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    "The results will be available so soon?"

    Yang Qiu was surprised that the result came so quickly, but when he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, he realized that it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.  Although there is a time difference between Northwest China and Beijing, the sky outside is already dark. Except for the combat center, which is still busy, most of the other people have gone to rest.

    Xu Shuzheng did not expect time to pass so quickly. He was just about to ask Dai Jintang, commander of the 15th Army, to prepare dinner. Yang Qiu handed the notes to Gu Yuwen, shook his hand and interrupted: "Stop being busy, go to the kitchen and get some steamed buns to eat on the cart."  That¡¯s it. Chu Nan, Li San. Let¡¯s go and have a look over there.¡±

    Dai Jintang is also an old officer who has followed Yang Qiu from Wuhan to the present. When he heard that he was going to the reed swamp, he immediately understood what he was thinking and asked the guard to bring more cooked food to eat on the way.

    It is 300 kilometers from Almaty to the assembly site of Ili River. This is not an inland area with well-equipped facilities. For safety reasons, Yue Peng suggested going there by car.  Fortunately, construction in the northwest has been orderly over the past twenty years. Except for the dirt road after entering the reed marsh, the rest are high-grade provincial highways, and twelve hound armored vehicles are enough to ensure safety.

    It was already early in the morning when we arrived at the station, and most of the soldiers had already fallen asleep. Only two regiments of the 1st Armored Division were driving the Type 36 main battle tanks onto the landing craft. The workers and masters also took advantage of the last opportunity to inspect the full loads one by one.  Is there any problem with the landing craft at the back?  Because it is an inland river and it is the dry season in winter, after the tank weighing 35 tons entered the cabin, the smooth bottom of the boat suddenly sank on the river beach.  In order to reduce exposure, workers installed two high-power electric winches on the other side of the river. When the landing craft was towed with steel cables to reverse, the sound of the sandstone scraping at the bottom of the boat made people wonder whether it would break.  However, this kind of worry is unnecessary. The bottom of the landing craft was originally designed for beach surfing, so it is very strong.

    The First Armored Division is a new type of force established according to the standards of later generations. The division has 1 reconnaissance company, 2 tank regiments, 3 infantry battalions, 1 self-propelled artillery battalion, 1 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, 1 combat engineer battalion, 2  A logistics fuel camp.  The division headquarters also has 1 division-affiliated armored battalion.  Counting the command tanks of the battalion, there are a total of 252 Type 36 tanks and 14 Type 25 light reconnaissance tanks.  The division also has 374 shortwave radios (including vehicle-mounted), 3 longwave radios, 24 107mm recoilless rifles, 226 HJ32 general-purpose machine guns, 24 12.7 Venom Fang heavy machine guns, and 54 60mm artillery guns.  24 imitation Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifles, 18 80mm mortars, 12 self-propelled 105mm howitzers, 16 vehicle-mounted self-propelled 25mm twin anti-aircraft guns, 8 vehicle-mounted 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 85mm towed anti-aircraft guns  6 doors.  There are 188 half-track armored vehicles, 330 motorcycles, 88 jeeps, 410 trucks, and 530 horse-drawn carriages. The total number of troops in the division is 14,377.

    The entire First Army has 14 tank battalions, with a total of 504 Type 36 tanks, 42 Type 31 tanks, 42 Type 25 reconnaissance tanks and 84 hunter-killer tanks.  Just the number of tanks the entire army has.  It takes three round trips to complete the transportation. Calculated based on a three-hour round-trip crossing, that is at least nine hours.  Even if some logistics are temporarily discarded, it will take at least 36 hours for the entire army to cross.  Therefore, in addition to 212 tank landing craft and 72 personnel landing craft, Xu Shuzheng borrowed 90 hard-shell inflatable speedboats from the Navy. In this way, the hard-shell speedboats alone can transport 1,080 people at a time.  If the airborne troops can open up a field airport as soon as possible and add 600 transport aircraft, it can basically ensure that all the equipment and most of the logistics of the two corps will be sent across the lake within 48 hours.

    When Yang Qiu arrived here.  All 12 Type 21 tanks and 200 Type 36 tanks of the First Armored Division have been boarded. Soldiers and workers are pulling the landing craft out of the shoal one by one, then lining them up in the middle of the river and locking them horizontally with arm-thick iron chains to prevent  Sliding due to water flow.

