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Volume 1: Turbulent Era Volume 3: Cannons are firing Chapter 495: Moscow 14

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    Frunze was ordered to do so at the critical moment and took action quickly after receiving Stalin's authorization.  He first issued an order to release detainees and reform-through-labor prisoners, released Vasily Konstantinovich Blucher, who had been imprisoned before, and appointed him as his deputy.  With the release of these personnel, Frunze also had a large number of qualified officers with combat experience. He reinstated all these officers to their posts and distributed them to various units.

    From this point of view, Frunze did a good job. You must know that with the previous purges within the party and the consumption of the war, there is now a serious shortage of qualified commanders and fighters in the Red Army.  Frunze simply did not feel comfortable handing over combat tasks to those political cadres who could only talk and talk. In his opinion, although the current troops in Moscow are far inferior to the elite Red Army commanded before, as long as there are a large number of qualified commanders to supplement them, they can  These troops can still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness.

    ¡°If Frunze is given some time, half a year or more, it shouldn¡¯t be difficult to train an elite Red Army on this basis.  But the reality is cruel after all. Just five days after the end of the Battle of Vyazniki, the Chinese and Russian coalition forces in the east made a comeback and attacked the city of Moscow in one fell swoop.

    At this time, Frunze had just barely made preliminary adjustments to its troops. Except for a small number of elite troops, a large number of new troops had not had time to train at all.  In this case, he could only dispatch his troops and began a cruel and arduous battle to defend Moscow.

    Frunze¡¯s command level is not comparable to that of Dzerzhinsky, who only flattered Stalin and engaged in conspiracy. Frunze, who had fought against the Chinese many times, was very clear about the gap between the two sides.  To defend Moscow.  He carefully constructed multiple lines of defense outside Moscow and fought for time by resisting section by section.  At the same time, the training and reorganization of various troops in the city will be accelerated.

    In addition, after Frunze took over the military industry, it immediately required all military industries to work overtime to produce all types of weapons, especially landmines, anti-tank artillery, etc., in order to suppress the Chinese armored forces and infantry attacks, and at the same time step up the German  The 77mm anti-aircraft gun manufactured in 1914 was used as a sample to manufacture anti-aircraft guns belonging to the Red Army, which were used to fight against Chinese aircraft.

    On July 13, the battle to defend Moscow officially began.  Elektrostal is a satellite city located east of Moscow, curbing the main road to Moscow.  Frunze built the first line of defense against Moscow here. This time he gave up his defensive tactics and put most of his troops outside the city. Depending on the terrain, he used landmines and easy-to-carry combat artillery to fight against the Chinese and Russian coalition forces.  fighting.  The troops in Elektrostal City used their successful experience in guarding Serov to engage in street fighting with the Chinese and Russian coalition forces. The fighting was fierce in many places on the entire battlefield. From July 13, Elektrostal continued to fight until July 7.  It was not until the 20th that it was completely occupied by the enemy.  The defeated Red Army, under the cover of follow-up troops, retreated alternately to the Losino-Petrovsky-Old Kupavna defense line.

    Although the battle of Elektrostal was short and the Red Army lost nearly 100,000 troops, Frunze believed that this loss was worth it.  The battle of Elektrostal bought Moscow a week, and Frunze used this week to reorganize Moscow's Red Army and conduct short-term training for them, thus improving the combat effectiveness of the troops.  Increase your chances of winning the final victory.

    The Chinese and Russian coalition forces occupied Elektrostal, and the entire army continued to attack westward.  However, due to Elektro Starr's tenacious resistance, the losses of the Chinese and Russian coalition forces were not small.  Among them, the Chinese Legion suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, and the Russian Imperial Government Army, People's Liberation Army, and Reform-through-Labor Army suffered more than 27,000 casualties. Although this number is not large compared with the Red Army.  The loss ratio between the two sides was only 1:3, but for the high command of the Chinese Legion.  Both Lu Jianzhang and Cao Kun felt that they were facing a very difficult opponent to deal with.

    On July 20, the day Elektrostal was captured, the battle continued on the Losino-Petrovsky-Stara Kupavna line.  Since Electrostad had bought a week for Frunze, he laid dense minefields on the Losino-Petrovsky-Old Kupavna defense line, and at the same time equipped the front with a number of  The newly produced combat defense artillery and anti-aircraft artillery brought great trouble to the attacking Chinese and Russian troops.

    In order to clear the way for the attack, the armored forces of the Chinese Army did not attack rashly. Instead, the Air Force dispatched a large number of bombers and fighter jets to conduct air strikes against the enemy.  During the air strike, the Chinese Air Force once again used napalm, but this time the effect was not as good as the first time.  Frunze, which had already figured out the Chinese equipment, made preparations in advance. Although it still suffered a lot of losses in the air raid, these losses did not reach an unbearable level for the entire battlefield.

