mixed in the war

Under the eyes of everyone's anticipation, Timoshenko finally started.Originally, if there wasn’t someone surnamed Qin messing around there, the Soviet Union wouldn’t have used him at all. As early as last year, Zhukov would have defeated the Kwantung Army in the Battle of Nuomenkan, and then he would never dare to spy on the Soviet Union again. , His goal of going north will stop here, and he will be determined to go south.It's a pity that the Soviet Union was unlucky. Someone deliberately made trouble, which not only caused the defeat of the Soviet Union, but also accidentally brought disaster to the future No. 1 general of the Soviet Union.So, in desperation, Timoshenko stepped in.

Speaking of which, Timoshenko was quite depressed at first.He was almost captured alive by the Japanese paratroopers.Although it has a strong armored force, it is a pity that the air force is not strong, so it can only be beaten and cannot fight back.This made Timoshenko, who was used to bullying his enemies with great strength, extremely uncomfortable. The most important thing was that the Japanese were of the yellow race, and he felt challenged by his superiority of the white race.

But anyway, Timoshenko is an excellent commander, he knows how to endure and choose the right time.For the Soviets, winter is the best time for them to attack.In this way, after waiting for a long time, he finally launched an attack... He only had 20 people, but the enemy in front of him exceeded 40.But he is not worried, because what he leads is a large corps with independent combat functions.In addition to the more than 1 members of the 10st Army left behind by Zhukov, he also has a motorized division, a mechanized brigade, three armored brigades, three tank brigades, an airborne brigade, and a machine gun brigade. , one artillery regiment, two battalions of anti-tank artillery units, three battalions of air defense units, etc., with a total of more than 23000 mechanized troops, and his logistics is actually extremely sufficient.When the Japanese army did not use the airborne troops to make trouble behind his back, Moscow used the railway to transport him 10000 tons of shells, 13000 tons of bombs, 8000 tons of fuel, 3000 tons of supplies, and 600 trucks. , He now has more than 400 tanks, more than 700 armored vehicles, nearly 800 cannons, and more than [-] aircraft... In Asia, this is even a force that can wipe out several countries.

Rolling iron flow, along the Trans-Siberian Railway.Heading towards Ulan-Ude across the lake from Irkutsk (Lake Baikal).In just one day, the Soviet army easily broke through the five lines of defense set up by the Japanese army on the front line, and the progress was extremely smooth.Almost everyone thought that the Soviet army would win soon.But then, Timoshenko ran into trouble... Land mines, or snow thunders!In the vast snow.The Japanese do not know how many landmines they planted.

Since the No.1 soldier stepped on a landmine and was sent to heaven, Soviet soldiers were killed by landmines one after another.And the Siberian Railway is lined with mountains.It's not passable at all.so.The Soviet army could only move forward along the inherent road, which provided great convenience for the Japanese army to lay mines, and at the same time greatly slowed down Timoshenko's marching speed.

Timoshenko was very annoyed by such means, but he could not use armored vehicles or tanks to clear the way.Because although these landmines are mainly ordinary landmines that kill soldiers, occasionally a few more powerful ones will pop out.Although this kind of mine cannot blow up his armored vehicles or tanks, it can easily blow up the tracks... such a "long" way.How many tanks or armored vehicles does he need to wade through a safe passage?Of course, it's not that he hasn't thought about using other methods, such as horse-drawn fence climbing, but he is a mechanized force.Where are these things?Collect from the people?The Japanese were very vicious. They burned all the villages along the way, took away all the food, and not even a hair of livestock was left behind.Therefore, he could only move forward slowly while reconnaissance, and walked in this not long minefield for a week.

But the trouble didn't stop there.

After walking through the minefield, Timoshenko was once again blocked by the Japanese army.This time the blocking was different, what he was facing was a huge group of bunkers and mountain fortresses that were extremely scattered.However, Timoshenko expressed no pressure on this. Under the bombardment of his cannons, these enemies disappeared in just a few days.

But after that, Brother Timoshen couldn't help scolding his mother.

The Japanese actually dug a hole!

And it is the most real pit!The road ahead of him was full of potholes, large and small.Small ones, if a soldier accidentally steps in, the wooden cones inside will pierce the entire sole of the foot; the large ones, tanks can sink in; there are also medium ones, which are specially designed to pit cars and cannons... And the most important thing is that these potholes are completely covered by the heavy snow in Siberia, unless they are directly pressed up, they will not be noticed at all.And the most hateful thing is that he doesn't even know how many holes the Japanese have dug on his way forward.Anyway, with the number of troops the Kwantung Army deployed in front of him, in such a long period of time, it is possible to dig out a big hole that can bury his entire army n times!

This is more trouble than mines.

Because landmines still need manufacturing costs, digging holes... This really doesn't require a lot of things, just a few shovels are enough.

But Timoshenko had no other choice but to ask the soldiers to "prick the snow" in front of them with long wooden poles, hoping to get most of the potholes out.However, as several soldiers were injured by landmines while "piercing the snow", the marching speed of the troops had to be slowed down again.

