The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Stalin wanted to vent his anger by shooting several important high-ranking officials immediately, including Zhukov, the supreme commander whom he had high hopes for. For a while, all Stalin thought about was this damned bald man. Too incompetent, leading to the failure of the Far East, unforgivable!

However, just thinking about it, Stalin had to rely on Zhukov to be a firefighter, and now is not a good time to let go of the grind and kill the donkey.After several years of brutal purges, his authority has become unprecedentedly stable and powerful, but Stalin himself is not at all aware of how serious the damage to the entire country was.

There are really not many existing senior Soviet officers and outstanding talents that can be used.When the smart Zhukov reported the unfavorable battle situation ahead, he didn't just describe the general success or failure dryly.Shrewd, he emphasized from time to time in it that there is a serious lack of front-line middle and lower-level commanders, the serious unprofessionality of middle and senior commanders, the impact of bad weather, and insufficient preparation for war.

Of course, these reasons should not be presented in a clear manner, and certain skills must be used to make the boss Stalin understand, but not be too dazzling, so that the idea of ​​"is this guy looking for an excuse to shirk responsibility for his failure?" That would be self-defeating and fatal.

Zhukov can be said to be well-behaved. He knew very well that his straightforward speech would eventually cost him his life, and explaining the situation without any trace would at least reduce the pressure on him. Stalin was not completely unreasonable. This boss's mind has never been confused!

In any case, the failure of the Far East is a certainty.Facing a well-prepared enemy who was several times stronger than himself, no matter how far-sighted Zhukov was, it would be of no avail. The guy with the same surname Zhu on the other side didn't give him much time to react!

With permission from above, Zhukov ran very decisively and quickly, while transporting most of the personnel facilities to Irkutsk by railway around Lake Baikal.He himself and the senior officials around him fled by plane.

This decision is undoubtedly very clever!That is, within two hours of their evacuation, a large number of heavily armed paratroopers suddenly parachuted on the shore of Lake Baikal!

Completely different from the paratroopers in Maozi's concept, this group of troops dropped by large transport planes is impressively covered in gray painted heavy armor, and each of them drives a motor sled!One can be as fast as a motorcycle in the ice and snow.Mechanized equipment as handy as a sled!

The screaming engines of the sleigh cars painted the same as the battle armor on those soldiers roared in groups, as if a swarm of oversized hornets were moving, and there were layers of ripples on the vibrating frozen lake.When a large group of dozens or hundreds of them suddenly appeared in front of Maozi's defense forces like ghosts from the long snow and fog, they scared the cold and hungry old Maozi very much!

Strange equipment, terrible speed of action, and they also have powerful and daunting firepower!

It is an initial template of the mobile motorcycle soldiers that appeared in the Hawaii beach landing battle. The difference is that there are no tires on the ground, but two wide board skids.In addition, the weapon configuration on the front and body is exactly the same.

Dozens of armored sleigh vehicles rushed to the position along the undulating ice and snow surface, and the bursts of 40mm grenades erected from behind fired suddenly, making a muffled sound, followed by hundreds of explosion points 200 meters ahead Explode violently!

The bombing alone caught Maozi's defenders by surprise!

Along the southeastern coast of Lake Baikal, settlements were established on wide beaches that protected the railway line.Fishing center, and industrial and commercial land opened up.Tens of thousands of Maozi were stationed, and a large number of strongholds were also set up.

The 40mm grenade, which is more powerful than the grenade, smashed in pieces, and the wood of the towering house was blown up first, and the flames were soaring into the sky. Then, the Maozi soldier who was burning inside and cursing the officer was caught off guard.There were many casualties on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, the heavy machine gun at the front of the car fired!Along the rough streets or roads, any target that can be seen does not care whether there are people inside or any military facilities.The sharp machine gun bullets were used to sweep from the beginning to the end. Even the thick double-storey log houses could not withstand such a luxurious and crazy blow. A gust of wind sleigh carts rushed past, leaving thousands of Thousands of bullets and scattered grenades blasted the burning wood!

