On the vast plains stretching as far as the eye can see, the leading troops of the leader's army paused their running forward on their tracks and stopped to wait for the comprehensive logistics support troops to deliver the fuel before continuing.
Lavrinenko, who came together to inspect the vanguard troops, was staying with Malashenko.
What the chief and deputy commanders gathered together to discuss was naturally the next action plan and analysis of the current situation.
After understanding the situation of the vanguard and conducting on-site inspections, Lavrinenko, who was standing next to an IS7 parked for maintenance, spoke first.
"We have advanced more than 300 kilometers in two days, and we still haven't encountered a large-scale enemy force that came to stop us. If we keep going like this, we will soon reach Harbin. Will these Japanese devils not even reach such an important place?
Abandon the city and run away?"
For the sake of safety, Malashenko actually ordered to slow down the marching speed, and did not simply pursue speed and ignore everything else.
The reason is quite simple.
Mechanized cross-country running that only pursues speed is not only high power, but also the loss of mechanical equipment under full load and continuous operation is a problem.
If the marching team is too long and too scattered, it is directly stretched into a long snake formation on the great plains. Once an enemy is encountered, it is difficult to assemble the troops immediately. It is also troublesome. If the troops are not kept together, they will suffer unnecessary losses and even capsize in the ditch.
No matter how strong the leader's army is, it is never so strong that the long snake formation in the marching state can defeat everything. Malashenko will always be Malashenko, not Kaishen.
Those Japanese aircraft that had arrived late because they were too slow finally managed to fly within the range of the anti-aircraft fire and began to descend in altitude in preparation for a dive.
It was only at this moment, at the last moment before the ground anti-aircraft fire was about to open, that Malashenko, who was holding a telescope in a farther back position, finally saw clearly what kind of shabby old aircraft the Japanese were driving towards.
"It just so happens that I'm going to use these Japanese flies to test the anti-aircraft expertise of my new equipment."
Not a single main field force of the Kwantung Army was seen, which inevitably made Lavrinenko wonder what kind of medicine the enemy was selling in his gourd, and wondered whether there was any fraud involved.
The remaining Japanese troops, who had lost their large-scale field regiments, were packed into encirclements and waited to be defeated one by one.
The advantage of aerial reconnaissance solves the leader's worries about the lack of friendly forces on both wings during the stage of deep penetration and high-speed penetration.
There was no need for Comrade Commander of the Army to come to inspect the situation and personally ordered that the leading troops of the Leading Army had already begun to deploy on the spot according to the field air defense plan.
Or they were seizing the time to clean up the countryside, hoping to cut up a final wave of land and collect grain for the small Japanese troops to prepare for the war before the Russians came over.
But now we have been racing for two days, and all we encountered along the way were small groups of Japanese troops retreating, and we were easily defeated.
With the fully mechanized advantage of the leader's army, which has extremely strong rapid response capabilities, as long as aerial reconnaissance can be ensured, there is no fear of the main Japanese army attacking from the flanks.
"So the answer is still to keep moving forward, maintain the current speed of advancement, and continue to make steady progress. If the enemy dares to block the front, then attack them. If it is an attempt to sneak attack from the flank, we can also receive early warning and have sufficient reaction time.
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There was only one purpose, to give full play to the advantages of combat maneuverability and conduct large-scale and deep penetrations to cut off the Japanese army's retreat route.
Looking at the open map and listening to Malashenko's words, Lavrinenko also knew that there was no other way at the moment.
The ZSU air defense vehicles assigned to the vanguard to perform field accompanying air defense operations immediately dispersed. They quickly maneuvered into their respective shooting positions according to the standard air defense formation, preparing to organize an anti-air fire network and block possible enemy aircraft according to the direction of incoming attacks.
attack route.
Before he could finish his words, Lavrinenko thought he heard something. The next second he looked up in the direction of the sound, his expression was startled.
We cannot be timid just because the enemy is silent. We must move forward when we should. Being able to calmly analyze the situation between the enemy and ourselves and steadily advance can ensure that risks are controllable.
The result of appropriately slowing down the marching speed was that in just two days, the leader's army had traveled a straight line distance of more than 300 kilometers on the map.
At the same time as Malashenko put down his telescope and suddenly spoke.
"The Front Army Headquarters has continued to strengthen aerial reconnaissance on our flanks and expanded the search range. If the Kwantung Army mobilizes a main field force capable of fighting the leader's army, at least in terms of quantity and scale, it will be absolutely impossible to escape.
Aerial reconnaissance."
The Japanese army can shrink back, but the leading army cannot look forward and backward and sleep in the countryside halfway.
If we switch to actual cross-country travel, this mileage will be much higher, much higher than the straight-line distance in the picture.
"Damn it, Sukka, could it be?"
It also poses no threat to the leading army. If you block the road, you will die, and if you rush up, you will get into trouble. This is the most realistic portrayal of the current situation of the Japanese army at this level.
Malashenko, who was holding a telescope and saw a small black dot on the horizon in the distance, was not panicked. He was not careless and underestimated the enemy, but was well prepared. The mere 9 Japanese air strikes were not enough to cause a big wave.
"I was wondering when I would encounter the Japanese air raid, but it happened to be a coincidence. The number was a bit smaller, 9 in total."
Just these small fish and shrimps, a regiment in the east and a brigade in the west, are not worthy of stopping the leader's advance.
The only thing that can stop the leader's rapid advance and pose an actual threat is the large-scale Kwantung Army field corps. Don't show up and embarrass yourself before starting at the division level.
But I don’t know whether it was a problem with the equipment itself or some other reason, but the nine incoming Japanese aircraft in the sky flew very slowly.
"Okay, let's continue with the cross-country drag racing competition, but we want to see how these Japanese devils plan to shrink down to—huh? What's this noise?"
Except for occasionally passing by rural areas to inquire about the situation and inquire about the Japanese army, the leader's army did not visit a county town or stop in any urban area along the way for two days. They even spent their nights resting and making rice in the outdoors.
Pass.
It was so slow that the field air defense formations of the leading troops of the leading army were all prepared. The high-level dual-purpose heavy machine guns on the tops of the tanks and the double-barreled 37mm anti-aircraft guns of the anti-aircraft vehicles were all pointing diagonally at the sky, ready to go.
"It's actually a Type 97. How sick are these Japanese devils? They use such shabby fighter jets to carry out air raids. Are all the Type 1 Falcons dead?"
It doesn't matter if you don't fly bombers but fighter jets to carry out air strikes. The ones you use are still so old and shabby.
Malashenko, who was speechless at such "aerial art performances" by the Japanese Japs, had just put down his telescope. The probability was low, but not completely impossible, that the idea of explaining this bizarre performance art suddenly appeared.
mind.
"Wait a minute, is it a kamikaze!?"
The update is a little late, I was called out for a late night snack, sorry guys. I will update more tomorrow, I will try to code as much as possible.