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“Russia doesn't have time but she has courage, endurance and fortitude. She will be the stake that will pierce the heart of the dying empire.”
- Chairman Nikolai Bukharin
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Compass
28th of September 1976. Moscow Military Commanders Training School.
“Operation Compass” the lecturer walked slowly to his right “I'm pretty sure you all know what it is, if not, I will send you back to your mothers. What is Operation Compass?”
The cadets raised their hands. The lecturer walked back to his left then stopped and pointed at one of them.
“It's a plan to invade Germany in case war breaks out between the Triple Cooperation and the Central Europe alliance.”
“Excellent!” the lecturer sets up his board
Operation Compass
“The main objectives in Compass is to knock out Germany's two allies, United Baltic Duchy and Lithuania, and to proceed all the way to the Vistula River. This operation is the main advance in the war against Germany and her allies.”
The class went on until one cadet raised his hand.
“So why did they went against the Germans first?”
“It's something that the military high command decided back then.”
The cadet nodded and went silent. The lecturer noticed his unsatisfied face.
“What? You have something else in mind?” he inquired.
“I think I would go against the Finnish.”
“Why is that?”
“It's because they are isolated and...”
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October 1939. The Kremlin.
“...and if we get rid of them as fast as we could, we could eliminate a front and free up some troops to be sent elsewhere.”
“Comrade General, I understand your point but to advance towards Germany is a number 1 priority.” Chairman Bukharin is, of course, present in the meeting “I don't care what strategy you all come up with for as long as the Red Army captures Berlin before those damn French does the same.”
“So what's the plan?”
“I suggest we follow comrade chairman's wish and advance to Germany.” General Vasilevsky said. “We concentrate half of our armour against the Baltics. The other half is to the drive through Lithuania and into East Prussia.”
“We only have four armour divisions in total, comrade, we don't have that much power to advance all the way to East Prussia. Our armies barely covers all the fronts that we don't have any reserves.”
“More tanks are under production.” said by Commissar Tukhachevsky “In just a few months, they will be deployed. We also training more rifles. I'd like to add another one. A suggestion from General Timoshenko. The Lvov area will be taken and establish a line... here”
The Timoshenko Offensive
General Shaposhnikov browsed his papers and making them rustle “Still not enough troops to make a decent advance on the plans on East Prussia and Lvov if we are expecting a war this year or the next.” he sighed “Three rifle divisions per batch!? I don't want to offend, Commissar Tukhachevsky, but the build up is too small. It needs to be bigger.”
“We cannot do that, comrade.” The People's Commissar for Finance said “The budget and resources is heavily channelled to the 'Five Year Plan', the plan is just on its second year. Until then the military build up will be limited.”
Rapid industrialisation was the goal of the Five Year Plan turning the mainly agricultural country into a proper industrialised state.
The aura in the room dampens. They cannot ask to downgrade the funding on the Five Year Plan. That's Bukharin's brain child and they also understand the need for rapid industrialisation.
“Well, we have at least 20 divisions in Siberia. We could sent them west to bolster the proposed advance.”
“And leave the borders defenceless against Japanese aggression?”
“According to the GRU, the Japanese went total isolationism just like the pre-Meiji times.”
Japan have suddenly turned to their old ways of isolationism since 1937.
The argument went on until they have decided to transfer the troops in Siberia into the operation which will be codenamed as “Compass” and the Soviet-Japanese border were left defenceless aside from a meagre number of Border Troops. Russia did expand her military during the constant wars to liberate Russian lands but the army is still small to cover everything. Aside from Central Europe, only the Libyan front can stage a major offensive. “Operation Surplus”, an advance to capture Benghazi. On the other fronts, the Bosphorus front isn't enough to venture into the European mainland and the Northern front looks inadequate to have a major offensive.
Operation Surplus
The Northern Front
The Bosphorus Front
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For months, there are no more skirmishes or political clashes between Germany and Russia as the later tries to avoid them but in the 26th of April 1940, the tension came not from Russia but in France. After 20 years of peace and an alliance with Russia, the Syndicalist republic is confident enough to have a stand-off with Germany. The Communards made an ultimatum to Berlin. Alsace-Lorraine or war! Germany immediately shot down the offer and the next day, French artillery opened fire. Europe plunge itself into war again.
Nervous was the word that'll come into someone's mind if they were ask to describe the atmosphere in the room as the chairman of Soviet Russia announced in the nationwide radio of their support to their western allies against the German imperialists. Four years of Soviet rule that is in constant warfare to regain its old lands is clearly not enough to put the country from a backwater into a juggernaut that can squash the greatest country of this era, Germany. Bukharin is finally done with his speech. The photographer signalled him and took a photo of the chairman holding his paper. The radio crew left with their equipments, leaving him alone with the SOVNARKOM and other top military and political officials. He then spoke to them “I understand that facing them will be difficult but we will be victorious, comrades. We will.”
The Red Army marches on again.
