Chapter 191: Thunder (Medium)

"Commander, Yang Shiying, they cracked a telegram from the Soviet army, and Moscow agreed to Zhukov's retreat to the west." Zhang Zhizhong strode into the war room, Liu Mingzhao stood up with a swish, rushed to the map and looked at it, raised his hand to look at his watch and said: "It's been an hour since the general attack was launched, and Yang Zui hasn't been contacted yet?" There won't be any surprises, right? ”

"From the point of view of time, they should have started parachuting half an hour ago, and it will take time to gather troops, and it is estimated that it has not yet had time." Zhang Zhi was also very bottomless in the center, he really didn't expect Moscow to be so decisive, so after fighting for a while, he agreed to Zhukov's retreat to the west. I was anxious, and my tone also brought out anxiety: "The key now is where the mechanized corps of the Soviet army is, whether the three paratrooper divisions can quickly assemble and build blocking positions, and find a suitable place to meet the second wave of airborne mountain divisions, these are all factors related to success or failure." ”

"Order the telecommunications office, step up the continuous drunkenness, and at the same time nail Zhukov's radio signal to me, and be sure to grasp the information of the mechanized army in Zhukov's hands as much as possible." Liu Mingzhao can only do this, to say that this change is too sudden.

"Is it to let Bai Chongxi advance westward and chase the Soviet army after breaking through the defensive line?" Zhang Zhizhong made a suggestion, Liu Mingzhao shook his head and said: "Don't worry for the time being, the key is when the western defense line can be broken through, if you can break through the defense line in time, the Ninth Mechanized Army can be reinforced in time." Our main goal is to encircle and annihilate as much as possible the living forces of the Soviet army, so the battle in the west is the most crucial. The general offensive has begun. The Soviet army of hundreds of thousands of troops could not be withdrawn if they wanted to. ”

Yang Zui was lucky, and there was a large meadow under the glider. The people in the intelligence department are not dry food, and this coordinate is still very good. Before the glider swept over a small town, it is estimated that it is the appearance of hundreds of households, and Yang Zui has already decided the location of the headquarters.

Violent tremors began, clutching his head, and if it weren't for the seat belt, I really don't know where it would go. The glider is finally holding on. When Yang Zui got off the plane, he saw white umbrella flowers in the sky. In front of him was a large expanse of meadow, not even a small hill. Yang Zui's head is starting to hurt again, where the hell is this building?

Everywhere there were shouts from officers: "The 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Paratroopers has come here to assemble,......。 The chaotic shouts were a headache to hear, and there were gunshots in the distance. Yang Zui's head exploded. Without saying a word, he stood in a box word, raised his gun to the sky, and bang! Then he broke the gong and roared in his voice: "Listen to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is your commander-in-chief Yang Zui, everyone listens, no matter which unit it is, immediately combine it at will with the nearest company as a unit." The highest rank is the chief officer, and the officers who have assembled will report to me. ”

Troops at the time of their respective combinations. The walkie-talkie liaison brought good news and bad news, and the good news was that the chief of staff, Qin Dechun, was contacted. The bad news is that Qin Dechun landed on the side of the railway, about 30 kilometers away, and when he landed, a small Soviet army also carried out interception and shooting, and the battle was still ongoing.

The divisional headquarters of the other paratrooper divisions were not contacted, and they did not know what was wrong. This paratrooper is really not ordinary complicated to use, and you can't expect anything to be sound when it comes to a certain landing site. Putting one together counts as one, such things have happened in exercises before, and there are emergency measures. It depends on who has the biggest official in the local area.

Half an hour later, Yang Zui surrounded more than 50 officers, and the highest rank was Long Haitao, the commander of the first division and one regiment of paratroopers. The assembled troops consisted of 16 infantry companies, and the sources of the soldiers were very varied, including those from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd paratroopers, mainly from the 1st paratrooper division and 1st regiment. The paratrooper division adopts a three-three system, which means that the strength of the two regiments here is still two companies behind.

Yang Zui beckoned everyone to sit around for a meeting, and said arbitrarily: "First, I announce the formation of a temporary command center, with me as the commander-in-chief and Long Haitao as the deputy commander-in-chief. Second, immediately send a company to reconnoiter and advance in all directions, and hand over all the off-road vehicles to this company, so as to contact all the troops as much as possible. Thirdly, four cars were drawn and the terrain was reconnoitred along the front and back of the railway line, trying to find a suitable place to build a blocking position. Fourth, the rest of the troops, build defensive positions on the spot, just in case. Let's do this first, Long Haitao is responsible for the specific implementation, and the meeting is dismissed. ”

One of the most elite units in the Wehrmacht, the skirmishers are quite good. After the order was given, the officers went their separate ways, and the order was quickly carried out. Yang Zui still had to be busy asking people to count the heavy equipment, and after another half an hour, some numbers slowly came up, and about a battalion of the 3rd Paratrooper Division and about a regiment of the 2nd Paratrooper Division were contacted nearby, and all the heavy weapons were 25 57 caliber anti-tank guns and 11 75 field guns. There are more bazookas, basically one for each class. A total of 15 vehicles with other equipment, such as off-road vehicles, landed safely.

