Years of the Republic of China 1913

Without Serov, the situation on the Soviet-Russian battlefield is almost the same as the year before last when the Far East government advanced all the way and the Red Army retreated in embarrassment.No!It should be more serious!Compared with that time, although the Soviets still occupy the Vorkuta region in the north, they lost the Kazakh land in the south-central region, and this time the enemy they faced was not only the Far East government forces, but also a more powerful and fierce opponent.

Not only that, as the Soviets experienced the Trotskyite incident, the strength of the Red Army was much weaker than before. Coupled with the exposure of the labor camp incidents in various places, the Far East government obtained a large number of soldiers and gained the upper hand in international public opinion.Under the ebb and flow, the vital strength of the Red Army, which has been retreating steadily since the start of the war, has been rapidly consumed. The number of Red Army troops killed or captured has reached 70, of which 46 out of 19 general-level officers were killed, and the rest were all captured. , Such a disastrous defeat caused morale in Moscow to plummet.

The Chinese and Russian coalition forces approached Serov, and the situation of the Frunze Front Army was extremely critical.In order to save this force, Stalin desperately ordered the reinforcements from Belarus and Ukraine to abandon the original combat plan and reroute to gather in Serov to ensure the retreat of the Frunze Front Army.From Stalin's point of view, the matter had come to this point, and even the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops would not be able to restore the current disadvantage, but Frunze must be rescued no matter what.First, the Frunze Front Army is currently the strongest and most experienced force in Stalin's hands, except for the several guard divisions guarding Moscow.Second, as an excellent military strategist, Fu Longzhi must not give up. As long as Fu Longzhi is rescued, he can lead the Red Army to regroup and deal with the enemy with his military talents.Without Frunze, Stalin could not have imagined anyone else within the Red Army who would have such high prestige and ability to lead the Red Army to defeat the enemy.Could it be that Stalin would use the group of sycophants around him who can only talk big?The answer is of course no.

In order to rescue Frunze, Stalin has done his best, and with reinforcements assembled in Serov, the strength of both sides in this area has reached the highest level since the war began.

On the Soviet side were 20 Belarusian Front Army and 19 Ukrainian Front Army.Coupled with the 35 Frunze Front Army that is retreating from Surgut (it has lost tens of thousands of troops during the retreat), the strength of the Red Army has reached about 75.

In the Sino-Russian Allied Forces, the Northwestern Army was divided into two groups. The 12 troops moved from the southwest to the northeast in the direction of Serov.Behind Frunze.The baron's 25 government troops, the People's Liberation Army, and the Far East Group Army (30th Division and 39th Division) led by Zhang Huchen, a total of more than 45 people came in menacingly, and the total strength reached nearly 38.

Judging from the military situation, the two sides seem to be evenly matched, but in terms of advantages, the Red Army is obviously at a disadvantage.The opponent the Red Army faced was not the former White Bandit Army, but a regular army armed to the teeth. Among these enemies, the Chinese Army, in particular, possessed several times more firepower and mobility than the Red Army, not counting the Chinese Armored forces and a fearsome air force.From Moscow's point of view, the defeat of this battle is obvious, but Stalin does not care about the victory or defeat of the battle now. He focuses on rescuing the Frunze Front Army in the Serov area and using up part of the opponent's forces with the greatest ability. Gain precious time for future decisive battles.

In order to ensure the maximization of the interests of the Serov campaign, Stalin hereby ordered the mobilization of a large number of so-called "tank" weapons that had just left the factory to fight against the Chinese armored forces.The Soviet Air Force was also formed, although there were not many aircraft.Qualified pilots have only just begun to be trained, but in order to ensure his strategic deployment, Stalin still deployed part of the air force to the front.

This time, Stalin invested a lot of money. When Fang Zida learned of the gathering of Soviet troops, he couldn't help being taken aback, and couldn't help admiring Stalin's courage in his heart.Moreover, news from other sources shows that Stalin is still speeding up the training of troops.Trying to reorganize an army of nearly 200 million in one breath and go into the war.Fang Zida was deeply moved by such a large amount of money. It is easier for a dictatorial government to explode. In a constitutional government like China, although Fang Zida also wanted to strengthen the strength of the Soviet-Russian battlefield again.Due to various reasons, the formation of new troops is still slow, but fortunately, with the maturity and development of the military industry, new weapons such as tanks and planes are constantly replenishing the front line to ensure the needs of war. [

On April 1922, 4, exactly one month before the Sino-Soviet war officially broke out, Frunze finally arrived at Serov with some troops of the front army that had retreated all the way west.

