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Chapter 1574: Don't be afraid to fight Armageddon

The movement of Soviet troops was soon discovered by the high-altitude reconnaissance planes of the Anjia Army, and the situation was quickly reported back to the Theater Command and the South China Headquarters. After analysis www.biquge.info the General Staff determined the strategic intentions of the Soviet troops according to the route of the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, and immediately notified the Far Eastern side.

The military and political leaders of the Far East are struggling with how to withdraw their troops from the western route in the shortest possible time. There is no railway on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, and if the troops march on their own, they will not only consume a lot of fuel, but this will be a serious test for the increasingly embarrassing logistical supply of the Far Eastern Army.

And it takes more than 20 days to march in a hurry, people can't stand it, those tanks, armored vehicles and trucks, all need to be maintained and maintained, the long-term campaign has led to frequent breakdowns, if there is a large-scale breakdown on the road, this time has to be pushed back.

The choice of the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army invisibly helped the military and political leaders of the Far East a great favor.

The Soviet Union's railway network in Central Asia, simply put, is one horizontal and three vertical, that one is at the southernmost end of the Soviet Union's Central Asian national border, from Krasnovsk (now Turkmenbashi) on the Caspian Sea in the east, to Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan at the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the west, spanning the five republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

The vertical railways are the Central Asian Railway in the west, the Far Eastern Railway in the middle, and the Near Eastern Railway in the east. The Central Asian Railway starts from Saratov on the Volga River in Russia, passes through Uralsk and Dakangazi all the way south, bypasses the lowlands on the northern shore of the Aral Sea, and follows the Syr Darya River to the important town of Ares in the north of Tashkent, connecting with the Caspian Railway.

The starting point of the Far Eastern Railway, Petropaplovsk, an important trunk point of the Trans-Siberian Railway, passes through Karaganda, crosses the Chuili Mountains, and converges with the Caspian Railway at Burlik; The Near Eastern Railway runs from Barnaul, an important city of the Trans-Siberian Railway, almost around the western frontier of China to Almaty. Later, the railway connecting the Caspian coast with the Aral Sea to Charzhou was currently only built by the Caspian Railway to Nukus.

Therefore, at this time, the Far East and West Route Army on the Caspian Sea to the north, the most ideal route is to go east from the Caspian Railway, and transfer to the Central Asian Railway train in Ares, north of Tashkent, because all of them are railway transshipment, almost no need to consume fuel, just burn coal, and the most important thing in Siberia is coal.

After finding out the details of the Soviet army, on the morning of the 12th, the Central Army of the Far Eastern Army at the southern foot of the Karatau Mountains, taking advantage of the panic when the Soviet army was preparing to retreat, unexpectedly concentrated six group armies and suddenly launched an attack on the city of Turkestan. The Soviet army, which had no intention of fighting, fled frantically all the way south, and the Far Eastern Army pursued desperately behind, like a duck, and captured Ares without blood, and controlled this transportation hub where the Caspian Railway and the Central Asian Railway converged.

In a panic, General Kulik, commander of the Central Asian Theater of the Soviet Army, ordered to abandon Tashkent, withdraw south by train to Inzak, and then go to Lazar Abad (now Jalalabad), an important town in western Kyrgyzstan east of the Fergana Basin, and then go to Frunze by road.

On the afternoon of the 12th, two divisions of the Far Eastern Army's Western Route Army and the Tangwen Group Army occupied Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.

On the morning of the 13th, the Far Eastern Army's Central Route Army regained Tashkent, the largest city in Uzbekistan with strong fortifications and a population of more than 200,000.

On the afternoon of the same day, after three days and three nights of fighting, the Eastern Route Army of the Far Eastern Army completely annihilated 11,197 Soviet divisions and completely occupied the city of Burlik at the heavy cost of 12,000 casualties. After the battle, the top brass of the Eastern Route Army compiled the performance and lessons learned of the Soviet army into a book and reported it to the Supreme Command in the Far East, so as to provide reference for future operations against the Soviet Union.

On the 14th, after a day of fierce fighting, Tang Wen led two divisions to occupy Krasnovsk, an important port city on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, and quickly took control of the oil field area south of the Great Balkhan Mountains. This oil field is an integral part of the Caspian oil field, across the sea from the Baku oil field, the largest oil field in the Soviet Union, and currently produces up to 4,000 tons of oil per day, and is a strategic point that the Anjia army must control.

On the morning of the 15th, the forward troops of the Western Route Army of the Far Eastern Army, which were advancing rapidly to the west, joined forces with the Ye and Li Front armies of the Anjia Army at Char Zhoucheng. The Ye and Li armies stayed behind and recovered the nearby cities of Karshi, Bukhara, Kermidze, and Samarkand, while the Far Eastern Army stopped for a while and continued westward.

