my bright sword career

Chapter 410 How Can You Be Undefeated
Fumma Konoe and Hideki Tojo fought at the imperial meeting, and the conservatives and radicals who supported the two also quarreled. It was Moto Sugiyama who saw that Hirohito behind the screen showed signs of anger, and quickly raised the wooden hammer He knocked hard, and called the attendants to pull the two of them apart.

After a lot of noise, everyone reached an agreement and formulated a decision called "Key Points of Imperial State Policy".

This decision made the following decisions on southern policy:
9. In order to complete self-preservation and self-defense, when the empire is determined to fight against the United States, it intends to complete the war preparations with the goal of September's decree;
[-]. While carrying out the preceding paragraph, the empire tried its best to adopt various diplomatic means with the United States and Britain, and strived to implement the requirements of the empire;

10. Through diplomatic representations in the preceding paragraph, if our requirements are not met by early October, immediately make up our minds to go to war with the United States

In the same month, the Battle of Kyiv ended.

In this recognized as the largest encirclement battle in history, almost the entire Southwest Front of the Soviet Red Army was surrounded and annihilated by the Germans.

In this battle, the Soviet army suffered 19.32 casualties, and 66.5 were captured by the German army, while the German army paid a price of 13.2 casualties.

This battle also shocked the whole world. Generals from various countries have reviewed this battle, hoping to find lessons from the Soviet Union's disastrous defeat.

Shanxi in December has already become extremely cold, and the two consecutive days of heavy snow made the whole land white.

In the lobby of the Liantai militia headquarters located in the western suburbs of Liantai County, dozens of military officers are gathering around a huge sand table, listening to a speech by an officer of the Eighth Route Army in uniform.

If there are future generations of military enthusiasts here, they will definitely be surprised when they see the people present, because the people present can be said to be star-studded, including major generals, lieutenant generals and even generals.

Among them are Jiang Dingwen, commander of the First Theater, Guo Jiqiao, chief of staff, Yan Xishan, commander of the Second World War, Sun Chu, commander of the Sixth Army, left deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, commander Liu of the 129th Division, political commissar Ping, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and other officers were present.

It stands to reason that it is almost impossible for so many high-ranking generals to appear in the small headquarters of the Liantai Militia at the same time, but such a thing just happened. If future generations of military enthusiasts see this scene, their eyeballs will probably protrude. come out.

In fact, the reason why so many senior generals gathered here is very simple. They came here this time to buy things from Gao Hongming.

At this time, it was the most difficult time of the Anti-Japanese War, and all the armed forces in China were in a stage of shortage of guns and ammunition, food and medical supplies.

And people in Shanxi and even North China don't know that the head of the Liantai militia, Mr. Gao, is a man with good hands and eyes. Whether it is food, medicine, ammunition, or even aircraft and artillery, he can get it. If you want any supplies, just ask him. That's right.

And most importantly, it can be said that this is the safest place in Shanxi. If you count the whole Shanxi, if you say that the place that the Japanese are most afraid of is Liantai County.

Regardless of the fact that there is only one Liantai militia stationed in Liantai County so far, both the Japanese and the Central Army know that it is impossible to attack Liantai County without more than two divisions. The mouth is ready in the heart.

And the most important thing is that our head Gao Da not only has a complete range of goods, but also pays special attention to credit. He will sell it to you if he sells it to you, and he will never regret it halfway. Sending someone to deliver something to your door is the real deal.

What... the road in Shanxi is difficult?
It doesn't matter, as long as you build a runway in front of your house, our head Gao can let someone use a transport plane to transport it there for you.

Head Gao is so trustworthy that even people from Chongqing come all the way to buy things.

And this time is also a coincidence, this year's winter is extremely cold, and there is a shortage of supplies everywhere, so the Central Army, the Jinsui Army, and the Eighth Route Army all set their sights on Gao Hongming, who is known as the largest local rich man in Shanxi.

To show their importance, this time Yan Laoxi and Jiang Dingwen led the team personally. When they came here, they found that even the left deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army had also come here...well...it's lively now.

Since they were all soldiers, it was rare for so many people to get together to talk about the military. It just so happened that the Kyiv battle had just ended, and everyone couldn't help but talk about this battle, which is known as the largest defense battle in the history of the world.

Since it is a chat, disputes are unavoidable. Many people began to discuss the cause, process, and gains and losses of the battle. After talking about it, many people started to quarrel. For a while, the entire combat hall was like a vegetable market. as lively.

In the end, Yan Xishan, Jiang Dingwen, and Zuo Deputy Chief of Staff, who had the highest status, found that this was not possible. Due to their status, they naturally couldn't get off the court directly, otherwise it would not be called a dispute but a quarrel, so they pulled Gao Hongming off the court.

Our tall regiment leader was also unambiguous, and directly sent someone to carry the sand table to the battle hall. Everyone was shocked when they saw the 3*6 Kyiv battle sand table placed in the middle.

Brother...you have done some research on this.

Li Yunlong, the most impatient, relied on his old relationship with Gao Hongming, grabbed the baton and said first: "The Battle of Kyiv was a typical siege war in which fewer troops won more. 50 German troops were against 85 Soviet troops. In terms of strength and scale, Look, the Soviet army far outnumbers the German army in terms of aircraft, tanks, and artillery. No matter how you look at it, it should be an asymmetrical battle, but the final result ended in a disastrous defeat for the Soviet army. I, a country bumpkin, wonder why this battle ended like this?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and a voice rang out: "I think the main reason why the Soviet army was defeated this time was because the Soviet army was slow to move and the high-level combat will was not unified.

For example, as early as July, the Soviet army was showing signs of defeat.

Zhukov, who was the chief of the general staff at the time, suggested that Stalin abandon Kyiv and withdraw the Southwest Front Army to the other side of the Dnieper River to avoid being encircled by the German army, and then fully defend Moscow.

But this proposal was resolutely rejected by Stalin. For this reason, he also dismissed Zhukov from the post of chief of staff and served as commander of the reserve front.

On September 9, Marshal Budyonny, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army in the southwest direction, sensed the danger and once again asked Stalin to withdraw eastward.

The answer he got was that without the approval of the Supreme Command, Kyiv must not be abandoned, nor any bridges. Then Stalin believed that Budyonny was passively avoiding the war and dismissed him. Timoshenko succeeded him in command.

There is a saying in the art of war, it is a big taboo to change soldiers before a battle, how can a country's commander be undefeated with such nonsense? "

　Today is August [-]th, and Ah Ding is here to wish everyone a family reunion and happiness!
　　
　
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