A Soviet tank regiment stationed in Yumen Town was taken by surprise by the Ming army, and most of the soldiers were still sleeping under the covers, surrounded by the roar of motives from all sides.

The political commissar of the Soviet army was called up by the soldiers, knowing that a catastrophe was coming, but he was a political commissar after all, and he knew that it was too late to summon all the vehicle groups into the tank to meet the battle, so he directly ordered people to rush to the site where the tanks were parked with oil drums, and how many cars could be burned. Then he turned around and asked the commanders of the battalions and companies to organize a breakthrough.

The soldiers below were also frightened when they heard this order, and they were all blindsided. The commissar pulled out his pistol and "snapped" into the air, and several soldiers shouted "Yes, Comrade Colonel", and then ran away.

But by this time it was too late. When the Soviet soldiers ran to the tank field with oil drums, flares were already fluttering in the sky, and several Ming tanks and armored vehicles were parked in the middle of the field, with bright headlights shining in several directions, and the searchlights on the armored vehicles were moving around. Large groups of Ming soldiers were running fast with automatic rifles, apparently receiving the tanks.

One of the Soviet soldiers was brave enough to rush towards a tank with an oil drum. Suddenly, a pillar of light shone at him, followed by a shout, a string of machine guns, and the Soviet soldier fell to the ground and died.

At this time, the town also began to hear continuous gunshots and explosions, and flashes of light continued to light up the night sky. It is clear that the Ming army has already stormed the town, and the progress of the battle can be imagined.

However, the main force of the Ming army did not stop, only leaving about two regiments of infantry to clear out. After about an hour, the gunfire had stopped in most parts of the town, with only sporadic exchanges of fire partially. More and more Soviet prisoners were taken to the tanks, where they were separated, with their heads in their hands, and their bodies searched. Those who had searched their bodies were formed into a line and escorted to the rear to the east.

At about two o'clock in the night, the whole formation of resistance was cleared. The town of Yumenguan was recovered. And the main armored force of the Ming army on the southern road also encountered fierce resistance from the Soviet army again 3o kilometers west of Yumen Pass, and the advance was blocked and stopped.

The army headquarters ordered the vanguard troops to hold on to the road for the time being, and the follow-up troops to rest and recuperate, waiting for the dawn to receive air support.

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The southern offensive can be said to be the main line of the offensive from Jiuquan to Hami this time. This line was attacked by road. From Gansu to the middle of northern Xinjiang, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the area, is just such a highway. Although the reliance on roads was not particularly strong on such battlefields of the Gobi and steppes, roads were built along the ancient Silk Road, a series of oases and settlements. To the north is the endless Gobi and desert of Outer Mongolia, to the south is the Qilian Mountains, followed by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Only along this line is it possible to receive local supplies, it is easy to find water, and it is also suitable for the long-term presence of troops. Therefore, the offensive on the southern road must be the road with the fiercest fighting, and it is also the road where the main force of the Soviet army is located.

Compared with the southern route, the offensive in the north was much easier, and after breaking through the Soviet positional defenses and minefields, there were no major tank battles. The offensive on the northern route did not advance continuously during the night, but was normally stationed overnight. But that's it, just one distance to advance during the day, and the distance to cross the South Road for a day and a night.

The bigger problem with the North Road is water. The 48o kilometers of desert Gobi are not like the road oases in the south, and there are endless residential areas along the way, and you can find wells in any village, and there are occasional rivers and lakes. North Ruth relied entirely on the army's water tanker trucks to bring water. Ten divisions provide drinking water for nearly 200,000 people, as well as water for vehicles and tanks...... This has to occupy a lot of transportation power.

Transportation force, which is also the force that has been restricting the long-term drive of the Ming and Soviet armies. Faced with the desert Gobi, which stretches for hundreds of kilometers in the middle, no one has the strength to let their army fight through. And at the two ends of these hundreds of kilometers of desert, there are not two armies waiting for them, but two armies at the end of the crossbow.

But now the Ming army has interrupted the challenge of this barrier.

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In the headquarters in Lanzhou, Xiang Xiaoqiang had completely taken off the painting skin of "honeymoon" at this time, put on the lieutenant general's uniform again, and stayed in the command hall to observe the battle. He noticed that the thoughts of these officers who had stayed in the Lanzhou headquarters for a long time and fought against the Soviet army on the Western Front for a long time were too different from what those officers in Nanjing thought. Here, the Soviet army is not at all an easy concept to deal with. It is not just some red villain markings like on the big map of the Nanjing Command, but a living thing.

"The tank warfare methods adopted by our army during the War of Unification are no longer applicable," the new commander said to Xiang Xiaoqiang during supper, "because the Soviet army has also begun to learn to use tanks intensively in large quantities." At this time, one or more anti-tank guns are used alone, and they will soon be seen by the opponent and destroyed. Later, we adopted a new method of attacking tanks with group artillery, called 'anti-tank formation'. The method was to form a number of artillery groups, each with about 1o anti-tank guns, under the command of a single person. He was responsible for concentrating the fire on one target. A number of anti-tank artillery groups were organized into an artillery group, each of which was deployed in depth and distributed throughout the defensive area, in an effort to destroy the attacking tanks with side-firing fire. …… Shooting discipline is crucial, and if you fire too early, there will be serious consequences.

Later, the Soviets imitated this tactic. They are not very good at creating, but they are very good at imitating. Judging by the long period of fighting with them, they have long been experts in using this tactic. The Soviets also reinforced these 'anti-tank formations' with minefields and anti-tank trenches, and scattered mines between the minebelts. When we carried out the offensive in the tug-of-war last year, although we broke through only a dozen kilometers in depth, we were often surrounded by minefields, and we had to deal with 'anti-tank formations' everywhere...... Also, the camouflage of the Soviet army was very clever. If a tank hadn't been blown up, or if it wasn't a Soviet anti-tank gun that fired, we wouldn't have been able to ambush them. ”

He noticed that Xiang Xiaoqiang was eating, and nodded slowly, as if he was very worried, and smiled and said with relief:

"However, my lord, what my subordinates mean when they say this is not how powerful the Soviet army is. It's just that we really know that we know each other, at least we can't despise each other. Of course, up to the present day, the Soviet army has grown a lot, and we have made much progress. Many things that we were not aware of during the War of Unification have now been summed up as basic tactical requirements. For example, it is necessary to use all possibilities for aerial reconnaissance; The attacking tank units should be as large as possible' Thundering heavy tanks should be used in the direction of the main assault; the concentration of fire should be swift and effective, and the tanks should generally not pause except for firing; all heavy-armed observers supporting the attack should be followed by the tanks, and radio communication between the tank commander and the air force should be maintained; engineers in armoured transports must follow the tanks; Lightning-2 light tanks should be ready to extend the results of the battle at any time; specialized armored vehicles should be used to replenish the tanks with fuel and ammunition throughout the battle; tanks should be equipped with smoke canisters to blind the shooters of enemy anti-tank weapons, and detachment and unit commanders should have colored smoke flares to facilitate target designation； When attacking at night, the tank should be equipped with direction finding equipment......"

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