395 Sino-Soviet Decision
It was just dawn, and the sound of gunfire roaring all night was as if it had been agreed, and it stopped abruptly.
Until this moment, the Russian army, which had been in chaos and life-saving state throughout the second half of the night, had the heart to understand and observe the specific situation of Jiamusi County.
Teams of old Russian scouts, with their lives after the disaster, climbed up the gentle slope piled up from the ruins of Jiamusi City Wall. The scene in front of them directly made these Russians completely petrified.
Jiamusi, which was still full of houses a few hours ago, is like a cemetery full of graves. The mounds of house waste piled up, looking around, it looks like the graves of tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers buried, making people shudder when they see it.
"How could this happen? Our 30,000 army is all buried in this ruin..." An old Russian scout opened his mouth and said to himself in horror.
Among all the old Russian scouts, the highest rank of major officer. After a brief shock, he immediately realized that after the situation in the city was spread, it would definitely cause a devastating blow to the morale of the entire army.
The troops lost the minimum morale, coupled with the bad situation the entire Soviet army is currently facing, it is conceivable what kind of result will the remaining Soviet army in Jiamusi face. As a responsible major, the Russians would never want to see this result happen.
In less than five seconds, a decisive expression appeared on his face. He looked at his subordinates and ordered with a majestic face: "All the reconnaissance troops will retreat immediately. A warning circle is arranged around the county town to prohibit any Red Army soldiers from approaching the county town. In addition, everyone must keep what they see now confidential, otherwise military law will deal with it..."
The major who quickly arranged the cordon did not stay here for more time and quickly returned to the military camp that was also bombed into ruins by artillery fire. He found the only remaining major general and political commissar in the entire Soviet army and reported what he had just seen.
"Conspiracy, this must be a conspiracy between the Chinese army against our great Red Army troops..." After hearing the report, the political commissar Major General Kavas suddenly turned pale, and he said subconsciously to the major battalion commander in front of him.
Then, he praised the major in front of him, "Comrade Major, you did it very correctly. We must strictly block this news that severely hits the morale of the troops and cannot spread it. However, in the face of this premeditated attack by the Chinese army against us, we cannot just remain unmoved. Now I order to contact all the military commanders at the regiment level and above that the entire army can contact and come here for a meeting quickly. The first thing we need to do now is to quickly count the casualties of the troops and the existing troops, equipment and material reserves..."
When the Russians of the Soviet Union began to digest their losses through various means, the Jiamusi Temporary Field Airport, ten kilometers away from the battlefield. Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng was also digesting the huge achievements achieved by the various combat troops in one night...
The battalion commander of the engineering battalion, who was responsible for the entire blasting mission, stood up first and reported with excitement: "Report to the commander-in-chief, although the engineering battalion did not directly see its own results. However, through the explosion last night, Beiyi can be sure: a total of fifty tons of explosives, at least 95% of the explosives were directly detonated. According to the power of these explosives, there should be no complete house in the entire Jiamusi City that was razed to the ground."
Li Guosheng responded with a smile: "There are no houses, and the tens of thousands of Russian troops hiding in the house must be buried in this ruin."
After saying that, Li Guosheng's eyes had shifted to Luo Qiyuan, Zhang Huxiao, Xiong Shaowen and others, and asked with anticipation: "Where are you, who will come first? How many Russians have been eaten in the battle last night."
"I'll do it first..." Zhang Huxiao, the commander of the oldest guard division, stood up unswervingly and reported.
"Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Russian troops sounded scary, but under our superior firepower, they had no ability to counterattack at all. Post-war statistics: the guard division found more than 2,700 corpses with old hats on the battlefield. If the losses of the shelling of the Russians were included, the Soviet Red Army, which was still surrounded by the guard division, had 10,000 people left at the end of the sky."
As soon as Zhang Huxiao finished speaking, Xiong Shaowen stood up immediately afterwards and replied excitedly: "Report Chief, although my 19th Division has just been formed for less than a week, the soldiers are all veterans from Sichuan. Within half an hour of the battle, they fully adapted to the various tactics and tactics of our defense force..."
"After fighting one night, there were at least 3,500 Russians who died at the hands of our 19th Division, of which more than 3,200 bodies were found. In addition, the damage caused to the Soviet Red Army by the shelling was caused to the Soviet Red Army. There were probably 11,000 left in the Soviet Red Army in the south of Jiamusi City."
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After a report, the latest situation in the Jiamusi battlefield was like a three-dimensional plan, which quickly appeared in Li Guosheng's mind.