    In fact, Yue Peng and others all know it.  In addition to inspecting the preparations of the first batch of crossing troops, Yang Qiulai also came to see his son, so everyone specially set aside an armored vehicle for the father and son to talk.

    ¡°I¡¯ve lost a lot of weight and am in good spirits.¡±

    Seeing Yang Tianlei put on a military uniform, he had a bit of his own style back then.  Yang Qiu's eyes softened, and he took out a heavy-duty nylon body armor from the suitcase: "In all these years, your mother has never used my relationship to open the back door. This time, it's for you. I specially asked your Uncle Song to buy it from the laboratory.  , let me see you put it on. Come on, put it on." He said while unzipping it.  His movements were very careful, just like when he was leading the army, he carefully checked every detail.  Finally, he stuffed the m1911 pistol that had been following him into the gun pocket on the right side of his vest: "Hold it, for self-defense."

    "Father, this gun." Yang Tianlei knew this gun. When he was a child, he saw his father wiping these two pistols every day, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

    "Take it. You have one, and Tiancheng has one for you two brothers to use for self-defense. Anyway, I don't need it now."

    Yang Tianlei sniffed and inserted the gun hard.  He knew that Yang Qiu was actually worried about him, but he just refused to say it, so he deliberately avoided the seriousness and smiled relaxedly: "Don't worry, father, tell mother."My aunt and I will take good care of myself.  Besides, it¡¯s not easy for the Soviet bullets to hit me. I¡¯m the rear battalion commander in the army.  "

    What he said is true. Although Chu Nan treats everyone equally on the surface, in fact, he still takes care of him more or less because of his status.  For example, for this crossing, Yang Tianlei fought for it several times with the division commander and corps commander, but he was still ranked at the bottom and got the job of protecting the follow-up infantry, without even room for negotiation.  Seeing his son's stiff smile, Yang Qiu also felt a little sad.  But he always smiled, and in the end he deliberately laughed and scolded: "You kid, stop complaining. I put you here, and your uncle-in-law and uncle Chu are under more pressure than me. You have to know, although I am the president  , they are the chief of general staff and the commander of the army, but how many eyes are watching in the army and in Congress? If something happens to you, even if I don't pursue it, someone will jump out and deliberately frame them."

    Yang Tianlei has been familiar with politics since he was a child. He knows all the secrets and secrets within the army, so he chuckled and said, "Don't worry, father. In fact, if you think about it, beating down a drowned dog is quite suitable for the yamen."

    "Ya Nei? Haha."

    These two words made Yang Qiu smile. He felt that he still underestimated the young people of his eldest son's generation. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can see through this. After all, I didn't come to the army to train in vain."

    After the father and son laughed for a while, Yang Tianlei touched the bulletproof vest and asked: "Father, where is the second brother?"

    "Your aunt has already sent him a set, so you don't need to worry about it. He is much smarter than you. He is now the captain of the frigate and went to the Persian Gulf with the 22nd Fleet. He will not be able to come back in a year or two. It's okay, don't worry.  Come back and it will cause more chaos." Yang Qiu's smile widened even more when he talked about his second son, Yang Tiancheng.

    The father and son just sat in the car chatting, until Yue Peng knocked on the door and Yang Qiu discovered it.  The thing I was most worried about finally happened.

    Snowflakes are starting to fall from the sky!

    God still didn¡¯t help. The heavy snow in the sky caused the temperature in the Kazakh grassland to drop sharply. Although the troops were well prepared, it was doubtful whether there would be a window of opportunity in three days.  For this reason, Yang Qiu immediately rushed back to Alma-Ata and consulted Zhu Kezhen and others again. He learned that the probability of sunny weather in three days was more than 80%. He also specifically asked Rozoki's radio code-breaking team and was convinced again that there was no information about counterattacks and counterattacks in the Soviet radio communications.  After discussing the words Balkhash and others, he decided to continue according to the plan after discussing with Yue Peng, Xu Shuzheng and others.  The entire army went into radio silence at 6 p.m. on November 10, and airborne at 0:00 on the 11th. The crossing troops landed an hour later, and other directions will be launched after the first batch of crossing troops come ashore.

