Chapter 333: Helping the Soviet Union disband the Armored Army

At Moscow Airport, when the landing plane completely stopped, Hu Yunfeng got off the plane first, and he once again led the special forces to Moscow.

"Hello, Comrade Hu." Zhukov, who came to welcome Hu Yunfeng, was at a meeting in Moscow and was promoted to general and current commander of the Kiev Special Military Region.

Zhukov was very grateful to Hu Yunfeng from the bottom of his heart. In the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet armored troops and air bases were successively attacked by "Namenkan" and suffered heavy losses, which made him very passive at that time. It was Hu Yun who provided Japanese intelligence in time and led his troops to attack the Japanese army, which made him turn the crisis into safety, and eventually won the Nomenkan war, forcing the people to seek peace.

In the final stage of the battle, Hu Yunfeng ordered the armored troops to advance quickly, and used the paratroopers to airborne the Japanese retreat route in Hailar, where the Kwantung Army Front Command, to complete the encirclement of the Kwantung Army Front Command. In particular, the rapid attack of the tank armored division in the Soviet port coincided with Zhukov's concentrated use of armored troops to attack, which made Zhukov admire Hu Yunfeng very much.

Of course, Zhukov came to welcome Hu Yunfeng this time to ask Hu Yunfeng for help. Zhukov came to Moscow for a meeting to discuss the use of armored troops. There are two opinions on the use of armored troops now. One is to oppose the establishment of a special armored troops, believing that armored troops can only play a role in scattered among infantry or other troops. The other is the insistence of Zhukov's insistence on concentrating the armored troops.

Many of the people who opposed the establishment of special armored troops were famous generals during the civil war. Therefore, they had a great influence on the Supreme Commander Stalin. The result of the meeting made Zhukov feel that something was wrong. Stalin was likely to disband the six armored armies he formed and organize the armored troops into infantry divisions and cavalry units in the size of a regiment or battalion.

Zhukov has explained his views to Stalin through various channels, but judging from the feedback, his views are likely not to be adopted. Zhukov learned that Hu Yunfeng was coming to Moscow, and in order to protect the six armored armies that had been formed, Zhukov took the initiative to welcome Hu Yunfeng.

He knew that Hu Yunfeng was deeply trusted by Stali, and he put the hope of protecting the Soviet Armored Army on Hu Yunfeng. He hoped that Hu Yunfeng, who had concentrated on using armored troops to attack in the Battle of Nomenkan, could help him persuade Stalin not to disband the armored army, and even if he disbanded the armored army, he should keep the armored troops at the division level. He should not be dispersed into the infantry division and cavalry division.

"Hello, Comrade Zhukov." Hu Yunfeng's hand was held with Zhukov.

"Comrade Hu, I have something to ask for your help." Zhukov was anxious. The two of them greeted him without much politeness and said.

Hu Yunfeng looked at Zhukov, then said "Oh" as an answer, thinking in his heart that Zhukov had any trouble to come and beg him.

Zhukov wanted to be his future enemy, and Hu Yunfeng was unwilling to help him at will. Seeing Zhukov's anxious look, he deliberately turned his head to the special forces members who were carrying the gifts to Stalin and said, "Be gentle to me, don't ruin the gifts to the great leader Comrade Stalin."

After scolding the special forces for a while, Hu Yunfeng turned around and looked at the military rank on Zhukov's shoulders and said, "Comrade Zhukov, you are the general, I am the lieutenant general, we are two levels away. What can I help you?"

"This is not a level issue." Zhukov shook his head with frustration and told Hu Yunfeng in detail the cause and effect.

This is a good thing! After hearing this, Hu Yunfeng was very impressed by the Soviet Union's decision to oppose the concentrated use of armored troops and Stah's "wise" decision. He even thought that Stalin would be better to downgrade the Soviet armored troops to company level.

Hehe, ask me for help? If I can help, I will definitely help. Hu Yunfeng was very happy when he heard this news. He deliberately pretended to behave and said, "Comrade Zhukov, can I help with this kind of thing?"

