Late at night on August 4th, the missile launch site located on the hills northeast of Leninabad was busy. Under the illumination of searchlights, the entire missile launch site was as bright as day. The F-2 missiles erected on the launch pad looked like
A sharp sword pointed directly at the sky.
After a day and night of intensive construction by the missile force, ten missiles were installed on the rocket launcher. In Central Asia in early August, the night temperature was suitable. The officers and soldiers of the missile brigade were fully focused and worked meticulously, doing pre-launch preparations.
Final preparations.
Time passed by, and in the early hours of the morning, Lieutenant General Zhou Dingcheng, commander of the Ninth Group Army, issued the ignition order.
With an earth-shattering roar, a plume of thick smoke rose around the launcher, and the tail of the missile spit out a huge orange-red flame. The missile immediately rose from the ground, like a meteor flying in the opposite direction, straight upward.
Flying straight into the curtain-like night sky.
It happened to be the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, the new moon was brilliant, the weather above the launch site was clear, and the visibility was excellent. After a few seconds, the vertically ascending missile began to turn according to the program and flew into the distant sky.
In the ground command center, electronic signals of missiles relayed by high-altitude airship radars were constantly coming from the radio. On the electronic display screen, the missiles drew a perfect arc and continued to fly towards the target.
...
After receiving the exact report of the northern front's forced crossing of the Syr Darya River and the failure of the armored forces on the western front, and looking at the series of shocking loss figures, Kulik was stunned. It took a long time before he shook his head vigorously as if he had escaped from a nightmare.
By this time, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.
Kulik strode to the battle map, looking more and more frightened. Finally, he turned his head and yelled at the uneasy staff in the war room:
"Immediately convey my order: the Second Army and the First Cavalry Army stop advancing westward, build fortifications on the spot, set up more air defense positions around the artillery units, and dig more anti-tank trenches. The Fifth Army and the Second Cavalry Army quickly
Dig trenches along the south bank of the Syr Darya River, lay out minefields, organize death squads, and blow up the iron bridge if necessary! The First and Sixth Group Armies intensify their attacks on the Sulyukta Pass and must fight a bloody road at all costs
!”
The staff faithfully recorded Kulik's order and immediately shook the phone to send out the latest order.
Kulik felt that his whole body was wet and very uncomfortable. He immediately loosened his collar button and strode to the window to get some air. Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a shining and moving light spot in the distant sky.
.
meteor?
Won't fly sideways!
Cannonball?
It is impossible to reach such a high altitude!
What on earth is that?
The light point flew from east to west, slowly falling, and its trailing tail was clearly visible in the clear night sky!
Is this a mysterious weapon developed by the enemy?
Why can it fly thousands of meters in the air?
Countless questions emerged in Kulik's mind.
No! That direction is...
Kulik's mind suddenly became tense!
The direction the light point was flying towards was Ursachiyev! The food, ammunition and oil supply base located there is the lifeline to support the troops in continuing to fight!
The light spots slowly fell, and Kulik's heart sank!
...
In Ursachiyev, due to the implementation of blackout, the entire small town covering an area of more than ten square kilometers was in darkness.
The material supply base is built around the freight storage center of the train station. As a railway transportation hub, Ursachiyev has a large oil depot and cargo station. In order to facilitate management and transportation, there are special zones around the train station. But I don’t know
Is it the designer's negligence that the oil depot was built between the ammunition depot and the grain warehouse? There is no more deadly threat to food than gasoline, diesel and other fuels.
Presumably aware of the flaws in the design, Kulik deployed three divisions around this supply base that occupied a large number of warehouses and residences. He dug as many as three trenches, with a circumference of fifty kilometers, and countless trenches.
The bunker is impregnable in terms of defense.
In order to prevent attacks by the superior air force of the Anjia Army, three air defense regiments were arranged here, with a total of more than 100 anti-aircraft guns and more than 300 anti-aircraft machine guns, which were deployed inside and outside the city. It can be said that Ursachiyev is like a long-lasting
A hedgehog full of thorns, whoever attacks will be injured.
However, today's hedgehog shell will be broken by sharp weapons that have never been seen in human history.
Since it was late at night, the entire city of Ursachiyev had fallen into sleep, and only the sentries in charge of guarding in the surrounding trenches were passing the time without saying a word.
"It's really unbearable. I only had one meal today, a piece of bread of less than 100 grams, plus broth made by starving war horses and picked wild vegetables. Now I feel like my belly is almost touching my back.
!”
A tall and thin soldier leaned weakly against the trench wall, staring blankly at the sky in the distance.
"I'm okay. I helped catch mice in the granary last night. Tsk tsk. I caught two fat rats. This morning, I peeled them and put them on wooden sticks and grilled them over charcoal fire. I also coated them with salt and some spices from the cooking class. Supreme
It's so delicious! If I had known that mouse meat was so delicious, I should have taken advantage of it earlier. By the way, I heard that there are many moles on this grassland that eat insects and grass roots. We will look for them tomorrow, but they may not be there.
Harvest!”
Another short soldier licked his lips and said with fascination.
The tall and thin soldier smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is no hope! There is a shortage of food during this period, and the nearby grasslands have been plowed over. Rats, earthworms, and locusts are all vying to eat them. Some grass roots containing starch have also become
Goods that are in short supply are out of our turn.”
"ah!?"
The short soldier was a little surprised, then he touched his belly and said: "There is white mud nearby, and it feels like brewing millet when eaten in the mouth. Recently, some people have eaten it secretly... They will not eat it bad."
Belly?"
"Don't eat it!"
The tall and thin soldier's face changed and he quickly stopped him: "Although that kind of soil can satisfy hunger, it cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body. After eating it, the abdomen will be bloated and it will be difficult to defecate. A small amount will not be fatal, but a little more will accumulate in the intestines and stomach.
