Beiyang reactionaries

If China really wants to destroy the Soviet Union, it will not be that simple.Once the Soviet Union is really in danger of extinction, mobilizing tens of millions of troops is nothing, even mobilizing 2000 million troops is not impossible.At that time, the scale of the war will expand, and China will not have more than a few million casualties, so it will be impossible to break into the core of the Soviet Union.It is impossible for China not to lose tens of millions of troops if it wants to carry out a war of annihilation.

Because a big country like the Soviet Union has so much potential for war.

China and the Soviet Union, including countries such as the United States, are typical examples of ships that are prone to wind and waves.Not afraid of external storms.Even if there are some casualties, they will be able to recover quickly.

But in the same way, big countries also have big country problems.That is, it is very difficult to solve many problems, because the affairs of big countries are so complicated, and many problems in big countries are too rigid.As the saying goes, governing a big country is like cooking small fish, and many problems cannot be solved in one go.

The same goes for the military.

If a country has only tens of thousands of troops, any problems that arise can be resolved quickly.Any deviations can be corrected quickly.But for a country like China and the Soviet Union with 600 million troops, it is not possible to correct some deviations in a short period of time.

After the outbreak of the Sino-Soviet War, many problems of the Soviet army were quickly exposed, which even alarmed Moscow.Just like the Soviet Union, a large amount of fuel, weapons and equipment, ammunition depots, trains, and logistics transportation vehicles are all concentrated in the front line.

Even the airfield is very close to the front line.

what's the result?

After being attacked by the Chinese Air Force and raided by the Chinese ground forces, these things all fell into the hands of the Chinese army.And the configuration of the Soviet troops is also very problematic.Originally, the tactics of the Soviet Army inherited the thinking of World War I and their Civil War. The infantry units would build strong fortifications on the defense line, and the tanks would cooperate with the infantry to provide support.

However, in the Battle of France, the Maginot Line was reduced to a display, allowing the Soviet Union to readjust their style of play.Thinking that this kind of trench tactic was completely useless, the Soviet army began to build their own armored army.

But the Soviet Union only built an armored army mechanically.

They just think that if tanks are equipped with troops and tanks are used together with infantry, that is the armored army.No actual study of tank tactics has been done at all.Their tanks are a complement to the infantry and act alongside them.The Soviet Union used tanks only as mobile cannons to cooperate with infantry units, nothing more.The Soviet Union gave up the biggest advantage of tanks, that is, the mobility of tanks.The result was that they were beaten by Chinese tank troops.

A war is the best test.

Moscow also began to review, considering why the front line suffered such a disastrous defeat.Of course, Moscow criticized Blyuchel, believing that Blyuchel's wrong command caused such a disastrous defeat.But this is only on the surface.

The top Soviet army is also studying what happened.

Also started to make some new adjustments.

But the Soviet Union is so big and has so many troops, and many of the current Soviet officers are very young officers, and a large number of military political chiefs have become military chiefs.Their understanding of military tactics is biased.

After all, like Konev, there are still very few people who have successfully changed from a political chief to a military chief.

The anti-revolutionary movement in the Soviet Union caused a serious shortage of experienced and capable officers in the army.The current Soviet army is in the era when it lacks the most officers, and the army establishment is also the most chaotic.Therefore, although Moscow has discovered some problems, it will take time to correct them.Even if it is corrected under Moscow's tough order, it will take time.What's more, Moscow itself has not fully learned its lesson now, and there will be no changes in the future.

This is the case with the 36th Army Group.

This is a temporary group army unit.After Budyonny became the commander of the Novosibiriya Military Region, in addition to the original field troops, he quickly formed two army groups.

The 35th Army and the 36th Army.

The 35th Army is mainly composed of the Soviet Union's land reclamation troops in Siberia. It is the newly formed 35th Army that is currently invading the Altay region of Xinjiang.The troops opposite Yili are the 36th Group Army composed of local troops from the five Central Asian countries.

The force is numerous.

In the Soviet Union, they were all relatively large group armies.The entire group army numbered 48.However, as a local army, it is inferior to field troops in terms of weapons and equipment and troop training.

In order to enhance the strength of the 36th Army, Budyonny specially transferred Philip Afanasyevich Yershakov, who was the commander of the Ural Military Region, and asked him to serve as the commander of the 36th Army.

But it didn't work.

Although Ershakov is a very experienced general on the battlefield, he began to train this force vigorously after he took office.The combat effectiveness of this army has been greatly improved, but this army does not lack any of the Soviet army's problems.

