Chapter 403: Patrol the Frontier
Due to the special geographical environment of the Hulunbuir grassland, the garrison of the Northeast Frontier Army here is mainly tank armored vehicle units and armored mechanized infantry divisions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As we all know, the border line of Manchuria is full of grasslands, and in ancient times it was a paradise battlefield for cavalry.
Nowadays, with the development of modern warfare, cavalry has basically withdrawn from the stage of war, and tanks and armored vehicles have replaced them.
After suffering losses in the last two frictions, the Soviet army began to increase the deployment of its tank and armored forces in the Far East, especially in the direction of Manchuria, so in order to hold the Manchurian defense line, it is necessary to have a strong enough tank and armored forces.
[Pig] [Pig] Zhang Xinghan came to inspect the North Manchurian defense line this time because it would need to be on the defensive for a long time to come.
Therefore, it is necessary to conduct field visits in order to make the best possible assessment of the preparedness force and thus to determine where reinforcement is needed.
The Northeast Frontier Army has already built a military airfield in Hailar, and the straight-line distance between Harbin and Hailar is more than 640 kilometers.
Escorted by four Zero fighters, a C-47 transport plane was the first to begin landing.
The commander of the defense of Hailar City and the commander of the 216th Division of the garrison and other officers had been waiting at the airport for a long time.
Seeing Zhang Xinghan's landline arrive, they all stepped forward to salute and greet him.
After some greetings, Zhang Xinghan, Gao Chu and others boarded the car prepared by the defending officers and left the airport, came to the railway station, boarded the train that had been arranged and went straight to Manchuria, the most important defensive point of the front.
Hailar is located in the hinterland of the Hulunbuir grassland, which belongs to the location of the second-line defense line, and the real line of defense is in Manchuria, where is the top priority of the border defense troops.
The train sped along for six hours. Finally arrived at Manzhouli Railway Station.
The garrison had already received the news that the station was guarded by a large number of heavily armed soldiers.
After getting off the train and coming to the station of a tank regiment, Gao Chu introduced: "General, we have deployed two tank regiments in Manchuria, two hundred No. 4 tanks, plus an anti-aircraft artillery anti-aircraft battalion and four mechanized infantry regiments. ā
Seeing that Zhang Xinghan nodded, Gao Chu paused and continued: "In the rear of Manchuria all the way to Hailar, along the railway line, we still have three mechanized infantry regiments, three air defense regiments with a total of nine battalions.
Hailar also had one hundred and fifty tanks and seven mechanized infantry battalions, as well as two regiments of the city's garrison.
The total strength is about 50,000. ā
"As the first defense units. The number of tanks and fighting vehicles was sufficient with infantry and air defense forces, which could not independently repel a massive attack of the enemy.
That would be enough to hold out until reinforcements arrived in our rear. Zhang Xinghan's words caused everyone present to nod.
"But......" Zhang Xinghan turned his brows.
"But what?" Gao Chu looked at him suspiciously.
"But I always felt like something was missing." Zhang Xinghan frowned and fell into deep thought.
"What's missing?" Gao Chu scratched his head in confusion, "What does the total seat mean?" ā
Suddenly, Zhang Xinghan clapped his hands and said, "I remember, we lack an air force in Hailar. ā
"Air Force?" Gao Chu said puzzledly: "General, we have deployed a fighter group and a bomber group in Qiqihar, once the war in Manchuria starts, they can come to reinforcements in the shortest possible time." Is there still a lack of an air force? ā
Zhang Xinghan shook his head and said, "As a way to deal with the enemy's air force attack, these two fighter and bomber groups are enough to deal with it.
But I am not talking about threats from the Air Force, which has never been the strong point of the Soviet Army, and on this endless steppe. The greatest threat to us from the enemy is their staggering number of inexpensive tanks and tanks.
Although our tanks have outstanding performance, they will definitely not be able to beat the Soviet army in numbers, so we need a group of air forces that can restrain the flood of enemy ground armor. ā
Gao Chu suddenly realized: "Could it be that the general seat is talking about the Stuka dive bomber equipped by our Air Force?" ā
"Yes. This is a sharp weapon for ground attack, especially against enemy ground tank armored units, and is their greatest nemesis and threat. Zhang Xinghan said with some excitement: "If you can deploy a Stuka dive bomber force in Hailar."
Once Manchuria was attacked by the enemy's torrent of steel on the ground. They can take off in the shortest possible time, give our ground defense forces superior fire support, and launch rapid air strikes against the enemy.
Thus containing the enemy's offensive. ā
"Well, the total seat has a point." Gao Chu nodded and said: "However, now the main force of our air force has been deployed to Goryeo and South Manchuria, Guanwai and Northwest China, which is slightly insufficient!" ā
Zhang Xinghan nodded and said: "This, I will find a way to solve it as soon as possible, I will call the officers above the company level, I will give them a speech!" ā
"Yes." Gao Chu nodded and saluted, "I'll send someone to arrange it immediately." ā
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Two days later, the military airfield in Jilin City.
