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spn Hanjing Mountain, Republic Dog Base Camp, April 22, 1946.

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In the huge base camp combat conference room, a special military meeting on the Far East General Offensive "Iron Shoe Plan..." will be held.

Since Zhang Shusheng’s speech at the Tomb-Sweeping Day commemoration event, the Far East general offensive plan that the General Staff Headquarters had already formulated... has begun to enter a period of detailed revision. A military plan that involves everything from the front line to logistics, from a division to an entire front army.

In this day, the detailed modifications have been completed and the preliminary framework has been set up. The next thing to do is to continuously fill in new things before the war begins.

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Zhou Guolai, General Manager of the Government Affairs Council, Jiang Baili, Chief of General Staff, Cai Wei, Defense Minister, Luo Feng, Director of Base Camp Special Intelligence Department, Su Yuren, Base Camp Operations Director, Wei Sancai, Base Camp Propaganda Director, and Sun Laixi, Deputy General Manager of Shusheng Company.

The main military generals include General Huo Weiguo, commander of the Far East Front, General Xu Shuzheng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front, General Zhang Zizhong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Central Asian Front, and General Yang Hucheng, chief of staff of the Southeast Asian Front.

General Fan Siran, Commander of the Air Force, General Deng Haoqian, Commander of the Navy, General Li Junming, Commander of the most elite Guards Corps in China, and General Political Commissar of the Huaxia Military Academy.

In the solemn war room, no one was talking to each other. The materials that needed to be read and the discussions that needed to be done had been completed before the meeting. Although the General Staff's Iron Heel Plan would not be announced until this military meeting, everyone had a certain idea in their hearts.

At the end of the day, I know that the Chairman of the Generalissimo is determined to solve the Far East issue this time, so as to end the current unfavorable situation in which the Republic is hampered in all directions.

"Dian!"

Su Yuren raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was already 9:29:30 in the morning, and there were still 30 seconds left before the meeting. As usual, the chairman of the committee was about to enter the conference room. He coughed lightly, and everyone couldn't help but straighten up.

waist.

"The Chairman is here!"

Sure enough, the sound of footsteps was heard, and Zhang Shusheng walked in accompanied by Mao Yunlou, who had just been promoted to the secretary-general of the base camp.

"Stand up 1"

As soon as the division was called, all the military and political dignitaries stood up neatly, stood at attention, saluted, and shouted in a loud voice: "Chairman!"

"Everyone, please sit down."

Zhang Shusheng usually doesn't like meetings very much, especially high-level military meetings with more than a dozen or twenty people. Generally, he likes to have tea-style meetings in the small conference room of the head of state's office. With the mature military and political system of the Republic,

He only needs to control the overall situation, but he still must attend high-level military meetings such as major events.

Zhang Shusheng: "Just now, I received another report about the Germans from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Germans, who had just occupied the entire territory of Iran and captured more than 80,000 Allied troops, offered to attack India's Baluchistan Province to reduce our pressure in Southeast Asia in exchange for us accelerating a large-scale offensive into the hinterland of the Soviet Union.

Within five months to a year, major areas of the Soviet Union were "liberated."

The Germans also promised to protect our interests in the Soviet Union. In terms of dividing interests after the war, we can establish several small principalities as safe zones between the European zone of influence and the [Chinese] occupied zone.

This is a very tempting offer, but we cannot accept it.

Once the Soviet Union completely collapses and the allies led by Britain and the United States do not have time to open a second battlefield, we will have full contact with the European Nazi legions on the entire battlefield of World War II. There may be no problem within three years, five years, or ten years, but twenty years later

Woolen cloth?

By talking about this issue before the meeting, I want to emphasize our army’s World War II strategy to eliminate the Allies, weaken the Axis Nazi legions, and seize the biggest fruits of victory in World War II.”

After a pause, Zhang Shusheng began to talk about the core spirit of this meeting.[

“This operational meeting aims to coordinate the overall situation and do the preliminary work of the Iron Shoe Plan.

