Zhukov spent the entire night in agony. He asked the communications department of the front army headquarters to contact all units that could be contacted. As a result, all units in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk either completely lost contact or had no idea what happened.
I don't know what's going on.
There is also no news about Vasilyev, the commander-in-chief of the First Red Flag Army who has returned to Khabarovsk.
It was not until dawn the next day that I finally received a telegram from Vasilyev.
After receiving Vasilyev's report, Zhukov learned that the situation was more serious than he expected. Last night, it was not just Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk, the two industrial towns in the Far East, that were hit by air strikes, but also the military city of Vladivostok.
An important town, the submarine force of the Japanese Navy also participated in the attack on Vladivostok.
Moreover, the Japanese dispatched not more than 200 bombers last night, but more than 500!
To be honest, when Zhukov saw this huge number from the telegram, he was really shocked. When did the Kwantung Army have so many bombers? According to previous intelligence, the Kwantung Army's aviation regiment only had a total of more than 500 bombers.
Among the aircraft, at least half are reconnaissance aircraft or fighter jets, and there are only more than 200 bombers at most.
Furthermore, the losses in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk were more serious than expected.
Engineers in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk estimate that it will be impossible to restore power supply to both places for at least half a month, and it will take even longer to resume industrial production! This directly plunged the Eastern Cluster of the Far Eastern Front into a
This is a dilemma, because all the military supplies of the Eastern Cluster depend on supplies from Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk.
Once the military supplies in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk are cut off, the 500,000-strong army in the Eastern Cluster will be immediately unsustainable. From now on, we can only count on the Western Cluster in Irkutsk to deal with the Japanese army in Chita. After reading
After Vasilyev's telegram, Zhukov was not well. Now the situation is serious!
To put it bluntly, the Soviet Far East Front now has no way out.
Seryozha didn't pick up the pot, and said in a deep voice: "Commander, we are in big trouble now. It will take at least half a month for the power supply in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk to be restored, and the restoration of industrial production is even less likely.
We know how long it will take, but the military supplies of the Eastern Cluster can only last for more than half a month, what should we do next?"
"Comrade Seryozha, at this point, do you still think it's just a matter of not being able to provide military supplies?" Zhukov smiled coldly and said, "Do you really think that the Kwantung Army has dispatched so many bombers?
Launched large-scale bombing of Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk just to destroy industrial production in both places?"
Seryozha said in astonishment: "Do the Japanese still have hidden intentions?"
"Comrade Seryozha, you are really too naive." Zhukov was in a bad mood, so he spoke mercilessly, "The bombing of Khabarovsk and the industries in Komsomolsk was just a side target of the Kwantung Army aviation. Their real goal
The goal is to destroy the command system of the Soviet army in Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk and gain an advantage for its armored group’s blitzkrieg!”
Seryozha was stunned and said: "An armored group of the Kwantung Army? Blitzkrieg?"
Although Xu Rui had already warned Zhukov that the Kwantung Army might launch a blitzkrieg against the Soviet Eastern Group, and Zhukov believed in Xu Rui's judgment, Zhukov did not make the matter public, but only secretly ordered Vasily
Yev returned to Khabarovsk secretly and took precautions in advance.
It is understandable that Zhukov did this.
Because now the Soviet Far East Front's east and west clusters were attacking the Ishihara Wan'er Group entrenched in Chita at a critical juncture. Zhukov did not want to cause trouble at this time, so he did not make public the news that the Japanese army was about to attack the Far East Front.
To the public, therefore, Seryozha did not know anything about it.
Seryosha's face was full of confusion, and Zhukov didn't bother to explain, so he said in a deep voice: "Comrade Seryosha, order the armies of the Eastern Cluster and the Western Cluster to continue to strengthen the offensive. It must be within half a month, oh no, a week,
We must completely defeat the Japanese army opposite Chita within a week and open up the Siberian Railway!"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Seryozha saluted with a military salute and turned around.
Watching Seryozha's figure go away, Zhukov's expression instantly turned cold.
Because when Xu Rui reminded him, there were only three days left for him. In such a short time, it was already too late to adjust the deployment of the Soviet army, not to mention that the two major clusters of the Far East Front Army had already
It unfolded and launched a fierce attack on Ishihara Wanji's headquarters entrenched in Chita, which made Zhukov even more powerless.
Therefore, the only thing Zhukov can do now is to compete with the Japanese army for time!
As long as the eastern and western groups of the Far Eastern Front can crush Ishihara Kanji's troops first and open up the Trans-Siberian Railway, then it won't matter even if the situation in the entire Far East is completely corrupted, because after recapturing Chita, the situation of the Far Eastern Front will be greatly improved.
Great improvement, it is even possible to enter the Northeast through the Manzhouli counterattack.
