The Chinese Empire and Germany calculated against each other and dug holes for each other. The Germans wanted to use China www.biquge.info weaken Britain and France so that they could quickly sweep through Western Europe. At the same time, it also wants to limit China's expansion and demand that China transfer advanced aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft technology to Germany. He even provoked Soviet Russia to launch a large-scale attack on the Chinese Empire in order to achieve the goal of weakening China's strength.

Of course, China is not a fool and will not allow Germany's machinations to succeed. In terms of aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft technology, the Chinese Empire cherished itself and did not give the Germans a chance at all. As for South and West Asia, the Chinese Empire had no plans to launch an attack for the time being. Although, in the battle plan of the Chinese Empire, not many elite troops of the empire will be invested in either direction, and almost all of them will be completed by the army of the vassal state*. However, in order for Britain and France and other countries to have greater war potential to confront Germany, it is obvious that the Chinese Empire will not start a war at this juncture. As for the threat of Soviet Russia, the Chinese Empire had been prepared for it for a long time. If you are not afraid that Soviet Russia will attack, you are afraid that they will not attack. Once the Russians attacked, the empire would inevitably make them hit their heads and bleed, and they would pay a heavy price.

After the German envoy Ribbentrop left Yanjing, Emperor Wu Haoxuan ordered the General Staff to fight according to the predetermined plan, leaving South and West Asia alone. At the same time, he personally issued an order to the Western Front Command, asking General Zhang Yunnong to prepare for the invasion of Soviet Russia.

The Imperial Army deployed a total of ten army groups on the Western Front, with more than 1.6 million men. The 11th, 12th, and 19th armies were deployed south of the Don River and north of the Caucasus in the newly occupied territory of the empire. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th armies were deployed on the line of defense on the Ural River and the Ural Mountains. The main thing is the Ural River, the line of defense of the Ural Mountains, which has been handed over to the Russian Imperial Army. Before the outbreak of the war, the Russian Empire had an army of one million. These armies were organized into six elite army groups. After the outbreak of the war, the Russian Empire once again expanded its army by one million and once again organized six army groups. It's just that the combat effectiveness of the six group armies established later is very limited. Be that as it may, ten armies of the Imperial Army, plus twelve armies of the Russian Empire. China and Russia have deployed the entire 22 group armies on the Western Front, with more than 3.6 million men. In terms of troops, it is not much less than the strength of the Soviet Russian Red Army on this front. In terms of the level of elite, the ten armies of the Imperial Army were far superior to the Soviets. The six armies of the Russian Empire were all equipped with the standard equipment of the Chinese * Army, and even each army group was equipped with armored brigades, equipped with tanks No. 1 and No. 2 eliminated by the Imperial Army. This made the six elite armies of the Russian Empire absolutely comparable to the Soviet Army in terms of combat effectiveness. As for the six group armies that were established subsequently, although their combat effectiveness was a little weaker, it was enough to confront the second-line troops of the Soviet Russian Red Army.

It can be said that the Imperial Army is already strong on the entire Western Front. However, the Imperial Army showed no sign of initiating an offensive. On a thousand-kilometer defensive line, the Reich desperately built a defensive line, combining trenches, machine-gun fire points, minefields, barbed wire, anti-tank fire points, and artillery positions to form a solid defensive line. If the Soviets attacked, they would know what kind of line they were facing. In particular, the entire line of defense was dissatisfied with traps, and there were carefully dug pits everywhere. Some sections of the line were fortified, others were deliberately weak so that the Soviets could penetrate. It's just that when the Imperial* army launches a counterattack, the Soviet army will know that the troops they attack the defense line of the Imperial Army will fall into the encirclement of the Imperial Army and become the object of encirclement and annihilation by the Imperial Army.

There were two main sections of the Western Front, one was the Ural Mountains and the Ural River defense line, and the forces defending this area included the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Armies and the 1st Panzer Army of the Imperial Army, plus the 12 armies of the Russian Imperial Army. The defense line on the Don and Volga rivers was defended by the 11th, 12th, and 19th armies of the Imperial Army, as well as the 2nd Panzer Army.

The headquarters of the Western Front was set up in a small city called Yasne, which was only a little more than a hundred kilometers from the front line. The reason why General Zhang Yunnong set up his headquarters here was that he did not take the Soviet army into account at all. If the Soviets break through the defense line of the Imperial Army, once they are still a few tens of kilometers away from Yasne, the Imperial Army will launch a large-scale counterattack.

