Xi'an, Headquarters of the Military Commission of the State Government.

Nowadays, although ** has replaced ** to become the ruling party of the country, it has not completely denied the three "people" doctrine of Mr. **, the father of the country, so the name of the country is still used**, and the name of the Chinese army is still the "China" National Grass Army, and even the national flag and military flag still use the red flag of the blue sky and the white sun.

In the side hall on the second floor, Mr. Zhu handed a telegram to the main seat.

The telegram was sent by Shino about the leaping plan for landing operations on the eastern seaboard.

According to Yue Weihan's vision, Siye will be dispatched to 2 group armies to occupy Taiwan first with the help of the US Navy.

Then, with Taiwan's ports and airports as bases, they attacked Shanghai and Nanjing in the north, and then used the ports and airports in Shanghai and Nanjing as bases to continue to attack Beiping and Tianjin in the north, and finally with Beiping and Tianjin as the support and the Great Wall as a link, they established a solid national defense chain to resist the mechanized heavy army groups of the Japanese army outside the Guan.

In fact, this is no longer a simple battle plan, but a complete national defense concept.

Yue Weihan's idea was very bold, and on the other hand, from the side of the Japanese army, it was very vicious, because this idea directly hit the key point of the Japanese army's "exhaustion of troops", first using the leapfrog to quickly occupy the coastal strongholds, and then using the sea and the Great Wall as a barrier to divide the more than 1.6 million Japanese troops in North China, Central China, and South China.

Once these 1.6 million Japanese troops were divided and surrounded, the future of Japan was even bleaker.

Even if Japan and Russia reached an understanding, and the Russian government agreed to supply all the resources and equipment of the Far East to the Japanese army, it would be useless, because at this time, in addition to the 1.5 million Far Eastern Army and the 500,000 Kwantung Army, only the old, weak, sick and disabled and NV people remained.

After reading the telegram, the main seat snuffed out the cigarette butt and asked in a quiet voice, "Boss, what do you think?" ”

"I think Yue Jiaowei's worries are still very reasonable." Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Since the disbandment of the combined fleet, the focus of military construction has shifted from the navy to the army, not only in the Far East into more than a dozen tank divisions and more than 20 heavy artillery brigades, but also in the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army have also added a large number of automatic firepower. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Zhu said worriedly: "Yiye reports that the firepower of the Japanese army in North China has been greatly strengthened, not only the number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars in various infantry wings has increased greatly, but also a large number of submachine guns" The firepower is very fierce, and our army has suffered losses in several encounters. ”

"I mean......" said the Lord, waving his hand, "Will Shino be able to complete the leapfrog plan and finally keep the Japanese north of the Great Wall?" From Burma to North China, the geographical span is not xiǎo, whether it is troop projection or logistics support, the difficulty is very high, and the armored clusters and heavy artillery clusters of the four fields are not the wheelwheels that the people of North China can afford. ”

If you want to establish a national defense chain near the Great Wall, the armored clusters and heavy artillery clusters of Siye are indispensable, "But at present, there is no railway connection between Myanmar and North China, and how to go north is a problem for Siye's armored and heavy artillery clusters, and it is even more difficult to provide logistical support, and relying on air or road transportation is simply a drop in the bucket."

After a long time, Mr. Zhu said: "Since Siye dares to put forward this idea, there must be a way to deal with it, right?" ”

The "so-called countermeasures" are nothing more than seeking the support of the US government. "But the strategic focus of the U.S. government has always been in Europe, and the prospects of the Allies in the Mediterranean theater are also not good, so there is no way to take care of it." Mr. Zhu was also silent, and he also felt that it was impossible for the United States to lease large-tonnage transport ships or warships to the National Government of China at this time, and even if he reluctantly leased "at most, it was only a few gunboats or 100-ton transport ships on the ground rent, but this was still just a drop in the bucket for the Great Wall defense chain."

On August 13, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), the South China National Sea.

The Sixth Fleet of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy is slowly heading towards Taiwan.

More than a dozen transport ships and destroyers in the fleet were loaded with six mechanized infantry regiments and one armored regiment of the 3rd Army of the Four Fields.

Half a month ago, the 3rd Army took the lead in completing the second reorganization.

