"How could this happen? This is completely illogical."
"Yes, there is indeed a railway in the Soviet Union close to the east coast of Heilongjiang, but it is a full two thousand kilometers from near Tongjiang to Chita along the railway! Isn't this too risky?"
"Yes, it would be too risky to drive north before taking down Khabarovsk and eliminating the threat behind us!"
"That's not how wars are fought. This is simply rash advancement, reckless advancement, and the wise will not take it!"
After listening to the translator's translation, the senior Japanese generals present were immediately furious and expressed doubts.
Because there were so many senior Japanese generals who questioned it, the translator could not translate it at all. He could only stand there with his eyes wide open, not knowing whose speech should be translated.
In the end, Yamashita Tomofumi summarized his speech and asked the translator to translate it into German.
After listening to the translator's translation, Rommel's face immediately fell. Damn it, are these senior Japanese generals idiots? The blitzkrieg theory was originally a subversion of traditional military theory, but you use some arguments from traditional military theory.
Come to refute me? Are you kidding me, or are you kidding me?
Blitzkrieg theory is really a subversion of traditional military theory.
For example, in the battle of the German army to destroy France, the German rapid strike group composed of dozens of elite divisions directly bypassed the Maginot Line and cut into the hinterland of France from the edge. According to traditional military theory, the French army only needed to attack from Maginot at this time.
The fortress sent a division westward to cut off the German army's logistical supplies, and the German army had no choice but to surrender.
The French army did indeed do this, but it was of no use at all.
Because the German army did not think much about logistical support at all. After bypassing the Maginot Line, they did not turn around to attack Maginot and try to eat Maginot's heavy French army group first. Instead, they drove straight in and attacked Maginot.
They rushed to Paris, but as soon as the news spread, the heavy French troops stationed on the Maginot Line were immediately shaken in morale.
After the fall of Paris, the French army stationed in Maginot collapsed overnight.
In contrast, the German army honestly fought positional warfare with France in World War I. The result was a stalemate on the Somme and Marne rivers. Millions of people were killed and injured, but they were unable to cross the British and French allied defense lines.
!So, the blitzkrieg theory is a complete subversion of traditional military theory, and the effect is surprisingly good!
However, it was not easy to explain the principles clearly to the senior Japanese generals present who were deeply constrained by traditional military theories. Rommel shrugged his shoulders and said to Xianyuan Gong Zairen: "Your Highness, please believe me.
After crossing Heilongjiang, the rapid strike group must quickly go north along the railway line."
Kanin Gong Zaijin did not express his position immediately, but said in a deep voice: "General Rommel, I admit that we still lack a sufficient understanding of your army's blitzkrieg concept, but the concerns of Terauchi-kun and Koiso-kun are not the same.
It’s not completely unreasonable, so let’s make the decision through war games, okay?”
"Of course." Rommel said calmly, "Then please start."
Rommel was full of confidence in the war game. If he followed his game rules, the dozen or so senior Japanese generals present would never be his opponents even if they were tied together! On the contrary, if he followed the game rules of traditional military theory,
, then even if he tried his best, the result would be defeat.
Fortunately, the rules of the entire game are determined by him.
…
Let’s talk about the Soviet Army later.
Xu Rui's Chahar Independent Regiment and Japan's Kwantung Army were both intensively preparing to launch a wave of blitzkrieg, but the Soviet Far East Army was not idle either.
Zhukov is also preparing to launch an offensive.
I just received a telegram that the first supplies produced by Baotou Industrial Base, including 500 tons of aviation kerosene, 500 tons of diesel, 100 tons of gasoline, 50 tons of canned beef and mutton, and 100,000 fur coats, have been shipped from Baotou.
It can be transported to Kulun in about half a month, and to Irkutsk station in three days.
In this way, the fuel reserves of the Far Eastern Front's Western Group were increased to the required 20 days of operations.
Yes, that’s right, the situation of the Far Eastern Front is even worse than the Japanese army estimated. If Kanin Gong Zaijin really adopts Rommel’s preferred plan and directly sends troops to the hinterland of Siberia, then the Western Group of the Far Eastern Front will not even be able to
If you can't hold on for a month, you will run out of food and be forced to surrender.
Xu Rui’s Chahar Independent Group also cannot change this result.
It is a pity that Hanyuan Gong Zairen did not dare to adopt this plan.
Zhukov did not know that the Western Group of the Far Eastern Front under his direct command had inadvertently escaped a disaster. Instead, he was still concentrating on planning to coordinate with the Eastern Group to attack Chita and annihilate the Ishihara Kanji troops entrenched in Chita.
, and opened up the Siberian Railway to completely reverse the unfavorable situation in the Far East battlefield.
Zhukov still has the ability, but he doesn't have many cards to play.
