Chapter 196: The Strategy of the Ogishu Army
The 33rd Wing of the Kwantung Army, which had high hopes, was finally annihilated by the Soviet army in the area of Bayincha Heights.
In the headquarters of the 6th Army of the Kwantung Army, the Ogisu Standing Army, who had received the report of defeat, finally couldn't sit still.
"Didn't even the secret weapon bought from Germany stop the Soviet army from attacking with a sea of people........
Ogisu stood at the end of the conference table at the headquarters, looking around at the officers under his command with a cold face.
He said slowly in a cold tone: "For decades, what our northward faction has been striving for is such an opportunity to go north to the Soviet Union. The former Major General Umegawa, the current General Sugiyama Moto, and I, Ogisu Libing, did not hesitate to give everything for this goal! ”
"The road paved by Major General Umegawa back then is under our feet, and we only need to walk, and we only need to sacrifice........"
Within a few words, Ogisu not only brought his lieutenant general and General Sugiyama Moto, but also counted the legendary but untimely death of Major General Umegawa Kuko as a member of his camp.
However, as he said, Japan's wolf ambitions have long been obvious, and their preparations for the northward march into the Soviet Union have never been interrupted. Counting from a few decades ago, countless careerists have been preparing for an attack on the Soviet Union.
Looking at the soldiers in Ogishu, he was fortunate to inherit the wishes of the previous generation and personally led the army to carry out the northward operation, which is almost the greatest honor he has received so far!
You just need to win the Nomenkan, just need to win the Nomenkan!
Once his 6th Army defeated the Soviets at Nomenkan and broke through the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in the Nomenkan area, the northward marchers in the country would be able to raise their heads and immediately draw up further draft conscriptions.
With the momentum of victory, the conscription plan will inevitably pass smoothly. At that time, the Kwantung Army will usher in a full-scale attack on the Soviet Far East, and it will also be the time for Japan to rise again!
At this most critical moment, there were signs of being unable to parry on the front line. As soon as he thought of this, the emotional Ogishu soldiers felt the urge to destroy everything around them.
"In the country, even His Majesty the Emperor has cut back on food and clothing in order to save more military spending, and the people are praying day and night for this war!" Ogizhou Libing suppressed the anger in his heart about the battle situation on the front line, and said with a gloomy face: "At this time, any failure is irresponsible to the efforts of the predecessors and a crime against the empire. ”
Hearing the anger in Ogishu Libing's words, a staff officer with his head bowed explained: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, not only has the other side seized air supremacy, they have also far surpassed us in artillery, and they have dispatched a large number of armored troops, and our infantry on the front line will be difficult to stop even if they rely on suicidal counterattacks......."
"Shut up!"
Ogishu Libing's tone was like a knife and roared fiercely: "The 33rd Wing has wasted all the secret weapons codenamed Iron Fist, but they still haven't stopped the advance of the Soviet tanks. It's these idiots who ruined my plans! ”
In fact, Sugiyama Motokazu won a total of 3 secret weapons for the Ogishu Soldiers, and the Ogisu Soldiers had already planned to take out two of the secret weapons in one fell swoop to fight a big victory.
The first of these secret weapons is the Iron Fist anti-tank bazooka, which has been used up.
The other is the only tank division owned by the entire Kwantung Army and even the entire Japanese Army - the 1st Tank Division!
In Ogisu's original assumption, once the 33rd Wing could rely on the Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launcher to stop the offensive of the Soviet armored forces, he would be able to free up the only tank division on his hand and stagger the Soviet armored forces to attack the Soviet positions.
This was a risky move, he abandoned the use of Japanese armored forces to clash with Soviet armored forces face-to-face, and instead changed to you fight yours and I fight mine, trying to make the Japanese tank divisions take the lead in cutting through the Soviet defense lines before the Soviet armored forces achieved results.
As a result, the Soviet army had to be transferred back to the armored corps to return to reinforcements, and was led by the nose by the Japanese army.
Unfortunately, the Japanese 1st Tank Division had secretly bypassed the Soviet armored forces and was about to go into attack, but the 33rd Wing, which had high hopes from Ogisu's troops, could not defend itself and was completely annihilated on the position.
In this way, the abacus of the Ogishu army was completely defeated. If he still dared to go his own way in this situation and let the 1st Tank Division attack alone. It won't be long before the tanks of the Soviet army will be able to drive to his military headquarters!
"It has been a full 4 hours since the position of the 33rd Wing was breached. The troops sent to encircle did not stop the pace of the Soviet army's advance. ”
When Ogizhou Libing said this, he was already clenching his fists, gritting his teeth and spitting out word by word at everyone in the headquarters.
"Originally, the 1st Tank Division was about to launch a large-scale attack on the Soviet defenses, but now it ........ Yaga! I had to order them to turn back and break the siege. ”
"General!" Several emotional Dazuo brushed up from their positions.
Ogizhou Libing waved his hand at them and motioned for these radical subordinates to sit down first: "Although the situation is urgent, we still have a great chance. The 33rd Wing's perseverance for several days, although it did not stop the Soviet troops, also inflicted huge losses on their armored forces. At this time, we will transfer back to the 1st Tank Division, which has completely reorganized, and the odds will be very good against these Soviet remnants of armored forces with heavy losses! ”
After seeing that his subordinates nodded one after another, Ogisu Libing began to encourage them: "Once we take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the armored forces of the Soviet army, then the next battle will belong to the performance of the First Tank Division of the Japanese Empire." By that time, it was the turn of the Soviet infantry, having lost their armored forces, to figure out how to deal with our tanks. ”
"And while they are tired of dealing with our tank division," Ogishu sneered, and walked to the large map by the wall of the conference room, "I will use the last secret weapon in the center of the battle line!" ”
According to the new strategy set by itself, the Soviet army will soon collapse on all fronts in despair.
The long-cherished wish of the empire for decades will be fulfilled in its own hands!
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At the same time, in Zhukov's command headquarters in Prague in Datamchag, his commissar was loudly questioning him:
"Comrade Zhukov, why have you kept suppressing most of the armored forces and only put one armored unit of the 7th Armored Brigade into the attack? If you could send all 5 armoured brigades up, we would have driven the Japanese back to their starting positions by now. ”
"No, you have to explain your motives to me right away! Otherwise, I will accuse you of deliberately delaying the fighter plane. "The commissar, who knew nothing about military affairs, questioned Zhukov's military decision at the moment in front of a group of officers.
Faced with this self-righteous commissar, Zhukov sighed helplessly. Although Zhukov was also a close confidant of Stalin, if he offended the commissar, he might be able to say some fatal foul words when he turned back.
"I did it for a reason. According to intelligence, the Japanese army also had an armored unit that had not appeared for a long time. If we don't leave enough strength to defend against them, our infantry will be passive when they attack our lines. Zhukov patiently explained.
"We can't be timid all the time, because such cowardice will damage our morale." The political commissar is still arguing with strong words.
However, after thinking that the 7th Armored Brigade had already broken through the Japanese defense line and inferred that the Japanese commander would not be able to pull out the armored forces even if he had the intention to sneak attack, Zhukov felt that there was no need to keep the other 4 armored brigades to guard the rear.
Since this is the case, Zhukov simply made a favor and said: "No problem, then listen to the commissar, I will give the order for the other four armored brigades to immediately go on the offensive." ”