In the command headquarters, the person in charge of the command of this battle is Yan Xishan, who has gradually grown into the Chinese Army from a small team, and is a rare leader, as the commander-in-chief of the Mengbei Army, he was not in charge of the First Battle of Eastern Siberia, but was responsible for the more important Battle of Yekaterinburg.

Because of the importance he paid to it, he made a lot of preparations before the war, but when it came to the actual battle, he found that he had somewhat underestimated the degree of Yekaterinburg's defense. Thousands of casualties a day, this is probably the largest casualty since the establishment of the Chinese National Defense Forces, even if Yekaterinburg is important, Yan Xishan has to stop and think about it, using human lives to fill in is never the style of Chinese commanders, for Yan Xishan, even more so.

The two huge group armies, as well as special forces, airplanes, airships, and Yan Xishan had a lot of cards in his hand, and on the premise of making sure that there was no danger around, a large number of cards were played. Next, with the help of various means, Yekaterinburg was investigated, and the maps of Yekaterinburg that were there before were only before the war, and in the war, Yekaterinburg was a little different, and the commander's supplementary reconnaissance was also to clear the way for the next operation.

Russia's protective strength, the concept of war, in the face of the sky, underground, three-dimensional reconnaissance of special forces, did not play much role, and soon, a perfect city defense report appeared in front of the commander, very simple, explaining the protection system of Yekaterinburg, it can be said that or, the deployment of the Russian army is very well understood, but even if it is proud like Yan Xishan, it still can't solve the problem.

How to say it, the Russian army has completely fortified Yekaterinburg. If you want to capture him, you can't do it like Chita. Destroy the entire defense, so that the Russian army has lost its defense. The mentality is unbalanced and surrenders, otherwise, it can only be hard fighting.

Attacking a fortified city without strategic artillery fire, powerful siege weapons, is extremely difficult for any army, historically, a Belgian fortress of the scorching sun. It took Germany a few days, which directly caused the bankruptcy of the Sriffin plan, and China could also use airships to solve the battle, but unfortunately, from the beginning of the determination of the aircraft strategy, China reduced the number of airships in the army as much as possible, and most of them were sold to Germany.

There are three ways in front of Yan Xishan, one is to let the country re-use the airship, with the help of Russia's lack of airships, and use airships little by little. Pry open the defense of Yekaterinburg, on the other hand, use strategic bombers, finally. It's a strong attack.

The first point is impossible, restarting the airship production line means a huge waste. Now Germany's imports of airships have also been greatly reduced, and they are produced. Almost smashed into the hand, the second point. It is possible to retreat 10,000 steps, if it is necessary to capture Yekaterinburg in the end, under the premise that no other way can be taken, you can try, as for the third point, the battle of the fortification, it represents huge casualties, and it is even more impossible to choose.

Similar battles, the Chinese army has not experienced much, that is, Chita, Chita can not be counted, Chita is too small, it was airdropped by the northwest with coagulation ******, it destroyed more than half, and as a result, the power of the coagulation ****** was too great, and the other party could only surrender.

At present, the production capacity of solidification ****** is limited, and oil is regarded as an important reserve for strategic purposes, and it is impossible to use it for solidification ******.

This kind of incendiary bomb, for a small range of fortifications, or small towns, is suitable, dense areas, the greatest effect, the first generation of incendiary bombs, although the power is there, but the range is too small, but also to the second generation, the third generation, the power can go up, the later generations of incendiary air bombs are called the first conventional weapons below the nuclear (weapon) weapon, not a joke.

Yang Yuanzhao has pointed out the direction, but unfortunately this kind of weapon, it is not easy to research out, the main thing is the formula, not only to be powerful enough, but also wide enough, even if there is a main formula, it is not one or two experiments can be completed, from the solidification ****** completed, the incendiary air bomb has entered the second generation of thermite research, but unfortunately the progress has not been large, as if it is only one foot away, the best, that is, similar to the first generation.

Such power can not satisfy China, the second generation of production difficulty, compared with the first generation of a little lower, suitable for industrial production, but the price is higher, if you can not ensure greater power, it is better to produce the first generation, so simple.