On the afternoon of 15 July, the Central Asian Theater Command of the Anjia Army mobilized a regiment and two engineer divisions of the Second Artillery Corps to move south, of which the regiment of the Second Artillery Corps was deployed to the Kraz Hill, which was more than 300 meters high behind the port, while the two engineer divisions, one was responsible for the construction of coastal defense fortresses around the Kraz Peninsula and the Chireken Peninsula in Krasnovsk, and the other was to build coastal defense fortresses and barracks on the coastline west of the Nebitdag oil field to ensure the absolute security of the oil-producing areas.

On the 16th, the Poyang Lake Fleet of the Anjia Army officially entered the main channel of the Yangtze River, went down the river, exited the mouth of the Yangtze River, and headed south to South China. The Second and Third Fleets of the Japanese Navy, under the deterrence of the Anjia Air Force, did not send a fleet to surround and kill them, but only dispatched several air defense destroyers to monitor them from afar. The An Jiajun Navy and Air Force were unwilling to cause any trouble, and did not expel him, and successfully arrived at Haiphong Port three days later. At this point, the main fleet of the Anjia Army Navy finally gathered and began to formally organize the fleet.

On the morning of the 17th, An Jiajun Ye and Li Fangjun took a train from the Caspian Railway branch line to enter Stalinabad (present-day Dushanbe), the capital of Tajikistan. It is the third of the five republics in Central Asia to occupy the capital, and it is of great political significance. Since the withdrawal of the Soviet troops had been completed, the Anjia Army quickly began the construction of local power.

On the afternoon of 17 July, the Central Route Army and the Western Route Army of the Far Eastern Army smoothly met in the Tashkent area, and then began to deploy troops to withdraw to the north.

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On the morning of the 19th, Nanhua, Xinjing, the conference room of the General Staff.

General Yang Fei, deputy chief of the General Staff, stood in front of the map, holding a baton in his hand, and talked eloquently: "As of 0:00 this morning, we have occupied most of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and the occupation of the city of Stalinabad the day before yesterday can be regarded as the liberation of Tajikistan." Tajikistan borders Xinjiang in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and the Pamir Plateau runs through the whole territory, with mountains and plateaus accounting for more than 90%, about half of which are above 3,000 meters above sea level, and only the area around Stalinabad is slightly flat and can be cultivated.

"Tajikistan belonged to the Chinese territory from the Western Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was once again included in the Chinese territory, the Yuan Dynasty was the Mongol Chagatai Khanate, the Qing Dynasty was again included in the Chinese territory, the eastern and southern parts belonged to China's Xinjiang, and the western part belonged to the Chinese Qing Dynasty vassal states of the Kokand Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate. Seventy-four years ago, Russia forced the Qing government to sign a Sino-Russian treaty on the survey and division of the northwest border, forcibly ceding 440,000 square kilometers of territory in western Xinjiang, including the original Chinese territory and most of the land of present-day Tajikistan. Sixty-two years ago, the Qing Dynasty's vassal state of Kokand Khanate was annexed by Tsarist Russia, and so far, the original Chinese territory and all the land of Kyrgyzstan have been annexed by Tsarist Russia. Successive Chinese central governments have not recognized the encroachment of Tsarist Russia and the subsequent Soviet Union on our western frontier. ”

After Yang Fei finished speaking, he returned to his seat and sat down, and Major General Shen Ziling, director of the Operations Department of the General Staff, said with a smile: "No matter which way you look at it, General Kulik, commander of the Central Asian Theater of the Soviet Army, has made a stupid move. He contracted his defense and took the initiative to give up a large amount of territory, which certainly saved his troops, but also greatly reduced their strategic depth, and now their main forces are almost all concentrated in Kyrgyzstan and the southeastern region of Kazakhstan, which is just convenient for us to solve the problem once and for all. ”

An Yi said lightly: "This is normal, Kulik, the only remaining commander of the older generation of the Soviet army after the purge, looks down on us, and he is still dreaming of waiting for the Far Eastern Army to leave and then clean up us!" Speaking of which, Kulik was quite understanding, knowing that we had difficulties in forming a local government, so he simply took away all his Soviet government officials, workers' pickets, Red Guards, and local garrisons, and even all the food that the people needed to maintain a minimum of survival, leaving us a clean and innocent place, and we hardly had to spend much energy, we only needed to send food and materials by airship, and then sent the armed police force and the democracy movement corps to form a military management committee to distribute food to the people for free. Then divide the land, preach a little in our policy, and the credibility will be established at once, and the speed with which the people will return to their hearts is unexpected......"

