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"If they are just the Anti-Japanese Alliance or the Volunteer Army, General Yamada will not take them seriously. They are like ants and are not worthy of the powerful Kwantung Army taking a second look.
But if the Soviet Union intervenes in this matter, it will be troublesome.
The Soviet Union is no longer the Soviet Union a few years ago. When the Soviet-German War broke out, the Soviet Union was almost defeated. At that time, the Soviet Union was like a lost dog.
However, the situation has now undergone a shocking reversal, especially in the Battle of Stalingrad from the end of last year to the beginning of this year. The Soviet army not only blocked the crazy attack of millions of German troops, but the two sides also fought fiercely in the city. A house or even a pile of ruins had to be fought over repeatedly, and progress was often measured in meters. The battles were extremely cruel and bloody.
The total number of troops invested by both sides in this battle was more than 3 million. The Soviet army's strong resistance made the German army pay a heavy price for every step forward.
The result of the battle was that the Soviet army launched a pincer offensive on both sides of the German army at the end of 1942 and surrounded the main 270,000 Axis troops, including the German 6th Army, and annihilated them all on February 2, 1943. .
The Soviet Red Army achieved a decisive victory. The entire German 6th Army and most of the 4th Armored Army, the Romanian 3rd and 4th Army, the Italian 8th Army and a large number of attached technical units and support troops were annihilated.
Although the losses on both sides have never been accurately calculated, according to preliminary estimates from the base camp, it is believed that the German casualties and prisoners totaled about 850,000.
After annihilating the German 6th Army, the Soviet Red Army took advantage of the victory to press against Rostov-on-Don. The German troops in the Caucasus retreated, and the Soviet army quickly recaptured the Caucasus.
After the decisive battle of Kursk, the Soviet army regained Kharkov.
So far, the German army has never launched a strategic offensive on the Soviet-German battlefield, but turned to strategic defense.
Beginning in August 1943, the Soviet Red Army continued to pursue the victory, pushing the Nazi German army back to the west of the Dnieper River, and successively recovered most of Ukraine, including Donbass and Kiev.
Moreover, according to reports from spies lurking in the Soviet Union, at this time the Soviet economy had completely shifted to a wartime track, producing a large amount of weapons, equipment and supplies. At the same time, it had received a large amount of aid from the United States, Britain and other Allied countries in accordance with the Lend-Lease Act, and the military Strength is greatly improved.
In Germany itself, the Nazis were overwhelmed by the strategic bombing of Germany by Britain and the United States. The German air force was overwhelmed and suffered a disastrous defeat in the North African battlefield. Its slave countries also began to have anti-war and anti-German tendencies. Germany was increasingly unable to compete with the Soviet Union. .
Under such circumstances, the Soviets could fight on both the east and west fronts at the same time.
In comparison, the situation in the Empire of Japan is very bad. Both prices and unemployment have reached a dangerous level.
Years of wars have dragged the imperial economy, which has not yet recovered from the economic crisis, to a terrifying situation on the verge of collapse. Therefore, any military failure now may cause major domestic political changes, or more appropriately, political turmoil.
Yamada Otsuzo only hopes that the Kwantung Army will not make any mistakes at this time, and that it is enough not to seek merit but to seek no fault.
????????????????????? It¡¯s impossible to develop at his age anyway, and he will retire in a few years, and Yamada Otozo really doesn¡¯t want to lose his job in the later years.
¡°But the current situation seems to be completely different from what I expected. Once the Red Soviet Russia declares war on Japan at this time, the consequences will be really unimaginable.
At that moment, General Yamada immediately issued a war mobilization order to the Kwantung Army and the entire Puppet Manchukuo Army, ordering Japanese and puppet troops everywhere to immediately prepare for battle, especially the troops in border areas, to respond to possible Soviet invasion at any time.
At the same time, General Yamada also reported the battles that took place in Xing'an Prince Temple and Baicheng back to the base camp, requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately confirm the state-to-state relations between Japan and the Soviet Union and determine whether the Soviet Union was involved in this operation.
The news spread back to Tokyo, and the government and the public were shocked.
Like General Yamada, the country does not want to go to war with the Soviet Union at this time, but if the Soviet Union is really involved in this matter, then Japan really has no way out.
From the perspective of Japanese high-level officials, Manchuria must not be lost. If there is a problem in the 'Manchuria' region, then the empire's decades of management will be completely in vain.
What¡¯s more serious is that once something happens to Manchuria, North Korea and Japan may be attacked, especially North Korea.
Although North Korea is basically completely surrendered to the Empire of Japan, it is actually the same as Manchuria.?Similarly, there are still a large number of rebels in North Korea, but North Korea is small and lacks strategic maneuvering ground, so many North Koreans have gone north into the Manchuria region.
According to the information collected by the Japanese side, there are many Korean officers in various units of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and he has heard a little about the most prestigious ones, such as Cui Yongjian and Jin.
Although those guys are only mid-level officers in the army, equivalent to a lieutenant colonel, with the highest rank being colonel, in the hearts of the Korean people, those guys are extremely respected.
It's okay to have Manchuria as a barrier now. Once something happens to Manchuria, the situation in North Korea will definitely take a turn for the worse in a very short period of time. By then, Japan's entire core defense circle will collapse from within without the need for the United States to attack. .
In view of this, the base camp immediately ordered the Kwantung Army to actively prepare for war, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to determine the attitude of the Soviet Union.
Soon, the Japanese Foreign Minister summoned the Soviet ambassador to inquire about whether the Soviet Far East Red Army had attacked Northeast China.
The Soviet ambassador was also a little confused by this question. The Soviet Union is currently at war with Germany. Although it has initially established a firm foothold and launched a limited counterattack, it still has some way to go before completely driving Germany out of Soviet territory. If you want to leave, why would you provoke Japan at this time?
Although Japan¡¯s defeat is now exposed, after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the million-strong Japanese army deployed in the Northeast is not a vegetarian. If a war really breaks out, this will definitely affect the situation on the Western Front.
The ambassador immediately sent a report to Moscow to inquire about the situation. After all, according to international practice, once the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, he, the ambassador, must inform Japan before the war began, otherwise it would be a despicable sneak attack.
However, Moscow¡¯s answer confused the ambassador and the Japanese side. Moscow did not say a fight, nor did it say no fight. It just said that they did not know and that this matter needed to be verified by the Far East.
What is this word?
Whether the Soviets were involved in this matter suddenly seemed a bit confusing!
This ambiguous attitude of the Soviets also made Japan feel uneasy. At present, the base camp asked the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchukuo to prepare for war immediately and be ready to welcome the Soviet attack at any time.
After receiving the order from home, General Yamada was also stunned.
Although he guessed that the Soviets may have participated in this battle, the other party probably would not admit it. At most, they just intervened secretly.
"But I didn't expect that the Soviets would answer like this. This is completely an act to provoke a war. What do you mean you don't know? Do we, the Kwantung Army, know?"
Although it was incredible, General Yamada still felt pressure. After all, once something happened in Manchuria, he, the commander of the Kwantung Army, would definitely bear the main responsibility.
Yamada Otsuzo had no way out and immediately ordered the Kwantung Army troops to assemble to the border areas immediately. At the same time, he ordered the main force of the Ninth Division stationed on the front line of Shanhaiguan to go north and rush to the Xinjing area.
In addition, three of the four Manchukuo Army infantry brigades stationed in Rehe on the southern front were ordered to immediately go north, together with the two cavalry regiments going south from Hailar, to move closer to Xing'an and recapture the Wangye Temple.
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