Chapter 42: Changes in the Pattern of Warfare (3)

It was dusk, the sunset was like blood, and the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and Frunze and Stalin, who rushed from the rear, still saw the tragic situation after the air raid. The soldiers, who were in high morale before leaving, were silently cleaning up the air raid site at the moment. The thick smell of blood drilled into the nose, bombed-out trucks and carts were left on the side of the road, and the craters on the road were filling.

"Comrade commander, we must think of such a thing, otherwise the enemy's planes will bomb every day, and there will inevitably be problems along the logistics line of thousands of kilometers." Stalin saw the crux of the problem, the 500,000-strong army was unstoppable, and the problem was that these 500,000 people also had to eat and drink.

Of course, Frunze knew what it meant once the logistics were not smooth, and the 500,000-strong army was advancing eastward, and the material reserves in Omsk alone were one winter, and it took half a year to be ready. I thought that I could take Novosibirsk in one go, but I was hit in the head. The current losses are not very large, the problem is that morale has been greatly affected.

"It seems that the previous deployment was correct, seize the time to convene a meeting of comrades, deploy how to air defense, how to deal with the next situation." Frunze spoke in a heavy tone, the Soviet Red Army had not fought such a battle, and it was the number of ways to bomb by planes, which I had never thought about before. During World War I, the Russian army bombed the German army, which was also based on bombing the enemy's strong defensive lines.

It was getting dark, but the atmosphere in the tent on the side of the road was unexpectedly warm. The morale loss caused by the bombing was resolved by a group of Red Army commanders and fighters who had found some seemingly feasible solutions. First of all, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the baggage of the troops, which can be handed over to the anti-aircraft fire and the air force that can do it tomorrow. The second is that the army cannot stop its advance because of the bombardment, which is in line with the enemy's intentions, but it is not impossible to march only at night, and it is not impossible to march during the day. The Siberian wilderness is clear at a glance. However, there are many woods on both sides of the road, and if an enemy plane attacks, you can completely hide in the woods. The premise is that the cavalry comrades in the front do a good job of reconnaissance and find that the enemy planes will transmit the news in time, so that the troops behind can stop advancing and avoid the planes. Judging by the process, the threat of high-altitude bombing is not as effective against the marching troops on the ground as the aircraft that are diving, so that it is possible to prepare for the use of machine guns for air defense. And finally, important fire artillery units. It is possible to march at night instead.

"This meeting was quite successful, and the comrades thought of a lot of ideas, whether it works or not, it depends on tomorrow. I think the key is to look at the role of our aircraft, but unfortunately our fighters have only three brigades in Omsk, and this issue must be reported to the higher-ups. Attract enough attention. "Commissioner Stalin consulted with Frunze after the meeting, and judging by his tone, he was not optimistic about tomorrow's outcome. Frunze was in a similar mood, he really didn't expect Chinese imperialism to play such a hand. Thinking that it might be like this every day in the future, Frunze's mood couldn't get better.

"It's better to have a rain tomorrow." Frunze subconsciously said this, and Stalin was stunned for a while, realizing that the confidence of the comrade commander may not be so sufficient. Frunze was said to be a strong-willed man. Otherwise, under the premise of the outbreak of the Soviet-Polish war, it would not have insisted on fighting Novosibirsk.

"Bad weather, the enemy's planes can't come out, the problem is that the march of our army will also be greatly affected."

"No, no. Comrade Stalin, you misunderstood me, my idea is simple, let the partisans behind enemy lines. The idea of attacking the enemy's airfield. You see, from the debriefing. The enemy came with at least one hundred and fifty planes, and so many planes were certainly not on one airfield. With more airfields, it will be more difficult for the enemy to defend, and if we can succeed in sneak attacks, we will be less stressed. As soon as Frunze explained this, Stalin understood, and immediately felt a chill. The guerrillas were behind enemy lines, short of food and ammunition, and some time ago Barakov called, and it had reached the point of killing horses and taking meat. Due to the enemy's frenzied encirclement and suppression, the guerrillas hiding in the mountains did not dare to live, for fear of exposing their targets. Under such a premise, what is the difference between letting the guerrillas attack the enemy's airfield and committing suicide.

"How many guerrillas are there behind enemy lines?" Stalin's heart was hard enough, and it passed in a flash. Frunze said: "I don't know, it shouldn't be too much." In the past, there were six or seven partisan detachments, all of which numbered more than 1,000 people, but some time ago the enemy encircled and suppressed them several times, and we sent Comrade Balakov to have less than 800 men under his command. The point is that there is not enough food and ammunition, and the comrades are holding on, one for the sake of the Soviets. ”

Stalin thought of the famous slogan, "One Qiē Power to the Soviets", and it was precisely because of this slogan shouted during the revolutionary period that the majority of the poor strata of the people sided with the revolutionary ranks, because in this way the Red Army became stronger and stronger. Now it was still for the sake of the Soviets, and the partisans behind enemy lines were going to do their last suicidal attack.

Stalin fought with the White Bandits in Tsaritsyn, and the ferocity of his opponents was not under the Red Army.

