Just like Han Yunhua's expression when he first saw these data, a senior cadre of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was also stunned after listening to Ivanov's words, and of course there was a burst of ecstasy. To tell the truth, in the Beijing-Tianjin region under the jurisdiction of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and the densely populated Jizhong Plain, a large number of troops can be formed at any time, so the Inner Mongolia Military Region has no shortage of troops. What the Inner Mongolia Military Region lacks is a large number of heavy weapons and technical units that can operate heavy weapons, such as tank troops, heavy artillery, pilots, and so on.

The tank troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region have basically solved it by themselves, but the number of tank units in the Inner Mongolia Military Region is not large, and most of them are used by Han Yunhua in a centralized manner, and the general troops have no armored force. Although the Japanese army has not formed many armored divisions so far, the Japanese army basically has a tank brigade or a tank wing in each first-class division, and the Japanese army has a lot of armored troops, and the Inner Mongolia Military Region cannot do this.

Although the number of Soviet troops was small, it just made up for the shortcomings of the Inner Mongolia Military District in this regard. It is no wonder that the cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are overjoyed, and even Han Yunhua is no exception.

"Ivan, our operation is called the 'Fallen Leaf Plan' by the Allies, which means that we hope that this time we can sweep the Japanese out of Northeast China like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and remove the threat of the Kwantung Army to the Soviet Union and Southeast Asia, and at the same time, I myself have been appointed as the chief responsible and commander-in-chief of the destroyer plan, and your Soviet Far Eastern Military District and the Air Force Joint Command must all obey my dispatch, so I will talk about my plan below." Speaking of this, Han Yunhua listened, got up and walked to the map hanging on the wall and said: "First of all, let me tell you about the situation of our enemy, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, many mixed brigades of the Kwantung Army were transferred to the Pacific Theater. The Kwantung Army that has been transferred to the Pacific Theater from last year to the present includes the Headquarters of the 2nd Front Army stationed in Qiqihar, the Headquarters of the 2nd Army stationed in the Yanji area, the 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 23rd, 24th, 28th, and 29th Divisions, and the 2nd Tank Division, in addition to the 12th Division to Taiwan, and the 31st Division and the 20th Army Headquarters to Central China. By October 1942, the Kwantung Army had two front armies under its jurisdiction. Namely, the 1st Front and the 3rd Front. The battle sequence of the First Front was: the 3rd Army, the 20th Army, and the 5th Army. The battle sequence of the 3rd Front Army was: the 4th Army, the 6th Army, the Tank Army, and the 107th Division directly under the Kwantung Army, with a total of 14 infantry divisions and 2 tank divisions. In order to replenish its strength, the Japanese army transferred the 13 divisions and regiments of the 118th, 111th, 112th, 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th, and 128th Divisions formed not long ago to the northeast and incorporated them into the battle sequence of the Kwantung Army. Therefore, the Kwantung Army now has 27 infantry divisions, two tank divisions, two aviation corps, and four flying divisions, a total of 33 divisions and regiments, plus the continental railway troops, various guard units, and military police units, with a total strength of about 878,000 people. In addition, the puppet Manchurian army has 24 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions, the puppet Mongolian army has 4 infantry divisions and 4 cavalry divisions, with a total strength of more than 335,000 people, and the total strength of the Japanese puppet army is a little more than 1.2 million. ”

General Ivanov has just said that the Soviet Union participated in the war with a total of 330,000 troops from 21 infantry divisions, 4 armored divisions, 3 artillery divisions, and 2 air force groups, while our Inner Mongolia Military Region participated in the battle with 51 infantry divisions, 14 cavalry divisions, 3 special operations divisions, 2 armored divisions, and 4 artillery brigades, a total of 70 divisions and 4 brigades, with a total strength of 1.35 million troops. In addition, we have an Air Force Joint Command with 886 fighters that can be dispatched. Therefore, we have far surpassed the Japanese in terms of strength and heavy weapons, so I myself am full of confidence in this battle. President Roosevelt and Comrade Stalin hoped that we would drive the Japanese Kwantung Army out of China, out of Korea, and out of the sea like an autumn wind sweeping away leaves. But I think that we are quite capable of erasing the entire Kwantung Army from the Japanese battle sequence, completely destroying it. Speaking of this, Han Yunhua said almost in a roaring tone. …,

