Chapter 293: Attack Even if There Is the Kwantung Army!

"Where will the Soviet-German war go? Russia's Far East troops? Japan's Kwantung Army?"

Reciting the deputy chief of staff's question silently, combined with the previous deployment of De San's troops, Huang He immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He stared at the small map in front of him and began to think and analyze.

Compared with the situation in his memory, the current war has undergone earth-shaking changes, and can even be described as unrecognizable.

Not to mention the number of participants on both sides and the various types of weapons invested, the total mobilization mentioned by the tiger in the forest just now is outrageous.

Judging from De San's existing industrial base, even switching to "partial mobilization" or "wartime economy" is a terrifying thing.

The original timeline has proved everything. After all, the German military industry has the strength to increase production despite strategic bombing.

Now that it is suspected to have entered "total mobilization" at the beginning of the battle, it is hard to imagine what kind of combat effectiveness the three major army groups attacking on the Eastern Front will have.

After thinking for a moment, Huang He looked at the level 5 general with a serious face.

"By the way, before Operation Barbarossa began, how many troops did Dalinzi arrange to fight?"

"What is the equipment holding rate of troops at all levels? How many planes, tanks and artillery have they prepared? You must think carefully. I need to compare the strength of both sides to make a reasonable inference."

"This is very important. It is related to our next arrangements."

Without waiting for the tiger in the forest to answer, the deputy chief of staff took out a few sheets of paper from the folder on the table. In Huanghe's vision, he also vaguely saw the familiar French.

"Everyone come and take a look. This is the secret intelligence sent by our North African allies three days ago. It contains their estimated deployment of the bear's troops."

"According to Charles' original words, the content on this paper took them two months."

At this moment, the benefits of having a reliable ally are clear at a glance.

In addition to its own remaining spy network, Free France also shared some non-top secret information with Daiying to a certain extent.

Before Operation Barbarossa officially began, Fatty Qiu, who was far away in Britain, was the one who wanted to drag Dalinzi into the war the most. It was reasonable for the other party to have the basic data of the Russian bear's troops.

Moreover, the intelligence sent to the border area by the North African allies would be screened repeatedly in advance and the credibility was very high.

Hearing the words of the deputy chief of staff, Huang He took the lead in getting to the edge of the conference table.

"The total strength of the troops is 7 million, including 50,060 artillery pieces of various calibers, 16,000 tanks, and 10,200 aircraft."

Compared with the memory, this data has also been strengthened to a certain extent, but not as exaggerated as the German three.

When the above figures were presented in the small conference room, the bigwigs present exclaimed one after another, because the psychological shadow area caused by insufficient firepower expanded again.

The troops alone have the ability to travel across North China with the Air Force Division 1, and 300 advanced Hurricane fighters can suppress the North China Front Army's land aviation.

With everyone's current command experience, it is difficult to imagine what it would be like for thousands of aircraft to fight in an airspace at the same time.

However, the Russians are still nominal allies of the Eighth Route Army, and it is a good thing that the other side has such a powerful army.

After having the comparative data, everyone except Huang He and the tiger in the forest breathed a sigh of relief. They believe that from the paper data, the strength of the Soviet Union and Germany should be on par.

From the perspective of the big guys, although the former has fewer troops and artillery, tens of thousands of tanks and aircraft are enough to make up for the not-so-big gap.

What's more, in the local battle, the defenders have the advantage of terrain and people, and the troops have a certain blessing in combat effectiveness.

Considering the special situation in the north, the advantage of time will be taken into account in a few months. After all, General Dong is not kidding with the enemy.

As long as the war enters a stalemate, Dalinzi will not withdraw too many troops from the Far East Military Region. Even if the Kwantung Army of Japan has thousands of ideas, it must honestly defend the Northeast.

But Huang He knows one thing, the troops in the north really look good on paper at the beginning of the war, and many defects will be exposed as soon as they fight.

Take the Russian pilots as an example.

These people have little combat experience, and most of them are novices.

Only a small number of elites have participated in the Spanish Civil War, the China Aid Flying Corps, or the Soviet-Finnish War, and their flight time is seriously insufficient.

