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    "Go up! Go up!"

    There was a sea of ??joy in Semiyi's Fifth Army headquarters. The previous continuous attacks by the Soviet army had put a lot of pressure on the Fifth Army and the total of 200,000 soldiers who came to support it.  And because we needed to show weakness and deliberately delay the Soviet army's effective strength, we had to face the siege of hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops every day and struggled to support it.  But now, it's finally over.

    "Commander, look! The Kima Hills are right between Balkhash and Akchatau. The 1st and 2nd Airborne Divisions have begun to counterattack and initially established sniper positions. In this way, the enemy's 16th Group Army will not be able to get down! They are still  After luring the infantry division in Balkhash away, the telegram from the 1st Armored Division after landing said that there was no decent resistance at all! Now, the 1st Division and the Airborne Division have spread out to both wings. In two hours at the latest, a regiment of the 1st Division will be  We can unite the airborne troops and move in depth! In this way, the entire Balkhash to Akchatau will be ours!"

    Chief of Staff Fan Shisheng couldn't help shouting excitedly: "Now the headquarters has accelerated the crossing and landing, with a total of more than 700 small boats ferrying back and forth. The airborne troops are also clearing the landing site, and the glider brigade has brought a lot of honeycomb aluminum thick plates.  As long as they are laid on flat ground, a field airport can be built. So according to my estimate, by tomorrow morning, there will be at least 50,000 troops crossing the lake!"

    Fifty thousand!  This is enough for a small battle!  No wonder the staff officers and officers around him all shouted happily after hearing this.

    "Go, pull out the heavy artillery regiment assigned to us! Let the Soviet morons taste the power of our artillery! Allocate two more 155 artillery regiments to cooperate with them, giving me the right to open the gap by the river. The assault group is ready, as long as the artillery  Once the situation is opened, I will rush out with all my strength. I must capture Pavlodar within two days and seal this door!" Facing the good news.  Long Yun also showed a rare display of heroic spirit and ordered to switch from defense to offense.

    "Commander, just keep an eye on it!" Ye Weixun was the most active. He rolled up his sleeves and rushed out of the headquarters with his helmet in hand.

    Soon, the seemingly ordinary houses located in the east of the city were pulled apart by soldiers, revealing 36 Chongqing Zhenlei 1937 heavy-duty self-propelled howitzers and 36 ammunition loading trucks.

    Zhenlei 1937 is a new generation of Army 210mm suppression howitzer developed by Chongqing. It is also the largest motorized artillery equipped by the Army.  Adopt type 36 tank site.  With a total weight of 34 tons, the entire vehicle is composed of a chassis and a gun mount.  Although it has a simple appearance, the 210mm/L40 howitzer on it is very powerful. Not only does each shell weigh 101 kilograms, but it has a range of 21,300 meters when using ordinary grenades.  If the new concave extended-range projectile is used, the maximum range can reach 24,400 meters.  What's important is that despite its size, its maximum road speed can reach 48 kilometers per hour and its cross-country speed is 22 kilometers per hour. Its basic capabilities are sufficient to accompany armored forces.  The problem that really limits the quantity of its equipment is cost and resources. After all, the National Defense Force is following the path of a large air force.

    "Prepare."

    A unified telephone command method.  Thirty-six heavy artillery pieces were connected in series. When the order to fire came over the phone, thunder rang out over the city of Semiyi, and heavy artillery shells roared and smashed into the position of the Soviet 24th Army.

    "Boom, boom, boom!"

    The earth-shaking explosion sounded from the south.  The fire ball and the smoke column even shocked many of his comrades.  "Mom, what kind of cannonball is that?"

    "Hey, dear, look! It's at least a forty-meter-high smoke column, right?"

    Countless soldiers were awakened by the roar of heavy artillery, especially the soldiers on the defense line along the Irtysh River.  He even stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe how his own side could have such a powerful heavy artillery.  You know, we are now surrounded from the north, south, and west.  There is a mountainous area to the east. How did such powerful artillery come to support it?  Could it be that it was hidden before?  No, if there had been such a powerful heavy artillery, why not take it out earlier? Why did we have to wait until so many people were sacrificed to do it?

    While the soldiers were muttering with doubts on their faces, the Soviet army on the opposite side exploded.  You know, 210mm grenades are completely different from 155mm grenades. If a 155mm shell falls three meters away, you may still be able to survive in a bunker, but as long as the 210mm shell explodes within ten meters, there will be no survivors!  Even those hiding in trenches will be killed by the shock wave.

    "Boom!" A loud bang sounded from the 24th Group Army command post 700 meters away.  The huge sound and shock wave swept across, knocking off dozens of war horses and soldiers around them. It also shook the officers in the command post and staggered around, and even the floor collapsed.

    Before the Soviet army could react, two more 210mm artillery shells fell.  This time, it hit the field hospital directly.  Amidst the loud rumbling, dozens of tents were swept away, countless corpses flew around in a radial pattern, and more than a dozen military doctors were torn into pieces by the shells.

    Looking at the huge smoke column tens of meters high, Vlasov, who had just been promoted to commander of the 24th Army, his eyes widened.  "This is it?"The red billowing pillars of fire and smoke stunned all the Soviet generals.  Although the great purge severely damaged the Soviet army's grassroots officers, the quality of the upper-level and lower-level soldiers was still good, so the senior officers immediately recognized that this was the power of at least a 203mm heavy artillery.

