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Text Chapter 474 Unintentional understanding

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    Yang Zhen's famous instruction was based on a comprehensive analysis of the current international and surrounding situations.  In Yang Zhen's view, this may be the last piece of free material he scraped from the Soviets.  After a month and a half, I'm afraid there will never be such an opportunity again.  Since there is still such an opportunity, don't have any scruples.

    Although the scale of the Lingxi battle carried out by Yang Zhen this time was extremely small.  The main force that fought against the Japanese army was the aviation force, but Yang Zhen and the 23rd Division that caused the Hailar massacre unintentionally made a quite tacit strategic cooperation.  Judging from the pure results, the results achieved by this unintentional cooperation are quite good.

    Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance hated the 23rd Division deeply, it was their act of letting the wolf into the house that made Yang Zhen give those who always thought about taking advantage of others' danger to bite a piece of flesh from his original master.  An unforgettable lesson for the Mongols.  This completely eliminated their ambitions and created a stable western environment for the next battle.

    And it was the escape operation of the 23rd Division via Mongolia and looting all the supplies stored by the Soviet army in Bayinbur area that made the Soviet army truly realize who its enemy was.  Without letting Yang Zhen waste much effort, he took out a large sum of money in excess of the quota.

    ¡°If it weren¡¯t for the fact that the 23rd Division massacred tens of thousands of fellow compatriots in Hylar, the 23rd Division would have unintentionally cooperated with Yang Zhen this time.  Yang Zhen will probably give them a certificate for best supporting role to reward their cooperation when Yang Zhen fought against the Mongols and intrigued with the Soviets.

    ¡°In fact, the Soviets did not know that their efforts to curb the Japanese army¡¯s ambitions in Mongolia were actually unnecessary.  Yang Zhen naturally knew, but he would not be so troublesome as to go up and tell the Soviets.  If the Soviets knew that the troubles caused by the Japanese army on the Manchuria-Mongolia border were just a bluff, where would they find such a free lunch?  Yang Zhen is not that naive and stupid.

    In fact, when the 23rd Division, which had fled all the way, withdrew to Linxi, although it kept its general organization intact, it had no ability to launch an attack at all.  If they relied on their own strength, let alone fight against the Soviet Union, they would be unable to fight against the extremely weak Mongolian army.

    In fact, the Japanese troops that entered Mongolia and fought with the Mongolian army were not the real troops of the 23rd Division.  Instead, the Kwantung Army transferred them from other troops in order to restore the combat effectiveness of the 23rd Division in the shortest possible time.  Even some of the Korean puppet Manchu troops stationed in Linxi were put on military uniforms and merged into the 23rd Division.  The Japanese troops who entered Mongolia to carry out harassment operations were all transferred here later.

    They entered Mongolia to cause harassment just to fool the Soviets.  It was just a fake show to make the Soviet army think that although the 23rd Division had suffered considerable losses, its combat effectiveness was still strong.  The real purpose was to stop the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia from taking advantage of the situation.

    When the 23rd Division, which had almost fled all the way, withdrew to Linxi, the tragic situation not only stunned the local Kwantung Army troops in Linxi, but also stunned the new Kwantung Army Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi who came to Linxi specially to inspect and welcome them.  They were all shocked.  Is this still a division of the Imperial Army?  People who don't know think they are a group of beggars in front of them.

    "The uniforms of these once majestic imperial soldiers have long been in tatters.  There are still military uniforms here, and some soldiers are still wearing the uniforms of the captured Mongolian army.  The worst cases were even covered in sheepskins looted from Mongolia.

    If it weren¡¯t for the hat on the head, it would still be an authentic imperial army-style war hat like a wowotou.  They were all genuine Japanese. Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi almost thought it was the Mongolian army or some other garbled guerrilla group that was attacking.  The tragic situation can be described as horrific.

    As for the standard rucksacks of the Imperial Army soldiers, they have long been replaced by the kind of rucksacks used by the Soviet army.  Things like blankets have long been thrown away because of light packing.  What surprised Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi even more was that after these Japanese soldiers returned to the border, the dry food they took out of their pockets exhausted was not the Japanese standard field food.

    But almost everyone took out a kind of food that surprised him, a pure Russian-style barbeque.  These Japanese soldiers, who have long been out of food and have been living off the Russian reserves looted in Mongolia these days, have long lost their previous pickiness.  According to Russian custom, sprinkle a little salt on it and eat it in big mouthfuls.

    In terms of weapons and equipment, it is even more miserable.  In terms of heavy weapons, the whole army only brought back four rapid-fire cannons and two Type 92 infantry cannons.  As for other weapons above heavy machine guns, they have long been lost.  Not only were none of the original weapons and equipment of the entire division brought back, even those in AhAll the weapons that Xishan had replenished were lost.

