Chapter 176

Chuikov is not Pavlov, since the first team crossed the border, Chuikov has been under tremendous pressure, taking space for time, every resistance will not be too resolute, nor too violent, every town is basically guarded during the day, and retreated at night, and this retreat is not to retreat, but to get out of the way, stay and fight guerrillas.

At first, this move was nothing, and as the battle line continued to lengthen, on the sparsely populated Siberian battlefield, the logistics supply line of the squadron was somewhat under some pressure. Chuikov is not blindly retreating, accumulating strength in the process of retreating, looking for a suitable opportunity to fight a decisive battle, this is Chuikov's strategic concept.

At the beginning, this strategic policy was questioned by Moscow, and the General Staff of the Soviet Army called many times to question, and Chuikov repeatedly explained that the forces invested by the squadron in Siberia had an absolute advantage, and a decisive battle should not be rushed. While continuing to drag, the established tactics are carried out. Moscow's patience is limited, just when the bearded man's patience was to the extreme, and he was about to take Chuikov, bad news came from the Central Asian battlefield, and the squadron counterattacked in East Kazakhstan, encircling and annihilating more than 400,000 Soviet troops in one fell swoop.

Because of this news, Stalin began to question his previous strategic concept, what to take the initiative to attack and keep the enemy out of the country, and what to sow the flame of revolution all over the world. No one spoke these words at the Soviet Committee. As a result, Chuikov's life was much better, and he received new reinforcements, and the General Staff even affirmed his strategic vision, saying that he could make full use of the vast expanse of Siberia to defend himself. Drag the campaign into winter.

Just look at the terrible winters in Siberia that leave the trucks every day from duvet garment factories all over China. Fortunately, the winter in the Far East is cold enough. In the minds of officers and men who have been accustomed to garrisoning the border for several years, the winter in Siberia is not as terrible as imagined. But in the minds of some of the new troops, this is a terrible thing.

The total strength of the Siberian Theater is 1.5 million, half of which are newly formed units after the start of the war in Europe, and these people are not comparable to those veterans who originally belonged to the Far Eastern Military District. Therefore, Chuikov's tactics are still very appropriate, and the decisive battle will be delayed until winter.

It has not been able to destroy the main forces of the Siberian Soviet army, and it is advancing intermittently. The Soviet army encircled and annihilated before and after was only 100,000 people, mainly border guards, and even local armed forces. This matter has always been a thorn in Xu Shuzheng's heart, and it is also a thorn in the hearts of Jiang Fangzhen and Gao Sheng.

"It seems that the situation in Siberia should be cautious, it was originally planned to advance to Omsk, and now it is rare to be able to take Novosibirsk before winter comes and have a certain amount of time to organize defense." Xu Shuzheng is still very pragmatic and put forward his own proposal.

Fang Jianxiong looked at the sand table and was silent for a long time. In the end, he said fiercely: "Telegraph to Baili and Yuanpeng (Gao Shengzi) that you must take Novosibirsk before November 5, and then turn to the defense for the next year." In addition, it stepped up the construction of airfields and made full use of air superiority to attack the Soviet army's logistical facilities and lines of communication. ”

Command of the Far Eastern Front. Gao Sheng, who received the telegram, immediately came to see Jiang Fangzhen, and after showing the telegram, Gao Sheng's expression was gloomy and said: "It seems that the president is very dissatisfied with the results of the Siberian campaign, and this is my responsibility." The army of more than one million people has advanced more than 800 kilometers deep into the enemy since the start of the war. But the results of the shot are pitiful. The Soviets fought very flexibly and held out during the day. Take advantage of the familiar terrain to break through at night. These forces were border guards and local armed forces, and Chuikov concentrated his main forces around Novosibirsk and could withdraw to Omsk at any time. ”

"One and a half million troops, the daily consumption is an astronomical amount, I know you are in a hurry, but fighting a war is not a hurry. At this time, Chuikov just wants you to be in a hurry. Whatever tactics he used, we carried out the established tactics, first taking Novosibirsk, and then the various armies organized defenses on the spot and prepared for wintering. Jiang Fangzhen was very calm, he had thought about this problem before the war, and he had never advocated investing too much in the Siberian battlefield. Jiang Fangzhen also did not oppose Fang Jianxiong's strategy, mainly to maintain the prestige of the president. Now it seems that Fang Jianxiong's strategy may not be right every time. Despite this, Jiang Fangzhen still decided to obey, he always felt that Fang Jianxiong had long-term intentions.

