The sun never sets

Chapter 708: Blitzkrieg

"Jingle Bell--"

"Hey, what? Got it, send the report over right away!"

"what happened?"

In an office at 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Secretary put down the phone and said to the Prime Minister: "The German government has issued a public statement, claiming that it has an agreement with the People's Revolutionary League and will not fight for Poland and the People's Army."

"I know they have a non-aggression pact, but aren't treaties meant to be broken?"

The Prime Minister's face was filled with anger. "William II preached the Yellow Peril theory throughout Europe. Now that the Yellow Peril has really come to Europe, he has decided not to go to war with the enemy! Oh, what a Wilhelm II! What a German Emperor!"

"........Germany and the People's Revolutionary League have signed a supplementary agreement. After the non-aggression treaty expires, the treaty will be automatically renewed for five years as long as neither party objects."

"Humph, just for this? So the German Army, which claims to be the best in the world, only dares to stay in the trenches instead of actively launching an attack?"

The cabinet secretary said helplessly: "Sir, Germany suffered heavy losses in the war and they no longer have the strength to launch another

The world is at war." He added in his mind: So are we.

Regardless of the reasons why Germany did not send troops to Poland, the fact that the German army was stationed on the border led to the complete failure of the Polish escape. Those important figures who managed to escape from Warsaw were captured by the German army and then returned to the Allies.

Some burst into tears, some took out gold, silver and jewelry, and some chose seduction. It cannot be said that there were no successes, but most of the Poles who wanted to flee the country became prisoners of the League.

The People's Army's attack on Warsaw went smoothly. Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, the Polish defenders could not hold out for long. Kondrachenko did not care about the historical sites in Warsaw at all, whether it was a historic church or a building with civilians. As long as he found traces of the enemy, he would bombard them with artillery fire.

In the face of absolute firepower advantage, any resistance was shattered.

However, the People's Army also paid a considerable price, with casualties reaching 3000. After all, it was a siege war, and it was impossible not to suffer casualties. This was much less than Kondrachenko expected. He originally thought that it would take tens of thousands of casualties to capture Warsaw.

In the World War, which battle did not have casualties of 3000? By taking Warsaw with only casualties, Kondrachenko proved that he could not only defend, but also attack.

The People's Army launched the offensive on December 12, captured Warsaw on January 25, and then recovered the whole of Poland. It joined the German army on the border on January 1. It took only 10 days to resolve the Polish issue.

The victory over Poland was so quick that it shocked the European and American powers. Compared with the slow fighting methods of the World War, the People's Army's attack speed was like lightning. The People's Daily called this tactic "blitzkrieg."

The Polish army was defeated after only three weeks of resistance. The Germans became increasingly nervous and were on high alert at the border.

The People's Army solved Poland so quickly, who knows if they will continue to attack the west? Germany has come out of its weakest state, but it is still far from fully recovered.

Weapons and equipment can be produced continuously, but the young and strong men who died in the war cannot grow up quickly. In the world war, Germany lost more than two million people in total, and there were even more people who could not continue to fight in the battlefield due to injuries. These are irreparable losses.

According to intelligence, the Allied forces deployed in Poland number 120 million. If Germany only had these 120 million troops, it could still handle it, but don't forget that behind these 120 million troops is a huge country with a population of more than million.

If necessary, the Alliance can arm tens of millions of troops.

Germany once had tens of millions of armed personnel, but now it is no longer able to mobilize tens of millions of people. During the war, both the Allied and Allied armies used a large number of stimulants. Various stimulants can make soldiers forget fear and fatigue, allowing them to fight desperately on the battlefield.

Stimulants played an important role in the world wars and also produced serious sequelae. During the war, the German government only thought that the stronger the effect of stimulants, the better, but the stronger the excitement period, the easier it is to burn the brain.

After long-term use of stimulants, soldiers will have irreversible physical changes in their brains, develop a deep drug dependence, and develop all kinds of hallucinations in the later stages, and basically cannot be regarded as normal people. They cannot become qualified soldiers or qualified workers, because they may suddenly attack at any time and kill themselves and the people around them.

