Chapter 523: Flying Mountain Pass
The snow was so deep, so serious, and then it continued to rain for eleven days, and Guo Xinga felt that he was about to be buried alive. The heavy snow of 11 days when it is strong and sometimes weak makes the entire land in the outer northeast white, and the snow on the flat ground is one meter and a half deep.
In this beautiful snow world, Goxinga is still very excited, and there is a possibility of a recurrence of madness at any time. The staff officers of the staff headquarters were not much better than Guo Xing'a, and they were all picking their hair. The culprit who made them like this was Miryutin on the other side. The snow was so heavy, and the Russian army did not give up the toss, and they could not attack them, but they did not give up the solid defense. The Russian army kept digging in the camp every day, and the trench defense line was made three layers inside and three layers outside, and even a large number of bunker groups were built.
It's a good thing that the Russian army doesn't study the breakout, but it's too abnormal for them to fortify on the spot, not to mention that they build some bunkers and trenches, they just make a Maginot line on the spot, and it doesn't make any sense. As long as the Fourth Division and other troops trapped by the heavy snow catch up, the Russian army will immediately be surrounded to death by the Manchurian Army with superior strength, and even if it can't attack the Russian army's defense line at that time, the Russian army will be trapped to death for two months. The little food brought by the Russian army can hold on for another month if it dies. Therefore, the Russian army is now building a defensive line and engaging in civil engineering on a large scale, there must be a conspiracy. It's a pity that although the snow stopped, there was a strong wind, and the wind blew the snowflakes, which not only made people feel cold and biting, but also made the airship unable to take off.
Guo Xinga couldn't do aerial reconnaissance, and the scouts couldn't get close to the Russian camp in the snow, so Guo Xinga wanted to find out what Milyutin was doing, so he could only guess by himself. Xing Cong took a group of high-level staff and analyzed more than 50 possibilities, but the more they studied, the more unreliable they felt. Mi Liujing's only choice now is to break through the river valley and then go to Temple Street along the remnants of the Outer Xing'an Mountains, in addition, no matter how Mi Liujing tosses, it can only be a dead end.
"The trenches and bunkers we can see are definitely just their true purpose of hiding*, and their purpose is definitely to break through the defense line of the mercenary division. But what about such a breakthrough? Dig a tunnel and drill through the bottom? "One by one, it may have been put forward by the staff officers, and one by one it was rejected by Guo Xing'a, who really couldn't guess Mi Liujing.
"Cave attack! It's possible! Digging tunnels will not be affected by the weather, and the large-scale civil engineering works of the Russian army are also likely to cover up the remnants of the soil they dug up! "Soon, a colonel's staff officer found a factual basis for the statement of digging a hole, but unfortunately there were many previous N statements, and someone found a basis, so his words did not attract everyone's attention.
"Our line of defense is more than two kilometers deep, which means that they have to dig a tunnel that can pass through 80,000 troops and baggage, two kilometers long. It's impossible! When they dig this tunnel, the year will be over! Guo Xing'a didn't make specific calculations, but he knew how difficult it was for the railway soldiers to open tunnels, and it was impossible for the Russian army to dig such a large tunnel in a short time.
"General, what if they didn't want to sneak through our lines, but to tunnel our positions and blow up our positions with *! They only need to blow up a number of support points such as Heights 17 and 23 to open the gaps and then rush out while the chaos is there. If they think about it this way, the amount of work they need to do will not be very large, and they only need to dig a tunnel of more than 600 meters that can be passed by two people under the cover of the trench, and then dig a medicine room. There are only a thousand workers in the Russian army who have been engaged in mining, and half a month is enough time for them to complete this tunnel. This young colonel named Jiang Baishu guessed the correct answer.
"It's possible!" Guoxing nodded repeatedly. The modern staff corps system has this kind of benefit, the commander should not be like Zhuge Liang, who can guess the enemy's mind in everything, the huge staff committee can analyze all the possibilities according to intelligence, and the commander only needs to make a judgment.
"General, don't bother, this possibility is very small, and even if the Russian army uses this method, they will definitely shoot themselves in the foot!" Xing Cong suddenly felt a little disgusted with Jiang Baishu, and he knew very well the battle column of this kind of blasting battle, so he stood up and denied this correct direction.
"Seems to work!" Goxinga put himself in Miryukin's position and thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was still very promising.
"General, the U.S. Federal Army used this tactic three years ago, and the results were very unsatisfactory. They mobilized a 48th Army and dug day and night for many days, but in the end, they only blew a hole of about 50 meters, and the Southern Army was killed by less than 300 people, which had no impact on the overall situation! Moreover, at that time, the North and South armies of the United States were facing each other on the plains, but our positions were on high ground, and the amount of work was very different. If the Russian army wants to dig it, dig it! Exhaust them! Xing Cong also knew in his heart that he seemed to be opposing for the sake of opposition.
"Three hundred...... Well! That's good! Guo Xing'a hesitated, but decided to wait and see.
Goxinga also felt that it was very likely that the Russian army was digging a hole, but he was not prepared to defend against the blasting attack methods used by the Russian army. It is also very cost-effective to kill and wound 1,800 Japanese mercenaries in exchange for a few more days for the Russian army to dig up. As long as the Russian army is willing to continue to stay here, not to mention killing hundreds of Japanese, and the Japanese mercenary division is dead, Guo Xinga has no opinion. As long as the Russian army does not immediately break through the defensive line and give the Guards Brigade time to fill the gap, Goxinga still hopes that the Russians will dig as long as possible.
Guo Xing'a gave up his unanswered speculation, and after announcing the dismissal of the meeting, Xing Cong began to regret it, as if he had given Guo Xing'a the wrong information. Guo Xing'a didn't know much about the battle that happened in the United States that Xing Cong said, so after Xing Cong ignored some details, Guo Xing'a naturally misunderstood. After the Northern Army blew up the defensive line, it was not that there was no follow-up action, but that they gathered 20,000 troops and launched a charge, and the main reason for their defeat was not that the bombing was useless, but because of a mistake in their command.
On the third day after the heavy snow stopped, a sudden loud noise lifted Guo Xing'a off the bed, and Guo Xing'a's ears were buzzing, and his vision was very blurry. When he walked out of his sleeping tent, there was already a panic outside, there was a heavy earthy smell in the air, and the direction of Heights 23 was shrouded in a thick black smoke.
Just as Heights 17 later got its name Bloodspring Mountain, Heights 23 later had a bloody name - Feishan Pass. Because on that day, Heights 23 changed from a small hill to a very strangely shaped col, and the original mountain flew.