Once the novices join the battle, they will most likely repeat the mistakes of the Winter War. It was not only the army that was embarrassed at the time, but the air force's loss ratio was not very good.

On the other hand, their enemies' pilots have not stopped their offensive pace since 1939, conquering one country after another.

Compared with the air force of Germany III, the Russians were still too young at the beginning of the war.

What's more serious is that although tens of thousands of aircraft seem to be a large number, there are many old fighters among them, and even biplanes of I-15 and I-153 can be seen on the front line.

Facing the Bf109 fleet led by many ace pilots, the fate of those Russian pilots can be imagined.

Of course, it's not that there are no new aircraft in the north.

It's a pity that the new equipment has only been equipped with troops for a few months, and the pilots are barely familiar with the basic performance and have not yet formed a reliable combat capability.

In addition, due to the large land area, the above-mentioned aircraft types are scattered all over the country. Once a fight occurs, they will definitely be beaten at the airport by Meyer's men.

The situation of tanks was not much better. The intelligence showed that the tens of thousands of tanks were mainly cute T26s, and the number of T34s and KV1s was pitifully small.

The T26, which could dominate the Asian war, could only stabilize the front line with quantity in the cruel Eastern Front of Europe, and even had to face the problem of insufficient fuel at any time.

In addition, the generals who were good at armored warfare basically died in the Great Purge. In the early stage of the war, no one could lead the team to stop Guderian Gahot's crazy advance.

With the above-mentioned troops fighting against the German III, the best result is to use quantity to buy time. Dalinzi probably had to shout out the classic slogan some time in advance.

Although the motherland is big, there is no way to retreat. Behind us is Moscow.

After a hasty analysis of the current situation, although Huang He could not estimate the end time of the war based on his memories of his previous life, he could be sure of two things.

First, the entire Eastern Europe will inevitably be turned into a scorched earth, and both the industrial and agricultural levels will have to regress. No matter who the final winner is, the first problem they face after the war is definitely how to rebuild the country on the ruins.

Second, the severity of the entire war will inevitably intensify, at least twice as exaggerated as the ending in memory, and the death of a generation of young people may be the best ending.

When everyone present was relatively optimistic about the current situation, Huang He was forced to pour a basin of cold water on everyone's head.

"I personally think that before the arrival of this winter, the pressure on the north will definitely be very great."

"Based on my understanding of the hard power of the two countries, if the bear does not have strong and continuous assistance, the Barbarossa plan of the mustache really has a certain possibility of success."

"So, we must be mentally prepared for Dalinzi to withdraw most of the Far East troops."

Hearing Huang He's astonishing inference, the big guys all showed thoughtful expressions, and even the tigers in the forest patiently waited for the other party's next words.

After all, the young man in front of him has a strong judgment of the international situation.

Last year, most people were optimistic about the European hegemon with a deep foundation, but he was the only one who expressed the view that France would not hold on for long and would surrender.

Facing the expectant eyes of the big guys, Huang He expressed the above ideas one by one.

During this period, whenever the real combat power of the northern troops was mentioned, the tiger in the forest who had been recuperating in Moscow for nearly three years would always nod and agree at the first time, and even add his own views when mentioning the infantry.

Half an hour later, everyone present had a preliminary understanding of Huang He's point of view. Combined with the current existing intelligence, everyone agreed that Dalinzi would definitely withdraw troops from the Far East.

The only question now is how many troops the other side will leave to keep an eye on the Kwantung Army.

"Alas, it seems that time is not on our side. Regarding the combat plan in Suiyuan, we have to take a long-term view."

"If we could have been more decisive at the beginning, and sent troops to the entire territory of Shanxi and Suiyuan while supporting Zhongtiao Mountain, it might be possible to recover the lost territory when the devils were not prepared."

"At least the Kwantung Army at that time could not act at will, and the North China Front Army alone could never stop us."

Looking at the frowning deputy commander-in-chief, Huang He began to continue recalling in his heart.

In his memory, Benzi would draft the "Outline of the Imperial National Policy to Adapt to the Evolution of the Situation" tomorrow.

