Far East, the temporary headquarters of the Far Eastern Army in Vanino.

In order to avoid the wanton and indiscriminate bombing from the Chinese [***] team, the Japanese army transformed an underground air defense fortification built by the former Soviets into a temporary headquarters of Yamashita Fengfumi, the supreme commander of the Far Eastern Theater of Operations.

Although the climate in Vanino has entered autumn and seems a little cold, the well-dressed Yamashita Fengwen still feels a wave of heat rising from his body.

Except for Yamashita Fengfumi, the few people sitting in this small conference room all have great backgrounds.

The one on his left, wearing the uniform of a U.S. general and wearing a two-star rank insignia, is U.S. Army Lieutenant General and Deputy Commander of the Far Eastern Theater of Operations Averies. His voice in the U.S. forces in the Far Eastern Theater is second only to General Patton. Avery was a hard-line pro-war activist, actively advocating the expansion of the war against China and the Axis powers, and his military doctrine was more aggressive than that of Admiral Patton. This person emphasized that the US military should be strengthened on the basis of sea power to enhance its cross-sea offensive capability.

Judging from the uniform of a Soviet general he was wearing, this person was actually a general of the Soviet Army, General Cherevchenko, political commissar of the Red Army in the Far Eastern Theater, and the right-hand man of Marshal Zhukov, commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Front.

In addition to these three giants, there are some staff recorders.

"General Yamashita, our armored and air clusters and those of our Soviet allies have been concentrated. General Cherevchenko will participate in supervising the diversion attack in the direction of the Burya River, and the American armored division under my personal command will help you break through the Chinese lines head-on.

General Patton has asked me to convey to Your Excellency that, as allies, we will do our utmost to help you resolve the crisis in the Primordial Region. ”

Lieutenant General Avery broke the silence succinctly.

Yamashita raised his eyelids slightly, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Yes, thank you to the American political axe, and thank you to General Patton and General Avery for the great help we have provided to our empire. I had already received reports before the meeting that your armored forces and aviation units had arrived exactly in position and would tear through the Chinese lines with us in the upcoming general offensive. ”

"General Yamashita, in order to solve your crisis in the coastal area, we will pay a huge price, and I hope that the outcome of the war is no matter what, and the relationship between our tripartite alliance needs to be closer to fight against the evil Chinese. This is also the highest instruction I received from Moscow when I came to Vanino. The great Comrade Stalin believed that in the face of the evil common enemy Chinese, who are vainly trying to change the situation in the whole of Eurasia, the Soviet Union should put aside past differences and disputes and work together. ”

Admiral Avery said with a blank face. It is hard to imagine that only half a year ago, when Yamashita was the deputy commander of the Far Eastern Theater, he also organized several large-scale attacks in the area of Komsomolsk, and among his opponents, this Soviet political commissar was definitely one of Yamashita Fengfumi's sworn enemies, even if he was not in charge of specific military command.

Now, he is sitting in a room and talking about how to deal with the evil Chinese.

Yamashita sneered slightly, but he admitted that for this general offensive, both the United States and the Soviet Union gave unprecedented support.

Before the start of the meeting, he had been given details of the implementation of this coordinated trilateral offensive.

On the land side, the Soviets will use the eight army groups, which have just received supplies from the United States, with a total of more than 50 divisions, to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the Breya River. Although the Soviets' recuperation effect was not very good, with the exception of the fact that the armored forces had not yet recovered from heavy damage and insufficient air power, the fighting morale of the Red Army was gradually rising because of the propaganda that "the United States and the Soviet Union jointly confront the evil Chinese."

According to the plan, the Soviets would be forced to launch an offensive on the defense line of the Bria River before the general offensive of the army.

However, Yamashita did not have high expectations for this seemingly very powerful cluster of Soviet troops. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Soviets in a short period of time, even if 50 divisions are concentrated, it is estimated that it will be difficult to destroy the defense line of the Bureya River that the Chinese spent a year building when most of the divisions are not satisfied with the personnel and lack of guns and artillery, and moreover, the Chinese have concentrated two elite full-formed armies near the defense line alone, and then to the rear is the base camp of the Far Eastern Front of the Central [***] team, which can mobilize heavy troops at any time to eat the Soviet army in turn.

Although the two group armies currently tasked with defensive combat tasks seem to have less than half of the strength of the Soviet army, their actual combat effectiveness is likely to be reversed to suppress the Soviet army, not to mention that they are far inferior in terms of armored forces and air power, and they are even far worse in terms of troop equipment and supplies.

