The Japanese army's offensive against the Soviet Union with thunder lasted for only two weeks, which made many domestic generals feel incredible. In fact, Gao Fei knew very well that this was not easy for the Japanese Kwantung Army. Most of the credit was attributed to the Soviets' own construction of the Far East artery. The Japanese were also fully prepared and used the Far East Railway built by the Soviets to transport supplies and troops. This was something that the Soviets absolutely expected at the time.

Due to the unexpected reversal and changes in history, Gao Fei was also caught off guard. The Americans and the British, who lacked preparation and response methods, had almost no response methods. The Americans' oil embargo was just a strategic adventure that stimulated the Japanese. The Japanese had almost no rules and rationality in strategy.

This time, the Japanese army's actions in the Far East greatly stimulated Stalin, but compared with the German army with a total force of nearly 7 million invading the Soviet Union, the Japanese army's million Kwantung Army was still not enough. However, the Soviet Red Army now has no time and energy to turn around and deal with the Japanese who dared to cause trouble. Stalin formulated the overall strategy of counterattacking the Far East defense on the Eastern Front. Through continuous counterattacks at all costs, passive defense turned into active and active strategic defense. Through attacks, it continuously consumed the German army's vitality and materials, relaxed the German army's rapid attack, used the huge strategic depth of the Soviet border, and used big cities as key points to drag the German army, making its blitzing tactic completely invalid.

The severe reduction of the Soviet army caused Stalin to send a general mobilization to the girls of the entire Soviet Union in the name of the Supreme Command, calling on them to take off Bragi, put on red uniforms, and defend the country with their youth and blood. In thirty days, the Soviet army recruited a total of 800,000 female soldiers, most of whom were adolescent girls, full of romantic feelings for ideals and ideology, but they would soon discover the cruelty of the war.

This is the largest female soldiers in human history. In addition to engaging in medical and health care and communications, they also undertake various most dangerous tasks, such as snipers, machine gunners, scouts, tank soldiers and pilots. They were brave and fearless in the defense of Leningradgrad and subsequent major battles. When the war entered the most intense stage at the end of 1941, the role of female soldiers was fully utilized. The blood sacrifice of the mountains and rivers of the Anti-Japanese War 591

Perhaps due to the different cultural heritage, Gao Fei did not agree with female soldiers joining the combat force. As long as the man did not die, female soldiers would definitely not be allowed to enter the combat force. Only special institutions such as the Logistics Hospital of the Military Command, Secret Information Department, etc. will have female soldiers. Moreover, Chinese women are not as strong as Russian women, and are born with a lack of combat awareness and are suitable for meticulous work.

On December 18, 1941, the Japanese army entered a relative strategic defense in the Far East, and the Soviet army also carried out strategic defense. After the Far Eastern Front commanded by General Maloyev completed its confrontation with the Japanese army, it also began to build large-scale defense fortifications to expand the depth of the defense to deal with a series of attacks that the Japanese might launch next spring.

In fact, General Maloev had no idea that Mejiro Umezu did not want to continue to attack and expand his results. Instead, the cold winter in Siberia far exceeded the imagination of the Japanese army. The materials for the front-line troops were consumed faster in the cold weather. One kilogram of food was transported in advance, which basically consumed two to three kilograms. This consumption was absolutely unaffordable by the Kanto Army. Moreover, the severe cold caused the bolts of the Type 38 rifle to be frozen. The lubricating oil that is usually very useful in animals is like glue in the cold temperature, not to mention the light and heavy machine guns. There was even a problem of the 75 mm mountain cannon shells not firing out the bottom of the fire. The non-combat reduction of troops was very amazing. The Japanese army, which seemed to be fully equipped, could only be afraid of the bone-thundering cold in Siberia.

Materials were exhausted, weapons failed, ammunition failed, and the troops were seriously deprived of non-combat personnel. More troops lacked experience in dealing with extreme bad weather. Marines and overnight stays almost became the biggest enemies of the Japanese. It is appropriate to describe the Japanese who invaded the Far East in a large scale.

Similarly, the severe cold is not directed at the Japanese. The Soviets were also shocked by the severe cold of the Soviet army in Siberia. The Soviets were extremely shocked that the Japanese Kwantung Army would dare to launch such a large-scale offensive in winter, when even Napoleon suffered a crushing defeat. The Japanese attack did achieve a sudden effect. The main force was drawn to participate in the defense of Leningrad and was caught off guard. The Supreme Command of the Soviet Army always believed that the Battle of Nomenkan had given the Japanese enough lessons, and the Japanese were eager to seek peace, and it seemed that they had achieved results, so they were relieved and bold to draw the main force from the Far Eastern Front to participate in the defense of Leningrad and Moscow.

The Japanese were at the end of their strength in the Far East. After taking over, the trust commander of the British Armed Forces in Myanmar, Laurent, first thing after taking over was to visit Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, the Supreme Military Committee of the National Government in Chongqing, communicated with China on the entry of the Chinese Expeditionary Force into Myanmar, and submitted a memorandum. As a participant in the meeting between the two sides, Gao Fei learned that the main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army, who had boarded the ship from Vladivostok in the Far East, had actually appeared in Guangzhou? And the main force of the Japanese Imperial Navy Combined Fleet had appeared along the Strait of Malacca.

The First Army of the Kwantung Army commanded by Fengwen of Yamashita was allocated to the Southern Army's combat sequence. The First Guard Division, the Fifth Division, the Sixth Division, the 16th Division, and the 20th Division, the 52nd Division and the 56th Division, a total of seven divisions of army troops, equipped with field heavy artillery and chariot units, and was entrenched in Guangzhou. What exactly did the Japanese army want to do?

The intelligence brought by the British side said that the Japanese army was preparing to launch an attack on Southeast Asia? Because the Japanese army also had a 50th Division and a mixed brigade of Salt 7 in Vietnam. Gao Fei was completely speechless in the face of the intelligence provided by the British. It was a huge momentum, but the offensive that only lasted for two weeks exhausted the Kwantung Army's supplies, but if the attack was attacked in Southeast Asia, it would be the navy's supplies.
Chapter completed!