Things really evolved in the direction Liu Yimin expected.
The Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union, Togo Shigeru, is actually of Korean descent. His ancestor's surname was Park, and he was a potter. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was plundered to Japan when he invaded Korea. His father, Park Susheng, was an outstanding potter. After the Meiji Restoration,
I spent money to buy a *** with the surname Togo, which has nothing to do with the famous Togo Heihachiro.
Togo Shigeru originally served as the Japanese ambassador to Germany. Since he graduated from the German Department of the University of Tokyo, translated Schiller's works, and had a deep understanding of German culture, he disapproved of Hitler's domestic and foreign policies during his tenure as ambassador to Germany and worked closely with him.
Hitler's close confidant and Army Attaché in Germany, Hiroshi Oshima, had great differences on the issue of concluding a German-Japanese alliance. Last year, he was removed from the post of ambassador to Germany and was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union.
On August 25, Molotov urgently summoned Togo Maode.
At this time, Togo Shimonori did not know that three elite divisions of the Kwantung Army and an armored brigade had launched an attack on Vladivostok with the cooperation of aircraft and heavy artillery. He thought that the Soviets were going to challenge the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty*
** Report the situation! As for the conflict in the Nomenhan area, Japan and the Soviet Union had repeatedly protested as early as May. However, since the armies of both sides did not really decide the outcome, and the country did not authorize further negotiations, Dongxiang
Maode didn't think much about this matter.
The summons was extremely unpleasant. Molotov's cold eyes stared at Togo Maode through the lenses, and asked Togo Maode in blunt Russian why the Japanese invaded the Soviet Far East coastal area without declaring war?
Isn't it going to be an all-out war with the Soviet Union? Then, Molotov said harshly: "Undeclared war and habit of sneak attacks are the consistent style of the Japanese army. The heroic Soviet Red Army will definitely annihilate the invading Japanese army, and
We will retake the South Harlem Island and the entire Kuril Islands."
Togo Maodek only knew that the Kwantung Army and the Soviet-Mongolian Army were fighting fiercely in Nomonhan. How could he know that the Kwantung Army had launched an attack on Vladivostok? Therefore, he looked confused. After Molotov finished speaking, he quickly defended that it must be a misunderstanding. He
Without receiving any domestic notification about taking action against the coastal areas, the Japanese Empire would never launch an attack on the Soviet Far East.
Molotov originally had a good impression of Togo Motoku. He felt that Togo Motoku seemed to have a more straightforward personality and did not have the hypocritical diplomatic rhetoric of many diplomats. Now when he heard Togo Motoku's recommendation, he felt contempt and immediately
He said: "The Chinese government must dare to do what it dares to do. It cannot be like a thief who steals other people's things and refuses to admit it. The Chinese government is the most despicable and shameless government I have ever seen in my diplomatic career. Your Majesty
Ambassadors are persona non grata.”
After Togo Shigetoku, who had been kicked out, returned to the embassy, he immediately sent an urgent telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report the situation of Molotov's summons and request domestic emergency instructions on how to respond. Only then did the Japanese cabinet know that the Kwantung Army was causing trouble again.
The next situation developed faster. Zhukov's Soviet-Mongolian army was eager to end the war in Nomonhan, so that the Far East Red Army could concentrate its forces to fight the invading Kwantung Army, and issued an ultimatum to the Japanese troops surrounded in the Nomonhan area. August 27
When the Japanese army refused to surrender, Zhukov ordered a concentration of aircraft and artillery to use artillery fire to destroy the remaining little Japanese.
In an instant, the surrounded Japanese troops were covered in blood and flesh under the artillery fire. Only 400 Japanese troops were left on the Nomonhan front line, and only a squadron of 100 people from the 23rd Division Cavalry Regiment ran out. That is,
It is said that the 23rd Division is finished, the 1,500 men of the 8th Border Guard are finished, and the first section of the 7th Division and other cooperating special forces units are also finished.
At this point in the war, it was impossible for the Soviet-Mongolian army to continue to expand its results, because reinforcements from the Kwantung Army had already arrived. Although the Soviet-Mongolian army had a firepower advantage, it also suffered heavy casualties. A total of 57,000 troops were invested, 7,000 died, and 1,000 were missing.
, 16,000 people were injured. With such a high casualty rate, the troops naturally lost the ability to continue fighting.
The Japanese army in the Vladivostok area has achieved certain results. Although the Far East Red Army has been prepared for a long time, the Second Division and the Fifth Division are the two most elite mechanized divisions of the entire Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness is definitely first-rate in this era.
Hoshino Toshimoto's armored brigade was also the first professional armored unit of the Japanese army. The tank weight was not as heavy as that of the Soviet army, but it was no problem at all when used for roundabout attacks. In addition, Naosaburo Okabe had a long battle with the Eighth Route Army instructors.
The command level has been improved, and a chain plan is adopted. A regiment of the 1st Division is used to attack the enemy frontally, and the 2nd Division, the 5th Division and the Armored Brigade are used to attack in a roundabout way. It is inevitable to achieve victory.
At this time, the consequences of Stalin's great purges were revealed. The Soviet Red Army did not lack bravery, but it lacked excellent commanders. When the Red Army soldiers, led by political instructors, sang songs and lined up neatly to march towards
When the invaders launch a counterattack, everyone will burst into tears.
