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Volume One: A Turbulent Era Volume Three: Cannons are firing, Chapter 450: Intense

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    Lu Jianzhang held a military meeting after the exercise and announced the formation of the Third Armored Division. Except for the three chief officers Deng Xihou, Liu Mingzhao and Lu Chengwu, the rest of the people had no idea about it before. Even Deng Xihou and others knew about it only more than others.  It was only two days in advance, and the armored division was a new service. Everyone had no idea how to form it and how to form combat effectiveness.

    When Lu Chengwu returned to the conference room, Deng Xihou let everyone speak freely, but his eyes were fixed on Xue Yue, who was sitting second on the left. You must know that among everyone present, only Xue Yue knew the armored forces best, not to mention that he was also the commander of the armored brigade.  , he should have the most say in this regard.

    "The short one is taller, but Xue Yue actually knows how much he weighs.  The victory in the previous exercise was actually a bit of a fluke. Firstly, the army still didn't understand the use of armored forces, especially tanks, and he knew a little more about armored forces than ordinary people, plus more than half of them.  After months of rigorous training and beating his opponent by surprise, he achieved such results.

    But it would be too much to say that Xue Yue is proficient in armored combat. Even he himself doesn¡¯t think so. What¡¯s more, after the exercise, he found that there were many unforeseen problems in the exercise. As an emerging technical service, the formation of the armored division  It's not that easy.

    However, when everyone looked at him, especially when Deng Xihou directly called Xue Yue to talk, Xue Yue could only bite the bullet and speak out some of his experiences and thoughts about the armored force.

    With Xue Yue's narration, everyone gradually let go of their original restraints, especially Zhou Yinren, who was still a little unconvinced by the results of the exercise, and pointed out the weaknesses exposed by the armored forces immediately and unceremoniously.  Regarding this situation, Deng Xihou not only did not stop it, but instead listened with interest.  Chief of Staff Liu Mingzhao even took out a notebook and recorded various questions raised by Xue Yue and Zhou Yinren one by one.

    This meeting lasted from the afternoon until late at night, and finally a preliminary plan was managed.  Early the next morning, Deng Xihou reported to Lu Jianzhang in person and received Lu Jianzhang's approval.  Next, we will use this plan as a blueprint to form the Third Armored Division.  If problems are encountered during the formation process, additional adjustments will be made at that time, because Lu Jianzhang knows that time is running out, and the Sino-Soviet war will officially break out in two months.

    At the same time that the Third Armored Division was formed, the First and Second Armored Divisions were also formed in the Mongolian Military Region and Northeast China.  The 1st Armored Division is probably the most elite and experienced of the three armored divisions.  Because it was formed by Bai Chongxi on the basis of the original 78th Regiment of the Mongolian Military Region, and the commander of the division was Bai Chongxi, the commander of the 45th Division.  At the same time, Chief of Staff Zhang Zhizhong was also transferred to the 1st Armored Division, and former deputy division commander Cao Wenlian was promoted to commander of the 45th Division, and formed a group army with the 39th Division. The final assignment of the group army commander was somewhat unexpected, and it fell on Zhang Huchen.  Feng Yuxiang failed to obtain the position of army commander that he coveted, but he still secured the position of deputy army commander and continued to serve as the commander of the 39th Division.

    As for the commander of the Second Armored Division, He Yingqin is stationed in the northeast.  The strongest of the three armored divisions is the 1st Armored Division, followed by the 3rd Armored Division, and the 2nd Armored Division is the weakest.  This is not because the General Staff does not pay attention to the Second Armored Division, but because the production quantity of tanks and self-propelled artillery simply cannot meet the requirements for all of them to be assembled at once.  Compared with the 1st and 3rd Armored Divisions, the mission of the 2nd Armored Division is defense and reserve.  They faced the southeastern Kanto State to prevent the Japanese from fishing in troubled waters after the Sino-Soviet War officially broke out.  Therefore, it is also a stop-gap measure to set up a shelf first and then wait until the equipment production capacity is sufficient before all the equipment is put in place.

    Armored divisions, as the name suggests, are troops equipped with new weapons such as tanks and self-propelled artillery. However, because the country cannot produce so many tanks and self-propelled artillery at one time, all the equipment can only be provided step by step.  In addition to some of the tanks and other weapons previously allocated, several more batches of equipment arrived one after another a few days after the three armored divisions were established.  However, the total number of these tanks and self-propelled artillery is less than half, which greatly affects the normal formation and training of armored divisions. In desperation, each armored division can only adopt rotation training to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.  .

    At the same time as the armored division was being formed.  Another secret force of Fang Zida is also forming an army in full swing.  This force is Fang Zida's trump card - the air force.

    By the beginning of 1922, the military industrial base chaired by Chen Fu had completed the second phase of development and production of fighter jets and bombers.  Through independent research and development and research on the modification of various types of aircraft that appeared in the European war, China has successfully created its own biplane fighters and bombers.

