Faced with a large number of tanks that needed to be replaced with tank guns, Xiong Dazhen personally sat in the tank and tank gun production plant to speed up production and meet the needs of reequipment. This is also why Yang Zhen insisted on postponing the launch of the campaign as much as possible to the last quarter of four or three years.

In addition to the expansion and training of the troops, there is also a large amount of equipment that needs to be modified and repaired in order to reduce the logistical pressure. After all, they are all second-hand and third-hand goods, and German-made equipment is still trophies, which require a lot of repairs. In particular, German-made tanks still need a considerable amount of maintenance.

Without completing the repairs, these tanks, which are all wounded from the battle, will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness at all. Moreover, the tank models of Germany, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain also led to a wide variety of tank guns and machine guns. Replace it with the same caliber as much as possible, and you can also maximize its combat effectiveness.

The equipment department and the military industry department were urged by Yang Zhen not to touch the ground. And the training and establishment departments were also forced to hit the back of the head with their feet. With the arrival of German-made tanks transferred from the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as second-hand goods eliminated by the British from the Middle East, the establishment of armored forces was adjusted.

Considering that the focus of this battle has shifted to Guannai, after the end of the combat meeting of the Central Military Commission, Yang Zhen focused the training of armored troops on the direction of rapid assault and the ability to fight and move in complex terrain, and at the same time strengthened the cooperative training of tank urban operations.

At the same time, the tactics of pincer attack on both wings and division and encirclement were emphatically practiced. In particular, infantry divisions and armored divisions cooperate with each other's strategies and tactics, and the shallow depth of tanks is interspersed with large depth and cooperation. In the first three quarters of the entire four or three years, almost all of the time was spent on this, except for the training of new recruits and the adjustment of equipment.

All the armored units were pulled to the armored corps synthetic training base in turn for training separately. Cadres at all levels of various armored units are almost constantly busy. It is necessary to study strategy and tactics at night, and to strengthen coordinated command and combat training during the day, and everyone is eager to have 48 hours a day.

Cadres at all levels have been extremely nervous by the forced training method of the headquarters taking a small test every week and taking a big test every half a month. In this case, it is necessary to constantly adjust equipment and troops. Almost all the cadres are very busy. Yang Zhen also knew that forcing the troops like this would make him very tired, but he didn't force how to produce results.

Not only the cadres of the Anti-Japanese Federation, but also the troops in the Guannai who came to the northeast for training were also pulled to various training bases for tactical synthesis training. Moreover, compared with the anti-United Nations forces with some old backgrounds, the training volume of the internal contingent is greater. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the training plan, the central authorities ordered each base area to send a senior cadre at the level of deputy political commissar to personally take up the position.

Throughout the training, Yang Zhen's German prisoners of war from the Soviets played a huge role. These German officers, who had mastered the world's most advanced tank tactics, gave considerable help to the anti-United Nations armored forces. The armored tactics of the Anti-United Nations were further improved, and at the same time, the imperfections in the tactics at all levels of the battalion, company and platoon were corrected.

After more than half a year of frenzied training, the armored tactics of the Anti-Japanese Federation, especially the rapid breakthrough, ground-air firepower coordination, and infantry and tank coordination tactics, have made almost a completely new improvement compared with the 42 years. If the tactical coordination method that I explored before is still a little unsystematic.

Then in four or three years, with the help of the Germans, the refinement was finally implemented. Of course, the Anti-Japanese Union did not completely copy the armored tactics of the Germans, and at Yang Zhen's request, the adjustment was still based on the characteristics of its own troops and the differences between the opponents. The German armored engineering and technical personnel also brought out a large number of technical support personnel.

Yang Zhen adjusted the training direction of the troops, and although he did not regard the Kwantung Army as the main combat target, he still shocked the Kwantung Army in South Manchuria into a cold sweat. Although there is not much information available, the limited large-scale training of the Anti-United Nations armored forces, the rapid assault, and the continuous expansion of the anti-United Nations armored forces, still make Umezu Mijiro a little uncomfortable.

He intuitively believed that the Anti-Japanese League was preparing for the complete recovery of South Manchuria. Otherwise, the United States and Britain gave them so many tanks, why didn't they transfer to the Kannai battlefield, but all stayed in the northeast. It's not against yourself, but against whom?

In the face of the armored sword hanging over his head by the Anti-Japanese Union, Umezu Mijiro tried his best to get a batch of armored troops from the Japanese base camp, but also desperately built fortifications and strengthened the configuration of anti-tank firepower. At the same time, the Kwantung Army was greatly readjusted in its troop allocation, and the deployment of troops was increased in areas that were prone to tank breakthroughs.

Originally, in order to avoid the anti-union going all out to South Manchurian in four or three years, Umezu Mijiro was ready to strike first. But the armored sword of the Anti-Union now makes him worried and does not dare to make any big moves. However, the Japanese base camp strictly ordered him to change the overall situation of the South Manchurian defense.

In order to ensure the security of the industrial base in South Manchuria, the situation in which the Kwantung Army was somewhat unfavorable in terms of overall strategy was changed. In the second half of the 43rd year, the Japanese army headquarters deployed the Japanese army in addition to the armored units on the Indo-Burmese battlefield. The rest of the armored units distributed on the mainland and in the Pacific theater were all transferred to the Northeast and North China theaters.

The Japanese army's ground weapons production throughout the four or three years also focused on anti-tank firepower and armored forces. It has even preferred to use stockpiles that are considered exceptionally valuable to curtail the production of light weapons. The power compensated for the decline in production, and all the American and British light weapons that were seized with disdain were passively used.

