October 5, 1932, Komsomolskaya City.

This city, which once enshrined great ideals, is now in an atmosphere of slaughter. This area, located on the edge of the Sareyesik Atyrau Desert and at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, concentrates the decisive force of this Central Asian three-frontier battle, the Second Armored Group Army of the Chinese National Defense Forces!

The core of this army group is the 2nd Panzer Cavalry Corps, which includes the 4th, 5th, and 6th Panzer Cavalry Divisions, as well as a mixed detachment (a two-battalion tank regiment, an Panzergrenadier Battalion, and a self-propelled howitzer battalion) of the 1st Panzer Division (not an Panzergrenadier Division, but a real Panzer Division, a newly formed unit) that has just been transported from the Hexi Corridor. The army has 750 tanks, assault artillery, more than 1,000 armored vehicles and armored vehicles of various types, 1,500 trucks, and more than 300 artillery pieces. The commander of the Second Armored Cavalry Corps is Lieutenant General Zheng Zhongyuan, Chang Ruiqing's former adjutant, the commander of the newly built First Armored Division is Major General Luo Zhuoying of the first phase of the Central Military Academy and the first phase of the armored corps, and the commanders of the three armored cavalry divisions are Major General Hao Mengling, Major General Jiang Bi, and Major General Huang Botao. Most of them are historical figures, who are either graduates of the Baoding Military Academy or the Central Military Academy in this time and space, and have also studied at the Armored Corps Branch of the Central Military Academy and the Army University, and have led soldiers in the army for many years, so they can be regarded as the elite figures of the Chinese National Defense Forces.

In addition to the strengthened 2nd Armored Cavalry Corps, the 6th Cavalry Corps and the 7th Cavalry Corps of the semi-motorized army, an independent motorized artillery group, and fully motorized baggage, engineer, communications, sanitary, and other subordinate units were also subordinate. This army group. Although it is an exaggeration to say that it is an armored group army, it is true that Yijing has extremely high mobile combat capabilities and assault capabilities, and there are some rudiments of armored group armies. It has become the killer weapon of the Northwest Front. The commander of this group army is the historical Gui line of the fierce general Liao Lei, who graduated from the second phase of Baoding, and is naturally one of the core members of Chang Ruiqing's Baoding department in this time and space.

Along with this armored group army, which has been injected with some water but is still very strong, there are also the 3rd Army under the command of General Xu Zuyi and the 4th Army under the command of General Cai Zhonghua. These two armies were each attached to three infantry corps and an independent artillery group, an armored battle group (regimental level) and auxiliary units such as baggage and engineers. These three armies alone concentrated 9 of the 10 regular armies under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Front. The total number of troops is more than 470,000!

A convoy of cars was driving along the kilometer leading to the Komsomol City, and a flag of the field marshal of the Wehrmacht was waving in the wind on the leading car, and it was obvious that it was Marshal Bai Chongxi, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Front, who was sitting on this car. Three powerful group armies assembled in the city of Komsomolskaya. To the north of them were five or six Soviet Red Army groups, and a battle of millions of men was about to take place in the Sareyesik Atyrau Desert. Isn't this exactly what Bai Chongxi dreamed of? As long as the main force of the Soviet army is defeated on this road, is there any other way out for the six Soviet army groups on the southwest and southwest roads except to retreat without a fight?

Outside the car window. It is a prosperous scene with a bumper harvest imminent. Although it is located in the arid region of the west. However, the land is fertile, the sunshine is abundant in summer, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and there is snowmelt from the Tianshan Mountains to irrigate the land, so the yield of wheat per mu is extremely high, and it is a rare grain production area. When the Lanjiang Railway is completed, the grain produced by the fertile fields on both sides of the Ili River will be continuously transported back to the mainland. The main force of the Wehrmacht can also drive the Tongguo railway to Almaty, and Shihou can burn the flames of war to the Central Asian steppes of the Soviet Union!

