The direction of the Central Route Army's assault was directed at Khabarovsk (Boli), which was the headquarters of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District and the base of the Russian invasion of China since the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the "Tiange" plan, the operational goal was very clear, that is, to disrupt the command system of the Soviet army in the Far East in the first stage of the attack. The three cities of Khabarovsk, the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District, Chita, the headquarters of the North Baikal Military District, and Vladivostok, the base of the Pacific Fleet, were among the most important targets for the first sector.

The Central Route Army commanded by Zuo Shou included the Bingzhou Army, the Qingzhou Army, and the Jizhou Army, as well as two divisions of the Dongying Army and the Second Guards Armored Army. The total strength of 450,000 troops is almost equal to the strength of the Far Eastern Military District, and in particular, the addition of the Second Guards Army has greatly increased the assault force of the Central Route Army, and compared with the three tank divisions of the Far Eastern Military District in terms of the number of tanks, it is not inferior in the slightest.

But the biggest problem for the Central Route Army was that their attack had to cross the Heilongjiang River first. In the July season, when the water in Heilongjiang was turbulent, how to make the troops successfully cross with relatively few casualties under the blows of nearly 1,000 cannons and countless fortifications on the other side of the river was the biggest problem facing Lieutenant General Zuo.

Intelligence Bureau intelligence and air force reconnaissance over the past few days have shown that on the opposite bank, Vasilevsky, commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District, has deployed 200,000 troops within 20 kilometers along the Heilongjiang River, which accounts for half of the total strength of the entire Far Eastern Military District.

Lay out half of the national team in your hands along the river? Could it be that this old general thought that his opponent was still the Manchu Eight Banners? Or is it still the windy/suave Zhang Shaoshuai?

Zuo Shou was thinking hard about crossing the river, and suddenly sighed, "Crossing the river? Why cross the river? ”

The Soviet army does have a lot of artillery, but intelligence shows that their shells are obviously insufficient, playing long-range attacks, which unit in this world is the opponent of the Imperial Army? Moreover, most of Lao Maozi's troops are along the coast, in the words of His Majesty, that is, "is it to look for bombardment or to find bombardment?" ”

The left commander of the first army, the whole army retreated, concentrated all the large-caliber artillery, the target - the Soviet army's riverbank position, and bombarded his ancestors. This swear language was learned from Han Bingxian, deputy commander of the Yizhou Legion, and it is a Sichuan dialect. Lao Han's hometown is Cangzhou, Hebei, a student of the Baoding Military Academy, and after graduation, he joined the Jin Sui Army and became the commander of the regiment. Originally, the money was immeasurable, but unfortunately Lao Han had an upright personality, and when he came to his temper, he would be scolded regardless of the commander or his subordinates. Later, he offended Shang Zhen, was dismissed from his military position, and almost went to a military court, but fortunately, a fellow villager begged for his life to save him from prison, but he was also dismissed and assigned, and he was never hired.

Lao Han thought that he would break off the idea of joining the army in this life, and after a few years of mixing in the mountains, he also became the second leader of Funiu Mountain with his excellent military quality and command ability. But after all, Lao Han was born as a regular military officer, and he still looked down on these bandits around him who only had shotguns and earth cannons. At that time, Lao Han only heard that the new country established by the Han people had few people and more land, and as long as he had the strength, he could plant as much land as he wanted. With his wife and children, and on the big boat provided for immigrants for free, Lao Han thought that his son was becoming sensible, and he couldn't let others say, "This kid is a bandit!" ”

Unexpectedly, after coming to the Han Empire, the land was not planted, but the road to the army was bright. When the 13th Army of the Han Dynasty was expanded, the old man signed up to join the army, because he graduated from a regular military academy and had a resume as a regiment commander, so he was directly named the commander of the new regiment. After that, Lao Han's military talent was finally displayed, and the team he led in the large-scale military training and competition was particularly outstanding, and was even received by His Majesty. Soon Lao Han was exceptionally promoted to brigade commander, division commander, and chief of staff of the army...... Until the deputy commander of the Jizhou Army, lieutenant general of the Imperial Army.

