"Let them come! It's going to be hell for them! The commander of the Far Eastern Front, General Meretskov, waved his fist and encouraged his men.

After Apanashchenko's finish, the hapless Admiral Pulkaev stepped up, but then a series of defeats followed.

Although everyone knows that in the face of the strong Chinese vanguard army, who will come is about the same. Even the Russians had the idea of exchanging space for time, but after all, they had lost so much territory, and there must be an explanation.

The hapless Pulkaev did not sit still and was censored early.

At this time, Meretskov was ordered to deal with the affairs of the Far East.

After the occupation of the area around Lake Baikal and Siberia, several army groups in Siberia and Baikal were nothing more than empty shells under a name. The Far Eastern Front became the only powerful Russian army in the East, including the remnants of the former Far Eastern Front and the Baikal Military District, plus the newly mobilized various miscellaneous armies, numbering nearly one million.

Such a large front army is not something that ordinary people can control, and Meretskov, who was named a general at the beginning of 40 years, was already one of the three major generals at the beginning, and he became the chief of the general staff of Soviet Russia in 40 years, and his qualifications were enough to overwhelm everyone.

This general, who had made outstanding achievements in the Spanish International Column under a pseudonym and had also made some achievements on the Soviet-Finnish battlefield, was the former chief of staff of the Red Banner Army and was extremely familiar with the Far East. But Rao is that he has rich experience in operational command, and he is helpless in the face of the surging vanguard army.

But Stalin did not allow blind retreat, and he could only retreat all the way and defend all the way.

At the beginning of the Soviet-German war, Meretsev's relationship with Stalin was extraordinary as a representative of the headquarters of the Supreme High Command in Europe. This is also one of the reasons why he was in a row of retreats without being immediately removed from office by Stalin for review.

The crisis in the European theater and the strategy of exchanging time in the Far East are also two of the reasons, but the most important thing is that Meretsev set the location of the decisive battle with the Chinese in Vladivostok early.

According to his initial strategic deployment, he chose several major cities to fight key defensive battles.

But the artillery fire of the vanguard army was more fierce than that of the Germans, and it was a bombardment that did not hesitate to destroy everything, Rao arranged the defense of the city in Boli and Temple Street, but almost all of them were destroyed by the artillery fire of the pioneer army.

In this regard, Meretsev could only lament that the artillery fire of the vanguard army did not cost as if it were a luxury.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold.

Even the Germans, when confronted with such a fortress as Leningrad, had to think about the supply and consumption of ammunition. War always needs a cost, and if the cost is too big and the gain is too small, it is not very meaningful.

But the cheap artillery fire of the vanguard army is only a few tenths of that of others, and one cheap is enough to make the artillery fire of the vanguard army unprecedentedly fierce.

The vanguard army attacked with heavy artillery, and under the continuous bombardment of 10,000 artillery pieces, many places were in ruins.

Coupled with the air superiority of the vanguard army, the artillery support of the Soviets and Russians could not be brought into play at all.

The bombardment continued, and a large number of armored and ground troops swept through the rubble, clearing trenches and underground fortifications that could not be reached by artillery fire, and the battle was over.

The tactics were simple, but Meretsev didn't have much to do.

This is a direct collision of strength without the slightest trick. If the big cities in Europe can hold out for a while with their huge cities, but in the Far East, the population of Soviet Russia from Lake Baikal to the east is less than 3 million, how many big cities can there be?

Even so-called big cities such as Boli Temple Street can't have too many fortifications. A few tiny nails could not withstand the blow of the sledgehammer at all, and they broke.

Meretsev could only make constant adjustments, and finally settled on the steel nail Vladivostok.

The Russians have been running the fortresses of the Far East.

There were two fortified areas at the mouth of the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, which raised spikes in the soft underbelly of the Amur region, but the excessive arrangement of the sea did not defend much against the land offensive, and in the bursts of heavy artillery bombardment, they all became concrete ruins.

But the fortress complex of Vladivostok has been laid out since the time of Tsarist Russia, from land to sea, and has been perfected over the centuries. In order to fight against the Japanese, the Soviet Russian era vigorously built and rebuilt. At this time, it can be called the first fortress in the Far East, even more so than Arthur.

Coupled with the cooperation of the Pacific Fleet and the support of the Japanese on the flanks, Meretsev was confident that this place would be called the Waterloo of the Chinese.

He began to accumulate supplies and strength at an early age, and his series of arrangements and plans also gave Stalin a confidence.

"Don't live up to the expectations of the people! Your name is also expected on the list of marshals! "Thousands of miles away, with the strict blockade of the vanguard army, Stalin could not provide much material support, but could only give some spiritual encouragement.

