Beiyang reactionaries

Tank troops go up, that's not a live target for their cannons.

Therefore, after encircling the Soviet army, they mainly used bombers and artillery to bombard their positions, as well as the offensive of infantry units.The tank troops mainly guarded the periphery to prevent the Soviet troops from breaking through.At present, Wang Tianpei's strategy is to consume the Soviet army's ammunition and consume the Soviet army's logistics materials.Because the Soviet army was surrounded too suddenly, there were no ammunition reserves and logistical supplies at all.

According to Wang Tianpei's analysis, the Soviet army's ammunition and logistics supplies have bottomed out.For another day or two they simply would have no ammunition to continue defending.At that time, it will be the time for the general offensive to solve these encircled Soviet troops.

"That's good."

Wang Tianpei nodded and said, "Xijiu, the Northeast Military Region dispatched the Fifth Corps of the Northeast Construction Corps from Hulunbeier to Chita. Their two cavalry divisions will be able to reach Chita tomorrow."

This time the Northern Military Region and the Northeast Military Region cooperated tacitly.

At present, the Eastern Group Army of the Northern Military Region has surrounded a large number of Chita Soviet troops, and the Northeast Military Region immediately dispatched a corps to support them.Because Hulunbuir and Chita are relatively close, the Northeast Military Region dispatched the Fifth Corps of the Northeast Construction Corps in Hulunbuir to Chita to help the Eastern Group Army encircle and suppress the Soviet troops in Chita.Their cavalry came the fastest.

"With the Fifth Corps formed by the Northeast Construction Corps, we don't need your tank division to serve as a security force. Therefore, the military region decided to form a tank army with three tank divisions and one motorized division under its jurisdiction. Lan Ude, assist the Central Army to take Ulan Ude."

The Western Group Army has begun to encircle and suppress the Transbaikal Army. Zhang Zizhong, who is in command of the battle in Kulun, has personally led the Chinese army forward, preparing to encircle and suppress the Soviet army in Ulan-Ude from Kyakhta.However, Ulan-Ude's defense line directly faced Qiaktu, so Zhang Zizhong asked the Eastern Group Army to send troops to attack Ulan-Ude from the east.

Now the war in Chita has come to an end.

Moreover, there is also the support of the Fifth Corps of the Northeast Construction Corps, so Wang Tianpei decided to form a tank group general to flank Ulan-Ude and cooperate with Zhang Zizhong's Central Group Army.

"Xi Jiu, I am going to make you the commander of this tank army."

"Commander, I..."

"This is not my decision alone. After the chairman received the report on the Chita Battle, he said that you can serve as the commander of the tank army. This time you performed well in the Chita Battle. Everyone from the General Staff to the Military Region Command I am very satisfied with your performance. And letting you take up this position is not only a promotion for you, but also a difficult task for you. The headquarters requires our troops to arrive in Ulan-Ude within ten days to launch an attack , within half a month, the war between Chita and Ulan-Ude will end, and then all troops will prepare to participate in the general attack on Irkutsk."

"Resolutely complete the task."

Hao Mengling stood up immediately.

It is not an easy task to rush to Ulan-Ude to launch an offensive within ten days.It is about 400 kilometers from the current position of the third tank division to the defense line of Ulan-Ude.

The tank troops have to run for at least seven days, which is still at a high speed.If there are some failures, it will take more time.Fortunately, in order to develop the Far East, the Soviet Union built a road between Chita and Ulan-Ude.

The Chita defense line was defeated too quickly, and these roads were intact.Hao Mengling can take the tank troops to attack Ulan-Ude along this road.

"You can choose the three tank divisions and one motorized division you need from the Eastern Army to form the Tank Army. The tanks lost by each unit during the war in the past few days will be replenished for you first. And let the maintenance personnel repair it for you overnight. "

"Yes."

It is also the first time that the Chinese army uses tank troops to fight, and it is the only country other than Germany that uses tanks on such a large scale.But in just a few days, many officers of the tank unit had a deep feeling.

War is the best way to rapidly increase the combat effectiveness of the army.

Although it was only a few days, the officers of these tank units had a deep understanding.Hao Mengling will choose several tank divisions with the best performance to form a tank army.

