readx; (There is an error in the place name in the previous chapter, and the Soviet army should have retreated from Lesosibilsk, not Ust-Ilimsk, because the VIP chapter is more troublesome to change, so I will correct it here.) Pen % Fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info)

Let's not say what will happen to the Germans, because to say it is to say that it is not said, and at present, even if the Germans do not move, the Soviets do not dare to draw troops from the Western Front to support the Far East.

So if the Soviets wanted to support the war in the Far East, they had to recruit new soldiers to join the army, but what were the consequences? Needless to say, everyone understands that if the Soviet Union continues to recruit soldiers with great fanfare, it will inevitably lead to an imbalance in the ratio of male to female population in the country.

Although it was precisely because of this that the Soviet Union in World War II caused an imbalance in the ratio of men and women, coupled with the cold region of the Soviet Union, most men smoked and drank heavily, which greatly destroyed the physiological balance of the human body, and eventually led to a sharp increase in the mortality rate of male surnames, which is still the case in Russia decades after World War II.

Many women find a man to sleep with, and then wait for her to become pregnant and then separate from that man, and die alone with the child, of course, there are lucky people who can marry a man, but the life after marriage is always unsatisfactory.

The men were always drinking and messing around, and the women had to pretend not to know about it, because they knew that if they wanted to keep the family, they had to compromise on some things.

Men in the Soviet Union are not short of daughters-in-law, it can be said that if they divorce today, a woman will take the initiative to post it tomorrow, and even a married man with a happy family will have women who will keep digging the foot of the wall.

This is all due to the excessive deaths of male surnames in World War II and the short life span of male surnames, but so far there has been no problem in this area in the Soviet Union, so even if Stalin wants to expand the army, he must consider the hidden dangers that may be brought by this aspect.

However, according to Stalin's surname, it is impossible to sit idly by and watch the Soviet Union be annexed, and a new round of military expansion is inevitable, and at this time the Soviet Union has gradually developed towards the trend of female surnames supporting the family, and most factories are women working, even working in the fields, etc.

And the men either joined the army or ran away without a trace, and in the factories or fields, the shadow of men can rarely be seen.

Returning to the battlefield, the air force reconnaissance plane, after receiving the news, immediately carried out a low-altitude search and reconnaissance in the direction of Ust-Ilimsk, and in a short period of an hour, the reconnaissance plane flew to the sky over Lesosibilsk.

To their surprise, the vanguard of the Soviet army had already begun to cross the river here, and even some of the soldiers had already crossed the river and built simple fortifications on the other side of the river.

It's just that because of the dense forests behind it, aerial reconnaissance can't see exactly what is happening on the ground, so it is impossible to know where the Soviet troops are currently going and how many people have not crossed the river.

What to do when the news reached the ground forces, the entire Fifth Army was silent? To chase or not to chase? What if the Soviets had already crossed the river and destroyed the bridges?

It was a pursuit war, and most of the officers and men of the Fifth Army carried ammunition, and only brought a few days' rations, and now they have almost eaten, and the follow-up supplies have not kept up.

According to the current situation, it will take at least half a month for the road situation to recover, and it is under the premise that it will not rain, once it rains, the time will be delayed again.

Jinxi, inside the headquarters of Army Group North.

Liu Ling anxiously paced back and forth in the headquarters, his mind was spinning rapidly, and questions flew through his head quickly, and he had already thought about dozens of questions in a short period of time.

Although the Fifth Army seems to have won a great victory, it may become a big defeat if it is not done well, because of the geographical environment, the baggage troops cannot quickly deliver supplies to the hands of various units, and the air force also has its own tasks every day, and it is impossible to constantly send supplies to various units.

In this case, the troops will once again fall into a situation of lack of supplies, and once the Soviets launch a counterattack, the consequences will be unimaginable. There is no need to worry too much about ammunition or anything for the time being, the ammunition carried by each soldier is enough for them to support a medium-sized battle, and Liu Ling's only concern is the problem of food.

The roads are muddy, although there are maps, but there are no local guides, and the environment of each road is also very unfamiliar, from the beginning of the war to the present, trucks alone have been trapped nearly a thousand times, because of the problem of the road, the soldiers of the baggage force have been killed hundreds of people, and now this environment, without paying attention, into the swamp.

Although the probability is not very large, but the tragic baggage troops really walked in once, and finally found it in time, two trucks full of supplies were trapped, one of the four drivers was trapped, and the remaining three drivers escaped by relying on the planks on the trucks.

The winter was better, covered with snowflakes, but the Soviet winter was already cold, and the snowflakes melted and formed a hard layer of ice above the swamp, which would not sink even if someone walked on it.

