Chapter 632: Cutting off the Trans-Siberian Railway
On August 27, 1921, the First Pioneer Division of the Xinjiang Corps of the Chinese National Defense Forces arrived in Novosibirsk, an important railway town of Tsarist Russia, and engaged in a fierce battle with the Russian garrison of a local division.
The Chinese Wehrmacht mobilized six aircraft to participate in the battle and carried out a comprehensive bombardment of the Russian positions in the city of Novosibirsk, although the Russian soldiers organized resistance, but soon the front completely collapsed, and the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht took the Russian positions with only one charge and occupied the entire city of Novosibirsk at a very fast speed.
"Take control of the train station, take control of the important departments in the city!" Wang Boqi, commander of the first division, said loudly.
"Division commander, the political commissar has led people to block these places, and now there is no resistance in the city, what is our next plan?" Liu Kai, chief of staff of the First Division, said.
"The 2nd Brigade was ordered to remain in the city, and the 1st Brigade to advance westward, occupying the Russian towns and military stations along the railway. The 3rd Brigade swept through the surrounding towns and villages. Remember, those who resist will be killed! Wang Boqi said loudly.
"Yes!"
"Sending a telegram to the headquarters of the army group, the 1st Division of our Wehrmacht captured Novosibirsk, an important town on the Tsarist Russian railway, at 7 a.m. on August 27, 1921. Now it is radiating power to the surroundings to exterminate the remnants of the Russian army. Wang Boyu said excitedly.
"Yes!" Liu Kai was also very excited, the actions of the first division would inevitably be counted in the ten volumes, and they, the military generals who opened up the territory for the country, would also become famous in history.
"Report to the division commander, the headquarters of the group army is in an emergency!" The operational staff officer said loudly.
"Read!"
"The headquarters of the group army received information that a Russian army is marching east from Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway, the target must be Novosibirsk, and it is expected to reach Novosibirsk tomorrow at the latest.
"Does the headquarters of the army group say how many people are in the Russian army?" Wang Boqi said loudly.
"At least more than fifty thousand people, the men of the Russian White Guards, whose goal is to drive us out of Novosibirsk. The headquarters of the army group demanded that our 1st Division must block the attack of this Russian army at all costs. The operational staff officer said.
"Fifty thousand? With the combat effectiveness of the Russian army and the gap in equipment between it and our army, our division is enough to pose a threat to it. Since we are going to take control of Novosibirsk, war with the Russian army is inevitable. For the enemy, we have to destroy them cleanly and completely. On my order, the 2nd Brigade left one regiment to be stationed in the city of Novosibirsk, and the other units stopped their original tasks and immediately went out 10 kilometers along the railway line to reconnoiter the terrain and build defensive positions. At the same time, the chief of staff contacted the 1st Air Force Division and asked it to send aircraft to support. Wang Boyu issued an order loudly. The First Division of the National Defense Forces is one of the 12 first-class divisions of the National Defense Force, with almost twice the size of the other divisions, reaching 30,000 troops, and the level of weapons and equipment is also first-class among the National Defense Forces, which is also the reason why Wang Boqi dared to go to war with the enemy.
"Division commander, the order of the army group is to delay the arrival of the main forces." Said the operational staff officer.
"Having eliminated them, we have time to deal with things here. You will immediately bring in the political commissar now, this is a vicious battle, and it is also the first tough battle of our Chinese defense forces since they entered Russia, and they can only be won, not defeated. Wang Boyu said in a deep voice.
With the order of Zhang Boling, the commander of the 1st Division, the soldiers of the 1st Division of the Wehrmacht, who had just dispersed, gathered again. The 2nd Brigade and 2nd Regiment were ordered to stay in the city of Novosibirsk, and the other troops set off in three batches to the west.
When the Wehrmacht occupied Bisk, the commander of the White Guards of Tsarist Russia, Denikin, had already received the news. It's just that Denikin didn't know how many troops the Chinese Defense Forces had dispatched at that time. And the internal form of Tsarist Russia collapsed too quickly. The morale of the government army plummeted, and the attitude of pessimism and despair about the future was carried out, and Victor suffered repeated defeats at the front, and the territory of the Soviets was expanded several times, and the number of troops was greatly expanded. After the occupation of Moscow, the Soviet Stalin used political means to persuade hundreds of thousands of new troops to surrender, and the large amount of weapons and ammunition hoarded by the tsar for the extermination of the Soviets became the trophies of the Red Army. Stalin reorganized all the soldiers into the Soviet Moscow Corps, and himself served as the political commissar of the corps, constantly encroaching on the surrounding land, seriously threatening the rear of the Russian government army. ..., the members of the Russian royal family are ready to move, and the generals who command the troops in various places also have their own ghosts, among which Denikin is a powerful local prince. He was entrenched in the Caucasus, backed by the vast Siberia, and could be attacked and defended. Now that China is sending troops to threaten his back road, Denikin is certainly not happy.
Now Denikin has not received the support of Western countries, and the strength of the White Guards is only 400,000, half of which is still fighting against the Soviet Red Army under the command of Viktor of Tsarist Russia. Therefore, the forces under Denikin were relatively tight. This time, being able to dispatch 50,000 people eastward was already his limit. After all, compared with the bitter cold of Siberia, the populous and relatively rich Eastern European Plain touched Denikin's heart more.
