If the Eastern Maginot Line of Defense really played a good and positive role, then history may have to be rewritten.
Because of the perfect protection, the devils can make use of the rich resources of the three northeastern provinces to continuously provide them with raw materials for manufacturing large amounts of military supplies.
The developed railway network in the Northeast allows them to transport these materials to their combat front lines in a timely manner.
In any case, they need to retain control of the three northeastern provinces.
On the other hand, the Kwantung Army needs to use this as a fulcrum to establish a rear base for its northern advance and form a perfect industrial and agricultural closed loop.
And with the support of industry and agriculture, maybe they wouldn't have to rush to launch an offensive in Southeast Asia, and maybe they wouldn't have to rush to attack Pearl Harbor.
If it had not faced a direct attack, perhaps Chou Country could have waited until a more favorable time came before joining the war.
Of course, these are all possibilities, because the defense line of more than a thousand kilometers did not have much effect.
The fortress groups support each other to form a horn formation, are closely arranged, and have a dense firepower network, giving them excellent ground combat advantages.
However, all of this seemed to be cursed, and it was broken in just over twenty days.
The defense distance of the original Maginot Line was 390 kilometers. The defense distance of this so-called "Oriental Maginot Line" reached more than 1,000 kilometers.
The third phase of the project was not completed until 1945, the end of World War II.
Such a large-scale fortification requires an astonishing number of millions of workers, and most of these workers are captured Chinese people.
In order to maintain confidentiality, these enslaved people were usually from North China, and a few were prisoners of war from North Korea and Russia.
Oil tankers transported them into this unknown deep mountain in batches, but there was no vehicle to send them out.
The curse of 3.2 million people should prevent the devils from doing anything.
Therefore, even though these fortress groups had extremely strong defenses, they still failed in the end.
Among these failures, Chen Wenzhe also saw some wealth buried underground.
These wealth are the plunder of our country's people, and they naturally belong to us.
Chen Wenzhe can't be sure about the others yet. What he can be sure about is a relatively famous fortress.
That is the Dongning Fortress. This section of the fortification is also part of the more than 1,000-kilometer defense line.
This was built by the Kwantung Army in the mountains and consists of more than 30 ground turrets connected with underground facilities.
The cement walls of the fortress are 3 meters thick and can withstand artillery shells over 30cm and heavy bombs of 10 tons.
The underground fortress is 10 to 50 meters above the ground and is quite hidden, making it difficult to conduct deep operations.
Moreover, the fortress groups are connected to each other in the same way, and their strong defensive capabilities are rare in the world.
Moreover, the Japanese army had a huge advantage in the terrain, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Soviet army suffered heavy casualties in this battle.
Facing the army that suffered heavy casualties, the Soviet Red Army's anger was aroused.
They concentrated the firepower of two divisions and 1,669 cannons and poured them all into the fortress.
The fierce artillery fire and bombardment lasted for 10 hours.
A raging fire broke out in the mountain forest, and the ground position of Dongning Fortress was finally destroyed.
The Japanese army could only move to the underground facilities of the fortress and attack the Soviet army from the bunkers and shooting holes.
The Soviet army poured large amounts of gasoline and explosives into the entrances, exits, vents and other passages of the underground fortress, killing more than 1,000 Japanese troops.
On August 15, 1945, the Emperor of Japan announced his unconditional surrender.
However, the previous large-scale artillery attack had blown up the Japanese army's communication facilities and almost interrupted communications.
Therefore, from the only remaining radio, the Japanese army only heard the emperor ordering all Japanese soldiers to fight to the death or to "break the jade".
Later, the radio was also blown up by artillery fire. They did not know the news of Neon's unconditional surrender at noon that day, nor did they know that they were the last army in the fortress group.
"Oriental Maginot" thus became the final battlefield of World War II.
Special attention needs to be paid here. The last fortifications must have accumulated the largest amount of materials, and there will be a large amount of wealth that cannot be transported away in time.
And all of this was eventually buried inside by the Soviet Red Army.
On August 17, 1945, the Soviet army tried every means to deliver the unconditional surrender document to the Japanese army.
But before the official who delivered the message reached the fortress, he was shot dead by Japanese death squads.
Qi Mu, the commander of the Fortress 783 Brigade, and the officers unanimously believed that this was an enemy conspiracy.
The Soviet army decided to adopt a siege and artillery attack to force the Japanese army to surrender.
The strong defensive nature of the fortress still prevented the Soviet army from passing through the dense firepower network to enter the interior of the fortress and annihilate the Japanese army.
The battle was tense for a while, and the Soviet army even destroyed an artillery position by the Japanese death squads.
In the early morning of August 26, 1945, the Third Headquarters of the Kwantung Army had been occupied by the Soviet army.
Former logistics staff officer Kono Sadao was captured on the left and was later taken to the Shenghongshan Fortress in the Dongning Fortress Group by the Soviet army to persuade the Japanese army to surrender.
At this time, the Soviet army had lost some patience. If Kono's persuasion to surrender was ineffective, they would use force to break through the fortress at all costs.
After receiving the surrender letter, Qi Mu was desperate and finally agreed to surrender.
However, they will definitely not surrender honestly.
At that time, some secret materials were burned, some Chinese medicine materials were hidden, and the passages were blown up.
The most frenzied thing about the Japanese troops who were trapped in the fortress was that they secretly executed more than 30 remaining Chinese workers.
Later, fearing that women and children would be humiliated, they cruelly resorted to the method of "extirpation of family members."
Mordekov, a veteran who witnessed the battle, recounted: “At noon that day, the remaining 900 officers and soldiers of the Japanese 783rd Battalion walked out of the fortress with white flags, raised their hands in surrender, followed by the injured, and finally carried nearly a soldier.
Hundreds of corpses..."
At this point, the "Oriental Maginot" defense line was completely broken, becoming the final witness to the complete bankruptcy of Neon Wolf's ambitions.
Why does a so-called "impenetrable line of defense" have such a limited strategic role?
From August 9, when the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, to August 30, there were only 21 days.
The "Oriental Maginot Line", which has a longer defense line, a larger scale, and more complete facilities and equipment than the original "Maginot Line", completely broke through the defense.
A metaphor can be used to explain why this kind of barrier defense will eventually fail. That is, no matter how strong the shield is in the world, there are ways to be broken.
During World War II, the most famous defense lines in Asia and Europe were the Atlantic Fortress and the Stalin Line of Defense.
Even the original "Maginot Line" failed to effectively stop the enemy.
On the contrary, because they relied too much on the role of the defense line, they relaxed their vigilance strategically, which in turn accelerated the defeat of the war.
The lack of corresponding mobility between the core fortresses on the defense line, and the failure to be promptly replenished after losses, is also the reason why the defense line was breached.
Of course, the Japanese army sent most of its troops southward, leaving the fortress group with insufficient troops. This was one of the reasons why the defense line was finally breached.