At this moment, several regiments on the eastern front are trying their best to complete the defense lines under their jurisdiction. Germany is fully prepared for the Soviet attack this time. arcado took out the theory of defense in great depth before coping with the possible massive attack by Soviet troops. The Polish region prepared 15 defense lines for the Soviets.

Millions of troops are idle, training and taking vacations. In the spare time, they cooperate with Polish middle-class laborers to dig trenches. Although these 15 lines of defense are not huge projects, they are always equipped with fortifications, but they do not have any advantage in dealing with firepower and maneuverability. The Soviet Red Army is definitely more than enough.
These fortifications are arranged in the shape of gear edges or a bit like the battlements of the Great Wall, and the top, front and side of some strong defense lines are also carefully constructed. Once the Soviets attack, they will find that some areas are easy to break through, but others are unable to advance half a step.
Behind these prominent defensive positions, elite German infantry and armored forces are deployed. Once the Soviet Union enters these dented positions, the concave part is tantamount to crashing into the pockets carefully arranged by the German defenders. The German defenders will cooperate with the armored forces and the army to close these pockets and encircle the Soviet "invaders" inside.
The German high command has made several deductions and evaluations on this defensive position in great depth. Brauchich and other generals have conservatively estimated that a Soviet Union may need 150,000 people to fill the first defensive position, but they are optimistic. Some generals think that this defense line will eat 20,000 people in the Soviet Union, and there is no problem at all for Germany to pay. Everyone’s predictions are relatively consistent, with about 230,000 people losing.
However, once the Soviet-German war is over, there are about 70,000 reserves behind the 230,000 regular troops on the German border. The contrast between the two sides is not simple, 30,000 compared with 50,000, but Germany, Romania, Italy and France have a total of 50,000 troops against the Soviet Union’s 50,000 troops-Germany’s armored forces and military aspects have an absolute advantage.
If we calculate that there are 70,000 regular troops from Turkey, a potential ally, who are less involved in Finland, Ireland and other countries, and how much strength the Axis Group has, it depends on how well the German assault forces are playing on the frontal battlefield.
In fact, the Soviets are not idle these days. They are actively preparing to "burn the red flame all over Europe". Millions of Stalin followers took up arms and were armed to become the source of evil for the Soviet Red Army. Germany staged a great war. The Soviet Union prepared a total of 50,000 regular troops for this war. These troops were not soft when the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but were strengthened. They did not lose their armor to the mighty Germany, and some parts of them even had advantages.
Summarized the experience and lessons of various countries in the past two years, Soviet leader Stalin paid more attention to the construction and development of armored forces than the United States. Soviet engineers improved 26 tanks and strengthened the frontal armor. Of course, in addition to the loss of 26 tanks in front of the Germans, the real killer of the Soviets was 25 kv1 heavy tanks.
There are five tanks in the direction of the Soviet-German border. The Soviet army has reason to believe that their troops deliberately broke through the German defense line. Stalin and Khrushchev are full of confidence in the Soviet raid on the German war. They feel that they have the victory over Stalin, even the mayor of Warsaw and Berlin.
Moreover, some Soviet generals who are familiar with the German team are also very optimistic about this war. For example, zhukov, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Soviet army in the Far East, is full of confidence in attacking Germany. After studying the fighting methods of the German team, he came up with the view that the number of artillery in the German team is insufficient
Zhukov accurately found the shortcoming that the number of German artillery was insufficient, and gave his own view on the war. During the German attack, they kept advancing, that is, they kept moving quickly. They preferred flexible small-caliber artillery, so they were not good at defensive warfare. Without artillery support, they would collapse faster than their opponents.
This is not just his opinion, but the view of many Soviet generals. The high-level argument of the Soviet Union is that "it is better to wait for the Germans to attack than to attack us first, so that the Germans can be forced to defend us and we have an advantage."
Speaking of which, I have to briefly introduce the differences in details of a Soviet army and other countries’ troops.
The Soviet Union used to seal and eliminate weapons, and kept some non-weapons and equipment in a sealed way, and there were special personnel to maintain them. Although these weapons belonged to outdated equipment to a certain extent, they were still real.
