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The speed of the next march was much slower, because they had already stepped on a landmine, so they had to be more cautious in the next time.

Without professional mine detection equipment, soldiers can only use the oldest methods to solve the immediate difficulties.

The bayonet slowly penetrated to a certain depth in the ground in front of him, stabbing at a certain distance so as not to miss those mines.

In the next half an hour, they found more than 20 landmines.

Judging from the mines that have been discovered, the Soviet army has indeed put a lot of effort into this minefield.

The troops walk in a straight line, and more than 20 mines can be found just in two rows. If a large army enters and the troops advance in a line, God knows how many mines will be encountered.

There are many ways to quickly clear mines, but the most effective and feasible method so far is to use detonation to clear mines, and use carpet bombing to eliminate the danger of landmines.

But in this case, the action would be a bit too big, and the price would be too high.

Moreover, their task is to sneak in early and find out the enemy's movements. When the time comes, the large forces will definitely attack directly from the main road. Mountains and forests are more dangerous and not conducive to tanks. They will not go.

Besides, the mines of the Soviets can't blow up the tanks, so they don't have to worry about the next situation.

Three hours later, the troops were finally about to leave the forest. If they were calculated according to the normal speed, they should have left as early as two hours ago.

But because of mine clearance, the marching time was only delayed by two hours, despite this.The journey along the way was also very dangerous, and many mine-detecting brothers almost lost their lives.

When about to walk out of the forest.The troops had to stop again, and they faced the result.But it's a bit unacceptable.

"The Soviet army will deploy the line of defense here?"

The Second Lieutenant Sun Quanbing lay down in a bush, observed the scene ahead through the binoculars, and felt a little heavy in his heart.

Immediately, the body began to retreat slightly. After retreating to a safe enough place, he took out the map and carefully observed the terrain on the map.

Outside the forest is the farmland area, about ten kilometers away, and there are dozens of small villages of different sizes in the middle of the farmland area.

At this time, the Soviet army's defense line has basically begun to dock with the forest, and looking back, they have built fortifications for a few kilometers.

If normal.It is not difficult to find these fortifications, but now, the Soviet army has destroyed all the crops and dug trenches on the ground, even if they don't want to find it, it is very difficult.

And the reason why they came here was also because the air force found signs of a large number of Soviet troops mobilizing here a few days ago, so the army decided to send a small group of troops to investigate the news.

"According to the layout of the trenches, four to five thousand men are more than enough to defend here, and the layout of the trenches is also very strange. It turned out to be a big circular fortification. No matter where you attack from, you must pass through their defense lines. "

A corporal took Sun Quanbing's binoculars and looked ahead for a while.Immediately opened the mouth.

"Brothers from the air force are invited to reconnaissance to see if the Soviet army has set up a circular position."

After a long time, Sun Quanbing looked at the map in his hand.He looked at the Soviet army position in front of him again, and said.

Now he has no other choice.The Soviet army put on a defensive posture in front of them, and built a circular position.This is very unfavorable for the offensive side.

Especially for a position with a huge range, unless it is encircled on all sides, anything can happen. The tactics of the Soviet army have already made the North Army Group a bit overwhelmed. It is rare for a large corps to fully exert its power here.

And the Soviet army was basically divided into parts, and groups of three or two fought on their own, which was exactly the same as guerrilla warfare, making it hard to guard against.

If there is no such a circular position, then it is better to say, after all, the battlefield is so empty, they have a lot of opportunities to clean up the enemy, nothing more than a little more losses.

But now, once it is really a circular position, what will it mean?This will no longer be an open area. Once the main force rushes in, the Soviet army will quietly run behind the troops through these positions to attack.

Although it is impossible to wipe out the main force inside, it is okay to be disgusted, and it is not impossible to defeat them after a long time.

Everyone knows that a sneak attack for a day or two is nothing, but if it is a long-term sneak attack, the soldiers' thoughts are highly concentrated, and they will react immediately to the slightest disturbance.

After a long time, camping is not impossible, so Sun Quanbing must confirm as soon as possible whether the position in front of him is a circular position.

In addition to needing the cooperation of the air force, Sun Quanbing did not intend to be idle. He sent two squads of soldiers to the left, and he led two squads of soldiers to the right. The troops moved separately to investigate around the periphery of the Soviet army's position. .

"Old Pi, if you find the position in Chernogorsk, then go back the same way, and we will contact you every half hour."