The Chinese and the Far Eastern theater are equivalent to bordering, the railway can be pulled directly to the border, and the supply of the Soviet army from other parts of the country has been basically cut off, and the Americans can only cross the North Pacific to come to supply, although the pressure on the Americans is also not small, after all, they still have to provide assistance to the Indian battlefield and Britain and Ben, but if they give up arming and strengthening the Soviet army, more than one million Soviet troops in the Far East may be surrounded and captured by the Chinese like ducks.

Looking at the entire region of the Far East, the Soviet military factories, with the exception of some of them in the far north, were either blown into ruins by themselves or blown into waste by the Chinese in a month's time.

Therefore, Yamashita believes that the role that the Soviet army can play is limited, and if it can successfully attract some of the forces of the [***] team, it will be successful.

But the Soviets did their best, and offensive warfare was different from defensive warfare, and during defensive warfare, the Soviet Red Army, which was less than 2 million, was able to block almost a large number of troops outside the Komsomolsk defense line, except for the help of the Americans, in exchange for a dismal situation with great sacrifices. If it is to turn to attacking the Chinese, even if it is a general offensive in the Far Eastern Theater in the future, it is impossible for the Soviet army to mobilize a million troops to participate in the war in a short time. However, in this general offensive of the Japanese army, the armored forces and aviation units of the Soviets were also concentrated in a group of elites for the breakthrough war.

On the side of the U.S. military, the action is not small. All two panzer divisions in the Far East were used, and were rarely generously provided to Yamashita as an aid in offensive operations. As for the Air Force, the US military will also make every effort to dispatch the 7th Fighter Air Force stationed in the Far East Theater to participate in the war.

In this way, although the US military did not have a clear advantage in armored forces, the participation of the 7th Air Force in the battle had greatly increased the air combat strength of the Japanese army.

Seeing the uneasy posture of the two, Yamashita Fengwen couldn't help but say, "Two generals, our preparatory actions have begun, as long as we follow the plan, we will break through the Chinese defense line at all costs within three days." ”

…… Nizhneinsk, field headquarters of the [***] team.

"Commander Huo, the current intelligence has been ascertained."

Gao Feng, chief of the general staff of the front army, reported to Huo Weiguo after a short analysis and sorting out the information he had just gathered from all aspects, "At present, the Soviet army's actions in the area of the Buleya River are relatively frequent, and it is initially estimated that in order to contain our army and cooperate with the army's breakthrough battle, the Soviet army is expected to use 40~60 Red Army divisions to launch an offensive on the long border zone of the Sino-Soviet controlled area with the Buleya River as the core. The strategic goal of the Soviet army should be to occupy the defense line of the Burya River, drive our troops across the Briya River, seize the positions on the riverbank, and lay the foundation for future operations.

Judging from the intelligence, the armored forces and air forces of the United States and the Soviet Union are currently moving frequently and are moving closer to the Vanino area, and the Chinese army is also actively increasing troops from the mainland to the field airfield on Sakhalin Island, with the intention of participating in operations during the general offensive.

In terms of ground forces, it has now been determined that the main direction of attack of the Japanese army will be either Verkhniy Insk and Nizhny Insk.

The latest enemy situation shows that the Japanese army has gathered a large number of ground troops and armored forces to assemble in Verkhniynesk. Compared to Lower Insk, the terrain of Upper Insk is more conducive to armor deployment and breakthrough. ”

Huo Weiguo frowned slightly, and said, "I am preparing for a general attack in Veroninsk with great fanfare?" ”

"Yes, it's entirely possible at the moment. Of course, it could also be their feint. However, judging from the aerial photos, the Japanese army did concentrate a very strong ground armored force, and the number of Japanese military aircraft over Verkhniy Insk was also increasing rapidly. ”

Although Gao Feng is the chief of the General Staff of the Far Eastern Front, the current battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and the army is extremely familiar with the terrain of the Far Eastern battlefield. Of course, one night is enough time to tear China's 300-kilometer-long defense line to shreds. If China is unable to make an accurate judgment and send superior forces in time to intercept the main force of the Chinese army's breakthrough.

Huo Weiguo shook his head and said, "I think the army will still choose to go to Inske, which is why I insist on setting up the field headquarters here." The most critical thing is that Nizhny Insk is close to Svetlia and only a few tens of kilometers from the sea. With the sea and the Far East controlled area in their backs, as long as they open this line, it will be difficult for us to cut it off again in a short time, because then we will face the main force of the Chinese army.

