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In June 1941, Germany unilaterally tore up the Soviet Union's Non-aggression Treaty and officially launched a war against the Soviet Union. At the same time, Japan, as the German Axis power, was eyeing the Soviet Far East.
Faced with this situation of attacking between the two lines of things and the two sides, Stalin was exhausted and called Chairman Mao six times in a row, requesting troops to send troops to support, but they were rejected one by one. What is the reason?
Stalin
Trace the origin and find out the essence
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet and German countries signed the "Soviet and Germany Non-aggression Treaty". The two countries had gotten along well. You contributed money and I worked hard to grow each other and cooperated for 20 years.
Under Hitler's massive expansion, an old friend who had worked with him for 20 years finally broke up. The German army showed its true face and was ready to go to war against the Soviet Union at any time. This is exactly the old saying in China: The world's major events will be divided after a long time of unity, and the division will be unified after a long time of unity.
Because of its limited resources, Germany has occupied 14 European countries including Poland, , Austria, Czechoslovakia, and . After tasting the sweetness, it coveted the vast land and oil of the Soviet Union.
plus the inequality he received when the division of Poland, the German army has been resentful and laid the root of the disaster for the Soviet-German war that was about to be launched.
is not afraid of thieves stealing, but is afraid of thieves thinking about it. Once one side has such an idea, this fierce battle is inevitable.
Hitler
This had completed two five-year plans (its first five-year plan was completed with the help of Germany), and its military and scientific research strength should not be underestimated.
If it is allowed to develop and expand, it will probably be even more difficult to attack in the future. So, if you don’t fight at this moment, when will you wait?
War is imminent, and the arrow is on the string and has to be sent
1941. In May 1941, the Soviet spy lurking in Japan Zorg received secret intelligence. Germany will launch an attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, with a force of 170-190 divisions, with a total number of 5.5 million. This plan is called the "Barbarossa" plan .
It can be seen that Germany made sufficient pre-war preparations for capturing the Soviet Union. However, this information did not attract Stalin's attention. He felt that everything could not come so quickly, and the German army could not have gathered so many troops at once. Besides, it was not the point of starting the war.
"Barbarossa" plan
However, it was such a small negligence that made Stalin fall into a desperate situation, so that he lost steadily in the early stages of the war.
21 days almost none of the 3 million troops survived, which was the heavy price Stalin paid.
It was really the wind and waves that came, but they capsized in the gutter.
From then on, in the face of intelligence, he would rather believe in it than not.
At this time, facing the joy of victory, Hitler stood arrogantly in the attitude of the winner, and spoke wildly, and wanted to win the Soviet Union within 3 months. It was entirely possible to follow the strength of the German army at that time and Hitler's precise command.
Stalin panicked, the Soviet Union panicked, and in the face of such a painful situation, he bumped around like a headless fly.
Hitler
Chinese people often say: "Damn it will not happen alone, and blessings will not come together."
When you think you are already miserable enough, don't you know that there are even more miserable things waiting for you.
At the same time, Japan is also preparing to start operations in the Far East of the Soviet Union, waiting for Hitler to take over the Soviet capital, , Moscow, and fully occupy the Soviet Union after Hitler took over the Soviet Union's capital.
So, Japan immediately increased the strength of in the Northeast region of China to 20 divisions. Thinking about 20 divisions, it was still very scary, with a total number of more than 700,000. It seemed that it was quite a move, and it seemed that it was inevitable to win the Soviet Union.
Germany and Japan wanted to form a situation of double-teaming between the Soviet Union. For a time, the Far East was covered with dark clouds, and Stalin was extremely melancholy. How to resolve this difficult situation of
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Dimetlov
SSDalin contacted Dimitrov, the leader of the Communist International . He hoped that he could get protection and help from other countries through the Communist International.
At this time, the survival of the Soviet Union was imminent.
Stalin requested the support of the Communist Party of China and called
Three times in July 1941. Stalin chose to call Chairman Mao for the first time. He hoped that Chairman Mao could send some troops to destroy railway traffic, so that he could temporarily restrain the Japanese army and not let them move so quickly.
Although Stalin was urgently negative, he still politely asked Chairman Mao to be delayed temporarily.
In the face of Stalin's request, Chairman Mao's attitude was both sincere and positive, and he responded quickly.
On July 2, he contacted the deputy commander-in-chief Peng Dehuai and said: "Once the war between Japan and the Soviet Union begins, our Eighth Route Army cannot ignore it. According to our current situation, we can only cooperate, rather than really going to the battlefield to fight the Japanese."
Peng Dehuai
Chairman Mao's reply immediately, it can be seen that his attitude was fine when facing this situation, but he particularly emphasized the words "only cooperate, not fight", and faced with Chairman Mao's bitter advice, Peng Dehuai understood what Chairman Mao meant. After all, I am an old comrade-in-arms who have worked together for many years.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army was okay to do some minor damage, but it is still very unlikely to really want to restrain the Japanese army. If Germany and Japan really occupied the Soviet Union, it would be an extremely terrible phenomenon for other countries. So in the face of this situation, Chairman Mao was also worried.
111-12, Stalin called Chairman Mao for the second time, and the direction of Great Wall seemed to have movements, which was not very safe. He wanted Chairman Mao to increase some troops in the direction of the Great Wall.
