Yang Zhen's famous instructions were based on a comprehensive analysis of the current international and surrounding situation. In Yang Zhen's view, this may be the last free material he scraped from the Soviets. After a month and a half, I'm afraid there will never be such an opportunity again. Since there is such a chance, there is no need to have any scruples.

The scale of the Lingxi campaign carried out by Yang Zhen this time is extremely small. The main battle with the Japanese army was mainly aviation, but Yang Zhen and the 23rd Division that caused the Hailar Bloody Incident inadvertently made a very tacit cooperation in strategy. Judging from the pure results, the results achieved by this unintentional cooperation are quite good.

Although the Anti-Japanese Federation hated the 23rd Division, it was their act of letting the wolf into the house that made Yang Zhen give those Mongols who were always thinking about taking advantage of the danger and biting off a piece of meat from their original master a lesson that they would never forget. Completely defeated their ambitions, and created a stable western environment for the next battle.

Moreover, it was the escape operation of the 23rd Division that passed through Mongolia and looted all the supplies stored by the Soviet army in Bayinbul Land, which also made the Soviet army truly realize who its enemy was. didn't let Yang Zhen spend much effort, so he knocked a large amount of bamboo bars in excess of the quota.

If it weren't for the 23rd Division's slaughter of tens of thousands of Hailar's flesh and blood compatriots, the 23rd Division's unintentional cooperation with Yang Zhen this time alone. Yang Zhen estimated that they would be given a certificate of award for the best supporting actor in reward for their cooperation in Yang Zhen's battle with the Mongols and the Soviets.

In fact, the Soviets did not know that this effort to curb the Japanese ambitions against Mongolia was actually unnecessary. Yang Zhen naturally knew, but he wouldn't be so self-deprecating and rush to sue the Soviets. If the Soviets knew that the incidents caused by the Japanese army on the Manchurian-Mongolian border were just a bluff, then where would they go to find this free lunch? Yang Zhen was not so naïve and stupid.

In fact, when the 23rd Division, which had fled all the way, withdrew to Linxi, although it maintained a general structure and was relatively intact, it did not have the ability to launch an attack at all. If they relied on their own strength, let alone fighting against the Soviet Union, they would not be able to fight against the extremely weak Mongol army.

In fact, the Japanese troops who entered the territory of Mongolia and engaged the Mongol army were not the real troops of the 23rd Division. Rather, the Kwantung Army was transferred from other units in order to restore the combat effectiveness of the 23rd Division in the shortest possible time. Even some of the Korean puppet Manchu troops stationed in Linxi were also changed into military uniforms and merged into the 23rd Division. The Japanese troops who entered Mongolia to harass and fight were all transferred later.

They entered the territory of Mongolia to harass just to fool the Soviets. It was just a fake show that the Soviet Army thought that although the 23rd Division had suffered considerable losses, its combat effectiveness was still strong. The real purpose was to make the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia cut off the idea of taking advantage of the situation.

When the 23rd Division, which had almost fled all the way, withdrew to Linxi, the tragic situation not only stunned the local Kwantung Army troops in Linxi, but also shocked the new Kwantung Army Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi, who had rushed to Linxi to inspect and welcome them. Where is this still a division of the imperial army? Those who don't know still think that there is a group of people in front of them.

The uniforms of these once majestic soldiers of the Imperial Army have long been tattered. There were still military uniforms, and some of the soldiers were wearing the uniforms of the captured Mongol army. The worst ones were even wrapped in sheepskins looted from Mongolia.

If it's not the hat on the head, it's still an authentic battle cap like a nest head in the imperial army. The people were also authentic Japanese, and Lieutenant General Yoshimoto almost thought it was the Mongol army or some other messy guerrilla force that had fought him. Its tragic situation can be described as miserable.

As for the backpack of the soldiers of the Imperial Army, it has long been replaced by the kind of backpack used by the Soviet army. Things like blankets have long been lost because of light clothing. What was even more surprising to Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto was that after these Japanese soldiers returned to the border line, the dry food they took out of their pockets was not the Japanese army's standard field food.

Instead, almost everyone pulled out a food that surprised him, a pure Russian-style big column. These Japanese soldiers, who have long been out of food and have been living on the Russian reserves looted in Mongolia these days, have long since lost their former pickiness. According to the Russian custom, sprinkle a little salty salt and eat it in large gulps.

In terms of weapons and equipment, it is even more miserable. The whole army brought back only four rapid-fire guns and two Type 92 infantry guns. As for other weapons above the heavy machine gun, they have long been lost. Not only did not a single piece of the original weapons and equipment of the whole division and regiment be brought back, but even the weapons that had been resupplied in Arshan were lost.

Even the Japanese-made Type 38 rifles in the hands of many soldiers were replaced by Russian-made Mosinagan rifles with relatively sufficient ammunition. This kind of rifle itself is even longer than the Type 38 rifle, and with a long, non-detachable prismatic bayonet, it is even longer and more terrifying, almost much taller than the average Japanese army. A short Japanese soldier looks ridiculous with a rifle that is taller than himself.

