Chapter 1574 Don't be afraid to fight the big battle
Chapter 1574 Don’t be afraid of the decisive battle
The Soviet army's troop mobilization was quickly discovered by Anjiajun's high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and the situation was quickly reported to the theater headquarters and Nanhua headquarters. After analysis, the General Staff determined the Soviet army's strategic intentions based on the Soviet army's evacuation route.
Immediately notify the Far East.
The military and political leaders of the Far East are struggling with how to withdraw their Western Route Army in the shortest possible time. There is no railway on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. If the troops march by themselves, they will not only consume a lot of fuel, but this will also be a problem for the current Far East Army's increasingly difficult logistics supplies.
A serious test.
Moreover, it is certainly unbearable to spend more than twenty days on a hasty march. Those tanks, armored vehicles and trucks all need maintenance and upkeep. Long-term battles have led to frequent breakdowns. If there is a large-scale breakdown on the road, this time will still be lost.
Have to move backwards.
The choice of the Soviet army commander invisibly did a great favor to the military and political leaders of the Far East.
The Soviet Union's railway network in Central Asia was simply one horizontal and three vertical lines. The horizontal line was at the southernmost end of the Soviet Union's Central Asian border, starting from Krasnovsk (today's Turkmenbashi) on the Caspian Sea in the east and ending in the west.
Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan at the western foot of the Tianshan Mountains, spans the five republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. It is the existence of this railway that tightly connects the five Central Asian countries.
Connected together.
The vertical railways are the Central Asian Railway in the west, the Far Eastern Railway in the middle and the Near Eastern Railway in the east. The Central Asian Railway starts from Saratov on the Volga River in Russia, passes through Uralsk and Dakangazi all the way south, bypassing Xian
The lowlands on the north coast of the sea follow the Syr Darya River to Ares, an important town in the north of Tashkent, and are connected to the Caspian Sea Railway.
The starting point of the Far East Railway is Petropavlovsk, an important trunk point of the Siberian Railway, passing through Karaganda, passing through the Chuyli Mountains, and converging with the Caspian Railway at Burlik; the Near East Railway starts in the north from Barnaul, an important city on the Siberian Railway
, almost around the western border of China, all the way to Almaty. Later generations of railways connected the Caspian Sea coast and the Aral Sea to the Chalzhou, but currently only the Caspian Sea Railway is built to Nukus.
Therefore, at this time, the Far East-West Route Army on the Caspian Sea wants to go north. The most ideal route is to go eastward via the Caspian Sea Railway and transfer to the Central Asia Railway train at Ares, north of Tashkent. Since everything is transferred by railway, there is almost no need for it.
To consume fuel, you only need to burn coal, and the most abundant thing in Siberia is coal.
After finding out the details of the Soviet army, on the morning of the 12th, the Central Army of the Far Eastern Army at the southern foot of Karatau Mountain unexpectedly concentrated six armies and suddenly launched an attack on the city of Turkestan while the Soviet army was panicking about preparing to retreat. Unintentionally
The war-loving Soviet army fled southward crazily, with the Far Eastern Army desperately chasing after them. Like chasing a duck, they captured Ares without a single blow and took control of this transportation hub where the Caspian Sea Railway and the Central Asian Railway meet.
At a time when the whole army was moving and its morale was shaken, it was impossible to organize troops to counterattack. In panic, General Kulik, the commander of the Soviet Central Asian Theater, ordered to abandon Tashkent and evacuate south to Inzak by train, and then to Feier via the Caspian Sea Railway Branch.
Lazar Abad (now Jalal-Abad), an important town in western Kyrgyzstan to the east of the Gana Basin, and then drive to Frunze by road.
On the afternoon of the 12th, two divisions of the Far Eastern Army's Western Route Army and the Tangwen Group Army occupied Ashgabat, the capital of Kurmanistan. They immediately mobilized three trains as the vanguard of the entire army and fought all the way east.
On the morning of the 13th, the Middle Route Army of the Far Eastern Army recaptured the deserted Tashkent. This largest city in Uzbekistan, with solid fortifications and a population of more than 200,000, announced that it had changed hands.
