"Zima, the Russian army must be held back here, and the other side must not be allowed to see the walls of Irkutsk. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Located at the confluence of the Oka and Angara rivers and connected to the Irkutsk waterway, Zima is an important river port, but it is a brand new city, which was only established in 17 years.

Yang Chao patted the precise military map and said to Wrangel and the others.

"Don't worry, my lord, unless I Lao Zhang is dead, I will never let those mud legs of Soviet Russia cross Jima half a step!"

Zhang Zuolin, as the front-line commander of the Tsar Knights, directly accepted the command of Yang Chao.

Yang Chao is very strange, those retired officers Yang Chao is not refused, and even some veterans Yang Chao is happy to accept, but China's active officers, he basically rarely recruits, the reason is very simple, at this time China still did not intervene in this war, and Yang Chao did not intend to pull the country in, he planned to confront Soviet Russia with his own strength, to be precise, with Stalin, as if this war was a matter between the two strongmen.

However, Zhang Zuolin was extremely active, he actually resigned from the army, and then took a group of old brothers who resigned with him to Siberia to join Yang Chao.

Zhang Zuolin has always been an alternative in the army, stationed in the Sino-Soviet border area, like a warlord who ceded land as the king, but he did not expect that he could give up the glory and wealth and choose to follow Yang Chao, and the current commander of the cavalry army was taken over by Zhang Zuolin's old subordinate, Yang Yuting, who was also born in a professional military academy.

Other officers Yang Chao didn't want to accept it, but Zhang Zuolin was different, Yang Chao couldn't wait to drive this goods out of the army, but because of some political rules, he couldn't do it, since Zhang Zuolin resigned himself, it would be easy to do, and pull Zhang Zuolin's gang of bandits to Siberia to fight with the Soviet army.

Zhang Zuolin's current subordinates, except for the tens of thousands of bandit-born old brothers he brought in as officers, most of the other soldiers are Chinese, and there are even more than 3,000 officers from science classes.

The reason why these officers came from professional classes is that they come from local military academies in Baoding Military Academy, Yunnan Jiangwutang, and other places, and most of them are young people who have no military experience.

In universities all over the country, there are some young people who worship Yang Chao fanatically, and they continue to give speeches in the school, telling their colleagues hoarsely, 'Mr. Yang has made great contributions to the country, but now his family, his family has been unjustifiably oppressed by evil neighbors, as an upright Chinese, we can sit idly by, we can see a person who has made great contributions to the country, when he is helpless and fighting alone, his country, But is it indifferent?' A large amount of this information is spontaneous, and Yang Chao did not instigate it, nor did he instigate it.

So a large number of young people either out of personal reverence and sympathy for Yang Chao, or out of the attraction of Russian classical novels, sympathy for the female tsar, have signed up to join the Tsarist Knights, but in addition to military cadets, few college students are accepted, Yang Chao does not want to waste these future elites, but military cadets are different, they will have to go to the battlefield sooner or later, the battlefield is their best university, they come to experience the war, is the best graduation ceremony.

So a large number of cadets joined the Tsar's Order, then became officers, became knights of the Tsar, and in the future may become Barons, Viscounts and even Counts of the Tsar.

When Tukhachevsky's forwards attacked Zima under the blockage of Wrangel's regular army, he was facing a newly formed, disorganized opponent who did not play according to the usual routine.

Yang Chao chose Jima because it is the confluence of two rivers, and although there is a flat impact delta, there are also a large number of tributaries, so it is not suitable for tanks.

Therefore, it is not easy for Tukhachevsky's tank to give full play to his advantages, and Zhang Zuolin did not intend to let Tukhachevsky's tank be useful, he did a good job of passive defense, but that night he attacked Tukhachevsky's logistics base and set fire to the opponent's gasoline depot.

This move can stop the Soviet army for at least half a month, because they want to replenish fuel, even if they take the railway from the side of the Ural Mountains to Zima, it will take at least half a month.

Upon learning that his fuel depot had been burned, Tukhachevsky was furious and immediately executed more than a dozen of the officers responsible, and a battalion of soldiers responsible for defending the oil depot were all summarily executed.

Looking at the map of Irkutsk, Tukhachevsky became more and more irritated the more he looked at it.

"You can't attack Slyudyanka! Why can't you storm Slyudyanka? Why! ”

This is the reason for Tukhachevsky's anger, and the burning of the oil depot is only a reason.

Tukhachevsky never wanted to compete with the tsarist government for an inch of land, and the most valuable thing in Siberia was land, so he did not plan to entangle with Zhang Zuolin in the dense river network of Jima, he planned to break through the offensive in great depth.

The aim was to encircle and isolate Irkutsk, and to the west Irkutsk was to be connected to the west by a railway, which no longer made much sense, because the west of Zima was basically under Soviet control, but to the south Irkutsk was still connected to China, and even at the height of the war, the railway line was still busy.