This document specifically pointed out that the bear in the north should be attacked secretly by force at the right time to ensure the security of the northern border.

The Kwantung Army will then conduct two exercises in the next two weeks, showing off its "muscles" at the border with 14 divisions and 600 aircraft.

Although in the original timeline, the Japanese army finally chose to go south.

But that was because even at the most dangerous time on the Soviet-German battlefield, Dalinzi did not withdraw too many troops from the Far East Military Region, and even regularly increased troops.

But the situation is different now. Facing the fully strengthened German III, it is hard to say whether the Russians can stabilize the last front line as before.

If the front battlefield is on the verge of collapse, Dalinzi will definitely be forced to piece together troops to fill the front line.

If a few months later, the little mustache uses Western Siberia as a bargaining chip to invite his allies to go north to attack the bear.

Facing a weak Far East Military Region, who knows if Japan will send troops?

After all, the devils have built a large number of supply bases and warehouses in the occupied areas, and the total capacity of food, ammunition, fuel and other materials can be used by 180 to 200 divisions in wartime.

With such a rich foundation, who dares to say that they don't have the confidence to go north.

After a moment, Huang He got up from the stool and expressed his final opinion.

"I think Dalinzi will definitely withdraw troops deployed in the Far East, but will definitely leave at least 500,000 troops to guard the Kwantung Army."

"In order to continue to occupy the four eastern provinces, the Japanese army needs to leave the same number of troops to confront the border. This means that even if we send troops to Suiyuan, we only need to face the North China Front Army plus 200,000 Kwantung Army at most."

"So, we can fight!"

Huang He's above analysis is based on the actual situation and memory in his mind.

Since the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the four eastern provinces have been regarded as their lifeline and a key expansion area that must not be easily abandoned.

The Japanese Army has always regarded it as its largest territory and forbidden fruit, and its control and management of the local area even exceeds the mainland in a sense.

After all, there are abundant resources, fertile land, and developed industry and agriculture.

Compared to the small island mainland, the entire Northeast has many advantages.

They even have an idea that if the mainland is lost one day in the future, they will all move to the Northeast.

Encouraged by the deputy commander and deputy chief of staff, Huang He continued:

"The situation at home and abroad is very chaotic now. We should take advantage of this period to actively recover the lost territory."

"Even if we are not attacking Suiyuan due to the pressure of the Kwantung Army, the enemy will definitely deal with our biggest worry first after they recover."

"Shanxi is so big, and it is the limit to support 100,000 troops at most. If we can't jump out of our comfort zone, we will never be able to drive away the invaders with our own strength."

In fact, Huang He has another reason that he didn't say. The Red Spy King is still active in Japan.

If Benzi still makes the decision not to declare war on the north this year, Sorge will collect intelligence through various channels and send the news back to Moscow.

Before De San's Barbarossa operation began, Dalinzi received a warning from his own Red Spy King, but at that time he didn't believe that the little mustache would fight on two fronts.

Any intelligence sent back by Sorge will be taken seriously, and the troops in the Far East may be transferred in mid-October.

Even if Japan launches the Pacific War due to resource problems, the Kwantung Army will have enough time to support the Mongolian Army and the direct troops of the North China Front Army.

So the attack on Suiyuan cannot be delayed.

After listening to Huang He's thoughts, the big guys fell into a brief silence. It is not difficult to see from everyone's expressions that everyone is struggling.

The current changes in the troops are very big, but it is precisely because of this that they are targeted by the devils.

Taking the initiative to launch an attack can seize the initiative. Passive defense can gain more preparation time.

As if seeing everyone's hesitation, Huang He decided to add fuel to the fire.

"We are not fighting alone at the moment. In addition to the comrades in the Northeast, we actually have a reliable ally in the Kwantung Army."

"Maybe their current strength is not strong, but it is definitely a big bomb buried inside the enemy. As long as we can delay the enemy, the speed of this bomb exploding will increase."

"Maybe there will be problems inside the enemy without us taking action."

The Kwantung Army is difficult to write, and everyone understands the reason. The method I can think of at the moment is to fish them out little by little.