The southeastern shore of Lake Baikal guarded by three regiments was quickly captured!Babushkin, who was stuck on the main railway line, was conquered!

Zhukov's special plane had just landed when he heard the bad news. He broke out in a cold sweat and secretly thanked him for making the right decision. If you also take the train, you will definitely be trapped alive on it!

But only a few hours later, it was suddenly reported that the city of Slyudyanka, south of Irkutsk and on the tip of Lake Baikal, had also been captured!And the enemy didn't come from the air, but came from the frozen lake in groups of strange small armored vehicles, which caught them by surprise!

Zhukov immediately lost his composure. He once thought that the defenders there were afraid of death. He gave up and ran away under the pretext of being attacked by a small group of paratroopers. Husband persuaded.

Calm down, Zhukov himself understood that he and the entire Soviet army knew too little about the opponent's strength, pitifully little, even if he knew that the opponent was going to launch an attack, he couldn't even imagine the means he might use, really... Tragic enough.

The situation suddenly became very bad!

Not only is Slyudyanka, as a key node on the main road of railway transportation in the lake area, hoarding a large amount of weapons, equipment and ammunition, it also serves as the southern gate of Irkutsk, taking into account the important task of guarding the lake leading to the west of Khuvsgul!Once this place is captured, the troops stationed in that area will be completely isolated, surrounded by enemy troops from the direction of Mulun and Hadhal in Mongolia, and completely annihilated.

The bad consequence of this is that the Soviet army completely lost the ability to condescend and threaten Mulun's traffic arteries at any time, and watched the Chinese troops move westward from Kulun unimpeded.Drive straight to the foot of Tannu Ula Mountain, echoing with the Altai attacking army from the western Xinjiang direction, and they are connected together, which can threaten the Soviet Siberia belly at any time.Form, not to mention how bad it is!

This is why Stalin repeatedly emphasized the importance of Irkutsk, because the influence here is too great.As a transportation node, it can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended. Whoever masters it can take the initiative in the war in the Far East.

The worst thing is that individual armored mechanical vehicles that can ignore the cold weather and quickly rush through the ice. From the report, it can be seen that they come and go freely, are flexible and small.The firepower is fierce, and they rush forward in groups, which is more difficult to deal with than cumbersome tanks.That means that there is a wide river leading to Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, which is generously opening its arms, waiting to be picked up and handed over by others, doing whatever it wants!

Apart from cursing the incompetence of the defenders, Zhukov could only go all out to discuss with Konev how to ensure that this place is not lost.And gathered heavy troops, ready to fight.Be ready to deal with a blow from China at any time.

But after waiting and waiting for a week, none of the expected paratroopers or the ghostly enemies emerging from the frozen lake appeared!

what 's wrong?Could it be that the Chinese are in some terrible trouble.So that you have to suspend the attack?Or were they satisfied so far and decided not to advance further west?

Zhukov was at a loss, and hurriedly ordered the Far East intelligence department to try their best to find out the news, and soon learned about it through information from Japan, Britain and the United States.Sure enough, something happened, and the offensive of the British, American and Japanese coalition forces in the Indochina Peninsula became active and fierce again. The Chinese had to concentrate on one line of defense and couldn't take care of it!

After hearing the "good news", Maozi breathed a sigh of relief from top to bottom.For nearly a month, the tense nerves almost caused all of them to collapse!

Including Stalin, what they are most worried about is that the Chinese will not stop doing two things, and attack crazily from Kazakhstan, Tannu Ulianghai and Lake Baikal together. It doesn't take much to make rapid progress under insufficient circumstances. Hitler, who has nothing to do when he hits the Yenisei River, will definitely not let go of this good opportunity. It is inevitable to send troops eastward suddenly!