However, on the other hand, if we cannot crush the Japanese troops under Ishihara Kanji first, but let the armored group of the Kwantung Army and Ishihara Kanji's troops complete the encirclement of the Eastern Group of the Far East Front, then the entire Eastern Group will fall into chaos in an instant.
In a desperate situation, the destruction of the entire army will be a high probability event.
If such a situation really occurs, then the most ideal outcome of the Far East Battle is probably to defend the area west of Lake Baikal. As for the half of Siberia to the east, as well as the entire Far East, including the naval base of Vladivostok, I am afraid that it will never be possible again.
It no longer belongs to the Soviet Union, but will become the land of Little Japan!
Time, for the Soviet army, what is most urgently needed now is time!
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Not only for the Soviet army, but also for the Japanese army, the key is time.
At this time, Rommel and Yamashita Fengfumi were standing on the edge of the pontoon bridge across the Heilongjiang River.
Watching the armored troops driving past the pontoon bridge, watching the groups of Type 95 light tanks, and Type 97 medium tanks slowly passing over the four pontoon bridges, and then looking up at the aviation fighter jets hovering in the sky to protect them.
Fengwen Yamashita felt that the blood in every blood vessel in his body was suddenly boiling.
However, Yamashita Fengwen was still a little worried in his heart.
After enduring it for a long time, Yamashita Fengwen still couldn't hold it back. He turned around and asked Rommel: "General Rommel, is there really no need to send troops eastward to attack Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk? As far as I know, Bolivia at this time
The power supply system of the Force and Komsomolsk City has been completely destroyed. The destruction of the power system will inevitably seriously affect the communication system. Therefore, launching a blitzkrieg in the direction of Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk City at this time should be easy to succeed.
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Yamashita Fengwen still couldn't let go of the piece of fat that had been brought to his mouth.
Rommel did not answer Yamashita Fengwen, but squinted his eyes and looked at the mountains ahead.
Yamashita Fengfumi was slightly unhappy, frowned and said: "General Rommel, you should also know that the industrial foundation of the Empire of Japan is somewhat weak, and cannot be compared with industrial powers such as Germany and the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, Bolivia
And the industrial machinery and equipment in Komsomolsk are very important to the empire!"
After a pause, Yamashita Fengfumi added in a more serious tone: "Especially the Komsomolsk aircraft factory, if it can fully accept the complete set of manufacturing equipment from the Komsomolsk aircraft factory, the empire's aircraft manufacturing capabilities will be greatly improved.
Every year more aircraft are added to the aviation corps."
Rommel's brows frowned slightly.
Yamashita Tomofumi's idea cannot be said to be wrong. In fact, the fundamental purpose of launching a war is to obtain resources, and the fundamental purpose of obtaining resources is to expand industrial manufacturing capabilities. Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the Japanese base camp formed the Far East Front Army and launched a campaign against the Soviet army.
The fundamental purpose of the Blitzkrieg was to expand industrial manufacturing capabilities!
According to this logic, after crossing the Heilongjiang River, it is necessary to attack eastward along the east bank of the Heilongjiang River, capture Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk, and then occupy the entire Far East region of the Soviet Union, because this will not only make the eastern part of the Soviet Far East Front
The cluster is in a predicament of running out of ammunition and food, and it can also help Japan obtain industrial resources and industrial manufacturing equipment in the Far East.
But Rommel did not agree with Yamashita's logic, because it simply failed to distinguish priorities.
If the effective strength of the Soviet Red Army is not eliminated first, no matter how much territory is occupied, no matter how much industrial manufacturing equipment is seized, it will all be fake! Once the Soviet Red Army is allowed to defeat Kanji Ishihara's Seventh Army first, once the Soviet Red Army is allowed to break through Siberia first
With the big railway, the situation will be completely reversed immediately!
No matter what, the Soviet Union still has more than one million troops in Siberia and the Far East!
No matter what you say if you don't first eliminate the more than one million troops of the Soviet Union, it will be empty!
At that moment, Rommel asked patiently: "General Yamashita, how many days do you think it will take to capture Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk?"
"Five days or a week?" Yamashita Fengwen frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "No more than half a month at most."
Rommel shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The Soviet army has built complete defenses in Khabarovsk, especially Komsomolsk. I can tell you responsibly that it may be possible to advance to Komsomolsk within half a month, but
It is absolutely impossible to capture Komsomolsk, but this is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that General Ishihara's Seventh Army may not be able to hold on for that long, because after learning the news, the Soviet army will definitely
We will launch the most brutal general attack on Chita!"
"The Seventh Army?" Yamashita Fengwen's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this, because during this period, the Japanese base camp gave almost all war resources to the Far East Front Army. Not only did the Chinese condemnation troops not receive enough supplies, but even
The Seventh Army that was defending Chita was also affected. Under such circumstances, the Seventh Army may not be able to withstand the Soviet army's general attack.
"I understand." Yamashita Fengwen breathed a long sigh of relief and said in a deep voice.
