Chapter 1289: Attack Begins!
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On April 25, the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Cai Yun, arrived in Astana and assumed the post of Supreme Commander of the front line in the war against Russia! The military affairs of the General Staff were represented by Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Army, who had returned to China, and Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Army, concurrently held the post of Deputy Chief of the General Staff! Judging from the age, after Marshal Cai Yun retires, there is a high probability that the post of chief of the General Staff will be taken over by Marshal Zhao Bowen! After all, Marshal Zhao Bowen's military exploits on the North American battlefield are unmatched in China! Although the navy has also achieved great military achievements, the Minister of the Navy Zhang Cheng is not young, and it is time to retire after the end of this war. Moreover, although the navy has become the first in the world, as a continental country, the Chinese army is still the most important branch of the army, navy and air force!
The first thing Marshal Cai Yun did when he arrived in Astana was to call the commanders of the various army groups for a pre-war meeting! Because some of the army groups were stationed far from Astana, they also used aircraft. The transport aircraft converted from the H5 'Hongyan' bomber has a maximum range of 600 kilometers, and its safety is also very reliable, and it has become an important means of transportation for senior military generals when they are in a hurry!
A large number of additional troops also arrived at the front by guò trains, and war supplies had been stockpiled since several years ago. The weather, which was the only restriction on the attack of the squadron, also began to improve. According to the weather forecast given by meteorological experts, the Siberian Plain will be sunny for most of the next half month. This will be very beneficial for the squadron to attack!
After the thawing of the permafrost of the Siberian plain. It is then dried in the sun. Although the Russians do not pay attention to the construction of roads and other infrastructure, this will not cause much restriction on the offensive of the mechanized troops of the Chinese Army!
On the afternoon of April 26, the commanders of several army groups, the commanders of the Air Force, the commanders of mercenaries also gathered in Astana. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting began, when Marshal Cai Yun came to the conference room of the headquarters. All the people who attended this conference are here! They are General Yang Guoxing, commander of the 1st Group Army, General Chen Guoan, commander of the 3rd Group Army, General Chen Wenjun, commander of the 4th Group Army, General Liu Zhiye, commander of the 5th Group Army, General Lin Chengye, commander of the 10th Group Army, General Zhou Shun, commander of the 11th Group Army, Lieutenant General Chen Tian, deputy commander of the Air Force, General Da Ting Jiro, commander of the Rìben mercenary army, and General Park Ji-sung, commander of the Korean mercenaries. You know, in this attack. The Rìben mercenaries put in millions of people, and the North Korean mercenaries also invested half a million people. Over the years, the mercenaries of the two countries have created a great deal of wealth for their two countries. A group of wealthy people have also been formed in the two countries, which has undoubtedly become the driving force for the young people of the two countries to join the mercenary army!
"Salute!" When Marshal Cai Yun walked into the conference room, the generals inside stood up and saluted. After Marshal Cai Yun returned the salute, everyone sat down! The army has always been a place of strict hierarchy, where subordinates obey superiors, and the duty of a soldier is to obey orders.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as the weather clears, the day of chūn in the Siberian plain has arrived! Now the temperature has risen to more than 5 degrees, and according to the information obtained by the reconnaissance troops, the roads in the Siberian plain are basically dry, and in just three more days, they can fully support the offensive of our armored forces! In addition, meteorological experts also believe that there will be no heavy rainfall in the next half month. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for us to attack! Therefore, after consulting His Majesty, the General Staff decided to put the period of the attack on Russia three days later, that is, at 6 o'clock in the morning on April 30! When the time comes, 6 armies will launch separate attacks on Ishim, Petrobanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Magnitogorsk and Orsk! As for Orenburg and the Urals to the west, put the cities of the second group of attacks! The main forces of the Russian army are attached to these cities, and they are distributed in a serpentine shape along the railway line, as long as we can capture these cities, we can cut the Russian army into sections, divide and surround them, and then gradually eat them! The remaining hundred infantry divisions, with the exception of 40 as reserves, will be assigned to the various army groups! And the Air Force will also reinforce the various army groups! The mercenaries and the North Korean mercenaries will also be dispersed to various army groups to cooperate with the attack! Marshal Cai Yun said! After several years of preparation, the specific battle plan has long been prepared! Just wait for the combat order to be issued, and the troops will be able to launch an attack on the Russian army according to the predetermined plan!
