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Chapter 993 The Russo-Japanese War Breaks Out
A few hours ago, Mosk, Arbat Street.

In an office of the General Staff of the Red Russia, several generals and marshals with serious expressions sat at the conference table, each holding a telegram in their hands, and expressed their opinions one after another.

"I think everyone has read the information sent by the "Ramza Group". If it is true, the Japanese seem to want to launch a large-scale offensive at Nomonkan."

"Yes, the telegram said that the Japanese were trying to send the 23rd Division, the 5th Division, the 14th Division, the 9th and 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiments, 9 Rapid Fire Gun Squadrons, 16 Field The anti-aircraft artillery team, 1 flying team, 22 automobile squadrons, and part of the 2nd, 4th, and 7th divisions are used in a centralized manner, and this is bound to be an all-out war."

"Yes, the information also mentioned that the Japanese are counting the number of soldiers and weapons in the mainland and the occupied territories, and the supply of supplies is gradually implementing a rationing system. These are signs of a war breaking out."

"This information is indeed very clear, but can its authenticity be guaranteed?"

""Ramza" is the most successful intelligence officer in the fourth bureau. The source of the intelligence is the Japanese Navy Admiral Suzuki Kantaro, with a high degree of credibility, and part of the intelligence has also been obtained by our intelligence personnel in Japan and occupied areas confirmation."

"So, the Japanese really want to provoke the Soviets at Nomenkan, and even launch a surprise attack on our land in the Far East?"

"It should be. The Germans have been very active recently. We have to consider the possibility of cooperation between the Japanese and the Germans. I suggest that Comrade Zhukov be given more support and a higher command authority, so that he can dispel the Japanese as soon as possible." ambition, regardless of whether the opponent really wants to be an enemy of the great Soviet┴."

"agree."

"agree."

"Then, in addition to the 57th Army and the troops previously transferred to the Far East, I propose to transfer the 57th Infantry Division and the 82nd Infantry Division from the Transbaikal Military District and the Ural Military District to Comrade Zhukov, and form a temporary 1st Army with the existing troops. Comrade Zhukov served as the commander, responsible for the command of the war against Japan."

"So how much logistical support does the 1st Army need? Can Comrade Zhukov command such a large force?"

“至少需要1.8万吨炮兵弹药、6500吨航空弹药、1.5万吨各种燃料和润滑剂、4千吨粮食、7千吨燃料以及4千吨其它物资，朱可夫同志在前往远东前担任白俄军区副司令员，指挥大兵团作战的能力毋庸置疑。”

From the Red Russian General Staff ┴, Ministry of National Defense ┴, the person in charge of the logistics department, you said a word, and I talked about the telegram sent by Sorge, and quickly made a decision to form a new army group.

It may seem like a joke, but it is not.

Although the biggest enemy of Red Russia is currently in Europe, Nomenkan is only a disease of ringworm and scabies, but the toad ┴ does not bite and respond to others, and letting it go is easy to make the Japanese grow up.

Before the outbreak of war in Europe, it is in the interests of Red Russia to completely defeat the Japanese with absolute strength, even if it will cost huge casualties and material loss.

As for the peace talks with the Japanese, this is not in the plans of the generals and marshals. Red Russia is surrounded by wolves. As long as there is a trace of weakness, countless enemies will rush to tear them apart. Tough against tough, war against war , is the only solution.

The Red Russian Minister of Defense Voroshilov and the Chief of General Staff, who presided over the meeting, made a final decision after listening to everyone's discussions. They agreed to form the 1st Army and ordered the deployment of combat materials to the front on a larger scale to make up for the loss of combat.

The Trans-Siberian Railway terminated all non-essential transportation for people’s livelihood, and made every effort to urgently transport military supplies to the Nuomenkan area around the clock. In addition to supplementing consumption, it was also necessary to establish a dedicated combat material reserve for a possible general counteroffensive. Then this order was sent to the Kremlin.

A few hours later, this telegram, blessed by a loving father, came to Zhukov in the Nuomenkan fortification.

Knowing that he became the commander, Zhukov was not excited at all. He knew that a big war was imminent, and the pressure of the mountain suddenly came to his face. This war can only win, not lose, otherwise it will directly affect the situation in Europe.

It’s just that Zhukov always felt that something was wrong. Would the Japanese really be desperate to give up their hard-won strategic advantage against China and concentrate all available troops in the Far East for a decisive battle with the Soviet Union? Questions kept lingering in his mind.

But now it is useless to think about it. As a soldier, he can only obey orders. Zhukov turned around and passed the message to others for circulation, and then issued the first order as the commander of the 1st Army.

"All combat troops are on standby outside the combat area, speeding up the transfer of materials, and covering the battlefield with information. All offensive preparations must be completed before dawn on August 8."

Zhukov set the counter-offensive date on August 8th. Zhukov had made in-depth consideration. In June and July, there was plenty of rain in the Monte Grassland. This was not good for the Red Russia, which has a large amount of mechanized equipment. The greatest power in combat.

In late August, the rainy season has basically passed, the temperature is between 8°C and 24°C, and it is rarely lower than 20°C or more than 13°C. The weather is cool, and the soldiers can guarantee their physical functions to the greatest extent┴ And combat effectiveness, suitable for long-term, high-intensity battles.

