Beiyang reactionaries

Although the power has increased, but as a soldier, he still prefers to fight.

However, Sun Zhen was not very happy about withdrawing from the first-line troops like this.Unexpectedly, the opportunity came, and I still had the opportunity to order troops to fight.Of course Sun Zhen was unwilling to give up such a great opportunity.

So immediately said: "Let the First Corps attack from the south, the Second Corps from the north, and the Third Corps attack from the front. Surround the Soviet troops."

"Marshal, Moscow Telegraph."

"Ah."

Budyonny is 57 years old and has a very long moustache, which is combed on both sides with great personality.His eyes were wide open, his face was serious, and of course he was also tired.During this time, Budyonny was under a lot of pressure, and there was no time to rest at all.

"Marshal, Moscow requires us to take Tacheng as soon as possible."

"Where are the reinforcements?"

"Not in the content of the telegram."

Budyonny lit a cigarette and didn't speak.

Budyonny is a veteran cavalry general. Before he came to the Novosibirsk Military Region as the commander, he had been the commander of the Soviet Red Army cavalry.For the construction of the Soviet Red Army cavalry, Budyonny made a great contribution.

But after the outbreak of this war, Budyonny discovered that cavalry combat was already behind, and it was time for the cavalry to withdraw from history.It may be useful against some other small countries, but for countries like China, the cavalry should withdraw from the front-line troops.

why?

Because the current war has entered the era of hot weapons, and it is the age of steel.When the Soviet army attacked Poland, it actually saw this kind of problem.Facing the Soviet tanks, the Polish army sent cavalry to meet them.

The Soviet Union regarded tanks as a supplementary arm of infantry to cooperate with infantry operations.But that's not something the cavalry can win either.Poland used those cavalry to attack the Soviet tanks, and the final result was that the entire army was wiped out.

This is not the case in China now.

China has as many planes, as many tanks, and as many cannons as the Soviet Union.Moreover, with so many light and heavy machine guns placed on the ground, it is impossible for the cavalry to break through the opponent's line of defense.Now what is the role of the cavalry.Even a lot of past experience is useless now.

Many original ideas are useless in this war.

Budyonny originally thought that by concentrating so many troops, he would definitely be able to open the Chinese defense line in the tower city, which would cause huge casualties to the Chinese army.But the war has been fought so far, not only did not break through the defense line of Tacheng, but on the contrary, he was in a situation where he could not go up or down.

The loss of planes, tanks, and artillery has reached an appalling level.Not to mention that the casualties caused by the offensive during this period were unacceptable to Budyonny, including Moscow.The Soviet Union had not suffered such casualties since the end of World War I.Even after the October Revolution, during the most difficult period of the Russian Civil War, the Soviet Red Army had never experienced such tragic casualties.

But what can be done?

Now that the situation on the front line is so unfavorable, one telegram after another flew over from Moscow, demanding that he must take down Tacheng as soon as possible.They kept urging themselves to fight, but Moscow was thousands of miles away, and they knew what the situation on the front line was like.

beat?

Can't afford it.too many casualties,

"Marshal, I can't fight anymore."

While Budyonny was smoking quietly, Andrei Yeremenko came up to Budyonny.

Yelymenko was the commander of the Ninth Cavalry Army of the Novosibirsk Military District. After the war broke out, he began to serve as the deputy commander of the Novosibirsk Military District.Yeremenko can be regarded as an old subordinate of Budyonny for many years. He started to follow Budyonny 20 years ago and is a fierce general of the cavalry unit under Budyonny.

"Andre, what's the situation with the troops?"

"Morale is very low."

Yelymenko is a fierce general.

Participated in an unknown number of wars, and has always been at the forefront, charging for the troops. He is a famous general of the Soviet Red Army.But he said something that he couldn't continue, which made Budyonny's face very serious.

"Marshal, before the war, we never thought that the war would be so tragic. For a position, the two sides fought repeatedly. We advanced 100 meters, and the casualties would exceed one division. Since the real attack on the Chinese army's defense line, until now we have The Tacheng defense line has only advanced about three kilometers. We are still more than 30 kilometers away from Tacheng. If we really want to advance to Tacheng, how many people will we have to sacrifice. It may not be enough to fill in the entire military region.”

too tragic.

