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.    A total of about eleven corps of troops.  More than 400,000 troops were sent to the Northeast. However, facing the Japanese army with more than 600,000 troops, the National Defense Forces could not form a numerical advantage over the Japanese troops in the Northeast.  There were originally as many as 700,000 Japanese troops stationed in Northeast China, including 400,000 elite Japanese troops and 300,000 Korean puppet troops, for a total of 700,000 troops.  However, because Hua Fei unexpectedly started fighting in Taiwan, in order to protect the southward passage, the Japanese military insisted on dispatching 100,000 troops from the Northeast to go south to reinforce Taiwan. However, they never thought of fighting in the East China Sea. Nearly 100,000 elite Japanese troops slept in the sea, watching helplessly.  Helplessly drowned in the water.

    The Northeastern Japanese Army lost 100,000 main troops, especially Japan¡¯s local army. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Northeastern Japanese Army.  Coupled with the gap between Japan and Korea after the Great Kantš­ Earthquake, a large number of Koreans were killed in Japan. If it were not for the strict blockade of information and the Japanese army's strict monitoring and suppression of the puppet troops, I am afraid that the Japanese army in the Northeast would have been in civil strife and would have been overwhelmed.  .  Although the intelligence agency of the National Defense Force took the opportunity to make a big move and created several big commotions, it was because of the inherent cowardice of North Koreans.  The effect of subsequent efforts is not very obvious.

    In other words, although there are currently more than 600,000 Japanese troops in the Northeast, only 300,000 Japanese troops are truly powerful.  Although the remaining 300,000 North Korean puppet troops have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, that is only if the battle goes smoothly.  Once the war becomes difficult, let alone letting the puppet troops fight a tough battle, it is a blessing for the Japanese Northeast Army Command that they can not escape.

    The 400,000 troops concentrated by the National Defense Forces this time can be said to be a collection of elite troops. Because the Northern Military Region faces powerful enemies, when reorganizing the army, most of the elite main forces of the National Defense Forces are distributed in the Northern Military Region.  The reinforcements from the two armies of the Central Plains Military Region, especially the three armies of the Central Military Region, are truly elite. You are completely the most elite direct line First Army, Second Army, and Third Army of the National Defense Forces!

    These three armies are not only unmatched in terms of weapons and equipment, but all light weapons are equipped with semi-automatic rifles. Whether it is shooting speed or firepower intensity, it is not even a bit better than manual rifles.  The most important thing is that these three armies can be said to be the first units in the entire army to complete mechanization.  Hua Fei not only tilted military spending, but also used private secret funds this time to give great care to the three armies, making the mechanization construction of the three armies more thorough.

    In the Fourth Army to the Tenth Army, the construction of an armored division has generally not been completed, and it has barely reached one armored division.  At a time when the standard of one motorized infantry division and one infantry division was at a time when other armies had not even established a motorized infantry division, the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army had already completed the comprehensive formation of three armored divisions.  construction.

    The construction of the Huafei Army imitated the German army during World War II to a great extent. As a soldier, he certainly could not understand the impact that the German blitzkrieg in the early days of World War II had on the world's military.  This is not only Hua Fei's purpose of vigorously promoting mechanization, but also Hua Fei's pursuit and yearning in his heart.

    The organization of Huafei's armored division is somewhat similar to that of the German army during World War II. It adopts the system of 2 battalions of the second regiment and 3 battalions of the second regiment.  (At the end of World War II, the German army partially adopted the one-regiment system. By June 1941, all German Army armored divisions had only one tank regiment.) The 2-battalion tank regiment was directly under the regimental headquarters and armored communications platoon (specially produced alert  2 type command tanks, company and air defense company (4~6 20mm guns). The subordinate tank battalion consists of 2 light tank companies and one medium tank company. The difference between the two tank companies is that the former is equipped with mass-produced Warriors  Panzer III light tank, the latter equipped with the mass-produced Warrior IV medium tank.

    The battalion has a battalion headquarters (one command vehicle) and a command company (including a communications platoon, a reconnaissance platoon, a tank platoon with five light tanks, and an engineer platoon) directly under the battalion.  Each tank company consists of a company headquarters (2 tanks), 4 tank platoons (5 tanks per platoon), and a full company of 22 tanks.  The entire battalion has 72 tanks.  The total number of tanks in the 2nd Battalion Tank Regiment is 152.

