I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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In the joint command headquarters of the 77th, 10th, and 100th armies (these three armies were not combined into one group army, but actually fought together as one), Xue Yue, Yang Jie, Huang Wei, Wang Yaowu, Li Yutang, Song Xilian Waiting for the generals and Jiang Weiguo who came here in person racked their brains to think about countermeasures.

"This Konev is really not simple!" Huang Wei looked at Jiang Weiguo, "Second son, you are right to remind! The Soviet army commanded by Konev is very strong in terms of combat effectiveness, morale, will, and training. The Soviet army in Central Asia is even inferior to the Soviet army that participated in the Far East War!" He smiled wryly, "I am a little envious of Chen Mingren and Feng Zhian, their opponents are just a bunch of mobs!"

Wang Yaowu joked: "Brother Pei, as a soldier, you should be strong when you meet the strong. How can you bully the weak and fear the hard?"

Song Xilian said: "The Soviet army is not our opponent in air combat, and it is not our opponent in tank warfare, but in field combat, they overwhelm us.

The Soviet army's infantry coordination is very sophisticated. When the artillery fire fell, the infantry had already launched an attack. When the Soviet artillery fire stopped, the brothers hadn't recovered yet. The Soviet infantry was already close in front of us. Even if we retreated, we were still under the artillery fire of the Soviet army, and we managed to gain a firm foothold. The Soviet infantry unit had already pressed up like a gangrene, and the brothers had to fight hastily.

In artillery battles, we are not as good as the Soviet army. We suffer from one-sidedness. Although we can withstand infantry melee, infantry melee is a competition for human life. Even if we lose one to one, we still suffer.

It's not worth exchanging the life of one of our brothers for the life of an old man! "

Jiang Weiguo asked: "In the past, when we dealt with the artillery groups of the Soviet army, we usually used the method of surprise attack by tank troops. Isn't it not possible now?"

Li Yutang said: "Second Young Master, the situation is different.

In the past, the two sides launched a field battle, or our side defended and the Soviet army attacked, and the Soviet artillery group was in the field, which was easily attacked by our tank troops. But now, it is our side attacking and the Soviet army defending, and the Soviet artillery group is in the field. In or near the city of Cheremhovo.

Konev seems to have learned the lessons of the former Soviet army. He set up a large number of anti-tank trenches near his artillery positions. Our tank units cannot rush through them. Tanks are not good at street and positional warfare.

Moreover, the Soviet army is also equipped with a large number of Molotov cocktails, and it is estimated that they also learned from us.

Our tanks rushed into the city, and behind the walls were Soviet troops constantly throwing Molotov cocktails. Our tanks rushed near the city, and the anti-tank trenches were also constantly throwing Molotov cocktails.

One hundred Soviet soldiers were killed and one of our tanks was wiped out. Can we afford to pay for this kind of business?The Soviets didn't care much about human life, but we care about our tanks very much. Our tanks are very precious! "

Yang Jie frowned and said: "We must make a major breakthrough on the North Asian battlefield, otherwise, it will have a great negative impact on our overall war situation and strategy.

If this consumption continues, the Soviet army will be the most beneficial. Their North Asia is safe and sound. Even if we take their Central Asia, they can make a comeback, but our northern group will not move forward, so we will fall into a passive position.

The strength of the Northern Group greatly surpasses that of the Western Group. The Western Group is as strong as a bamboo, and the Northern Group is struggling.

The most frightening thing is that in three months or even two months, the rainy season and winter in the Soviet Union will come, and we are very tight on time! "

Wang Yaowu said: "The territory of North Asia was originally sparsely populated, but the current residents are basically Russian immigrants (the original local aborigines were almost killed by the Soviet Union), and most of the officers and soldiers of the Soviet Army in North Asia were Russians, so the Soviet Union The degree of loyalty is very high, which is unmatched by the Soviet Army in Central Asia.

We are indeed fighting in enemy territory in North Asia, without support!"

The hearts of the generals became heavy. North Asia is the main battlefield, and Central Asia is only the second battlefield.

If North Asia is unfavorable and there is no major breakthrough, those victories in Central Asia will not only be unable to be maintained, but may even be lost, and this war will fall into a very passive situation.

"Sirs..." Xiao Yao, who was standing next to Jiang Weiguo, stared at the map and said, "Our army has just entered the territory of the Soviet Union, and after only advancing for more than 40 kilometers, it was blocked by the Soviet army forcefully and can be said to be comprehensive. , Even, the Soviet army repeatedly counterattacked us.

