"Ridiculous, what's the use of running to the front line at this time? Call back to Commander Wang, and ask him to sit honestly in Akdouka, come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, and don't make excuses to evade responsibility! ”

At midnight, 3,300 kilometers away in Beijing's Xinhua Palace, in the chief of general staff's office on the second floor of the Chengxian Hall, Liang Tianhe, while giving orders to the adjutant who came in to deliver telegrams, got up to get the military cap hanging on the coat rack -- the regent's office called a few minutes ago and asked him to go to the No. 1 real-time situation demonstration hall on the first floor to explain the battle situation.

The adjutant holding the folder had just opened the door, and a figure entered uninvited, and Liang Tianhe fixed his eyes on it, it was Prime Minister Yang Zhengjin in a special civil official dress.

Opening the adjutant, Liang Tianhe closed the door, put on his military hat, and tilted his head to Yang Zhengjin: "The regent is looking for me, long story short." ”

Yang Zhengjin smiled faintly: "Wang Zhi is bothering you again?" ”

Liang Tianhe blinked: "How do you know?" ”

Yang Zhengjin took off his top hat and gently placed it on the table: "How did you reply to him?" ”

Liang Tianhe sneered: "It seems that you will know soon, do you still need to ask me?" ”

Yang Zhengjin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I didn't mean to spy on you, but if you were in my position, you wouldn't just sit at home, hug your little wife, drink whiskey, and wait for the official document to come to the door." ”

"What do you mean?"

Liang Tianhe pretended to be puzzled.

"I don't mean anything else, I just want you to think more about my opinion, and be careful not to be on the wrong side."

Yang Zhengjin wiped his slightly mottled sideburns, but he was hiding a sword in his words.

Liang Tianhe sneered and smiled: "I'm sorry, the regent is urging you tightly, if Your Excellency the Prime Minister has nothing important, please go back to ...... first."

"If you have time to go to the Summer Palace, please tell the emperor. Although I am not in Hexinyuan, I always have Nanhu Island in mind. People are doing it, the sky is watching, if you want people not to know, unless you do it. Lao Liang, you can still be saved. Don't be foolish. ”

After saying this earnestly, Yang Zhengjin picked up the top hat with both hands, turned it over and handed it to Liang Tianhe.

"Think about it."

……

In a short time, in the No. 1 real-time situation demonstration hall of the base camp, Liang Tianhe stood in the middle of several uniformed girls with short ear-length hair in his hand, his eyes darkened and his voice tired, introducing the battle situation on the entire Sino-Russian front that day for Liu Ping.

The "Anxi" operation, which was launched on all fronts with a million-strong army, had been going on for 40 hours, and at this moment, although it was past midnight in Beijing, it had only recently fallen at night in the border area of the Eurasian continent, which was thousands of kilometers away. There are nearly two million generals on both sides of the enemy, and I am afraid that they are still fighting fiercely.

At the northern end of the front, the 1st Army under the command of General Zhao Minhe, with six infantry divisions, three cavalry brigades, and one armored brigade, attacked Yekaterinburg, the economic and cultural center of the Ural region held by the Russian 'North Ural Group' with two infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions. I don't want the Russian army to set fire to the city without resistance, destroy bridges and tunnels along the way, and retreat to the area of Perm, west of the Ural Mountains.

More than a hundred kilometers to the south, on the battlefield west of Chelyabinsk. The 3rd Army under the command of General Tsunami Tian and the 4th Army under the command of General Chu Qing were in a position of a total of 12 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry brigades. Contain and attack the "Kutuzov Line" garrisoned by a total of twelve infantry divisions of the three Russian armies west of Chelyabiysk. Who wants the Russian army to abandon its original position after a little contact, blow up bridges and holes along the way, and slowly retreat along the railway in the direction of Ufa and Samara.

Further south, the southern end of the Ural Mountains turns westward, about 500 kilometers away on the banks of the Ural River, on a façade of more than 100 kilometers centered on Orenburg. From east to west, General Zheng Hong's 2nd Group Army, General Qian Lan's 5th Group Army, General Lu Kaiping's 2nd Armored Group Army, and General Xu Soul's 1st Armored Group Army, a total of 14 infantry divisions, 14 armored brigades, and 15 cavalry brigades, were plagiarizing the Russian flank in a "left hook" posture, trying to annihilate the Russian 53rd Army and the so-called 1st Armored Army, a total of 12 infantry divisions, 4 armored brigades, and 5 cavalry divisions on the banks of the Volga River.

However, the Russian troops here also refused to give in, and they set a fire in Orenburg. One retreated north to Ufa by mountain road, and the other retreated along the railway towards Samara on the Volga River to the northwest.

More than 1,000 kilometers southwest of Orenburg, the cluster on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea under the command of General Leng Quanye is driving a Russian army out of Tabriz, an important town in northwestern Persia, with the superior strength of four infantry divisions, one armored brigade, and three cavalry brigades.

"Expelling", that is, having failed to catch the enemy, they will retreat to their familiar territory and create problems for our troops who plan to seize the Baku oil fields in the rugged mountains of Transcaucasia.

Compared with the Baku oil field, which produces millions of tons of oil every year, Sorochinsk, a railway town about 100 kilometers northwest of Orenburg, is the decisive chess piece in the whole chess game.

The advance assault group of the 1st Panzer Army has arrived in the southern suburbs of Sorochinsk at about 17 o'clock local time (21 o'clock Beijing time).