    The organization of the regiments and battalions directly under the 3-regiment tank regiment and the 3rd tank battalion (7th and 8th light companies, 9th medium-armor company) is the same as that of the 2-battalion tank regiment.  Each of the 1st and 2nd Tank Battalions it belongs to has two mixed light armored tank companies of Warrior III and Warrior IV tanks, and one medium armored tank company.  The mixed light armored tank company consists of a company (2 Type IV tanks), 4 tank platoons, 5 Type III tanks in the 1st platoon, 5 Type IV tanks in the 2nd to 4th platoons, and a total of Type 3 tanks in the whole company.  5 tanks and 17 Type IV tanks.  The mixed medium tank company has a company headquarters (2 Type IV tanks), 3 tank platoons, the 1st platoon has 5 Type III tanks, the 2nd and 3rd tank platoons have 4 Type III tanks, and the whole company has Type III tanks.  5 tanks and 10 Type IV tanks.  The mixed tank battalion has 65 tanks.  The 3rd Battalion Tank Regiment has a total of 207 tanks.

    With the comprehensive progress of science and technology, industry and material technology, Hua Fei is most concerned about the development of army weapons, especially tanks. The development and progress of tanks can be said to be changing with each passing day.  Although the performance indicators of the original Warrior Type 1 and Type 2 were considered advanced, the systemThe backward technology, especially the backward industrial technology, leads to extremely poor stability of the engine, which also leads to problems with the stability and safety of the tank.

    With the efforts of scientific and technological personnel, coupled with the rapid improvement of the workers' production technology, and the strong help from the Germans in key areas, the new Warrior III and Warrior IV have been finalized and put into production.  The lightweight grades of Warrior III and Warrior II are relatively similar in performance data, but their stability, speed, and even battlefield combat effectiveness and survivability have all been greatly improved.  The Warrior IV is a redesigned medium tank, limited by technical and practical needs.  Huafei gave up the rapid equipment of heavy tanks and switched to medium tanks. According to the results of the exercise, the actual combat effect was very good.

    The booming tank industry has allowed them to develop exclusive command tanks and battle tanks with both combat effectiveness and air defense capabilities. As bodyguards of the command tanks, they protect the command center or when the regiment command tank fails or is damaged,  Used as a temporary command headquarters.

    In addition to tank regiments, the Armored Division also has 4 motorized infantry regiments. Each regiment has 3 battalions (armored infantry or motorized infantry): the motorized infantry battalion has 325 people, 216 automatic rifles and 36 submachine guns.  , 12 heavy machine guns, 4 50mm mortars, 6 60mm mortars, 3 anti-tank guns, and 60 vehicles; there is not much difference in the establishment of armored infantry battalions and motorized infantry battalions, except for reductions.  The number of vehicles equipped was increased and 30 armored infantry fighting vehicles were added.  There is an infantry artillery company directly under the regiment, with 6 75mm infantry guns and a total of 1,080 people in the regiment.

    In addition, the division's artillery regiment has 2 light artillery battalions equipped with 6 105mm howitzers, 1 heavy artillery battalion, 4 105mm cannons, 8 150mm howitzers, and 1 anti-aircraft battalion.  There is an observation company directly under the regiment.

    The armored division¡¯s reconnaissance battalion consists of one armored company, three search companies, and one heavy weapons company that provides fire support.  Plus 1 motorcycle battalion and 1 anti-tank battalion.  An engineering battalion and a communications battalion together form all the elements of the most elite armored division of the National Defense Forces.

    Throughout the comparison, apart from the differences between the armored force of the Wehrmacht and the future German army in terms of air defense strength, number of vehicles, and light weapons equipment, other aspects of the construction are not inferior to that of the German army, or even worse.  This is mainly due to the consideration of local operations. The air force is strong and there is no need to worry about air superiority, so the investment in air defense forces is limited.  In addition, the domestic road construction network is far less developed than later Europe.  There are factors of varying quality and regional constraints. Therefore, in terms of maneuverability, Huafei has given more consideration to the idea of ??using railways for transportation.

