Wang Maoru is a stubborn person, and his stubbornness has proven to be correct in many cases. Jiang Fangzhen can't guarantee that his opinion is correct, but Wang Maoru is magically able to turn his stubbornness into the best choice every time, which can't help but make Jiang Fangzhen admire his heart.

After walking back and forth a few times on the terrain sand table in the Western Regions, Wang Maoru said: "Now we have to think about it, if this battle takes place in the Kizil fortress, the heart of Central Asia, let's call it the battle of the heart of Central Asia, if we defeat Soviet Russia, how will the two countries continue to interact in the future?" If we lose to Soviet Russia, how will we end? I have always believed that there will be a war between China and the Soviet Union, but I have never dared to imagine how this war will lead to the development of events. ”

Jiang Fangzhen said Wang Maoru's heart in one word, and said, "Is it beyond our control?" ”

Wang Maoru slowly took out a cigarette, lit it silently, took a few puffs to whet everyone's appetite, and then said: "Yes, beyond the control, I thought it would be a few years later, but it is happening now, and it is incredible." ”

"In fact, the Russians were basically defeated in Europe repeatedly, and they lost to the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War...... "Jiang Fangzhen reassured him.

"But what did Japan lose at that time?" Wang Maoru said lightly, "The Japanese lost ten golden years, and if it weren't for the European war, Japan would not have developed so fast." Compared with Japan, China is larger, wealthier, more populous, and more resilient. So in fact, we still have a lot of advantages. Well, stop thinking about those pessimistic factors. And I believe in my soldiers. It will definitely bring us good news. Wang Maoru's self-confidence returned, and he said with a smile: "Gao Geng, give me an appointment to meet the Soviet Russian ambassador Yulin, I want to talk to him." ”

Before the Battle of the Heart of Central Asia began, the Third International Infantry Division was lost, and Blyukhel reported all the losses to Moscow without any concealment. In three hours, the Chinese eliminated an infantry division and bombed the base camp of the Central Asian cluster. Nearly 3,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, and together with the Third International Infantry Division, on May 15, the Russians suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Before the real meeting with the Chinese, more than 10,000 people have been killed and wounded.

There was an uproar in the Kremlin, and they did not expect the Chinese to take the lead, it turned out that both sides had a common mind. But whether this matter needs to be announced or not is up to Stalin. A conundrum before Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin, Trotsky and others. According to the original plan, this was a tentative war that was not open to the public, but it was all based on the huge losses of the Chinese. But in the face of heavy losses, it is a different matter.

"Declare war! Declare war on the Chinese! Trotsky was furious, he threatened to pacify China, and Stalin declared that military operations should be stopped immediately and that those involved should be held accountable in order to combat Trotsky. Zinoviev also took the opportunity to stand up and accuse Trotsky of being arbitrary. Ignoring the fact that Soviet Russia had just ended its civil war, it rashly launched a war. But when it was decided to carry out a tentative attack on the Chinese, it was with everyone's consent. At this time, it is afraid that there is no way to explain to the government.

"A declaration of war?" Zinoviev sneered, "Do you really want to drag the Soviet Union, which has just ended the war, into the quagmire of war again?" I think if we declare war on China, it will be another national war. When Britain, the United States, Japan, and China intervened in the Russian Civil War, did we declare war on them? ”

Trotsky laughed maniacally: "Are you already cowardly afraid of the Chinese?" ”

Zinoviev said: "I remember that when the great leader Comrade Lenin strongly advocated the signing of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty, you also sneered at him like this, saying that he was afraid of the Germans, and in your eyes, anyone who disagrees with you is a coward? ”

"You ......" Trotsky was choked speechless, he was once beaten into the cold by Lenin because he had opposed Lenin, which was also a stain on his politics, and now Zinoviev said it so that he was speechless.

"In fact, if the battle of the Kizil fortress is won, it will not need to be so complicated." Kamenev said at this time, pretending to be a good old man.

Stalin said: "But the present situation is that our rash offensive may not be victorious. Once the strategic failure is concerned, I am afraid that it will have a serious impact on us. Our country has just recovered from the civil war and has just signed a treaty of friendship with the Chinese. ”

"This is only the first day of the war, Comrade Stalin." Trotsky said disdainfully, "I believe in the lads at the front, who are able to give us a miracle that General Blyukhel would have destroyed the enemy more quickly if he had not returned to Moscow." ”

"Do you want to give up St. Petersburg? Damn Finns, they must be punished. Stalin said coldly.

Trotsky shrugged his shoulders and said: "I believe that it is much better to destroy an opponent first than to run back and forth." So we declared war on Chinese......"