At that time, Soviet Russia, under attack from both sides, will surely collapse like a giant with mud feet!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Anglo-American and Japanese coalition forces finally rose again, giving the Chinese a key containment. I have to say that it is timely help and timely rain!

The bad mood turned for the better, and Stalin gritted his teeth and gave Zhukov an order: "Immediately reorganize the troops, and launch a fierce counterattack against the Chinese in the spring when the ice and snow are about to melt. We must drive them out of the Far East in one go!"

It's true that the June debt was repaid quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the host and the guest were out of place. Now, it's the Chinese people's turn to suffer from headaches?

In fact, in the final analysis, Stalin has an unshirkable responsibility for the present complicated situation.

In the past, when the British, French, and Japanese allied forces were strong and aggressive, if he had not just sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, but had directly mobilized heavy troops from the Far East to attack China, Zhu Bin would have been unable to deal with it -- no matter what he did With three heads and six arms, there is no way to guarantee all-round aggression in Kangzang, Western Xinjiang, Mongolia, Northeast China, the coast, and the Indochina Peninsula. Not only will there be problems with domestic industrial production and arms supply, the people's hearts will be turbulent, and people with ulterior motives will instigate and constrain them, even if they can resist It must be exhausted, and I went back to ten years ago overnight!

But who made the old men get used to two-faced three-handed swords and two-faced three-handed swords, and they always thought about waiting for China to fight hard before taking advantage of it, and missed the best time to make a move.Waiting for Zhu Bin to resort to out-of-the-box tricks again and again to easily defuse the threat of the coalition forces, Maozi who made repeated attempts will be in trouble.

This also caused them to be defeated one by one by Zhu Bin, and each time they were able to concentrate their superior forces to suddenly attack and defeat them in one fell swoop. Moreover, because of a major earthquake in Japan, this big threat under their noses was completely resolved, and the United States was even more troubled. West Coast and half of the Pacific Ocean.

Stalin had a temperament that would never admit his mistakes. He would never admit that his mistakes in decision-making led to today's continuous passivity.Of course, he also knew deep down that the British, American and Japanese allied forces would not suddenly increase the threat of attack on the Indochina Peninsula for no reason.The Western Alliance has completely lost its ability to support the European battlefield. Then, under the joint efforts of Zhu Bin and Hitler, they may all be doomed!

Therefore, the United Kingdom and the United States had to grit their teeth and find ways to support Stalin's Russia from falling, and they also counted on their efforts to contain the two madmen in the eastern and western hemispheres.It's good to slow down and counterattack!

In addition, there is another reason why the great powers cannot make it public, that is, the drastic changes in Japan, and it is only a matter of time before the demise of this country is destined.It's just that the Japanese dwarfs are well prepared. Even in the face of such an unprecedented and terrible natural disaster, more than half of their population still survived. Therefore, Britain and the United States promised that after the victory, they would support the Japanese Yamato nation to officially land in China and replace Chinese civilization as one of the ruling powers. Owner of a large land.

Ten thousand steps back.Even if it fails, the United Kingdom and the United States may promise that Japan will at least gain a foothold in a place that is larger than the original four islands, such as South America, Australia, and South Asia... .Anyway, it is a place that they themselves cannot fully control. Generosity to others is the most common trick of the great powers.

And the Japanese also interpreted their stubborn national character very well.Self-destructive tendencies, no grand strategic mind.Very impulsive, good at carefully planning the beginning and never thinking about how to end.In the past few decades, they have been shouting slogans such as "lifeline" and the foundation of the survival of the empire. Now that it has really reached that point, they simply smash the cans and smash them, and they no longer use the hands of the West to punish the Chinese.Consuming its strength and counterattacking treacherous means, sincerely acted as the vanguard of the coalition forces attacking China in the Indochina Peninsula!

Zhu Bin's decision to end the northern strategy is not only because of the restraint of the southern theater. In fact, he is sure that the two sides will not be dragged to death. The key is that the territory won by this battle is large enough, and it will take a long time to digest it.He is also not interested in being a vanguard army for the Germans to expand their territories. He has to control how the war will go.

