Chapter 452: Can't afford

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With a roar of "offensive", in the far east, a new war kicked off. A small group of Japanese troops in light yellow uniforms wearing leggings set off on the vast plains of Mongolia to start the battle of Nomenkan.
This is a war that Japan and Germany have long determined as an axis country. According to the cooperation commitment of both sides, Japan should start this agreed war as early as half a month ago. However, the Japanese base camp played a bit of an eye, and they delayed the war to today, because until today they did not confirm that Germany had successfully won in the battle to land in the United Kingdom. Just a few hours ago, Canada ’s new British government had announced that the Churchill regime that was trapped in London had fallen.
Even if it is a partner, the relationship between countries is so strange, the icing on the cake is that every country is happy, but there are few people in the snow. Not all countries are willing to bear the risk of standing in advance, but once it is determined that the victory and defeat requires some countries to fall into the ground, the allies that start will be countless overnight.
On the day Churchill was abandoned by the British government, Spain declared war on Britain and started the Gibraltar War. Franco mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to storm the British Gibraltar area. Although no substantial progress has been made because of the British defenders' counterattacks, this dismal and desolate atmosphere has indeed shaken the determination of the United States to enter the war.
Taking action against Germany is not a simple matter now. Looking at the long list of countries on the Axis Group list, President Roosevelt's mood is a bit sad: Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Spain, Vichy France , Ireland ... If you don't get it right, Turkey and Finland will be added. Although these countries do not seem to be very powerful even when they are added together, there are more ants to bite the elephant after all.
Moreover, there are not many potential allies in the United States: Chamberlain in the north of the United Kingdom is competing with the British royal family in Canada for the command of the orthodox Britain; although the United States has been assisting China, Chairman Jiang has secretly frowned with the Germans; the Soviet Union has not yet officially It's hard to say if you leave the battle; Charles de Gaulle's French government in exile strongly supports the United States to declare war on Germany-but in addition to their support, they don't even have decent combat troops.
So in such a situation that the outcome is almost certain, the Japanese army's northward faction has the upper hand. After a series of analysis, the base camp decided to play studs together in two ways. As a result, the Japanese military's battle plan was divided into two. A good battle plan for attacking the Soviet Union from the north turned into a mad bet that went north and south at the same time.
Following Spain ’s declaration of war against Britain, Japan is also preparing to declare war against Britain. The Japanese navy will be responsible for covering the southern Japanese army against Hong Kong and seizing the British colonies in South Asia. At the same time, Vietnamese Japanese troops marched into Myanmar and attacked British troops in Myanmar.
Of course, the Japanese Kanto Army mobilized the combat strength of an army and attacked Mongolia north to test the Soviet response. If the Soviet Union enters Outer Mongolia to fight against the Japanese, the Japanese Army will do its utmost to defeat the Soviet Red Army and recreate the glory of the Russo-Japanese War.
This battle plan looks arrogant to the extreme, but it has considerations of the Japanese base camp. After some discussion, they believed that the plan was comprehensive and effective, that it was a more efficient expansion operation, and that it was fully in line with Japan's future development strategy.
Why do you say that? Because the Japanese Army believed that the Soviet Red Army could not withstand a single blow, they were able to defeat the Soviet Far East Army with confidence. This self-confidence comes from many aspects, such as the Japanese-Russian War that marked the official rise of Japan; for example, the poor performance of the Soviet Red Army during the Soviet-Finnish War, such as the ugliness of the Soviet army during the two Soviet-Polish Wars.
Therefore, the Japanese high-level leaders thought that this trial attack on the Soviet Union might look like this: the Japanese Imperial Army entered Outer Mongolia, and the Soviet Red Army was forced to face the battle. After the two sides had a big victory in Japan, Japan began to take advantage of the chase, so Outer Mongolia became a Japanese bag Things in it, places like Vladivostok will become Japanese territory.
Since it is so optimistic, the idle navy and the army in the south cannot naturally continue to be so idle. It is always reasonable to find something to do, right? So the Japanese navy, who has been battling with the army, came up with its own "big strategy"-did your army want to go north to the Soviet Union to play in the museum? Our navy is going south to kick the British and American ass! If you go to provoke the Soviet Union, I will smoke America! The naval force must not be weakened, and the army must not be robbed of the limelight!
So in Japan ’s strategy of going south, fighting Hong Kong, invading Singapore, and attacking Myanmar, these are just appetizers. The obsession hidden in the heart of the Japanese navy is actually picking a Philippine knife, slashing Malaysia, Australia, and killing the United States. So you are satisfied, just want to turn the Mediterranean into the inner lake of the Roman Empire, are you satisfied? Look at our great Japanese imperial navy and many cattle, want to use the entire Pacific Ocean as our emperor's bath!
