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    "I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him! This bastard, he should go to East Kazakhstan, to Semiyi! Not to Balkhash. I know, he must be timid. Yes, this Fulong  Scum of the Chicago Military Academy! Damn it, reinforcements, how long will it take for the reinforcements from the Urals to die out?" In the underground office of the Karaganda Coal Mining Company, Kulik held the march route report sent by the 16th Army and mouthed  He yelled and cursed.

    The big map hanging in front of him already showed many bad signs.  The first is Semiyi. Under the siege of four armies, the defense line has not been broken. Instead, more and more troops are fighting inside. This shows that the enemy has begun to reinforce through mountainous areas and aircraft at all costs.  On the Ayaguz River, an entire division was attacked by three 305mm and two 280mm fortress heavy artillery this afternoon, and less than half of it was destroyed because of a rash advance!  The two armies fought for a month, and even the cement of the fortress was not removed.  An enemy heavy armor division has appeared in the direction of Akdoka, as well as seven to eight infantry divisions and at least thirty 210 mm heavy artillery.  The situation on the northern front has deteriorated, and the situation in Aitau Mountain on the southern front is also not good. The National Defense Force's troops there have increased from two corps to three, and they recaptured Kopa yesterday, only a short distance away from Otar, which suffered tens of thousands of casualties.  There are 20 kilometers, and they also put at least 300 tanks into the mountainous area for the first time.

    The more distant Tashkent also fought for a month, but without even seeing the Khujand Fortress at the throat of Andijan, more than 5,000 people were killed by six 305mm fortress artillery.  The troops in Dushanbe are even worse. They can only fight guerrillas in mountainous terrain, and the theory of large group army operations is a joke there.  Even Herat in Afghanistan is retreating steadily, Badghis Province is lost, the defense line on the Murghab River has been lost, and the enemy is advancing towards Mali.  If Mali falls, 200,000 Afghan troops will have to retreat to Mashhad, Iran.

    What troubles Kulik even more is that this opponent¡¯s human resources are obviously stronger than imagined!  Intelligence display.  Just one week after Yang Qiu's speech, three million young people asked to join the army, and the number of trains sent to the northwest increased from 6,500 to 12,000 every day.  Driven by the huge human resources, maybe tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be added to the opposite side after sleeping overnight.

    Therefore, the strategic reserve has become his only means to resolve the war quickly, but this one actually ignored the battlefield in East Kazakhstan and turned around and went to Akchatau and Balkhash!

    "What is there?! He is cowardly! It is a crime against the people and the country! It is Semiy who needs to strengthen his troops now, not Balkhash. Someone should be sent to arrest him immediately! Such a problem must be treated seriously  Deal with it." The fiery-tempered Kulik's voice became louder and louder, just like his nickname.  It was so explosive that all the officers in the room were scared to speak.

    Fortunately, a ringing of the phone finally broke the sinking. Chief of Staff Morodinov picked up the phone, listened to a few words and handed it to Kulik: "Comrade Commander, this is Commander-in-Chief Apanashenko's phone number."

    Apanashchenko?  A contemptuous sneer hung on Kulik's lips.  He disliked this person very much. Everyone was a general. As a result, because he was stationed in the east all year round, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the entire Eastern Front.  "Isn't it just relying on Marshal Budyonny's recommendation?" Kulik was still muttering in his heart when he picked up the phone, because everyone knew it.  Apanashenko was Budyonny's man, and it was Budyonny who first suggested this battle.

    Apanaschenko¡¯s call represented the Supreme Command¡¯s dissatisfaction with the war situation. Although Kulik didn¡¯t like him, he understood how angry Stalin was at the moment.  no doubt.  He and the entire Kazakh Front have already sat in the crater. If they fail, he will be the second Konev to be shot!

    "Someone, please send a telegram to Sharif, Director of the Political Department of the 16th Group Army. Ask him to immediately remove Lu Jin from his post and lead the troops."

    "Comrade, Comrade Commander! The telegram. It's a telegram from Commander Khavrov." When Kulik was determined to relieve Lukin of his post, the correspondent rushed in and shouted loudly: "Enemy, enemy! 40 kilometers north of Balkhash.  Airborne landings were carried out in the Kima Hills, with about a thousand planes!"

    "What!"

    Kulik was startled, and became even more furious after reading the telegram: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! Is Khaverov, an old drunkard, blind?! He actually let so many enemies airborne behind him. His 37th Army  Are you going to commit collective treason? Telegraph him back, saying that his three infantry divisions are not here for vacation!"

    First it was Lukin, then Khavrov. Even Chief of Staff Morodinov couldn't bear Kulik's curses and reminded: "Comrade Commander, now is not the time to hold people responsible. Although there are only 20,000 infantry,  But it will still pose a serious threat to the troops. I suggest that the investigation of Comrade Lukin be temporarily suspended, and that he should be allowed to go to Balkhash immediately and eliminate the enemy before going to Semiyi."

    Kulik¡¯s face was gloomy and he didn¡¯t answer immediately.Asked: "Has there been any report on the discovery of tanks and artillery?"

    "No, they are all light infantry."

