Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 3133
Of course, the establishment of the press liaison office cannot be completed overnight.And the "salvation of the Far East" cannot be accomplished overnight.Wavsky and others are excited about it. On the opposite side of Lake Baikal, Vatutin is hurrying up to make final preparations, and wants to give Jiang Tieyao's first army a thunderous blow.

After successfully capturing Baikalsk, according to the original combat plan, the First Far East Army will take advantage of the situation and advance towards Slyudyanka. Depending on the situation of the Soviet army's resistance, it will be decided to fight a blitzkrieg or step by step.However, in view of the tenacious resistance of the [-]st Division and the active disengagement of the main force of the Soviet Seventh Army, Jiang Tieyao asked Zhang Zizhong for instructions, hoping to slow down the offensive rhythm and wait for opportunities during the march.

Zhang Zizhong agreed with his decision.

The First Far East Army, led by the First Armored Division and equipped with a helicopter brigade, searched forward along Lake Baikal.The Chinese army stepped up its reconnaissance efforts, and Vatutin did not dare to dispatch troops and generals during the day, so he had to put these actions at night.In this way, the Chinese army marched all the way west, but the Soviet army did not respond. This made Jiang Tieyao murmur in his heart, and he had to slow down his marching speed again.

The abnormal situation of the South Route Army made Zhang Zizhong also vigilant (he admitted a mistake here, the Soviet Army in the Baikal area was written as the Southwest Front Army), but his cognition was completely opposite to Jiang Tieyao, and the starting point of his consideration was also the same. completely different.In the Far East, the Far Eastern Army did not have an advantage. Once the Soviets gathered the Southwest Front Army, the Far East Front Army, and the Northwest Front Army, they would definitely lose the ability to actively attack in addition to passive defense. "The latest information shows that Soviet Russia's Southwest Front Army, Northwest Front Army, and Far East Front Army are all gathering in the Lake Baikal area. We can't wait any longer. We must destroy the Northern Front Army before the main force of Soviet Russia arrives!" He gave Jiang Tieyao After conveying this spirit, he ordered the Second Army and the Third Army to attack at the same time.

A series of changes were completed within three days.Three days later, the Second Far East Army first strengthened Lake Baikal from Ulan-Ude and launched a strong attack on the Soviet Russian army in front of it.On the northern front, under the personal command of Wawsky, the Third Far East Army, with a mixed force of an armored division and an infantry division, bypassed Lake Baikal to the north and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet Russian army in Severobaikalsk.

The Chinese army opened up two more fronts. As soon as the news reached Vatutin's ears, he knew that the Northern Front Army had no other choice but to go into battle immediately.After all, it is he who is willing to temporarily avoid the Chinese army in order to preserve his strength, but the Lake Baikal region cannot be lost.Because once he abandons the northern shore area of ​​Lake Baikal without a fight, he will inevitably be escorted into Moscow by the Security Bureau. After the Chinese army occupies this area, it will have more room for movement. The next battle is likely to be out of control. In this case, the Soviet Russian army will completely lose the initiative and can only be led by the nose passively by the Chinese army.Without the obstruction of Lake Baikal and the mountains north of Lake Baikal, it would not be a problem for the Chinese army to fight wherever they wanted, and Soviet Russia could no longer afford another "blitzkrieg".

"Call Lankovsky immediately, and let them prepare for a counterattack immediately," issued this order first, and then, Vatutin said to Lapniv in earnest: "Lapniv, this battle is about Lake Baikal I will personally command the ownership of the West Bank. After I leave, Irkutsk will rely on you to support the overall situation. The Chinese have turned all their cards, and we have only just shown our swords. I believe that although The enemy's planes, tanks, and cannons are all superior to ours, but the final victory must be the great Soviet Red Army! If we can't break through the southern line of the Chinese, Lapniv, we must defend Irku Tsk, hold on until the reinforcements arrive! On the west bank of Lake Baikal, there is no room for loss!"

"Vatutin, let me lead an assault, you are the soul of our Northern Front—"

"Lapniv, don't be stubborn. The enemy we are facing is stronger than ever, and you are not their opponent! Jiang Tieyao, that is Zhang Zizhong's number one warrior!"

Kurtuk, the vanguard of the First Far East Army, was stubbornly blocked by the Soviet Russian army here.

A mechanized infantry division, the vanguard of the First Far East Army, launched an offensive from eleven o'clock in the noon until around three o'clock in the afternoon. Apart from breaking through the first line of defense of the Soviet Russian defenders, it made no progress. Jiang Tieyao became impatient. , Pick an infantry regiment and a chariot regiment, and let them detour from the south, trying to flank the back of the Kurtuk defenders.

Kurtuk, the chief of staff of the Seventh Army of the Soviet Union, Lankovsky, is sitting here at this time.The annihilation of the [-]st Division and Nipech's suicide by swallowing a bomb still had a very bad impact on the morale of the Seventh Army.According to Vatutin's order, Lankovsky should organize a counterattack at this time.However, considering the actual situation of the troops, Lankovsky believed that it would be quite difficult for them to hold Kurtuk.In the reply to Vatutin, Lankovsky asked his communication staff to write: the non-staff shirks the blame, which is actually affected by the destruction of the [-]st Division, and the morale of the troops is low. The humble staff believes that if there is no reinforcement However, it will be very difficult for the Seventh Army to defend Kurtuk, and it is really powerless to launch a counterattack.

In the Soviet Russian army, it was rare for a lower-level commander to refute a higher-level commander. Of course, Vatutin also knew that given the current situation of the Seventh Army, he could not compete in this matter. The occurrence of the "decent surrender" incident still caused considerable trouble to Vatutin, and he had to keep in mind such a reminder that he should not force the frontline troops too much, so as to prevent them from imitating the example and learning. The [-]st Division surrendered again with dignity.He had no choice but to lower his requirements for the Seventh Army, and let them persist in resisting. At the same time, he had to adjust his combat plan, selecting one of the three tank divisions originally used to outflank the First Army in the Far East, and let them support Kurt took.

"Lankovsky, reinforcements have been dispatched. No matter what method you use, I must persist until twelve o'clock in the evening! Again, this is the last order!"

The sky is full of Chinese reconnaissance planes. If the Soviet Russian tank troops want to trick the Chinese into entering the battlefield from the flank, they can only rely on the darkness of night.This brings another problem, that is, the battlefield on the west bank of Lake Baikal and the battlefield in Severobaikalsk, both of which cannot be lost.Otherwise, even if the northern front can break through on the southern front, once the central and northern routes are broken by the Chinese army, without reinforcements, the northern front will still be unable to escape the same fate.

(End of this chapter)