In the morning, Jiang Baili and others walked into the H3 central conference room of the base camp one after another.

The emergency military conference on the Far East was scheduled to be held at 8:30 a.m., Zhang Shusheng had not yet arrived, and the lieutenant generals and generals had basically arrived, all the generals and senior officials of the base camp, the situation was tense, and they greeted each other, so they sat down in priority and order, and quietly looked at the meeting documents on the table in front of everyone, all of which were summary reports on the recent situation in World War II.

The background of this emergency meeting was that he officially announced his independence from the Axis powers and signed an offensive and defensive alliance agreement with the major Allied powers represented by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union in Washington.

From then on, Ben switched to join the Central Powers.

German Field Marshal Moder was assassinated by agents of unknown nationality in front of his house arrest residence on the outskirts of Tokyo, and two new-generation young Bushido officers of the Japanese army were killed.

It was Hitler who reacted first.

At an emergency meeting in Berlin, Hitler announced that he had unilaterally violated the multilateral agreements of the Axis powers and plotted to kill German Field Marshal Model, which had caused great humiliation to the feelings of the German people and the national dignity of Germany. Germany immediately secretly recalled the negotiating team, expelled the Chinese delegation, arrested the intelligence agents in Europe, tore up all the cooperation agreements between Germany and Germany, and even searched and arrested ordinary people in Europe.

At the same time, the German side reached a consensus with the Chinese side, abandoned the Sino-German trilateral talks, and jointly condemned the shameful act of the Chinese side.

Hitler believed that he had de facto defected from the Axis powers, and that Germany would convene a summit conference of the Axis powers, and use the judgment of his absence as a method to announce that he would violate the Axis agreement and would be forcibly expelled from the Axis organizations, and that after the formal expulsion of the Axis powers, he would persuade the Axis organizations to declare war on him.

Faced with a tragic situation that was out of control, after a short period of panic, after several emergency meetings, he realized that he no longer had any more choices.

Soon after, Emperor Komoto personally hosted a banquet at the Imperial Palace to entertain the representatives of the United States and the Soviet Union who had participated in the trilateral secret talks between the United States, the Chinese and the Soviet Union. At the banquet, Emperor Hirohito admitted that the assassination accident and the secret execution of Marshal Moder were aimed at forcing some weak forces in the country to speed up their efforts to move closer to the military hardliners, and expressed in detail the eagerness of the people in the country to join the Allied Powers, gain the support of the Allies, and win a local war victory with the strength of the whole country as a member of the Allied Powers.

The United States and the Soviet Union were also very surprised by the assassination of Marshal Moder, and even coincidentally that an American action squad had just been set up for the purpose of assassinating Moder or members of the German [***] official corps.

After repeated negotiations, the United States and the Soviet Union finally agreed in principle to most of the conditions put forward by the United States, especially when the United States finally agreed to almost all of the weapons and other assistance plans proposed by the United States when the United States proposed to arm a large number of new divisions and regiments within three years and expand the total number of troops to the maximum size of 11 million.

The Soviet Union agreed in principle to designate the entire area south of Komsomolsk and the entire island of Sakhalin (formerly Sakhalin Island in China) as a provisional administrative area of the Soviet Union. This is because he believed that the narrow area and mountainous territory of Korea were not conducive to the deployment of large-scale mechanized troops, a rapid offensive, and an all-out attack on the hinterland of China in wartime. North Korea is close to China's powerful Northeast Garrison, which has many hidden dangers, and the Chinese have even established a military advance base in Sinuiju.

The present side believes that in such an extreme situation, even if the tripartite alliance of the United States and the Soviet Union defeats the powerful Chinese Far Eastern Front in the Far East theater, it will not be conducive to the next attack on China itself.

Under the strong mediation of the United States, the Soviets finally agreed to list the above areas as "temporary administrative areas," which was like being occupied, but with a more pleasant name. However, Zhukov's strong opposition eventually allowed him to retain the territory north of Komsomolsk, and according to his original conditions, he wanted the whole of the Greater Far East, including Kamchatka and further north.

The reason for such absurd conditions is: First, the losses in the Far East battlefield have been extremely heavy, from the beginning of the war to the present, there have been a total of 2.1 million casualties, of which only a quarter of the soldiers have been able to return to the battlefield after treatment, that is to say, in the Far East, this big meat grinder, in the two or three years before and after, the total permanent loss of the 'hard data' troops is as high as 1.4 million. You must know that the terrain in the Far East is narrow, and the large-scale offensive is not as convenient as the Soviet-German battlefield, and it is difficult to have hundreds of thousands of prisoners at a time in a hard-fought situation. In fact, the loss of this permanent surname is already very large.

