Glorious Mission 1937

After a month-long debate in front of the imperial court, Japan has determined to fight the United States, Britain and the Netherlands at all costs.However, the preparations for the war had already started half a year ago. The troops, materials and military supplies put into the southern battle had been sent to French Indochina, Hainan Island, South China, Taiwan, Amami Oshima, Palau, Transportation in Ogasawara and other places.

According to the decision of the imperial meeting on June 6 to start war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands, the order of battle for the Southern Combat Forces was issued on June 20.

其战斗序列为：南方军总司令官寺内寿一大将，参谋长冢田攻中将，副总参谋长青木重诚少将，下辖：南方军总司令部、第14军（第16师团、第48师团、第65旅团）、第15军（第33师团、第55师团）、第16军（第2师团、第38师团、第56混成步兵团）、第25军（近卫师团、第5师团、第18师团、第56师团）

另外，南方军司令部还直属有第27师团、第21独立混成旅团、南海支队、第4独立混成联队、第3飞行集团、第5飞行集团、第21独立飞行队等。

As the Southern Combat Force, in addition to this, there is also the basic unit of the 23th Division under the command of the Commander of the 38rd Army of the Chinese Expedition Army, which is designated as the Hong Kong Combat Force, and the Commander of Ship Transport under the Chief of Staff A large number of ship troops under the command of the commander, among which the required troops are respectively equipped with the Southern Army and the South China Sea Detachment.

6月27日，又重新将西部军所属的第56师团调属于第25军，使该军成为以4个师团为骨干的部队。第16军为对荷属东印度方面的作战部队，随着对香港和菲律宾作战编制，准备把第38师团及第48师团从第23军和第14军抽出，调属于该军。

On June 6, while issuing the above-mentioned battle sequence order, the Army Department of the Japanese Army Base Camp issued the Continental Command No. 28 combat preparation order to the Southern Army.

There are six orders in this order: 25. The base camp is ready to capture important areas in the south.[-]. The commander-in-chief of the Southern Army should coordinate with the navy to gather the main forces in Indochina, South China, Taiwan, the Southwest Islands, and the Nanyang Islands, and prepare to capture important areas in the South.Issues related to offensive operations will be ordered separately.[-]. The commander-in-chief of the Southern Army should take over the task of strengthening the blockade against China currently held by the commander of the [-]th Army.[-]. Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army.If you are attacked by the US, British, and Dutch troops or one of them, for self-defense, you can fight back with your troops.When the above situation occurs, it should be resolved in local areas as much as possible.[-]. The Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Force, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Taiwan Army shall support the second item of combat preparations.[-]. Relevant details shall be directed by the Chief of Staff.

Then on June 6, the Army Department of the Japanese Army Base Camp issued an order to the Southern Army concerning the capture of important areas in the South—Order No. 29 of the Continent Command. [

According to the order.The base camp of the Japanese army is to complete the "self-preservation and self-defense" of the Japanese Empire and to build a new order in East Asia.Prepare to capture important areas in the south.The commander-in-chief of the southern army should cooperate with the navy to quickly capture important areas in the south.The areas that should be occupied are all important areas of the Philippines, British Malays, Dutch East Indies, and a part of Burma.

When conducting operations, we should try our best to ensure the stability of Thailand and Indochina.And imposed a blockade on China from this aspect.If the Thai and Indochinese forces resist, they can occupy important areas.

When conducting operations, propaganda strategies should be implemented mainly to facilitate the completion of operations.In order to restore law and order in the occupied areas, obtain important national defense resources and ensure that the troops are replenished on the spot, military control should be imposed on the occupied areas.The Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Forces and the Commander-in-Chief of the Taiwan Army shall provide necessary assistance to the operations conducted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army.

So far, all preparations for the southward battle in Japan have been completed, and the implementation can begin only after the emperor approves the battle plan submitted by the base camp.

Just when Japan was actively preparing to declare war on the United States, Britain and the Netherlands, it was in China.Chen Feng received an urgent telegram from Europe. The telegram was sent from Moscow, and the signer was Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union.

The content of the telegram was very long, but it was summed up as a central point, which was to request Chen Feng's troops to reinforce the Soviet Union, and at the same time request Chen Feng's troops to cut off any transactions with Germany.

After reading the telegram, Chen Feng fell into deep thought.He is well aware of Stalin's current situation, which is very difficult, very difficult.It has been almost three months since the Soviet-German war broke out, and the Soviet Union was completely unprepared for this war.Therefore, it fell into chaos at the beginning of the war.Only 10 days after the start of the war, the German army advanced 600 kilometers into the Soviet Union.On the first day of fighting, the Soviet Red Army lost 1200 aircraft, 800 of which were blown up before taking off.

