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The sharp deterioration of Central Asia and Outer Mongolia shocked Stalin but was also furious. Ig, Rainbow, he never expected that the "scabies" that the People's Party armed the Soviet Union, which was not taken seriously in the past but did not take ruthless action due to concerns about international influence, would become the current "confident" of the Soviet Union!

If the Soviet Union could concentrate all its efforts against the People's Party, it would be no problem. However, although the Soviet Union has signed treaties with Germany and Japan to maintain "friendly relations", this "friendliness" may turn against each other and meet each other at any time. If the People's Army's actions in Central Asia, Outer Mongolia, and even Siberia triggered adverse reactions on the Western Front and Eastern Fronts, then the Soviet Union's previous plan to postpone the Soviet and German wars to 42 years would fall into space, but the Soviet Union's combat preparations are not sufficient now.

"We must mobilize troops as soon as possible, and quickly and effectively eliminate the Soviet enemy of the People's Party! Restore the situation in Central Asia, Outer Mongolia, and Siberia, and restore the smooth flow of the Siberian Railway!" At the military meeting, Stalin knocked on the table with the pipe in his hand, and his face turned pale and set his tone.

"Comrade Stalin, according to previous news from the Central Asia Military Region, Siberian Military Region, and Mongolia, the People's Army dispatched at least 600,000 to 700,000 troops this time, and its weapons and equipment are extremely well-equipped, and its performance is much higher than that of our army. To deal with such a strong army, we must draw about one million troops to be sure. But for now, we cannot draw troops of this size!" Zhukov, chief of staff of the Soviet Army, ignored Stalin's face and solemnly reminded, "On the Western Front, although our army has more than 3 million troops, the German troops on the opposite side are more powerful! The troops in this direction cannot be drawn, but should be further strengthened! Moreover, the distance from the Western Front to Siberia, Central Asia, and Outer Mongolia is too far away, and it is too late to draw!

In the Far East, although our army has nearly one million troops, it is difficult to draw too many troops against the Japanese Kwantung Army. In addition to the original targeting Xinjiang, the more than 400,000 troops of the Mongolian and Western People's Army are hundreds of thousands of people scattered throughout the country!

In short, without millions of troops, our army is unlikely to be sure of this battle. However, in terms of the scale and reality of our army, it will not be possible to draw such a huge force in the next two or three months! Even large-scale troops are drawn, which may trigger a series of negative reactions in the Western Front and Far East directions!"

Unlike other people who have worked with Stalin in the central government for a long time, Zhukov, who was promoted from a field army officer to the chief of staff of the Soviet army, was one of the few people who dared to directly criticize Stalin. Moreover, Zhukov was also blunt in his opinion about the relevant issues.

However, what Zhukov said was the truth. By June, the total strength of the Soviet army, including the recruited supplementary troops, reached 5 million.

Previously, the Soviet army had lost 200,000 or 300,000 troops in the battle with the People's Army. If one more million troops were drawn, the troops used to fight against the People's Army alone would be as high as 1.4 million! Such a large force and the investment of corresponding combat materials will seriously affect the stability of the Western Front and the Far East and has a major impact on the overall safety of the Soviet Union!

Stalin also understood that what Zhukov said made sense, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and said hard: "If the troops are insufficient, then add them and train again! If you cannot draw a million troops for a while, then you will first draw a half million troops from the Outer Baikal Military Region and the Far Eastern Front!

The Kwantung Army now has only about 250,000 troops, and the Far Eastern Front has nearly one million troops. If half of the troops are drawn, it can still maintain its advantage over the Japanese army! First restore Mongolia, open up the Siberian Railway, and then restore the situation in Central Asia with the Siberian Military Region!"

"Comrade Stalin, the Far Eastern Front must guard against Japan. If half of the troops are drawn at once, it will induce the Japanese to take risks in the Far Eastern!" Zhukov couldn't help but remind him again.

