Chapter 251 Wind and Thunder Four
With the dramatic end of the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet Union and Germany temporarily turned into a standoff on the Eastern Front.
Although Hitler was very angry about this result, he was helpless because Hitler knew that if Guderian had not taken the attitude of being unbearable to the outside king and took the withdrawal action in time, the Moscow siege troops might have become dead.
Besides, at this time, Hitler had no time to take care of the Eastern Front battlefield, because in order to break the deadlock in the Italian battlefield, the Normandy landing, which was planned in the second half of 1944, was officially implemented.
Starting from the end of February, nearly 2 million Allied troops from Britain, the United States, Canada and other countries were assembled to carry out landing operations in Normandy in western France, preparing to open up the second battlefield in Europe except the Italian battlefield.
The Normandy landing in Xunhuaizhou in this life was larger than that in later generations and the battle situation was even more tragic. The German army also assembled more than 700,000 troops in the area, giving the Allied landing troops a head-on attack.
When the British and American Allies and Germans performed the most tragic landing and anti-landing operations in Normandy, there were also earth-shaking changes in the Eastern Pacific region.
On February 15, 1945, Japan, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries issued announcements to the outside world at the same time. Japan and the United States, the Soviet Union and other allies officially reached a settlement agreement. From 0:00 on February 15, Japan and the United States, the United States, the Soviet Union and other allies officially achieved a ceasefire. The two sides lifted the hostilities. Allied countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union and other allies no longer regard Japan as a hostile country, and the troops of both sides stopped all hostile actions.
Japan also announced that Japan is willing to restore its inherent territory before September 18, 1931. The territory currently occupied by the Japanese army will help restore its original appearance before the occupation.
For countries and regions that do not have independent states, they are willing to hand over the custody of allied armies such as Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and the League of Nations will further determine the ownership of these territories.
At the same time, he is willing to appropriately compensate for the losses caused to relevant countries and regions due to Japanese occupation.
Allies such as Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union also announced that they would welcome Japan to join the allied countries. From now on, Japan will be a member of the allied countries to jointly fight against the invasion of free countries by fascist countries such as Germany and the extreme destruction of human civilization.
At the same time, Japan announced a unilateral ceasefire against China and the Federal Republic of Australia and was willing to reach peace talks on all issues. At the same time, Japan was willing to appropriately compensate China and Australia for the losses of war.
Just as Japan and Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union announced their reconciliation to the outside world, more than 200,000 troops of the Allied Australian Front, which had already planned, had already started boarding the ship a few days ago under the command of MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Pacific Theater, and in the early morning of February 15, the first batch of troops had entered the Indonesian archipelago such as Sumatra and Guawa Island, which were across the Malacca Strait in the Southeast Asian Archipelago.
Almost at the same time, under the command of Nimitz, the commander of the US Navy's Pacific Ocean Fleet, two aircraft carrier fleets of the US Navy departed from Hawaii, USA several days ago, escorted a large number of landing ships and transport ships to the Philippine Islands.
On February 15, when the first batch of US troops arrived in the Philippine Islands, they immediately divided their troops to occupy important military facilities such as Japanese airports. At the same time, large long-range bombers taking off from Hawaii, USA also began to fly to Japanese airports and entered a state of war from the beginning.
On the same day, more than 60,000 British troops in India and more than 20,000 French troops transported from the European battlefield a few days ago, under the command of Achibord Percival Vevell, commander of the Allied Indian Theater, escorted by the Allied Indian Ocean Fleet, boarded a large number of transport ships and even merchant ships to land in Malaysia on the Indochina Peninsula, and began to take over the large amount of territory of the Indochina Peninsula occupied by the Japanese army.
Chinese intelligence organizations actually noticed these activities between Japan and the United Kingdom and the United States a long time ago, and they still have some understanding of the progress of negotiations between the two sides.
The intelligence department also presented the latest developments of Japan, the United States and other countries to the decision-making level at the first time. However, in the face of this situation, the Chinese government has had relatively large differences among some bigwigs of the Central Committee and the Military Commission.
Some bigwigs believe that China has gained too much benefits and territory from this war, and the next focus should be to strengthen construction and defend territory, and it is not suitable to expand the war again, and it is even more inappropriate to turn against old countries like the United States and Britain. Therefore, we can completely stop the alliance that may form by Japan, the United States and other countries, as long as we obtain some vested interests through negotiations, there is no need to expand the war in one step and increase international conflicts. These bigwigs only focus on the economic and diplomatic fields, representing the opinions of the peaceful development faction.
Another group of bigwigs believe that they have to pursue Japan relentlessly. How can China allow Japan to escape from the Indochina Peninsula and Southeast Asian Islands?
With China's current military and economic strength, it is possible to forcibly occupy the Indochina Peninsula and the Southeast Asian Islands, and then attack Huanglong and attack the Japanese mainland until they surrender unconditionally. These people are mainly concentrated in the army and represent the opinions of many military pro-war factions.
