The German Northern Army Group achieved great success in attacking Leningrad, and the Soviet Red Army was severely weakened, but the heroic defenders of Leningrad eventually blocked the German army's crazy attack.

Until the end of September, under the command of Zhukov and under the brave and fearless resistance of the Soviet Red Army and the Soviet people, the front lines in several aspects of Leningrad finally entered a stable stalemate.

During the siege of Leningrad, most of the Tsar's palaces and other historical sites outside the city were destroyed after being robbed.

Many civil infrastructure such as factories, schools, hospitals were destroyed by air strikes and long-range artillery. During the most difficult and cruel period, about 7,000 to 10,000 residents died every day in Leningrad.

Zhukov later wrote in an article: "All of us who participated in the battle to defend Leningrad in September have experienced many difficult days.

But our troops finally shattered the enemy's plans. Thanks to the unprecedented tenacity and mass heroism of Soviet soldiers, sailors and grassroots officers, and the tenacity and determination of commanders and political workers, the enemy encountered insurmountable obstacles on the road to attack Leningrad.

By the end of September, the intensity of the battles in all parts of our front army had significantly weakened, and the entire front line had stabilized."

In his book Nine Hundred Days, the famous political commentator Salisbury wrote about the period when Zhukov commanded the Leningrad Front:

"If the Germans were blocked, they were able to achieve their goal and let them go. In those September days, no one could tell how many of them were killed by bombing.

A stream flowed near Uritsk, stained red by the blood of German soldiers for several days.”

"Is it Zhukov's will that blocked the Germans?"

“In September, he was terrible, and there was no other word, and he could only be described as ‘terrible’.

"Zhukov and the defenders of Leningrad completed the most difficult task. They defended Leningrad and the direct threat faced by the city was eliminated."

Just like another time and space, Leningrad was trapped in the German army's siege.

The situation facing Zhukov became even more serious. His troops not only had to carry out long and cruel defensive battles, but also had to deal with air strikes, bombardment, and even more severe hunger.

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While Zhukov was commanding his troops to stabilize the front, the Soviet army was defeated in the Far East.

Ishihara Kaner personally directed the Kanto Army armored cluster, and drove straight in with lightning speed, defeating several Soviet defense lines in succession, and siege the important town Chita in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Japanese Kwantung Army successfully cut off the major transportation artery between the Soviet Far East and Europe: the Siberian Railway, and the Soviet Far East suddenly became an isolated island.

In order to save the defeat, the Soviet Far Eastern Front immediately organized troops to launch a counterattack, and the Soviet Berga Military Region also invested a certain number of troops to cooperate in combat.

Unfortunately, the long-planned Japanese Kwantung Army is no longer the Kwantung Army in the Zhanggufeng incident and the Battle of Nomenkan. With the dual blessing of powerful armored clusters and clever tactics, the Soviet offensive was quickly disintegrated.

The war situation in the Far East took a sharp turn. Stalin saw that things were not possible and could only order the Soviet Far East Front to break through and retreat to the Irkutsk area, and join forces with the Berga Military Region to organize a new defense line on site.

With the complete retreat of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, the Soviet Far Eastern region almost became an unguarded area, leaving only a small number of troops guarding a few important cities and islands.

The Japanese Kwantung Army seized the opportunity to pursue the victory, and in just over a month, they successively conquered the vast Far East such as Boli City, Gongqing City, and the long-coveted northern Sakhalin Island.

Ishihara Kanir became famous again. In just over two months, he expanded the territory of the Japanese government and obtained almost the entire Far East.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito was so excited again that he immediately issued a commendation edict "without the past" and vigorously commended the achievements of the Kanto Army. Ishihara Kanir was naturally promoted to the rank of Field Marshal.

However, Ishihara Kanir did not obey the order this time, and he always made a very bad start again. Hirohito was naturally worried about this.

Although Hirohito did not immediately kill the donkey and attack Ishihara Kaner and Kanto Army, a seed of distrust was deeply planted.

During this period, the Myanmar War Zone seemed particularly calm. Not only did there not be any major wars, but there was no small local friction. China and Japan were very tacitly busy with their own understanding and had no intention of fighting.

Yang Fan naturally "turned his ears to the outside world" and tried his best to reorganize his army and prepare for war, expand his troops frantically and train high-intensity troops.

At the same time, Yang Fan did not miss the construction, production expansion, defense system construction and other work of the northern Myanmar industrial zone. He just wanted to be strong with both hands.

So far, industrial projects assisted by the US government, coupled with the industrial system developed by Yang Fan himself, have completely formed a scale and complete system in Myanmar.

From bullets, grenades, daggers, to aircraft, tanks, cannons, to food, clothing, and other military supplies, as well as people's livelihood supplies, Myanmar war zones can already make enough food and clothing by themselves.

After several months of crazy expansion and training, the Huben Expeditionary Force under Yang Fan has expanded 5 armies of 600,000 regular troops, plus 30,000 special forces, 20,000 air force, 10,000 navy, and 150,000 local security forces. The total strength of the Huben Expeditionary Force has expanded to a huge amount of 750,000.

Of course, Yang Fan would not be satisfied with the 750,000 military training institutions such as military academies and militia reserves, and will continue to operate with all their might and continuously improve the military reserves of the Myanmar war zone.

In addition, the 31st Army and the 22nd Army have each restored their troops to 60,000 and 70,000 troops.

If we add more than 150,000 people from the 5th Army, 6th Army, 66th Army and 71st Army, and more than 20,000 people from the Red regime, the total strength of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the entire Myanmar War Zone reached 1.05 million.

As for weapons and equipment, there is no problem with individual weapons, especially the regular army of the Hu Ben Army, which completed the most luxurious standard equipment configuration early.

However, in terms of technical equipment such as heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft guns, motorcycles, transport vehicles, etc., it is not possible to fully keep up in a short period of time.

But it doesn't matter. The most important thing at the moment is training. Anyway, there will be no major wars in the Myanmar War Zone in a short period of time. It is completely time to train while waiting for the fresh release of technical equipment.

The Myanmar War Zone is expanding and expanding at an extremely fast speed, and the situation is getting better and better day by day. All aspects are moving in the direction of good and hope.
Chapter completed!