Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Calm Before the Storm
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On the target plane, in the early morning of June 18, 1943, it took most of the night to finally determine that the Yanhuang Dispatch Army was responsible for sticking to the southbound Soviet army, and the high-level Japanese of the Guan Dong Army's blitzkrieg attack on the Soviet Union's Trans-Siberian Railway plan sent a telegram to the military headquarters of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army far away in Shanxi, informing it to suspend the offensive, maintain its existence, actively defend, and strive to stick to the Soviet army going south (about the plan for the Guan Dong Army to attack the Soviet Union, it is top-secret information, and the Yanhuang Dispatch Army will not be notified for the time being).
Shanxi Province in the northwest of the Wakou Continent, the Yanhuang Dispatch Army Military Department. It was 7:50 a.m., and Shunroku Hata, who received the telegram from the base camp, held a meeting as soon as possible.
"Gentlemen, everyone has read the telegram in the base camp, let's talk about it, your own opinions and opinions!" Shunroku Hatata, who was sitting in the middle of the rectangular table, spoke.
"Hey! Your Excellency Toshishi Hatata, the base camp means to hold off our attack, but it also asks to maintain its presence and actively defend, which sounds a bit contradictory, but my opinion is that the real intention is to maintain pressure on Shaanxi Province and not to allow the Soviet troops to dare to attack other areas in the south. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Shikuro Ochiai was the first to say.
"Does the base camp feel that our 200,000 troops will be difficult to crush the 100,000 reinforcements of the Soviet Union?" Asuo Karagawa said.
"It is very likely, after all, the defeat of Nomenkan in a few years is a lesson from the past, and the 23rd Division of the Guan Dong Army, which was known as the 'flower of the imperial army' at that time, was defeated and returned under the attack of the Soviets." The third deputy chief of the General Staff, Nagatsu Sabi, replied.
'Humph!' The Flower of the Imperial Army'? Guan Dongjun's boasting is really shameless, and he is so self-proclaimed. A younger senior staff officer interjected.
"Your Excellency Songjing, what do you think?" The commander-in-chief of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hata, suddenly asked the chief of the general staff at his side, Matsujing Taikuro.
"Hey! Your Excellency Toshishi Hatata, regarding the combat strength of the Soviet army, the War Department once made a redemption table, and they believed that the empire could only win the battle relatively smoothly by maintaining a 2 to 1 superiority in troops. Hearing the question, the Chief of the General Staff, Matsujing Taikuro, replied.
"2 to 1?" The commander-in-chief of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hata frowned and repeated.
"Hey! Although our army has 200,000 troops, which is twice as many as the 100,000 troops of the Soviet army, in addition to facing the Soviet army, our army also has to face the threat of the Yanhuang Red bandit troops, and according to the calculation that they can completely annihilate the 20,000 troops of our army, it will take at least 50,000 people to contain their troops. Chief of the General Staff Matsujing Taikuro continued.
"Your Excellency Toshishi Hatata, I agree with Your Excellency Songjing, I estimate that the base camp is afraid that in case of an attack on the Shaanxi Campaign, there will be an accident because of the participation of Soviet troops, resulting in the collapse of the entire Guannai battlefield, after all, these 200,000 troops are all the mobile forces that our Yanhuang Dispatch Army can come up with!" Deputy Chief of the General Staff Shikuro Ochiai interjected.
"Ochiai-kun, you mean that the base camp will continue to increase troops, but the telegram sent does not mention it, and the military strength of the dispatch army has been drawn to the limit, so..."
"Hmmm! Although I don't want to admit it, considering the strength and current situation of the general army of the empire, as well as the geographical distribution, the base camp should mobilize part of the Guan Dong army, or enter the pass or go west and northeast, enter from Menggu, and attack the Soviet army with our army in the south and north. Deputy Chief of the General Staff Shikuro Ochiai replied.
"That's it!" After hearing the analysis of the staff officers, the commander-in-chief of the Yanhuang Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, who had paid attention to it, interrupted with words, "Since the base camp has asked us to suspend the attack and show our existence, then we will temporarily follow the orders of the base camp, order all troops to strengthen their guard, send multiple small units to reconnoitre, attack, clean up the enemy reconnaissance troops along the way, and create the illusion that a large-scale attack is about to be made. ”
"Hey!" The staff officers of the Japanese in the room replied loudly.
On the afternoon of June 18, the small hall of Zaoyuan in Yan'an, the temporary headquarters of the Yanhuang Red Bandits, and the high-level of the Yanhuang Red Bandit Army were analyzing the battlefield situation after the Baotou attack.
"It's strange, why is the little devil so honest, Gui Sui let Fu Zuoyi sneak attack, Baotou let us occupy it, and the Mongolian army is gone, why didn't there be any reaction at all?" Mr. Peng of the first column said.
"I'm also very curious, isn't Lao Chen's slap hard enough?" Commander Liu Bocheng of the second column said.
