Both sides had no good intentions, and both felt that they could win the fight, and both made a lot of preparations. Under this premise, the last straw that broke the camel's back for peace appeared. Gu Weijun, Prime Minister of the Republic of China, made an appointment with the Soviet Embassy in China

Ambassador, pointed out that the conflict near Yangkurgan was entirely caused by the Soviet army's unilateral violation of the peace agreement. In response, the Chinese government demanded that the Soviet Union withdraw all armed forces in the original demilitarized zone. In order to show sincerity,

The Chinese [***] team can also withdraw to Fergana. The deadline for this note is 24 hours. If it exceeds this time, the Soviet side will be fully responsible for the consequences.

According to the Chinese side, this is a last-ditch effort to save peace! According to the Soviet side, this is an ultimatum under Chinese imperialism. Think about it carefully, when Stalin’s bastard had no time to hide in Finland and the three Baltic countries,

How did he do it? It is not difficult to imagine how Stalin would react to such a note.

Therefore, the war was inevitable, and Stalin made the final decision to implement the Central Asia operational plan. The main core of the plan was to encircle and annihilate the main force of Chinese imperialism in Central Asia. To achieve the purpose of this campaign, the Soviet army assembled five

Mechanized army, five cavalry corps, and 70 infantry divisions. The total strength is 1.5 million, 4,300 artillery pieces, 1,500 tanks, and 2,800 aircraft. The commander of the battle was Pavlov, the commander of the Central Asian Front.

This plan was formulated by the Soviet Army's Central Asian Front and was approved by Stalin after being reported to the General Staff. In fact, there were still voices of opposition during the discussion of this plan, and this voice came from Zhukov. In Zhukov's eyes, the plan was a mistake.

The big mistake was the failure to concentrate the troops. Pavlov's plan was for the Soviet army to be divided into four lines. The first line started from Khujand to contain the defenders who threatened Fergana and Andijan. The second line started from Tashkent.

The target is Bishkek. The third route starts from Balkhash, echoes the second route from Tashkent, and attacks Bishkek in one fell swoop, cutting off China’s connection with the entire Central Asian war. The fourth route starts from East Kazakhstan.

Take down the Tardykorgan barrier of the Andi Railway, and then cut off the entire railway supply line of the Chinese [***] team in Central Asia. There are two keys to the first stage of the campaign. The first is whether it can successfully capture the Andi Railway.

Shikek, the second is whether we can successfully capture Baldykorgan.

Zhukov briefly served as the commander of the Fourth Army, but this did not prevent him from having a comprehensive understanding of the situation in Central Asia. At the meeting, Zhukov emphasized the air superiority of Chinese imperialism. If this problem cannot be solved, then the Third and Fourth Army

During the long march, the two groups of troops will be bombarded indiscriminately by the Chinese imperialist air force. Once these two groups cannot successfully achieve the purpose of the campaign, the outcome of this battle will be worrying.

Zhukov's correct opinion did not attract enough attention from Stalin, or Stalin had been holding back such resentment for a long time. He attacked the enemy with twice the force and refused to listen to any talk of possible failure.

The decision was made. Soviet Foreign Affairs Commissioner Molotov sent a note to the Chinese ambassador, saying that China's demands were crude and unreasonable. The Soviet government had the determination and ability to defend the country's interests from infringement. The Soviet Red Army was confident of destroying all those who dared to come.

The enemy who commits crimes. This wording means that the Soviet army is not afraid of your attack. It is a small smoke bomb. In fact, before this note, the Soviet army's war machine has been activated, and people from all walks of life in Central Asia have begun to gather.

Because we have been preparing for a long time, the preparation period for this battle is only one week, which seems very short.

In order to achieve the surprise of the attack, the Soviet ambassador to China also asked to see Fang Jianxiong many times, but was refused. This move was regarded by the Soviet Union as closing the door to foreign countries, and Stalin became more determined to fight this war.

When the Soviet army was preparing for the battle, China did not think much about taking the initiative to attack. The reason is very simple. Fang Jianxiong always believed that the focus of the Sino-Soviet war should be the Far East, where Japan could cooperate with the Soviet Union to attack China. Therefore, China

The Asian side has always been prepared to focus on defense. If the Soviet army comes over, let the Soviet army bleed in front of the solid fortifications. When the Soviet army is exhausted, the second-line troops stationed in Yili and Dihua will launch a counterattack.

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Fang Jianxiong's wishful thinking was that it would be better to fight in Siberia. Fight all the way up from Ulyasutai and push all the way west from Irkutsk. It is not too difficult to join forces in Novosibirsk before winter comes.

The war will cease when winter comes, and the war will continue until the following spring. The reason why Fang Jianxiong's ambition is in Siberia is very simple, because in Central Asia, Fang Jianxiong wants to support the national literacy. A bunch of Stans must let their national literacy

, Anyway, if we don’t do this, the United States will also propose this in the future. It is better to start first and create a bunch of small countries that are pro-China while liberating the various Stans in Central Asia.