The problems of the Soviet army were caused by rigid military thinking and wrong military views from top to bottom.It is not something that one or two outstanding generals can change.Even these outstanding generals cannot decide the affairs of the army casually.Because until 38, the anti-revolutionary movement in the Soviet Union had been very serious, and those military chiefs could only follow the trend.No one dares to put forward some alternative viewpoints at this juncture.The result was that the Soviet army had a lot of problems from top to bottom.Unless it is the high level of the Soviet Union, Moscow can abandon the original wrong military thinking and accept problems that can only be solved by new military thinking.

It is a pity that the 36th Army did not have this opportunity.

Just after dawn, China mobilized 9 aviation divisions and more than 1100 cannons to start a large-scale offensive. After all, the 36th Army is composed of local troops. Although Ershakov worked hard, their own strength is limited.And under the wrong concept, their defense line is not good.

Since you want to defend, you must do all kinds of fortifications.

However, after the Soviet Union saw that the Maginot Line of Defense in France had become a display, it believed that this kind of fortification was a waste of time, money, and energy, and it was completely useless.Soviet officials have always promoted that the Soviet Red Army is powerful and can destroy any opponent.The Soviet Red Army did not need to defend, the Soviet Red Army wanted to attack the opponent.

The result was that Soviet units at the front did not pay much attention to fortifications.

Less than three hours after the start of the war, several defensive positions on the front line of the 36th Army were torn apart.Although the Soviet resistance was fierce in some positions, some positions were quickly broken through.

At this point the advantage of the tank came out.

Very mobile.

After the tank troops broke through those positions, they could quickly make a turn and attack the Soviet defensive positions in other directions from behind.To put it bluntly, a tank is a cannon with strong mobility, plus it is equipped with a heavy machine gun.Relying on the powerful maneuverability of tank troops, concentrating dozens of tanks in a short period of time can cause dozens of cannons and heavy machine guns to suddenly appear in a certain direction. With the help of infantry units, many defensive positions will be destroyed. caught off guard.

Especially those defensive positions are defense outside but not inside.

Suddenly a troop came from behind, how could they prevent it.The officers of China's tank units have all received formal tactical theories of tank combat and have also participated in various military trainings.Therefore, they can operate in a large force, or they can concentrate a dozen or thirty tanks in certain areas to fight on a small scale.And very skilled.

"The fourth regiment, the fifth regiment, go to the middle road, go to the middle road, and take out the artillery positions of the Soviet army."

"Yes."

"First Division, follow the highway, don't be obsessed with fighting and continue walking in depth."

"Yes."

Wei Lihuang had already followed the troops into the Soviet defense hinterland.

Then the operation to deploy the Panzer Army began.If anyone is said to have helped the Chinese army the most, it must be Germany.Sino-German military cooperation is definitely a honeymoon period that is rarely seen in history. At that time, China really learned a lot from Germany and bought a lot of technology with money.

Including communications.

Communication between the army and the army, the Chinese army was deeply influenced by the German army.Between tank units, between infantry units, there is excellent communication.In this regard, the Soviet army is far behind.

Wei Lihuang could use the tank he was riding to command the tank troops to fight, but there was no communication between Soviet tanks at all.Once the Soviet tank force was divided, it completely lost its combat capability.Because there is no communication, they themselves don't know what to do.

That's a huge advantage.

When the Northern Military Region fought Chita, the troops there were the elite troops of the Soviet Far East, the Second Red Banner Army and the No.15 Red Banner Army.It was an elite unit like them that was completely panicked after being divided and surrounded by Chinese tank units, or after the forward position was broken through.There is no way to restrict the tank troops that have broken in, let alone local troops like the 36th Army.

They were simply not prepared.

In the hinterland of his position, hundreds of tanks poured in, followed by a large number of infantry units.And the armored group army is followed by infantry units transported by trucks and motorcycles.

When the tanks ran ahead, these trucks and motorcycles also followed.Once the tanks are put into battle, these infantry units will come down and join the attack.In fact, the armored force is mainly fast.

In fact, the 36th Army does not have fewer tanks and artillery than the Chinese army. On the contrary, they have more tanks and artillery than the Chinese army.However, in the face of such a rapid attack by the Chinese army and the rapid maneuvering of the tank troops, the Soviet troops had no time to react.

"Commander, the Panzer Army has broken into the Soviet position."

"it is good."

Sun Zhen nodded.

I was very excited.From the commander of the field army to the commander of the Xinjiang Construction Corps.Although there are more and more people under him, Sun Zhen is actually not very happy.Because in Sun Zhen's view, he has withdrawn from the front line of the army.