Comrade commander, the Chinese Ba Jing captured Novokuznetsk and is now heading towards Krasnoyarsk, "We are outflanked" "In the command of the Nizhny Uginsk Front," a Soviet officer said with some panic to Vasilevsky, who was lying on the table and looking at the map.

"Panic what! "Our main army is still there," as Vasilevsky frowned and scolded the officer, 'as long as we hold on to Snoyarsk, their encirclement will not form a joint encirclement. ，’

Speaking of this, Vasilevsky slowly stood up, "You immediately give the order to Lieutenant General Mamonov, 'Let him hold Irkutsk firmly,' I still have the old saying, as long as he can hold out for three months, he will win, and at the same time telegraphed Comrade Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko, 'Never let the Chinese army cross Krask Yarsk half a step', 'It is related to the life of our Southeastern Front', and it must be firmly guarded." ，’

"Yes! 'The officer was ordered to go to work

At this time, more than 400,000 people had gathered in the defense of the 23rd and 87th armies of Soviet Russia in a radius of several hundred kilometers in Irkutsk, while the Chinese army in the rain had gathered three of the first army group and more than 700,000 people of the group army.

In these air battles with an average size of 500 fighters, the "Soviet Yak-style fighters provoked the beams" are very eye-catching, and they are remarkable in the battle with the 410 equipped by the Chinese army, especially the old pilots of the Soviet army, they vividly illustrate this and the maneuverability and flexibility of the aircraft.

However, as the air war continued, the characteristics of the Soviet army's rear warplanes were insufficient, and by 8 August, after the Soviet army's more than 450 new Yak fighters equipped in Siberia had been exhausted, "the supply of Soviet planes of new fighters had gradually failed to keep up with the level of losses," and the balance of air supremacy gradually tilted toward the Chinese side.

By 10 August, the losses of the warplanes of the two sides had reached 137: 562 planes, and the Chinese air force relied on the excellent performance of the fighters and the well-trained skies over the Cink. With this understanding, Liu Yecheng, commander of the First Army Group, immediately ordered the ground army to begin planning an attack, and gradually compressed the living space of the Soviet army with the cooperation of the air force.

Wang Qinglong stood in a small wood, "holding a telescope and looking at the artillery position of the Soviet army in front of the rain", which was a confusing position crisscrossed by trenches, barbed wire, bunkers and communication trenches, and it was also the labor effect of the Soviet army for most of the month. Starting

The sunset stained the sky of Irkutsk red, and the dozens of Stuka tactical bombardments lined up in a dense bombing formation, continuing their mission on the positions, and the bombardment, the incessant bombardment, the smoke rising from the burning forests and positions, and the smoke clouds at the time of the explosions, almost covered half of the sky:

Wang Qinglongtou asked the officer standing behind without replying: "Colonel Li, 'When will our artillery be ready!'" ，’

"The main seat 'the artillery has been erected' and is ready to fire at any time. ，’

"Okay," ordered the 155th Artillery Regiment to immediately fire a base number of shells at the enemy's position, and at the same time ordered the reconnaissance planes in the air to help us observe the bullet points, and ordered the 305 heavy artillery to be ready to stand at any time:,'

"Yes! ，’

In less than ten minutes, more than 60 howitzers poured out dozens of tons of shells at the forward positions of the Soviet troops.

"Bang dang! A shell case slipped out of the chamber of the cannon and fell to the dew-stained grass.

"Hurry up and get on the shells! ,' The gunner commanded loudly from the side, and the unusually stout loader who had been waiting with the cannonball in his hand and sent it into the chamber with a well-loaded cannonball:

"Smack! ,' The bolt slammed shut.

'Let's go!' ’

With the commander standing behind the fierce wave of the small flag, the gun commander pulled the cannon rope: "Boom!" ,' There was a loud bang, accompanied by smoke from the muzzle, and another shell was fired out of the chamber.

The artillerymen went crazy', and under their efforts, shell after shell fell on the positions of the Soviet troops.

Looking at the Soviet positions shrouded in artillery fire, Wang Qinglong secretly admired the Soviet army's will to endure, and their artillery did not show up at this time, which was really forbearant enough.

Accompanied by the scorching air and shrednel flying everywhere, the atmosphere of helplessness and despair enveloped the Soviet soldiers, and the heavy artillery of the Chinese people struck their hearts like a curse of death.