Of course, the military spending invested is even more astronomical. You must know that this is the only major battlefield in Japan except for the Southeast Asian battlefield, and the losses in the Southeast Asian battlefield are far smaller than those in the Far East battlefield, but the gains are dozens of times that of the Far Eastern battlefield. Second, he believed that if he had not joined the Soviet Union and China without his troops, the entire Far East, and even the whole of Siberia, that is, half of the Soviet Union, would have fallen into the hands of China. In that case, why can't we give it a temporary stay for decades?

You must know that the situation in the Soviet Union today is not bad, but has reached the point of destroying the country and extinction.

Fortunately, however, in the end, the Americans exchanged their own concessions for the interests of Asia and the Pacific, as well as a large number of conditions such as military aid and military technology transfer.

Whether it was in Southeast Asia or the Soviet theater, the precarious Allies really needed tens of millions of troops to invest.

Today, the total number of Germans on the battlefield has reached 9.5 million, close to the level of 10 million troops, and the entire European Nazi legion has reached a terrifying figure of 18 million, if you add the Chinese army of 6, 7 million or more (the statistical method is all military forces in the formation, including reserve forces. The strength of the Axis powers as a whole was very advantageous to the Allies. If you consider China's terrifying population of 600 million, anyone will be creepy.

This is how the Americans were persuaded that the Germans had a population of less than 80 million (including the Sudetenland and other areas of direct occupation in the early days), but had nearly 10 million troops, while the Soviet Union had a population of 160 million, and at its peak had 11 million troops, and a total of tens of millions of troops were mobilized. According to this figure, without taking into account the cost of armament and economic strength, the Chinese can easily mobilize 50 million troops. Although this is only an exaggerated figure, it has become the best excuse for himself to convince the United States and Britain.

Because, today's population is about 72 million, and once you do your best, you can mobilize an army of 11 million. As long as the United States can assist in arming China, it will fulfill its arduous historical mission of containing China and taking the initiative to attack China when conditions are ripe in the future.

As a result, he finally joined the Allies and became a new member, and announced the immediate expulsion of all Axis ambassadors and officials in the Axis powers, the expulsion of official and influential civil society groups, the search and arrest of Axis intelligence officers, the confiscation of assets in the Axis countries, the comprehensive denial of past debts, and finally the declaration of war on the Axis powers, including Germany and China.

"Stand up!!"

Zhang Shusheng walked into the huge central conference room, and many high-ranking generals and officials who were already sitting in danger all stood up.

"Sit down."

After Zhang Shusheng sat down, he didn't say anything, and said directly, "It is said that Ben declared war on the Axis powers, and in the short term, we will be the most affected. It is an indisputable fact that China is fighting the war against, and it is an indisputable fact that China is mainly anti-guest in the Far Eastern theater.

Ten years ago, I didn't settle the account, this time, I must calculate it with interest.

Luckily, we were well prepared.

Chief of the General Staff, can you tell us about our current state of readiness. ”

Zhang Shusheng looked at Jiang Baili, the chief of the General Staff, who stood up, answered and walked to the big map.

"Chairman of the Committee, comrades, at present we have a total of 2 million troops on the border between the Far East and the Northeast. In addition to the troops used for the Northern Expedition, the number of troops that can be used is about 1.5 million.

The troops of the Northern Expedition to the northern regions of the Soviet Union moved very quickly, the attack of large groups of armored forces was very sharp, and the speed of attack along the way was very fast, and the follow-up mobile forces only needed to take over the city and rectify local affairs. After all, Siberia and the north-western part of the Far East are so sparsely populated that if they are not resupplied and the resistance forces cannot get close to the cities, the guerrillas may even starve to death on the vast ice fields or be wiped out by mobile incursion troops. Of course, a series of occupation policies will also help to stabilize these new occupation areas.

At present, we are adopting the method of setting up a military administration and political axe in the newly occupied areas, focusing on stationing and sweeping up the area, and eliminating the remnants of the Soviet army and guerrillas in the Ningjing area.

