Chapter 234: The Intensive Preparation Period

This time and space is not a parallel history, and it is impossible for one or two divisions to walk sideways in the land of North China. Therefore, it is said that Ben's battle plan is difficult to deliver, and fighting a large agricultural country that is divided and a unified country that has initially completed industrialization are completely two different concepts. No matter how crazy the army is, it is not crazy enough to ignore millions of well-equipped troops.

In view of the post-period environment and other factors, the General Staff formulated the Far East and Siberian battlefields to focus on defense, and dispatched three elite mechanized corps to reinforce the Far East battlefield. The Central Asian side continued to hold high the banner of the offensive, and after completing the Tashkent offensive, it first based itself on sweeping the Soviet army in Kazakhstan, echoing the Siberian battlefield, and then continued to advance in the direction of the Caspian Sea, with the aim of using **-29 strategic bombers to bomb the oil-producing areas of Baku, forcing the Southern Front under Zhukov's command to go north, and then annihilate it. On the battlefield, according to reliable intelligence, the defense line of the Yalu River adopted a posture of steady defense, with a defense line composed of 20 infantry divisions, so that the army could ram into a solid defense line, and when necessary, it could shrink and abandon some positions, and induce the army to go deeper. In the Far East, after converging with the three mechanized corps drawn from the Siberian battlefield, they suddenly advanced to Vladivostok with a strong mechanized force. As for the Shuangchengzi Fortress, the General Staff did not consider storming such a strong fortress when formulating the plan, the Far East is not Central Asia, as long as the army is driven into the sea, the Shuangchengzi army will starve to death.

The main battlefield of the war was at sea, and the main forces of the Navy's Third and Fourth Fleets converged to form a powerful fleet that could threaten the Philippines at any time. The Second Fleet is mainly aimed at the main force of the Combined Fleet, striving for a decisive battle at sea and winning. Even if they can't win, they can still achieve the goal of inflicting heavy damage on the navy. The reality is that with the assistance of the United States, China will replenish much faster than it has been. In short, as long as both sides lose, it is a victory. Of course, Chen Shaokuan doesn't think so, his requirement is that he must win, the Second Fleet has a displacement of 38,000 tons of large aircraft carriers Qinghai, **, two large aircraft carriers Hunan, Guangdong with a displacement of 42,000 tons, at a time can carry at least 380 carrier-based aircraft, and the Swift-5 carrier-based aircraft, not only fighters, can also carry a 500-kilogram bomb or two 225-kilogram bombs, as a dive bomber. The Seahawk torpedo plane's surname was Neng, which had already been verified in the naval battle in the Bay of Bengal, and the navy was very confident in the Seahawk torpedo plane in penetrating the Navy's anti-aircraft fire network. The Second Fleet also has 4 large battleships, three battleships with a displacement of 38,000 tons, and one Yanjing with a displacement of 60,000 tons. 3 heavy cruisers, 8 light cruisers, and 22 high-speed destroyers. With such a powerful fleet, Chen Shaokuan was also very confident that he would win the battle against the main force of the combined fleet, and personally rushed to Shanghai to command the combined fleet to fight. The First Fleet guarded the Bohai Bay and threatened the sea transportation line with the submarine base in Qingdao. The submarine force headquarters in Sanya's Yulin Port received an order to send all submarines out and cut off the army's sea transportation lines as the first priority. At the same time, it also demanded that the two combat wings and one dive bomber wing of the naval air force stationed in Taiwan attack the sea transport ship as soon as it was discovered, and cooperate with the submarine to cut off the sea transport line.

It can be seen from this that it was a foolish move to abandon Taiwan for the sake of Sakhalin Island (known as Huatai Island) in the first place, because Taiwan's strategic location is too important, and the storage of Taiwan's shore-based aircraft has forced the sea transportation line to go around in a circle.

On the one hand, reconnaissance planes are scattered everywhere, and on the other hand, all submarines are released, and the most important task at the present stage is to cut off the shipping route between the mainland and the Philippines.