Meretsev, who was appointed marshal in 44, was expected to be appointed marshal in advance, but this expectation was too slim.

"If there is Japanese help, it should be no problem to hold on for a year!" Meretsev also knew the hardships, but with the support of the Pacific Fleet in the Whale Sea, Vladivostok would not be cut off from the outside world, and there would be no problem in defending it for a year, and because of the entry of the United States into the war, the pattern of the world would change greatly after a year. Soviet Russia will also have adequate countermeasures.

When the time comes, whether he succeeds or fails, he will be a hero of Soviet Russia.

……

"A month! In just one month, I can take Vladivostok! Wei Hanchao took the initiative to run out and ask for battle.

Now that the national defense forces are being readjusted, although Wei Hanchao has the merit of recovering the northeast, it is still slightly inferior to the external merit of opening up the territory.

Although he is the Fourth Legion, the three people who used to be in front of him, Rat One, Niu One, and Hu Yi are all descendants of Meng Xiang, and because of his hesitation in a certain period of time, he has a little estrangement from Meng Xiang's inner circle.

The vanguard army has the most important military merits, and he hopes to make up for it with military merits in order to meet the great opportunity of the new Chinese government and new army in the future.

"Hmm!" Meng Xiang smiled and nodded, noncommittal.

Wei Hanchao's combat request can, but it can't be used as the main force.

The Fourth Army Corps has been out for a long time, and the hill of Wei Hanchao stands quite high and needs to be adjusted.

In addition, the majority of the Fourth Army Corps were natives of the Northeast, and the new Wehrmacht avoided the excessive concentration of personnel in one place, forming a strong local army and warlord faction, which also needed to be adjusted.

They also focused on mountain and guerrilla warfare, and were not good at large-scale sieges, especially such storming fortresses.

Wei Hanchao can use his life in cold blood to pile up, but Meng Xiang will not sacrifice lightly. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been preparing for so long.

Wei Hanchao asked to participate in the war, and one or two divisions could be drawn from the Fourth Army Corps to participate in the battle, but because the main force was familiar with the situation and environment in the northeast, the Fourth Army also needed to make great efforts in the next clean-up and pacification work.

……

"Is it okay for a month?" Meng Xiang asked the rat.

"Yes, Commander!" Rat Yi, the leader of the largest separate mountain in the vanguard army in the eyes of others, immediately changed from Commander Shu to Meng Xiang's loyal subordinate when no one was around.

But when Fan Chong got the plan formulated by Rat Yi, he couldn't help laughing: "This kind of strength is enough for half a month!" ”

He didn't know that Rat Yi had just strictly formulated a one-month attack plan according to Meng Xiang's questioning. And Wei Hanchao didn't know that Meng Xiang had many backers, so he shouted out for a month.

"The fortress of Vladivostok is not much stronger than those hard bones in Europe, we have such preparations, where is it still half a month? In ten days I will be able to plant our red flag there! Zhao Yi, who had just returned from North Africa, was helping Fan Chong revise his plan, and his confident criticism happened to be heard by Meng Xiang and Fan Chong.

"Just ten days!" After Meng Xiang saw Zhao Yi's rough plan, he nodded with Fan Chong and immediately said.

So a detailed new battle plan was released, but the commander was still the rat.

After the reconquest of the south, the credit of the rat one has never had much success. The marshal's signboard is also a little watery, although Meng Xiang will give him more opportunities in the future Southern Battle, but now he needs to be meritorious. One is an upgrade, and the other is Liwei.

Rat Yi is an important arrangement arranged by Meng Xiang to set up another mountain, attracting internal contradictions, how to rise to the top of the mountain without enough military exploits and fame?

Niu Yi and Hu Yi have already performed outstanding combat exploits in Siberia and the Far East, and have both stepped into the eighth rank, obtained the rank of brigadier general at the base, and have improved their humanity and other powers. Meng Xiang hoped that as soon as the rat got enough combat merits to break through the peak of the seventh level and advance to the eighth level, the credit for the final battle of Vladivostok was transferred to him.

Zhao Yi, the designator of the new plan, lacked qualifications and was simply unable to command the cooperation of the three armies, and this time he was promoted to colonel and deputy chief of staff of the front headquarters.

"Lao Maozi has already exiled all the Chinese in Vladivostok, and what taboo is there to attack such a fortress. As long as the land is not sinkable, it will destroy our reconstruction. Just let go of your hands and feet! Before leaving, Meng Xiang instructed, "We look forward to your good news!" ”

On the last day of August, before dawn lifted the veil of dawn, the horn of war sounded again over Vladivostok.