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    The flowing flames continued from eight o'clock that night to two o'clock in the morning on December 6. When half of Kyzylorda was in flames, Zhao Dengyu led 40 tanks under the cover of two Y-3 gunships and detoured back to  Head straight down from the north.  Although Katsalov sent all the T-34 and other tanks in his hand to intercept, "Big Sword" Zhao Dengyu directly used tanks and bayonet tactics!  Due to the rough skin and thick flesh of the Type 36 tank, it often rushes within 500 or even 400 meters before firing.  Let the remaining Type 31 tanks and armored vehicles protect the sides and rear to prevent sneak attacks by enemy infantry anti-tank firepower.

    The poor T-34, whether it is firepower, armor or speed, can definitely create "34 Panic" in Europe at this moment, but now it needs to face the "36 Panic" created by the Republic of China first, and it is completely unable to cope with this kind of near-hand-to-hand combat.  tactics.  Finally, with the help of flares thrown by aerial gunboats, 11 Type 36 tanks destroyed 31 Soviet tanks that came to intercept them in just half an hour. The entire regiment destroyed 71 tanks in one go.  But in the middle, there was also a Y-3 gunship that crashed after being hit by ground fire because it hovered for too long.  At the same time, the four wheeled armored battalions that had never appeared led the 3,000 cavalrymen of the Kazakh Independent First Cavalry Division to suddenly return to Youth Village and launch a sneak attack on the Soviet headquarters here.  Although it was impossible for four wheeled battalions and thousands of cavalry to sneak attack a heavily protected army headquarters, they still succeeded in killing an entire regiment of troops deployed by Katsalov on the periphery, and finally blew up the railway again.  When the Soviet army gathered troops and tried to surround the wheeled armored battalion and the cavalry of the Kazakh Independent First Division, they discovered that the other party had already disappeared without a trace during the night.

    At four o'clock in the morning, a truck and motorized infantry regiment and a 155mm heavy artillery battalion of the Seventh Army, which rushed from Balkhash, finally arrived in Kyzylorda. Even the 33 tanks that Zhao Dengyu left behind caught up with the last train.  Zhuo Fan, whose troops were severely depleted, breathed a sigh of relief.  But before he could formulate the next operational plan to cut off and encircle the enemy, Katsalov, who learned that a large number of trucks had arrived, decisively gave up the plan.  Taking advantage of the darkness, we set up a pontoon bridge to cross the Syr Darya River from Youth Village, trying to cross the Kyzyl Kum Desert to Urgench in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.  His sudden retreat made Zhuo Fan, Zhao Dengyu and others who had obtained fresh troops to prepare for a big fight very depressed. They did not expect that the enemy would run away so easily.  But when I think about it, I can guess why Katsalov didn't fight.  Countless troops were lost in two days and two nights, and most of the more than 300 tanks were eaten up. The opponent's main force was also heading south at high speed. If they continued to fight, the entire army would be ruined here.  Although the hot-tempered Zhao Dengyu asked to lead troops in pursuit, Zhuo Fan finally gave up.  It's not that he doesn't want to eat Katsalov's tribe.  But in the two-day blocking battle, more than half of the assault brigade was lost. Even Zhao Dengyu's second regiment once again had the embarrassment of tanks lying on a large area because it had not been thoroughly overhauled.

    At seven o'clock in the morning, the belated bomber group from Balkhash finally arrived. 118 H-5s cooperated with Kyzylorda's aviation squadron and launched the final wave of bombing against the Soviet army.  Katcharov, who had just crossed the Syr Darya River and entered the desert, could not find any bunkers to hide in. Nearly 400 tons of bombs caused Katcharov to lose several battalions again, and dozens of trucks and armored vehicles were subsequently rushed to the ground.  Fighters were destroyed with cannon.  The wheeled armored battalions and Kazakh cavalry that had been moving behind the Soviet army also took the opportunity to launch an attack, but because the Soviet army had been prepared, the effect was not great.

