At the same time, the Soviet Red Army also achieved a major victory on the Soviet-German battlefield, and the two sides fought a decisive battle at Kursk, in which both sides invested a total of 2.7 million troops and more than 6,000 tanks, which was the largest tank battle and one-day air battle in the entire World War II.

In this battle, the German army lost more than 700,000 soldiers, about 248 tanks, and 900 aircraft. The Red Army also paid an even heavier price for the Battle of Kursk, losing more than 1.8 million troops, 6,800 tanks, 5,244 artillery pieces, and 3,500 aircraft.

From a purely tactical point of view, the Germans undoubtedly achieved another major victory in this battle, because they inflicted about three times the losses of the Soviets themselves, and the Kursk battlefield was littered with hundreds of charred tanks and aircraft wreckage, as well as countless corpses, such a tactical effect was what the Germans wanted to see.

But from the point of view of strategic effect, the Germans did not achieve victory. Because according to the battlefield situation, the Soviet Red Army was still able to draw a defensive line and launch a full-scale counteroffensive according to the plan despite suffering huge losses, while the German army on the Eastern Front in Europe could no longer reverse the situation of the entire Eastern Front.

The defeat at the Battle of Kursk permanently deprived Nazi Germany of the initiative on the battlefield, and the Germans never launched a threatening offensive on the Eastern Front in Europe again. The Soviet Red Army also paid a heavy price for the Battle of Kursk, but the victory in the Battle allowed the Soviet Red Army to gain the initiative on the battlefield from then on. After this battle, the Soviet Red Army launched a series of offensives against the German army, recovering a large number of lost ground. After the liberation of Kiev, the commanders of the Soviet Red Army at all levels also grew rapidly in the flames of war, and the art of command became more and more mature.

During the battle, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Red Army made great improvements in the organizational aspects of strategic coordination between army groups and the use of strategic reserves, and gained new experience in concentrating a large number of troops and weapons in decisive directions; For the first time, the newly formed tank armies were used as echelons to expand the results of the battle; The aviation forces completely seized air supremacy. The strategic command of the Soviet Red Army was characterized by a high degree of concentration of command and the right timing of action.

However, in this battle, it was shown that the quality of German soldiers was still far above that of the Soviet Union, and it proved that even if the Soviet officers absorbed the actual combat experience, the blind command of the generals ordered the Soviet Union to still suffer greater losses in the later period in order to win the victory. Soviet lost tanks, warplanes. The number of personnel surpassed that of the Germans; The number of tank losses was more than three times that of the Germans.

However, in the context of the increasing volume of military-industrial production of the allies. The heavy losses of the Soviet Union could still be replenished in a very short time, but Germany could not, and a battle that crumbled Soviet troops turned into a mortal wound that brought down the Third Reich.

The Battle of Kursk turned the tide of the Soviet-German war in one fell swoop and opened the prelude to the Soviet counteroffensive. It turns out. After the end of the campaign. The situation on the Eastern Front in Europe turned into a long-distance offensive by the Soviet Red Army. The Soviets regained all the lost territory, conquered all of Eastern Europe, and made their way to Germany. And won the war. The Germans could no longer counterattack or stop the advance of the Soviet Red Army and were forced to begin a long retreat.

It was December 1943, and after nearly a year of development, earth-shaking changes had taken place in China, and with the support of many industrial zones in the northern part of the country and the United States and the Soviet Union, China's industrialization was going very smoothly.

A large number of heavy industries such as iron and steel, coal, and metallurgy have been established throughout the country, while light industries such as wool spinning and food manufacturing have also developed greatly, factories and enterprises have sprung up in various localities, and China's social economy has undergone qualitative changes in a short period of one year.

With the development of the economy, people's incomes are also high, 43 years ago, people's annual income was only dozens of oceans, and some rural people only had a few oceans of income a year, but since the country began large-scale industrial construction, as long as there is the ability to work, and at the same time willing to pay labor, then the monthly income will not be less than 10 oceans, and the income has doubled compared with before.

Don't look at only more than 10 oceans a month, you must know that the purchasing power of the ocean in this era is still very strong, although the fiat currency has depreciated, but the purchasing power of the ocean is still very strong, more than 10 oceans are enough for a family of three to live comfortably for 3 months.

The people's income is high, the living standard has also improved to a certain extent, coupled with the current nationwide medical education reform, which makes many poor families see the hope of turning over, so there are more smiles on the faces of the people.

Although the government is still very corrupt and a large number of corrupt officials are in it, the people's perception of the government has changed dramatically, and it can be said that the whole Chinese society is changing.

Speaking of Chen Feng himself, although his work has been carried out in the conference room in the past year, he has basically not been on the front line, nor has he commanded the troops, but Chen Feng's harvest is the biggest among everyone.

Since Chen Feng is now the chairman of the Military Commission, in charge of army construction and management, and is the supreme commander of China's armed forces, China's existing six million troops are under his command, so although Chen Feng did not command the operation this year, he got 1 million system points, plus the millions of points accumulated before, and now Chen Feng has a full 2.12 million points in his points account.

Not long ago, he went to Nanyang Consulate and added a number of ships to the Nanyang Navy, including 10 aircraft carriers, 20 missile destroyers and a large number of shipbuilding equipment.

