Chapter 181

As an attacking party, the Wehrmacht does not have a lot of experience in fighting this kind of tough battle. Exercises and actual combat are two different concepts, and there will definitely be fears on the bloody battlefield. The first week of the battle was mainly about cleaning up the periphery, which was an extremely difficult process.

Liu Anyue and Xia Xiang did not think of sending a mechanized force behind enemy lines, but it was very risky to do so, after all, many of the strength of the Soviet army in the Siberian theater had not yet been exposed, and the opponent was a powerful country with an army of five million, so it was impossible to be too cautious. In addition, I also want to accumulate some experience in attacking fortified positions, although there will be heavy casualties, but from a military point of view, it is worth it. Continuing to fight the tough battle is the best choice at the moment.

Now that the decision has been made, patience is essential. Over the course of a week, the outer defense line of the Soviet army was compressed by more than half, and the overall front was advanced by more than 20 kilometers, and the distance from the city of Novosibirsk was less than 10 kilometers, and 155 howitzers could directly hit the city. In this kind of hard-fought battle, more than 50,000 people were killed and wounded, but fortunately, the strength of the two army groups was sufficient, and the troops took turns to go into battle for the purpose of training the troops.

With the accumulation of experience, the number of casualties among the troops dropped rapidly, and the casualties in the latest day were actually less than 5,000, but the results were greater than in the previous six days, and the battle line advanced by as much as five kilometers. Speaking of which, the tenacity of the Soviet army has not decreased at all, and the troops who went into battle have become more and more comfortable. After summarizing the experience of the daily routine, I unexpectedly found that in the process of tackling tough battles, the role of bazooka was unexpectedly large. In general, the machine-gun positions that pose the greatest threat to the attacking troops are basically broken off with bazookas. After this summary report goes up. The General Staff came to a conclusion after researching a bunch of people. Quite simply, the accuracy of bazooka close-range shooting is high. The Far Eastern Front had a large number of main forces of the A division, and the perverted ones equipped the bazookas to the squad level, and the results were naturally better. Unlike the B division, the bazooka equipment is almost up to the company level, and the better ones are at the platoon level.

War was the best testing ground for weapons, and soon orders were placed to increase the production of bazookas.

It is no longer possible to take Novosibirsk on the Siberian battlefield as scheduled, and the change of Chuikov has greatly disrupted the established deployment, but it has also given the squadron a testing ground for attacking fortified positions. There was also an opportunity to destroy the main forces of the Soviet troops. It is difficult to evaluate the gains and losses, and from the Chinese side, the significance of eating the main force of the Soviet army in Novosibirsk in one bite is far more important than conquering this not too large city. From Chuikov's point of view, this defensive battle cannot be omitted, otherwise the Chinese can rely on the superiority of mechanized troops to rush directly to Omsk before winter comes. If this is the case, Chuikov's will be investigated by the Ministry of Political Affairs. That's horrible.

The most painful thing about China and the Soviet Union is that neither Central Asia nor Siberia is a good battlefield. The environment in both places is quite harsh, compared to Central Asia. If it weren't for the resources of Siberia, Fang Jianxiong would not have invested the main force in this direction, on the ability to adapt in Siberia in winter. No country can compare with Lao Maozi.

When the battle in Siberia entered a phase of first versus smooth, the battle in Central Asia reached a new level. Although Zhukov is very capable and commands well, in the face of absolute strength, stratagem has little effect. did not get enough reinforcements before. Zhukov didn't have many good ways to redeem the defeat that had been routed all the way, let alone save the 500,000 Soviet troops who had been scattered and completely disorganized.

Of course, the existence of these Soviet troops is not meaningless. Under Zhukov's strict orders, a small half of these divided and surrounded Soviet troops still put up a resolute resistance, and most of them chose to surrender. Although only a small part of the resistance was made, it slowed down the advance of the main forces of the Central Asian Front.