Causing death.8 years ago
During the great famine in Ukraine, my parents saved food rations for me and my younger siblings, and they ate that white mud. As a result, they died within a month. Later, my younger siblings also starved to death, and I wandered to the Caspian Sea.
Eat raw kelp, fish and shrimp to survive.”
The little soldier was silent for a while, and then said after a long time: "My family is in Perm in the Ural region, and there was a great famine after agricultural collectivization. Fortunately, there is a big river near Perm, and there are wild animals in the mountains. From time to time, we can supply some food for the family.
.But even so, one brother and one sister died of starvation. Sigh, I really don’t want to experience this kind of hungry life again.”
"Eh!?"
The tall and thin soldier suddenly exclaimed, pointed to the sky and asked, "Look, what is that? A shooting star?"
The short soldier raised his head and his eyes widened: "It's getting brighter and brighter, and it's still dragging its tail. Could it be a cannonball?"
"It seems to be a rocket! But how can a rocket fly so high and so far?" the tall and thin soldier said with some uncertainty.
As expected, the light spot became brighter and brighter, and with a terrifying scream, it rushed straight towards the distant city of Ursachiyev.
"boom--"
Almost in the blink of an eye, an earth-shattering explosion sounded, and the intense flames shot up to a height of thirty or forty meters. The two soldiers looked at each other, with fear in their eyes - the missile's impact point was clearly near the train station.
Ammunition depot.
What is the concept of a 1.5-ton high-explosive warhead directly hitting a magazine full of artillery shells? To give a simple analogy, it is equivalent to throwing a torch into a gasoline barrel and sparks falling from the gunpowder pile, almost instantly.
.With the explosion of the missile, it immediately triggered the explosion of the bombs stacked in the warehouse. Suddenly, the entire ammunition depot seemed like countless aerial bombs were dropped, and huge mushroom clouds violently billowed into the sky.
Amidst the violent explosions of artillery shells, the sound of machine gun and rifle bullets also sounded like fried beans. Bullet heads rushed out of the shells under the scorching heat and fired in all directions. Many people were lucky enough to survive the explosion.
The Soviet officers and soldiers were quickly beaten into bloody sieves by flying bullets.
The sound of explosions continued, and at some point, shrapnel emitting high temperature and high heat splashed into the oil warehouse nearby. During the frequent collisions in a short period of time, the oil barrels placed in the open air for transportation and refueling were densely packed.
The incoming shrapnel collided with violent sparks. Several oil barrels were overwhelmed and were finally penetrated by the shrapnel. The gasoline quickly flowed out. The sparks flew everywhere and the gasoline was ignited. The fire suddenly engulfed the barrels placed outside.
Surrounded by thousands of oil barrels.
The temperature soared rapidly, and some oil barrels began to explode violently. In the fire that shot up into the sky, those intact gasoline barrels were lifted into the air by strong air waves twenty or thirty meters high. In the continuously increasing high temperature, the oil barrels inside
The air pressure expanded rapidly, and an explosion occurred immediately. The flying gasoline covered the sky, and almost the entire city of Ursachiyev was within the spray range of gasoline.
Later, the isolation layer of the oil depot coated with fireproof and waterproof materials was penetrated by the explosive shrapnel. The exposed gasoline, diesel, kerosene, etc. were affected and burned fiercely. Finally, the flames connected together and a huge mushroom cloud rose.
, filled with oil
The oil depot exploded completely, and the splashing gasoline fell into the grain warehouse. Bags containing dry flour, buckwheat, oats and other grains burned fiercely under the infiltration of gasoline, and soon spread to the entire warehouse. Bags of grain quickly turned into burning
of fly ash.
Just as the Soviet troops were preparing to put out the fire, the second missile fell again.
The target of this attack was directly set at the grain warehouse.
You must know that within 350 kilometers, the error of the F-2 missile is only one hundred meters. For a grain storage center covering an area of several thousand meters, this error is almost negligible.
As the missile fell, earth-shattering explosions were heard. This sudden attack was nothing more than adding fuel to the fire to the burning grain warehouse. Many Soviet officers and soldiers fighting the fire were hit by flying shrapnel.
I didn’t even have time to hum it.
With one sound, they died and returned to the west. The rest of the people threw away the water basins and other fire-fighting equipment, and retreated in panic. When they reached a place they thought was safe, they looked at the sky in the distance with fear, feeling a sense of panic at the mysterious bomb used by the Chinese army.
The inner feeling of powerlessness.
That night, the Anjiajun missile force launched five missiles one after another, all of which rained down on the city of Ursaqiyev, carrying out a ruthless attack on the Soviet army's logistical supplies such as food, ammunition and supplies.
The next morning, when Kulik received the specific loss data sent back by Ursachiyev's defenders, he surprisingly did not get angry.
Throughout the night, through constant reports from the communications troops, Kulik knew everything about what happened to Ursachiyev, and he naturally understood that the more than 400,000 troops he now commanded had lost their minimum supplies and were in dire straits.
Coupled with the rations and ammunition that have been distributed to various ministries, this battle can last for two days at most, and there is no way to continue it! At this time, the east, west, and north fronts are all facing interception by the Chinese army. If you want to rely on the unreliable
Breaking out with more ammunition is easier said than done.
After dismissing General Mehris, the political commissar of the front army who was waiting for instructions, and the busy staff of the headquarters, Kulik walked to the large combat map alone and looked at the map silently.
More than ten minutes later, the people outside the door heard a gunshot from the house. In shock, the political commissar of the front army, Mehris, rushed into the house with his people. By this time, Kulik had fallen weakly to the ground -
- He shot his own gun into the temple and ended his life in this tragic way.