    As the reconnaissance plane reported that Katsalov's troops had penetrated into the desert, Zhuo Fan terminated all operations and ordered the battlefield to be cleared. At the same time, he notified the results of the Kyzylorda blockade to the Almaty headquarters.  Three days and three nights from the time of landing.  A total of more than 4,000 soldiers from the Assault Brigade, Falcon Brigade and supporting units that arrived later participated in the blocking battle, destroying 237 tanks and armored vehicles, more than 500 artillery pieces of various types, and 137 aircraft.  2 armored trains and a large number of weapons and baggage including 7 T-34s were also seized.  More than 5,000 Soviet troops were killed, and more than 2,000 seriously burned wounded soldiers died one after another a few days later, and 2,000 were captured.  According to the reconnaissance aircraft report.  Katsalov's troops also took many lightly wounded soldiers with them when they retreated.  Calculating this, the total number of Soviet casualties in the three days of fighting was approximately 150,000.  The National Defense Forces who participated in the blockade also suffered heavy losses.  There were 2,141 soldier casualties, including 877 deaths, 61 tanks and armored vehicles, and 17 aircraft.  Two Kazakh independent divisions also suffered 3,000 casualties, and at least 1,300 Kazakh volunteers who voluntarily stayed behind and Kazakh citizens who did not evacuate in time died.

    ??Whether it was the attacking Soviet army or the defending Wehrmacht, the small and short Kyzylorda offensive and defensive battle was of great significance.  In particular, Zhuo Fan used crude tools such as narrow streets and incendiary bombs to deal with tanks, and used tactics such as carefully calculated machine guns and rapid-fire weapons to weave fire nets, which became the standard tactics of urban warfare in various countries in the future.  The "heavy artillery sweeping" tactics adopted by Katsalov were quickly captured by the National Defense Forces. Zhengzhou Industrial Company immediately launched targeted research and modified a special urban obstacle-breaking gun on the Type 36 chassis, named the Type 38 l20/210mm "  "Mountain Cannon", and then launched a stronger Type 41 "Urban Sweeper" with a 305 mm short mortar gun.

    By the dayAt noon, Li Zongren personally led two divisions of the Seventh Army and a field photography team of thirty people to Kyzylorda, and cooperated with Zhezkazgan's troops to completely seal the northern gate of the Aral Sea.  At the same time, the airborne troops and the 29th Army that moved south under the starry night also captured Turkestan without any blood. They also defeated the Soviet Uzbek Front in Shymkent and occupied the city.  With the successive capture of Shymkent and Kyzylorda, the two-month-long Central Asian Kazakh War was officially declared over.  Later, Xu Shuzheng also suggested that the Kazakh Army should cooperate with the Andiyan Army to attack Tashkent. However, because the weather was getting colder and colder, Tashkent was a real fortress, and the Kazakh Army had been fighting continuously for two months, Yang Qiu and the General Staff decisively stopped the ground offensive.  The 33rd Infantry Army, which was originally intended to support the Andijan Group Army, was transferred to Afghanistan to assist Sun Chuanfang's Central Asia Group Army, which had insufficient strength.

    What is hilarious is that for publicity purposes, Zhuo Fan had to cooperate with the battlefield photography team to set fire again in the ruins in the southeast of the city. He also asked the soldiers who were celebrating their victory by winter swimming in the Syr Darya River to put on their dirty clothes again, with their hands, feet, and faces  They were smeared with charred ash, sprinkled with cow's blood, and finally rushed into the "battlefield" to show their fearlessness of blood and fire.  An epic picture of bravely killing enemies and saving the people of Central Asia.

    Just one week after the disastrous defeat in East Kazakhstan, Stalin was furious at the news that Kyzylorda had been blocked. He directly surrendered Chief of General Staff Voroshilov and Kulik, who had proposed that Katsalov lead his troops to rescue Lukin.  As a captain, he was assigned to the Baltic Naval District as company commander. Apanashenko was also removed from his position as commander-in-chief and sent to Uzbekistan to serve as front commander.  Unexpectedly, Lukin, who escaped before the Wehrmacht completed the encirclement, was appointed commander-in-chief of the new Kazakh Front, and Vlasov served as deputy commander and chief of staff. Finally, Rokossovsky was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Chelya Front.  Commander-in-Chief of the Binsk Reserve Army.  Responsible for supporting Zhukov and Lukin.

    Later, when the troika of Zhukov, Lukin and Rokossovsky, which lasted throughout the war, was formally formed, Stalin ordered the early evacuation of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and other places in view of the embarrassment of Skvortsov and other Kazakh high-level officials being blamed.  Senior officials and pro-Soviet figures eventually scolded Beria and sent Zhdanov to Ukraine, Ufa and Chelyabinsk.  Supervise the production of T-34 tanks on the spot, requiring the production to be increased to 1,500 units per month before the spring of 1940. Kalinin was also asked to supervise the manufacturing of IL2 and other aircraft, while he personally took charge of weapon development, hoping to find a solution as soon as possible.  New equipment to deal with Type 36 tanks and air superiority.

