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    The unexpected motorcycle surge pronounced the Soviet Kazakh Front's death sentence.  It was not until 1 a.m. on the 12th that the Omsk reinforcements sent a telegram to Karaganda asking why they had not informed them of the fall of Pavlodar. Only then did Kulik and the Kazakhstan Front know that their northern gate had been closed!

    Karaganda is in complete chaos. Some people think that the last two divisions and the cavalry that have been acting as transport teams should be sent to Pavlodar to re-open the connection with the Siberian Front. Some people think that they should withdraw from East Kazakhstan immediately, and some people think that the East Kazakhstan should be ordered.  The Kazakh troops formed an anti-encirclement group and moved southward, joining the 400,000 Soviet troops on the southern front of Mount Aitau to defend the area. Chief of Staff Morodinov even suggested that the entire army retreat.

    There was a huge quarrel in the staff department, and everyone's opinions turned into abuse and accusations.

    ¡°To retreat is to disobey the orders of the General Secretary and the Supreme Command. It is not only about your own life, but also the lives of your family members in Europe. If you don¡¯t retreat, you are likely to be surrounded.  You know, East Kazakhstan on the northern front has successively invested 800,000 troops, and there are 400,000 troops on the southern front. If they are really surrounded, the 1.2 million soldiers who are already short of food and clothing will have only one way to surrender.  And once all the troops north of the Aral Sea are wiped out, the 800,000 troops in South Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan will inevitably be implicated, and even the 700,000 troops who have entered Iran will be implicated!  No one can afford to lose the entire Central Asia at once!

    Time was slowly consumed in this quarrel, and at three o'clock in the morning, two other even bigger bad news came!  The entire front of East Kazakhstan was lost. The Chinese National Defense Forces had a total of 4 armored divisions (the Soviet army also regarded the mechanized infantry division as armored divisions) and more than 1,000 Type 31 tanks in regiment units. They cut the Soviet defense line to pieces.  The 12 infantry divisions behind them advanced rapidly and launched a comprehensive counterattack.  at the same time.  At least 12 tank battalions and 12 infantry divisions suddenly appeared on the front of Aitau Mountain, as well as at least 40 210mm heavy artillery.  What is even more worrying is that just when the opponent's strength in Aitau Mountain doubled and the defense line was in danger, about two divisions of the National Defense Forces infantry (airborne division) suddenly attacked Brelbaitar at the southern end of Lake Balkhash.  They also set up a pontoon bridge in the three-kilometer-wide reed swamp area between Lake Balkhash and Lake Ara. With their support, at least 3,000 trucks carried infantry in the wind and snow towards Moin behind Mount Aitau.  Qom desert detour.

    ¡°In just 27 hours since the tanks crossed Lake Balkhash, two huge encirclement circles have already taken shape.  "Can't retreat!" Kulik pushed open the window fiercely, his face turning red.  The veins on his forehead were beating vigorously. He looked at the bickering staff group and slammed his gun on the table: "Did you see it? It's snowing outside! Comrade General Secretary said that wind, snow and severe cold are the best things for the Soviet Union.  The enemy! They will make the enemy's hands and feet numb and help us stabilize the front! The enemy's attack is rampant, but we still have an advantage at the moment! And retreating now will only cause more troops to be slaughtered in the wind and snow!  "

    The cold north wind blew in from the window, causing the temperature in the conference room to drop to freezing point instantly.

    The same as in history.  The Soviet high command at the beginning of the war was definitely the weirdest working group in the world.  They all had a good military education, but they turned a blind eye to Moscow's wrong orders. They shouted slogans and jumped into the fire pit one by one, as if whoever jumped earlier was more loyal to the revolution.  This is what Karaganda is like now.  Kulick still insisted on his own ideas and refused any retreat suggestions, and his reason was also very good, that is, it was snowing heavily outside.  It doesn't stop for four or five days.  What's more, the Chinese National Defense Forces have begun a large-scale counterattack. If the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops is not performed properly, it will turn into collapse.

    Collapse in the snow is no different from suicide!

    Kulik¡¯s opinion gradually gained the upper hand.  Moreover, he also believed that as long as the safety of Akchatau's 16th Group Army was ensured, the encirclement would never be truly formed, so he believed that the reserve team should be dispatched to support Akchatau. As for Pavlodar, he could turn around and pursue  The troops and the Omsk Infantry Army attacked together.