Due to the early preparations of the Russian army and the use of powerful combat vehicles and anti-aircraft artillery units to block the attack, our assault group failed to achieve the original task of seizing Sorochinsk during the march, and the entire army group's truck supply team was blocked in Novosergeyevka, 30 kilometers away, so the assault group had to stay on the spot overnight and wait for backup.

At the same time, the advance assault group of the 2nd Central Panzer Army had already reached Perevolotsky, a railway point 80 kilometers southeast of Sorochinsk, and Lieutenant General Xiao Bin, who commanded the assault group, ignored the serious shortage of accompanying infantry and artillery, and strictly ordered his headquarters to attack the city overnight, and the battle was still ongoing.

The 5th Army, which was operating in coordination with the 2nd Panzer Army, was chasing the advance assault group of the former with its elite division, and on the other hand, it was clearing the enemy around the Krasnoholm crossing point with its main force to ensure the safety of the rear lines of communication between the two armies.

The 2nd Army on the east side of the battlefield, on the one hand, pinned down the enemy in Orenburg, 150 kilometers southeast of Sorochinsk, with a small number of parts, and on the other hand, crossed the Ural River from Ostrovnoye, 50 kilometers southeast of Orenburg, with the main force.

Hearing this, Liu Ping asked coldly: "In short, the enemy wants to run, and we have to chase - how?" Is there a solution? ”

Liang Tianhe was confident: "In view of the current situation, the base camp has already made a plan-"

"First of all, after the capture of Perevorotsky, the main forces of the 2nd Panzer Army and the 5th Army on the center turned to the northwest and seized Sorochinsk in coordination with the 1st Panzer Army on the left."

"Secondly, the 2nd Army on the right will move north as soon as possible, occupy the Orenburg-Sakmara, and with the coordination of the 5th Army advancing eastward, pursue and annihilate the enemy who has withdrawn north to Ufa."

"Thirdly, the armies of the Northern Front should immediately organize lightly armed assault groups, temporarily abandon their artillery and baggage teams, disperse through the Ural Mountains from the mountain trails, closely pursue the enemy retreating westward, and force the enemy to strengthen the rearguard force in order to contain as much as possible."

"Finally, the concentration of heavy bomber units of the 1st and 2nd air groups and the repeated bombing of the railway junction in Ufa made it difficult for the Russian troops retreating to Ufa to make effective use of the railway, so that they could not quickly move to the Samara area......"

Staring intently at the map and hearing the current Liu Ping, he suddenly remembered something, and unceremoniously raised his head to interrupt Liang Tianhe: "The first part of the Ninth Wing of the Army Aviation Special Agents that was airborne to the vicinity of Sorochinsk was called the 'wolf pack' commando, is there any news now?" ”

"Already connected, just ......"

Liang Tianhe was well aware of the status of this ace force in the eyes of Her Majesty the Empress, and the regent, who was bent on creating an independent air force, was even more interested in taking it under his command, so he couldn't help but hesitate to truthfully report the bad news about this army.

"Just what? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Liu Ping's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he realized that the situation was not good.

"The number of troops invested by the Ninth Wing of the Special Service this time is comparable to that of the first Orenburg Battle in June, with one airborne brigade and three squadrons of assault vehicles attacking, totaling more than 80 assault vehicles of various types and more than 300 officers and men."

Liang Tianhe paused, and continued in the tone of the least understated as possible: "It's just that this time it's a little unlucky, in the process of maneuvering towards the targets around Sorochinsk as originally planned, I accidentally encountered the enemy's armored forces that were gathering at dawn, although the 'wolf pack' commando team decisively launched a surprise attack and dealt a heavy blow to the other party......

Liu Ping was a little anxious: "Let's be honest, what's wrong?" ”

Liang Tianhe spread his hands: "Figuratively speaking, it's like stabbing a hornet's nest, but I didn't expect that there were several other considerable armored and motorized infantry units gathered around that armored unit, and they surrounded one after another during the battle." The 'wolves' were outnumbered and suffered heavy losses, and the rest broke through the encirclement, and finally had to abandon their vehicles and withdraw into the mountains east of Sorochinsk, where they fought with the Russian troops who entered the mountains to search for them. ”

Liu Ping's brows were almost twisted into a U-shape: "Why didn't the aviation unit discover the enemy's assembly place in advance?" Didn't give centralized support afterwards? ”

"The order received by the 2nd Fleet is to fully support the 1st Fleet to advance to Sorochinsk, and the number of ration sorties of the 9th Wing of the Special Service is very limited. Moreover, the incident happened in a hurry, and the high-power radio station of the 'wolf pack' was damaged in the initial battle, and it was only by capturing the radio station of the Russian army that contact was restored. ”

Liang Tianhe continued to say helplessly.

Liu Ping took a long breath and looked up at the ceiling: "How many people are left?" ”

Liang Tianhe blinked, took out a small note from the small pocket on his chest and glanced at it: "As of six o'clock in the afternoon local time, including the wounded, there are still ninety-eight people following the team headquarters. ”

"Tell Xiao Lieri to save the rest of the people at all costs - each of them is an elite in a million, and the empire can't afford to lose."

After saying this sentence categorically, Liu Ping led a group of entourage, without looking back and his leather boots sonorously, and disappeared behind the heavy iron door of the demonstration hall in turn...... (To be continued......)