"Now I order: At 1 a.m. on October 18, the Red Army of the Soviet Far East will go to war against Japan without declaring war, and the 24 infantry divisions of the vanguard will attack Fuyuan, Xunke, and Heihe in three directions. At 6 o'clock, the Air Force Group will attack and bomb all the airfields and transportation hubs of the Kwantung Army in the North Manchurian region, and then I will tell General Ivanov the distribution map of the Kwantung Army's airfields. In addition, all four armored divisions of the Far Eastern Military District were concentrated and used, and at 6 o'clock on the 18th, the armored group went straight to Jiayin. At the same time, I will send 120,000 troops of the Third Field Army of the Northeast People's Liberation Army to Jiamusi to fight with the Soviet Red Army. ”

"As for our million-strong army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, it is divided into three command centers, the first command is under the commander-in-chief of Chen Geng, commander of the Eastern Hebei Army Division, Comrade Chen Xilian is the general political commissar, and the first command is under the jurisdiction of Wang Zhen's 4th Field Army, Xiao Hua's 5th Field Army, Jiang Yunshan's 6th Field Army, Zhang Mingliang's 7th Field Army, Zeng Guohua's 8th Field Army, the 9th Cavalry Division, the 12th Division, the 19th Division, the 22nd Division, the 2nd Artillery Brigade, and the Fourth Brigade. At 1 a.m. on October 18, the main force of the First Command set out from Ningcheng, Chifeng, and Yuan*shan to attack the South Manchurian bridgehead Lingyuan and Chaoyang. ”

"Comrade Su Yu is the commander-in-chief of the Second Command, Comrade Shen Yuquan is the general political commissar, and Comrade Wang Weizhou is the chief of staff. The Second Command Headquarters is under the jurisdiction of Li Dayong's 10th Field Army, Guo Weidong's 11th Field Army, He Guangyu's 14th Field Army, Fu Qiutao's 15th Field Army, Mo Wenhua's 18th Field Army, Aolige's First Cavalry Group, Barth's Second Cavalry Group, and the 3rd Artillery Brigade. At 1 a.m. on the 18th, the second command of the whole army attacked along the Ku*qi, Ke*qin right flank, and Shuangliao line, aiming directly at Fuxin and Kaiyuan. ”

"I personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Command, Comrade Zuo Quan served as the General Political Commissar, and Comrade Peng Shaohui served as Chief of Staff. The Third Command Headquarters is under the jurisdiction of Song Shilun's 300th Field Army, Xu Shiyou's 9th Field Army, Bao Sen's 12th Field Army, Peng Shaohui's 13th Field Army, Hu Ozhigrad's 3rd Cavalry Group, Huri Chabilige's 4th Cavalry Group, Wan Guoquan's Armored Group, and the 1st Artillery Brigade. The combat mission of the first command was to attack the central banner of the right wing of Keqin and the central banner of the left wing of Keqin, and go straight to Baicheng and Changchun. ”

"In addition, an operational command room of the Air Force Joint Command has also been established, with US Air Force Lieutenant General James as the supreme commander of the Air Force, Major General Bayanruf as deputy commander, Comrade Kodaira as the chief political commissar, Lieutenant General Mao Limin as chief of staff, and the Air Force Operations Command Office responsible for coordinating the air support of the first, second, and third command centers and the tasks of air strikes against Japan.

In addition, on the basis of the Northeast People's Liberation Army Headquarters, a central command was established, with Comrade Lu Zhengcao as the commander-in-chief and Comrade Zhou Baozhong as the general political commissar, and the Central Command had under the jurisdiction of Li Dingguo's First Field Army and Li Zhaolin's Second Field Army, as well as the troops directly under the Northeast People's Liberation Army Headquarters. The combat task of the central command is equally arduous, the department will concentrate its forces from east to west in the early morning of the 18th and go straight to Changchun, all the county towns previously occupied have been abandoned, and the main force and the third command will go all out to flank the defenders of Changchun, and cut off the Japanese puppet army in the south and north Manchuria. ”

As Han Yunhua's orders were issued one by one, the war machines of China, the United States, and the Soviet Union were running at full strength. Millions of troops rushed overnight to the border area between the north and the northeast.

