Chapter five hundred and thirtieth to lure the enemy deep
There is no doubt that the young staff officers are the most excited about this counterattack. They have almost grown up with the strength of the student army and the country. After joining the army, their sense of honor as soldiers has been particularly strong.
In their view, a responsible government should stand up and speak for its people as soon as possible when they are treated unfairly. As a soldier, it is your bounden duty to protect your own civilians, and you have to pay your life for it.
No matter what.
The staff members gathered around the huge sand table, with one side playing the role of the Far Eastern Army and the other playing the role of the Soviet Northern Front Army. There was a lively fight between you and me. Hu Li looked at it quietly for a while, but found nothing new. He approached Zhang Zizhong and asked: "General seat, no?"
Is there really no problem in finding Soviet fighter planes?"
As a general who came from a wild cadre, Hu Li was quite self-aware. After entering the senior ranks of the Xuebing Army, he began to acquire professional knowledge in all aspects. In his view, modern warfare, especially such large cross-regional corps,
In combat, obtaining and controlling air superiority can almost determine the final outcome.
In the previous military meeting, Zhang Zizhong had actually chaired a discussion on this issue. However, he should be able to understand Hu Li's anxiety, so he patiently explained: "The vast majority of fighters equipped by the Northern Front are Yi-style and TB-3.
Against our golden eagles, white-tip dolphins and Chinese sturgeons, we have no advantage at all. Don't worry, as long as our air force is still strong, the Soviets' old fighters will never be able to overturn the situation. The Northern Front deserves our attention.
, or its tank troops.”
"I don't know why, but I always feel unsure. I hope it's because I'm just mediocre!" Hu Li laughed at himself.
Zhang Zizhong glanced at him, frowning slightly and lost in thought.
At this stage, Zhang Zizhong is no longer what he used to be. In some respects, he has many similarities with Hu Li and other senior officers of the National Defense Forces in similar situations. In order to adapt to new fighting methods and war situations, he always
He forces himself to learn and make progress. It is precisely because he always maintains this mentality and diligence that he can keep up with the ever-changing changes of the Chinese army and always maintain a high degree of mastery of the army.
Suddenly, there was a continuous sound of artillery shelling from the southwest. Zhang Zizhong walked to the window and looked to the southwest. Although he saw a blue sky and green land, in his mind, there was a scene of thousands of artillery fire.
To the east of Baikalsk, the Far East Army has assembled nearly two divisions of artillery units. Among them, there are about one division of self-propelled artillery units and a regiment-sized rocket launcher unit. With the advancement of military technology, the way of fighting has changed compared with before.
Earth-shaking changes have taken place. The specific manifestation is that at the beginning of the Second World War, Japan and Germany, who took the initiative to provoke the war, used aircraft bombing and artillery bombardment whenever they had a war, but their role was more for deterrence.
Its scale and duration will be much smaller. The Far East Army's early bombing and ongoing artillery bombardment now have rigid combat indicators. Regardless of the Air Force bombing, the ongoing artillery bombardment at this time is in accordance with the pre-war guidelines.
The strategy was to be able to completely destroy the ground defenses of the Soviet army in Baikalsk.
"We have already considered everything that should be taken into consideration. Now, it depends on the frontline troops. Xiao Hu, victory must belong to us! I firmly believe it!" Zhang Zizhong had many thoughts in his mind, and finally uttered these words.
Hu Li nodded gently at first, then firmly.
"General, Xiao Keming and the others are back! As you expected, the Soviet army has set up heavy troops in front of Lake Baikal!" He Zhengjiang pushed the door open and came in, sweating profusely.
Xiao Keming is the head of the reconnaissance group directly under the Far East Army Corps. The task he assumed this time was to check the effects of bombing and artillery and to find out the specific distribution of troops on the Northern Front.
Zhang Zizhong and Hu Li looked at each other and said, "So, is it right for us to choose Baikalsk as the breakthrough point?"
He Zhengsheng nodded.
The straight-line distance between Irkutsk and Baikalsk is a full 80 kilometers, but even though they are so far apart, when the Far Eastern Army started shelling, it was as if someone from heaven had sensed it, and Vatu was giving orders.
Jing suddenly stopped and turned to look in the direction of Baikalsk.
"The breakthrough direction of the Far Eastern Army is in Baikalsk!" Vatutin said: "They gathered so many fishing boats in Lake Baikal, it seems to be to paralyze us!"
"I don't think this is certain yet. If we can resist the Far Eastern Army's attack in Baikalsk, Zhang Zizhong will definitely make use of these fishing boats!"
"Then let the Far Eastern Army come in first. However, even if we let it in, we must resist resolutely! Pass my order and order the Seventh Army to resolutely resist the offensive of the Far Eastern Army, even if we fight to the death of one soldier.
Call Nepech, it is enough to place one infantry division in front of Baikalsk, and ask the other two divisions to withdraw to Kurtuk!"
Vatutin's order was obviously inconsistent. Lapniv frowned and said loudly: "Comrade General?!"
Vatutin looked at him calmly and said in a deep voice: "Execute the order!"
In the headquarters of the 7th Army of the Baikalsk Northern Front, Nipech received an order from the rear. His face was sweating profusely, as if he was suddenly in an ice cave, and his face suddenly turned blue-white.
"This is chaos! What does Vatutin want to do?" Lankovsky, the chief of staff of the Seventh Army, was describing his judgment on the artillery density of the Far East Army when he vaguely heard the latest instructions coming from the microphone.
, he roared angrily.
As expected of a general in charge, Nipech quickly calmed down and said in as calm a tone as possible, "The commander probably wants to lure the enemy deeper!"
"Just like this, our remaining troops will be completely destroyed! I don't know how long the Far Eastern Army's artillery fire will last. If it exceeds half an hour, all our ground fortifications will be destroyed! Without solid defenses
,How can the remaining troops fight against the armored forces of the Far Eastern Army?!"
"Lankovsky, it's useless to say anything now, execute the order! I will personally lead the 141st Division to stay behind! You immediately lead the military headquarters to join Cherkinko and Turtekin, and withdraw the main force to
Kurtuk.”
"No, you are the commander of the army. If you want to retreat, you will lead the troops to retreat -"
"Lankovsky, this is an order!"
"Nippech!"
"Go quickly, before the Far Eastern Army's artillery fire extends deep into us!"