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“Russia doesn't have time but she has courage, endurance and fortitude. She will be the stake that will pierce the heart of the dying empire.”
- Chairman Nikolai Bukharin
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Compass
28th of September 1976. Moscow Military Commanders Training School.
“Operation Compass” the lecturer walked slowly to his right “I'm pretty sure you all know what it is, if not, I will send you back to your mothers. What is Operation Compass?”
The cadets raised their hands. The lecturer walked back to his left then stopped and pointed at one of them.
“It's a plan to invade Germany in case war breaks out between the Triple Cooperation and the Central Europe alliance.”
“Excellent!” the lecturer sets up his board
Operation Compass
“The main objectives in Compass is to knock out Germany's two allies, United Baltic Duchy and Lithuania, and to proceed all the way to the Vistula River. This operation is the main advance in the war against Germany and her allies.”
The class went on until one cadet raised his hand.
“So why did they went against the Germans first?”
“It's something that the military high command decided back then.”
The cadet nodded and went silent. The lecturer noticed his unsatisfied face.
“What? You have something else in mind?” he inquired.
“I think I would go against the Finnish.”
“Why is that?”
“It's because they are isolated and...”
---------------
October 1939. The Kremlin.
“...and if we get rid of them as fast as we could, we could eliminate a front and free up some troops to be sent elsewhere.”
“Comrade General, I understand your point but to advance towards Germany is a number 1 priority.” Chairman Bukharin is, of course, present in the meeting “I don't care what strategy you all come up with for as long as the Red Army captures Berlin before those damn French does the same.”
“So what's the plan?”
“I suggest we follow comrade chairman's wish and advance to Germany.” General Vasilevsky said. “We concentrate half of our armour against the Baltics. The other half is to the drive through Lithuania and into East Prussia.”
“We only have four armour divisions in total, comrade, we don't have that much power to advance all the way to East Prussia. Our armies barely covers all the fronts that we don't have any reserves.”
“More tanks are under production.” said by Commissar Tukhachevsky “In just a few months, they will be deployed. We also training more rifles. I'd like to add another one. A suggestion from General Timoshenko. The Lvov area will be taken and establish a line... here”
The Timoshenko Offensive
General Shaposhnikov browsed his papers and making them rustle “Still not enough troops to make a decent advance on the plans on East Prussia and Lvov if we are expecting a war this year or the next.” he sighed “Three rifle divisions per batch!? I don't want to offend, Commissar Tukhachevsky, but the build up is too small. It needs to be bigger.”
“We cannot do that, comrade.” The People's Commissar for Finance said “The budget and resources is heavily channelled to the 'Five Year Plan', the plan is just on its second year. Until then the military build up will be limited.”
Rapid industrialisation was the goal of the Five Year Plan turning the mainly agricultural country into a proper industrialised state.
The aura in the room dampens. They cannot ask to downgrade the funding on the Five Year Plan. That's Bukharin's brain child and they also understand the need for rapid industrialisation.
“Well, we have at least 20 divisions in Siberia. We could sent them west to bolster the proposed advance.”
“And leave the borders defenceless against Japanese aggression?”
“According to the GRU, the Japanese went total isolationism just like the pre-Meiji times.”
Japan have suddenly turned to their old ways of isolationism since 1937.
The argument went on until they have decided to transfer the troops in Siberia into the operation which will be codenamed as “Compass” and the Soviet-Japanese border were left defenceless aside from a meagre number of Border Troops. Russia did expand her military during the constant wars to liberate Russian lands but the army is still small to cover everything. Aside from Central Europe, only the Libyan front can stage a major offensive. “Operation Surplus”, an advance to capture Benghazi. On the other fronts, the Bosphorus front isn't enough to venture into the European mainland and the Northern front looks inadequate to have a major offensive.
Operation Surplus
The Northern Front
The Bosphorus Front
-------------------
For months, there are no more skirmishes or political clashes between Germany and Russia as the later tries to avoid them but in the 26th of April 1940, the tension came not from Russia but in France. After 20 years of peace and an alliance with Russia, the Syndicalist republic is confident enough to have a stand-off with Germany. The Communards made an ultimatum to Berlin. Alsace-Lorraine or war! Germany immediately shot down the offer and the next day, French artillery opened fire. Europe plunge itself into war again.
Nervous was the word that'll come into someone's mind if they were ask to describe the atmosphere in the room as the chairman of Soviet Russia announced in the nationwide radio of their support to their western allies against the German imperialists. Four years of Soviet rule that is in constant warfare to regain its old lands is clearly not enough to put the country from a backwater into a juggernaut that can squash the greatest country of this era, Germany. Bukharin is finally done with his speech. The photographer signalled him and took a photo of the chairman holding his paper. The radio crew left with their equipments, leaving him alone with the SOVNARKOM and other top military and political officials. He then spoke to them “I understand that facing them will be difficult but we will be victorious, comrades. We will.”
The Red Army marches on again.
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