Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1273 The horn has sounded

Some reporters changed the topic one after another, and some reporters asked him if the Chinese Army blew up the Istria Reservoir?
Pu Yin's answer to this question is simpler: "If I say that the army did not blow up the reservoir, no one will believe it now. After all, all the evidence seems to be against us, but what I want to say is that blowing up the reservoir is harmful to us. Is it good? Could it be that our mechanized troops like to walk on muddy roads? Or our soldiers like to bathe in water? According to the principle of whoever benefits the most and who is the murderer in criminology, I think it’s a bit unfair to say that we are the murderers now It's too early. The truth of the matter may come out soon, and time will tell everything." Speaking of this, he put on his military cap, then smiled and waved his hands: "Everyone, the answer will be revealed soon!"

What he said made all the reporters present feel mysterious. They really didn't know what the young commander said to reveal the answer.After Pu Yin said this, he didn't speak again, and hurried away under the protection of a large number of guards, leaving a lot of question marks for the reporters.

Soon, this sentence appeared in newspapers of all sizes in the world: "The answer is about to be revealed! Pu Yin, the supreme commander of the Dragon Army in the Sino-Soviet War, is fully prepared." The incident at the Istria Reservoir was not taken to heart.In other words, even if they take it to heart, they dare not announce it due to the pressure of a certain country.For this, Pu Yin deeply understands.He deeply knows that the so-called justice and axioms are all bullshit in front of the interests of the country.Justice and morality are only used when they need to be used, but in normal times they are just tools to fool the people.But he still has to say that, although not many people will listen to him.What he expresses is only a position of the empire, and in the end it still depends on fighting, because everything is a manifestation of strength.Other issues are not very important, only strength is the most important.Only when your own strength is strong, the other party will be afraid of you.Therefore, the most urgent task is to lead the troops to victory in the war against the Soviet Union.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, it is not very optimistic. The most important thing is that the situation on the front line is still very bad.

The flood in the Istria Reservoir not only formed a natural barrier in front, tightly blocking the advance route of the Dragon Army, but also surrounded the troops of the Dragon Army advancing to Istria.These dragon armies could only stop their advance because the back road was cut off.To be honest, although Pu Yin had made a correct judgment that the Istria Reservoir might be blown up by the opponent, in fact, the troops below still didn't pay enough attention to it.Many officers in the Dragon Army believed that the Soviets would not do such things that harm others and benefit themselves.So much so that when the flood really flooded, their preparations were not sufficient, and the troops on the front line were suddenly plunged into the ocean.The rear of the forward troops was cut off.However, in fact, their losses were not very large, mainly because the flood came suddenly but not violently.Because the whole area is a gentle plain, the water in the Istria Reservoir comes and goes quickly, almost without any stop.Therefore, the Dragon Army did not appear to have the entire army swept away by the flood.Of course, there were also casualties.Reports from front-line troops.In this sudden flood, the front-line troops lost a total of about 315 people, of which 73 were killed, 130 were injured, and 112 were missing.Compared with the hundreds of thousands of casualties of the first-line troops, their losses are much smaller.But Long Jun still faces many problems.

The first is the loss of equipment. The flood turned most of the land into a flood country.At the same time, the mechanized units of the Dragon Army who were trapped inside completely lost their mobility. Their tanks, trucks and half-track personnel carriers were all deeply stuck in the mud and could not move.According to the information obtained from the front line, those heavy weapons could not get out of the thick mud ground at all, and could only stay there moldy and rusty.

In addition to the equipment loss of the armored forces, the biggest loss is the logistics supply system of the Dragon Army.Since the expressway network in the Soviet Union is very limited, it cannot support the needs of the Dragon Army's front-line operations, and the airlift capacity here is also very weak, which is just a drop in the bucket for the large troops of the Dragon Army.Therefore, most of the supplies of the Long Army depended on the railway line, and after the train transported the supplies to the designated stations on the front line, they were transferred by car.For this reason, many units of the Dragon Army, especially the logistics depots of their armored units, are located in areas relatively close to the front line.When the flood came this time, many railway stations where materials were piled up suffered disaster. The flood not only washed away the roadbed of the railway, displaced the tracks, and temporarily stopped the trains.At the same time, it also rushed into the cargo yard where ammunition materials were temporarily piled up.For the convenience of transportation.Many freight yards are set at relatively low positions.The arrival of the flood caused those lower freight yards to be completely flooded.Biscuits and sausages in metal tins were fine, but shells and machine parts in crates were a big problem, especially the propellant for those shells.

