One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Two Back to Nuomenkan

What is the war in Europe? Maybe this question is very difficult to answer, but from some details, maybe we can get a glimpse of the essence of the European steel war. At the end of the railway in the Far East, Soviet engineers were unloading tanks one after another under the command of German officers. The entire station seemed congested due to too much supplies.

This small station is actually not in the Far East in the direction of Komsomolsk, but in Mongolia, which is not far from Nuomenkan, and it was the edge of the area where the Soviet army and the Japanese army fought. I heard that a Japanese reconnaissance plane was shot down here, but compared with other places in the world, this place can be described as peaceful.

Compared with the rolling mountains and rivers on the Sino-Soviet border, and the Xing'an Mountains virgin forest that can't be seen at a glance, the German army prefers Mongolia, a vast grassland suitable for German armored forces to attack. Just like the ancient nomadic raiders, tanks also have unique advantages here.

The only disadvantage is that there is no decent logistics support here, and it is impossible to quickly establish support for the huge consumption of German armored forces. However, it is clear that the German army is working hard to improve this shortcoming, trying to make it more suitable for armored forces to fight.

In the last two months, in order to put enough pressure on the Japanese army in the Far East, the German army is transporting an armored division and two armored grenadier divisions to the Far East front. These troops are equipped with a total of almost 500 tanks and assault guns According to a rough calculation of preparing 500 rounds of shells for each tank, it is necessary to transport more than 20,000 shells just to prepare these tanks for combat.

If you count the light infantry, paratroopers, and special forces that can be mobilized to the Far East at any time, the supplies needed by the German army are a bit too heavy on the thin Far East Railway. This is also the main reason why the German army has only invested 10 tanks so far-it is not a simple project to make an armored regiment operate in the Far East.

Of course, there are other reasons for increasing the amount of these logistical supplies. Because the Japanese army used chemical weapons and bacterial weapons on the front lines in the Far East, Akado personally issued an order requiring all troops entering the Far East to carry gas masks and Prepare enough special clothing for biochemical isolation.

You must know that the head of state started his career in the army because of the prevention and control of poisonous gas, so that the frontline combat troops inexplicably followed suit, and actually strengthened the ability to prevent poisonous gas. As a result, these troops transferred to the Far East even had to borrow some gas masks from friendly forces to meet the requirements of the head of state.

In the chaotic station, Soviet soldiers were terrified to carry the logistics supplies of a division of the German army. These soldiers fighting in the Far East could not connect the pile of things in front of them with division-level units anyway—they thought it was a group army , or at least the Germans of the two armies have reached the Far East.

"30 armored trailers, 7 engineering cranes for engineers ... and two bridging tanks,

5 rocket minesweeper vehicles. Looking at the list of items in his hand, the Soviet officer in charge of this station frowned like two caterpillars. It was rare to see such a huge logistics vehicle in the Soviet battle order, which made him doubt the German army's Troop size.

If you let him know, if Marshal Catherine has not assured the head of state three times that his air force can complete the guarantee of air supremacy in the Far East, and there is no need for the troops to carry too many anti-aircraft weapons, there should be 16 88mm caliber towed in this list Anti-aircraft guns, 20 quadruple self-propelled anti-aircraft guns accompanying the battle... He might completely collapse.

Even so, he couldn't understand the Germans' dependence on weapons and equipment, and their obsession with these efficient killing machines. A whole transportation brigade, 43 Odin helicopters arrived at the secret field airport in the Far East carrying various urgently needed materials in advance. These materials were not transported by rail, otherwise there would be more things arriving...

Of course, the entire tank division is not only composed of these low-combat logistics units. In fact, 110 tanks have arrived in the Far East and have undergone adaptive training there-except for 10 tanks that participated in actual combat. In addition, the crew members in the remaining 100 tanks are still practicing climbing and identifying road signs, and learning simple Russian and Japanese.

Even so, when another batch of 80 Leopard tanks arrived at the same time and were parked neatly in the field next to the small station, it still brought enough visual shock to the local Soviet soldiers. These tanks were neatly parked in a square formation, and because of the Germans' persistence, all the barrels were adjusted to a uniform angle, which was awe-inspiring like a forest formed of steel.

