Li Xiaofeng has long been determined to solve the Chinese problem in one go, and must not leave a nasty tail, if Lao Jiang and his remnants continue to exist, the energy of the **** will be greatly dispersed in the future, which is extremely unfavorable to the overall strategy of the communist camp he conceived.

Taiwan's geographical location is too important, this is the core of the first island chain blockading China, if this link is interrupted, the strategic position of Japan and the Philippines will be greatly reduced, and if the Americans still want to play island chain tactics, they will have to retreat to the second island chain.

Of course, with the speed at which Jiang is moving in, it is impossible to wipe it out on the mainland, as soon as there is a chance or after the battle of crossing the river, this person is already wholeheartedly running Taiwan, and the remnants of half of the mainland are just outcasts who delay the **** soldiers.

Therefore, if you want to completely solve the-stirring stick of Jiang someone, you must not give him the opportunity to transfer to Taiwan. So is this possible?

In Li Xiaofeng's view, this opportunity was completely there, and it was not in 1949, but at the end of 1944 or the beginning of 1945. Remember the Red Navy task force? After the Soviet Union officially declared war on Japan, there was no need for this aircraft carrier formation "loaned" to the US military to continue to wear the skin of the US military.

And during this time period, the Americans are also thinking about the next operational goal, specifically there are two targets, one is the Philippines and the other is Taiwan. Among them, the one who supports the recapture of the Philippines is the aforementioned MacArthur, who has been the emperor in the Philippines for two generations, and fled the Philippines in embarrassment, so he naturally wants to get back this game and "return home". And it was Nimitz who supported the priority of taking Taiwan. The latter believe that Taiwan's military value is greater.

Of course. It is well known that MacArthur won in history. Who makes the Philippines more politically significant, and Taiwan only military. For politicians, of course, the former is more important.

And in this time and space, the course of things is similar, when MacArthur and Nimitz are in a tight fight, Roosevelt, who is the final referee, still chooses the more politically significant Philippines.

Of course, this is not to say that Roosevelt could not see the military value of Taiwan, but he believed that this military value was not of decisive significance for the time being. Moreover, the president is still confident that the Scraping People's Party will continue to rule China in the future, and as long as the Scraping People's Party can still rule the Chinese mainland, it is still for him. Then Taiwan's military value will not be so prominent. Naturally, if he has to make a trade-off, it is to take the Philippines and give up Taiwan.

But just when MacArthur was satisfied, the Soviet Union suddenly told the United States: "The Red Navy will carry out a large-scale amphibious landing operation in Taiwan, occupy this island, cut off the sea communication line between the Japanese mainland and the South China Seas, cooperate with the **** to completely cut off Japan's sea and land communication lines, trap Japan, and prepare for the landing on the Japanese mainland in the future!" ”

Roosevelt was taken by surprise by this news, because he had not expected such a move from the Soviet side, because there had been no warning beforehand. The Russians are coming as they say. And this also made him worried, and he began to feel that choosing the Philippines was a mistake. This is also reflected in his letter to Churchill:

"I doubt the intentions of the Russians. Since Peter the Great, this people has been seeking access to the sea, and has not hesitated to launch war after war for this purpose. And now, once the Soviet Union has captured Taiwan, and Taiwan has extremely important military value, will the Soviet Union not leave? Once the forces of the Red Navy enter this key waterway, it is really worth being vigilant about whether it will go deeper along the South China Sea in the direction of the Strait of Malacca and Australia in the future! ”

In fact, the British were also vigilant, and the reason why they secretly helped Japan in the Russo-Japanese War was to contain the polar bears from moving south. And now the polar bear has gone south, which greatly threatens the interests of the British Empire in Southeast Asia. It must be stopped!

Soon Churchill suggested: "Britain and the United States should join forces to stop the military adventures of the Soviet Union!" ”

However, it is a little troublesome to stop it, because MacArthur has been promised to take the Philippines first, and now that the plan is changed, I am afraid that the goods will blow up again. Moreover, it is not politically easy to explain that it is difficult to give up the Philippines and fight Taiwan first. The worst-case scenario is what if the United States turns around and goes to Taiwan, but the Russians go to the Philippines, it will really be a shame to lose their grandmother's family.

