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"Yes."

Konev was shocked.

What modern warfare needs most is logistics.If the logistics cannot keep up, the troops cannot advance too fast.However, the vanguard tank unit of the Chinese army has advanced more than 70 kilometers.And it is still in the middle of the war, what kind of concept is this.

Not to mention anything else, the tank unit can recommend so quickly, which shows that the infantry unit can also keep up, and there is no problem with logistics.

"How is the situation at Chita? Can you organize a counterattack?"

"General, the situation is very bad. We have lost news of the Red Banner No.15 Army, and the situation of the Red Banner Second Army is also not good. The main reason is that our tanks are scattered among the troops, and we cannot organize them at all."

"Damn."

Konev has a headache.

In fact, the Soviet Union formed mechanized troops earlier than Germany. At that time, Tukhachevsky's theory of great depth was valued in the Soviet military.According to this theory, the Soviet Union valued tanks and valued artillery.

However, Tukhachevsky was shot because of "counter-revolutionary", which suddenly made his military propositions cold.The generals of the Soviet army worried that they would also be involved in the Tukhachevsky case, so they immediately began to abandon the theory of great depth.

As a result, many of the mechanized units developed according to Tukhachevsky's vision were dismantled.

There are many tanks in the Soviet Union, but there are few troops that are completely tank-based. Instead, tanks are scattered among various troops, and they are used as auxiliary infantry.Now facing China's way of concentrating tanks and quickly increasing firepower in a certain direction, it is completely unprepared.Chinese tanks can not only concentrate firepower in a short period of time, but also have strong mobility.As a result, the troops on the Soviet Chita Line of Defense suffered heavy losses.

"Report--"

"Say."

"The Chinese tank troops came around from Zakamensk and flanked our army's defense line."

"Zakamensk?"

Konev trembled slightly with the phone in his hand.The attack of the Chinese army was completely beyond the expectations of the Soviet army.The face-to-face war in the imagination did not break out. Instead, it was a flexible movement of air force, artillery, and tanks.

Completely unfamiliar tactics.

Zakamensk is to the southwest of the Irkutsk line of defense. If you go around, you can directly attack the flank of the current line of defense, or even directly attack the back of the line of defense.Once it can't be stopped, cracks will appear in the entire Irkutsk defense line.

But Konev is not the kind of panicked person. After thinking for a while, he immediately picked up the phone and said: "Konstantin (Rokossovsky), immediately shrink the line of defense and redeploy. Concentrate the tanks of our troops and form temporary tanks Troops, let our tank units become a mobile force. Concentrate our anti-aircraft artillery units, defend the focus, and don't scatter the anti-aircraft artillery."

"Yes."

Konev put down the phone and immediately began to reorganize the troops.The Konev area was caught off guard, but Konev immediately began to find a way to deal with it.

"Give me an order to immediately concentrate our tanks and form a tank unit that I will personally command. This unit serves as the general reserve. Gather all our anti-aircraft artillery units and give me the key protection artillery positions. Then..."

"General, a telegram from the Marshal."

"read."

"The marshal ordered us to immediately organize troops to counterattack on the spot and teach the invaders a lesson."

"General, there is movement in the Soviet troops."

"Oh?"

"The air force reported that the troops of the Transbaikal Army were frequently mobilized and the scale was very large. Several divisions pointed directly at our troops on the front line of Kyakta. Two of the cavalry divisions were less than [-] kilometers away from our defense line."

"The Transbaikal Army is moving forward? Are they going to attack us?"

"Yes. The Air Force reports so."

Wan Yaohuang, commander-in-chief of the Western Group Army of the Northern Military Region.

After receiving the report from the Air Force, it was completely inexplicable, and it was impossible to guess what the Soviet army wanted to do.Since the outbreak of the war, China has had an absolute advantage here.Because the Soviet army was caught off guard, many Soviet troops were annihilated without reacting, including the Soviet Air Force which suffered heavy losses.

The Soviet Transbaikal Military Region lost more than a thousand aircraft on the first day, reaching more than 1200 aircraft.

The Soviet army had only a total of more than 2000 aircraft in the entire Transbaikal Military Region, and lost more than 1200 aircraft on the first day.It is equivalent to saying that the Baikal Military Region lost more than half of the aircraft on the first day of the war, which dealt a great blow to the Soviet army.It should be said that if any country loses thousands of aircraft in one day, it is a painful loss.As a result, the entire frontline airspace of the Soviet army was empty, and the Soviet army completely lost its air supremacy, allowing Chinese planes to fly around.