It is expected that next week, the Northern Expeditionary Forces of the Far Eastern Front will join forces with the Northern Expeditionary Forces of the Siberian Front in Oryokminsk. Due to the drastic changes in the situation in the Far Eastern theater, the main armored forces of the Far Eastern Front will move southward, and the tasks of the Northern Expedition will be handed over to the Siberian Front, thus ensuring the effective cutting of the last east-west aisle of the entire Soviet Union.

However, although the Soviets were extremely sparse and sparsely populated in the central part of the country, and the resistance was also weak, they still needed to station some troops, and it was expected that there would be 500,000 troops stationed there, and these troops would be replaced by reserve troops in half a year, and the main force would also return to the Far East.

Other units in the northeast, mainly as troops in the Shenyang garrison, participated in offensive and defensive operations against Korea.

As a result, our forces in the Far Eastern theater of operations are still somewhat tight. ”

Jiang Baili only briefly mentioned the offensive momentum on the Soviet battlefield, after all, under the fierce attack of China's elite armored army and airborne army, how can the Soviet third-rate troops, even the militia, which have less than 1 million troops in the entire large area, resist? In addition, the Siberian Front planned to attack north in the center, so the momentum was like a bamboo. He didn't say much about it.

At the moment, the priority is the Far Eastern theater of operations.

"However, because our army has always emphasized rapid deployment and rapid mobility capabilities, after coordinating railway transportation, the current speed of our army's mobilization is very fast, since the outbreak of the German [***] officer regiment incident, in more than 20 days, we have transferred 500,000 troops from the Jinjing garrison area, the Central Plains garrison area and other relatively close areas to the north. At present, it is mainly some heavy equipment that has not yet gone north.

In the deployment of the entire battlefield, reserve forces will be gradually transferred to the newly occupied areas of the Soviet Union to be stationed in key areas, and while the armored forces of the Northern Expedition move southward, we must ensure that the number of troops participating in operations in the entire Far Eastern Theater will reach 1.5 million to 2 million. ”

Jiang Baili briefly talked about the strategy, and the specific battle plan was naturally not announced.

Zhang Shusheng interjected: "What is the current strength of the United States and the Soviet Union in the Far East theater? ”

"At present, the total strength of the United States and the Soviet Union in the Far East is about 2.1 million, 1.7 million in the Soviet Union, and 300,000 in the United States, with a total strength of 4.1 million."

Jiang Baili said.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, the war in the Far East battlefield is more peculiar, the Soviet Union has almost exhausted the last drop of blood in the Far East fierce battle, the factories in the Far East rear, even shells and bullets can not be enough, the most tense moment, the Americans have dozens of transport ships through the Okhotsk Strait in a day to reach the Far East battlefield.

Logistics was extremely lacking, and Zhukov even ordered the armored forces to avoid fighting, and in order to save ammunition, they could even only fight in a positional warfare mode with limited consumption.

Although there are many troops and logistics are not worried, the national strength is relatively weak, and it is difficult to bear such huge casualties, so the two sides have been fighting in the Far East for two or three years, and the number of troops is getting smaller and smaller.

To be honest, if I had not turned around and thrown myself into the arms of the Allies and coveted the flesh of a richer China, victory in the Far East would have been a matter of time, there would have been a serious lack of logistics, the United States would have been cut off from sea transportation and supplies, and the northern transport and supply lines from north of Siberia and south of the Arctic Ocean would have been too long, and defeat would have been a matter of time.

Even, according to Jiang Baili's estimate, it was only necessary to hold out for another half a year before the Soviet Union had to surrender in the Far East. In this six months, the army will become stronger and stronger, and the United States has not yet come out of the defeat in the Pacific naval war, which is the best time and the most difficult period for the Allies in the Far East, but he himself does not care, but uses this huge advantage as a condition for negotiations, thus obtaining rich benefits.

"2 million against 4.1 million, it's not a big problem." Zhang Shusheng asked.

"It's not a big problem."

Jiang Baili: "Our main idea is to strike first. Now on the battlefield in the Far East, the United States and the Soviet Union have just ceased fighting, and basically have no ability to launch an active offensive on the scale of the front army, especially the army of the Soviets; according to intelligence, many tanks cannot be started, planes cannot take off, and there is a shortage of spare parts, and most combat units already use two people with one gun, and the bullets issued by one squad are not enough to support a large-scale defensive war.

The consumption of this book is also very large, and it will take at least two months to rest and replenish.