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and An Yi also laughed, and when everyone finished laughing, he continued: "This is very understandable, people's hearts are made of meat, follow the Soviets, everything produced is looted by the state, there is no food and clothing, even if you get money, there is no place to spend it, because everything has to be supplied by bills, and what about those high-level officials?" But you can rely on this channel to enjoy a luxurious life that ordinary people can't imagine! And our government, not only gives food, land and means of production, but everything is open to supply, we have no special supply, everything is equal, and it is not equality in slogans, the main thing is that you are willing to work, you are willing to work hard to make money, you can buy everything you want. In this comparison, if you are a common person, who would you like to talk to? ”

Xia Jian, who attended the meeting, said: "Of course I follow the boss...... The sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, and under the Tianshan Mountain, the battle flag of the Anjia Army is flying. Eat it, drink it, follow us and don't pay for food, hey, don't pay for food! ”

"Haha-"

Hearing Xia Jian's smooth slang that seemed to be poetry but not poetry, and seemed to be words and words, cheerful laughter came from the conference room again.

"Xia Jian, your grandson has listened to too many storytellings, right? It is true that we do not pay for grain, but we are not King Li Chuang's peasant army, we have strict organization and discipline, we have lofty ideals and pursuits to make the Chinese nation stand tall on the top of the world, and we have a good economic foundation and reputation that have been laid over the years, and we will not repeat the mistakes of Li Zicheng's regime. Okay, let's not talk so much, let's get down to business! ”

An Yi waved his hand, and waited for the conference room to be quiet before continuing: "With the recovery of Tajikistan, now the Ye and Li fronts have freed up their hands and can take over the defense of Tashkent and the Ares region from the Far East Army at any time. Due to the deliberate shrinkage of the Soviet troops, there was no fighting for the time being until the Far Eastern Army withdrew, and we just took advantage of this rare time to sum up the lessons and lessons of marching and fighting after entering Central Asia, rest and recuperate our troops, and recuperate for the next step of the war. After twenty days or a month, the Far Eastern Army has almost retreated, and Kulik feels that he is sure, and will naturally come to us for bad luck, and then our troops should be almost rested, so they will swing their horses and artillery and do it with him!

"Brethren, we are not afraid of war, especially of all! From the Northern Expedition on July 9, 26 to the present, we have gone through countless battles, many of which have been fought in adversity. The more we fight, the stronger we get. The more you play, the bigger the territory!

"In this decisive battle, Tang Wen's troops need to hold the main cities on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and his troops there cannot be moved, but what can be used are the two front armies of Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong, the two group armies of Hu Jiyang in Ust-Kamenn and the army directly under the front army, plus Xiao Wu's mechanized corps, the total strength is 600,000, and the enemy's strength, including the Xinjiang army, is as high as 900,000. In terms of the art of war, the side that takes the initiative to launch a strategic decisive battle must have more troops than the opponent, and Kulik is prejudiced against us, and it is expected to take the initiative to mobilize troops to launch a decisive battle.

"In a sense, the strategic decisive battle is gambling, gambling on the future of the country, the nation and the army, I firmly believe that we are the master of the vertical and horizontal casino, along the way, the gambling skills have been perfected, due to the advantage of the air force, the opponent's hole cards we are also clear, so even if it is 600,000 against 900,000, we have no reason to be afraid of the decisive battle, what we want is the decisive battle, through this hard battle, constantly sharpen and improve themselves, in the hard battle to completely defeat the Central Army, When the Soviets saw us, they would lose their morale, tremble, and take a detour, so that our goal could be achieved, and we should have such determination and courage! As long as we win this crucial strategic decisive battle, we can free up our hands and send troops to the north to consolidate the Ural defense line, and at the same time spend more time on resettlement and construction, so as to truly control the Central Asian region in our hands!

"Brothers, you may ask, where did you get your faith? Isn't it too blindly optimistic? I want to say, this is not blind, this is completely a portrayal of the real strength of the enemy and us, sometimes it is not that there are many people who have an advantage, all kinds of conditions can be transformed into combat effectiveness, I dare to say, our comprehensive strength is absolutely above the Soviet army besieged by the city! Now that the Nebitdag oil field in Turkmenistan is in our hands, and there are ready-made oil refineries in Krasnovsk, our mechanized troops will have a sufficient supply of oil and will no longer need to be replenished by air.

"What about our opponents? Although there were 900,000 workers' pickets, Red Guards, and local guards, most of them were untrained rabble, and their supply lines were largely cut off, with fewer shells and bullets being fought, and more and more passive. Although they took food and supplies with them when they retreated, it was not an easy task to feed 900,000 people. Central Asia is already barren land, and the masses of the people do not have much grain in their hands, and they have to feed 900,000 people at once, and the logistical pressure alone will drag them down!

"We have air supremacy, our training is not a little stronger than our opponents, our combat experience is far richer than our opponents, our equipment is superior to our opponents, and our material supplies are more adequate than our opponents.