Just like when Japan invaded China, Hitler also uttered wild words, publicly declaring in newspapers that he would destroy the Soviet Union within three months.On the Northwest Front, the Soviet Red Army retreated 450 kilometers in two weeks, abandoning the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea.The 24 divisions of the Soviet Red Army were completely defeated, and the 20 divisions lost 60% of their personnel and equipment. The German army soon arrived at the city of Leningrad.

The western front is the key area of ​​the German assault. The German army reached an encirclement of the Western Soviet Military Region from the direction of Grodno and Brest Fortress. Minsk, the capital of Belarus, fell. The Soviet Red Army retreated 350 kilometers. Loss of more than 30% of personnel.The German army successively carried out three effective assaults in Minsk, Smolensk, Vyazma and other places, encircling and annihilating a large number of Soviet Red Army troops.

On the Southwest Front, the main purpose of the German army was to destroy the Soviet Union's agricultural and industrial bases in Ukraine and to obtain Black Sea ports as supply stations.Facing the Soviet Union’s Kiev Military District and Odessa Military District, the Southwest Front Army was the most powerful military district in the Soviet Union. In the early days of the war, due to the continuous counterattacks of the Soviet Red Army, the German army’s progress in this direction was the slowest.

However, because Germany's military strength was far above that of the Soviet Union at this time, the German army still drove straight to the Dnieper River.Due to the excessive losses of the Western Front Army, the right wing of the Southwest Front Army was exposed and did not move in time. On June 1941, 6, the German army surrounded the main force of the Soviet Southwest Front Army in the Battle of Kiev. After 15 days of bloody battles, a small number of Soviet Red Army broke through, 10 More than 66 officers were annihilated, including General Kirponos, commander of the Southwest Front, and Lieutenant General Tupikov, chief of staff, and many senior generals were killed in the breakout battle, and the German army occupied the entire territory of Ukraine .

From April to June 1941, the Soviet Red Army lost a total of 4 million people, including 6 million army losses. In addition, the loss of weapons and equipment was extremely heavy, with 300 million light weapons, 220 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and 41728 artillery pieces. 15601 aircraft.

Such a heavy loss, even a country as strong as the Soviet Union cannot bear it.If this trend continues, the Soviet Union may not be able to survive this year, so the Soviet Union is anxious, really anxious.

According to the telegram that Stalin sent to Chen Feng, he asked Chen Feng to support a batch of Soviet weapons and equipment, including light and heavy weapons, as well as various artillery tanks and aircraft. The most important thing was that Chen Feng could authorize all Soviet tank factories to mass-produce T34 tanks.

To be honest, Chen Feng was not very interested in supporting the Soviet Union. Why did he say that, because in Chen Feng's view, the Soviet Union and Germany were the same species, and whoever won and who lost had nothing to do with him.His main purpose is to recover the lost land, and the country that invaded the most Chinese territory is the Soviet Union. [

If the Soviet Union had won the war, Stalin's character would definitely not return these lands to China.But he also knows that Japan's southward invasion of Southeast Asia is imminent, and the alliance between the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and all countries that are being invaded by fascist forces is imperative. If they do not support the Soviet Union, according to Germany's current national strength and military strength, the Soviet Union may not be able to support it. support from Western countries.

If the Soviet Union collapses, it will deal a big blow to the world's anti-fascist power. Most importantly, if the Soviet Union's power in Europe is defeated by Germany, then Japan is likely to send troops to occupy the Soviet Far East. He still cannot take all the lost territories. Taking it back, especially Sakhalin Island, a giant sea island that is isolated overseas, this is not good news for Chen Feng.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Chen Feng decided to have a good talk with Stalin. If Stalin is willing to abide by Lenin's last wish and return all the territories occupied by China to China, then it is not impossible to provide aid to the Soviet Union. Its weapons and equipment are enough to equip tens of millions of troops, and selling them to Britain and France, two poor countries, will not make much profit at all. The local tyrant customer of the Soviet Union is the most worth fighting for.

On the last day of June, Chen Feng called Stalin back, hoping to have a direct dialogue with the supreme leader of the Soviet Union and discuss the possibility of comprehensive cooperation with each other.

Stalin was also a decisive person. After receiving Chen Feng's telegram, he knew that Chen Feng would have face-to-face discussions with him, or negotiations.In the past, Stalin would have never paid attention to Chen Feng, a small Chinese general. Even the supreme leader of China, Jiang, was nothing more than an unworthy bastard in Stalin's eyes.

But it's different now. The situation forced the German army to attack more and more fiercely.The great Soviet Union is facing the most dangerous national crisis since the founding of the People's Republic of China. If it is not handled well, it will be a disaster of extinction. Therefore, he must pay attention to the Chinese general who has an elite army of one million or hundreds of thousands. There are still many things necessary for the Soviet Union in hand.

But because the German army's attack is very fierce now, and millions of troops are approaching Stalingrad, so he has no time to go to China, so he called Chen Feng, hoping that Chen Feng can come to Moscow as soon as possible, and carry out the highest possible cooperation between the two sides. Leader-level negotiations.

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