On the afternoon of the same day, after three days and three nights of fighting, the Eastern Route Army of the Far East Army annihilated a Soviet division of 11,197 people at a heavy cost of 12,000 casualties, and completely occupied Burlik City.
After the battle, the senior leaders of the Eastern Route Army compiled the Soviet army's performance and experience and lessons into a book and reported it to the Far East Supreme Command to provide reference for future operations against the Soviet Union.
On the 14th, after a day of fierce fighting, Tang Wen led two divisions to occupy Krasnovsk, an important port city on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and quickly controlled the oil field area south of the Great Barkhan Mountains. This oil field is the Caspian Sea Oil Field
It is a component of the Baku Oilfield across the sea from the largest oil field in the Soviet Union. The current daily oil production is as high as 4,000 tons. It is a strategic location that the Anjia Army must control.
On the morning of the 15th, the forward troops of the Far Eastern Army's Western Route Army, which was advancing rapidly to the west, joined forces with the Anjia Army's Ye's and Li's Front Army in Charzhou City. Ye's and Li's Front Army stayed behind to recapture nearby Kalxi, Bukhara, and Ke.
In Ermize, Samarkand and other cities, the Far Eastern Army stopped for a while and continued westward.
On the afternoon of the 15th, the Central Asia Theater Command of the Anjia Army mobilized a regiment of the Second Artillery Corps and two engineer divisions to go south. The regiment of the Second Artillery Corps was deployed to Kraz Mountain, which is more than 300 meters high behind the port, while the two engineering divisions
, one is responsible for the construction of coastal defense fortresses surrounding the Kraz Peninsula and Cheleken Peninsula around Krasnovsk, and the other is building coastal defense fortresses and military camps on the coastline west of the Nebit Dag oil field to ensure absolute control of the oil production area.
Safety.
On the 16th, the Anjiajun Poyang Lake Fleet officially entered the main channel of the Yangtze River, went down the river, exited the Yangtze River Estuary, and headed south to Nanhua. Under the deterrence of the Anjiajun Air Force, the Japanese Navy's Second and Third Fleets did not send out fleets to encircle and kill them.
Several anti-aircraft destroyers were dispatched to monitor from a distance. The Anjiajun navy and air force were unwilling to cause trouble and did not expel it. They successfully arrived at Haiphong Port three days later. At this point, the main fleet of the Anjiajun navy finally gathered and began to formally organize the fleet.
On the morning of the 17th, An Jiajun Ye and the First Division of Li Front Army took a train and entered Stalinabat (now Dushanbe), the capital of Tajikistan, through the Caspian Sea Railway branch line without any danger. This is one of the five Central Asian republics.
, the third occupied capital, was of great political significance. Since the Soviet troops had withdrawn, the Anjia army quickly began the construction of local political power.
On the afternoon of the 17th, the Far Eastern Army's Middle Route Army and West Route Army successfully joined forces in the Tashkent area, and then began to deploy troops to withdraw northward.
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On the morning of the 19th, Nanhua, Xinjing, General Staff Conference Room.
Deputy Chief of General Staff General Yang Fei stood in front of the map, holding a baton in his hand, and talked eloquently: "As of 0:00 this morning, we have occupied most of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, and the attack on Stalinabad the day before yesterday
The occupation of the city can be considered as the recovery of Tajikistan. Tajikistan borders Xinjiang to the east, Afghanistan to the south, and the Pamir Plateau runs through the entire territory. More than 90% of Tajikistan is mountains and plateaus, about half of which are above 3,000 meters above sea level. Only Stalin
The area around Nabad is slightly flat and can be farmed.
"Tajikistan belonged to China from the Western Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty. It was included in the Chinese territory again in the Tang Dynasty. It was the territory of the Mongolian Chagatai Khanate in the Yuan Dynasty. It was once again included in the Chinese territory in the Qing Dynasty. Most of the eastern and southern areas belong to Xinjiang, China. The western part of Tajikistan belongs to China's Xinjiang
It belongs to the Kokand Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate, vassal states of the Qing Dynasty in China. Seventy-four years ago, Russia forced the Qing government to sign a Sino-Russian treaty on the demarcation of the northwest boundary and forcibly ceded 440,000 square kilometers of territory in western Xinjiang, China, including
The original Chinese territory and most of the land in present-day Tajikistan. Sixty-two years ago, the Kokand Khanate, a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, was annexed by Tsarist Russia. At this point, the original Chinese territory and all the land of Kyrgyzstan were annexed by Tsarist Russia. All previous Chinese central governments have not
Acknowledging the encroachment of Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union on our western frontier, this recovery is very satisfying!"
