The Third Reich in Desperation

At the age of 19, he captured a German battalion commander alone and won a Georgi Cross. At the age of 22, he led a cavalry company to attack the hidden Cossack White Army headquarters and won a brilliant victory for the Red Army.Four years later, he was admitted to the Leningrad Higher Cavalry School with excellent results and obtained the opportunity for further study. At the age of 27, he entered the advanced advanced training class of the famous Moscow Frunze Military Academy, and later graduated with No.1 grades!

Zhukov’s former classmate, Baghramyan, a famous military strategist and later marshal of the Soviet Union, recalled with shame: “Zhukov is absolutely outstanding among us. He is not only courageous and tenacious, but also resourceful and insightful.” During the study period, he often put forward some views that we did not expect, which was amazing. Although his opinions always aroused great controversy, he always used novel logic to demonstrate them. "

At a young age, Zhukov was already a dark horse in the Soviet military.At the beginning, in order to hide from Reinhardt's eyes, Stalin even secretly ordered to change the name of a death row prisoner to Zhukov, and then shot him with great fanfare.

Stalin's original purpose was to restrain people's hearts, make Zhukov appreciate him, and then become a reliable confidant.But he also obtained an unexpected harvest because of this - he discovered a young general who was fully qualified to become a famous general.

During several exchanges with Zhukov, Stalin was surprised to find that this man had extremely high military attainments and was extremely brave in combat.

Stalin soon learned that Zhukov almost lost his life in order to regain the heavy machine gun, and he led the troops to fight, often in exchange for huge losses in exchange for even greater results.For this reason, Stalin attached great importance to Zhukov, who was brave and good at fighting, and secretly rejoiced more than once that he did not mistakenly kill a good general because of the instigation of the German head of state.

"Going to the Far East to fight this time, how are you going to fight?" Stalin said to Zhukov who was about to set off: "The railways in the Far East were not built with the help of the Germans. They were all inefficient narrow-gauge railways built by us many years ago. .Transportation efficiency is not comparable to the Soviet western railway network."

Ever since he learned of Stalin's kindness in saving his life, Zhukov has tried his best to give him advice.After calling a staff officer to bring two cups of coffee, Zhukov handed one of the cups to Stalin, and said confidently: "Compared with the operation of the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast, it is good that our operation in the Far East is much longer. many."

After taking a light sip of coffee to refresh himself, Zhukov continued: "Once the war starts, even if there is no material shipped to the Far East within a month. Our reserves are enough to consume the fierce fighting in the first month. We have to increase our troops a lot, or we have to retreat the whole army.”

After listening to Zhukov's confident analysis, Stalin looked into his eyes: "Comrade Zhukov, I now officially hand over to you the First Army of the Soviet Far East and all the troops provided by Mongolia in the future. Defeat the invaders! Let me see how you What a skill!"

In fact, the Soviet army that Stalin handed over to Zhukov so solemnly was three times the number of the Japanese Kwantung Army's offensive troops, and this was calculated after excluding the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops.

The 36th Motorized Infantry Division, the 57th, 82nd, and 152nd Infantry Divisions, the 5th Mechanized Brigade, the 6th and 11th Tank Brigades, the 7th, 8th, and 9th Armored Brigades, and the 212th Airborne Brigade under the Soviet First Far East Army , Whichever one is pulled out is hundreds of times better than the so-called excellent equipment of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

Compared with the 6th Army of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the entire Soviet First Army in the Far East has a ratio of 6 to 1 of the total number of artillery pieces, which is enough to suppress the Kwantung Army.

It can be seen from the number and name alone that the Soviet First Far East Army is still equipped with a large number of tanks.

Although the designer of the Soviet T-34, Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin, was killed by Reinhardt during the Soviet-German cooperation, the Soviet Armored Brigade has not produced an excellent tank such as the T-34.

But now the T-26 light tank, which is mass-produced and equipped by the Soviet army based on the German No. 9 tank, is also better than the Japanese Type 26 medium tank (a [-]-ton tank, and only the Japanese have the nerve to care about it) Called Zhongtan) is much more reliable.After all, the firepower of the T-[-] even surpassed that of the German Panzer II.

Regardless of the superiority of the Soviet T-26 tank as a light tank over the Kwantung Army's Type 7 medium tank, the 1-to-[-] ratio of the number of tanks shown in the intelligence alone is enough to give Zhukov [-]% support. Confidence!

In fact, Japanese tanks can be regarded as a unique feature.Comparing the German tanks in history, we can find that the Japanese heavy tanks are equivalent to the German medium tanks, the Japanese medium tanks are equivalent to the German light tanks, and the Japanese light tanks are just armored vehicles with tracks.

