountains, namely the Ob River, the Yenisey River, and the Lena River. These three rivers run north-south and flow into
The Arctic Ocean, with the Yenisei River in the middle, divides Russia into two halves. Now that Free Russia proposes to cede the territory east of the Yenisei River, that means nearly half of the Soviet Union's territory will be lost.
This is simply much darker than Ming Guo. The conversation with Ming Fang for more than half a month before co-authoring was in vain. Molotov felt dizzy and top-heavy. He knew that he had been tricked by Ming Guo. It turned out that Ming Guo had no idea at all.
I have no intention of negotiating with the Soviet Union. This half month is just to stabilize the Soviet Union, give the Soviet Union hope for peace, and buy time for Hitler... The representative of the Ming Dynasty pretended to bargain for half a month. On the issue of the Kamchatka Peninsula,
He was arrogant. After finally reaching an agreement, he instructed "Free Russia" to make a big move and remove half of the Soviet Union in one fell swoop...
What Molotov is thinking about now is no longer about negotiations. He knows that what the Ming Dynasty wants is to kill the Soviet Union and cut the flesh himself. What he is worried about now is whether he can return to the Soviet Union. He estimates that the Ming Dynasty will.
Now that the country has shown its cards, it can completely detain itself.
To his surprise, the Ming Dynasty did not make things difficult for him, but still arranged a plane to send Molotov back to the Soviet Union.
Molotov suddenly figured it out on the plane: if the Ming Dynasty sends him back to the Soviet Union, the most he can do is let the Soviet Union "keep it for him". In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, the Soviet Union is already a corpse, and he is just like Molotov.
What does a husband mean?
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When the plane was about to land at the Moscow airport, Molotov saw a horrifying scene - dense air defense balloons rose over the city of Moscow. When he got off the plane, a Soviet officer hurried over and told him with a deep expression.
He: Ten hours ago, the German army had broken through the Soviet-Polish border, and many airports and cities had suffered air attacks. Comrade Stalin asked Comrade Molotov to see him as soon as he got off the plane.