Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Commander-in-chief, the development of the war situation is really beyond our imagination. Now we should send out the air force to directly destroy his 6 troops." The original battle plan is now almost not used at all. The original battle plan was not to use the air force to destroy his two infantry divisions. Now his troops are really too large.

There are four infantry divisions in total, plus two armored regiments. Their strength is somewhat different from that of the reconnaissance force, and they are increasing their forces.

"Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly. What do we in the staff department do? To make improvisations. The soldiers on the front line should also be aware of the situation. If everything is carried out according to our battle plan, we would have won long ago. Not to mention the Soviets, even conquering the world would be a possibility." The Air Force won the battle, which basically meant half the victory. Mao Yuanshan was in a better mood than before. Although he knew before that his army could definitely win, what he thought in his heart was different from the actual situation in front of him.

This feeling is like the college entrance examination for a good student in today's society. In fact, the usual mock tests have already given him the results. As long as he performs normally in the exam, he can be admitted to the university smoothly. But what he thinks is one thing, and when the admission letter really comes into his hands is another thing. When the admission letter is really in his hands, that is the time to truly relax, and that is the time of victory.

"We have to make changes accordingly. We can't increase the number of armored regiments, but it's better for us to add a regiment. Who knows what the situation in the Soviet Union is?" Chief of Staff Colonel Hu Lian formulated a more conservative battle plan, but Mao Yuanshan didn't think so at all. In his opinion, since they have seized such an opportunity, they should do it to the end in one go. Anyway, their reinforcements in Europe have not arrived in full. If they arrive in full, those people will definitely not come to see the scenery. They will definitely start a big war with us. It is better for us to ignite this war in advance.

According to conventional theory, if the army you have is not very strong, you should organize a defensive position on the spot, and strengthen it again and again until the enemy can't get in. This is what you should do. But if you have a good opportunity, can you take a gamble? Just like when you took Ulan-Ude, Mao Yuanshan never thought that this big city would fall into his hands so easily.

"The strength of the two armored regiments remains the same, and add three more infantry regiments to target Irkutsk. If I were to give them a combat mission, it would be to capture Timoshenko alive." The staff, which had been in a state of chaos due to the busy work, immediately quieted down! They really didn't understand what their commander-in-chief was thinking about. He was actually thinking about occupying another big city of the Soviets. Although your air force has won the victory, they still have nearly 40 land forces, and there are about 20 reinforcements on the way?

We did defeat the Soviets and our morale was very high, but the reality was that we only had two armored regiments that we could use for the attack, plus three infantry regiments with a total number of less than 10. There were many examples of defeating the larger force with the smaller one, but the enemy's number was several times greater than ours. How could we possibly defeat them? Once our offensive speed was hampered, we would most likely fall into the enemy's encirclement.

Originally, we were thinking of letting the enemy enter our encirclement in this war, but now the situation has been reversed. The armored regiment's attack is indeed very sharp, and there is absolutely no problem in tearing open their defenses if combined with the air force. Any combat staff officer here will believe that this situation will become a reality, but it is a bit difficult to defeat them and occupy Irkutsk.

"Commander-in-chief, I know that the last victory was great, but this time is different. Last time they only had 25 troops, and we had nearly 10 people, but this time they have about 50 troops. The difference in numbers is too big. If we are slightly disadvantaged, our attacking forces will most likely be surrounded by them, which will be a serious blow to our morale." As the chief of staff, Hu Lian has the responsibility and obligation to say this. He cannot let Mao Yuanshan do as he pleases. If he lets Mao Yuanshan do as he pleases, there may be heavy losses.

The strength of about 70,000 to 80,000 infantry plus two armored regiments is definitely not a small number. The Chahar local government can afford to lose these troops, but what it cannot afford to lose is the morale of the entire army. Now the Chahar local government has basically never lost a battle.

If we suffer a defeat in this place, it will be a serious blow to the morale of the entire army. It will not be so easy to restore it at that time. The soldiers have a shadow in their hearts. If you want to remove this shadow, you will have to spend ten times or even a hundred times the strength. The confidence of an army that has fought a hundred battles is very important.

"Everything you do is dangerous. Those old troops that started with me have now become honored troops. But have you ever thought about it? At that time, I took much greater risks than I do now? Why do we dare not do some things now that we have so many heavy weapons and so many well-trained soldiers? It's because we have lost our courage. When I was fighting against the Japanese devils in Beijing, there were only a few security teams with a few thousand people. But what did I do at that time? I did things that many people dared not do. The level of risk at that time was much greater than it is now. Why were the Japanese afraid of me? It was because I was not afraid of them when I was weak. Now that I am strong, I should not be afraid of them even more. The risk level of doing this is much smaller than it was then, but the gains will be much greater than they were then. If we can occupy Irkutsk, then we will gain a large number of industrial equipment. Ulan-Ude is not a very important industrial city, but it can bring huge benefits to our Chahar local government. If we can also bring Irkutsk back in the same way, then it will be a big deal." Mao Yuanshan said seriously.