Chapter 879: Cossacks from the Don
After the end of the first offensive of the Manchurian Army, the Far Eastern Battlefield fell into a long period of stagnation, and the Burma Battlefield, which started a month late, had already finished the final Battle of Mandalay, but the Far Eastern Battlefield was still quiet. The whole territory of Myanmar is not as large as a state in the north, so naturally it cannot be compared with the vast battlefield in the north. The reason for the stagnation on the battlefield is also very simple, the Russian army suffered too heavy losses after the Battle of Rainham and had to wait for reinforcements from Europe to come and reinforce it, while the Manchurian Army was waiting for the reaction of the German allies.
Germany has said several times that as long as the Manchurian Army inflicts heavy losses on the Russian army on the Eastern Front, they will inevitably launch a surprise attack on the Russian Army on the Western Front. But now that the Manchurian Army has annihilated 800,000 Russian troops and basically destroyed all the foundations of the Russian army in Siberia, the German side still has not done anything at all. The Russians continued to send reinforcements from Europe, but the construction of the Siberian railway could not keep up with the pace of the troops' advance, and Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang began to have headaches. The German devils shook them for a moment, how can the battle be fought in the future?
"It's about to enter September, the climate in Siberia will turn colder, and the progress of our railway construction is seriously lagging behind the needs of the troops, and it is very dangerous to keep the troops fighting away from the supply lines. Are we thinking about an appropriate retreat, allowing the troops to enter a relatively warm area, moving closer to the supply line, and throwing the cold climate problem and supply problem to the Russian army! After thinking about it for a long time, Tan Shaoguang made a suggestion to Guo Xing'a.
"Aren't down jackets and other warm materials ready? Our tanks and planes are also more adaptable to cold weather, so there is no need to make a drastic retreat! Now that our morale is at its peak, a large-scale retreat may shake the morale of the military, and the international impact will not be good, and I am afraid that Germany's attitude will be even more shaken! Why don't we increase our investment in the railway corps, let them go all out to repair the railway, and strive to connect all the supply lines before November! "Goxinga is a little concerned about the international influence and the mentality of the soldiers, but the most important thing is his own little ninety-nine, Goxinga has always been very greedy for Russia's huge territory, and he wants to drive the Russians out of Asia.
"The general has always advocated movement warfare, and our army should focus on annihilating the enemy's living forces, and it is really unnecessary to occupy land at risk!" Tan Shaoguang still felt that there was no need to risk some land that was not very valuable, and as long as the main force of the Russian army was annihilated, it would be good to get the land at any time. As for the international situation and military morale, Tan Shaoguang didn't mention it at all, because he knew that it was Guoxing.
"Xishou, you railway corps, can you do it in the end!" After Xishou Province was quite effective in building warships, Guoxing Ayou gave him the big fat shortage of the Railway Corps, and now there is a problem with the railway, and Guoxing A's natural first look for him.
"General, my railway corps is already making every effort to rush to repair, but the construction period is too tight, and it is really difficult to transport the military supplies of the troops on the one hand, and to transport construction materials on the other hand, and the quality of the railway must also be guaranteed!" Xishou didn't play tricks, the amount of railway construction was too large, and he really had no choice.
"Fuck, don't be aggressive, let's be honest! Let the departments retreat appropriately, move closer to the railway supply line, and talk about it after this winter! Goxinga also knew that he could not swallow Russia in one gulp, and that he was likely to repeat the mistakes of Napoleon and Hitler, so it was better to be safe.
The four major army groups of the Manchurian Army, Mongolian, Northern, Central, and Armored Corps began to retreat one after another after receiving instructions from Changchun. The Transbaikal region in the south has long been the territory of the Manchurian Empire, and the infrastructure is very well-developed, and the construction of railways in this direction is mainly to increase transport capacity. Therefore, the retreat of the Mongolian, central, and armored army groups was not large, but only an appropriate move to the rear to achieve the pressure of the railway. The largest adjustment was made by Gi Ying's Army Group North, which resolved the last occupied areas of the Russian army in Siberia and also hastened the so-called Far Eastern Corridor. Not only is the climate cold here, but the infrastructure is almost non-existent, and the main focus of the railway corps repair is here. Ji Young also didn't want to retreat drastically, as it would make him too far away from his allies. So Ji Ying just asked the troops to move closer to the strongholds in the cities, and then built military stations on the spot and waited for the follow-up of the rear railway.
After the troops were adjusted, Goxinga discovered the problem. There is no problem with the concentration of troops and sufficient supplies of the three army groups of Mongolia, the Central Army, and the Panzer Corps. Ji Ying's Army Group North occupied several points and hoarded a large amount of supplies, and it seemed that there was no problem. But when the location of everyone was marked on the map, it was not right, Army Group North was left alone, and there was a huge vacuum hundreds of kilometers wide between Ji Ying and the friendly forces. If the Russian army inserted from this area, it would immediately be able to cut the Manchurian army into two sections, and Jiying in the north would even be in danger of being surrounded.