What does this mean? "

All of you here are soldiers and military strategists, so you can understand everything.

Xue Yue said slowly: "It means that the Soviet army's defense against us is an offensive strategy in principle!"

Jiang Weiguo also understood.

As soon as the Nanjing Army crossed the national border, it was blocked by a large-scale Soviet army. It shows that the Soviet army placed its main force on the Sino-Soviet border before the war and did not launch "echelon defense", which is the famous "big depth". Therefore, after the Nanjing Army entered the territory of the Soviet Union, it did not encounter "one after another Soviet troops", but directly encountered "a large group of Soviet troops".

Combining the "secrets" he had mastered, Jiang Weiguo became more and more awakened: in the original history, the Soviet Army emphasized "offensive strategy" before the Soviet-German War. Then defend, but take the initiative to attack the enemy (there is a kind of "ax theory" in the high-level Soviet army, which means that when you just feel that a certain party is threatening you, you don't need to wait for it to take action, and your own side directly starts first, and it is not tentative attack, but attack with all its strength, aiming at killing the opponent with an axe), because of this, the Soviet army took the initiative to attack Finland, and then took the initiative to attack the surrounding countries (including China), and even, before the Soviet-German war, the Soviet army The High Command also formulated a "Great Thunderstorm Plan" to actively attack Germany (this statement is still somewhat controversial).

In addition, due to the "active offensive thinking" of the Soviet army, when the Soviet-German war broke out, the main force of the Soviet army was deployed at the forefront of the national border and was not deployed to the depth of the rear. The tearing and breakthrough of the German armor cluster also caused the German army to capture countless Soviet prisoners in the early stage of the war. Not only that, but the "offensive thinking" of the Soviet army also made it less defensive research and lack of large-scale deployment. Theory and experience of defensive warfare.

Konev is undoubtedly an excellent Soviet general, but he did not jump out of the "offensive thinking" of the Soviet army at this time, so his troops were assembled at the Sino-Soviet border, showing an offensive posture, and the defensive battle launched was also "Offensive defense", however, this tactic was also very effective, preventing the Nanjing Army from defeating the Soviet Army one by one, unable to advance deep into the hinterland of North Asia, and was completely blocked.

"If our strength is insufficient..." Xiao Yao said meaningfully, "The Soviet army will definitely launch a counterattack and take the initiative to attack us!"

"This..." Huang Wei was a little confused, "Isn't this natural?"

Xue Yue, who only said a word, suddenly flashed his eyes, and he looked closely at the map: "Attacking is not possible, then, we can only take one way..." He said slowly, "Back to the decisive battle!"

"Retreat for a decisive battle?" The generals were all startled, and then they were either surprised or thinking or showed a look of sudden realization.

Xue Yue said in a deep voice: "First lure the enemy deep, and then encircle and annihilate them. I call this the 'Heavenly Furnace Warfare'!"

Chapter 479 Fighting Kitano (2)

Konev was indeed the first real opponent the Nanjing Army had encountered since the war with the Soviet Army. In addition, the Nanjing Army also had an "indirect fight" with Zhukov during the Far East War. Limited by objective factors, talents could not be truly brought into play, and most of the main force of the Soviet army had been consumed in the battle with the Japanese army. The Nanjing army was purely taking advantage of the fire and fishing in troubled waters. The army is not considered to have really defeated Zhukov. Only at this time on the Cheremhovo battlefield is it a real direct confrontation with Konev.

Konev's military talent is not inferior to Zhukov's, and he is shrewd and capable. He uses troops decisively but not blindly, calmly but not rigidly, cautious but not conservative.

In the face of the large-scale attack of the Nanjing Army, Konev was calm and composed. Although his combat thinking did not jump out of the Soviet army's general "offensive strategy" at this time, his flaws did not conceal his strengths. Under his command, the Soviet army implemented an "offensive strategy". "Defensive Tactics", gathering the main force on the border between China and the Soviet Union, so as to concentrate their forces and go all out. Although it is a defense, it uses offense to counter attack and does not blindly defend passively. On the one hand, the Soviet Army basically blocked the Nanjing Army's offensive. On the one hand, he frequently counterattacked the Nanjing Army with active partial counter-offensive means, and Konev wisely made use of his strengths and circumvented his weaknesses, making full use of the Soviet Army's artillery advantages, and fought steadily and steadily.