Those drug-addicted soldiers may even lose their ability to understand. The best way to use them is to use them as a suicide squad to attack the enemy's defense line. However, in front of machine guns and rapid-fire cannons, human wave assaults are no longer effective and can only make the enemy consume more bullets.

The German government is paying close attention to the Alliance's next move. If the People's Revolutionary League continues to send troops to the border after eliminating the Polish rebels - the Alliance does not recognize the Polish government as an enemy country - then Germany must immediately mobilize again and be prepared to join forces with its former enemy, even if it will pay a heavy price for it.

However, the People's Revolutionary League did not intend to sweep across Europe. The People's Army's tanks drove to the border and stopped. The commander of the Second Armored Division, Xu Wuji, and the retired German Field Marshal Ludendorff met on a bridge on the border between Germany and Poland.

There were tanks and trucks on both sides of the bridge. The People's Army was on high alert on the east side of the bridge, while the German army was in high spirits on the west side.

"Teacher, you look much better than before."

Xu Wuji took the lead in saluting Ludendorff, then said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet you here."

"If you stay at home every day, eat well, and sleep well, your complexion will certainly be better."

Ludendorff said: "You have done a great job. It took only 23 days to conquer Poland. [Blitzkrieg] is a great tactic. It is really amazing to be able to use armored forces to this extent."

Xu Wuji smiled and said, "There are still many problems that need to be further improved. Teacher, since you have retired, why don't you go to Chang'an to help us improve the tank tactics?"

Ludendorff was somewhat tempted. After he was forced to resign

, he just wrote memoirs at home every day, and lost his influence on German politics, just like Bismarck and Moltke the Younger in the past. If he could go to the League, maybe he could continue to shine?

"........I am a German soldier after all, so I cannot give you an answer now."

"You have already retired, teacher, please give it some thought."

Ludendorff glanced at the German general beside him and said calmly: "I'll consider it."

Chapter 709: Warlike People Will Die

In addition to Germany, Britain, the United States, the French Commune and the National France all hope that Germany will fight the People's Revolutionary League. The People's Revolutionary League is very powerful, but the Allies are not weak either. No matter which side is weakened, it is a good thing for the other powers. It would be even better if both the People's Revolutionary League and the Allies collapsed because of the war.

But unfortunately, the two powers did not fight. After eliminating the Polish rebels, the alliance did not continue to move westward, but disbanded the mobilized army and signed a series of economic cooperation plans with Germany.

This disappointed the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries. Britain hoped that the old continent would continue to be in strife, so that the gentlemen of Downing Street could take advantage of the situation. Although the United States hoped to dismantle the colonial system of the British Empire together with the alliance, if there was an opportunity to weaken the People's Revolutionary League, they would not let it go.

For the United States of America, the Human Innovation League may be a greater threat than Britain.

Lin Yongchang was very clear about the strength of the People's Revolutionary League. The current alliance did not have the strength to liberate the whole world. It would take several years to digest Russia. If all the manpower and material resources were consumed in the war, it would inevitably delay the construction of the country. Maybe, like Britain, France, Germany and Russia, various rebellions would emerge in the country.

From the East Asian Alliance to the [Human Innovation Alliance], the land area has doubled and the population has increased by 50%. If the war continues, indigestion will occur.

It is better to stop fighting for the time being and focus our work on economic development.

The Alliance crushed the resistance of the Polish rebels with an overwhelming force, mainly to demonstrate strength and to make potential enemies behave themselves and not try to make big news at every turn.

Secondly, it was to punish the Poles. Lin Yongchang didn't care much about Poland's population and land. The land of the Union was large enough and the population was large enough, but the Poles kept provoking him. Poland's strength was far inferior to that of the Union, but it wanted to provoke the independence of countries such as Ukraine and Lithuania. Many attacks in the Union were related to the Polish government, which was really disgusting.

In this case, why not just destroy Poland? Poland disappears all the time anyway, so it doesn't matter if it happens again this time.

After the Polish rebels were wiped out, the Alliance conducted a large-scale search in Poland, arresting a large number of Polish government officials and elites. Those who had a skill were fine, such as doctors and engineers, as long as they wrote a letter of repentance and promised not to participate in any separatist activities in the future, they could be released, but they had to report to the local police station every month.