    The meeting was carried out in a strange atmosphere. Due to the previous quarrel and the delay of the news that the Chinese National Defense Forces were counterattacking on the northern and southern fronts at the same time, it was not until 6 o'clock in the morning that Kulik ordered the cavalry to reinforce Akchatau and Pavlo.  Dahl.  But at this time, with the support of aircraft and follow-up trucks, the number of Pavlodar's defense forces had increased to 7,000, and the 5th Armored Division was only 20 kilometers away.

    What¡¯s worse is that Kulik forgot to tell Lukin and the frontline commanders about the loss of Pavlodar, or he deliberately concealed it for fear of causing a collapse of the frontline.  But no matter what, the 16th Army and Lukin, who paid tens of thousands of sacrifices and blocked an entire armored division and two infantry divisions for 24 hours, were ignored intentionally or unintentionally, and this neglect was fatal!

    Due to the lack of necessary communication, Lukin did not know that Pavlodar had been lost, let alone Kulik.Then he will send 20,000 cavalry as a reserve to support him!  If he knew, he would have fought tooth and nail to retreat and prevent the cavalry from coming, but he didn't know!

    "Korky, why is the headquarters sending cavalry in such heavy snow?"

    "Probably to transport supplies. I heard that many people in front of us were almost out of food, and many of the supply convoys sent out were destroyed by Chinese aircraft. It happened to be snowing heavily today, and planes could not be dispatched. It should be a good opportunity to transport supplies.  "

    "So that's it. Have they left? Come in and warm yourself by the fire. This damn weather, I don't know if it's a thank you or a curse."

    In the ore processing factory in the west of Karaganda city, Korki from Ukraine watched the 20,000 cavalry leave and then got into a wooden house with a charcoal fire.  It was great for him and everyone in Karaganda not to have to worry about air raids, and at least they could light a fire to keep warm without fear of being discovered.  Dozens of soldiers were sitting lazily in a group, and some people even set up kettles on the fire. The steam was making them uncomfortable.

    "Platoon leader, I heard that this place used to be a Chinese factory?" With nothing to do, the soldiers were lying on the hay, drinking low-quality Chinese liquor secretly obtained from the herdsmen, chatting, and enjoying this rare "  good weather".

    "Yes." The squad leader was a big talker and kept talking endlessly: "The iron mines and ore processing plants here were built by the Chinese. But don't think they are so kind. They took advantage of our Soviet weakness to coerce them.  In order to ensure the stability of the Soviet border, the General Secretary agreed to let them mine. But they were too greedy. Not only did they mine tens of millions of tons of high-quality iron ore every year, they also incited the Kazakhs here to be hostile to the Soviets, and they were not willing to surrender.  Tax, so the General Secretary took back this place three years ago.¡±

    "Squad leader, aren't you from Leningrad? How do you know so much?" Korki asked curiously, stretching.

    "I also saw it from the "Izvestia". There is a lot of news about imperialism harming our country. You should also read more and learn more."

    "Then why don't you use them after you take them back? Look at the rusty appearance of these machines. They must not have been used for several years. And a large part of the Kazakhs here rely on iron ore to make a living. If they don't start working, won't they also have no jobs?  "

    "Comrade Jacques, they are workers who serve imperialism, not the Soviet people! How can they be confused and sympathized with? We just want them to understand that serving imperialism will not end well."

    The squad leader waved his arms as if a great man was speaking, but the soldiers seemed not to see him.  In fact, no one cares about iron ores and mines, they just have nothing to do.  As for why the iron ore mine does not continue to operate and why it is not utilized.  It's all high-level stuff.

    I don¡¯t know how long it took, but the sleepy Corky suddenly felt that the hay began to slide. After a while, even the ground under his feet seemed to tremble slightly.  Looking outside the window, the snow on the eaves was constantly shaking off.  Could it be that the cavalry is back?  Corky was surprised that such a shock could only occur if a large group of cavalry were running by, but he looked at his watch.  It was discovered that the cavalry had only left for two hours, so why did they return so quickly?