However, since March, the ice has gradually melted, and it will not until the end of April that the ice slowly melts, and the ground is full of puddles, making it difficult to tell if there is a swamp ahead.

The Soviets are quite experienced in this and rarely fall into it, but the North Army Group is different, they have experienced very little, and they don't know how to judge, which is why they are in this situation.

The progress of the ground baggage troops is slow, the capacity of the air transport aircraft is insufficient, and the troops are advancing or retreating? Liu Ling also had a headache, although the spring offensive was very helpful for them, but it was not all help, at least the unknown swamp delayed them a lot.

The most terrible thing is that the two armies of the First Army have been isolated at present, and it is impossible for them to return to the battle in a short time, and the two armies behind have their own tasks, that is, in the event of a Soviet counterattack, then only one reserve army and two airborne divisions of the First Army can support the Fifth Army.

Before that, Su Dao had repeatedly reminded Liu Ling to pay attention to the counterattack of the Soviet army, if they counterattacked, they should do what they could, and they must not be surrounded by them, or they would run out of ammunition and food.

These are all things that Su Dao told Liu Ling based on the real history of World War II in the future, since the Soviet army can destroy the German army in a counterattack, then at least it is a certain threat to the Northern Army Group, no matter whether this threat is big or small, it is right to be careful after all.

"Order the troops to stop the pursuit, and the Fifth Army to retreat to the Kansk region to stand on alert!"

After a long time, Liu Ling commanded.

Kansk is now their occupied area, although there is not much food in it, but at least the soldiers can have a place to live, no matter how bad they are, they can also transport supplies directly to Kansk airport through the air force transport plane, the transport plane directly landed and unloaded the materials more than the airdrop materials, although it is a little more laborious, but it is more cost-effective.

Moreover, Liu Ling also hoped to wait, at least after the First Army had news, before launching a new attack, now his troops were no longer enough, and it happened that at this critical juncture, the burden on the Fifth Army was not light at all, so the Fifth Army could not make any mistakes at all.

"Commander, the Taiwan side has called, the Ninth Army supporting us has boarded the ship, and it is expected to leave this evening and arrive in Jinxi in a week."

The staff officer ran to report.

Liu Ling hurriedly lay on the map and looked at Taiwan, and then looked at Jinxi, and after a long time, Liu Ling slowly shook his head and sighed.

The Ninth Group Army is a newly formed unit, and it can be said that all the recruits recruited from the south of China in the past year have been directly sent to Taiwan for training, and within a year, the Taiwan side has created the Ninth Group Army.

As for the recruits on the side of the Northern Army Group, I won't mention it for the time being, some of them have already been sent to the battlefield, but most of them are currently guarding their homes in the northeast. At this time, there were still two redundant group armies in the country, and Su Dao originally wanted to transfer all of them to the North Army Group, but was stopped by Liu Ling, and in desperation, Su Dao had no choice but to transfer Taiwan's Ninth Army and the Tenth Army stationed in Luzon to the North Army Group.

At present, there are the Second Group Army and the Armed Police Force stationed in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Fourth Group Army stationed in Taiwan, the newly formed Ninth Group Army temporarily stationed in Taiwan, the Sixth Group Army stationed in Australia, the Eighth Group Army stationed in Saudi Arabia, and the Tenth Army temporarily stationed in Luzon and the Eleventh Group Army temporarily stationed in Borneo Province.

If the defense is not adjusted, it can be said that the strength is very easy, but once all three army groups are transferred to the northern army group, then once the United States and other countries attack the mainland, there will be no mobile forces to mobilize in the country.

Originally, Liu Ling planned to use only Taiwan's newly organized Ninth Army to do it, so that the total strength of the Northern Army Group would reach nearly 5 million, and it would not be difficult to capture their predetermined target.

However, Su Dao still forcibly sent Liu Ling two group armies, more than 1.8 million support troops, the current total number of the armed forces of the Chinese Empire is just like that, it is impossible for the number of troops to exceed the current one in one or two decades, so in the next time, they can only keep improving, and replace quantity with quality.

"No, let them drive directly to Vladivostok, make a landing there, and at the same time order the railway stations, before the Ninth Army arrives in Vladivostok, prepare enough trains there, and the Ninth Army will go directly to the front by train."

Liu Ling commanded directly.

In this case, no matter when the First Army is released from isolation, after half a month, they will have the ability to launch a new round of attacks, and once the First Army is released from isolation, then their offensive power will be even stronger, and it will not be difficult to break through the central region of the Soviet Union in one fell swoop. (To be continued.) )