On December 16, the Allied forces had a very significant effect on the strategic bombing of the three major cities of Soviet Russia, after the bombardment, according to the intelligence of the front-line battlefields of the various departments, the supply of Soviet Russia to the front-line army was greatly reduced, and the front-line army of Soviet Russia obtained fewer weapons and ammunition and other combat materials than before, which reminded many veterans of the former Tsarist era, and the current situation is worse than that of Tsarist Russia. Not only are weapons and ammunition not replenished, but even food is getting scarce day by day.

In the past, the soldiers of the troops on the front line of Soviet Russia ate two meals a day, mainly to save food, after all, Soviet Russia was blockaded by various countries in all directions, and in addition, Russia has been fighting wars in recent years, and there has been a revolution again, not only industrial production has been seriously affected, but even agricultural production has almost come to a standstill, and now a lot of grain is copied from the hands of landlords and nobles in Soviet Russia.

But since Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev were bombed by the Allied air forces at the same time, the rations of the soldiers of the Soviet Russian front-line army have been reduced from two meals a day to one meal, that is, a loaf of bread. Not only the reduction in food, but for several days, the Russian soldiers have not been replenished with ammunition.

The shortage of food, coupled with the lack of ammunition and the cold weather, made the morale of the Soviet Russian soldiers drop sharply, and the officers who did ideological work in the Soviet Russian army have worn out their mouths and have no way to restore the morale and combat effectiveness of the soldiers, after all, people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry, you will be hungry if you don't have food, how can you fight a war when you are hungry? Since ancient times, grain and grass have been the guarantee of military morale and morale. No matter how great and full the ideal is, the reality of no food still greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the Soviet and Russian troops on the front line. If this continues, the Soviet and Russian sides will not be able to hold out for long.

Two days after the first step of the bombing plan was completed. The intelligence officers of the Russian branch of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau successively reported the effects of the bombing to the Allied High Command, and Cai Ye saw that the report said that the effect of the bombing was very good, and the industries of the three major cities such as Leningrad were basically destroyed.

The armies of the countries on the front line reported that the offensive momentum in the past few days was very good, and the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Russian defenders was greatly reduced. They surrendered just for a bite to eat.

On the morning of this day, the Belgian army in Estonia sent another battle report to the Allied High Command, which said that yesterday's temperature dropped sharply, causing a large area of ice on the surface of Lake Chud, the ice was very thick, and it was estimated that the tanks would have no problem running on it, and this situation made the favorable situation tilt towards the Allied side, and the Belgian army organized 20,000 people to sit on the ice of Lake Chud and inserted it directly into the southeast of the Soviet army, posing a huge threat to the left rear flank of the Soviet army's defense line between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Chud. In order not to be flanked by the front and rear, coupled with the lack of food and clothing, and the lack of weapons and ammunition, the Soviet army had to retreat to Leningrad in the east. The Soviet defensive line, which had been holding on to the Gulf of Finland and Lake Chud for half a year, was thus broken.

Cai Ye laughed when he read the report: "Hahaha?????? Well, well, this time the Belgians did a good job, and they also knew how to take advantage of the freezing of the lake to send troops to the rear of the Soviet Russians! ”

At this time, Zhang Xiaozhun happened to walk in and said with a smile: "Songpo." What is so happy? ”

Cai Yi said with a smile: "The war in the north has made the biggest breakthrough, and the temperature in Estonia dropped by more than ten degrees last night. This caused a large area of ice on Lake Chud, which was seen by the Belgians as a favourable situation. So he organized 20,000 people to sit on the ice and slide all the way to the other side of the lake, and these 20,000 people appeared behind the left side of the Russians and scared the Russians out of the ass, no, the Russians have retreated to St. Petersburg! ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said: "Isn't it time to prepare for the Battle of St. Petersburg?" ”

Cai Yi nodded and said: "That's right, it should give the Soviet Russians a little bit of strength to see how much confidence we have to take St. Petersburg, I see how much confidence they still have!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from the door: "Report!" ”

"Come in!"

A communications adjutant walked in and immediately reported: "General, I have received the latest situation, the French in southeastern Poland have not made any movement in the past two days, and have been confronting the Russians, originally according to the order of the high command, they must launch an attack on the Soviet Russian defense line before the 15th, but they only used a division of troops to launch a small attack on the 15th, and then they have never launched an attack, and now four days have passed, and they still have not made any movement!" ”

Cai Yi frowned when he heard this, and said to Zhang Xiaozhun, who was sitting opposite: "Look, trouble is coming!" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Cai Ye thought for a few minutes, and finally shouted: "Someone! ”

An operational staff officer walked over and said, "Here—"

"Give the French commander Xia Fei an order to limit him to capture Lviv before the end of the month, otherwise military law will be engaged!" Cai Ye gave such an extremely severe order.

