In Tokyo, the Japanese base camp.
"Haha..." Hearty laughter resounded throughout the combat hall.
The person who laughed was none other than Japanese Army Chief of Staff Kanin Miya Zaihito. The old Japanese had every reason to laugh, because the situation of the Far Eastern Front was excellent.
Army Deputy Minister Kuniaki Oiso said: "Your Highness, I never expected, I really never expected that Zhukov, who is a famous general of a generation, would actually make such a low-level mistake!"
"Sodais." Terauchi Juichi nodded happily, "Under the premise that it is impossible for the two large groups of east and west to defeat Ishihara-kun's seventh army, when our armored group of the Far Eastern Front has already pressed forward with many troops, it is still stubborn. He ordered the two groups to attack blindly, thus missing the last chance!"
After a pause, Juichi Terauchi said again: "Up to now, the Soviet Far East Front Army has lost its last chance. All they can do is to be defeated. Either they will be annihilated by the armored cluster of the Imperial Army's Far East Front Army, or they will rush into Siberia. We are left to fend for ourselves in the vast primitive jungle. In the battle in the Far East, the overall situation has been decided!"
"Yo Xi." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded happily, "The Far East Battle is about to end victoriously, but next, the Imperial Army will have a lot of finishing work, right?"
"Hai!" Koiso Kuniaki said with a heavy nod, "The defeat of the Soviet Far East Front is inevitable, but there will probably be some small-scale resistance. If the imperial army wants to successfully accept the heavy industrial zone in Irkutsk, I'm afraid It’s not easy, the Soviet troops in Komsomolsk, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok are still resisting, but after the main force of the Soviet Far East Front is annihilated, I believe the Soviet Red Army there will surrender.”
"This is not the most urgent thing." Juichi Terauchi continued, "The most urgent thing is that after the Far East Battle is over, a heavy troop group must be dispatched south as soon as possible. Otherwise, with Xu Rui's skills and abilities, he will be left in North China. If we keep it for a long time, we might be able to build another solid base."
"North China is not Damei Mountain. No matter how skillful and capable Xu Rui is, I'm afraid it is impossible to build the vast and flat North China Plain into a military fortress like Damei Mountain!" Koji Kuniaki shook his head, and then said, "However, from now on, It is indeed urgent for the Far East Front to dispatch heavy troop groups south to support the Chinese battlefield!"
Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded lightly: "Well, we can ask Yamashita-kun to prepare in advance."
After a pause, Xianyuan Gong Zairen asked again: "So, what size is better for the heavy troop group going south?"
Koiso Kuniaki exchanged a look with Terauchi Juichi and said: "There is no need to say more about Xu Rui's ferocity, so at least three armored divisions and five infantry divisions are needed!"
"Yo Xi." Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded happily.
Speaking of which, a few old Japanese soldiers are crazy enough. On the Chita battlefield, the Japanese Far Eastern Front Army had just defeated the Eastern Group of the Soviet Far Eastern Front Army. At this time, the 700,000 Soviet troops in the Western Group were still attacking Ishihara Kanji's Seventh Army. , actually dared to discuss arrangements after winning the Far East Battle.
However, a few old devils do have arrogant capital, because the overall situation of the Far East Battle has indeed been decided. Although the western cluster of the Soviet Far East Front still maintains a huge heavy troop cluster, it is completely at a disadvantage in terms of battlefield situation. A mountain of defeat can happen overnight.
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In Chongqing, the headquarters.
The headquarters is still immersed in an atmosphere of depression. Why is it depressed? Of course, I was frustrated because the Chahar Independent Regiment completely annihilated the main force of the Japanese North China Front and recovered almost all of North China! It sounds discouraging, but now almost the entire North China Plain has become the territory of the Communist Party.
When he thought that the territory and population controlled by the Communist Party had exceeded that of the Kuomintang, Chairman Chiang became so depressed that he could neither eat nor sleep well.
Several close aides and more than a dozen senior staff members in the headquarters also had sleepless nights, and they were all intensely conducting war games to see what kind of results the Chahar Independent Regiment might achieve in the end. Next, should we go north to deal with the troops stationed in Mongolia, or go west over the Taihang Mountains to encircle and annihilate Ando Yoshiki's First Army
Judging from the powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the Chahar Independent Regiment in the battle to annihilate the main force of the North China Front, the Japanese Army in Mongolia and the First Army in Shanxi are probably doomed. It would be good if they can survive half a month. The possibility of waiting until the Kwantung Army wins the Far East Battle and then goes south is extremely slim.
"A month at most." Major General Gao Shen said firmly, "If the party and the country cannot make positive progress, the land of North China may completely change."
The so-called aggressiveness is nothing more than grabbing territory.
At this moment, an agent from the Military Command Bureau hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words into Director Dai's ear. Director Dai's expression suddenly changed.
