Chapter 627 Strategic Retreat

Dong Ku did not know the intentions of the bearded man, nor did he know that the bearded man misjudged the direction of their attack to Baku, and the large armies that were preparing to rush to Central Asia also stopped along the Volga, reinforced the Urals, began to build a defensive line on the Volga, dug trenches and built bunkers when the ground was frozen more than a meter thick.

Almaty had the largest number of Russian troops, and after the study of the bearded man and the generals and generals, there were two infantry corps, one mechanized army, and two cavalry divisions left, and the front was still tight, feints to contain the enemy, and the others left the garrison before dawn, and quietly retreated along the Syr Darya River with the lights on, and joined the large army that rushed there to build a defensive line along the Syr Darya River.

At this time, the large armies of Rubtsovsk and Semiy, an infantry corps, a cavalry corps, and a mechanized corps abandoned the Orske Gate and launched a fierce attack on Semyil, while the large army, while attacking, made a detour through Paplodar and advanced in the direction of Orsk, gathering all the forces that could attack, preparing to launch a flank attack on both sides and eat the lone army there.

Dong Ku and Zuo Boyang had just decided on a plan, and the enemy's fierce attack surprised everyone, thinking that the enemy was desperate now.

Dong Ku and they urgently came to the front line of Almaty, and in the bitter cold of dawn, looking at the battlefield full of artillery fire, they didn't understand why the enemy launched an attack on all fronts, was it desperate?

In Xingyuan, the enemy's offensive was also quite fierce, and the cavalry's charge was also all over the mountains, which meant desperately attacking the position.

Han Jie was stationed in Semir, and when the enemy launched a tidal attack, he did not panic, and under the dense artillery fire, most of the enemy was left on the way to charge.

On the battlefield, the skyrocketing firelight illuminates the darkness before dawn. Make your surroundings feel like daylight. The heavy artillery fire shredded the first wave of the enemy's attack, and the Russian troops who were not afraid of death charged were killed by two-thirds of the battle, and they did not rush to the front of the position 100 meters, and were fired back by machine guns.

After fifteen or sixteen minutes of correction, the flood attack began again, the tanks. The cavalry, infantry, and long-range artillery were also approaching a distance of fifteen kilometers in the attack just now, and when the army was attacking, they carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of the Semir position.

The moment the shells flew in, the helicopters roared and pounced there, and without firing effectively, they directly destroyed the enemy's artillery positions with air superiority. If you can't keep many cannons, you have to leave tons of just now, so as to avoid the explosion caused by the potency shot, and there will be nothing left.

At this time, Mongolia was most lacking in steel, and it was not easy for Dong Ku to blatantly transport steel back from Shanghai at this time, so as to avoid the blockade of the sea route by the foreign powers or the interception by the Japanese. So, in the case of mass production of tanks and armored vehicles. His steel gap was very large, and the troops were ordered to get as much steel as possible.

Han Jie has the habit of being a bandit, and the moment he receives the order, he gives an order to the troops, and if he doesn't need to shoot effectively, he doesn't need it, as long as the enemy department rushes to the position. Just solve it with machine guns, destroy tanks with iron fists, attack the opponent's artillery positions with planes, and leave as much steel as possible.

Although this move gave the opponent a chance to bombard artillery, their artillery range was less than fifteen kilometers. The long-range heavy artillery of nearly 30 kilometers was not convenient for transportation, and they did not carry much, and they all followed the army towards Orsk, so that the position of the artillery bombardment could not even reach the front line, that is, it was just a sound.

The helicopter went around the direction of the battlefield, made a slight turn, and under the guidance of the red fireballs, the enemy's artillery positions were seen from afar.

"Raid!"

At the command of the flight captain, the helicopter roared from both sides and pounced on the enemy's position, and with the sound of artillery fire covering out the sound of the engine, the Vulcan cannon began to strafe extermination. The cannon accurately hits the cannon in the firelight, although it can't pierce it, but it is more than enough to blow up a wheel and damage the mechanical parts of the cannon.

The fierce blows made the second army on the position unable to dodge the bullets pouring down like a torrential rain, and a series of red dots flew into it, and one cannon after another was destroyed, or fell to the ground, or the mechanical parts of the fire were blown up, and in just four or five minutes of air raid, the four artillery positions were completely destroyed.

The helicopter roared into the sky as the white of the fish belly rose, and the ground was already a mess, corpses everywhere, debris everywhere. Those cannons, all the remaining encirclement bombarded all over again. Without air defense, this is the world of helicopters.

The enemy's offensive, as soon as the helicopters destroyed the artillery positions, threw down the wreckage of dozens of tanks, inflicted a small attack on the front line, and then retreated again.

In less than two hours, three attacks, all of which were held in the thighs, the losses were almost negligible, only a few stray bullets hit a small number of soldiers, and the casualties were negligible.

It was the same here in Almaty, where the tide of attacks came in waves, and when the sky lit up and the face was revealed, it had already attacked four times, and each time it was very fierce.