"The two major advantages of the Chinese are aircraft and tanks!" At the pre-war meeting, Konev calmly analyzed, "However, they lack bombers, so it is difficult for them to carry out high-intensity air strikes against our army, but they can To scout our army's movements, our army must keep this in mind and take precautions. In addition, their tanks are superior in quality to our army's tanks. Therefore, although our army cannot be passively attacked, we must use attacks to defend against Chinese attacks, but , our troops cannot rush too fast, once they rush too fast and go too far, their mechanized troops can eat us bite by bite in the field, so our attacks must be high-intensity and short-distance!" He finally Summarized a very incisive sentence, "The counterattack range of the troops must be within the range of the artillery.

If the artillery can hit [-] kilometers away, the infantry can only fight back against the enemy within this [-] kilometers, and cannot exceed it. Once it exceeds, their tank troops will turn around and fight back; Cooperate, the infantry unit advances, the artillery unit must follow up, and achieve coordination and synchronization!"

Under Konev's calm, cautious but fierce and effective counterattack, the Nanjing Army was struggling.

Zhong Song, commander of the 77th Division, recounted: "...these old men are very shrewd, and their command level is much higher than that of the Soviet army during the Far East War, which really made us feel very difficult.

The Soviet army was in front, and we charged, the Soviet artillery shells kept falling, we couldn't hold back, we retreated temporarily, the Soviet artillery fire immediately extended, the artillery shells chased our heels, and behind the artillery fire, the Soviet infantry had already We were dispatched and followed the artillery fire to chase us. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the Soviet infantry behind us rushed up and started a melee with us. If we didn't block it, we had to retreat again. If we blocked it, well, the Soviet army The shells will fall on us again, because their artillery positions are also moving towards us, and the next wave of Soviet infantry will come up again.

Although we were the offensive side, we were largely suppressed and beaten, and the Soviet army had even turned into an offensive side.

This way of fighting makes it difficult for us to advance. Although the casualties of the Soviet army are higher than ours, they are only a little higher. It is almost [-]:[-], not more than [-]:[-]. Army, meanwhile, we are indeed blocked as a whole!"

During the battle, the Nanjing Army tried many times to lure the enemy deep, but the effect was not good.

The Soviet army strictly implemented Konev's "the counterattack range of the troops must be within the artillery range" criterion.

Many units of the Nanjing Army deliberately dropped their helmets and removed their armor to lure the Soviet infantry units to pursue them, keeping them out of the range of the artillery cover of their artillery units, and then used tank units to attack and strangle them in the field. Although they succeeded several times, the total It only defeated two or three divisions of the Soviet army, and did not cause a substantial blow to the main force of the Soviet army.

As a result, the situation that the generals of the Nanjing Army least wanted to see emerged: stalemate, confrontation, and stalemate.

The stalemate between the two sides does not matter to the Soviet army, and it even means victory, because the mission of the Soviet army is to block the Nanjing army and fight a defensive battle. If it can fight a successful offensive battle with good results, it will be overfulfilled The mission is over; however, the Nanjing Army can't be so indifferent. If there is no breakthrough in the war, the whole battle situation will fall into a passive state.

"If you can send us 500 bombers or 500 heavy artillery pieces, this battle will be easier to fight..." Huang Wei sighed. His words are completely right, and they are also the aspirations of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army on the North Asian battlefield. , but even more meaningless nonsense.

If Jiang Weiguo had so many bombers or heavy artillery, how could he keep them in his hands and use them.

On August 8, the Battle of Hudong broke out on the Central Asian battlefield;

On August 8, the second battle of Almaty broke out on the Central Asian battlefield;

On August 8, the Nanjing Army defeated the Soviet Army in the Second Battle of Almaty and turned to a full-scale counterattack;

On August 8, the Nanjing Army won a complete victory in the Battle of Lake East.

On the same day, the 77th Army of the Nanjing Army on the North Asian battlefield withdrew from the front line, retreated to Beihai Province, and then retreated to Mongolia Province. The 77th, 74th, 101st, and 200th Divisions of the army returned to North China by train.

On the same day, the 37th Army of the Nanjing Army in the northeast of Central Asia (Kazakhstan) concentrated three of the four divisions of the army, attacked from Semey and Oskmen, and marched all the way north. It refers to Barnaul, which is [-] kilometers away, and [-] kilometers north of Barnaul is Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia.

Naturally, such a large troop mobilization of the Nanjing Army could not be concealed from the spying of the Soviet intelligence agency. In just two days, the information on the mobilization of the Nanjing Army was presented to Konev.

