728 Stalin assault VII The determination of the Red Army
Luo Yaoguo was preparing for a military operation to destroy the Soviet Union, and the Soviet military strategists in Moscow were also busy formulating their battle plan - how to destroy Bolan at the lowest cost! Military meetings convened by the First People's Commissar of Defense, Marshal Tukhachevsky, and the General Staff of the Red Army, General Shabolanikov, were held one after the other. The number of participants in the meeting, the intensity of the meeting, made the senior commanders of the Soviet Red Army feel a little dizzy.
"At present, according to the information we have, the war mobilization of the Chinese White Army is not progressing quickly, a large number of recruits are still slowly being trained, and all kinds of new technical weapons are also being put into production in a step-by-step manner, and it is estimated that their war preparations will not be completed until the spring of 1938, and the offensive will be launched as early as April 1938. Moreover, according to reliable intelligence, the Chinese White Army will also move about 500,000 troops to Méng Gu through the Kuzhang Railway under their control, and from there they will attack our Western Lia Railway Line and cut off the retreat of the Red Army in the Far East! At present, the brother-in-law of Marshal Luo Yaoguo, the leader of the Chinese fascists, and the most capable general in the Chinese reactionary army, has been appointed commander of the Northern Front of the Chinese White Army, specifically responsible for planning a sneak attack on Western Lea......" Belzin, the head of the Red Army Intelligence, took a summary of information and read it slowly sentence by sentence, and after reading this document, he paused and continued: "But these Chinese White Army never dreamed that although there are some people in the upper echelons of the Central G who have been bought and controlled by them, However, among the thousands of basic party members and cadres of the Central G, there are still many loyal GC fighters! So we can also grasp the every move of the Chinese White Army through them, and grasp the activities of the Chinese White Army in Ménggu. It's like this time, before their sneak attack troops are mobilized, we already have all the information! At that time, we can completely use 1 million people to wipe out their 500,000 people, and give these yellow-skinned monkeys a little bit of a look! ”
"Hahaha!" As soon as Berzin's words were finished, a burst of laughter erupted from below. But soon Tukhachevsky spoke: "Comrades, although we have information on the movements of the Chinese White Army, you must not forget that they are a very powerful armed force. According to our intelligence. Now imperialist China already has more than 10 million tons of steel production! More than 200 million tons of coal production and 30 billion kWh of electricity generation! And they have a population of more than 600 million...... Such a strong industrial capacity coupled with so many people determines that this country can withstand the loss of many 500,000 people! So we have to take advantage of the time before they are ready for war. Concentrate on defeating Bolan first. Then, after defeating the possible German winter offensive, he made peace with them, and finally concentrated his forces on Central Asia and Western Lia in preparation for a long war with China. With that, he glanced at everyone present. Then he said, "I don't know if you have any opinions?" ”
"I have a problem!" A voice came from the corner of the conference room. Tukhachevsky immediately turned his gaze to the place where the sound came from. It was found that the person was the deputy commander of the Far Eastern Special Military District, Senior General Abanasinko. The guy, who looked a little sluggish, slowly stood up, and then slowly spoke: "Comrade Tukhachevsky, as you said. We should concentrate our efforts on defeating Bolan first, and I believe that with the strength of the Red Army it should be able to accomplish the task. But now there is a question, that is, Germany and Bolan are allies, and if Germany also goes to war with us when we are at war with Bolan, can we still defeat Bolan quickly? If we can't defeat them, then what will the Far Eastern Special Military District use to defeat the Chinese White Army in the spring of 1938? Our tank corps and aviation brigades have now been withdrawn. What are we going to do then! "General Abanacinko's question was very poignant, but at the same time it spoke the minds of all the Soviet Red Army officers present. Because in the last world war, Tsarist Russia was defeated by Germany!
