Regarding Li Yanping's worries, Yang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Old Li, I have thought about what you said. But what we want is this time difference. Besides, if they can cause such a heavy hemorrhage this time, they who are always stingy, I'm afraid there will be more
Other reasons. Although the 23rd Division has withdrawn from Mongolia, it does not mean that these guys have left the so-called Manchurian-Soviet border."
"Compared with other divisions of the Kwantung Army, the 23rd Division, which fought with the Soviet army in Nomenhan, is the division with which the Soviet army is most familiar. No matter where this division is placed, it will always be a threat to Mongolia.
Threat. Now that most of the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia have been transferred, the remaining ones are simply unable to support the entire defense of Mongolia. As long as we maintain a strong force in the provinces west of Xing'an, the Japanese army will not easily dare to enter Mongolia."
"And Lao Li, no matter what the purpose of the Soviets is, it is the most beneficial to us at the moment. As long as it is beneficial to us, we have nothing to worry about. Although the light equipment there is not what we need, the artillery, especially the
The large-caliber 122 and 152 howitzers are exactly what we urgently need."
"As for the light equipment, judging from the number of weapons stored by the Soviets in Bagabandi, we can use that batch of weapons and ammunition to arm the two divisions of the customs internal forces according to our establishment. Even the customs internal troops will not be able to use them for the time being.
Come on, can we also use it as a reserve?"
"No one will find the equipment bitchy. These Type 08 Mosinagan rifles, as well as the Deggarev light machine gun and the two-wheeled Maxim heavy machine gun, are at least more powerful and reliable than the Japanese Type 38
Rifles and crooked light machine guns are much stronger. It’s good to keep them as reserves. Although they are all second-hand goods, they are much better than nothing.”
"This batch of equipment will be stored first, and will be handed over to the central government after the land connection with the pass is established. As for us, we must seize the time to familiarize ourselves with the use of Soviet-made large-caliber howitzers so that they can be put to use in the next battle.
Although these Soviet-made howitzers are a bit too bulky, their power and range are much greater than those of Japanese howitzers."
Although the results of Yang Zhen's guesses cannot be said to be 100% accurate, at least most of them were correct. It is true that the Japanese army has withdrawn from Mongolia, but the 23rd Division has not been transferred far away. It is stationed on the line from Linxi to Lubei. It is ready at any time.
It can go west to Mongolia and north to Hailar.
Of course, when Kovalev signed this agreement, he did not know that all Japanese troops had withdrawn from Mongolia. But afterwards, instead of pursuing these two men, the Soviets quadrupled the originally promised supply of small arms. Seven
The number of .62mm bullets has reached almost hundreds of millions.
And they were all delivered in the shortest possible time in accordance with the requirements of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. During the handover, a deputy director of the logistics department of the military region who went to receive it was stunned. Although the quantity of equipment did not increase, it was
The supply of oil has become much better. It is no longer like before, it can be delayed as long as possible. The supply of oil in the entire May and early June is almost more than the overall quantity from November to April last year.
After receiving the report from the Military Region Logistics Department, Yang Zhen smiled and didn't care. He knew that the German army, which had entered the final preparations for the war against the Soviet Union, was conducting more and more frequent reconnaissance of the western region of the Soviet Union. Although the German army tried its best to conceal its reconnaissance operations,
This kind of reconnaissance operation cannot be exposed at all. At least aerial cross-border reconnaissance cannot be concealed.
Although the Soviet leader still did not believe that the German army would attack the Soviet Union this year, in order to avoid giving the Germans an excuse, he was not even allowed to shoot down German aircraft crossing the border. But everyone can smell the smell of gunpowder on the Soviet-German border.
At this time, the stability of the eastern border is very important to the Soviets.
In Yang Zhen's view, this batch of equipment was just some purchase fees paid by the Soviet army to ensure the security of all fronts in the east. Because if others in the Anti-Japanese Alliance did not know it clearly, Yang Zhen knew that the Soviet-German border was at this time
The smell of gunpowder is already so strong.
Compared with the troubles on the western border, the following troubles in the so-called Japanese-controlled areas of Mongolia and Manchuria were beyond the expectations of the Soviet General Staff and even Yang Zhen, which made Yang Zhen get even more from the over-delivered ammunition and supplies.
Peace of mind. Therefore, Yang Zhen only approved one sentence when asked for instructions from the Logistics Department: "You must give as much as you want, and you must feel at ease with what you take."
During the handover process of this batch of ammunition, compared to the western battlefield where the smell of gunpowder was already very strong, the Soviets were actually experiencing quite a lot of trouble on the eastern border. Although the Japanese 23rd Division withdrew
They entered Mongolia, but were still stationed on the Linxi line not far from the Mongolian border. Small-scale conflicts between the two sides along the border continued.
Although tens of thousands of captured troops were recovered and some personnel were recruited, the Mongolian People's Army, which finally restored its troops to its establishment, was no match for the Japanese army in the conflict. Several border battles, without the Soviet Union
The Mongolian People's Army supported by military firepower was severely beaten. Moreover, the newly recruited troops need training. The Mongolian People's Army is still facing a situation of insufficient strength.
