In the 16th year of Zhongxing, April 7th, at 8:00 a.m....

In the command center of the Hanjing Ministry of National Defense, Chen Fuqin is introducing Chen Shao to the current situation of the entire north and northwest.

Like Chen Shao, Chen Fuqin, who had a dusty face, had just returned for a few hours. He had been traveling on various front lines before. Fortunately, the Army No. 2, which was specially equipped for them, has started to be used, and the itinerary efficiency is much faster than before.

Tiredness could not stop the excitement in my heart. In all directions, the various troops of the army had begun to enter the period of offensive operations. All the materials and ammunition in each arsenal were distributed on a large scale, and the battle started more fiercely in many directions.

The troops attacking in the front can only advance and then advance, while the second-line troops behind quickly take over the results and have a clear and orderly division of labor.

"The Northeast War Zone is carrying out the final clearance of the Far ASEAN army. Once the clearance work is completed, the battle to land on Sakhalin Island and the removal of the Vladivostok Japanese army will be carried out immediately.

In the Northwest War Zone, according to the reports of the theater commander Chen Gengpeng, deputy commander Bai Chongxi and others, after a continuous week of uninterrupted bombing of the Siberian Plain, they officially launched the battle to occupy the Siberian Plain early this morning.

Two troops from the Xinjiang Provincial War Zone have entered Afghanistan, targeting the Allied forces in the Soviet Union's Afghan border area, and plan to spy on the area in three days.

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"The attack in the Northwest War Zone has begun?" Chen Shao said.

"Yes, at 2 a.m. today, the general offensive of the ground troops had already begun. In this direction, the Soviet Union arranged eighteen armies and had very strong troops. However, after a week of large-scale bombing, we have basically determined air supremacy. On the ground, with the cooperation of land aerial helicopters, the Soviet armored cluster and heavy artillery cluster were of no use at all." Chen Fuqin said.

"Then Stalin is going crazy now." Chen Shaoyue said thoughtfully.

"Haha!" Chen Fuqin smiled softly, "We don't know whether to catch it or not, but it will definitely not be a good time. The entire Siberia is about to be taken into account by us. In addition, Germany has occupied the territory west of Moscow, and the huge Soviet Union is about to lose three-quarters of its land. This is definitely a great humiliation for the polar bears that have always been greedy."

"Stalin will not be able to sit still."

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In fact, at present, the Soviet Union urgently needed the spirit of national self-criticism and urgently needed to no longer view reality from the perspective of mythology. Only then can the true status of the country and nation in the surrounding world be established, and the problems before us can be clearly viewed.

The experience of the Patriotic War must be re-understood. War should not cover up the excessive cost of the Soviet Union, nor should it cover up the inefficiency shown by the Soviet leaders during the war and the Soviet Union's blind dependence on the aid of Western allies.

World War II was the greatest disaster that mankind had experienced in the past. The Soviet-German War, known as the Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, was an integral part of the Second World War. The Patriotic War was once the biggest myth in the Soviet historical documents. Unfortunately, it continued to play a special role in Russian historical documents that has continued to this day.

War became the main reason for the existence of the Soviet regime and provided moral support for the totalitarian politics of the Soviet Union. Its existence was preserved, and it also left the inefficient economic and political system in a stagnant state.

The reason why Stalin was able to stop the Soviet Union was that he was good at leading millions of people, and at the same time established his personal supreme leadership among them. The vast territory of the Soviet Union and the aid from the United States and Britain also saved the Soviet Union from failure.

Since the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union has the greatest casualties among all participating countries. Correspondingly, the Red Army has suffered the greatest losses to the German armed forces. Therefore, many people generally believe that the Soviet Union played a decisive role in the war to defeat Germany.

However, without the aid of allies, one-on-one - the Soviet Union vs. Germany, Stalin vs. Hitler, it might be another ending. Britain and the United States not only provided the Soviet Union with extremely important fuel, materials and technology, but also dispersed almost all of the German fleet and most of the air force. Without these, the Soviet Union might not be able to gain a foothold on its own front and preserve Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad.

For the dead and missing soldiers, in Britain and the United States, almost all relatives of soldiers work hard to find out their whereabouts. At the same time, the staff of military agencies also have the responsibility to issue notices of death or disappearance, including judicial procedures, such as inheritance rights issues.