"What are the Chinese trying to do?" Konev did not dare to be careless. He immediately called several senior generals of the Eastern Military Region for an emergency meeting. The participants included Konev himself and German Chief of Staff of the Military Region German Capito. Lieutenant General Novich Marankin, Member of the Military Council (Political Commissar) Lieutenant General Ivan Zakharovich Susaikov, Chief of the First Department of the Military District Command and Commander of the 15th Army of the Military District Nikolai Fedorova Lieutenant General Tucci Vatutin, Lieutenant General Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov, Commander of the 17th Army (Before the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, the Soviet Army established a total of 16 army groups, which rapidly expanded after the outbreak of the war. Increased to 38 group armies.

Both the 15th and 17th armies were newly established to hold back Chinese and Japanese troops in the Eastern Military Region).

Facing the new dynamics of the Nanjing Army, the participating Soviet generals expressed their opinions.

Susaikov said very excitedly: "There is no doubt that this is because when the Chinese invaders tried to invade Siberia, we met with stubborn and brave resistance and were unable to move forward, so we had to give up the direction of attack here in Siberia!"

Ma Lanjin agreed: "For more than ten days of fierce fighting, the Chinese army has never been able to cross our blocking line, and has suffered a lot from our many local counterattacks. Take a main force, there is no other explanation except that they give up attacking here!"

Vatutin was a little worried: "Comrades, although we blocked the Chinese army on the Siberian battlefield, the Red Army troops in Central Asia were defeated again and again. The army was also completely defeated by the Chinese army on the Almaty battlefield. The cornerstone of our army in Central Asia has been knocked down. I am very worried that the main force of the Chinese army that has been withdrawn from us will be thrown into the Central Asian battlefield. , Central Asia is in complete danger!"

Kuznetsov bitterly said: "If the main force of the Soviet Red Army hadn't been held back by the Germans in Eastern Europe, how could we have been beaten so unfavorably by these Chinese!"

Marankin looked at Konev: "Comrade Konev, the 37th Army of the Chinese Army is marching towards Barnaul. This sign seems to prove that the Chinese have shifted their focus to Central Asia!"

"I already guessed it!" Konev looked very dignified, "Barnaul is the hub of the Siberian Railway, and after Barnaul, there is Novosibirsk! Since we put the main 15th and 17th armies on the front line Therefore, we have only one army and more than a dozen temporarily newly-built divisions in the hinterland of Novosibirsk, and the defense is empty.

I suspect that the Chinese intend to give up breaking through our defenses here, and instead use Central Asia as a springboard to attack directly behind the hinterland of our military region, which is Novosibirsk!"

Kuznetsov said in astonishment: "If Novosibirsk is occupied by the Chinese, then our persistence here will be meaningless! Our retreat is completely cut off!"

Ma Lanjin nodded slightly: "The Chinese army that left here is the 77th Army, which can be said to be the strongest force in the Chinese army. It is fully equipped with German weapons, and its combat effectiveness and firepower are equal to those of the German Army. 4 divisions, with a total strength of 14!" His expression changed from worry to anxiety, "Comrades, I think the situation is very clear. The Chinese have hit a wall here, so they withdrew the main force and left The next two armies turned from offense to defense here, giving up the initiative to attack us, and changed to a defensive war. At the same time, they focused their offense on Central Asia, intending to gather superior forces and outflank our rear.

We must make corresponding deployments, and we cannot let the Chinese get what they want!The Chinese got their wish, but we just sit and wait to die! "

"Exactly! The Chinese want to outflank our rear! Want to skip here and go straight to Novosibirsk!"

"Novosibirsk cannot be lost! Once lost, Siberia will be completely over!"

"The intention of the Chinese is very obvious, comrades, we must come up with countermeasures!"

The generals were very unanimous in their opinions. They all decided that the Nanjing Army was difficult to advance on the North Asian battlefield, so they changed their strategy and transferred the 77th Army with the strongest combat effectiveness from North Asia to Central Asia. The 37th Army joined forces to attack Novosibirsk.

If Novosibirsk is lost, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Eastern Military Region of the Soviet Army will fall into the fate of the Soviet Far Eastern Front after the loss of Irkutsk during the Far East War. The tactics of the Nanjing Army are almost a replica of the original, and the purpose is the same.

However, the opinions of the generals were divided on how to deal with it next.

