Beiyang reactionaries

But bombing London in retaliation was of little use.

At most, it is a psychological shock.But during the period of dealing with Churchill, everyone understood that Churchill was not the Chamberlain before, let alone the Pétain of France.It is impossible for Churchill to retreat from such a bombing alone.

But Göring didn't speak.

Because Hitler, like Duan Xun in China, was slowly deified by relying on one correct strategy after another.How many generals in the German army who opposed Hitler in the early days, after being slapped in the face by Hitler again and again, no one questioned Hitler's orders.

Goering even more so.

He didn't want to anger Hitler because of this.

"Everyone, the plan to attack the Soviet Union needs to be reworked."

"Yes."

Hitler was attacking Britain in the air and forced to surrender to Britain.On the one hand, they are making plans to attack the Soviet Union.Now seeing China attacking the Soviet Union, Hitler became more and more happy.Because China has contained the Soviet Union in the Far East, it will be easier for Germany to attack the Soviet Union in the future.

"Since China has declared war on the Soviet Union, and our future target is also the Soviet Union, we have a common enemy. Contact China to see if China can also join our alliance treaty."

"Yes."

Ribbentrop took the order.

When the "Alliance Treaty" was originally signed, there were four countries.Germany, Italy, Japan, and China, but at that time Germany, Italy, and Japan aimed at Britain and France, and did not want to involve the Soviet Union.This is inconsistent with China's thinking, so China withdrew from the negotiations.Only then came the "Triple Alliance Treaty".

Germany, which now lacks resources, has already begun to plan to attack the Soviet Union.In Hitler's view, everyone has the same interests now and can sign the "Alliance Treaty".If they can pull a big country like China into their alliance, then many things will be very easy to handle in the future.

"Everyone, let's defeat Britain first, then attack the Soviet Union, and join forces with our Far East allies in the Soviet Union."

"Commander Shen (Shen Dexie), I don't interfere with the specific combat methods of your air force. But what I want to say is that the air force should not be formed into small units. The air force must be formed into several large formations to completely paralyze the target. .I need your Air Force to destroy targets, not harass them."

China and the Soviet Union declared war, and the rest was war.In fact, the strategic measures adopted by China are nothing special, they are formulated according to the objective situation.China chooses Xinjiang to defend, attack in the middle, and grind in the northeast.The options on the Soviet side were similar.

As far as the Far East is concerned, the Soviet Union is at a disadvantage.Therefore, the focus of the Soviet Union's offensive was on Xinjiang, and the Far East was building a line of defense.

As the key offensive unit, the Northern Military Region is the first place to start the war.Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the Northern Military Region, had already started deploying. As soon as the order from above came down, he would launch an attack immediately.

Now is the final preparation.

"Yes."

Shen Dexie nodded.

Shen Dexie is a graduate of China's first aviation school, the second phase of Nanyuan Aviation School.When Shen Dexie joined Nanyuan Aviation Academy from Yantai Naval Academy, Duan Xun had just left the military academy to lead troops in western Henan.After Shen Dexie graduated from Nanyuan Aviation School in 1917, because of his excellent grades, he was the best among the graduates of that year.So I went to the UK to study abroad at public expense and studied at the Royal Air Force Academy.When Duan Xun came back to China after graduation, it happened to be after Duan Xun entered Beijing, so it was considered cheap for Duan Xun.

Because at that time, what China lacked in developing the air force was talents like Shen Dexie.Moreover, Qin Guoyong, the director of the aviation department at that time, was Shen Dexie's teacher.Therefore, Shen Dexie has been promoted step by step in the Chinese Air Force, and currently serves as the Air Force Commander of the Northern Military Region.

"Commander Shen, I used to listen to the chairman's lectures. I didn't understand many things at the time, but now I gradually understand a lot. When the chairman taught us in class, he always emphasized the benefits of concentrating superior forces. Don't disperse your forces casually. Every time you go to war, you must quickly concentrate your superior forces to completely defeat the enemy. This is the case with our army, and I think the same is true for the air force. Don't divide into small groups to harass each other, or hope to disperse your forces Attacking all the targets will make it hard to distinguish between gains and losses. When fighting a war, you should concentrate your forces and form several large formations. If you want to achieve a single air strike, you can kill a target without giving the target any chance to resist. It is better to cut off one's ten fingers. One finger. Especially their front-line airfields, artillery positions, logistics bases, and oil depots, they must be paralyzed as soon as possible."

"Commander-in-Chief, don't worry."

Shen Dexie picked up the map and said to Zhang Zizhong: "Currently our Northern Military Region has 2300 aircraft, including 1200 bombers. We are going to form six formations, each with 200 bombers and 150 fighter escorts. A large formation. Prepare to raid their three airfields at the first time, and take out their planes parked at the airport first. Then there are two formations mainly to bomb the Soviet artillery positions to open the way for the Eastern Army."

"Right, that is it."

Zhang Zizhong followed Duan Xun from the west of Henan, so he was very influenced by Duan Xun.Duan Xun highly admired the tactics of concentrating superior forces to encircle and annihilate the opponent.In war, being able to concentrate superior forces is what a good commander has to do.