Through this railway line, the tsar got food, clothing, steel, and even more direct weapons and equipment, as long as this railway was cut off, then the tsar had no choice but to surrender a way, even if he didn't fight, Irkutsk would have to be trapped to death, Tukhachevsky certainly didn't think about such a thing as a long-term encirclement, the offensive still had to attack, no matter what tactics, whether it was a frontal attack or a large depth cutting encirclement, the final goal was just to capture the city.

But the reason why the tactics of great depth are effective is not that he gave up attacking the city, but that he threatens the opponent's strategic rear by not attacking the solid permanent position head-on, but through detours, flanking and other tactics.

In other words, the tactic of great depth is a kind of use of the initiative of the attacker to mobilize the enemy's forces, so that the offensive and defensive positions of the two sides are different, and find more favorable conditions for themselves.

Tukhachevsky has perfected this set of tactics, and the key point he chose to break through this time is Slyudyanka, which is only more than 30 kilometers away from Irkutsk, a small city on the corner of Lake Baikal, which was established in 1907 with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, but later as the Japanese seized the land east of Baikal, Tsarist Russia built a direct railway to Kulen from here, so that this fortress city began to develop, and it was already a trading city with a population of 50,000.

As a trade hub with China, once this place is cut off, Irkutsk will lose the supply of goods from China, Tukhachevsky does not need to directly attack Irkutsk, only need to occupy here, the tsar will send troops to fight with him, major offensive and defensive positions, Tukhachevsky is confident that the tsarist regime will be eliminated in one go.

Tukhachevsky's decision to capture this place was that his reconnaissance team found that Slyudyanka had no strong defense so far and was very easy to overcome, although it was not known why Wrangel neglected this place, but the gang Chevsky did not intend to give the other side a chance to adjust.

So he reported his battle plan to Comrade Stalin, but Comrade Stalin's refusal of the order.

Why?

Tukhachevsky himself knew that otherwise he would not have even reported back the direct battle plan, because this is a communication artery to China, so Tukhachevsky is bound to cut off here, but it is precisely because this is a communication artery to China that Tukhachevsky cannot cut off here.

Because of China's opposition, Stalin had long issued an order not to cut off China's communication with Siberia, so as not to create an excuse for the Chinese to intervene in the war. Not only can it not cut off traffic, but it also can't hurt Chinese merchants, if any. As for the complete occupation of Siberia by Soviet Russia, then Comrade Stalin does not intend to really let the Chinese continue to occupy the rich oil resources of Tyumen.

However, before the complete occupation of Siberia, Staling absolutely did not want to see the Chinese army of one million involved in the war, and he did not have no dealings with China's military power, knowing that this was an out-and-out imperialist army, well-equipped, well-trained, and experienced in combat, and it would be unwise to provoke such an enemy at this moment.

Because Stahlin had already given strict orders, although Tukhachevsky thought that attacking Slyudyanka was the best plan, and the overall situation was now decided, there was no need to take into account the attitude of the Chinese, so Tukhachevsky dared to attack here, but he still had to ask Comrade Stalin.

Unexpectedly, Comrade Stalin's refusal without even thinking about it.

"Send a telegram to Comrade Stalin, if the railway line is not cut, then our army will not be able to continue the war. Wait, let's just change it, let's just say that if the railway line is not cut off, it will bring great difficulties to our army's fighting. ”

Tukhachevsky pondered his tone and expressed his opinion in a more tactful manner, after all, their new Tsar, Comrade Stalin, did not have the good temper of the old Tsar.

Soon Comrade Stalins called back, saying that he understood the difficulties of the comrades at the front, but hoped that the comrades would overcome the difficulties, and that the comrades in the diplomatic department were already trying to negotiate and would definitely stop the Chinese from abandoning the transportation of arms from the railway to the tsarist puppet regime, believing that this would help the comrades at the front.

When Tukhachevsky received this telegram, he could only smile bitterly, and he only dared to show it in his heart, but did not dare to show it, otherwise he would have received a summoning order from Moscow the next day, and then waited for punishment.

Tukhachevsky lamented, what kind of war is this fighting, watching the Chinese constantly send arms to the Tsar, close but unable to stop it, on the other side is constantly sending various orders and equipment to the Chinese, trying to curry favor with China, this kind of shame as a soldier is really unbearable.

But it is a beautiful thing for China, China's industrial enterprises not only provide all kinds of military materials to the Tsarist Knights, but also produce all kinds of machinery and equipment for Soviet Russia, both sides of the equation made China's industry suddenly a very good situation, but where do the capitalists know how to be satisfied, they will never accept the Soviet Russia's request not to provide weapons and equipment to the Tsar, but they said that they can also provide military equipment to the Soviet army. (To be continued.) )