Take Taobao to fight against Japan

However, the "Northern Movement" in the Japanese cabinet and military was not reconciled.

In order to appease the warlike army generals, Emperor Hirohito promised that they could challenge the Soviet army again.

In the early days of the battle, the Japanese army succeeded repeatedly and progressed smoothly.

However, in late August, Zhukov commanded the Soviet army's mechanized troops to counterattack across the board, encircling and annihilating all 8 members of the No. 20 Third Division of the Japanese army. The two captains of the Japanese army burned the military flag and committed suicide.

Because the Japanese army in the Nomenkan incident was much stronger than in the original history and equipped with a large number of new tanks and anti-tank weapons, the Soviet army suffered more serious casualties this time.

苏军8月20日总攻时投入坦克524辆，装甲车385辆，压制火炮542门，飞机500架。

整个战役苏军有超过7比1的坦克装甲车数量优势，6：1的火炮数量优势，3：1的兵力优势，但伤亡比日军更大：阵亡9703，受伤15251人。

In addition, more than 280 Soviet tanks were destroyed, and 90 armored vehicles were lost. The Japanese army only lost more than 30 tanks and armored vehicles.

Although the Battle of Nomenkan ended in failure, Japan saw both its own shortcomings and hope.

After the Battle of Nuomenkan, many middle and senior officers of the Japanese army who disobeyed the orders of the military department and started conflicts were purged and the discipline of the army was cleaned up.

The Japanese army strengthened the ability of the higher-level army to control the lower-level units, so that the tradition of defeating the superior in the Japanese army basically ceased to exist, at least on the surface.

Japan has further stepped up the construction of its military industry system, as well as the research and production of new weapons, desperately accumulating strength, and brewing a larger-scale war.

At this time, Yang Fan has expanded the formation of 4 integrated army-level combat units according to the original plan, and directly expanded the 1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division, and 4th Division into an army out of comprehensive consideration.

The newly reorganized 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th divisions were incorporated into these four armies respectively. Miao Dadong, Yang Chengliang, Ren Yixiong, and Wu Kexiang were the first to be promoted to become army commanders.

In order to take care of Xie Jinyuan and others who were desperate, Yang Fan opened a special back door and promoted Xie Jinyuan as the commander of the 1rd Brigade of the 3st Division.

As the wheels of history rolled, the Polish campaign, which marked the full-scale outbreak of World War II a few days later, finally broke out as scheduled.

Chapter 536 War Mobilization

When Generalissimo Chiang learned that the Nomenkan War broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union, especially when the two sides were fighting inextricably, he was extremely excited and surprised. He thought that the Soviet Union would declare war on Japan, and then the situation in China's war of resistance would be greatly reversed.

It's just that I didn't expect that this time it was still a joyous fight with bamboo baskets and water. Although the two sides fought hard, it was red-hot at one point, and the number of casualties exceeded [-].

The Soviet Union had just undergone a major purge. At this time, it was too busy to take care of itself and did not want to escalate the situation. During the entire conflict, it did not declare war on Japan.

In 1937-1938, the Soviet Union carried out a terrible thing, the whole country began a massacre of itself, which is the "Great Purge".

During this period, 130 million people were sentenced, of which 68.2 people were shot to death. This incident caused great damage to all aspects of the Soviet Union. heavy.

第一批授衔的五个元帅中，图哈切夫斯基、布柳赫尔和叶戈罗夫三人被处决。15名集团军司令员中被处决了13名，85名军长被处决了57名，159名师长中被处决了110名。

Until 1939, although the "Great Purge" carried out by the Soviet Union was coming to an end, there was no sign of this movement coming to a complete end, and many people were still implicated or even killed.

Marshal Zhukov was also able to survive due to the victory of the Nomenkan War. Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not have Marshal Zhukov, who was known as the "symbol of victory" and one of Stalin's right-hand men in World War II.

At the same time, due to Germany's demonstrated ambition and strong military strength, the Soviet Union was very worried that Germany would take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, although the Soviet Union's military strength in the Far East has an advantage over the Japanese army, and it can also attack China on both sides and eliminate the Japanese army faster, the Soviet Union does not want to fall into a two-front war.

At this moment, the German army launched a lightning attack on Poland at 9:1 am on September 4.

62 German divisions, 2800 tanks, 2000 aircraft, and 6000 cannons made a centripetal breakthrough against Poland from the northeast and southwest.