After Yang Fei finished speaking, he returned to his seat and sat down. Major General Shen Ziling, director of the General Staff Operations Department, smiled and said: "No matter from which aspect, General Kulik, the commander of the Soviet Army's Central Asian Theater, made a mistake. He shrunk his defense and gave up on his own initiative.
Although the large amount of territory has preserved their troops, it has also greatly reduced their strategic depth. Now their main forces are almost concentrated in the southeastern areas of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, which is convenient for us to solve the problem once and for all."
An Yi said easily: "This is normal. Kulik, the only remaining commander of the older generation in the Soviet army after the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, looks down on us. He is still dreaming of waiting for the Far East Army to leave before taking care of us! Speaking of which, Kulik
Li Ke was quite considerate. Knowing that we had difficulties in establishing local government, he simply took away all his Soviet government officials, workers' pickets, Red Guards and local garrisons, even allowing the people to survive at least.
All the food was taken away, leaving a clean and pure place for us. We hardly had to expend any energy. We only needed to send the food and supplies there via airship, and then sent the armed police and the Democratic Movement Corps to form a military control committee and send the troops to the military control committee.
The people distributed food for free, and then divided the land. After a little publicity on our policies, our credibility was immediately established, and the people came back to their hearts so quickly that it was unexpected..."
There was a roar of laughter in the conference room, and An Yi also laughed. After everyone finished laughing, he continued: "It's easy to understand. People's hearts are made of flesh. Following the Soviets, everything they produced was confiscated by the state.
, they don’t have enough to eat or wear, and even if they get the money, they have nowhere to spend it, because everything has to be provided by receipt. But what about those high-level officials? But they can rely on the special supply channel to enjoy luxuries that ordinary people can’t even imagine.
Life! And our government not only distributes food, land and production tools, but also supplies everything openly. We do not have special supplies. Everything is about equality, and it is not equality in the slogan. The main thing is that you are willing to work and work hard to make money. You can
Buy everything you want. In this comparison, tell me, if you were a common person, who would you be willing to go with?"
Xia Jian, who was attending the meeting, said: "Of course I will follow the boss... The sky is blue, the fields are vast, and under the Tianshan Mountains, the battle flags of the An family army are flying. Eat their mother, drink their mother, follow us, Boss An will not pay for food.
Hey, I don’t pay for my food!”
"Ha ha--"
Hearing Xia Jian's smooth slang that sounded like poetry but not poetry, and seemed like words but not words, cheerful laughter came again in the conference room.
"Xia Jian, your grandson has listened to storytelling too much, right? It's true that we don't pay for food, but we are not King Li Chuang's peasant army. We have strict organization and discipline, and we have the determination to make the Chinese nation stand on top of the world.
With lofty ideals and pursuits, and a good economic foundation and reputation built over the years, we will not repeat the mistakes of Li Zicheng’s regime. Okay, let’s not talk too much, let’s talk about business!”
An Yi waved his hand and waited until the conference room became quiet before continuing: "With the recovery of Tajikistan, now the Ye and Li Front Army have their hands free and can take over Tashkent, Ares and Tashkent from the Far East Army at any time.
Defense of the area. Due to the deliberate withdrawal of the Soviet army, there was no fighting for the time being before the Far East Army evacuated. We just took advantage of this rare time to summarize the experiences and lessons learned from marching and combat after entering Central Asia, rest and reorganize the troops, and prepare for the war.
Recharge your batteries for the next war. After twenty days or a month, the Far Eastern Army has almost retreated. Kulik feels confident that he will naturally come to harm us. By then, our troops will be almost rested.
, just use your cavalry and cannons to fuck him!
"Brothers, we are not afraid of fighting, especially hard battles! From the Northern Expedition on July 9, 2026 to the present, we have gone through countless battles, many of which were fought under adverse circumstances. What was the result? The more we fight, the better we get.
