Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Report, the reconnaissance plane to Chita has returned and the photos have been retrieved."

As he said this, he placed the photos he had just developed next to Meijing Meijiro.

"Ok?"

Mei Jing Meijiro picked up the photo and took a look at it, then he stood there in a daze.

What did he see?

A group of soldiers in their military uniforms were moving around in the city, with plaster flags flying on the top of the city walls, and a group of soldiers could be seen gathered together to eat.

"Is it really the Empire's army?"

Meijing Meijiro looked confused, then handed the photo to Yoshimoto Sadaichi and frowned, saying, "Yoshimoto-kun, which army of the empire is this?"

After looking at the photo, Yoshimoto Sadaichi was also bewildered. He shook his head and said, "I've just sent a telegram to all the Kwantung Army units, and no troops have arrived in Chita. This may not be the Imperial Army. Could someone be impersonating the Imperial Army?"

"Someone impersonating the Imperial Army? Attacking the Mao Bear?"

Chapter 436 The Destruction of the Far Eastern Army

At this moment, Meijing Meijiro felt as if he was caught in a huge conspiracy, as if an invisible force was pushing him forward.

The "Imperial Army" that suddenly appeared in Chita, and the Siberian Freedom Army that suddenly appeared.

It was as if an invisible pair of hands were pushing him to go to war with the Russian bear.

But what is the purpose of these people doing this? Is it to let the Russian bear and them fight each other, so that the mastermind behind the scenes will reap the benefits?

But what benefit can he get?

"From their appearance, these people are no different from the imperial soldiers. Could they be disguised as someone?"

Yoshimoto Sadaichi proposed a possibility.

"Who's from China?" Mei Jing Meijilang thought for a moment after hearing this, then shook his head and said, "Impossible. Who's from China is so busy right now, how could they possibly show up in Chita?"

Mei Jing Meijiro directly ruled out this possibility.

"Who could that be?"

"Let the Special High Technology Department and the intelligence department investigate. Perhaps they can find some results. No matter who is helping us now, it's a good thing for us. With the capture of Chita, the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway has been completely paralyzed. We can go further and mobilize more troops into the Greater Khingan Range."

"Hayi!"

"Order……"

As time went on, the Japanese gradually realized that their judgment of the combat effectiveness of the Soviet troops was indeed wrong.

A week after the war broke out, the Japanese Kwantung Army's First Front successfully captured two small cities in the Far East - Krasnaya Yar and Ekimchan (remember to add pictures when updating).

After the capture of these two cities, the retreat route of the Soviet Far East Front was cut off.

As the Second Front Army advanced from south to north and approached the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the Third Front Army fought all the way from Birobidzhan to Komsomolsk-on-Amur. At this time, the 300,000 Russian troops in Komsomolsk-on-Amur were in danger of being wiped out.

These 300,000 troops are the elite force of the Russian Bear in the Far East. If this elite force is destroyed, the Russian Bear will completely lose control of the Far East.

However, as the Japanese completed the encirclement on both sides and cut off the retreat, the 300,000 Russian troops now had to either defend Komsomolsk-on-Amur or continue to retreat eastward to Miaojie, and then stage a Far Eastern version of the Dunkirk evacuation, retreating from Miaojie to Sakhalin Island.

On May 24, the Battle of Komsomolsk-on-Amur began.

After the Soviet Far East Front retreated to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, it began to build a defense line, digging trenches and setting up roadblocks ten kilometers outside Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and also built various fortresses in an attempt to delay the Japanese attack.

At the same time, Khabarovsk was captured, and Khabarovsk Airport, the largest airport in the Far East, also fell into the hands of the enemy, and the Soviet Union began to lose air superiority.

Whether the plane took off from Yakutsk, Engri, or Sakhalin Island and other regional airports, the round trip would take a lot of time, while the Japanese planes began to control the air supremacy and bombarded the Soviet Union before the war broke out.

The Kwantung Army came out in full force this time, transporting the arms accumulated over the years to the front line in an endless stream. Even some battles that had been prepared on the Chinese battlefield were forced to be urgently stopped.

At the same time, the Kwantung Army asked for help from the headquarters, hoping to mobilize a squadron to enter the Amur River near the Tatar Strait and go upstream to bombard Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

The Japanese army, under the cover of planes and tanks, launched a general attack on Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

The Japanese headquarters initially opposed the Kwantung Army's all-out war with the Soviet Union, but after the war broke out, the Kwantung Army not only did not suffer any losses, but gained the upper hand, and the attitude of the Japanese headquarters gradually changed.

In fact, the Japanese headquarters had no choice but to do so. The Kwantung Army had a bad relationship with the headquarters. The Kwantung Army only obeyed orders and not announcements. Few army officials in the headquarters supported the Kwantung Army.