And it was in this tortoise-like march that Timoshenko led his mechanized troops into 1941. At this time, he was less than a hundred miles away from Ulan-Ude, and he did not encounter the Japanese army on the way. check.However, at this time, he also got information obtained by the air force reconnaissance plane with his life: the Japanese are demolishing Ulan-Ude!It was completely demolished, leaving no houses, luggage, or even a piece of wood that could be used for heating.

At the same time, Irkutsk behind him was also attacked by the Japanese army.

The enemy came from behind, from Krasnoyarsk, from Novosibirsk, from the labor camps built one after another during the "Great Cleansing"... His enemy was tens of thousands of labor reform prisoners armed by the Japanese.And the number of these people is still increasing, and their number may exceed 20 or 30 at any time... The most important thing is that there are a large number of officers among these reform-through-labor prisoners, so the troops they form are not only strictly disciplined .Most of the soldiers also have military experience, and some even fought in the "October Revolution" period. They have rich combat experience and their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.Of course, this is only secondary. The most important thing is that under Stalin's high pressure, the moment these reform-through-labor prisoners were rescued from the labor camp by the Japanese, there was no turning back, so.They will inevitably fight to the death with the help of the Japanese.And all the Japanese need to do is to promise these people autonomy, that is: to establish their own republic in Siberia!

In this way, as if in an instant, Timoshenko's enemies numbered nearly a million.and.Nearly half of these enemies are as unafraid of the Siberian winter as they are.

It is very likely that the troops left behind in Irkutsk will not be able to stop this vengeful army, especially this Soviet "rebel army" can still get help from the Japanese aviation when the weather is fine.It also has considerable advantages.And Irkutsk is extremely important to Timoshenko.Not only because it is his starting point, it can be regarded as the rear, but also because there is his fuel, airport, ammunition depot, food... But now he is only a few dozen miles away from Ulan-Ude, If they don't rush forward to take that place, the Japanese won't even have a place to keep warm.Although the Soviets were not afraid of the cold, they still wanted a place to live and keep warm.But.Before they reached Ulan-Ude, there were still several Japanese defense lines in the middle. Originally, they had easily broken through the multiple official Japanese defense lines and did not pay much attention to these enemies, but they really tried to attack twice , they discovered that this time the line of defense was different from before. In front of them, there were at least [-] Japanese troops. That is to say, even if they launched a full-scale attack, they would not be able to attack Ulan-Ude in a short time. The Japanese also had enough time to demolish Ulan-Ude completely.

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"The Soviet Union has asked us to be ready to deal with Timoshenko."

Cullen.

**'s whole body was huddled under the thick woolen coat, and he was lighting a half-burned cigarette as usual...but his tone was a bit heavy.no way.Now everyone can see that Timoshenko's defeat is doomed... If he keeps going, even if he can break through the Japanese defense line, Ulan-Ude will not leave him with anything.And if Timoshenko insists on beating Ulan-Ude and keeps attacking Chita, then Irkutsk will be lost.In this way, without the supplement of fuel, ammunition and other supplies in the rear, the so-called mechanized troops will become complete infantry.With 20 infantry to attack nearly a million enemies, even if the Soviet Red Army can fight again, it will definitely fail.What's more, they don't have luggage yet.And what if Timoshenko went back to rescue Irkutsk?That would be even more deadly.Because the Japanese will definitely follow behind him, advancing step by step.At that time, together with the Soviet "rebels" who came out of the labor camps to blockade Irkutsk, starvation alone will starve all 20 people in Timoshenko to death.

"Big strides back, fortifying the wall and clearing the field... The Japanese's move is not difficult to guess. I really don't know why so many people were optimistic about Brother Timoshen back then? Isn't this a very common move?" Wang Jiaxiang found it difficult to understand.Timoshen was defeated just like that, even before he had fought against the Japanese much... This is surprising, but also seems to be taken for granted.

"The failure of the Soviet Union this time was due to the countless labor camps, the high-pressure policy they implemented, and the 'Great Cleansing' that was almost indiscriminate before them! Otherwise, with a stable and stable rear, How could Brother Timoshen have fallen into this situation?" Zhang Wentian said angrily.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. The biggest problem now is how we deal with Timoshenko." Zhu De has not been back since he was sent to Kulun by the Kuomintang Air Force last time, but Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan and others who were with him But he had already left, but this time he didn't take a plane, General Peng, who "saw the knife immediately", rode away on horseback this time.

"It's not me being a philistine. I think we shouldn't pay attention to Timoshenko if we don't pay enough. After all, we're under a lot of pressure once they withdraw." Peng Zhen said later.

"The 6th and 8th Divisions of the Outer Mongolian Cavalry, originally led by Qiao Bashan, will be under our command. This is the condition of the Soviet Union." Yang Shangkun said.

"No, we are not beggars. If you want to agree, at least hand over all their equipment to our army!" Zhu De patted the table. (to be continued..)