    The new fighter was much more advanced than the first-generation fighter during the European War. Although it was still a single-seat double-winged fighter, its flight speed and distance far surpassed the most advanced Fokker D.vii model in the European War at that time.  , and gave up 110 horsepower.The aircraft adopts a more advanced and reliable new engine, allowing its combat radius to reach 420 kilometers, which is almost twice that of the best fighter jets during the European War.

    In addition, the newly developed fighter jet is not only equipped with machine guns, but also equipped with aircraft cannons, which strengthens air combat and ground support firepower. From a technical point of view, this fighter jet has completely surpassed various existing models in Western countries.  , named "Sirius" fighter by Fang Zida.

    The Overlord bomber was also formed at the same time as the Sirius fighter. The Overlord bomber is an upgraded version of the original German Gotha bomber. In addition to replacing the newly developed engine, Chinese technicians also continued to use four engines as power to increase its bomb load.  From the original 2000 kilograms to 3500 kilograms, the range has also increased by almost 50%. It can be said to be a very excellent heavy bomber.

    Mass production of these two aircraft began after they were finalized. By February 1922, the Chinese Air Force already had 520 Sirius fighters and 130 Overlord heavy bombers.  This powerful air power can be said to be second to none in the world, but due to China's confidentiality, it is still unknown to outsiders.

    With an airplane, pilots are the most important. Fortunately, Fang Zida had already made arrangements, and after the airplane was formed, the formation of the air force was quietly carried out at the same time.  As a new military branch, in order to confuse the outside world, Fang Zida did not directly establish the Air Force in the Ministry of National Defense, but secretly established this organization in a confidential manner.  In order to show the importance he attached to the Air Force, Fang Zida personally served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force.  At the same time, Chen Fu was instructed to step up the development of fighters and bombers for aircraft carriers to achieve the overall development of the air force.

    The Air Force has initially established five air force divisions. Each air force division has three air regiments, each regiment has three flying groups, and each group is composed of three flying squadrons.  Each division has 80-90 fighter planes. In addition to pilots, there are also a large number of ground personnel, commanders, etc.  At the same time, air force bases and airports were secretly built in the northwest, Mongolia, and northeast to make logistical preparations.

    The beginning of 1922 was peaceful, with no major events happening at home or abroad.  Although the Sino-Soviet war was nominally declared as early as last year, the two sides did not directly go to war for more than half a year. This strange phenomenon made the originally extremely excited Western countries gradually lose interest. Almost all  In people's eyes, the Sino-Soviet war turned into a ridiculous joke, and because the winter had not yet passed, the civil war between the Soviet government and the orthodox government of the Russian Empire was temporarily suspended.

    The Japanese in Liaodong are still sneaking around. According to the intelligence from Jin Jiu, the Japanese are indeed unwilling to fail and are inciting the old and young of the Qing Dynasty and the Mongolian princes to provoke a civil war.  However, the effect was not as good as they imagined. Perhaps it was due to the terrorist incident that occurred in China last year. The Chinese government took decisive action and dealt a heavy blow, which frightened these guys with high ambitions and low power.  Except for a few young and energetic people, most former members of the Communist Party of China said they should take another look and wait a little longer.  This result made the Japanese very dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do. The younger brother didn't dare to step forward. He couldn't be the boss and go into battle shirtless, right?

    You must know that there is still an armistice between China and Japan. In theory, the war is not over.  Once the Japanese jump out in person at this time, not only will they be condemned by public opinion in the world, but the Japanese military will not have the confidence to win in one battle. They only hope that the war between China and the Soviet Union will break out as soon as possible, and then incite the full  The leftovers of the Qing Dynasty started a turmoil and took advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

    In order to achieve the goal, the Japanese side forced the socialist party members to make up their minds on the one hand, and on the other hand, the Super High School secretly contacted the Soviet government, poured money on them, promised a lot of benefits, and instigated Stalin to attack China first, so that  Among them, the Soviet War officially broke out.

    ¡°But Stalin was so easy to fool?  This is a guy who never takes advantage but never loses. What's more, in the current Russian civil war, Stalin doesn't want to officially start a war with the Chinese government. It's okay to have a verbal war, but once a war actually starts, he has no guarantee of winning the war.  Now that we have reached a tacit agreement to cease war with the Chinese government, this is a situation that is very beneficial to us. Do you want Japan to give up on its revolutionary cause of unifying Russia just by pretending to be a fool?

    However, Stalin did not say anything. When the Japanese came quietly, Stalin did not refuse. He simply asked Japan for a lot of aid and asked Japan to send troops to attack China at the same time as himself. Only then did he agree to the Japanese side.  requirements.

    Now, the Japanese are dumbfounded. Japan is not rich to begin with. Economic policies in recent years have seriously damaged Japan¡¯s domestic economy. Where can there be so much food to feed Stalin, a big eater?  Unfortunately, in order to achieve its goal, Japan first promised some benefits and privately gave nearly 2 million yen in funds, materials, etc. as bait in an attempt to induce Stalin to send troops.  Who would have thought that Stalin was a proven "revolutionary" and had a keen eye for such little tricks. He immediately swallowed the sugar-coat without ceremony, and then continued to shamelessly ask for money and food."Supplies," he rambled vaguely, but never gave the Japanese a definite reply.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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