And if the war is unfavorable, as long as the war is delayed until winter, the Red Russian army, which is good at winter combat, will have a greater advantage. No one can defeat the Slavs in the harsh winter. This has been proved by Napoleon and the French.

More importantly, it takes time to transport so many soldiers and materials. The 1st Army currently has only 1500 trucks and less than 1000 oil tankers on paper. It will take at least a month to transport all the combat materials. time.

Whether the Japanese will launch an attack before that, Zhukov doesn’t know. All he can do now is to hold the position on the west bank of the Harha River and wait for the counter-offensive moment to come, or to die gloriously in Nomenkan. The Red Russia has no group army that surrendered. commander.

After Zhukov gave the order, he cast his eyes outside the observation port. A few small yellow flowers swayed gently in the wind, and a few white clouds drifted across the blue sky in the distance. There was no sign of war at all, but the peace under the gunpoint could be maintained. How long, he sighed silently.

Two days later.

A Russian-Russian plane "mistakenly dropped" a bomb into the territory of the pseudo-mite without "any dispute".

Chief of Staff Masanobu Tsuji, who was in charge of the Kwantung Army for the time being, vetoed the military's order to temporarily maintain the status quo and wait for the arrival of support troops, and decided to use this bomb as an excuse to start a war.

This is another classic undercut. In fact, the Japanese cabinet and the locust have begun to increase their troops on a large scale after learning about the "Red Russia Operation Plan" obtained from the government.

It's just that it takes time to deploy troops from the Japanese mainland, various colonies, and even the Kannai battlefield. Masanobu Tsuji's doing so completely undermined the plans planned by Japan's high-level officials.

In addition, it should be pointed out that although the real deployment of the Japanese army and the numbers of the combat troops are slightly different from the "Japanese combat plan" in the hands of the Red Russians, the difference is not too great.

This is not difficult. The Japanese army's effective strength is limited, and there are only a few troops, either the standing divisions that have not participated in the war, the Kwantung Army, or the field divisions that have been rested.

The national staff who wrote the "Japanese Army Operation Plan" only needed to write down the numbers of all the devil's spare troops, and it didn't matter if there were slight differences. It was normal for military operations to change until the last moment.

When these mixed pieces of true and false information were submitted to Zhukov, Comrade Red Russian God of War dispelled his doubts and continued to ask Mosk for more troops, equipment, and logistical supplies.

In this way, when neither Red Russia nor Japan was ready for war, the war broke out suddenly, and it was the Japanese who launched the attack first.

In the early morning of June 6, Michitaro Komatsuhara, who had just returned to Hailar from Tokyo, brandished his command sword again and led the 27rd Division and the cavalry of the pseudo-mite Xing'an Army to dispatch.

Due to the limited transportation capacity of the 23rd Division, Japanese soldiers needed to carry 36 kilograms of food and ammunition like mules to the battlefield 180-250 kilometers away on foot.

After three days of long trek, the "Mules" finally entered the attack position in the early morning of July 7 before dying of exhaustion, making final pre-war preparations.

On the previous day, the Kwantung Army Command once again violated the cabinet's suggestion that the air force should not be used to bomb the Red Russian airport, and bombed the Red Russian air base near the Haraha River at 5 o'clock in the morning of the same day.

This air strike destroyed about 130 Red Russian aircraft, and the Kwantung Army gained full air supremacy in a short period of time. Then Japanese aircraft launched a violent bombardment of the Red Russian landing site on the east bank of Haraha and the fortifications on the west bank. Zhukov was beaten caught off guard.

7月1日夜晚，第23师团主力部队，共3个步兵联队、1个野炮大队在两条河流汇合处下游约13公里附近地区成功地渡过了哈拉哈河，对由蒙地第6骑兵师守卫的巴英查岗高地实施突击。

Relying on the superiority in numbers, the Japanese army occupied Bayingchagang Mountain and its adjacent areas, a strategically important site in Red Russia, before dawn on July 7, and the 3th Division of the Mongolian Cavalry retreated to the northwest area of ​​Bayingchagang Mountain.

The excited command knife performance artist Komatsuhara Michitaro immediately waved his troops in pursuit, preparing for a great victory, but he ran into the Red Russian counterattack head-on.

朱可夫在得知巴英查岗高地的战况后，果断命令战车第11旅、装甲汽车第7旅、一个摩托化步兵第24团以及蒙地第8骑兵师前来支援蒙骑第6师。

第23师团主力部队没有一辆战车，火炮也只有18门37毫米速射炮、12门联队下辖的76毫米步兵炮、8门野炮和4门120毫米榴弹炮，很快就陷入被包围的困境。

On July 7th, the battle continued fiercely day and night, with tracer bullets illuminating the night sky. Until 4:5 a.m. on July 3th, the last resistance of the Japanese army was shattered and they began to gradually retreat towards the ferry.

On the morning of July 7th, there were no gunshots at Bayingchagang Mountain and the west bank of the Haraha River. The 5rd Division's... I don't know how many times it was defeated.

(End of this chapter)