Chapter 852 Warsaw Treaty

Russia's participation in the war was like a bolt from the blue for Poland.

The Polish army could not resist the German army, let alone draw a part of the army to defend the Eastern Front under the premise of resisting the German army.

What's more, the Russian army has a tradition that Poland can never match, that is, large numbers of people.

In peacetime, the size of the Russian army is maintained at the level of one million, which is one of the reasons why other countries are very wary of Russia.

After Russia joins the war, they will inevitably carry out partial mobilization. Although Russia is only partially mobilized, the number of recruits mobilized is definitely one million.

This also means that Russia can have more than two million troops at any time, which is almost twice the current Polish army.

Facing Germany is enough to give people a headache, and with the enemy of Russia, the Polish government has collapsed for a while, and those peace advocates who were originally hiding in the dark have begun to emerge.

Faced with such a desperate situation, the Polish government understands that Poland alone can no longer change the current situation of extinction.

To save Poland, the only thing they can do now is to ask Britain and France to intervene in the war, at least to reserve a certain amount of land for Poland, rather than being divided up by Germany and Russia as before.

But such hope is slim. Germany's military strength is already very strong, and with Russia, will Britain and France be willing to offend these two countries for Poland?

Facts have proved that Britain and France will not offend the two great powers of Germany and Russia for Poland.

Although Britain and France did consider declaring war on Germany, that was before Russia participated in the war.

Since Russia has participated in the war, it means that the demise of Poland has become an established fact.

If Poland's independence must be guaranteed, it may force Germany and Russia to unite, which is something Britain and France do not want to see.

Moreover, the demise of Poland may not be all bad for Britain and France.

From the map, after Germany and Russia jointly divided Poland, the two countries completely became land neighbors.

In Europe, except for Finland, Germany should be the country with the longest border with Russia.

It is natural for the two countries to have some small conflicts and frictions with such a long border. Especially since the two countries had fought a war 20 years ago, it was obviously impossible to expect Germany and Russia to usher in permanent peace.

At this time, Britain and France's idea had changed from saving Poland to provoking relations between Germany and Russia.

To the west of Germany were France and the Austrian Empire, whose comprehensive strength was far greater than that of Russia. Since Germany wanted to expand, let it expand to the east!

For Britain and France, letting the war between Germany and Russia break out was something worth talking about.

With this idea in mind, Britain and France did not join the German-Polish War, but only expressed serious protests against Germany's invasion of Poland.

In addition, in order to respond to Germany's massive expansion of its army, France announced a partial mobilization and expanded the size of its army to the million level.

On November 4, 1935, the Russian army broke through the Polish army's defense line.

Without heavy firepower weapons, the 200,000 Polish troops could not stop the attack of the Russian army at all.

What's more, with the advancement of the war, the Poles who originally believed that they could win this war also lost confidence in the government and the war at this time.

The Polish cavalry, which they were proud of, had no way to deal with the German armored forces, and the infantry combat effectiveness was somewhat different from that of Germany, which was one of the reasons for Poland's defeat.

On the same day, after a few days of rest in Warsaw, the German army announced that it would go south to Lublin to encircle and suppress the Polish government that was lingering on.

Russia naturally did not want Germany to fully annex Poland, so it also accelerated its offensive and moved towards Lublin, the new capital of Poland.

At the same time, after the fall of Poland, the Polish First Army was completely surrounded.

The German armored forces continued to pursue the victory, leaving some infantry and artillery to shrink the encirclement of the Polish First Army.

On November 7, the German Second Army launched a full-scale attack on the Polish First Army. The Polish First Army had entered the encirclement, and they could no longer do anything except gradually narrowing their defense line by the Germans.

On November 11, the 11th day after Russia sent troops, the Russian army was very close to the Polish capital of Lublin.

On November 12, the German army also successfully arrived around Lublin, and Germany and Russia successfully encircled Lublin.

Both sides had a tacit understanding, and the German and Russian armies did not have the imagined conflict. Both sides had great interest in jointly encircling Lublin.

On November 15, the German Air Force launched a large-scale bombing of Lublin and threw tens of thousands of letters of persuasion.

On November 22, after holding on for a week, the Polish government officially announced its unconditional surrender, and the Polish War, which lasted for more than a month, finally ended.

The German-Polish War is over!

This is the biggest news in Europe since November 22.

A medium-sized power that once had 700,000 troops and a large number of tanks and aircraft only lasted a little more than a month under the encirclement of the German army.

Although the Russian army participated in the middle, Poland had lost its capital at that time, and the failure of the war was a foregone conclusion.

This war made European countries re-recognize the combat effectiveness of the German army. Even after suffering 20 years of restrictions after World War I, the combat effectiveness of the German army is still the best in Europe.

What's more, Germany, which has annexed most of Poland, will usher in a huge improvement in its comprehensive national strength.