Zinoviev said: "I am against the declaration of war, which will completely lead to the two countries leaving no room for tossing and turning. ”

Bukharin raised his hand and said: "I agree with Comrade Zinoviev, and I am also against the declaration of war. ”

Stalin said: "At least if we want to set up an enemy, we should build only one enemy, and not make enemies everywhere." ”

Trotsky looked at the good old man Kamenev silent, knowing that they were openly encouraging themselves, but fortunately he held the military power of the whole country, he sneered disdainfully and said: "Well, since everyone has decided not to declare war, then let's see who has the harder wrist under the table between us and the Chinese." ”

At 6 o'clock in the morning of May 16, 12 years of the Republic of China, the commander of the Eastern Army of the Soviet Army, Blyukher, placed logistics supplies in the town of Leozek in the rear, and left three infantry divisions in the town of Leozek. He personally led 200,000 troops to the Kyzyl fortress overnight, away from the attack range of the fortress artillery, and stationed twelve kilometers away from the fortress, establishing a base camp.

Kyzylorda is a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the Central Asian Railway passes by, in fact, it is a treasure of feng shui, if it is not outwitted by the Chinese, it is really difficult to attack. The Kizil Fortress to the east of Kyzylorda was built on high ground, so its range was much longer than it was designed, and it was an extremely important place because it was surrounded by plains and meadows, except for a small hill thirty meters high in the northwest, the highest point of the fortress. And this small hill, which is nicknamed Hump by the locals, has also been mined by the squadron, because he is within the range of the fortress artillery, so there is no need to worry about whether Hump Mountain is captured.

The Kyzyl fortress was easy to defend because of the terrain, it was a backwater to the east, a desert and three fortresses to the north, the city of Kyzylorda to the south faced the Syr Darya beach, and the west was a steppe area, so the Chinese placed the main position in the west. Unless the Soviet army attacked from the main position in the west, it was impossible to break through in the other three directions, and Wang Jiejun had to bypass the backwater to attack the fortress from the west.

In order to protect against the attack of the fortress artillery, Blyukhel demanded that the Soviet troops attack simultaneously from the west, northwest, southwest, north, south. Since there were still two Sakhalin infantry divisions coming quickly from the rear, but it was estimated that they would need to arrive tomorrow, the first to attack was the 5th Infantry Division and the 27th Infantry Division.

This time the front command was held by Kolchak, so Marshal Kolchak was once again released to command the six infantry divisions.

Kolchak demanded that the artillery support of the Soviet army must be in place, and said to Blyukhel that in fact, the threat of four fortress guns is not great, after all, there are few shells left of these four cannons, and if the forces are scattered, the power of the cannons will be even smaller, and the real threat to the Russians is the 75 field artillery and 105 howitzer artillery groups of the Chinese. As long as we are not afraid of death, these four fortress guns are not a threat, but the running group of the Chinese is very annoying, although the caliber is not large, but the number is very large. Kolchak said that if it were his own, according to the range and power of the four fortress guns, these four cannons would not be used to attack the opponent's infantry charging group, but would be used to attack the opponent's artillery positions. If the Chinese defenders were not fools, they would have done it.

Kolchak built yì Blyuk scattered the artillery groups supported by Soviet Russia into a dozen places, so as not to destroy his own artillery groups by the attack of fortress artillery, Blyuk recognized Kolchak's construction yì, and as a cavalry general, Blyukhel even placed the 13th Cavalry Division in the back ready to attack the Chinese's outer defensive positions at any time.

On the other hand, the Sereschev division of the Trans-Caspian Army entered the Mangystau region in the middle of the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, and the Soviet Russia of Seryshev's two infantry divisions and four infantry regiments was overwhelming, sweeping away a group of bandits and local armed forces, and quickly recovering the Kazakh Mangystau region and the Uzbek region. After receiving the telegram from the latent telegrapher, Ren Yuanxing felt that Sheresev's troops would definitely cause them big trouble in the future, so he ordered the 93rd Brigade under the 32nd Division to rush to Tashkent immediately to prevent Sherwashev's troops from seizing Tashkent.

The war between Central and Soviet Central Asia was originally a secret, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, especially British spies all over the world, they found that China and Soviet Russia have many serious contradictions on the Central Asian issue, and now, the squadron is all on alert. The British immediately sent spies to infiltrate the Western Regions to prepare for further intelligence. The Japanese were also interested in China's Western Regions, and they disguised themselves as China's westward migrated inhabitants in the hope of finding out.

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