Chapter XXXVI Bridgehead

In that part of Central Asia, it is difficult for people who have grown up in the Yangtze River basin for a long time to have a very intuitive understanding. The two people present had done some homework, but they didn't expect Fang Jianxiong's eyes to be fixed on Andijan. It's time to go abroad.

What Fang Jianxiong thought in his heart, these two didn't understand, but the idea of resolutely carrying out the task would not waver.

"I know you don't understand it in your hearts, and you also know that the ghost terrain in Central Asia is difficult to use troops, and you also know that the current time to use troops abroad may not be the best time. But I want to emphasize that if you don't do it now, you won't have a chance in the future. We must build a bridgehead in Andijan for Central Asia before the end of the civil strife in Russia. At the moment we are still members of the Entente, and the Red Government is not internationally recognized. It's difficult, but it's a godsend. When the two of you go to the northwest, you must first train a unit that is good at fighting in the mountains, and the scale does not need to be too large, one brigade is enough. I'll give you half a year, and in half a year I'll see Andijan in hand. Taking Andijan, as well as the question of how to hold it, these must be taken into account. ”

"Commander, you have to give us two divisions of the engineering troops." After thinking for a while, Xu Chongzhi opened his mouth first. As a side lineage, Xu Chongzhi needs to be more firm on this issue. Besides, this task does not give you a chance to negotiate the price. "That place in Central Asia is very hard, and after taking Andijan, whether it can be held depends on logistics. As long as this problem can be solved, a fortress can be built in just over a year. Again, the focus is on traffic. ”

Xu Chongzhi's idea is still very correct, it is impossible to place a large army in Andijan, and it is appropriate to use the fortress as the core of defense, and it is appropriate to put an infantry division or a little less. Without transportation to ensure logistics, how to solve the supply problem when the army goes? As long as the officers who have entered the Wuhu Land University for advanced training, they will first be instilled with military ideas. It is modern warfare, and it is logistics that is fought.

"I've taken care of the training!" Leng Yu said very confidently, he was not a little confident at this time, and he really had the appetite for Fang Jianxiong. As a soldier, he has no self-confidence, and he still expects to be able to make a difference on the battlefield, not to mention Leng Yu's self-confidence, which is tempered on the battlefield, and it is really not arrogant that fell from the sky.

"Very good, just divide the labor like this, one for training and one for logistics. We must also pay close attention to intelligence work, and I will ask the Military Intelligence Bureau to cooperate when I go back. Andijan is the bridgehead of our army stretching out of Central Asia, and this place is very fatal, and if you hold it in your hands, you can advance and retreat freely in the future strategy against Russia. This matter is related to the national strategy and is extremely confidential. Except for the two and Wang Jingluo, no one else can be informed. Once the news leaks out, it is for you to ask. Fang Jianxiong's tone was stern, and his eyes were blazing.

"Yes, please (the instructor) help the commander rest assured that the task will be completed." The two stood side by side and replied loudly.

Novosibirsk. The endless fields are white, and the footsteps of spring seem to be far away. It is difficult to see life on the earth, except for the large coniferous forest in the distance, Liu Zheng can no longer see any living things.

Liu Zheng, who graduated from Baoding, studied cavalry. In fact, when I was in the military academy, the cavalry department was no longer simply learning cavalry, and two of the three-year school system were spent learning mechanized warfare. I've been longing for a chariot at a gallop. Unexpectedly, the troops were dismissed, and they were still obedient dry cavalry. It's really depressing.

Reconnaissance searches along the Trans-Siberian Railway, which are searching on a daily basis, have recently become regular patrols. I heard that Lao Maozi's cavalry is very powerful, and the Mongolian horse does not seem to be as tall and powerful as the Don hippopotamus compared to the Don hippopotamus. Because of this, the Cossack cavalry in the White Russian army often looked at these Chinese counterparts with mocking eyes, even if the people were short, the horses were much shorter.

Liu Zheng really didn't see these disdainful eyes, and he just saw the real chapter on the battlefield.

"Company commander, the White Russian Maozi in front sent a flag, indicating that there is no problem." Liu Zheng continued to look ahead with a telescope, frowning as if he hadn't heard the report from the communications soldier. The cavalry company did not have a radio, let alone a walkie-talkie of the future. Cable telegraphs along the railway line are only available at major stations.

It was a makeshift resting place, and there were several railroad sheds with coal stoves and hot water, and there were many such points along the railway, and the cavalry could meet one every three hours or so of a normal march. Today's march was accompanied by a White Russian cavalry company, they were familiar with the terrain and took the initiative to ask for a forward station, and Liu Zheng also came as he wished. In fact, Mao Zibing was still very polite to the Chinese soldiers, because the soldiers in charge of patrolling were supplied with half a catty of liquor every day, which was the most envied place for the White Army.

"No, order the troops to be ready for battle!" When Liu Zheng felt that inexplicable uneasiness again, he gave an order.