At this moment, the Chief of Staff of the Red Army, General Shabolanikov, who was sitting next to him, spoke: "Comrade General, you are not wrong at all, if Germany is determined to defend Bolan, we really cannot destroy them soon. After a pause, the chief of staff continued: "Here I can convey to you the glad news that Comrade Stalin has reached a tacit understanding with Hitler in Germany, and that the two sides, through their respective representatives, have reached some verbal agreement: Hitler guarantees that Germany will not interfere with the Soviet attack on Boland in 1937!" Although his words were not highly credible, Comrade Stalin believed that Hitler's assurances were credible because there had always been serious differences between Boland and Germany, and because the current leader of Boland, Field Marshal Himigvi, was overly arrogant and arrogant, and had offended Hitler on many issues. ”
Speaking of this, General Shabolannikov nodded to the two lieutenants beside him, who hurriedly pulled open a red curtain on the wall, behind which was a huge map of Bolan. "Comrades, I believe that all of you have already received instructions on the Tukhachevsky Plan. Now, let me explain to you what we should do when the war breaks out. This time, we, the Soviet Red Army, are preparing to mobilize a total of 62 corps of regular troops. Among them were 50 elite infantry corps of the Red Army, five tank corps armed with T-26 and T-28 tanks, seven cavalry corps. On the Western Front there were also twenty infantry corps and five cavalry corps to defend against a possible German invasion, which were to be stationed at the northern end of the Stalin Line and on the lands of the newly joined Estonian republics. In addition, forty new corps will be formed, including four tank corps and two cavalry corps. However, these forces could only be formed once they were fully mobilized, and they were expected to be ready for use after the completion of the assault on Bolan. As for the Air Force, we are ready to devote all 15 aviation brigades to participate in the attack on Bolan, including two heavy bomber aviation brigades equipped with TB-3 bombers, and a total of 1,500 Soviet fighters will fly into the airspace of Bolan, and the entire sky of Bolan will be covered with the warhawks of the Red Air Force! ”
After the black sè's whip drew a beautiful arc in the air, Grand Shabolannikov continued: "For the defense of Bolan, for the battle on the ground, our plan is this. As for the basis of Bolan's battle plan, we must try to make the most of the month and a half before the onset of winter, and make a large-scale penetration of its depth by our armored and mobile forces, so that we can divide and encircle the enemy from the very beginning. So we should focus our attacks on the two Bolan clusters east of the Bouag River, the most important of which is the Bolan army group deployed in West Belarus, and the necessary strong defenses to the north near the borders of Lithuania and Latvia. To this end, we formed a powerful Bolan Front. ”
That's all that is said and done. The general's tone suddenly increased. "Now I announce the sequence of participation in the offensive troops. Bolan Front. Commander-in-Chief General Ubolevich, Chief of Staff Colonel-General Kolk. "Speaking of which. Ubolevich and Kolk stood up and nodded slightly. "The unit has six army groups under its command. Including five tank corps, seven cavalry corps. Twenty-eight infantry corps. A total of eighty-four infantry divisions. Ten tank brigades (at this time the Soviet tank army had two tank brigades and one motorized rifle brigade), twenty-one cavalry divisions. In addition, all fifteen aviation brigades will be assigned to the Front before the offensive begins. Among them, the First Red Banner Army and the Second Red Banner Army were the vanguard of this assault on Bolan. The First Red Banner Army consisted of three tank corps, three cavalry corps and three infantry corps, and the commander of the group army was General Yaquir. The army group was to deploy near Minsk and be responsible for attacking the Bolan cluster on the front of Western Belarus, breaking through the northern edge of the Belorussian Bolan cluster, then advancing on the Boug River in the west, reaching the eastern bank of the Buvag River, and then turning south to attack the back of the Bolan cluster in Western Belarus.
The 2nd Red Banner Army was deployed in the Mozyr area (two tank corps, four cavalry corps, and three infantry corps, including the 4th Tank Corps under Zhukov's command). The commander of the army group is General Gakhalepsky, the chief of staff is Lieutenant General Pavlov, and the task of the army group is to break through the swampy areas of southern Belarus, break through the Pinsk region, quickly advance the front to the banks of the Bask River, hand over the Brest fortress to the follow-up troops, and then go north along the east bank of the Bouag River to join the division of the 1st Red Banner Army and complete the encirclement of the Bolan Belorussian Army! ”
General Shabolannikov paused, and the whip in his hand was pointed at Western Belarus again. "Whereas, Bolan concentrated most of their army on both sides of the Bouag River and divided it into three parts: Army Bouag, Army Group Belarus and Army Group Ukraine," he said. So our strategy is to break them all! The first thing to be eliminated was the Bolan Belorussian Army, with a total strength of about 400,000 people. After the completion of the encirclement of the Belarusian cluster by the 1st and 2nd armies of the Red Banner Army, the other four armies of the Bolan Front, the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th armies will be responsible for their complete annihilation! At the same time, the 1st and 2nd armies of the Red Banner, after a short rest, will continue south along the Bouag River, attack the northern side of the Ukrainian cluster in Bolansi, and cooperate with the troops of the Kiev Special Military District to defeat the Bolan cluster and drive them across the Bouag River!
After the completion of the offensive mission at this stage, two of the four strategic clusters of Bolan had already been completely destroyed, and half of its forces were annihilated by the Soviet Red Army! If at this time Bolan is still unwilling to surrender, and Germany does not join the attack on Bolan and shows no sign of attacking the Soviet Union, then the second phase of the offensive will begin immediately...... And the target of the second phase of the battle will be the city of Warsaw, the capital of Bolan! Comrades, are there any questions now? ”
"There's one more problem. Comrade Chief of the General Staff, according to intelligence, one armored division, one aviation division and one infantry corps of the Chinese White Army have arrived in East Prussia one after another. In addition, there were five White Russian troops, and one Italian army would also be moved to East Prussia...... Will these troops join the Bolan side in the future Soviet-Bo war? In particular, that Chinese armored division is armed with hundreds of medium tanks, including more than a hundred tanks of 30 tons, and they are likely to pose a great threat to our tank army. ”
It was Georgi, the Soviet god of war, who said this. Major General Zhukov, who and the chief of staff of the 2nd Red Banner Front, Lieutenant General Pavlov, were the commanders of the first two tank regiments of the USSR, served in the tank forces of the USSR since the Battle of the Middle Road. At present, the Chinese National Defense Forces are the number one imaginary enemy of the Soviet Red Army, and Zhukov, a tank expert, naturally has a lot of research on Chinese tanks.
