In the next few days, Tan Renhao did not do anything serious. Gan Yongxing gave him time to familiarize himself with the current war situation. Nie Renfeng would not come back too early, so there was no need for Tan Renhao to prepare for the attack on the Hawaiian Islands too early. In fact, Tan Renhao was indeed not prepared for the attack on the Hawaiian Islands. Huang Xiaotian was responsible for the combat plan of the fleet, and Tan Renhao didn't understand the combat plan of other troops. Therefore, after returning to the Navy Command, Tan Renhao found himself an idle person.

After Du Xing sent the large stack of documents, Tan Renhao was no longer idle. He fought in the Southwest Pacific for nearly two months, and in these two months, he had many things that even Tan Renhao could not imagine. It can be said that after 25 years of counterattack and the declining in the first half of 26 years, the strength of the Imperial Navy and the 6th Army finally exploded completely under internal pressure and external challenges. In the past two months, not only did the navy frequently report, but the 6th Army was not inferior. The first thing Tan Renhao saw was the combat report of the 6th Army on the Russian battlefield, which was also the combat report with the least relationship with the navy.

The attack on Russia went smoothly. All the participating troops of the 6th Army basically completed the task in advance and advanced through all aspects of pre-estimation. If it were a problem, the only problem was that the German combat operations did not meet the expected requirements.

At that time, the Tang Empire, Germany, and the Persian Empire, the three main participating countries, had a secret agreement, that is, after defeating Russia, they would divide the occupied areas according to the actual control line of the three countries. The point is that the greater the power of the war, the more occupied areas he gained, and the larger the area controlled after the war. Although this agreement did not fundamentally agree to directly Russia, the occupied areas themselves mean interests, especially after the war. It was also after the conclusion of this secret agreement that the three countries mobilized heavy troops to attack Russia and gained more benefits for themselves.

In terms of overall strategic division of labor, the attack destination of the 6th Army of the Tang Empire was Moscow. The attack destination of the German army was St. Petersburg, and the attack destination of the Persian Empire was southern Russia centered on Kiev. According to the estimates of the 6th Army of the Tang Empire before the war, when defeating Russia, the Tang Empire would control half of Russia's territory, but most of it was deserted. Germany would control 30% of Russia's land, mainly in western and northwest areas. The Persian Empire would control 20% of Russia's land, mainly in southern Russia. In addition, Finland and other countries would also occupy part of Russia's territory. As for how to deal with Russia after the war, this issue has not been mentioned in negotiations. The task now is to defeat Russia and let this hostile country that threatens the Tang Empire, Germany, and the Persian Empire be completely defeated.

In order to defeat Russia as soon as possible, the 6th Army of the Tang Empire advocated the attack from the beginning, and the momentum of the attack was unstoppable. On the one hand, this allowed the Tang Empire to occupy more areas. For example, the surrounding areas of the Caspian Sea, which should have been controlled by the Persian Empire, and the eastern Black Sea were also controlled by the Tang Empire, leaving only a 6-way channel for the Persian Empire. But on the other hand, this also added pressure to the 6th Army of the Tang Empire. After all, Moscow is the capital of Russia. When the capital is threatened, the Russian army will definitely try its best to guard the capital, and even draw troops from St. Petersburg and Kiev to guard the capital.

The operation to encircle Moscow has not been completed, and the Russian army's tenacious resistance caused great trouble to the 6th Army of the Tang Empire. The operation originally planned to be completed by the end of July was not successful until early August. The problem was not the 6th Army of the Tang Empire, but the German army.

According to the agreement between the 6th Army of the Tang Empire and the German army, the 6th Army of the Tang Empire was responsible for attracting the main force of the Russian army in Moscow. Before attacking St. Petersburg, the German army must assist the 6th Army of the Tang Empire to surround Moscow from the north and finally achieve the goal of surround Moscow. That is to say, the 6th Army of the Tang Empire was only responsible for surrounding Moscow in the other three directions. The barrier to the north was left for the German army to complete. As early as early July, the 6th Army of the Imperial Empire had completed the siege operation in three directions, and its advance troops even reached dozens of kilometers outside Moscow. But the problem is that the German army was unable to surround Moscow from the north, and the result was that the Russian army in Moscow could still obtain external support and continue to resist the attack of the 6th Army of the Imperial Empire.

At that time, the German army had to attack Yaroslavl and cut off the railway transportation lines between Moscow and Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. But until early August, the German army was still struggling in Bologoye, which was still hundreds of kilometers away from Yaroslavl, but it was impossible to capture this transportation hub. As a result, the Russian army in Moscow received a large amount of combat supplies and even replenished their troops for a while, resulting in the 6th Army of the Tang Empire stopping outside Moscow City.

At that time, Russia's industry was basically relocated to the northern region centered on Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. These two ports were also places where Russia received US aid. With most of the domestic mineral areas lost and most factories fell into the opponent without time to relocate, Russia's only hope was to obtain strategic assistance from the United States. At that time, Russia was one of the major countries supported by the United States, and in addition to the United Kingdom, Russia received the most strategic assistance.

Almost every day, ships arrived in Murmansk or Arkhangelsk. Judging from the information obtained after the war, from the end of 24 to 26, Russia's defeat in 2020, the total strategic materials exported by the United States to Russia reached 360,000 tons. Most of these materials were finished or semi-finished products. Take steel as an example. In 25 years, the United States provided Russia with 350,000 tons of steel, which was enough for Russia to manufacture tens of thousands of tanks. In the same year, the oil exported to Russia reached 210,000 tons, aluminum ingots reached 250,000 tons, and food was 350,000 tons. In addition, a large number of tanks, aircraft, artillery, ammunition and other materials were sent to these two ports through the Arctic Ocean route. It was these war materials and equipment and ammunition that supported Russia. Without the strategic assistance of the United States, Russia would have been defeated in 25 years.