Strong, the more you fight, the stronger you become. The more you fight, the bigger your territory becomes!
"In this decisive battle, Tang Wen's troops need to defend the main cities on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. His troops cannot be used. The ones that can be used are Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong's two front armies, Hu Jiyang's two group armies in Ust-Kamen and
The total strength of the troops directly under the front army, plus Xiao Wu's mechanized corps, is 600,000, while the enemy's strength, including the Xinjiang Army, is as high as 900,000. In terms of military tactics, the side that initiates a strategic decisive battle must have a high strength.
Kulik is already biased against us, so it is to be expected that he will take the initiative to mobilize his troops to initiate a decisive battle.
"In a sense, strategic decisive battles are gambling, betting on the future of the country, nation and army. I firmly believe that we are the masters of the casino. Along the way, our gambling skills have become more and more proficient. Due to the superiority of the air force, our opponents
We all know the trump card clearly, so even if it is 600,000 vs. 900,000, we have no reason to be afraid of a decisive battle. What we want is a decisive battle. Through this kind of arduous battle, we will continue to hone and improve ourselves, and in head-to-head confrontation
In the battle, we completely defeated the Central Asian Army, and the Soviets lost all morale when they saw us, trembled, and took a detour. Only then can our goal be achieved. We should have such determination and courage! As long as we win this battle
In the crucial strategic decisive battle, we can free up our hands to mobilize troops northward to consolidate the Ural defense line. At the same time, we will have more time to immigrate and carry out construction, and truly control the Central Asia region in our hands!
"Brothers, you may ask, where did An Yi get his confidence? Is it too blindly optimistic? I want to say that this is not blind. This is a reflection of the true strength of the enemy and ourselves. Sometimes it doesn't take more people to dominate
Advantages and various conditions can be transformed into combat effectiveness. I dare say that our comprehensive strength is definitely superior to the Soviet army trapped in the besieged city! Now the Nebitdag oil field in Turkmenistan is in our hands, and in Krasno
There is a ready-made oil refinery in Fusk, and our mechanized troops now have enough oil supply, and there is no need to replenish it by air. It is like a hungry man who is dying, and suddenly he is fed, and the combat effectiveness bursts out.
Use ten times or a hundred times to describe it.
"What about our opponents? Although they have assembled workers' pickets, Red Guards and local guards, with a combined number of up to 900,000, most of them are ragtag groups that have not received specialized training, and their supply lines are basically cut off.
The artillery shells and bullets will only become less and less, and the more they attack, the more passive they will be. Although they took away food and supplies when they retreated, it is not easy to feed and drink 900,000 people. The land in Central Asia is originally barren, and the people
The people don't have much food in hand. If they have to feed 900,000 people at once, just the logistical pressure will bring them down!
"We have air supremacy, our training is far better than our opponents, our combat experience is far richer than our opponents, our equipment is superior to our opponents, and our material supplies are more abundant than our opponents. Under such circumstances, in a strategic decisive battle, if we still fail, what will happen?
What a real hell!”
After An Yi finished speaking, there was a buzz in the conference room. The generals sitting in the front row and the staff officers in the back row were whispering to each other. After a long time, I don't know who took the lead in clapping. Later, the applause became louder and louder. It was obviously for An Yi.
Inspired by Yi's speech.
"Tsk tsk!"
Gu Changfeng said with some envy: "A strategic decisive battle with a total of more than 1.6 million troops from both sides has never happened before in the history of our army. It's a pity that Xia Jian and I can only hold back.
To the south…”
Before Gu Changfeng could finish speaking, An Yi interrupted him and glared at him: "How can you say that you are holding back? Can the construction of Nanhua be separated from the escort of the army? Now around Nanhua, apart from Siam Shang
Apart from maintaining stability, which other region is not raging with war? And even Siam is not honest. This country has territorial disputes with us. In the middle of the last century, Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champasak in Choi Van Province were once vassals of Siam.
Later, the French occupied the land on the east bank of the Mekong River through the Treaty of 1886, and in the Battle of the Bayou in 1893 and subsequent wars with Siam, they obtained today's Caiyun Province from Siam.
The Siamese government has always intended to regain the above territories, but unfortunately it did not dare to provoke the French. At the beginning of this year, we moved too fast. By the time the Siamese people realized it, our troops had already stationed in the border areas, and the Siamese people could not touch them.
