Shang Xiaojun is indeed the "most talented woman" of Donglin University. Although she has retired for so many years, she is still extremely accurate in seeing problems at critical moments. The statement she taught Xiang Xiaoqiang through Xiuxiu was greatly discussed at the meeting of the headquarters. In order to work, Xiang Xiaoqiang also called Shen Rongxuan, and the two had a rare cooperation. Xiang Xiaoqiang told Shen Rongxuan the reasons, and Shen Rongxuan immediately gave his approval.
While the headquarters was discussing this issue, the cabinet was also discussing this issue. As expected, the ministers in the cabinet were more convinced than the generals in the military department. Within one day, in both the headquarters and the cabinet, the "hawks" opinions completely dominate.
On August 10, the top military and political leaders of the Ming Empire unanimously made a decision to concentrate their efforts on launching a final major battle to completely eliminate the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops still remaining in the East Asian continent.
Since the start of the war against Japan for more than a month, the Ming army has gradually transferred its most elite People's Guards from the Western Front to the Eastern Front. The People's Guards will always rush to the most tense areas of the war. The front line in Central Asia has stabilized. Who on both sides When it was unable to launch a large-scale offensive and it had become a stalemate, the Northeastern battlefield right at home naturally became the place where the People's Guard showed off its skills.
At this time, the People's Guard had expanded to fifteen armored divisions. The original five mechanized divisions, which were equivalent to light armored divisions, had long been upgraded to standard armored divisions, each with two armored divisions. A tank regiment, about 200 medium and heavy tanks.
In addition to the People's Guard, the Ming Army also successively formed ten armored divisions and ten light armored divisions. The Army's "armored divisions" are also mainly medium and heavy tanks, but the number of tanks and total number of people are slightly inferior to those of the People's Guard. Division. The Army's "Light Armored Division" is actually equivalent to the previous "Mechanized Division" of the People's Guard, except that the Army's side is called "Light Armored Division". The equipment is equivalent to the equipment of the previous People's Guard Mechanized Division, that is, each The division has a light tank regiment with about 100 light tanks.
Moreover, major tank factories in Nanming and Beiming are now rolling out new tanks at an average rate of 20 vehicles per day and transporting them to the troops. Among them, the former "Zhangjiakou Tank City" in Beiqing accounts for half of the output.
These 25 armored divisions and 10 mechanized divisions are the army ace that the Ming army currently holds. The headquarters arranged to keep the army's 10 armored divisions in the western battlefield to maintain the front. The remaining 15 People's Guard armored divisions, All 10 Army light armored divisions were sent to the Northeastern battlefield.
However, the enemies that the Ming army has to face in the Northeast are not just the Japanese troops of these 10 divisions. There is also the Soviet Union's "Red Flag Far East Special Group Army" (hereinafter referred to as the "Red Flag Far East Army"). Although this enemy has not yet been contacted by the Ming Dynasty, The Japanese army engaged in direct firefights, but it was more terrifying. Maybe their fighting will was not as strong as the Japanese army, but their equipment was better and their logistics supplies were more abundant.
The "Red Flag Far Eastern Special Group Army" was the predecessor of the "Red Flag Far Eastern Front Army" established in 1938. At that time, it was not a front army, but just a group army with a much smaller force.
Rao is "much smaller in force." At this time, the Soviet Union's Red Flag Far East Army also had two infantry corps, one mechanized corps, and a large number of troops directly under the group army. The specific composition was about 5 infantry divisions and 2 tank divisions. 1 motorized division, 1 cavalry division, 1 motorcycle regiment, 1 independent armored train battalion, 3 independent infantry brigades, 2 anti-tank artillery regiments, 2 howitzer regiments, 2 independent artillery regiments, 2 Aviation division, 1 architect (similar to the engineering corps), 1 heavy pontoon engineering corps.
At present, the total strength of the entire "Red Flag Far East Army" is about 100,000 to 120,000 people, of which two aviation divisions have about 400 aircraft. Moreover, as the Ming army continues to transfer elite troops into the Northeast, the Soviet army is also heading towards the Red Flag day and night.