After a brief thought, he spoke with a certain expression: "Brothers are fighting well... I went to such a great Warring States in one night. Especially Xiong Shaowen's 19th Division, which had just been formed less than a week before annihilated a strengthening regiment of the Soviet army. Okay, it was fighting well. Now it seems that the Russians trapped in Jiamusi are less than 50,000 people... "
Zhang Huxiao, the mayor of the Guard Division, had just experienced a night of battle. However, there was still no look of fatigue on his face. He looked eager to try and advise: "Master, there are only Russians left. Whether in terms of military strength or equipment comparison, we are far superior to these Russians. Look, should we launch a full-scale attack on these Russians immediately and completely eliminate them on the battlefield..."
As soon as Zhang Huxiao's words fell, Xiong Shaowen, Luo Qiyuan and others also showed a hot expression on their faces, looking at Li Guosheng in front of them, waiting for Li Guosheng to answer.
This time, everyone in front of Li Guoshengran was disappointed. After half a minute of contemplation, Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng shook his head with a firm look on his face. He said negatively: "No, for the more than 40,000 Russians in the encirclement, we just need to surround and not fight, and force them to surrender to us on their own initiative..."
Seeing the confused expressions quickly revealed on his subordinates' faces, Li Guosheng spoke and analyzed: "I wonder if you have ever thought of a question: For our National Defense Forces, is it more meaningful to us for more than 40,000 Russian corpses, or is it more meaningful to us for more than 40,000 living Russian prisoners..."
"The strength of the Far East Army is there after all. If the Russians really plan to fight with us, even if they fight all the entire National Defense Forces, they will not be the opponent of the Russians. Since that's the case, the final solution to this military conflict is negotiation. At that time, the more Russian prisoners of war we have in our hands, the more negotiation trump card we have. Therefore, if the more than 40,000 Russians in front of us can force them to surrender, they will surrender."
"Master, then we just let go of the Russians in the encirclement... and kept holding their troops and waiting for them to surrender?" Zhang Huxiao asked with the last glimmer of hope.
"Of course not..." Li Guosheng affirmed.
"Do you think that the Soviet Red Army in the encirclement will watch themselves starve to death and be trapped? If nothing unexpected happens, these Russians will definitely try their best to break through the encirclement... In addition, we cannot remain indifferent to the Soviet Russians in the encirclement. Order the air force and artillery to launch attacks on the Soviet positions regardless of consumption. Blast the entire Soviet barracks into ruins. It is best to put the limited combat supplies in the hands of the Russians. They will be consumed in the bombing, forcing the Russians to a dead end and have to surrender to us..." Li Guosheng said with a serious face.
"Please give orders..." The subordinates with their eyes shining asked in unison.
Li Guosheng did not hesitate and said, "Brothers, since our purpose is just to force the over 40,000 Russians in front of us. It is a waste to concentrate so many of our troops here. In order to ensure the victory of this war, I decided to divide the troops. The entire army was divided into three..."
"Now I order: Luo Qiyuan's troops, the armored division, and four heavy artillery regiments to continue to stay in Jiamusi. With the cooperation of mines, all the 40,000 Russians were trapped to death in Jiamusi, and finally forced them to surrender..."
"Xiong Shaowen's 19th Division brought three heavy artillery regiments and set out immediately to this area to block the Soviet East Road attack group. The slow attack speed will ensure that we have enough time to force over 40,000 Russians in front of us..."
"Zhang Huxiao's First Brigade of the Guard Division brought three heavy artillery regiments and quickly moved to this position... The mission is the same as the 19th Division, blocking the attacking group of the Maozi West Road..."
At the command center where the Soviet Major General Kavas was located, the remaining 11 regiment commanders of the entire army sat around a table made of bullet boxes, looking at the map in front of him without saying a word.
Just now, Major General Kavas, who is the temporary commander-in-chief of more than 40,000 Soviet troops, had already told the situation in Jiamusi City. Not only that, the current dilemma and dangerous situation of the North Road Attack Group was also directly placed in front of everyone...
Looking at the silent people, Major General Kavas spoke: "Comrades, everyone is the best commander of the Soviet Red Army. Do you have no solution to this situation?"
Under Kavas' anxious waiting, a regiment commander with the rank of colonel finally stood up. After sighing, he spoke: "Comrade Political Commissar, please forgive me for my rude words. In such a bad situation, my great Soviet Red Army has no other way except to break through..."
"Breakthrough..." Hearing these two words, Major General Kavas, who was not very high in military level, frowned in obvious dissatisfaction. However, he did not ship the goods immediately. Instead, he frowned and asked, "Tell me your reasons..."
"Yes, Comrade Political Commissar..." The colonel leader, who was completely unaware that the danger was slowly coming to him, spoke in front of everyone and analyzed.
