Guan Huaiyuan was neither humble nor arrogant, and replied: "The 4th Army has advanced to occupy Kho and pushed another 40 kilometers, arrived at the shore of Lake Baikal, and gathered on the Arkut defensive line.~ The main force of the team will be completely cut off, and if the defenders of Irkutsk abandon the fortress and flee, they will definitely fall into the front friendly forces in a desperate situation." Moreover, the defenders who were separated from the well-fortified fortress, with weak field combat capability and lack of means of transport, would never be able to retreat in their entirety, and under the coordinated attack of our light infantry and armored mechanized troops, even if a small number of troops really managed to escape, they would have lost all their combat strength and were insignificant. ”

Xiang Lan simply closed his eyes: "Mao Zi will not sit still, Shangguan Staff Officer, standing in the position of the Russian military command, what advice would you give to your commander?" ”

Shangguan Huaiyuan blurted out: "First, ask for help from the Novosibirsk side. Second, organize the defenders of the fortress to attack, cooperate with the field troops, flank on both sides, recapture Shelikhov, and take the field troops back to the fortress. Thirdly, with a section relying on the fortress to cover the rear road, the main force will attack Angarsk, open up the water and land transportation lines, and quickly withdraw to Krasnoyarsk to organize the next line of defense. ”

"Do you think they can do it?"

"I can't." Shangguan Huaiyuan cut the railway.

"For what?"

"First, the Novosibirsk side is oppressed by the main forces of our Northwestern Front, and it is still difficult to protect itself, let alone rushing across most of Siberia to come to the rescue. Second, the defenders of the fortress have suffered a heavy defeat at Angarsk, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to allocate enough mobile forces to rescue the field troops on the front line, and the field troops are surrounded on all sides - in the south, a total of 12 divisions of our 1st and 4th armies are pressed head-on, in the west, a part of our 3rd Regiment is blocking the flank, and in the north, our 4th Panzer Army is cut off. Lake Baikal crisscrossed by our military boats. As long as our army coordinates and cooperates closely, even if it cannot be gathered and completely annihilated, it should be defeated......"

Xiang Lan raised his forehead and smiled: "It seems that our Shangguan staff officer is very optimistic." ”

Shangguan Huaiyuan straightened his chest: "Please ask the chief of staff to point out the fallacy." ”

The words are crepe, and the voice is full of youthful blood.

"There's no need to point fingers, I'll give you a task." Cast a straight look at the King of the Blue Dynasty for instructions.

Wang Zhixin nodded slightly, and turned to Shangguan Huaiyuan: "I want you to bring a radio station to Shelikhov and station it in the military headquarters of the 4th Army, as a liaison between the Front Army and the 4th Army."

Shangguan Huaiyuan snapped a salute: "Obey!" ”

"It's just scratching the surface." Xiang Lan reminded him, "Your real task is to go to the front line. Use your eyes to confirm the combat effectiveness of the armored forces after the implementation of the new formation. ”

"May I ask a question?" Shangguan Huaiyuan raised his hand

"Just ask."

"Can I just join the fight?"

Xiang Lan and Wang Zhi glanced at each other and shook their heads together.

"Do you think there are too many staff officers in the headquarters to use up?" Xiang Lan deliberately made a stinky face, "Ming 4 reported at the pier and followed the landing of the Beilu Mobilization on the 2nd Lake." ”

Shangguan Huaiyuan paused for a moment, and then saluted with his legs: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

"Bring a submachine gun and remember, only for self-defense." Wang Zhi pretended to be a white-faced uncle and added.

The Northeast-style dinner at the headquarters continued, but Shangguan Huaiyuan was so excited that he couldn't eat a mouthful of food......

Same night, Angarsk.

A "smart leopard" commanded a chariot with its headlights on, running over the bloody streets. Come to the bullet-ridden train station hall. With a shrill sound of metal grinding, the chariot came to a halt. The large hatch at the rear of the car slowly fell, and Xu Soul came out with a knife, dragging heavy leather boots, and walked into the hall with a tired face.

The air was filled with a faint smell of blood and gunsmoke, Xu Soul stepped over a pool of half-dried blood on the floor, and stretched out his left hand that had taken off his white gloves to Major General Yintian, the commander of the 1st Army.

Shaking hands, there was no time to greet each other, Xu Soul got straight to the point.

"How many vehicles do you have available?"

"There are less than 200 combat vehicles, more than 200 half-tracked vehicles, and 15 self-propelled artillery vehicles. There are about 100 trucks, more than 500 in total. There are also more than 50 motorcycles. The total is roughly 70% at the time of the sortie. ”

"What about the seized locomotives and wagons?"

"There are two locomotives available, one is still under repair, and there are more than 70 wagons. Two train drivers were also caught. ”

Xu Soul nodded tiredly, and walked to a large square table in the center of the hall with Yintian, where two military lights with light shields received from the car's battery clearly illuminated the two-meter-square war zone map on the table.

Xu Soul blinked his bloodshot eyes fiercely. Tears welled up in the depths of his aching eyes, he shook his neck, leaned down deeply, and held the sharkskin sheath of the Tang knife in his right hand, and gently drew it on the picture with the tip of the sheath wrapped in a brass dragon ornament.

"Concentrate the vehicles in the best condition, roughly half of the total number of existing vehicles, replenish the staff, bring enough supplies, form a capable assault detachment, and attack Krasnoyarsk without stopping!"

When Yintian heard that he was going to go straight to Kecheng, he looked embarrassed: "Commander, it's seven hundred kilometers from here to Kecheng!" ”

Xu Soul straightened up, stabbed his hands on his knife, and raised his axe-like chin slightly: "I know this way, and the Russians also know the way, so it should be difficult for them to imagine that our army dares to ignore such a long distance and directly break into Kecheng - just to take them by surprise!" ”

"However, even if you want to be surprised, there is always no way to ignore the logistical problems." Yintian replied lightly.

The 18th Army is pressing the enemy in Kecheng from the flank from the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, and the task of the detachment is to > with the 18th Army on both sides+ Open the gateway to Novosibirsk. ”

At the end, Xu Soul leaned forward slightly, and emphasized indisputably: "This is an order. ”

"With such a long maneuver distance, even if the detachment does not encounter any strong resistance along the way, it will lose its combat effectiveness due to the wear and tear of the vehicle's mechanical parts." Yintian doesn't intend to give up and blindly obey the chief, he needs a good reason, everyone needs a reason, but not everyone is as stubborn as Yintian.

"From here to Kecheng, there are more than a dozen railway bridges in between." Xu Soul didn't get angry, but just smashed the bloodstained floor with the tip of the scabbard, "If the enemy has a chance to blow up these bridges, the main forces behind will stop fighting, and they will all go to build bridges instead." ”

"It doesn't matter if the detachment is completely destroyed?"

"As long as the infantry units keep up, close the dumplings, and crush the enemy's field troops, after that, all the movable chariots will go to the Kecheng side. As long as those bridges can be secured, it will be worth the total destruction of the detachment. ”