"Do you have any information from the Sparrow?" Commander Nie Rongzhen of the sixth column asked Lao Mao, who was sitting in a chair.
"The intelligence from the sparrow shows that the devils in Shanxi have not moved at all, and they are all in a state of rest!" Hearing Mr. Nie's inquiry, Lao Mao replied.
Because they did not know that the Japanese army mistook Mr. Chen's three columns for the southward troops of the Soviet army, their thinking was a little deviated.
"I'll come back and ask our Nanyang intelligence network to see if you have a clue!" Wang Fan, who was sitting on the right side of the room, suddenly said, "Uncles and uncles, in fact, now the devil's attack is delayed for one more day, and the strength is stronger for us, now our support column has been training for more than 20 days, and there are at least 10 days and 20 days at most, they can have initial combat strength, and they will greatly enhance the strength of our army after they become an army, so I personally welcome their delays, we have guns, food, and people, afraid of him a ball!" (There are a total of 5 support columns in training, each of which has 3 infantry divisions totaling 40,000 people, namely the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th columns, corresponding to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th columns of the five main columns.
"Wang Wazi is right, after the support column is formed, we will each have 100,000 troops, a total of 500,000 troops, plus equipment and firepower far beyond the little devils, with other militia units, I can't beat the little devils, my Peng character is written upside down!" Mr. Peng said.
"Hehe, Mr. Peng seems to be itching, and he probably can't wait to start a war with the little devil!" Commander Liu Bocheng of the second column said with a smile.
"However, what about the third column assembled in Baotou now? Is it withdrawn or..."Mr. Lin of the Fourth Column said suddenly.
"There's no need to spit out the meat you've already eaten, but their next goal is to go east to Chahar or north to Menggu..."Old Mao took a deep breath of cigarette and muttered to himself.
"If it's Menggu, then the Soviet Union is there...", Commander Nie Rongzhen of the sixth column said softly.
"Take Meng Gu back! We have never recognized that Outer Mongolia has gone out, and now it is justified to take back our territory, and now the Soviet Union is entangled with the German army, and there is no force and strength to mix, and once they defeat Germany, it will be too difficult to take it back. Uncles and uncles, take back the Outer Mongolian Gu! That is the sacred territory of our Yanhuang Nation, and it is an inseparable part of the Yanhuang Continent, for this reason, I can provide all the supplies, the equipment is not enough for me, and the ammunition is not enough for me! Even if our Nanyang Jinfan company goes bankrupt, it will not hesitate! Speaking of Meng Gu, Wang Fan suddenly said loudly with excitement.
"Wang Fan, don't get excited, everyone here is a Yanhuang person, and all the blood on his body is Yanhuang!" Seeing that Wang Fan's expression was too excited, Lao Mao persuaded, and at the same time thought of the scenes of exchanges with the Soviet Union after the founding of the People's Republic of China in the historical documentary, and then continued: "I suggest that after the support column is formed, order the 13th column to cooperate with the 3rd column to liberate Menggu and recover sovereignty, what do you mean?" ”
"I agree!" Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, who had not spoken much, suddenly spoke, "Menggu is the territory of Yanhuang, we must be responsible for future generations and take it back!" ”
"Agreed!"
"Yes!"
"Seconded!"
Everyone in the house has either watched a historical documentary and knows the relationship between Su Xiu and Yan Huang in the future, or they don't have a good impression of Lao Maozi in their bones, but Lin Zong hesitated a little, but in terms of national righteousness, it is impossible for him to speak out against it, so he seconded it. In this way, when the Japanese base camp planned a blitzkrieg to attack the Soviet Union, the Yanhuang Red Bandits also made a decision to recover Mongolia.
At the same time, in Chongqing, southwest of the Yanhuang Continent, at the official residence of Zengjiayan (also known as "Yaolu"), Chairman Jiang was talking with several cadres under his command.
"Resignation, how's the counteroffensive plan?" Chairman Jiang, who was dressed in a coat, sat on a Western-style bench in the middle of the back of the room and asked.
"Commission, please rest assured, everything is going smoothly according to plan, our army has assembled 120,000 good fighting troops, assembled in the area of the two marches from Yichang, as long as the Japanese army in Shanxi attacks the Shaanxi Red Bandit base area, we can launch a campaign to recover Yichang!" Hearing Chairman Jiang's question, Chen Cheng replied respectfully.
"Well, pay attention to reserve enough reinforcements to block the reinforcements sent by the Japanese Kou near Yichang!" Hearing that it was going well, Chairman Jiang couldn't help but frown and instructed.
