Episode 129 Red Banner Far East Army

Shang Xiaojun is worthy of being the "first talented woman" of Donglin University, although she has retired for so many years, she taught Xiang Xiaoqiang this set of words through Xiuxiu, which was very effective at the meeting of the Command. Moreover, Xiang Xiaoqiang also called Shen Rongxuan, and the two had a rare cooperation. Xiang Xiaoqiang told Shen Rongxuan this set of reasons, and Shen Rongxuan immediately affirmed it.

At the same time as the High Command was discussing, the Cabinet was also discussing this issue. Sure enough, the ministers of the cabinet ate this more than the generals of the military department. Within a day, in the two sets of teams of the High Command and the Cabinet, the opinions of the "hawks" completely dominated.

On August 10, the top political leaders of the Ming Emperor unanimously made a decision to concentrate on launching a final battle to completely wipe out the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops still remaining on the East Asian continent.

In the more than a month since the war against Japan began, the Ming army has successively transferred the most elite People's Guards from the Western Front to the Eastern Front. The People's Guard will always be in the throes of war. When the front in Central Asia had stabilized, and neither side was able to attack on a large scale, and it had become a stalemate, the northeastern battlefield at the doorstep of the People's Guard naturally became a place for the People's Guards to show their talents.

The People's Guard at this time had expanded to fifteen armored divisions. The original five mechanized divisions, which are equivalent to the five light armored divisions, have long been upgraded to standard armored divisions, and each division has two tank regiments and about 200 medium and heavy tanks.

In addition to the People's Guard, the Ming Army also successively formed ten armored divisions and ten light armored divisions. The army's "armored divisions" are also dominated by medium and heavy tanks, but they are slightly inferior to the armored divisions of the People's Guard in terms of the number of tanks and the total number of tanks. The army's "light armored division" is actually equivalent to the "mechanized division" of the former People's Guard, but the army is called "light armored division" on the side. The equipment is comparable to that of the previous mechanized divisions of the People's Guard, that is, each division has a light tank regiment and about 100 light tanks.

In addition, the major tank factories in Nanming and Beiming are now driving new tanks at an average rate of 20 per day and transporting them to the troops. Among them, the "Zhangjiakou Tank City" of the former Northern Qing Dynasty accounted for half of the output.

These 25 armored divisions and 10 mechanized divisions are the trump cards of the army that the Ming army now holds. The High Command arranged for the 10 armored divisions of the Army to remain in the western theater, which could be regarded as maintaining the front. The remaining 15 armored divisions of the People's Guard and 10 light armored divisions of the army were all sent to the northeast battlefield.

However, the enemy that the Ming army had to face in the northeast was not just these 10 divisions of Japanese troops. There was also the Soviet "Red Banner Far Eastern Special Army" (hereinafter referred to as the "Red Banner Far Eastern Army"). Although this enemy has not directly exchanged fire with the Ming army at the moment, it is even more terrifying. Perhaps their will to fight is not as tenacious as that of the Japanese army, but they are better equipped and have more adequate logistical supplies.

The "Red Banner Far East Special Army" is the predecessor of the "Red Banner Far East Front" established in 1938. At this time, it was not a front, but only a group army, with much smaller forces.

At this time, the Red Banner Far Eastern Army of the Soviet Union also had two infantry corps, a mechanized corps, and a large number of units directly under the group army. The specific composition is about 5 infantry divisions, 2 tank divisions, 1 motorized division, 1 cavalry division, 1 motorcycle regiment, 1 ** armored train battalion, 3 ** infantry brigades, 2 anti-tank artillery regiments, 2 howitzer regiments, 2 ** artillery regiments, 2 aviation divisions, 1 architect (similar to engineering troops), and 1 heavy boat bridge engineer regiment.

At present, the total strength of the entire "Red Banner Far East Army" is about 10-120,000 people, of which two aviation divisions have about 400 aircraft. Moreover, as the Ming army continued to transfer elite troops into the northeast, the Soviet army also increased its troops to the Red Banner Far East Army day and night. The center of gravity of the confrontation between the Ming and Soviet armies gradually shifted from Central Asia to the Far East.