Shymkent, the gateway to the north of Tashkent, the ultimate goal of the Central Asian counterattack was to capture Tashkent and create a logistics base for a forward advance. The fortress of Taraz fell after holding out for three days, and Zhukov could only hope that Shymkent would hold on for a few more days. News soon came from the southern front, and the squadron really divided part of its troops and continued to advance to the southwest, undoubtedly with the aim of cutting off the connection between Samarkand and Tashkent. The other part turned north and was supposed to target Syldaria. Lukin, who retreated to Almalek, was under pressure from the Kokand squadron, and at this time he could only ask for help repeatedly, otherwise he would not be able to stop the Chinese army from the east.

The situation of the siege of Tashkent by the Chinese army on three routes was formed, and Zhukov was faced with a difficult choice, whether to hold on for a long time, or give up? If you want to hold on, the geographical location of Tashkent determines that it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the Chinese can calmly attack from three directions. The Central Asian railway network built by the Soviet Union has become the most convenient accomplice for the mobilization of the squadron at this time. Although Zhukov has repeatedly ordered troops to blow up railways and bridges, judging by the size and level of the engineering troops of the squadron, it will not take long to repair these railways, and they will be completely repaired in a month at most. Moreover, it is difficult to say whether some troops resolutely carried out the order to blow up the infrastructure when they retreated, and escaping during the retreat was the most concerned thing, right? You don't have a place to check if you lie about the military situation, and this is what Zhukov is worried about.

At this time, Liu Mingzhao and Zhukov thought of going together, and they both attached great importance to the railway network in Central Asia. After careful investigation, the Soviets did not destroy the railway very seriously before retreating, but the bridges were almost completely blown up. The main task of the engineering troops is to build bridges, but fortunately, there are no big rivers in Central Asia, and it is really not necessary to repair the railway for a month when it is fully opened to traffic, and it can basically be repaired to the front-line troops in 20 days. The Central Asian Front, which is now besieging the Soviet troops in three directions, is also less than twenty kilometers from the gateway city of Tashkent in the east, west and north directions.

Liu Mingzhao asked the General Staff of the Front Army to repeat the exercises every day, hoping to find some eyebrows that might spy on the trajectory of Zhukov's use of troops in Tashkent. There is no doubt that as a transportation hub in Central Asia - Tashkent, Liu Mingzhao is determined to win, and on the other hand, the enemy's key point is that I only need to point it, and if Zhukov does not see this, he does not deserve to be so attached to the president.

These days, the busiest thing is not the ground troops, but the reconnaissance planes in the air, and as long as it is not dark, the sky over Tashkent and within a radius of 50 kilometers around it is the target of the air force's reconnaissance. There is also the telecommunications department of the intelligence department, which works in three shifts 24 hours a day, always pricking up its ears, hoping to catch some clues from the illusory code in the air.

The mysterious convoy came out of the Andijan airfield, slowly drove into the city in the night, and stopped at the entrance of the Andijan fortress headquarters, where the former enemy headquarters of the Central Asian Front was located. Emerging from the car were men and women dressed in ordinary military uniforms, each with a rectangular logo on their chest, indicating that they were a secret force.

Waiting at the gate was Chief of Staff Zhang Zhizhong, a man in his early thirties who got out of the car, walked calmly in front of Zhang Zhizhong, saluted and said in a low voice: "General Zhang, the first brigade of the TFZ unit, was ordered to report to the headquarters of the Central Asian Front. I am Yang Shiying, the first captain of the brigade. ”

"Okay, I've finally got you here." The voice came from the headquarters, Zhang Zhizhong looked back and smiled, and Yang Shiying stood up and saluted again: "General Liu is good!" Liu Mingzhao strode forward, stretched out his hands, clasped Yang Shiying and said: "I have heard the name for a long time, and I have heard that your army has always been the heart and soul of the president, and I finally saw the true face of Lushan." ”

After some polite greetings, Liu Mingzhao and Zhang Zhizhong settled these people together and went to rest first, Zhang Zhizhong found a gap and asked: "Commander, TFZ troops, what do you mean?" Liu Mingzhao lowered his voice and said: "I've only heard it, these three letters are the abbreviations of the listener." It is said that everyone in this unit has the experience of studying in Europe, and all of them are masters of telecommunications and code cracking. The specific number of this unit is unknown, but this first brigade looks like more than 30 people, and the equipment is pulling more than a dozen carts, which is very professional at first glance, and it should be much more powerful than those in the intelligence section of the telecommunications department of the front army. ”