    Moreover, Frunze not only defended but did not attack. While doing a good job in defense, he also sent a large number of small troops to continuously attack the rear of the Sino-Russian coalition forces.Disturbance and destruction.  Due to carelessness, part of the logistics was destroyed by the Red Army, causing considerable losses.  In order to prevent such incidents from continuing to occur, the attacking Sino-Russian coalition forces had to detach part of their forces to sweep the rear to ensure logistical security.

    Frunze continued to play its old tricks in this war and adopted a round-robin battle.  This method is to equip a part of the troops and bring them to the front line to fight, and then replace them with another part of the troops, and then continue to equip the troops and send them back and forth to the front line to fight.  Although this method is cruel, it does make the combat effectiveness of Frunze's troops become stronger day by day.  By August 3, the Chinese and Russian coalition forces finally reached Leutov. However, as they got closer to Moscow, the resistance of the Red Army became more intense, and the casualties of the attacking troops became greater.

    "This Frunze is really a tough guy!" Lu Jianzhang, the general headquarters of the Chinese Army, sighed helplessly. Although the troops have arrived in Moscow these days, the casualties of the troops have gradually increased with the development of the war.  This gave Lu Jianzhang a headache.

    The same is true for Cao Kun. Cao Kun, who made a big appearance in the Battle of Vyazniki, originally wanted to attack Moscow in one go and establish immortal achievements, but the continuous fighting these days also made him feel that occupying Moscow is not that easy.

    Although it is summer now, Russia's summer is extremely short. Russia will gradually enter winter in October. Once the war continues, it will bring a great crisis to the troops.

    "Brother Langzhai, has there been any reply from the capital? It will be too difficult to fight this war like this. The Soviet Union is a bunch of lunatics. I heard from the troops on the front line that now even half-old men and children are  We have been sent out to fight with us. How can we continue like this? Moscow is a city with a population of several million. If we add the nearly 10 million people in the western region of Moscow, if we continue to fight like this, we will not be able to survive at all.  It¡¯s not enough to cope with.¡±

    "You think I'm not in a hurry? I'm more anxious than you!" Lu Jianzhang took off his hat and scratched his head, with a depressed look on his face.  Cao Kun is right. The Soviet Union is indeed a bunch of lunatics. Most people would have collapsed when the battle reached this level. But somehow the Soviet Union became more and more energetic, and the battle for the front line became more and more fierce.  .

    "Tell me, can the capital city agree to our request?" Cao Kun couldn't help but ask again.

    Lu Jianzhang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Is it difficult I have asked about this before, but it was rejected by the General Staff and the headquarters. After all, Moscow is an extremely important city for Russia. Once napalm is used here,  The consequences of the bombing are really too serious. Moreover, now that we are a Sino-Russian coalition, we still have hundreds of thousands of old troops here. Even if we are willing to use them, they will never agree."

    "Fuck his grandma! Burn it, burn it, why the hell do you care so much!" Cao Kun cursed, but he also knew how serious the consequences would be if Moscow was burned. Although his nickname is Cao  Three fools, but he is not stupid at all, and is very shrewd. If a person like him was really a fool, he would not be able to reach his current status.

    "Urgent message from the General Staff!"

    At this moment, the voice of the director of the telecommunications room sounded at the door. Lu Jianzhang and Cao Kun stood up immediately and quickly let him in.

    As soon as the others entered, Lu Jianzhang couldn't wait to grab the telegram, because the telegram was probably a reply to their request to use napalm in Moscow, but when he looked down, he was stunned, and his face suddenly became weird.

    "What did the telegram say?" Seeing his appearance, Cao Kun curiously took the telegram from his hand and looked at it carefully, but his eyes widened at the first glance, showing a puzzled expression.

    The content of the telegram is very simple, it can even be said to be extremely simple, because the entire telegram only has one word, and this word is actually "wait".  The General Staff Headquarters and the headquarters sent such a word. What does it mean?  wait?  What are you waiting for?  Are there still troops coming from the country?  This is unlikely. Both Lu Jianzhang and Cao Kun are high-ranking officials in the military, and they are also the top generals of the general headquarters. If there is a reinforcement plan, they would already know about it, but if it is not reinforcements, what does it mean?  ?

    In order to understand the meaning of this telegram, Lu Jianzhang immediately asked the director of the telecommunications office to send a call back to ask if he thought the wrong content was sent from the capital.  But more than an hour later, another telegram reply came. This telegram was as simple as the previous one, except for one more word, two words - "waiting".  This reply made the two of them even more confused. They looked at each other and couldn't figure out what was going on.

    After all, it didn¡¯t take long to uncover the mystery. On August 8, this very auspicious day for the Chinese people had just arrived, and a piece of news reached the ears of Lu Jianzhang and others. Only then did they understand what was going on in the capital.  The true significance of the two telegrams.
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