In the final analysis, this small battle was just a "test" by the Japanese army, but the outcome of the test was quite favorable to Japan. Only 4 hours after the conflict ended, the Japanese side launched additional "T-12" assault tanks
The order was placed on the desk of Chinese Foreign Minister Gu Weijun.
"You can give them another T-12 for the tank regiment, but the most you can do at one time is this number." When Japan's order was placed at the headquarters, Wu Aihua said.
Japan received China's "guarantee" and became even more rigid. The next day, the Japanese army sent 4 T-12s to charge to the banks of the Halaha River to provoke, and the two sides once again broke out in a tank battle!
The Soviet Union knew that the Japanese tanks looked small but could withstand fighting, so they sent 12 tanks to fight against the Japanese tanks. The ratio was basically one battalion against one company.
However, Japan would not be so stupid. They actually "lured" the Soviet Union to dispatch, and then sent out the same number of tanks to attack the Soviet Union. They also wanted to test the authenticity and "repeatability" of yesterday's results.
.Only in this way can we truly prove whether the performance of this T-12 assault tank is excellent.
Therefore, when the 12 Soviet tanks were fighting happily, Japanese reinforcements came up. This time, the Japanese 24th Tank Regiment sent all T-12s. Of course, the total number was only 9.
9 tanks vs. 12 tanks. The two sides fought for an hour. The outcome was still the same as yesterday. The Soviet Union lost 10 tanks, while the Japanese lost 4 tanks.
How could the Soviet Union be convinced? They didn't even wait for dark and immediately dispatched a tank regiment with 48 tanks rushing towards the Halaha River!
The Japanese army is trying to take the opportunity to expand its results. The independent tank brigade of the Japanese 5th Army has exactly the same number of tanks as the 11th Tank Brigade of Soviet Russia. When allocating T-12s from China, the independent tank brigade obviously needs to
Occupying a greater advantage, they were allocated 48 vehicles, which exactly formed a 1:2 numerical relationship with Japan's Type 95 tanks.
The Japanese army also sent 48 tanks this time, but only 12 of them were T-12s. The Japanese army used the same battle group method as the army's combat strategy to fight against the Soviet tanks.
The Japanese tank group was headed by a Chinese T-12, and was coordinated by two domestic Type 95 tanks. At the same time, it competed with three Soviet tanks. The effect of this cooperation was not obvious at the beginning, but as time went by
As the battle continued, gradually, the tank exchange ratio between the Soviet Union and Japan reached 1:1, which meant that the losses on both sides were equal.
However, when examining the types of tanks lost by both sides, the Japanese army found that they only lost one T-12, and the others were all Type 95 tanks. This shows that the survival rate of the T-12 on the battlefield is
And its ability to destroy enemies is far stronger than that of Japan's Warring States Period, and also stronger than that of Soviet and Russian tanks. Because 11 of the 17 tanks destroyed by the opponent were all done by T-12.
Before the battle was over, Colonel Ikijiro Kamejiro, commander of the 24th Tank Regiment, reported the "record".
However, the ensuing battle gradually became "one-sided", because among the remaining tanks, nearly half of the Japanese T-12s were used. Their precise firepower made it easy for them to defeat Soviet tanks, and their flexible posture was always
It can avoid the bombardment of the opponent's tank guns. Generally speaking, the Soviet Union had to fire four or five shots to knock down a T-12, while the T-12 only needed an average of two shots to knock the opponent down.
.This gap caused the nearly 30 remaining tanks in Soviet Russia to almost go crazy.
Anyone will feel unhappy if they see their own tanks lying motionless one after another while the opponent's tanks are still vigorous and powerful.
Just when Colonel Shenggui was about to achieve a decisive victory, a large number of Soviet and Russian tank "reinforcements" finally arrived on the battlefield. Shenggui, who was preparing to announce the good news, suddenly turned into a request for "tactical guidance"!
At this time, the small-scale tank battle that took place on the banks of the Halaha River was not only concerned by the 24th Division, nor Kawamura Kyosuke of the 5th Army. Those Japanese generals who came back alive from North China and East China,
And the Japanese base camp are paying attention to this confrontation!
At Kawamura Kyosuke's army headquarters, the ordnance officer and several experts from the Japanese base camp were studying the disabled T-12 while paying attention to the battle situation ahead.
Because this battle is not the victory or defeat of the two tank regiments, it seems to determine Japan's future national policy.
Under the current situation of generally losing battles, Colonel Ikama has become a hero of the Yamato nation. Therefore, the division commander has no reason not to give "tactical guidance", so the cavalry regiment, infantry regiment, and field artillery regiment all
Enter the battlefield and begin the "encirclement and annihilation" of the Soviet 11th Tank Brigade.
Can infantry fight tanks? Of course they can! But the premise is that the infantry’s artillery must be powerful! The Japanese grenades and the Type 92 infantry cannon, the former can cause certain damage to Soviet tanks, while the latter can restrain Soviet tanks.
Armor.
In this way, under the "coordinated operations" of Japanese infantry, cavalry, and tanks, the Soviet 11th Tank Brigade dispatched 96 tanks, but in the end only nearly 20 tanks escaped. The Japanese army won a complete victory.
