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Chapter 812 The Japanese Army¡¯s Abacus

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    News of the Japanese attack on Highland 742 reached Xia Yang¡¯s ears at noon the next day.

    Xia Yang looked at the time and found that the time of the Japanese attack was a full week earlier than the historical time.

    History has begun to change very obviously. At this time, Xia Yang began to realize that in this battle, history could provide him with very little reference. What he could rely on most now was the various information obtained by his troops.  kind of information.

    This is the time when Xia Yang is most tested.

    Because of the previous battles, Xia Yang could know in advance what kind of attack plan the Japanese army on the opposite side would make, but this time, he had no way of knowing.

    "The number of Japanese attacking troops was more than 200, close to 300. Their commander was Lieutenant Commander Higashi Yahyozo. The attack took place last night. It only took a few hours to completely occupy the entire 742 Highland.  Yes." Hu San reported to Xia Yanghui.

    This information was provided to them by their intelligence personnel who were stationed in the Mongolian army.

    Xia Yang unfolded the map and looked at the location of Highland 742. It was next to the Halaha River and was not a battleground for military strategists.

    The reason why the Japanese army took the lead in attacking here, Xia Yang felt, was more of a tentative attack.

    They need to see the Soviet Union's reaction. If the Soviet Union's reaction is not great, or the reaction is slower, then they will start a large-scale attack.

    If the Soviets reacted in a big way and directly mobilized troops on a large scale to launch a counterattack against them, then they would need to think about it a little bit.

    But what the Japanese didn¡¯t expect was that after Highland 742 was attacked, not only the Soviets didn¡¯t respond much, but even the Mongols didn¡¯t respond.

    ¡°At least, neither the Soviets nor the Mongols condemned the Japanese actions from a diplomatic level.

    This gave the Japanese the illusion that they could just go ahead and do it.  The Mongols and Soviets, just like Zhang Xueliang who was stationed in the three northeastern provinces, would choose a policy of non-resistance.  Or, in order to avoid the expansion of the war, they choose the policy of appeasement and make concessions.

    In fact, at this time, the Mongolian senior officials were busy quarreling and wrangling.

    The Mongols are not united and have long been in a state of struggle for power and profit among some nobles.  As for the local area, it is controlled by hundreds of tribes, large and small, like the Kagel tribe.

    Therefore, they did not come up with a response policy at the first time, and they did not even decide whether to fight back this time or make a slight concession.

    As for the Soviet Union, after General Zhukov got the news of the Japanese attack on Highland 742, the first thing he thought of was to apply to the top management to see what the top management meant.

    As a result, the top leaders of the Soviet Union obviously did not want to see the war expand.  After all, they are still busy consolidating their power to expand in Eastern Europe, and do not want to fall into the quagmire of war in the Far East.

    So they asked General Zhukov to see what the Japanese army would do next, and if the Japanese army made further progress, then they would make a decision.  If it stops here, just turn a blind eye.

    If Xia Yang knew the thoughts of the Soviet high-level people, he would definitely find it very ridiculous.  Because this nation will launch a Pacific War in the future, and even the crazy country that attempts to land in the United States is just an invasion of Outer Mongolia. This matter is not too crazy for them.

    Their appetite is too big. This small nation has always had a powerful ambition that does not match their strength.

    They want to become a powerful country like other world powers. They even want to become the hegemonic position that China had in the world in the past.

    So during the three days when Highland 742 was captured, neither the Mongols nor the Soviets issued an official protest.

    This made the Japanese military leaders realize that neither the Mongols nor the Soviets wanted the war to expand.

    This way, the Japanese military leaders no longer had any scruples. The Japanese military base camp issued combat orders without hesitation and prepared for a large-scale invasion of Outer Mongolia.

    When the time comes, they will take the lead in occupying a large area of ??Outer Mongolia, and then go to negotiate peace with the Soviet Union and Mongolia. Even if there is a ceasefire, they will have more bargaining chips in their hands.

    The Japanese¡¯s wishful thinking was very good, but they obviously overestimated their own strength and underestimated the combat capabilities of the Soviet mechanized troops.

    This is because many of them are still immersed in severalTen years ago, during the Russo-Japanese War, Japan achieved a great victory.

    They have always thought that they have been making progress over the years.  But they did not realize that the Soviets' industrialization capabilities and overall national strength were even higher than them.

    After all, the Japanese¡¯s opponents have always been China, which was poor and weak at the time, and some small countries in Southeast Asia that were not worth mentioning.

    But the opponents of the Soviet Union have always been the extremely powerful European countries.  Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, if you take any one of them, they are not comparable to Japan at this time.

    In the Japanese headquarters in Hailar, several Japanese division commanders were standing in front of the sand table model of Nomonhan, their eyes staring at Nomonhan and the large land of Outer Mongolia.

    It¡¯s like they were staring at the map of China before they invaded China.

    At this moment, Outer Mongolia has become the pizza they want to take a bite of.

    ¡°The Soviets and Mongols didn¡¯t react much, and orders from the base camp have been issued. I think we can launch a large-scale offensive tomorrow.

    ¡°After all, our troops are all ready to attack. Now with just one order, our soldiers of the Empire of Japan can turn the grasslands of Outer Mongolia into the pastures of our Empire of Japan like a strong wind.  "The speaker was Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadao of the 18th Division.

    This man has a rough appearance, with undisguised ambition in his eyes.  When he looked at the map of Outer Mongolia, he was like a hungry wolf seeing fat sheep.

    The commander of the 23rd Division and the commander-in-chief of this battle, Michutaro Komatsubara said with a smile: "Don't be anxious! The troops of Higashi Eight Hyakuzo and Yama Prefecture Colonel Takemitsu have begun to advance forward. Our troops are in  Follow on the flanks, and then begin to attack these three areas in Outer Mongolia."

    ¡°With that said, he picked up three small sun flags and planted them in Hakegel, Matad area, and Taoshun.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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