However, the Kwantung Army's actions were supported by the Army faction. After all, for the Army, the conflict with the Kwantung Army was an internal conflict, while the conflict with the Navy was the primary conflict. As long as the Navy could be suppressed, the Army would not care about anything else.

Even if the Kwantung Army becomes stronger again as a result, it is an internal matter of the army.

Therefore, after receiving the request for help from the Kwantung Army, the Japanese Imperial Headquarters Army immediately organized a fleet to head north, enter the Tatar Strait, and confront the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

That’s right, the Japanese army does have a fleet, but this fleet is mostly composed of transport ships and some small gunboats, and its combat effectiveness is not strong. If facing the US Navy, it can only serve as a target.

But they were facing the Soviet Pacific Fleet, most of whose ships had a service life of more than 20 years and were all old ships, with only two cruisers and eleven destroyers.

Although the Soviet Union had an advantage in tonnage, its warships were too old and only half of them could be deployed. After the exchange of fire, some Japanese army ships entered the Amur River and went upstream to support Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

On the first day of the siege, under the cover of heavy firepower, the Japanese covered the defensive positions outside Gongqingcheng with firepower.

However, at this time, the heavy firepower of the Soviet defenders was still sufficient, and the two sides fought hard. The Japanese lost about half of their division's strength and only occupied part of the Soviet positions outside Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

However, because the Japanese had air superiority, once the Soviet artillery positions were exposed, the Japanese bombers and fighter planes would immediately dive-bomb them.

After a day of fighting, the Soviets had lost most of their heavy firepower. When the Japanese attacked again the next day, their heavy firepower had been suppressed, and they had to send out armored units for a defensive counterattack.

However, also because of the lack of air superiority, as soon as the tank troops were deployed, the Japanese planes bombarded the Soviet tanks.

Even so, the Soviets managed to hold their outer positions the next day, but at the cost of more than 600 tanks and armored vehicles of various types being destroyed, more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers being killed, and 13,000 being injured.

On the third day of the Battle of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the Japanese attack did not encounter much resistance due to the lack of heavy firepower and armored cover. The Third Front Army attacked Komsomolsk-on-Amur from two directions and engaged in street fighting with the Soviet troops in the city.

Komsomolsk-on-Amur was not a big city. Under the continuous and indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese, the Russian defenders in Komsomolsk-on-Amur gradually could not hold on. In addition, the Japanese warships going upstream provided fire support, and the Russian troops suffered more than 20,000 casualties every day.

On the seventh day after the Battle of Komsomolsk-on-Amur began, the Soviet troops took advantage of the cover of night and began to retreat towards Temple Street.

But it was too late to retreat at this time. After occupying Hongyar, the Japanese First Front Army launched an attack on Miao Street.

In the end, the remaining 170,000 Soviet Far East Army soldiers were trapped by the Japanese army near Lazarev, across the sea from Sakhalin Island.

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I'm flying abroad today, so I won't have time to write during the day. I'll take a day off tomorrow. Thank you all for your continued support. I'll update once I'm settled. Finally, I kowtow to thank all the book friends who have supported me all the time. I will continue to work hard! ~

Chapter 437: The Japanese Victory in the Far East

The Japanese did not follow the German strategy. After surrounding the Soviet army in Lazarev, they chose to launch a fierce attack.

Despite a desperate resistance, the Soviet troops, lacking supplies and heavy weaponry, ultimately managed to board ships and be transported to Sakhalin Island. The remaining 150,000 troops surrendered at Lazarevsk and became prisoners of the Japanese. Red indicates the direction of the Japanese attack. Here's the map I forgot to post yesterday. The Far East Campaign, which lasted nearly 20 days, has come to a complete end.

In this battle, from the attack on Khabarovsk to the complete occupation of the area from the Greater Khingan Range in the Far East to the Tatar Strait, a total of 800,000 square kilometers of land, a total of more than 42,300 Japanese soldiers were killed and more than 64,000 were injured.

For the Kwantung Army, this loss was not small, but compared with the results of the battle, this loss was not worth mentioning at all.

In addition to occupying 800,000 square kilometers of land, the Japanese killed more than 136,000 soldiers of the Soviet Far East Front and captured 150,000. Except for a small number of Far East Army soldiers who successfully retreated and transferred, most of them were annihilated or captured by the Japanese.

In addition, the largest city in the Far East, Khabarovsk, the second largest city, Vladivostok, and the third largest city, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, all fell into the hands of the Japanese.

The Japanese occupied 63 oil fields in the Far East, 172 mines of various types, and 1,727 forest farms, and seized a large amount of supplies.

These supplies can be said to have greatly alleviated the shortage of resources within the Japanese army.

