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Zhuo Fan had forgotten how he left the position in Ultau Mountain, and Liu Mingzhao's last sentence made him finally understand where his gap was, and also understood what it meant to be a last resort. Because Liu Mingzhao not only judged that Zhukov's goal was Rezikazgan, but also judged that he would make a detour of a tank army, and even the troops supporting him were regimental to avoid command problems. In the end, it is even more connected to the subsequent war in Siberia. You must know that Siberia is an operational area that no armored unit is willing to face because of the harsh environment such as permafrost and frequent floods and mudslides, and the General Staff also believes that the Siberian operation is several times more difficult than Central Asia, so how to consume the string of fortress cities in Siberia has been bothering the high-level, and the Central Asian side has never flattened the defense line and shortened the distance, so the Siberian battlefield has only had a few tentative attacks so far, and it has been disgraced by the harsh geographical conditions.

But Liu Mingzhao saw an opportunity from this battle, because Zhukov was the commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front, and in order to ensure the strength of Lukin's attack and fight as quickly as possible, he would definitely call in his most comfortable old troops, so as long as he was severely consumed here, only new recruits would be left in the Siberian direction, which was crucial for solving Barnaul and Omsk!

After returning to Aksala, Zhuo Fan immediately set about arranging the troops and equipment he needed. There was no shortage of tanks, but he was not worried about the mobility of the troops, this time it was a large depth interspersed, which was equivalent to a lone army going deep, so it was definitely not possible to bring a large number of infantry who walked on two feet, so he immediately gathered all the trucks that could be drawn around, and intercepted 300 trucks from two supply convoys, and finally pocketed the two half-track regiments that supported Karakalpakstan. Because of the depth of the air force, it may not always be able to provide cover, so he also incorporated a 1938-style "Fury" tracked anti-aircraft artillery battalion that had just arrived in Kyzylorda into his armored cluster cluster.

The 1938 "Fury" anti-aircraft artillery battalion was a new type of anti-aircraft gun that was mass-produced only after the start of the war, and the general chassis of the Type 36 tank. The turret is in the middle, and two 35mm chain guns are on the left and right sides of the turret like arms. This layout allows the anti-aircraft guns to attack at maximum angles without affecting the viewing angle of the electric turret in the middle. But like all anti-aircraft weapons, this tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is extremely expensive, surpassing even 36 main battle tanks. A battalion will definitely not be able to support army-level air defense, so it still has to rely on half-tracks and wheeled 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. After finishing the air defense network, ammunition supply and concentrating vehicles, the support units also arrived one after another. The Polish 10th Armored Brigade had two regiments, 238 Type 31 tanks, and the commander was Major General Odzinski. It was the same as Liu Mingzhao expected. As long as they could fight the Soviets, Major General Odezinski and the Polish officers did not care about a brigadier general commanding them. The Seventh Army sent an old acquaintance, Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 510th Regiment who had worked together in the Kizil Odar Blockade. He is now in high spirits, because the whole regiment has been replaced by Type 36 main battle tanks, a total of 112 units. The 11th separate armored regiment is 117 vehicles Type 31. The lieutenant colonel's name is Wu Qi, who is a top student of the Baoding Army Academy, and is a classmate of Colonel Li Jin, who was in the limelight in the Battle of Avaz. The commander of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division given by Liu Mingzhao is called Zhou Yawei, and the fact that he can be among the 2nd Armored Division alone shows that he is an officer with outstanding ability, bringing 116 Type 36 main battle tanks and a reinforced 105-mm self-propelled howitzer regiment. In addition, 115 main battle tanks of the 539th Armored Regiment of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, and 2 Type 31 tank battalions and 3 Hound wheeled armored battalions reinforced from all sides. In total, six armored regiments with 795 tanks, 42 Fury self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 376 half-track transport/anti-aircraft vehicles, 72 105-mm self-propelled howitzers, 92 Hound wheeled armored vehicles. In the end, Zhuo Fan also brought the 3rd Cavalry Division of the Kazakh Independent Army, although the cavalry is not suitable for modern warfare, but it is indeed a good reconnaissance force in mobile warfare. Together with the infantry brought by the regiments and brigades, there are a total of 6 armored regiments, 2 half-track regiments, 1 wheeled armored regiment, 2 artillery regiments, 7 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry division, 4 anti-aircraft battalions, 3 fuel and supply truck regiments.

