On the afternoon of May 24, 1933, dozens of aircraft escorted a transport plane to Cullen.
That’s right, our classmate Zhang Yunhan personally supervised the battle.
The significance of this battle is very important. This is the first large-scale armed conflict between China and the great powers! This is the battle of the century. If we fight it well, the backbone of the nation can be straightened!
After the defeat, the Northwest Army was severely weakened.
"Bohan, look at you, why did you come to pick me up when the war is stalemate?"
"The Commander-in-Chief is here in person, how can I not come to pick him up? Wouldn't it make people laugh if this news spread?"
"Okay, the war is urgent, let's go to the headquarters first."
Although Zhang Yunhan is not a regular soldier, he has also participated in military training. In addition, he reads books every day to supplement some knowledge, and he still has some insights into military theory.
Arriving at the headquarters, the map has marked the enemy and friend situations.
"Commander-in-Chief, please see that the 41st and 42nd Divisions of the 14th Army have already set up positions on the only way from Harchagar to Darkhan. The 15th and 40th Divisions, which have just broken through from the front line, are replenishing personnel and supplies, and will soon be Able to reach defensive positions and block enemy forces.”
"On the other hand, the main force of the 5th and 17th armies has arrived in Darkhan. The siege of the city cannot be delayed without delay!"
"At this time, Darkhan's siege has begun..."
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On the other side, Blyucher looked at the battle report from the front line with a livid face. Zhukov was defeated! And it was a disastrous failure!
But can you blame Zhukov? If you want to say who is the most capable of fighting the First Army in the Far East, it is of course Zhukov. This guy should not be too dazzling. But even Zhukov was defeated, how could anyone else stop the Chinese army?
What's more, the planes of the Chinese army are like flies, flying over the Russian army all the time. If they see you unhappy, they will be a bomb. If you move a bomb, it will be!
Blyucher was almost driven crazy. Fortunately, the Northwest Army's ammunition consumption was also a problem, and it had to support the Darkhan siege, so Blyucher's firepower was reduced a lot.
But even if it is reduced a lot, the current Russian army will change its color after hearing this! There was no other way. I was afraid of being bombed. My own planes were beaten down one by one. However, Chinese military planes were rarely shot down. Even if they were, they would throw a grenade into the cockpit before parachuting to destroy the fighter plane. Not leaving anything useful for the Russian army.
In addition, the logistics of the Russian army have been cut off, and the planes cannot transport it? What's more, pilots, fuel, and ammunition are all urgently needed supplies, but the Northwest Army is like a madman. B17 is visiting the Russian army's railway lines every day!
Under Blucher's threat, the workers who maintained the railway almost swung their wrenches until they were smoking, and they couldn't keep up with the speed of the bomb's destruction!
Bluher is feeling aggrieved right now. Although the Far East has stocks of logistical materials, they are not much. Moreover, the Far East has no industrial base and cannot help but consume them!
But Bluucher had no choice. Now that the enemy had escaped the encirclement, he had to rescue the 17th Army. If the 70,000 to 80,000 people were really trapped here, he would be completely finished.
However, the Northwest Army refused to give way. The Northwest Army set up a position on the way forward of the Russian Army in the Far East. Looking at the Chinese positions with intertwined trenches and numerous bunkers, Bluucher's heart suddenly felt cold.
Russian attack?
The Far East Army said it had mobilized three armies, but in fact, only two armies were in place, with only a few hundred thousand people, and there were seventy or eighty thousand people on the opposite side!
According to Zhukov, fighting this war is looking for punishment. So the Russian army and the Northwest Army faced off in the Krasnoch area.
On the other side, Darkhan.
Russian 17th Army Headquarters
He was happily waiting for Blyucher to send reinforcements to defend the front line, but Kovalev began to relax a lot.
As long as Bluucher's reinforcements arrive, it will be impossible to be surrounded or completely annihilated in Darkhan. The Russian army's lineup is too big, and the fist power of the Northwest Army is just an armored corps. However, the Russian army can completely use positional warfare to continuously delay, and then use its strength advantage to attack the Northwest Army's seven inches.
However, the staff just told him that the Northwest Army is coming!
Kovalev immediately panicked, and hurriedly contacted Blyucher to find out that the First Army and the 15th Army were contained, especially the First Army, which had lost more than 20,000 troops!
Okay, now, the Northwest Army has arrived, and the reinforcements have been intercepted. With the situation of the Northwest Army, if they can attack early, they will definitely attack sooner rather than later. The Northwest Army is about to attack!
Just as Kovalev frowned, the explosion of artillery shells continued to be heard, and dirt began to fall from his command room!
boom! boom!
Lu Bohan's order to Wang Yong was to fight as soon as he was ready! Finish the fight with Bluukher as soon as possible!
It’s exciting just thinking about it, what’s a Kovalev? How good is the marshal who beats Lao Maozi?
Wang Yong ordered at that time that all ministries must break through the Russian positions within 24 hours!
The two artillery divisions continued to pour artillery shells on Darkhan. Nearly a thousand guns with a caliber of 100mm or more opened fire together, and the shelling began in the small town of Darkhan!
There are so many cannonballs, maybe three cannonballs fall in the same place!
The Russian army was well prepared. They had known for a long time that an attack was impossible because the defense was in shambles. In addition, the First Army was blown up in the field. Who would have the brains to fight in the field? Is there any city that does not guard the sand?
Under the intensive artillery offensive, many of the Russian army's communication trenches were blown down, bunkers were blown to pieces, and their positions were overturned.
The Russian army's position looked like it had been turned over by an excavator. How could you tell it was a grassland? Those who don’t know, think this is a desert.
Kovalev kept listening to the artillery fire of the Northwestern Army in the artillery hole, and couldn't help but sigh.
Not everyone can equip such a good weapon. Although heavy artillery is good, it is heavy, stupid and heavy, and it is expensive. In Russia, there is no large-scale production of equipment.
Zhang Yunhan's Northwest Army has already achieved freedom of artillery. There are artillery battalions in regiments, artillery regiments in divisions, and artillery divisions in the army. It is a proper artillery doctrine.
But the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army has indeed improved a lot. With just the artillery, can Tu Lao beat them? If it weren't for the poor roads in the south and the difficulty of moving the heavy artillery, how could he have coddled the one in Jinling?
The war continued, and the Russian troops huddled in the shell-proof caves one by one. Seeing the pale faces of the soldiers, the Russian military political commissar quickly began the brainwashing work.
"Brave Red Army soldiers! The national rights of our great Russia are being violated by the Chinese! Our comrades are being massacred and the land is plundered! For our parents and family behind us! For the motherland behind us! We must fight bravely! We must never back down from imperialism!”