"Yes, Marshal!" All the generals replied. Marshal Cai Yun saw that kind of leaping and leaping in everyone's eyes, especially after the incident of inferior cotton clothes, the commanders of these group armies still had punishments on their backs, if they couldn't show them on the battlefield, then it would be impossible for them to get promoted! Seeing that other troops have achieved great feats on the North American battlefield, they are already very red-eyed! That's a war to destroy the country! What an honor it is that the world's number one industrial power has been killed! Even if Russia is destroyed, the war achievements may not be so great! Especially the people of the 3rd Army, the 4th Army and the 5th Army are even more red-eyed! The other three group armies are still fighting in India, but the war has been going on for nearly two years, and they haven't won a single battle!
"You can't be careless, we have been preparing for this war for several years, and the Russians have no less time to prepare than we do! Almost all the cities on the Siberian Plain have become fortresses under the construction of the Russians! We are not only going to destroy Russia, but also to destroy it at the minimum cost! Therefore, when directing the battle, everyone must be extremely careful! Marshal Cai Yun advised! The commander of the Russian army, Grand Duke Nikolai, is not a fool, he certainly knows that the deployment of the Russian army is in great danger. However, if he did not rely on the deployment of railway lines, the supply of two million Russian troops would be enough to crush him. Now the only thing he can count on is probably the fortifications built by the Russian army in the past few years, turning every city into a grave for the Chinese, and only by letting the Chinese break their heads in these cities that have become fortresses, can the Chinese feel fear, and the Russian army will have a glimmer of life!
All the generals nodded solemnly, they had been confronting the Russians for such a long time, and of course the Russians' movements could not be hidden from them! However, they still firmly believe that the final victory will definitely be theirs. Even if the Russians built the city into a fortress, they would be able to destroy the Russian fortress with artillery and planes, and kill all the Russians!
Next, Marshal Cai Yun discussed with the generals the troubles that might be encountered in the battle, as well as the solutions, and so on. The meeting lasted until the evening. The next day, as soon as dawn the generals returned to their respective destinations on transport planes, the attack on the Russians was about to begin, and they had to seize the last time to prepare for the attack! Be prepared a little more now, and you may shed a little less blood once the attack begins! Although one general has achieved ten thousand bones, these generals still hope to reduce casualties as much as possible!
The three days passed quickly, and by the time the sun rose on April 30, millions of squadrons and mercenaries were ready for battle! On the six main attack positions, one by one large-caliber heavy artillery has been retreated to the position by the artillerymen, and the thick muzzle is pointed at the position of the Russian army, which looks a little hideous! The artillery shells on the position are piled up, for this attack, the squadron is fully prepared, and the artillery will let those Russians experience the taste of hell!
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Marshal Cai Yun, who was far away in Astana, sent a telegram to the various army groups to give the order to attack, and in an instant, the artillery roared in the direction of the six main attacks! In each direction, the squadron assembled thousands of cannons with a caliber of more than 105 mm. The armored brigades of each army group have also entered the attack positions, and as soon as the artillery stops, they will attack the positions of the Russian army with a torrent of steel! A torrent of steel made up of tanks and armored vehicles, which the Russians want to resist with manpower, it is simply impossible!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The artillery was roaring, and under the action of huge kinetic energy, one shell after another flew towards the positions of the Russian army, blowing up craters one after another on the positions of the Russian army. The scattered shrapnel and the shock wave formed after the explosion of explosives wantonly destroyed a life! The Russian troops guarding the front-line positions had already taken refuge in the anti-artillery holes at the moment when the artillery sounded! It's just that the thawing of the frozen ground has caused many anti-artillery holes of the Russian army to collapse, and the remaining anti-artillery holes have also been greatly affected. Some Russian soldiers had no anti-artillery holes, so they could only hold their heads, huddle at the bottom of the trenches trembling, and pray to God that the shells would not fall on their heads! It's just that this kind of prayer has never been useful! Once a shell falls into the trench, it can cause all the Russian soldiers in the nearby trench to be killed! At the same time, the anti-artillery holes like tofu scum of the Russian army were constantly destroyed in the shelling, and the Russian soldiers inside were buried alive inside, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead!
Grand Duke Nikolai, who was far away in Yekaterinburg, had already received a report at the beginning of the shelling of the squadron, and he immediately ordered that the front-line troops should enter a combat state, and all units must hold their positions, and without an order, they must not retreat, and violators will be shot directly! )