Volume 14 The Smoke of Gunpowder Chapter 72 The Turanian Storm
On the day of the last month, the strategic bombers of the Republican Space Army began to bomb the US military bases in Mali IV. 【Reading.com】
Prior to this, in accordance with the deployment of the General Staff, the Space Forces dispatched strategic bombers to bomb US military installations on the Mariana Islands, and even in early March, they used aerospace bombers that had been delivered and tested only at the beginning of the year. The bombing of the ammunition depot of the US army on the island of Rota was carried out. Merely. Most of these bombings were for the purpose of harassment. And not really for the sake of destroying the military facilities of the US military.
In any case, the main task of the Celestial Force is to assist the ground forces on the mainland battlefield to advance into the Urals and to compete with the U.S. Celestial Forces for supremacy. Because the expansion of the bomber force is not much faster than that of the fleet, for example, the difficulty of training pilots is much higher than that of the officers and men of the fleet, and the cost of strategic bombers is not much cheaper than that of warships in peacetime, and the price of strategic bombers is comparable to that of multi-purpose destroyers, even in wartime, after deducting the costs related to intellectual property rights, the cost of strategic bombers is also comparable to that of anti-submarine frigates in terms of material and labor costs alone, so in the early stage of the war, the combat capability of the strategic bomber units of the space forces was very limited. Optimistically, even if the battle loss rate is not as expected, it is not until the end of June that the size of the strategic bomber group is expected to double. It is not until the end of the first quarter of this year that the Republic's Celestial Forces are expected to organize a "thousand-plane bombing." That is, before that, the Celestial Forces must use the existing strategic bombers in a careful manner.
Of course, this is also completely consistent with the war plan of the republic.
Not to mention anything else, before the outbreak of the war, the largest reserve in the arsenal of the Republic's Celestial Army was long-range ammunition for strategic bombers, counting the production capacity during the war, even if it was fought at a higher intensity. It can also allow the strategic bomber force of the space force to be consumed for more than a year, while the ammunition of other services, such as the ground attack ammunition reserved by the naval aviation for fighters, can only be consumed for a maximum of three months. It can be seen from this that the Celestial Army of the Republic has long been prepared to let the strategic bombers "play soy sauce" in the early stage of the war, that is, the strategic bombers will definitely not take risks easily, and even if they will reduce the attack efficiency, they must control the battle loss rate within an acceptable range.
It's also a reasonable arrangement, anyway. With the advent of new tactics, new weapons, and new platforms, strategic bombers are of irreplaceable importance. If it is not possible to expand the production of bombers as soon as possible. It is necessary to minimize the amount of bomber losses in the war.
Understanding this, it is not difficult to understand why the authorities of the republic used bombers on the continental battlefield.
Anyway, compared to the United States. Russia is a relatively weak enemy. And even more, on the continental battlefield. The strategic bombers of the Celestial Forces of the Republic can fire missiles thousands of kilometers behind the battle line, and they are protected by their own defense systems, so they will basically not be threatened, but in the ocean battlefield, not only is the battle line not obvious enough, but the Republic Navy cannot provide comprehensive protection for the bombers, and there is no guarantee that the bombers will not be threatened.
As far as the bombing of the Mariana Islands before the end of the month is concerned, although the scale of several bombing operations is not large, all strategic bombers use long-range cruise missiles with a range of more than one kilometer. There is no pattern to the attack, but in the case of bad luck, something will happen, such as in Lang. On Sunday, after firing missiles, four bombers encountered heavy fighters heading north from the volcanic archipelago to Japan's Honshu Island to carry out reconnaissance missions, and as a result, the Ru bombers were damaged. Even if it barely flew to the air base in Japan, it could only be scrapped. Thankfully, the misfortune is. The U.S. fighter jets were returning home, and they didn't carry too many anti-aircraft missiles, otherwise the four bombers and the eight pilots on it would have been doomed.
Of course, in war, the purpose of war will never be abandoned because of the reduction of losses.
In a sense, the postponement of the attack on the Mariana Islands until the end of April, in addition to the difficulty for the Navy to organize sufficient projection forces before then, is also related to the strategic bomber forces of the Space Forces, or to combat operations on the mainland battlefield.
Recognized or not, the republic is a canonical land power.