However, most of the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia have begun to transfer their troops westward. The support they can provide to these Mongolian People's Army is also quite limited. In the face of the provocation of the Japanese army on the border, the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia have long lost their former strength.
The strength and speed of reaction during the Battle of Nomonhan were no longer as confident as they were back then.
However, although there are constant minor conflicts between the two sides on the border, the current situation between the two sides seems to have a tacit understanding. The Japanese army harassed the border many times, and some troops even penetrated dozens of kilometers into Mongolia, and stayed there for a long time.
Half a month. But there has never been a real large-scale invasion.
As for the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in Mongolia, their provocations against the Japanese army relied on various improvised positions along the border. They either stood firm or took advantage of artillery fire to kill and injure the Japanese army. In addition to occasionally using mechanized troops to make quick attacks, the main force
It rarely takes the initiative and only defends a few important strategic points in the southern region.
As long as the Japanese troops entering Mongolia are expelled, they will never take the initiative to enter the Japanese-occupied areas. If the Japanese troops provoke outside the border, they will act as if they have not seen it if they go too far. The actions of the two sides on the border are like a tacit understanding.
.You come and go, but you are careful to avoid large-scale battles.
In the face of the provocative behavior of the Japanese army on the border and the complicated situation, in order to have a stable eastern border in the future war against Germany, although it was somewhat reluctant, Yang Zhen's blackmail was also taken.
acquiescent attitude.
According to the intelligence that Yang Zhen later obtained, even after the Soviet leader learned about this incident, he only laughed at Yang Zhen for being a vampire and said nothing. Although he did not express his position clearly, it was equivalent to acquiescence.
Those small actions taken by the General Staff in private.
Since the uncompromising leader has acquiesced, the sober-minded senior generals among the top ranks of the Soviet army will not feel bad. Even the Soviet General Staff officer who once gave the Japanese army a heavy blow in Nomenhan, and the Japanese army's
The Chief of General Staff, who had considerable knowledge of the actual combat effectiveness, also gave private orders to the Siberian Military District.
It handed over 70% of its inventory of small arms and ammunition to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, except for leaving part to reorganize the Mongolian People's Army, which had become mostly empty-handed. If it weren't for Shaposhni, the deputy people's commissar of defense at the time,
In order to protect the talented but ill-tempered Chief of General Staff, Kokov
He rejected his request to transfer the equipment of the two mechanized brigades and three artillery regiments of the Soviet General Staff in the Ulan-Ude area of the Siberian Military District, which were originally used to deal with the so-called unexpected incidents on the Soviet-Manchu border, to the Chinese comrades.
Yang Zhen will get much more unexpected surprises this time.
In the eyes of the Soviets, their eastern border with the Japanese army has basically become a base for the resistance, and they can basically rest easy. For the Soviet Union, which still has a long border with the puppet Manchukuo State under the control of the Japanese army, and whose military strength is relatively weak
The Mongolian People's Republic has become their weakness.
With the Anti-Japanese Alliance as a foundation in the front, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in previous battles with the Japanese army, the Soviets were already very reassured about the security of their border with Manchukuo. But Mongolia was worried about the Soviets
For the entire eastern defense, it has become a weakness that is difficult to improve.
If once the Western War breaks out, the Japanese army uses Mongolia to attack the Soviet Union from the flank in order to support their so-called allies and cut off this Soviet artery, the threat to the Soviet army will be too great. At that time, once the Japanese army relies on its naval superiority to attack the Soviet Union,
Landing in the Far East and forming a coordinated operation with the Japanese troops entering Mongolia, the entire Far East is likely to be insecure.
In the view of the Soviet General Staff, in order to completely eliminate the Japanese ambitions for Mongolia and nip in the bud all threats to the Trans-Siberian Railway, the lifeline of the Soviet Union's east-west transportation, it is better to appropriately meet the needs of the Anti-Alliance
Necessary. After all, millions of Soviet troops were pinned down in the Far East, which would undoubtedly be a huge waste for the future war situation.
When necessary, the Soviets are still very good at settling accounts. In their eyes, such a small price is comparable to the danger caused by dozens of divisions and a large number of mechanized troops being contained in the Far East and unable to reinforce the Western Front when needed.
The ratio is simply minuscule.
Although the Soviets also had great distrust of the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Mongolian issue. Compared with the greater threat posed by the Japanese, the Soviets would rather believe in Yang Zhen. Because they knew that, at least in front of Yang Zhen's Anti-Japanese Alliance, they
, even if it has the ambition to regain Mongolia, it does not have the strength to attack Mongolia.
Moreover, the current Chief of General Staff of the Soviet General Staff is very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. In his opinion, as long as the Anti-Japanese Alliance maintains a certain offensive capability against the Japanese army, the Japanese army is currently harassing Mongolia.
Actions can only be harassment and cannot be transformed into large-scale attacks.
Therefore, since he was transferred to the Chief of General Staff of the Soviet Army, the Anti-Japanese Alliance has been adopting a policy of secret support. Many of the agreements for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to introduce weapons and equipment from the Soviet Union were brokered by him. The reason why this agreement can be so fast
What was different from before was that it was actually accomplished by the Soviet General Staff.