Soon, Sun Quanbing made a decision.

The map shows that there are two small towns in the north and south of Abakan, and these three places are connected into one piece, all of which belong to the open area and are also a concentrated residential area.

What Sun Quanbing is most worried about now is that Chernogorsk in the north and Sayanogorsk in the south are also within the scope of this circular position.

If this is the case, then the matter will be serious this time. The attack plan prepared by the Northern Army Group may need to be changed.

Although Sun Quanbing didn't know what the specific plan was, it was basically certain that the scope of the plan formulated by the North Army Group would never be so wide, and the real strength of the Soviet Army would never be known.

Because their main forces are currently in Kansk and Lesosibirsk, behind them there is only one army of the First Army, and their main task is not on Abakan's side.It is the Krasnoyarsk region about 250 kilometers north of Abakan.

It is reported that the Soviet army has assembled about 200 million troops there, while Lesosibirsk has gathered about 100 million troops.

At present, the North Army Group has only four armies on the front line.They are the [-]st, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th armies, of which the [-]th army serves as a rotation force and a reserve force in the rear.Only three armies were used at the front.

However, through the current investigation, Sun Quanbing has a feeling that he has been fooled. The real intention of the Soviet army does not seem to be what they guessed.

However, the results of the investigation a few days ago seem to have serious differences with the current situation in Abakan.

But now it was just a guess, and Sun Quanbing could only hope that his guess was wrong, because the battle was about to start, and if something unexpected happened at this time, it would be very unlucky.

It's just that Sun Quanbing is very tangled.It stands to reason that the transportation here in Abakan is so inconvenient, the geographical location is also close to Mongolia, and the million-strong army of the Republic of China is also eyeing the border. In fact, they are already ready to attack.

At this time, how can the Soviet Union still have troops to deploy defenses in the Abakan area?Besides, the railway is still on the Tomsk-Krasnoyarsk line, and coming to Abakan is the rhythm of messing around.

Time passed by a little bit, because now they are basically advancing by the edge of the forest, so they are more cautious along the way.They didn't even dare to stand up straight, for fear that the Soviet army on the opposite side would find them.

In addition to the previous elements of landmines, the troops still used the method of bayonet detection when advancing.The result was as expected. In just three hours, they discovered [-] landmines.

If not for the lack of time.In addition, if there are not enough manpower, Sun Quanbing plans to remove these mines.Then change the place and bury it again to pit the Soviet army.

In the end, they could only make a mark where there was a mine, and then continued to move forward.There is also an advantage in this way, at least when they come back, their speed will be much faster.

Five hours later, Lao Pi, the leader of the group after the division of troops, had routinely contacted Sun Quanbing for the tenth time, and this time, they had also arrived at their destination, Chernogorsk, but they were still there. A circular position was found.

And it is still connected with Abakan. The distance between each trench is only about one kilometer. Every other distance, there will be a trench leading to the gap between the two trenches. If you watch it from the air, The trenches here are divided into countless squares or rectangles.

And there is another noteworthy situation, the situation on Lao Pi's side is similar to that on Sun Quanbing's side, they are basically carved out of the same mold.

Through observation along the way, they were able to find not many Soviet soldiers at all. Except for some Soviet troops stationed in fixed positions, there were only some patrols left, and the entire front was empty.

This time, Sun Quanbing was completely confused, and he couldn't understand it for a while, so Sun Quanbing had to report this situation to the higher-ups, and let the higher-ups make a decision.

Jinxi, Liu Ling, the commander of the North Army Group, was similarly confused by this situation. The situation that the Air Force investigated the day before yesterday and what is being investigated now are basically like two worlds.

As evidenced by the photos, it was not the pilot who went to the wrong place, or just misjudged. Putting the photos of the day before yesterday and today's photos together, one can see that this must not have been done in a day or two.

Such a large position, and it is still an empty position, what is the Soviet army going to do?And in two days, it is impossible for them to complete such a large project with just a few people.

The trenches of nearly 100 kilometers in the three cities are more than enough to put down [-] million troops. Where did the Soviet army get so many troops?

Germany has launched a new round of offensive in the western region, and the Soviet Union has no chance to transfer troops from the west, and Zhukov has only more than 300 million to less than 400 million troops in his hands. Could it be that he has no reserves at all? Do not stay?

Even so, what was the use of such a position at Abakan? (To be continued..)