Seeing the enemy's attack on fueling tactics and stereotypical tactics, Dong Ku couldn't help frowning, turned his head and asked the dog: "After so long, Lao Maozi still hasn't grown so much tactically?" ”

Goudan put down the binoculars and said: "It's not right, Lao Maozi has a clear eye in Calland, there is no such wave of impact, there are still tactics, although it is not effective, it is much stronger than this suicidal charge." Another thing that is very strange is that, according to yesterday's reconnaissance by helicopters, the number of enemy tanks is at least seven or eight hundred, so why is it that only one or two hundred are charged? ”

"You're saying the other side has reduced its forces?"

Zuo Boyang raised his binoculars and looked at the battlefield again and asked.

"yes. The number of cannons is also not much. ”

Dogan nodded.

Did the enemy run away?

The dog's words made such a thought pass through Dong Ku's mind.

Before he had ordered a helicopter to conduct reconnaissance, Liu Zhong suddenly received a report from the transport brigade.

The transport brigade was carrying artillery shells and supplies along the Syr Darya River to Amtobi, and it took six hours to load and unload them back and forth. At this time, when they had just finished unloading their supplies and were returning with a full warehouse of Depp and Mogan, as well as 81 caliber mortars, they were attacked by anti-aircraft fire in the Syr Darya, although there was no danger, but several planes were also shot with numerous bullet holes, apparently caused by anti-aircraft machine guns, not machine guns.

They had just come out of danger, and on their way out of the Syr Darya River to Almaty, they saw a large number of enemy troops moving towards the Syr Darya River, and the number of them was overwhelming.

The enemy forces have really withdrawn!

Everyone's eyes were on Liu Zhong.

Evacuate? Abandoned Central Asia?

Dong Kuhu glanced at the battlefield suspiciously, and in an instant understood the intention of the enemy attack. This is to drag their own army, let the large army out of the battlefield, and rush to the Syr Darya.

Regardless of the purpose of the other side's rush to the Syr Darya, welding the enemy forces there is obviously also such a strategy.

Thinking of this, Dong Ku turned his head and said, "Dog, let Xing Yuan see if the enemy troops there have also left." ”

The dog gave the order in response.

In less than twenty minutes, after another thigh charge of the enemy here in Almaty, the news came.

The army in Rubtsovsk was nowhere to be seen, the positions were empty, and the Russian civilians who were fleeing for their lives everywhere were no longer stationed. There were not many enemy troops around Semiy, and a large force of the enemy army left.

Withdrawn?

Dong Ku and the others looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Qu Jun is in trouble just now!" ”

After Sun Tao finished speaking, he hurriedly ordered Qu Jungang to send a telegram to him, telling him to speed up his march, not to be dumpled by the enemy, so that the infantry would suffer too much loss. At the same time, let all Yu Lei's trucks be dispatched, escorted by armored troops, to pick up the infantry just brought by Qu Jun who was hurrying on foot.

At this time, Qu's army had just taken Omsk, defeated the Russian army there, and occupied Omsk again, and the army was constantly passing through the city. If the enemy learns that a large army is moving, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not hit the superior forces and surround Qu Jungang.

Qu Jun became nervous as soon as he received the telegram. He was not at all worried about the armored forces, but the infantry marching on foot was not. These infantry would be pinched into pieces in the engagement, and by that time, the losses would be great.

"All troops move towards the flanks of the infantry! Synchronized March!! ”

Qu Jun had just finished reading the message and yelled at the order.

He was too nervous at this time, the enemy's retreat was originally a detour, there were still 100 kilometers from Omsk, and he couldn't reach their side in two hours, even if he had predicted before, he would be dozens of kilometers away from Omsk at this time. After all, they were unwilling to leave their infantry and tanks behind their infantry and attack alone, so wouldn't the infantry movement be just as dangerous?

After Dong Ku gave the order here, the helicopters from Almaty and Xing Yuan also left the station with a roar in the order, searched and advanced in the sky, and flew to Omsk to buy time for Qu Jungang, and joined Yu Lei's army of trucks to meet the infantry.

Xingyuan did not have many helicopters there, only 100 attack planes and 100 transport planes, and after receiving the order, he quickly took to the air, and in just one hour, he found the army moving towards Astana on the road.

Seeing the enemy troops who had just been walking in the same direction as Qu Jun, the helicopter reported the situation while roaring and pounced on the enemy troops, and was met with a frenzied strafing fire, hitting this large army with its head in the head, and in just a few minutes, it left corpses all over the ground and burning tanks and trucks.

The helicopter poured the ammunition as fast as it could, and roared back to Semey, leaving behind a wail and blood-red devastation.

After receiving that the enemy army did not approach as Qu Jungang, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, in five or six hours at most, Qu Jun will be able to join Yu Lei's army of trucks, and the speed of the march will increase sharply, and he will be able to reach Orsk tonight. (To be continued......)