The most deceitful thing is that the Japanese tanks are still all rivet structures!This means that once the T-26 is shot, it is likely to cause damage to the Japanese rivet tank due to the shock of the rivet falling off.

Zhukov was so keen. He discovered early in the morning that the Nuomenkan battlefield was a wilderness terrain and the Soviet army was still on a high ground, so the Japanese army had no danger to defend.In this kind of battlefield terrain that is very suitable for armored units to play, whoever has the stronger armor will have a great chance of winning.

With more troops and better equipment, the quantity and quality of aircraft, tanks and cannons have far suppressed the Kwantung Army. Most importantly, Zhukov believes that what he is best at is fighting this kind of battle with an advantage in crowds!If it weren't for General Secretary Stalin's seriousness, Zhukov even wanted to say that he was [-]% sure.

In the end, after bidding farewell to Stalin, Zhukov hurriedly took a special plane to the Nomonkan area, and saw the First Soviet Far East Army that had assembled behind Nomonkan and waited for a long time.

"The whole army should make two preparations from now on! First, be ready for victory. Second, be ready for sacrifice." These were the first words Zhukov said when he took office as the commander of the First Far East Army.

Text Chapter 189

Now on Reinhardt's desk, there are two reports side by side.

According to an intelligence report, after Timoshenko mobilized a large number of air forces to continuously bomb the eastern defense line of Poland, he finally penetrated the eastern defense line of Poland in the early hours of this morning.

From the moment he broke through the line of defense, Timoshenko finally played with the momentum of a Soviet general. Under his command, at least [-] Soviet troops poured into the gap in the line of defense and quickly spread to the two wings. .At this pace, Timoshenko will be able to destroy all the remaining defensive areas on the eastern border of the Polish army in half a day.

Another piece of information on the table is even more meaningful.Intelligence shows that the Japanese Kwantung Army is launching a large-scale attack on the Nuomenkan area, and its vanguard has broken through the Mongolian border.

Reinhard, who got the information, let out a long sigh of relief. Those stupid Japanese finally took the bait.

At the moment when the Soviet army finally defeated the Polish frontier army, the sneak attack of the Kwantung Army can be said to have brought Stalin a disgusting trouble.Although the Kwantung Army's sneak attack was far from setting fire to the Soviet Union's backyard in terms of the Soviet Union's national strength and military strength, it is impossible to be happy after all in a two-front battle.

Stalin was in a bad mood, and Reinhard, who was watching the excitement, was naturally in a good mood. He quickly greeted his confidential secretary and said, "Someone bring me a cup of coffee with more sugar. Also, tell Ribbentrop for me In other words, Germany calls on the Soviet Union and Japan to exercise restraint and make correct decisions that are responsible for their own people and regional peace.”

How can you restrain yourself when both sides fight with real knives and real guns?Isn't this nonsense!The secretary looked at the gloating head of state with a strange expression, and suddenly understood what it means to stand and talk without back pain.

Once this statement is published, it will definitely be of no use in resolving the Soviet-Japanese dispute. On the contrary, it can impress people all over the world that Germany loves peace and advocates justice.After all, it is the first time in this era that this quotation condenses the wisdom of Eastern diplomacy, and it appears from the German population who speaks and does things with a strict eye!

"Okay, Head of State. I'll do it right away." The secretary replied foolishly, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he was really too young.On the other hand, the head of state, who is also young, is always amazing and talented, doing some unexpected things, and saying some words that make people worship.

And on the afternoon of the same day when the German Foreign Ministry called for peace between the Soviet Union and Japan, the Kwantung Army transferred the main force of the Sixth Army that was originally scheduled to be launched from Hailar, planning to launch a further onslaught in order to complete all operations in Mongolia before the end of autumn. Military action.

The commander of the Soviet Army, Zhukov, who saw through the Japanese offensive intentions, stepped up to open field military airfields in Tamtsag, Prague, Sambes and other places, and assembled the surrounding Mongolian cavalry units, preparing for a large-scale decisive battle with the Japanese.

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"Your Excellency, General! Ogizhou Libing is your man, as long as you give the order to attack across the board, he will definitely obey." The one who is speaking now is the Japanese Kwantung Army Major Staff Officer Tsuji Masanobu who launched the entire Nomonkan Battle.

As a minor staff officer, Tsuji Masanobu actually pushed forward the progress of the entire Nomenkan battle, and it has to be said that he still has considerable skills.After Wanji Ishihara, known as the "wisdom of the Japanese Empire", stepped aside, Masanobu Tsuji once became the mastermind of the Kwantung Army with a long-standing "down to overcome" atmosphere.

What is inferior to superior, that is, subordinates issue orders instead of superiors.This seems to be an unreasonable chaos in the armies of all countries, but it is a long-standing tradition in the Japanese army.Few foreigners can understand why the island country likes to play the irrational tradition of "undertaking the upper hand" so much, just as few people can figure out where the island country has the courage to threaten to annex China in three months.

