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    Zhuo Fan had forgotten how he left the Uletau Mountain position. Liu Mingzhao's last words made him finally understand where his gap was and what it means to have a perfect strategy.  [This article comes from] Because Liu Mingzhao not only judged that Zhukov's target was Rezikazgan, he also judged that he would let a tank corps detour, and even the troops supporting him were at the regiment level to avoid command problems.  In the end, this battle is connected with the subsequent Siberian War.  You must know that Siberia is a combat area that no armored force is willing to face due to its harsh environment such as frozen soil and frequent floods and mudslides. The General Staff also believes that combat in Siberia is several times more difficult than in Central Asia, so how to consume the string of fortresses in Siberia?  The city has always been troubled by the high-level officials, and the Central Asian side has never leveled the defense line and shortened the distance. Therefore, there have only been a few trial attacks in the Siberian battlefield so far, and they have all been disgraced by the harsh geographical conditions.

    But Liu Mingzhao saw an opportunity in this battle, because Zhukov was the commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front. In order to ensure the intensity of Lu Jin's attack and win the battle as quickly as possible, he would definitely call on his most comfortable old troops, so as long as he is here  After consuming him hard, there will be only new recruits left in the Siberian direction, which is crucial to solving Barnaul and Omsk!

    After returning to Akshara, Zhuo Fan immediately started arranging the troops and equipment he needed.  There was no shortage of tanks, but he was worried about the troop's mobility. This time it was a deep penetration, which was equivalent to going deep alone, so it would definitely not work with a large number of infantry walking on two feet, so he immediately gathered all the trucks that could be mobilized around him.  It also intercepted 300 trucks from two supply convoys, and finally captured two half-track regiments that were supposed to support Karakalpakstan.  Due to the large depth, the Air Force may not be able to provide cover at all times, so he also incorporated a 1938-style "Fury" tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery battalion that had just arrived in Kyzylorda into his own armored cluster.

    The 1938-type "Fury" anti-aircraft artillery battalion is a new type of anti-aircraft gun mass-produced after the war, and it shares the same chassis as the Type 36 tank.  The turret is in the middle, and two 35mm chain-type cannons are like arms on the left and right sides of the turret.  This layout allows the anti-aircraft gun to attack at the maximum angle without affecting the observation angle of the electric turret in the middle.  But like all anti-aircraft weapons, this tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is extremely expensive, even more than the 36 main battle tank.  One battalion certainly cannot support military-level air defense, so it still has to rely on half-tracks and wheeled 40mm anti-aircraft guns.  After completing the air defense network, ammunition supply and concentration of vehicles, support troops also arrived one after another.  The Polish 10th Armored Brigade has two regiments, 238 Type 31 tanks, and the commander is Major General Odzinski.  Just as Liu Mingzhao expected.  Major General Odzinski and the Polish officers didn't care much about a brigadier general commanding them as long as they could fight the Soviets.  The Seventh Army sent an old acquaintance, Kyzyl Odar, to stop Zhao Dengyu, the leader of the 510th Regiment who had worked together in the war.  He is now in high spirits because the entire regiment has been replaced by Type 36 main battle tanks, a total of 112 tanks.  The 11th Independent Armored Regiment has 117 Type 31 vehicles.  The lieutenant colonel leader is Wu Qiwen, a top student at the Baoding Army Academy, and a classmate of Colonel Li Jin, who made a splash during the Battle of Ahvaz.  The 4th regiment of the 2nd Armored Division assigned by Liu Mingzhao, the regiment leader is named Zhou Yawei. Just being able to join the 2nd Armored Division shows that he is an outstanding officer. He brought 116 Type 36 main battle tanks and a strengthened 105mm self-propelled  Howitzer Regiment.  In addition, there are 115 Type 36 main battle tanks from the 539th Armored Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division, as well as 2 Type 31 tank battalions and 3 Hound wheeled armor battalions that were reinforced from all around.  A total of six armored regiments have 795 tanks, 42 "Fury" self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 376 half-track transport/air defense vehicles, 72 105 mm self-propelled howitzers, and 92 Hound wheeled armored vehicles.  Finally, Zhuo Fan also brought along the 3rd Cavalry Division of the Kazakh Independence Army. Although the cavalry is not suitable for modern warfare, it is indeed a good reconnaissance force in mobile warfare.  Including the infantry brought by each regiment and brigade, there are a total of 6 armored regiments, 2 half-track regiments, 1 wheeled armored regiment, 2 artillery regiments, 7 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry division, 4 anti-aircraft battalions, 3  A group of fuel and supply trucks.

