Chapter 207

Tashkent has become a city of death, 400,000 Soviet troops are surrounded, and the nearest friendly troops are also 800 kilometers away, and there is no intention of moving forward to rescue. The [***] team does not play, and Lukin has no intention of breaking through. With the onset of winter, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were trapped and struggling within a radius of less than fifty kilometers.

Moscow's meaning is very clear, even if Lukin dies, he will die in Tashkent, and holding on is the only option. Moscow at this time needs more time than ever, winter is a test for the squadron, and for the Soviet army, is it not a difficult and difficult period? It takes time to train new troops, it takes time to manufacture weapons and equipment, and it takes time to transfer supplies, all of which can only be done before the end of winter. The planned winter counterattack was no longer possible, and Chuikov suffered heavy casualties from the sudden attack launched by the Chinese at the beginning of the harsh winter, especially the two mechanized armies, which were completely lost in the battle with the Chinese mechanized troops, and the Siberian Front suffered numerous heavy weapons and equipment losses. The most important thing is that the [***] team took the initiative to retreat after the victory, and Chuikov remembered that it was too late to pursue, so he could only cautiously send a small force to follow, and finally stopped on the bank of the Ob River. The Soviets claimed that the Siberian Front, having withstood the onslaught of the Central [***] team, launched a powerful counterattack to recapture the territory west of the Ob River.

I guess the Soviets can't believe this propaganda, and they have the ability to fight across the Ob River.

For the Wehrmacht, it was helpless to abandon the territory on the west bank of the Ob River, and the section from Novosibirsk to Omsk was inaccessible for more than 600 kilometers, and the vast majority of the section had only one lonely Siberian Railway, and the road was covered with heavy snow and could not be seen. In addition, the casualties of the troops were not small, and they were tired from long-term combat, so it was necessary to retreat and recuperate.

Zhukov, who retreated across the Amu Darya River, said that the winter in Central Asia was not as ferocious as that from Siberia, and the Chinese Air Force would come out for a stroll as long as the weather was good, and if it saw a valuable target, it would do it. Zhukov, who had fought almost all of the battles in the past campaigns, could only stare dryly, and repeatedly asked Moscow to provide new fighter units and ground air defense units.

Winter is not a good time for Lukin in Tashkent. The consumption of materials in the siege is not a small number, and now that Lukin has limited supplies, Lukin even hopes that the attack of the [***] team will be launched as soon as possible. Speaking of which, Zhukov was defeated too quickly, otherwise the two heavy army groups echoed each other, and the battle situation did not stop there.

Boom, boom, explosion, you don't need to look to know that it is the Chinese's heavy artillery carrying out a routine, every day after eating at noon, it will definitely come for an hour. The big guys of 410 and 305 caliber target buildings that look very conspicuous.

In Lukin's opinion, the fortifications of Tashkent are fine, the problem is that there are too many people eating. Tashkent, which was originally operated as a fortress, has long maintained a grain reserve of 100,000 people for half a year, and now 400,000 people are eating, and it will not last long. The food in the homes of the local people has long been looted, the old people and children have been driven out of the city, and the young and middle-aged people have been forced to repair the fortifications, and there is no extra food for them to eat after the completion of the repairs. The most unfortunate are the young women in the city, and this kind of thing is really common in the last two months.

The horses walked slowly on a certain street in the city, and Lukin would walk around the city every day in the afternoon so that the soldiers could see that he was still there. A woman was lying naked in the corner, her body was already cold. Lukin was expressionless when he saw it, and sighed secretly in his heart, such things are very common, and the soldiers need to vent, otherwise there will definitely be other problems. Ruthless, Lukin didn't see it, and continued to walk forward. The air raid siren sounded, and the guards around him pulled his bridle, looked up at the sky, and said: "Comrade commander, air raid!" Duck and dodge. ”

Lu Jin's face did not change: "It's okay, the Chinese's bombs will not be wasted on such unmanned streets." After walking on for a while, a dense explosion sounded in the bunker group outside the city. Just listen to the movement, no less than twenty bombers.

In recent times, the bombardment of the Chinese Air Force has mainly targeted some artillery batteries and bunker groups outside the city, and the targets of the shelling are mainly these buildings. Lukin could sense that the Chinese offensive would not be too long. The winter will not be too long, and continuing to keep the Tashkent heavy army group will always be a hidden danger for the Chinese, and the 400,000 Soviet troops will drag at least 800,000 Chinese troops.

At this time, Liu Mingzhao and the others happened to observe the terrain of Tashkent on a mountain, looking at the dense fortifications, Liu Mingzhao's scalp was also a little numb. Zhang Zhizhong's expression was also very grim, after the establishment of the group army was abolished, Zhang Zizhong's current position is deputy chief of general staff, and the three of them are in a team.

"This turtle shell is not easy to fight! The Soviet periphery took advantage of the favorable terrain and set up many strong fortifications. Judging from the interrogation materials, many of the forts were holes dug in the mountains, and they had been in operation for many years, so it was very difficult to build. If it's not time constraints, it's not a big deal to circle slowly. "Zhang Zizhong means, don't fill it in if you don't take human life.

"What does Wenbai mean?" Liu Mingzhao asked with a smile, Zhang Zhizhong shook his head and said, "I don't advocate hard fighting." ”

"I heard the president mention this Lukin, and the defensive war is very set. If the siege continues without fighting, then it will have to be approved by the General Staff Headquarters. At the time of the summary meeting, what the president meant, we have to make an idea of this. What I mean is to let go of the west, block the north, south and east, and let the cavalry of the local troops clear the field on the west side, so that the Soviet army will not last long. The president asked me rhetorically, in terms of the current situation of the war, does Tashkent look like a bomb in his arms? Liu Mingzhao said this to the two, and neither of them understood it very well, but the president's tendency came out.

"Without Tashkent, our army will not be able to cross the Amu Darya River with peace of mind. Make up your mind! Although Zhang Zhi was not very reluctant in the center, he finally expressed his obedience.

"How to fight, the General Staff Department will do its best to draw up a battle plan. The reserve of logistics and materials, Wen Bai worked hard and kept an eye on it. Let Yang Zui retreat eastward, and the main target is still aimed at the Zhukov cluster on the other side of the Amu Darya River. "The general meaning is so decided, how much time it takes to prepare, how many troops are needed, these are the work of staff officers.

At a time when the Central Asian Front was plotting how to attack Tashkent, a fierce dispute broke out over whether the army should attack India first or Australia first, and the navy and army insisted on each other's words and refused to give in to each other. (To be continued.) )