Don't think it's impossible, because Litvinov made it clear when he conveyed the intentions of the Soviet ****** and the Military Commission: "If the United States goes to recover the Philippines, then the Red Navy will go to Taiwan." On the contrary, if the United States goes to Taiwan, the Red Navy will inevitably launch an amphibious landing operation in the Philippines. In short, between Taiwan and the Philippines, the Red Navy will inevitably choose one. ”

In other words, it is completely impossible for either Britain or the United States to prevent the Red Navy from carrying out an amphibious landing operation. At most, it is to create some small troubles, for example, Britain and the United States immediately said: "It is better for the allies to act in unison, it is better to liberate the Philippines with the combined fleet of the three countries, so that the forces are more concentrated...... If the Red Navy chooses to act alone, it will be difficult for the British and American governments to provide material assistance......"

Obviously, the British and Americans just wanted to get stuck in their necks, that is, they calculated that the Red Navy lacked bases in the Pacific region, and logistics supply was quite a problem. There may be comrades who are going to say it again, isn't there Vladivostok? Can the Red Navy get supplies from Vladivostok?

The idea is a bit naïve, Vladivostok is too close to the Japanese mainland, and the fleet departs from here and is completely within the strike radius of Japanese aircraft. And Vladivostok is still a little too far from Taiwan. Once war is declared on Japan, this will definitely be a war zone, and it will definitely not be peaceful.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng's determination will not change, and it is necessary to take Taiwan, even if the loss is great, it is worth it. What's more, in the face of Anglo-American's bad moves, he is not out of the question. In order to make up for the lack of strength of the Red Navy's task force, he transferred the two Type 42 aircraft carriers that had just been put into service, as well as the Leningrad and the Moskva, to the Pacific Ocean, so that the Red Navy would have six large fleet aircraft carriers in this theater of operations. At least it is enough to bully the Japanese. It's not just aircraft carriers that are being transferred to the Pacific. Also included was a large number of battleships. It is mainly used for land support, and it is still quite good to bombard the beachhead.

All in all, the Pacific Fleet of the Red Navy is more than twice as large. Of course, it is not enough to have a strong navy, and amphibious landing operations also need the cooperation of land forces. According to Li Xiaofeng's request, Ubolevich had been slowly transferring the Red Marine Corps to the Far East a few months earlier, and by August 1944, a total of five Marine Divisions had been transferred, together with one airborne division of the Air Force and two air assault brigades of the Army Aviation. The first wave of land forces that landed on Taiwan is basically in place.

Not only did it use a large number of troops, but the Soviet Union also requisitioned a large number of civilian facilities, such as more than a dozen 30,000-ton cargo ships to carry two air assault brigades for the army aviation, which were simply modified to accommodate helicopters. The Soviet Union devoted almost all its resources to this amphibious landing operation, using all the sea and air forces that could be mobilized, and this fully shows that the Soviet Union attaches great importance to this operation.

However, this operation will not be launched immediately, not only the Red Army needs time to prepare, but more importantly, the Japanese Navy at this time also has the ability to break the net. The strength of the Pacific Fleet of the Red Navy is not enough to deal with it alone. According to Li Xiaofeng's vision, when the US troops landed in Leyte Gulf. The Red Navy had just begun its landing trip to Taiwan. It means that after the U.S. Navy has dealt with the remaining remnants of Japan's defeated generals, we will be able to deal with Taiwan more easily. This makes the risk smaller.

Not only was they preparing to take advantage of the US military, but more importantly, according to Li Xiaofeng's plan, during this period, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army would recover North China with the cooperation of the Soviet Red Army and the Outer Mongolian Army. Why first recover North China before taking Taiwan? The reason is very simple, Vladivostok is still too far from Taiwan, and it is really unsafe to go through the Sea of Japan for supplies, while it is much closer and relatively safe to go through Outer Mongolia to North China through Inner Mongolia and then transport them from Tanggu to Taiwan.

