Chapter 386: Far East Offensive (12): Operation Decapitation
It took less than 10 minutes for the military officials to reply to this order, and Yamashita had to carry out the letter.
It is not that he does not understand the truth here, and the reason why the Soviets have always refused to allow the Yue army to enter the main defense line of Komsomolsk and the Komsomolsk defense line is that they are afraid that they will snatch the merits of the war, or in other words, seize a more important position in the hearts of the Americans.
The Soviets understood that as long as they held the Komsomolsk defense line for one day, a steady stream of American aid would come, just as Comrade Stalin said, as long as the Soviet Union was still at war with the Germans and blocked the Germans from rushing into Moscow, then the Soviet Union would get thousands of American planes, artillery, and more supplies.
Now, when the military department does not particularly understand the overall strategic situation, the first thing it wants is to seize the leading position in the Far Eastern theater and play the leading role in exchange for further increased support from the Americans.
Therefore, Yamashita ordered four tank divisions and three semi-mechanized divisions to prepare for the first time that once the Soviet army suffered heavy casualties or one or two lines of defense were breached, the army would march straight into Komsomolsk in the name of assisting in defense.
Yamashita carried out the order well, and even sent a telegram to General Bradley, asking him to take the initiative to ask for battle.
Bradley, who was anxious and impatient because the Ninth Air Force could not quickly return from the city, was overjoyed when he heard that he had prepared as many as seven divisions to support the main defense line of Komsomolsk, and agreed to the army's request for defense assistance with the order of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied Far Eastern Theater.
But when this order reached the ears of Zhukov, the command of the Soviet troops in the Far East, an hour later, the calm old marshal could no longer maintain his composure. Especially when he received that the troops of the two armies were moving slowly, and that they were deliberately stalling in the name of gathering troops at the intersection of the spheres of influence of the two armies, he understood that the Soviet Union was about to be in trouble, at least in the Far East.
"Is the Far East really going to fall into the hands of the Chinese!!"
Compared with Bradley and the senior officers of the military department who were far away in the country, Zhukov was very aware of the current situation, although he did not know the situation of the fifth line of defense very well, but the fourth line of defense was broken through like lightning, and the information that a large number of Soviet troops surrendered to the middle [***] team was transmitted back to the headquarters.
He was even considering abandoning the militarized ruins of Komsomolsk as a defensive position and waiting for Soviet and Allied troops from other places to support, but not to mention his own slow action, he also had the idea of seizing the fruits of the war, which made Zhukov have to think more about countermeasures.
However, he wanted to try again, so he ordered a telegram to the army and the Allied General Bradley: "...... The signal of a large-scale attack by the Chinese [***] team came from the entire defensive line battlefield, and the frontal battlefield was even attacked by thousands of Chinese tanks in a tearing lightning attack, which was difficult for us to stop...... We have reached the most dangerous moment, the air and artillery attacks of the Chinese have left us with heavy casualties, and more than 700,000 Soviet troops on the Komsomolsk defense line are facing the worst end of being surrounded and captured.
If we do not rescue as soon as possible, such as ground support, armored support, air support, we will most likely lose the Komsomolsk defense line, and then affect the entire Far East......"
Zhukov, who did not receive a reply, after hesitating for a long time, still ordered five Red Army divisions to enter the ruins of Komsomolsk, preparing to resist the attack of the Chinese with the ruins.
Because, just after the Chinese launched a general attack, not only was it confirmed that as many as thousands of Chinese tanks launched a cluster attack on the frontal part of the Komsomolsk defensive line, but on the left side of the Soviet defensive line, between the Burea River valley and Komsomolsk, there were also several Chinese divisions, or even more than a dozen Chinese divisions, before launching a full-scale attack.
The defense line is dead, and he does not dare to guarantee that the defense line can hold back thousands of Chinese tanks, let alone the hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops on those non-key defense lines who can hold off millions or even more of the squadron like tigers descending from the mountain.
Zhukov finally relented and made a difficult decision.
He ordered the more than 20 Red 0 Army divisions that were supposed to continue to fight against the Chinese in the ruins of Komsomolsk, to suspend their operations, and only 5 Red Army divisions finally entered the ruins.
"Comrade Commissar, if the situation continues to deteriorate, I hope you will support one of my decisions!"
Zhukov walked up to the political commissar, General Cherevchenko, and said in a solemn tone.
