After a pause, Ishihara Kanir said with a solemn look on his face: "After repeated careful considerations, for the sake of His Majesty's plan, for the Yamato national plan, and for the century-long national destiny of the Great Japanese Empire, I am determined to launch a battle against the Soviet Union!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the conference room became extremely warm. All the Japanese officers' eyes were shiny, their blood was surging, and their body temperature began to rise!

After waiting for so long, I finally heard this exciting and important news.

As senior generals, they most hope to lead troops to fight, just like Ishihara Kanir who became famous in battle, thus gradually reaching the peak of their lives.

"The 24th Infantry Division, the 25th Division, the 26th Division, the 27th Division, the 28th Division, the 29th Division, the 29th Division,..."

Ishihara Kanir did not let everyone wait for a long time, and soon ordered the platoons: "The 7th and 8th Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, the 1st Division of Tank and Vehicles, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division, the 4th Division, as well as the 1st Division of the Aviation Division and the 2nd Division!"

"Hayi!"

The Japanese officers who were called to the number stood up one after another, with excitement on their faces. They knew that there was a mediocre show on the stage.

The division commanders and brigade commanders who were not assigned the number were envious and jealous, but they were helpless.

"The above troops form the Kwantung Army assault cluster. Responsible for launching assault blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union! The attack was launched at 0:00 a.m. on July 15!"

After a pause, Ishihara Kanir said strongly: "I personally serve as the commander-in-chief in this battle and fight side by side with you guys!

The other divisions and brigades are ready for alert and war, and are ready to deal with various emergencies at any time!"

"Hayi!"

All the Japanese officers bowed their heads together.

At this time, Ishihara Kanir also stood up and bowed deeply to the senior Japanese generals and said, "You guys, please, for the sake of the empire and the Yamato nation!"

"Hayi! For the Yamato people!"

"The Great Sun Empire will win!"

A group of senior Japanese generals bowed and returned the gifts, shouting wildly.

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Arkhangelsk, located near the mouth of the North Dwina River, is the capital of the Arkhangelsk Prefecture. It was historically an important port in Russia.

It declined after the 18th century due to the opening of St. Petersburg. The railway connecting Moscow was completed in the 19th century and became the center of timber export. During the two world wars, it was a port city for the Russians to enter the materials of the allies.

In current time and space, with the fall of Moscow, Leningrad was besieged, and Arkhangelsk became the seat of the Supreme Soviet Command.

The Soviet Supreme Commander Stalin, Deputy Supreme Commander Zhukov, and the Supreme Commander Huasilevsky, Antonov, Burganin and Kuznetsov and other top leaders gathered together.

At this moment, the entire conference room was filled with sorrow and mist. Comrade Stalin was smoking a cigarette, and Zhukov and others' faces were filled with solemnity, worries and fear.

There is no way, the current war situation is really bad, it can't be bad!

With the continuous attacks of the Germans and increasing their troops, the Soviet Union fell more than 2 million square kilometers. Moscow fell a few months ago, and now Leningrad is also surrounded and lives are hanging on the line.

In another time and space, Leningrad once staged an extremely tragic history.

The German fascist army besieged the city for 872 days, the longest-lasting siege during World War II. The Soviet military and civilians fought an extremely difficult battle to defend Leningrad.

The Leningrad defense war was finally won, but it also paid a heavy price: According to statistics, a total of 642,000 people died in Leningrad city due to starvation and coldness, more than 20,000 people died from German air strikes and artillery attacks, 3,200 buildings were destroyed, the city was beyond recognition, and the streets turned into rubble.

Whether Leningrad can hold on to the current time and space is an unknown number that no one knows.

However, blessings are neither equal to disasters nor singleness. At this critical moment, Finland began to seek cooperation with Germany and launched a counterattack operation code-named "Silver Fox".

On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression treaty, which included secret clauses, divided the spheres of influence among Eastern European countries between the two countries, including Finland to the Soviet Union.

On September 1, Germany attacked Poland, and the Soviet Union then sent troops to the east. In just a few weeks, the two countries divided Poland.

The Soviet Union has since made a territorial claim to Finland, and its refusal led to a four-month winter war.

After this war, more than one-tenth of Finland's best territories and territorial resources were seized by the Soviet Union, and nearly half a million people were displaced.

Thereafter, from March 1940 to June 1941, Finland was in danger of being occupied and destroyed.

The Soviet Union forcibly claimed the concession for the development of the Pessamo nickel mine, asking Finland to compensate for the private and public property that was allegedly destroyed and transferred from the ceased territory.

Moscow also interferes in its internal affairs and external relations in Finland, issuing orders in presidential elections and cabinet nominations, depriving Finland of its right to participate in the Scandinavian defensive alliance in any form.

The Soviet Union and Finland naturally formed a deep feud. Under such circumstances, Germany naturally eagerly used various excuses to contact the Finnish military.

After a while, the beginning of Germany and Finland was rapidly heating up. In January 1941, the German Army in Norway commanded by von Fokenhorst was ordered to start researching the combat operation code-named "Silver Fox" and propose specific plans.

The foothold for formulating the "Silver Fox" plan was originally to mobilize powerful German troops from northern Norway to southeastern Finland. Later, based on various considerations, it was found that this was unrealistic.

Because there is only one railway from the Barents Sea to Lake Radoga, its capital is in Murmansk, which is in the hands of the Soviets.

Given that the base of the Soviet Northern Fleet was near Murmansk, the British navy was strong and active in this sea area, and the army stationed in Norway lacked air support, so there was no question of seizing Murmansk from the sea.

There are few road vehicles available for the Norwegian German army, and it is impossible to transport troops from northern Finland to southern by land.

In addition, the Swedes were unwilling to let large numbers of troops pass through.

Therefore, the Silver Fox "operational operation can only rely on Finland as the main offensive force and the German army to fight and assist.

Finland did not disappoint the expectations and mobilized a total of 500,000 people, accounting for about 16% of the national population. With the cooperation of the Germans, it launched a large-scale military Jedi counterattack against the Soviet army in Finland.
Chapter completed!