Such a rate of improvement is impossible in other countries and other armies, precisely because the empire was first established and there was a need for talents from all walks of life, and a large number of truly talented people were promoted and used in an eclectic manner.

Even the commander of the Central Route Army, the general of the left guard, is not it? Although Zuo Fatzi is a red Miaozheng, the background of the Red Police soldier in the main base is destined not to be buried. However, he was able to be promoted to lieutenant general earlier than Huo Lu, Shui Mo and other older Guards officers, and Zuo Shou's genius performance in commanding armored forces played a decisive role.

Your Majesty is from the armored corps, what could be more important to attract Your Majesty's attention than the generals of the armored forces? "Germany has Guderian, and my big man has a left guard!"

People in this world still don't know what high praise His Majesty's evaluation is given to Fat Zuo.

However, at this moment, the command ability of the left guard in the armored cluster was not yet of heroic use, and with the order of General Ye to start the attack, the Central Route Army, which concentrated more than half of the large-caliber artillery and Black Widow rocket artillery of the Northern Group Army, issued its strongest voice to the other side of the Heilongjiang River.

Vasilevsky's weak point of placing his troops too close to the river bank was keenly grasped by the left guard, and after six hours of shelling, the Allied artillery covered almost every inch of land on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River. A large number of Soviet Red Army troops were swept away along with the riverbank fortifications, several makeshift arsenals were hit by shells, and the violent explosions and skyrocketing flames seemed to guide the Allied artillery, attracting more shells to join the biggest bonfire party. As a result, the brave Red Army soldiers who intended to risk their lives to save the arms suffered heavy casualties, and the Soviets had to give up their already small arms supplies.

The Soviet army's riverbank positions, which were mainly civil fortifications, seemed to have been plowed all over again, and the flat ground on the north bank of the river seemed to have been hit by a meteor shower, and the cannons were densely packed, and large pits were covered with small pits, and the small pits were filled with the corpses of Red Army soldiers.

Three hours after the start of the shelling, the Soviet artillery began to return fire sporadically, but this blind return fire was soon drowned out in the rain of artillery. The Soviet Far Eastern Army was completely overshadowed by a sudden artillery bombardment, until after dawn, when Commander Vasilevsky, who was meeting in Moscow, instructed to abandon the riverbank positions, withdraw fifty kilometers with the whole army, and rebuild defensive positions.

This decision was not made by Vasilevsky, but by order of the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army Zhukov. After the sudden attack of the Allies on both the eastern and western fronts, the comrades of the leader were still in a state of "shock", and after consulting with Marshal Timoshenko, a member of the Military Council, and others, Zhukov decided on the strategy of abandoning the border positions and retreating to preserve his strength.

In Europe, the Soviets withdrew farther than the Far East, and some units were ordered to withdraw 200 kilometers from the bombing range of the German short-legged bomber May-262 Stormbird. Only the Soviet Union dared to play like this, and if it was replaced by other countries in Europe, if they retreated like this, they would have to withdraw to foreign countries.

But it is undeniable that Lao Maozi exchanged space for time, and he played it perfectly, and he used it many times in World War I.

Some people say that as long as the Mongols actually defeated the Russians. There is some truth in this, except that the Mongolian cavalry fed the war with war, and the army that fought and slaughtered wherever it could conquer Russia, which was too extensive. Modern armies, which require strong logistical support, can hardly withstand Russia's cold climate and long supply lines.

This has already been proven by Napoleon, and the mustache of the previous life has added a lot of corroboration to this statement. And what about this life? With the Han Empire, a powerful ally never seen in German history, is there still a chance that Moscow will not believe in tears?

At least, Zuo Shou, who had just set foot on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, didn't believe it. With the retreat of the Red Army in the Far East, the Central Route Army successfully crossed the Heilongjiang River, but the too young Left Defender was soon taught a lesson by the scheming Vasilevs. The rashly pursued Panzer Corps suffered heavy losses in the minefields left behind by the Soviet retreat. More than 30 Tiger tanks were smashed on their tracks, and nearly 50 armored infantry vehicles were smashed through the bottom by anti-tank mines, and the loss of personnel also amounted to more than 400 people.