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi leaned on the back of the car seat with some pride. With a smile, he said to Liu Mingzhao beside him: "This battle seems to be smoother than imagined, and the 5 to 6 Soviet army groups have advanced to the line of Legso Gancharal. The Great War is about to break out, and this Frunze seems to be in vain...... Bo Cheng, do you think it's better for us shimeshihou to put the three group armies into it? ”

Liu Mingzhao beside him still looked impassive, and he seemed to have the appearance of an unfathomable ace chief of staff. He smiled slightly and said: "9 of the 10 armies are concentrated in Komsomolsk, Jian Shuai's hand is really big, really not worried about being broken through by the Soviet army in other directions?"

The southern route has the danger of the Tianshan Mountains, which is also reassuring. But it's really hard to say about the Western Front, and there is also our rear in the northern frontier, is it too little to leave only one 46th Army? In case someone sneaks up on Dihua and breaks off the Lanjiang Railway, our million-strong army will be alone. ”

Bai Chongxi's eyes rolled, waved his hand and laughed: "Bo Cheng, everything you said happened to Kěnéng, I have studied Frunze's style of using troops, he is good at using surprise soldiers, in the Battle of Crimea, he forcibly crossed the Sivash Strait and broke the White Army's Perekop Isthmus.

And this time, our troops are relatively weak, and the territory that needs to be defended is too large. Ruguo adopts a defensive posture, no matter how cleverly the defensive line is arranged, I believe that Frunze will definitely have a way to find the weak link. Rather than that, it is better to concentrate forces and fight against the Soviet army to seize the initiative...... Isn't that exactly what you are saying? Since it is necessary to concentrate forces for a decisive battle, it should be concentrated to the greatest extent, and all the unimportant difāng can be abandoned, even if it is a key point that must be defended, only a small number of regular troops should be deployed and supplemented by a large number of militia to defend it, and the main forces that can be concentrated should be concentrated, and only in this way can we have the greatest certainty of victory.

At present, our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th armies have about six Soviet armies in front of them, as well as several hundred tanks, and the total strength is estimated to be more than 500,000 troops. With fewer troops, Ruguo does not dare to guarantee victory. As for the West Road and South Road, I don't care if Wu Ziyu is there, and I can rest assured that there is Zhu Yujie in the north. Even if I don't worry, I have to fight like this, defeat Frunze's 6 group armies, and no matter how bad it is, I can be a lone army...... The ammunition reserves in the city of Komsomol and Almaty are divided into two battle points, and the food will not be eaten for ten years, and there is no shortage of soldiers, which can be replenished with the militia. When a lone soldier for months or even more than a year has shime to be afraid of? And it's going to trap hundreds of thousands of people. Trotsky had to come up with at least a million and a hundred thousand troops! It's worth it.

So it's not terrible to be alone, what is really terrible is to be defeated by Frunze's 6 group armies, so that the overall situation in the northwest is really going to collapse. ”

……

“…… The armies of the Eastern Route Cluster immediately stopped their southward advance. The whole cluster shrank to the north bank of the Alaresa River, and spread out on the Alaresa River, build defensive positions, replenish supplies, ammunition, maintenance equipment, and prepare for a battle with the main force of the Chinese army in the direction of the Komsomol City. This battle will be won or lost in the Battle of Central Asia, and all officers and men must fight the enemy to the end with the greatest sacrifice, the Central Asian Revolutionary Military Council. The headquarters of the Central Asian Front has the highest expectations for your cluster! ”

Frunze's urgent military order was sent from the General Headquarters of the Central Asian Front in Karaganda to the commander of the Eastern Route Cluster of the Front, Vasily. Ivanovich. Chapaev in his hands. This Chapaev died early in history because of the White Guards' sneak attack on the division headquarters, and because there was a division commissar who could write novels, he was touted as a legendary hero. And in this space-time. Because the course of the civil war in Soviet Russia has undergone great changes, Chapaev Méiyou is regarded as a legendary hero, but has risen all the way to become a "first-class army commander", and now he is the supreme commander of the Eastern Route Cluster composed of 6 group armies. As a seasoned veteran. Naturally, he had a good idea of Ziji's tasks. The hundreds of thousands of Chinese defense forces assembled in the city of Zhouwéi were not easy to deal with, and most of his six group armies could not defeat each other.