On the surface, the Western Group of the Far Eastern Front directly commanded by Zhukov has a total of 700,000 people. However, due to the primitive jungles and poor road conditions in Siberia, there are very few attack routes to choose from, which led to the Soviet army's
The superiority in military strength cannot be exerted at all.
The Soviet armored forces had an absolute numerical advantage, but because the fuel supply could not keep up, 100% of their combat power could only be used to produce less than 30% of their combat power. In addition, the Japanese army was equipped with rocket launchers. Therefore, the Soviet tank troops
There is no way to achieve an overwhelming advantage in actual combat. Needless to say, the aviation force is no match for the Kwantung Army aviation force. It was almost beaten into a dog and its air superiority was completely lost. If the Soviet army had not been equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, the situation would have been dire.
more difficult.
Therefore, Zhukov does not have much choice. The only option is to continue to consume.
The industrial base of the Soviet Union is far stronger than that of Japan. If it continues to fight for consumption, Japan, not the Soviet Union, will be the first to fail in the end. Zhukov is still very confident about this. Therefore, the battle plan formulated by Zhukov also
It is nothing more than strengthening the offensive and accelerating the consumption of troops and supplies by Ishihara Kanji.
…
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the time has entered the middle of March.
By this time, all nine infantry battalions of the Chahar Independent Regiment had been trained and formed into combat effectiveness.
After a winter's rest, the six cavalry battalions were howling and thirsty. Every officer and soldier in each battalion, from the battalion commander on down, was eager for an unprecedented battle!
The training of the tank battalion is also carried out day and night.
The most important thing is that according to Xu Rui's plan, the Chahar Independent Regiment has transported a considerable amount of fuel and ammunition to the base areas in Suinan, Chanan, northern Hebei and even central Hebei in advance.
As time passed, the atmosphere within the Chahar Independent Group became increasingly tense.
Because according to estimates, this large-scale military operation by the Japanese army will be launched in early April. This means that in more than half a month at most, the answer to the mystery will be revealed. If the final result is that the Japanese army comes against the Eighth Route Army, there will be big trouble.
Oh, because the Chahar Independent Regiment missed the most precious time to prepare for war!
So this is a gamble, an unprecedented gamble.
But it turns out that Xu Rui made the right bet again!
This morning, Xu Rui, He Shuya, Huang Shouxin and other confidants gathered together again to repeatedly check and fill in the gaps in the drafted combat plan, leaving as few dead ends as possible.
After thinking about it for a long time, I still didn't find any loopholes.
He Shuya said: "Captain, at least for now, there are no flaws in this combat plan. As for the actual combat effect, it depends on the performance in actual combat."
Huang Shouxin said: "There is only one suspense left now. What is the primary goal of the Japanese?"
"I don't think there is any suspense about this." He Shuya said, "I fully support the commander's judgment. The real target of the Japs must and can only be the Soviet Union, not our Eighth Route Army."
Huang Shouxin asked: "What's the reason? Why can the enemy only target the Soviet army?"
He Shuya said: "The reason is very simple. Even if our Eighth Route Army is severely damaged, the situation on the Chinese battlefield will not be fundamentally reversed, and the situation on the Far Eastern battlefield will not be affected in any way. But if the Soviet army in the Far East is severely damaged, not only the Far East
The situation on the battlefield will be reversed in an instant, and the situation on the battlefield in China will also be affected."
After a pause, He Shuya added: "So, the enemy's target can only be the Soviet Union."
Huang Shouxin said: "You said that the Eighth Route Army was severely damaged and had no impact on the Far East Campaign. I'm afraid that's not true, right? I won't talk about anything else. I only said that in our Baotou Industrial Zone, if Baotou is lost, the Soviet Far East Front Army will be defeated in an instant.
An important supply base will be lost, and the situation will become even more unfavorable."
After a pause, Huang Shouxin continued: "Moreover, first deal with the Eighth Route Army guerrillas, then the National Army, and finally deal with the Soviet Far East Front. This is also in line with the principle of putting the easy things first and then the hard ones. I think there is nothing wrong with this."
When the two were arguing, Wang Husheng suddenly walked in and said, "Old Xu, Shadow is calling!"
"Really?" Xu Rui suddenly perked up after hearing this. Nakamura Shun finally recognized the reality and finally called?
"Yes." Wang Husheng nodded and added, "However, he did not mention the little devil's intentions, but only mentioned two other unrelated things."
Xu Rui asked: "What two things?"
Wang Husheng said: "The first thing is that Japan has launched a campaign to donate iron tools, calling on people across Japan to hand over all unnecessary iron tools to the country; the second thing is that it was previously reported that a German diplomatic envoy
A delegation visited Japan, and Shun Nakamura has found out that it is not a diplomatic mission at all, but a military advisory group!"