An Yi's voice fell, the buzz in the conference room sounded, the general sitting in the front row and the staff officer in the back row exchanged heads, after a long time, I don't know who took the lead in clapping, and then the applause became denser and denser, obviously encouraged by An Yi's speech.

"Tsk!"

Gu Changfeng said with some envy: "The total strength of the two sides participating in the battle is as high as more than 1.6 million people in the strategic decisive battle, which has never been seen in the history of our army, but unfortunately, Xia Jian and I can only hold back in the south......"

Without waiting for Gu Changfeng to finish speaking, An Yi interrupted his words, glared at him and said, "How can you say that you are holding back?" Can the construction of Nanhua be separated from the escort of the army? Except for Siam that is still stable in the vicinity of South China, which other area is not full of war? And even Siam is not honest, this country has territorial disputes with us, in the middle of the last century, Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champasak in Caiwen Province were once subject states of Siam, and then the French occupied the land on the east bank of the Mekong River through the 1886 treaty, and in the Battle of the Estuary in 1**3 years and later the wars with Siam, from Siam got most of the territory of our Caiyun Province today, the Siamese government has always intended to recover the above territories, but unfortunately did not dare to provoke the French, we acted too fast at the beginning of this year, By the time the Siamese people reacted, our army had already entered the border area, and the Siamese people did not know the details of us and did not dare to act rashly. According to information received by our intelligence services, the French government is lobbying the Siamese government to cede Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champasak as bait in exchange for Siam sending troops. Song Kan was very jealous of us, and now he was hesitating.

From the beginning of this year to the present, the Siamese government has ordered two heavy coastal defense ships, two light coastal defense ships, four submarines and three alert speedboats from Japan, and also ordered two 4,300-ton light cruisers, two minesweepers and eight torpedo boats from Italy, plus four 8,000-ton cruisers converted from merchant ships purchased from Britain from three to five years to the end of last year, and twelve destroyers, coastal defense ships and frigates scrapped by the British Navy. Their navy is known as the second navy in Asia.

"We have obtained warships from the French Navy to train in the waters of Cam Ranh Bay and Ha Long Bay, and now the world does not know that we have retained this powerful naval force, but with the Poyang Lake fleet stationed in Haiphong Port in the past two days, it is estimated that the Japanese will leak the news to the Siamese, and I don't know if the Siamese who feel threatened will choose to strike first. Tiger head, the task on your shoulders is very heavy, if the Siamese come over, the plain area of Tien Nam Province that you are responsible for will bear the brunt, don't let the Siamese army rush to Saigon in one go, then your face will be lost! ”

When Gu Changfeng heard this, his face suddenly became extremely serious, and he nodded solemnly.

In order to expand the armament, the Siamese government used 80 percent of its fiscal revenue to expand the armament, and with the help of military instructors sent by Japan, it built up 500,000 army units, and equipped with aircraft, artillery and armored vehicles, and the total strength has exceeded the total strength of the Anjia army in South China.

The Siamese government was afraid that the South Chinese government would provoke the Chinese people in the territory to make trouble, and on the basis of a series of policies specifically aimed at the Chinese, it increased its control over the Chinese and prevented the Chinese from entering the country. Famous Siamese historian and right-wing thinker Luan Wei Ji. In a speech at Chulalongkorn University in March, Watagan spoke about the fate of the Jews in Germany and said that Siam could adopt a similar approach to solve the problem of the Chinese in Siam.

The South China government has long known everything about Siam, and if it weren't for the fact that the army is now trapped in Central Asia, An Yi may have already begun to carry out military operations against Siam.

Adjutant Shen Fengdao walked into the conference room, strode to An Yi's side, and whispered in his ear.

An Yi was a little surprised when he heard this, coughed lightly, and waited for everyone's attention to focus on himself before he said softly:

"That's all for today's meeting, the General Staff has made two plans, one is about the strategic decisive battle in Central Asia, and the other is how our army will take the initiative to attack across the border, and how our army will wipe out the Battambang and Siem Reap plains west of the Tonle Sap Lake in the shortest possible time. When making plans, it is necessary to communicate more with the front-line soldiers and do not work behind closed doors. This time, I called Hutou and Xia Jian to the meeting, just to let them participate in the formulation together, so that our plan can be perfected and not be at a loss. Alright, let's adjourn! ”

An Yi got up and walked out of the conference room first, asking as he walked, "Do you know what the French are doing?" ”

Shen Fengdao, who was walking side by side, shook his head: "I don't know, I guess I want us to release the prisoners." In the past few months, the French have been stubbornly holding on to not engaging with us, and the pressure at home has increased, and if it were not for the threat of the Germans, France needs a stable government, I am afraid that Daladier would have stepped down long ago. ”

An Yi nodded: "It should be this...... Anyway, people have already come, and I will know everything later, so I have to think about what conditions to put forward......"