    Comprehensive comparison based on equipment performance.  The on-paper combat effectiveness of this patchwork unit was more than three times that of the armored units of the German Army Group A in the Battle of France.  Of course, Zhuo Fan will not think that paper is above all else like the French, because everyone comes from different units, especially the Polish 10th Armored Division, which has only been training for a month.  Even with the armor instructors sent by the General Staff to help, they still could not fully master the Type 31 tank and modern armor tactics.  So the night the troops arrived.  He ordered a comprehensive exercise near the road from Akshara to Kyzylorda.  They also deliberately broke up the various troops, disrupting even eating and sleeping, just to let everyone get familiar with each other as soon as possible.  Just as more than a thousand tanks/armored vehicles were "fighting" around dirt roads, deserts and hills, running into teams and practicing offensive tactics, three pieces of news came one after another.

    The first news came from Zhezkazgan. Zhukov, who was battered by the bombing, finally survived. The forward troops exchanged fire with the forward troops of the Second Army in Arbagas, 45 kilometers north of Uletau Mountain.  As Liu Mingzhao expected, Zhukov, whose logistics was nearly half destroyed by planes, invested 370 vehicles as soon as he came upTanks and 1,000 122mm heavy artillery attacked fiercely. After being blocked for 10 hours, the 19th Motorized Infantry Division of the Second Army fought and retreated to the Uletau Mountain defense line as planned. The theater headquarters expected Zhukov's general offensive to be launched in May.  It was fully opened on the evening of the 2nd.

    The second news is that after the factory masters worked overtime for several days and nights, the second batch of 10 No. 20 ground-penetrating bombs was delivered to the Uzbek Army on May 1.  In the afternoon of the same day, the Almalek fortress group on the Syr Darya River in the south of Tashkent became a victim again. Although Apanashenko strengthened the defense of the Syr Darya River, under the heavy bombardment of General Xie Ruyi's concentrated 3,500 cannons of various types, he could only  Watching the two pontoon bridges being erected, the Uzbek Army's 330,000 troops began to cross the river in batches. Analyzing the day and night traffic speed of the two pontoon bridges and the manufacturing speed of the No. 20 ground-penetrating bomb, the final decisive battle in Tashkent will begin in a week.  At the same time, Sun Chuanfang also successfully completed the clearing of Samarkand. While the main force was resting and reorganizing, he sent Du Yuming's 10th Armored Division and three infantry divisions to set off in advance, marching towards Ashgabat, a key town on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran, and rendezvous there.  The four infantry divisions formed a posture to cooperate with Bai Chongxi in attacking Persia.

    The third news comes from France.  The German armored forces across France achieved their greatest results since the war began, successfully driving 400,000 British, French and Belgian troops to Dunkirk.  But what makes everyone strange is.  The unscrupulous Guderian stopped inexplicably 20 kilometers away from the coast.  Taking this opportunity, Churchill pretended to negotiate and secretly contacted Berlin through the Netherlands. At the same time, he ordered the British Navy to mobilize to prepare for the evacuation of the trapped soldiers. However, the North Sea was very windy and rough at this time, and Zhuo Fan and everyone were not optimistic about this retreat.  action.

    But what Zhuofan didn't know was that at the last stage of the army headquarters in Pavlodar, he was leading his troops to step up drills and run-in, and mobilized all the mechanic squads to perform maintenance on the tanks overnight.  Long Yun, like his old classmate Liu Mingzhao, also planned to outflank him.  This pair of comrades, who were studying in Germany at the same time, thought of each other tacitly without any contact.