"And you don't have to worry. At present, the air supremacy is in the hands of our army, and our army's radar station is always monitoring the Soviet aircraft. Our air force will also help you remove some obstacles on the road. The same is true for the logistics force. The logistics force will always follow you. Go. As long as you can reach Ulan-Ude within the specified time, and then find out the weak points of Ulan-Ude's defensive line, rush into their defensive position, and completely destroy their defense, then the task is completed. You There is not much time, so go get ready."

"Yes."

"General, the marshal ordered us to attack, what are you?"

The course of the Chita Battle caused a sensation all over the world.

This is a war of millions of troops, and I didn't expect the winner to be decided within a few days.The Soviet army in the direction of Chita, together with the troops of the Land Reclamation Army, and some scattered troops, numbered about 55.

On the Chinese side, the Eastern Group Army has fewer troops than the Soviet Army in Chita, about 40 troops.But after the fight, it was only a few days before the outcome was clear.The Chinese army quickly divided and surrounded the Soviet army.Within a few days, the Soviet army lost more than 30 people, and the remaining 20 people were surrounded by the Chinese army. Several breakouts failed.Batch after batch of surrendering troops began to appear.

This is very shocking to many people.

How did the war become like this, and how could the Soviet army be so vulnerable?Was the Soviet army vulnerable, or was the Chinese army too strong?Anyway, the Battle of Chita exceeded everyone's expectations.

Needless to say, the European, American and Japanese powers, the Soviet army was also greatly shaken.Because the troops in Chita are the elite Far East troops of the Soviet Army, the Second Red Flag Army and the No.15 Red Flag Army, which were the main force of the Far East Military Region in the early years.

The results of it?

At the point of total annihilation.

Blueher was too anxious, and his command began to become more and more flustered.Because Blueher has never suffered such a defeat in his military career for so many years.Within a few days, hundreds of thousands of troops were lost, more than 1400 aircraft, more than 2000 cannons, and about 1500 tanks were lost.This level of loss made Blueher completely out of control, and he didn't know what to do.Therefore, not only were the orders issued outrageous, but many orders were inconsistent.In fact, Blueher is at a loss now, and he doesn't even know what order he gave.

After being flanked by the Sixth Tank Division and the two armored mixed brigades of Tannu Ulianghai, Konev no longer followed Blyuchel's orders.Although Blyukher ordered Konev to continue to countercharge, Konev disobeyed and led the troops of the Transbaikal Army to retreat quickly.

How could Ye Ting give up such a good opportunity.

When the troops retreat, it is time for the armored forces to exert their strength.Ye Ting led the Sixth Tank Division, Tannu Ulianghai Armored First Mixed Brigade, and the Second Armored Mixed Brigade in constant pursuit, causing the retreating Transbaikal Army's casualties to continue to increase.Konev was indeed a little flustered at first, because Konev did not expect China to use tank troops in this way.

Although China is also the first time to use tank troops on such a large scale, the tactics used by tank troops have been studied for many years in China.It has been more than ten years since China established the Armored Forces Command and let the armored forces form an independent army.Been working on how to use tank units.

And because there is more cooperation between China and Germany, there have also been many exchanges on the use of tanks.Of course, many problems have arisen in the use of tanks by the Chinese army.But in the general direction, there were no problems.Under the cover of the air force, the mobility of the tank force was fully utilized.Chasing the retreating Transbaikal Army troops.

Ye Ting's purpose is not to eliminate how many Soviet troops, but to slow down their retreat speed, leaving more Soviet troops behind to be dealt with by the following infantry divisions.At this time, the speed advantage of the tank is fully reflected.After a few hours of pursuit, two infantry divisions of the Transbaikal Army were bitten and were unable to withdraw with the large forces.

Fortunately, Konev is a very good general. Although he suffered such a disastrous defeat for the first time, he quickly stabilized.Konev knew that if the troops retreated like this, it would be easy to be defeated across the board, and it would even affect the Irkutsk defense line behind.There are also more than 20 troops in Irkutsk, but the most elite troops in Irkutsk are the Transbaikal Army.Once the Transbaikal Army collapses, it will be difficult for Irkutsk to hold on.Even the army in Irkutsk will seriously damage their morale when they see the situation of the Transbaikal Army in such a mess.

Therefore, although the Transbaikal Army suffered heavy losses, Konev immediately reorganized the army and began to block the chasing tank units, instead of blindly retreating.Ye Ting led the pursuit troops to attack several times but failed to capture the defense of the Transbaikal Army, so he stopped the pursuit.

