It has been a week since the German Military Observation Group arrived at Nomenkan. During this week, we have only observed one successful Soviet attack under the arrangement of the Soviet high-level officials, and inspected the Japanese Kwantung Army positions that were later occupied by the Soviet army.
The overall feeling is as follows:
From the perspective of the Soviet army, the overall strength of the Soviet army exceeds that of Japan.
I don’t know why, but the Japanese dared to provoke a dispute and launch an attack first, even though their offensive forces were far smaller than those of the Soviet Union. This is very puzzling to us.
However, the exchange ratio of the Soviet army is not good.
When we first visited the Soviet General Headquarters, we found that after the orders were issued here, the regiment commanders and even the division commanders below were often unable to complete them accurately.
Moreover, their mid-level and senior commanders are terrifyingly young. It is as if they were promoted just after graduating from military school.
After seven days of observation, we found that these young officers did not have the ability to command large troops.
In their place, many orders from the headquarters cannot be completed effectively.
And as far as the successful attack we observed was concerned, the tactics displayed by the Soviet army were also very rigid.
We saw with our own eyes that a large number of middle- and high-level Soviet commanders ordered the launch of "human sea charges" one after another to attack Japanese positions.
Although we won in the end, our losses were terrifyingly huge!
If this kind of behavior were in the National Defense Forces, I believe the general who ordered it would definitely be brought to court-martial.
However, the Soviet commander who ultimately commanded the battle actually received a commendation.
However, considering that General Zhukov, the top commander of the Soviet army, had already shot to death two division commanders who retreated without authorization within two days of our observation group's arrival, it is understandable to commend this commander who was not afraid of casualties.
On the other hand, the senior commanders of the Soviet army and the soldiers at the bottom are still qualified.
Based on my contacts over the past week, I can conclude that Zhukov, the supreme commander of the Soviet army, is a very talented person. His military talents are outstanding, and his execution ability is also very ruthless and decisive.
The observation team suggested that the country should pay more attention to this person. After all, after the end of the Polish campaign, the Wehrmacht and the Soviet Army's actual control area were bordering each other. If there are changes in the future, this person may become a strong enemy of the Wehrmacht!
Also, there are various deficiencies in the Soviet weapons we have discovered now.
Judging from the tank wreckage we found on the battlefield, there is almost no difference between the T26 tank currently used by the Soviet army and the Führer's estimate. The great Führer was completely right about the characteristics of this tank.
There was no popular radio station, which would inevitably lead to very inconvenient command and communication for the Soviet armored forces. Because the command tank had a very conspicuous antenna, it often became the target of concentrated attacks by the Japanese army. This is why we saw a large number of wreckage of command tanks.
The exchange ratio of the Soviet Air Force was ugly. In the early days, the airport received a raid and lost a lot of aircraft, and in the later stages, the fighting was not satisfactory. This should be due to the difference in personnel quality, and the quality gap in the pilots should be the most obvious.
In a large temporary airport we passed five days ago, there were only eight aircraft parked. This was enough to reflect the Soviet Air Force's embarrassment from the side.
However, when we passed by again yesterday, the airport was replenished with dozens of I-15 fighter jets that the head of state described. It must be said that the Soviet army's fighter base is too large, and they can completely afford it.
We heard the Soviet high-level officials boast that they have invested more than 500 fighter jets in this area!
Compared with the Soviet army, the Japanese army as a whole was far inferior to the Soviet army in terms of the number of personnel and technical equipment, and the level of most of the technical equipment was also inferior to the Soviet army. However, with its tenacious fighting will, it caused heavy casualties to the Soviet army.
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Judging from the officers' command methods, the Japanese army's tactical command was quite satisfactory, and some officers' tactics were even very rigid.
However, the fighting will of the lower-level soldiers of the Japanese Kwantung Army is very strong, which is comparable to that of our German army.