Stalin's anger suddenly burst out. He stared at Zhukov and roared sternly: "We need to deal with Germany on the Western Front, but we cannot draw! We need to deal with Japan on the Eastern Front, but we cannot move! Do we just let the damn People's Army occupy our territory without any attention?!

Order Apanathenko and asked him to draw half of the armored forces, air forces, and 200,000 infantry for Outer Mongolia! Then I issued an order to Kurochikin of the Outer Baikal Military Region, and he would command the 16th and 17th Army Groups and the Far Eastern Front to strengthen their troops and be responsible for resolving the Mongolian issue as soon as possible!"

In the summer of 1939, the troops of the Outer Baikal Military Region participated in the World War Nomenhan with the Outer Mongolia Army. After the war, six troops in the military region won the Lenin Medal, 19 troops won the Red Flag Medal, nearly 20,000 participants won the medal and medal, and 70 people won the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union". Pilots Smushkevich, Kravchenko and Golitsevets became the first batch of Soviet Union to win the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" twice. In addition, 326 Soviet soldiers won the Outer Mongolia government award.

In view of the possibility of Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia again, in order to ensure combat advantages over Japan, Moscow ordered the Outer Baikal Military Region to form the 16th and 17th armies in July 1940.

Stalin now lets the Outer Baikal Military Region take charge of fighting with the People's Army in Outer Mongolia, which undoubtedly considers the military region's familiarity with the Outer Mongolia situation and its good relations with the Outer Mongolia government.

"Comrade Stalin, the 16th and 17th armies of the two groups were transferred from abroad, and the troops of the Baikal Military Region were empty! This would still leave an opportunity for Japan to take advantage of!" Zhukov took a deep breath, faced Stalin's burning gaze, and said with a hard bullet.

"Then order Kurockin to form another army!" Stalin said with a bad expression.

"Comrade Stalin's proposal is completely feasible!" Seeing the tension of the atmosphere, Temuxin, a member of the National Defense People's Committee, quickly spoke and said, "According to the situation reported by Kurochkin, the existing soldiers of the Outer Baikal Military Region can form another army. The National Defense Committee originally planned to form another army according to the needs of preparations later this year, but there is no major problem in establishing it in advance. According to the sequence arrangement, the number of this army will be designated as the 36th Army!"

Originally, in history, the 36th Army was formed in the Outer Baikal Military Region in July after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War. Now, in order to restore Soviet control over Outer Mongolia and Timuxinge's suggestion, the 36th Army was formed nearly a month ahead of schedule.

There were a total of fourteen combined armies organized by the Soviet Union before the end of June 1941, each army consisting of two to three infantry armies, one mechanized army, and several aviation regiments.

According to the organization, each infantry army has two to three infantry divisions, two artillery regiments and one anti-aircraft artillery battalion; each mechanized army has two tank divisions and one mechanized division, and the total strength of the entire army should be 50,000 to 60,000 and more than 1,000 tanks. But in fact, in order to deal with the threat from Germany, Japan and the People's Party, the Soviet army's rapid expansion of its troops has put many combat units in a pretentious state due to insufficient troops and equipment.

Moreover, due to the serious expansion of the anti-counterfeiting, the Soviet army seriously lacked middle and high-level commanders with combat experience. Commanders who were quickly promoted for the need for troops expansion were unable to command large-scale troops for the time being due to insufficient command capabilities. The Soviet army had to reduce the scale of the original combat units.

As for the infantry division, in September 2019, the Soviet People's Defense Ministry stipulated that the infantry division was organized into three infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, and one anti-tank artillery battalion, with a total force of one man; but in April 2019, with the increasingly tense combat readiness, the National People's Defense Ministry reduced the total force of each infantry division to 1'. In history, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the personnel organization of each Soviet division was reduced by 30%, the number of artillery was reduced, and the number of cars was reduced!