Comprehensive comparison from equipment performance, etc. This patchwork force was more than three times more combat-ready on paper than the armored units of the German Army Group A in the French campaign. Of course, Zhuo Fan does not think that paper is above everything else, as everyone comes from different units, especially the Polish 10th Panzer Division, which has only been training for a month. Even with the armored instructors sent by the General Staff to help, it was not possible to fully master the Type 31 tank and modern armored tactics. So the night of the arrival of the troops. He ordered a comprehensive exercise near the road from Aksala to Kyzylorda. He also deliberately broke up the various troops, and even disrupted their meals and sleep, just to let everyone get acquainted with it as soon as possible. Just as more than 1,000 tanks/armored vehicles were "catching and killing" around dirt roads, deserts and hills, running in teams, and practicing offensive tactics, three pieces of news followed.

The first news came from Zhezkazgan, where Zhukov, who had been so badly bombed, finally survived, and the forward troops exchanged fire with the forward units of the Second Army at Albagas, 45 kilometers north of the Ultau Mountains. As Liu Mingzhao expected, Zhukov, whose logistics had been destroyed by planes, threw 370 tanks and 1,000 122-mm heavy guns into a fierce charge as soon as he came up, and the 19th Motorized Infantry Division of the Second Army fought and retreated to the defense line of the Ultau Mountains as planned after blocking for 10 hours, and the theater command expected that Zhukov's general offensive would be fully launched on the evening of 2 May.

The second piece of news is that after several days and nights of continuous overtime work by the factory masters, the second batch of 10 No. 20 ground-penetrating bombs was delivered to the Uzbek Army Group on May 1. In the afternoon of the same day, the Almalek fortress group on the Syr Darya River south of Tashkent became a victim again, although Apanashchenko strengthened the defense of the Syr Darya, but under the heavy bombardment of General Xie Ruyi's concentration of 3,500 cannons of various types, he could only watch as the two pontoon bridges were erected, and the 330,000 troops of the Uzbek Army began to cross the river in batches, and from the analysis of the day and night traffic speed of the two pontoon bridges and the manufacturing speed of the No. 20 ground-penetrating bomb, the final decisive battle in Tashkent will start in a week. At the same time, Sun Chuanfang also successfully completed the clearance of Samarkand, and while the main force was resting, he sent Du Yuming's 10th Armored Division and three infantry divisions to set off in advance and march towards Ashgabat, an important border town between Turkmenistan and Iran, where the four infantry divisions would take a posture to cooperate with Bai Chongxi to attack Persia.

The third message came from France. The German armored forces that crisscrossed France achieved the greatest victory since the beginning of the war, successfully driving 400,000 British, French and Belgian troops to Dunkirk. But what makes everyone strange is that. The rampant Guderian stopped inexplicably 20 kilometers from the coast. Taking this opportunity, Churchill pretended to negotiate and secretly contacted Berlin through the Netherlands, but at the same time ordered the British Navy to mobilize and prepare to withdraw the trapped soldiers, but at this time, the North Sea was turbulent, and Zhuo Fan and everyone were not optimistic about the retreat.

But what Zhuo Fan didn't know was that at the final stage when he led his troops to intensify the drill and run-in, and mobilized all the mechanic classes to do maintenance for the tank overnight, he was in the headquarters of the group army in Pavlodar. Long Yun was also like his old classmate Liu Mingzhao, and he had the idea of outflanking. This pair of comrades-in-arms who went to study in Germany at the same time tacitly thought of each other without any contact.