It must be said that Fang Jianxiong was a human being and not a god, and he probably had some shortcomings in the determination of the Soviet army. However, China had made sufficient preparations for defense, which seemed to be a bit confident.

At five o'clock in the morning on August 31, from Kanibadam to Kokand and Yangkikorgan, and then to Talas and Taldykorgan, the entire Central Asian theater suddenly rang with the sounds of what the National Defense Forces had suffered since its creation.

The most violent artillery bombardment. It must be said here that the Soviet army's pre-war preparations and concealment were very good, especially on the lines of Kanibadam, Kokand, and Yangkikorgan. The Soviet army's preparations were not at all

was noticed by the defenders on the opposite side.

A total of 4,300 artillery pieces bombarded the Chinese defenders' positions at the same time. With only a small number of cavalry stationed in Kanibadam, there was no ability to organize resistance after being attacked. The Soviet army had more than 30 artillery pieces.

With a sudden bombardment, a cavalry battalion was crippled, and dozens of people were left. Almost all of them were injured. They rode on horseback and withdrew in the direction of Kokand. The Soviet army concentrated more than 500 cannons in the direction of Kokand.

Yangkurgan is the core hub of the Fergana Valley, where the [***] Corps has a small field airport and defense forces of an infantry division and a cavalry division.

Almost as soon as the war started, the Soviet artillery destroyed the airport. At the same time as the cannons sounded, a huge number of Soviet fighter planes appeared. Although they had been prepared and fully prepared,

At the very beginning of the war, China still suffered a heavy blow, especially the troops deployed on the front line, which suffered heavy losses in the shelling.

The most violent Soviet attack was on the Talas defense line. There were five strong forts here and two infantry divisions defending it. There were many mines buried in the front of the position. In order to break through this defense line, the Soviet army concentrated

A total of 1,500 cannons instantly exploded the stations of Taras, Bodgornoye, Akolto and other squadrons into a sea of ​​flames. In Aksu and Prague Weishenka,

The Soviet army concentrated a thousand artillery pieces and bombarded our defense line. Two infantry divisions were defending this line of defense, which was the only way for the Soviet army to move south to Bishkek.

In Taldykorgan, the Soviet army concentrated a thousand artillery pieces and blasted our defense lines.

The first battlefield for the face-to-face confrontation between the Chinese and Soviet armies was in the air. Radar stations deployed in various places on the frontier caught the Soviet fighter planes almost immediately. Fergana, Andijan, Bishkek, and Almaty

There are more than 100 large and small airports scattered around the country, and fifteen fighter wings and five bomber wings are deployed. After receiving the radar warning, the Air Force immediately issued the order to take off for combat without waiting for orders from the superior force.

While the Soviet artillery preparations were still going on, the first wing to spot Soviet fighters in the air was one hundred new Mustang B-type fighters from Gao Zhihang's 20th Fighter Wing. It must be said that the Soviet Air Force's

The fate was destined to be tragic from the beginning. Gao Zhihang, who personally piloted a fighter plane, spotted a Soviet fighter group of about a hundred fighters and a hundred and fifty bombers in the morning light. It was like a pervert encountering a large number of beauties, his eyes wide.

My son turned red at that time.

Gao Zhihang, who was experienced in dealing with old-fashioned Soviet biplanes, commanded a group of Mustang fighters to climb and then dive rapidly. In the first dive, he destroyed 88 Soviet aircraft, and then a sky-wide pursuit began. But the rest

The fighter wing did not have such good luck. Due to misjudgment of strategic direction, the Air Force only had one wing of Mustang B and one wing of Mustang A in Central Asia. The other fighters were all old-fashioned Eagle III. Advanced

The fighter planes were mainly placed in the Far East, staring at the Siberian battlefield. Unexpectedly, the Soviet army concentrated its forces to attack Central Asia first, which caused China to suffer a lot at the beginning.

The Soviet army carried out artillery preparations for two hours, during which most Soviet bombers were not intercepted, which resulted in multiple military targets being bombed by Soviet aircraft. The fierce air battle did not stop throughout the day, with 1,500 Chinese aircraft

The fighter jets fought to the death with more than 2,000 Soviet fighter jets. The fighting began at dawn and did not stop until dark. In the daytime air battle, the Soviet Air Force suffered the heaviest blow since its establishment.

A total of more than 1,200 aircraft were shot down. On the other hand, China also had more than 600 aircraft shot down. Among them, the Mustang A/B models only lost less than 20 aircraft.

The Soviet army did not go very smoothly in the ground battle. First of all, at the Kokand and Yangkikorgan defense lines, during the two hours of artillery fire by the Soviet army, the artillery battle between the two sides was fierce, and both sides suffered losses.

Not small. In comparison, the ratio of battle losses between the two armies is about 1.5:1. In other words, the Soviet army suffered greater losses. The problem is that the garrison on this line of defense is not the main force. And

They are two newly recruited local readers. The artillery is still the old 155 and 105. The Soviet 122 howitzer has a long range and cannot be reached by the [***] squadron's cannon, but the Soviet 76-caliber artillery is not that good.
Chapter completed!