Rommel finally moved back, and the Soviets did not dare to divide their forces while maintaining strong pressure from the front. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Air Force dropped hundreds of tons of gasoline incendiary bombs, and the forest burst into flames. The forests of Siberia, like those of the Northeast, are dominated by pine needles, which are very flammable because of their oily nature, and in winter they are the driest time in the inland alpine regions.

A simple incendiary petrol bomb could not destroy the underground fortifications of the port of Angara, but the forest fire was enough to prevent any living creatures from living in the forest.

There are two sides to things, the Soviet army lurked in the forest, but could not arrange anti-aircraft weapons in the forest, which created the greatest convenience for the bombing of the tsarist air force.

While the fire was boiling from the fire belt and the fire was still raging elsewhere, a clear road had been burned in the central fire belt, and in this case Rommel drew a thousand tanks and made a detour through the southern forest to rumble through the still bubbling forest.

Attacked from the flank, the Soviets did not resist stubbornly, and wisely took the initiative to retreat.

Rommel ordered the pursuit, but his own tanks could not catch up with the enemy's tanks at all, and could only watch the Soviet army retreat calmly under the cover of tanks, only the air force continued to harass and pursue the Soviet army, but the air force of this era was obviously not able to achieve a devastating blow, and the Nazi air force in World War II could not prevent the retreat of Dunkirk.

The failure to completely annihilate the Soviet army, especially the Soviet tank troops, made Rommel very angry, but he did not lose his temper with his soldiers, but scolded the performance of Chinese tanks, Chinese tanks are too slow to run 15 kilometers per hour, and they can't keep up with the T26 tanks that the Soviet army can run 30 kilometers at all.

But this cannot be changed for a while, China's tank research and development has taken a detour, and Yang Chao has always attached great importance to it. But he didn't pay attention to the details, and ordered the arsenal to continue research and development, and he just invested.

The specific requirements were all put forward by the army. The Chinese Defense Forces' requirements for tanks now are defense, and they completely use tanks as mobile fortresses, which is their experience in combat, but the military field is constantly changing, and in the past when they faced the Japanese. Tanks cover the infantry and rush up, you can defeat the opponent, the Japanese do not have tanks, so the tanks in the past are against the infantry, to be precise, against the opponent's trenches, the trenches are dead, so you don't need much speed.

Now it's different, all countries have tanks, the R&D concept is not the same, and France sees tanks as a substitute for cavalry. The British believed that the tank was an auxiliary weapon to the infantry, and the Soviet army had a strategy of great depth, but it is difficult to say that this was not a nomadic concept of cavalry.

Once there is an opponent, the tank will inevitably shift from the infantry and trenches against the enemy to the opponent's tank, then the competition begins, there must be thicker armor, faster speed, and it is naturally good to be able to improve in an all-round way, but defense and speed happen to be a pair of contradictions. If you want to thicken the armor, it will inevitably affect the speed, and the pros and cons need to be balanced.

It is believed that after this war, the direction of China's tank development will change again. But that was after the war, and the development of a tank did not happen overnight, and it was impossible for Yang Chao to immediately let the arsenal produce another tank, and wait until the experience was summed up after the war, and then a large-scale development would be carried out.

And Yang Chao didn't care about Rommel's attitude at this time, for Yang Chao. The capture of Anjiala Port was not a big victory, he even felt that it was a matter of course, where there were only 50,000 Soviet troops, Rommel not only had the advantage of troops, but also the overall superiority of weapons and equipment, if he could not easily win, it would be too worthy of the title of future Nazi marshal.

"Don't worry, we have a whole winter to play with the Soviet army, and if one winter is not enough, we will fight for a year. Lao Tzu fought. ”

A small victory, but to the relief of the Irkutsk aristocracy, held a celebratory reception.

Yang Chao expressed his attitude, which seemed to be for the aristocrats, but in fact he had other intentions.

Because others have other motives, it is not normal for such a small victory to attract the presence of ministers from various countries, especially the attitude of the US ambassador.

That's the question the Americans asked, and they asked Yang when he planned to end the war, so Yang Chao said.

The United States has established diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia, according to Roosevelt, that is, Soviet Russia is a big country, and the United States cannot ignore the existence of this country forever, just like China, and it is obvious that Roosevelt intends to use the establishment of diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia to warm up the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.

In the original history, Roosevelt established diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia soon after taking office, and unsealed Russia's $60 million assets in the United States, which had been frozen since the Tsarist era.

The attitude of the Americans is very simple, that is, they have taken a fancy to the huge market of Soviet and Russian industrial construction, but in this era, Roosevelt obviously made more solid use of this incident and paved the way for the restoration of relations between China and the United States.

When their ambassador came to probe Yang Chao's tone, eighty percent was already planning to mediate, perhaps because of the demands made by Soviet Russia to the United States, or perhaps because the United States felt that the restoration of peace between the two countries would be helpful to the economic interests of the United States.

"How long do you think this war will last, and how will it end?"

The Americans continued to ask, and sure enough, there was an ulterior motive.

Yang Chao smiled: "Then it depends on Starlin, how long he wants to fight, I will accompany him to fight." As for how it will end, naturally, it will be to drive all the aggressors out of the territory of the Russian Empire. ”

The Americans said: "You mean Siberia? ”

He was really afraid that Yang Chao would make a mistake and want to restore the Tsar's European territories, in that case, the battle would not be over.

Yang Chao said: "Of course, in Europe, His Majesty the Tsar has to give up for the time being, but he also knows that he has no ability to recover. But to defend our existing territory, there is no compromise. ”

The Americans are relieved, as long as Yang Chao does not want European territory, then there is still room for turning around in this matter, but the bottom line between the two sides is still very different.

Whatever, let them speak with their performance on the battlefield, it's all the Russians who died.

After this battle, they will all calm down.

The American ambassador was not going to say anything more: "Then I wish you all the luck." ”

"Thank you."

Yang Chao raised his glass.

The attitude of the Americans made Yang Chao worry, the United States was definitely not inserting a jar of good deeds, maybe Soviet Russia had already placed an order with them.

Yang Chao immediately sent a telegram to Shandong to inquire, and after receiving Wang Fugui's answer, he was relieved that Soviet Russia had not reduced any orders for machinery and equipment to China. (To be continued.) )