"The red flag is flying, and the blood of war is flying."

The first to start the final battle against the Kwantung Army was the Combined Air Force, and there was no secrecy at all in such a large-scale military operation, in order to cover the movement of Soviet troops and attract the attention of the Kwantung Army. Han Yunhua ordered the greatly strengthened Air Force Joint Command to carry out non-stop air raids on the Japanese puppet army in South Manchuria from October 17. The two sides even engaged in a fierce air battle over Shenyang, and after an hour of fighting, the joint air force shot down 24 Japanese destroyers over Shenyang and lost 6 of them, achieving a considerable victory. …,

The most important thing is that when the five-star red flag unique to the Inner Mongolia Military Region flew over Shenyang on the fuselage, that kind of exciting scene was talked about by later generations and played an immeasurable role in encouraging the people to dismantle the Japanese puppet forces.

Speaking of the five-star red flag, there is still a secret: After the establishment of the Joint Air Force Command, both the Nationalist Government and the United States and the Soviet Union wanted the fuselage of all fighters to be printed with their national flags. The Nationalist Government demanded the printing of the blue sky and white sun flag, the Soviet Union demanded the printing of the sickle and axe red flag, and the United States demanded the Indian War Eagle Flag. In the end, it was Han Yunhua who made the decision, and no one's national flag was printed, so the five-star red flag of the military flag of the Inner Mongolia Military Region was printed.

Of course, neither the Nationalist Government nor the United States and the Soviet Union were willing, but Han Yunhua's explanation finally persuaded them, and Han Yunhua explained the five-star red flag like this, the four small stars of course represent the three countries and the four directions, and the big star in the middle represents the greatest anti-fascist alliance in the world. In the end, this explanation won the approval of the Nationalist Government and the United States and the Soviet Union, so the fuselage of nearly 900 fighters under the command of the Air Force Joint Command was all printed with bright five-star red flags overnight.

On October 17, the United Air Force carried out six air strikes on Shenyang, three on Changchun, five on Lingyuan, and two on Jinzhou.

At first, Yamada thought it was just a simple normal air retaliation, but the constant air defense sirens and news from the front constantly stimulated General Yamada Otozo.

"I have just received information that more than 150 planes from China have crossed the Lingyuan air defense post and are heading for Shenyang. In addition, 80 fighters came straight to Xinjing, asking the commander for instructions. ”

"Come on, Ohara-kun, this is the first air raid today?" Admiral Otozo Yamada asked.

"It's the 14th, and it's also the 3rd air raid on Xinjing."

"According to the report, according to the top-secret information sent back by the intelligence personnel of our intelligence department who are lurking in the northern part of China, a large number of rapidly marching Chinese troops have been found on the roads and railways from Guisui to Tongliao, Beiping to Chengde, and Xilinhot to Ulanhot, and the number is extremely large, with a total number of no less than hundreds of thousands, and the target is directly aimed at Manchuria."

"Nani, hundreds of thousands? What do the people of China want to do, do they want to have a strategic decisive battle with the Empire, Baga. Now immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, asking him to immediately command the troops in South Manchu to prepare for battle. In addition, you immediately send a telegram to Daikoshi Kaneji Daisa, ordering their intelligence department to find out the intentions of the people of China at all costs, and also to find out the strength of the people of China, quickly! ”

Soon, Ohara Tokujiro Osa, the chief staff officer of the policy, ran in and replied: "Your Excellency the Commander, Okoshi-kun just spoke on the phone, and this matter has attracted the attention of their intelligence department. According to incomplete statistics, the people of China dispatched a total of 1 million troops this time, and the troops advanced in three directions like Manchuria. Our intelligence officers also saw a huge chariot force in China, and I am afraid that there were hundreds of them. ”

"Yo Xi, order the whole army to immediately enter a first-level combat state, and order the 3rd Army and the 5th Army of the First Front Army stationed in Shenyang to immediately enter Shanhaiguan and Lingyuan. The 111th, 121st, and 122nd Divisions were ordered to immediately move south to Jinzhou, *xian, and Fuxin on the front line, build defensive positions on the spot, and block the northbound Zhina's people on the Jinzhou-Fuxin line. General Yamada Otozo decisively gave the order.