    After confirming the time.  The headquarters of the Kazakh Army was busy.  Regardless of the technical level of the Soviet Union, the highly secretive Talos Plan could not be contacted by radio, so Xu Shuzheng sent a dozen Y-7s to communicate with various units, and conducted a final large-scale feint the next morning.  First, more than two hundred bombers were mobilized to bomb the Soviet troops and Karaganda surrounding Semiyi again.  Then three divisions were mobilized from Ayaguz to attack Kaskabrak northward, assuming a posture of opening up the connection with Semiyi.  Finally, using the heavy artillery cover on the Karakum Fortress, two armored regiments were sent to cover the infantry division to launch a counterattack against the Soviet army on the Ayaguz River.

    Yang Qiu also borrowed his last moments.  Under strict protection, he inspected the front line with Yue Peng.  The personal arrival of the President and the Chief of General Staff inspired the frontline soldiers and restored the morale that had slowly faded away due to the weather.  As each counterattack group moved quietly, the 1st Army and the 29th Army began to move towards Tomar under the cover of tall reeds. The soldiers also braved the wind and snow to spread the mobilized naval assault boats all over the lake shore.

    The snowfall gradually became lighter on November 9, but the snow clouds still showed no signs of dissipating.  Xu Shuzheng and the Kazakh Army Command began to prepare a plan. According to the backup plan, if the weather does not allow, the 1st and 29th armies will move to Akdoka, north of Balkhash Lake, to attack.  But in that case, the entire plan would have to be delayed by five days, and the distance from the attack launch point to Karaganda would be extended to 540 kilometers, far exceeding the maximum distance that the armored division could cover in one assault.

    At the same time, the Air Force continued to look for gaps in the snowfall and carried out bombings along the western shore of Lake Balkhash and Aitau Mountain. Based on clues provided by intelligence agents, it also dispatched a fleet of fighter jets to protect 24 Y-6s east of Karaganda.  400 commando soldiers were quickly unloaded in the flat area of ????Tundek River and continued to attract Kulik's attention.  At 10 o'clock in the evening, 64 special forces from the Hunter Group and the Air Force Falcon Group launched their attack on time and took the lead in crossing Lake Balkhash on 12 Y-7 aircraft. They will be responsible for airborne guidance and peripheral reconnaissance missions.

    This series of attacks and feints made Kulik unable to sit still, especially since the Tondek River is between Karaganda and Pavlodar. Since 24 aircraft can land, who can guarantee that it will not be the same next time?  What about 240?  You know, Kazakhstan is so vast that just east of the Aral Sea is larger than UkraineIt's still big, and there are flat grasslands around Karaganda, so it's impossible to guard against it.  So in the end, he simply decided to continue to take the initiative, ordered Lukin's 16th Army to immediately set off and invest in East Kazakhstan, and asked three new divisions from Chelyabinsk to escort 600 trucks of ammunition and supplies to Semiyi, and decided  Bet on your last strength.

    On the afternoon of November 10th, there were still 9 hours left before the scheduled airborne landing.

    The outskirts of Aksuayure were in a state of chaos. After Kulik urged him repeatedly, the Soviet 16th Army took action.  Packhorses were puffing out white air, carrying large and small bags, waiting to set off. Next to them were hundreds of GAZ trucks and American general trucks. In the woods, there were more than a hundred BT7 and T26 tanks hiding from bombing.  Each one was strapped with extra oil drums.  Due to the shortage of ammunition and supplies on the front line, the 16th Army, which was ordered to reinforce East Kazakhstan, brought three times the supplies. Even the 70,000 soldiers were ordered to bring twice as much ammunition and prepare to advance at night.

    "Comrade Lukin. Commander-in-Chief Kulik has sent a telegram again."

    Nitslev drove a German Opel car and hurriedly parked in front of the headquarters.  When I entered the door, I saw some orderlies who had already started to pack their bags, but the tall and thin Lu Jin was stepping back and forth on the oak floor. The adjutant with his head lowered stood beside him, looking like he wanted to roll up the map but couldn't.  Dare to show off.

    Nitslev walked over quickly, blocked the map with his hand and reminded: "Comrade Commander, now is not the time to look at the map! Commander-in-Chief Kulik has asked us for the third time when we will hit the road, and he was very angry on the phone!  .¡±

    "I understand." Lu Jin waved his hand and continued to stare at the wide Balkhash Lake on the map in a daze.  The last time we sent an airplane for reconnaissance, we failed, and after sending a reconnaissance boat, we gave up because of the war.  He had been thinking about conducting a reconnaissance on the Ili River Delta east of Lake Balkhash. If it hadn't been for the sudden rain and snow recently, he might have already taken action.  Now that Kulik ordered him to support Donsak, this restlessness became stronger again for some reason. He always felt that it would be a big mistake if he left, so he has not given the order to set off until now.