In terms of mechanized troops, according to regulations, each mechanized army of the Soviet army should have 1 tank of KB, of which 546 WB and T34 should have a gun. But in fact, a total of 636 WB heavy tanks were produced by June 2018, and only 967 T34 were installed in the army. The new equipment gap is so large that we had to use outdated old tanks such as t26 to temporarily recharge the number. But even so, due to insufficient numbers, it is still impossible to meet the needs of rapid expansion of the troops.

Under Stalin's strength, Temuxingo and Zhukov had to agree with his opinion on the transfer of more than 400,000 troops from the Outer Baikal Military Region and the Far Eastern Front Army to fight against the People's Army.

With the issuance of Moscow's order, Lieutenant General Kurochkin, commander of the Outer Baikal Military Region, became nervous and busy, and kept calling for the 16th and 17th Army Groups, as well as the strengthening troops from the Far Eastern Front, to speed up the assembly speed, in order to command more than 400,000 troops to the battlefield in Outer Mongolia as soon as possible.

Compared with the Soviets who were nervously responding to Central Asia, Outer Mongolia's war situation and hating the People's Army to the core, the Germans were not very relaxed when they gloat. German senior officials had reached an agreement on the launch of the "Barbarossa" plan. However, after the People's Army marched into the Soviet Union and Mongolia, especially after learning about the achievements made by the People's Army in the past three days of fighting, German senior officials had different opinions on whether the plan was launched as scheduled. Hitler and others held a secret meeting on the 21st to make a final decision on whether the plan was launched or not.

"Although the war between the Soviet Union two years ago made us realize that the Soviet Union did have some strength, the achievements made by the Chinese in the war against the Soviet Union now make it necessary for us to re-examine the strength of the Soviet Union!" Hitler waved his arms excitedly in front of a group of senior German generals, and spitted everywhere, "From the current situation of the war between the Soviet Union, the Soviets are obviously out of date in some aspects! The Chinese defeated the Central Asian Military Region and Outer Mongolia in three days and beat the Siberian Military Region. The armed forces of our Germanic nation can completely defeat the Soviet Union within six weeks to two months! End the war before the arrival of winter! This big house of the Soviet Union has become corrupt. As long as we kick the door, the whole broken house will fall down!"

"First of the People's Republic of China, based on the current combat situation between the Soviet Union and the Chinese People's Party, the General Staff believes that it is necessary for us to suspend the implementation of the "Barbarossa plan." Chief of General Staff Franz Halde had other considerations and hesitated for a moment. He further said, "The General Staff believes that if the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China fight hard, the Soviet army's forces on the Western Front will be transferred to Central Asia, and after Outer Mongolia, we will launch another battle against the Soviet Union!"

Army Commander Feng Boluoxiche also said cautiously: "From the relevant battle reports, the People's Party not only has obvious advantages in air power, but also has quite advanced performance in tanks and armored vehicles, and has advanced more than 600 kilometers in three days! In contrast, the current tanks and armored vehicles of the Empire may not be able to meet such requirements. Therefore, when it comes to combating the Soviet Union, we should make long-term considerations, relax the time limit, and make more preparations."

"What the Army cannot do does not mean that our Air Force cannot!" Gorein glanced at Bolaochic and continued in a provocative tone, "I do not deny the Chinese. It is the advantage that the Chinese People's Party have gained in the performance of fighter jets, but the performance of the Imperial Air Force fighter jets is not bad, and it is the world's number one! Our Air Force is fully capable of destroying all important goals of the Soviet Union and blowing the Soviet Union up apart!"

"No! The plan cannot be postponed!" Hitler gestured exaggeratedly and denied it flatly, "It must be seen that the People's Party's combat methods against the Soviet Union are very similar to those of the Imperial Army, and even have obvious characteristics in the use of some troops! If we delay the implementation of the original plan, we can certainly take advantage of the People's Army's attack on the Soviet Union's army and restrain the favorable opportunity caused by its Western Front, and even launch a fatal blow when its troops on the Western Front are mobilized, but if the Soviet Union can learn from the People's Army's attack and propose sexual prevention measures, the Imperial Army's results in fighting against the Soviet Union will definitely be greatly deducted! The Imperial Army's advancement speed will also be seriously affected, which is something we will never tolerate!