Although the enemy is strong and we are weak, Chapaev is not afraid to fight this battle. Because of him, the enemy's strength and weakness are only a partial situation, and in the entire Central Asian battlefield, the advantage is still on the side of the Soviet Red Army. As long as the zijinénggou fights with the Chinese in the Saryesik Atyrau Desert, the shijiān who wins for the rest of the three-way army. The Central Asian Front will be able to trap hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in the ice and snow of Central Asia this winter!

Moreover, Frunze was very wise to let Ziji's 6 armies rely on the Alelesa River to defend themselves. Nearly 500,000 people, more than 2,000 artillery pieces and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. Then rely on a river Jinháng to defend. Such a deployment should be safe enough. Aren't the Chinese playing the attention of concentrating forces to break each one? Well, now the 500,000 troops of the East Road Cluster are here, waiting for you to break it!

Thinking of this, he stood in front of the map table, scratching Ziji's bald head and muttering: "Oh, now the Chinese and the East Road cluster are probably going to fight hard, right?" Probably a war of millions of people...... It's exciting to think about! ”

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"Ge Laozi! Damn the Russians! In the operational conference room of the former enemy headquarters of the Northwest Front Army in the Communist Youth League City, as the chief of staff of the Northwest Front Army, Liu Mingzhao heard the latest battle report on the front line as soon as he arrived at the headquarters of the Communist Youth League City, and then involuntarily popped out of Ziji's mouth with a dirty word.

Indeed, the Russians deserve to die, and the purpose of his running from Nanjing to the Great Northwest was not to kill the Russians? But these damned Russians were still very cunning, and the army that had been aggressive and driving straight ahead actually set up a defensive position on the north bank of the Alaresa River. On a front of less than 150 kilometers, the huge campaign cluster of the 29th, 31st, 33rd, 34th, 36th, and 39th armies stopped advancing and assumed a defensive posture of strict defense. It seems that Yijing has completely seen through the Northwest Front's intention to break the opponent's various ones.

"Hehe," after listening to the swear words of Ziji, the so-called elegant chief of staff, Bai Chongxi, who was sitting on the side, smiled, and then picked up a magnifying glass and continued to study carefully against the map, while on the other side, General Liao Lei of the 2nd Armored Group Army just waved his hand indifferently: "Bo Cheng, I think Lao Maozi is also very good, just to test the power of large-depth assault operations." He turned his head to look at Bai Chongxi: "Brother Jiansheng, the first formation will be handed over to our 2nd Armored Army." ”

It was at this shihou that a communications staff officer suddenly appeared in front of them. "Chief Wu's telegram."

"Read!"

The staff officer immediately opened the text folder, and then read it carefully word by word: "Our army's Hantao Brell Baitar defense line has been attacked by the superior enemy for several days, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties, and they have finally been outnumbered, and they have abandoned the defense and retreated this morning......"

“shime？” Before the staff officer's words could be spoken, Liu Mingzhao stood up abruptly and snatched the Wen Jiàn clip. Then he picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully. "This Wu Yushuai is also a general, why is it not useful? Fifteen National Guard divisions plus one infantry division, nàme multi-force defensive line. It's only five days before I gave up, which is really unusual! ”

It is no wonder that Liu Mingzhao is annoyed, now that the decisive battle between the northern front and the Soviet army on the west road cluster has some problems, I am afraid that it will not be able to be finished in a few days. The defense lines of the western and southern fronts of Ruguo were broken through by the Soviet army, so how can the decisive battle on the northern front be fought?

"It seems that Frunze is forcing us to attack the main force of the Red Army on the north bank of the Alaresa River, and he deserves to be a famous Soviet general!" Bai Chongxi nodded slightly, although the loss of the Hantao Brell Baitar defense line was not good news. But Bai Chongxi still seemed confident, with a faint smile on his face, and only after a while did he speak: "Wu Yushuai must have his difficulties in giving up the defense line. Now the Russians have mobilized at least 3 army groups to attack the Khantau-Breer Baitar defense line, and most of the troops under Yushuai are militiamen, and they can hold for 5 days...... He telegraphed back to Wu Yushuai and asked him to hold back the Soviet troops on the Western and Southern Fronts for at least 10 days anyway. Furthermore. Almaty must also stay the course. ”