In fact, for this day, the Soviet side was also prepared in advance, and since 1942 it has been building a railway from Ulan-Ude to Outer Mongolia, which has been connected to Zamyn-Uud, next door to Erenhot, and the line has been completed in May 1944. This meant that supplies from the Soviet Union could travel directly through Outer Mongolia to the edge of Inner Mongolia.

Due to political factors and time reasons, the railway line from Erenhot to Zhangjiakou in Inner Mongolia could not be built, and this section could only be transported by road. In order to meet the material needs of the **** in North China, Shandong and the Red Navy in Taiwan, the Soviet Union also made great efforts to renovate this line of highways, although it could not meet the standards of later highways, and even national highways could not be done, but it also made the road as easy as possible.

In addition, thanks to the low degree of mechanization of **** (there are almost no mechanized troops, all of them are infantry, and there are not even many cars), the demand for fuel is very low, which makes most of the oil available to meet the needs of the Red Navy in the future. Of course, this is also temporary, when Blyukhel got the Kwantung Army and dredged the route in the northeast, this route through Outer Mongolia was completely used to ensure the needs of the ****, and the needs of the Soviet Red Army turned to the northeast.

That is to say, when the Red Navy will be able to carry out military operations against Taiwan depends entirely on the progress of **** in North China, if the progress is fast, the Red Navy will be fast, otherwise, it will be slow. Of course, even the most optimistic estimates suggest that military action against Taiwan will begin after November 1944, because it depends on when the US military will go to the Philippines. These two conditions are indispensable.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng's main task in the military this time is to agree with **** on the timetable. To be honest, it's not difficult at all, because the **** side has long been eager to counterattack.

This extremely high level of enthusiasm once surprised the Soviet and American sides, why do you say that? As mentioned earlier, after the Japanese army began to open up the mainland communication line campaign, the army was completely defeated and was completely vulnerable. This caused serious doubts on both the part of the Soviet Union and the United States about the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Just imagine, you can be beaten with pee when you have completely gained air supremacy and have sufficient air support, how good is this combat effectiveness!

Even the Soviet ****** and the Military Commission had doubts about the ****'s combat effectiveness and fighting spirit, and were once ready to postpone or simply cancel the operational concept of assisting the **** in recovering North China and Shandong. It was only under Li Xiaofeng's strong opposition and the repeated assurances of Chuikov and Kulikov that ****** and the Military Commission reluctantly agreed. But let's be honest. They still weren't sure. Even if you do a good job, **** may end up in a big defeat.

But the battle was from the very beginning. The combat effectiveness that erupted surprised the whole world, and it only took one day **** to regain Zhangjiakou again, and then Baoding, Cangzhou, and Hengshui were recovered within a week. The blockade ditches and artillery towers on which the Japanese army and the puppet army relied for survival could not stop the Eighth Route Army at all, and they were trampled into powder.

This was not the end, and soon the New Fourth Army in Shandong also began a counteroffensive, taking Liaocheng and cooperating with the Eighth Route Army to recover Handan. In less than 10 days, North China and northern Shandong were completely changed, and the Japanese army and the puppet army could only huddle in Beiping, Tianjin, Jinan, Qingdao, and other big cities.

Okamura Ningji, who was busy attacking cities in Henan, Hubei, and Hunan, suddenly found that his backyard was on fire. And the fire is not ordinarily small, it is simply a monstrous flame. What is in front of him is a dilemma, is it to continue the original plan to continue to ruthlessly scrape the army? Or turn around and go back to clean up the ****?

Okamura Ningji is a little difficult, he knows that today's **** is not what it used to be, if the **** is left to make trouble in the rear, then North China will really turn the sky upside down. But let him transfer the main force back to deal with the ****, he was a little unwilling, after all, the international situation is there, and it is still of strategic significance to open up road traffic lines.

After some thought, Okamura finally decided to divide the troops. A third of the troops were transferred back to clean up the ****, and the rest of the troops continued to slash the scraping army. And that's not all. He also sent a telegram to the base camp and asked to transfer part of the Kwantung Army to fight in the customs and cooperate with the North China Front Army to solve the ****.