This scene immediately fell into the eyes of those who were interested. At that moment, several staff members and senior counselors looked at Director Dai.
Chairman Chiang, who was closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes and asked Director Dai: "Yunong, what's the news?"
Director Dai immediately turned around, bowed and said, "Commissioner, the informants lurking in Tokyo have just received news that decisive changes have occurred on the battlefield in the Far East!"
"Um?"
"Om?"
"Far East battlefield?"
"A decisive change?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the staff and senior officials present changed.
Chairman Chiang also moved slightly when he heard this. Could it be that the situation in North China will happen again? If the changes in the battlefield in the Far East are beneficial to the Japanese, then the victorious Kwantung Army will definitely dispatch a heavy troop group and go south to reinforce the Chinese battlefield. In this case, the situation in North China will have twists and turns again, haha.
Thinking of this, Chairman Chiang suddenly felt very good.
At that moment, Chairman Chiang smiled and asked: "Yunong, are these changes beneficial to the Japanese?"
"Yes." Director Dai replied with a bow, "Because the Soviet Red Army was caught off guard, the eastern cluster was quickly defeated by the Japanese Kwantung Army. What's more serious is that because the Soviet western cluster had blindly attacked before, it missed the turn. The time to turn offense into defense and build fortifications has now become a rout.”
After a pause, Director Dai continued: "As long as there is no major accident, the Soviet Far East Front's rout is unavoidable. It could take three days at the earliest and one week at the minimum. The Kwantung Army will be in the Far East." If a decisive victory is achieved on the battlefield, the entire Far East and even most of Siberia will change hands!"
"Haha, now it's better!"
"But no, the Soviet army is defeated and the Japanese army is victorious. They will definitely go south to the Chinese battlefield next!"
"Now Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment has to face Japan's most elite Kwantung Army. Let's see how crazy he is!"
"Still crazy? By then, Japan's Kwantung Army will definitely beat him to the point where he can't even recognize him. Isn't it just blitzkrieg? What Japan played in the Far East battlefield was the real blitzkrieg. Xu Rui was a fake macaque who met the real Wukong. .”
Several staff members and senior staff officers in the headquarters immediately celebrated. I really don’t know whose friendly forces they are
At this time, Bai Chongxi said in a disgraceful manner: "How can you still laugh? I am really convinced! Do you know that China is already facing a disaster?"
"Destroying disaster?" Chen Cheng said, "Brother Jiansheng, you are serious."
He Yingqin also said: "That's right, who are you trying to scare with such a devastating disaster?"
"Are you talking too much? Are you trying to scare people? A bunch of short-sighted people!" Bai Chongxi snorted, turned around and walked away, leaving Chen Cheng and He Yingqin there, their faces turning blue and white.
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Meanwhile, in Irkutsk, the Soviet headquarters.
Zhukov was alarmed by a series of faint explosions. He stood up and rushed out of the headquarters. He saw hundreds of Japanese fighter jets and bombers, like a black swarm of locusts, roaring from the sky east of Lake Baikal. , and the bomber group at the forefront has already flown over Dalechka, and has launched an indiscriminate bombing campaign.
Looking at the dazzling red light blooming from time to time in the direction of Dalechka, Zhukov's face was full of bitterness.
At this time, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on the west shore of Lake Baikal opened fire one after another. In the gloomy sky, bursts of fire exploded from time to time, and bright bullet trajectories crisscrossed through the void. However, such air defense The firepower was obviously not enough to resist the invasion of Japanese fighter jets and bombers.
Amidst the sound of engines, dozens of Il-16 fighter jets took off from Irkutsk and nearby airports in an attempt to intercept the Japanese bomber group. Unfortunately, before the Soviet Il-16 fighter group could approach, Hundreds of Japanese fighter jets had already swooped over and launched a siege against the Soviet fighter jets.
In particular, the dozen or so Zero fighters among them posed a fatal threat to Soviet fighter jets.
In less than a moment, all the dozens of Il-16 fighter jets that had taken off to intercept had been shot down. However, the losses of the Japanese fighter jets were minimal, and the bomber group was unscathed.
Zhukov witnessed the entire disparity in the air battle with despair in his eyes.
In the Far East battlefield, the key reason why the Soviet army was ultimately defeated was not the so-called blitzkrieg of the Japanese army. The key was that the Japanese aviation gained decisive air superiority. It was precisely because the Soviet army lost its air superiority that it led to the Soviet armored cluster. Often they were blown up by Japanese bombers before they could even meet the Japanese armored force.
Therefore, although Zhukov still holds nearly 600,000 troops and nearly five and a half tank divisions, he may still be unable to withstand the Japanese locust-like bomber groups and the overwhelming armored clusters on the ground. If it takes too long, as fast as three to five days, or as slowly as about half a month, the Far East Front will suffer disaster!
Thinking of this, Zhukov became despairing for a moment, and then took out his pistol.
But at this moment, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded from behind.