In order to raise valuable steel for armor, the Japanese emperor directly ordered the subsequent deployment of the Yamato-class battleships to be stopped. At the same time, the navy was required to transfer a part of the fleet to Huludao and Lushun. In order to cooperate with the Kwantung Army to hold the Bac Ninh Railway, to ensure the smooth flow of communication lines inside and outside the Kansai.

However, the Battle of Kuah Island and the war of attrition on the Australian battlefield made it difficult for the Japanese Navy to deploy a large number of ships to the Bohai Sea. The continuous naval and air battles in the Southwest Pacific theater caused the Japanese Navy to consume too many ships. In particular, the Australian landing operation caused the Japanese Navy to suffer its first naval defeat since the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Although it was never able to expel the Japanese troops who landed in Australia, four or three years later, the American forces launched a full-scale counterattack in the southwest Pacific. Although the strategic focus of the United States in the past four or three years has been on the North African and European theaters, the United States' strong national power is still in the Pacific theater, which has brought strong pressure to the Japanese.

In the naval battles of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea Islands that broke out between the United States and Japan in four or three consecutive years, the Japanese army ended in defeat. The sinking of five large aircraft carriers and two battleships made the Japanese lose a large part of their naval strength at once. Moreover, the gradual counteroffensive of the US military has also made the Japanese Navy a little stretched in the use of troops.

This follows the complete occupation of Guadalcanal by the U.S. military in February, as well as successive victories in the naval battles of the Solomon Islands and the New Guinea Islands. In June, some U.S. troops landed on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands and Nassau Bay on the island of New Guinea.

The overall situation in the entire Southwest Pacific Theater has been quite unfavorable to the Japanese Navy. Despite the persecution of the Emperor, the Japanese Navy drew up a plan and began to implement it in accordance with the order. However, the only ships that could be dispatched were an old battleship, plus three old cruisers and three light destroyers led by a heavy cruiser.

Even these ships were drawn from the Tumen River estuary, a group of warships guarded by the Japanese Navy. In order to replace these ships transferred to the Bohai Sea, the Japanese drove out all their local training ships and loaded them with anti-aircraft guns and transferred them to the Tumen River estuary and the western waters of Korea.

Although in September 43, the anti-coalition troops transferred to fight in Guannai had begun to secretly enter the territory of Chahar. By October, the Japanese troops on the Pingjin front had already felt abnormal from the positions of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region on the opposite side, and the sound of tank launches from time to time was unusual. But the Kwantung Army still stubbornly believed that it was just a feint of the Anti-Japanese Federation to distract its own forces.

In order to guard against the tank raid of the Anti-United Nations, the Kwantung Army spent a lot of energy, manpower, and material resources to build three anti-tank trenches along the depth of the confrontation zone between the two armies. A large number of anti-tank obstacles were built, as well as a large number of anti-tank mines were laid.

At the same time, at the site of the confrontation between the two armies, more than four artillery pieces with anti-tank capabilities were deployed on average per kilometer. In the deep area, the method of concentrating forces for defense was adopted. Beginning in the second half of '43, a large number of aviation units and long-range artillery units were concentrated to carry out convulsive firepower strikes from time to time against the United Nations.

Compared with the continuous small-scale hot battles in North China, the entire northeast front is very lively in the air. The artillery battle on the ground between the two sides was also very exciting. In addition to the occasional concentration of a batch of tanks in the second half of the year, the Anti-Japanese Federation occasionally gave the Kwantung Army a small heart-piercing battle in shallow depth from time to time. There weren't many real battles between the two sides on the ground, and everyone was very cautious.

The stubborn Umezu Yoshijiro refused to believe all intelligence from the North China Front, insisting that the plan of the Anti-Union was directed against him. The tank interspersed battle launched by the Anti-United Nations on the front line was also a tentative offensive launched by the Anti-United Nations. General Umezu Mijiro, who resolutely believes that the next attack of the Anti-Japanese Union will focus on himself, is constantly competing with the Chinese army for tanks and heavy artillery.

But compared to Umezu Mijiro, who is extremely stubborn because he has suffered a lot of losses. His colleague in North China, Okamura Ninji, is much more alert. Although there was not much information available, this old man with a keen sense of smell still noticed something different.

From limited intelligence, as well as small units of the 18th Group Army in the mountainous areas, they continued to infiltrate the Jizhong Plain. The communist army that had been latent in Jizhong remained behind, constantly resuming its activities, and was in the overall situation of resurgence. Okamura Ninji has a keen sense that after being silent for nearly a year, I am afraid that the target this time will fall to North China, and it is very likely that it will not be the Northeast.

Moreover, Okamura Ninji also judged that the focus of future competition is likely to be the Jizhong Plain, the richest in the whole of North China and the largest grain producing area in the whole of North China. The drought and locust plague that swept North China almost once again in the first half of '43, as well as the information that there was a serious shortage of grain in the CCP base areas, made Okamura Ninji believe that at least in order to alleviate the serious food shortage in the various base areas in North China, under the condition that the strength of the communist army in North China was limited, the communist army in the northeast was bound to enter the customs in a big way.

Once the Northeast Communist Army enters the pass in a big way, the next key attack direction will definitely be in North China, especially the Jizhong Plain, which is known as North China Ukraine, to deal with the current dilemma of extreme food shortage in the mountainous areas. As for the Kwantung Army, at most it was a diversionary attack.

Under Okamura Ningji's painstaking persuasion, he also considered the follow-up chain reaction that would be caused once North China was lost. His immediate boss, General Shunroku Hatata, personally stepped forward and constantly competed with the Kwantung Army for the rearmament of the troops. In order to compete for the tank wing, heavy artillery wing, and the attachment of the air force, the Kwantung Army and the Chinese dispatch army were inseparable.