The "fifth column" lurking in Poland also took action to seize the radio station and control the military command organization.Poland is in chaos.

On September 9, the German army defeated the main force of the Polish army and approached Warsaw at a speed of 3 to [-] kilometers a day.

In the face of Germany's actions, Britain was forced to declare war on Germany on September 9, marked by the outbreak of war in the European battlefield, and the Second World War broke out in full swing.

China has become one of the important battlefields of World War II. The world pattern has changed dramatically, and the cloud of war has shrouded the world.

Gaomi Huben Group Army Command.

Yang Fan convened an enlarged military meeting with officers above the company level today, and the auditorium of the headquarters, which can accommodate 1600 people at the same time, was almost full.

At present, the Huaxia Huben Group Army has 10 infantry divisions under its jurisdiction. Each division has a full staff of 2 people, and the regular infantry has as many as 20 people.

Coupled with the special operations division, tank and armor division, heavy artillery division, air force, and navy, the number of front-line combat troops is as high as 24.5.

If the staff department, gendarmerie brigade, intelligence department, communications team, health team, service team, field hospital and other troops are organized, the total number of military personnel in the Huaxia Huben Army is as high as 26!

If the 26 military personnel are compared with the millions or even tens of millions of peak troops of the Soviet Union, Germany, the United States, and Japan during World War II, they are not a star and a half, or even a fraction of them.

But for Yang Fan, this is not easy. Just maintaining the daily consumption of food, training ammunition and military pay is an astronomical figure.

Not to mention that Yang Fan has always advocated the supremacy of firepower, and will never use human lives to fill problems that can be solved with guns and equipment.

This time and again, not only the income of Taobao Manor is moonlight, but even the United States is crazy about blood transfusions, continuously purchasing oil, steel, rubber, cars, food and other materials.

In the past few months, although Yang Fan did not engage in a large-scale frontal war with the little devil, he did not sit idle either.

On the one hand, Yang Fan focused on the construction of defense areas, military expansion and preparations for war, as well as attacking, infiltrating and relocating the population in the surrounding occupied areas by means of fortifying walls and clearing fields, encircling cities from rural areas, and special warfare.

After half a year of hard work, more than 1300 Japanese and puppet troops in the surrounding enemy-occupied areas were killed, and the villagers in all villages were basically evacuated, and even the citizens of the surrounding counties continued to flow into the Huaxia Huben Army defense area.

Zichuan County, Hengtai County, Linzi County, Guangrao County, Boxing County and other counties have almost become isolated cities. The devils and puppet troops dare not leave the city or leave their strongholds, and the supply lines are often attacked by surprise. The days of these devils are It's getting sadder.

"Okay! Now let's get down to business. We have called you to the meeting today to give you a briefing on the changes in the international situation and our future strategic policy!"

Looking down at his watch, Yang Fan scanned the audience, and then said loudly into the microphone:

"On the 1st of this month, Germany launched a lightning attack on Poland with a centripetal breakthrough, in other words, the Second World War officially came!

Everyone knows that the main battlefield of World War I was in Europe. About 6500 million people fought, 1000 million were killed and 2000 million were injured.

What I want to tell you now is that the Second World War we are experiencing will be more extensive and destructive. The scope of the war is from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. More than 20 billion people around the world were involved in this war.

This is the general trend of the world, we are born in this era, there is no way to avoid it, and there is no way to be alone, even if we want to be safe, the little devil will not give us this chance!

Therefore, with the outbreak of a world war, we have no choice but to fight and strengthen ourselves, and defend our country with our lives and blood.

On the surface, we seem to be strong and strong, and even the little devils have nothing to do with us, but in fact we are still very weak, and we still have a long way to go! ..."

Yang Fan talked eloquently for nearly two hours. The main purpose was to vaccinate everyone, establish the concept of World War II, and prepare everyone psychologically for the continued resistance and tough battles.

After a pause, Yang Fan changed the subject: "At present, we already have enough self-protection capabilities, and it is unnecessary and impossible to nest on this three-acre land all the time.

In order to gain more living space and strategic space, and to reduce the pressure of the friendly forces, I decided to launch an autumn counter-offensive to launch continuous attacks on the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas.

The time for this autumn counterattack is tentatively set for 4 months, and the strategic goals are not limited. At this stage, on the premise of reducing casualties as much as possible, all offensive troops can show their magical powers across the sea. How many ghosts can be killed and how much lost ground can be recovered depends on your ability up! "

Chapter 537 Autumn Counterattack

"That's great! We've been waiting for this day!"