The Soviet Red Army troops who counterattacked the Japanese army were left with corpses strewn in front of the Suifenhe Fortress Group.
Fortunately, the Soviet army had strong air power and ground artillery fire, and was well prepared. After the counterattack troops suffered losses and discovered that the Japanese army was trying to attack in a roundabout way, they dispatched all available aircraft to fight with the Japanese army in the air, bombed the Japanese ground troops, and slowed down the Japanese attack speed.
In order to buy time to mobilize troops, even the sailors of the Pacific Fleet were urgently mobilized and put into defensive operations.
The Ussuri Plain is suitable for the movement of mechanized troops. If the Kwantung Army is clearly authorized by the base camp for this operation, and its troops can be larger and supported by the combined fleet, Vladivostok is likely to fall into the hands of the Japanese army. Unfortunately, the Kwantung Army is only a front army.
It was also done secretly behind the back of the base camp, and it was impossible to get support from the navy. In addition, the Japanese army only had three and a half divisions, while the Far East Red Army had more than 20 divisions. The troops were sufficient and could be mobilized easily based on the communication lines. This affected the Japanese army's
combat effectiveness.
A group of demons in the Japanese base camp were frightened by the Soviet army's powerful firepower after the Battle of Nomenhan. They were afraid that they would wait for the Soviet army to react and attack the Second Division and the Fifth Division.
The First Division made dumplings. Therefore, Emperor Hirohito clapped his palms red at the imperial meeting and strictly ordered the Kwantung Army to stop further actions and resolve the Japan-Soviet conflict through diplomatic channels.
The commander of the Kwantung Army, Kenkichi Ueda, was unconvinced and sent several telegrams in succession, asking the base camp to deploy additional reinforcements to eliminate the Soviet and Mongolian troops in the Nomenhan area, capture Vladivostok in the coastal area, and solve the Far East problem in one battle.
Ueda Kenkichi, who was severely reprimanded by the base camp, actually threatened the base camp by resigning as the commander of the Kwantung Army. This time, Emperor Hirohito was not polite and directly dismissed Ueda Kenkichi from the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, and also took the position of chief of staff of the Kwantung Army with him.
Isoya Rensuke was also dismissed from his post and ordered the ambassador to the Soviet Union, Togo Shigenoku, to be fully responsible for negotiations with the Soviet Union.
The commander and chief of staff of the Kwantung Army had been dismissed. How could this war be fought, and for whom? Naosaburo Gangbe had to curse three times, looking at the looming shadow of Vladivostok, and ordered all units to stop attacking and stay on the spot.
Build a position and wait for further orders from the base camp.
At this time, great changes were imminent in Europe, and the Soviet Union had no intention of war with Japan. The Japanese and Soviet Union hit it off immediately and sat down at the negotiating table as soon as possible to begin the Japan-Soviet armistice negotiations.
The world situation at the end of August and beginning of September 1939 can only be described as bizarre.
Just a week after the Soviet-German non-aggression pact was signed, and the gunfire of the Nomonhan incident had not completely stopped, on August 31, a bigger conspiracy was launched. In order to make his invasion of Poland more fair, Hitler instructed
Nazi gangsters planned the Gleiwitz incident. Prior to this, the Germans had created public opinion, accusing Poland of tolerating violent organizations and carrying out ethnic cleansing against Germans in Poland. Immediately afterwards, the German Nazis carried out a series of 21 incidents in total.
Operation Mlei had only one purpose, which was to create an illusion and let countries around the world understand that it was not the Germans who wanted to invade Poland, but Poland who was provoking Germany.
On August 31, a German SS trooper wearing Polish military uniforms pretended to be Polish troops, attacked Radio Gleiwitz on the German border, and made an insulting speech against Germany. Subsequently, all radio stations in Germany broadcast
After receiving the news that "Germany was suddenly attacked by Poland", Hitler used this as an excuse to sign the No. 1 combat order for the invasion of Poland.
At this time, weak Poland was still counting on the mediation and protection of Britain and France, because on August 25, Poland had just signed a mutual defense treaty with Britain as an annex to the military alliance signed with France. Britain, France and Poland both expected
Rely on this treaty to restrain Hitler.
All negotiations were a cover for Hitler, and war was inevitable. On September 1, fascist Germany dispatched 1.5 million troops, 2,500 tanks, and 2,000 aircraft, divided into three groups, to suddenly invade Poland, and World War II broke out.
There were German planes in the sky, the German steel torrent on the ground, and the Polish ground was trembling. The brave Polish cavalry waved their sabers to face the German tanks, and the result was predictable.
Immediately afterwards, on September 15, Japan and the Soviet Union signed an armistice agreement, and both sides stopped combat operations. On September 17, the Soviet Red Army entered Poland, joined forces with the German army, pushed the Polish army into a desperate situation, and began to carve up Poland.
If the German blitzkrieg shocked the world, then the Soviet invasion of Poland completely shocked the world. While the righteous people in the world condemned the German invaders, they also condemned the Soviet Union.
When Liu Yimin heard this series of news from the radio, he did not show much surprise. He just looked at the map every day. He knew that everything that should come has come, and the world will fall into a war. The Nazis
They are destined to perish, and the little devil is also destined to perish, it is just a matter of time.
Dear book friends: These chapters are transitional chapters, mainly to clarify clues and lay down foreshadowings. Next, we will see Liu Yimin leading the troops to continue the legendary experience. Thank you friends for your concern and support!