Bang bang..., under the leadership of Lin Wei, senior officials of the National Socialist Party, including Goering, Hess, and Goebbels, the four giants in the party, all began to applaud, "The empire can only be built under the leadership of the Führer. Even more brilliant!" Goebbels complimented.
"Yes, look at how much the people of the empire love the Führer now! Even during Bismarck's time, this situation never happened," Hess, who never spoke often, said.
"No no... How dare I compare with my childhood idol, Prime Minister Bismarck?" Hit? Le Mou refused, but the faint smile on his face still betrayed his thoughts.
"Führer, you are being too modest!" Lin Wei said without humility, "Everyone knows that Germany and Austria are both components of the Holy Roman Empire, and knowledgeable people in Germany are committed to the unification of Germany. His Majesty Wilhelm II did not do this, nor did Prime Minister Bismarck, but you, the Head of State, did it. You did more than that. You spent ten years turning Germany, which was bound by the Treaty of Versailles, into a It has become a country that even people are afraid to mention! Who can compare with you?"
"The empire can only have one head of state. Anyone who dares to betray the head of state is tantamount to treason!" Goering shouted.
The statements of the four giants of the National Socialist Party were made by Hitler? The expressions on the faces of the Wehrmacht generals on the left are as wonderful as they can be. In the end, I could only respond in silence.
The reaction of the Wehrmacht made Hit? Le was very satisfied. In his opinion, this was the beginning of the surrender of the Wehrmacht officer corps. So he began to talk nonchalantly, "I wanted to withdraw from the League of Nations, and you opposed it. I announced conscription, and you opposed it. When I sent troops to occupy Leinland and annex Austria, you opposed it again, and the facts proved that I was the one who Yes, I understood from the beginning that I could not be satisfied with obtaining the Sudeten German area. That was only a partial solution. So, I made the decision to march into Bohemia. With the establishment of the 'protection In this way, the foundation for the conquest of Poland was laid. However, at that time, I was not very clear whether I should conquer the East first and then attack the West, or conquer the West first and then deal with the East? Due to the pressure of the situation, in the end I decided to attack Poland first. Some people may accuse me of fighting again and again. But I believe that struggle is the destiny of all people. Anyone who is not willing to lose will inevitably have to fight."
"My determination is unchangeable", Hit? Le continued, "I want to attack England and France as soon as possible and at the most favorable opportunity. It does not matter much to violate the neutrality of Belgium and the Netherlands. After we have won the victory, no one will raise this question. As for the violation of neutrality, we will not Will come up with clumsy excuses like 1914."
Hit? Le finally asked all soldiers to take courage. He said, "Fate requires no more of us than it requires of the great men of Germany. As long as I live, all I can think of is the victory of our people. I will not shrink from any difficulty, and I will destroy it." Anyone who opposes me, I will destroy my enemies!"
"Hey, Hit? Le!" Lin Wei stood up and raised his right hand and shouted.
"Hey! Hitler? Le~!" Göring, Hess, Goebbels and all the National Socialist Party members in the conference room stood up and shouted. Commander General von Blomberg and Army Commander-in-Chief General von Brauchitsch looked at each other and stood up slowly. Seeing the two big men standing up, the generals of the Wehrmacht also stood up. General von Brauchitsch said with difficulty, "Führer, you are right!"
In contrast to the gray faces of the Wehrmacht, many senior officials of the National Socialist Party looked elated. Lin Wei watched everyone's expressions with cold eyes, a slightly sarcastic smile on his lips. No matter from which aspect, it marks that the Army, which got rid of Kaiser Wilhelm II and took control of Germany's military and political power during the First World War, has been replaced by Hit? Le finally and decisively subdued. They had betrayed their emperor, and now, they were finally being controlled by Hit? Le was subdued.
"This is really a wonderful irony!" Lin Wei laughed secretly in his heart.
The Wehrmacht surrendered and let Hit? Le was very happy, but Hit? Le still said, "What I need now is a complete combat plan to attack France, so General von Blomberg."
"Führer, please speak!" General von Blomberg was still a little confused. It seemed that he had not recovered from the blow just now. Hit about this? Le showed amazing magnanimity and continued, "General von Blomberg, you, General von Brauchitsch and Army Chief of Staff General Halder are going to come up with a battle plan against France. Completed Then send it to the Prime Minister’s Office!”
"Yes, Führer," General von Blomberg replied.
"Okay, let's all go back," Hit? Le waved his hand to indicate that the meeting was dismissed.
When everyone came out of the conference room, Lin Wei came to the side of the generals of the National Defense Forces. Looking at the somewhat forlorn General von Blomberg, Lin Wei said pitifully, "I have told you before that you are not the head of state's. opponent!"
"Are we really going to go to war with Britain and France? Lampard, have you ever thought about what we would do if we were defeated?" General von Blomberg said lifelessly.
Lin Wei shook his head slightly, "I have to say, you are getting old! You have become afraid of war. My father once told me that the shame that Germany has suffered must be recovered! We and Sooner or later, Britain and France will have to settle the accounts, just a little later or a little earlier."
