September 13th. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Tomsk, the first fortress of Western Siberia, the command of the Russian Eastern Front Army.

General Chekov sat quietly in front of the map, listening to the staff officer's report, his face was a little gloomy, the small town of Krasnoyarsk was wiped off the map by thirty mysterious large planes that suddenly appeared in the Chinese Empire, and the entire town was reduced to ruins, and the commander of the 11th Army, Lieutenant General Barnov, was said to have been torn to pieces by the explosion before he even screamed, and even the body has not been found.

Along with Barnov, the entire headquarters of the 11th Army was also lost, all three hundred command and staff members were killed, plus the guard battalion and a division stationed around, nearly 10,000 people died in the air raid.

This situation made the Eastern Front change color in an instant, and the 11th Group Army, which had been deployed in an iron pincer shape, was also bombed by the air for a day yesterday, and although the headquarters of the group army was temporarily changed to survive, those raging Chinese planes still caused nearly 3,000 casualties.

Since early this morning, two other armies of the 21st and 22nd armies, deployed in the middle of Krasnoyarsk and Tomsk, have also been bombed, and even the seven armies of the Central Caucasus Army, which are deployed in a sector 100 kilometers ahead of Tomsk, have also been subjected to such attacks.

Although their attack was only minor, this sudden large-scale air attack made Chekov wonder a little, according to intelligence, although the Northwest China Army stationed in Minusinsk has recently been reinforced, but the total number is only 25 divisions, only 500,000 people, do they want to storm the eastern front with more than 3 million troops?

He is not the idiot of Kuropatkin before, the Sixth Army under his command is the three main armies that shocked Russia, with ten corps, forty divisions, a total of one million elite Caucasian soldiers, and nearly a thousand cannons and machine guns of various calibers, even if the four armies that have just been reinforced are all armies, but His Majesty the Tsar also knows the importance of the Eastern Front, so he also handed over the Ural Cossack Army to his command, they have 7, 8, 9 Cossack divisions, a total of 100,000 powerful cavalry.

And after accepting the last defeat, the Tomsk fortress has been strengthened a lot, and I dare not say that it is comparable to the fortresses on the European continent, but it also has eight 203 mm fortress guns converted from naval guns, so even if the Chinese army has the advantage in equipment, it will not be able to gnaw it down for a while.

The important thing is that the proximity to St. Petersburg has brought him some secret weapons, which are enough to shred any troops that attempt to attack, even if Hua has German tanks, it is impossible to break through!

Chekov stopped the staff officer's continued report: "I don't need to explain to tell me where the Chinese troops have moved!" ”

The staff officer choked his saliva: "The enemy is now storming the Krasnoyarsk Territory, it is estimated that at least ten divisions have been put in", the command of the army group has not yet been restored, so the casualties of the troops are very heavy, and at the moment the 21 Army has gone to support, but the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce, and their planes are constantly harassing the advancing route, so "

"No so!"

Chekov glared at the reporting staff officer: "Order the best division to immediately set off to support Krasnoyarsk, and order Major General Smirnov to lead our 65th and 66th armies to attack and reinforce Please tell him that I don't need him to fight across the Yenisei River, but I need them to hold out at least until the end of the month and winter comes!" ”

"Yes!" After the staff officer saluted, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "General, after the three armies leave, will it be too weak for only the 61st Army and some garrisons to be left here in Tomsk?" ”

Chekov squinted his staff officer and pointed to the map: "It is 470 kilometers from Minusinsk to here, with 3 million troops in between!" From the far point of the Ili theater of operations in China, Lake Balkhash to this place is more than 630 kilometers, and the road from there to the Irtysh River is very difficult, and even if you cross it, you will need to face the Ural Cossack corps, divisions, and regiments stationed in Volonikolaevsk!

Do you think the cavalry division led by Major General Krasnov will be a coward that even the infantry can't stop? Or do you think that enemy planes can fly so far to get here? Or just drop soldiers and artillery? ”

The staff officer left the office stupidly, looking at the thick barrel on the fortress, and felt that he had just been too worried, even if Huaneng passed through Volonikolaevsk, which was garrisoned by Major General Krasnov's 50,000 Cossack cavalry, they would never have the opportunity to contribute to such a powerful fortress. 【 I want: super fast update 】

The staff officer glanced at the twenty giant boxes arranged in the distance like monsters, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, what could pass in front of them?

Volonikolaivsk is located 80 miles south of the Tomsk fortress, a small city that is the gateway of Eastern Kazakhstan to the Great Western Siberian Plain.

For the A-Mechanized Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division, which had just crossed the Irtysh River, this was the first obstacle to the north.

Yongshan and Shen Hao, who had been promoted to commander of the First Cavalry Division, lay in front of the map. There were still several regiment commanders and staff officers standing beside them, looking at the 50,000 Cossack cavalry scattered over the defense of nearly ten kilometers, everyone's faces were not very good.

