Fifty kilometers west of Kirov City, on the defensive position of the 11th Group Army of the Far Eastern Army to intercept Soviet reinforcements from the west, Lieutenant General Mikhail stood on the top of a trench and carefully searched the area ahead through the telescope in his hand.
In the vast plains, as the commander of the Army Group responsible for the Kirov Western Front, Mikhail felt quite heavy at this time.
Yegorov's headquarters sent news that a large number of Soviet troops were rushing towards the defense line commanded by him from the repeatedly attacked city of Kotelnich. According to the feedback from high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the Soviet troops dispatched were astonishing.
It stretches for more than 20 kilometers, and the attacking team has a large number of tanks, artillery and cavalry. There is no doubt that this is a powerful army armed to the teeth, and its combat effectiveness is obvious.
Look at the soldiers on their defense line again. Ever since the West Siberian army mutinied, and military and political commanders such as Blyukher and Bukharin died in the riot, and then the Japanese army occupied East Siberia without any blood, the morale of the troops has dropped rapidly. At this time, Su
Military bombers flew over and dropped a large number of propaganda leaflets, accusing the Far East Army's rebellion of causing Japan and China to enter the territory of the Soviet Union, leaving the soldiers even more confused and not knowing why they were fighting.
Although the Far East Army promptly confiscated the leaflets and dispatched political cadres to conduct rigorous and meticulous political and ideological work, and by presenting facts and reasoning to prove that the Japanese army's attacks on the Far East and Siberia were actually caused by collusion with Moscow, this still cannot be dispelled.
Doubts in the minds of officers and soldiers.
Due to the influence of the rebellion, the westbound trains were sabotaged by rebels and Soviet guerrillas. Serious problems occurred in the logistics supply of the troops. Food and ammunition were in limited supply, which deepened the worries of the officers and soldiers. Especially in late July,
After the National Congress of Soviets in Moscow made the resolution to "pardon the people and soldiers who participated in the rebellion, and only the military commanders and ringleaders to be held accountable," with the launch of a new round of leaflet offensive, the morale of the Far East Army accelerated its decline.
, many grassroots soldiers were ready to surrender.
The Soviet army was recharging its strength and coming with a fierce force, which was in sharp contrast to the low morale of his own troops. Mikhail was very confused. The only good news at the moment is that the Far Eastern Army has occupied most of the entire Kirov city.
In some urban areas, the Soviet army only controlled eleven blocks near the Chipcha River. But Mikhail knew very well that because the water transportation of the Chipcha River was not completely blocked, in fact, the Soviet troops in these eleven blocks were
Still receiving constant replenishment from the east bank of the Chipcha River, victory is far away.
"Bang——"
Just when Mikhail was deep in thought, a brilliant cloud of colorful smoke exploded over the front of the defense line. This was a signal that the enemy was in danger. There was no doubt that the main force of the Soviet army was coming.
Quickly raising the telescope in his hand, Mikhail looked towards the junction of the sky and the earth in the vast plain. Everything he saw in the telescope made him take a breath of cold air. He saw only what was within the viewing distance of the telescope.
In that place, a dense black dot was approaching at great speed in the sky - it was a fleet of Soviet aircraft. Judging from the number, it was at least no less than four to five hundred.
Damn it! When did the Soviet Air Force have so many aircraft? You must know that hundreds of fighter planes are entangled with the Far East Army Air Force along the Chipcha River, and the new fighters that appear this time are undoubtedly another wave of Soviet troops.
New forces entering the battlefield!
"This is a concrete manifestation of the industrial gap between the two sides!" Mikhail thought sadly.
"Comrade Mikhail, what should we do now?" Lieutenant General Susanino, the military and political commissar following Mikhail, looked a little panicked, his face was pale, and his speech was slightly trembling.
"Order the anti-aircraft artillery unit to be on full alert and tell the comrades that the time for the decisive battle has come. Don't be stingy and fire all the anti-aircraft shells. Order the comrades of the anti-aircraft machine gun regiment that the time has come to test them. They must withstand the Soviet army.
Dive bomber bombing, knock them down!"
"Okay, Comrade Mikhail, I'll go now!"
Seeing that Mikhail looked calm, Susanino finally felt relieved and left quickly.
"Boom——"
As the roar of anti-aircraft guns rang out, the first wave of battles in which the Soviet army switched from defense to attack began. Compared with the Soviet army's sky-blocking air attacks, the air defense power of the 11th Group Army of the Far East Army seemed somewhat inadequate.
The first batch to come up was the Soviet SB-rk dive bomber. This bomber was developed based on the B2 dive bomber purchased by the Far East Army from Nanhua. It was equipped with three 7.62mm SHKAS machine guns and had an ammunition load of 1,600 kilograms.
The bomb bay carries 600 kilograms and the external load is 1,000 kilograms. The new aircraft has just been unveiled and has been used by the Far East Army.
Amidst the deafening roar, dark green SB-rk bombers dived down from the sky. The high-range anti-aircraft artillery of the 11th Far East Army Group Army poses little threat to this high-speed moving SB-rk dive bomber.
, on the contrary, the machine gun position achieved impressive results.
During the dive, the three 7.62mm SHKAS machine guns in front of the Soviet bomber's fuselage sang all the way, sowing the seeds of death on the Far East Army's air defense positions without scruples.
The anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground were not to be outdone, and the "click-click" sound of shooting continued, tearing apart the SB-rk dive bombers and pulling them into the embrace of the earth. From time to time, SB-rk dive bombers whimpered and dragged long black smoke.
He fell headlong to the ground.
In the contest with the high-speed SB-rk dive bomber, although the anti-aircraft machine gun position was powerful, due to its fixed position, it became the priority of Soviet fighters.
There was an explosion on the position. Amidst the rising flames and the roar of explosions, the anti-aircraft machine gun was blown into the sky along with the owner who controlled it. The broken parts were mixed with even more broken limbs and broken arms, and somersaults were made.
fly.
After paying the price of more than forty SB-rk dive bombers being destroyed by ground fire, the 58 carefully arranged anti-aircraft machine gun positions of the Far East Army also collapsed and disintegrated. Later, they had no deterrent ability against SB-rk dive bombers.
The anti-aircraft artillery position became the target of attack, and the Far Eastern Army's air defense force was rapidly collapsing.
In just half an hour of bombing and strafing, the entire Far East Army's air defense position was in a mess, with broken gun barrels, overturned gun mounts, scattered corpses, and thick smoke billowing from the position, which meant that the Far East Army had completely lost its air defense capabilities.
Following the destruction of the anti-aircraft machine gun and anti-aircraft artillery positions, what followed was the overwhelming cross-attack of Soviet SB2 horizontal bombers and long-range intensive artillery fire. Bombs poured like torrential rain onto the Far East Army positions, firing in all directions.
Bomb fragments and raging fires mercilessly devoured the lives of Far East officers and soldiers.
This almost perfect combat layout fully demonstrated the talent of the Soviet commander Zhukov in commanding operations. He first used Kirov City to entangle the main force of the Far Eastern Army, and then quietly accumulated troops on the Western Front until the Far Eastern soldiers were exhausted.
At that moment, he suddenly launched a fatal blow.
Zhukov was also very particular about specific operations. When his troops attacked enemy positions, he first asked the air force to launch a high-speed air strike to immediately destroy the opponent's air defense and long-range artillery strike capabilities. Then, he used intensive artillery fire to destroy the opponent.
forward positions, and finally use tanks and infantry to coordinate operations to break through the depth of the opponent's defenses and finally encircle and annihilate them. This is Zhukov's original "Mopan style" large corps advancement tactic, which is bloody but highly practical and has an advantage in terms of troop strength.
When you have an absolute advantage, once launched, it will be nothing less than a nightmare for your opponent.
The entire battle started at 9 a.m. on the 8th and ended at 5 p.m. the next day. Facing the coordinated attack by the Soviet armored forces and the air force that had absolute air superiority, the Far East Army put up a heroic resistance, but still could not avoid being defeated.
The fate of total annihilation.
After noticing the Soviet army's strategic intentions, Yegorov immediately issued an order:
The various troops entering Kirov City were covered and evacuated in turn, with the city of Zuyevka in the east of Kirov City as the assembly point. The final goal was to retreat to Yar and use the Udmurt Hills across the western Eastern European Plain.
, to confront the Soviet army. At the same time, Yegorov mobilized two group armies and a tank corps as reserves, and set up three blocking positions in the southwest and south of Kirov to prevent the retreating troops from being destroyed by the Soviet Union.
The military rank followed the pursuit.
For the current Far Eastern Army, it has been struggling to attack Kirov City, and the troops have lost their vigor. The best strategy is to preserve their strength and wait for the Japanese. In terms of strategic purposes, since the launch of the Western Front War, the Far Eastern Army has gained
All the oil fields and industrial bases in the Ural region have been destroyed. As long as they are properly managed, there may not be no chance of recovery.
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Contrary to the defeat suffered by the ally's Far Eastern Army in the Kirov area, on the morning of the 9th, after a day and night of fierce fighting, Li Jinlong clustered in Ulyanwono, defeated the defense of the Soviet Second Army, and joined forces with Ye and Xiao's regiments in Wuhan.
Ersaziye. This small town that served as a supply center for the Soviet army had been reduced to ruins by the missile attack a few days ago and the subsequent ammunition and oil explosions. The Soviet army abandoned this city that was almost razed to the ground.
, shrinking to Begovat, preparing to resist stubbornly.
From the prisoners' confessions, Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong have learned that the main force of the Soviet army marched eastward from the Turkestan Mountains and merged with its Tianshan Corps. There are now only three incomplete armies in Begovat, with a total strength of no more than 100,000.
People, for the Anjia Army, which now has a combined force of 300,000, possesses air superiority and has absolute equipment superiority, the Soviet army in the encirclement is no longer a threat.
Under this circumstance, in order to reduce troop casualties and save ammunition consumption, Ye Cheng, Li Jinlong and Xiao Wu drafted the "Urge the Soviet Army to Surrender", requiring the Soviet army to lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally. Anjiajun would guarantee that the officers and soldiers
ensure the safety of life and property and properly treat the sick and wounded.
In order to fulfill its promise of delaying for two to three days, the Soviet army asked for forty-eight hours to consider, but asked Anjiajun to first receive the sick and wounded for treatment.
After discussions between Ye Cheng, Li Jinlong and Xiao Wulue, they agreed to each other's request. On the 11th, the Soviet army in the Begovat area, which was once again out of food, sensed the sincerity shown by the Anjia army and announced an unconditional surrender. They originally thought that there would be a fierce battle.
The Southern Front Campaign ended abruptly in this atmosphere.