Looking at the unresponsive General von Blomberg, Lin Wei knew that he still needed time to think clearly. Lin Wei could only say, "No matter what you think, General, the fact is that the head of state has decided to There is a war with Britain and France, and you can't change your decision to help, all you can do is come up with a perfect battle plan!"
Just in Hit? When Leningrad subdued the Wehrmacht officer corps, the war that Lin Wei expected finally happened. In October 1939, the Soviet Union demanded an exchange with Finland on the grounds that Leningrad was only 32 kilometers away from the Soviet-Finnish border and its status was extremely unsafe. Part of the territory and the lease of Hanko Peninsula as a naval base were rejected by the Finnish government. On November 28, the Soviet government issued a statement saying that due to Finland's "extremely hostile and provocative" attitude towards the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union believed that "Finland has embarked on the path of directly launching war against the Soviet Union" and therefore announced the abolition of the Soviet-Finnish Treaty signed in 1932. Non-Aggression Pact. The next day the Soviet Union announced that it was cutting off diplomatic relations with Finland.
Finland is a very unique country. It has a long border with the former Soviet Union. However, during its seventy-year history, although it has a strong socialist flavor, it has been able to maintain an independent democratic government, unlike Other small countries adjacent to the former Soviet Union were also annexed or reduced to vassals. The reason why she can maintain this state is entirely earned through blood and sweat.
On August 27, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, and in September they jointly sent troops to carve up Poland. Although this treaty existed, the suspicious Stalin was not stupid. He did not believe that this treaty could last long, so he urgently strengthened the defense forces in the north, especially the Baltic Sea area, to establish a buffer zone with Germany. First he oppressed Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia, signed trade and defense treaties, and rented military bases. Then he turned to deal with the Finnish issue. At that time, Finland was basically a remnant of White Russia in the eyes of the Soviet Communist Party, and they suspected that Finland had secret collusion with right-wing Germany. If something happened, it would become a springboard to attack Murmansk, an important military port on the Kola Peninsula. What's more, the Finnish border is only 40 kilometers away from Leningrad, the largest city in Northern Russia. Her several small islands in the Gulf of Finland are even more important to Leningrad's maritime defense. Of course, this is even more mixed with Stalin's ambitions.
Beginning in October 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov began negotiations with Finland, requiring Finland to cede some territory north of Leningrad and west of Murmansk, and to transfer the Port of Hankou at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland to Finland. Some small islands in the bay were leased to the Soviet Union as military bases; in exchange, the Soviet Union handed over approximately 4,000 square kilometers of land in East Karelia to Finland as compensation. The conditions in the Soviet Union did not seem harsh, and Finland even gained more land than it lost. But this is not the case. The land that Finland lost was relatively fertile. The land that the Soviet Union exchanged for contained nothing but a dense forest and wasteland. In addition, although the three small countries on the Baltic Sea also accepted similar demands from the Soviet Union in exchange for peace, But it didn't take long for the Communist Party, supported by the Soviet Union, to seize power and turn the three originally independent small countries into vassals. Of course the Finns would hesitate to face such conditions. Stalin originally thought that Finland, like the other three small countries, would succumb if the voice was louder and frightened. Unexpectedly, the Finns would not do this. In anger, he proposed more stringent conditions, which were of course less fruitful. Finally, he decided to take military action to teach Finland a lesson, and prepared to let the exiled Finnish Communist Party take control of the government and establish a puppet regime after invading Finland.
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet army launched a full-scale attack on Finland from four directions with 20 divisions (450,000 men), 2,000 tanks, and more than 1,000 combat aircraft. An attempt was made to "liberate" Finland within three days, and a puppet government was established in Finland that night. At that time, Finland's population was only 3.7 million, and the total number of defense forces was only 33,000. The equipment of the Finnish Army only remains at the level of World War I. Finland is a small country and has no strategic space at all.
The Soviet Union attacked Finland and immediately broke Hit? Le's plan, Hit? Le specially recruited Lin Wei to come to the Prime Minister's Office to discuss countermeasures. As soon as Lin Wei walked in, Hit? Le said, "I really didn't expect that the Soviets were really angry with Finland."
Lin Wei took off his coat, hung it on the clothes rack, turned around and said, "Actually, this is to be expected, Führer! Stalin is essentially no different from you!"
"It's useless to say all this now!" Hit? Le said decisively, "We have a non-aggression treaty with the Soviets and cannot help Finland. If the British and French want to help, it will be too dangerous for the empire. We cannot let them pass. Finland His fate has been sealed."
"Not necessarily, Head of State." Lin Wei put forward a different opinion, "Head of State, the Soviet army has just gone through a major purge. It is still unclear how many levels of combat effectiveness they have now!"
Hit? Le Xiangxiang said, "No way. During the Polish campaign, the Soviet offensive was still very fierce. They lost thousands of people in the Polish campaign."
"Führer, Finland is not Poland!" Lin Wei corrected Hit? Le's simple comparison: "Finland's small territory is not conducive to the deployment of mechanized troops. The Soviet Union's large-scale mechanized troops have no place to use, and the Finns have been building the "Mannerheim" on the Karelian Isthmus for 22 years. "Strong fortifications of the defense line. Enough to hold off the Soviet Union for a long time."