Since Ye Ting's troops flanked the 31st Division of the Transbaikal Army, during a total of two days and two nights of pursuit, the Transbaikal Army has suffered a serious reduction in personnel.Since the outbreak of the war, the Transbaikal Army has lost about 15 people, and the casualties plus those captured by the Chinese army have lost more than 60%.It can be described as a serious injury.According to the statistics of the Transbaikal Army, which has stabilized its position, it has lost almost all its heavy equipment.The artillery that the army still retains is only about 100 small-caliber infantry guns.Thousands of cannons and thousands of tanks originally owned were lost on the front line.

However, under Blyuchel's strict order to counter-charge, only the troops of the Far Eastern Military Region led by Zhukov stood still and did not obey Blyuchel's order.

"The marshal is old."

Zhukov snorted coldly.

Pointing to Chita, he said: "Our planes are no less than the Chinese, our tanks are no less than the Chinese, and our cannons are even more than the Chinese. From the perspective of the number of troops, the Chinese offensive force is far less than the Chita The size of the army in the direction. But look at the battle, the army was completely defeated, and the military supplies piled up on the front line fell into the hands of the Chinese. Under such circumstances, the marshal asked them to countercharge. What is the result? The result is suffered greater defeats and suffered greater casualties."

"General..."

"The funniest thing is the distribution of airfields. What is an airplane? It is a new type of weapon that can fight at a long distance. But the marshal doesn't understand the role of the airplane at all. Building the airfield very close to the front line is only more than some The heavy artillery has a longer range. When the Chinese planes bombed, our planes didn't even have a chance to react. This is a mistake, a huge mistake. With the current performance of the planes, these airports can be retreated 200 kilometers without affecting It’s too big. And with such a distance, our air force has enough preparation time. But what? They are all placed close to the front line, and those planes have become targets of the Chinese air force, and they were blown up by Chinese planes before they even took off. I don’t understand such a simple truth, the marshal is really old, he is not a suitable commander-in-chief of the Far East Army.”

Zhukov is directly criticizing Bliuchel.

He didn't care about Blyuchel's status at all, and didn't care that Blyuchel was his immediate boss.This time the war was fought so aggrieved and the defeat was so fast, which was directly related to Bliuchel's deployment.

The deployment of aircraft, the distribution of tanks, and the operational thinking of troops are completely incompatible with modern warfare.The Chinese used a new combat mode and combat thinking to completely defeat the Soviet army.

Zhukov can feel this in Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk).

"Let's strike? How do we strike?"

Zhukov pointed to the map and said: "We now have three directions to attack China. One is to gather troops from Vladivostok (Vladivostok), cross the Ussuri River, and attack Jiamusi and Jixi. Or through Suifenhe, Directly attack Harbin. One is to go south from Khabarovsk (Kabali) to attack Jiamusi. Finally, go south from Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao) to directly attack Qiqihar. Here the Chinese First Corps and Second Corps are stationed. There are more than 40 troops, with 3000 tanks and 2000 cannons. Moreover, China has more than 200 divisions of troops similar to our Land Reclamation Army, adding up to more than 200 million troops. Do you think it is necessary to break through such a line of defense? , how many troops do we need to mobilize? How many troops do we have that we can commit to attack?"

"And what if we break through China's first line of defense? Northeast China is one of the most important industrial provinces in China. The tank factory in Shenyang produces tens of thousands of tanks a year. We fight here, and Shenyang over there every month Thousands of tanks can be produced and sent to the front. How do we fight them? And now that Chita is occupied by the Chinese, we will not be able to get support in the future. After the first battle, what should we do with the ammunition our troops need? There is no ammunition after the fight , are we just waiting to be cleaned up by the Chinese?"

"Look at the deployment of the Chinese army. The troops are deployed layer by layer, with an astonishing depth of defense, and there is no chance for us to make a surprise attack. Even if we break through the first layer of defense, there are still layers of defense behind. And our reconnaissance planes did not find much ammunition depots in Heilongjiang. They only have a small amount of ammunition except for the ammunition used by the troops. The ammunition depots are far away in Changchun, and they use their strong logistics capabilities to support the needs of the frontline troops. Ammunition. Even if we quickly defeated the frontline troops and quickly occupied the area north of Qiqihar, there is still no place to replenish ammunition.”

Zhukov expressed his concerns.