"What the commander said, but I think we should have three to five months left, after all, it's winter, and neither the Soviets nor the Soviets will be able to fight new battles in the short term."

"Northeast or Siberia in the cold winter is not a good time to go to war." Jiang Baili said.

"Well, I also think that the use of troops against South Manchuria can wait until after the beginning of spring next year." Huang Xiansheng nodded in agreement.

"If you all think like this, then Xiao Yue shouldn't be an exception, right?" Zhang Xinghan said with a meaningful smile.

Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng and the others looked at each other, and suddenly realized: "The commander is wise!" ”

Zhang Xinghan raised his head and said with a smile: "The soldiers are treacherous, it is more difficult to gather troops, transport materials and march troops in winter, but it is these factors that also make the enemy unprepared, and we just took advantage of the situation to attack and catch the enemy by surprise." ”

"What's more, we are waiting for half a year, which is certainly beneficial to the training of our troops and other aspects, but after half a year, I will also complete their national mobilization and transport an astonishing number of new troops to the Liaodong Peninsula in a steady stream, and then we will want to recover South Manchuria, that is, we will fight with the entire country, and the difficulty will be much higher than now."

Jiang Baili and Huang Xiansheng nodded approvingly after listening to Zhang Xinghan's analysis.

Immediately, Jiang Baili said: "Commander, then we can prepare for the southward movement in advance now." ”

"Well, secretly mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, mobilize the military materials needed to go south to Siping, Changchun and Tongliao, and be sure to mobilize enough weapons, ammunition and food supplies for the 150,000 army for half a year within three months, this time we will completely recover the South Manchurian region and drive Yue himself off the Liaodong Peninsula."

"Yes!" Jiang Baili, Huang Xiansheng, and Zang Shiyi stepped forward in unison, and immediately took the order.

In the following days, the entire North Manchurian region was secretly busy, and a large number of food, clothing, and people who served as transportation and logistics personnel took trains and cars in batches to the south to Siping, Changchun, and the Tongliao front.

In addition, 10 motorized infantry divisions were also stepping up training, and Zhang Xinghan took advantage of the situation to expand the flying regiment into a land-based flying division of the Northeast New Army.

The pilot division was given 200 additional military aircraft, including 50 Zero fighters, 50 Stuka dive bombers, 50 American C-47 large military transport aircraft, 50 HE111 medium bombers, and 50 BF109 fighters.

It is worth mentioning that although the flight speed of the C-47 military transport aircraft, which is newly equipped by the pilot division, does not fly very fast, its maximum range has reached more than 2,600 kilometers, which is almost equal to the range of the Zero fighter, so it can fully meet the needs of the Northeast New Army at this stage for combat military transportation and other needs.

During World War II, the main transport model of the famous "Hump" route was the C-47, which transported a large number of urgently needed military materials to the rear of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression during the most difficult period of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, ensuring the determination and confidence of the Chinese soldiers and civilians to persist in the War of Resistance to the end.

At this point, the number of fighters of the air force of the Northeast New Army has increased to 420.

Including 70 Zero fighters, 70 Stuka dive bombers, 80 HE111 bombers, 150 BF109 short-range fighters, and 50 C-47 military transport planes, after nearly half a year of training and actual combat training, the thousands of pilots of today's flight regiment can basically form combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the expanded flight division immediately reorganized three combat flight regiments and an army aviation transport group, each of which was equipped with 50 BF109 fighters, more than 20 Zero fighters, and more than 20 HE111 bombers and Stuka dive bombers.

The Army Transport Brigade is equipped with all 50 C-47 military transport aircraft.

After the expansion was completed, Zhang Xinghan deployed a flying regiment to Jiamusi and Qiqihar airfields respectively to cooperate with the ground troops to defend the frontier.

The two flight regiments were scattered at Jilin Airport, Changchun Airport and Tongliao Airport, and were ready to be used for southward operations.

In the ground forces, Zhang Xinghan decided to leave four reading divisions supplemented by a large number of local police forces to stay in the frontier, namely the 8th Reading Division in Manchuria, the 7th Reading Division in Heihe, the 5th Reading Division in Qiqihar and the 6th Reading Division in Jiamusi.

The four motorized infantry divisions are mainly deployed in the border areas, while the police and gendarmerie are responsible for ordinary security patrols in the counties and towns in the rear.

In order to deal with the possible armored assault launched by the Soviet army, Zhang Xinghan deployed a division of the armed group army, a total of 300 tanks and armored vehicles, in Hailar as a mobile assault force in case of emergency.

On the Eastern Front, in order to cope with the powerful artillery fire of the Soviet army, Zhang Xinghan assigned the 4th and 5th heavy artillery brigades of Reading to the 6th and 7th Divisions of Reading Li.

After the tasks of each division were determined and deployed, two months later, the 4th Reading Division, the 10th Reading Division in Yichun, and the 9th Reading Division in Songyuan began to assemble in Jilin and Changchun one after another.