Entering June, the Soviet Army High Command specially appointed Zhukov as the commander of the Soviet 57th Army and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army! However, Zhukov's armored group tactics did not achieve the devastating "big victory" as in history.
Instead, the battle fell into a state of anxiety. Because the Japanese had already learned armor tactics from China and had ways to deal with them.
But Zhu Keshi, the rising "national hero" of Soviet Russia, was not as dazzling as the same period in history!
By the end of July, Japan and Russia had to sit down and negotiate. The Soviet Union wanted to negotiate because it did not want to be "attacked on both sides"; the Japanese wanted to negotiate because they were not ready for war. The result of the negotiation was an armistice between the two sides on the line of actual control.
"Border Line", Soviet Russia obviously suffered a disadvantage.
However, the Battle of Nomonhan made Stalin suddenly change his mind. The pursuit of peace in Central and Eastern Europe with Britain and France was not expected. So, let's sign an agreement with Germany.
In this way, on the eve of the outbreak of the world war, Soviet Russia and Germany signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact". When German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop came from Moscow with the news that the signing was successful, Hitler held a reception at the Reichstag that night.
To celebrate this "great victory"!
Because, Hitler was finally able to temporarily avoid being attacked from both sides by the East and the West, and could wholeheartedly deal with the old capitalists such as Britain and France.
Before the aroma of the wine at the reception had dissipated, Hitler ordered the German army to launch a full-scale attack on the border between Germany and Poland! Because, in the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact", Germany promised half of Poland's territory to the Soviet Union
Russia, and Soviet Russia promised half of Poland's territory to Germany.
Poland, a tragic country, was divided between two big countries.
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Asian continent. In 1939 in history, China was in the stalemate stage of the Anti-Japanese War. A large area of territory was occupied by the Japanese army. Chiang Kai-shek was hiding in Chongqing to command operations. The Japanese army also continued to encroach on China's territory. The entire country, from leaders to civilians, could be said to have made great progress.
difficult.
However, China in parallel time and space is very different from that in history.
The first difference is that China's "vital energy" was not completely consumed by the Japanese. In this short war, the Japanese army only caused greater damage to parts of North and East China, while Shanxi and Henan had suffered wars.
, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces are all safe and sound. Historically, China has lost tens of millions of soldiers because of this war, but in this war, China only paid less than 200,000 soldiers.
cost.
The most important thing is that even during this short war, the national production did not stop. Especially in Fujian and Guangdong provinces, a new wave of project construction was set off!
When the National Defense Forces went to the Yangtze River Delta to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese East China Front, Wu Aihua simultaneously dispatched a large number of engineering survey teams to conduct preliminary engineering surveys and prepare to start construction of road and railway projects at any time.
After Vo Aihua was elected president, the National Defense Forces Engineer Command was quickly established and a large number of soldiers who were no longer suitable for war were transferred into the engineering corps. The National Defense Forces Engineer Command was under the dual jurisdiction of the General Logistics Department of the National Defense Forces and the Ministry of National Construction. The General Logistics Department of the National Defense Forces was responsible for the team's
Recruitment and management, while the Ministry of Construction is responsible for business and production management. In just six months, a construction army of 1.2 million engineers has been gathered. And this army of engineers is still expanding. Wu Aihua’s plan is to
It should reach at least 3 million people within three years.
And when the time came to 1939, China truly ushered in a period of great development and construction! There were 400 million people in the country, and there were hardly a few people hanging around. They all went to the construction site at full speed.
This kind of great development and construction is first reflected in transportation construction. The projects started in September 1938 include the Shanghai-Ninghan-Han high-grade highway, the Guangdong-Han high-grade highway, and the Jining high-grade highway. These highways, all
It is a two-way four-lane design with a green belt in the middle, which is the standard first-class highway of later generations. In the upcoming "high tide" period, these three highways will play a very important role. Because, on these three highways,
It connects the coal in Huainan, the iron in Ma'anshan, and the transportation and factories between the Yangtze River and Guangzhou.
As for entering Fujian and Guangdong provinces, the internal highway network has long been formed, which is very convenient and fast.
The method of segmented contracting and segmented construction allowed the three highways to accommodate a construction army of 1 million people, of which 200,000 were newly formed engineering corps.
On New Year's Day in 1939, the coastal railway line was divided into two sections, "Yangdong" and "Yangxi". It was planned to connect Shanghai and Kunming before 1940. Yangdong is the section east of Guangzhou to Shanghai, with Fujian
The two provinces of Guangdong and Guangdong have been completed and opened to traffic, and the main task is in Zhejiang; Yangxi refers to the west of Guangzhou to Kunming. The railway in Guangdong has also been built. The road from Guangxi to Nanning is not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the west of Nanning. Along the way
It is almost necessary to dig holes in the mountains and build bridges when encountering water. The amount of work is much larger.
As of June 2039, 189 "super large" (national-level) projects including railways, highways, bridges, schools, factories, etc. planned to start that year have all the personnel and equipment ready and have begun construction.