Also, the delay in time will likely cause the Imperial team to encounter the hateful bad weather in Russian winter, which brings unnecessary trouble to our great cause! Therefore, 'Barbarossa, the plan must be launched as scheduled in the early morning of tomorrow!"

After Hitler made the decision, Goring immediately agreed. After considering it, Blauchic and Harde also felt that the decision was reasonable, so they nodded in agreement. The staff also had their own thoughts to look forward to the arrival of that critical moment tomorrow morning.

After the People's Army issued a brief report on the situation of war, in addition to the Soviet and German countries, there were still many people in the international and domestic situations affected by the People's Army's war against the Soviet and Mongolian.

After learning about the outcome of the People's Army, the Japanese Chief of Strategy of the Army, Sora Sugiyama and Hideki Tojo, the Minister of Army Hideki. These two old devils originally wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman and did not take the opportunity to attack the People's Party's armed forces, but now it seems that fortunately they did not take advantage of the situation to rob. Otherwise, with the current strength of the People's Party's armed forces, they would have to trap the North China Front Army!

While Sugiyama and Hideki Tojo were secretly grateful, he was even more shocked: the People's Party armed forces actually hid a huge force. If it was not targeting the Soviet Union but the Japanese army, then Japan's mainland policy would probably be nowhere to be realized.

"According to the strength of the Chinese People's Army in combat against the Soviet Union, the empire's troops in North China must have a defensive attitude towards the People's Party's armed forces so that they will target the Soviet Union! Never act rashly, so that the attack direction of the People's Party's armed forces will be shifted to the Imperial Team and influence the overall strategy of the empire's future!" At the military meeting at the base camp, Army Minister Hideki Tojo expressed his attitude.

Shinichi Tanaka, the Minister of Operations of the General Staff, questioned: "But you, the People's Army may be restrained from fighting against the Soviet and Mongolian operations, but the Guards have no such restraint. Should the Empire take decisive measures when necessary in North China?"

"Tanaka, your concerns make sense, but the guards are not as powerful as the People's Army!" Sugiyama Moto shook his head and continued, "The People's Army has been in the northwest of China for more than ten years and has obtained an outlet in Shannan. Although it is shocking to develop such a force now, it is reasonable. The Guards have just occupied Shandong and surrounding areas and have been hiding in the Yimeng Mountains before. It is certain that they do not have the power of the Northwest! Moreover, the Guards do not have the pressure from the Soviet Union. If they really have the power of the Northwest People's Army, they would have probably been captured by them long ago!"

Tanaka Shinichi's problem had just been resolved, but Deputy Chief of Staff Tian Tou suggested: "The Soviet Union's main forces are on the Western Front, and the pressure is extremely high and it is too far away from Siberia, Central Asia, and Outer Mongolia. Moscow will basically not draw troops on the Western Front. If the Soviets mobilize troops from the Far East to deal with the People's Army, if the opportunity is right, can the Kwantung Army take necessary actions?"

Before becoming the deputy chief of staff, Tian Gong served as the commander of the 8th Division of the 3rd Army of the Kwantung Army stationed in Suiyang, so he paid more attention to the issues of the Kwantung Army and the Far East.

"Unless Stalincoln draws most of the troops from the Far Eastern Front and the Outer Baikal Military Region, the current strength of the Kwantung Army is not enough to take necessary measures against the Far East." Hideki Tojo shook his head first, but then changed his mind and continued, "However, we cannot wait for the opportunity, but should strengthen the Kwantung Army's forces as soon as possible to wait for the opportunity!"

"You guys, the Empire has just signed an agreement with the Soviet Union, and it is unreasonable that the Kwantung Army has made other moves at this time. Besides, the matter involves the future strategy of the empire. For such a major issue, it is better to wait a few days later for His Majesty to verdict at the imperial meeting!" Sugiyama Sora did not make a decision immediately, but put the matter down first.

