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    Chapter 181

    As the attacking party, the National Defense Forces do not have much experience in fighting such a tough battle.  Exercises and actual combat are two different concepts. There will definitely be fear on the bloody battlefield.  The first week's battle was mainly about clearing the perimeter, which was an extremely difficult process.

    Liu Mianyue and Xia Xiang had not thought about sending a mechanized force to detour behind enemy lines, but the risk of doing so was very high. After all, many of the Soviet Army's strengths in the Siberian Theater had not yet been exposed, and the opponent they were fighting was an army with five million people.  In a strong country, one cannot be too cautious.  In addition, I also want to accumulate some experience in critical battles. Although there will be heavy casualties, it is worth it from a military perspective.  Bite the bullet and continue to fight the tough battle is the best choice at the moment.

    Since you have made a decision, patience is essential.  Over the course of a week, the Soviet army's peripheral defense line was reduced by more than half. The overall front line advanced more than 20 kilometers and was less than ten kilometers away from the urban area of ??Novosibirsk. The 155 howitzer could hit the city directly.  This kind of head-on battle resulted in more than 50,000 casualties. Fortunately, the two army groups had enough troops. For the purpose of training the troops, the troops took turns to go into battle.

    With the accumulation of experience, the number of troop casualties has dropped rapidly. The casualties in the latest day were less than 5,000, but the results were greater than the previous six days, and the front line advanced by as much as five kilometers.  Speaking of which, the tenacity of the Soviet army has not diminished at all, and the troops on the battlefield are becoming more and more successful.  After summarizing the experience every day, I unexpectedly found that the role of the rocket launcher was unexpectedly great during the tough battle.  Generally, the machine gun positions that pose the greatest threat to attacking troops are basically cut off with rocket launchers.  After this summary report is submitted.  The General Staff found a bunch of people to study and came to a conclusion.  It's simple. Rocket launchers have high accuracy when shooting at close range.  The Far Eastern Front Army has a large number of main force A divisions, and they have abnormally equipped the rocket launchers to the squad level, so the results will naturally be better.  Unlike the B Division, the rocket launcher equipment is almost at the company level, and the better equipment is at the platoon level.

    War is the best testing ground for weapons, and orders to increase rocket launcher production were soon issued.

    It is no longer possible to capture Novosibirsk on the Siberian battlefield as scheduled. Chuikov's changes disrupted the established deployment, but it also gave the Chinese team a testing ground for a tough battle.  There is also a chance to eliminate the main force of the Soviet army.  It is difficult to evaluate the gains and losses. From China's perspective, the significance of eating the main force of the Soviet army in Novosibirsk is far more important than conquering this not-so-large city.  From Chuikov's perspective, this defensive battle cannot be omitted, otherwise the Chinese can rely on the advantages of mechanized troops to rush directly to Omsk before winter comes.  If this is the case, Chuikov will be investigated by the Political Department.  That's really terrible.

    The most painful thing about China and the Soviet Union is that neither Central Asia nor Siberia is a good battlefield.  The environment in these two places is quite harsh. In comparison, the environment in Central Asia is better.  If he hadn't been concerned about Siberia's resources, Fang Jianxiong would not have invested his main force in this direction, considering his ability to adapt to Siberia in winter.  No one from any country can compare with Lao Maozi.

    When the offensive battle in Siberia entered a smooth stage, the battle in Central Asia reached a new level.  Although Zhukov was very capable and commanded well, tactics were of little use in the face of absolute strength.  Before getting enough reinforcements.  Zhukov didn't have many good ways to reverse the defeat of the retreat, let alone save half a million Soviet troops who were scattered and completely disorganized.

    Of course, the existence of these Soviet troops is not meaningless.  Under Zhukov's strict order, a small half of the Soviet troops who were divided and surrounded still resisted resolutely, and most of them chose to surrender.  Although only a small part resisted, it still slowed down the advancement of the main force of the Central Asian Front.

    Shymkent, the gateway to the north of Tashkent, the ultimate goal of the Central Asian counterattack is to capture Tashkent and establish a forward logistics base.  The Taraz Fortress fell after holding on for three days. Zhukov could only hope that Shymkent could hold on for a few more days.  News soon came from the southern front that the Chinese *** team had indeed divided its forces and continued to advance southwest. The purpose was undoubtedly to cut off the connection between Samarkand and Tashkent.  The other part turned north, aiming for Sildaria.  Lujin, who retreated to Almalek, was under pressure from the Chinese army in Kokand. At this time, he could only ask for help again and again, otherwise he would not be able to stop the Chinese army from the east.

