readx; "Li Yuting's ability is still good, and he finally lived up to Shen Lao's expectations!" Li Lianyang was holding the battle report of the Third Division in his hand, and he was obviously in a good mood with a smile on his face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"If he doesn't have the ability, how can the higher authorities let him take charge of the third division!" Cao Yangqing, deputy commander of the Fourth Army next to him, said.

The position of division commander of China's major ace divisions is not something that can be sat on by any person, and there are nearly 1,000 people on active duty in China, but the division and brigade level establishment is only about 100.

In 1941, the main force of the Chinese Army had 10 armored divisions, 13 mechanized infantry divisions, 53 infantry divisions, 25 artillery brigades, three cavalry divisions, and a number of brigade-level technical units. The above is the main field force of the Chinese Army before full mobilization, the armored division and the mechanized infantry division are very high, and even the ordinary infantry division has completed motorization, that is, a large number of vehicles and motorcycles are equipped with infantry transportation and artillery towing trucks.

In addition to these main forces, of course, there are also a large number of second-line troops, including the provincial garrison troops, in addition to mobilization, they have also been urgently organized into divisional units from the 67th Division to the 92nd Division, some of these troops are composed of new recruits, and some are directly drawn from the provincial garrison units, and the weapons and personnel quality of the equipment are relatively low, and these second-line troops are mainly deployed in the domestic areas as garrisons, and are also deployed in the coastal areas, so as to free up the main forces to fight abroad.

Among these troops, the really important positions are only the division commanders of armored divisions and mechanized infantry divisions, but there are only a few of these troops, so among the many major generals of the Chinese Army, there are only a few dozen people who can serve as the commander of the main division, and the rest are serving in the second-line troops, and more are serving in auxiliary positions. None of the people who can serve as the commanders of a field division are outstanding talents in the Chinese Army, and the successive division commanders of those ace divisions are all major generals who have made outstanding military achievements and are highly valued by the superiors, and they all want to go further in the future.

In particular, the commanders of the 1st, 3rd, and 9th divisions have all been promoted to the position of lieutenant general or above, and there are more than 10 generals from these three divisions.

Li Yuting can be arranged to the third division, the ace division as the division commander, the ability is naturally valued by the superiors, if it is not for his too young age, this year is only forty years old, it is estimated that he has been promoted to the position of lieutenant general, last year the post of commander of the third division was vacant, Shen Gang personally recommended Li Yuting to serve as the commander of the third division.

"He was able to take Turkestan with such a small number of losses, which is a great advantage for blocking the eastward reinforcements of the Russian army after the third division!" Cao Yangqing continued: "In less than two days, with less than two hundred casualties, we took down the Turkestan defended by seven or eight thousand enemy troops, and I am afraid that such achievements will attract attention when they reach the general staff!" ”

"Hehe, it's too early to praise him, now the third division still has to face the counteroffensive of the Russian army, according to the intelligence of the air force, the Russian army has at least three divisions or more troops on the way back, plus the troops of the previous rout, the Russian counteroffensive strength exceeds 40,000 people, whether the third division can stop them is the most critical!" Li Lianyang also showed a trace of worry when he said this.

On the surface, the Chinese Army has a huge military strength and advanced equipment, and it can be said that it has not tasted defeat since the civil war, but over time, many army generals have become arrogant, thus ignoring the many problems existing in the army and the many threats it faces.

For example, the Chinese Army is proud of the armored forces, although China's tanks are advanced, although the tactics are in the forefront of the world, but the development speed of various countries is not satisfied, especially in the past two years, the world's armies, especially the armies of the countries participating in the war have improved very greatly, the appearance of the T34 tank of Soviet Russia has almost broken the absolute advantage of the Chinese Army relying on the T9 \ 12 series of tanks, although the British and American tanks can be slightly worse, but the gap is not large, and the more important thing is that they have sufficient production. This forced China to put into full production of T15 tanks to ensure the advanced ability of the main tank.

In other mechanized equipment, the Chinese army can not occupy much advantage, especially the US Army, which is regarded by Chen Jingyun as the biggest potential enemy, when the Chinese Army is still working hard for the mechanization of the whole army, the US Army has already achieved full mechanization, and the number of various types of military trucks has begun to surpass the Chinese Army.

The reason for this is very simple, it is nothing more than two words: national strength! Although China's industrial base has been boasted of being the second largest in the world, and is stronger than Britain, Germany, France, and Soviet Russia, it is still less than half of that of the United States.

After all, the last time China had a large-scale foreign war was in 1930, and it has been ten years since then, and ordinary soldiers and even some low-level officers have not gone through the baptism of war.

Although the Chinese Army's operations in eastern Siberia, Lake Baikal and the Far East have been very smooth, the operations in Western Siberia and Central Asia have not been smooth, and the Chinese Army is still trying to attack Astana and Barnaul, and the Arès direction has greatly hindered the Fourth Army's westward offensive.