However, unlike Liu Mingzhao's bold use of Zhuo Fan, a newcomer, Long Yun chose Xu Xiangqian, the commander of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, who graduated from the Infantry Department of the Baoding Army Academy, and Ye Weixun, who became famous in one fell swoop with a sneak attack on Pavlodar with a motorcycle army. In terms of troops, it is not as bold as Liu Mingzhao to concentrate eighty percent of the armored troops. Only 1 armored regiment, 2 infantry divisions, 1 infantry division and 1 Kazakh cavalry division were given. But it was these two division commanders who were known for their bravery, tenacity and toughness, and later played a series of crazy battles, and they were nicknamed the sharp knife duo by everyone.

It should be said that since Yue Peng appointed Zhuo Fan, a new star of the army, as the commander-in-chief of the crossing in the Kazakh battle, the General Staff and high-level officials have actually begun to train officers with potential, such as Li Jin, who is known as the "Tiger of Persia" in the name of Avaz, Zhuo Fan, the commander-in-chief of the Talas plan to cross, Zhuo Fan, the "gasoline butcher" of the Kizilorda blockade, Ye Weixun, the "captain of the death squad" who attacked Pavlodar, Du Yuming, the "desperate San Lang" in Sun Chuanfang's left hook, Pan Duheng, the aviation operations staff officer of the 22nd Fleet, and Xu Huansheng of the Air Force. They are all gradually maturing in the big waves and sand.

Of course, Zhuo Fan didn't know that he was already called the "gasoline butcher", and he didn't know that he was actually just the guinea pig on the table of the General Staff, and he didn't have the heart to think about anything at the moment. On the morning of May 2. He received the last ammunition supplies from the Air Force before departure and an important assistant, Air Force Liaison Officer Captain Fan Shaobo, and a team of three led by him.

Captain Fan Shaobo, who had a round baby face, was twenty-five years old, with a camera around his neck, and looked like a tabloid reporter no matter how he looked, was an indispensable figure in the whole operation. Modern warfare stresses air-ground coordination. However, how to coordinate the air and ground depends entirely on the liaison officers of the Air Force stationed in each service. Although they have a low rank, they have a lot of power. Even if the army group asked for air support, it had to pass through them. Moreover, most of them are proficient in meteorology and other disciplines, and if they feel that the weather and other conditions do not allow it, then even the army commander or even the commander of the group army is helpless. The most annoying thing is that as long as their judgment is correct, they will not be responsible even if the front line is defeated, and all armies have a temper to protect their shortcomings, and the army can't find a punching bag after suffering a loss.

Of course, this kind of thing has not happened for the time being, after all, everyone is the same enemy. But Zhuo Fan, who has not been a novice for a long time, still attaches great importance to Yue Peng's advice of "network of connections", and provides Fan Shaobo and the liaison group with delicious food and drink, not only mobilizes a tank platoon to protect people's work, but also arranges a brand-new half-track command vehicle, and finally secretly stuffs a box of canned fruit that is extremely difficult to replenish from the front line into the car.

The meaning is obvious, brother's sky depends on you.

Fan Shaobo, who had just been transferred from the coast, didn't expect to meet such a good commander on his first mission, so he immediately patted his chest and promised to mobilize as many planes as possible to protect the troops.

After lunch, Zhuo Fan made the final adjustment and chose a standard triangle offensive formation. The front arrow was naturally handed over to Zhao Dengyu, a martial madman who was wearing a big knife when he ate. The 1st and 2nd regiments of the 10th Polish Armored Brigade were placed on the ribs of the 510th Regiment as a substitute offensive force. The 4th Regiment of the 2nd Panzer Division was responsible for the protection of the two flanks, the 11th Separate Panzer Regiment and the 539th Regiment of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division were in the middle, there were two Type 31 tank battalions to protect the half-tracks and infantry baggage behind, and three Hound wheeled armored battalions were responsible for battlefield reconnaissance in conjunction with the Kazakh 3rd Cavalry Division.

At two o'clock, he informed everyone of the plan of action and the code number, and gave the last order before the radio silence.

Code of Operation: Hussar.

Command: There is no rear, only advance