Chapter 190: Two encirclements (eight)

At midnight, the Northern Front Command of Baikalsk was still brightly lit.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Marshal Wang Zhi, the commander of the Front Army, stood up yawning, and habitually approached the huge combat map on the wall that was so familiar that it was almost scorching.

"What's new?" Chief of staff Xiang Lan rubbed his eyes and sat up from the sofa in the corner. Since the battle began, he and Wang Zhi had only napped on the sofa in the office and had never slept well all night.

"The Yuan Xu detachment just won the second bridge, Jima... What a good guy, he rushed for two hundred kilometers in one breath." Wang Zhi was excited to high-high boxing and was amazed.

"How many cars have you broken? The oil is almost running out?" Xiang Lan grabbed the enamel teapot on the table and poured it on two puffs, lit another cigarette, and threw it to Wang Zhi one.

"I didn't say that, but they have the seized train, so they should not worry about not being able to keep up with the supply."

"That little car wrinkle isn't enough?"

"I have asked the base camp to send China Airlines to support it, saying that I will dispatch tonight and send airships to airborne supplies. If it goes well, I can replenish 150 tons of oil in one night, which is enough for them to spend the whole day." Wang Zhi took a deep breath of cigarettes, turned around and returned to the desk full of telegrams and official documents.

"The 18th Army pushed from the Donu Ulianghai for four days and four nights, and the advance team finally attacked near Abakan. It was 250 kilometers, not easy. If you push another 300 kilometers, you will reach Krasnoyarsk. "

"Genghis Khan's descendants." Xiang Lan proudly replied, "Episode 18 is full of cavalry, and he can rely on the Yenisei River to transport supplies. There are not many enemies on the other side, so it is strange that it doesn't rush quickly."

"The enemy should react too. I don't believe they will give up the city easily and crouch in Novosibirsk and wait for two sides to be beaten."

"That's right. Yuan Xu's detachment has to hurry up. The reason why the enemy did not immediately blow up the dozen or so iron bridges between Angarsk and Kerch City after the fall of Angarsk is that there is still hope for the breakout of the enemy in Irkutsk. Once the enemy finds that there is no medicine to save the Irkutsk, it will definitely try to destroy all railway hub facilities east of Kerch City, kill the city, and buy time for Novosibirsk to strengthen defense." Xiang Lan analyzed.

Wang Zhi nodded and shook his head again: "You said. What are the enemies of Novosibirsk waiting for?"

"Let's wait for reinforcements."

"What will they do after reinforcements? What will they do? Wait for us to attack on both sides and pull them out the last big fortress in Siberia?"

Xiang Lan sneered: "That would only die faster. The only opportunity is to take advantage of the inside line, concentrate troops, and defeat them one by one."

"Defeat us first? Or defeat the Northwest Army first?"

"If the enemy concentrates their strength to attack our army, they will definitely be blocked and surrounded by the strong Northwest Army. If they concentrate their strength to attack the Northwest Army, there will be no such problem for the time being. As long as Irkutsk is still in their hands, we will not be able to support the army to attack Novosibirsk in a short time. It is not impossible to build a new section of railway and a large railway bridge of hundreds of meters bypass the firepower range of the fortress, but it will take time, a long time."

Wang Zhi sighed helplessly. He pressed the cigarette butt into the already piled up enamel ashtray: "We have no choice. Even if we can successfully conquer the fortress, the enemy will not be so kind. Leave the surrounding railway facilities and the iron bridge of the Irkutsk New City to us intact."

"Of course. No matter what, if there is trouble, the Northwest Army will take the initiative. We will cook and eat the wrapped dumplings with peace of mind."

Wang Zhi tried hard to control his upper and lower eyelids to fight and fight the revolutionary and anti-government. His right hand subconsciously searched in the pile of papers: "Dumplings... The dumplings on the south have already nibbled a corner, one-third, and the other two-thirds. The wrapping was quite tight, but the dumplings on the north ground were not enough, and the cavalry army in the imperial guards had less than 10,000 people. It was too thin to block the gap of seventy or eighty kilometers."

"Didn't the First Army follow you?"

"The First Army relies on infantry marching with both feet, and cannot keep up. I think the armored soldiers have to be on the way." Wang Zhi finished speaking. He drew out a telegram and placed it in the middle of the table. He called Xiang Lan to come and see it.

The telegram said that the 2nd Lake Ranger, which was the base of the 121st Infantry Division, completed its landing in Baikal before the night of the same day. It was scheduled to take over the defense between Serihov and Baikal the next day.

Xiang Lan Ku browsed, and it was obvious that he slapped the table lightly: "When the 121st Division arrived at Serihov, Xing Xiaoqiang's 4th Army was liberated. So, is it planning to let the 4th Army turn back to support the Imperial Guard Cavalry Army?"

Wang Zhi nodded with his arms and nodded, and his chin shook his chin on the other side of the map: "Well, I plan to let the 4th Army gather the troops and cross the river again, directly attack the enemy Siberian 4th Army from the east, and at the same time, let one part of the cavalry army from the north, the main force of the 2nd Army from the west, and the main force from the 4th Episode 4th Army attack at the same time, attacking him on ambush on all sides and be surrounded on all sides. In addition, the 1st Army from the 2nd Army, the 2nd Army from the 4th Army, and one part of the 4th Army, cooperate with the 1st Army that was advanced from the west, temporarily absorbing the enemy Siberian 2nd Army. When the Western 4th Army is almost solved, each unit will concentrate its forces to attack the 2nd Army and defeat them one by one."

"The dumplings are just right, so they shouldn't be too hot," Xiang Lan smiled slightly, "It's the hard walnut Irkutsk that is a bit troublesome."

"There is nothing to worry about. After the cooked dumplings are finished here, the engineers worked hard to repair a subway line bypassing the Irkutsk so that the follow-up troops can rush to support the Kcheng City as soon as possible. The rest of the matter will be left to our attack expert Commander Xiao to play. This time, we can use water to transport siege materials. There are not many railway lines between Siliujiangka and Irkutsk that need to be renovated, and the progress should be far greater than that of Ulan-Ude." Wang Zhi was confident.

Xiang Lan tilted his head: "It's easy to repair the railway line... It's a bit easier to say, the people from the Railway Army are complaining."

"For the great cause of the empire's kingly path, I sacrifice my life and my life. I have no choice but to work hard, and I have the nerve to mention it? Besides, they are not the ones who work hardest. They are the ones who are really doing coolies, right?"

"Power of war and local civilians hired by the recruits." Xiang Lan spread his hands and sneered, "If you don't work, you will have no food to eat. If you want to blame, your Majesty the Tsar. It's also difficult for us to transport the local food away and burn it all. We can't ask us to use the precious food we transported from thousands of miles to raise a group of lazy people who eat free food, right? The man worked hard to build roads, and the woman worked with the army to wash clothes, cook and clean up, and earned food by relying on her own labor. This not only facilitated our army, but also gave them a way out."
Chapter completed!