Chapter 235 Local Confrontation between Japan and the Soviet Union
Since January 1936, the situation in the Cabinet has become even more turbulent, and the Imperial Daoists, who have been fighting with the unification faction for a long time, feel that the opportunity for a coup d'état has come, and they will first choose the unification faction in the cabinet, believing that these people are the most hateful, and it is they who have blocked the development path of the Great Empire, accusing them of being enemies of the state.
On the night of 26 February, under the banner of "respecting the emperor and seeking annihilation" and carrying out the "Showa Restoration," the lower-ranking officers of the Imperial Highway broke into the residences of some high-ranking cabinet officials and killed them.
In fact, there has long been a gap between the top leaders, not only the contradiction between the cabinet and the military department, but also the military department is not monolithic, but also divided into the imperial faction and the control faction, the purpose of both factions is to turn the book into a fascist country, but the two factions have different ideas, there has always been a struggle between them, no one will let anyone, and in recent years, the control faction has always had the upper hand, the imperial faction has been constantly suppressed, not only the military department, but also the cabinet, most of the department is controlled by the control faction, with the help of this opportunity, the imperial faction violently counterattacked, Although he killed many important ministers of the unification faction, these important ministers of the cabinet were also wanted to be eliminated by the unification faction themselves, and the imperial faction could only end in a miserable defeat.
Because this coup d'état seriously affected Hirohito's rule, he killed the killer and vigorously supported the seizure of power by the ruling faction.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the unification faction quickly reorganized the military department and the cabinet, and completely eliminated the officers of the imperial faction from the top echelons of the army, so that the army was completely in the hands of the unification faction, and moreover, the unification faction also succeeded in putting Hirota Hiroki, who believed in fascism, into the throne of prime minister, and the military department and the cabinet were finally fascist, and with a unified goal, a new fascist state was born.
This turmoil also attracted the attention of countries around the world, and after Italy and Germany, it became the third fascist country.
In order to divert the attention of the people of the world and satisfy their own aggression**, the city began to recruit a large number of soldiers, increase military spending, etc., and a heavy shadow began to envelop the whole of Asia.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Minamijiro also made up his mind and gave the Mongolian side an ultimatum, demanding that it return the triangle of Lake Haraha to Manchukuo within three days.
Shrukovsky, the supreme commander of the Soviet Union in Mongolia, also couldn't pay attention for a while, and asked for help from home, Stalin was also a fanatical warmaker, and it was obvious that the Soviet Union was also very unstable now, but he still gave Chekovsky an order, saying that the Soviet Union must be responsible for Mongolia.
Having received an affirmative reply, Chekovsky then hinted that Choibalsan should ignore his actions and prepare for war.
Three days later, on March 28, Komatsuba immediately led two divisions from Arshan to Mongolia and marched, at the same time, more than 300 fighters of the army flew to the Soviet-Mongolian coalition positions in several ways, due to insufficient preparation, coupled with the structure of the defense system was known by the army, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition defense facilities and materials were destroyed and attacked, and even some command headquarters did not escape, Chekovsky himself was seriously injured by the bombing, and was carried to the rear hospital for rescue, the morale of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army suddenly plummeted, and Komatsubara's timely raid, The two divisions divided into two lines and attacked the Tarchagbulak area, and the Soviet-Mongolian forces suffered heavy losses.
A week later, the land of Talchagbulak was occupied by the Japanese army, and the Soviet-Mongolian army abandoned its armor and did not exert its combat strength at all, and the Japanese army captured a large amount of military supplies and equipment.
When this news came out, the whole world was shaken, and Stalin also realized that there should be a problem within the army, and the military defense had been stolen by the army, which made him even more uneasy about the officers of the army.
The news of Komatsubara's victory caused jubilation in the country, and the military department and cabinet were more in favor of the use of troops, and a large amount of supplies were transferred to the front.
"Hehe, let's fight, let's play as much as you want", in a courtyard in Nenjiang County, Wei Chendong hugged his daughter and looked at the latest Times with a comfortable face.
"Hmph, these two white-eyed wolves are fighting back and forth, just to fight for our Chinese things", Miao Xiangyu looked resentful.
"Although Mongolia still belongs to China in name, we can't take it from the Soviets, so why not use this bone to lure this dog? Just let them eat dogs."
"Brother Dong, do you say that I won the final victory?" Miao Xiangyu frowned and asked.
"Of course it's impossible, you don't have to think about it, no matter what the outcome of the battle between myself and the Soviets is, they will not give up their aggression against China, it's just a matter of time, so during this time, we must pay close attention to development, only when we become stronger, can we be really strong, and relying on external forces is not the right way after all."
After capturing Tarchagbulak, Komatsubara did not stop and continued to lead his troops to attack the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces.
Soon after, the army took Zal Grandtu in the same way, this time, Stalin could not sit still, and immediately transferred troops from the country, more than 30,000 Soviet troops crossed the border line and marched towards Mongolia. The temporary victory of the Yue army in Mongolia made Yue Ben's ambition extremely inflated, and he continued to intensify his plot against China, and in the name of protecting Yue Qiao, etc., within a few months, a large number of troops were increased to North China, all according to the wartime establishment, and the shadow of war was dense over North China, and at the end of June, a puppet political axe headed by King De and controlled by Yue Ben was established in Inner Mongolia.
Wu Dingbang originally sent 100,000 Yan Huang army into Inner Mongolia did not evacuate, taking this opportunity to seize control of the western part of Inner Mongolia in one fell swoop, so that he himself was very angry, claiming to retaliate, but one is because the front is too far, and the other is due to insufficient preparation, so he did not use troops against the distant Gansu, but only organized the puppet Mongolian army and the Yan and Huang army to fight, and after the fiasco, they gave up for the time being, and focused their main energy on Mongolia and North China.
He said that he was not ready for a full-scale invasion of China for the time being, so on the issue of North China, he only focused on consolidating his strength and did not provoke a war, and on the Mongolian issue, he believed that this could only be regarded as a local war, and even if the army finally captured the whole of Mongolia, the Soviet Union would not fight a full-scale war with the Great Empire because of Mongolia, because the Soviet Union could not afford it, and there was still a powerful Germany in Europe eyeing it.
At first, Komatsubara, it can be said that the road was like a bamboo, and most of the eastern and central parts of Mongolia were occupied by the Japanese army, and the Soviet army retreated again and again, and finally confronted the Japanese army in the area of Ulaanbaatar.
First, the army was said to be too long on the front, and second, because the Soviet army had received a new round of replenishment, and its combat strength had been rapidly enhanced. The successive defeats demoralized the Soviet-Mongolian forces, and at this time the young Zhukov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Soviet-Mongolian forces.
As soon as Zhukov took office, he did not rush to launch a counterattack against Yue, but rectified the defeated army, first dealt with a number of soldiers and soldiers who were unfavorable in battle, and then improved the morale of the soldiers through various means.
Zhukov knew that he would not be satisfied with the status quo, so he waited for the army to attack.
In early August, Komatsubara really ordered a fierce assault on Ulaanbaatar. In this battle, Zhukov fully affirmed the superiority of the concentrated attack of the armored forces, and the Soviet army's T-type tanks were not only much more numerous than the Yue army, but also much stronger, and the limited armor of the Yue army was quickly wiped out by the Soviet army.
Zhukov immediately ordered the armored troops to make a rapid assault, and then used heavy firepower to suppress the troops in the sand dunes one by one, and the mechanization advantage was even more obvious in such an open area.
(To be continued)