Chapter 265 Northwest Counterattack 2

In March, Xinjiang Province is still cold and piercing. During the day, because of the good weather conditions, the temperature will warm up.

At dawn, the earth is cold and clear, and the cold wind is gloomy.

Because Hu Chuyuan was in the rear to dispatch supplies, Li Kaiye had no worries, so he personally led the Northwest Army to attack.

A few days ago, he just commanded a battle and recaptured the front line of Daban City. The mechanized troops began to cross the pass in an orderly manner and began to reorganize in the Salt Lake area.

As a general who really knows the tactics of the mechanized corps in China, Li Kaiye discovered the biggest advantage of the mechanized corps very early - mobility and speed.

Therefore, Li Kaiye divided the 2,755 armored vehicles in his hand into four divisions, namely Huguang 1st Division, 3rd Division, 33rd Division and 35th Division. Around these armored vehicles, a large number of trucks, off-road vehicles and other auxiliary supply vehicles and light infantry fighting vehicles were equipped.

In addition to the third division, the other three divisions formed the First Army in the Northwest. In addition, they were equipped with a cavalry division and a Huguang infantry division of the Shaanxi-Ganning Corps.

The 3rd Huguang Division, three infantry divisions, and the 32nd Division of the Xinjiang Corps formed the Second Army.

In Li Kaiye's plan, the First Army in the Northwest is an assault force, pursuing the fastest impact. The Second Army is the main force of the positional battle, and the Third Army, which is equipped with a small number of armored vehicles, is the reserve force.

He is ready to attack. The first army is ready to go in the Salt Lake area, with a total of 147,000 people in 5 divisions, equipped with 945 TZB-2 machine gun armored vehicles, 244 TZP-3 self-propelled artillery armored vehicles and 115 TZA-1 main armored vehicles, equipped with 774 0 trucks and other auxiliary vehicles, and the number of trucks and tanker trucks is sufficient.

The yellow sand is vast.

The time has come, and the scattered armored vehicles and trucks have started one after another. In the desert and the Gobi Desert, it is very difficult to drive vertically, because the dust and smoke are always rolling.

Most of them were divided into three lines. More than 400 TZB-2 assaults in the first array were in front, and hundreds of infantry trucks were behind them. Sun Daoyuan's 33rd Division took the lead in rushing to the front and attacked Urumqi County.

Yerqiang rebels stationed more than 60,000 defenders in the area of Urumqi County, where they held for a long time. The trenches were dug for a long time, with more than a dozen floors, and various bunkers and other fortifications were built.

The distance between the two sides is very close, only dozens of kilometers. When the main force of the 33rd Division came to the position, a large number of 25mm caliber machine guns were venting ammunition to their heart's content, and a few TZA-1 armored vehicles hidden in TZB armored vehicles were responsible for attacking bunkers and blowing up other fortifications, 55mm caliber slip. The cannon is basically enough.

Ye Erqiang rebels were basically Kazakhs. They couldn't understand all this in front of them at all, and soon suffered a large-scale defeat and retreat.

Occupying Urumqi County and making a little renovation, Li Kaiye directly bypassed Urumqi and led the First Northwest Army to attack the Eastern Russian and Central Asian Army garrisoned in Changji.

At this time, the Russian army was still in the stage of advocating the Slavic advantage and the bayonet offensive. Their resistance to this iron armor torrent was even more pitiful, even worse than the Yeerqiang rebels.

This is just a one-sided massacre.

Nearly 170,000 people had no time to organize any defense. The front-line defense was torn apart by the two battalions of the 33rd Division, the artillery positions were occupied, and the large troops were surrounded by two mechanized divisions. Finally, the first division completed the sweeping and crazy killing.

In the case of the enemy's lack of tanks and large-caliber machine guns, the TZB-2 infantry cannon armored vehicle is invincible. The 5.3cm thick main steel plate armor can resist almost all attacks. The shooting effect of the 25mm machine gun and the 7.62mm Browning light machine gun on the position is amazing.

Turts and obstacles below 2.2 meters wide, and slopes below 40 degrees can't block TZB-2 infantry cannon armored vehicles, and the maximum crossing height can reach 0.53 meters.

Compared with the dozens of armored vehicles used by the British on the battlefield in South Africa, the TZB-2 armored vehicles are completely ten years ahead.

Of course, this also benefits from nearly ten years of long-term research and development in China.

Some TZB-2 armored vehicles are also equipped with flamethrowers to remove shallow mines, attack trap bunkers, and also sweep positions.

In the first large-scale battle of the Northwest Counterattack, Li Kaiye did not intend to leave any prisoners at all. He wanted to use this absolute advantage to defeat the combat psychological quality of the entire Russian army.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to extend the blitzkrieg into an annihilation war.

After the First Army fully completed the encirclement and sweep, the entire Russian Eastern Central Asian Army was annihilated, and only the outside troops of less than 20,000 people were given the opportunity to surrender.

March 20th.

At a lightning speed, led by Li Kaiye, the Northwest First Army crossed the western region of Xinjiang at an average speed of 110 kilometers per day, directly attacking Wusu, and throwing a large number of positions in the middle to the Second Army.

As the capital of the Yerqiang Khanate, the fortifications of Wusu are stronger, but they are meaningless.

On March 24, after joining the Second Northwest Army, Li Kaiye continued to bypass the Jinghe defense line, attacked from Tacheng, directly attacked Aldeka, and easily defeated the Russian South Central Asian Army garrisoned here.