Therefore, in addition to the elite troops of these 25 armored divisions, the Ming army plans to invest 25 army motorized infantry divisions to cover the flanks of the armored divisions and guard against a sudden attack by the Soviet army. There were a total of 50 divisions, facing 10 Japanese infantry divisions in the Far East, and the Soviet Far Eastern Army, which was equivalent to 10 divisions. In this way, no matter whether the Soviet army directly aided the Japanese army or not, as long as there were no obvious problems in command, the Ming army would be sure to win. Strive for absolute superiority, with the fastest speed, the best exchange ratio, to achieve complete victory.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty greeted the Soviet envoy in Nanjing, saying that although the two countries were at war in Central Asia, in the Far East, the main enemy of our country was the Japanese army. I hope that your army will "exercise restraint" when our army and the Japanese army are fighting, otherwise...... We will destroy you.

"Otherwise, we will destroy you", this is a hard and horizontal statement, but it is very valuable.

The calculation of the Ming army command was that if the Soviet army did not aid the Japanese army and sat back and watched the Ming army destroy the Japanese army, it would be the best. I first destroyed the Japanese army, and then I took the initiative in war or peace with you, the Soviet Union. If the Soviet army came to the aid of the Japanese army, then with the strength of the Ming army outside the pass, it would definitely not suffer. On the contrary, it will provide an excellent reason for the Ming army to tear up the negotiations and invade the territory of the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviet army can increase its troops, but the speed of the increase of troops on both sides is not a progression. The "Trans-Baikal Frontier Military District" next door does not have many troops, and the "Central Asian Frontier Military District" is in a quagmire and cannot draw troops. Although the forces invested by the two sides in the frontal battlefield were roughly equal, in order to maintain the rule of the north and south of Xinjiang and suppress the resistance of the Mus-Slim armed forces everywhere, the Soviet army had to allocate several percent more troops to the rear to "maintain stability". The standard is stuck in the quagmire.

The only ones that can draw a large number of troops are the military districts in the European part. However, that means crossing the entire Eurasian continent, the railway journey is nearly 10,000 kilometers, and the fastest and fastest trip takes half a month (speed in 1941). The Ming army was at the doorstep, and the military column could send troops from North China to Heilongjiang in a day and a half at most. The difference in the speed of the two sides in the transfer of troops was ten times.

Besides, even if it is a competition for the total strength, the Ming army is not scared now. In addition to the 3 million Lao Ming Army, there are also 1 million New Ming Army (formerly Han Army) that have been reorganized, and at least 3 million relatively elite Yuan Qing Army that can be used, including 900,000 of the most elite former Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner Divisions. Although these Eight Banner Divisions were elite, the Ming army had always been worried about national issues and insecurity, so they never rearmed them. But when necessary, these Eight Banner Divisions can also be rearmed and put into battle.

The original "Thousand Divisions Army" was in the hands of the Northern Qing Dynasty, and its combat capability was greatly reduced, and the troops with combat effectiveness were not even one-third. But now in the hands of Da Ming, all the people who used to live in the old world have seen hope, and they all seem to have changed people. At least they were all watched as people. all know that following the Ming army, not only is the military salary sufficient, the food and clothing are superior, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the most important thing is that even if there is no relationship with the background, as long as you fight bravely, you can be promoted. Everyone has a head, and they all feel that it is worth dying on the battlefield. Although there are still many bad habits, although the quality training is not as good as the old Ming army, but they are willing to fight well, at least this is no problem.

Just because of these, just because of the change of boss and the change of system - the vast majority of the former Qing army, which has more than 700 divisions and tens of millions of people, can now be called "combat effectiveness troops".

All this made the Ming army command full of confidence and confidence.

Xiang Xiaoqiang participated in the decision-making of the high command and personally selected the date of the attack: August 15, a day of great significance. He hoped that this date would bring a good omen for the complete annihilation of the Japanese army by the Ming army.