Age of Rebirth

Chapter 780

In an air battle at the Kazade U Pass, the aviation unit of the Independent Division killed all the bombers of the [-]th Mixed Flying Division of the Soviet Far East Military Region at a very small cost. There came the immeasurable loss.

Lieutenant General Zhukov, the commander and political commissar of the group army, was extremely furious. This was not a natural disaster or how powerful the squadron’s air force was. If it weren't for this stupid and arrogant bastard who discounted the commander's order, there would be no loss at all, and the Chinese Air Force could be severely damaged.

Major General Yulychenko, who had been dismissed from his post, was sitting in front of a group of senior generals at the Army Group Headquarters, his face no longer had the usual look on his face. Zhukov looked at him coldly. Several times, I couldn't help touching the gun on my waist, wanting to shoot this bastard dead.

The management system of the Soviet Army implements cross-management or multiple management among various arms. Take the Ninth Mixed Air Division as an example. Although it is assigned to the battle order of the First Army, the direct superior of the division is the Soviet Union Yakovsky, commander of the Air Force Command of the Far Eastern Military Region, perhaps because of this, Yurchenko had the courage to discount Zhukov's orders and perfunctory. [

Therefore, although Zhukov wanted to shoot this bastard randomly, he had to be concerned about this system. To deal with Yurchenko, he still needed to report to the Air Force Command of the Military Region, and Lieutenant General Yakovsky, the commander of the Air Force, and Lieutenant General Yakovsky Zhukov is the deadly enemy. If he were the commander of the infantry division under his command, he would have been shot dead long ago, and he could still clear up some hidden dangers for the Red Army.

Zhukov, who was busy commanding the troops to advance to the Kazadev Pass, had no extra time to waste on this bastard. He handed over the matter to the Chief of Staff of the Army Group, and dealt with the Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Yakovsky. It really gave Zhukov a headache.

One day later, the Air Force Command of the Far Eastern Military Region sent a telegram requesting the First Army to escort the division commander, Yurchenko, back to the Air Force Command of the Military Region, and let them handle the matter. Going out, Yurchenko will definitely save his life, maybe he will change places and continue to be his teacher.

Looking at Comrade Commander's livid face, the Chief of Staff asked cautiously: "Comrade Commander, how should we reply to the telegram from the Air Force Command?" Zhukov said: "If you agree to the request of the Air Force Command of the Military Region, you can send someone to escort you Yurychenko returns to the military district."

The chief of staff turned to leave, Zhukov stopped him again, and squeezed out a few words from his throat: "Just say it's my order, take off the military uniform from that bastard, he is not worthy of wearing the great Soviet Red Army He found a woman's clothes and ordered him to put them on, so he went to see his superior."

Because Zhukov couldn't deal with it himself, this bastard who caused huge losses to the Red Army would not let him go easily. He couldn't destroy you physically, but tortured you mentally. He would suffer from a heart attack. The chief of staff was dumbfounded when he heard it. He looked at the comrade commander carefully for a while, only to realize that he was not just talking casually, but was absolutely serious. He did not dare to say more, and hurriedly followed suit.

The shadow of the defeat in the air battle at Kazadwu Mountain Pass was quickly forgotten by Zhukov. A competent commander will not affect his grasp and understanding of the overall battle situation just because of one defeat. He does not expect the Air Force to have more The big achievement, the 20 mechanized troops in his hand, is his biggest reliance and trump card.

In addition to ordering the troops to speed up the march, he also sent a telegram to the commander of the troops who went south from Ulan-Ude to Kulun and held back Tang Qiuli's main corps, asking him to be cautious, and the troops should not advance too fast. When the Chinese troops exchange fire, they must shrink their positions. They must not disperse their forces and attack rashly.

Zhukov carefully pondered over Tang Qiuli's series of battles when he entered the foreign military area. The more he studied, the more wary he became of Tang Qiuli's military talent and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. This was not what he remembered. His squadron seems to be a re-tempered Chinese. He is afraid that the troops serving as containment missions will fall into Tang Qiuli's trap and repeat the mistakes of the Far East Special Army in the Hujirt Mountains. He knows the current situation too well. The quality and mentality of the senior generals of the Red Army.

The Far East First Group Army is advancing fast enough, all mechanized marches, under normal circumstances, can advance more than 100 kilometers per day, but the poor road conditions in the Tannu Mountains limit the marching speed, and unidentified militants appear at any time. The landmines that exploded at any time on the ground, and the continuous shooting of bullets on the hillsides on both sides, all greatly affected the speed of the Soviet army's march.

The senior officers in the group army headquarters are all guessing the identities of the militants who attacked the troops. There are different opinions, and they are more concentrated on the private armed forces of the former princes and nobles who were suppressed by Choibalsan. Without the help of the Red Army However, Choibalsan and the Communist People's Revolutionary Party would not have such a big deal, and it is reasonable to hate the Soviet army.