Jiang Fangzhen's feeling is right, the reason why Fang Jianxiong is interested in Siberia is that there are rich resources under this land. In the history of parallel time and space, Lao Maozi can live a very prosperous life by selling oil and natural gas, do you think President Fang Da can not worry about Siberia? If you don't occupy this land now, you won't have a chance in the future, this is not Central Asia, and the ethnic question is a complicated mess. Fang Jianxiong did not think about the territorial issue in Central Asia, and supporting the local regime was the feasible way.

Skikeim, codenamed the headquarters of the L Route Army Group (codenamed after the first letter of the commander's name), where 500,000 troops gathered, and the makeshift tents in the field could not be seen at a glance. As a commander, it was hard to get up in a good mood this autumn, because it was raining badly, and although it was not raining, the roads were unusually muddy. The tank forces are a little better, wheeled armored vehicles are enough to choke, and the damned roads of Siberia are simply not walked by people.

"Hasn't the railroad been built yet? Where is Xia Xiang's X-Army group? Why haven't you been contacted yet? Liu Zhenyue's voice in the command center is getting louder and louder, and he has not been in a comfortable mood since the start of the Siberian campaign.

Chief of Staff Cheng Qian's car drove into the best building in the town, the original seat of the local government, and heard Liu Zhenyue's voice when he entered the door. Rubbing the muddy water on his feet, Cheng Qian walked into the war room, and sure enough, Liu Zhenyue was training people.

"Brother Jinfu, control your anger!" Cheng Qian stepped forward to persuade him, Liu Zhenyue saw that his temper was also put away, Cheng Qian is a revolutionary old man, he has been working as an artilleryman, and later he was officially transferred to the Far Eastern Military Region as deputy chief of staff. After the start of the war, as the chief of staff of the L Army Group, he served as an assistant to Liu Zhenyue. In terms of qualifications, Cheng Qian is still above Liu Zhenyue, and his background is a little worse.

Liu Zhenyue waved his hand, sent the director of intelligence, wiped his face vigorously, and said, "Shame, I have two mechanized armies in my hands." Thirty infantry divisions, half a million troops. The total number of enemies destroyed is less than 50,000. How to gain a foothold in the army after it spreads? ”

Cheng Qian smiled and said: "The main force of the Soviet army has been taking the initiative to retreat, and the headquarters of the front army has called, asking us to be patient. The new order of the great president in Beijing came down, to take Novosibirsk by November 5, and then move to the defense. Today is the 25th, and we have ten days. News also came from Commander Xia's side, and his vanguard had arrived in Yurga, less than a hundred kilometers from Novosibirsk. The combined armies of the two roads are more than a million. It is not a problem to take Novosibirsk, the key is the question of how to survive the winter after taking it, there are many new troops, and it is difficult to adapt to winter. ”

"What else? The old way, cut down trees on the spot, build wooden sheds, and burn dragons. I'm thinking about it. Is it necessary to put so many troops on the front line, it is completely possible to withdraw the main forces, and Novosibirsk has 200,000 troops is the limit. Liu Zhenyue snorted twice and proposed his own solution.

"That's the only way, now our question is not whether to fight or not, it's how to deal with the winter. This thing. We must make the whole army pay attention to it, and not all of them should think about making meritorious contributions. Fortunately, the railway will be able to be repaired here tomorrow. "Cheng Qian didn't have any good ideas, an autumn rain fell for two days, and the entire battlefield became a muddy puddle. Fortunately, an engineering unit of more than 50,000 people in an army has been repairing the railway, otherwise the logistical problems of the troops alone would have killed them.

C-3 military transport aircraft of the DC-49 family. In this Sino-Soviet war, it can be said to shine, as the most stable performance of the transport aircraft. became one of the most popular aircraft in various theaters of operations.

When Fang Jianxiong came out of the General Staff Headquarters, he rushed to Feng Hua's Air Force Headquarters, because this battle exposed many problems, especially logistics problems. Therefore, Fang Jianxiong is very concerned about the procurement of C-49, and must purchase enough C-49 before the United States enters the war.