    Although Stalin made a series of adjustments, the Soviet army still faced many problems.  From Pavlodar to Kyzylorda, the huge Kazakh salient divides the eastern battlefield into two parts.  On one side is the Northern Front led by the Troika.  On one side is the southern front led by Apanashenko, which is seriously lacking in connection.  Moreover, Uzbekistan and Siberia are like open arms. Although on the surface they can clamp down on Kazakhstan, in fact they form a very dangerous cantilever state.  Siberia can still be defended because of a series of fortified cities such as Barnaul, vast depth, and muddy road restrictions.  Then Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, which are almost flat deserts, are very easy to be cut off.  In particular, the loss of Kyzylorda has allowed the National Defense Forces to direct its troops towards the Union Republic of Karakalpakstan, which connects the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. Coupled with the disadvantages of the war in Iran, it has become very dangerous.  Therefore, Zhukov and others suggested simply abandoning the southern route and shrinking the Republic of Karakalpakstan altogether.  But the stubborn Stalin refused any idea of ??giving up territory and allowed Katsalov's 29th Army to stop in Urgench.  Chuikov's Fifth Army was also transferred from Belarus, and the two troops were organized into the Karakalpakstan Front. They took the Caspian Sea route directly across from Baku to reduce the pressure on the southern railway that was affected by bad weather.

    Although Stalin's plan to use the severe cold weather to make a sneak attack and then defend the defense line failed, the severe cold and bad roads still saved his life. While he was actively adjusting preparations to launch a major counterattack after the spring, Yang Qiu and the General Staff had no choice but to  Without stopping ground operations, preparations begin for next spring and summer offensives.  In fact, Yang Qiu has a lot of troubles now. The first is the serious lack of railways.  Neither East Kazakhstan nor Almaty had direct trains to the front line, so trucks and pack horses had to be used to maintain front line supplies. If a large amount of supplies hoarded by the Soviet army had not been seized, logistics might have been in a hurry.

    Therefore, after discussion, he decided to immediately put the prisoners into railway construction work. He also planned to lock up all Soviet immigrants living in the occupied areas. After selecting the young and middle-aged people, they would all join the railway construction team. Women and the elderly must work on the battlefield every day.  Twelve hours of factory work in exchange for food.  According to predictions from the Ministry of Transport, given that most of the currently occupied areas are flat areas, and there are still roadbeds and railways left by the Soviet Union that can be used, as long as the materials and tools are available, the road from East Kazakhstan to Pavlov will be able to be paved by May next year at the latest  Lodar, to Karaganda and Zhezkazgan, and reconstructed and repaired from Almaty via Taraz to Shymkent and Turkestan, and finally to Kyzylorda.Railway across the sea.  The frontline headquarters also decided to take advantage of the winter truce to mobilize local Kazakhs and prisoners of war to immediately start building several wartime railways (narrow gauge, light railways with sleepers and rails laid directly on the ground, with a very low transportation volume but larger than truck fleets) and  Solve an urgent need.

    In addition, Yang Qiu also requested that the Karaganda Iron Mine and Balkhash Copper Mine be restarted as soon as possible, and urged Wang Zhengting, the cabinet and the Congress to come up with a comprehensive "Kazakh Revitalization Plan" as soon as possible and immediately launch a batch of small-scale but quick-effective wool textile, food  Processing and other small processing plants, while maintaining stability in the Kazakh-occupied areas, can also make use of local resources, and use practical actions to express to Uzbekistan and other regions China's determination and ability to not only expel Soviet power, but also help Central Asia rebuild economic sustainability.

    In the end, he also signed the first batch of Central Asian military aid documents at the suggestion of Yue Peng.  According to this document, the National Defense Forces will first help Kazakhstan establish an interim government, allowing the interim government to recruit 300,000 young people from the Kazakhs (including domestic Kazakhs) to form six armies with a total of 18 independent divisions.  Before the end of the war, it was under the unified command of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces and the theater headquarters.  At the same time, the Chinese government will immediately provide an interest-free loan of 500 million yuan to the Kazakh interim government for government operations and economic recovery, and to purchase at least 500 Snake fighter jets and two armored divisions of Type 31 tanks.

    After all these arrangements were made, Yang Qiu ordered the announcement of the battle report, and at the same time set off for Xinyang to meet with Marshall and his party who had been waiting for a long time.

    A battle report that is destined to shock people will completely ignite this already turbulent world as hundreds of newspapers across the country burn the midnight oil and print it at full capacity
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