Because the content of a series of command designs is top secret in this era. Therefore, Bai Shujie ordered the internal security team to target the research institute and raise the security level to the first class of Class A to strictly prevent the leakage of secrets.

Bai Shujie was busy here, and the pace of time had crept to the end of July 1939, and the situation on the side of Nomenkan had deteriorated in an all-round way.

After General Zhukov was appointed commander of the 57th Special Army by the Soviet High Command, he implemented Stalin's policy of "controlling the situation as much as possible and not expanding it" and never took any major action.

However, the little devil has always been arrogant and has no one in his eyes. They went so far as to repeat the mistake of Zhang Xueliang's "Eastern Railway Incident" in those years, and regarded the Soviet Red Army's tolerance as weak and bulliable.

After the cabinet meeting of Konoe Fumiro unified the pace of action, in line with the principle of "teaching the Soviets a hard lesson, so that they would not dare to peep into the south, try their best to end the dispute in the north, and then turn around and go south to run the South Asian region", the little devils urgently increased their troops.

The "elites" such as Konoe Fumiro, Itagaki Seishiro, Yamamoto Fifty-six, Okamura Ninji, and Umezu Mijiro all have an account in their hearts:

Yang Jingyu and Zhao Shangzhi in Manchuria, Rehe and the Eighth Route Army in North China, and Bai Shujie in Korea were not good citizens of the empire. All of them are devils who see the seams and fall into the well. Always ready to pounce and bite the empire hard!

Therefore, the matter of Nomenkan must be cut through the mess quickly and resolved quickly, and these devils must not be allowed to seize the opportunity.

According to this guiding ideology, by the end of June 1939, more than 20,000 men of the 23rd Division had all arrived at the starting point of the attack, and 84 tanks, 180 aircraft, and 400 vehicles had been assembled in the Nomenkan area.

In accordance with the agreement reached at the cabinet meeting, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Yoshijiro, ordered the 23rd Division to launch a ground offensive as much as possible to completely solve the Nomen Kan issue.

On July 1, the little devils, under the command of Major General Kobayashi, attacked the west bank of the Haraha River with a force of 6,000 men, and at noon captured the Sertaulagai Heights on the east bank of the river.

The 23rd Division was formed in Kumamoto last year, on April 4, 1938. The main reason for its establishment was that at the beginning of the war of aggression against China, it lost the fourth and sixth divisions one after another. Since this requires a force to maintain law and order, the government of the little devil allowed the formation of one of the four security maintenance divisions.

Because after the annihilation of the Sixth Division, the North China battlefield was empty. In response to the war in the Yangtze River Valley, the 4th Independent Cavalry Brigade stationed in Hailar (now part of Inner Mongolia) was ordered to be transferred to the Chinese battlefield.

The 23rd Division, which was used as a substitute, was sent to the northern border of the "puppet Manchukuo" at the beginning of this year to be used as a border garrison after completing the initial training.

The 23rd Division, the division commander Michitaro Komatsubara, has the 64th, 71st, and 72nd Infantry Wings, the 23rd Reconnaissance and Search Wing (light cavalry), the 13th Field Artillery Wing (24 75mm field guns), the 23rd Engineer Wing, and the 23rd Baggage Wing, with a total strength of more than 22,000 people.

It is explained in the book that Bai Shujie once asked Belikov, the intelligence staff officer of the commander of the Soviet Far East Army Command, to talk to him, and he was going to give him a blow to the little devil, so that he didn't even know his wife, and then he could clean him up.

Because of this, Zhukov found that more than 6,000 people came up at once, and he was unceremonious, and directly took out all 150 tanks, 154 armored vehicles, 90 artillery, all 124 aircraft, and the entire strength of the 57th Special Army.

From about 1 p.m. on July 1, 1939, Zhukov ordered all bombers and fighters to take turns to bomb the forward positions of the little devils, and not to start a ground attack with them at all. After the bombardment on this day, there were less than 2,000 people left in the attacking force of more than 6,000 little devils!

Early in the morning of July 2, the little devils had just finished replenishing their troops, and Zhukov ordered 80 105mm cannons to start shelling to continue to hit the morale of the little devils.

And in one breath is four hours of shelling, which has never been seen in the history of little devils. As a result, more than 1,000 troops were lost on this day, and the 23rd Division had basically lost its combat effectiveness.

On July 3, Zhukov again ordered the air force to sort, and after a round of strong attacks, 150 tanks and 154 armored vehicles rushed out.

The little devil finally saw the enemy, and he was the last to see it. Because behind the tanks and armor, there are army units of the 57th Special Army, which are overwhelming!

Zhukov taught the little devil a good lesson here: how armored forces should be used!

In just three days, the 23rd Division of the little devil lost more than 14,000 people. The 24 guns of the 13th Field Artillery Wing were wiped out without firing a single shell! The entire division, including its 3 infantry wing commanders, 6 infantry group captains, and 2 artillery group captains, were all killed!

The division commander Michitaro Komatsubara did not have time to apologize for his crimes, and he was recalled to the island by the Minister of War Itagaki Seishiro, and then went to a military court. Whether it is dead or alive is unknown.