"Kasawara-kun, what do you see going on, why are the people of China so aggressive, do they want to have a decisive battle with our Kwantung Army?" General Yamada asked angrily.

"Your Excellency, the motives of the Shina people are not clear, but they seem to be preparing for a full-scale attack, and the Shina people have a lot of plans. At present, our troops in South Manchuria have a full 11 infantry divisions and 4 independent mixed brigades, in addition to 8 infantry divisions and 2 cavalry divisions of the Imperial Allied Army, plus the command level of His Excellency Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, it is impossible for the people of China to break through the defense line of our army in a short time. However, the defense of the central region of Manchuria seems to be very unoptimistic, the territory east of Dunhua has all fallen into the hands of the Chinese people, and the rear of our Kwantung Army is empty, if the Chinese people send a large army from Shuangliao and other directions, Xinjing will be attacked by the Chinese people on both sides, and the situation is very dangerous, so he thinks that we should immediately mobilize reinforcements to the south, and at the same time we should ask for help from home. Chief of Staff Yukio Kasahara said loudly. …,

"How many defenders does my Kwantung Army have in central Manchuria?"

"At present, in the entire Central Manchurian region, our Kwantung Army has a total of the 75th, 77th, 107th, 108th, 112th, 119th, and 120th divisions, as well as the 70th division directly under the Kwantung Army, 8 divisions, plus 6 infantry divisions and 2 cavalry divisions of the Manchurian government, as well as our tank divisions and heavy artillery brigades, with a total strength of about 200,000 people." Yukio Kasawara said loudly.

"200,000 people, it is indeed a little less, but I do not recommend asking for help from the country, because now there are basically no troops in the country, 2 days ago the Chinese launched a new offensive in Burma, the Chinese seem to have moved their families this time, the attack is extremely fierce, the empire has planned to draw a part of the domestic garrison division south to reinforce the Burmese battlefield. Now even if the base camp has the heart, it really doesn't have the strength to do so, so everything still depends on us. General Yamada Otozo said gloomily.

"Then transfer part of the border guards in North Manchu to the south, otherwise it will be too late by the time the people of China launch an attack, and the Lu Zhengcao department of Dunhua is also a disaster, we must resolutely exterminate it, otherwise when we really fight with the people of China, this army will definitely stab us in the back." Yukio Kasawara also has a certain understanding of Lu Zhengcao's department, so he solemnly reminded Yamada Otozo.

"There are indeed a lot of troops in the North Manchurian region, but that is not used to deal with the Chinese people, but now the Soviets have not declared war with the empire, and the strategic center of gravity of the Soviet Russians is still in Europe, and the intelligence collected by the intelligence department shows that the Soviet Russian troops in the Far East are less than 500,000, as long as our Kwantung Army is willing, they can be eaten at any time, so there is no need to worry about the Russians for the time being. Kasawara-kun, you immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Ti Mitsu Nan of North Manchuria, ordering the Sixth Army and the Tank Army to immediately move south, and at the same time strengthen vigilance against the Soviet and Russian sides, but the patrol retreats ten kilometers, and all provocative activities with the Russians are strictly prohibited during this period, and the Russians must not be provoked. Now the 75th Division, the 67th Division, and the 131st and 135th Brigades of the Independent Mixed Brigade are fighting with this branch in the direction of the Jiaohe River, but the results are mediocre, and it is impossible to completely annihilate this branch of the Army. The only way now is for Matsuyama to contain this Chinese army, and after the enemy on the frontal battlefield is eliminated, then these rats will be dealt with. General Yamada Otozo said in a stiff voice.

"Hay!"

After receiving a telegram from General Otozo Yamada, Lieutenant General Timitsuki, the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army in the North Manchurian region, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the 23rd Division, the 64th Division, the 128th Division, and the 126th Division of the Sixth Army, as well as the 1st Tank Division of the Tank Army, to immediately go south to reinforce the Kwantung Army Headquarters in the Shinkyo area. But Ti Sanshu Nan would never have imagined that while he was gathering troops to go south, the Soviet troops on the other side of the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River were actively deploying troops. If one crosses the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River now, you can see hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers in full gear, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles have been refueled and ready to attack.

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