The same is true in Germany. There, totalitarianism has not had time to eliminate this tradition.

In the Soviet Union, the view that people are regarded as a screw on the state machine has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. To be honest, relatives of sacrifice or missing soldiers usually do not require judicial procedures to go through judicial procedures for the whereabouts of their relatives.

In addition, many of the relatives of officers and soldiers either died in war, were evacuated to Eastern Europe or went to work in the West and Germany. Therefore, in the first few years of the ongoing war, it became impossible to accurately calculate the casualties of the Red Army and peaceful residents to a certain extent. Since there is no pressure from the public opinion community, it is difficult to calculate the relatively detailed and accurate statistics of the casualties of the Soviet Union during World War II.

However, no one dared to pay attention to these things, because once they said these things, they would be put on a hat of malicious destruction of unity, and then pulled into the square to read out the "crime", and finally shot directly, without even a chance to explain.

This may seem strange to modern people, but in the years of war, it is very common. Because when a person is deified, his every move concerns the life and death of countless people. When he becomes disgusted with some words, or feels that some words are not good, the result will inevitably lead to bloodshed, because no one needs to agree to this, and a large number of people clear him of all kinds of troubles.

The Red Army and Soviet military industrial system was established after the October Revolution, which completely destroyed the old Russian army, the previous industrial and agricultural systems, and completely eliminated the private business owner component - which was preserved in Nazi Germany.

Therefore, the strength of the Soviet political system is that it can mobilize all the national resources required for war, build an army with a large number of military equipment, and mobilize the people under the most difficult conditions of failure on the front line.

However, it was difficult for Stalin to effectively use powerful armed forces or build a reader-powered military economy like Germany that did not rely on external forces. Compared with Germany in 1917, the industrial backward situation continued until 1941.

In later generations, all these issues were carefully covered up in Soviet historical documents. Regarding this, we either kept silent or repeated the traditional argument, believing that British and American aid was a drop in the bucket for Soviet production as a whole and was useless. As for the number of casualties, people generally tend to think that just remember the total number is 20 million, and it is not clear how many casualties of the Red Army account for, and what proportion is this number to the number of casualties of the German army.

What kind of role did the Soviet Union play in World War II? Is it a simple victim? However, this point was not clearly expressed in both the Soviet Union and later Russian historical documents.

Although there is no objection to the fact that the Soviet Union occupied Finland, it still defends it, saying that the Soviet Union clashed with Germany to ensure its own security, and that Finland was too stubborn, and it must bear part of the responsibility for the military conflict that occurred. In fact, the Soviet occupation of Finland was basically no different from the German invasion of Poland, and the peaceful annexation of the Baltic coast, Bisarabia and Bukovina, and there is no big difference between Germany's peaceful annexation of Austria and the Czech Republic.

In fact, both Stalin and Hitler were eager to occupy hegemony in Europe. On the road to occupy hegemony, military conflicts between the Soviet Union were inevitable, but they depended on who started the war first. In fact, the preparations for the Soviet Union were already underway as the German plan to invade the Soviet Union's "Barbarossa" began.

Western allies did not like Hitler or Stalin, but for some objective reasons, they had to support the latter. Both the Soviet Union and Hitler pursued world hegemony. However, Germany was much stronger than the Soviet Union in terms of economy and military. This advantage was not only reflected in the large number of tanks or aircraft, the large output of iron and steel, and the much more coal and oil extraction, but also in the fact that German soldiers made more sufficient preparations, and the cultural and educational level of German residents was much higher overall.

In fact, objectively speaking, Hitler, who was more powerful in World War II, won the war in the war, not only to the United States and Britain, but also to the entire human race. Even under the conditions of the existence of an anti-fascist alliance, it is not impossible for Germany to win (for example, assuming that Germany's atomic plan could be implemented before the United States and before the Allies entered Germany's mainland). In this case, the interests of the Russian nation and the interests of mankind are consistent.

If Germany wins, the Soviet Union will no longer exist, and the vast majority of Russian territory will be occupied, and Russia will not be able to recover as a sovereign state. For all mankind, once Hitler wins, a new round of war will surely begin. The result is difficult to predict, and it is very likely to use weapons of mass destruction. This is the relationship between the power balance of the world. If the winner is not the head of Germany, he will be the general secretary of the Soviet Union, and vice versa.

