readx; Soviet troops? How did they end up here? **Secretly surprised in his heart, but thinking of the geographical location of Slyudyanka, ** quickly guessed their intentions, if it was really a Soviet army below, then the situation would be a bit bad. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Regiment commander, do you see if it's the Soviet army below?"

** reported to the regiment commander through the communicator that the air force is composed of squads, squadrons, brigades, then flying regiments, flying brigades, and flight divisions, and this time** their entire regiment will pass through here.

After Tao Yu heard the shout of **, he also looked down at the situation on the ground, but because the distance was too far, he didn't find anything abnormal. However, since the anomaly was found, it would definitely not be a blind report, Tao Yu took out his telescope and pointed it at the following observation.

There is no way, it is impossible to rashly reduce the altitude of the fighter, not to mention that it will affect the flight of the entire formation, and at the same time it will bring some potential dangers to himself, so in this case, he can only look at the situation below through the telescope.

At the beginning, Tao Yu didn't find anything abnormal, but as the fighter plane moved, a trace of abnormality suddenly appeared on the ground that was originally well hidden, and a large number of people were moving, but they were moving under the tree, obviously to avoid being discovered by the air force.

Sure enough, it was the Soviet army, Tao Yao secretly affirmed in his heart, Slyudyanka is located at the southwest end of Lake Baikal, and it is the closest place for Irkutsk to connect with the rear In addition to the Baikal accident, the land distance is the closest necessary place, it can be said that once Slyudyanka is occupied by the Soviet army, then the supply of the First Army is also very likely to be cut off.

Of course, it is not completely cut off, but the Slyudyanka line is cut off, even without this line, they can also be transported by land on Lake Baikal, or the northern section of Lake Baikal, but in this way it is too much of a waste of time, the fastest is by water, but loading and unloading, plus Baikal is an inland lake, there are no large-tonnage transport ships at all, and the volume is really limited.

And if you pass through the land route of Lake Baikal, you will have to walk an extra 1,000 or 2,000 kilometers, you know, in the current road environment, what does one or two thousand kilometers mean? In other words, supplies that could have been delivered in one day now take at least six or seven days, or longer, to arrive.

"Tower, Tower, I am the 10th Air Regiment, when our unit passed over Slyujanka, we found that Soviet infantry appeared in the southwest of Slyujanka, please ask the ground troops to go over and reconnoiter the specific number of enemy troops."

Tao Ya communicated with the ground tower through the radio station.

Although he could also contact Slyudyanka's garrison directly, it was too troublesome, and he needed to dig out Slyudyanka's communication channel from the codebook first, and then switch the communicator to the channel before he could contact him, which would waste more time.

Besides, this will also distract him, it is really worth the loss, it is better to report the situation here directly to the tower, and then the tower will contact the Slyudyanka garrison, so that he will be very trouble-free, and the number of times the tower on the Slyudyanka side is also more contacted.

Of course, there are exceptions, if there are fighters on the same channel as the ground at that time, and their call is heard by the fighters, then the fighters will directly support.

But this situation is rare, only the ground forces deliberately join the channel of the air force fighters to facilitate the call for support in wartime, and the kind of air force joining the ground channel basically does not happen.

"The tower received, the 10th Air Regiment, your unit continues to carry out the mission, and the ground forces are in charge of us!"

Soon, a reply came from the tower.

As Tao imagined, this situation should have been managed by the tower, as a pilot, he has his own mission, and it is impossible to intervene in everything by himself, if that is the case, can this task be done?

After responding to the tower, Tao Wei no longer paid attention to the situation on the ground, anyway, the ground forces will send a reconnaissance force to see the situation, and it is impossible for him to stay here and not move to play any role, besides, he still has his own mission, the Soviet Red Army over there is still waiting to eat shells, what if it is sent late, people are angry?

Jinxi, the headquarters of Army Group North.

"Commander, just now the Air Force found the shadow of the Soviet army there when passing by Slyudyanka, and the Slyudyanka side has just sent scouts to find out the news, and it is estimated that there will be accurate news soon." ”

After receiving the news from the air force, the communications staff officer immediately transmitted the battle report to Liu Ling's ears.

Hearing the latest situation, Liu Ling hurriedly lay on the map and looked at it with wide eyes, and after repeating it over and over again, Liu Ling slapped the table and suddenly shouted: "That's right." ”

Looking at Liu Ling's abnormality, the other people in the headquarters were also very depressed, especially the communications staff officer, everyone has come around behind you, and you even say that this is right? Others are surprised because they don't know what happened, but if they tell the truth, it is estimated that many people will be depressed.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ling took out a red pencil and quickly drew a few arrows on the map, and then felt a little dissatisfied, and after drawing a few more arrows, he nodded with satisfaction.

The communications staff officer was surprised, looking at this map that had been processed by Liu Ling, he couldn't believe that this would be true, but the information on the front line was transmitted through him, and he naturally knew what the arrows drawn by Liu Ling represented?