Always fight more with less, not a good general.

An excellent general, even if he is at a disadvantage in grand strategy.But at the tactical level, you can continuously concentrate your superior forces and win one victory after another.

Therefore, Zhang Zizhong's attack this time is also based on such strategic and tactical thinking.Whether it is using armored forces or air forces, Zhang Zizhong must concentrate on the use of troops.won't spread them out.

"This is a test for your air force. Now a large formation consists of hundreds of aircraft, and in the future it may be a large formation of thousands of aircraft. I still remember that the chairman said when he established the air force, I hope that one day we can A city can be completely paralyzed by the air force alone. This is strategic bombing.”

"Yes."

"Tomorrow at 4 o'clock, the sky will be a little brighter, and your air force will attack. Because the army will officially attack at 5 o'clock. The air force must open the way for our army."

"Yes."

After Shen Dexie accepted the order, he immediately went back to deploy.Zhang Zizhong turned his head and said to his chief of staff Bai Chongxi: "What about the situation on the other side?"

"The Soviet army on the opposite side has entered a state of combat readiness."

"Has anything changed?"

"According to reports from our reconnaissance plane, many troops from Irkutsk have come to the front line to strengthen their defense."

"The more I come up, the happier I am."

Hearing that the front line had increased its troops, Zhang Zizhong didn't feel embarrassed or frowned at all.On the contrary, it was calm and breezy, and even a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Don't take the added troops into consideration at all.In fact, the Soviet army has deployed more than 30 troops on the opposite side, and the number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery is amazing.It can be said that Zhang Zizhong has been in the army for so many years, and the Soviet army in front of him is the most powerful enemy.

But Zhang Zizhong was not afraid at all.Zhang Zizhong looked at the map and said, "Our troops are all ready."

"Yes."

"France's Maginot Line has become a decoration. It seems that the Soviet Union has not learned its lesson at all. They are now lined up in a defensive formation. It seems that the defense is in good condition, but in fact there are loopholes everywhere. As long as we break through a little, their whole Defensive lines will fall. Our opponents are still the same old ideas from the last war. Germany has swept across Europe with tank forces, which is a good learning experience for everyone, but the Soviet Union does not see any change. What a pity."

Zhang Zizhong shook his head.

He sighed and said: "We have also read the articles written by Marshal Tukhachevsky of the Soviet Union. That is the direction of future strategy and tactics. It is no worse than Germany's current tank tactics. From a theoretical perspective, it is definitely first-class. One. It’s a pity that such a great talent was shot, which interrupted the modernization process of the Soviet army. The other generals of the Soviet Union were either doing nothing, or in order to get rid of suspicion, they did not dare to use Tukhachevsky’s war theory, or even Dare to say that Tukhachevsky’s theory is correct. Under such circumstances, how can the strategy and tactics of the Soviet Union develop.”

"It's a good thing for us."

"Correct."

Zhang Zizhong was very happy.

For the development of world war theories, the Chinese military collects them and discusses them openly in military academies.Even Duan Xun recognized Tukhachevsky's great depth theory.

It's a pity that Tukhachevsky was suspected of too serious a crime in the anti-revolutionary movement and was shot by the Soviet Union.Tukhachevsky was a famous general of the Soviet Army, with great prestige among the Soviet Army, and a lot of old students.Therefore, there are many army generals involved in the Tukhachevsky case.As a result, his theory became something that everyone avoided, and no one in the Soviet military dared to mention this theory.In addition, during the Spanish Civil War, tanks were severely damaged by anti-tank weapons.Therefore, the Soviet army strategically believed that tanks were a supplement to infantry and could not become an independent arm.

Even if Germany has swept Europe with the blitzkrieg, this view of the Soviet army still exists.So don't look at the large number of Soviet tanks now, but their tanks are basically scattered among various infantry units.On the contrary, there is a lack of specialized tank divisions and armored divisions like the German army.After studying the Soviet Army, Zhang Zizhong was also full of ambitions.Want to fight a good fight.

Zhang Zizhong looked at his watch and said, "Get Commander Wang for me."

"Yes."

For the sake of the war, a lot of telephone lines have been pulled in Outer Mongolia, and there are radios in important places.The third five-year plan spent nearly [-] billion military expenditures, and the military facilities in these frontier cities accounted for a large part.

"It's connected."

Zhang Zizhong walked over to pick up the phone and said, "Brother Zhi (Wang Tianpei), I'm Zhang Zizhong."

"Brother Xichen (Zhang Zizhong), what orders do you have?"

The two have the same qualifications, and their current positions are similar.Zhang Zizhong is the commander of the Northern Military Region, and Wang Tianpei is the commander of the Chinese Armored Forces.Both of them have followed Duan Xun's direct lineage since the time in western Henan, and both of them made outstanding contributions when they pacified the southwest.Especially during the raid on Yunnan, the troops of both men set a record of running on foot.Before the Yunnan Army could react at that time, it quickly defeated the Yunnan Army's defense line.In the military operation to expel Tang Jiyao, the two of them made great contributions.