    Because the political commissar and chief of staff had already led two divisions to reinforce East Kazakhstan early, Nitsekov, the bare-bones aviation division commander, temporarily took over as chief of staff. Seeing him still looking at Lake Balkhash, he became a little anxious: "Lu  Comrade Jin. Commander Kulik is already very angry. If he doesn¡¯t leave, I¡¯m afraid he will hold people accountable.¡±

    Lukin seemed not to have heard anything. Instead, he stood in front of the map and frowned and asked: "Comrade Nitskov, if you had strong aircraft transportation capabilities, you would give up the big gap of Lake Balkhash and run to the Tondek River."  Airborne?¡±

    Although Nitsekov was impatient, he still shook his head patiently: "Of course not. The Tondek River is more than 400 kilometers away from East Kazakhstan and needs to cross the entire theater. The airborne light infantry will only slowly slow down without follow-up support.  Die. But Comrade Lukin. This situation also applies to the Balkhash Lake area! Because there is no airport on the west side of the lake shore, and large planes cannot land in the wild, the Chinese only use light infantry to transport back and forth by plane. There have been no ships here for ten years.  There is no shipyard, and the weather has been rainy and snowy recently. If it is transported by plane alone, it will be easily eaten by Khavrov's three infantry divisions. Of course, unless they are patient enough and use light infantry regardless of casualties.  Establish forward positions and wait for the counterattack forces from East Kazakhstan and Almaty to come around, but who knows how long that will take?¡±

    "Comrade Lu Jin, why do you always think that the Chinese will cause trouble in this direction?" After finishing speaking, Nitsekov saw that Lu Jin was still staring at Balkhash and asked curiously: "Airplanes are not omnipotent, Balkhash."  The Kashgar area is all hilly, very suitable for infantry operations. Only 35 kilometers to the north is a larger flat grassland. So even if we use boats and planes for transportation, as long as there are no tanks or armored vehicles, our BT7 tanks and artillery there can easily cooperate.  General Khavrov's three infantry divisions held the position."

    Lu Jin also knew that what Nitskov said made sense, but he still felt that something was wrong, so he forced out a smile that even he thought was fake: "If I tell you it's just intuition, would you believe it?"

    "Intuition?" Nitskov felt funny.  But in history, there have been many cases where officers discovered the enemy in advance by relying on intuition. But at this time, it is inappropriate to say intuition?  He quickly spread his hands: "Comrade Lu Jin, regardless of my intuition or judgment, we must set off! The heavy snow and severe cold have made the front line very bad. The Chinese counterattack has begun to take shape, so Comrade Commander Kulik asked us to  Reach Semiyi within four days! And I believe that as long as the heavy snow does not stop, even if they have a plan, they will not be able to implement it."

    "Yeah, maybe the heavy snow will help us." Lu Jin was right to think about it. As long as the heavy snow doesn't stop, no commander will be stupid enough to use planes to transport soldiers on a large scale in the snow.  So after picking up my coat and putting it on, I looked at the map again before making up my mind to set off.Aid to East Kazakhstan.

    When Nitskov saw him finally leaving, he finally felt relieved.  But as soon as the two of them opened the door and were about to go out, a brilliant golden light in the sky to the west came straight towards their faces!

    It is bright?

    Lu Jin, who had just made up his mind, suddenly felt a thump in his heart. Could it be a coincidence?  Even Nietzschekov beside him was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the clouds had been gathering just now, but now the sun actually appeared, so he stayed on the spot.

    Lukin suddenly changed his decision: "Comrade Nitskov, I will give you all the armored vehicles and trucks, and you will immediately lead three regiments to the south of Akchatau."

    "But what about Commander Kulik?" Nitskov was worried.  These are troubled times, and Moscow is already very dissatisfied with the deadlock. Any small mistake will lead to serious consequences. Maybe the internal security forces will come to arrest people as soon as they arrive in Akchatau.  Even Lukin felt that it would be bad if he guessed wrong this time, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to go to Akchatau, 140 kilometers away from Balkhash, and then persisted until it snowed again before setting off for East Kazakhstan.

    "I will explain it to the commander-in-chief. Maybe we only need to stay there for a day or two, and the heavy snow and cold will become our helpers again." Lu Jin looked at the sky and said to himself (To be continued  )
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