The arrogant Zuo Shou finally understood that no matter how good a genius is, it takes time to carve it. The first battle between the future Marshal of the Imperial Panzer Corps and his old rival Vasilevsky was considered to be a victory each, evenly divided.

Although the Central Route Army successfully crossed the river, it had to waste several days to clear all kinds of mines on the north bank of the river. The Red Army in the Far East was able to breathe and recuperate, and more importantly, gave Vasilevsky time to secretly return.

Because the Soviet army had already lost air supremacy in the Far East, returning to the theater of operations by plane was undoubtedly a suicidal act. And the risk of taking a train is not much less than that of an airplane, and the Trans-Siberian Railway, the main artery of the Far East, was bombed by the Royal Air Force at the beginning of the war. The Soviets mobilized a large number of railway workers to repair the bombed rails at night, and after this situation was discovered by the "side rotor" small dragon reconnaissance plane, the pilots of the Howler low-altitude bombers were also organized into two shifts, bombing for 20 hours without stopping, and the focus of the bombing was aimed at the locomotives, and within a week, more than 200 locomotives were blown up, which made it impossible to transport a large number of materials to the Far East because of the lack of locomotives.

The commander of the Allied Right Route Army, Ishihara Wan'er, adopted the "three shortages and one" method of play, and drove the defenders of Shuangchengzi, who had run out of ammunition and food, to Vladivostok, cutting off the southern section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and Vladivostok became an isolated city. But Ishihara still did not attack, the Royal Navy's Northern Fleet used Luda as a base and blocked the Miyako Strait with submarines, and dozens of old ships of the Pacific Fleet were trapped in the harbor, under the cover of the fire of the fortress, and the carrier-based aircraft of the Northern Fleet were in a desperate struggle.

In the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese had countless casualties in front of the Vladivostok Fortress, but they did not gnaw on this hard bone. In his report to the commander-in-chief, Ye Weixun, Ishihara admitted that any army attacking Vladivostok would have to pay an unbearable price, and he suggested that all the nearby residents should be driven into the fortress, and that the civilians help consume the material reserves in the fortress, so as to force the defenders to run out of food and surrender.

Admiral Ye agreed to this plan, and commented on Ishihara with a smile: This goods, the cunning ones don't look like the Japanese!

Chen Shukang's Left Army, led by Huo Lu, led by the 1st Guards Army, was in the vanguard of the battle, and their goal was to take the small city of Borja and then march into Chita, where the headquarters of the Transbaikal Army was located.

Compared with the Far Eastern Military District, the strategic position of the Post-Baikal Military District is not so important after the Soviet Army sent to the Mongolian Military District, and the only direct confrontation between their defense and China is this Borja, because it is connected to the Middle East Road in Manchuria, so the small city of Borja has developed into an important cargo transit station in the Soviet Union after the completion of the Middle East Road, and many materials plundered to China will be distributed here and transported to all parts of the Soviet Union.

In order to defend this important town, the Transbaikal Military District stationed two infantry divisions here.

Huo Lu's task was to defeat the Soviet troops of these two divisions after the offensive began, and protect this section of the Middle East Road in the Soviet Union after the offensive began, before the Chita defenders reacted, which was very important for the logistics supply of the Left Route Army.

But Commander Huo did not intend to defeat the Borja defenders, more precisely, he did not fight but only defeated. The first battle of the Land Tiger Guards against the Soviet Union certainly needed to be more perfect, and besides, Huo Lu was determined to use this beautiful battle to pay tribute to Chief Ye Zhiqiu, the main formulator of the "Heavenly Song" plan. The senior officers of the Guards Army all have deep feelings for Ye Zhiqiu, who is usually amiable to anyone. In particular, almost all of the officers of the First Division were personally appointed by Ye Zhiqiu when the main base was reorganized. Chief Ye's sacrifice has greatly affected the emotions of many people, and this battle must be fought with majesty and morale restored.