In peacetime, every main division of the Soviet army had a commander and two deputy commanders. Similarly, every regiment had two deputy heads, every battalion had two deputy battalion commanders, and every company had two deputy company commanders. Each platoon had two platoon leaders …
Once the Soviet Union entered a state of war, the main division was ordered to go to the front, and there would be a deputy commander, two or three deputy heads, four or six deputy battalion commanders, a dozen deputy company commanders and hundreds of deputy squad leaders-now everyone knows that this is almost another division skeleton.
Of course, in terms of combat effectiveness, this "shadow division" is certainly not as good as leaving the main division, but after adding troops, it is indeed a division that can fight new troops
This new army is composed of reservists and retired personnel, and receives outdated old equipment, which happens to be familiar weapons for reservists and retired soldiers. Therefore, five years ago, even ten years ago, the army was able to immediately form combat effectiveness and quickly put into front-line combat.
This is why in another world war II, Germany wiped out the Soviet Union’s 30,000 troops in one breath, and the Soviet front still maintained more than 30,000 troops. This is why the Soviet troops seem to have exhausted their "secrets."
Like another time, German spies didn’t get a glimpse of this simple little secret. They truthfully reported to the German high command. They tried their best to find out the intelligence. The intelligence showed that there were about 37 divisions in the Soviet army with a total strength of about 50,000 to 60,000. Until the Soviet Union was false and true, arcado had a number of Soviet real combat troops of about 10,000-before they had so many weapons and equipment to arm these soldiers.
Compared with Hitler, arcado and the current German generals have an invisible advantage. This advantage is that Britain and the United States will not supply as much as in 1942, another time. Now Britain has taken care of itself and there is not so much material for the Soviet Red Army. It is hard to say whether the Soviets can get American aid or not-but arcado knows that there will be no more.
Chapter 452 452 Not to be taunted
With the roar of an "attack", a new war began in the far east. A group of short Japanese troops with leggings and pale yellow military uniforms posed in the vast plains of Mongolia and started the Nomenkan War.
This is the axis country of Japan. Germany has already decided on a good war. According to the commitments of both sides, the agreed war should have started half a month ago. However, the Japanese camp played a trick. They delayed the war until today, because it was not until today that they confirmed that Germany had won the battle of landing in Britain. Just a few hours ago, the new British government in Canada announced the fall of Churchill’s government, which was trapped in London.
Even the partner countries are so strange. Every country enjoys it, but there are few people in the snow. Not all countries are willing to bear the risk, but once the outcome is determined, some countries need to fall into the trap, and the allies will be numerous overnight.
On the day when Churchill was abandoned by the British government, Spain declared war on Britain and started the Gibraltar War. Franco mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to storm the British Gibraltar area. Although no substantial progress was made due to the counterattack of the British defenders, this sad atmosphere really shook the determination of the United States to participate in the war.
It’s not a simple matter to take action against Germany now. Looking at the long list of countries in the Axis League, President Roosevelt feels a little sad. Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Spain, Vichy, France, Ireland … Maybe Turkey and Finland will be added. Although these countries are not as powerful as they look together, there are many ants, after all, killing elephants.
At present, there are not many potential allies in the United States, and Chamberlain in northern England is competing with the British royal family in Canada for orthodox British command; Although the United States has been assisting China, Chiang Kai-shek has been flirting with the Germans secretly; It is hard to say that the Soviet Union has not officially entered the war and left; De Gaulle’s French government in exile firmly supports the United States’ declaration of war on Germany-but it doesn’t even have a decent fighting force except for supporting them.
So such an almost certain result situation, the Japanese army’s northern faction occupied the wind camp, and after a series of analysis, it was decided to play Stud once at the same time, so the Japanese war plan was turned into a North-South soviet strike war plan, and crazy gambling was carried out at the same time.
After Spain declared war on Britain, Japan is also preparing to declare war on Britain. The Japanese navy will be responsible for covering the southern Japanese army’s attack on Hong Kong and capturing the British South Asian colony, while the Vietnamese Japanese army will enter Myanmar and attack the British troops in Myanmar.
Of course, the Japanese East Army dispatched a military force to attack Mongolia northward to test the reaction of the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union enters outer Mongolia, the Japanese army will try its best to defeat the Soviet Red Army and reproduce the glory of the Russo-Japanese War.