Only Zhukov knew in his heart that they were not foreign militias at all. These were a small group of regular Chinese troops, and they were interference troops sent by Tang Qiuli to slow down his marching speed. Judging from their combat methods and the weapons they used , you can clearly judge this point, Zhukov rejected the officers' suggestion to divide up the troops to pursue and suppress, and issued an order to eliminate all interference, and reach the Kazadeu Pass at the fastest speed. Send troops to pursue and suppress.

This is a trick of the Chinese general Tang Qiuli, whose purpose is to disperse the Red Army's forces and reduce the pressure on the squadron defending the Kazadewu Pass. It stretches for nearly a thousand kilometers from Xinnusk to Kazadewu Pass. According to the frequency of small groups of middle and large troops, if the troops are divided up to pursue and suppress them, half of the main force of the group army will be divided when they reach the destination. What's more, mechanized troops are not suitable for mountain warfare at all.

Zhukov is worthy of being a famous general in the Soviet army. He has seen through Tang Qiuli's strategy and is not fooled. The purpose of Tang Qiuli's ordering the special forces to attack frequently is, as Zhukov judged, to slow down the marching speed of the Soviet army and attack Kazad in thinner sections. The strength of Wushankou relieved the pressure on Feng Jiwu's troops.

The main force of the First Soviet Far East Army, in accordance with the order of the commander, Lieutenant General Zhukov, entered the Kazade U Mountain Pass regardless of everything. When encountering a small group of armed attacks, they ignored them at all, or concentrated tank fire and conducted rapid mobile bombardment. After running away, when encountering a destroyed bridge, the engineering troops quickly repaired it without affecting the marching speed.

In front of the marching ranks, there are a large number of demining tanks. Most of the mines laid by the special warfare unit along the way have been cleared. As a result, the harassment tactics of the special warfare unit will soon lose their effect. The Soviet army has too many troops, and The armor is strong, and without landmines, the killing effect on the Soviet army is immediately reduced to a negligible level.

The special warfare detachment can't get close to the harassment at all. Once a detachment of more than [-] people is entangled, it will soon disappear in the torrent of Soviet armor. Moreover, tanks that can arrive quickly at any time are also good for the special warfare detachment. To deal with this deadly threat, a dozen special operations units without heavy weapons or anti-tank guns are simply helpless.

If you look along the northern side of the Tannu Mountains, in August [-] in the Transcendental Area, a large-scale Soviet mechanized unit, like a stream of iron, along the winding Tannu Mountains, Moving quickly to the east, the dozen or so small troops of the Chinese Army, like small pebbles that are not afraid of death, kept rushing towards this stream of iron, being returned again and again, and then pounced on it again , this iron flow occasionally pauses for a while, and then flows rapidly again immediately.

Even so, more than a dozen special warfare units, with tenacious fighting spirit and flexible tactics, successfully delayed the main force of the First Soviet Far East Army for 48 hours after paying a very slight price of casualties. Counting the ten hours won by Feng Jiwu, Feng Jiwu's troops had an extra 58 hours of preparation time, which was invaluable for Feng Jiwu's troops, whose strength and firepower were far inferior to those of the Soviet Army. [

Five days later, the sun had already set, and the evening wind brought a hint of autumnal coolness. On the wild and deserted prairie, the roar of engines rang out, and the lights illuminated half of the sky. The vanguard of the first group, the Fifth Motorized Guards Division, arrived at the outskirts of the Kazadeu Pass and stopped five kilometers away from the pass, waiting for orders from the Group Army Command.

The Soviet army finally arrived at the destination. Feng Jiwu immediately ordered all the troops on the first blocking line of defense to enter a combat state. Just like blocking the Japanese devils in the country, let the leading troops of the Soviet army in, then block the front and rear passages, eat the surrounded Soviet troops first, and then block their follow-up troops.

Tang Qiuli's telegram categorically denied his battle plan, and warned him severely that the level of equipment of the Soviet army and the Japanese army was not at the same level. Honestly prepare for being shot, minimize casualties, and complete blocking missions are the most important issues you should consider at present.

Feng Jiwu, who received the order, was still a little uncomfortable at the time. Now that he saw the tanks, armored vehicles, and large-caliber artillery parked on the grassland, he understood the intention of the division commander and let the Soviet army in. With the equipment level of our own troops and the terrain conditions here, can it withstand a large-scale armored group assault?

Certainly not, the front and rear blocked troops' positions would be breached in an instant, that would be self-defeating. Feng Jiwu understood what the commander meant by preparing to be bombarded.

While he was thinking wildly, there was a loud noise like a thunderbolt in the night sky, and several shots, with dark red tail flames, fell hard on his position.

(To be continued)