The Americans moved faster, and according to intelligence, a large-scale maritime transport formation of 100 transport ships had already departed from the US mainland and was destined for the Far Eastern theater. However, there was no continued increase in troops, and the direction of the Americans' troop increase was mainly in India. ”

Zhang Shusheng: "Let's talk about our views. ”

Subsequently, the meeting entered a time of free speech, and many high-ranking generals made speeches, some of which were expressions of determination, and some of which were to discuss the general direction of operations.

But the theme is the only one, that is, a large-scale military operation to attack first, to be launched in the Far East before the United States and the Soviet Union have taken a breath.

The core of the meeting was also very clear, that is, to use the superior armored forces and aviation units of the Far Eastern Front of the Republic to carry out a tearing attack on the Far Eastern theater.

The meeting formally decided to launch the 'butcher plan' of the Far Eastern Theater to carry out an open attack on the troops of the Far Eastern Theater of the United States and the Soviet Union, which had been fighting for a long time and had been sick.

A detailed battle plan has also been drawn up, and after some meticulous revisions, it will be sent to the Far Eastern Front, with General Huo Weiguo personally commanding this large-scale offensive.

After the meeting, the discussion continued with the possible actions of the United States, Britain, and India in Southeast Asia.

The situation in this direction is also more urgent, although he said that he was unable to cooperate with the attack because he had almost no preparations, and could only defend against China, the United States, Britain and India had been preparing for a long time and were about to launch an attack in the direction of Burma.

Lieutenant General Zheng Zhinan has arrived in Yunnan to serve as commander of the Southeast Asian Front, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Lieutenant General Xue Yue. The Southeast Asian Front will also include servant armies from Burma and Laos, with General Tuo Chung as commander-in-chief, with a strength of 300,000 troops.

Due to the special topography of Myanmar, it is destined to be a relatively slow-paced, but extremely dangerous mountain jungle battle.

In terms of timing, it is expected that the offensive in the Far Eastern theater of operations will officially start after achieving certain results.

This emergency military meeting at the base camp formalized the tone for taking the initiative offensive against the Allies. Compared with the allies, especially the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, which were all happy because of the accession of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, China's huge war machine has been running at full speed, and it will give a huge surprise to the allies who are full of confidence in the Far East and Southeast Asia.

The outbreak of silence will give a new understanding to the Allies. After all, before this, China's biggest move was nothing more than a three-way attack on the Soviet Union, but for various reasons, it has not encountered a strong Soviet force, and it has always been easy and abnormal to advance-occupy-advance-re-occupy!

This also makes the United States, Britain and other countries still do not have a high enough understanding of the combat strength of China's defense forces, and even Yu himself, who has been strengthened by armed forces, believes that although the Chinese are powerful, they are not invincible.

…… On September 3, 1945, the Far Eastern Front of the Chinese National Defense Force forcibly crossed the Lena River and officially entered the northern region of the Soviet Union, where it successfully joined forces with the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Siberian Front led by the veteran Xu Shuzheng in Oreokminsk.

General Xu Shuzheng and General Chen Cheng jointly sent a telegram to the base camp in Oreokminsk, reporting a great victory.

At the same time that the great news spread throughout the country, General Chen Cheng relieved himself of the heavy task of the Northern Expedition, left part of the garrison, and led the Fifth Armored Group Army, a certain unit of the Sixth Armored Group Army, and three armored divisions transferred from the Siberian Front Army to secretly move south, aiming directly on the northwest flank of the Far Eastern Theater.

At the same time, Admiral Huo Weiguo held a pre-war military meeting in Hailanpao, and after emphasizing extremely strict discipline, he secretly announced the order to launch a pre-emptive attack.

The main forces of the entire Far Eastern Front were immediately put into operation, the armored forces were concentrated, the aviation units were concentrated, even early warning aircraft and electronic jamming aircraft were already in place, and the massive amount of war materials that had been hoarded for many years was also taken out from dozens of strategic warehouses on the northeastern border.

As many as five Air Force jet divisions are secretly heading north, while 10 propeller fighter divisions are also heading north, a move aimed at greatly strengthening the air superiority available to the Far Eastern Front and will serve as the main air support force for the ground offensive.

At the same time, a large number of bombers, even strategic ones, went north, preparing for a massive bombing of the Far Eastern theater of operations.

While the United States and the Soviet Union were nervously resting, redeploying, and supplying troops, the Far Eastern Front of the Chinese National Defense Forces had already opened its huge fangs and was about to bite down on it.

(To be continued)