The problem in the Far East has reached a point that must be resolved. A large number of our army's forces are tied up in the Far East, so that plans in other directions have been affected to a certain extent.

Now the situation of World War II is basically clear. As long as we are determined, the Axis powers can win the final victory. So, now is the time for us to make arrangements in advance and seize the fruits of victory. The premise of the arrangement is to solve the Far East and free up troops and energy.

Open up a second battlefield.

Chief of General Staff of Chiang Kai-shek, please briefly introduce the Iron Hoof Plan."

"Yes, Chairman!"

Jiang Baili stood up and walked to the huge map. He simply said, "The original intention of the Iron Hoof Plan was to trample the Allied forces in the Far East with thousands of horses galloping, to trample the Allied forces in the Far East with thousands of iron hooves, to surround and annihilate the Far East theater at the most devastating speed.

of the Allies.

Excluding Japan's local troops, the current total Allied strength in the Far East Theater is approximately 3.9 million. Among them, the Soviet strength is 1.5 million, the Japanese strength is 1.9 million, and the American strength is 500,000.

If it comes to

The total strength is roughly equivalent to the total strength of the Soviet Union within 300 kilometers of the border area when the Germans implemented the Baljirosha Plan. However, once the war breaks out, Japan may add one million troops in a short period of time. This is

A big variable.

Although the total strength of the Allied forces is strong, there are still many problems.

The first is that the forces are relatively dispersed. In order to clarify the responsibility system of the defense zone, the Allies specifically required the three armies of the United States, Japan and the Soviet Union to station themselves on one side. Although they all have solid fortifications that can be defended, these fortifications are not indestructible. Especially the Japanese and Soviet armies.

There is a large gap in the middle of the military cluster, which we can take advantage of.

The second is that the equipment is backward and supplies are seriously insufficient. Even with the full supply of the Americans, the current Allied forces in the Far East Theater and even the U.S. military's own army are seriously short of artillery, aircraft, artillery, and "medicine"

These urgently needed supplies for the war. Since the Soviets have basically lost their local production capabilities, and the Japanese have continued to be subject to our strategic bombings, the military production index has dropped to the level of thirty years ago.

It was completely unable to meet the needs of the current huge Japanese army. In the most serious period, even some screws had to be transported from the mainland to the Far East by the Americans. This seriously hindered the logistics of the Allied forces. Even with the transportation capabilities of the Americans, when necessary,

When taking care of the war supplies for the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, India, the Far East and other regions, I also feel that it is powerful. The current transportation capacity can only basically meet the cost of our daily battles.

There is a popular saying among the US military in the Far East: The US military in India has chewing gum and Coke, the Soviet Union and the British have American cans, and the Far East seems to be the closest to the United States, but it has the worst life."

The baton in Jiang Baili's hand moved to the actual control area of ​​​​China in the Far East region, and continued, "The current total strength of our army in the Far East theater is 2.5 million, including the troops in the Far East coastal area.

The coastal area borders North Korea and our country. These troops are mainly responsible for guarding Japan's direction. It is unlikely to be mobilized during wartime. Therefore, our actual available troops in the Far East are 2 million.

To implement the Iron Shoe Plan...this force is obviously not enough."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baili looked at Zhang Shusheng.

Zhang Shusheng took over and said, "What the Chief of General Staff said is that the total strength of our country's active formal troops is more than 7 million, but they are used in the Far East, Central Asia, Siberia, Southeast Asia, and local garrison areas. The troop strength

Already very stretched.

At present, many countries in the world have completed military expansion plans worth tens of millions. The Nazi Legion led by the Germans, the British Commonwealth Legion, the American Legion, and the Soviet Union have all reached or far away in total strength.

Far exceeding the scale of tens of millions.

Each country has strong military strength. The Nazi legions in the direction of India have reached the Indian border. The Soviet battlefield is still stalemate, but the Soviets are already exhausted. If the Allies do not take greater action, they will surely fall into an irreversible situation. Therefore, we must

Speeded up.