After the second reorganization, the 3rd Army has 8 mechanized infantry divisions, heavy artillery divisions, and armored divisions.

After completing the change of guard with the 2nd Army and after more than half a month of preparation, the 3rd Army has completed its assembly in Singapore, of which the 33rd Infantry Division (lacking armored regiment), which is the first attack echelon, has sailed to Taiwan on US warships and is about to carry out a beachfront landing on Keelung Harbor.

Yangon, Siye Headquarters.

Yue Weihan looked at the map on the wall and was silent for a long time, and then asked in a quiet voice, "Where are the troops?" "The troops have already passed the Dongsha Islands and will soon enter the Taiwan Strait. "By tomorrow morning at the latest, the Keelung landing battle will begin." The careful Mr. Zuo noticed that Yue Weihan's eyes were clearly in Shanghai.

In fact, Yue Weihan was not worried about Keelung's beach-grabbing landing, and Taiwan at this time was completely different from Taiwan in history, in history, the Japanese army stationed a heavy army group in Taiwan, and MacArthur, after careful consideration, finally gave up attacking Taiwan, and went straight to Okinawa Island to the north, and then rushed to repair the airport and port in Okinawa, and used it as a base to attack the Japanese mainland.

At this time, Taiwan only stationed a garrison brigade, with a total strength of less than 6,000 people, with this strength, even if the Japanese army has strong coastal fortifications, it will never be able to stop Liu Yi's 3rd Army, if nothing else, tomorrow morning, the 3rd Army will be able to successfully take Keelung Port.

Yue Weihan was worried about landing on the beach in Shanghai.

Shanghai is not comparable to Taiwan, although most of the main force of the Japanese army in central China has been annihilated, but there are still seven or eight independent mixed brigades stationed in Nanjing, Shanghai, and the peripheral areas, and the combat effectiveness of these mixed brigades may not be as good as that of field divisions, but they are by no means comparable to Taiwan's garrison brigades, not to mention that the Japanese army has also built a large number of fortresses!

Due to insufficient transport capacity, the 3rd Army was able to devote only two infantry divisions at a time.

It was foreseeable that the 3rd Army would pay a great price in the beach-rushing landing in Shanghai.

However, what worries Yue Weihan the most is not the casualties of the troops, but time, for the 3rd Army, for Siye, and even for the entire China, the most urgent thing is time! The 3rd Army must recover Shanghai as soon as possible, and then it will be possible to recover Beiping and Tianjin before Japan and Russia reach a rapprochement, and only then will it be possible to establish a defense chain of the Great Wall.

Once Yue Weihan's strategic intention cannot be realized and the Great Wall defense chain cannot be completed in time, the 1.5 million Japanese mechanized heavy army group outside the pass will cross the Great Wall and drive south, and at that time, Siye will only be able to rely on the Yangtze River to establish a second defense chain, and North China will inevitably be trampled by the Japanese invaders again.

Yue Weihan did not want North China to be ravaged by the Japanese invaders again.

Therefore, the 3rd Army must recover Beiping before the results of the negotiations between Japan and Russia come to an end!

The only good news is that the FBI's intelligence shows that Japan and Russia are still at loggerheads, and despite Okamura's eagerness to reach a settlement, "the Russian representatives do not seem to want to get away with it, and insist on demanding that the Japanese army withdraw unconditionally from the Far East and use this as a basis for negotiations."

Mr. Zuo obviously guessed Yue Weihan's worries, and said indignantly: "If only the U.S. Navy could transfer more transport ships to cooperate with our army, if our army can send three infantry divisions, one armored division and one heavy artillery division to Shanghai at a time, then Shanghai will definitely be recovered within three days." ”

"The problem is that the U.S. Navy really can't move more transports." Wei Lihuang shook his head and said with regret, "The war in the Mediterranean is tight, the pressure on the allies is very great, and the Pacific Fleet has not many transport ships, and it is necessary to transport troops and materials back and forth between Australia and the Mediterranean, so it really can't take care of us." However, Di Gong said disapprerovantly: "Although the war in the Mediterranean is tight," if the US government grits its teeth and squeezes out 30 or 50 transport ships, the problem is that the US government obviously does not have the will to do so, and it is obviously not in the national interests of the US government to help China defeat Japan too early. ”

Yue Weihan was silent, "Deng Gong's strategic vision is naturally nothing to say, of course the US government is not willing to defeat the Japanese prematurely, so it will never go all out to help the Chinese army to fight the Japanese army" For the US government, it is undoubtedly the most ideal to let the Chinese country and the Japanese maintain a situation of equal strength.