    The above weapons and equipment are almost unparalleled by the army of any country in the world today.  And for the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army, they do not only have one armored division mentioned above, but three armored divisions.  Just looking at the weapon firepower ratio and the money investment required, you can understand how much effort and money Hua Fei spent on the construction of this ace unit.

    However, this ace knife force built by Hua Fei with a lot of money did not disappoint. Although these three armies are all classified into the Central Military Region, they are still based near Beijing. In addition to updating a batch of weapons and adding a large amount of supplies,  , no transfers were made at all.

    After receiving the attack order, the entire ace force, three armies and nine armored divisions instantly turned into a raging torrent, rushing northeast in three directions like sharp knives. Following closely behind them were people armed to the teeth and with morale like a rainbow.  An army of 300,000 people.

    The most elite First Army was responsible for attacking Shanhaiguan. The Second Army launched the attack from the direction of Yangshuling in Pingquan. The Third Army was transferred to Chifeng before the general offensive and attacked Ningcheng and Jianping from the Mongolian direction.  Among them, the Second Army divided into two groups after attacking Xia Songlingzi. An armored division went north to Jianping to assist the Second Army in attacking Chaoyang.  The other two divisions went south to attack Jianchang, and joined the First Army at the foot of Huludao City to attack Huludao.

    As the main force of the attack, the First Army was responsible for the direction of Shanhaiguan. It was also the area with the strongest Japanese troops stationed. There were about ten divisions with more than 150,000 troops stationed in Suizhong and Xingcheng behind Shanhaiguan alone. Among them, the Japanese alone  There are 100,000 elite local troops.  (The Japanese army has about 15,000 men per division, which is different from the National Defense Force.)

    Almost two-thirds of the 600,000 Japanese troops were deployed outside the pass.  On the Mongolian front line, the Shanhaiguan area is the top priority for military defense.  Unlike the middle line and the northern line of Mongolia, where North Korean puppet troops serve as cannon fodder, the Shanhaiguan area is garrisoned by a mix of Japanese and North Korean puppet troops. The number of Japanese troops is even higher than that of the North Korean puppet troops. It can be seen that the Shanhaiguan area has a higher number of Japanese troops.  The headquarters has a strategic position in the command center.

    The National Defense Forces concentrated 400,000 troops to attack the Northeast. Among them, nearly 200,000 troops were gathered in the Shanhaiguan direction. In the subsequent troop increase plan, the Shanhaiguan direction is also the main route for subsequent troops to enter the Northeast.  Not only is the First Army dispatched here, which is known to be adept at fighting and is invincible,The frontier also dispatched the Fourth Army, which was known as the Death Division and was as well-known as the First Army in the Wehrmacht. In addition, there were also the Fourth Army who had gone to Europe to participate in World War I and had achieved numerous victories in other wars.  Only the Fifth Army, which was overshadowed by the First Army and other armies, and the Seventh Army, which was formerly the Gan Army and had gone to Russia to participate in the Russian Civil War after several major reorganizations, together formed the Battle of Shanhaiguan.  The first attack echelon.  The Sixteenth Army (formerly Fengjun) and the Nineteenth Army (formerly New Gui Army) were used as reserve forces to form a powerful armed force for the entire Shanhaiguan Campaign.

    Whether it is the unrivaled First Army that is victorious in every battle, the Death Army that is so famous that it scares the enemy, or the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army that are extremely powerful in combat and are not inferior to the ace army, they all serve for  The core of the elite direct descendants of the National Defense Forces.  Coupled with the Sixteenth Army's familiarity with the Northeast, it allowed the National Defense Forces to quickly maintain local stability and organize preliminary militia defense forces after capturing the Northeast.  Since the Nineteenth Army left the old Guangxi Clan, it has always wanted to show off its skills in the Northeast.  Although after the army is fully reorganized, these two armies can basically achieve full control of the central government, but after all, many outstanding officers have temporarily stayed on, and the mission of this army has still been passed down.  This time Hua Fei gathered more than 200,000 such elites at once as the main force in the Shanhaiguan battle, which shows how great Hua Fei's determination is on the Northeast issue.  This battle will determine the outcome. If you don't succeed, you will perish!