"Yeah, if you don't fight with the little devil for real, you'll almost fade out!"

"Hey, 4 full months, enough addiction!"

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, and you're done!"

As soon as Yang Fan's words fell, all the officers in the auditorium screamed, recharging their energy for many days, and everyone was full of tendons.

Feeling full of strength, everyone has long been looking forward to leading the troops to charge and drive Japan out of Shandong and China as soon as possible, and even one day they will be able to cross the sea and land in Japan to drive out these hateful Japanese devils!

At the same time, what excites everyone is that in the Huaxia Huben Army, military merit is a rigid assessment indicator. Where can we "promote and get rich" if we don't fight?

"Very good! The military spirit is available!"

Yang Fan nodded with a smile, and then continued: "The strategy for this fall counter-offensive operation has been determined after many discussions with the chief of staff, and I will let the chief of staff explain it to everyone in detail, so that everyone can have a plan in advance." end!"

Professionals do professional things, and this autumn counterattack is nothing more than some hard nuts to crack, and there is not much strategic content.

Therefore, Yang Fan does not intend to get too involved in specific tactics. What he has to do is to coordinate in the middle to ensure that heavy fire support, air supremacy, troop dispatching, ammunition supply, food supply, medical logistics and other tasks will not lose the chain.

After the meeting, all officers quickly returned to the troops stationed.

As soon as Miao Dadong, Yang Chengliang, Ren Yixiong, Wu Kexiang, Yun Qichang, and Gu Liangmin returned to their respective military headquarters and division headquarters, they immediately hosted a military meeting to discuss and deploy specific tactics!

This time, Yang Fan determined the six main attack directions of Guangrao, Zichuan, Laiwu, Linyi, Feixian, and Surabaya, and then used lottery to determine the first army, the second army, the third army, the fourth army, the fifth division, and the first army. The attack direction of the Sixth Division.

In this way, the rain and dew are evenly covered, leaving everyone speechless. As for how to deploy the tens of thousands of troops under their command, who will be the main force and who will be the support, that is their own problem!

Since this time he will not focus on the use of armored tanks and heavy artillery, these heavy equipment units, so Yang Fan is simply divided into six equal parts, assigned to the First Army, Second Army, Third Army, Fourth Army, Fifth Division, and Sixth Division. , as infantry cover and heavy fire support.

The Special Warfare Division and the Flying Tigers are mobile forces that can go where they are needed.

Although the division of labor for each offensive route is clear, they all belong to the Huaxia Huben Army. Naturally, they have to fight together as a whole game of chess. It is absolutely impossible to fight alone and take care of each other!

At 9 o'clock in the morning on September 6, the autumn counterattack of the Huaxia Huben Army officially started. The Huaxia Huben Army Flying Tigers began to frequently dispatch bombers and fighter jets to intensively bomb and straf the Japanese positions.

After the bombing was over, the heavy artillery units continued to show off their power. The range of the heavy artillery with the bottom discharge far exceeded that of the field artillery of the Japanese defensive positions. Coupled with the deterrence and protection of the Flying Tigers, the artillery units did not have to worry about their own safety at all. with full force!

After the bombardment by aircraft and artillery, the infantry, under the cover of dozens of tanks, began a formal attack on the Japanese positions.

For a time, the Huaxia Huben army blossomed everywhere, and the offensive was extremely fierce, and they regained the arrogance of kings and hegemony in Shandong in one fell swoop.

"Baga! The Huaxia Huben Army is not a good comer this time!"

After reading the urgent telegrams, the No. 12 Army Commander Otaka Kamezo's face became extremely ugly.

Yang Fan used despicable and shameless tricks to make Yang Fan cast a trap. After a few months of "good times", the good times didn't last long. The sudden outbreak of a powerful offensive made the No.12 Army feel unprecedented pressure again!

Asaburo Kobayashi nodded and said: "This is inevitable. The Huaxia Huben Army has been recruiting troops for the past few months and constantly expanding its military strength. The most hateful thing is that the Huaxia Huben Army has opened up routes with Britain, the United States, France and other countries!

Although on the surface it was just a business transaction and no arms and equipment were purchased, who knew that there were no hidden arms in it?