The tragic situation of the 23rd Division from top to bottom was not the most shocking thing for Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto. What shocked him the most was the huge gap between the number of the 23rd Division and the total strength of this Division A and its subordinate units. In Hailar, together with the border garrison and heavy artillery and chariot units assigned to it, the strength of this division was once as high as more than 20,000 people, and it can even be said that it was nearly 30,000 people.

However, the total strength of the withdrawn 23rd Division, no matter how General Yoshimoto counted them, did not exceed 10,000. That is to say, during the entire retreat operation, the 23rd Division was not left to cover, but in the end there were no troops that could be withdrawn.

Nearly 10,000 troops were lost on the road alone. That is to say, at present, the 23rd Division, which has the most experience in fighting against the Soviet Union among the Japanese army, has been completely disabled. What made it even more difficult for Lieutenant General Yoshimoto to accept was that almost all of the losses inflicted on the 23rd Division were the results of the anti-coalition air force, except for a few ground operations.

After inspecting the 23rd Division, which was in vain, and after a detailed investigation of the events of last year's battle, Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto did not hesitate in the slightest. In the shortest possible time, a letter was sent to the Japanese army headquarters that was later called the most correct by Japanese war historians, but it was also a report that completely pushed the entire Japanese Empire to the point of no return.

Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto directly stated in his report that today's Anti-Japanese Union has become a well-equipped army with extremely strong combat effectiveness. Its use of aviation has even surpassed the use of combat aircraft by the Imperial Army Air Forces. Before its foreign aid was completely cut off, the Kwantung Army had almost no possibility of defeating the Anti-Japanese Union under the condition that it had to take into account the garrison of Manchuria.

Unless a large number of troops are mobilized, and the full support of heavy artillery, tanks, and aviation that far exceed the number of heavy artillery, tanks, and aviation that far exceed the current number of equipment of the Kwantung Army. Moreover, under the condition of cutting off all its foreign aid, including all import channels for oil and aircraft parts, there is almost no possibility of completely defeating this anti-Manchurian armed force by simply relying on the Kwantung Army's own strength at present.

Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto's report can be described as a lion's big mouth, and the new fighter alone asks for 1,000 planes. As for the number of other tanks and heavy artillery, it exceeded the capacity of the Japanese army. If you want to meet the needs of the Kwantung Army, the rest of the Japanese army should not do anything, just stay where you are.

Without the support of heavy weapons, which has an absolute advantage over the Chinese army, the Japanese army will not be able to fight the current battle in the face of the Chinese army in Guannai, which has absolute numerical superiority. On the infantry, the Japanese army is certainly far superior to the Chinese army. However, the Japanese army, which has always been an absolute disadvantage in numbers, may not necessarily take advantage of the previous advantage in a one-on-one battle.

It should be said that Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto, who is currently the chief of staff of the largest strategic cluster of the Japanese army, has considered things quite carefully. In the report, Yoshimoto Sada, who has always told the Tokyo base camp that at present, for the Kwantung Army, the better way is not to attack but to defend.

If Tokyo can completely cut off its channels for importing oil and military raw materials, and mobilize reinforcements and replenish absolutely sufficient heavy equipment in the required quantities, it will form a firepower superiority. Only then could the Kwantung Army completely exterminate the anti-Manchu armed forces that had completely gained a foothold in North Manchuria.

The Tokyo base camp attaches great importance to the report of Lieutenant General Sadachi Yoshimoto. Although the Japanese military top brass had always regarded Manchurian and Mongolian as their so-called lifeline, for Japan, which lacked its own resources, the oil and rare metals of the South Seas were more attractive than the desolate North Manchuria, which had nothing but coal and timber. Especially for the Japanese army, which is even more scarce in oil resources, the oil resources in Southeast Asia are even more attractive.

This report, together with the results of the Battle of '41, was considered by later war historians to be one of the reasons for the Japanese army's final decision to move south. Of course, this report is a later thing. Whether it is for Umezu Mijiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, or for Sadachi Yoshimoto, who has just taken over such a mess, the most important thing now is to solve the problem at hand.

The outcome of the 23rd Division in front of us is undoubtedly extremely unacceptable to both Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Saichi in Rinsai and Senior General Umezu Mijiro in Shinkyo. However, out of fear that the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in Mongolia would take advantage of the situation, the two people could only find a way to give the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia a 23rd division whose combat effectiveness was still intact, and they wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot the impression that there was no way at all.

Although the Tokyo base camp drew a rather large pie for the Kwantung Army, before it was realized, this pie could only be described as painting bread to satisfy hunger. The Kwantung Army, which had tried the superiority of Soviet firepower in the Battle of Nomenhan, also knew that it was not only itself that was constantly spying on its opponent in the dark. People who are always calculating others are always wary of others calculating themselves.

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