Three months later, Zhang Xinghan had assembled six Readful Motorized Infantry Divisions, two armored tank divisions, two Army Aviation Flying Regiments, and three heavy artillery brigades on the Siping, Changchun, and Tongliao fronts, totaling more than 150,000 troops.

In the past few months, the Kwantung Army has also been reinforced by nearly 200,000 new troops from the mainland.

After all, the large-scale mobilization of the Northeast New Army cannot be completely concealed from the eyes and ears of the Chinese army.

In addition to the troops of the Kwantung Army stationed in South Manchuria, the total strength of the army in South Manchuria has exceeded 300,000.

However, Muto Nobuyoshi and his staff believed that Zhang Xinghan's large-scale build-up of forces was in preparation for a southward offensive after the beginning of spring.

Obviously, the likes of Muto Nobuyoshi and Toranosuke Hashimoto did not feel that they would launch a southward attack on the occasion of the New Year.

Because the weather is freezing and the ice and snow will be extremely difficult for the attacking side.

However, just in case, Muto Nobuyoshi, a cautious guy, still sent more than 100,000 troops to Shenyang, Tieling, and Xinmin, and Zhangwu.

At the same time, his diplomats were also actively contacting the Soviets, who had suffered defeat more than five months earlier.

It is hoped that the Soviets will be able to send troops to the North Manchurian border when the Northeast New Army moves southward, so as to threaten the rear route of the Northeast New Army.

Although the Soviets were still angry about the defeat in the last war, they were even tricked by Zhang Xinghan in the negotiations.

However, they were already frightened by the Northeast New Army, and did not immediately agree to their request to send troops.

In a word, if the Northeast New Army loses the battle to the south, or if it is stuck in a stalemate and cannot get out, they will risk sending troops to the Northeast border again.

If they are defeated by the Northeast New Army and the Northeast New Army successfully recovers the South Manchurian region, then they will naturally not provoke a war with the Northeast New Army in the short term.

Of course, the reason why the Soviets were so cautious was that Zhang Xinghan's deployment of nearly 100,000 troops in the border area was also one of the important reasons.

Muto Nobuyoshi's troops had exceeded 300,000 at this time, but he was not sure that he would defeat the Tohoku New Army, which had now swelled to more than 200,000 and had just defeated the Russians and forced them to sit down and sign an armistice.

Therefore, he can only choose to stick to South Manchuria, rather than counterattack North Manchuria.

Muto Nobuyoshi waited for the completion of the national mobilization, and in a month at most, the second batch of reinforcements would arrive, and his Kwantung Army would be able to receive 200,000 reinforcements at that time......

The total number of troops will be able to increase to more than 500,000, after all, they still have nearly three million in reserve after the empire has been discharged from the army after military training at this time.

Now that half a year has passed, there is still no problem in expanding the 500,000 new troops.

In fact, the most important thing is the supply of weapons, ammunition, and logistical food, otherwise I would have been able to call on those more than 2 million retired servicemen to re-enlist overnight.

Although he has a complete production line of weapons and ammunition and supporting military enterprises, if he wants to fully equip the army of 500,000, it will take half a year at the earliest.

Therefore, Zhang Xinghan's choice to attack at this time is also extremely correct, otherwise if he delays for another month, the strength of the Kwantung Army will almost double.

At that time, the battle to the south will really be difficult to fight.

With one enemy and two enemies, with advanced technical weapons and infantry weapons and strong firepower, Zhang Xinghan still has confidence.

However, to defeat the 500,000 Japanese army that held on with 150,000 troops is really difficult to climb to the sky in the strategic space of the northeast.

In the South Manchurian region, if I really have an army of 500,000, I will be able to defend without leaks.

There will be no loopholes to take advantage of, and the battle between the two sides will also be a head-to-face war of attrition, which is a way of playing that the Northeast New Army, which is at a disadvantage, must not choose.

……………… After the first month of the Gregorian calendar, the traditional Chinese New Year has arrived.

In Jilin City, the sky has just brightened, and bursts of loud firecrackers have sounded in the courtyards of every household in Jilin City.

The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, and the Spring Festival couplets welcome the spring year.

Including, Jilin, Changchun, Harbin, Qiqihar, Jiamusi, and even Tongliao and Siping, which are frontline cities.

People set off firecrackers one after another to welcome the New Year.

And at the same time, in the Northeast New Army Command.

Zhang Xinghan picked up the phone to march to Nanman in high spirits: "I order the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th, and 10th divisions of Reading Li, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd heavy artillery brigades, and the 1st and 2nd tank divisions of the armored group army to immediately attack the enemy in front of them.

The 1st and 2nd Flying Regiments of the Pilot Division took off from Changchun and Tongliao in Jilin respectively to bomb the enemy's defensive positions, rear communications and other facilities, and the first stage of strategic objectives was to destroy all the Japanese troops centered on Shenyang, and then officially march in the direction of Dalian! ”

(To be continued)