    Even the Japanese standard Type 38 rifles in the hands of many soldiers were replaced by Russian-made Mosinagan rifles with relatively sufficient ammunition.  This kind of rifle is even longer than the Type 38 rifle. It is even longer with the non-detachable long prismatic bayonet. It is almost much taller than the average Japanese soldier.  The short Japanese soldier looked quite ridiculous holding a rifle that was taller than him.

    The tragic situation of the 23rd Division from top to bottom was not what shocked Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi the most.  What shocked him most was the huge gap between the number of people who had withdrawn from the 23rd Division and the total strength of this Class A division and its attached troops.  In Hylar, together with the border guards, heavy artillery, and tank troops assigned to it, the strength of this division once reached more than 20,000 people, and it can even be said to be nearly 30,000 people.

    But the combined strength of all the troops of the 23rd Division that had withdrawn did not exceed 10,000 no matter how Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi counted them.  In other words, during the entire retreat, the 23rd Division did not count as staying behind to cover, but in the end there were still no troops that could be withdrawn.

    Nearly ten thousand troops were lost on the road alone.  In other words, the 23rd Division, the division with the most experience in fighting the Soviet Union among the Japanese army, has been completely disabled.  What was even more difficult for Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi to accept was that, except for a few ground operations, almost all of the heavy losses caused to the 23rd Division were the results of the Anti-Alliance aviation.

    After inspecting the embarrassed 23rd Division and conducting a detailed investigation of last year's battle, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi did not hesitate at all.  In the shortest possible time, a report was sent to the Japanese base camp that was later called the most correct by Japanese war historians, but also pushed the entire Japanese Empire to the point of no return.

    Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi stated directly in the report that today¡¯s Anti-Japanese Alliance has become a well-equipped army with extremely strong combat effectiveness.  Its use of aviation has even exceeded the use of combat aircraft by the Imperial Army Aviation.  Before its foreign aid was completely cut off, the Kwantung Army alone had almost no possibility of defeating the Anti-Japanese Alliance while also taking into account the defenses in various parts of Manchuria.

    Unless a large number of troops are mobilized, as well as the full support of heavy artillery, tanks, and aviation units that far exceed the Kwantung Army's current equipment.  Moreover, with all its foreign aid, including all import channels for oil and aircraft parts, it would be almost impossible to completely defeat this anti-Manchu armed force by relying solely on the Kwantung Army's current strength.

    Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi was so arrogant in his report that he ordered a thousand new fighter jets with just one mouthful.  As for the number of other tanks and heavy artillery, it was even more than the Japanese army could bear.  If you want to meet the needs of the Kwantung Army, the other Japanese troops should stop doing anything and just stay where they are.

    Without the heavy weapons support that had an absolute advantage compared to the squadron, the Japanese army did not fight the current kind of advantageous battles in front of the Kanai Squadron with an absolute numerical advantage.  In terms of infantry quality, the Japanese army is certainly far better than the squadron.  However, the Japanese army, which has always been at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, may not necessarily take advantage as much as before in a one-on-one battle.

    It should be said that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi, as the chief of staff of the largest strategic cluster of the Japanese army, has considered things relatively carefully.  In the report, Yoshimoto Sada has been bluntly telling the Tokyo base camp that currently, the better way for the Kwantung Army is not to attack but to defend.

    If Tokyo can completely cut off its import channels for oil and military raw materials, and mobilize reinforcements in the quantity it requires and replenish an absolutely sufficient amount of heavy equipment, it will form a firepower advantage.  Only the Kwantung Army could completely annihilate this anti-Manchu armed force that had firmly established a foothold in northern Manchuria.

    The Tokyo base camp attaches great importance to the report of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi.  Although the top brass of the Japanese military have always regarded Manchuria and Mongolia as their so-called lifeline, for Japan, which lacks local resources, the oil and rare metals in Nanyang are more attractive than the desolate North Manchuria, which has nothing but coal and wood.  .  Especially for the Japanese army, which is even more scarce in oil resources, the oil resources in Southeast Asia are even more attractive.

    This report, coupled with the results of the 1941 battle, was considered by later war historians to be one of the reasons that prompted the Japanese army to finally decide to go south.  Of course, this report came later.  Whether it is Umezu Yoshijiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, or Yoshimoto Teiichi, who took over such a mess just after taking office, the most important thing now is to solve the immediate problem.

    The outcome of the 23rd Division in front of us is undoubtedly extremely unacceptable to both Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi in Linxi and General Umezu Yoshijiro in Xinjing.  But out of fear that the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in Mongolia would take advantage of the situation, the two men could only? This method gave the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia the impression that the combat effectiveness of the 23rd Division was still intact, and that there was no way they could take advantage of it.

    Although the Tokyo Base Camp has drawn a quite large pie for the Kwantung Army, until it is realized, this pie can only be described as a pie to satisfy hunger.  The Kwantung Army, which had tried the Soviet Union's firepower superiority in the Battle of Nomenhan, also knew that it was not just itself that was always spying on its opponents in secret.  People who are always scheming against others are always on guard against others scheming against themselves
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