It was the first time Yelymenko had seen such a tragic situation since he had been a soldier for so many years.The two sides used more than 5000 cannons in the early days, but now there are many fewer.But even if there are fewer, as long as the two sides expand slightly, they will still mobilize about 2000 cannons for artillery battles.

Look at air combat again?

Even on the calmest day, dozens of planes will fall from both sides.Once the air battle is fierce, it is common for more than 100 planes to fall in a day.When the war first started, the number of aircraft lost by both sides in a day even exceeded 600 at its highest.

All numb.

However, the frontline troops suffered too many casualties, and the morale of officers and soldiers became more and more depressed.

"It seems that a new force must be needed."

"Yes."

Yelymenko nodded.

Said: "Marshal, in this situation, many troops on the front line have suffered too many casualties, and it is no longer possible to organize a complete attack. Many troops have suffered more than half of the casualties, and the establishment of the entire army cannot be guaranteed. If there is no new force to join, the Chinese army's Tacheng It is very difficult for us to break through the defense."

"But Moscow has no reinforcements to send for a short time."

Budyonny sighed.

The war was completely beyond the expectations of the Soviet leadership.Beginning with Stalin, the top Soviet leaders have always believed that the Chinese army is nothing to worry about.Although China has deployed a large number of troops in Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia, and the Northeast, it has numerical and logistical advantages compared with the Soviet army.

However, whether it was the high level of the Soviet Union or the interior of the Soviet army, they really did not take the Chinese army seriously.Of course, this is not formed in a day or two.

Will China go to war?

This is actually how many great powers view China.It is really because China has left a bad impression on the great powers since the end of the Qing Dynasty.Even if Duan Xun is a powerful "dictator", even if the Chinese army has a large number, the great powers still look down on the Chinese army.During the process of Duan Xun's rise, to be honest, he didn't fight much.

It's all warlord wars.

For the great powers, China's war between warlords is like a player's house.As long as the situation is slightly unfavorable, those troops will defect on a large scale.The war of 30 to [-] was fought for several days, with very few casualties.Even if the scale of warlord wars became larger and more casualties later, compared with the First World War, they were all child's play.

Just like when Duan Xun finally entered Beijing's second direct-anhui war, 80 million troops from all over the country participated in the war, and even some local troops added nearly a million troops.But the total casualties are tens of thousands.The powerful direct troops, when the third division led by Wu Peifu was defeated, tens of thousands of troops immediately surrendered in an organized system.This is China's warlord war.

The same goes for the war between China and Japan.

Did you hit?

Fighting is fighting, but there is really no too cruel battle.The two sides did not fight for long, and the war ended because of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan.Therefore, the great powers are afraid of China's industry, afraid of China's population size, and afraid of China's ability to mobilize millions of troops, but they despise the combat effectiveness of the army.

So did the Soviet Union.

Look down on the Chinese army.Therefore, the Soviet Union deployed about 150 million field troops in the Novosibirsk Military Region, the Transbaikal Military Region, and the Far East Military Region, plus a bunch of local troops and agricultural reclamation troops, totaling more than 200 million.

Moreover, it is equipped with a large number of aircraft, tanks, and artillery, which are sufficient to deal with the Chinese army from the perspective of the Soviet high-level and the Soviet military.Not even the Chinese army, in the eyes of the Soviet high-level, the strength of the Soviet Red Army surpassed all countries.The top Soviet leaders didn't even pay attention to the German army, let alone the Chinese army.It is under this kind of thinking that the preparations of the Soviet army are far inferior to those of China.

It's completely different here in China.

Whether it is Duan Xun or other high-level Chinese officials, they all regard the Soviet Union as their biggest enemy and attach great importance to the Soviet army.The generals on the front line can be said to have formulated several plans for this war.Including once the war is not going well, how to deal with various accidents, etc.

This is the difference in the attitudes of the two sides.