The two ** Panzer Regiments and the Panzer Regiment of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division had a total of 360 M3 Gepard tanks, 96 Wildcat armored vehicles, and 48 towed howitzers, in addition to these heavy firepower, 90 80 mm recoilless guns and 120 60 mm mortars and a large number of machine guns.

In order to ensure such a large amount of heavy equipment, we spent eight days on the road, which means that we can only walk less than 70 kilometers a day, which is equivalent to a turtle for the infantry division, even if the infantry division is forced to march, it can run at least 150 kilometers a day.

In this way, the three infantry divisions that had been asked to abandon their heavy equipment and set off behind them could catch up as late as tomorrow morning, but they could no longer wait.

According to intelligence, the Tomsk fortress today sent at least twenty trains, sending at least two Caucasian armies to the front, and if the intelligence is accurate, only the First Army, deployed on the periphery of the fortress, is now left there, and it is the time of weakness.

It can be said that without this Cossack division, Nagayama would not hesitate to give the order to attack and arrive in Tomsk at night for a surprise attack, but the blocking of 30,000 Cossack cavalry greatly reduced the suddenness of the operation.

It is not difficult to attack this cavalry division, in front of tanks and armored vehicles, the flesh and blood of the cavalry have no power to fight back, but after the attack, the scattered troops of the opponent will immediately flee to Tomsk, if Tomsk is warned, then with these 30,000 men in his hands will not be able to gnaw down the fortress with eight heavy guns.

So what to do?

"Division commander, I don't think it's necessary to fight with the Cossack cavalry division." It was the staff officer of the Fourth Machine Infantry Division who spoke (a cameo from a book friend, but the name is really painful, haha!) At the age of 27, he is a new generation of officers trained by the Fengtian Army Academy, he likes to study tactics and has good command skills, but he is cautious, meticulous, and considers the advantages of problems, so that he was recommended to the company staff officer of the machine infantry division after graduation, and only two years relied on solid skills to climb step by step to the position of the division staff officer, but compared with leading the troops to charge, the roasted bran himself also likes this role.

"The Cossack cavalry is not afraid of death and is extremely mobile, even if we don't want to fight, I'm afraid they will entangle us." Shen Hao, who participated in the last war against Russia and fought with the Cossack cavalry, said.

"I have studied the Cossack cavalry, and if the intelligence is correct, we should have in front of us the 7th Division of the Ural Cossack Army, whose commander is Krasnov, who is known for his bravery in battle." Roasted bran continued: ", so I think we can use the method of infantry lure and pinning, attract them to the front, and thus cover two armored regiments and one infantry regiment from both flanks to speed over them and go straight to Tomsk! ”

"The suddenness was reached, but Tomsk was a fortress with heavy artillery, and it was impossible for an armored regiment to defend it, and there was a large number of heavy artillery and fortifications in the fortress, which could not be knocked open at all without artillery.

"The Air Force can be called in and air-ground coordination can be used to open the gap." Roasted bran marries their own point of view.

"Air-ground synergy?" Everyone frowned at this term.

"Yes, this is a concept that I put forward the last time I went to a meeting of the General Staff, a tactic to help the Army open up the situation by using the heavy bombs carried by the Air Force bombers to cover up at a certain distance."

"Now Minusinsk has 30 bombers, and yesterday there were Storm attack planes, all of which have a combat radius of 500 kilometers, which can theoretically support the bombing of Tomsk, and the time for the urgent delivery of 250 kg of heavy bombs from Kulen should also be up, so we can let the Air Force bomb Tomsk fortress in advance.

The Russian defenders would certainly not have thought that our planes could fly so far that the air force could focus on bombing fortified artillery and fortifications, and as long as a gap was pulled, the armor superiority of the two armored regiments could be brought into full play. ”

"It's a bit reasonable, but have you thought about it, 5,000 infantry is not enough to support the protection of a fortress, and there is also a Caucasian Army with 100,000 people deployed on the periphery of the fortress, and the fortress itself also has 10,000 infantry, and 5,000 people may not be able to support the consumption." Nagayama said.

"We have enough Army." Roasted bran pointed behind him: "Behind us, there are 3 infantry divisions rushing to arrive, and the telegram sent by the reconnaissance plane before said that the vanguard is only a blade kilometer away from us!" Immediately upon arrival, they were transported by truck, and in an hour and a half they could reach Tomsk. ”

"Then how to hold the onslaught of 30,000 Cossack cavalry? I am afraid it is too late to dig trenches, and I am not sure that I can hold back the Cossack cavalry who are charging with all their might. Shen Hao shook his head, still a little worried.

"Huh."

Roasted bran blinked: "Hundreds of vehicles and tractors, if they are all lined up horizontally, there are probably several kilometers, right?" ”！ ~！