It can be said that Yuan Chenhao's proposition represents, to a certain extent, the status of land power in the basic interests of the republic. Even in hindsight, if land power could not be secured, even if the republic won the Pacific War and successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean and landed on the North American continent, victory would be meaningless. It is precisely because of this that when Pei Chengyi actively advocated shifting the focus to the Pacific, he did not stop Yuan Chenhao's offensive operations on the mainland battlefield, and even took the initiative to transfer power and let Yuan Chenhao take full charge of the mainland war.
Judging from military talent alone, Yuan Chenhao is fully capable of becoming the second Pei Chengyi.
In the middle of the year. That is, less than a week after the end of the naval battle in the Maldives, Yuan Chenhao launched an offensive operation codenamed "Turan Storm" on the mainland battlefield, and the area between the Caspian Sea and the Tianshan Mountains is also known as the Turan Lowland, and the region is dominated by deserts, sounding the clarion call to march into the hinterland of Russia.
Judging from the situation at that time, even Pei Chengyi thought that Yuan Chenhao was in a hurry.
You must know that when the combat brigade of the 10th combat unit left Kostanay, crossed the Kazakh-Russian border line north, entered the territory of Russia, and marched towards Chelyabinsk, the 9th combat unit was still deployed on the east bank of the lower Ural River, and failed to advance the battle line to the opposite bank of the Ural city in time. That is, there is a very large and obvious hole in the front of the Army of the Republic in the northwestern region of Kazakhstan.
What is incomprehensible is that the Russian army did not seize this precious opportunity to counterattack.
Judging from the information collected after the war, the Russian army must have seen this loophole, and knew that from the Urals, it could penetrate into the rear of the ninth combat unit, at least be able to encircle and annihilate the ninth combat unit, and if enough troops were invested, it could also advance to the east, posing a threat to the tenth combat unit that was moving north, forcing the Republic Army to abandon the plan to attack Chelyabinsk and march to Yekaterinburg. But the commander of the Russian army must consider another possibility, that is, this is a flaw deliberately left by the army of the republic. The purpose is to get the Russian army in the Urals to take the initiative to counterattack. Then assault the Urals, gaining a bridgehead on the west bank of the Urals.
Undoubtedly, this concern made the Russian commander decide to press
This is not difficult to understand, no matter what, the Russian intelligence system should know that the chief of the general staff of the republic has gone to the front, and it is Yuan Chenhao who commands the army of the republic to fight, not an unknown general.
In other words, if someone else had been in command at that time, I am afraid that the Russian army would have already attacked. And even more, at the time of the 10th combat unit entering the territory of Russia, in its large rear. At least 3 combat units have been deployed, including the 4th combat unit. There is another point that no one can ignore, that is, the 10th combat unit and the 9th combat unit in front of the 10th combat unit, whose combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and it can even be said that it is rare and invincible. Considering the offensive tactics that the republican ** team is best at, that is, using the airlift force of the strongman, occupying the strategic points in the enemy's rear by means of low-altitude assault, cutting out the enemy troops who rush forward, and then concentrating the absolute superiority of troops and firepower to annihilate the enemy in the encirclement in one fell swoop, the Russian commander has to consider the safety of the west bank of the Ural River after the counterattack from the Urals.
Exactly, many people think. This is a trap deliberately laid by Yuan Chenhao, and the Russian army was not fooled.
In fact, the Russian army did not take the opportunity to counterattack, which only shows one problem, that is, the Russian army is not aware of the republic's material transfer in Central Asia. You must know that the military supplies that were sent to Central Asia at that time and hoarded within a kilometer range of the front line were only enough for the 10th combat unit to eliminate the stickiness and keep the 9th combat unit on the defensive, that is, the 10th combat unit had to complete the first round of offensive operations within a few days. It can be seen from this that if the Russian army had this information at that time, not to mention that it was Yuan Chenhao who commanded the operation, even Pei Chengyi would not be able to make the Russian army stop. This also illustrates. Yuan Chenhao really dared to take risks, and he did so after fully grasping the enemy's mentality.
Affected by this, when the 10th combat unit attacked Chelyabinsk, the first thing to attack was the airfield on the outskirts.
It has to be admitted that the assault capability of the 10th Combat Unit has not only not been reduced because it has not fought for many years, but has also become more powerful because it has received more advanced equipment, especially better vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft.
The day of the month is the second day of the attack. The 10th combat unit took control of the Chelyabinsk airfield and repaired the runway. Put the airport into service.