The political commissar of the general, who has been deeply cooperating with him and has a strong friendship, shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Comrade Marshal, this is thousands of miles away from Moscow, and we may never be able to return to the embrace of the Soviets, unless we completely defeat the Chinese, but we all know that this may be very small."
If the time is right, I agree to retreat, perhaps a big retreat is the ultimate fate of this battle! ”
Although Zhukov did not make it clear, Cherevchenko knew what he wanted to say. Zhukov will not surrender, that's for sure, there is no doubt that Zhukov is not afraid of death or death in battle, but Zhukov has repeatedly expressed his love for the millions of Red Army troops in the Far East.
As a political commissar who is not stupid, after the large-scale operations of the Chinese general offensive were launched, he and Zhukov, as the most direct feelings and leaders, realized that the Far East could no longer hold on, especially his unexplained non-cooperation at the last moment, which led to this result may never be replaced, then it is the best choice to retreat part of the main forces of the Red Army and completely lose the Far East.
As for the counterattack on China, this is already a distant dream like landing on the moon.
"Thank you, Comrade Cherevchenko!"
Zhukov shook the hand of this old friend, who had always been very cooperative with him, and said gratefully.
…… When thousands of battlefield information was fed back to the general headquarters of the huge Far East Iron Hoof Campaign, Huo Weiguo had been handling the work with a high heartbeat.
When the news of the victories came, when the enemy positions were conquered one by one, when the tank armored units finally opened the gates of Komsomolsk, and the guns were aimed at the city and advancing while firing, the people in the command were cheering loudly as if they were crazy.
"You can cheer as much as you want, but don't delay the work at hand, hahaha......"
Huo Weiguo laughed loudly, and then saw a deputy chief of staff in charge of special tasks standing next to him, and he knew what the battle had reached.
"Commander-in-chief, the time has come to execute the decapitation plan!"
Deputy Chief of Staff Li saluted and said.
Huo Weiguo nodded, took the document and signed his name, and said, "Are all the action troops in place?" ”
"Yes, the operation troops are already in place, the moment the radio blocked the battlefield, they parachuted from a high altitude, except for one member of the team who was slightly injured, the Tiger Squad and the Dragon Tooth Squad have completed the assembly, according to the information sent back, they are now lurking in place and ready to attack at any time."
Deputy Chief of Staff Lee reported briefly.
"Has the Soviet command been finally confirmed?" Huo Weiguo continued to ask.
"Just now, the Sky Falcon high-altitude reconnaissance plane reviewed and analyzed the radio waves for the last time, and the source of the most dense radio waves in the entire Far Eastern Theater was there, and the multi-point positioning technical support provided by the base camp for us finally found the exact location of the Soviet command.
Two operational units also found as many as five exits to the Soviet command, and others are not ruled out. ”
Huo Weiguo is a little strange, under the three-dimensional fierce attack of China's land and air and the lightning attack of the armored cluster, Zhukov is still staying in the rear very close to Komsomolsk, and he can be regarded as a dutiful general who is not afraid of death.
It is a pity that this famous Soviet general did not know that the [***] squadron had the technology to locate the headquarters, and in the case that most of the start-up radio equipment was destroyed, a place that densely emitted radio waves was naturally captured by the compound eye battlefield observation system, and with its powerful analysis and processing capabilities, it was too easy to locate a point.
And the most critical link of this decapitation operation is not to deploy special forces in place, nor to question the capabilities of the operation troops, but only one point, that is, to find out exactly the location of the Soviet command.
The so-called information on the location of the Soviet command headquarters obtained through 'multi-point radiolocation technology' issued by the base camp finally provided the most critical elements for the execution of the beheading operation.
If you want to hit someone with a fist, you must first hit the opponent.
After Huo Weiguo examined the documents in his hand, he handed them to Deputy Chief of Staff Li and said, "Execute it according to the plan, if you can capture Zhukov alive without affecting the implementation of the plan, I want to meet this opponent!"
In addition, the helicopters that will receive the operation force should also be ready, and a squadron of fighters should be sent to cover it. ”
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"
...... "I'm He An!" ”
Special Forces Commander He An went to Boli in person, and his office was not in the battle headquarters, but in a temporary camping camp built by the Dragon's Tooth Force in the mountains outside Boli City.
"The decapitation operation begins now, if you can capture Zhukov alive if you can, don't kill him yet." On the phone, Deputy Chief of Staff Li, the campaign commander in charge of the special operations link, said.
"You want to let him go?" He An asked lightly.