    The three-pronged Chinese army besieged Tashkent. Zhukov faced a difficult choice. Should he hold on for a long time, or give up?  If you want to hold on, Tashkent's geographical location makes it easy to attack and difficult to defend. The Chinese can easily attack from three directions.  The Central Asian railway network previously built by the Soviet Union has now become the most convenient accomplice for the mobilization of Chinese troops.  Although Zhukov has repeatedly ordered troops to blow up railways and bridges, the size of the Chinese engineering troops hasJudging from the current level, it will not take long to repair these railways, and it can be completely repaired in a month at most.  Moreover, it is hard to say whether some troops resolutely carried out the order to blow up the infrastructure when they retreated. Escape during the retreat is the most important thing, right?  If you lie about military information, you have no place to investigate. This is what Zhukov is worried about.

    At this time, Liu Mingzhao and Zhukov thought of going together, and they both valued the railway network in Central Asia.  After careful investigation, it was found that the Soviet army's damage to the railway before retreating was not very serious, but basically all the bridges were blown up.  The main task of the engineering corps is to build bridges. Fortunately, there are no big rivers in Central Asia. It only takes a month to repair the railway and fully open it to traffic. In 20 days, it can basically reach the front-line troops.  The Central Asian Front that is currently besieging the Soviet army from three directions is less than 20 kilometers away from the gateway cities in the east, west and north of Tashkent.

    Liu Mingzhao asked the front army staff to conduct repeated deductions every day, hoping to find some clues that might shed light on Zhukov's troop deployment in Tashkent.  There is no doubt that Liu Mingzhao is determined to win Tashkent, which is the transportation hub of Central Asia. On the other hand, the enemy's key point is that I only want to point it. If Zhukov cannot see this, he is not worthy of the president's attention.

    ¡°The busiest thing these days is not the ground troops, but the reconnaissance aircraft in the air. As long as it is not dark, the sky above Tashkent and within a radius of 50 kilometers around it are all targets of air force reconnaissance.  There is also the telecommunications department of the Intelligence Department, which works in three shifts 24 hours a day, keeping their ears open at all times, hoping to catch some clues from the illusory codes in the air.

    The always-mysterious convoy came out of Andijan Airport, slowly drove into the city in the night, and stopped at the entrance of the Andijan Fortress Headquarters, where the former enemy headquarters of the Central Asian Front was located.  The people who got off the car were all men and women wearing ordinary military uniforms. Each had a rectangular logo on their chest, indicating that they were a secret force.

    Waiting at the gate was Chief of Staff Zhang Zhizhong. A man in his early thirties got out of the car. He walked steadily to Zhang Zhizhong, saluted and said in a low voice: "General Zhang, the first brigade of the TFZ troops, was ordered to march to Central Asia."  Reporting from the Front Army Headquarters. I am Yang Shiying, captain of the First Battalion."

    "Okay, I finally got you here." The voice came from the headquarters. Zhang Zhizhong turned around and smiled, and Yang Shiying stood at attention again and saluted: "Hello, General Liu!" Liu Mingzhao strode forward, stretched out his hands, and said  Yang Shiying said: "I have heard about the name for a long time, and I also heard that your unit has always been the president's favorite. Finally, we can see the true face of Lushan."

    After some polite greetings, Liu Mingzhao and Zhang Zhizhong arranged for these people to rest first. Zhang Zhizhong found an opportunity to ask: "Commander, tfz unit, what does it mean?" Liu Mingzhao lowered his voice and said: "I have only heard of these three letters.  It is the abbreviation of Listener. It is said that everyone in this unit has the experience of studying in Europe, and they are all masters of telecommunications and code cracking. The exact number of people in this unit is unknown, but the first group seems to have only about thirty people.  , the equipment has pulled more than a dozen trucks, and it seems that they have a very professional background. They should be much more powerful than those in the Intelligence Section of the Telecommunications Department of the Front Army." (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome  Please come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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