    "Light infantry, 20,000 light infantry." Kulik stood up and paced back and forth.  The threat of 20,000 light infantry is not small, but the distance from Balkhash to East Kazakhstan and Aitau Mountain is more than 200 kilometers. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream to rely on 20,000 light infantry to outflank the retreat, so he thought for a while before deciding: "Order  ! Removing Lukin from his position as Lieutenant General of the First Class Army and demoting him to Major General for meritorious service. Removing Nitsekov from his position as Political Commissar, and appointing Comrade Sharif, Director of the Political Department, as Political Commissar of the Group Army to jointly lead the 16th Army to encircle and suppress this enemy. Order Khavrov to immediately  Deploy troops to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression. They must not be allowed to move towards the north and south ends of Lake Balkhash! Order the removal of General Belov from the post of First Class Army General, Vlasov takes over as the commander of the group army, and the 4th Mechanized Army is merged into the 24th Army.  Order the 15th Army, the 24th Army, and the 35th Army to immediately continue the attack on Semiyi, telling them that Semiyi must be captured even if the last drop of gasoline is used up! Then he sent a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Apanashenko, asking Commander-in-Chief Zhukov to  The 2nd Army cooperates with the attack on Semiyi. Order the rest of the troops to defend on the spot and not retreat even half a step before the next snowfall! Finally, let all Lieutenant General Ye Liming¡¯s cavalry serve as transport teams, and supplies must be sent up as soon as possible.¡±.

    "Hurry, hurry up! You stupid pig!"

    "Trucks, bring all the trucks over."

    In the small town of Balkhash, Kurokin climbed onto a started BT5 tank under the scolding of the officer.  Since many anti-aircraft guns in the air defense battalion were destroyed by strafing, the artillerymen without artillery were mobilized to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's airborne troops.  Beside him, there are more than forty BT7 and T26 tanks.  Because the road was bumpy and muddy, Kuluo Jin immediately tied himself up with a belt like everyone else after getting in the car.

    "Let's go, let's all go."

    Soon after Kurokin climbed onto the tank, more than fifty trucks and hundreds of carriages also started to hit the road, following the tank all the way north to support Kima.  Khavrov was very satisfied with his efficiency, and when he was secretly wondering if he could move away from this place that he hated after eating the airborne troops, he had no idea that a huge "fleet" was quietly approaching.

    "How far is it?"

    On a landing craft that had been converted into a command boat, the commander of the 1st Armored Division, Le Shiwen, looked anxious.  He was Liu Mingzhao's classmate and a member of the German Nine.  The nine-man group is now the backbone of the National Defense Force. Long Yun is the commander of the Fifth Army. Liu Mingzhao serves as the director of the Operations Department of the General Staff. I heard that he will soon be appointed the commander of the Third Army. Meng Lang is the commander of the 103rd Division. Zhang Wei is here.  Commander Qiu Wenbin of Nanyang served as the military staff officer, Xiao Jinyun became the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Dongfang Chen and Liao Changfeng worked brilliantly in the Marine Corps.  Originally, it was time for him to be appointed as a military commander based on his ability, but Commander-in-Chief Qin Zhangshu and Commander Chu Nan both wanted him to stay for one more year, so he is still the armored division commander.

    The First Armored Division and the First Army it belongs to can be said to be one of the most elite units in the entire National Defense Force, so he was under great pressure after being selected as the Crossing Arrow. After all, the General Staff and the entire army were watching him.

    In order to complete this crossing, the Navy also fully cooperated and transferred many officers with landing experience from the 22nd Fleet.  The person driving the command boat was the captain who was the first to wash up on the beach in Iran.  Seeing that Lexi Wen was anxious, he looked at the speedometer and comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry, Commander, the lake is no bigger than the sea, and the wind and waves are smaller, so our speed is faster than expected, and we will definitely arrive in half an hour at most. But it's so quiet at night, I guess we won't get there again."  You should have heard the sound of the motor after driving five kilometers to the other side.¡±

    "Don't worry, the air force will cover you." Leshi Wenzheng said, and there was a buzzing sound above his head.  Everyone looked up and saw about thirty H-5s chasing after them from behind.  After a few minutes, the sky in the distance burned red.  The rumbling explosions and flames blocked the noise of the motor, but this shielding could only last for a short time. As long as it was close to ten kilometers, it was impossible not to be discovered.

    Before they could see this wave of bombers returning, three more batches of Snake fighter attack aircraft and bombers rushed north. Such a large formation attacked in just ten minutes, which made Le Shiwen frown. It was not that there were only two waves of bombing before landing.  ?  Why so many planes?  And it's still night, isn't the headquarters afraid of an accident?  Is there something wrong with the airborne division?

    Just as Lexiwen was thinking about it, the captain next to him suddenly shouted: "Be careful of the cannonballs!"

    In the darkness, red dots flashed among the mountains ten kilometers away.  In the blink of an eye, water jets rose up in the formation.  No doubt the garrison at Balkhash had heard the motor and spotted the landing craft formation.

    "Full speed! Full speed!"

    "Contact the support aircraft and turn on the searchlights to guide the landing site in ten minutes!"

    With the captain¡¯s shout, the landing craft formation began to accelerate, and the diesel engineThe radar and the aviation propeller behind it made a sharp scream at the same time, pushing the tank landing craft to rush towards the harbor at a speed of 23 knots.  At the same time, the hard-shell assault boats in the formation also began to accelerate, and these small boats cut through the water at a high speed of 40 knots (To be continued)
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