Chapter Seventy-Three: The Offensive Continues
Listening to the gunfire getting closer and closer, Zhukov knew that the idea of holding out until the reinforcements arrived was in vain, he didn't know who the commander of the Huaxia Army on the opposite side was, but he knew that anyone with a little military common sense would not let go of this great opportunity.
"Order the troops to disperse and retreat." Zhukov closed his eyes in pain and ordered softly, he knew that it was impossible to make an organized retreat of the troops now, they had lost the most precious time, and he had no choice but to give an order that a commander was most reluctant to give.
"Yes, Comrade Zhukov." The staff officer next to him walked out of the headquarters quickly.
After a while, the Russian troops who were still stubbornly resisting received the order and retreated one after another, and soon the retreat turned into a rout, and finally evolved into a big rout, and most of the Russian troops who could not retreat simply raised their hands and surrendered.
Standing on a hillside with binoculars and watching the Russian army throw down their weapons and scramble to jump onto the truck and desperately run back, Su Tong sincerely felt a wave of pride welling up in his chest, this greedy polar bear was repelled by him, he was repelled for the first time by this neighbor who he had despised for more than a hundred years.
Retreat is a technical task, and it requires careful planning, a spirit of determination, and fearless courage. In fact, there are not many armies that can do this job well, and throughout history, many famous armies have fallen on this hurdle. When the order to retreat was issued, no one wanted to die, and everyone wanted to leave an extra way for themselves to live, so chaos happened.
Throughout the World War II in the later world, few countries in the world can score on this question, with the exception of only one country, that is, this is the book, although Su Tong himself is reluctant to admit it, but this is the truth. Armed with the spirit of bushido, once the army received the order to retreat, the wounded and sick would automatically stay behind and take on the task of blocking the attack, like a gecko with a broken tail, blocking the pursuers to win time for the large army to retreat. Therefore, in the later World War II, on the frontal battlefield, [***] surrounded the troops of the army many times, but they were calmly broken through, and there was never a record of destroying more than one brigade of the enemy, although this is related to the weapons and equipment at that time, but it is not unrelated to the method of surviving with the broken arm of the army.
But it is a pity that the Russian Red Army on the opposite side obviously does not have such courage, and the Russian [***] team actually went to an extreme. He was extremely stubborn when he attacked, but when he saw that there was no hope of resistance, he surrendered faster than anyone else. In history, the number of Russian troops who surrendered to the Germans during the Battle of Kiev reached more than 600,000, which is unique in the world's military history.
Therefore, he was not as surprised as the other generals in the command to see the surrender of the Russian soldiers one after another.
"Order the Air Force to carry out the second plan!"
Seeing that the plan was developing according to his expectations, Chief Su, who was in a good mood, gave the next combat order with satisfaction.
The sky was slightly bright, and after a night of fighting, except for a small number of Russian troops who escaped, the rest of the Russian troops were all killed or surrendered. According to a rough count, in addition to the more than 5,000 people who fled, more than 8,000 Russian soldiers were killed and more than 30,000 were taken prisoner. Coupled with the 23rd Division of the Russian Army, which had been completely annihilated before, the nearly 70,000 troops of the First Army of the Far Eastern Military Region that came to attack were almost completely annihilated.
Su Tong ordered the 1st Armored Division, which suffered heavy casualties, to stay behind and clean up the battlefield, and commanded the rest of the army to kill in Russia.
Kyakhta is a city bordering China in Russia, from which the Russian army has swaggered into the territory of China again and again for hundreds of years, and then burned and plundered unscrupulously.
This morning there was another army of the Russian army, which was the reinforcement of the 2nd and 3rd armies of the Russian Far Eastern Military District. At this time, standing on a small hillside in Kyakhta, two Russian generals were looking at the buying and selling city opposite, talking about something.
"Comrade Molokov, the trading city opposite is the territory of China, but it is useless in front of our great Russian Red Army, and I am sure that this will also become our Russian territory in the future."
"Oh, Comrade Andlupf, you are quite right, we will definitely come to liberate the people here and integrate them into our big family."
These two men were the commanders of the Second and Third Armies of the Far Eastern Military District, Colonel-General Molokov and Colonel-General Andlupf, and the two armies of nearly 300,000 men and horses hurried to Kyakhta, and they were about to reach the border of China.
"Okay, dear Comrade Molokov, let's hurry up, otherwise dear Comrade Zhukov is still waiting for our rescue?" Admiral Andlupf deliberately bites the word 'rescue' very hard, and the irony in it is all clearly expressed.
He, Zhukov, was actually stopped by those cowardly Chinese troops in the Duma, you must know that he has in his hands a powerful group of nearly 70,000 people with four infantry divisions and one tank division.
But even if Zhukov fought unfavorably, Marshal Bryucher never changed his trust in him, and still gave him the right to command the Second and Third Army, which came to reinforce him. This made the commanders of the Second Army, General Molokov, and the commander of the Third Army, General Andrupf, who came to the rescue, extremely dissatisfied. It is not reasonable to come to the rescue of an incompetent colleague and accept his command.
"Alright, dear Comrade Andlupf, let's hurry up, if we don't make it to the Duma this afternoon, someone will make a small report to Comrade Marshal." Admiral Molokov smiled softly.
"Report, urgent telegram" A correspondent rode up to the two generals.
"Oh, it seems that the situation of our wise comrade is not good." Admiral Andlupuf took the telegram and opened it with a smile.
When Admiral Andlupf saw the message, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he lost his voice: "How can this be? ”
"What's going on?" Admiral Molokov received the message in disbelief.
"The various divisions broke through and almost all the troops were wiped out?" As soon as they saw the message, Admiral Molokov and Admiral Andlupuf on the side were stunned, and several colors flashed on their faces in an instant, which was very exciting.
After a long time, Admiral Molokov sighed and said: "Let's hurry up and hurry up to meet Zhukov, his current situation must be very dangerous." ”
Admiral Andlupuf also nodded in agreement with Admiral Molokov. Although they all complained about Zhukov, they would not be able to eat and walk around if they sat back and watched Zhukov being captured alive or killed by the enemy.
Just as the two of them were about to walk down the hill and order their troops to speed up, a dull roar came from the sky. The troops marching below looked up one after another, only to see a black and oppressive dark cloud floating in the sky above the direction of the trading city, and when this 'dark cloud' approached, they found that it was a large group of aircraft.
After a long time, a terrible voice sounded: "Enemy planes are coming"
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