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    Chapter 157 Raid

    Both sides have no good intentions. They both feel that they can win the fight and have made a lot of preparations.  .Under this premise, the last straw that broke the camel's back of peace appeared.  Gu Weijun, Prime Minister of the Republic of China Cabinet, met with the Soviet Ambassador to China and pointed out that the conflict near Yangkikorgan was entirely caused by the Soviet army's unilateral violation of the peace agreement.  In response, the Chinese government demanded that the Soviet Union withdraw all armed forces in the original demilitarized zone.  In order to show sincerity, the Chinese [***] team can also withdraw to Fergana.  The deadline for this note is 24 hours. If it exceeds this time, the Soviet side will be fully responsible for the consequences.

    According to China, this is a last-ditch effort to save peace!  According to the Soviet side, this was an ultimatum issued by Chinese imperialism.  Think carefully about what Stalin did when Finland and the three Baltic countries had no time to hide from him.  It is not difficult to imagine how Stalin would react to such a note.

    Therefore, the war was inevitable, and Stalin made the final decision to implement the Central Asian combat plan.  The main core of this plan is to encircle and annihilate the main force of Chinese imperialism in Central Asia.  In order to achieve the purpose of this campaign, the Soviet army assembled five mechanized corps, five cavalry corps, and 70 infantry divisions in Central Asia.  The total strength is 1.5 million, with 4,300 artillery pieces, 1,500 tanks, and 2,800 aircraft.  The commander of the battle was Pavlov, commander of the Central Asian Front.

    The plan was formulated by the Soviet Central Asian Front and was approved by Stalin after being reported to the General Staff.  In fact, there were still voices of opposition during the discussion of this plan, and this voice came from Zhukov.  Because in Zhukov's eyes, the plan made a big mistake, that is, it failed to concentrate its troops.  Pavlov's plan was for the Soviet army to divide into four routes, with the first route starting from Khujand to contain the defenders threatening Fergana and Andijan.  The second route started from Tashkent, with the target of Bishkek, and the third route started from Balkhash, echoing the second route from Tashkent, to attack Bishkek, and cut off China's connection in the entire Central Asian war situation in one fell swoop.  The fourth route starts from East Kazakhstan and takes down the Tardykorgan barrier of the Andi Railway, thereby cutting off the entire Chinese [***] team's railway supply lines in Central Asia.  There are two keys to the first stage of the battle. The first is whether Bishkek can be successfully captured, and the second is whether Baldykorgan can be successfully captured.

    Zhukov briefly served as the commander of the Fourth Army, but this did not prevent him from having a comprehensive understanding of the situation in Central Asia.  At the meeting, Zhukov emphasized the air superiority of Chinese imperialism.  If this problem cannot be solved, then the third and fourth groups of troops will be bombarded indiscriminately by the Chinese imperialist air force during the long march.  Once these two routes cannot successfully achieve the purpose of the campaign, the outcome of this campaign will be worrying.

    Zhukov¡¯s correct opinion did not attract enough attention from Stalin, or Stalin had been holding back such resentment for a long time.  Attack the enemy with twice the force and refuse to listen to any talk of possible failure.

    Having made up its mind, Soviet Foreign Affairs Commissioner Molotov sent a note to the Chinese ambassador, saying that China¡¯s demands were crude and unreasonable, and that the Soviet government had the determination and ability to defend the country¡¯s interests from infringement.  The Soviet Red Army is confident of destroying all enemies who dare to invade.  The meaning of this wording is that the Soviet army is not afraid of you attacking. It is a small smoke bomb.  In fact, before this note, the Soviet war machine had been activated, and people from all walks of life in Central Asia had begun to gather.  Because it had been prepared for a long time, the preparation period for this battle was only one week, which seemed very short.

    In order to achieve the surprise of the attack, the Soviet ambassador to China also asked to see Fang Jianxiong many times, but was refused.  This move was regarded by the Soviet Union as closing the door to external forces, and Stalin became more determined to fight this war.

    When the Soviet army was preparing for the battle, China did not think much about taking the initiative to attack.  The reason is simple. Fang Jianxiong always believed that the focus of the Sino-Soviet war should be the Far East, where Japan could cooperate with the Soviet Union in attacking China.  Therefore, Central Asia has always been prepared to focus on defense. If the Soviet army comes over, let the Soviet army bleed in front of the solid fortifications. When the Soviet army is exhausted, the second line stationed in places like Ili and Dihua will  Troops launched a counterattack.

    Fang Jianxiong's wishful thinking was that it would be better to fight in Siberia. Fight all the way up from Ulyasutai and push westward from Irkutsk. It is not too difficult to join forces in Novosibirsk before winter comes.  big.  There will be a truce when winter comes, and the war will continue until the next spring. The reason why Fang Jianxiong's ambition is in Siberia is simple, because in Central Asia, Fang Jianxiong wants to support the nation's reading ability.  A bunch of Stans must be educated by their nationalities. If we don¡¯t do this anyway, the United States will also propose this in the future. It is better to start first and create a bunch of small pro-China countries while liberating the Stans in Central Asia.

    We have to say that Fang Jianxiong is a human being, not a god, and he probably has some shortcomings in the determination of the Soviet army.  However, China has made great preparations for defense.That's it, it feels a bit confident.