Zhukov's victory in the first battle finally bought him time to adjust his deployment. But the little devil loves face the most, and as soon as they met this time, they were sent to most of the division, and they were suffocated to death.

The commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, was furious and directly gave up the pressure on North Korea, leaving only one wing of the 1st Division in Andong, and the remaining three wings were all transferred to the Nomenkan line.

At the same time, the little devils urgently dispatched the 7th and 14th divisions to the north. A large force of more than 50,000 people attacked Nomenkan in three ways.

Zhukov found himself in danger, so he sent an urgent telegram to Moscow asking for additional reinforcements, otherwise it would be impossible to keep the forward position of Nomenkan.

Stalin was not slow to move and soon ordered the formation of the 1st Army, including:

The Soviet army assembled the 1st Army (more than 60,000 men, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry divisions, namely the 57th, 82nd, and 152nd divisions); the 36th Motorized Division, the 5th Mechanized Brigade, the 7th, 8th, and 9th Armored Brigades;

6th, 7th, 11th Tank Brigades; the 212th Airborne Brigade, the 5th Machine Gun Brigade, the 185th Artillery Regiment; the 37th and 85th battalions of anti-tank guns, the 63rd, 66th, 150th anti-aircraft battalions and other units; The 6th Cavalry Division and the 8th Cavalry Division of Outer Mongolia totaled more than 100,000 mechanized troops.

But the long railway transport lines in Siberia, coupled with the fact that the speed of the train was only 32 km / h, it took time to get the troops to Zhukov. The so-called far water is difficult to save the near fire, and it is nothing more than that.

At the moment, the only reinforcement that can be mobilized, that is, Chuikov's 59th Special Army in Shuangchengzi (Ussuriysk), is the closest to Zhukov!

However, Chuikov's 59th Special Army needs to keep an eye on the 19th Division of the little devils. If the little devil finds that Shuangchengzi's troops are empty, and the 19th Division takes advantage of the weakness, the Pacific Fleet base in Vladivostok will be lost!

If you want to transfer Chuikov's 59th Special Army, someone must watch the 19th Division of the little devils. It was at this juncture that Chuikov's intelligence staff, Major Belikov, secretly came to Pyongyang.

Bai Shujie listened to Belikov's briefing, and immediately asked: "Comrade Belikov, if I am not mistaken, the two battleships that Comrade Stalin promised to build for us will be outfitted in Vladivostok, right?" ”

"Comrade Commander, your understanding is absolutely correct!" Belikov nodded and said: "Because of the distance, there are many international problems. So Comrade Stalin ordered the Ukrainian shipyards to produce components, which were then transported by rail to the Vladivostok (Vladivostok) dock for assembly and welding. ”

"Since April of this year, Comrade Stalin ordered to speed up the progress of the works, so the water was launched at the end of May, and now the outfitting work is nearing completion. However, due to time constraints, we were able to complete the installation of naval guns and general communications equipment for 2 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships at the same time. ”

Bai Shujie suddenly understood: What the hell did you start to speed up at the end of April? It's not that Wang Xinlan gave another $18 million in cash, and then there was Stalin's order!

However, now that the basics have been completed, the $33 million and the medicine are well spent. So Bai Shujie nodded and said: "Very good, thank you Comrade Stalin for helping us!" So, Comrade Belikov, what questions do you have with coming over this time? ”

Belikov smiled and said: "Comrade Chuikov hopes that you will send people over as soon as possible and drive the battleship back." After all, it is easy to cause unwarranted speculation in Vladivostok, and it is difficult for us to handle and keep it. ”

I hope that I will send troops to contain the little devils, so let's just say it, why play this kind of word game!

Bai Shujie was very disdainful of that guy in his heart: I'm cāo! Let me send someone over and bring back the four battleships, so simple!

If you want to enter Vladivostok, you must kill all the way from Hamhung, Duanchuan, Seongjin, Ronan, and Luojin, and wipe out all the 19th Division and the fortress headquarters of the little devils!

Bai Shujie knew that since people talked about this, this battle could not be avoided. If the battleship could not be brought back, the "great and wise" Comrade Stalin would certainly never have sent the battleship over again.

In other words, if you don't hurry up this time, you will never want four battleships. The more than $33 million that was previously invested had to be wasted.

What is political extortion? Look at the methods of the Soviet government, that is called cleverness! After you have suffered a dumb loss, you are not allowed to express your gratitude.

After thinking about it in his heart, Bai Shujie finally said: "Comrade Belikov, please go back and tell Comrade Chuikov and ask him to order the movement of the four battleships to Posiette Bay. Today is July 26, 1939, and my comrades will arrive at the Bay of Bossiette by August 15. ”

"I know Comrade Chuikov's concerns, so we will attack four battleships and then loot them back. Of course, you need to issue a statement of condemnation, and we will argue with it, and then we will not do it. ”

"My comrades will bring 5 million antibiotics to support the Soviet comrades who fought bravely at Nomenkan. I hope that under the wise leadership of Comrade Stalin, you will completely break the wolf ambitions of the little devils! ”

Belikov received Bai Shujie's assurances and naturally left happily.

Bai Shujie didn't dare to slack off, and now he must start acting immediately. Because in the next 20 days, or even longer, the entire Korean Peninsula will be a human flesh mill full of war and blood!

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.