In order to complete the Iron Hoof Plan..., I will once again sign a new army expansion order, recruit some veteran officers and soldiers who have been transferred to reserve forces on a voluntary basis, and then transfer approximately 3 million reserve troops to active duty to achieve the goal of 10 million standing troops.

Most of the newly formed troops will be used for domestic and overseas garrison tasks, freeing up our original elite troops for battlefield use."

Everyone present couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard that the Chairman of the Generalissimo finally agreed to the third round of military expansion plan. Although the weapons of the National Defense Forces are becoming more and more advanced, the official strength of the National Defense Force has never been able to cross the threshold of 7 million. If they want to seize the biggest victory on the increasingly clear battlefield of World War II,

Cake, this amount of troops is obviously not enough.

In order to balance economic, military, people's livelihood and other issues, Zhang Shusheng has always called for orderly military expansion rather than blind expansion. Today, the time is ripe.[

Of course, Zhang Shusheng himself understood better that if China only wanted to ensure its current vested interests, or to ensure national security, then 7 million troops would be enough.

In the original history, although the multiple participating countries had a total military strength of tens of millions, they were not as ferocious as the current World War II, with military expansion reaching millions at every turn.

It's not that these participating countries are wealthy and have large populations, but they are almost unable to hold on any longer, and everyone wants to defeat their opponents with one final punch.

However, China is not as crazy as other countries. Instead, it adopts the dual route of elite and ten strong soldiers, transferring the remaining national power to social, economic, technological, educational, cultural and other directions, combining war and development.

, step by step to strengthen China and unite China.

For example, the pension system and the medical insurance system, which are about to be initially expanded, were not greatly affected by the war. Three years of exploration, three years of expansion, another three years, and ten years later, World War II may be over, but these two major

But the policy can gradually get on track.

Zhang Shusheng: "I have discussed the issue of military expansion with Premier Zhou, and it will basically not affect our current rapid economic development. In this war, we are the only country whose losses are far less than our gains. Compared with

Our losses, Huoqubing Province, Beihai Province, Southeast Asian Provinces, and even the Far East, the land, resources, and even the population in these areas are our biggest gains. Compared with these, our losses are insignificant.

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Other countries have suffered great losses. Where are the greatest losses?

When the Soviets fought a war, the entire Soviet industrial area and even cities were bombed into rubble. The Germans were not much better, with a serious shortage of labor, an intensifying domestic economic crisis, the national economy on the verge of bankruptcy, extremely high casualty rates, etc.

Among other things, in a large-scale battle, the Soviets suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties and were captured. The Germans also had to pay similar sacrifices. Now the British have to

With the reinforcement of the Americans, the anti-bombing plan for Germany was carried out smoothly. Even Hitler could only hide in the underground office. The tragic situation in Berlin and other important European cities can be imagined. It is said that Britain and the United States want to learn from us in Japan.

After strategic bombing, the B29 strategic bombers are ready to mobilize two or three air forces. It is worth looking forward to what will happen to Germany and even Europe next.

It is impossible to fight such a war without suffering heavy losses, and we seem to be lucky, but in fact we are fully prepared and have an excellent geographical location."

Zhang Shusheng’s words are quite right. If China were placed in today’s Europe, or China was placed on the territory of the Soviet Union, the result would be a mess. But what about the current China?

Although the neighboring powers have many constraints, Japan

Neither the Soviet Union nor even India, where the Allied forces were heavily concentrated, posed a threat to a home invasion.

Zhang Shusheng motioned to Jiang Baili to continue.

"World War II has entered a fever pitch. According to intelligence, the Allies have been trying to open a second battlefield to reverse the current unfavorable situation. Although we still don't know what shocking plans the Allies have to reverse the situation, our iron-hoe plan must be resolutely completed.

, get ahead of them.
To be continued...