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    Chapter 125

    The rumbling sound of artillery broke the tranquility of the morning. The scene of 3,500 cannons and fifty rocket launchers firing at the same time can no longer be described as "spectacular".  The city of Tashkent instantly turned into a hell on earth. After a short and powerful half-hour of artillery preparations, the National Defense Forces launched attacks from the east, south and north.

    The 55th Division was in the south. As soon as the sound of artillery stopped and a military flag was raised, the first one to jump out of the trench was Yusuf. His eyes widened like a wounded wolf and he rushed towards the enemy who had caused him harm.  .  The second person to jump out of the trench was the first assault captain, the first battalion and first company commander Zhao Gang.  The young company commander raised the pistol in his hand and shouted: "Follow me and charge!" The flag bearer followed closely behind!

    This scene was photographed by a war reporter. On the smoke-filled battlefield, a young officer stood in front of the battle flag. He looked back at the moment when he raised his arms and raised his arms. His face was resolute and resolute, and he took the lead in charging.  As for Yusuf, the photographer knew who he was.  To put it too much, there is no discipline at all. What are you going to do if you don¡¯t issue an order?

    ¡°Compared to Zhao Gang, who was in the limelight in newspapers, Yousuf played an unexpected role.  A concrete bunker blocked the path of the charge. Intense artillery fire failed to destroy this solid bunker. The crossfire of two Maxim machine guns devoured more than ten lives in an instant.  The First Commando had a bad start. Company Commander Zhao Gang was shot in the stomach, and the flagman was shot and died.

    The rocket launcher fired continuously, but could only leave a small dent on the bunker, unable to shake this solid fortification at all.  The demolition team tried three times in a row without success, and it was at this critical moment.  Thick smoke billowed out of the bunker and the machine guns stopped firing.  The commando cautiously crawled forward.  When I rushed to the bunker, I discovered that Yusuf was sitting on the ground smoking with a contented look on his face, holding a cigarette. There were corpses lying everywhere in the bunker.

    The deputy captain who took over the command continued to lead the team forward, with the red flag pointing in the direction of the charge.  The 1st Regiment of the 55th Division won the first battle. After an hour of fierce fighting, it successfully broke into Tashkent city.

    Attacks in other directions did not go smoothly.  Lukin, who was good at defense, almost turned the entire city into a fortress. There were strong fortifications everywhere on the outskirts of the city that slipped through the fierce fire. Every strong bunker caused huge trouble to the charging officers and soldiers. It was necessary to  It took a lot of hard work to get it.

    After entering the city, a five-story building blocked the path of the 55th Division.  The intensive firepower composed of five or six light and heavy machine guns caused casualties to one squad.  Upon hearing the news, Fang Rui immediately ordered the third artillery battalion to go up.  Before this battle, the 55th Division Artillery Regiment did not have a third battalion. This was a temporary establishment with only two guns in total, one each of 210 and 280 caliber guns.  The tool for demolishing buildings soon came into use.

    The self-propelled gun using a tank chassis was driven directly near the building, about a thousand meters away, and the machine gun bullets hit the armor with a jingling sound.  The huge gun barrel slowly aimed at the building in front of it, the chassis shook violently, and the building in front of it shook violently.  Swirling up smoke.  The two cannons fired non-stop, and two shots passed in one minute.  It's a pleasure to take it apart.  In less than ten minutes, the building in front of it could no longer hold up. It swayed swaying and suddenly overturned with a bang. The Soviet soldiers still upstairs were buried alive in the rubble.

    Liu Gaoming, who took advantage of the command vehicle to come to the front line to command, witnessed the whole process and exclaimed: "This thing, this thing, it's so fucking awesome!" In order to attack Tashkent, Shenyang Brothers Heavy Industry rushed to produce 200 210-caliber vehicles.  Self-propelled guns, Hefei Tractor Factory rushed to produce 200 280 self-propelled guns.

    Fierce fighting was raging everywhere in the city. After a day of fierce fighting, the National Defense Forces achieved breakthroughs in the city on three sides. The Soviet army tenaciously fought against the trapped beasts and launched fierce street battles with our army.

    The difficult day passed, and Lukin entered the night like a beast waiting for an opportunity. The battle during the day made the Soviet army miserable. The reason was naturally that the equipment lagged behind too much.  Most of the sturdy bunkers on the outskirts of the city were destroyed by the precise bombings of our dive bombers, and every one was blown up.  The situation in the south of the city was the worst. Most of the firepower points were accurately destroyed by Chinese artillery. It seemed that the Chinese knew the defense map.  The occasional surviving firepower point or two would hardly pose much of a threat.