Ever since the Soviet army failed in the struggle for air supremacy, China's air force and artillery began to bombard Soviet positions indiscriminately. Aerial bombs and heavy artillery shells almost leveled the positions of the Soviet troops. At the beginning, there were still Soviet artillery to return fire, but then they found that this and the return fire was simply a joke with their own lives: as soon as the Soviet artillery fired, it would be discovered by the Chinese reconnaissance planes hovering in the sky, and then in less than three minutes, the opposite Chinese artillery would accurately send their shells to the Soviet positions, and in the three days of shelling, the Soviet troops had already lost hundreds of artillery pieces for this. Such a large loss made the commander of the Soviet army realize that in the absence of air supremacy, his own artillery wanted to bombard the opponent's artillery, which was simply a suicidal act.

"Comrade Lieutenant General, 'I beg you to let our air force attack', if we let the Chinese artillery continue to bombard like this, our soldiers will be blown up alive by them! A major general in the command pleaded bitterly with Lieutenant General Mamonov, commander of the XXIII Army.

"Comrade Sloya, 'I beg your pardon for not meeting your demands,' our new planes have been lost in the air battles of the previous days,' the remaining old fighters are no longer enough to shoulder the burden of protecting the skies over our positions,' and in this and under these circumstances, it is undoubtedly to send them to their deaths,' and there is no point in letting those Chinese add a star to their fuselage. Mamonov shook his head solemnly: "These days he has sent countless telegrams to Vasilevsky's headquarters, asking for additional planes to usurp air supremacy", but the answer he received is that all the planes have been dispatched, and he can do nothing about it until new planes are sent to the rear:

"Comrade Lieutenant General, 'If this is the case, the morale of our army will be quickly exhausted, and even the iron men will not be able to stand it under the shelling of the Chinese people and regardless of the cost.'" ’

Major General Sloya's words made Mamonov ponder for a while and then said: "Comrade Sloya, 'Our task is to hold out here for three months,' but blindly defending is also not in line with the offensive spirit of our great Soviet Russian army: 'Tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m., your division and the 367th Infantry Division, together with the 17th Tank Division, will propose a tentative attack on the Chinese army', 'You must be well measured', don't be outflanked by the Chinese, and if you see something wrong, you will immediately retreat.'" ，’

"Understood, 'Comrade Lieutenant General!' ’

The sky was gray, and the sun had not yet sunshine in the east, and every leaf tip of the pine forest was covered with dew, and the night air was hidden in it, and the wind was blowing very hard in the early hours of the morning, and the wind was obscuring many sounds.

Zhang Danian was woken up by a burst of urine, which made him a little annoyed when he originally wanted to sleep lazily, "It's a minute to lie in the sleeping bag", and after making sure that he was calm, Zhang Danian got out of the sleeping bag with a sense of chagrin and walked out of the anti-artillery hole.

"I'm relying on 'Such a strong wind!' ，’

Shivering at the strong winds, he came to a sheltered corner of the traffic trench.

"It's still so dark, I think I can sleep for a while." 'Took out the tools and put the water for a while' finally emptied last night's inventory, and then shook his head and was walking back, when suddenly Zhang Danian stopped.

There seemed to be a certain harmony sound in the wind ahead, 'This harmony sound is a bit like the ugly sound of two steel plates rubbing against each other,' and a bit like the sound of 'Gada, Gada,' when gears collide.

"Oh, no, this is ...... It's the sound of a tank! ’’

"Tanks... The tank that owes the good old Maozi is coming! ’’

Zhang Danian rushed to the trench and stretched out his head to look forward, "The night sky ahead is still dark", and it is not clear to the naked eye alone

Zhang Danian's eyes widened and he looked ahead, "It's still dark for a long time, and there's nothing", but the sound of metal grinding in front of him shows that they are getting closer.

Zhang Danian, Like, ran back into the anti-artillery hole, kicked dozens of soldiers awake with kicks, and woke up the old squad leader, "The big man gets up, "The old man is up!" The old man is coming up''

"What's 'Lao Maozi came up', I said, Zhang Danian, don't lie about the military situation, 'that's going to go to the military court.'" ,' said a sleepy-eyed soldier impatiently.

"It's really a big man, I hear the tanks. Zhang Danian was in a hurry.

"Really? ，’

"Okay, 'don't mind what's real or fake', let's all go out and have a look! ,'The old squad leader lifted his gun and took the lead out of the anti-artillery hole,' came to the front and asked the sentry standing on the side, 'Dongzi', did you hear any news?' ‘’

"Nope! The soldier replied with a shake of his head

"You kid wants to scare us to death!" 'Now the surrounding soldiers are gone,' Zhang Danian was pulled over by the big man in the class and knocked two votes.

"Is it true, 'Didn't you all hear that?' In the wind. , 'Zhang Danian is in a hurry' is not that he blows, 'Usually in the company, Zhang Danian's ears are the best