The Germans were fighting hard in Stalingrad, a solid Soviet fortress, and thousands of kilometers away, the Japanese were also fighting with their opponent, the Soviets. Although Ishihara Kanir was chosen by Hideki Tojo to be the supreme commander of the front line, this guy really deserves his name as "Ishihara Nozomi" and commands the Japanese troops to achieve a series of great victory on the border.

The 17th Division, which came from afar, was used by Ishihara as an auxiliary offensive force on the side, and cooperated with the so-called main force of the Japanese armored forces to cover the flanks of the Japanese offensive cluster. This arrangement had a certain effect. At least when the Soviet Red Army was busy eating these Japanese troops, it forgot its ultimate goal of intercepting the Japanese army.

General Cui Kefu still paid the price for his youth. Although he was very organized in command of the troops, he ignored the constraints and inquiries about the details of the army, which led to his troops singing triumphant songs along the way, but wasted time on the "abandoned son" on the flank of Ishihara Kaner.

On the front of the battlefield, Ishihara Kanir cleverly invested two elite main forces in the first batch of attacks. These two troops were indeed the elite of the Kwantung Army, and achieved amazing results in conquering four cities in the Far East of the Soviet Union.

Although in many cases, the top Japanese leaders have been in a state of brain failure in formulating strategies for a long time, it has to be said that no matter how weak the Japanese army is, it still has the title of "the strongest infantry in World War II". In terms of combat effectiveness, this army that believes in the spirit of Bushido still has certain combat effectiveness, so after breaking through several Soviet defense lines in succession, the shadow of the Japanese army being beaten in Nomonkan was gradually faded.

The Japanese Army's fighter jets also took off frequently at field airports on the front line, using their numerical advantages to suppress the Soviet Union's disadvantaged air force. In order to cover this huge attack, the Japanese army used a total of 400 aircraft of various models. Although it was much humble compared to the scale of thousands of aircraft in Germany, it was definitely a big deal to put it in a place like the Far East.

However, Ishihara Kanr discovered a problem that made him desperate, that is, after having the relevant experience of being abused by the German superior air force, the Soviet army had already suffered from the loss of air supremacy, so even if the Japanese Army Air Force used all its strength, it had almost no huge impact on the ground forces of the Soviet Red Army.

In fact, Ishihara Kan's pressure was still very huge. In order to entangle the Soviet armored forces, the armored forces in his hand and the 17th Division complained to him several telegrams a day. These troops had been ravaged by the superior Soviet armored forces and lost their temper. They were like young wives suffering, crying and shouting that they would go back to their parents' home to avoid the limelight first.

In the end, the Japanese supreme commander, Ishihara Kanir finally pushed the second echelon reserve team in his hand to the battlefield when he approached the target. He replaced the 1st and 8th divisions who had fought hard for a long time with the 9th and 10th divisions. Then, he replaced the 17th Division and the Japanese Armored Division, which were on the verge of collapse, with the 11th Division and the 12th Division.

Who would have thought that the Japanese army's proud armored forces were still vulnerable in the face of the rags eliminated by the Soviet Union? Looking at the rivets of small tanks that fled back without ten, Ishihara Kanir finally realized the gap between Japan and the world's mainstream military powers.

Things obviously have a good side. Which country in the world can still fight to the death on the front line after losing two-thirds of its troops? I think there is only the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire? At least in terms of spirit, Ishihara Kaner felt that the Japanese army was still invincible.

"Commander Commander!" Lieutenant General Takahara Ikari, the commander of the 14th Division, as the chief reserve team, stood behind Ishihara Kanir, holding the commander knife and bowing his head to salute: "Since the war started, our army has become unstoppable. The subordinates admire the commander Commander Commander's method of using troops as gods. When can we go on battle and fight loyally and bravely for His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Ah, Iguanjun... don't worry, you and your division will naturally be used in the future." Ishihara Kanir stood in the temporary command shed, looking at the black smoke rising on the battlefield, and replied with a smile.

There is no reason not to laugh, because under his command, although the Japanese army was in a tough battle, it also showed a rare propulsion speed. The entire northbound cluster advanced to the heart of the Soviet Union at a high speed of dozens of kilometers a day, and even Hideki Tojo, who was preparing to find fault, shut up. Now the few people in the top management of the base camp who knew the market already felt that only this "Ishihara Nozomi" could save the army of the Great Japanese Empire and earnestly follow the entire Great Japanese Empire.