Although Irkutsk sent fighter jets to protect the front-line airspace, the front-line airports were basically destroyed, and those planes could not even find a place to land.These fighter jets flew from Irkutsk, refueled, overhauled, and reloaded, and they had to fly back to Irkutsk.The result is that too much time is wasted on the road, the time on the front line is too short, and the combat effectiveness is seriously insufficient.

Moreover, the number of aircraft is limited, so every time the Air Force engages in battle, the Chinese Air Force is besieging Soviet fighter jets with a three to four times advantage.These fighters were simply not capable of protecting Soviet positions.

After gaining air supremacy, Chinese bombers formed formation after formation, bombing Soviet positions indiscriminately.China dropped about 3500 tons of bombs on Soviet positions on the first day of the war.

Then came the Soviet artillery positions.

At present, the Soviet army opposite Kyakta is the most elite unit of the Transbaikal Military Region, that is, the Transbaikal Army.Originally, the formation of the Transbaikal Army of the Soviet Union consisted of the 21st Infantry Division, the 37th Infantry Division, the 38th Infantry Division, one tank division, two cavalry divisions, two artillery brigades, two aviation divisions, and one airborne brigade. 12 people.

However, as China put more and more pressure on the Soviet army, the establishment of the Transbaikal Army has been expanding.At present, the establishment of the Transbaikal Army is number one in the entire Soviet army. It has eight infantry divisions, four cavalry divisions, three mechanized brigades, two antiaircraft artillery divisions, three artillery divisions, and three aviation divisions. , and including engineering troops, etc., the entire group army has about 24 people, and the establishment has doubled.It is currently the most elite unit in Irkutsk.

Was put at the forefront by Bluecher.

Because it was at the forefront, the Transbaikal Army was also one of the heaviest losses on the first day of the war.The three aviation divisions were completely lost, and most of the planes failed to take off and were blown up at the airport.The three artillery divisions, including the four artillery divisions transferred to support by the Transbaikal Military Region, also suffered heavy losses in the air strikes. More than 600 cannons were destroyed, and more than 400 cannons needed repairs.Thousands of cannons were lost in one day.Including two anti-aircraft artillery divisions, they were basically seriously injured.

Under such circumstances, the Transbaikal Army should quickly sort out and think about how to defend next.But why did they take the initiative to attack the front line of Chakta.

Although the Transbaikal Army is large and powerful, its losses on the first day were so great.How can they have the strength to counterattack the Chinese army at this time?Do they really regard Chinese bombers as decorations?Treat thousands of Chinese cannons as decorations?

Wan Yaohuang was completely confused.

"Is there any other movement?"

"No."

"Let's take a look first. Ask the Air Force to send a reconnaissance plane to continue the investigation and see the movement of the Soviet troops. If their troops continue to advance, then let the artillery unit give me a hard lesson."

Wan Yaohuang really couldn't figure out what the Soviet Army wanted to do.Wan Yaohuang is now waiting for his tank division and Tannu Wulianghai's troops to attack Irkutsk's western defense.So he now wants to see what the Soviet army is going to do.

If the Soviet troops continue to advance, Wan Yaohuang is happy.

Wan Yaohuang currently has thousands of cannons in his hands, half of which are heavy cannons.If the Soviets nestled in their defensive positions, the artillery bombardment would be much less effective.But once these troops move, the effect of thousands of cannons is very great.

"Yes."

Wan Yaohuang couldn't figure it out.

Konev, the commander of the Transbaikal Military Region of the Soviet Army, was even more confused and very angry.Konev respected the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Army, Blyuchel, because Blyuchel was one of the founders of the Soviet Red Army and made great contributions to the Soviet Union.Not only that, in the army, Blucher's character is also acceptable.For those young generals, I am also willing to support them.

Konev has risen rapidly in the Far East in recent years, and Blyuchel's support is inseparable.

But Konev could not agree to Bliuchel's order.

Although the war has just broken out, the Chinese army has quickly taken the initiative.The loss of the Soviet army on the first day was astonishing, which was completely beyond expectations.Not to mention the loss of thousands of aircraft, the Transbaikal Army, the Red Banner Second Army, and the Red Banner No.15 Army combined lost more than 1400 cannons, hundreds of tanks, two radar stations, and Three gas stations.Moreover, there are still a large number of troops in the Chita and Ulan-Ude areas surrounded by the Chinese army, and it is not known how much damage will be caused.

What kind of counterattack is used at this time.

It is not easy to stabilize the line of defense. If you counterattack, you will leave a lot of loopholes.So Konev immediately sent a telegram against Blyuchel's order.Suggestions were made to Blyuchel that the Soviet army should shrink the line of defense at present.But Blyuchel couldn't listen to Konev's opinion at all, and still ordered the troops on the front line to counterattack.