This information may not be much if it is dispersed, but once they are linked together and marked on the map at the same time, then the Soviet army's combat intentions are suddenly leaked.

Yes, the communications staff officer is so busy that he doesn't have time to study those tactics and other things, his daily work is to sort out intelligence, receive telegrams and whatnot, and he has no time to think about anything else.

But even such a person who doesn't know much about tactics can see the intentions of the Soviet army on this map at a glance, let alone others, but when he understands the intentions of the Soviet army, the communications staff officer is depressed again, is it so easy to crack the intentions of the Soviet army?

The Air Force was a Soviet reinforcement found in Zima, and the main area of the current battlefield was on the line of Cheremkhov, Sversk, Siberian Usoliye, Angarsk, and Irkutsk, surrounded by valleys on both sides, which was not conducive to the operation of large corps.

Although there are about a few tens of kilometers of plains between the valleys, it is enough for a large army to use this terrain to surround the enemy, and Zhukov is a Soviet, and has spent time in the Far East, and the Soviet combat map is more detailed than theirs.

So Liu Ling had no reason not to believe that Zhukov would not know the danger of letting troops enter here, and he still sent troops here despite the danger, obviously prepared.

At the beginning, other Soviet troops were found in Zima, which seemed to confirm Liu Ling's speculation, Zhukov was really premeditated, the surrounded Soviet troops can be said to be a bait, or it can be said to be a clever move of the Soviet army's last Jedi counterattack, as for whether it can play its role, it can only depend on the survivability of those Soviet troops who are surrounded.

And the second clue found is Slyudyanka, the Soviet troops appeared here, the intention is obvious, they want to cut off the retreat of the First Army, and then defend Slyudyanka, and at the same time cooperate with the outside to quickly implement counter-encirclement tactics against the First Army.

Thinking of this, Liu Ling couldn't help but doubt his guess, is it so easy for a group army of more than 800,000 people to carry out counter-encirclement? More than 800,000 people can surround the Soviet army's more than 1 million troops and immobilize him, and even if the Soviet army increases its strength by 1 million, it may not succeed in carrying out counter-encirclement.

Was it just to rescue the trapped Soviet troops? Then it is even more unlikely, Zhukov's previous intention was to let this group of trapped Soviet troops be used as bait, how could he throw the bait and then save them at a greater cost of casualties?

So now Zhukov has only one way to go, either to see with his own eyes the annihilation of nearly a million Soviet Red Army that he used as bait, or to devote all his forces to a decisive battle with Liu Ling.

Liu Ling has gradually begun to believe that Zhukov wants to have a decisive battle with him, because in terms of troops, Zhukov does not have an advantage at all, and he does not have a slight advantage in weapons and equipment, and if he fights a war of attrition, although it is not good for Army Group North, it is even more so for the Soviet army, they do not have enough food, not enough weapons and ammunition.

So a quick battle seems to be Zhukov's idea, and Zhukov seems to be very smart, knowing that he is not the opponent of Army Group North when he invests all his forces, so he goes off the rails and invests all his forces to annihilate or cripple one of Army Group North.

It doesn't matter if Zhukov can defeat Army Group North or not, because even a fool knows that he can't beat them with this amount of troops, and the main purpose of the Soviet Union now is to frustrate Army Group North's offensive spirit, and if the First Army is crippled or annihilated, it will undoubtedly be a bolt from the blue for Army Group North.

In this case, Zhukov's task will be completed, and Liu Ling seems to have guessed something, according to Zhukov's style of acting, he will definitely not be so reckless, presumably Stalin must have played a very important role in this battle, otherwise Zhukov would never have come to fight this kind of desperate battle.

"Order the air force to reconnoiter in this area 24 hours a day, and at the same time order the troops in this area to send scouts to reconnoiter the situation in the vicinity to see if there are any Soviet troops infiltrating."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ling drew a big circle on the map.

For him, this area will be a dangerous area, once a large number of Soviet troops are found here, it will be confirmed for so long, and if not, then his idea will be overturned in the short term. Now Liu Ling hopes that there are Soviet troops in this area, because then he only needs to be tired for a while, and then he can enjoy a few months of good time.

And if Zhukov's combat intentions are really as he expected, then after this war, the Soviet Union will completely lose control of the Far East, and it is impossible to send new troops to fight here in the short term.

What's more, if everything goes as expected, the Soviet Union will be so devastated that it will not be able to recover for several years after this war.

At that time, they can not only take this opportunity to stabilize the land they have occupied, but also continue to increase the strength of Army Group North, and at the same time prepare to continue to advance westward, a variety of options can be left for them to choose, and the Soviet Union on the one hand has to deal with the German attack, on the other hand, it must also take into account the security of the east, two-front operations, although Germany is also a two-front operation, but the first to collapse must be the Soviet Union.

Because the Soviet Union did not have the kind of background of Germany, because the Soviet Union did not have such an ally as the Chinese Empire. (To be continued.) )