In Novosibirsk, the General Headquarters of the Volunteer Army, and after the results of the Air Force reconnaissance returned, Qi Zhenghong and the two army commanders looked stunned. For a whole afternoon, the Soviet troops did not advance to ten kilometers because of the non-stop bombardment of aircraft. How is this possible? Even Feng Hua, who has experienced the European war, does not believe in this result very much.

"Commander-in-chief, to be honest, I didn't quite believe it would be like this at first, but the comrades who came out to attack reacted, and the effect of the air attack was very good, especially the dive bomb drop effect of the Eagle 3 aircraft was the best. During the march of the Soviet ground troops, trucks and carts loaded with supplies were caused by dive bombing. High-altitude bombing, the accuracy is still a little worse, but it is a pity that the bomb load of the Eagle 3 aircraft is too small. Feng Hua made a further explanation, and Qi Zhenghong reacted and said: "Let people inform General Kolchak and tell him that time is very tight, his troops must hurry up to build fortifications, and the defense line must also be arranged a few more, and it cannot simply be two or three lines of defense." ”

"In a few days, the snow will begin to melt, and then the movement of the Soviet troops will be even more difficult, from Omsk to Novosibirsk about 650 kilometers, and now the Soviet vanguard is about 300 kilometers from Novosibirsk. From this, it follows that the speed of their march was not very fast, which was caused by the objective difficulties of the road. It can be concluded that the future Soviet army mainly relied on railways to solve the problem of material transportation, such as the 122 howitzer, which is stupid and black, and can sink into the ground by road. Feng Hua then analyzed, and the meaning was obvious, the air force still wanted to concentrate on bombing the railway.

"You can't expect God, this year's weather is a bit unusual, in previous years, by mid-April, there was already a massive snowfall, and it was snowing at the beginning of April this year. I think Frunze just wants to take Novosibirsk before the snow melts. Qi Zhenghong shook his head and denied Feng Hua's analysis.

"No matter how many of him there are, anyway, the comrades of the Air Force will attack at today's pace, and a wave will be dispatched in ten minutes, and I will see what the Soviet army can do." Li Daxiong's expression was excited, if the Air Force could kill one more artillery of the Soviet Army, it would be less difficult in the future. These 650 kilometers were bombed all the way, and the Soviet army's slow marching speed would naturally become even slower.

Qi Zhenghong glanced at Li Daxiong and said: "Don't be too blindly optimistic, Fu Shuai said that everything must be prepared for the worst, but strive for the best result." I don't think the Soviet army will stop there, and I won't agree to be bombed in vain, and the next air force sortie should increase the number of escort fighters. ”

Feng Hua thought for a while and said: "Now we have two wings of combat units, and the twenty brigades are divided into five batches, taking off in half an hour, and each time two escort fighter groups and two bomber groups are dispatched. The commander-in-chief can also ask for instructions from the commander-in-chief and send two air wings deployed in Beijing and Shenyang to help. ”

Li Daxiong said with a smile: "This is a good idea, no one thought that the air force could play such a big role before, since it can bomb when the enemy is marching, it can also bomb when the enemy is attacking." Fushuai allocates 100 million yuan to the Air Force every year, so it is a waste of resources to put expensive planes in the rear. ”

Feng Hua was so angry by these words that he said that this kid was sour in the face. At that moment, Feng Hua sneered: "Commander Li, don't be too happy, the plane's bombs are consumed quickly, and now there are only two wings, and the logistics can barely support it." It's hard to say if there is more, unless the volume of transportation of other materials is appropriately reduced. ”

Qi Zhenghong heard Feng Hua's unhappiness and said with a smile: "I think Commander Feng is distressed that the bomb is too expensive, right?" Hehe, just kidding, let's call Fu Shuai jointly for this report, and at least one more wing of planes will be dispatched to help in the war. ”

Feng Hua saw that he was still polite, put away his unhappiness and said: "The Air Force has a total of four wings and three wings to help, I am worried that Fu Shuai will not agree, after all, the sky of Beijing also needs to be defended." But I signed this joint telegram. ”

The telegram was sent out quickly, and when Fang Jianxiong in Beijing received the telegram, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Because it was a call from Novosibirsk, the duty director of the telecommunications office did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately found the attendant Chang Qi Erzhu.

It was already very late, Fang Jianxiong had slept normally, Qi Erzhu hesitated, but still took the telegram into the backyard, and saw that the lights in the house were out, Qi Erzhu had a fold in his head, and knocked on the door.

Unexpectedly, the headlights in the room turned on, the door opened quickly, and it was the foreign girl Alice who came out, wearing a dark short pajamas, with two long legs exposed, and her body was so hot that people didn't dare to look directly.

"Miss Alice, there's an urgent call from the Volunteer Army headquarters." Qi Erzhu handed over the telegram and left, not daring to stay for one more minute.

Fang Jianxiong also just turned off the lights to rest, and the battle with the foreign girl Alice had just entered the prologue stage, when he was interrupted by a knock on the door, and he was a little depressed.