Vatutin volunteered: "Comrade Konev, I am willing to lead the 15th Army to evacuate here immediately and rush to Novosibirsk for rescue. I assure you that the iron hooves of the Chinese invaders will never enter Novosibirsk!"

"No!" Kuznetsov objected, "We shouldn't be so passive! Comrades, we must show the fearlessness of the Soviet Red Army and crush the invaders' attacks! The Chinese army attacked Cheremkhovo, and we will defend Cheremkhovo, the Chinese army attacked Novosibirsk, and we will defend Novosibirsk. In this way, have we not been passive? Have been led by the nose? I suggest that we should concentrate our strength and take the initiative! Defeat our current situation in one fell swoop The Chinese army! Turn passive into active!"

Marankin said: "The Central Asian military region has collapsed. I am afraid that our military region will be responsible for resisting the Chinese army in Central Asia together with the Ural military region, and even counterattacking Central Asia to liberate Central Asia. Therefore, we must be cautious.

Comrade Vatutin's 15th Army is going to strengthen the defense of the Novosibirsk region, and Comrade Kuznetsov's 17th Army is responsible for consolidating the defense line here, so that we can resist the Chinese army with ease and ease !"

Susaykov questioned: "Comrade Marankin, I want to criticize your conservative thinking.

The fists should be hit together, not scattered.

Dispersing the two armies to two places more than 1000 kilometers apart, wouldn't it be a waste of time?As a result, the strength of the two places fell into a shortage, and neither place could launch a large-scale counterattack, but could only launch a defense.

If so, how can we achieve major results? His tone was a little harsh, "Comrades, it has been three and a half months since the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. Unfortunately, the Red Army has been losing battles. In Eastern Europe, we lost half of Ukraine. The Kiev battle has not yet been won. In China In Asia, the five alliance countries are all in danger. Here, we can only withstand the attack of the invaders, and we have not counterattacked the invaders.

Comrades, the Soviet Red Army needs a big victory to boost morale, the Soviet people need a big victory to stabilize people's hearts, and Comrade Stalin desperately wants a big victory to prove that the Soviet Union and the Soviet Red Army are invincible!Instead of being beaten and defended everywhere, we should attack!Seize the favorable opportunity and attack decisively!Achieve great results!Repay the motherland! "

Konev looked at Susaikov: "Comrade Susaikov, you mean..."

Susaikov's eyes sparkled: "Counterattack! Here it is! Try to hit the Chinese army hard! It's best to wipe out one of their divisions, no, one army! Comrades, you can't just see the military significance of a victory, but also the military significance of a victory." To see the political significance! The Soviet people really need to hear the good news from the front-line Red Army soldiers!"

Konev thought about it seriously and remained silent.

Ma Lanjin's attitude was neutral: "It's not a risk to launch a counterattack.

We fought fiercely with the Chinese army on the opposite side for half a month, and it was basically a tie. Now, the strongest army of their three armies has been transferred away, and their strength has been greatly reduced. If we concentrate our forces and fight back decisively, as long as we command Proper and bloody battles, it is very possible to achieve major breakthroughs and results, and thoroughly grasp the initiative in the war!"

Vatutin added: "Not only that, if the Chinese army is defeated by us here, the 77th Army that was transferred will most likely have to come back to fill it, then we will directly lift the crisis in Novosibirsk!"

On the Cheremkhovo battlefield, the three armies of the Nanjing Army fought against the two Soviet army groups. The two sides basically drew. Now, the 77th Army of the Nanjing Army has been transferred away, and the strength of the Nanjing Army has been reduced by half. In danger, the two Soviet armies are still in place.

Faced with this situation, the Soviet army had two choices. One was to divide the troops into two groups to fight, and the other was to "encircle Wei and save Zhao".

Kuznetsov and Susaikov firmly advocated "taking this opportunity to attack the 10th and 100th armies of the Nanjing Army on the opposite side with all their strength, and strive to severely damage them." Two ways, one group army will start defense here, and the other group army will go to Novosibirsk for emergency.” However, Marankin and Vatutin are not too opposed to the second plan, because if it is really possible to defeat the 10th Army and the 100th Army of the Nanjing Army The army can not only allow the Soviet army to completely gain the initiative in the Cheremkhovo battlefield, but also play a role in besieging Wei and saving Zhao Zhimiao, forcing the 77th Army of the Nanjing Army that originally planned to attack Novosibirsk to rush back to fill up, and Novosibirsk will naturally turn the corner. Relying on the 37th Army of the Nanjing Army alone, it is difficult to take down the strong city of Novosibirsk.