    At five o'clock in the morning on August 31, from Kanibadam to Kokand and Yangkikorgan, and then to Talas and Taldykorgan, the entire Central Asian theater suddenly rang with the sounds of what the National Defense Forces had suffered since its creation.  the most violent bombardment.  It must be said here that the Soviet army's pre-war preparations and concealment were very good, especially on the lines of Kanibadam, Kokand, and Yangkikorgan. The Soviet army's preparations were not noticed by the defenders on the opposite side at all.  .

    A total of 4,300 artillery pieces bombarded the Chinese defenders' positions at the same time.  There was only a small number of cavalry stationed in Kanibadamu, and there was no ability to organize resistance after being attacked.  A single blast from more than 30 Soviet artillery pieces destroyed a cavalry battalion, leaving only a few dozen men, almost all of whom were injured, and they retreated on horseback in the direction of Haokand.  The Soviet army concentrated more than 500 artillery pieces in the direction of Kokand. Kokand and Yangkurgan are the core hubs of the Fergana Valley. Among them, the [***] team has a small field airport and  A defensive force of one infantry division and one cavalry division.

    Almost as soon as the war started, the Soviet artillery destroyed the airport. At the same time as the cannons sounded, a huge number of Soviet fighter planes appeared.  Although it was well prepared and fully prepared, China still suffered a heavy blow at the very beginning of the war, especially the troops deployed on the front line, which suffered heavy losses in the shelling.

    The place where the Soviet army attacked the most violently was the Talas defense line.  There are five strong forts here, and two infantry divisions are defending here. There are many mines buried in the front of the position.  In order to break through this line of defense, the Soviet army concentrated a total of 1,500 cannons and instantly blew up the stations of the [***] squadrons such as Taras, Bodgornoye, and Akoltobe.  Sea of ??fire.  In Aksu and Prague Weishenka, the Soviet army concentrated a thousand artillery pieces and bombarded our defense lines.  There are two infantry divisions defending this line of defense, which is the only way for the Soviet army to move south to Bishkek.

    In Taldykorgan, the Soviet army concentrated a thousand cannons and bombarded our defense lines.

    The first battlefield for the face-to-face confrontation between the Chinese and Soviet armies was in the air. Radar stations deployed at the frontier caught the Soviet fighter planes almost immediately.  There are more than 100 large and small airports scattered in Fergana, Andijan, Bishkek, Almaty and other places, deploying 15 fighter wings and five bomber wings.  After receiving the radar warning, the Air Force immediately issued an order to take off for combat without waiting for orders from the superior force.

    While the Soviet artillery preparations were still going on, the first wing to spot Soviet fighters in the air was one hundred new Mustang B-type fighters from Gao Zhihang's 20th Fighter Wing. It must be said that the Soviet Air Force  The fate was destined to be tragic from the beginning.  Gao Zhihang, who personally flew a fighter plane to attack, spotted a Soviet fighter group of about a hundred fighters and a hundred and fifty bombers in the morning light.  Just like a pervert encountering a large number of beauties, his eyes turned red at that moment.

    Gao Zhihang, who was experienced in dealing with old-fashioned Soviet biplanes, commanded a group of Mustang fighters to climb and then dive rapidly.  In the first dive, eighty-eight Soviet aircraft were destroyed, and then a sky-wide pursuit began.  However, other fighter wings did not have such good luck. Due to misjudgment of strategic direction, the Air Force only had one wing of Mustang B and one wing of Mustang A in Central Asia. The other fighters were all old-fashioned Eagles.  three.  The advanced fighter planes are mainly placed in the Far East, staring at the Siberian battlefield.  Unexpectedly, the Soviet army concentrated its forces to attack Central Asia first. This caused China to suffer a lot at the beginning.

    The Soviet army conducted two hours of artillery preparations, during which most Soviet bombers were not intercepted, which resulted in multiple military targets being bombed by Soviet aircraft.  The fierce air battle continued throughout the day, with 1,500 Chinese fighter jets fighting to the death with more than 2,000 Soviet fighter jets.  The constant fighting in the sky began at dawn and did not stop until dark.  In the daytime air battle, the Soviet Air Force suffered the heaviest blow since its establishment. A total of more than 1,200 aircraft were shot down.  On the other hand, China also had more than 600 aircraft shot down, of which less than 20 Mustang A/B models were lost.

    The Soviet army did not go very smoothly in the ground battle. First, at the Kokand and Yangkikorgan defense lines, during the two hours of artillery fire by the Soviet army, the artillery battle between the two sides was fierce, and each side suffered losses.  Not small.  In comparison, the ratio of battle losses between the two armies was approximately 1.5:1.  In other words, the Soviet army suffered greater losses. The problem is that the troops stationed on this line of defense are not the main force.  But there are two new local readers, and the artillery is still the old 155 and 105.  The Soviet 122 howitzer has a long range and cannot be reached by the squadron's cannon, but the Soviet 76-caliber artillery is not so lucky.  The terrible thing is that most of the four artillery regiments of the Chinese [***] Corps are hidden in solid fortifications.  The 122 howitzer cannot hit directly, so it is of little practical significance.  (To be continued.)
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