Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 786 The first battle

In an air battle at the Kazadwu Mountain Pass, the ** Division Aviation Air Force killed all the bombers of the 9th Mixed Flying Division of the Soviet Far East Military Region at a very small cost. The First Army of the Soviet Far East lost its air fist and gave way to subsequent operations.

It has caused immeasurable losses.

Lieutenant General Zhukov, the commander and political commissar of the group army, was extremely angry. This was not a natural disaster or how powerful the squadron's air force was. It was entirely a heavy loss caused by the enemy. Major General Yurichenko, commander of the flying division, was the culprit.

If this stupid and arrogant bastard hadn't discounted the commander's orders, there would have been no losses at all and the Chinese Air Force could have been severely damaged.

Major General Yurichenko, who had been dismissed from his post, was sitting in front of a group of senior generals at the Army Group Headquarters. His face had lost its usual expression. Zhukov looked at Yurichenko coldly, defeating the rooster-like Yurichenko.

Several times I couldn't help but reach for the gun on my waist, wanting to shoot this bastard.

The Soviet army's management system implemented cross-management or multiple management among various arms. Take the 9th Mixed Flying Division as an example. Although it is assigned to the battle order of the First Army, the division's direct superior is the Soviet Union.

Yakovsky, commander of the Far Eastern Military District Air Force Command. Perhaps because of this, Yurichenko had the courage to discount Zhukov's orders and be perfunctory.

Therefore, even though Zhukov wanted to shoot this bastard randomly, he had to worry about this system. To deal with Yurichenko, he also needed to report it to the military district air force headquarters, and the air force commander, Lieutenant General Yakovsky, and

Zhukov was a mortal enemy. If he had been the infantry division commander under him, he would have killed him with one shot, and he could have eliminated some hidden dangers for the Red Army.

Zhukov, who was busy commanding the troops to advance into the Kazadewu Pass, had no extra time to waste on this bastard. He handed the matter over to the chief of staff of the group army and dealt with Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Yakovsky.

It really gave Zhukov a headache.

One day later, the Far East Military Region Air Force Command responded with a telegram, asking the First Army to escort the division commander Yurichenko back to the Military Region Air Force Headquarters and let them handle the matter. After reading the telegram, Zhukov felt that he was holding a breath in his heart and could not vent it.

If he goes out, Yurichenko will definitely save his life, and maybe he will change places and continue to be his division commander.

Looking at the livid face of Comrade Commander, 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 Military Region Air Force Command, you can send someone to escort you.

Yurichenko returns to the military area."

The chief of staff turned to leave, but Zhukov stopped him again and squeezed out a few words from his throat: "Just say it was my order to take off the uniform from that bastard. He is not worthy of wearing the great Soviet Red Army."

He found a woman's uniform, ordered him to put it on, and went to see his superior."

Because Zhukov cannot deal with this bastard who caused huge losses to the Red Army with his own hands, he will not let him go easily. If he cannot eliminate you physically, he will torture you mentally. He must vent his bad breath, otherwise, he is worried

The chief of staff was dumbfounded when he heard that he would have a heart attack. He looked at Comrade Commander carefully for a while and realized that he was not just saying it casually, but that he was absolutely serious about it. He did not dare to say more, so he hurriedly followed the instructions.

The shadow of the defeat in the air battle at Kazadewu Mountain Pass was quickly forgotten by Zhukov. A competent commander would not affect his grasp and understanding of the overall battle situation just because of one failure. He did not expect the Air Force to have better results.

Big deeds, the 200,000 mechanized troops at hand are his biggest support and trump card.

In addition to ordering the troops to speed up their march, he also sent a telegram to the commander of the troops heading south from Ulan-Ude to Kulun to contain Tang Qiuli's main force, asking him to be cautious and not to advance too fast.

During a firefight between the Chinese and Japanese troops, they must shrink their positions and must not disperse their forces and attack rashly. The general principle is to seek stability, and the first goal is to hold back the main force of the Chinese ** troops.

Zhukov carefully considered the series of battles that Tang Qiuli entered into Outer Mongolia. The more he studied, the more he became more and more frightened about Tang Qiuli's military ability and the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. This was not the Chinese army in his impression.

*Team, imitation

Buddha is a re-tempered Chinese. He is afraid that the troops responsible for diversionary tasks will fall into Tang Qiuli's trap and repeat the mistakes of the Far East Special Forces in the Hujiert Mountains. He is very familiar with the quality and quality of the current senior generals of the Red Army.

mentality.

The First Far East Army is advancing fast enough. It marches entirely mechanized. Under normal circumstances, it can advance more than 100 kilometers per day. However, the poor road conditions in the Tangnu Mountains limit the marching speed, and unidentified militants appear at any time.

Mines exploding at any time on the road and bullets constantly fired from the hillsides on both sides greatly affected the Soviet army's marching speed.

Senior officers in the group army headquarters are all speculating on the identity of the militants who attacked the troops. There are different opinions, and more of them focus on the private armed forces of the former princes and nobles of Outer Mongolia who were suppressed by Qiaobashan. Without the help of the Red Army, Qiaoba could

Bashan and the Mongolian People's Communist Party would not be so generous, and it is reasonable to hate the Soviet army.