Not only are these soldiers tough, but their training level is acceptable, and at least their marksmanship is excellent.
In addition, they also have an incredible "suicidal" spirit!
Facing the Soviet attack, instead of hiding in bunkers, they actually rushed out of the trenches to fight a counterattack!
These Kwantung Army soldiers did the same when facing tanks. They held various suicide weapons and shouted ugly slogans in a suicide charge.
I just discovered that this kind of waste of soldiers' lives is so common here. Everyone in our observation group finds it unbelievable.
The overall artillery weapons of the Japanese army are not as good as those of the Soviet army. We learned that the armor-piercing capability of their captured Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannon is extremely low, even far worse than the Pak37 anti-tank artillery in the Wehrmacht that has been reduced to a training tool.
However, it seems that because the armor of Soviet tanks is too weak, this less powerful direct-aimed artillery can still fire at close range and cause damage to Soviet tanks.
Generally speaking, the Japanese artillery is inferior to the Soviet army in terms of range and power. Some indicators are simply far inferior to the Soviet army. This also leads to the Soviet army having a very large advantage in heavy firepower.
As for light weapons, the Japanese were keen on engaging in suicide attacks, such as charging Soviet tanks with cluster grenades or explosives hanging on their bodies, or soldiers trying to approach the tanks at night by throwing incendiary bottles at very close range to burn them down.
However, according to the unilateral Soviet statistics we have seen, this anti-tank weapon invented in the Spanish Civil War only accounted for 6% of the total Soviet tank losses.
The Japanese army also has an anti-tank weapon called an adsorption mine by the Soviets. It is said that soldiers need to get close to the tank, then use its magnetism to stick to the outside of the tank, pull it and then evacuate.
This is an anti-tank weapon that seems to be acceptable, but in the battle we observed, the Kwantung Army commander who ignored the lives of soldiers actually let several of these anti-tank mines hang on the soldiers and roll into the bottom of Soviet tanks.
Then detonate.
This is simply a crime!
Among the other small arms captured by the Kwantung Army, there was a Nanbu 14 pistol that looked very similar to our Ruger pistol, but was actually not very useful at all.
However, there is a weapon called the Type 89 grenade that is very unique.
This kind of deflection weapon can be said to be the core of the firepower of the Japanese squad. In the hands of some veterans, it can even effectively attack targets such as light fortifications and machine gun nests.
And due to the curved trajectory, these Kwantung Army can almost use grenades like mortars to effectively kill and injure people in the trenches.
The grenades used by the Japanese army are not only lighter than mortars, but can be easily operated by only one soldier and can carry a sufficient amount of ammunition.
However, it is worth noting that this weapon has no aiming system, and its accuracy completely depends on the shooter's experience.
Last but not least, we discovered that there were launch tubes from early models of Iron Fist remaining on the Kwantung Army’s positions.
Although it is not known how the Kwantung Army obtained this weapon, as of now, the Soviet army has not yet obtained a complete Iron Fist sample.
However, the Japanese army showed signs of retreat, and the situation was not optimistic.
Therefore, our Soviet army believes that it is possible to capture a complete Iron Fist in the future.
In addition, we also took a special look at the Soviet tanks destroyed by the Panzerfaust.
We found that even the early Panzerfaust models could still cause huge damage to Soviet tanks.
We have seen a tank destroyed by an iron fist. The metal jet penetrated the armor and penetrated the neck of the Soviet driver. After killing the commander in the turret, it detonated the ammunition stored in the tank. The entire wreckage was simply
Extremely tragic.
In this regard, we have taken secret photos to record and prepare to bring them back to China for reference in the future.
Now, the Japanese army has shown signs of retreat, but the resistance is still strong and the two sides are still engaging in fierce exchanges of fire. Our observation team is paying close attention to the situation and collecting all valuable military information.
This report is top secret, please report it to the country and destroy it immediately.
——National Defense Force Nomenkan Observation Group
