Four hundred and seventieth chapters inadvertent tacit understanding
Yang Zhen's famous instructions were based on a comprehensive analysis of the current international and surrounding situations. In Yang Zhen's view, this may be the last piece of free material he scraped from the Soviets.
.After a month and a half, I'm afraid there will never be such an opportunity again. Since there is still such an opportunity, don't have any scruples.
Although the scale of the Lingxi battle carried out by Yang Zhen this time was extremely small. The main force that fought against the Japanese army was the aviation force, but Yang Zhen and the 23rd Division that caused the Hailar massacre were inadvertently involved.
Strategically, we have made a very tacit cooperation. From a pure result point of view, the results achieved by this unintentional cooperation are quite good.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance hated the 23rd Division deeply, it was their act of letting the wolf into the house that made Yang Zhen give in to those who were always thinking about taking advantage of others' danger to bite off a piece of flesh from his original master.
This was an unforgettable lesson for the Mongols. It completely destroyed their ambitions and created a stable western environment for the next battle.
Moreover, it was the escape operation of the 23rd Division that passed through Mongolia and looted all the materials stored by the Soviet army in Bayinbur area, which also made the Soviet army truly realize who their enemy was. Yang Zhen did not let Yang Zhen
After a lot of effort, a huge amount of money was bilked beyond the quota.
If the 23rd Division hadn't massacred tens of thousands of Hylar's compatriots, Yang Zhen would probably have given them a certificate for the best supporting actor just because of the 23rd Division's unintentional cooperation with Yang Zhen.
Reward them for their cooperation when Yang Zhen fought against the Mongols and intrigued with the Soviets.
In fact, the Soviets did not know that the efforts made to curb the Japanese army's ambitions in Mongolia were actually unnecessary. Yang Zhen naturally knew, but he would not be so troublesome as to go up and tell the Soviet Union
Man. If the Soviets knew that the troubles caused by the Japanese army on the Manchuria-Mongolia border were just a bluff, then where would they go to find this free lunch? Yang Zhen is not that naive and stupid.
In fact, when the 23rd Division, which had been fleeing all the way, withdrew to Linxi, although it kept its organizational structure relatively intact, it had no ability to launch an attack at all. If they relied on their own strength, let alone fight against Su, they would
They were unable to fight against the extremely weak Mongolian army.
In fact, the Japanese troops that entered Mongolia and fought with the Mongolian army were not the real troops of the 23rd Division. They were drawn from other troops by the Kwantung Army in order to restore the combat effectiveness of the 23rd Division in the shortest time. Even
Some of the Korean puppet Manchukuo troops stationed in Linxi were also put on military uniforms and merged into the 23rd Division. The Japanese troops who entered Mongolia to conduct harassment operations were all transferred here later.
They entered Mongolia to harass the Soviets just to fool the Soviets. It was just a disguise to make the Soviets think that although the 23rd Division had suffered considerable losses, its combat effectiveness was still strong. The real purpose was to make the Soviets stationed in
The Soviet troops in Mongolia gave up the idea of taking advantage of the situation.
When the 23rd Division, which had almost fled all the way, withdrew to Linxi, the tragic situation not only stunned the local Kwantung Army troops in Linxi, but also stunned the new Kwantung Army Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi who came to Linxi specially to inspect and welcome them.
Everyone was shocked. Is there a division of the imperial army here? People who didn't know it thought they were a group of beggars.
The military uniforms of these once majestic imperial soldiers have long been in tatters. There are still military uniforms, and some soldiers are still wearing the military uniforms of the captured Mongolian army. The worst ones are even simply wrapped in military uniforms from Mongolia.
Sheepskins looted from within the territory.
If it weren't for the hat on his head, it would still be an authentic Imperial Army-style war hat. He was also an authentic Japanese. Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi almost thought it was the Mongolian army or some other garbled army.
The bad guerrillas came over. The miserable situation was too horrible to describe.
As for the standard rucksacks of the Imperial Army soldiers, they have long been replaced by the kind used by the Soviet army. Things such as blankets have long been lost due to light packing. Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi is even more
Surprisingly, when these Japanese soldiers returned to the border, the dry food they took out from their pockets, exhausted, was not the standard Japanese field food.
Instead, almost everyone took out a kind of food that surprised him, a pure Russian-style barbeque. These Japanese soldiers had long been out of food, and these days they had been living off the Russian reserves looted in Mongolia.
I have long lost my previous pickiness. According to the Russian habit, I sprinkled a little salt on it and ate it in big mouthfuls.
In terms of weapons and equipment, the situation is even more miserable. In terms of heavy weapons, the whole army only brought back four rapid-fire cannons and two Type 92 infantry cannons. As for other weapons above heavy machine guns, they have been lost long ago. Not only the entire division
None of the regiment's original weapons and equipment were brought back, and even the weapons that were replenished in Aershan were lost.