On the other side of the ocean, Roosevelt frowned and said to Hopkins: "Harry, the Chinese People's Party sent troops to Suzhou and Mongolia in the name of regaining lost territory and maintaining territorial integrity, which made the international situation more complicated. However, now it seems that the news conveyed by Joseph through James should be true. The People's Party armed forces really have the ability to resolve the Japanese army in North China and advance to the Northeast. We should indeed strengthen our relationship with the People's Party."

"President, your 'kid, has clearly rejected our kindness and requests before. It is unlikely that we will be able to enhance our relationship with Chongqing when the United States still maintains formal diplomatic relations with Chongqing." Hopkins was embarrassed.

"The People's Party armed forces are now the most powerful armed forces in China. We cannot put the Chongqing government, which has formal diplomatic relations with the United States, and instead develop official relations with the People's Party. This is not in line with the current interests of the United States and is contrary to international norms, and it is inappropriate!" Roosevelt first shook his head, and then remembered the scene where Zhao Zhenzhong talked about him. He couldn't help but smile, "You don't understand Zhao, that's an interesting young man with strong principles and flexibility!

Zhao and the forces he led have established companies in the United States and secretly contributed to their development and growth through the name of American companies. After 35 years, they have maintained good business relations with the American people through the Lan Fang channel. We can set up a business office in Shannan using the private methods to strengthen relations with the People's Party and promote it to become a force to maintain peace in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific in the future."

"President, I'm not the Secretary of Commerce now, this should be Jesse's business." Hopkins shrugged his shoulders.

But Roosevelt did not let Hopkins go, but said with a smile: "Although we need to set up a business in Shannan, the real purpose is to develop our relationship with the People's Party. You are familiar with business matters, so you will go there after a while.

We also take advantage of the possibility of mediation between the Soviet Union and the People's Party."

"It's okay for me to go there. However, if I really set up a business in Shannan, that fat man Churchill would probably be unhappy!" Hopkins also laughed. His appetite for Britain was indeed too big. At this time, he even went to provoke the People's Party. It's time for them to learn from the song."

For most people in China, the results achieved by the People's Army are enough to make everyone happy. After all, it is an exciting and great thing to say that the recovery of the territory that has been lost for decades from the hands of the Russians and such a large area!

However, there are praises and even criticisms. But what is interesting is that whether it is disputes or criticisms, the People's Party, as the parties involved, is in the position of bystanders, and the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party are having a lot of fun over related issues!

Although Chiang's National Government and the People's Party were hostile, Chiang Kai-shek was even more worried about the Soviets colluding with Japan and signing treaties to sacrifice China's interests. In addition, the entanglements arose between the Southern Anhui Incident and the National Government at the beginning of the year, the mouthpieces of the National Government followed the intention of the top and used the opportunity of criticizing the Soviet Union to criticize the Soviet Union for their verbal criticism.

Some newspapers openly declared: "From the fact that Tsarist Russia has repeatedly seized Chinese territory through unequal treaties in history, to the Soviet Union's support for Outer Mongolia to split China, the Middle East Road incident and previous invasion of Xinjiang, and the current Soviet and Japanese treaties, all facts clearly show that the Soviet Union and Japan are birds of a feather in the issue of invasion of China!"

And then accused ** of "Once his foreign master is beaten, ** will jump out. Regardless of his Soviet master's invasion of more than 1.7 million square kilometers of China's territory, he instigated Outer Mongolia to split China, and shouted "the relatives are in pain, and completely forgot the various crimes imposed by the Russians on China! In this regard, this party is actually another separatist force deployed by the Soviet Union to disrupt our China!..."