Others, such as government officials, were mostly convicted of treason. Journalists and scholars, for example, were also labeled traitors if they had ever made statements that would split the alliance.

The Union set up a special court in Poland to deal with a large number of cases in Poland quickly and severely. Most government officials, journalists, scholars, and military officers were sentenced to death and executed immediately. The rest were either released in court or exiled to Siberia.

Many of the troops that came from Siberia were transformed into production corps in Europe. After losing a large number of laborers, the farms and sawmills in Siberia needed manpower, so the Poles were transported there to do the work.

During the Polish campaign, the Alliance had launched a large-scale purge in Russia, arresting thousands of Polish spies and dissidents. In a purge like this, not too many people should be killed at a time, because too many people will easily cause social unrest and make everyone feel insecure.

It was best to find a good excuse, a good opportunity, such as the war with the Poles, which was a good time for the purge. The police went out and arrested people according to the list. Most people were arrested, and only a few people got the news in advance or were simply lucky and escaped arrest.

Those who are caught will be interrogated. Comrade Dzerzhinsky is in charge of the work of the European part of the Cheka, which is very reassuring. At the same time, he will also crack down on speculation, abuse of power, collusion between officials and businessmen, and will never let a reactionary go.

Before the Polish war, there was some unrest around St. Petersburg. There were attacks and incidents against the Union, but unlike in the Caucasus and Belarus, they were not instigated by foreign forces, but by Finnish Bolsheviks in exile in St. Petersburg.

After the Red-White War in Finland, the bourgeoisie represented by Mannerheim seized power in Finland, and the Bolsheviks in Finland had to flee to St. Petersburg. These people were not tolerated by the Finnish government, and the People's Party did not have a good attitude towards them. Their activities were greatly restricted, and they had long wanted to make a big news.

During the secret transport of weapons into St. Petersburg, the Finnish Bolsheviks were discovered by the local garrison, and a firefight ensued.

Ke was quickly defeated, and those caught on the spot confessed everything shortly afterwards.

After Liu Chengxiang learned the news, he immediately sent troops to blockade St. Petersburg, cleared out all the Finnish Bolshevik personnel in the city, and then reported the matter to the central government.

The People's Revolutionary League Central Committee did not kill the Finnish Bolsheviks, but only shot the leading members. The rest were not exiled to Siberia, but were expelled from the country.

The Finnish autonomous government demanded that the Bolsheviks be handed over to them. According to the cruelty of the Finnish Civil War, they probably wanted to shoot all the Finnish Bolsheviks. However, the People's Revolutionary League did not pay attention to the request of the Finnish autonomous government. The local autonomous government should have the consciousness of the local autonomous government and should not dream of giving orders to the alliance.

A country that is small and in a low position, that has little strength but does not fear the strong, that is rude and insults its powerful neighbors, that is greedy and stubborn and poor at making friends, is doomed to perish!

That’s how Poland perished. Lin Yongchang originally wanted to keep Poland as a buffer between the Union and Germany, but Poland just wanted to jump up and down, so he just destroyed it.

Finland was very conscious and did not take any radical actions after the People's Revolutionary League refused to hand over the Finnish Bolsheviks. Previously, the Finnish autonomous government invited Alexi Romanov back to be the Grand Duke of Finland, and later controlled the passages on the border and tried not to cause trouble for the alliance, so that the Russians in the People's Revolutionary League had no reason to go to war with Finland.

After the recovery of Poland, many people believed that Germany should be liberated in one go, while many others believed that Finland should be recovered first, and then Sweden and Norway.

However, all these suggestions were rejected by Chairman Lin.

No matter how big a country is, if it forgets war it will be in danger, and if it loves war it will perish.

Chapter 710 Value

"Comrade Rokossovsky, target prisoner 11709 is inside."

"Excuse me, comrade."

Rokossovsky took out a cigarette and gave one to each of the guards and soldiers, then said, "You all wait outside. I want to go in and talk to the people inside privately."

The guard quickly handed the warrant back to him and said, "Please do as you please."

