readx; After meeting Zhao Zijin, Chen Jingyun met Chen Yi again, originally it was best to discuss with Shen Gang in this situation, after all, in terms of military affairs, Chen Jingyun still trusted Shen Gang the most, but Shen Gang went to inspect the troops stationed in Yue a few days ago and could not return to China in a short time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As the direct and potential conflict between China and the United States becomes more and more serious, when China builds an absolute defense circle in the Pacific, it says that "this is an extremely important link, and in China's plan, it is said that this is China's forefront line of defense against the United States."

After the occupation of the capital, China sent a large number of troops to the capital, not only the army, but also the navy and air force, which was almost like running the city as a fortress. This requires a lot of work on the Chinese side, and Shen Gang went to inspect it for this purpose.

After calling Chen Yi, Chen Jingyun and Chen Yi discussed the situation in Europe for a short time, Chen Yi said: "According to the current situation, we must plan for the worst, once the German Wehrmacht cannot control the situation, after the Allies capture France and Soviet Russia completely occupy Poland, we must go north in the shortest possible time, occupy the Balkan Peninsula at the same time, quickly advance to the German mainland, and go straight to the German capital Berlin to reach the Baltic Sea." ”

"According to this tactical arrangement, plus the need to guard against the Soviets and the Allies, we are still seriously understaffed in the European side, and my opinion is that at least ten more divisions of troops should be sent in, or even more, and if possible, it would be better to form an army group. In this way, our army will be able to have the strength of two armies in the European direction, one of which will be responsible for one direction. In this way, we can protect our interests in Germany to the greatest extent. ”

Chen Jingyun has always been decisive in terms of military strategy!

On the same day, it was decided to transfer 12 divisions from Central Asia and Siberia to prepare for the European region, while the vacancies in Central Asia and Siberia were to be replenished from the eastern part of the country.

Of the more than 100 divisions in China today, the strength of 30 divisions has reached the total of 30 divisions, including the number of troops that have been dispatched and are expected to be sent to Europe. Many of the other forces are scattered in other areas.

As for whether the transfer of troops from the eastern region of the country will cause a shortage of troops in the Pacific Theater, Chen Jingyun is not worried, because the core of the Pacific defense circle lies on the side of the Air Force and Navy, and the important surname of the Army is actually not large. If we say that in the future, when China and the United States explode in the Pacific and even China's navy and air force are defeated by the Americans, it will not help to rely on the passive defense of the army alone.

On the other hand, it can also be believed that as long as China's navy and air force are undefeated, then absolute security can be guaranteed in the Pacific direction, so the army can also rest assured that it can send troops to Europe to participate in the war.

This reinforcement, together with several divisions resting in Turkey, formed the Tenth Army. It is also expected to fight in the Balkans and be under the command of the European Expeditionary Force of the Allied Forces. Chen Jingyun was more cautious about the selection of the commander and chief of staff of the 10th Group Army, and after some careful selection, he finally selected General Guo Chengdong, a veteran, as the commander of the group army. As for the selection of the chief of staff, after the recommendation of Chen Yi and several others, Lieutenant General Hu Zeyun, a rookie general of the army and a man who has some in-depth research on operations in the European region, was selected.

General Guo Chengdong is a veteran of the Chinese Army, he was already a major general and division commander during the civil war, he was promoted to general in the late thirties, and he has been stationed in Siberia and Central Asia for a long time, has rich experience in commanding mechanized troops, and served as the commander of the Fifth Army during the war last year. Now he was transferred to the newly formed Tenth Army as commander.

During the Soviet-Finnish campaign in 1939-1940, he served as the head of the Chinese delegation, and went to Finland to help Finland resist Soviet Russia.

Since the 10th Army was preparing for the Soviet army on the Western Front in the future, the commanders who were selected were all generals with rich experience in fighting against the Soviet Union, Guo Chengdong and Hu Zeyun.

Moreover, most of the several army commander positions are also people with a background in fighting against the Soviet Union.

The formation of the Tenth Army was quite low-key, and it was not even officially announced to the outside world, unlike the world that made the most noise when the Ninth Army was formed.

As soon as the Tenth Army was formed, many of the high-ranking generals who had been temporarily appointed took special planes to Turkey overnight, and most of the troops under their jurisdiction had already urgently boarded the military column and were urgently rushing to Turkey from Central Asia and Siberia. Prior to the arrival of these troops, the Tenth Army had only the Fourth Panzer Corps, which had been resting in Turkey.

The Fourth Panzer Army originally belonged to the Ninth Army, acting as the main force during the Greek campaign, and after conquering Greece, the Fourth Panzer Army also rested, and after a short period of rest in Greece, it returned to Turkey to continue to rest and replenish troops and equipment.

