At that time, the Soviet deployment in Asia was as follows: in the eastern part of the Sino-Soviet border, there were three group armies in the Far East Military Region, 1 infantry, a total of 18 motorized infantry division, 1 tank division and two airborne assault brigades (counting 1 division); Three group armies in the post-Baikal Military Region, 10 motorized infantry division and three tank divisions; The Siberian Military Region has five motorized infantry divisions, three Soviet motorized infantry divisions stationed in Mongolia and two tank divisions. To the west of the Sino-Soviet border, there are 8 motorized infantry divisions in the Central Asian Military Region, 1 tank division, and 5 motorized infantry divisions in the Turkestan Military Region, 1 tank division and 1 airborne division.

The total strength of Soviet troops stationed in Asia is 6.5438+0.27 million, with tanks14,300 and 4,200 aircraft. The Soviet army has 59 divisions in Asia, 45 of which are near the Sino-Soviet border, with a total of 675,000 people.

At that time, China had more than 2 million standing troops in the whole Three North Region, including about 830,000 in shenyang military area command. In the Far East, where the transportation capacity is fragile and long, facing the big country with great strategic depth, huge standing army and inexhaustible reserve forces, the Soviet Union's best policy is to make a quick decision, surround China's heavily armed group shenyang military area command, quickly seize the granaries and oil fields in the northeast, and force China to make peace.

The Soviet army needs at least 1 20-10.5 million army troops to launch an attack east of the Sino-Soviet border, among which three armies made a centripetal assault on shenyang military area command, and1army made a containment attack on the Beijing Military Region. This requires the mobilization of two front armies, 14 Army Command System and its direct units and 67 Army Divisions to the post-Baikal and Far East Military Regions, making it four.

With the transport capacity of the Soviet Union, it will take at least 80 days for all troops to arrive, which is too slow. The sudden loss will be discovered and easily preempted by the Chinese side. The inventory and transportation capacity of the Soviet Union in the Far East are not enough to support a protracted war. The actual intention of the Soviet army's massive hoarding is to "let China sit at the negotiating table", and the center of gravity of the Soviet Union is still in Europe.