Chapter 800 Soviet-German Nonaggression Agreement

And this is indeed the case for the little man at this time. Although the two sides have reached a "friendly" agreement, both sides have the intention to move towards "peace", but the Soviet Union delayed the signing for political reasons.

Moscow can afford to delay, and Berlin, which is ready to mobilize for the Polish campaign, cannot afford to wait.

After many trials by the little man, Britain and France refused to make concessions on Poland.

Once the war begins, and Germany and the Soviet Union do not reach an agreement, then Britain and France are likely to be "forced" to go to war with Germany under pressure and the initiative of the Soviet Union.

At that time, the direction of the war will be unfavorable to Germany. This is what the little man has to worry about, and it is also one of the important factors for the emergence of the Soviet-German non-aggression agreement.

In the impatience of the little man, the Soviet side finally submitted a draft of the non-aggression pact to the German ambassador in Moscow.

But when the ambassador proposed that he wanted German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to visit Moscow as soon as possible, the other party politely rejected his request.

Unconsciously, 4 days have passed, and the time has become more and more tense. At this moment of maddening tension, the little man decided to make some changes.

At this time, he put down his arrogance and decided to directly call the top leader of the Soviet Union, personally requesting that the Soviet "dictator", whom he had always scolded and cursed for a long time, immediately agree to his Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to go to Moscow.

In the little man's signed telegram addressed directly to Stalin, he said: "I sincerely welcome the signing of the new German-Soviet agreement, which will be the first and important step in the improvement of German-Soviet relations.

A non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union means to me the establishment of a long-term policy for Germany, which will henceforth revert to the former policy lines which have served both of us..."

At the end of the telegram, the little man also stated that he accepted the draft non-aggression pact and hoped that a responsible German politician would come to Moscow to negotiate in person.

This is of course referring to his Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, and also pointed out that in view of the current international situation, he can stay in Moscow for at most two days.

After the telegram was sent, the little man's spirit has been in a tense state, and he even lost sleep because of it.

Late that night, he also called his confidant Goering to talk about the content of this telegram and how the Soviet side would react to his telegram.

Until 9:28 pm on the 21st, when he received a call back from the Soviet side agreeing to the exact reply of Libbentrop's visit to Moscow on the 23rd, the stone in the little man's heart suddenly fell.

The frequent exchanges between Moscow and Berlin have not been exposed to the eyes of Western countries due to strict secrecy.

The same is true of Libbentrop's whereabouts. The first time he arrived in Moscow, he was taken to the Kremlin.

The two sides had a cold discussion and agreement on the text of the agreement. The atmosphere of the meeting was far from friendly, and even the air seemed to be about to condense.

An aide who accompanied the German foreign minister on the minutes of the meeting wrote: "Ribbentrop personally added an important speech about the formation of friendly relations between Germany and the Soviet Union in the preface, which was opposed by Stalin.

He said that after being unilaterally dumped by NC for 6 years of dirty water and feces, the Soviet government cannot suddenly present a German-Soviet friendly declaration to the public..."

Whether it is the participants or the little man waiting for the news, they clearly understand that the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty is only a stopgap measure.

There is no need for friendly declarations, hypocritical attitudes, and war between them will eventually be inevitable.

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When the Soviet-German non-aggression agreement was formally signed and announced, the whole world was in an uproar.

The "Munich Front" that Chamberlain tried his best to maintain was shattered by the bombing.

Britain and France attempted to lure and woo Germany to go to war against the Soviet Union, and the plot to divert the trouble to the east failed so far.

At the same time, this agreement also announced the complete breakdown of the tripartite negotiations between Britain, France and the Soviet Union.

Compared with the concerns of the government, the British and French people are full of funny sense of confusion. Just yesterday they thought that Britain, France and the Soviet Union were about to reach a cooperation to jointly fight against NC.

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The perception of the world has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The two least likely to shake hands and make peace, have reached a non-aggression agreement between countries with different formalisms that have been hostile to each other for six years.

And whether there are other secret subsidiary agreements behind this agreement, the outside world has no way of knowing.

But the signing of this agreement has greatly annoyed the allies of the little man.

Mussolini and Franco publicly expressed their negative attitude towards this agreement, and the treaty dealt a heavy blow to Tokyo.

At this time, Tokyo had already begun to fight the Soviet side on the border between China and Mongolia. It is reported that before this, the Japanese side had sent a note to the little boy that they would "advance" the war on a large scale in August.

But at this time, the ally of the little dwarf stabbed them from the back. At this point, the Hiranuma cabinet of Japan fell sadly.

In fact, the Soviet-German non-aggression agreement affected not only the Soviet Union itself, but also had a profound impact on the Axis countries and the world structure.

The appearance of the treaty guaranteed the security of the western border of the Soviet Union at least in writing, and strengthened the pressure on Japan on the eastern border.

And the defeat of the ongoing "Battle of Nomenkan" is also related to the changes in Europe.

The process of reaching the Soviet-German non-aggression agreement must have taken a long time in the eyes of the outside world, but in fact it is indeed related.

The little man who desperately wanted to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union showed the Soviet side an opportunity.

There is no threat from the west, and the improvement of Soviet-German relations will have an impact on the unification of the FXS alliance, which is beneficial to the Soviet Union.

When the dwarf revealed his inner thoughts, the Soviet Far East region had already prepared a major counterattack plan.

The Soviet General Staff set the time for the counterattack in the early morning of the 20th. According to the usual practice, half of the officers of the Japanese army's forward troops will take turns to take vacations on this day.

In order to ensure that the news would not be leaked, the order from the General Staff Headquarters was not conveyed to the front line at 2 o'clock in the morning that day.

In the early morning, the Soviet army dispatched 3 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 5 armored divisions, 1 machine gun brigade, 1 airborne brigade, more than 500 aircraft, and 200 artillery pieces for a fierce attack.

Although the Japanese army did not have a single tank at the time, they were violently bombed by the Soviet army with thousands of tons of shells, but they had no fear.

The civil fortifications built on the wilderness of Northern Mongolia were quickly razed to the ground by the Soviet army. The Japanese army relied on individual soldiers and dug them into simple bunkers with engineer shovels to continue fighting.

The war lasted for 4 days. On the 24th, the Japanese army was able to organize troops to counterattack. More than 3,000 supplementary soldiers without artillery cover did not stop in front of the barbed wire and field fortifications, and were severely beaten by the Soviet army.

Rifles and machine guns confronted cannons and tanks. The situation of the war was one-sided, but the Soviet army was shocked by the madness of the Japanese army.

When the Soviet Union and Germany announced that they had reached a "mutual non-aggression agreement", the Japanese army was being completely surrounded by the Soviet army.

This news greatly encouraged the momentum of the Soviet army on the frontline positions, and also weakened the momentum of the Japanese army, but it became even crazier during the battle.