Unlike the main battlefield, there can be a large number of construction teams, build railways, and use train guns, which are too far away from here, so far that even the engineering team can't keep up, only some people do logistics support, and even logistics rely on airships and planes.

After getting the hard fight, Yan Xishan did not have the brains to carry out a strong attack, the Chinese art of war is broad and profound, since the front is not good, then use another method, first of all, the siege of the city, although it is said that the opponent's city wall is very strong, and the defense is perfect enough, but after a simple contact, Yan Xishan found that the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is not very strong, even with the help of the city wall, it has not caused them great damage, which is very obvious, if it is not for the protection of the city wall, They may not be able to withstand even a single charge from the Chinese army.

In this case, it may be possible to take Yekaterinburg without conquering the entire city by building a position on the outer front, completely enclosing Yekaterinburg, placing a gap, and maintaining a certain intensity of attack every day.

In that case, outside Yekaterinburg, there will not be a lot of troops left, maybe 500,000 will be about the same, and the remaining 1 million troops will be used for other purposes.

Siberia is definitely going to be taken, although this time the progress is a little faster, on the premise that it has not laid a good foundation for Eastern Siberia, it has already attacked Yekaterinburg, and almost most of the strategic points in Siberia have been taken, but if you eat it, you can't just spit it out, this is not in accordance with the law, the original plan was well-planned, it was 1.8 million to attack Yekaterinburg, and now, Yekaterinburg's defense is too strong, and there is no way to completely conquer the premise. Choose to besiege instead of attack, control them, and then part of the army will intercept the troops that may be withdrawn from Chita, and the rest can operate in the vast expanse of Siberia, which is not yet June, the best time in Siberia, just in time for a large-scale operation.

People are always the most important thing, just like the actions taken by Eastern Siberia, China's actions on the Yekaterinburg side, the foundation is even more shallow, even if Yekaterinburg is occupied, it does not mean that the whole of Siberia belongs to China, but only occupies a first opportunity, and now with the help of the possibility that Russia may be attacked by Germany, it will no longer be able to draw a little force to the Siberian side, and the population of Siberia will be captured, then, with Russia's mobilization and transfer capabilities, Siberia is almost empty.

A territory full of aborigines and armies is difficult to conquer, because dense cities will form a chain-like network, countless people, will become a sea of guerrilla warfare, unless they are all eliminated, in that case, and have to bear the name of butcher, this is not hundreds of years ago, whether it is Britain, the United States, or even France, there are large-scale massacres, and even the experience of buying and selling people, but with the change of the times, this opportunity is unlikely.

History is written by the victors, but in the 20th century, with the intensification of international ties, wanton slaughter regardless of fame was not a choice for ********.

So moving the population and letting them work to achieve a win-win result is a great initiative of China, not only in Germany, which has gained huge benefits, and Germany has received funds to continue the war, but China has not obtained a large number of urgently needed population, some of which are highly educated, and even to a certain extent, supplement China's research institutes, even because of their nationality problems, it is impossible to hand over the most important work to them to complete, some corners, not very important repetitive work, yes, For scientific and technological personnel, there is never too much.

Of course, it is impossible for China to obtain scientific researchers in Siberia, Russia is one of the great powers, but it has never been a complete industrial country, there is a certain industry, but the level is not high, and the development of science is uneven, more concentrated in the European part.

Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, but there are almost 7 million square kilometers of land in Siberia, almost 18 million people, in the Far East East Siberia, almost more than 7 million, the rest of Central Siberia and West Siberia, the total is almost 11 million, these populations, just Russian statistics, whether there is a hidden population, that is almost certain, Russia's chaotic rule, even in the European part, is messy, let alone in the Asian part, The climate here in Siberia is harsh, it is not suitable for people to live, it is here, it is forced, there is no way, these people here, in accordance with the requirements of the government, will carry out population registration, it is impossible to think with their toes.

In China's view, this group of people can be used as laborers, really increase China's war heritage, the tens of millions of people who have been obtained from Europe have been effectively shown this, whether it is the high-grade highways and railways in Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places under construction, and even the future highway into Tibet, will also let these people to work hard, smooth roads and railways, can make China's defense system more perfect, domestic mobilization more quickly, which is a great strategic advantage for China. (To be continued.) )