Chapter 1285: Strategic Disadvantage
The vanguard of Russia, when it arrived near Chita, looked at the dense and shocking defensive line, did not dare to attack directly, but could not retreat, the tsar's order was still pressed behind, so they had to be stationed first on the premise of calling for reinforcements, they were in a dilemma, attack, this Chita, almost equivalent to the defense of the European war in Bordeaux, layers of positions, make anyone's scalp tingle, it is impossible to force the attack, maybe put in half of the casualties, can take the peripheral positions, But now, Chita's defense is within 10 kilometers of the periphery, so 1 million people can't make any waves.
The command of the Russian army in Yekaterinburg, a day later, received an emergency from the front, at first did not pay special attention, the commander intuitively believed that it was the commander of the front line who shirked, the Chinese occupied Chita, in a certain sense, will definitely strengthen the defense of Chita, Chita is only a big place, but a small city developed because of the Trans-Siberian Railway, this city compared with the historical city, has a congenital deficiency, perhaps the generals of the front line are complaining, And then after the attack comes down, it shows that he is strong, which is normal.
The commander waved his hand, and approved a batch of artillery to go up, this is the American goods that have just been obtained, all of them are more than 120 mm artillery, these strategic artillery, directly support the front line, used to attack the fortress, it should be enough, as for the reinforcements, another million people will be sent, when the time comes, drown them, although the European war has been going on for the second year, most of the Russian commanders, still stuck in the period of the Russo-Japanese War.
The Northwestern Front, which had been paying close attention to the Russian side's every move, immediately began to move after receiving another 1 million reinforcements from Yekaterinburg. From the moment the Russian army arrived in Yekaterinburg, China did not intend to let him go back, and the German side has never concealed its ambitions for Baku, for the whole of Poland near East Prussia and Kiev in Russia, in its own strategy. China also hopes that Germany will be stronger on its original foundation, and that its strong foundation will be land in addition to its population.
In terms of population, unless a large number of enemy people are converted, it is unlikely that there will be much change, and the transformation will take time and be quite dangerous. The merger of an entire ethnic group into another country is a super unstable factor for any country, who knows what an occasional explosion of this explosive package is, rather than a monitor, it is better to remove all the people, relatively speaking. Increasing land has become the best choice.
The land area of Germany. There are congenital shortcomings, before the Franco-Prussian War, there were less than 500,000 square kilometers, not to mention compared with the superpowers of the United States and Russia, that is, with France on the same level, that is, after the victory of the Franco-Prussian War. Germany has only 700,000 square kilometers of land, but compared with Russia's 22 million, the United States' 9.3 million, and even China's 11 million, it is simply incomparable.
Germany was embroiled in the Great War in Europe. There is not enough manpower to develop these lands and let these lands blossom and bear fruit, but China has ah, the European war, the longer it lasts, the longer it lasts, and the more tragic it is, it is a great thing for China, and now, the United States has joined the occupation in advance, and it has not even changed the situation of the war much, what does this mean, when the time comes, the First World War, maybe not to weaken Britain, France, Russia and Germany, but to add a United States,
In fact, from the beginning of the war in Europe to the present, the United States has fallen 3 million people in Europe, compared with the first war in history, I don't know how much, population is very important for any country, even the United States, if it was not for the opportunity to adopt media control, it would have been chaotic a long time ago.
The situation between the two sides is still flat, not like in history, it has been tilted towards the Entente, what China has to do is to increase this time, at this time, every time Germany is strengthened, it means that China does not have to take the initiative to weaken the strength of the Entente here.
In this case, the attack on Russia actually represents this balance in making, how much Russian troops China left in the Far East, for the German side, how much loss will be reduced, and these losses will be added to the Britain, France and the United States on the Western Front, in this case, it is the most suitable, if the United States can not resist the war, and finally withdraws, this will be the best choice.
But come to think of it, the United States will not do this, come to the war, without getting enough benefits on the premise, how can it be easy to leave, after the northeast shot, in Chita to do a tight defense, even in the west of Mongolia, also made considerable preparations, in Mongolia, in Xinjiang, each has a strong mobile force, they wait for the moment of Russia's attack, once Russia really strengthens the front line of Chita, they will bypass the Trans-Siberian Railway, attack towards Yekaterinburg, and finally occupy YekaterinburgAlthough it cannot be said that the Ural Mountains are blocked, it is impossible for Russia to interfere in Siberia.
Now is a good opportunity, in the direction of Yekaterinburg, if there are 2 million people, these two forces will not attack, when the number of Yekaterinburg's troops is reduced to 1 million, or even lower, they will immediately send troops.
The radio waves passed through a distance of thousands of kilometers, directly transmitted to the two military camps, the huge military camps began to be lively, the 12th thirteenth and fourteenth group armies located in Xinjiang, are a class of group armies with 9 divisions, the entire 600,000 people, immediately started broadcasting, in the territory is by railway, outside the sea is a combination of cars and armored forces, after the inspection in advance, even after leaving the Chinese border, you can travel at a speed of 50 kilometers a day, and it is expected to arrive in Yekaterinburg after 15 days. By then, in the direction of Yekaterinburg, the army would not exceed a million thousand.
