Beiyang reactionaries

After all, this is the first time in Zhang Zizhong's history that he commanded an army of such a size, and also faced an enemy of this size.Therefore, Zhang Zizhong attaches great importance to it.However, Zhang Zizhong is the commander-in-chief of the Northern Military Region after all, and the headquarters cannot be too close to the front line.The Northern Military Region Command was placed about 50 kilometers away from Kyakhta.Zhang Zizhong has deduced many times for today's war, so at least on the surface he is very calm.

Seeing the second wave of air raids, Zhang Zizhong wanted to pull out everything from the bottom of the press box.

That is the only heavy artillery special brigade in the entire northern military region, with 12 410mm heavy artillery.Among the heavy artillery produced in China, the largest caliber is the 410mm heavy artillery.The production quantity is limited, and there is only such a special brigade in the entire Northern Military Region, which is 12.Regardless of the fact that there are only 12 guns, there are 3000 people serving these heavy artillery.A cannon is equipped with more than 200 people.These heavy artillery are the treasures of the treasures, because they are too powerful.

Zhang Zizhong didn't move.

Now Zhang Zizhong thinks it's time, so he wants to pull this heavy artillery out.In recent years, China and the Soviet Union have confronted each other, and the Soviet Union has many fortifications on the opposite side.Only when this kind of heavy artillery goes up can they be quickly smashed to pieces.

"Yes."

"Get Commander Wan (Wan Yaohuang) for me."

The Northern Military Region formed three armies this time, namely the East Army, West Army, and Central Army.Wang Tianpei was the commander of the East Army Group, Wan Yaohuang was the commander of the West Army Group, and Zhang Zizhong personally commanded the Central Army Group.Wan Yaohuang is from the first phase of Baoding Military Academy and one of Duan Xun's students.

After defecting to Duan Xun, he has been in Outer Mongolia.The Northern Military University currently in Kulun was established by Wan Yaohuang.Wan Yaohuang was also the first president of the Northern Military University.

"Commander-in-Chief, connected."

"Commander Wan, I'm Zhang Zizhong."

"Commander-in-Chief."

Wan Yaohuang's Western Group Army Headquarters is on the front line, only 15 kilometers away from Kyakhta.About 25 kilometers away from the local artillery positions.In fact, the maximum range of some Soviet heavy artillery can reach Wan Yaohuang's headquarters.

However, in order to get closer to the command, Wan Yaohuang disguised the headquarters and commanded from the front line.

"After the bombing is over, let the troops get ready. After receiving the order from the general headquarters, organize an assault force for me to crush the Soviet army in front."

"Yes."

"General."

"Konstantin, what's going on with you?"

"General, the Chinese tank troops broke through the No. [-] position of the Chita defense line, and then began to encircle the Chita troops. At present, the Chinese tank troops have divided the Chita defense line troops, and many troops have been surrounded."

The Soviet Union had a large population and a large army.

China hoarded heavy troops in the north, and of course the Soviet Union would not ignore it.Therefore, the Soviet Union also deployed an astonishing force in the Far East, especially facing China's northern theater, the Soviet Union also deployed more than 60 troops tit-for-tat.Coupled with the rapid transformation of their Land Reclamation Corps into a field army after the breakdown of negotiations between China and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union already has 80 troops in this place.

There are a lot of planes, tanks, and artillery.

But after the fight, it should be said that China's offensive is completely different from the Soviet Union's thinking.According to Soviet military officers, China is completely uneasy about playing cards.China is the first in history to use the air force on such a large scale. In just half a day, China has dispatched 4000 sorties of aircraft for bombing.The intensity surpassed the current British air battle.

Not only that, China does not use aircraft like many countries currently do.Every time China conducts air combat, it forms a large formation, at least 10 bomber brigades, accompanied by nearly 10 fighter brigades for protection.In this respect the Soviet Union was still relatively backward.

Their use of aircraft was still a small-scale battle, and did not form a large formation like China.In addition, China launched a sudden attack and used radar interference. As a result, after the war broke out, the Soviet Union finally took off only about 110 aircraft.More than 700 planes were bombed to pieces by the Chinese Air Force without taking off at all, and suffered heavy losses.

Then nearly 2000 cannons were used, and 17000 shells were fired within an hour of the battle.

Then came the surprise attack of the Eastern Group Army led by Wang Tianpei.

What is Blitz?

What is the purpose of the large-scale use of tank divisions and armored divisions?It is not for tanks to concentrate on charging positions deployed by others, especially positions with a large number of anti-tank weapons and artillery.

If the tank charges like this, it is a target.

If the tank directly confronts the artillery position, the result will be annihilation of the entire army.Because of the current tank guns, it is impossible for those anti-tank guns in the war artillery positions.The role of tanks is not to fight hand-to-hand with other anti-tank guns.