    The whole process was beyond Lu Jin¡¯s expectations. He originally thought that the outskirts of the city could be defended for two days, but he didn¡¯t expect that they would be completely broken through in one day.  Lu Jin had a new understanding of the Chinese's combat effectiveness, especially the large-caliber self-propelled guns, which were simply the nemesis of various buildings.

    The Chinese troops in the south of the city attacked the most violently and had already penetrated more than one kilometer into the city.  Lu Jin decided to gather his reserves to launch a counterattack at night, and first attack the enemy in the south of the city.  The calm of the night was broken around ten o'clock. The Soviet army's small artillery, regardless of the danger of being suppressed by artillery fire, violently bombarded the northern part of the city.

    The Soviet artillery fire lasted only five minutes, and our artillery fire began to suppress it.Hit.  In less than ten minutes, the Soviet artillery fire stopped. Artillery was very precious at this time, and Lu Jin wanted to hold on for a few more days.  When Cheng was being bombarded, it was very quiet in the south of the city. The densely packed Soviet troops moved forward silently in the darkness. Seeing that they were less than 200 meters away from the enemy position, when they were about to launch a charge, a flare was launched into the air!  Bang, more than a dozen searchlights were turned on from high places, and the Soviet troops had nowhere to hide.

    When the sneak attack was revealed, the Soviet army roared like a hurrah and ran forward without fear of death.  Waiting for them was countless bullets. More than a hundred general-purpose machine guns made the sound of tearing and tearing. In the blink of an eye, a bullet chain was lit up. The mortars kept firing flares into the sky, responsible for the firepower.  Blocked were the 75th Field Artillery Battalion, the 75th Mountain Artillery Battalion, and the 105th Howitzer Company of the Division Artillery Regiment.

    Fang Rui at the division headquarters breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had not relaxed his preparations from the beginning. Shooting artillery in the north of the city does not mean that nothing happened in the south of the city.  Therefore, multiple hidden sentries were placed less than fifty meters in front of the position. The Soviet troops were discovered as soon as they were dispatched. The reason why they moved closer was to achieve better results.

    There is no doubt that the Soviet night attack failed. Lu Jin was very unwilling to accept it. He couldn't figure out why the night attack was discovered?  As everyone knows, the opponent also attaches great importance to the army of night fighting.  Moreover, the main reason why the 55th Division in the south of the city could be used as a vanguard to invade the city was not Fang Rui's identity.  But because Fang Rui has street fighting experience, the 55th Division also conducted a lot of street fighting training.

    In the light of flares and searchlights, the Soviet soldiers who were advancing bravely fell like wheat, row after row.  Various weapons formed a line of death, and corpses quickly piled up in front of the position.  The Soviet commander ordered a retreat in time, but it was still a little late. During the retreat, he was chased by machine guns and artillery fire.  A night raid left at least two thousand corpses.  The battle only took a total of forty minutes.

    U.S. Ambassador Hurley received another rejection. He originally thought that the first batch of aid had arrived in Yangon, and everyone could sit down and talk about the alliance. Even if it didn't work out, it could deepen the "friendship."  Unexpectedly, he came to visit, but was told that President Fang Da was not there and had gone out to inspect incognito.

    In fact, Fang Jianxiong was in his study at this time, having a small meeting with Jiang, Xu, Zhang, Gu, Yang and others.  The topic was naturally the war against the Soviet Union and preparations for the war against Japan.  In front of the three of them, Fang Jianxiong asked his subordinates to reply to Hurley without changing his expression, which made the others grimace. After all, the president had lied to his face, and everyone's eyes were averted.

    "Okay, everyone, don't hold it in. Laugh if you want. I am a politician now. Politicians are not smarter than anyone else, but more shameless than anyone else. When it comes to treating Americans, it's okay to be a little shameless."  Everyone couldn't help laughing after Fang Jianxiong's words.  Speaking of this great president, he has a clear-cut stand, and the domestic opposition parties are so tossing.  President Fang Da did not hesitate to kill him, and even said that the existence of the opposition party was conducive to the government's integrity and efficiency, at least on the surface.

    The progress of the attack on Tashkent exceeded previous expectations, which made everyone feel very good.  The most critical moment is when the main force of the Central Asian Front moves south. At that time, the Tashkent Army Group has a chance to break through and move north.  Lukin also made suggestions to Moscow, either to go south to flank the enemy's rear, or to go north to get closer to Chuikov's army.  As a result, Big Beard hesitated again and again, but still did not want to give up Tashkent, which he had been operating for a long time.  Because he had mastered the Soviet password, all this information could be obtained in time, so Liu Mingzhao dared to send the Eighth Mechanized Army, originally used to monitor the Soviet army in Tashkent, southward, accelerating the battle process on the southern front.