Chen Shaokuan's arrangement can be regarded as hitting the waist and eye of Yueben. In the past, it was possible to purchase and transport it back to China by sea normally, but now that the Chinese Navy has done so, the sea route has actually been cut off. Because even if there were ships, the transport ships of Yuben did not dare to go on the road, and could only watch the mountains of materials piled up in various ports in the South Seas, but they could only wait for the victory of the navy in the decisive battle before they could start again. Now transportation is no different from sending to death, nearly 100 submarines of the Chinese are scurrying around at sea, and this is not counting the shore-based aircraft of Taiwan and Natuna. If we want to restore the safety of the transportation line, we can only fight a decisive battle to destroy the main force of the Chinese Navy's Second Fleet, and then we have to conquer Natuna. However, this Natuna is not so easy to fight, don't look far from the mainland, but the Chinese have deployed an infantry brigade on the Natuna Road, built a strong enough fortress battery, and a fighter wing and a bomber wing. Natuna, which was originally obtained in the name of a transit point for the evacuation of overseas Chinese, has suddenly become a sea fortress, and the stockpiling of supplies is enough for the troops on the island to deal with it for a year.

In the big presidential palace, there have been more people coming in and out recently, and they are all soldiers, who have to carry three or five stars on their shoulders, and they are still generals with gold trim inlaid with Huangdizi. It is true that these people can enter the presidential palace, but if they want to see the president, they have to queue up, and the president's study is now a forbidden place, and outsiders are not allowed to enter unless they are summoned. The only exception is Min Xiu, her current identity is very special, the old lady can't do without her, and she will help deal with the affairs in the president's study when she is free, and she will be counted as half a secretary. Occasionally, I have to make a cameo role as a concubine, but unfortunately every time the president finally sprinkles the seeds on Min Xiu's face, if not for her to swallow. These things all happened in the study, and they were unsightly things. It is a little secret between the two, and Min Xiu cherishes this secret very much, because it is the key to her survival.

In the afternoon, the old lady fell asleep, Min Xiu came over with a cup of ginseng tea as usual, and when she passed the gate, the guard opened the teacup as usual, poured out a small half, drank it and waited for three minutes, and made sure that it was okay before letting it go. The rules were set when they were in Wuhan and have continued to this day. Even the women in the backyard are very conscious of eating a little first after cooking the food. Qi Erzhu, who was in charge of Fang Jianxiong's security, is now in his early fifties, and he never dares to be sloppy on this issue.

knocked on the door, the president inside came in, Min Xiu pushed open the door of the study, and saw Jiang Fangzhen also there. The two were facing each other across a huge sand table, and they both held their chins with one hand and looked at the situation on the sand table with the other.

"For such a big battle, the preparation period alone takes three months, and we must guard against a surprise attack by the Japanese army. The attendance of our reconnaissance planes should be a little more intensive, and there must not be the slightest sloppiness. Judging from the front, it is more likely that the army will launch an attack in the Far East, and it must be guarded against. Jiang Fangzhen was accustomed to Min Xiu's presence as if he could talk at will, Fang Jianxiong glanced at Min Qiu and didn't say anything, raised his hand and pointed to the sand table and said: "Vladivostok is relatively close to Yueben, and it is difficult for the army to transport supplies at night, so it is difficult to be meticulous in reconnaissance." As far as the terrain is concerned, the judgment of the General Staff is objective, but it should not be careless. The defense line of the Yalu River must be vigilant and not neglect us because we are about to launch an offensive. ”

As he spoke, Fang Jianxiong suddenly said to Min Xiu: "Put down the teacup, tidy up the text on the table, and then turn around and send someone to get it." ”

"The key is still the navy, how to force the army to take the initiative to attack the decisive battle, this is the factor that determines the surname. Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group's bill to build four new 42,000-ton aircraft carriers has been passed by Congress. As long as the navy can reach a draw with the Chinese and American navies, two years later, the navy will be under the pincer attack of the Chinese and US navies. Therefore, it is the navy that is in a hurry, not us, as long as we concentrate our forces on striking at the sea transportation lines of the city, the war potential of the city will be depleted faster. As for the army, there is a big gap in the equipment of the army, their best tank ** is less than 13 tons, the frontal armor is 17 mm, and the speed is only 25 kilometers per hour, which can be easily killed with a bazooka. So there is nothing to worry about in a ground war, the key is at sea. Jiang Fangzhen said this a little annoying, but it is indeed the truth. In fact, the latest equipment is the Type 97 medium tank, which weighs 15 tons, which is 10 tons worse than the old Great Wall III tank equipped by China.

"The resources of this book have always been relatively difficult, and the army cannot compete with the navy for steel. After the outbreak of the World War, it was supposed to be developing new tanks, and the industry had this capability. It's a pity that the resources of the Yue Ben determined that it was difficult for the army to equip too many tanks, and the top of the sky was to add one or two armored divisions. The two mechanized divisions and regiments in active service are indeed equipped with tanks. Fang Jianxiong added with a smile, Jiang Fangzhen nodded, and Min Qiu listened with his ears pricked up.