Half an hour later, a great piece of good news came that the headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Paratroopers had been contacted, just twenty kilometers to the east, where they had a good terrain, and there were two small hills on the side of the railway, about three hundred and twenty kilometers from Bukhara on the map. Moreover, the headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Paratroopers gathered about a regiment of troops, and the most important thing was that the composite alloy plate was found by them. In the combination, the white reflective alloy plate is easy to be found by the aircraft in the sun, which is convenient for the landing of the domestic Y-5 light transport aircraft with a load of only one and a half tons.

"Commander-in-chief, I've contacted the commander-in-chief." Long Haitao ran over with the telegram, Yang Zui hurriedly looked at the telegram, and his face turned white after reading it. The content of the telegram is really not good news, the Soviet troops are going to the west. He took the map and glanced at it and said: "Call back, our department is about 320 to 50 kilometers away from Bukhara, and the troops currently in contact are a little more than three regiments, and the rest of the troops are still in contact." How to select the blocking position is still being discovered. The greatest threat to the westward retreat of the Soviet army was the mechanized troops, and the commander-in-chief sent fighter planes to reconnoiter along the railway line and strike by air once discovered. In addition, the combined alloy plate that can land light transport aircraft has been found, and the second and third divisions in the mountains can take off as much as possible, and this electric ....... ”

More than 300 kilometers, which means that the main force of the Soviet army has to walk for three days at the earliest. There were not too many Soviet troops stationed along the railway, and after the indiscriminate bombardment by the air force, the Soviet army's railways and main highways were in a very bad condition. So in this way, even if the mechanized troops of the Soviet army come over, there will be at least 48 hours of preparation time.

Thinking of the main force, Yang Zui said again: "Then point to the general front point, the mountain division has more than 57 infantry anti-tank guns." ”

The reconnaissance unit sent out quickly reported by walkie-talkie, found some troops, also discovered the railway from Bukhara to Urgench, and found some local herdsmen, and after inquiring, they learned that there was a small town called Tuprakala nearby, which was less than 200 kilometers away from Urgench.

There must be Soviet troops stationed in Urgench, there is no way to know how many people there are, Yang Zui's scalp is numb, and the fighters who escorted the escort before have gone to destroy the railway and Urgench, I don't know what the effect is. In short, you have to think about how to take out the threat from behind you first, this place is really deadly.

Many years later, when recalling this large-scale parachute operation, military history used the following paragraph to explain: This was a large-scale parachute operation aimed at seizing Urgench and cutting off the road for the Soviet troops to retreat westward. It's a pity that the luck was a little bad, there was a wind of five or six levels when the parachute landed, and the three paratrooper divisions were blown in pieces, and it was impossible to form a complete formation at all. Under such a premise, the time has come to test the capabilities of commanders.

The three divisional headquarters were contacted one after another, but the bad news came one after another. The 2nd Paratrooper Division was blown away by strong winds, and the division commander and chief of staff each gathered about a battalion of troops, and their location has not yet been clarified. The chief of staff of the 3rd Paratrooper Division was also contacted, and they figured out the exact location, a small town about 100 kilometers away from Bezingen, and he gathered about a regiment of troops, and has now occupied the town. Bezinken is right next to the railway, with a small station. With such a reconciliation, the troops contacted were no more than five regiments. That is, there are still four regiments where I don't know where they are?

Yang Zui decisively ordered the troops to march in the direction of Bezingen, and first round with the 3rd Division of the paratroopers. The telegram demanded that Bezinken must hold out for 48 hours and wait for the main round. At the same time, he sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief, requesting that planes be sent to Bezinken without interruption to reinforce the defense of Bezinken by air. That is, the range of the Mustang fighter is close to 4,000 kilometers to play like this, and if you change to other models, you will not have enough fuel to fly back, let alone carry out combat missions.

Ten Mustang fighters crossed Bukhara and cruised back and forth along the rail and road. Captain Bao Zhiguo divided a group into five groups to conduct reconnaissance and patrol in different airspace. The headset kept coming with a voice: "Kitty calls the Eagle's Nest and finds a railway bridge with a ...... location." "The sparrow calls to the Eagle's Nest and finds a ,......。 on the highway bridge"

Bao Zhiguo was very unhappy with this mission, how could reconnaissance be compared with aerial combat, but unfortunately there were few Soviet planes found nearby. The reason is simple, the Soviet army has lost too many fighters, and now it is mainly concentrated on the Siberian battlefield, hoping to fight a counterattack after the onset of winter. The number of Soviet fighters on the Central Asian side was only more than 600, and most of them were shot down after the war, and very few dared to fly out to find trouble.

Just when Bao Zhiguo was a little bored, a sharp cry suddenly came from the earphones: "Kitty Hawk called the eagle and found that the Soviet army brigade was marching on the road, my God, tens of thousands of people." ”

Bao Zhiguo's spirits perked up, and he immediately said: "All groups gather, all groups gather, there is work to do." ”