"Comrade Hu, Stalin attaches great importance to you. In the final stage of the Battle of Nomenkan, you forced the armored division to advance quickly and attack and encircle the Japanese front commander of Hailar. You know the advantages of concentrated use of armored troops to attack. I would like to ask Comrade Stalin to explain to him the necessity of retaining the armored army and the armored division and the brigade when he met you."

Hu Yunfeng said in great difficulty: "Comrade Zhukov, even if I say it, can it work?"

"This..." Zhukov didn't know whether Hu Yunfeng could motivate Stalin. Isn't it impossible to find Hu Yunfeng to help? Zhukov said, "Comrade General Hu, I think you can motivate Comrade Stalin."

If you have so confidence in me, I have to think carefully about how to let Stalin disband the Soviet Armored Army as soon as possible. Hu Yunfeng thought and said, "Since you have so confidence in me, I will explain the situation to Comrade Stalin tomorrow."

Comrade Hu Yunfeng was Comrade Hu, and Zhukov happily drove for him and took him to the reception. Hu Yunfeng talked with him for a while and learned that each of the six armored armies of the Soviet Union had 500 tanks and 200 cars. Hu Yunfeng thought to himself that after returning to the Soviet port, he would also reorganize the armored division and brigade into a group army. Stalin did not listen to Zhukov, so he would let the armored troops of the Soviet port help Zhukov realize his desire to group the armored troops.

The next afternoon, Hu Yunfeng took the gift he gave to Stalin to the Kremlin to meet Stalin. Stalin liked the French and Dutch palace artworks given by Hu Yunfeng.

After appreciating the gifts given by Hu Yunfeng, Hu Yunfeng explained to Stalin why he wanted to buy their colonies in Asia from the French and Dutch governments, and then respectfully requested: "Comrade Stalin, please send Soviet fleets and army troops to Vietnam and Indonesia."

Stalin smoked his pipe and walked to the map, looked at the map for a long time, turned around and said, "Now the relationship between the Soviet Union and Britain, the United States and other countries is not suitable to intervene in Southeast Asia. Isn't your army stationed there the Soviet army stationed there?"

Hu Yunfeng did hope that Stalin would send troops to Indonesia and Vietnam. *** had basically decided on a strategy to move south. In order to ensure the security of Northeast China and to retaliate against Germany's war in the Nomenkan War, he notified *** that Germany had signed a peace agreement with the Soviet Union, allowing *** to fight alone with the Soviet and Mongolian troops. *** will eventually sign a peace agreement with the Soviet Union before Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Therefore, Hu Yunfeng needed the Soviet army to station in Indonesia and Vietnam to deter *** and not cause trouble for him before the Soviet port army seized the Far East.

Hearing that Stalin was unintentionally sending troops to Vietnam and Indonesia, Hu Yunfeng said anxiously: "Comrade Stalin, I am worried that the *** will attack Indonesia and Vietnam, so that my plan to buy Indonesia from the Dutch to ensure the Soviet Union's rubber supply will not be completed. Moreover, if the *** people take away Vietnam, they can cut off the Chinese government's access to external aid from Vietnam. Without external aid, the Chinese government will find it difficult to drag the *** people. I am worried that the *** people will be liberated from the Chinese battlefield, and the next goal is to attack the Soviet Union."

Hu Yunfeng said as he walked to the map and pointed to the map and said, "Comrade Stalin, if the *** people force China to surrender, the *** people can attack the Soviet Union from Northeast China, Inner Mongolia and ***. There is a threat from Germany to the west of the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union will be passive. Therefore, ensuring the security of Indonesia and Vietnam is not only very important to China, but also to the security of the Soviet Union."

Stalin nodded in agreement and said, "I have considered this issue, but after the Soviet-Finn War, the Soviet Union's relations with European countries such as Britain and the United States were almost broken. If the Soviet Union intervened in Southeast Asia at this time, it would be regarded by European countries such as Britain and the United States as cooperating with the Germans to attack Western Europe. If the *** people get acquiescent or support from European countries such as Britain and the United States, the *** people are more likely to attack the Soviet Union. Indonesia and Vietnam have your army, I believe you can defend it. Although the Soviet Union cannot send troops to help you, I will hint that the *** people, your army in Indonesia and Vietnam is protected by the Soviet Union."