"10 days? Isn't it too short? Listening to Bai Chongxi's words, Liu Mingzhao frowned. Jian Shuai, the other side has 6 group armies and 500,000 troops, and it is not possible to defeat them in any way for a week. The Ministry estimates that it will take at least 20 days to repel the enemy's cluster on the northern route, and that the Department can allocate at most one army to Yushuai so that we can get enough shijiān. ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head slightly: "You can't use troops like this, the Communist Youth League City is 3 or 400 kilometers away from the southwest front." It's good for an infantry corps to walk for 10 days...... By the time the Battle of Shihou arrived, perhaps Yijing was over. This is a waste of an entire army. And I believe in Wu Yushuai's ability, even if he can't hold the entire defense line. There is also a way to drag the Russians, and we will definitely have 20 days of shijiān!

Bo Cheng, give the order and get started! In 15 days, I will crush 6 Soviet armies! ”

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The sound of gunfire swept like thunder across the south bank of the Alaresa River. The panting sound of the 12.7mm heavy machine gun, the sudden roar of the Type 31 automatic rifle, the heavy fire of the M1910 Maxim machine gun, and the screech of the tearing cloth of the German-designed Type 32 general-purpose machine gun were intertwined. Occasionally, the roar of motors and explosions from light artillery can be heard. After daylight on October 7, the vanguard of the Chinese and Soviet armies engaged in the first round of confrontation on the south bank of the Alaresa River.

The squadron seemed to be desperately trying to push all the Soviet troops south of the Alaresa River back to the north bank of the river. The Eastern Route Cluster of the Central Asian Front of the Soviet Army also tried every means to delay the opponent's general offensive in order to gain more shijiān to build a defensive line. Dozens of small units on both sides were immediately on the entire front of the Alaresa River, armored vehicles charged at each other, infantry fiercely fired, and even the air forces of both sides fought each other. The battle has only just begun, and there are signs of white-hot results!

On October 8, with the arrival of the main force of the Chinese army, the small Soviet forces on the south bank of the Alaresa River all retreated north, and the 3rd Army, the 2nd Panzer Army, and the 4th Army of the Chinese Army spread out from west to east. At 6 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Bai Chongxi's offensive was launched simultaneously on the entire line of the Soviet army's defense line on the Alelesa River.

After using nearly 3,000 cannons and preparing for 30 minutes of fierce artillery fire, the main attack of the 2nd Armored Army under the command of Liao Lei began to start! On a narrow front about 20 kilometers wide in the middle of the Alaresa River, Liao Lei invested more than 60,000 Chinese troops, nearly 400 tanks and assault artillery (including 130 Hunters, 130 Type 31 tanks and 40 self-propelled guns) to launch a fierce attack!

It was late autumn, and the water level of the Alaresa River, which was not abundant, was only two meters deeper, and many sections of the river could be crossed, so the Chinese army's forcible crossing operation was in the form of wading. 400 tanks and artillery pieces formed a wedge formation, with 130 pursuers in front and center, and their solid frontal armor bounced off the rain of Red Army shells, directing a huge torrent of steel to the Soviet position. Covering the pursuers were 130 Type 31 tanks from two armoured battalions, followed by 40 150mm self-propelled infantry guns or 105mm self-propelled howitzers converted from the pursuers' territory. Behind this huge tank formation, there was also a huge column of hundreds of tracked armored personnel carriers, carrying thousands of the most elite panzergrenadiers. There were many more infantry/cavalry, walking or riding on horseback, at the end of the charge, in addition to 2,000 Panzergrenadier officers and men armed with Type 31 automatic rifles, sitting on the bodies of the Chaser tank destroyers and Type 31 tanks, and accompanying the vehicles.

But as soon as the Chinese tanks drove through the icy Alaresa River and rushed to the shallows on the north bank of the river, countless Soviet daredevils dressed in Tuhuángsè military uniforms and armed with copycat versions of iron-fist anti-tank grenade launchers and rifles rushed up from their hiding places shouting! (To be continued......)