After the Xinjiang Corps captured the city of Novosibirsk, the Mongol Corps finally advanced to the shore of Lake Baikal and took Irkutsk with a thunderous force, completely cutting off the Trans-Siberian Railway. At the same time, the Mongol legions swept along the railway line to the east and west in two ways, constantly destroying the Russian troops defending along the way, and the entire Trans-Siberian Railway was completely paralyzed. The Russian troops along the way panicked, and most of them collapsed into the ice fields in the north.
In the area of the Trans-Khingan Mountains, the Wehrmacht's Northeast Corps has completed the occupation of the Ussuri River and the inhabited areas, and the rebellious Russian troops have either been wiped out or driven into the northern ice field, and now it is September, and the weather will slowly get colder, and if those people do not come out and surrender before October, they will only be frozen to death on the ice field. The Eastern Siberian Plateau is one of the coldest regions on Earth. Supplies are abundant, and heavily armed soldiers may not be able to survive in that environment, let alone the Russian rout who fled in disarray.
The Russians, who lived among the people, were strictly controlled, and in the event of a rebellion, they were immediately subjected to bloody suppression.
Command of the Northeast Military District. Liu Hei looked at the telegrams sent by the various ministries, and a satisfied look appeared on his face.
"Commander, what does the young marshal mean, let us restrain military discipline, but not restrict us from attacking the Russians. It's not easy to send such a telegram downward! Political Commissar Liu Shan said a little depressed. If Feng Yong's telegram is conveyed word for word, it will inevitably cause great problems, and the treatment of those Russians who have already surrendered will become even worse. As a political cadre, Liu Shan thought far, he knew that if the Chinese army really raised a butcher's knife against the Russians, it would inevitably cause great trouble. Since ancient times, there has been no reliance on killing for a long reign.
"Hehe, it's not simple, tell the little rabbit cub below, don't bully those old hairy people who surrender to sincerity. Those who are not honest and dare to resist will be rectified to death for Lao Tzu! Also, let them clean their hands and feet, and don't leave a mess for Lao Tzu, who is not interested in wiping their butts. Liu Hei said indifferently.
Liu Shan was depressed. It's not been a day or two with Liu Hei, and I really know his temper too well. Liu Hei fought simply, directly, and fearlessly against death, and was very indifferent to the lives of the enemy, and he also didn't care about his own lives. If it weren't for him, the political commissar, who was always watching, it would not be uncommon for Liu Hei, the commander of the corps, to appear on the frontline battlefield. Even with his own constraints, Liu Hei is also the most diligent among all the commanders of all military regions of the National Defense Force. In Liu Hei's words, if you don't practice with those soldiers for a day, you won't be able to sleep.
"Political commissar, don't worry, the three armies of our Northeast Corps have entered Russia to fight, and from beginning to end, the real enemy is not the Russian army. Now Lao Maozi's army is not vulnerable at all. Our real enemies are the armies of Japan and Western countries. The young marshal said that the Russian Tsar died, and Tsarist Russia turned from a powerful Sunwen empire into a huge piece of the pie, and everyone wanted to come and get a piece of the pie. And Siberia is a place that China will inevitably fight for with all its might. Therefore, it is very likely that we will have to fight a war with Western countries, and it is good that our Northeast Military Region has never fought with the armies of Western countries, and this time it is just a contest. You don't know, Lao Lin and Lao Guo don't show off these things to me. Liu Hei said excitedly. ..., "Commander, young marshal let's not take the initiative to cause trouble, it's not good for you to do this!" Liu Shan said worriedly.
"O commissar! You're just thinking too much. If we want to monopolize this land, can Western countries be willing? What's more, there is a little Japan behind the scenes, you want me to see it! In the end, this matter will have to be resolved on the battlefield. Liu Hei said indifferently.
"In any case, Commander, we should act at the right time, and we should not let Western countries seize the handle. And the deputy commander-in-chief has already left for Vladivostok. We should also send an elite force to Vladivostok to protect, and I always feel uneasy about that Xu Zhiliang. Liu Shan said.
"I didn't expect that Xu Zhiliang turned out to be a spy arranged by the young marshal, his mother, I have been fighting with him for several years, but I didn't expect that it was all my own people fighting my own people. I said that in the past two years, the old Mao Zibing has been crossing the river like sending him to death! Liu Hei was a little depressed. In the past two years, he guarded the border of the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River, and the Russian soldiers continued to cross the border and plunder, and more than 20,000 Russian soldiers fell into his hands before and after. This also made Liu Hei's life in northern Xinjiang less boring, and Liu Hei also regarded it as his own merit. But now it seems that it is really hard to say how much he can occupy in this achievement, and Liu Hei is very awkward every time he thinks about it.
"Yes, the young marshal's methods are still so elusive, but there is nothing wrong with being careful, not to mention that the armies of Western countries are bound to step into Vladivostok, and the deputy commander-in-chief does not have an elite army by his side, which is easy to be looked down upon." Liu Shan said.
"Don't worry, I'll take our First Brigade over. Besides, wait until the deputy commander-in-chief arrives. We may have knocked down the entire east of the Ussuri River. ”
(To be continued) [This text is provided by Primary 4]