Faced with such a situation, Pu Yin had no choice but to mobilize troops while fighting against the Soviets through speech.The most important issue before us is to reorganize the troops.In order to prevent those troops that have already fallen into the quagmire from being annihilated.Pu Yin can only withdraw all these troops from the original front line, and reorganize a new line of defense in a place where there is no quagmire behind.Under his personal intervention, the troops of the 6 armored divisions and 3 infantry divisions that had been mired in the original front line began to retreat, and then moved to the rear.

In addition to gathering the equipment of the frontline troops, another problem is the logistical supplies that have been damp.The supply of the Central Army Group of the Dragon Army has a very dangerous figure, especially the shortage of ammunition is very serious, and many of the artillery of the Dragon Army have only half of the base ammunition.In order to save the situation, Pu Yin had no choice but to transfer a batch of ammunition to the southern and northern army groups to meet the needs of the front-line troops. The railway from Grad to Smolensk must be completely restored on May 5.Under his strict orders, the efficiency of the Dragon Army engineering troops was very high, and soon they settled the railway from Smolensk.

At the same time, at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center, a massive military summary meeting is being held.

Not only representatives from the party, government, and army from various regions of the empire participated in this meeting, but also the four fronts of the empire, including all senior officers from the three military branches of the army, sea and air. This is the largest meeting held by the empire since the war between China and the Soviet Union. military council.

At this meeting, Imperial Emperor Guan Xuqing attended in person.On the same day, the Supreme Congress of the Soviet Union was also held in the Kremlin. Coincidentally, Stalin, who had never shown up before, will also attend this meeting.

At the Beijing Olympic Stadium, Yang Rui, Minister of Culture and Propaganda of the Empire, was the first to speak. His appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people.He proposed a new war proposition: a war of attrition.

Every detail of this conference was like acting. In order to achieve an intuitive effect, the audience wore civilian clothes instead of uniforms. They either sang, shouted their approval, or praised each other. They all cooperated very well.Yang Rui on the podium was more like acting than giving a speech. What he said was not as important as his skills. He used his demagogic speech skills to mobilize the audience's emotions to the highest point.When he asked: "Do you want a total war? If necessary, do you want to fight a more comprehensive and thorough war than can be imagined today," the audience present shouted in unison: "Yes! " When he asked: "Do you accept the fact that anyone who damages the war effort will lose his head?" The audience roared and all agreed.

"Our purpose is nothing more than to support each other and build a strong leadership group around the emperor. For example, if one thing is proposed to the emperor from various angles, the emperor will sometimes waver when making a decision .Sometimes the way he reacts to others is not consistent.It goes without saying that this cause is greater than any of us.The people who helped the Emperor win his reforms should now help him win his war. "

"Now let us welcome His Majesty the Emperor to speak to us!"

Amid thunderous applause, Guan Xuqing appeared at the Olympic Stadium.He was wearing a uniform of a special honorary marshal, holding a golden dagger tightly in his left hand, and holding an armed belt in his right hand.Soon, he came to the very center of the venue, in front of the temporary podium.

"My dear friends, generals, ladies and gentlemen!" Guan Xuqing's opening remarks were very simple, completely different from Kaiser Wilhelm II's provocative opening remarks.

"Everyone, I believe you already know about our series of actions in the Soviet Union. In last year's winter operations, we suffered certain losses. However, we quickly recovered from that brutal blow. We The army quickly stabilized the unfavorable situation, withstood the enemy's crazy counterattack, and continued to extend the front line for 100 kilometers, until it reached the city."

In the Kremlin, Stalin also walked to the front of the podium amidst thunderous applause, and he said slowly: "Last year we were attacked by China suddenly, and the Communists headed by Guangxu attacked us perfidiously." In the previous period of time, we had suffered huge losses. However, we soon stabilized the situation. After a series of counterattacks, the enemy's forces were shaken, and were attacked last winter It was a huge failure. More than 100 million dragon troops were completely defeated under the attack of the army and the people. However, these Chinese were not reconciled. They tried their best to strangle our advanced socialist country here. For this reason, they They even blew up the dam of the Istria Reservoir inhumanely, causing serious casualties to our innocent civilians. However, this also caused a lot of trouble for the Chinese. Because the ruthless river water not only hurts Our civilians also block their way forward, and those Chinese who are unwilling to fail have only one way to choose here.”

(End of this chapter)