The distant theater command was not located in Guisui City, but in a village called Liuxinzhuang by the river outside the city. ︾The military officials from Beijing did not enter the city, and the convoy drove directly to Liuxinzhuang.

After the war in Southeast Asia began, the Japanese base camp readjusted its military deployment in China, and the South China Expeditionary Force was abolished. The Japanese army in China mainly included three major parts: the East China Expeditionary Force on the Yangtze River, the North China Expeditionary Force on the front line of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Chahar and Rehe, and the Kwantung Army.

The Japanese army deployed about 61 divisions on the Chinese battlefield, with a total force of nearly 1.8 million, accounting for about 60% of the total Japanese Army's strength. In addition, three divisions were deployed in North Korea and Taiwan.

China focused its counterattack on the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia.

The Japanese army stationed in Mongolia belongs to the combat series of North China Expeditionary Forces, with only three divisions and three cavalry brigades with only 26th, 27th and 35th troops, with a total force of about 90,000 people, and a part of the Manchu and Mongolian puppet troops.

"Look at it, due to the tension in the European battlefield, the Far East Army's troops have almost been drained. In the Far East, there are only nine divisions with less than 200,000 troops left, but they have to guard the long front from Tanu Ulianghai to Shangwujinsk. The defense line is full of loopholes, and they are currently unable to take care of themselves. After the Battle of Nanyang, the main force of the Japanese army was transferred to the battlefield in Southeast Asia, and the strength of the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Force were weakened to varying degrees.

Most of the 13 divisions of the North China Expeditionary Army are concentrated on the front lines of Rehe and Chahar. Currently, there are only three divisions and some independent cavalry brigades in the Mongolian army. The purpose of our battle is to eliminate the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia, recover Kulun and Shangwujinsk, and cut off the connection between the Soviet army and the Japanese army." Speaking of this, Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen picked up the command pole in his hand and pointed on the map and said: "According to the battle plan, the Northern War Zone is the main offensive force of the battle.

The Ninth Army and the Thirty-First Army marched from Ulya Sutai to Kulun, the Thirteenth Army, the Thirteenth Army, the Thirteenth Army, the Thirteenth Army, the Thirteenth Army, and the Third Armored Army, the First and Second Cavalry Army marched north along the Suiku Railway, and the Fifteenth Army was responsible for the defense from the Kobro to Ulya Sutai to prevent the Soviet attack. The Sixteenth Army attacked Xilingol together with the Third Cavalry Army. At the same time, the 27th and 28th Army of the Northeast Front

The Fourth Armored Army also launched a counterattack from Chahar to Xilingol. The Northeast War Zone and the remaining troops of the North China War Zone launched a limited counterattack on the Rehe Line to prevent the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force from reinforcements to Mongolia. On the Shanhaiguan Line, the North China War Zone has temporarily adopted a defensive moment. The main goal of this counterattack is to cut off the Far East Railway, and the operations are mainly carried out west of the Daxinganling Mountains. This should be reminded to pay attention to the attention of all troops and not to easily enter the east of the Daxinganling Mountains."

"What if the Japanese army fled to the Daxinganling Mountains?" Zhang Weicheng asked.

"Then let them go for the time being. The main goal of this battle is not the Northeast, but the Far East Railway." Jiang Zuobin said. "If you easily pursue and cross the Daxinganling Mountains, you may fall into a trap set by the Kwantung Army."

"Logistics support is the key to this battle in Mongolia. After the battle begins, the railway department must speed up the repair of the damaged Suiku Railway. At the same time, the Chahar Railway will continue to extend toward the Faxing Xilingol. We will choose to counterattack the Northeast from Korqincao in the future." Xu Shuzheng said, his words excited the generals who were sitting. This is the first time since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Supreme Government raised the issue of regaining the Northeast.

"General Xu, has the headquarters determined the time to send troops to the Northeast?" Su Bingwen said. He is from the Northeast. Since the September 18th Incident, he has always thought that one day he would lead troops to recapture the three northeastern provinces. Now, ten years have passed, and finally his dream has come true.

"It's not twenty-six years now, and we were not ready at that time." Xu Shuzheng frowned slightly. The retreat in the early stage of the War of Resistance made him feel resentful. Although it was because of the Soviet Union's restraint on the northern line by about one-third of its troops, Xu Shuzheng felt deeply ashamed of the fall of Shanghai and Nanjing. The fall of the Jiangnan region was purely caused by the conflict between local warlords and the central government. Due to the insufficient number of airports, most of the Chinese air force, which was not weaker than Japan, could only watch in central China. In addition, Qi Xieyuan was afraid of the enemy like a tiger. He always wanted to preserve his strength, which caused the Japanese army to break through on the north bank of the Yangtze River and rush into it, resulting in the loss of Shanghai. "We are now three times the strength of the Japanese, and our equipment is stronger than that of them. A small island country in Japan actually wants to help Britain.

It is purely overestimating their ability to support the Nanyang battlefield. Now their main naval and air forces are concentrated in the Southeast Asian battlefield. The Chinese battlefield has a serious shortage of troops and is already in a passive position of being beaten. Our industrial growth and military strength increase are much faster than the Japanese. Every month we have more than 150,000 trained troops equipped with new weapons to join the combat sequence of the National Defense Forces. The Japanese have now reduced their troops on the Chinese battlefield from the highest 2.3 million to 1.8 million. We have far surpassed the Japanese army in terms of aviation, armored troops, mechanized troops, artillery equipment and quantity. Now, the forces in the Northern War Zone and Northeast War Zone can also firmly gain an advantage over the Japanese army, and there is half of the troops supported by the North China War Zone."

Xu Shuzheng is not a big deal. China has about 2.8 million troops on this line, and it is fully capable of carrying out a comprehensive counterattack. But the problem is that the German and Austrian military advisory group's opinion is to use China to restrain the Japanese invaders, first solve the Japanese navy, and then directly attack the Japanese mainland. The Chinese army preserves its strength and uses it to fight against the Soviet Union.

Moreover, the Axis powers placed their strategic goals in Australia. Xiao Xu really didn't understand the strategic significance of sending troops to Australia, but under the persuasion of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, he still expressed his obedience to the overall strategy of the Axis powers.

In this way, China's comprehensive counterattack plan was infinitely postponed, and strengthening the naval strength became the current top priority.

"General Xu is right. The longer the time is delayed, the more beneficial it will be for us. Now is not the best time to fight the decisive battle!" Jiang Zuobin changed the topic. The overall strategy of the Axis powers is still the highest secret and cannot be discussed. "The general offensive will be launched on June 12. All departments must advance steadily, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. We just want to use our strength to kill the Japanese and not give them any opportunity to take advantage of them."

This is the combat plan formulated by the German-Austrian military advisory group. What is fundamentally different from the "blitz tactics" adopted in France is that Germany and Austria adopted a steadily advance strategy when fighting against the Russian army on the Eastern Front. With its equipment advantages, it did not give the Soviet army any chance to counterattack.
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