In the Western Front Command, General Zhang Yunnong was handling some military affairs. As we entered October, the temperature began to drop across the battlefields of the Western Front, and snow had even begun to fall in the northern part of the country. This forced the Western Front of the Imperial Army to speed up preparations for cold protection work. Winter-proof clothing, snow boots and snow capes have been distributed to all units on the front line. So that the soldiers can keep warm after the snow. At the same time, white winter clothing, snow boots and snow capes are also good for hiding in the snow. Avoid being detected by enemy forces.

The Imperial Army's tanks, self-propelled guns, trucks, and front-line field airfields were smeared with antifreeze to ensure that the Imperial Army's weapons and air force planes could still take to the skies in the extremely low winter.

"Commander, Yanjing's telegram was personally signed by His Majesty the Emperor." A staff officer sent a telegram to Admiral Zhang Yunnong.

"A telegram personally signed by His Majesty?" Admiral Zhang Yunnong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened it to read.

The content of the telegram was nothing more than a request for the Western Front Command to strengthen its alert, and according to the relevant information obtained by the Reich, it was very likely that the Soviet army would launch an attack on the Reich in the near future. The troops of the Western Front were the first line of defense of the empire against Soviet Russia. Wu Haoxuan demanded that the Western Front Command attach great importance to this intelligence and let all units enter the highest state of combat readiness. If the Soviets dare to attack, they will be beaten to the ground and let them know how powerful the empire is. They are horrified and frightened when they think of the Empire.

"Forward this telegram from Your Majesty to the armies below. In addition, inform the Russian Empire that the war was going to begin and that their troops had to be ready. The first line of the Ural Mountains will be handed over to them. Admiral Zhang Yunnong said.

He was somewhat skeptical about the combat effectiveness of the Russian Imperial Army. Therefore, the 12 armies of the Russian Imperial Army were mainly deployed along the Ural Mountains, and only a small number of troops served as reserves for the Imperial Army.

"Yes, Commander." The staff officer saluted and hurriedly went to send a telegram.

Subsequently, General Zhang Yunnong convened the operational staff officers of the Western Front Command to analyze the information currently available to the Soviet Union that once it launched an offensive, it would focus on attacking that section of the defense line. How did the Imperial Army need to respond to ensure that the Imperial Army had the upper hand in the early stages of the war?

"Commander, the Ural line should be the focus of the Soviet offensive. In October, the volume of the Ural River is already very small, and many places can easily flow through. An operational staff officer said.

"It is true that the Don and Volga rivers are relatively wide, and the Reich has deployed heavy troops in that section of the line, and the Soviets will not want to attack on that section of the line as long as their brains are not caught in the door. The Ural Mountains are also very cold in this season, and it is very difficult for the Soviet army to cross the Ural Mountains in this season. Another operational staff officer also said.

Admiral Zhang Yunnong nodded: "Since everyone thinks that this section of our defense line will become the focus of the Soviet army's attack. Then, all the troops on the front line were ordered to be vigilant and prepared for the attack of the Soviet army. ”

"Commander, once the war breaks out, the Air Force must destroy all the planes of the Soviet Russians and seize air supremacy. In this way, we will be able to win with the least cost. The Air Force staff officer said.

Over the years, Soviet Russia and in the vigorous construction of the Air Force. Their I-15 and I-16 fighters are armed with a large number of I-15 fighters. In addition, a number of fighter jets are being test-flown in the works. It can be seen how much attention is attached to the building of the air force in Soviet Russia. It's just that these old I-15 fighters and I-16 fighters can't compare their performance with the F9 fighters of the Imperial Air Force.

In order to strengthen early warning, the Imperial Air Force built large anti-aircraft search radars at all major military airfields on the Western Front. This kind of air search radar used on land is more advanced than the Navy's ship-based air search radar because of its larger size. The current large anti-air search radar is already capable of detecting 300 kilometers. It can be said that almost all front-line airfields of the Soviet army, including field airfields, were under the surveillance of the anti-aircraft search radars of the Imperial Air Force. Soviet fighters flew together, and the Imperial Air Force knew about it immediately. If the Soviets wanted to attack the airfield of the Imperial Air Force, it would not be realistic at all.

In addition, the Imperial Air Force also deployed a large number of dive bombers, ground attack aircraft, medium bombers and even heavy bombers on the Western Front to ensure that after the fighters of the Imperial Air Force gained air supremacy, they could quickly destroy all the Soviet front-line airfields and supporting facilities, and ensure the control of the Imperial Air Force over the battlefield air supremacy.

Although, both the Chinese Empire and Soviet Russia knew that a war was inevitable. Even if they don't want to fight, all kinds of external factors will force them to fight this battle. Therefore, both sides are secretly preparing.

It's just that when the two sides did not officially declare war, although the entire Western Front was heavily armed, there was no war at all. (To be continued.) )