"Of course not, Commander Huo wants to see him, of course, capturing alive must be in a situation that will never affect the operation, if it affects the operation, kill him according to the original plan! In fact, Commander He, you should understand that it is more of national significance for these people to be killed than for them to be tried by a military war tribunal in China. ”
Deputy Chief of Staff Li hurriedly explained.
"Okay, I see!"
He An's words were always so concise, and the special staff officer next to him immediately saluted and handed him a letter of authorization to start the plan, which he took over and signed and ordered it to be implemented.
"Next time, I must go into battle in person, it's really a blood-boiling decapitation operation."
He An lifted a standard M45-style submachine gun next to him, stroking the cold barrel, and he seemed to be back on the battlefield.
However, when he looked back at the military secretary from the base camp, he couldn't help but give up on the idea again.
"The chairman of the committee met my request to go to the Far East to command in person, but he was still worried that I would go into battle rashly, and he also sent a liaison officer, hehe."
He An shook his head and smiled bitterly, then put down his gun and walked back to the huge communication tent, where there were many advanced communication and command equipment with the surname Nengeng, operating under the operation of the technical officers and soldiers of the special forces, and they directly contacted and commanded the Tiger and Dragon Tooth troops at the forefront.
...... "Didi ......"
A slight tremor came from the ear holes of the Dragon's Tooth members lurking in the jungle, silent communicators, cheap, low-cost, but very functional.
"Execute as planned!"
Rohan, the action team, said in the lowest voice, but the team members with advanced hearing aids could still hear clearly.
Twelve team members, light and heavy weapons near and far, large, medium and small lethal weapons are all fully bred. Two kilometers away from them, are the LTTE special forces.
The plan for this decapitation operation was simple, with a good squad to attract the attention of the outer alert troops, and another squad to block the enemy leader halfway while the main leader of the enemy army fled.
Intelligence officers confirmed that there were four exits to the bunker command center, two of which were secretly planted with high-powered explosives, and two squads were responsible for the remaining two. After parachuting at night, they not only completed the preparations for the attack, but even in case of failure to intercept them, the pursuing vehicles were found in the nearby battlefield.
"Inform the Tigers to start the feint operation on time at 5:25!"
Luo Han was the elite of the special forces in the early years of the southwest, and as the commander of the team in this operation, he was already a colonel, and he was on the list of promotion to the rank of major general of the special forces in the next step.
Seeing the young but superb combat skills of the new generation of Dragon Tooth Force soldiers around him, he couldn't help but think of his captain, the special forces leader known as King Qin Guang, who is now the commander of the special forces operations in the entire Southeast Asian region.
There, the special forces have more of their own place to play, while in the north, the troops in charge of Luohan have waited a long time for this decapitation operation.
"There is also a special war on the plains, irrigating the rats, if the rats don't come out, we will attack!"
A mere Red Army guard regiment, the actual number is not as large as the Wehrmacht regiment, not in his eyes, the Dragon's Tooth Special Forces are all super elite, a squad of twelve people, plus twelve people from the Tiger squad, is enough to play this guard regiment around, as for the assault, in addition to the guards on the periphery, there is only one company inside the underground command center of this guard according to the exact report of the agents, which is not enough to stuff the teeth.
Originally, in the eyes of normal people, in the Far East, where the air force of the belligerent countries is very strong and air raids are frequent, it is safe to have a command far from the battlefield, but if Zhukov really stays in the rear far from Komsomolsk, he will only be beheaded more easily.
According to the usual practice, the military commander is to follow the movement of the large army, so as to avoid all kinds of accidents, but the Komsomolsk is so dangerous, Zhukov naturally cannot move in, and he thought it was safe to build an underground command center with the help of air defense fortifications in the rear, but he did not expect to attract two teams of tigers and wolves.
Luohan has noticed that the movement of vehicles on the periphery of this command is becoming more and more frequent, and there are constantly troops moving in and out, and it seems that the commanders of the Soviet army are about to evacuate, although at this time Komsomolsk has not completely fallen, but Komsomolsk, which is dozens of times smaller than Moscow, cannot be held at all after the five lines of defense are torn apart, and evacuation is already necessary.
"Boom!"
With two explosions in a row, the original two air-raid shelter exits of the underground command center were blown up! The decapitation operation officially began.
―――――――――― I was too nervous just now, and the chapter was a little wrong, and now I put it on correctly, and the genuine readers should not have much of a problem, and other readers may need to overcome the difficulties.
(To be continued)