With the implementation of this spirit, the battlefield in the Far East changed dramatically overnight.With the support of the Siberian Military Region, Zhukov regrouped 20 elite troops, especially [-] fighter planes and [-] tanks and armored vehicles. The North China Army, which was constantly monitoring its movements with satellites, was unceremoniously beaten back. The two sides started an endless confrontation along the long lake area.

The main attacking force led by Fu Zuoyi completed the historical strategic task, and naturally achieved fame and success. Millions of troops went into battle in turn, ensuring that the defense of the theater was sound and orderly.

As for Zhu Bin, who sits in the center, he has completely messed up in determining North Korea. After the remnants of the Japanese-American Allied Forces were unable to launch a larger-scale counterattack, he left the North Sea Fleet and Yu Baoguo's Army Group Army on standby, and led a large group. The subordinates went directly south and rushed to the third theater in the southwest, where they faced the unprecedented attack of the coalition forces!

When Boss Zhu travels, he can't take it lightly. A group of old guys are afraid of the young commander's reckless behavior of taking white dragon fish uniforms and taking a few elite guards to dare to create adventures in Longtan and Tiger's Den. They decisively demand that his guards be strengthened in three shifts. As a result, when he went south, because he refused to take the special train, even if he used the world's invincible "big-mouthed parrot", he was still required to be equipped with a full 24 jet fighters as bodyguards, and two aerial refueling planes as nanny , non-stop all the way to Hainan.

Thanks to Hainan's continuous construction as an aerospace base, the most indispensable thing is a large airport, which ensures that all the mighty air formations will fall. When the huge group of planes appear in the sky, come to meet Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhutong, Wang Weishan and the others all had ridiculed faces, complaining in their hearts, I am afraid that Boss Zhu is the biggest leader in the world!

The fleet came to a complete stop, and on the four large transport planes, a super soldier convoy carried by specially reinforced armored vehicles immediately drove off to set up guard at the airport. Helicopters are like enemies!

Under heavy protection, he himself felt very uncomfortable, so he was furious in the face of the weird smiles of several senior commanders.

Bai Chongxi was arrogant and arrogant, probably thought that Zhu Bin was here to supervise the battle, and he was clearly worried about the abilities of the few of them. After saluting, his words were inevitably tinged with thorns: "President Zhu traveled thousands of miles in his busy schedule and went Come on, aren't you worried that brothers and others will be disadvantaged in battle?"

Zhu Bin knew this little Zhuge's temperament well enough, so he didn't think he would be disobedient. He laughed and said, "With your brother Jiansheng in control of the military aircraft, the southeast must be as stable as Mount Tai. I can't sit still. The fight here is so lively, of course we must Come and take a look!"

Gu Zhutong lost his camp and still enjoys a high position. Naturally, he has a level. He has always been a man, so of course he would not be so aggressive with Bai Chongxi. He said with a gentle smile: "The soldiers in the front must be happy to have President Zhu in command. Encouragement, combat power doubled! We will naturally welcome you!"

Wang Aishan still doesn't like talking very much. After washing away his bookishness, after ten years of hard work, he already has the calm and wise temperament of a young Confucian general. But if you have an order, we must do our best to carry it out, there is only one thing, you can no longer take personal risks casually, if that is the case, please go back the same way. We cannot bear the responsibility.”

You're really welcome... Bai Chongxi and Gu Zhutong looked at him with admiration, and secretly gave him a thumbs up in their hearts. He was indeed the hard-core brother of Chief Zhu's family back then, and he insisted on it.Thanks to him speaking clearly, otherwise there would be trouble again, Jiang Baili and those old guys above would not keep their mouths on cursing.

Zhu Bin's little plan was exposed, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he was a little embarrassing, he smiled and looked around: "Then what, let's see the battle situation first?" (To be continued...)