At the same time, a large number of advanced techniques flowed out of Chen Feng's hands, some of which were military and some were civilian, and the vast majority of these techniques were handed over to the state by Chen Feng free of charge, and the remaining part was handed over to Huaxia Company for operation.

Now the conditions for the system upgrade have all been met, only the last point of the territory has not been recovered, according to the prompts of the system, as long as Hong Kong Island, Macau, Bay Island, and Qiong Island are recovered, the system can be immediately upgraded to the ultimate version, and after the surrender of Japan, the glorious mission task is completed.

Under these circumstances, Chen Feng urgently needed to deal the most severe blow to the remnants of the Japanese troops around China, and drive the Japanese devils back to the Japanese archipelago in one fell swoop.

At the end of December 1943, Chen Feng convened a military conference at the level of commander of the theater in Chongqing. At the same time, Boss Mao also held a national government conference in Chongqing.

The military meeting was presided over by Chen Feng himself, and the main purpose was to formulate the army's operational plan for 1944. According to the strategic plan formulated by the Supreme High Command, in the first half of 1944 China was to conduct two large-scale campaigns on its own, one against the Korean Peninsula and the other against the Burma battlefield.

In addition, China will cooperate with the Allies in recovering the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies in the South Pacific, and in the second half of the year, China will carry out a reconquest operation against French Indochina and all the islands off the coast of China. At the same time, China's border defense line was built.

In addition, the meeting also put forward amendments to China's conscription system, military rank system, resettlement of retired servicemen, and other related systems, which were submitted to the conference for discussion.

The military conference began on 11 December and lasted until 16 December, and was decided to begin on 1 January 1944 after deliberation among all the senior officers present. The National Revolutionary Army was renamed the Chinese National Defense Force.

At the same time, in order to rectify the chaotic situation of military ranks. In order to meet military needs, the Supreme High Command decided to revise the ranks. At present, the army continues to use the "Official Table" and "Soldier Rank Table" of the Army, Navy, and Air Force formulated by the Nationalist Government in January 1935.

Generals: special generals, first-class generals, second-class generals, lieutenant generals, major generals;

Colonels: Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors;

Lieutenants: Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign;

Sergeants: sergeant, sergeant, corporal;

Soldiers: Private of the First Class, Private of the First Class, Private of the Second Class.

The revised military ranks have abolished the distinction between special general, first class general, and second class general. There are only 3 ranks and 10 ranks for officers. generals are generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals; The officers of the school are colonels, colonels, lieutenant colonels, and majors; Lieutenants are captains, lieutenants, and ensigns. Naval and Air Force officers are preceded by the words "Navy" and "Air Force" respectively.

Soldiers' ranks are divided into the following ranks: non-commissioned officers: fourth-class sergeant major, third-class sergeant major, second-class sergeant major, and first-class sergeant major; Sergeants: sergeant, sergeant, corporal; Soldiers: Private of the upper rank, private.

At the same time as the promulgation of the military rank system. The Supreme High Command has also made unified arrangements for the ranks and posts of various units, stipulating that starting in 1944, all members of the Central Military Commission, defense ministers, chiefs of staff, and commanders of various theaters will be generals and officers. The deputy commander is a general or lieutenant general, and the chief of staff is a lieutenant general.

The establishment of troops at the army level will be abolished, and the establishment of division-level troops directly under the direct jurisdiction of the group army will be implemented, and the commanders of all group armies will be lieutenant generals and officers, and the commanders of all divisions and divisions will be unified to the rank of major generals, and only the division commanders of individual garrison units can be lieutenant generals. The deputy division commander or brigade commander of each division shall be a colonel officer, the chief of staff of the brigade and the chief of the regiment shall be an officer of a colonel, the deputy commander of the regiment and the chief of staff of the regiment shall be an officer of a lieutenant colonel, and the commander of the battalion shall be an officer of a major.

The Supreme High Command has demanded that all units immediately report the list of officers at the rank of second lieutenant and above and the corresponding posts of each unit, and plans to readjust the ranks of all officers in the whole army.

At the same time, the vacant post of honorary marshal was established in the army, and those high-ranking officers who have made special contributions to the country and the nation were awarded, but the marshal could only be awarded to those senior officers who had retired, and all officers on active duty and above would be the highest military rank.

In terms of operations, the Chinese High Command would launch a counterattack against the Japanese puppet army in southern Burma in mid-January 1944, with about 300,000 troops, combined with navy, air force, and ground armored forces, with the intention of driving the Japanese out of Burma in one fell swoop.

To launch the Korean campaign in northern China, it is planned to mobilize 1.2 million elite troops, with the cooperation of a large number of technical and technical arms, to launch an all-out attack on the Japanese puppet army in Korea from both sea and land directions, completely take the Korean Peninsula, and use this as a springboard to attack the Japanese mainland.

At the same time, the Supreme High Command has decided to start a landing operation on the Japanese mainland from now on, and the navy will also conduct corresponding landing training, and it is planned to add 10 new airborne divisions to be used in the landing operations on the Japanese mainland.

On the other hand, the government planned to change the name of Beiping to Beijing, move the capital to Beijing in the first half of 1944, and hold large-scale celebrations and military parades in the second half of the year.

Soon after the military-political conference in Chongqing, a large number of elite troops were transferred to the southwestern and northeastern borders, and a large number of excellent commanders were also transferred to the front. (To be continued......)