In addition, the most important thing is that after the end of the Far East Campaign, the Japanese were the only dominant force in the Far East and had no rivals. They could continue to move northward to the vast Siberia region, which was now in the Japanese's pocket.

In early June, the Japanese First Front Army successfully crossed the Greater Khingan Range, arrived in Siberia, occupied Engri, and continued to advance northward.

On June 15th, the Japanese vanguard arrived in Yakutsk. After two days of fighting, the Yakutsk defenders were ultimately outnumbered and captured. Yakutsk, the largest city in East Siberia, fell to the Japanese, raising their flag. On June 23rd, Japanese landing forces landed at the southern and northern ends of Sakhalin Island, capturing the important southern city of Kholmsk and the northern city of Okha, respectively, launching their final offensive against the Russian garrison on Sakhalin Island.

On June 26, a squadron of the Japanese Navy found the Soviet Pacific Fleet in the Strait of Okhotsk. After a day of fierce fighting, the Soviet Pacific Fleet was destroyed, one cruiser was sunk, and four destroyers were destroyed. The Soviet military forces in the Far East, both the army and navy, were almost completely wiped out by the Japanese.

Moscow, inside the Kremlin.

The bearded man looked at the bad news from the Far East with a solemn expression on his face. Zhukov stood aside in silence. The development of the situation had exceeded their expectations.

"How could the Far Eastern Army's combat effectiveness be so poor?"

Big Beard was not too angry about the Japanese occupation of the Far East. In fact, the Japanese's quick victory style of warfare made Big Beard feel relieved.

"The Far Eastern Army lacks training and its equipment is relatively outdated. We have transferred the elite troops to Moscow..."

The bearded man waved his hand and said, "I don't need you to explain the reasons for our defeat. Defeat is defeat. I just want to know how much of the Far East the Japanese have been able to capture."

Zhukov thought for a moment and drew a circle on the map. "This is the only area. They can't survive the winter further north. I think the Japanese will focus westward, along the Trans-Siberian Railway, to capture the core areas of the Far East, especially the Lake Baikal region."

"How many troops are left in the Far East?"

"The Baikal Military District still has 150,000 troops, and approximately 300,000 more can be mobilized from other regions."

Hearing about the 300,000 troops, the bearded man looked at the map and thought for a moment before saying, "Where do you think we should defend?"

Zhukov pointed to Chita on the map and said, "Chita. Although Chita was captured by the Japanese troops before, we recaptured it. The reason why the Far Eastern Front was defeated was entirely because the terrain in the Far East is complex and not suitable for large-scale combat."

"Chita's terrain is open and suitable for armored forces. The Japanese armored forces are inferior to ours. In addition, we have mobilized a lot of air force to concentrate around Chita. As long as we don't lose air superiority, Chita will not be lost. As long as we can hold Chita, we can curb the Japanese westward advance. Once we have resolved the European battlefield, we can turn around and deal with the Japanese problem."

Zhukov saw it very clearly. When the Far Eastern Army was surrounded, he wanted to order a retreat, but was stopped by the bearded man. As a result, the Far Eastern Army was completely wiped out. However, the annihilation of more than 300,000 Far Eastern Army soldiers was not a serious blow to the Russians. They could mobilize and arm hundreds of thousands of troops again.

"Oh, let's do as you say. Who should be in charge of the Far East?"

The only problem in the Far East now is that there is no suitable commander. Zhukov has commanded battles in the Far East and is familiar with the generals there, so the bearded man wants to hear his opinion.

Zhukov thought about it and the first person he thought of was Coman. He had seen his ability to command armored forces. It was also Zhukov's idea to transfer Coman from the position of commander of the 17th Army to form a tank army.

But Coman had already been transferred, and after Zhukov quickly reviewed the remaining generals, he found that those who were capable had all been promoted.

At this time, Zhukov suddenly remembered someone, a person he had no impression of before. Some time ago, the newly appointed commander of the 17th Army, Gastilovich, sent a telegram to the headquarters.

The content of the telegram was that Gastilovich judged that the next target of the German attack might be Stalingrad, and he hoped that the High Command would pay attention to it.

Zhukov took a look at the content of the telegram at that time, but did not take it seriously. However, as time went on, the German Third Reich had begun to send reinforcements to the vicinity of Stalingrad. At the same time, intelligence obtained from internal intelligence personnel who had infiltrated the German Third Reich indicated that the German Third Reich was indeed preparing to attack Stalingrad.

This telegram was dug up.

So Zhukov had some impression of the commander of the 17th Army.

Although he was in Outer Mongolia thousands of miles away, he was able to judge the situation on the European continent, which proved that he had certain command ability and overall vision.

"Anton Gastilovich, the commander of the 17th Army, is quite capable. He sent a telegram to the High Command over a month ago, predicting that the next German offensive might be towards Stalingrad."