One hundred and fifty brand-new Stuka dive bombers lined the tarmac, and around the plane, hundreds of ground crews were refueling the planes and conducting final checks before takeoff.
These are the Stuka bombers that Zhang Xinghan has just produced, and they will be deployed to the Hulunbuir border to deal with the torrent of Soviet steel.
Today, the number of air force pilots in the Northeast Frontier Army has exceeded 5,000, including more than 2,000 front-line pilots and more than 3,000 probationary and reserve pilots.
The aviation class of the Longxing Military Academy is also constantly recruiting students to train new pilots for it.
As the ground crews made their final preparations, one hundred and fifty Stuka dive bombers began to take off one after another, and soon disappeared into the depths of the clouds.
After sending off the dive bombers, Zhang Xinghan and Guo Zhong drove back to the headquarters.
As soon as I entered the door, another car drove outside, and when the door opened, Zang Shiyi, the minister of logistics, ran over with an excited face.
"The general seat, the general seat, I just happened to be looking for you in a humble position!" Zang Shiyi beckoned to Zhang Xinghan excitedly.
Zhang Xinghan asked, "What is the matter with the Tibetan minister?" ā
"Boss, just got the news. All the farmland in Yongji County that has used the fertilizer produced by our fertilizer factory has a bumper harvest this year, and the yield per mu has even reached 900 catties, and the average yield per mu is nearly 700 catties! Zang Shiyi said excitedly.
Zhang Xinghan was overjoyed when he heard it: "Really? So our fertilizer is a success? ā
"Yes, it is very successful, today's grain yield per mu has increased by hundreds of catties compared with the past, if we are in the four eastern provinces, no, if we can use this fertilizer in all nine provinces and three cities in our base areas, then we will not be afraid that the people will not have enough to eat in the future." Don't be afraid that the supply of military rations is tight! Zang Shiyi nodded.
"Okay, great." Zhang Xinghan was very happy, rubbed his hands again and again, and said: "In this way, you immediately arrange to promote the use of our existing chemical fertilizers in Jilin, Changchun, Shenyang and other places and their nearby areas."
In addition, we are preparing to build more fertilizer factories immediately, and the funds can be raised from wealthy landlords in various places by way of shareholding. All in all, it is imperative that all areas of our base areas have access to chemical fertilizers in the shortest possible time in order to increase our food production capacity. ā
"Yes, I'll do it right away. Once the news of the bumper harvest in Yongji County spreads, our fertilizer will soon be in short supply, and there will be a huge opportunity to raise funds to build a new fertilizer manufacturer, so I think it should not be a problem. Zang Shiyi was also excited and nodded again and again.
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Tokyo. Prime Minister's Office.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after the all-out investigation of the special high school these days, we have synthesized all aspects of the information. We have already made a preliminary judgment on the attack on the Chuanyun fleet of our navy. Prime Minister Minoru Saito said to his subordinates with a solemn face.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I wonder if the British or the Americans did it?" Navy Prime Minister Shiro Katen couldn't wait to ask.
Hirano Shaoqi and the others also looked at him with hopeful eyes.
Minoru Saito shook his head and said: "It is already certain that this matter cannot be done by the United States and Britain, although their overall naval strength is stronger than ours, the gap between the two sides is not so big."
In less than a day, we have completely annihilated a well-equipped and well-trained naval fleet, and only by virtue of the underwater submarine forces, which the submarine forces of the British and American navies do not have. ā
"Which country did that?" Katenshiro was confused and wondered.
"According to the information we have in our special high school, the Northeast Frontier Army of Zhang Xinghan of the China Army has secretly formed a naval force at some point.
So our intelligence agencies believe that it is very likely that the attack on the Imperial Navy was the Navy of the Northeast Frontier Army of China. Saito said gloomily.
"What? Zhang Xinghan's Northeast Frontier Army actually formed a navy? All the members of the Japanese Cabinet present were shocked.
Navy Prime Minister Katen Shiro was even more frightened: "Why haven't we gotten any news?" What do our intelligence services do for food? ā
Minoru Saito said with an ugly face: "The enemy is well guarded, but this is indeed a serious dereliction of duty by the special high class. ā
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, no, even if the people secretly formed a navy, then they would not be able to develop such a powerful naval submarine force in such a short period of time, right?" Army Prime Minister Shiki Hirano said a pun.
There is a secret ridicule of the uselessness of the navy.
How shrewd Katenshiro was, how could he not hear the voice of Hirano Shaoqi's words, and immediately counterattacked: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Hirano-kun is right, it is impossible for the Shina people to develop such a powerful underwater force in such a short period of time.
I don't think it was the Chinese navy that did it, but their army, the Northeast Frontier Army headed by Zhang Xinghan, is still a big trouble for the empire, a great shame for the empire! ā
ps: I'm sorry, I was urgently notified to go to the county seat yesterday, I thought I could rest for a few days after the second subject exam, but I didn't expect the arrangement to be so urgent, so I didn't have time to update.
I'm going to go to driving school tomorrow, and I should only be able to update it every day for the past few days, and I'll make up for it when I come back after I'm busy these days. (To be continued......)