    With the help of the increasingly perfect radio and wired telephone network, Hua Fei did not go to the front line of the battle this time. Instead, he returned to the underground secret command center in his hometown of Mikawa to concentrate on fully commanding this battle.

    Blitzkrieg, as the name suggests, is to use extremely fast speed to achieve war goals suddenly and quickly.  The core elements of blitzkrieg are surprise attack, concentration of troops and speed.  This tactical form created by Guderian was a tactic often used by the German army during World War II. It made full use of the speedy advantages of aircraft and tanks to defeat the enemy in a surprise attack.  It often uses aircraft to violently bomb the communication center of the enemy's important strategic facilities, blowing up the enemy's aircraft at the airport, gaining air supremacy, and paralyzing the enemy's command system.

    Blitzkrieg is a combination of surprise attacks and quick attacks, which will hit the enemy like lightning!  It can cause the enemy to lose morale under a sudden threat, so that it will collapse immediately under the first huge blow!  Its essence is very similar to the spirit of the ancient Chinese art of war "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the dark, and as moving as thunder.

    Blitzkrieg achieved huge results for the German army in the early days of World War II, and even in later generations, the charm of his theory remained undiminished.  As a professional soldier, I am extremely yearning for this kind of blitzkrieg mode.  It can be said that Hua Fei led a group of self-built armed forces and suddenly rose up under the background of the Revolution of 1911. Whether he attacked Anqing or Nanjing, they were all similar to the blitzkrieg.

    After these years of construction, Hua Fei not only has sufficient hardware conditions to conduct blitzkrieg, but the entire army has complete experience in command theory and practice.  Based on reality and practical application, Hua Fei was unable to plan an unexpected main attack location, but he still used the peace negotiations between China and Japan to paralyze the vigilance of the Japanese army in the Northeast.  Moreover, before the general offensive began, the large army transferred to Chifeng also had a confusing effect to a certain extent.

    With one main attack and two auxiliary attacks, the three armies attacked at the same time. Under the cover of the powerful air force, the formation was enough to make all the military forces around the world take a breath of cold air.

    In the early morning of May 19, just the second day of China's central press conference, many reporters' manuscripts sent back to China had not even been printed. The rapid ringing of telephones alarmed consulates in big cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing.  of diplomatic personnel.  The room lights of many large hotels also came on at almost the same time. Soon, a disheveled foreigner who was a reporter was seen rushing out of the hotel. The taxi, which was sleeping and waiting for passengers, started to chatter.  Some foreign reporters who were familiar with Chinese just said hurriedly, "Quick, go to Nanjing!"

    "But sir, this is Shanghai, are you sure you want to go to Nanjing?"

    "Ah? Then take me to the train station quickly. When is the fastest train? No, you should take me to the airport. Drive quickly!"

    At this moment, the sky is only dim, but in the square outside the Presidential Palace in Nanjing, reporters from various newspapers and broadcasts who have heard the news have gathered. They can't help but come. The latest reliable news is that the National Defense Force and Air Force have dispatched an astonishing number of aircraft.  Unprecedented bombings were carried out on Japanese military camps, airports, communication centers, command centers, ammunition depots and other military facilities in the Northeast.  So far, these reporters know nothing except that the bombing is still going on.

    Most people spent the whole night working on manuscripts last night, mainly organizing the press conference during the day.After recording and studying the news bulletins of the National Defense Forces, some people even racked their brains all night and wrote a commentary, asserting that the sudden change in the Chinese government's attitude heralded the end of the short period of peace.  Whether it is war or peace, there is one thing you cannot help but admit, that is, the initiative is in the hands of the Chinese.  If Japan compromises, there may be a glimmer of peace. Otherwise, what awaits the land of East Asia will be another protracted war.

    ¡°These reporters had not closed their eyes for a few minutes after finishing their comments on the manuscript, when they were woken up by the phone. Then they all opened their tired eyes, and their eyes were full of excitement, waiting for the appearance of the spokesperson of the Presidential Palace.  No matter what conclusions and judgments those reporters made, one thing is absolutely impossible to become reality.  That is, this war will never be protracted, because Hua Fei will not allow it, because China will not allow it!
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