"Comrade Stalin, you may not know that in order to assist you in defending the *** people in the Far East, the troops I sent to Indonesia and Vietnam are newly formed, and the troops are very short of heavy equipment, especially aircraft, tanks, cannons and warships." Hu Yunfeng planned to persuade Stalin to send troops to Indonesia. It was difficult for Vietnam, so let's get some equipment from Stalin.

Stalin said: "Didn't I send someone to help you build the plane and the latest tank factory? You can accelerate the production of equipment troops."

Hu Yunfeng replied with a bitter face: "Comrade Stalin, although you have sent technicians to guide the production, the production workers are not skilled, and it is difficult to speed up. The newly built aircraft and tank factories also have to undertake the task of supplying equipment for the Soviet troops in the Far East. The military factory in the Soviet port is not possible to produce equipment for the troops in Indonesia and Vietnam."

Hu Yunfeng was talking about the actual situation. Stalin smoked his pipe and thought for a while, and said, "We suffered a lot of losses after the Soviet-Finn War. Now the rebuilding forces cannot provide you with equipment for free. You use Indonesian rubber and oil to repay. I will provide you with equipment from two air divisions and two tank divisions, as well as 200 large-caliber artillery pieces. Do you see enough?"

"Enough." Hu Yunfeng replied with appreciation. As for the warship Hu Yunfeng kept silent and asked him to pay for it, he still didn't want the Soviet warship.

"That's the decision." Stalin picked up the phone and ordered someone to go and handle it. Putting down the phone, Stalin asked again: "My comrade general, you have seen the German armored troops in Germany. Do you think it is necessary for the armored troops to retain the group army or division brigade-level organization?"

Hu Yunfeng happened to have not thought about how Stalin would bring the topic to this issue. When he heard Stalin ask him on his own initiative, he thought for a while: "From the results obtained by Germany's attack on France, Belgium and the Netherlands, it seems that it is very important to keep the armored troops in the army or division and brigade organization. But people outside only see the results of the German army, but do not know the disadvantages of the German concentrated use of armored troops."

"Oh, let's talk." Stalin said with interest.

Hu Yunfeng replied: "That's right. Although the German armored troops have achieved great results, the losses are also serious. Because the armored troops are too fast and the infantry cannot keep up, the German armored troops were eliminated by France and Belgium's anti-tank troops. I saw a German tank division on the battlefield with a loss rate of as high as 60%. Fortunately, the number of German tanks is quite large and can be quickly replenished, so people who have never seen them on the battlefield think that the armored troops are not with the infantry and are organized into division-level units separately to attack the German tank armored troops. They ignored the fact that the German tank armored troops were told to make up for the losses and won the war."

Seeing Stalin nodding and thinking, Hu Yunfeng continued: "Concentrating the armored forces together will also put the army under great logistical pressure. I saw an armored division under the command of General Guderian of the German army, because it was out of the scope of logistics support, the entire division had no gasoline and had to stop on the side of the road and wait for the rear to send the supply troops to send gasoline. It can be said that the German armored division was very lucky. Because the German Air Force defeated the French Air Force and obtained air supremacy, it was not bombed by the French Air Force. Otherwise, the German armored division would definitely be wiped out."

Stalin looked at Hu Yunfeng, and Hu Yunfeng continued to say without changing his face: "So, since I observed the German attack on France this time, I personally think that it is best to disperse tank armored vehicles into the infantry division at the regiment-battalion level or company-level units. This will not only strengthen the firepower of the infantry division, but also will not disconnect the tank armored troops from the infantry division, causing logistical pressure. After returning to the Soviet port, I have ordered the Soviet port troops to prepare to dismantle the tank armored division and divide them into the infantry division in the battalion company-level units for use."

"Is that true?" Stalin asked when he heard this, "Have your tank armored division been broken up?"