The Army ’s blind optimism did not know where it came from. More than 90% of Japanese soldiers believed that the Soviet Red Army was vulnerable. More than 70% of the Japanese commanders did not know the situation of the Soviet Red Army at all, and confidently claimed that a Japanese division could defeat the three Soviet divisions.
So on March 15th, the two forces of the 23rd and 7th Divisions of the Kanto Army of Japan opened up to the Sino-Mongolian border in such a mighty way, and then opened the prelude to the battle of Nomenkan in Japan and Russia.
"General Komatsu, this time the Japanese Army seems to be aspirational. How much do you know about this battle?" A reporter accompanying the army asked the soldiers standing on the hillside to watch the 23 divisions winding forward in Japan. Front Commander Lieutenant General Komatsuhara.
This Lieutenant General Komatsuhara was a military attaché of the Japanese Embassy in the Soviet Union and a Soviet Union member of the Japanese army. He served as the commander of this offensive operation, and he deserved it.
Komatsuhara carried his hands on his back, the slender Japanese swords hung down his legs, and he looked quite general. For this battle, the Japanese Kanto Army prepared all three for the 1st Tank Division, 7th Division, and 23rd Division. If the troop strength of each division is unbeatable, Komatsuhara probably should cut himself off.
Judging from his earlier observations of the Soviet Red Army, although he cannot blindly and optimistically say that a Japanese division has three divisions in the Soviet Union, he feels that the three Japanese divisions are still very sure to fight three or four divisions in the Soviet Union. So Komatsuhara smiled and said to the Japanese reporter: "The argument that the war does not necessarily win, but this time Japan will not lose!"
"Ah, General, then congratulate my great Japanese Imperial Army for victory." The reporter naturally fell down the donkey, quickly jotted down the general's words, and then shot his ass.
On March 16, the Japanese front-line reconnaissance force contacted the Soviet Red Army for the first time. The two sides immediately invested their troops in a fierce battle. Komatsuhara handed over to the 23rd Division of his army and ordered the 7th Division and the 1st Tank Division to The northern roundabout attacked, cutting off and isolating Soviet troops on the front of the 23rd Division.
On the morning of the 17th, the Red Army of the Soviet Union was defeated, and the telegram of the Japanese army reported victory to Tokyo like snow flakes. One of the most outrageous telegrams claimed that
the death of 5000 Soviet Red Army soldiers was an unprecedented victory.
However, Komatsuhara ’s own telegram denied the exaggerated results, and he faithfully reported the results of the day: defeated the Soviets and killed 270 Soviet soldiers, 4 prisoners.
This victory angered Moscow, and angry Stalin replaced the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Union Red Army in the Far East, handing over command to the few Soviet commanders, Zhukov, who re-deployed the battle plan as soon as he took office. The scale of the battle was expanded, the Soviet Union's Far East invested more combat troops, and the Battle of Nomenkan broke out.
A large number of Soviet armored forces entered the battlefield, and immediately exerted the power that scared the Japanese army-the Soviet armored forces were half of the apprentices abused by the German tanks in Poland, and they dealt with the "classic cars" of the Japanese Army. The sabre kills the chicken, and instantly the Japanese tank troops learned how to be human.
The performance of the Soviet Union's intact t-26 tank, which was abused by the German leopard tank, was originally much better than that of the Japanese tank. As a result, after a series of improvements, the thickness of the front armor was strengthened, which became the nemesis of the Japanese tank. Some Russian tank soldiers finally found the feeling when the German tanks slaughtered them in the past, and created a glorious record of one tank destroying several Japanese tanks.
A t-26 tank that was destroyed by the Japanese due to a malfunction was transported back to Shenyang in great pains, and was immediately regarded as an artifact by the Japanese tank designers who came to observe it.
A designer touched the fragile cardboard-like armor of the T-26 in front of the German tank gun and couldn't help but sigh: "The thickness of this tank's armor is very worthy of our Japanese study and emulation."
Of course, following the example, the Nomenkan battle still has to continue, but the Japanese army is like another time and space, the Soviet Red Army commanded by Zhukov beat the ground to find teeth, and the miserable defeat returned to himself Place of departure. Even the "Emperor" Pu Yi of the puppet Manchuria knew that the Soviet artillery was so powerful that even the Japanese could not afford it.
The result of the battle did not meet Akado's expectations at all. Japan lost more than 5,000 people, lost helmets and abandoned armor and returned to China. Zhukov played better than expected, and the Soviets also lost 5,000 people. The Japanese Army, whose face was swollen, no longer mentioned the issue of going north, and the Soviets temporarily pushed back their time of attacking Germany, and the top ranks of Stalin and Moscow focused more on the Far East.