Just like in the era of cold weapons, if there is a choice, the cavalry will never attack the infantry positions that have been deployed for defense.That would lose the most important thing about cavalry, which is their mobility.Cavalry is most effective only when it is running.Once the mobility of the cavalry is limited, the cavalry's effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

The same goes for tanks.

Tank divisions and armored divisions, they are actually mobile cannons, coupled with their strong mobility, this is their characteristic.Therefore, they can quickly assemble tank troops when they need it, especially when they find that the enemy has weak positions.Use the firepower of the tank to destroy the loopholes in the opponent's position to defeat the opponent's defense.This is the correct use of tank divisions and armored divisions.They all look for loopholes in the opponent's position, and then use their mobility to attack this loophole before the enemy can react.

This is the case in China this time.

After the air force air strikes and artillery bombardment, the tank troops were concentrated and attacked the Soviet positions.But instead of attacking the opponent's main position, they concentrate a large number of tanks, which is equivalent to concentrating a large number of artillery.Find out the weak points of the opponent's defensive position, and attack the Soviet army's defensive position with a large number of artillery fire in a short period of time, the purpose is to open a gap.

Faced with such a style of play, the Soviet army was completely unprepared.

Compared with the mobility of Chinese tanks, what the Soviet army lacks is mobility.Therefore, the loopholes in the weak points have not been solved in time, and the gaps have been opened by the Chinese tank troops.Then a large number of tanks directly smashed through the position here, quickly passed through this position, and then began to divide and encircle the Chita line.The defensive position of the Soviet army was breached a little bit, and the entire defensive position would be full of loopholes by then.Because many defensive positions are defended from the outside but not from the inside, and the Chinese tanks used their powerful maneuverability to go around and attack the Soviet defensive positions from behind.At this time, the mobility of the Soviet army was completely inferior to that of the Chinese mechanized division, and it had not been able to make up for the newly-emerged loopholes. As a result, there was no way to face the impact of the Chinese tank troops.

In a short period of time, the defensive positions of the entire position were all destroyed, and those troops were directly divided and surrounded by the Chinese army.

"How about you? Can you support Chita?"

"General, there is also a Chinese army on the opposite side of us. Moreover, the defense line on the Chita side has been completely taken down by the Chinese. Our troops in Chita have been completely divided and surrounded by the Chinese army, and many troops have been unable to contact them."

"How? How could it be so fast?"

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky.

He is currently the commander-in-chief in charge of the defense lines of Ulan-Ude and Chita.Rokossovsky called to report to Ivan Stepanovich Konev, commander of the Transbaikal Military District, who is also the current commander-in-chief of the front line.

Historically, the Soviet Army's famous WWII generals are currently in the Far East.The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Far East Army is Marshal Blyuchel, the commander of the Transbaikal Military District is Lieutenant General Konev, an alternate member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and the commander of the Far East Military District is General Zhukov.

Rokossovsky and Konev are both famous World War II players in history.

Konev is an interesting person.He was a political officer in the army in his early years, and later he was appreciated by Marshal Voroshilov of the Soviet Union. He entered the Frunze Military Academy, began to study military affairs systematically, and then returned to the army.The place he went to was under the command of Marshal Tukhachevsky.

And Tukhachevsky was born as a pure officer, and he looked down on Konev, thinking that it was okay for a political officer like him to play lip service, and it was completely ridiculous to lead troops to fight.So don't like him.For Konev, Voroshilov is an old chief who appreciates himself and promotes himself.And Tukhachevsky didn't like himself, and even suppressed his marshal a little bit.

But the views on military strategy and tactics are completely different.

Konev opposed Voroshilov's military propositions, believing that these military propositions were outdated and completely inappropriate for the current situation.On the contrary, he is more in favor of Tukhachevsky's great depth theory.It is a pity that Tukhachevsky was shot, and the Soviet Union's original military modernization process was completely interrupted, and a large number of mechanized troops that were originally established were disbanded.

The entire Soviet army implemented Voroshilov's military proposition.

Since China launched the offensive, Konev has been in contact with the generals on the front line and needs to know the current situation on the front line.But Konev was taken aback when he heard Rokossovsky's report.

Chita is a very important place, no less important than Irkutsk.

In the early years, the Far Eastern Military Command of the Soviet Union was in Chita, and it was later moved to Khabarovsk.Because Chita is the most important city on the Trans-Siberian Railway, there are a large number of factories in Chita City, including a large number of repair shops for military weapons and equipment.Therefore, there are many Soviet troops in the direction of Chita, and about 32 troops are deployed on the front line of Chita.

Including more than 600 aircraft, more than 1100 tanks, and more than 1200 cannons.

But how?

It has only been fighting for less than ten hours now, how did Chita's troops get into such a situation.

"General, judging from what we have received now, the tank units of the Chinese army are advancing very fast. The tank units that they first broke into the defense line have advanced more than 70 kilometers. Other Chinese tank units are also advancing very fast. Hurry up, our troops in Chita have been completely surrounded."

"More than 70 kilometers?"