Another more complex question is what responsibilities should the people bear for what their leaders do? The vast majority of German and Soviet people did not know that their own countries acted as occupiers during World War II (the Soviet Union occupied Finland and served as the only and very active accomplice when Germany invaded Poland, not to mention that it occupied the Baltic coast and other regions).

Many people do not understand genocide policies and political terrorist means, at least, their true scope of use. Of course, millions of German and Soviet people directly participated in and jointly participated in criminal activities, although only a small part of them were held accountable.

However, it is not in line with the doctrine of Christianity to blame the collective sins on tens of millions of innocent people. There is no doubt that every nation has a political axe to serve.

But when talking about the following, we have to be serious: in 1933, and in 1917, most people clearly realized what the Nazis and the Bolsheviks were actually, and in fact they had the potential to prevent the latter from coming to power. And overall, Hitler became prime minister was completely accelerating, and Lenin did not refuse to convene the next Constituent Assembly at the critical moment.

Yes, the victory of the Soviet Patriotic War in later generations was indeed great, but it only brought sacrifices. From a long-term perspective, the Soviet Union occupied some territories for 45 years, plus dozens of vassal states that followed the Soviet Union - this achievement was too trivial. For a person with national self-esteem, it was painful to make such a conclusion.

Before the war began, the number of German troops deployed on the Soviet border was 2.5 million, which is 1.6 times that of the German troops.

The total number of tanks alone is more than 25,000, of which about 14,000 are deployed in the western border military region. The Soviet Air Force had about 19,000 combat aircraft, of which almost 11,000 were deployed in the western region. There were 3,719 new aircraft (mainly fighter jets) at least comparable to the most advanced fighter m-109, the Luftwaffe's Air Force at that time.

The maximum number of m-109s deployed by Germany on the Eastern Front is no more than 500. The Luftwaffe's Air Force can only use 1,830 combat aircraft to attack the Soviet Union. 300 Finnish aircraft and 400 Romanian aircraft are mostly old-fashioned aircraft, and they cannot fundamentally change the power balance relationship in the air. The advantage of artillery is also obvious on the Soviet side, with 60,000 cannons against the German army's 43,000 cannons.

The Soviet Red Army had an unquestionable advantage in terms of numbers. The number of troops deployed by the Soviet Union on the western border reached 2719,000, the number of troops in the navy reached 216,000, and the number of troops in the People's Committee of the Internal Affairs reached 154,000.

In addition, about 1200,000 reserve soldiers and deferred servicemen were summoned. By the beginning of the war, the number of troops deployed by the German army on the Soviet border was 2.5 million, which was 1.6 times that of the German army. You should know that at that time, the Soviet army also invested 77 divisions of the second echelon to the western border.

Among them, 16 divisions have arrived at the western border military region, expanding the number of Red Army personnel by 202,000, increasing the number of cannons by 2,746, and increasing the number of tanks by 1,763.

Correspondingly, the total number of Soviet troops reached 4.3 million, the cannons reached 59,787, and the tanks reached 15,687, including about 1,500 unparalleled T-34 tanks and Kvo heavy tanks (the Soviet heavy tank model named after Klim Voroshilov).

With tanks alone, the Soviet Union had more than four times the advantage of the enemy. You should know that the Germans had no more than 3,650 tanks and assault artillery on the eastern front, including 230 command vehicles without shell devices.

The 350 tanks were commanded by Rommel in North Africa, and less than 300 tanks formed the two reserve divisions of the highest command of the fascist armed forces, which were only put into the Eastern Front in the fall of 1941. Even if the 86 Finnish tanks, 60 Romanian tanks and 160 Hungarian tanks (who joined the battle in June), the Soviet army still had an absolute advantage.

With tanks alone, the Soviet Union had more than four times the advantage of the enemy. Stalin fully understood these situations, so he firmly believed that Hitler should be afraid of him, and Germany would not dare to do anything to the Soviet Union.

At this moment, Stalin's subjective intentions far surpassed objective factors. This led to the Soviet Union's defeat at the beginning of the Barbarossa plan in Germany.

So as the leader of a country on the brink of war, Stalin was very failed. It can be said that he was a qualified politician, but he had no strategic overall view at all. He was preached as God, but he just relied on his own will, as if everyone in the world was as he thought.

This is a tragedy for a country. Even if the thinking begins to change in the future and gradually has a strategic overall view, it cannot cover up the ignorance and failure in the early stage.