The Russian commander reacted as swarms of strategic transport planes landed on the Chelyabinsk airfield, delivering hundreds of containers and pallets to the 10th combat unit. That is, the logistical support forces deployed by the Republic Army on the front line are very limited, and it is even difficult to support the operation of the 10th combat unit.
The problem is that it was too late to react at this time.
Although the Russian army adjusted its deployment within Sun Bushi. Preparations for the offensive were completed in another two hours, but within that hour the Army of the Republic was able to do much more, such as building several field airfields along the railway line in the northern regions of Kazakhstan, thus moving the low-altitude attack aircraft units of the Army Aviation hundreds of kilometers closer to the front line.
The moon occupies the night of the day. When the Russian army counterattacked the 10th combat unit that had already occupied Chelyabinsk, it was first encountered not by the ground combat units of the Republic Army, but by low-altitude attack aircraft overhead, and then by the comprehensive artillery fire of the 10th combat unit and the 4th combat unit. The bombardment and artillery bombardment were alternated until dawn on the 6th, when the Russian army had to retreat on its own initiative because of heavy casualties, 2 Russian armored divisions and 2 infantry divisions were completely defeated, and 3 armored divisions and 3 infantry divisions were heavily damaged. The number of Russian officers and soldiers killed by the bombing will not be less than 30,000.
Of course, the Russian authorities will never admit to losing so many troops in one night.
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It is undeniable that after that, the Russian army never carried out an organized counterattack on Chelyabinsk. It can even be said that until defeat. The Russian army avoided the 10th combat unit on the battlefield.
At this point, at this time, you can also roughly see Yuan Duhao's tactics.
To put it bluntly, there is no clear tactics, and combat operations are completely determined by the situation on the battlefield. Be sure to say something tactical. One thing is certain, and that is to take advantage of the enemy's inability to obtain accurate intelligence and not know much about the situation. Concentrate superior firepower to annihilate the enemy's living forces.
After sweeping away the remnants of the enemy in Chelyabinsk, the 10th combat unit moved north on the day of the moon.
On this day, in addition to the arrival of the vanguard of the 4th Combat Unit in Chelyabinsk and the deployment of its defenses in the direction of Magnitogersk, the 3rd main combat unit, the 8th Combat Division, also entered Russia and marched to Kurgan at no slower pace than the 10th Combat Division.
In all fairness, neither the 4th Combat Unit nor the 8th Combat Unit acted creatively.
Magnitogorsk is one of the largest cities in the South Ural Mountains and one of the main cities in the upper reaches of the Ural River, strategically located not below Orenburg and Yekaterinburg. Geographically. Magnitogorsk is also a hub city connecting Orenburg with Yekaterinburg. It is precisely because of this that this is also a key defense area of the Russian army, and there are as many as 3 divisions of the regular army stationed there. Coupled with the urgently mobilized troops, the total strength of the Russian army in the area is not strong, and there are 10,000 old 10,000. It can be seen that although Magnitogorsk is not on the list of targets for the Republic Army, it is necessary to beware of a counterattack by the Russian army there. With the entry of the 8th combat unit into the battle and, according to the calculations, the danger to the east of Chelyabinsk was relieved. Therefore, the deployment of the 4th combat unit towards Magnitogorsk can be said to be a normal tactical deployment.
Of course, the attack on Kurgan was expected by everyone.
As a large city east of Chelyabinsk. Kurgan is also the western terminal of the "Russian-Kazakhstan Railway" to Petropavlovsk on the territory of Russia. In other words, if the army of the republic wants to use the railway line between Kazakhstan and Russia, it will be stunned to occupy Kurgan, and Chelyabinsk is actually on another Russian-Kazakh railway, and this is the main reason why the 10th combat unit rushed to Chelyabinsk. Even if you don't take into account the fact that Kurgan is only a few kilometers away from Chelyabins, and there are obstacles between the dots. So from the cover of the right flank of the 10th combat unit. Assist the 10th Combat Unit in its march to Yekaterinburg, and also have to occupy Kurgan. Blocking more than eighty percent of the troops of the Russian Siberian Front to the east of Kurgan.
In order to achieve this, the 8th combat unit would definitely have to move north from Kurgan and attack Tyumen.