The Polish region will become an important logistics supply base for Germany, contributing a large amount of food and other materials to Germany every year.

The more than 20 million Polish population occupied by Germany can also provide Germany with an additional million troops. Of course, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness and loyalty of these millions of Polish troops, it is necessary to rely on the brainwashing and other various means of the German army.

Although the war is over, it does not mean that the chaos in Poland will end.

After all, it is Germany and Russia that occupy Poland. The specific division of the occupation zones between these two countries is the good show that Britain and France will pay more attention to next.

Once the two countries conflict over the division of the occupation zones, the situation will evolve from the German-Polish War to the German-Russian War as Britain and France expected.

In this way, Britain and France can completely sit on the sidelines and quietly watch this attractive drama.

On November 23, 1935, the German government sent a note to the Russian government, inviting the Russian government to hold negotiations in Warsaw.

The focus of the negotiations was naturally on the division of Polish territory.

The two sides shared not only Poland, but also the Kingdom of Lithuania, which Poland had previously controlled.

For Germany and Russia, these lands are actually very important.

No matter which country obtains these lands, because of the advantage of being connected to the mainland, it can easily transform them into its own mainland.

Lithuania is also a Baltic coastal country with more coastline, which is also a good thing for the development of the country.

Soon, the Russian government agreed to the invitation of the German government.

The peace talks between the two sides were agreed to be held on December 15 in Warsaw, the former capital of Poland.

Before that, both sides maintained their respective occupied areas and strictly restricted all actions of the front-line troops.

Obviously, neither Germany nor Russia was willing to have a war with each other at this time.

Germany's plan was to plan a blitzkrieg against France after attacking Poland, and Russia's plan was to occupy part of Poland, and there was no need to make trouble.

It was the unity of purpose between the two countries that made the partition of Poland go smoothly without any conflict.

Soon, the date agreed by both parties came to December 15.

In Warsaw, which was strictly controlled by the German army, a negotiation on how to divide Poland and Lithuania officially began.

Judging from the current situation, Germany controls most of Poland and is the biggest contributor to the defeat of Poland, so it should get more land.

But the size of Russia's army is not weaker than that of Germany, which also means that Russia has the right to ask for a big mouth.

On the first day of the negotiations, both sides put forward their respective territorial demands.

The German representative proposed that Germany, as the initiator of the war, defeated most of the Polish army and should be divided into more Polish land.

Russia joined the war midway and only attacked Poland's weaker eastern defense line, which was obviously a bargain.

The German representative believed that the Polish areas currently occupied by both sides were more in line with their respective contributions to the war, and the division of land between the two countries should continue the areas currently occupied by each country.

This proposal was immediately rejected by Russia. Because Russia sent troops relatively late, it occupied very few areas.

As mentioned before, the new capital of Poland, Lublin, is only about 100 kilometers away from the Russian border. This also means that the area occupied by Russia is actually the land within 100 kilometers from the border to Lublin.

These lands are only one-third of the entire Poland, which cannot satisfy the appetite of the Russian government.

But Germany did not give in. For Germany, it is impossible to cede the land that it has fought hard to win to Russia.

Fortunately, in addition to Poland, there is also Lithuania for interest distribution.

Germany stated that Germany only occupied the coastal areas of Lithuania, and all the parts close to Russia were ceded to Russia as Germany's sincerity.

Moreover, the German government will not oppose Russia's recovery of Latvia and Estonia, and support Russia's retaking of its hegemony over the North Baltic Sea.

Although this proposal is very attractive to the Russians, there is also a big pit in it.

Latvia and Estonia are controlled by Britain and France respectively. If Russia wants to regain the hegemony of the North Baltic Sea, it must have a huge influence on Sweden, Finland, Latvia, and Estonia.

But the problem is that in addition to Latvia and Estonia being controlled by Britain and France, Finland and Australasia also have a very good relationship.

If Russia really believes in Germany's slander and tries to regain the hegemony of the North Baltic Sea, it must offend the three powers of Britain, France and Australia.

It is already too much to offend Britain and France, not to mention that Australasia is also one of the top three superpowers in the world.

The Russians can naturally see the trap and will not easily agree to the Germans' request. However, Russia does not have the idea of ​​offending Germany.

After a long period of consideration, Russia put forward its own additional requirements, that is, it must occupy Lublin, the current new capital of Poland, which is the largest city in the southeast of Poland and a military stronghold for Russia to resist Germany in the future.

Although Germany did not want to give up Lublin, which it had worked so hard to occupy, dragging it out with Russia was not a solution. Moreover, except for Lublin, which Russia specifically requested, Russia did not oppose Germany's other demands, which also made the German government determined.

On December 27, 1935, the 13th day of the talks between Germany and Russia, the two sides formally signed the Warsaw Treaty and once again worked together to divide Poland.

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