But history is cruel. In the telegram reported to the Kremlin of the Soviet Far East Defense Command to the Moscow Kremlin, the Japanese attack was described in this way: "The Japanese advancement speed is twice as slower than that of the Germans. They lack the means to transport baggage and heavy weapons. Our army has compressed its advancement speed within a controllable range. Please do not worry that the situation in the Far East will further deteriorate."

In Cui Koff's view, the Japanese army was attacking forward with all the smooth and desperate speed. This speed was the basic advancement speed after the German army was seriously hindered in the original plan. To put it bluntly, in Cui Koff's seriousness, the Japanese march speed at full speed barely reached the advancement speed of the German army's tough battle.

Of course, Ishihara Kaner didn't know that there was such a huge gap between his troops and the German army, which had the world's most popular mechanization. At this moment, he was still fantasizing that his troops could rush into Vladivostok, chew a piece of meat in the heart of the Soviet Union's Far East, and then complete a unilateral peace talks with the Soviet Union.

Ishihara clearly saw that on the Soviet-German battlefield, the German army had a high probability of winning in the end, and the defeated Soviet Union would lose its richest territory. Taking advantage of the situation at this time is very in line with the interests of the Japanese army. As long as the Soviet Union compromised with Germany, the territory obtained by Japan would be the Japanese territory of their own. The situation map he outlined for the Japanese army was very clever: as long as Germany attacked Moscow, the Japanese envoy would negotiate with Germany and the Soviet Union at the same time, bringing the relationship between the three countries back to a peaceful state and then occupying the territory that Japan would occupy, achieving Japan's dream of dominating East Asia.

It can be said that Ishihara Kanir's plan seems much more "feasible" than the Navy's plan to defeat the US Navy, because he decisively saw that Japan could not drag down the Soviet Union, so he decisively pulled up his former ally, today's enemy Germany. Relying on the powerful Germany to defeat the Soviet Union, Japan's action plan to take advantage of the Navy's plan to roll up his sleeves and fight the United States with the undying situation. At least Ishihara outsourced the work that the Japanese Army could not do to Akado's German Army.

Kimura curled up in the trenches that were temporarily dug, desperately enduring the Soviet defenders' machine guns flying over the steel helmets above his head. Now he realized that the shooting skills he had practiced were actually just a money-saving link in the army's ammunition savings.

Just like Chinese soldiers, China is a poor country, so guns are more expensive than human life, which has led to the combat habit of Chinese troops that "will rather lie down two seconds slowly than protect the gun." Japan is not much richer than China, so submachine guns are a "luxury" for them to waste ammunition, so the Japanese army rarely equipped submachine guns.

This is the tactics that determine national conditions, which is why Japan rarely has submachine guns equipped troops, which is why Japanese soldiers do not have semi-automatic weapons like the German G43 or the American M1. A small country that has risen by reducing its severity and constrains speculation and gambling can achieve such achievements today, which is considered a glorious family. Can they still ask them to do better?

The Maxim heavy machine guns of the Soviet soldiers opposite even had iron plate shields. The Japanese army's Type 92 heavy machine gun with a very high gun body cannot be compared with Maxim in terms of firing rate. Even the Japanese themselves are too lazy to complain about the Type 92 heavy machine gun. This weapon is even different from the Maxim 20 years ago...

Kimura saw with his own eyes that the 92 heavy machine gun shooter who was covering the infantry's attack not far from him was hit by the Soviets and fell into the trenches. When he staggered over and wanted to help, the shooter had no value for rescue.

Fortunately, Kimura was arranged to provide flanking cover for the machine gun team because of his good performance in the last battle, so he did not have to charge forward with the unlucky guys. So he can still keep breathing happily now, and most of the recruits have died on the road to charge.

The heavy artillery of the Soviets would occasionally pass through Kimura's position and land on the Japanese artillery position not far behind him. The Japanese artillery with only a small number of 70mm caliber 92 infantry cannons were not the opponents of the Soviet artillery with a large number of 122mm howitzers. Since the war began, this artillery battle was just a "game" of a group of RMB players in the Soviet Union "abuse" in unilaterally.

Looking at the battlefield, the Japanese soldiers bravely launched repeated attacks, and were finally repelled by the fierce firepower of Soviet soldiers. Ishihara Kanir couldn't help but feel distressed. The artillery position a hundred meters in front of him had been smashed by Soviet cannons, which made him feel more intuitively the gap in firepower between the two sides.
Chapter completed!