"Comrade Commander, you have worked hard all the way!"

Serov is now in the hands of the Red Army, but due to the previous civil war, many buildings in the urban area of ​​Serov were destroyed, and the headquarters could only be temporarily located in a strong old church in the north of the city.When they came to the headquarters, General Iyeronim Petrovich Ubolevich, the commander of the Belarusian Front, and General Iona Emanuilovich Yakir, the commander of the Ukrainian Front, who arrived a few days ago from Frunze hurriedly He came up and greeted the commander-in-chief of the Red Army with a respectful and enthusiastic attitude.

"Comrades have worked hard too. Let's go in and talk about it later." After shaking hands with everyone, Frunze didn't say anything nonsense, and went straight to the headquarters, followed by Generals Ubolevich and Yakir. Behind them was a large group of commanders at all levels, and a group of people entered the headquarters one after another.

Going to the war room converted from the main hall, they sat down according to their ranks. Furongzhi drank his saliva and asked about the current situation.

Before Frunze arrived, General Iyeronim Petrovich Ubolevich, the commander of the Belarusian Front, was the supreme military commander in the Serov region. He immediately got up and went to the large map hanging on the wall, holding Holding the baton, he explained to Frunze the current situation of Serov's enemy and ourselves.Following General Ubolevich's explanation, Frunze didn't show much expression on his face, and kept listening silently below, nodding his head slightly from time to time.

Half an hour later, Frunze had a general understanding of the current situation, and he didn't make any changes to the current defense situation of the troops, but asked the troops to continue to make defensive preparations and be ready to go into battle at any time.Then he announced the dismissal of the meeting, but deliberately left General Ubolevich and Yakir behind, and the two commanders tacitly went into the inner room with Frunze.

"The battle situation is not optimistic. We must prepare for the retreat as soon as possible."

After closing the door, Frunze said with a stern expression. General Ubolevich and General Yakir exchanged glances and nodded silently.

"What's the situation on the road back to Moscow?" Frunze didn't ask this question at the military meeting just now, because asking this would probably hurt everyone's morale, but it's okay for him to say this now, after all, everyone present The three are the most senior military generals in the Serov region.

"The road is still clear now, but the Chinese are moving very fast. I am worried that they will use armored forces as the vanguard to cut off our retreat. If this is the case, we can only break through to the north." The answer to this question was Ya General Kiel, he wore glasses on the bridge of his nose. This is a general who looks like a middle school teacher, with a gentle appearance. If he is not wearing a military uniform, no one would think that he is actually the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops.

"What's the current situation of the Chinese people?" Frowning slightly, Furongzhi continued to ask.

Understanding what Frunze wanted to ask, General Yakir replied methodically: "The Chinese armored forces are still behind, but their air force has already arrived in Tyumen, and they will come to Serov for a few circles almost every day. Although we Anti-aircraft defenses have been set up in various positions, but the effect is not very good..."

"Shouldn't it have the slightest effect?" Frunze interrupted him, and waved his hand: "From the perspective of our army's existing equipment, it is impossible to cause any damage to the enemy's air force. You don’t need to tell me about brochures, if the plane can be shot down with a single rifle, I am afraid that the Chinese air force will be wiped out by us as early as the beginning of the war.”

After hearing this, General Ubolevich and General Yakir seemed a little embarrassed. You must know that the pamphlet that Frunze said was something that was handed down from Moscow. As senior generals, they Of course, I know that this kind of thing is just political propaganda and is not reliable at all, but who dares to say such a thing in the Soviet Union?After all, it is a political issue, and only the respected Furongzhi can criticize it unscrupulously.Moreover, the air-to-air positions mentioned just now are also things that were fiddled with by political commissars and instructors at all levels under each unit. It would be strange if it really had an effect. [

"I got word that we also have tanks? Is that so?"

"Yes, Moscow sent some of them over."

"How do our tanks compare with Chinese tanks?" asked Frunze.

"This...although it's a bit full, but the power of our tank's artillery fire is still good..." General Ubolevich replied artistically. It is true. The so-called tanks that were created temporarily are simply a combination of heavy artillery and tractors. This kind of tank is really powerful, but its mobility and defense capabilities are far inferior. Even for some technical reasons, whenever this kind of tank needs to fire, it must stop and carry out 1 attack. Minutes or so to prepare.From this point of view, it is better to say that it is a tank than an immature self-propelled artillery.