The Far East Army increased its troops. The focus of the confrontation between the Ming and Soviet armies gradually shifted from Central Asia to the Far East.
Therefore, in addition to the elite troops of these 25 armored divisions, the Ming army plans to invest 25 army motorized infantry divisions this time to cover the flanks of the armored divisions and guard against sudden Soviet attacks. A total of 50 divisions, facing the Far East
10 Japanese infantry divisions, with
and the Soviet Far East Army with a strength equivalent to 10 divisions. In this way, regardless of whether the Soviet army directly assists the Japanese army, as long as there are no obvious problems in the command, the Ming army will be sure of victory. Strive to take advantage of the absolute advantage, with the fastest speed and the best exchange ratio,
Achieve complete victory.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty greeted the Soviet emissary in Nanjing and said that although your country and our country are at war in Central Asia, our main enemy in the Far East is the Japanese army. We hope that your army will "exercise restraint" when our army and the Japanese army are fighting.
, otherwise... we will destroy you.
"Otherwise we will destroy you." These words are harsh and arrogant, but they are very capable.
The calculation of the Ming Army Headquarters was that if the Soviet Army did not assist the Japanese Army and just sit back and watch the Ming Army destroy the Japanese Army, that would be the best. I would destroy the Japanese Army first, and then I would take the initiative in war or peace with the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Army
By assisting the Japanese army, the Ming army's strength outside the customs will definitely not suffer. On the contrary, it will provide an excellent reason for the Ming army to break the negotiations and invade Soviet territory.
Of course the Soviet army can increase its troops, but the speed at which both sides increase their troops is not at the same level. The "Zorbaikal Lake Border Defense Military Region" next door does not have much strength to begin with, and the "Central Asia Border Defense Military Region" is in a quagmire and cannot draw out its troops. Although
Both sides are in the right
The amount of troops invested on the front battlefield was roughly the same, but in order to maintain the rule of the northern and southern frontiers and suppress the uprising resistance of Muslim armed forces, the Soviet army had to devote several percent more of its troops to "maintain stability" in the rear.
Standard is stuck in the quagmire.
The only ones that can mobilize a large number of troops are the various military regions in Europe. However, that means crossing the entire Eurasian continent. The total railway journey is nearly 10,000 kilometers, and the fastest trip can take half a month (1941
Speed). And the Ming army is at home, and the army can send troops from North China to Heilongjiang in at most one and a half days. The speed of troop deployment between the two sides differs by ten times.
Besides, even if the total military strength is compared, the Ming army is not afraid now. In addition to the 3 million old Ming army, there is also the 1 million new Ming army (formerly the Han army) that has been reorganized. In addition, there are at least 3 million that can be used.
The relatively elite original Qing army, including
900,000 of the most elite Eight Banners Divisions from Manchuria and Mongolia. Although these Eight Banners Divisions are elite, the Ming Army has always been worried about ethnic issues and fear of insecurity, so they have not rearmed them. But when necessary, these Eight Banners Divisions can also be rearmed
, into the battlefield.
In the hands of the corrupt Beiqing, the original "thousand-division army" had a greatly reduced combat capability, with less than one-third of the combat-effective troops. But now in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, all those who had been dawdling now saw hope.
It's like a different person. At least they are treated as human beings. They all know that if they follow the Ming army, they will not only get full military pay, but also food.
The clothes are superior, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the most important thing is: even if there is no background, as long as you fight bravely, you can be promoted. Everyone has a career and feels that it is worth working on the battlefield. Although there are still many bad habits, although
The quality training is not as good as that of the old Ming army, but if they are willing to fight well, this is at least no problem.
Just because of these, just because the boss has been changed, and the system has been changed - most of the original Qing army with more than 700 divisions and tens of millions of people can now be called "combat troops".
All this made the Ming Army Headquarters full of confidence and confidence.
Xiang Xiaoqiang participated in the decision-making of the headquarters and personally selected the date of the attack: August 15th, a day of great significance. He hoped that this date would bring good omens for the Ming army to completely annihilate the Japanese army.