So Rokossovsky pushed open the door and walked into the prison. The prison was not as dark as it was shown in the movies - the Union produced many movies - the lighting was quite good, but there was an indescribable smell of corruption that made people want to vomit.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The boots made a dull sound on the ground. Rokossovsky walked to the end and looked inside through the fence. The man inside had heard the footsteps and looked out. The two looked at each other for a while. Rokossovsky asked in Polish: "Joseph Clemens Piłsudski?"

The man imprisoned in the fence was Piłsudski, one of the leaders of the Polish Legion. "It's me," he asked in Polish, "Are you Polish?"

“I’m a Polish Union guy.”

Rokossovsky said expressionlessly: "Chairman Lin asked me to come and ask if you have any last words. If you want to leave any writings behind, please finish them quickly."

Piłsudski was calm. He turned his head to look at the sunlight outside, then turned back and asked, "How much time do I have left?"

"A week at most."

"Oh," Piłsudski stared at him for a moment, "you know I'm Piłsudski, but I don't know your name yet."

"........Konstantin Rokossovsky."

"So it's you. I don't have any last words to say... I wrote you a letter, but you didn't reply. Why?"

Rokossovsky said coldly: "I am a Polish Unionist."

"A Pole is a Pole," Piłsudski said, looking at the People's Army general's uniform on the man. "Even if you wear this uniform, it doesn't change the fact that you are a Pole."

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. If you have nothing to say, then I'll leave."

"Hey, wait, don't you want to know why we Poles..."

"No, I don't want to know."

"Then can you tell me about the current situation at the front?" Piłsudski said, "I am not allowed to read newspapers here, and no one talks to me. I haven't heard any news from outside for a long time."

Rokossovsky sneered and turned away. Piłsudski's voice came from behind, "Is the fighting on the front line very intense? Please tell Chairman Lin that I can lead the Polish Legion to assist the alliance in the battle!"

Hearing the footsteps in the corridor, Rokossovsky turned around and saw the smile on Piłsudski's face.

"During the World War, you and the Polish Legion were able to gain advantages on both sides and continued to grow stronger, so... are you very proud of yourself?"

Rokossovsky sneered: "You keep saying you want to save the Polish people, but in my opinion, you are no different from the people you want to defeat."

"Ah, you must think that the Alliance needs you and your Polish Legion, and will tolerate you like Germany even if it knows you have other intentions. But I can tell you, Joseph Clemens Piłsudski, you are wrong."

Piłsudski stopped smiling. "I think that as a politician, one should not be swayed by one's emotions. Oh, I forgot, you are just a hound raised by that person, not a politician at all. Do you have your own ideas? You are Polish, and you are a member of the Union.

You will definitely be rejected and suppressed a lot, right? Constantine, you are Polish, you have Polish blood in your body, this is something that can never be changed. "

"I've met a lot of smart people, many of whom are smarter than you."

Rokossovsky stared at Piłsudski behind the fence. "Do you think you are still useful? Do you think the previous verdict is just to scare you? Do you think you can get away safely like before and raise an army again? However, the Alliance is not the German Empire, and Chairman Lin is not William II. Piłsudski, your life is about to end."

Josef Clemens Piłsudski shook his head. "I am not afraid of death."

Rokossovsky sneered: "The new war you hoped for did not break out, and all your plans are ruined."

"You can't fool me......"

"You are not worth my deception!" Rokossovsky interrupted Piłsudski rudely. "The World War has ended long ago. You are finished!"

“…This is impossible!”

"Don't you want to read the newspaper? Yes, you will have a week to read the newspaper and find out how your plan failed!"

Piłsudski was captured on the border between Poland and Belarus. He was commanding the Polish army at the frontline when his defense was penetrated by the People's Army's armored division. He had no time to escape, so he was captured. Because of his special status, he was always held in solitary confinement and was not interrogated. They just asked him his name and place of origin, and no one cared about him.

He appeared in court only once, and then he received a death sentence. Then Konstantin Rokossovsky appeared before him.

“…No, that’s impossible!”

Rokossovsky didn't want to talk to him. As the Governor-General of Poland, he had a lot of things to do.

"Wait...I have something else to say!"

Piłsudski's shouts were heard again from behind, but this time, Rokossovsky did not stop, but left along the same path he came.

"boom!"