Hu Yunfeng replied: "Not yet, some of the commanders of the tank armored divisions in the Soviet port and the senior military leaders only saw the benefits of the German army's concentrated use of tank armored troops. They did not understand the losses of the German armored troops in attacking France and other Western European countries this time, and were very resistant to my orders, so I had to not split the tank armored division for the time being."

Stalin nodded and said, "It seems that you have the same opinions as most Soviet generals. I have decided to disperse the Soviet tank armored army into infantry and cavalry divisions at the battalion level. However, I think you should not split the tank armored division for the time being. Your troops will be based on the original organization and compare them for me."

It turned out that Stalin had a plan, and Hu Yunfeng laughed secretly and said, "Yes, I will firmly implement your order."

Stalin smiled with satisfaction and said, "My comrade General, how many troops do you have now?"

When Stalin asked, Hu Yunfeng really didn't know how many troops he had. Hu Yunfeng smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Stalin, since I have been dealing with Indonesia and Vietnam, I have little concern for the troops recently, and I don't know how many troops there are. I will understand and report to you immediately after I go back."

"My comrade, don't always focus on how to counterattack the Chinese army. Assisting the Soviet Union to defend against the Chinese talents is the most important thing. Letting China hold back the Chinese people will be of great benefit to the Soviet Union and you. When the European situation stabilizes and you accumulate enough military strength, the Soviet Union will help you and the Chinese government to drive the Chinese people out of China. Also, you must be at ease to develop the Soviet port's special state, and don't always think about how to withdraw the Chinese people in the Soviet port. The agreement between us can be extended." Stalin criticized Hu Yunfeng seriously.

Since Hu Yunfeng occupied Vietnam and Indonesia, in order to eliminate Stalin's doubts, in addition to Uncle Lin's explanation to Stalin, Adriana, the "robot" placed beside Hu Yunfeng, also passed on intelligence to Stalin and the Soviet intelligence agencies under the arrangement of Sandra, and reported that Hu Yunfeng had already begun to prepare for the evacuation of the Soviet port. In addition to winning the rubber raw material for the Soviet Union, Indonesia's other main purpose was to prepare a evacuation site for the Chinese in the Soviet port. Therefore, Stalin and the Soviet government both believed that Hu Yunfeng was worried about the expiration date of the agreement between them.

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, everything is followed by your command. You are to let the Chinese in the Soviet Port stay in the Far East forever to serve the Soviet Union. I will definitely convince all Chinese to serve you and the Soviet Union voluntarily. You are now a great savior and a glorious sun in the minds of the Chinese in the Soviet Port." Hu Yunfeng stood up and saluted and flattered.

Stalin felt very comfortable, but on the surface, he smiled and patted Hu Yunfeng, signaling Hu Yunfeng to sit down and said, "My comrade General, no one can doubt your loyalty to the Soviet Union. Your current rank of lieutenant general is too low. Tomorrow I will personally award you the rank of general of the Soviet Union."

What Hu Yunfeng had to wait for was the words Stalin expressed his trust. Seeing that Stalin had never doubted him, Hu Yunfeng said again: "Thank you for your trust in me. According to my subordinates' reaction, the Soviet military camps in the Far East were very poor. I want to do something for the Soviet comrades. Please allow me to send troops to build barracks for the Soviet comrades."

Although Jiang Baili and Cao Yuanzheng often communicated with the Soviet Far East army, they did not care about the accommodation conditions of the Soviet army. Moreover, Hu Yunfeng didn't even know how many troops he had. He heard Jiang Baili, and Cao Yuanzheng said that the accommodation conditions of the Soviet Far East were naturally composed by him.

The accommodation poor in the Soviet Far East during World War II was a report he saw later. It was reported that most of the officers and soldiers of the Soviet Union stationed in the Far East, especially the front-line troops confronting the Japanese army, could only live in the cellar. Therefore, he wanted to send troops to build barracks for the Soviet army, which could please Stalin on the one hand, and let the troops understand the Soviet army, and also sent people to test and bribe the lower-level officers of the Soviet army.
Chapter completed!