This war plan looks arrogant to the extreme, but it has Japanese camp considerations. After some discussion, they recognize that this plan is comprehensive and effective, and it is more efficient. The expansion is in line with Japan’s future development strategy
What makes you say that? Because the Japanese army believes that the Soviet Red Army is vulnerable, they are sure to defeat the Soviet Far East Army. This confidence comes from many aspects, such as the Russo-Japanese War that marked the official rise of Japan; For example, the poor performance of the Soviet Red Army during the Soviet-Finnish War, such as the ugly behavior of the Soviet army during the two Soviet-Polish wars
The Japanese high-level officials think that this exploratory attack on the Soviet Union is likely to be like this. The Japanese imperial army entered outer Mongolia, and the Soviet Red Army was forced to face both sides. After World War I, the Japanese victory was pursued, so the outer Mongolia became a Japanese enclave and Vladivostok and other places would become Japanese territory.
Since we are so optimistic and idle, the navy and the southern army can’t continue to be so idle. It’s only reasonable to find something to do, right? So the navy has been at loggerheads with the army, and the navy has come up with its own "grand strategy"-isn’t your army going north to the Soviet Union to kick the pavilion? Our navy is going south to kick Britain and America’s ass! You mess with the Soviet Union, I’ll slap America! Never weaken the naval momentum and never be upstaged by the army!
The attack on Hong Kong, the invasion of Singapore and the attack on Myanmar in the Japanese-South strategy are still hidden in the stomach. The persistence of the Japanese navy is really a gun to the Philippines, a knife to Malaysia, and a foot to Australia to kill the United States. You little Italy are so ambitious that you just want to turn the Mediterranean into a Roman Empire Lake. Are you satisfied? Look at our Japanese imperial navy. It wants to regard the whole Pacific Ocean as our emperor’s bathtub!
The army’s blind optimism comes from the fact that more than 90% of the Japanese soldiers think that the Soviet Red Army is vulnerable, and more than 70% of the Japanese commanders have no idea about the situation of the Soviet Red Army, so they confidently claim that one Japanese division can completely defeat three Soviet divisions.
So on March 15th, the 23rd Division and 7th Division of the Japanese East Army arrived at the Sino-Mongolian border in such a mighty way, and then the Russo-Japanese Nomenkan War was kicked off.
"General Komatsu, it seems that the Japanese army will win this time. How sure are you of this battle?" An army reporter holding a record asked the hillside to see Lieutenant General Komatsubara, the highest commander of the zig zag Front Line of the 23rd Division.
This Lieutenant General Komatsubara is the military attache of the Japanese Embassy in the Soviet Union and the Sino-Soviet Unicom of the Japanese army. He is also the commander-in-chief of this offensive war.
Komatsubara carrying a slender hand and Japanese combat knives hanging his legs looks quite imposing. This time, the Japanese East Army has prepared the first tank division, the seventh division and the 23rd division for three divisions. If you can’t beat him again, Komatsubara estimates that it’s time to commit suicide.
His earlier observation of the Soviet Red Army showed that although he could not be blindly optimistic that one Japanese division could top three Soviet divisions, he felt that three Japanese divisions were still very confident in beating three or four Soviet divisions. Komatsubara smiled and said to the Japanese reporter, "There is no saying that the war is bound to win, but this time Japan will not lose!"
"Ah, general, congratulations on the victory of the Japanese imperial army first." The reporter naturally remembered the general’s words and kowtowed to himself.
On March 16, the first contact between the Japanese front-line reconnaissance troops and the Soviet Red Army, the two sides immediately put themselves into a fierce battle. Komatsubara handed over the front to himself and ordered the 23rd Division to attack the 7th Division and the 1st Tank Division in a roundabout way to the north, cutting off and isolating the Soviet troops facing the 23rd Division.
On the afternoon of 17th, the Red Army of the Soviet Union was defeated, and the Japanese Army reported that it flew to Tokyo like a snowflake. The most outrageous report said that "killing five people of the Red Army of the Soviet Union won an unprecedented victory", but Komatsubara himself issued a report denying this exaggerated victory. He truthfully reported the victory that day, defeated the Soviet Union and killed 27 Soviet soldiers and captured 4 people.
This victory made Moscow angry. Stalin replaced the commander-in-chief of the front line of the Soviet Red Army in the Far East and handed over the command to the few white commanders left in the Soviet Union. As soon as zhukov zhukov redeployed the battle plan and expanded the scale of the battle, the Soviet Far East invested more combat troops, and the battle broke out in Nomenkan.