Chairman Mao
At the same time, Stalin also used the power of the Communist International to put pressure on Chairman Mao.
Comintern also made severe criticisms of Chairman Mao. In the face of criticism and attacks, Chairman Mao still adhered to the strategic policies he had arranged.
He pointed out: Raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while. Our troops have not been well maintained and are not suitable for long-distance large-scale combat. This is not feasible for the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army can only assist the Soviet army in combat to a certain extent, rather than putting the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield to fight.
In the face of public opinion and pressure, Chairman Mao repeatedly insisted on protecting the strength of our army as the starting point and saving more strength, rather than blindly and recklessly obeying other people's command and dispatch, and confronting the enemy head-on.
The fundamental reason for all this was because China was in dire straits at that time, and he did not dare to joke about the lives of anyone in the army, and was also afraid of making any wrong decisions.
German army
In May 1942, Stalin called Chairman Mao for the third time, hoping that Chairman Mao would send some of his troops to restrain the Japanese army. This time the location was in South Manchuria.
Although says that every news that the Japanese army may attack the Soviet Union is a fatal threat to the Soviet Union, the life of our Eighth Route Army is also life, how can we send it at will.
In the face of Stalin's request, Chairman Mao still insisted on his combat plan as always and refused again.
requested support three times, and the situation finally reversed
As the saying goes, it’s okay, but Stalin called Chairman Mao for the fourth time, requesting troops to be sent.
s Dalin changed his strategy this time. On the grounds of giving new weapons and equipment, he hoped to send the Eighth Route Army to the junction of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia to receive new weapons and equipment, but if you want to obtain new weapons and equipment, you have to exchange troops.
Stalin
New weapons and equipment are of course what our army wants and urgently needs, but letting the Eighth Route Army receive equipment in a naked place is unprepared for our army. If the Japanese army drops a blast, we will have no power to fight back and can only be like meat on the chopping board, at the slaughter of others.
Moreover, in the past, the beneficiaries of the weapons provided by the Soviet Union were the Kuomintang, not our Communist Party, and we cannot joke about the lives of the Eighth Route Army.
Basically, all this is unrealistic. We cannot ignore the lives of the Eighth Route Army just because of a little weapon. This account cannot be paid no matter how much it is calculated.
At the same time, it can be seen that Stalin was very collapsed inside. It is also undesirable for him to use weapons to seduce our army and obtain temporary assistance.
Then, Stalin called Chairman Mao for the fifth time and asked: " Can the CCP send smaller guerrillas to the areas between Manchuria and Mongolia to take turns to receive smaller batches of weapons to strengthen the anti-enemy force ."
Stalin
After a series of considerations, Chairman Mao still denied Stalin's plan and refused to send troops.
Although Stalin was already angry, he did not give up and still had a trace of luck. Facing the moment of life and death of a country, no one can take it lightly, and no one can joke about the future of the country and the lives of the people.
Faced with rejection again and again, Stalin still believed that as long as we were willing to send troops to support and give them a little breathing opportunity, victory was just around the corner.
So, there was the sixth call, Stalin called Chairman Mao for the sixth time. Faced with the failure of the previous five calls, Stalin changed his strategy this time, not requiring combat, but only requiring deployment. He asked Chairman Mao to deploy his troops inside and outside the Great Wall. After a series of contacts, Stalin felt that such a deployment was the least expensive and most likely to be achieved for both parties.
German armored forces attacked the Soviet Union
, or in other words, he might understand Chairman Mao’s intentions before he would make a request that Chairman Mao would most likely accept.
After reading the telegram, Chairman Mao understood what Stalin meant. After research, Chairman Mao started real aid from reality.
He deployed Luo Ruiqing, Yang Chengwu and Lu Zhengcao on the front lines inside and outside the Great Wall, preparing to penetrate into the Northeast at any time. Such a position is the most beneficial to the Eighth Route Army. It can attack and retreat and defend, and it can also give the Japanese army a fatal blow at critical moments. The subsequent results of
also proved the correctness of Chairman Mao's decision, and also protected most of the strength of our army.
. Everyone has the responsibility to strengthen themselves in the face of the war
In fact, when the war just started, on June 23, 1941, Chairman Mao drafted the article "Agreement on the Anti-Fascist International United Front".
Everyone wants freedom and independence and does not want to be oppressed and enslaved.
Chairman Mao
And when the war comes, we are so helpless and desperate. Under the war, only by uniting can we fight against the enemy together.
can only ensure the victory of the revolution be consistent with the outside world. but the basis of all this is all the corresponding deployments made under their own real strength, rather than overestimating their own abilities.
Chairman Mao has always insisted on refusing to send troops because of the absolute difference in strength between the enemy and us. How can we support others with distractions when we are unable to protect ourselves? This is simply impossible.
Everything that harms oneself to help others is not feasible and undesirable.
Only by weighing the pros and cons and choosing the safest and most reliable method to achieve hierarchy is the most reliable and easiest to achieve.
Chinese People's Liberation Army
Only when both sides are strong together and interests are linked can each other go longer and last longer.
Only when you are strong can you become someone else's support. Only by relying on our own strength can we protect the people and countries we want to protect.