From a military point of view, if necessary. Even a third main combat unit had to be used. Attack Omsk, east of Kurgan, widen the depth of the defense by a kilometer, thus ensuring that combat operations in the Yekaterinburg direction are not properly threatened. In fact, in the battle plan formulated by Yuan Chenhao, preparations for this had already been made, and a reserve team was left.
Of course, at this time, no one will doubt the purpose of the campaign of the Republic Army.
Whether the commander of the Russian army believes it or not, judging from the march of the army of the republic, the purpose is to capture the third largest city in Russia, that is, Yekaterinburg Empress Yekaterina is a very great tsar in Russian history, and her contribution to Russia is second only to Peter the Great, so Russia uses her name to name the third most populous city, and the second most populous is St. Petersburg named after Peter the Great, and the most populous is naturally Moscow. Although in a military sense. The capture of Yekaterinburg was not worth much. The reason is simple. Yekaterinburg is not a city of heavy industry, nor is there a large military industry and high-tech enterprises. It's not yet a transportation hub. There are also no sufficiently important sources of resources in the vicinity. Even if it were possible to cross the Ural Mountains in the west, it would be no easier than marching into Moscow from the Volga valley in the south. It can be said that Yekaterinburg is famous for its large population, good environment, and popularity. In fact, it is not a significant city that must be occupied. Politically, however, if the authorities of the republic were to bring Russia back to its original form, it would restore its original appearance, which had expanded by force in a short period of time from a landlocked Grand Duchy into a vast country with a vast territory in the world. You have to make a fuss in Yekaterinaburg.
Leaving aside the influence of Yekaterinburg on the Asian region of Russia, after all, it is too close to the European region and basically belongs to European civilization. It has nothing to do with Eastern civilization. In terms of the city's influence on the Siberian region alone, the republic had to get its hands on it.
Switch angles. The Russian authorities are certainly not willing to lose Yekaterinburg.
It is precisely for this reason that Russian President Cheryakov not only ordered Yekaterinburg to impose total martial law. All male and female citizens who had reached the age of old were to take up arms and fight or take part in the defense of the city, and the Siberian Front was given a death order to hold Yekaterinburg at all costs. It's just that Cheryakov doesn't have much hope for the Siberian Front, because before that, the Russian army had always believed that the Republic Army would attack Kmsk from Petropavlovsk to the north, so most of the main forces of the Siberian Front were in Omsk. Only a few troops remained in Yekaterinburg, Tyumen and other places to the west. It was in this way that Cheryakov also gave an order to the neighboring Ural Front, that is, at the time of the attack on Yekaterinaburg. Targeted counterattack operations were launched to contain the Republic Army, especially the 10th Combat Unit.
Judging by this order, Cheryakov was indeed a talented military commander.
In the situation at that time, if it was replaced by someone else, such as Russian Vice President Djodnovich. The Ural Front will definitely be sent to support Yekaterinburg.
There is no doubt that this is an absolute foolish act of self-destruction of the Great Wall.
To know. It is not Yekaterinburg that protects the heart of Russia, that is, Europe. Rather, it was the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, as well as the Ural Front, which guarded this strategic line of defense. Anyway. Yuan Chenhao is definitely not the kind of short-sighted general, so it is impossible to take the capture of a large city with a population of one million as a major goal, let alone mobilize most of the main forces of the Republic Army for this purpose. Plainly. The ultimate goal of the "Turan Storm" is to sweep across the Mulal Mountains and the Ural River, and enter Russia's European region, at least to break through the Russian army's Ural defense line, forcing the Russian army to invest more troops in this life-and-death strategic defense line.
Thus. The 10th combat unit stormed Yekaterinburg only as a means, not as an end.
What is a little puzzling is that when the 10th combat unit went north to attack Yekaterinaburg. That is, on the day of the ugly moon, Yuan Chenhao sent the third main combat unit, that is, the seventh combat unit that had just completed the assembly in Kostanay, and also asked the first combat unit that acted with it to go to Chelyabinsk to assist the fourth combat unit in transporting combat materials to the front line.
By this time, the reserve in Yuan Chenhao's hands was only the Ditian combat unit.