Even without arms and equipment, the vehicles, gasoline and steel imported by the Chinese Huben Army alone are enough to make their war potential continue to grow! "

Hearing this, Otaka Kamezo scolded extremely angrily: "The most ridiculous thing is that those officials and gentlemen turned a blind eye to this, and the majestic Imperial Japanese Navy dared not stop the British and American merchant ships!"

"Hey, who's to say it's not? If you don't cut off the foreign aid of the Huaxia Huben Army, you will only breed tigers and let them continue to grow bigger!"

Asaburo Kobayashi wailed: "Now the Huaxia Huben Army has expanded to a total of 10 divisions with a strength of more than 20 troops. Our No. 12 Army only has more than 7 people, and there is no air support from the Imperial Air Corps. How can we defend our army?" Can you live?"

"Baga! If it doesn't work, we will continue to use the strategy from last time to tie those Chinese fools together, and see if they will blow up their own people to death together!"

Otaka Kamezo's eyes flashed with viciousness. Although the No.12 Army has been greatly supplemented these days, he no longer has any confidence to resist the powerful three-dimensional attack of the Huaxia Huben Army!

Therefore, Otaka Kamezo couldn't help but think of the dirty trick he used before.

"I'm afraid not!"

Kobayashi Asaburo shook his head and said: "We are now almost all the county towns close to the Huaxia Huben Army's defense area, and almost all the Chinese people around have run away, and we can't catch them even if we want to!

Last time we were under too much pressure. Now that the German allies have opened the European battlefield, the international situation has undergone tremendous changes.The attitude of the United States towards us has also changed. If we provoke the United States again, maybe we will be sanctioned! "

"Doesn't that mean that we can only use our lives to fill the planes, heavy artillery and tanks of the Chinese Huben Army?"

Otaka Kamezo scolded in an extremely unhappy heart: "Baga! When did the lives of the warriors of the empire become so worthless?"

Asaburo Kobayashi could only comfort himself: "Perhaps it's not that bad, after all, we have already reinforced the defense lines everywhere in the past year or so!

Presumably even if the Huaxia Huben Army attacked with all its strength, it would never be so easy!Yang Fan is too resigned to his life, as long as there are too many casualties in the army, maybe he will stop the offensive and continue to be his emperor! "

"Baga! I can only hope for this!"

Otaka Kamezo sighed helplessly, whether to shrink his head or extend his head with a knife, the only way for now is to grit his teeth and carry it hard, and use the strong fortifications to resist desperately.

"What? Yang Fan started a full-scale counterattack again? Damn Xipi, this guy can't sit still!"

After receiving the telegram, Generalissimo Jiang, who was in a state of distress in Chongqing, finally had a good face. At this time, the Japanese army was organizing an offensive in Changsha, and the first battle of Changsha was about to kick off.

Chapter 538

Generalissimo Chiang, who had been closely following international events, was initially extremely happy when the Nomonkan War broke out.

However, what makes him sad is that the stimulation of the Nomenkan War to the Japanese army and the outbreak of the European War not only failed to restrain the Japanese army, but increased the pressure on the Chinese army to resist the war and deepened the cruelty of the Sino-Japanese War.

In order to concentrate its forces on the Western Front to fight the Germans, the Soviet Union reached an armistice agreement with Japan in Moscow.

Immediately afterwards, the Soviet Red Army crossed the border on a large scale and went straight to Poland.

At this point, the Japanese army began to devote itself exclusively to the Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese army in China reached 25 five divisions and 20 independent mixed brigades, converted into 35 divisions in total, with a total of more than 92.2 troops. The Chinese and Japanese troops greatly exceeded 100 million.

Just at this time, Okamura Ningji's No.11 Army began to attack Changsha.

At this time, the heat in Chongqing was still unbearable. On the south bank of the Jialing River, 10 kilometers away from downtown Chongqing, on a sunny hillside, there was a small western-style two-story building.

This building called "Huangshan Villa" is the official residence of Chairman Jiang in Chongqing.

If there is no memory, and there is no matter that must be dealt with in the Military Commission, Generalissimo Jiang will work and rest here.

In the early morning, the Bureau of Secrecy sent Wang Pengsheng's report from the International Affairs Research Office of the Military Commission.

Wang Pengsheng is an expert on Japanese issues. He is knowledgeable and is an effective staff member of Generalissimo Jiang.

This report reported the latest developments in Japan: After Wang Jingwei defected to the enemy and treasoned, Japan saw another possibility of the government's Huaxia, that is, to intensify efforts to induce surrender and use military offensives as an auxiliary means of political inducement to surrender.