The Soviet Union partially mobilized to attack Finland, with the total number of troops reaching about 540,000. The order of operations is under the general command of the Leningrad Military District, which has jurisdiction over the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, and the Fourteenth Army. The battle plan is as follows:
southern offensive
The Seventh Army (ten infantry divisions, six tank brigades, 240,000 troops, 1,500 tanks, 900 artillery pieces, 300 aircraft) started from the north of Leningrad along the Lado Attacking northward on the west bank of Lake Ga, breaking through Finland's Mannheim Line of Defense, capturing HViipuri, Finland's second largest city, and then advancing towards the capital Helsinki.
The Eighth Army (seven infantry divisions, one tank brigade, 150,000 soldiers, 545 tanks, 520 artillery pieces, and 200 aircraft) attacked westward along the north shore of Laduga Lake , joined forces with the Eighth Army, and used pincer tactics to crush the resistance of the Finnish Army.
Central Offensive
The Ninth Army (five infantry divisions, 95,000 soldiers, 275 tanks, 360 artillery pieces, and 100 aircraft) attacked the Polo Army via Suomusalmi. Oulu on the Gulf of Bothnia cuts Finland in half and cuts off land communications with Sweden.
northern offensive
The Fourteenth Army (three infantry divisions, 55,000 soldiers, 165 tanks, 220 artillery pieces, 70 aircraft) attacked Petsamo (Petsamo) westward from Murmansk ) area, then follow the "Polar Circle Highway" south for 500 kilometers, and then attack westward to the Swedish border.
This combat plan seemed perfect on paper. The Red Army took advantage of its numerical and equipment advantages to launch a joint attack and cut Finland into several pieces. The beginning and the end could not correspond to each other. Even if the Finnish army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, was prepared, they could not Unable to deploy defenses along the long national border, the Red Army's advance should be overwhelming. The Soviet leadership was so confident that the deputy commander instructed the artillery units to prepare only twelve days of ammunition, and a military band that led the march into Helsinki was ready; even Stalin believed that this war would not last more than sixteen days. God, he also issued special instructions to all troops not to enter Swedish territory.
The Finnish army's combat plan is not as large-scale as the Soviet army. They basically stay at the static defense during World War I, concentrating most of their troops on the Mannheim Line of Defense on the west bank of Lake Laduga. Because of this narrow zone It was the traditional corridor for the invasion of Finland; from the northern shore of Lake Laduga to the Barents Sea, they only equipped a small number of security forces to monitor the entire impenetrable jungle and swamp wasteland. However, the Mannheim Line of Defense was actually not very strong. It mainly focused on the bunker groups along the line. The intervals between the bunker groups were also very large. Many bunkers were only built of logs, not even concrete.
When the Soviet Union and Finland went to war, volunteers from all over the world began to come to support Finland in fighting the Soviet aggression. Germany also sent 3,000 volunteers to Finland, but secretly Lin Wei secretly sent 10,000 to Finland. The newly recruited SS soldiers assured the Finnish government that these SS soldiers would all obey the orders of the Finnish government, and then began to complain to the Finns that the non-aggression pact was a Soviet conspiracy and that Germany could not be allowed to support Finland. So, the invasion of Finland was planned long ago. The Finns were very angry after hearing this and immediately wanted to fight to the death with the Soviets.
Lin Wei smiled, already anticipating the miserable situation of the Soviets in the future. Lin Wei didn't care at all about the smooth form of the Soviet attack. He knew that sooner or later the Soviet Union would suffer a bloody blow.
A week after the war started, Finland's front lines were in crisis, and a total collapse seemed imminent. However, the four Soviet troops suddenly stopped to replenish themselves, giving the Finnish army a chance to breathe. Why did the Red Army stop? It stands to reason that according to their combat doctrine, it should be a rushing tactic of attack after attack, which will not give the enemy a chance to breathe; are they so complacent that they lie down and sleep like the tortoise and the hare in the race? No, in fact the Red Army has its own difficulties. The first is the weather problem. This winter is the coldest in Europe in a century. In Finland, the nighttime temperature is often around minus 35 degrees Celsius. Soviet tanks must be started every two hours, and the water tanks of many trucks are full. If it freezes and cracks, the lubricating oil will often freeze causing the weapon to malfunction. In many places, the Finnish people spontaneously fortified walls and cleared fields, burning their houses to the ground before escaping. The Soviet army, which was ill-prepared to withstand the cold, often could not find a house even if it captured a village, and could only crowd into a few tents. inside.
In addition to weather, terrain is also a big problem. Except for the Seventh Army, the other three armies found themselves trapped by the terrain. Their advancing routes were covered with dense forests and swamps, which the mechanical troops could not cross at all. They could only rely on a few winding trails and a small number of Finnish troops. Just seal them up. Most of the Soviet infantry were soldiers from relatively warm areas such as Southern Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia. They were simply unable to adapt to such cold snow battles. They also lacked snowshoes and snowboards, and even fewer of them knew how to ski. And little.