Although the 6th combat unit has reached Astana, and the 1st combat unit is also on its way to Kazakhstan, in the short term, as long as the Russian army holds out in Yekaterinburg and drags the 10th combat unit and the 7th combat unit, unless the 9th combat unit nailed to the east bank of the Ural River is used, Yuan Chenhao will have to let several non-main combat units go up and charge into battle, and the offensive intensity of the Republic Army will inevitably be greatly reduced. Everyone who understands knows that even if a few combat units are bet, it is not very difficult to attack Orenburg or attack the Urals, but after that, the Republic Army will have no way to continue, so it can only stop at the Urals defense line and let the Russian army strengthen its strategic defense.
It's understandable that this tactic came from someone else's hands. is from Yuan Chenhao, it's a bit too much to say.
You must know that Yuan Chenhao's appetite is definitely no better than Pei Chengyi, and in all the offensive campaigns that Pei Chengyi has commanded, he has never aimed to capture a few cities.
It is precisely because of this that the commanders of the Russian Ural Front did not dare to act rashly.
The problem is that under the weight of the two main combat units and the reinforced artillery brigade, even if Yekaterinburg is fully mobilized, the number of armed personnel, including the defenders, is more than 10,000, and there are about 10,000 paraarmed personnel who have not been assigned weapons, they will not be able to hold out for long. To put it bluntly, the defensive positions built by the defenders in a hurry by ordinary methods could not withstand the fire of the Republic Army, let alone deal with aerial bombs. Even against the kilogram-level electric bumper shells
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The reality is not much different.
According to the statistics of the Catherine government, on the first day of the fighting, the bombing and shelling of the Republican Army resulted in nearly 10,000 casualties and left about 10,000 people homeless. Although the Republic Army did not continue to focus on shelling urban areas in the following hours, and even deliberately avoided shelling residential areas, on the third day of the battle, as the ground forces of the Republic Army broke through the outer defensive line, they began to focus on attacking the infrastructure in the urban area, especially various underground facilities. Civilian casualties are rising again. For the same reason, Russia's third-most populous city lacks adequate dedicated civil defense, and most citizens have to take refuge in underground facilities such as subways and sewer pipes when shelled and bombed. So at a time when these facilities were under heavy shelling. Civilian casualties are sure to be enormous. The Army of the Republic had no other choice, because in the battle for Zoriabinsk, the Russian army made full use of the underground facilities of the city, causing very big problems for the attacking 10th combat unit, and even most of the casualties were incurred during the battle for the underground facilities in the city. Affected by this. During the assault on Yekaterinaburg, in order to reduce combat casualties, the fire support units of the two combat units were no longer relentless, and the attacking troops were relieved of the trouble of arguing with the enemy about underground facilities.
During this period, the 8th combat unit, which captured Kurgan, also successfully captured Tyumen.
On the day of the sunset, when many people thought that Yuan Chenhao should shift his focus to the South Urals, the army general made an even more incomprehensible decision, sending the Ditian combat unit north to Kurgan to guard the line from Kurgan to Tyumen together with the 8th combat unit.
That is, by this time. Yuan Chenhao used the last reserve team in his hand.
If nothing else, before February. He can only use the ninth combat unit.
Hit this, time. The Russian authorities also had to revisit the campaign. Not to mention the commanders of the Siberian and Ural Fronts. Even Cheryakov believes that Yuan Chenhao is very likely to attack the east and west, that is, to use the name of attacking Russia's European region to let the Ural Front stand still, gain the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Siberian Front, and lay the foundation for sweeping and occupying the Siberian region.
If this is the case, the actions of the Russian army before this have not been corrected.
According to Cheryakov's analysis. In the event that the Ural Front does not come to the rescue of Yekaterinaburg, the main forces of the Siberian Front, stationed in Omsk, will certainly desperately rush westward and attack the Kurgan-Tyumen line, which is guarded by the 8th combat unit and the 1st combat unit. Although the strength of the Russian army is several times that of 2 combat units, plus the mobilized troops, it is even more than "more than doubled." But the Russian army has no superiority in firepower, and it does not have an information superiority, so it is difficult to break through the line of defense between the 8th combat unit and the Ditian combat unit in a few days. If it drags on until tomorrow, the 6th Combat Unit and the 1st Combat Unit arrive, not only will Omsk be lost, but the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops blocked to the east of the Kurgan-Tyumen defense line will have no way out and will be surrounded and annihilated by the Army of the Republic.
The loss of hundreds of thousands of troops at a time was more than four years ago.
