Chapter 852 Warsaw Treaty

Russia's entry into the war was like a bolt from the blue to Poland.

The Polish army was unable to resist the German army, and it was even more impossible to allocate part of the army to defend the Eastern Front battlefield on the premise of resisting the German army.

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

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

After Russia joins the war, they will inevitably carry out partial mobilization. Even though Russia only mobilized partially, the number of recruits mobilized definitely started at one million.

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

Facing Germany was already a headache. Coupled with the enemy Russia, the Polish government collapsed for a while, and the peace advocates who had been hiding in the dark began to emerge.

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

If we want to save Poland, we can only pray for Britain and France to intervene in this war and at least reserve some land for Poland instead of being divided up by Germany and Russia as before.

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

Facts have proved that Britain and France will not offend Germany and Russia for a Poland.

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

Now that Russia has participated in the war, it means that Poland's demise 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.

Judging from the map, after Germany and Russia jointly carved up Poland, the two countries completely became land neighbors.

In Europe, apart from Finland, Germany should be the country with the longest border with Russia.

With such a long border between the two countries, it is natural for some minor conflicts and frictions to arise. In particular, a war broke out between the two countries 20 years ago. It is obviously impossible to expect permanent peace between Germany and Russia.

The idea of ​​Britain and France at this time has changed from saving Poland to sowing relations between Germany and Russia.

To the west of Germany are France and the Austrian Empire, whose overall strength far exceeds that of Russia. Since Germany wants to expand, let it expand to the east!

For Britain and France to have a war break out between Germany and Russia, it is something worth talking about.

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

In addition, in response to Germany's aggressive expansion of its army, France announced a partial mobilization to expand its army to one million levels.

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

Without heavy firepower, the 200,000 Polish troops were unable to stop the Russian army's attack.

What's more, as the war progressed, most of the Poles, who originally believed they could win the war, lost confidence in the government and the war.

The Polish cavalry they were proud of had no way to deal with the German armored forces, and there was a certain gap between the combat effectiveness of the infantry and Germany. This was one of the reasons for Poland's defeat.

Also on this day, after a few days of rest in Warsaw, the German army announced its march south to Lublin to encircle and suppress the lingering Polish government.

Naturally, Russia 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 their victorious pursuit, leaving part of the infantry and artillery to encircle and suppress 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 has entered the encirclement, and they can no longer do anything except gradually being reduced by the Germans.

On November 11, the 11th day of Russia’s dispatch of troops, the Russian army was very close to Lubli, the capital of Poland.

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

Both sides have a tacit understanding. The German and Russian armies did not break out into the imagined conflict. Both sides have a great interest in jointly encircling Lublin.

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

On November 22, after holding on for a week, the Polish government officially announced its unconditional surrender, and the Polish war that 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-power country that once had an army of 700,000 and a large number of tanks and aircraft could only last a little more than a month under the encirclement and suppression of the German army.

Although the Russian army participated in the process, Poland had lost their capital at that time, and the failure of the war was already certain.

This war allowed European countries to re-understand the combat effectiveness of the German army. Even after suffering 20 years of restrictions after World War I, the German Army's combat effectiveness is still among the top in Europe.

What's even worse is that Germany, which has annexed most of Poland, will see a huge improvement in its country's overall strength.

The Polish region will become an important logistical supply base for Germany and can contribute a large amount of food and other materials to Germany every year.

The more than 20 million Polish people occupied by Germany could also provide Germany with millions of additional troops. Of course, if you want to ensure the combat effectiveness and loyalty of these millions of Polish troops, you have to rely on the brainwashing of the German army and various other means.

Although the war is over, this does not mean that the chaos in Poland has ended.

After all, Poland was occupied by two countries, Germany and Russia. The specific division of occupied areas between these two countries is what Britain and France will pay more attention to next.

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

In this way, Britain and France can completely sit back and watch this attractive drama quietly.

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

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

It is not just Poland that divides the cake between the two sides, but also the Kingdom of Lithuania, which Poland previously controlled.

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

No matter which country acquires these lands, it can easily convert them into its own territory because of the advantages of being connected to the mainland.

Lithuania is also a coastal country on the Baltic Sea and has more coastlines, which is also a good thing for the country's development.

Soon, the Russian government agreed to the German government's invitation.

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

Prior to this, both sides maintained their respective occupied areas and strictly restricted all actions of the frontline troops.

It is obvious that neither Germany nor Russia is willing to have a war with the other party at this time.

Germany's plan is to plan a blitzkrieg against France after attacking Poland. Russia's plan is to occupy part of Poland, and there is no need to create extraneous matters.

It was the unity of purpose between the two countries that allowed the partition of Poland to proceed smoothly without conflict.

Soon, the time came to December 15th as agreed by both parties.

In Warsaw, which was strictly controlled by German troops, negotiations 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 defeating Poland, so it should get more land.

But the size of Russia's army is not weaker than Germany's, which also means that Russia has the right to open its mouth as a lion.

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

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

Russia entered the war midway and only attacked Poland's weaker eastern defense line, which was obviously an advantage.

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

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

As mentioned before, Lublin, the new capital of Poland, 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 and cannot satisfy the appetite of the Russian government.

But Germany is not backing down either. For Germany, it was impossible to cede the land that it had worked so hard to conquer to Russia.

Fortunately, in addition to Poland, there is also Lithuania where benefits can be distributed.

Germany stated that Germany would only occupy the coastal area of ​​Lithuania and cede all the parts close to Russia to Russia as a sign of Germany's sincerity.

Moreover, the German government will not oppose Russia's reconquest of Latvia and Estonia, and will support Russia in regaining hegemony in the northern Baltic Sea.

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

Latvia and Estonia were controlled by Britain and France respectively. If Russia wants to regain its hegemony in the Northern Baltic Sea, it must exert huge influence on Sweden, Finland, Latvia, and Estonia.

But here comes the problem. In addition to Latvia and Estonia being controlled by Britain and France, Finland and Australasia also have very good relations.

If Russia really listened to Germany's slander and tried to regain its hegemony in the Northern Baltic Sea, it would have to offend the three great powers of Britain, France and Australia.

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

Naturally, the Russians can also see the trap in it, and naturally they will not easily agree to the Germans' request. However, Russia indeed has no intention of offending Germany.

After a long period of consideration, Russia put forward its own additional requirement, which is that it must occupy Lublin, the new capital of Poland. This is the largest city in southeastern Poland and will also be Russia's future military center against Germany.

Although Germany does not want to give up Lublin, which it has worked so hard to occupy, dragging it with Russia is not an option. 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 talks between Germany and Russia, the two sides formally signed the Warsaw Treaty, once again working together to carve up Poland.

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