"In the middle of this blank period, there is no population, no infrastructure, basically just an empty land, otherwise we would not have difficulties in supplying. The large forces of the Russian army will not be able to cross this area in winter, and even if they do come in, they will be caught in the middle of the northern and southern fronts of our army, which will not play a role at all, almost no different from sending them to death! Tan Shaoguang felt that it was nothing, a wilderness where there were no people, the Manchurian army was struggling, and it was even more difficult for the Russian army to do anything.
"Let the Air Force increase its reconnaissance of this area!" What Tan Shaoguang said has a certain amount of truth, but Guo Xing's heart always feels uneasy, this opening is too big.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is late October of the 11th year of Zhongzheng. The war in Burma has come to an end, and the British and French forces are very uncomfortable with the tanks and planes that suddenly appear on the battlefield, and they are defeated very simply, and the Southeast Asian front has advanced to the Indo-Burmese border. The situation in the Far East did not change at all, and the Russians were slow to move reinforcements, and they were slow to reach the front line to set up defenses. The Manchurian Army was concentrating on building railways, and when the railways ran through the whole of Asia, there would be no suspense in the war.
All the bigwigs in the Far Eastern War are waiting for the railway, and the veteran leader Guo Zhen is also one of them, and he looks forward to the railway more than others. Guo Zhen was fed up with the cold manholes in the trenches, he wanted to attack, he wanted to go to the big house of the Russians and sleep with a white beauty in his arms. The veteran head Guo Zhen has not had to take care of his madman company commander Wang Daqiu for a few years, and he has also been promoted to major battalion commander, but unfortunately he is still deputy, and there is only one company he really has the final say. Guo Zhen has been in the army for more than 20 years, his military rank is not high, but his qualifications are very scary, although his relationship is not as powerful as Wang Daqiu, but he can also talk to many high-ranking officials in Changchun. Even if it doesn't matter what it is, an old man like Guo Zhen is very powerful, and the teacher has to salute him when he sees him, but he is an old-timer. The reason why Guo Zhen is so unsatisfactory is because his cultural level is not good, and he can only blame himself.
Guo Zhen sometimes felt that his military rank was a bit redundant, because he was more like a senior sergeant major, that is, the legendary king of soldiers. The troops also felt that Guo Zhen's command level was average and not suitable for mixing in command posts, and the so-called deputy battalion commander was more like a consolation prize. Guo Zhen's main job is to lead the recruits, teach the recruits combat skills, control the front-line situation of the troops in actual combat, and put forward empirical opinions to the commanders. Because he had to bring recruits who had never been to the battlefield, Guo Zhen had to be with the recruits, so he didn't have the treatment of warming the bed in the big house, and could only spend the night in the trenches on the outside line, which made Guo Zhen scold every day.
"Deputy battalion commander, there seems to be something passing outside just now!" Guo Zhen was swaying in the trenches while scolding the idle streets while scribbling a cigarette in his mouth, when a soldier reported his discovery.
"Where? You're dazzled! Don't always look at the snow, it will hurt your eyes. Guo Zhen held up the binoculars and looked around, but he found nothing but the white snow in the north. Recruits are nervous, sometimes staring out day by day, and in this pure white world, there is a high chance that they will suffer from snow blindness.
"Over there! Like a rabbit, the swish passed in a flash, but it was much bigger than a rabbit, and I didn't see the specifics. "The recruit insisted on his opinion, he was not dazzled, he definitely saw something strange.
"Is that black dirt? Second squad leader, you take a few people over to take a look, and the others are on guard! Guo Zhen trusted the judgement of the recruit, and he also found an unusual black color in the snow. There have been several snowfalls in the cold north, and although it is not heavy, the snow outside the trenches is more than 30 centimeters deep, and under normal circumstances, no soil will be turned up. Absolutely no one has ever gone out on my side, only something passing by outside.
"Be careful of the grove at the bottom of the slope, lie down on the spot if you find something wrong, don't run in a hurry!" Before the second squad leader set off, Guo Zhen deliberately explained two sentences, and he found that there was a small forest not far from the abnormal place, which happened to be a small break, and he couldn't see the situation there clearly in the trench.
"Understood!" The second squad leader pulled the charge and opened the insurance, and also let the three soldiers who went out with him put the Tongzhi semi-automatic rifles in their hands on fire
The second squad leader carefully touched the abnormal area, and his forehead was already covered with sweat. He has been a soldier for three years, but he has always been in the north and has never really been on the battlefield, so nervousness is inevitable. At a glance, the second squad leader saw the abnormality, there were traces of horses' hooves in the snow, and the black soil was turned over by the horses' hooves. The horseshoe prints stretch all the way to the grove and then disappear. In the distance, there were some potholes on the snow, but they were not horses' hooves, so they couldn't be seen clearly. The reflection of the snow is very severe, and you can't see anything clearly from a distance, only a white expanse.
"Bang!" The second squad leader arched the soldiers beside him, and the soldiers were a little dazed as the squad leader signaled, and fired a shot in the direction of the grove, which was destined to shoot nothing.
"Ulla! ......But after this shot, suddenly there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves, and a dozen white cavalry rushed out of the grove, and farther out of the mountain forest rushed out as countless cavalry as a gray wave.