Although in a military sense, after the attack on Yekaterinburg, the value of the Siberian Front was greatly reduced, and it was not even of strategic significance, and it was only a matter of time before it was encircled and annihilated. But in a political sense, if hundreds of thousands of troops are lost after the start of the war, and if they suffer such a crushing defeat with a full war mentality, it will certainly have a devastating blow to the morale of the Russian army. The strategic rout of the early days of the Great Patriotic War will be staged again, and this time there will be no Stalingrad in Russia, and the impact of bad weather on the attacking troops will not be so great.
Russia cannot afford such a defeat, and Cheryakov will not tolerate such a defeat either.
As a result of this, "on the 10,000th day of the month, the Ural Front began to attack Chelyabinsk, putting pressure on the 10th and 7th combat units. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Siberian Front also recklessly left Omsk and embarked on the first and final journey.
It must be admitted that war is brutal, and it is brutal.
On the night of the 10,000th day, as soon as the main forces of the Russian Siberian Front left Omsk, the vanguard of the 6th Combat Unit took a vertical take-off and landing transport plane, captured this vital city, and established an airborne landing field. By dawn the next day, the combat brigade of the combat unit had all the strength and all the main battle equipment had arrived. Although about 20,000 Russian troops remained in Omsk, these improvised units were no match for the elite divisions of the republic. The fighting in the city ended before the pass, and by this time the main forces of the Siberian Front had not yet completed their turn and were still west of Dumsk.
It can be said that the closing action of the Republic Army was also a little too fast.
Many people believe that if the 6th combat unit leaves four hours late, it is very likely that the two Russian infantry divisions east of Omsk will also be put in the encirclement.
Leaving aside whether there is such a possibility for the time being, the annihilation of 2 more divisions and the annihilation of 2 fewer divisions will have almost zero impact on the battle situation.
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Of course, the direct consequence of the all-out assault of the Sixth Combat Unit was that all the vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft units of the Army Aviation Corps were used in that direction on 10,000 days and sunrises, thus having a great impact on the combat operations of the four combat units in the other direction.
Not to mention, from the night of Wanri until the early morning of the day of the sword, for about an hour, the 10th and 7th combat units did not continue to attack, but turned to the defense. The reason is also very simple, the only combat materials have to be reserved for the 4th combat unit and the 1st Blade combat unit to ensure that Chelyabinsk will not be lost.
The problem is that by this time, Yuan Chenhao's intentions have still not been directly reflected.
Speaking realistically, with the situation at that time, a little attention will be realized, and Yuan Chenhao definitely did not target the Siberian Front. As mentioned earlier. As long as it is possible to capture Yekaterinburg. Plus the capture of Tyumen in the east. The Siberian Front will become an ornament, and hundreds of thousands of Russian troops will sooner or later consume the Russian army in defensive operations, which is more ideal than in offensive operations, but there is no need to use tens of thousands of ground troops with seven combat units. With Yuan Chenhao's consciousness. Surely it won't be so blind. To know. With the combat effectiveness shown by the Republic Army in the Third World War, if it can be fully wielded, it will only need at most 3 combat units to encircle and annihilate the Russian Siberian Front. In other words, Yuan Chenhao has more ambitious goals.
It has already been mentioned. The purpose of Yuan Chenhao's campaigns was at least to capture Orenburg or the Urals.
In the circumstances at the time, if for this purpose. He should have dragged the Russian Ural Front in Chelyabinsk, forced the Russian army to continue to build, and then let the well-prepared 6th combat unit assault Orenburg. Or let the 9th combat unit cross the Ural River and attack the Urals. As for the Siberian Front, it can be handed over to the 8th combat unit and the Ditian combat unit, and it is a big deal to strengthen a non-main combat unit.
It can be seen from this that Yuan Chenhao must have set a higher campaign goal according to the battlefield situation.
Of course, judging from the situation, the army of the republic is indeed fighting with all its might to encircle and annihilate the Siberian Front.
The battle lasted until the Moonblade Day. The Russian Siberian Front seems to see hope for a "breakout", that is, north of Kurgan, the Russian army seized a gap about a kilometer wide between the 8th combat unit and the defense line of the Ditian combat unit. And opened this gap with a decisive assault.
On this day, the 1st Blade combat unit was also withdrawn from Chelyabinsk and assembled in Kopeiysk to the east.