"According to the battlefield situation, the encirclement built by the Chinese army around us has not been fully improved. Now that we are going to break through, we are at least 80% sure we can break through most of the troops..."
"If there is no breakthrough now, the Chinese army outside will completely build the entire encirclement. At that time, under the cover of a large number of heavy artillery, only five doors equipped with light weapons will not be able to open a breakthrough in the surrounding encirclement..."
"This is a reason, and another reason... As for the infantry regiment where I am, the food carried by the troops can be supplied for up to two days. That is to say, in two days, we will fall into a state of food outage. Once that time comes, no matter how brave our Red Army soldiers are, they will become a sheep without any resistance..."
Just as most of the regiment-level officers slowly showed their expressions of recognition on their faces, Major General Kavas's voice suddenly sounded: "The troops are breaking through now, how many people can they spit out, and how much price they have to pay..."
"Report to the political commissar, because the Chinese army has absolute artillery advantage, the necessary casualties are certain during the entire breakthrough process. It is estimated that the Red Army soldiers who can finally break out are about 30,000..." The colonel commander, who had not yet reacted, still answered with a serious expression.
Hearing this, Major General Kavas finally got angry. He clenched his fist and smashed it hard behind the ammunition box in front of him. He asked loudly at the colonel commander who had just spoken: "According to your opinion, during this military operation, our North Road Attack Group not only did not destroy any Chinese army, but also went to any Warring States Period. Instead, under the attack of the Chinese army, he suffered heavy losses and lost 60,000 lives of the Red Army soldiers..."
"Do you know. Once this result is transmitted to Moscow, what will be waiting for us? It is the trial of the military court. Once we break through according to your ideas, everyone sitting here today, including me, will be sent to the military court or even shot..."
After a cold look at his subordinates around him whose face changed drastically, Kavas continued to ask: "Now, is there anyone who advocates ordering the troops to break through immediately and send all of us here to the military court..."
Quiet, Kavas's angry voice fell, and the entire command center could still hear was the gasp caused by everyone's nervousness.
After nodding with satisfaction to everyone's response, Kavas' angry face finally calmed down. In front of everyone, he told his thoughts that he thought he was very "wise".
"Comrades, although the situation is bad, don't be discouraged. Because, in the battlefield of Heilongjiang, China, there is far more than our Soviet Red Army. On the east and west sides of Heilongjiang, there is an army of 100,000 each, and is quickly attacking Harbin at lightning speed..."
"As long as we can persevere, we will wait until these two armies will attack the Chinese army that surrounded us inside and outside. At that time, the final result of this war will not only change, but will also end with Vaughn's final victory. If we fight again, we will not only not become Soviet sinners, but also heroes of the entire Soviet Red Army..."
"So, I decided to stick to the whole army on the spot and wait for assistance. All remaining combat supplies of the troops will be concentrated from now on and controlled by the temporary command. As long as we persist until the reinforcements arrive, the final victory will belong to our great Soviet Red Army..."
Kavas's dream is beautiful, but this dream is limited to the battle without any accidents. However, on the ever-changing battlefield, this dream has almost no possibility of happening.
More than a dozen Russian turbulent commanders, with their longing for the future and anxiety, had just left the Kavas Command. A faint engine roar spread from far to near, from the edge of the sky.
Then, there was a dense black dot in the southeast direction of Jiamusi County.
As the engine roar became louder and louder, the densely packed small black dots gradually turned into a black cloud covering the sky. All the bombers of the two air divisions under the National Defense Forces flew in a squadron, from temporary field airports in units of flight squadrons.
"The plane is actually a Chinese plane... When did the Chinese turn so many planes..." Major General Kavas, holding the telescope, couldn't help but start to tremble because of his nervousness. Not only that, he was constantly sweating on his forehead, and he began to regret why he made the decision to continue to stick to it at the meeting just now.
Without an air force, more than 40,000 Soviet Red Army might be able to hold on. However, when the Soviet Red Army did not have any air-to-air weapons, the Chinese Air Force completely became the dominant of the entire battlefield. Every move of the entire Soviet Red Army will be fully displayed in front of the Chinese army. Every soldier of the Soviet Red Army will become a living target for the Chinese Air Force to conduct air strikes.
"Palm, there are so many planes, what should we do next..." A combat staff officer next to Major General Kavas asked with a guilty look on his face.
"Bastard, don't forget our identities. We are great Red Army soldiers and will never be scared by Chinese planes..." Major General Kavas, who was watched by everyone, held back the fear in his heart in order to maintain the majesty of the political commissar, said with a stubborn look on his face.
Then, regardless of the slander in his subordinates' hearts, he ordered loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Do you want to be a living target of the Chinese Air Force? Order the troops to hide immediately..."
Chapter completed!