A large part of the reason for this is that the soldiers and junior officers of the Chinese army lack war experience, while the Russian army has been fighting for several months and has outperformed the Chinese army soldiers in terms of experience.

However, Li Lianyang also believes that as long as the Chinese Army is given some time to hone its training, it will not be long before the quality of the Chinese Army will return to the top of the world.

Before that, if the Chinese Army wanted to defeat the Russian army, it could rely on superior forces and superior firepower, which can be seen from the fact that the Fourth Army invested more than 200,000 troops in the southern region of Central Asia alone. Li Lianyang never thought that he could rely on the quality of his troops to quickly defeat the Russian army, he relied on fighting more and less, destroying the enemy with countless tanks, planes, and artillery.

Li Lianyang thought so, and Chen Jingyun also thought so, otherwise how could he invest a huge number of troops in the Russian campaign, the main reason for this consideration was to rely on absolute strength and equipment superiority to quickly defeat Russian resistance.

However, this kind of thing happened in the overall situation, and in many specific small-scale battles, the units of the Chinese Army still experienced many times to fight more with less, and to attack the strong with the weak, and the Third Division is currently experiencing this situation

"The information forwarded by the group army headquarters is already very obvious, and this force of the Russian army is coming at us!" Colonel Zhong Taiqing, a staff officer of the Third Division, frowned a little.

There are quite a few Russian troops here, and the strength of up to 40,000 troops is almost three times that of the Third Division, which is not an easy thing to block three with one.

Li Yuting said: "This was originally expected, which is not surprising, but we have to be glad that we came early and captured Turkestan before the arrival of the Russian army, otherwise when they arrive, it will not only be difficult for us to take Turkestan at that time, but it will even affect the general offensive of the Fifth Army on the side of Ares!" ”

"Now, hmph, don't say that they only have three divisions that are not satisfied, and the total strength is only 40,000, even if they have three full divisions, why should my third division be afraid!"

Seeing Li Yuting say such arrogant words, Zhong Taiqing, chief of staff of the Third Division, muttered in his heart, such words can only be said by someone as arrogant as you, but he muttered in his heart, but he did not object to Li Yuting's words, but agreed with the meaning of his words, with the combat power of the Third Division, it may be difficult to defeat this Russian army in an offensive battle, but now it is its own defense, the enemy attacks, since ancient times, the defending side has a great advantage, to wait for work, Fortifications that have been built in advance can give the defender a great advantage.

In a normal offensive battle, when the combat strength of the two sides is similar, the attacking side needs to gather multiple times the attack to maintain the victory of the offensive battle.

The Third Division is one of China's major ace divisions, although it has been stationed in the northwest and Central Asia since the 20s, and missed the war in 1930, resulting in the Third Division has not fought a war for nearly 20 years, but the ace division is also blown out, and the training level and equipment level of the Third Division are the top in the Chinese Army. Although the Third Division was only the first large-scale battle in the past 20 years, the officers played quite well, and the soldiers did not turn around and run away in fright, although their hands and feet were trembling, and despite the nervous cold sweat, the soldiers still obeyed the officers' orders and launched the attack.

The current soldiers and even some low-level officers in the Chinese Army lack experience in war, but the officer corps of the Chinese Army is a group with the most rich war experience in the world, especially the war experience of middle and senior officers. And because the army has not been in force for a long time, and the age of the Chinese officer group is generally low, which allows these experienced generals to continue to serve for a longer time, to the present day in 1941, the senior generals who became famous in the civil war are still the pillars of the army, and a large number of generals who have emerged in several foreign wars have served as the second echelon of officer groups.

The Chinese Army officer corps is quite well-known around the world, although what makes them famous is more of an exclusivity and radical belief in the doctrine of Chinese superiority. But they also know that the lieutenant generals of the Chinese Army officer corps are shining with stars, and there are a lot of famous generals.

Under the command of these experienced generals, although the soldiers have not yet undergone the baptism of war, they still exert their combat effectiveness far beyond that of other countries' armies.

"Captain Ning, there are a lot of enemy troops on the other side, so you have to count five hundred, how about it, do you want to do it!" A middle-aged man with the rank of sergeant major on his shoulder said to a captain of about thirty years old beside him.

Captain Ning put down the binoculars, turned his head to look at the sergeant major beside him, and said with politeness in his tone: "Brother Li, according to your opinion, how sure we are!" ”

Under normal circumstances, Captain Ning, as a young and promising captain of the armored corps, does not need to be so polite to ordinary non-commissioned officers as an officer, but this situation is different from the ordinary situation.

In the early ranks of the Chinese Army, there were only three non-commissioned officers below the officer, namely sergeant, sergeant, and corporal, but later sergeant and sergeant major were added, and the increased sergeant and sergeant major were mainly the chief of the platoon department and the chief of the company, and the senior sergeant major served as the chief of the battalion headquarters.