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Anyone can see that Yuan Chenhao is adjusting the deployment, and it is adjusting it in response to the loopholes in the Kurgan Tyumen Line. Other words. If the 8th and 1st combat units cannot repair the holes in the direction, or if the 6th combat unit interspersed with attacks in the east cannot stop the Russian army from breaking through. Yuan Chenhao had no choice but to let the first combat unit go to plug the leak.
Affected by this, "in the early morning of the month, the Russian army intensified its offensive on Chelyabinsk.
The intentions of the Ural Front of the Russian army are also simple. If the combat units could be left in Chelyabinsk, the breakout operation of the Siberian Front would be half successful. Imagine this. What will happen when hundreds of thousands of Russian troops flock to Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, which are not fortified in the east? No matter how much combat power the Russian army has, hundreds of thousands of troops will definitely be able to break through the defense line of the republican ** team. More importantly, the defense of the Russian army in the European region will be stronger with these hundreds of thousands of "new forces".
By this time, it had become a strategic matter for the Siberian Front to break through.
Of course, by the first day of February, all the hopes of the Russian army were in vain.
In the early hours of the same day, the Ditian combat unit left Petropavlovsk and captured Ishim, east of Kurgan, in just one hour. To know. It's not just a railway hub. It is also the seat of the headquarters of the Siberian Front of the Russian army. Although the Russian command retreated ahead of schedule and was not annihilated, in the next 2 days, the Russian Siberian Front was in a state of being in a state of being in a state of no dragons, and it was naturally impossible to talk about breaking through.
In contrast, the battle in the other direction is more important.
In the morning of the same day. The well-rested 7th Combat Unit boarded a vertical take-off and landing transport plane and headed straight for Orenburg in the low-altitude assault method that it excels at. The Tiqin combat units, which had been withdrawn to rest and recuperate, also left Chelyashk and advanced westward in a ground assault, aiming directly at Orenburg.
Without waiting for the reaction of the Russian Ural Front, at noon on the same day, the vertical take-off and landing transport group of the combat brigade of the 7th combat unit, which had just been transported, sent the 10th combat unit, which was waiting in Yekaterinaburg, to the outskirts of the city of Ufa, west of the Urals. In one fell swoop, it cut off the ground passage for the Russian army to reinforce Orenburg in the south. And before that, the support brigade of the Dida combat unit reached Yekaterinburg and held the line of defense of 2 main combat units.
Although at this time, the forces of the republican armies in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg were reduced to a minimum, but in the face of this opportunity, the commanders of the Ural Front of the Russian army were not happy. You must know that both Orenburg and Ufa are the rear of the Ural Front, and in the case of the rear not being secured. Attacking forward is tantamount to throwing yourself into the net.
In fact, Yuan Chenhao's serial punches have not yet been finished.
In the evening of the same day, the 9th Combat Unit crossed the Ural River, surrounded the city of Ural in northwestern Kazakhstan, and issued an ultimatum to the Kazakh rebels in the city, that if they surrendered without leaving the city before dawn, all the rebels in the city would be destroyed by devastating means. If the main force defending the city is the Russian army, it may not surrender yet. For the Kazakh rebels, whose morale has long since bottomed out, this ultimatum is undoubtedly the last straw that crushes the camel. Didn't wait for dawn. Less than two hours after the 9th Combat Unit issued the ultimatum, the commander of the guard battalion of the Kazakh Army Headquarters arrested the senior rebel generals and then surrendered to the 9th Combat Unit. By daybreak, the 9th combat unit had taken control of the Urals. And the first batch of rebels was handed over to the Kazakh Defense Forces, which had just arrived.
Strictly speaking, the actions of the 9th combat unit in the Urals were nothing.
At daybreak, the vanguard of the first combat unit successfully landed in Makhachkala on the other side of the Caspian Sea by speedboat and hovercraft and established a defensive position before the arrival of the Russian army.
By this time. The "Turanian Storm" was in full swing.
This can also be seen from this. Yuan Chenhao is indeed a genius military commander with a very clear view of the overall situation, and his battlefield strategy and deployment ability are very amazing. It can be seen from this battle that by the time his opponent understands his campaign intentions, there is no chance of turning the tables. In other words. Only when all the conditions are ripe for victory. When the victory becomes part of the plan, he will reveal all his hole cards.
At this point, there was no suspense in the battle.
For the Republic Army, all it needs is some time and the spirit to fight to the end before it can achieve a final victory in this campaign!