Even the Japanese-standard Type 38 rifles in the hands of many soldiers have been replaced by Russian-made Mosin-Nagan rifles with relatively sufficient ammunition. This type of rifle is even longer than the Type 38 rifle, with a long non-detachable prismatic
The frightening rifle with a longer bayonet is almost much taller than the average Japanese soldier. A short Japanese soldier looks quite ridiculous holding a rifle that is taller than himself.
The tragic situation of the 23rd Division from top to bottom was not what shocked Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi the most. What shocked him most was the number of people who had withdrawn from the 23rd Division.
There is a huge gap between the total strength. In Hylar, together with the border garrison, heavy artillery, and tank troops assigned to it, the strength of this division once reached more than 20,000 people, and it can even be said to be nearly 30,000 people.
But the total strength of the 23rd Division that was withdrawn, no matter how Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi counted it, did not exceed 10,000. In other words, during the entire retreat, the 23rd Division was not counted as remaining.
They came down to take cover, but in the end no troops were able to withdraw.
Nearly ten thousand troops were lost on the road alone. In other words, the 23rd Division, the division with the most experience in fighting the Soviet Union among the Japanese army, has been completely crippled. Even more so, Yoshimoto Sadataka.
What will be difficult to accept is that except for a few ground operations, almost all of the heavy losses caused to the 23rd Division were the result of the Anti-Alliance aviation.
After inspecting the embarrassed 23rd Division and conducting a detailed investigation of last year's battle, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi did not hesitate at all. In the shortest possible time, he sent a letter to the Japanese base camp that was later reported by the Japanese
War historians call it the most accurate report, but it also pushed the entire Japanese Empire to the point of no return.
Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi stated directly in the report that today's Anti-Japanese Alliance has become a well-equipped army with extremely strong combat effectiveness. Its use of aviation has even exceeded the use of combat aircraft by the Imperial Army Aviation. After its foreign aid was
Before the complete cut-off, the Kwantung Army alone had almost no possibility of defeating the Anti-Japanese Alliance while also taking into account the defenses in various parts of Manchuria.
Unless a large number of troops are mobilized, as well as the full support of a huge number of heavy artillery, tanks, and aviation units that far exceed the current equipment of the Kwantung Army. And under the circumstances of cutting off all its foreign aid, including oil, and all import channels for aircraft parts,
Otherwise, it is almost impossible to completely defeat this anti-Manchu armed force by relying solely on the Kwantung Army's current strength.
Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi was so generous in his report that he ordered a thousand new fighter jets alone. As for the number of other tanks and heavy artillery, it was even more than the Japanese army could bear. If you want to meet the needs of the Kwantung Army,
, the other Japanese troops should stop doing anything and just stay where they are.
Without the heavy weapons support that had an absolute advantage compared to the squadron, the Japanese army did not fight the current advantageous battles in front of the Kannai Squadron with an absolute numerical advantage. In terms of infantry quality, the Japanese army was certainly far better than the squadron. But in terms of quantity,
The Japanese army, which has always been at an absolute disadvantage, may not necessarily take advantage as much as before in a one-on-one battle.
It should be said that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadatari, who is currently the chief of staff of the largest strategic cluster of the Japanese army, has considered things quite carefully. In the report, Yoshimoto Sadah has been bluntly telling the Tokyo base camp that currently there is a better way for the Kwantung Army.
Not offense but defense.
If Tokyo can completely cut off its import channels for oil and military raw materials, mobilize reinforcements in the quantity it requires, and replenish a sufficient amount of heavy equipment to form a firepower advantage, the Kwantung Army will be able to completely annihilate this force in northern Manchuria.
The anti-Manchu armed forces have completely gained a foothold.
The Tokyo base camp attaches great importance to the report of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi. Although the top Japanese military officials have always regarded Manchuria and Mongolia as their so-called lifeline, for Japan, which lacks local resources, the oil and rare metals in Nanyang are more desolate than those in desolate areas.
Northern Manchuria, which had nothing but coal and timber, was more attractive. Especially for the Japanese army, which was even more scarce in oil resources, the oil resources in Southeast Asia were even more attractive.
This report, together with the results of the 1941 battle, was considered by later war historians as one of the reasons that prompted the Japanese army to finally decide to go south. Of course, this report came later. Whether it was for the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro or
For Yoshimoto Seiichi, who inherited such a mess just after taking office, the most important thing now is to solve the immediate problem.
The outcome of the 23rd Division in front of us is undoubtedly extremely unacceptable to both Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi in Linxi and General Umezu Yoshijiro in Xinjing. But out of concern for the situation in Mongolia
The two people who took advantage of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces to sneak in could only think of ways to give the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia the impression that the 23rd Division's combat effectiveness was still intact and that they had no way to take advantage of it.
Although the Tokyo Base Camp has drawn a rather large pie for the Kwantung Army, until it is realized, the pie can at best be described as a pie to satisfy hunger. The Kwantung Army, who had tried the Soviet army's firepower superiority in the Battle of Nomenhan, also knew that at any time
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