Only Zhukov knew in his heart that they were not random armed forces from Outer Mongolia at all. These were small groups of regular Chinese troops, interference troops sent by Tang Qiuli to slow down his march. From their fighting methods and the weapons they used, they were

It can be clearly judged that Zhukov rejected the officers' suggestion to divide the troops for pursuit and suppression, and issued an order to eliminate all interference and reach the Kazadwu Pass as quickly as possible. No troops were allowed to send troops to pursue without orders from the headquarters.

suppress.

This is a trick of the Chinese general Tang Qiuli. The purpose is to disperse the Red Army's forces and reduce the pressure on the Chinese troops defending the Kazadewu Pass. From Sinusk to the Kazadewu Pass, it stretches for nearly a thousand kilometers.

According to the frequency of small and medium-sized units, if the troops are divided to pursue and suppress, the main force of the group army will be divided into half of the troops when they reach the destination. What's more, mechanized troops are not suitable for mountain operations at all.

Zhukov is worthy of being a famous general in the Soviet army. He saw through Tang Qiuli's plan and was not fooled. Tang Qiuli's purpose of ordering the special operations detachment to attack frequently was just as Zhukov judged, to slow down the Soviet army's marching speed and attack Kazad in a thinly divided manner.

The strength of Wushan Pass reduced the pressure on Feng Jiwu's troops.

The main force of the Soviet First Army of the Far East, following the orders of Commander Lieutenant General Zhukov, pushed forward desperately towards the Kazadewu Pass. When encountering a small group of armed attacks, they simply ignored it, or concentrated tank fire and carried out rapid mobile bombardment.

After running away, the engineering troops quickly repaired the damaged bridges without affecting the marching speed.

In front of the marching column were a large number of mine-clearing tanks. Most of the mines laid by the special operations unit along the way were cleared. As a result, the special operations unit's harassment tactics quickly lost their effect. The Soviet army had too many troops, and

The armor was strong, and without the mines, the killing effect on the Soviet army was immediately reduced to a negligible level.

The special operations detachment cannot get close to harass them at all. Once the detachment of only more than 200 people is entangled, it will quickly disappear in the torrent of Soviet armor. Moreover, the tanks that can arrive quickly at any time will have no impact on the special operations detachment.

It is also a deadly threat. Without heavy weapons or anti-tank guns, more than a dozen special operations units are simply helpless.

If you look along the north side of the Tangnu Mountains, in the Outer Mongolia region in August 1938, a large-scale Soviet mechanized force, like an iron flow, quickly moved towards the Tangnu Mountains along the winding mountains.

Advancing from the east, the dozen or so small troops of the Chinese Army, like pebbles fearless of death, kept rushing towards the iron flow, being bounced back again and again, and then pounced on it again.

The flow of iron occasionally paused for a moment, and then immediately started flowing rapidly again.

Even so, more than a dozen special operations detachments, with their tenacious fighting spirit and flexible tactics, succeeded in delaying the main force of the Soviet First Army of the Far East for forty-eight hours at a very slight cost of casualties. If

Counting the ten hours Feng Jiwu gained, Feng Jiwu's troops had fifty-eight more hours of preparation time. This was enough for Feng Jiwu's troops, whose military strength and firepower were far inferior to those of the Soviet army.

precious.

Five days later, the sun had set, and the evening wind brought a hint of autumn coolness. On the deserted prairie, the roar of engines was heard, and the lights illuminated half of the sky. The only ray of sunset was eclipsed by it. Far East

The vanguard of the First Group, the 5th Motorized Guards Division, arrived at the outskirts of the Kazadwu Pass and stopped five kilometers away from the pass, waiting for orders from the Army Headquarters.

The Soviet army finally arrived at its destination. Feng Jiwu immediately ordered all the troops on the first line of defense to enter combat mode. The equipment of the Soviet army made him secretly frightened. Just the day before yesterday, he sent a telegram to division commander Tang Qiu, requesting

Just like blocking the Japanese at home, let the leading Soviet troops in, then block the front and rear passages, first eat the surrounded Soviet troops, and then block their follow-up troops.

Tang Qiuli's telegram back flatly rejected his battle plan and warned him sternly that the equipment levels of the Soviet and Japanese troops were not at the same level. The method of fighting the Japanese army would not work here at all. Feng Jiwu, you want to

Being prepared to be bombarded, minimizing casualties, and completing the blocking mission are the issues you should consider most at the moment.

After receiving the order, Feng Jiwu felt a little uncomfortable at the time. Now that he saw the tanks and armored vehicles parked on the grassland, and the large-caliber artillery guns, he understood the division commander's intention to let the Soviet troops in.

Based on the equipment level of my own troops, can the terrain conditions here withstand a large-scale armored group assault?

It was definitely not possible. The troops' positions that were blocked at the front and back would be broken through at once, which would be self-destruction. Feng Jiwu understood what the division commander meant by preparing to be bombarded.

While I was thinking wildly, there was a loud thunder-like sound in the night sky, and countless artillery shells, with dark red tail flames, fell hard on my position.

(To be continued)