    Thinking of this, Korki put his gun on his back and prepared to go out and take a look.  But when he opened the door and saw the scene outside, he was stunned!  "Corky, what are you doing? Close the door, this damn wind is freezing me. What are you doing standing still? Damn it, the tanks are Chinese tanks! Oh my god, how come there are so many!"  A comrade was awakened by the cold wind and ran up to close the door, but when he saw the outside clearly, he was just like Korki.

    Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, like migrating terrifying herds, marched along the road one kilometer away from the ore processing plant towards Karaganda, ten kilometers away.  Behind the armored vehicle, there are all kinds of vehicles and artillery that can't be seen!  After seeing the national flag on the car clearly, Korky and his comrades suddenly shouted.  The small outpost was in panic. The soldiers woke up from their sleep and were just about to use their guns to fight. Two half-track armed trucks emerged from the thorns. The 12.7mm machine guns on the vehicles only took one minute to declare.  All at the outpost died.

    "Formation change! Spread out the self-propelled guns and prepare." Chu Nan ordered a change of formation amid the snowflakes covering the sky.  Switching between offense and defense while moving sounds simple but is actually a very complex tactic that requires a lot of training.  After a forced march of 310 kilometers in 24 hours, most of the soldiers were already sore and stiff in their limbs. But even so, 20 minutes later, the first 85mm high-explosive bomb accurately hit the Soviet position outside Karaganda.  .

    "Boom, boom, boom."

    "Attack!"

    The sudden explosion of shells left the Soviet army completely confused. Many people even looked at the sky, wondering why they didn't hear the sound of propellers before today's bombing.  Until a black spot appeared in the wind and snow,The soldiers rushed into the position in panic.  It's too late!  Eight armored battalions and more than 400 half-track armed trucks, with a total of 50,000 soldiers from three divisions, poured into Karaganda from a five-kilometer-wide front like a tide, with a population of less than 300,000.

    This was not a fierce battle. In the post-war summary, the First Army placed the main description of the battle on the bloody battle of Akchatau.  Because the Soviet troops in Karaganda did not expect to be attacked at all. On the contrary, they relaxed their vigilance because of heavy snowfall and the inability of planes to bomb. More than half of the troops hurriedly came out of the station after Chunan launched the attack. Many people had not yet  Just on the way to the position, we were surrounded by swarming armored groups. Even the weapons, ammunition and supplies stored here for millions of people had no time to blow up.

    Except for a few people such as Kulik and Chief of Staff Morodinov who took advantage of the chaos to escape, a total of more than 300 staff officers and senior officers of the East Kazakh Front were captured. The battle was basically over by 5 o'clock in the evening.

    As Chunan sent the telegram, a huge encirclement was finally formed from Semiy to Pavlodar, then back to Karaganda, Akchatau and finally back to Balkhash. 800,000 Soviet soldiers were distributed within 150,000 square kilometers.  Only two units of the Kazakh Front escaped before the encirclement was completely formed.

    One is the return force led by Vlasov, with a total of seven divisions and 80,000 soldiers.  At that time, he was ordered to pursue the second group that attacked Pavlodar. When he saw that Pavlodar did not cooperate with the flanking attack, he knew that something was wrong, so he simply turned around and headed east to Kurunda, and from there he diverted to Omsk.  Temporarily joined the Siberian Front.

    The second branch is the remnants of the 16th Group Army.  After learning from the cavalry coming in that Pavlodar had been captured, Lukin knew that nothing could be done. Unexpectedly, as soon as the cavalry arrived, the latter received the final telegram from Karaganda that the troops were under attack and that all units should break out.  , so he immediately cut off his tail to survive, decisively abandoned the 30,000 soldiers entangled in the front line, led two half-disabled infantry divisions and 20,000 cavalry to support, a total of 40,000 people, and hurriedly fled to 257 kilometers west of Karaganda.  Alkarek.

    The escape of Lukin and Vlasov has to be said to be a great regret.  Especially Chu Nan, who always felt that this was letting the tiger return to the mountains, so he sent troops to pursue for a while, but had to give up because of the heavy wind and snow.

    But this regret was quickly diluted by the news in the evening.  At ten o'clock that night, the second encirclement from Balkhash to Karabarta was successfully completed, and the 400,000 Soviet troops on the southern front were also caught in a single net (To be continued)
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