In peacetime, these people mainly assist the commander-in-chief of the unit in handling internal affairs, because these non-commissioned officers and sergeant majors are all veterans who have been in the army for many years, and their qualifications are much stronger than those low-level officers, and they are more skilled in managing soldiers and training, and in wartime, they rely on their rich experience to provide battlefield advice to these young officers, so as to fill the gap that the Chinese Army no longer has full-time staff officers below the battalion level, and in a sense, they are staff officers below the battalion level.

And the advice they give is more based on their rich experience, than on those professional staff officers who rely on a lot of statistics and professional skills learned in military schools.

This Brother Li is such a person, although Captain Ning also has a lieutenant deputy company commander under him, but in normal times, the deputy company commander directly leads the other part to command the battle, Captain Ning, the real deputy of the company commander, is actually this Sergeant Major Li, because this Sergeant Li is not an ordinary sergeant, but an extremely senior sergeant major, but the first batch of tank soldiers in the Chinese Army, his qualifications are much stronger than Captain Ning, so Captain Ning maintains his pride as an officer, But in tone, he also maintained the necessary respect for Sergeant Commander Lee.

Sergeant Li said at this time: "They are now on the march, it is estimated that they will soon reach the col in front, and this is a pure infantry unit, without the support of tanks, if we can launch a surprise attack, it will not be too difficult to defeat them, but if we want to reap greater results, I am afraid that we have to ask for assistance from the nearby infantry battalion, and if they send an infantry company to cooperate with us, we will be able to reap greater results!" ”

Hearing this, Captain Ning was looking at the dozen or so tanks under his command at the foot of the hill, estimating the comparison of the strength of the two sides in his heart, and then took out his binoculars and looked at the Russian army in the distance, he wanted to know if there were any anti-tank troops in this Russian army, and if so, how many!

This anti-tank gun is still very recognizable, even the smallest caliber 37 mm anti-tank gun has to weigh hundreds of kilograms, and it needs to be towed by trucks. The 37 mm anti-tank gun equipped by the Chinese army is usually towed by a 0.75-ton truck, and can be barely towed by a 0.25-ton jeep if necessary, but in any case, it has to be pulled by a motor vehicle or horse, and the artillery cannot carry it away, while the larger caliber ones, such as the 57 mm or even 75 mm anti-tank guns, are all heavy and heavy guys, and need large trucks to tow them.

Why is the caliber of anti-tank guns so small and so heavy, it is because these things are all guys with super long barrels, which can basically be regarded as direct-fire cannons, and the weight is not at all comparable to those short-barreled howitzers, for example, the same 155 mm caliber, the 1933 155 mm howitzer is only 3.5 tons, but the 155 mm field cannon with 43 times the caliber is as high as more than ten tons, and the 1935 155 mm field cannon has reached 10.05 tons. Of course, there is no comparison between the firing range of the two, the 1933 155 mm howitzer has a range of only 13 kilometers, while the 1935 155 mm field cannon has a range of up to 20 kilometers.

Generally speaking, in terms of the same caliber, the longer the body tube, the greater the weight, and the same is officially because of this reason, so that the Chinese Army gave up the research and development of the 75 mm ultra-long body tube tank gun, not that it could not be developed, but that the weight of this super long body barrel tank gun is too heavy, and the T12 tank will affect the mobility even if it is barely installed, and the longer the body barrel, the more difficult it is to manufacture, the lower the yield of the barrel, and the lower the surname-price ratio. Therefore, this leads to the fact that the Chinese Army is not too keen on the research on increasing the length of the barrel when selecting various artillery, and usually directly increases the caliber to obtain an increase in power.

The 15-mm tank gun on the T105 tank was a product of this strategy.

The infantry anti-tank gun is also a long-barreled cannon, which is very heavy and needs to be towed by a truck, which also gives Captain Ning a better identification mark.

Captain Ning constantly adjusted the binoculars, and then repeatedly observed the Russian army with more than ten trucks back and forth, each truck in this unit had artillery towed at the back, due to the distance, Captain Ning only recognized that the two in front of him were towing 75 mm infantry light howitzers, and the lieutenant general had two towed and two guns, but because the distance was too far away and there were soldiers around the truck being blocked, he couldn't see clearly, and those behind were towing some supplies, including shell racks, ammunition racks, etc.

A standard artillery unit, in addition to the need for trucks to tow artillery, also need trucks to tow artillery transporters, especially large-caliber shells are very heavy, some heavy trucks can be directly loaded on the vehicle for transportation, but for some medium and small vehicles, it is necessary to use towing to transport.

After half a ring, Captain Ning put down his binoculars, pondered for a while, and said, "Then do his vote, you can't just watch them pass!" Although our mission is to reconnoiter on the front line, if we can defeat this enemy army, we can also relieve the pressure in Turkestan! ”

After saying that, Captain Ning turned to the signal corps and said, "Connect the phone number of the 322nd Battalion for me!" ”

When Sergeant Major Li heard that Captain Ning was already determined to fight, he immediately hurried down, and then organized the soldiers to start preparing for battle.

A small ambush is about to start outside the city of Turkestan!