There are many people who have complained privately about the People's Party's sending troops to Suzhou, Meng and the Ministry of Education who are emotionally unacceptable. However, the People's Party's recovery of lost territory is indeed a great thing that has inspired the Chinese people. The Ministry of Education has also suppressed the "international faction". It is not easy for these people to openly accuse the People's Party of China and make themselves stand opposite to the majority of the people.

But for the enemy of Jiang Ji National Government, **, there is no good color.

Whether it was the old grudges before the War of Resistance Against Japan or the new hatred that had just been formed at the beginning of the year, neither of them allowed Chiang Kai-shek's mouthpiece to attack. As the pens fought back, both sides also pulled aside. In the newspapers and radio stations, ** had a hot lot, but they left the People's Party aside!

However, Zhao Zhenzhong was not interested in the country at this time, and the Communist Party stepped forward. In addition to focusing on the continued battle against the Soviet Union and Mongolia, Zhao Zhenzhong set up another battlefield. While criticizing the Chiang-ji National Government for treason, he also used colors on the British in Shannan.

Zhao Zhenzhong criticized Chiang Kai-shek for selling off the country, which was not a random statement, but empirical. On June 18, the same day when the People's Army launched an attack on the Soviet Union and Mongolia, Chiang Kai-shek and the British signed the "Districting Treaty of Yunnan-Burma" and almost fully recognized the relevant areas within the so-called "China-Burma Undefined Delimited" formed by the British and the Qing government!

The People's Army continued to recover lost territory through repeated battles, and the hardships were beyond words, but Chiang Kai-shek passed the large area of ​​the Salwin River and the Nanka River to the British through a treaty! This made Zhao Zhenzhong and others furious!

At the beginning, Zhao Zhenzhong considered the need for war against Japan, agreed and supplemented and improved the proposal made by Huang Shao to transport overseas materials to Yunnan through the Shannan area controlled by the People's Army. There was originally a railway built by the British to northeast of Assam built by the British. On this basis, the People's Party extended it to Myitkyina in northern Myitkyina, and opened another highway from Myitkyina to Yingjiang, Yunnan. This provided another option for overseas materials to enter Yunnan in addition to the railway mastered by the British from Yangon to Lashio, and the Yunnan-Burma channel from Lashio through Nankan to Yunnan.

In the past few years, especially after the Japanese army blocked the southeast coast and the British closed the Yunnan-Burma material channel under pressure from Japan, the material channel opened by the People's Party in Shannan has been providing transportation convenience for overseas aid Chinese materials to enter the southwest.

After the Japanese army entered French Indochina with force last year, in order to counter the Japanese march into the Southeast Asian region threatening its interests in Southeast Asia, Britain announced on October 18 that it would resume transportation from the Myanmar railway to Yunnan so that it could bring Chiang Kai-shek to fight against the Japanese army at a critical moment. Chiang Kai-shek naturally welcomed the British's favor.

As the number of American aid supplies increased sharply, the British were busy with local wars and demanding China in Asia. The popularity of the People's Party at home has become the biggest threat to the National Government, but Chiang Kai-shek's mind has become lively.

Chiang Kai-shek believes that it is very unreliable to take the lifeline of the National Government into the hands of the People's Party, a great enemy. In contrast, the British who have a good relationship with the United States and need Chinese cooperation in Asian affairs are more reliable. After all, the US aid supplies are not just a few times. Not to mention anything else, just two batches of military supplies with a total value of 95 million US dollars by the end of May, Chiang Kai-shek is very worried that they will be swallowed by the People's Party by the opportunity of transportation!

In this way, under the instruction of Chiang Kai-shek, the National Government and the British negotiated on the material passage. Although the British needed China in the future, they still took the opportunity to kill Chiang Kai-shek and raised the issue of demarcation of "undefined territory" between China and Myanmar and the confirmation of ownership. In order to get rid of the influence of the People's Party on the material transportation channel, Chiang Kai-shek placed a large number of US aid materials on the Yunnan-Burma channel controlled by the UK, and had to pinch his nose and recognize this. However, this was extremely tough opposition from the People's Party!


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