Walking into the Air Force Headquarters and coming to the door of the office, Fang Jianxiong heard Feng Hua talking on the phone: "No, the range of the B-17 is only 800 kilometers, and Huabo Company must provide 500 new B-29 bombers within a year." Otherwise, I will report to the President and purchase the new Liberator bomber directly from the United States. ”

Fang Jianxiong stood at the door and laughed, Feng Hua immediately hung up the phone, stepped forward and saluted: "President, why are you here?" ”

Fang Jianxiong said: "I have approved the cooperation plan between Douglas and North Heavy Industry. But now the C-49 is being asked for in various theaters of operations, and I would like to know how much to purchase in this regard. ”

When Feng Hua heard this, his brows also frowned: "The first batch of 500 orders has flown to Shanghai, and only 150 have been delivered, and the news from the United States says that now the US military is also increasing its procurement efforts, and our goods are estimated to be delayed." The Americans are now very enthusiastic about the joint venture factory, but the construction of the new factory will take at least a year, and far water will not be able to save the fire. Although the trial production of the new B-29 bomber has begun, the annual output is only 200 due to the limitation of the number of qualified skilled workers. ”

At this time and space, Boeing's investment in China has been very smooth because Fang someone's puppet Fisher holds 35% of the shares. With the order of the Chinese Air Force, Boeing has been very moisturized, and the development of new bombers has also been advanced.

"The key is that the output of engines cannot go up, and HP's engine factory in China has always insisted on being wholly-owned, and the technology is very strict." Seeing that Fang Jianxiong was silent in thought, Feng Hua fanned the flames.

"You go and tell Huabo that now the engine plant of Wuhan Airlines has completed the fifth phase of expansion, and it can produce engines with performance no less than HP. And the output is not low, let Huabo appropriately reduce the number of engines purchased from HP, I see who is in a hurry when the time comes. You also tell the company that the annual output of new bombers should not be less than 1,000 units, and within three years, the state will purchase as much as they can produce. There is also the Douglas company, the treatment is the same, as long as it can be built, there is one plane purchased by the state. Fang Jianxiong understands the essence of capitalists very well, and the United States has not yet entered the war, so it cannot be compared with China, which is fighting in a hot market.

After the war began, Fang Jianxiong found that many things could not be thought of before the war. Just like this C-49, although it is famous, but before the war, China only purchased a total of 500 aircraft, of which 200 were passenger aircraft DC-3. It wasn't until the fight started that I found that the transport plane, which I thought was enough, actually had a huge gap. Judging by the current situation, the Air Force needs at least 2,000 C-49s to meet the needs of a large-scale war. In the future, the scale of the war will only get bigger and bigger, and Fang Jianxiong has no intention of taking Moscow, but the total number of troops in the future war against the Soviet Union will definitely not be less than five million. In addition, there is also the demand for the Nanyang battlefield, and the gap of the entire transport aircraft is at least five thousand. On the contrary, it is a bomber, now Fang Jianxiong's needs are not so urgent, the original B-17 has excellent performance, but its range is really not enough. That's why the switch to the B-29.

"The president is wise, the Americans are getting stricter and stricter in terms of technology, and Hewlett-Packard is now a little bit less serious about the Chinese market because of domestic orders. Now that HP orders are reduced, it is natural to be anxious if the profit is less. Feng Hua hurriedly patted his ass, Fang Jianxiong smiled and didn't take it seriously, in fact, Fisher also had thirty percent of Hewlett-Packard's shares in his hands. This was given as a reward and as compensation to Fisher. During the economic crisis, these top military enterprises in the United States were all attacked by someone's claws without exception. However, these shares are all in Fischer's name. In turn, the holding of a certain number of shares has also promoted the cooperative investment of these American companies in China. If a company like Boeing hadn't cooperated with China, it would have had to fight for the US Air Force's annual order of one or two hundred aircraft.

In fact, HP is restricted by the U.S. government, requiring it to first meet the needs of U.S. purchases, and then consider China's needs. Originally, HP's investment in China was not very large, barely enough to meet the production of B-17.

Leaving the Air Force Headquarters, Fang Jianxiong secretly pondered in his heart, the United States will soon taste the taste of Japanese bombs, right? Once the United States imposes an embargo on Japan, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction in Japan, and this country, which has already gone crazy, will definitely strike first.

Fang Jianxiong has not paid much attention to the battle situation in Nanyang, and now that the war situation in Central Asia is basically a foregone conclusion, Fang Jianxiong's eyes turned to Nanyang. The current situation in Nanyang can be said to be one-sided, and the British troops in Nanyang are really pitiful compared to the Japanese army. Not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the British army is really not very good.

As soon as Fang Jianxiong returned to the presidential palace before dark, he saw the car of the British Minister Johnson parked in the courtyard, and when he got out of the car, Johnson had already broken through the guards from the reception room, and said loudly: "Your Excellency, Thailand has surrendered, the Philippines has also surrendered, and the Japanese army is storming Singapore." ”