Rebirth of the National Marshal

Chapter 228 Marshal Timoshenko

Marshal Timoshenko divided the Far Eastern Military District into three army groups.

The First Army focuses on defending against the Japanese Kwantung Army. Although the Chahar regime and the Kwantung Army are fighting fiercely, the necessary defense must be retained. Who knows what these Japanese are thinking? What if they cooperate with the Chinese to trick us? It is really helpless for him to have such an idea. The Soviets are also fighting on three fronts. Now they don’t trust the Japanese, let alone the Chinese. Therefore, the troops of this army must be placed at the border with the Japanese to let the Japanese see that even if we are fighting with the Chinese, you can’t provoke us. Let the Japanese see what the result of those Chinese who provoked us is now. We are about to send a large army to teach them a lesson. All you Asians should be honest.

In fact, the relationship between the Soviets and the Japanese has never been very good. Even though they signed a non-aggression treaty, if there is a chance, both sides will rush forward without hesitation. A lot of people died in the Russo-Japanese War, not to mention the Soviets. Although the Japanese won, it was a tragic victory in the end, and the number of deaths was also very large.

The Second and Third Army of the Soviet Far East Military District has a total of 25 troops. They are all deployed near some transportation lines between the Far East and the Soviet Union, mainly to obtain supplies quickly. Opposite them is the defense line temporarily arranged by the Chinese. In their view, this defense line is of no use at all. As long as their armored forces come, they can break through this defense line at any time.

I have to say that the Soviets really valued their armored forces. In the eyes of the Chinese, yours cannot be considered an armored force, but only a car covered with iron sheets, similar to the special armored regiment of the Chahar army. Your tank iron sheets are too thin, only 15 millimeters, which is no different from those of the Japanese. Let alone our anti-tank guns, even heavy machine guns equipped with armor-piercing bullets can beat you to a pulp.

As for the air force that the Soviets used to be proud of, there is no need to talk about it now. The air force is destined to play only a supporting role in this battle. The war had just started and it had been cleared out by the Chinese in less than two days. The air force airport was bombed so badly that there was not even a complete runway. As for those oil depots and the like, they must have been destroyed in the first wave. The Soviet Union was not a country lacking in oil. On the contrary, the entire Soviet Union was rich in oil, and they also produced a lot of oil resources. But the problem was that there were no oil depots. What was the use of having more oil?

Marshal Timoshenko ordered the Second and Third Armies to rush into Mongolia later today. According to their idea, the war must be fought on other people's territory and never on their own territory. This was also Marshal Timoshenko's implementation of Moscow's opinion.

Although Moscow did not say that the war must start on Mongolian territory, Marshal Timoshenko understood this. He knew that the Soviets did not want the war to start on their own land, especially the great leader who did not want his country to be affected by war. Although he did not care about his own people, he cared more about his own face. For a country ranked second in industry, if it went to war with a backward country on its own territory, it would undoubtedly be a very embarrassing thing, which would make Lord Dalin very angry.

The Second and Third Armies directly attacked the defensive positions of the Sixth and Seventh Security Regiments. Although there was the Eighth Security Regiment to support them from behind, the three security regiments had only more than 5 people, while the Second and Third Armies had more than people. The four-to-one difference in troop strength would make their defensive battle very difficult.

But they had one good thing, that is, they had the support of the Air Force and could call their own bombers at any time to give the Soviets a wave of bombs as lunch.

Marshal Timoshenko personally flew to the front line and served as the commander-in-chief of the front line. This was a bit of a waste of talent for him, considering that he was originally the commander of the Moscow Military District.

The number of troops and personnel under his management was many times greater than it is now. For other people, being the commander of 25 people was a very impressive thing, but for Marshal Timoshenko, he was no longer trusted by Mr. Stalin. He was a friend of Stalin, so he had always served as the commander of the Moscow Military Region, but for some reason he was directly sent to the Far Eastern Military Region. When he was holding a meeting, he said that the Far Eastern Military Region was a relatively important position. This was simply a way to coax a child. Everyone knew that the Far Eastern Military Region was the least valued place in the Soviet Army.

"Did our reconnaissance planes obtain any news? Have any Chinese reinforcements been found?" Marshal Timoshenko was very efficient. He started to care about military issues as soon as he arrived at the front line.

"Why doesn't anyone answer my question? Wasn't my question clear enough? Or do you all not know the answer?" Marshal Timoshenko was looking at a map. When he heard that no one answered him, he looked up at the people around him. Unexpectedly, these people looked away after meeting his gaze. Still no one answered his question.

"Haha, General Odogari, you should be the commander here, I think you should be able to answer my question." Since no one has answered his question, Marshal Timoshenko can only designate someone to answer the question. This general is the commander of the Second Army.

He has been here for a long time, so it is right to ask him. He should be very familiar with the surrounding situation. Why has our Air Force not sent back any news for such a long time?

"I'm sorry, respected Marshal Timoshenko. It's not that our air force didn't try hard. It's because those despicable Chinese sent their air force to attack our airport before declaring war. Our air force suffered heavy losses, so we can't send out a strong reconnaissance team for the time being, and we have no way to get information about Chinese reinforcements." The guy answered with a stiff upper lip. Everyone knew that Marshal Timoshenko had a very bad temper. If an ordinary person had answered like this, he would have been slapped away.

Marshal Timoshenko frowned. He had known about the enemy's sneak attack for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be so severe.