    However, unlike Liu Mingzhao who boldly used Zhuo Fan, a newcomer, Long Yun chose Xu Xiangqian, the major general commander of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division, who graduated from the Infantry Department of Baoding Army Academy, and Ye Wei, who became famous for his surprise attack on Pavlodar with a motorcycle army.  Inquire.  In terms of military strength, Liu Mingzhao was not as bold as Liu Mingzhao, who concentrated 80% of the armored forces.  Only 1 armored regiment, 2 mechanized infantry divisions, 1 infantry division and 1 Kazakh cavalry division were given.  But these two division commanders, who were known for their bravery, tenacity and toughness, later achieved a series of crazy results and were nicknamed the sharp knife duo.

    It should be said that since Yue Peng appointed Zhuo Fan, a rising star in the army, as the commander-in-chief of Crossing during the Battle of Kazakhstan, the General Staff and senior officials have actually begun to train potential officers, such as Li Ahwaz, who is known as the "Persian Tiger"  The commander-in-chief of the Jin and Talas plan to cross the border, the "gasoline butcher" Zhuo Fan in the Kyzylorda blockade, the "death squad leader" Ye Weixun in the surprise attack on Pavlodar, and the "Desperate Saburo" Du Yuming in Sun Chuanfang's left hook  , Pan Duheng, aviation operations staff officer of the 22nd Fleet, Xu Huansheng of the Air Force, etc.  They all gradually matured in the waves.

    Of course, Zhuo Fan doesn't know that he has been called the "gasoline butcher", nor does he know that he is actually just a guinea pig on the table of the General Staff. At this moment, he has no intention of thinking about anything.  On the morning of May 2nd.  He received the last batch of ammunition supplies shipped by the Air Force before departure and an important assistant, Air Force Liaison Officer Captain Fan Shaobo, and a three-person team led by him.

    Captain Fan Shaobo, who has a round baby face, is twenty-five years old, has a camera hanging around his neck, and looks like a tabloid reporter. He is an indispensable figure in the entire operation.  Modern warfare emphasizes air-ground coordination.  But how to coordinate the air and ground depends entirely on the liaison officers stationed by the Air Force in each army.  Although they have low military rank, they have great power.  Even if the group army requests air support, it must go through them.  Moreover, most of them are proficient in meteorology and other subjects. If they feel that the weather and other conditions are not allowed, then even the army commander or even the group army commander will be helpless.  The most irritating thing is that as long as their judgment is correct, they will not take responsibility even if the front line is defeated. Moreover, all armies have the temper to protect their shortcomings, and the army will not be able to find a punching bag after suffering losses.

    Of course, this kind of thing has not happened yet, after all, everyone has the same hatred and hatred.  But Zhuo Fan, who had not been a novice for a long time, still attached great importance to Yue Peng's advice of "connecting with people". He provided Fan Shaobo and the liaison team with good food and drink, not only mobilized a tank platoon to protect his work, but also arranged a brand new  A half-track command vehicle, and finally secretly stuffed a box of canned fruits, which was extremely difficult to replenish on the front line, into the vehicle.

    The meaning is obvious, my future depends on you.

    Fan Shaobo, who had just been transferred from the coast, did not expect to meet such a good commander on his first mission, so he immediately promised to mobilize as many aircraft protection troops as possible.

    After lunch, Zhuo Fan made the final adjustment and chose the standard triangle offensive formation.  Naturally, the front arrow should be given to Zhao Deng, the madman who wears a big knife while eating.??.  The 1st and 2nd regiments of the 10th Polish Armored Brigade were placed on the flanks of the 510th Regiment to act as a backup offensive force.  The 4th Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division is responsible for protecting the two wings. The 11th Independent Armored Regiment and the 539th Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division are in the middle. There are also two Type 31 tank battalions to protect the half-tracks and infantry baggage behind, and three Hound wheeled armor battalions.  Then cooperate with the Kazakh 3rd Cavalry Division to be responsible for battlefield reconnaissance.

    At two o'clock sharp, he informed everyone of the action plan and codename, and also issued the last order before radio silence.

    Operation codename: Light Cavalry.

    Order: There is no rear, only forward.
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