The cavalry company, with 136 men, immediately carried out the order, and the artillery squad set up four 60-mm mortars, and the machine gun squad turned the four Makqin on the sleds and aimed them at the front. Qu Gang, the deputy company commander, also graduated from Baoding, and Liu Zheng was the cavalry section of the first phase. ”

"The old white Russian Maozi also said that he was fighting an old war, and he saw that there was no woods in front of him, it was already spring, and he didn't even see a fucking bird flying, I suspect that there was an ambush." Liu Zheng pointed to a large wooded area on the right, about a kilometer from the railway line. In recent times, the cavalry of the Red Army has been making a detour through Novosibirsk, sabotaging the Trans-Siberian railway with the cooperation of local partisans, and sometimes daring to attack the trains. Because of this, Li Daxiong sent out the cavalry company, the railway is the lifeblood of logistics, at present the Volunteer Army has only completed half of the transportation volume, in case the Red Army preemptively launches an attack before the completion of the transportation, it is very unrealistic to expect the White Army to withstand the attack.

"These guerrillas are really capable. The Far East is pulling nets and sweeping, but it can still survive tenaciously. It's just the Russian Civil War, just holding on to the Siberian winter, what kind of people are they! Qu Gang was very emotional, and he didn't understand these Russian Red Army, compared to the White Russian Army, they were like scum.

"Tata Tower!" The burst of gunfire broke the calm in the vast field, and sure enough, a cavalry company of the Maozi White Army, which was leading the front, was ambushed by the guerrillas.

"Prepare for defensive combat!" Liu Zheng suddenly let out a frightened cry, grabbed the messenger casually and said: "Quick, hurry to the transit station behind as fast as possible, and send a telegram to inform the Novosibirsk side that we have encountered a large number of Red Army guerrillas ambushes." ”

When the correspondent heard the sound, he immediately got on his horse, turned around and ran. Qu Gang was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the dense sound of gunfire, which was definitely not the handiwork of a small group of guerrillas, and immediately his face changed, and he exclaimed: "There is Makqin!" ”

The cavalry company reacted quickly, the portable sapper shovels flew around, one snowdrift after another was piled up in a row, and a temporary fortification was quickly formed, but time was obviously running out, and less than two kilometers ahead, a large number of White Russian cavalry were running back. Liu Zheng held the telescope with one finger and observed carefully, the sound of dense horse hooves roared in the field, and about a dozen White Russian cavalrymen in front were desperately beating the war horses, not sparing the horses' escape posture at all.

The cruelty of the warring sides in the Russian Civil War has long been rumored in the Wehrmacht. The General Staff also sent some items, all about matters related to the Russian Civil War, anyway, it is very miserable to be a prisoner, and in Novosibirsk, a bird place, there is no extra food to feed the prisoners. The material also cites an example of a number of White prisoners who were sent to a prisoner of war camp, because the food cooked that day was not enough for the prisoners to eat, and the Red Army directly shot all the extra people. Before shooting, the captives were also asked to dig a pit.

After the pre-war propaganda, the volunteers formed a consensus that no one should be taken prisoner, and being a prisoner means that life is worse than death, and in the end they must die. Thinking of this propaganda, Liu Zheng was a little nervous, this place was at least half a day's journey from the normal march of Novosibirsk, and only an armored train could arrive in two hours. The most terrible thing now is that there are a lot of guerrillas who come to see the meaning, at least hundreds of people, and the Maxim machine guns are all equipped, and this bird place is still fucking unsafe.

"Hurry up and repair the snow wall, artillery preparation! Machine gun ready! Liu Zheng looked ahead and chased while fleeing, and shouted loudly. Target No. 1! Get ready! "At the temporary rest point, there are simple artillery positions and predetermined rulers, as well as simple fortifications. Liu Zheng hoped that with the snow wall urgently constructed, he would be able to withstand for three or four hours, waiting for reinforcements from armored trains.

"Hopefully the armored train will be reinforced in time." Qu Gang muttered a little nervously, "I'll command the machine gun." "The cavalry company is equipped with four sleds pulled by Makqin, and it means that there are at least five hundred cavalry in front, and Makqin is the key to saving his life.

"Well, be careful! Made, where did these grandsons come from? Liu Zheng was also very puzzled, in the past month, the largest force of Red Army guerrillas encountered was less than 100 people, and today's formation is too evil.

"Mortar, target number one, three rapid fire!" Seeing clearly that behind hundreds of cavalry, there was at least a team of more than a thousand people following behind, Liu Zheng's face turned white.

The soldiers were still desperately repairing the fortifications, the mortar positions made a whining sound, and the salvo of four 60-mm mortars was not very powerful, but the effect of striking the Red Army cavalry that was pursuing the White Army was quite amazing.

Knock knock, one bombing point after another, snow and black smoke rose continuously, and about a thousand meters away, the Red Army cavalry was constantly hit and fell. The sudden artillery attack made the pursuing Red Army suspicious, and they actually stopped the pursuit and began to retreat. Liu Zheng secretly rejoiced that the previous strategy of letting the White Army cavalry set off ten minutes earlier was undoubtedly correct. Otherwise, follow them into the ambush circle, and it will be the end of it.

I don't know if the Red Army didn't notice the cavalry company of the Volunteer Army behind before, and actually slowly turned around and retreated. Liu Zheng hurriedly continued to order: "Mortar, chase and hit the No. 2 target." ”