    In this situation, a great victory can be expected. The only way for the Soviet army to withdraw is to retreat westward. The ten Kazakh cavalry divisions full of hatred on the vast grassland are waiting for the Soviet army to break out.  After five days of fierce fighting, Lu Jin had lost half of the city. The defense fortifications made of buildings that he was proud of before were as good as "tofu" (the saying of the participating troops) in the face of sharp tools for demolishing buildings.

    It can be said that the National Defense Forces pushed forward all the way, turning the city into ruins all the way, and showed no mercy at all.  As for reconstruction, that is not something the Chinese should care about.  Minimizing casualties is what officers should do.

    "According to telegram No. 050 from the submarine stationed in Yangon, the Japanese fleet is currently less than 200 nautical miles away from Calcutta. It is expected that the Japanese army will launch an offensive against Calcutta tomorrow morning at the latest." Chief of General Staff Xu Shuzheng brought the topic back.  Wait for your attention to refocus.

    "Calcutta is the largest port in eastern India. The Japanese army has reason to occupy the port first, and then use the port to quickly unload supplies and heavy equipment. Due to the unfavorable war situation in Africa, the British deployed two British divisions. Currently, there are only a few British divisions stationed in India.  There are three British-Indian divisions and a British armored brigade. The three temporarily formed British-Indian divisions are estimated to have enough combat effectiveness. The British government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hopes that my 15th Mechanized Army stationed in Yangon will go to Mumbai, India.  Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui refused." President Jiang Fangzhen??Speaking leisurely, his elegant appearance seems not to have changed at all.

    "The British have six infantry divisions, an armored brigade, a heavy artillery brigade, and the support of a fighter wing of our army. How can they still hold Calcutta?" Yang Yongtai interjected, and when necessary  Show your presence.

    Xu Shuzheng glanced at him casually and said calmly: "That's not what I said. Fighting is not about having more people. The key is to see whether the British fleet in India can play its due role."

    "The British did not report the situation of the fleet stationed in India. The news obtained by our intelligence personnel is that the British fleet stationed in India has disappeared. From my perspective, if the British Far East Fleet before the frontal battle took the initiative to withdraw to India, based on the current dispatch of the Japanese navy,  The strength of the Japanese fleet can still be fought. The British Far East Fleet was ruined in vain, which put a lot of pressure on our navy. The commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Mimoto Isoroku, personally sat in Naha, with three aircraft carriers plus a Yamato  , as well as Nagato and Mutsu, all to guard against China. I have already informed Britain and the United States of this news. It depends on how they respond." Speaking of this, Fang Jianxiong felt a little regretful. If the British Far East Fleet had taken the initiative to withdraw,  Why are we now worried that India will not be able to hold on?  What's even more annoying is that the British actually failed to blow up the oil depot in Singapore as planned, thus giving the Japanese more than five million tons of crude oil at a cost.  Afterwards, the British explained to China that they were worried that the Japanese would mistreat prisoners of war, so they did not bomb the oil depot.  They are all good light crude oil!

    "So, we can't put too much hope in the British. We should seize the time to receive supplies from the United States, especially B-29 bombers. Huabo Company's monthly production is only thirty, which is far from the annual production requirement of five hundred.  There is still a considerable distance. According to the strategy formulated by the President to bomb Japan back to the Stone Age, there is a gap of at least 500 B-29s. The two major companies of Wuhan Airlines and Northern Airlines have greatly improved their production capacity.  At the end of last year, a total of 4,500 new Mustang fighter jets were produced. This year's production plan is 5,000. The biggest problem currently restricting production is engine output. Wuhan claims that an annual output of 5,000 engines is the limit, and qualified technology  There is a real shortage of workers.¡±

    "As of December 30 last year, our expenditure on the war has reached 10 billion yuan, which is equivalent to 2 billion U.S. dollars according to the current exchange rate. Now the war has just begun, and the national economy has suffered a lot.  Impact. This year's tax revenue will increase, which is mainly the growth point provided by the military industry. The Ministry of Finance wants to increase taxes appropriately to make up for the consumption caused by the war." Gu Weijun started talking about finance. He is not easy to be a prime minister.  , The family background of the Republic of China was not strong.  It is the military-industrial enterprises that benefit from the war, and other industries have been affected to a certain extent due to the aggressive poaching of employees by the military-industrial enterprises.  Also because of the war, market circulation was also affected.

    "We can consider increasing taxes on companies that made money during the war, such as steel, petrochemicals, and military industries, and forget about other industries. In addition, we can request the U.S. government to issue US$5 billion in national debt in the U.S. market and sell it over three years."  Fang Jianxiong's opinions put Gu Weijun in a bit of a dilemma.  The tax increase is easy to deal with. With so many treasury bonds issued in the United States, the opposition party wants to call the Republican Party a traitor again.
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