In a strategic sense, Murmansk and Arkhangelsk are heavier than Moscow. Russia is done when they capture these two ports. But the problem is that neither Germany nor the Tang Empire could directly attack these two ports. Although Finland had sent troops to attack Murmansk, the Finnish army had no hope for combat effectiveness. After more than two years of fighting, it only advanced less than 1 oo kilometers, and it was still hundreds of kilometers away from Murmansk.

In order to strangle Russia, the German Navy has used the Arctic Ocean route as a key hunting area since 24 years. At that time, on average, a fleet would travel from the United States to Russia every week. The scale of these fleets was large and small. There were 50 merchant ships on the land, and only a few merchant ships were small. Dozens of submarines of the German Navy set up ambush on the Arctic Ocean route and were trying their best to encircle these fleets, but the effect was far less than the ambush in the North Atlantic Ocean. The main reason was that the harsh climate in the Arctic Ocean also had a significant impact on submarines. In addition, the long-range anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed in Iceland and Greenland pose a great threat to German submarines.

The 6th Imperial Army also planned to bypass Moscow and first capture Arkhangelsk, but the long ground supply line and harsh natural environment. The poor transportation foundation made the 6th Imperial Army discouraged. It was precisely because of the difficulty of attacking Murmansk and Arkhangelsk from the ground that the Empire and Germany decided to isolate these two ports first, capture Moscow and St. Petersburg before continuing to advance.

But the problem is that the Germans are not fools. Attacking Yaroslavl was actually assisting the 6th army of the Tang Empire to attack Moscow, which was not much helpful for the German army to attack St. Petersburg. Therefore, the main force of the German army was concentrated in the direction of St. Petersburg. The German army even planned to sweep the northern part of Russia and control Russia's sea outlet in the Arctic Ocean after capturing St. Petersburg. Finally, more occupied areas should be occupied areas of the Tang Empire, not German occupation areas.

The slow advancement of the German army greatly forced the Imperial 6th Army to find a way to solve the problem. At the end of July, after the Imperial 6th Army lost hope for the German army, it decided not to use the help of the German army to send a fast armored force to capture Yaroslavl. But the problem was that at that time, the imperial regiment that Yaroslavl was still hundreds of kilometers away, and it would take at least two months to capture this transportation hub city. Therefore, while planning to attack Yaroslavl, the Imperial 6th Army also decided to attack Moscow in August, at the latest in mid-August, to capture Moscow before the Germans captured St. Petersburg, so that more occupied areas could be obtained.

The attack on Moscow was not an easy task. At this time, Moscow could almost be said to be the whole nation. In the previous battle, the 6th Army of the Empire captured a lot of baby soldiers on the battlefield, some of which were even less than fourteen years old. In addition, the Russian army mobilized women and even encouraged some women to deal with the soldiers of the Tang Empire in various ways, even seduced ways. For this reason, the 6th Army of the Empire even issued an order, namely, strictly prohibiting any sexual relations with Russian women to avoid danger.

As the war ends, Russia is not far from being finished. According to a report submitted by the 6th Imperial Army at the end of July, there were 80,000 citizens in Moscow. Apart from some of the old people, the Russian army armed at least 50,000 of them. In addition, there were at least 250,000 Russian troops deployed in Moscow. Although there were not many people with combat qualities among these 250,000 militias, and probably less than 10,000, the 6th Army of the Tang Empire had to deal with 150,000 armed enemies. Even if it was 150,000 pigs, it would take a long time to slaughter it.

In order to capture Moscow before the end of the year, and even complete the most critical offensive operation before the German army, the 6th Imperial Army was preparing to use at least 250 divisions and more than 10,000 troops to attack Moscow. This included at least 20 tank divisions and 60 Moon infantry divisions. In addition, there were 20 independent artillery divisions and 40 aviation divisions. The tanks that were put into the offensive battle passed 55oo, 1000 armored vehicles passed 6ooo gates, and 75oo combat aircraft passed. In other words, even if these tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and fighter jets were laid on the ground, they could almost cover the entire Moscow.

In order to ensure smooth attack, the 6th Army of the Empire also hoarded at least 150,000 tons of combat supplies on the front line. If all these supplies are transported by train, each train carriage carriage will carry 50 tons of goods, 30,000 tons of cargo will be needed. And a locomotive will pull up to 50,000 tons of cargo at most, then you will need to run back and forth at least 60000 tons of coal. If these supplies are transported from Lanzhou City, the mainland of the Empire, just sending these 150,000 tons of materials to the front line will require burning 30,000 tons of coal.

The war was originally the industrial foundation of a country, and the huge investment of the Imperial 6th Army itself was a direct manifestation of the Imperial industrial foundation. Relatively speaking, no other country's 6th Army had such a large investment at that time. Take the German 6th Army's attack on St. Petersburg as an example. Although the German army deployed nearly 30,000 troops near St. Petersburg, Germany only prepared less than 50,000 tons of combat supplies for these troops, which was only one-third of the 6th Army of the Tang Empire, and the average distribution of each person was almost one-third. The Persian 6th Army prepared 120,000 face troops to attack Kiev, and the accumulated combat supplies were less than 10,000 tons. It can be said that this alone is enough to reflect how much advantage the Tang Empire has over the other two major allies.

When Tan Renhao saw the battle plan of the 6th Army, he was extremely surprised. What is the concept of 15oo ten thousand tons of combat materials, which is enough to fill 15oo ten thousand tons of transport ships, and the empire had a total of only more than 2ooo ships. Tan Renhao really couldn't believe how so many materials were transported to the front line. If one-fifth of these materials were ammunition, then after the ammunition was smashed, Moscow might have disappeared from the earth.
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