    Boom, boom, boom, before the two waves of shelling woke up, more and more shells began to fall.  Especially the 210mm artillery shells that fired one round per minute could almost always create a large crater several meters deep on the ground. The Soviet soldiers around were either killed or injured, or at least completely deafened.

    "What's going on? Why are there so many heavy artillery?!" Vlasov was completely crazy.  The Soviet generals around were even more confused. It had been fighting for almost a month, and the Wehrmacht had not seen any heavy artillery exceeding 155 mm (except fortress artillery). How could there be so many 203 heavy artillery in one night?  You know, this thing is not a big thing that a transport machine can carry, let alone a heavy weapon that can pass through the mountains to the east!

    After the 36 Thunderbolts opened fire in 1937, the 72 155mm howitzers of the 2 regiments also opened fire violently.  This time, Long Yun also specially approved the supply of concave extended-range bullets that he had been reluctant to take out before. Therefore, the range and intensity of the artillery completely confused the Soviet army, which was accustomed to the Wehrmacht shells.

    ¡°Commander, Comrade Commander!¡±

    Vlasov and the senior generals were still wondering how the heavy artillery came. The correspondent of the 21st Infantry Division stumbled into the command post with blood on his face: "Comrade Commander, the defense line by the river has been breached!"

    "How is that possible? You don't have an entire infantry division."

    "Comrade Commander, the Chinese concentrated 50 heavy artillery pieces to bombard our position, and also dispatched at least 200 tanks and 100 armored vehicles! Division Commander Oswich has died."

    "Nonsense! Where did they get so many tanks? It's been fighting for almost a month. Do you think I don't know what's inside? If there are so many tanks, why now?" Vlasov said angrily.  When he came here, he suddenly stopped and his pupils shrank sharply into a little cold star.

    Because he discovered a serious problem!

    The 203mm heavy artillery cannot be delivered by transport planes and mountainous areas, so it must have been hidden somewhere before.  The correspondent now saw several times more tank groups than usual.  If it wasn't a lie, wouldn't it mean that the previous Semiyi defenders didn't use all their strength at all!  Faced with the day and night siege of more than 500,000 soldiers, which increased to four army groups, they deliberately concealed their strength. This is a stupid thing that no army under sudden attack would do.  Well now it happened.  This shows that the other party has actually set up a strong defense system in Semiyi. The reason why they deliberately pretended to be surrounded is because they hope to throw away the city and delay the effective forces!

    Thinking of this, Vlasov¡¯s face instantly turned as pale as a sheet of paper.  conspiracy!  This is a complete conspiracy!  Now he can be sure that there must be a breakthrough somewhere along the thousand-kilometer front from Semiyi to Mount Aitau, and it is very likely that it will be a large army, so the opponent does not need to hide.  Use all your strength at once to launch a counterattack!

    Vlasov guessed correctly, but it was too late.  Relying on the two effective forces of heavy artillery and the 5th Armored Division, the Second Counterattack Group quickly broke through the Soviet Irtysh River defense line, with one armored division and three infantry divisions totaling 60,000 soldiers.  With the help of more than 300 tanks and nearly a thousand trucks, they relied on air force cover to launch continuous assaults on Pavlodar as quickly as possible.

    At the same time, thousands of tanks from the third and fourth counterattack groups also jumped out of their attack positions, and the Air Force dispatched 2136 fighters and bombers to clear the way for them.  In particular, the third group served as the arrowhead of the 104th Division.  Known as an army within an army, the Central Guard Division unleashed a powerful fighting force. By 10 a.m. the next day, it had broken through the Soviet defense line and ran 93 kilometers forward.  If the command hadn't been worried that the infantry behind would be out of touch and easily cut off.  Maybe we can reach the border before that afternoon.

    Thousands of aircraft and artillery ravaged the exhausted Soviet army. No one expected that the counterattack of the Chinese National Defense Forces came so suddenly and quickly. Many troops were driven from the trenches by officers before even a few shots were fired.  Then retreat back, and keep retreating.

    "boom!"

    "Where did they come from? Tell me! What happened? Didn't you say before that it was impossible for Chinese tanks to cross Lake Balkhash?!" Kulik's fist hit the birch tree hard.  On the desk, he was already furious.  Because he never expected that Chinese tanks would actually cross Lake Balkhash, he could not recover for half an hour after receiving Haferov's telegram.

    Kulik understands better than anyone that his life is hanging by a thread!  If this wave of counterattack cannot be blocked, Beria's lackeys will tear themselves apart without Stalin taking action!  But now, the only way to save yourself is?, it was actually Lu Jin and the 16th Army who had criticized his demotion a few hours ago and almost sent people to shoot them.  What a great irony!  Thinking of this, his face turned livid, especially the gazes of the staff officers and senior officers around him. It felt like knives were poking his heart and gouging his flesh.

    But is there any choice now?  The closest to Balkhash is the 16th Army.  So after thinking again and again, he slammed the table and deliberately used the authority of the commander of the front army to suppress everyone, shouting hysterically: "Every unit must hold on! Never retreat even half a step! Tell the political commissars of each unit that the Soviet will not  We need deserters! Order Lu Jin again and ask him to immediately lead the 16th Army to reinforce Hafurov. The enemy must be blocked!"
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