In the rear, Hu Chuyuan mobilized all the engineering forces he could mobilize to repair the damaged railway from Urumqi to Bancheng, and used the Russian railway to connect the railway line from Shanshan to Aledeka, and a large amount of supplies were transported directly to Aledeka.

The Russian army was defeated all the way, and the amount of discarded materials was enough for China to organize another 300,000 troops.

Before the Second Army rendezvous, Li Kaiye robbed the remnants of the Russian Army in southern Central Asia and fled to Semipalatinsk. He personally led three mechanized divisions to attack in a straight line, breaking through the defense line of the Army Group in northern Central Asia and capturing Semipalatinsk.

It only takes four days to travel 300 kilometers.

In just four days, Li Kaiye defeated the 750,000 troops deployed by the Russian army in Central Asia and more than 120,000 troops of the sixth group of the French army. His goal was to occupy the key points, protect the whole railway line, and ensure the capture of Barnaul and Omsk.

Therefore, Li Kaiye did not actually fight with the Russian-French coalition on a large scale. Basically, wherever he attacked, the Russian-French coalition began to retreat crazily.

can't stop it at all.

Nearly 400,000 troops of the Russian army were trapped in the Charsk region by the Northwest Army, and nearly 100,000 troops of the French army were directly disarmed by the infantry brigade of less than 10,000.

In the whole northwest region of Kazakhstan, a large number of remnants of the Russian-French coalition forces are sling around.

This counterattack is destined to leave an unprecedented mark in the history of world war. Relying on the coordinated operation of the railway and the Xinjiang Corps, the northwest front has stabilized from Shanshan to Aledka.

The first strategic goal is the most critical.

At this time, let's not talk about the elimination of Ye Erqiang.

After stabilizing Alderkar, the large troops quickly went north and joined Li Kaiye's First Northwest Army to eradicate the remaining more than 400,000 Russian troops in the middle area.

April 11th.

The First Army in the Northwest completed supply and maintenance, attacked north again, bypassed Barnaul, and directly attacked Omsk, the first Russian fortress in Central Asia. Because the main force of the Russian-French coalition was concentrated in Barnaul and Novosibirsk, the 40,000 garrisons in Omsk were unable to resist the offensive at all.

With only the 33rd Division stationed in Omsk, Li Kaiye and the Second Northwest Army were encircled on both sides to attack Barnaul and Novosibir.

At this stage, the speed of logistics supply can't keep up at all. Li Kaiye has long been at the end of the crossbow, and he can only get a certain degree of supply after joining the Second Northwest Army.

Even at the end of the crossbow, the Russian-French coalition still couldn't stand it. Nearly 600,000 troops fled desperately. The capacity of the Far East Railway was not enough at all. A large number of troops fled on the spot, crossed the Yenisei River and fled to Bratsk.

Due to the lack of supplies for the First Army, it was on standby to be repaired. Only the Huguang Third Division of the Second Army was solely responsible for the pursuit. Even so, the speed of escape of the Russian-French coalition forces could not keep up with the speed of the pursuit.

20,000 people chased 600,000 troops to kill.

This is probably the most terrible miracle in the history of war.

From March 14 to April 21, the Huguang Third Division occupied Bratsk and Irkutsk. In more than a month, the Russian-French coalition was completely defeated in the northwest battlefield. Nearly 1.4 million army troops were scattered, with more than 300,000 casualties, about 600,000 surrendered, and the rest They fled everywhere.

The overall victory of the Chinese army in the northwest battlefield quickly shocked the world. In fact, since March, the whole world has been in unprecedented surprise. The creepy news has been transmitted to all over the world one by one.

Japan has completely blocked the news in China and dared not disclose the defeat of the Ally countries in the northwest battlefield. However, in Russia and France, the news has completely spread. People are angry, but extremely afraid.

The rise of yellow people has become the problem that everyone is most afraid of.

At this time.

Hu Chuyuan was ready to leave Shanshan. Before leaving, he carefully sent a congratulatory message to all the officers and soldiers of the Northwest Front, thanking them for their hard work in the past two years and two months.

His task has been successfully completed. Although there are some regrets left, at the last critical moment, the supplies still can't keep up with the advance speed of the front-line troops.

This is also beyond his ability. There is not a big problem with the quality of domestic trucks. Although the quantity is a little insufficient, the real problem is the road. In Central Asia and Novosibirsk, there are no suitable roads, and the transportation efficiency of trucks is much lower.

Now, the railway line has been completely preserved, especially the railway built by Russia and France in Kazakhstan. The current logistics supply has begun to rely mainly on the railway system.

The Second Northwest Army gathered in Novosibirsk, Omsk, Barnaul and Irkutsk regions, responsible for guarding the northern part of Central Asia, cutting off the supply capacity of the Far East Railway, and waiting for the Russian-French coalition to starve to death in the northeast.

The first army in the northwest regrouped, retreated along the railway line to Aldeka, and began to attack the Almaty region. The third army was in Ili, Urumqi and Shanshan, and used the new troops integrated with Russian and French materials to cooperate with part of the main force of the third army in the northwest to advance towards Kazakhstan.

In order to reduce the material loss on the Northwest Front, at this stage, Li Kaiye ordered the Northwest Army to use the guns and ammunition left by the Russians and the French on a large scale.

Now, the main force of the Russian-French coalition forces stationed on the northeast front and preparing to launch a full-scale attack a month ago are embarrassed. It is said that more than one million troops in North Korea are embarrassed.

(to be continued)