Now after the establishment of the Tenth Army, that is, the Fourth Panzer Army will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Tenth Army.

First of all, among the command organs of China's many military-level and group armies, the troops under their jurisdiction actually change frequently, and this is especially true of group armies. As for the army ranks, they are divided into traditional infantry corps and armored corps, the traditional infantry corps is quite stable, and the three main divisions under its jurisdiction will not change much, but the armored corps does not have a stable establishment, and the troops under its jurisdiction will be adjusted frequently.

In detailed terms, China's armored forces are actually more like mechanized cluster troops, with the ability to undertake the combat mission of a front on their own, and can take on the task of rapid advance, the troops under its jurisdiction are all armored divisions or mechanized infantry divisions, ranging from two divisions to three divisions or even four divisions, and there are many auxiliary units under their control, from heavy mechanized boat and bridge regiments, engineering regiments, transport regiments to self-propelled artillery brigades, multiple self-propelled air defense battalions, special operations battalions, etc. Therefore, a Chinese armored corps usually has a relatively large number of troops, ranging from 70,000 to 80,000 and more than 100,000. For example, the Fourth Panzer Corps during the Greek Campaign not only had three strong main mechanized divisions, but also an entire self-propelled artillery brigade, a special operations battalion, a self-propelled air defense regiment, a heavy boat and bridge regiment, a heavy engineering regiment, and up to three transport regiments and many other auxiliary units, which were the absolute main force of the Ninth Army at that time. However, after the Fourth Panzer Corps conquered Greece, a large number of auxiliary units were withdrawn, and even the main division was transferred to join the 16th Panzer Corps.

Today's Fourth Panzer Corps only has the Second Panzer Division and the 67th Infantry Division, and as for the auxiliary troops, it is very small, and the total strength of the army is only more than 40,000 now, which is completely different from the huge scale of more than 100,000 troops a few months ago.

In fact, this kind of establishment is also the usual situation of the armored corps without combat missions, and when there is no combat mission, the armored corps will not be assigned too many auxiliary units, and generally only have a few main divisions under its jurisdiction. However, once a combat mission is carried out, various auxiliary units will be temporarily assigned, such as the above-mentioned self-propelled artillery brigade or regiment, self-propelled air defense regiment or battalion, not to mention the auxiliary units necessary for the rapid advance of mechanized troops such as heavy boat and bridge regiments and transport regiments. In other words, only two or three mechanized divisions in the Panzer Corps are officially established, and most of the other subordinate units are provisional.

Although everyone has the title of group army and army, in fact, the group army and army in various countries are not the same thing as China's army and group army, and the armored army and the traditional infantry army in the Chinese army are also two different things.

After the Fourth Panzer Army belonged to the Tenth Army, it became the only unit of the Tenth Army in Europe in a short period of time, and General Guo Chengdong had just arrived at the post, which ordered the Fourth Panzer Army to immediately end its rest and recuperate, go to Romania, and then go north to prepare for an attack on Hungary. The main force originally in charge of this theater was the Turkish troops, which also continued to fight with the Chinese Army, and the small number of troops that originally belonged to the Ninth Army returned to the Western Front.

Basically, the Ninth Army could face the Western Front, where the Allies were located, and the Tenth Army would face the Eastern Front, where the Soviets were located.

After receiving the order, the troops immediately rushed to Romania by military column, and then prepared to go north to Hungary, because at this time although the main force of the Fourth Panzer Army was still there, but lacked many auxiliary troops, for this reason, General Guo Chengdong, commander of the Tenth Group Army, relied on his identity as a veteran, and snatched a reading tank battalion, a self-propelled air defense battalion and a boat bridge battalion from the hands of General Du Yanpeng of the Ninth Group Army. It also intercepted two transport regiments of the Ninth Army deployed in Bulgaria and Romania.

Originally, Du Yanpeng planned to wait for the Tenth Army to take over the Romanian defense area, and then he would transfer these troops to Yugoslavia, preparing to completely take Yugoslavia, and then continue to go north.

In fact, Guo Chengdong not only intercepted a large number of troops of the Ninth Army for the use of the Fourth Panzer Army, but also forcibly recruited a large number of transport vehicles of the Turkish Second Army through strong maneuvers.

Although Guo Chengdong's move was to strengthen the strength of the Fourth Panzer Army and prevent the Fourth Panzer Army from entering Romania with only two main divisions alone, this move was also tacitly approved by Marshal Song Junpeng, commander of the expeditionary force. But it still caused a great backlash, Du Yanpeng sued Chen Jingyun on the table, scolding Guo Chengdong for relying on the old and selling the old, for fear that others would not know that he was still seventy years old this year, and half of his foot had stepped into the coffin.