"Marshal Zhukov is simply a genius commander to be able to fight against an enemy of this level for a year." Looking at those German tank crews leaning against the tank, enjoying the fresh air of the Far East, and the moment of tranquility between the wars Members, the Soviet officer in charge of the station let out a soliloquy of admiration.

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At the same time, on the core position of the Japanese army in the Far East, a commander of a Japanese tank put down the telescope in his hand. Regarding the counterattack of the German army in the direction of Komsomolsk, the high-level Japanese army and the Germans all have the same idea-there is only a small fight over there, and what can really affect the battle situation depends on who is the winner of the battle in Mongolia .

Therefore, the German Far East Force set its first large-scale appearance in the Nomenkan area. They decided to go to the place where the Japanese army provoked the Soviet army to teach a lesson to Japan, the former attacker, and let the Japanese commanders take a good look at what they should do in the past to win the war.

History always likes to play a small joke on the details. At that time, the Japanese army was still in the stage of cooperation with the German army. Germany also dispatched an observation team to visit the Japanese army's Nomonkan battle. Time has passed. Those who visited Japan in those days The officers of the army have now been dispatched to the Far East as a small number of Japanese experts, and many of them are still commanding the German army to fight near Nomenkan.

At that time they witnessed the defeat of the Japanese army at Nomenkan, but today they want to teach their original ally Japan a good lesson in this familiar place. Break through enemy lines across vast terrain."

"General Ishihara deployed our armored wing here, it's really a bit of a fuss..." The Japanese armored commander put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and said to the men behind the Type 97 tank beside him: "Back then we The losses in the Nuomenkan area were heavy, and after learning from the painful experience, I felt that the armored forces could not catch up with the Soviets in a short period of time, so a large number of anti-tank mines were deployed in the border area..."

He pointed to the vast area not far away, and said confidently: "Even if the Soviet Union and the Germans dig together with engineers, I want to completely clear the landmine belt. It will take more than ten days, not to mention the infantry behind. Interference in the defensive position?"

"Sir Miyamoto! According to the news from the forward lookout post, it was discovered that a large number of tanks were mobilizing in the Nomenkan area. The Soviets may launch a large-scale attack nearby... The captain of the Kawasaki United has gone to the front line, and the artillery team is also on the other side. Already on alert!" An orderly ran over panting, and conveyed the known information to the commander of the armored force here.

The officer named Miyamoto froze for a moment after hearing the news. He really didn't know whether to say that the infantry commander Kawasaki was making a fuss, or that the Germans and Soviets on the opposite side were out of their minds. No matter how strong the German tanks are, they are even more powerful than the American 4 Sherman tanks, but are their tracks not afraid of anti-tank mines? Launching an offensive in such a heavily fortified area by the Japanese army, isn't the head broken?

"Go, tell Captain Kawasaki that I am ready for battle here! Let his infantry cover the flanks of our tank troops as much as possible. After all, our armor is not suitable for direct combat with Soviet tanks."

Because they were afraid of the Soviet Union's superiority in armor power, the Japanese army dug a large number of tank bunkers when they deployed a line of defense near Nomonkan. They hid the parts below the turrets of their own tanks in the bunkers to make up for the lack of armor thickness. Most of Miyamoto's tanks are hidden in such bunkers, ready to wait for the opponent's tank to approach within a certain distance, and then open fire to ambush the opponent.

Watching the messengers running along the trenches to the distance, Miyamoto raised his head and looked at the sun which was already approaching noon. The sun was as dazzling as ever. He squinted his eyes and looked back, picked up the telescope again, and observed The distant place opposite his position.

In his mind, the commander of the Japanese armored forces was still thinking about the information he had just heard. He knew that the Germans and the Soviets were already preparing for an attack, but even so, he still felt that the landmines in front of him were still there. With a tank in your own hand, you can stop the opponent's attack.

"General Ishihara... is really exhaustive... As long as we can annihilate a German army here, maybe the war in the Far East will end?" Miyamoto looked at the waves rising on the distant horizon with a telescope. While talking to himself, he murmured: "Order to all tank units! Armor-piercing shells are ready! At all costs, hold our position! Do everything possible to destroy the enemy's tanks!"

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