Zhong Yi did research on the Battle of Nomenkan in his past and present lives.

Before the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet Red Army had just undergone a major purge, and a large number of senior generals and backbone officers with combat experience were brutally executed.

What followed was that the Soviet army's chief officials at all levels were panic and did not dare to take responsibility.

This had a very bad impact on the Soviet military construction and seriously weakened the Soviet military's combat effectiveness. To be honest, the years before the outbreak of the Nomenkan Battle was the weakest time for the Soviet army.

In contrast, after two years of training in the Sino-Japanese War, both senior generals and grassroots officers made great progress in combat experience, and the most advanced ones were the aviation corps.

As for the level of fighting will, the Japanese army at that time could be said to have instantly killed the Soviet Red Army.

In terms of logistics, the Japanese army's logistics supply line is shorter and more reliable than the Soviet army.

Based on various factors, the possibility of the Japanese losing the Battle of Nomenkan can be said to be slim.

However, the Japanese army had one of the most fatal weaknesses, that is, the senior Japanese generals had no research on large-scale combat and did not know how to fight.

The Soviet army had a Zhukov who had a lot of research on large corps operations.

So the final result was that the Kwantung Army was defeated by the Soviet army.

Of course, one thing must be mentioned is that although the Soviet army finally won in the Battle of Nomenkan, the losses of personnel and weapons actually exceeded that of the Japanese army!

But if you lose, you lose. The failure of the Battle of Nomenkan even affected the decision-making of the Japanese government!

Now, the only two Japanese troops who are doing strategic research on the corps are being transferred to the Kanto Army, while Mijiro Umezu, who knows nothing about the corps, has been transferred to the Myanmar battlefield.

So, Zhong Yi is really grateful to the Japanese base camp for this wave of operations.

Stilwell said in confusion: "Zhong, I heard that you have talked about the large-corps combat many times, but I don't understand what is the difference between large-corps combat and general combat?"

Zhong Yi said: "The biggest difference is of course the forces participating in the war."

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "In the so-called large-scale corps battle, the total strength of the two sides participating in the war must exceed one million. A battle with less than one million people cannot be considered large-scale corps battles."

Wang Geng said: "If this is the case, only the Battle of Songhu, Xuzhou and Wuhan can be enough for large-scale corps combat."

"Yes, the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Xuzhou and Wuhan can be considered as a large-scale war." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "The world only knows that the Kuomintang army performed poorly in these three battles, but they don't know that the Japanese army performed poorly in these three battles. In fact, in these three battles, the Japanese army had the opportunity to wipe out the National Army!"

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "It is only because Matsui Ishione and Higashijiu Nihiko and other senior Japanese generals knew nothing about the war of the large corps that they failed to realize their intention of annihilation of the national army. For example, in the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese army invested an average of troops in several directions, with no primary or secondary at all. Compared with the Battle of Xuzhou, more than a dozen Japanese divisions participating in the war also entered the battle one after another, and they were divided into two clusters of north and south, which is exactly the taboo in the large corps combat."

"The large corps must concentrate their forces at key points in combat, and the final result is a decisive move!"

"But you can't sprinkle pepper like you can spread the entire combat area, without any priority."

Stilwell nodded and said, "If you say so, the Japanese army seems to have made a mistake, because Umezu Mijiro divided the 20 divisions of the Myanmar Front into three routes, advancing from Ren'anqiang to the north, and detoured from the Shan-binding Plateau. There were only 12 main forces of the Japanese army left in the middle route."

Wang Geng said in confusion: "If this is the case, aren't we going to have a big taboo?"

"That's right." Stilwell said, "Our four armies are also divided into three clusters to fight against the Japanese army of Ren'anqiang, Shan Gang Plateau and the Central Railway respectively. Wouldn't it be a big taboo?"

"This is different." Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "Although our troops are scattered, our weapons are not scattered. Almost all technical equipment is concentrated in the central battlefield."

Stilwell nodded subconsciously, as if it was true that although the 10 divisions of the 22nd Army were transferred to the Ren'anqiang line, the 10 howitzer regiments assigned to the 22nd Army were left in Mandalay by Zhong Yi.

There are also 10 heavy artillery regiments affiliated to the 27th Army, which were also left in Mandalay.

In addition, there are only four armored regiments in the Myanmar War Zone, all of which are left in Mandalay.

The 1st Aviation Division, which has been fully organized, has also received clear instructions from Zhong Yi that from today, no longer provide air support to the two armies that left Ren'anqiong and Shan Gang Plateau.

Zhong Yi said again: "I concentrated almost all of my technical equipment in the middle to form a local advantage in firepower in the middle battlefield. Our army may be very embarrassed on the Ren'anqiang battlefield on the left wing and the Shangang Plateau battlefield on the right wing, but the victory or defeat of these two battlefields cannot determine the success or failure of the Myanmar Battle!"

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi took another heavy shot of the map and continued: "The key to truly deciding the victory or defeat of Myanmar is the battlefield of Mandalay! As long as our army defeats or even wipes out the Japanese army in the middle, the results achieved by the Japanese army on the left and right wings will become meaningless!"

"And this is the real key to the battle of the large corps!"

"The focus of the large corps' combat must be on key points that are enough to affect the situation!"

"As a commander, the only thing you have to do is to find this key point from the complex situation, and concentrate as much strength as possible to launch an attack from this key point!"

After listening to Zhong Yi's analysis, Wang Geng couldn't help but applaud warmly.

Stilwell and more than a dozen combat staff members also applauded.

...

In Yangon, the Japanese Burmese army sent a condemnation headquarters.

After Umezu Mijiro took office, he immediately moved the headquarters from Binmana to Yangon.

In the combat room of the headquarters, Kimura Hitaro Masahiro said to Umezu Mijiro: "The Commander-in-Chief, the comprehensive information provided by the aviation scouts and the Myanmar National Army recently, can basically conclude that the Chinese army has concentrated almost all its technical equipment in Mandalay, and it seems that they are preparing to fight the Imperial Army in the Mandalay War."
Chapter completed!