"Please rest assured that another 200,000 interception troops are also on standby, and once the campaign begins, they will go to their respective blocking areas in accordance with the campaign plan." Regarding Chairman Jiang's worries, Chen Cheng continued to explain: "This time, the Japanese in Yichang City garrisoned the 39th Division, because of the transfer of troops into Shanxi, its total strength has dropped from more than 20,000 to 8 or 9,000, and our strength is 15 to 1, plus the attacking troops have gathered a large number of artillery from various armies, and the siege firepower is sufficient, we are confident that we will recover Yichang, and according to the planned goal, hold on to January to February, just a commission, I am mainly worried that the red bandits will not be able to support in Shaanxi for so long. Once the Japanese invaders in Shaanxi send the main force of the army back to help, I'm afraid..."
"Yes, I see what you mean." Chairman Jiang also thought about what Chen Cheng was worried about, so he turned his head and asked Dai Li, who was standing beside him: "Yunong, how have you collected the combat power of the red bandits?" ”
"Commission, I don't know why, most of the eyeliner I arranged inside the middle level of the Red Bandits have lost contact, and there are only 2 pieces of news that have come out, and now I can be sure that the Red Bandits are replacing equipment on a large scale, and I suspect that they have received a large amount of assistance from the Soviet Union." Dai Li, according to the information he had, said carefully.
"Did the USSR give them a lot of aid?" Hearing Dai Li's story for the first time, Chen Cheng couldn't help frowning and said.
"Yes, resignation, the intelligence is unknown, the only thing that can be confirmed for the time being is that because of the arrival of a large number of military equipment, the combat effectiveness of the red bandits has increased considerably, which is why they were able to annihilate 20,000 Japanese troops last month, and I estimate that if they have enough military equipment and sufficient ammunition, this time the Japanese invaders will not only encounter great resistance, but also are likely to lose both, after all, Shaanxi is the nest of the red bandits, and they will definitely try their best to block it." Seeing that Chen Cheng had questions, Dai Li continued.
"Yes, yes! If they can really fight and lose both, it will be the best result for our army. Hearing this, Chairman Jiang slapped the table and said loudly.
"Yes! What the committee said is extremely true! Seeing that the old man was "excited", Chen Cheng and Dai Li couldn't help but say.
"Okay, you go down and continue to prepare, no matter how the battle is in Shaanxi, the Yichang recovery battle must be fought well, so that in addition to boosting morale and stimulating the hearts of the people, it can also show the strength of our army to the Stars and Stripes Republic, so as to get more material aid, understand?" Chairman Jiang finally concluded.
"Yes! Commission! The two replied together, and then left the living room.
Also on the evening of June 18, in the Marshaw Islands in the South Pacific, Yamamoto Isoroku was drinking with his colleagues to discuss an operational plan for an attack on Hawaii.
"What happened to the fleet transporting the landing force?" Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, asked, looking at a map of Hawaii's seas.
"Hey! Your Excellency Yamamoto, two days ago the landing force consisting of the 30,000 Seki troops of the empire had boarded the ship and left the port in Arthur, and it was expected to arrive at the military port of Marschau tomorrow evening. Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Furyufan, answered.
"Well, Your Excellency Nagumo, how are the three Yamato-class battleships and the three Nagato-class battleships Cāo doing?" After hearing the answer from Chief of Staff Fukuru Shigeru, Yamamoto Isoroku asked Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi beside him (in the last naval battle of Bougainville Island, Nagumo Tadafuku, who was in charge of the decoy fleet, was killed and survived).
"Hey! Your Excellency Yamamoto, although these six warships have not yet formed the strongest combat power due to time and personnel problems, there is no problem in completing the task of attacking the beachhead and suppressing the enemy's batteries. Nagumo Tadaichi, who was in charge of the training of six battleships, replied.
"Okay, hard work, General Nagumo!" After receiving the answer, Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at Admiral Koga Mineichi again and said, "What happened to the 200 super zero fighters?" ”
"Your Excellency Yamamoto, please rest assured, I have assigned all the 200 ultra-zero fighters to the Jing Rui pilots, with their experience and their cockpit in the same vein as the Zero, the pilots quickly mastered the flying skills, and they are full of praise, we have made an assessment of its comprehensive combat effectiveness, because of the replacement of large-caliber machine guns, the attack power has been greatly improved, and the key parts are protected by steel plates, and the comprehensive combat xing energy is expected to increase by more than 40%!" Admiral Koga replied.
"Good! These ultra-zero fighters are our miracle weapons and killer weapons to seize the air supremacy of Pearl Harbor! Yamamoto Fifty-six continued, "Ladies and gentlemen, when the landing force arrives, rest for a day, and then launch the Hawaii landing campaign, codenamed 'Feng', this battle is related to the success or failure of the Imperial Pacific War, please! ”
"Hey! The navy will win, long live the empire! Seeing Yamamoto fifty-six bowing, the others in the room also quickly bowed and replied.
In this way, because of the misjudgment of the high-level Japanese army on the southward movement of the Soviet army, the revenge war of attacking Shaanxi was suspended, but the Dong army outside the Guanwai was quickly assembled, supplies were transferred, and the blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union's Trans-Siberian Railway was carried out.
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