"Our T-28 tank is the most powerful tank in the world, more than enough to deal with any kind of Chinese tank, including that legendary tank No. 3!" Tukhachevsky frowned and took the initiative to answer the question. Of course, he also knew that his T-28 had no advantages except for the relatively large caliber of the main gun! The armor is thin, the engine quality is extremely poor, and the suspension system can only be described as a tragedy, so the cross-country ability is extremely bad, and if you are not careful, you will get stuck in the mud, snow, woodland, etc. Become a target for enemy anti-tank weapons! But the problem was that the Soviet Union did not have the time to develop a better medium tank, and there was no room for it. In fact, the top of the Red Army was well aware. Now for the war. The gap between the Soviet Union and China and Germany in terms of armament was not very large (in fact, it was already very large), and it was still slightly ahead of Bolan (this is a fact). If it drags on for a few more years. I'm afraid that Bolan also has tanks and planes that are significantly superior to the USSR. This battle is really unfought!
"Comrade Zhukov!" Tukhachevsky seemed to see that Zhukov, who had some ideas, was about to say something, so he preemptively spoke: "We all know that now the Soviet Motherland is facing an unprecedented crisis!" The German fascists and the Chinese fascists had a lot of excellent weapons and equipment, but our Soviet Red Army was still able to defeat them! There was a look of jiggling in his eyes. Because we are the Red Army! It was the great Soviet Red Army! Our fearless sacrifice is enough for us to defeat all fascist bandits armed to the teeth with inferior equipment! I have no doubt about that! Trust you Georgi. Konstantinovich. Zhukov wouldn't doubt it either, would he? ”
"Yes!" Zhukov hurriedly straightened up and replied loudly with a reverent face: "Comrade People's Commissar of Defense, like you, I firmly believe that victory will belong to the Red Army and to the Soviet Motherland!" ”
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And this time. Adolph. Hitler, Luo Yaoguo, Anastasia, Mussolini and Himigwi, the big leaders of the fascist bandits, attended a reception in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, very leisurely. The banquet for the fascist leaders was, of course, sumptuous, with a German feast of steaks, grilled meats, a variety of seafood from the Mediterranean, wine, brandy, and game from the Alps. The toasts are also endless. First of all, for the friendship between the five fascist countries - God knows if there will be friendship between China, Russia and Bo-Germany? And then for the health of the Führer, for the health of the Empress of Russia, for the King of Italy, Vittorio, whom no one had seen except Mussolini. The health of Emanuele III, and of course, of course, Luo Yaoguo's uncles, President Luo Yiqun and President Bolan, President Mośchicki, must also live a long and healthy life! In fact, President Bolan was the opposite of Himigvi, and Mośichitsky was also opposed to allowing Bolan to participate in the war against the Soviet Union. However, this kind of thing is a family ugly, and Himigvi will not shout it everywhere, so everyone just doesn't know about it, and follows Hitler to coax.
Towards the end of the banquet, some of the German Nazi high-ranking officials, who were half-drunk or pretending to be drunk, finally began to talk to Luo Yaoguo and Anastasia about the formation of a joint army group, and whether the battleships of the Chinese Navy could come to the Boluo Sea to fight at the right time! In fact, the proposal to organize a "joint army" had long been expected by Luo Yaoguo, and the Germans had already hinted through various channels that they wanted to group the Eighth Panzer Division of the Chinese Wehrmacht and the nine Panzer Divisions of Germany into a group, and at the same time combine one additional Chinese infantry corps, five White Russian infantry corps, and two German infantry corps into a group army, which would be responsible for attacking Leningrad...... Of course, the commander of this army group was to be held by the Germans!
In this regard, Luo Yaoguo also put forward his own conditions after hesitating again and again. That is, the consumption of the Chinese and Russian armies fighting on the front line, except for machine rifles and bullets (the caliber is different from the German one), all of which are supplied by Germany, in addition to Germany to provide 100 FW-200 transport planes to China, and after Leningrad is captured by the coalition forces, it must be taken over by the Russian army at the first time.
But Luo Yaoguo didn't expect that after agreeing to his request, the No. 2 person in the German Nazis, the big fat man Goering, put forward new conditions. Germany wanted China to send the battleships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan to Europe to participate in the attack on Leningrad! If you count the Ningyuan and Jingyuan, which have already arrived in Europe, and the Bismarck and Tirpitz, which are about to be completed, there will be six of the world's largest battleships gathered in the Boluo Sea! Are they really aimed at Leningrad? Isn't this Hitler already planning to use these six battleships to bomb up the British home fleet?!。