"That's it for today, I have to go back first, the Far Eastern campaign will be launched in two months or three months at the latest, and this time should not change much. Three months is enough time for the navy to cut off the sea transportation line. Jiang Fangzhen said goodbye and went out, Fang Jianxiong sent it to the door, closed the door and turned around to see Min Qiu standing in front of the desk bending over to tidy up the table, the **** shape of the cheongsam package was revealed, thinking of the slippery below, thinking of the expression of this woman kneeling in front of him, he was not interested.

Half an hour later, Min Xiu knelt in front of this powerful man, the sticky feeling on her face made her very excited, if it wasn't for the identity problem, the man in front of her would definitely make her do this willingly. Compared to the man in front of him, the dwarfs he has seen before are really a bunch of **. It's a pity that Min Xiu's background is destined for her life trajectory. Otherwise, just to make this kind of man satisfied with his eyes and enjoy it, it is a thing to be proud of and happy. Man, you should be so strong!

China said that while both countries were preparing for war, the Tashkent offensive was also at its last moment.

Lukin's command post was housed in a sturdy two-story building that had once been the former Tsarist Daosheng Bank, with a five-meter-deep vault underground, where Lukin had been directing his troops in battle.

The guns were getting closer and closer, and the consequences of the huge artillery shooting at close range were so alarming that the Chinese used this kind of artillery to tear down the whole of Tashkent to ruins. The commissar sitting in the chair was pale, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and the last moment came. Lu Jin glanced at the comrade political commissar with an indifferent face, picked up a dry rifle, and walked out of the vault for the first time since the battle.

The sun was shining outside the window, a rare good weather. It's a pity that this city, which originally had a population of more than 500,000 under the sun, is now a piece of rubble. The top of the two-story building has been battered, and it is the work of the swooping strafing of Mustang fighters.

When Lukin was shaken by the sunlight, a scream suddenly came, and the whole building suddenly trembled violently and staggered. A cement block of more than ten catties fell from the sky, Lu Jin couldn't dodge, was hit hard, and his body that fell to the ground twitched a few times, and then there was no movement. On March 7, 1941, the commander of the Tashkent garrison of the Soviet Army was killed, the rest gave up resistance, 200,000 Soviet troops were killed, 150,000 Soviet troops became prisoners, countless people were missing, and the Tashkent offensive ended.

No one can say exactly how many people died in Tashkent. Before the war, there were 550,000 people in the urban area, but after the war, a large number of people fled, and the rest of them basically couldn't go, and the Soviet army didn't have so much food to feed these people. According to an officer who supervised the cleaning of the ruins by Soviet prisoners after the war, the worst thing was those women, who were beautiful enough to live a few more days and die **. A hundred years later, the city often dug pits to bury people during construction, and countless dry bones said something to future generations.

Li Daxiong finally had the opportunity to command a major battle, and the scene of six mechanized armies wreaking havoc on the land of the Far East made me feel extremely excited when I thought about it. As the commander of the Northeast Front, he was mainly responsible for the battlefield in the Far East and the battle situation in the Shenyang direction, and was in charge of Deputy Commander Peng Shichuan.

The pre-war preparations were being carried out in an orderly manner, and the cargo ships departing from the port of Tianjin were constantly transporting supplies to Yingkou and ashore, and then transported by train to the front line in Heilongjiang. The First Fleet is already waiting at the mouth of the Bohai Bay, and the shore-based planes and the main force of the fleet are enough to block the entry of the Navy.

Both sides are preparing for a decisive battle, and both sides believe that they can win the war.

Li Daxiong has come to the vicinity of Shuangchengzi to inspect the terrain for 20 years, and after 20 years in the northeast, Shuangchengzi, which was abandoned at the beginning, has now become a huge fortress group after continuous reinforcement and construction by the army, stuck in the throat leading to Vladivostok. According to the operational directive of the General Staff Headquarters, the Wehrmacht will launch an offensive from two directions, one along the 50-kilometer border from the Suifenhe River to the Dongning Line, forming a semi-encirclement of Shuangchengzi, and the other will attack from Hulin, and after seizing Dali Lechensko, it will quickly move south along the Trans-Siberian Railway, and this road will be the main force. (To be continued.) )