Speaking of which, Tsuji Masanobu has always regarded Ishihara Wanji, who has now stepped aside, as his "spiritual mentor".

However, apart from the fact that Masanobu Tsuji is on par with Wanji Ishihara in terms of boldness, it is difficult to compare with Wanji Ishihara in other aspects.

Apart from boldness, Wanji Ishihara has extraordinary insight and calm analytical ability, but Masanobu Tsuji is only arrogant and crazy besides boldness, obsessed with the fantasy of "the Soviet army is vulnerable to a single blow", impatient Want to provoke a war against the Soviet Union.

Facing the enthusiastic admirer of the "Northern Advance" strategy in front of him, Sugiyama Moto, who was sitting on the sofa, said worriedly: "But the Soviet army's weapons and equipment are much better than ours, and the pressure of Lieutenant General Dizhou Libing is also great." It's huge."

"General!" Tsuji Masanobu said with fanatical eyes: "The soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire all have the Bushido spirit and strong will that can make them stronger. The Soviet army is not our opponent at all!"

Masanobu Tsuji's superstition has a reason.

First of all, from his personal point of view, he has been a superstitious person who believes in "the theory of omnipotence of spiritual power" since he was a student.Later, when he was studying at the Japanese Army University, in order to study hard, he never had a sleep of more than five hours for three years, and he relied on lying on the desk for two or three hours every day to take a hard nap, and relied on this kind of perseverance. The status of the Chief Graduate.

Therefore, the Soviet army's much better weapons and equipment than Japan's are not a big deal in the eyes of Tsuji Masanobu, a high school student in Japan!

Seeing that Sugiyama was still a little hesitant, Tsuji Masanobu simply gave an example: "Your Excellency, according to the information provided by the Germans, the Soviet government shot and killed 3 marshals, 3 first-level army generals, 12 second-level army generals, 60 army commanders, 136 division commanders and countless brigade commanders."

After hearing Masanobu Tsuji's words, Moto Sugiyama's eyes lit up and said, "You mean..."

"That's right, the quality of the officers of the Soviet army has dropped significantly!" Masanobu Tsuji smiled confidently: "The Polish campaign has been fought so far, and Germany is almost reaching Warsaw, but nearly a million Soviet troops are still fighting on the Soviet-Polish border. Isn't this the best proof of the Soviet army's combat effectiveness!"

"Souga!" Sugiyama Moto nodded, stroking his own mustache: "So the army of our Empire of Japan has always been well-trained, and the decline in the quality of the army caused by the self-destruction of the Great Wall by the Soviets is exactly for the army. This is the best time for us to defeat the Soviet army."

Sugiyama Moto's words are different from Tsuji Masanobu's ethereal method of spiritual victory.The basis for his judgment is the title of "the strongest infantryman of the First World War" by the Japanese army during World War II.In addition, the Kwantung Army was originally the elite of the Japanese army's elite, and its combat quality can be called the top of the Japanese army!

In addition, Sugiyama won the 1st Tank Division, which was hailed as a "national treasure" by the Japanese army for Dizhou Libing.As the only tank division in Japan, the 1st Tank Division is all equipped with Type [-] medium tanks as the main force (again, only Japan calls this tank medium tank).Holding the only tank division that the whole country has never been willing to use, Ogizhou Libing, who is fighting on the front line, now holds the most powerful armored force in the entire Japanese army.

After deliberating over and over again, Yuan Sugiyama slapped the sofa suddenly: "Yoxi! Since this is the case, I will now urge Dizhou Libing to launch a general offensive, defeat the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in one fell swoop, and realize the great cause of the northward march!"

Text 1 Chapter Ninety as the Kwantung Army

Masao Nakamura sighed and looked away from his companion's corpse.After silently making a gesture to his subordinates to move on, Nakamura slowly closed his eyes.

As a major in the Kwantung Army, Nakamura has always been proud.After all, the unit he was in was the No. [-] elite of the Japanese Empire known as the "Flower of the Imperial Army", the Japanese Kwantung Army!

As the most powerful, powerful and influential strategic group in the Japanese Army, the Kwantung Army has a complete basic munitions factory, training base, a huge munitions supply base and a border fortification system, and almost all kinds of military industries are readily available. .It is precisely because of this that the Kwantung Army is a super force with extremely high independence and completeness.

In addition, the tank units, mortar units, flamethrower units, and bacterial warfare units owned by the Japanese Army are also included in the Kwantung Army, which makes the Kwantung Army basically gather the essence of the Japanese Army in itself.And even the Kwantung Army's supply and clothing standards are much higher than other units of the Japanese Army.