We know our details and dare not act rashly. According to the information obtained by our intelligence department, the French government is lobbying the Siamese government to cede Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champasak areas as bait in exchange for Siam sending troops. The ruling Siamese fascist youth
Party leader and Defense Minister Phibun Somkheng is very wary of us and is hesitant now.
"However, although the Siamese did not take action, they have increased their armaments. From the beginning of this year to the present, the Siamese government has ordered two heavy coastal defense ships, two light coastal defense ships, four submarines and three security ships from Japan.
speedboats, and also ordered two 4,300-ton light cruisers, two minesweepers and eight torpedo boats from Italy, plus four 8,000-ton cruisers converted from merchant ships purchased from the United Kingdom from 35 to the end of last year.
As well as twelve destroyers, coastal defense ships and frigates scrapped by the British Navy, their navy is known as the second navy in Asia.
"Our warships from the French Navy are training in the waters of Cam Ranh Bay and Ha Long Bay. Now, countries around the world don't know that we have retained this powerful naval force. However, with the Poyang Lake fleet stationed in Haiphong Port in the past two days, it is estimated that the Japanese
Will reveal the news to the Siamese. I wonder if the Siamese who feel threatened will choose to strike preemptively. Hutou, you have a very heavy task. If the Siamese come over, you will be responsible for the plains of Tiannan Province.
The region is the first to bear the brunt. Don't let the Siamese army rush to Saigon in one go, otherwise you will lose face!"
When Gu Changfeng heard this, his face suddenly became extremely serious and he nodded solemnly.
The Siamese people are really making a big move. In order to expand their armaments, the Siamese government spent 80% of its fiscal revenue on expanding its armaments. With the help of military instructors sent by Japan, it established an army of 500,000 troops.
And equipped with aircraft, artillery and armored vehicles, the total strength has exceeded the total strength of the Anjia Army in South China.
The Siamese government was afraid that the Nam Hwa government might provoke the Chinese in the territory to cause trouble. Based on a series of policies originally formulated specifically for the Chinese, it increased its control over the Chinese and prevented the Chinese from entering the country. By the beginning of this year, some members of the Siamese government
Some extremists advocate the most extreme measures of physical extermination and genocide to solve the "Chinese problem". Siam's famous historian and right-wing thinker Luang Wichit Wattakan gave a speech at Chulalongkorn University in March
, talked about the fate of the Jews in Germany, and said that Siam could also adopt similar methods to solve the problem of Chinese people in Siam. The military ruling group was full of appreciation for this proposal. If it were not for the concern that the current neighboring country has become
In the Chinese country, it is estimated that concentration camps, labor reform farms, etc. for incarcerating Chinese have already been built.
The Nanhua government has long been aware of everything in Siam. If the army were not trapped in Central Asia, An Yi might have started military operations against Siam.
Deputy Chief Shen Fengdao walked into the conference room, strode to An Yi's side, and whispered in his ear.
An Yi was a little surprised after hearing this, coughed lightly, and then said softly after everyone's attention was focused on him:
"That's it for today's meeting. The General Staff has made two plans. One is about the strategic decisive battle in Central Asia. The other is the Siamese army's active cross-border attack. How can our army eliminate it in Tonle Sap Lake in the shortest possible time?
In the Battambang and Siem Reap plain areas to the west, when making plans, we should communicate more with the frontline soldiers and not work behind closed doors. This time I called Hutou and Xia Jian to the meeting because I wanted them to participate in the formulation together and make sure that we
The plan should be more complete so that you won’t be at a loss when the situation arises. Okay, let’s adjourn the meeting!”
An Yi stood up and walked out of the conference room first, asking as he walked: "Do you know what the French are here for?"
Shen Fengdao, who was walking side by side, shook his head: "I don't know, but they probably want us to release the prisoners. In the past few months, the French have insisted on not having contact with us, and they have been under increasing pressure at home. If it weren't for the Germans'
Threat, France needs a stable government, I am afraid Daladier will step down long ago."
An Yi nodded: "It should be this... Anyway, the people are here. We will know everything later. I have to think about what conditions to offer..."