Just as Chen Shao and Chen Fuqin were talking, the distant Chelyabinsk.

Located in the underground bunker in Chelyabinsk, the top Soviet political leaders who had been transferred from the Kremlin were already in chaos.

In the Siberian Plain, the Chinese army's ground attack had been ongoing for three hours, and the second round of attacks in the air had been completed. A large number of ground armored troops were continuously rushing into the depths of the Siberian Plain. At this moment, the Soviet land was moaning, and countless villages, urban factories were trapped in artillery fire.

The newly appointed Chief of General Staff, Vasilevsky, had not had time to wait a few days for Shuxin Days, or he had not been here for this position. Just a few minutes ago, the notice from the People's Committee of National Defense Voroshilov, was about the news of the Chinese army's air strikes on several towns in Siberia.

On the phone, Voroshilov "ordered" Huasilevsky to report the news to Stalin. However, just as Huasilevsky prepared the information in his office, bad news came one after another. News of attacks by Chinese troops came from the Eastern Special Military Region, Siberian Special Military Region, Far East Special Military Region, etc.

"Let me spread the bad news..." Huasilevsky thought a little dissatisfied, but then he thought about it. If he were the character of Voroshilov, he would probably have others report to the "master".

Before he could wait any longer, Vasilevsky pulled his staff and hurriedly walked towards the No. 2 bunker where Stalin was.

When all the bad news was presented to Stalin, the Soviet "head of the country" was shocked, and his hand holding the pipe was hanging in the air, so he could not answer for a long time. This is how these senior leaders who were in the top [***] Soviet Union have never seen such a situation.

When he came to his senses, he asked Huasilevsky to notify all members of the Politburo to come to his office for a meeting. In fact, when he learned that the Chinese army was attacking the Siberian plains, all members of the Politburo had been concentrated in the office building where Stalin was located very early.

In less than ten minutes, all members of the Politburo of the Soviet Red Party had arrived. Huasilevsky and Shaposhnikov went to the office to invite Stalin out of the room inside. Stalin walked out slowly, slowly sat at the table. Molotov, a diplomatic people's committee member, noticed a small detail. Stalin was holding a pipe full of tobacco in his hand, but did not ignite it.

In the end, Stalin himself broke this silence, which was also the usual rule. It seemed that only he would break the silence was the most appropriate one. However, this time his words were not so coherent. He slowly swung his delicate little pipe, and then said calmly (at least it looked calm): "Chen Shao was crazy... he was really crazy... in front of our powerful Red Army... they will be hit on the whole line... and it was a blow to the Destruction surname."

Speaking of this, he held his pipe and made a posture of chopping things downwards, and then he asked the generals of the Red Army's senior generals: "You all report the specific situation so that everyone can have a general understanding... Comrade Huaseylevsky... I'll ask you to talk about it first..."

At this time, Vasilevsky, who was standing next to Marshal Shaposhnikov, immediately spoke: "Comrade Stalin, just now I called Comrade Pavlov from the Western Special Military Region of Siberia again. He reported to me that the enemy was still attacking along the border line at this time, with a wide front, but not much deeper into our depth, and all troops were carrying out effective counterattacks."

Seeing Stalin nodding slightly, Huasilevsky continued: "After some analysis, the General Staff recommended that all forces in each border military region fight back and stop them from continuing to advance. At the same time, the National Defense Committee also instructed us to attack the entire frontier on the western border to curb the enemy. In short, before the No. 1 battle report arrived, I think we should wait for news further."

"Comrade Huaseylevsky, do you think containment is enough? It is not just about curbing the enemy, but about annihilation of the enemy!" Stalin seemed to think that the situation on the front line was not bad, but now he is somewhat optimistic.

However, after seeing Stalin's mood improved a lot, the members of the Politburo standing behind immediately became quite optimistic. They also expressed their views that under the leadership of the great Comrade Stalin, the brave Soviet Red Army would be able to severely punish the imperialist invaders.

Under such blind optimism, Stalin issued the No. 4 order of the Supreme Command of the Red Army and the Air Force to the Red Army and the Air Force after the war. It was generally necessary to call on all military regions on the eastern border to stubbornly use all forces and means to attack the enemy troops that invaded the motherland and annihilate them in the eastern border areas of the Soviet Union. (To be continued.
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