After a pause, Cai Ye said to Zhang Xiaozhun: "Let Yang Jie of the Eighth Army lead his troops to advance to the east bank of the upper reaches of the Vistula River, and make a posture of being ready to attack the back of the French army at any time, this French wants to defy the law, I want him to see if he has the courage to do so, and don't give them a little color to see, they don't know what the military order means like a mountain!" ”

Zhang Xiaozhun also felt that he wanted to give the French a little bit of a good look, if he didn't teach the French a lesson this time, the armies of other countries would definitely follow suit in the future, and it would not end well. He promised, "Understood! ”

The Vistula River runs through Poland from south to north in an "S" shape, and it is the longest river in Poland. The total length is 1047 km; The basin covers an area of 192,000 square kilometers, accounting for two-thirds of Poland's land area. It originates in the Bezkidd Mountains and flows through Krakow, Warsaw, Toruń and finally into the Baltic Sea in Gdansk.

The upper reaches of the Vistula River are in the southeast of Poland, which is not very far from the Russian defense line, and the area between the east bank of the river and the Russian side is the defense area of 200,000 French troops. Now that Yang Jie's division of the Eighth Army of the Chinese Army has advanced to the southeast of the Vistula River, once the Eighth Army of the Chinese Army launches an attack on the back of the French army, unless the French army surrenders to the Soviet Russian defenders, the 200,000 French troops will definitely be in danger of being wiped out.

French Command.

Xia Fei was sitting at the door of the headquarters with a pipe in his mouth basking in the sun, he was smoking a cigarette while watching a team of knights on the grass in front of him who were racing horses, and there were soldiers and officers standing on both sides.

Just when Xia Fei was looking at it, a staff officer came over to report: "Report to the marshal, the Eighth Army of the Chinese Army suddenly appeared in the rear of our army, and now they have crossed the Vistula River and are building a position in the rear of our army, which is only a few hundred meters away from the tail of our army!" ”

Xia Fei didn't take it seriously after listening to the report, and waved his hand: "If they come, let's come, leave them alone, don't stand in my way, it's the wonderful time, get out of the way!" ”

The staff officer stepped aside, but he couldn't help but remind: "Marshal, if the Eighth Army of the Chinese Army attacks our rear, then we will be in danger of being completely annihilated!" ”

When Xia Fei heard this, he immediately stood up and asked, "What did you just say?" How far is the Chinese army from the rear of our army? ”

"It's only a few hundred meters!"

Xia Fei's face changed dramatically in an instant, and he roared loudly: "What do they want to do?" What does Cai want to do? Does he want to fight in the nest? ”

His loud roar caught the attention of the command and the officers and soldiers who were watching the horse race outside, when another staff officer came up to him and reported: "Marshal, call from the Allied High Command!" ”

Xia Fei took a breath and said, "Read! ”

"Yes!" The staff officer opened the folder and read: "Order your troops to capture Voriv before the end of the month, otherwise military law will be engaged!" ”

Xia Fei listened to the content of the telegram, and instantly understood the purpose of the Eighth Army to cross the Vistula River and build fortifications behind his 200,000 French troops, which was to put a gun on his back and force him to fight to the death with the Russians.

Xia Fei's face became a little pale, he knew very well the power of Cai Yi's move, if he couldn't take Lviv before the end of the month, then Cai Yi would definitely send someone to arrest him, if he dared to resist, his generals would turn against him, tie him up and send him to the Allied Command to wait for his fate, because they didn't want to be exterminated by the Chinese army, in order to save their lives, they would definitely arrest him Xia Fei and send him to Cai Yi!

Xia Fei knew that this time he couldn't hide, and if he was a scoundrel, if he didn't move his nest here, Cai Ye would definitely try his best to kill him, and the only thing he could do now was to launch the French army to launch the most fierce attack on the Soviet and Russian defense lines according to Cai Yi's requirements, trying to break through the Soviet defense line in the shortest possible time, and then march to Lviv at the fastest speed, and take Lviv before the end of the month, so that he can be safe and sound, otherwise what awaits him, he really can't imagine.

Thinking of this, Xia Fei sighed and ordered the staff officer: "Go and inform all the army commanders and division commanders of the whole army to come to the military meeting, and be sure to arrive before three o'clock tomorrow afternoon!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

Xia Fei is also a veteran with rich experience in warfare, and he knows that in order to fight a battle of this scale, he must have a good plan, and he must plan very carefully, taking all aspects into account, so he must first let the staff officers make the battle plan, and this work will naturally be handed over to the staff officers. (To be continued......)