Bright Sword Military System

The supreme deputy commander quickly found a suitable speed, that is, ordered the Far East Front Army to organize military exercises but did not transfer reinforcements.

The intention of the supreme deputy commander is very clear: the military exercise is to put a certain amount of pressure on the devils, but without reinforcements it means that they don't want to fight.

However, the devil's feeling is completely different.

Umezu Yoshijiro became nervous the first time he received the information.

"Is Maokuma going to attack us?" Umezu Yoshijiro asked worriedly.

"It's possible!" Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, pointed to the map and analyzed: "At this time Mao Xiong has won a strategic victory in the battle with Hans and has an absolute upper hand. On the other hand, there is information showing that Eagle Sauce and Sun Never Set also gathered a large number of troops on the island of Sun Never Set to land in Gaul. In this way, Hans will have no power to fight back, and Mao Xiong will be free to attack 'Manchuria'!"

"But..." the deputy chief of staff said suspiciously: "If Mao Xiong wants to attack us, why didn't they send reinforcements or transport equipment..."

The chief of staff interrupted the words of the deputy chief of staff: "The Maoxiong Far East Front Army has more than 100 million people. Do they still need reinforcements? As for equipment, do you think our tanks need them to mobilize advanced equipment? What's more, our There is still the Eighth Route Army in the rear!"

There is nothing wrong with Kasahara Yukio's words. The Far East Front Army at this time indeed numbered in the millions.

The reason why the Far East Front Army has millions is due to Mao Xiong's amazing recruiting ability.

The Far East Front Army originally had only 70 people. These troops could only be placed in the Far East to face off against the Devil’s Kwantung Army. Even if the other side was about to be destroyed by Hans, these troops would not dare to move until the end of the Moscow Defense War and entered the winter. Only when they are able to attack, they dare to deploy more than 30 troops for reinforcements.

These 30 troops are well-trained veterans of the Far East Front Army, and they can also be said to be elite.

However, at this time, the strength of the Far East Front Army not only did not decrease, but increased to 130 million...that is, 90 troops were recruited in just a few months.

Later, some troops were transferred to fight on the western front, and the troops were reduced to the current 116 million.

If Mao Xiong's Far East Front Army has a strength of 116 million troops, do they still need to deploy reinforcements?

In terms of equipment, the Devils are still using Type 97 tanks at this time. Even if there are a few "Tiger Types", they are almost consumed by the Eighth Route Army at Chifeng. So if Mao Xiong wants to attack the Northeast, does he need to increase any equipment?Just relying on the "Sherman" reinforced by Yingjiang is enough, even T26 may win!
Thinking of this, Umezu Yoshijiro immediately ordered: "Order, immediately transfer the troops to the defense line!"

"Yes!" The chief of staff responded and went to organize.

Umezu Yoshijiro's idea is very simple, no matter whether Mao Xiong fights for real or fake, the empire must not relax at all, at least it must win in the air.

This "frame" is not a show, but to let Mao Xiong know the price of the attack.

To be honest, the strength of the Kwantung Army at this time was not enough. The combined strength of dozens of divisions of the Kwantung Army was only more than 70.

More than 70 to Mao Xiong's 116 million, the gap is a bit big.

Although Mao Xiong’s 116 million soldiers are mostly soldiers who have never fought, and their training level may not be as good as that of the Kwantung Army, but at this time, the Kwantung Army has transferred veterans to the front line again and again to consume and recruit recruits again and again. At this time, the quality is not as good as before.

Therefore, what the Kwantung Army can rely on is the Kwantung Army Fortress, which is called the Eastern Maginot by the devils.

The so-called Kwantung Army fortresses refer to the 17 large-scale underground military fortresses built by the devils on the borders between China and the Soviet Union, China and Mongolia, and China and North Korea.

These fortresses are not located in the west of Northeast China, but start from Hunchun in Jilin and HLJ Dongning, along Suifenhe City, Hutou Town in Jixi, then Fujin City, Sunwu County, HH City, and finally Hailaer and Aershan areas. It is more than 5000 kilometers long.

This line of defense is mainly to defend the north and east of the northeast, and because of the natural barrier of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the west, it only guards a few limited areas such as Manzhouli.

Umezu Yoshijiro hoped to scare Mao Xiong with a combination of manpower processing... If the offensive force is twice the defensive force and the combat power is roughly equal, then Mao Xiong's 116 million people are not enough to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army fortress.

In fact, the Kwantung Army fortress of the devil is useless. It only took 6 days for Mao Xiong to break through the fortress in history.

The reason is that the battles during World War II were no longer like trench warfare like World War I. During World War II, all the fortresses that cost a lot of money and a lot of manpower and material resources were breached by the enemy and it was far less difficult than imagined.

For example, the Maginot Line in Gaul, the Atlantic Wall built by Hans, and the Kwantung Army Fortress of the Devils can also be said to be one of them.

This kind of passive defense is seriously outdated, and the manpower, material resources and funds consumed are not equal to the benefits obtained.

It worked in World War I because there were no mechanized troops and air combat and transportation were immature.

In the absence of mechanized troops, even if a certain line of defense is breached by the enemy, because the enemy is not advancing fast and is at a transportation disadvantage, the defender can easily mobilize troops through cars and trains to block or even encircle the enemy who breaks through the line of defense.

Therefore, during the First World War, the enemy and the enemy basically dug trenches to kill each other, and no one could break through the enemy's defense line.

But it was different when there were mechanized troops in World War II and aviation matured.

The attacker only needs to find a weak point in the defense line and concentrate its forces to break through. After the breakthrough, the mechanized troops will quickly intersperse under the cover of the aviation unit... The aviation unit is responsible for reconnaissance, covering and bombing the enemy's communication lines, and can also airdrop supplies to the penetration units when necessary.

If the defender does not have air supremacy, it will be completely passive. The rear supply base will be captured by the enemy's mechanized troops one by one, and the supply line will be cut off one by one. As a result, the garrison of the entire defense line will be surrounded. Absolutely.

At this time, the devils have not yet realized this in terms of tactics, so they are still building the so-called "Kwantung Army Fortress" in the Northeast.

But of course, this "Kwantung Army Fortress" was built with the blood, tears and lives of the Chinese people.

With Umezu Yoshijiro's order, three of the seven divisions stationed in Fengtian were immediately transferred away.

A week later, another division was transferred away.

So there were only three divisions left in Fengtian, plus the 39th Division which was confronting the Eighth Route Army in Chifeng, there were only four divisions with a total strength of about 9 troops.