But Yue Weihan naturally would not obediently accept the US arrangement.

If China wants to grab enough dividends in the war and realize the heavy task of national rejuvenation, it must end the Sino-Japanese war as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the gap between the Allied and Axis armies in the Mediterranean theater to vigorously develop basic industries.

But if we want to change the attitude of the US government, we must have heavyweight weights!

Yue Weihan's only hope is that Kamov and Miri can develop the armed helicopter as soon as possible, and it is best to successfully test it within three months; this is not an extravagant hope, and the P-51 Mustang fighter, which has won the reputation of the "king of fighters," was not designed, manufactured, and tested by the Douglas Company in just 100 days.

However, even so, it will take at least three months before the successful test flight of the gunship.

However, can the negotiations between Japan and Russia drag on for another 3 months? In peacetime, it is not uncommon for negotiations between countries to drag on for a year and a half, but this is during the war years, and Germany mediates, can it drag on for so long?

Di Gong Shen yín suddenly said after a while, "Zhongshu, can we create some obstacles to the negotiations between Japan and Russia from the point of view?" ”

After saying this, the suburban prince said: "For example, through some channel, the news of our army's imminent large-scale counteroffensive will be revealed to Russia without a trace, so that Russia will appear fearless when negotiating, and it will be more confident when putting pressure on the Japanese themselves, and it is impossible for the Japanese himself to make unconditional concessions, so that the two sides will have to argue." Yue Weihan mō chin and nodded happily: "This is also a solution, but it must be planned, otherwise it is likely that the tiger will not become an anti-dog, which will lead to a reconciliation between Japan and Russia in advance." After that, Yue Weihan said to Zuo again, "Old Zuo, call Zhan Kui and ask him to come to the headquarters immediately." ”

Ma Zhankui soon had a solution.

If you want Russia to know the news, you must start with Zhukov's partisans, and now that the remnants of Zhukov's Soviet Red Army are resting in northern Xinjiang, why not send a telegram to Zhukov in the name of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, asking the "Soviet Red Army" to flank Ménggu in order to contain the Japanese army and cooperate with the counteroffensive of the Chinese army?

Ma Zhankui had been to northern Xinjiang once, and he had contact with the remnants of Zhukov's Red Army.

Although the contact was not deep, Ma Zhankui still found with a keen sense of smell that there were many Russian soldiers in the Soviet Red Army, and even among the group of Soviet scientists working in Burma, there were several people who secretly maintained contact with the Russian government, and Ma Zhankui just didn't want to affect the overall situation so he didn't move them for the time being.

Therefore, the telegram sent by the CCP to Zhukov, Kenan will be known to Molotov.

At that moment, Ma Zhankui reported his thoughts to Yue Weihan, and Yue Weihan sent a secret telegram to Xi'an.

That night, Molotov, who was far away in Moss, learned the news.

Major General Husky, head of the National Security Directorate of the Russian Federation, visited late at night and reported the news from within the Soviet Red Army to Molotov, and after reading the telegram, Molotov said in a deep voice: "The CCP requires Zhukov's rebels to cooperate with the action? Could it be that the Chinese army is going to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the near future? Husky said respectfully, "I think so, Mr. President." "That's what we're talking about, but it's good news. Molotov said happily, "The great counteroffensive of the Chinese army is imminent, and the most anxious person at the moment should be the 'Day' himself, the more anxious the 'Day' himself is, the more advantageous we will be in the negotiations, and immediately send a telegram to Belitschko in Berlin, asking him not to be in a hurry to show his attitude, procrastinate, and drag it until the 'Day' himself can no longer hold his breath!" ”

"But Mr. President, will this anger the Germans?" Husky was a little worried.

"Germans?" "The Germans have been overwhelmed by the Allied forces in the Balkans, and Mr. Hitler has no mind to deal with the affairs of the Hitler now, otherwise he would not have sent only a deputy minister of foreign affairs to mediate the territorial dispute between our country and Japan." ”