Chapter 795 (1/2)
Far East China Mongolia border, nomnham.
The rampant posture of the Japanese army in the Far East was strongly attacked by the Soviet army here.
At this time, the German officers invited by Japan to watch the war had left, leaving only one sentence: ”Japan's military level has greatly improved compared with the early days of World War I.”
This humiliating judgment set off a storm for the Japanese army and its local base camp.
Japan, which initiated the war on its own initiative, judged that after the Soviet Union had gone through a great purge, its combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced and its command would be paralyzed, which is conducive to the trend of the war.
Even after two failures, he still stubbornly believed that the Soviet army was far weaker than itself in weapons, equipment and command capabilities.
In fact, at the end of the campaign, Japan and the Soviet Union never declared war.
The two sides only took the place of the northern Mongolia and Manchukuo, which supported each other. The Japanese army used more than 30000 people, but only half of the regiments were really mobilized.
The remaining half of the regiments were stationed in Manchuria as ”left behind divisions”.
But in fact, even if there are people in the police station, the Japanese army will inevitably fail.
The Soviet Army's artillery and tank cooperative combat ability, as well as the firepower performance is extremely strong, in the equipment aspect completely crushed the Japanese army.
A month ago, on July 23, the Japanese army was unwilling to fail twice. They stubbornly believed that the Soviet army was backward in technology, and still regarded the strength of the Soviet army according to the period of the Japanese Russian war.
Therefore, the Japanese army once again mobilized three heavy artillery units to participate in the war, hoping to fight a beautiful turn over battle.
However, the firepower of the Japanese army was not enough in front of the large caliber artillery of the Soviet army. The heavy artillery unit of the Japanese army was suppressed by the Soviet army and could not raise its head.
On August 24, the counter offensive continued.
The Japanese Kwantung Army, which boasted that it was invincible, lost its reputation and launched a final madness.
In fact, the performance of the Japanese army in this campaign is commendable, but in terms of military quality, it can be called crushing on the Soviet Union.
During the three-month war, the Soviet side's air force, heavy artillery, tanks and other armored forces continued to reinforce, while the main force of the Japanese army, which was trapped in the Chinese battlefield, had almost no reinforcements.
What is more exaggerated is that the Soviet Army consumed nearly 100000 tons of materials in the war, while the Japanese army consumed only 20000 tons.
In terms of casualties, the Soviet Union suffered more than 20000 casualties under the condition of equipment suppression, while the Japanese army's casualties were only 19000, less than that of the victorious Soviet Union.
Therefore, it seems that the Soviet army won the victory, but it did not take any advantage at all. It is just appropriate to say that the Soviet army killed 1000 enemies and lost 800.
But at the present stage, the battle of nomnham has been completely mythical.
The myth of the Japanese Far East army in the Far East was broken by the Soviet Union, who had been defeated by his subordinates.
Countless people went to tell each other, telling the fact that the Soviet army was strong and that the Japanese army was not invincible.
The international community also publicized this, but deliberately ignored the Soviet Union as the ”winner,” and wantonly devalued the strength of the Japanese military.
In the base camp of Japan, the downfall of the Japanese cabinet of Hiranuma has changed the national development policy and excited the undercurrent of the Japanese military and political circles.
Arrogant and unable to accept this humiliating fact, the Japanese military is determined to fight back.
In August, the Japanese base camp decided to mobilize two divisions, two field heavy artillery regiments, nine rapid fire artillery squadrons, 16 field anti-aircraft artillery teams, one flight team and 22 automobile squadrons to support.
At the same time, the electric bell Guandong command mobilized three divisions and regiments with a total of more than 29000 people and the main force of border guard to advance in an attempt to defeat the Soviet Union and clear up the injustice.
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The Japanese base camp, because of the non aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union, the three Nation Alliance advocated by the Japanese military was completely aborted.
Because of the collapse of hiruma cabinet and the non aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union, Japanese army minister sakakaki Shoichiro was completely expelled from the top decision-making level.