Chapter 43: We Can't Hold It
The Soviets used air carriers with propeller aircraft to attack air warships, and I have to complain, the Soviets have a big brain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But at the same time, I have to sigh how effective the Soviets' routine is when we have a bunch of bricks on our side that can't be saved by brain fragments......
The facts are in front of them, and no matter how much the officers in the command center do not believe the situation in front of them, they can only silently accept a tragic fact - Ili City, there are no reinforcements at present!
In fact, I shouldn't laugh when I talk about this, but if I don't laugh, I can't hide the uneasiness in my heart.
The Lanyi line has been de facto cut off, and both our troops and those of the Altai Military District are surrounded by the Soviets.
We may be able to hold on to the city of Ili, but there is no other way out than total annihilation, and the Soviets have already begun to wash the ground with thermobaric bombs.
I saw on the electronic screen how the fortress that had been attacked by the cloudburst bomb had fallen - the Soviets' aerial battleship hovered over the target in the face of our anti-aircraft fire, and then several small bombs carrying parachutes were opened by the Soviets and dropped through the lower belly of the battleship.
The terrifying little creatures descended in a fluttering manner, and then, after a series of loud noises, the target was quickly enveloped in white mist...... In an instant, the ground shook, the flames soared, and dozens of fields the size of football fields were affected...... The oxygen in the air is quickly burned out. The scorched soldiers were only a small fraction, but the vast majority were suffocated in the confined space, and it was clear from the electronic screens that they had all scratched their throats as they were dying...... The anti-aircraft weapons on the fortress were still usable, but there were no more people who could use them.
The Soviet Marines quickly followed, then occupied one empty rampart after another, and then raised the bright red sickle-hammer flag......
It was a familiar scene, but it was a scene on the screen when the Soviets entered Berlin - the Iron Division was supposed to be Germany! How did it become Huaxia!
It's not that I don't have confidence in my homeland, but the torrent of steel is really terrifying - if it were a torrent of steel in the sky, it would already have the capital to suffocate the enemy without firing a single shot.
No one in the army of faith wants to fight them.
Now, it's noon on the third day. Zhu Ya had already woken up, but she no longer shouted, but sat obediently in a daze - the officers around her looked at her to death, for fear that he would make a mistake. Even if she wants to do something, the bigwigs above will definitely not assign her any tasks.
Lan Tianwei hadn't closed his eyes for two nights, and his bloodshot eyes had been firmly staring at the situation map on the electronic screen.
"Lieutenant Colonel Lu, how many more blocks can we control!" Lan Tianwei asked the staff officer. "56%, Lord Commander! But the Soviets practiced the tactics of a central breakthrough, and in fact we are now less than five kilometers from the forward forces of the Soviets! ”
Five kilometers, in fact, have long been within the range of the artillery of the Soviets. Although the sound insulation of the command center is very good, I can already imagine the scene of the Soviets' artillery bombarding the surface building of the command center - it is not possible to install 460mm naval guns on air battleships with current technology, but the main cruiser of the Soviets, the T-50, has all been equipped with 305mm guns with 35 times the diameter, and they have been fired by this kind of fortress gun...... Tut-tut, I guess the surface is all ruins now. Well, but to be honest, if this war is lost, it is estimated that the reconstruction of Ili will not have to worry about the Chinese people......
"Have civilians and government officials been evacuated?" Lan Tianwei frowned.
"They have all withdrawn from the city, and now the target is Dihua City. Luckily, the Soviets didn't mean to kill them all......," the staff officer replied.
"Well, it's not that they don't want to kill them all, but they throw the pot at us." I sighed softly, the military may not think about it so much, but ...... I know this all too well.
"The Soviets, this is obviously a dump." I tried to analyze the officers here, "At a time when transportation and supplies are quite problematic, we must ensure the supply of these civilians, which will inevitably put tremendous pressure on logistics. ”
Lan Tianwei nodded: "You are right. In fact, cities such as Dihua City and Karamay, although there are a lot of supplies, most of them are weapons, ammunition, and food...... It's a little lacking. ”
I wasn't surprised by Lan Tianwei's answer. In fact, it is not only the Ming Dynasty in this time and space that has such a funny problem, but also in Western countries. Like the Second Crimean War in another time and space, when British soldiers could only eat salted fish and wear single clothes on the front line, but ammunition was piled up, logistics officers were still vigorously transporting ammunition to the front line...... And the Russian soldiers were not much better, and Sevastopol, which had not fallen for thousands of years, was not conquered by the Anglo-French forces at all, but was caused by its own logistics officers - this is not an exaggeration at all. How many fortresses that seem to never fall have been conquered from within? I can't count them all!
Now Daming's logistics system has the same problem, there is enough ammunition, but there is not enough food.
"This is exactly what the Soviets want, these civilians are my people, how should we treat them?" I could only sigh softly, "Take good care, our logistics system will inevitably bear the burden, and reducing their food rations will inevitably deal a devastating blow to my Ming's diplomatic prestige." What's more, there are many Turkic people who are loyal to my Ming Dynasty, what should we do with them? Is it different from Hermes-Epitek? Then the Soviets would be able to stand on the moral high ground and accuse us at will - anyway, they don't have a backache when they stand and talk! And our differential treatment will also become a legitimate reason for the Soviets to 'liberate' ******." ”
Actually, there is one thing I haven't said, and that is that these people will become hostages of the Soviets. Once the Soviets completely occupied Hami and completely besieged the two political envoys of Altai and Ili, what choice could the central government make in the face of the aggressive Soviet Union?
“…… You are right, Lord Zhen, but it is our responsibility as officials and generals to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for us to give up this group of war refugees no matter what. After being silent for a long time, Lan Tianwei shook her head, "Okay, let's put our thoughts back to the current battlefield." It is clear that we will not be able to survive much longer in isolation, and the fortified defense system designed many years ago has fallen behind in the face of modern offensives. We need to think about where we go from here. ”