And if they break through from Verkhnito Insk, they will be easily attacked by our armored forces at both ends, and it will be more convenient for us to mobilize our forces. ”

Gao Feng groaned slightly and said, "But, Commander, if the army breaks through the defense line and turns back to Nizhny with superior forces, it is also very possible to counter-encircle our troops in Nizhny Insk." ”

The fighting in the southern coastal areas of the Far Eastern Theater is, to put it simply, that is, China wants to completely annihilate the southern army, and the army wants to open a passage to rescue. In order to prevent the rescue of the Japanese army, the Chinese [***] team can only be on this 300-kilometer-long blocking line, ready to block the main force of the Japanese army at any time.

After all, the penetration force of the Yue Army is also a large army, and it is impossible to get through it quietly. The density of forces on both sides in the Far East has reached a frightening level, unless, as Gao Feng said, break through Verkhniysk near the middle line, and then strategically encircle Insk and open up the entire Primorsky Pass.

On the issue of choosing one of the two, it is difficult for Huo Weiguo to decide in a hurry.

"Aerial photos, what are the results of the analysis?"

Gao Feng: "The main force is naturally the army, but there are also the establishment of the Soviet army and the establishment of the US army, which is very chaotic. The entire armored force in the vicinity of Verkhniyinsk is almost twice as large as that of Nizhnyinsk. ”

Huo Weiguo: "Will you fall for my ......?"

At first glance, the actions of the Yue army are not complicated at all, that is, they have put on an offensive posture at two points, and they are currently putting on a general offensive posture at one of the points, which at least shows that the general offensive of the Yue army is just around the corner.

Gao Feng: "Commander, did you order the armored cluster to move closer to Shanginsk?" ”

At a distance of one hundred and fifty kilometers, if it were a completely large plain, the armored forces would have reached it in just a few hours. However, the terrain of the Far East is more complex, and this time is longer. And if you choose the wrong direction, it will be too late to plug the loophole.

From the very beginning, the Chinese Far Eastern Front believed that the main force of this blocking battle was the armored group, after all, the other side also had a very strong armored force, at this time, the infantry and trenches could not block the army, and only the infantry and tanks could be blocked by coordinated mobile defensive operations.

"Nope! It was ordered to continue reconnaissance and monitor the movements of the army at a high level. Report the current situation to the base camp and ask for enhanced intelligence support. ”

Huo Weiguo shook his head, took the report and looked at it again, then walked to the simulated sand table, and together with many staff officers, carefully analyzed and studied the recent movements of the army.

He firmly believes in the fact that any military operation will reveal flaws in the details, and it is true that the time has not yet come for a decision to be made.

When Zhang Shusheng received the report, he had just completed the commissioning of the unmanned combat vehicle on the front line.

He can understand the doubts of Huo Weiguo and the Far Eastern Front.

After all, it's hard to see everything clearly when you're in the middle of a game.

Moreover, the high-level intelligence of the Special Intelligence Department is in the hands of the base camp, and some particularly sensitive information cannot even be issued without the signature of Zhang Shusheng or the senior officials of the base camp.

Luo Feng, the intelligence director of the Special Intelligence Department, who received the order, actually just received a piece of information.

This information was sent back from the front by a low-level intelligence officer.

"Chairman, we found that a large number of armored units of the Japanese army were massing in Sinsk, and oil supplies also accounted for a large proportion of the supplies to Nizhnynssk. It should be noted that the supply of the Japanese army in the Far East is very tight, and it is very suspicious that they are so dispersed in the supply of fuel, which is the most important thing in the operation of the armored forces, before the general offensive is about to begin.

In addition, the intelligence agent embedded in the country sent back information with a possible surname. The sleeper stumbled upon the fact that the two paratrooper divisions stationed near Tokyo had disappeared overnight. ”

This is Luo Feng's report.

Zhang Shusheng walked to the map in a few steps, picked up the pen and stroked a few times, especially briefly analyzed the situation of Upper and Lower Insk, and then added the intelligence of the paratrooper division, and couldn't help but say, "I am playing tricks, and they are likely to attack from Upper and Lower Insk at the same time." The reason why Upper Insk is stronger than Lower Insk is that Lower Insk will be supported by a landing force from the Airborne Division or Svetraya. In this way, the Yue army, which originally lacked two offensive capabilities, had sufficient troops. ”

Subsequently, Zhang Shusheng sent the higher-level information obtained by the Special Intelligence Department to the Far Eastern Front Army, and Huo Weiguo finally made a decision to arrange a mobile defense plan according to the true intentions of the army. And as the general reserve, just in case, the paratroopers and armored units are the last possible firefighting force -

Not in the state, all kinds of reflections to find the state ~~~ The recent paragraph is not written smoothly, and it will quickly push over and write other plots.

(To be continued)