The third opinion is to adopt a middle-line route. Faced with the current situation, China can go further and seize actual control of the Indochina Peninsula. On this basis, it will be switched to full defense. At the same time, it will begin peaceful negotiations with Japan and use force to force Japan to make war compensation to China.
Faced with these three arguments, Xun Huaizhou has not spoken. It was only since the end of 1944 that Xun Huaizhou had many secret exchanges with the Chairman. The two often talked deeply into the early morning. It was not until early January that the Chairman finally decided to prepare the report of my country's response plan for the current complex international political and military situation after several conversations with some bigwigs of the Central Committee and the Military Commission and held a series of secret meetings in Zhongnanhai. It was submitted to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and the Military Commission for deliberation.
Xunhuaizhou was officially established last year. During the first official household registration registration, Xunbo was officially renamed Xunbo. Because Xunhuaizhou had used the name Xunbo, so everyone didn't think much about it. However, many people joked with Xunhuaizhou, saying that Xunhuaizhou's name must be to please his wife Zhou Tao. Because Xunbo and Zhou Tao's name are Botao, which is the same name as Zhou Tao's original company and Botao Villa where he lives now. Therefore, although Xunhuaizhou changed the name back to the name he had used this time, it must be to flatter his wife. Xunbo heard everyone's jokes and naturally smiled.
After many days and nights of suffering, Xunbo finally came up with a response plan to curb China in early January.
At several major meetings of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Military Commission and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, after fierce discussions, on the basis of the inconsistent opinions of all parties, the Chairman made a decision and decided to pass Xunbo's response plan. His military strike part authorized Xunbo to immediately organize and formulate a detailed combat plan, and immediately organize and implement it after approval by the Military Commission. After many days of hard work, the elite generals of the General Staff finally formulated a detailed combat plan to respond to the current situation in late January. After Xunhuaizhou was present to defend many times, he was approved with the support of the Chairman and other major leaders of the Military Commission. The Military Commission also authorized Xunbo to be fully responsible for the implementation of this plan.
Therefore, during the Spring Festival, Xunbo will stay in the secret command center of the Chongqing General Staff Department and prepare to fully respond to the upcoming major changes in the international political situation and war situation.
When the Pacific region changed drastically on February 15, Xunbo was chatting and laughing in the combat hall with Zeng Zhongsheng, who had been promoted to deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army since 1944, and he could not feel the pressure of a war at all.
Faced with this young man in his early thirties, Zeng Zhongsheng felt sincere admiration. At first, Zeng Zhongsheng was more grateful to Xunbo for saving his life.
Later, after personally experiencing several large-scale battles commanded by Xunbo, Zeng Zhongsheng admired Xunbo more and admired Xunbo, and Zeng Zhongsheng admired Xunbo's genius's command art very much.
When he was transferred to the General Staff last year and spent time with Xunbo, Zeng Zhongsheng's understanding of Xunbo changed tremendously. When Zeng Zhongsheng saw Xunbo's selfless work spirit, rigorous work style and low-key style, he was truly moved by Xunbo's huge personality charm. At this time, Zeng Zhongsheng's remaining respect for Xunbo was not only respectful, but also respected.
Zeng Zhongsheng only felt that Xunbo was born in this world to save the working people. Zeng Zhongsheng was almost obsessed with Xunbo. This feeling made Zeng Zhongsheng, who was also a genius military strategist, feel incredible.
Zeng Zhongsheng never thought that he could admire and admire a person to reach such an obsession.
Now Zeng Zhongsheng was still echoing Xunbo's casual conversation, but his heart was beating wildly.
Because Zeng Zhongsheng had long known from the top secret report of the intelligence department that what kind of shocking changes will happen around the world today, and what kind of reaction will the Chinese army make today. In the face of this great battle that almost used the strongest military power of the Chinese army is about to begin, and a good show is about to be staged. Zeng Zhongsheng, who is much older than Xunbo, is really hard to calm down. However, Xunbo, a young man who has just passed the thirty years old, did not show any tension or anxiety in the face of this shocking battle he had made and organized.
How can Zeng Zhongsheng not admire this? You must know that this war can be said to be a major event related to the rise and fall of China's country. If it is defeated, it will establish China's position as the world's largest power today. If it fails, it may cause China to face the numerous sieges of many countries and become a lonely person. Even China has the possibility of being divided up again by these Western powers.
Such a burden made Zeng Zhongsheng feel extremely stressed when he thought about it. He didn't expect that the young man around him could still be so calm and chatting and laughing.
Xunbo seemed to feel the complex psychological activities in Zeng Zhongsheng's heart. While turning around, he looked at Zeng Zhongsheng with a smile, and said with a smile: "Old Zeng, you look a little excited, you feel the atmosphere of the war?"
Zeng Zhongsheng said truthfully: "I, Zeng Zhongsheng, have convinced you. Faced with such a big battle, you can be so calm. Even if my old Zeng has a high concentration, he can't do it."
Xunbo knew what Zeng Zhongsheng was referring to, and then laughed and said, "I was so calm and I felt abrupt. However, since I chose, I didn't think much about it. Now I just thought about how to fight this battle well, and I didn't think about anything else."
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