Okamura Ninji's request was quickly agreed, and on the eve of the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan, about 50,000 or so Kwantung Army entered Beiping and launched an attack on Zhangjiakou and Baoding, which had been recovered by ****. And some of the troops that Okamura Ninji had at hand about two divisions also turned back to attack Handan. A fierce bloody battle broke out in the north and south of North China!

As a military adviser, Kulikov was mainly responsible for commanding the 1st and 3rd Cavalry Divisions of Outer Mongolia, the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force of the Soviet Red Army, and the 1st Independent Armored Brigade to fight the Japanese near Zhangjiakou.

This direction is related to the transportation route of materials imported from Outer Mongolia into North China, and it is the top priority, so in this direction, whether it is the Soviet Union, the **** or the Japanese puppet army, they have concentrated relatively strong forces, and a bloody battle is inevitable.

However, this bloody battle was very different from the original expectations of the Japanese army, in order to reoccupy Zhangjiakou, cut off the communication line of the Soviet Union's aid ****, and relieve the threat of the Soviet Union and the **** army to Beiping, the devil concentrated two divisions (the 63rd Division of the Kwantung Army, the 118th Division of the Mongolian Army) and two brigades (the 5th Brigade of the North China Front Army, and the 2nd Brigade of the Mongolian Army) about three divisions and regiments were ready to recover Zhangjiakou in one fell swoop.

According to the Japanese thinking, this should be their attack on the enemy's defense, and even thought that as soon as the powerful imperial army arrived in Zhangjiakou, the Eighth Route Army would retreat or avoid the battle. Takahashitan, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Front, who commanded this battle, was very confident before he set out on the expedition: "The imperial army will recover Zhangjiakou without much effort!" ”

It's just that the truth is completely opposite to Gao Qiaotan's expectations, after arriving at the periphery of Zhangjiakou, he was the first to be attacked, led by He Long's 120th Division 358th Brigade. It is worth mentioning that this brigade commander Lu Dongsheng, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, is specifically Chen Geng's hometown. When he was just seven years old, Lu Dongsheng herded cattle for Chen Geng's family, and he was Chen Geng's childhood friend, and the relationship between the two was very good.

After Chen Geng joined the army, Lu Dongsheng lived a life that was not as good as a part-time job, and in 1925, he also followed Chen Geng's example and joined the army. Coincidentally, after he joined the army (Tang Shengzhi's Hunan army), he met Chen Geng again. Since then, Lu Dongsheng has been following Chen Geng and participated in the August 1 Nanchang Uprising and the Long March. It is especially worth mentioning that in 1939, Lu Dongsheng was selected to study at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union.

It stands to reason that a talent like Lu Dongsheng will inevitably have a bright future in the future. But what is unexpected is that he did not die at the hands of the Japanese invaders, nor did he die heroically in the War of Liberation, but died at the hands of the Soviet Red Army. In December 1945, he was robbed and killed by Soviet Red Army soldiers at the age of 38.

According to Lu Dongsheng's qualifications, positions and abilities, he was able to play an important role in the War of Liberation. To put it mildly, when he was awarded the title in 1955, he was at least at the same level as Wang Zhen and Xiao Ke, and a general couldn't run away.

However, this general failed to gallop in the battle to liberate the motherland, and died in the hands of the big brother with great regret.

Li Xiaofeng met with Chinese students who went to study at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, and when he saw Lu Dongsheng, he remembered this very disgraceful past. Since then, he, director of the General Political Department, has spared no effort to vigorously enforce military discipline, and has resolutely put a stop to unhealthy tendencies within the Red Army if he commits vicious acts, such as robbery, theft, or forcible female involvement.

At that time, some high-ranking generals still didn't understand, thinking that it was a big fuss, the soldiers were ruffians, and the soldiers were not a little banditry, so how could they fight. However, after the words of the generals along the way were known by Li Xiaofeng, he really wanted to take off a layer of skin, and Li Xiaofeng would get rid of anyone who did not pay attention to discipline, and the Soviet Union had more people who could fight, and there was no shortage of so many unprincipled Qiu Ba! (To be continued.) )

PS: Bow and thank you to Pig Chic 2, Bao Heizi, Heba Zixin, 1st Guards Tank Brigade, Mending Knife King and Comrade Juventus!