For others, an army of 1 million is enough, and under the fixed defense of the city, an army of 1 million can withstand at least 2 million, or even more, but for China, this is far from enough. It's a pity that all this, the commander of Yekaterinburg did not know at all.
Columns of troops, leaving Yekaterinburg, were surrounded by special forces monitoring, for whom they may not be able to do anything. It is possible to attack the military columns directly, but go deep behind the enemy, blow up one or two bridges, and completely cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway, in which case, the whole of Siberia will become a Jedi without any supplies, and the reason why they don't do this is very simple, that is, let them come. Destroy the living forces of Russia, by the way, so that Russia loses more blood.
Columns full of troops quickly set out from Yekaterinburg and headed for Chita, unbeknownst to them, behind them, the area of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Two armies are advancing towards Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg. It is an important city in Siberia, and at present, is the stronghold of the attacking Russian army, a place that has always been of considerable concern to China, itself. They were ready to wait until Russia and the revolution broke out, and then take this place, and try to completely control East Siberia, a huge land of more than 7 million square kilometers. Even if it is in the alpine zone, even if the geological conditions are extremely harsh, not very suitable for human survival, it is also a huge land, as one of the few lands in the world that has not been thoroughly developed, it contains unimaginable wealth, gold, all kinds of precious mineral deposits, oil, coal, it can be said that with this, China can also be like the United States, have the confidence to sequester domestic resources, to buy external resources, when the external resources are consumed, China still has the ability to support its own development for a long time, Just look at the future market Russia to know, under the premise of the collapse of the Soviet Union, still relying on the rise of resources, you can know how many resources the huge Siberia has provided them, not to mention, its own long border with Russia, because of the relationship between Siberia, only the Ural Mountains are a little, which is very important for China's strategic security.
China is very aware of this, so it sent a large army, from Mongolia to Xinjiang, at least 1.5 million troops, which is the largest army sent by China to a foreign country since its foreign war.
It is already a set goal, and now, Germany is also preparing to move near Baku and East Prussia, which is equivalent to saying that Russia has nothing else except 3 million troops, and with the degree of armament of China, send another 1.8 million troops to completely cut off Yekaterinburg, these Russian troops will become the turtle in the urn, and the victory or defeat can be said to be doomed.
The army alone has such great power, not to mention, in order to ensure this victory, China has used everything it can. For this time, China will not only use the army, but also the air force, although it is very important to maintain the superiority of the air force, even in the most dangerous time, the northwest has tried not to use the air force, but now, with China's involvement in the world situation, more and more in-depth impact on the whole world, and more and more powerful under the premise, a single weapon, can no longer affect the overall situation, even if the air force leaks, other countries, including the United States, which is the most industrially developed, It is also quite difficult to catch up with the progress of the northwest, not to mention that in terms of air force, there is no accumulation of France and Britain.
According to historical evaluation, the First World War may be the last war to divide the world, on the contrary, the Second World War, although it was also a confrontation between two blocs, became a world anti-fascist war, and the whole world joined the anti-fascist camp, regardless of doctrine and ideology.
The operation against Siberia not only includes 1.5 million strong, rigorous and well-trained land forces, but also includes a huge strategic bomber force, the strongest strategic bomber force in the whole of China, more than 500 strategic bombers with a maximum bomb load of 12 tons, including 2,500 medium and small bombers, all of which will be put into this war, for Yekaterinburg, for Vladivostok, this will be a nightmare, and nothing else, this will be the first time that strategic bombers have been launched, which was also the first appearance of the Air Force.
No matter what, no matter what, China and Germany are still in contact, the capture of Yekaterinburg is a signal, as long as China blocks here, even if the 3 million army is not annihilated, Germany will follow suit, when the time comes, almost from the east and west, carve up Russia, now more than 20 million square kilometers of Russia, will lose nearly 10 million square kilometers, and even in the future, continue to lose, whether it is China or Germany, have made preparations before, Even China's preparation time is a little late, Stalin's existence is just a whim of Yang Yuanzhao, but for Germany, Lenin was under the protection of Germany as early as a few years ago, and at a critical moment, it can be released to affect the situation of the whole Russia, for Germany, even if the threat of Russia is almost equal to zero, such a huge country must always pay considerable attention.
The Entente and the Central Powers, the two major blocs, respectively opened a battle in Asia, in which the Entente and the Allied Powers' interference in Asia is almost equal to zero, mainly between China and Russia, now it seems that because of the emergence of China, although the news of China's accession to the Allies is confidential, but aside from China, the Allies have the upper hand, and the situation in the Middle East is not known for the time being, but for China and Germany, it has been clear that Baghdad has been blocked, and the Entente has almost 200,000 troopsThe Entente did not receive the news of blocking the 3B railway, and they did not even dare to target attacks, the asymmetry of information is undoubtedly evident here, without the convenient communication of radio, where there is no wired telegraph, their intelligence can only be transmitted through the most backward manpower, and such transmission cannot meet the needs of the strategy at all.
The confusion of the Entente gave the Allies the opportunity that radio had been applied to China and Germany, and even to some of the high-level leaders of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, who knew the news of the Middle East and Siberia, and that China had brought the Middle East and Siberia under control with its indisputable strength, even if there was no final war report, but the strategic advantage had already emerged, and the next thing was how to maintain this advantage. (To be continued.) )
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