The collapse of the Russian army was expected, but it was somewhat unexpected that he lost his fighting spirit so quickly.

On December 12, the front-line reconnaissance forces proved the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, that is, more than two million Russian troops on the east bank of the Ural River were rushing towards the Ural River regardless of everything.

But what greeted them was not the hot soup, but the cold heavy machine gun.[..com]

On the beach on the west bank of the Ural River, the Russian military military police set up hundreds of heavy machine guns along the river hundreds of kilometers along the river channel at more than 30 major river crossing sites, and then used tweeters to order the retreating Russian officers and soldiers to return to their positions and not to retreat to the west bank of the Ural River without authorization.

However, the wind drowned out the gendarmerie's shouts.

It was not until the heavy machine guns spewed out flames and shot thousands of bullets that harvested their lives at their former comrades that the panicked Russian officers and soldiers suddenly reacted.

There is also a dead end in the rear.

This scene has not been greatly reduced in Russia's history.

During World War I, the Russian military police used heavy machine guns to prevent the attacking troops from retreating and cruelly executed all soldiers who fled during the attack. In the Russians considered the "great Patriotic War", the Soviet Red Army also used heavy machine guns to catch the newly recruited recruits on the battlefield many times, especially in the Battle of Stalingrad, thousands of Red Army officers and soldiers who had just put on military uniforms were sent to the battlefield where the German heavy machine guns were in front and the Red Army heavy machine guns were behind, constantly breaking the casualties record of this tragic battle.

It seems that in Russian history, it is a very great thing to force flesh and blood soldiers to bleed and sacrifice.

Because before Russia was defeated, the Russian officials burned down all information related to this battle, so it is impossible to know exactly how many Russian officers and soldiers died at the hands of the military police. Only one thing is certain that the Russian military police's practice destroyed the last glimmer of hope for more than two million Russian officers and soldiers.

Without fighting against the enemy and being unable to retreat, stopping fighting has become the only option for the Russian army.

At this time, Wei Chenglong did something very important: battlefield propaganda.

On the same day, the Chinese Army dispatched dozens of large drones, and installed tweeters on these drones to allow them to fly at low altitudes, and promoted the Chinese army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners to the Russian officers and soldiers east of the Ural River, playing the information about warm beds, delicious food, enough medicines and other information in the prisoner-of-war camp, and inspiring Russian officers and soldiers to advance eastward and no longer work for the evil American empire.

The next day, the transport plane began to spread publicity leaflets over the battlefield.

At that time, a large number of leaflets had been printed in the rear, mainly to promote how good living conditions were. These leaflets were originally planned to be used on the Siberian battlefield, because almost all the Russian troops there were reserve troops and their quality was very low. As a result, they were first used by Wei Chenglong on the Ural battlefield.

After doing these things, what the Chinese army needs to do is to prepare for the shelter of prisoners of war.

In the next few days, more than 1.8 million Russian troops took the initiative to surrender to the Chinese army, and most of the Russian troops who did not surrender were wounded and sick. At that time, after surrendering, some Russian officers and soldiers took the initiative to lead the Chinese army to their base so that the inability to move comrades can be treated.

There is no doubt that this has caused trouble to the Chinese army.

You should know that at that time, there were only six armies operating on the front line, with a total strength of less than 300,000, which was equivalent to a Chinese soldier who had to accommodate seven prisoners of war.

Fortunately, the weather is getting better, and at least large electric transport aircraft can take off and land at the frontline airport.

Of course, not all the Russian troops on the east bank of the Ural River surrendered.

On December 17, after discovering that the morale of the Russian army on the east bank of the Ural River had collapsed, Brushilov ignored the president's order and asked the troops to retreat to the west bank of the Ural River.

The main reason why Brushilov did this was: on the same day, the officers and soldiers of the 8th Armored Division of the Russian Guards kidnapped the division headquarters, arrested more than 30 officers, including the division commander Zhidanov, and then surrendered to the Chinese army, who was Brushilov's direct lineage.

This incident made Brushilov realize that the Russian army on the east coast had completely collapsed.

Forced by the desire to survive, the Russian officers and soldiers who were completely desperate would attack their commanders and surrender to the enemy without being able to fight.

In addition, there is another factor, that is, Brushilov's grandson Andrei was a staff officer in the 8th Armored Division of the Guards.

Little Brushilov became a prisoner and stayed in the prisoner-of-war camp until the end of the war. Later, he was deported to Russia and lived to be 99 years old. He died three days away from his 100th birthday. Later, he wrote a biography for his grandfather. Many things related to Brushilov were told in this biography. Later, Little Brushilov's son was also the founder of the China-Russian Folk Friendship Society. In a sense, Little Brushilov was able to survive.

After the war, it had a lot to do with his famous grandfather. Because of this identity, he was not sent to a labor camp with poor conditions, but stayed in a prisoner of war camp with no worries. You should know that during the entire war, less than half of the Russian prisoners of war sent to the labor camp could survive until after the war. For the young Brushilov, who had been pampered since childhood, his physique was definitely not as good as other Russian prisoners of war, and he had no hope of getting out of the labor camp alive.

Brushilov made the right decision, but it was too late.

By December 20, less than 100,000 Russian troops retreated to the west bank of the Ural River, and were immediately taken to the concentration camps in the rear by the military police.

In fact, the endings of these Russian officers and soldiers were very tragic.

You should know that the order issued by Brushilov was not supported and recognized by the president. Therefore, all the Russian officers and soldiers who retreated to the west bank of the Ural River were considered to have left their posts without permission, and were convicted by the military court. Most of them were sent to the labor reform station in Russia, while some officers who were responsible for the main responsibilities were sent to prisons in the Northern Ural region, and less than one-tenth of them survived after the war.

Interestingly, the Russian president did not punish Brushilov who issued the retreat order.

Judging from the situation at that time, the Russian president did not dare to punish Brushilov because the signs of rebellion in the Russian army were already very obvious.

After the war, many Russian generals on trial believed that it was the Russian president's pro-US position that pushed Russia into an abyss that would never be restored and ruined the national foundation that Russia has built up with the blood and sweat of more than ten generations over the past hundreds of years.

Of course, these Russian generals did not mention that they were also optimistic in the early days of the war.

In any case, in just eighteen days, the Russian Kazakh front army no longer existed, and its destruction speed even exceeded Qi Kaiwei's offensive arrangements.

You know, if there was no blizzard, Qi Kaiwei planned to spend a month eating the Russian army east of the Ural River.

More importantly, the losses of the Chinese army were minimal. By December 20, there were only more than 3,000 casualties, and two-thirds were frostbite, and there were only about 1,000 real casualties in combat. In addition, the equipment losses were almost negligible, and when advancing to the Ural River, the six armies rushing to the front had relatively complete combat power, so there was no need to use the second echelon.

Later, when Nozerov was on trial, he mentioned that if the Russian army on the east bank of the Ural River could hold on, the Chinese army would not have thought of crossing the Ural River, because thirty US divisions were ready for battle and were confident enough to win the west bank of the Ural River.

Obviously, this US general who was proficient in politics did not realize that it was him who ruined the more than 2 million Russian troops who could have assisted the US military in fighting and became a powerful supporter of the US military. It was his wrong decision that made Brushilov's strategic defense zone, which had been carefully deployed for several months on the Kazakhstan battlefield, become a decoration. It was him who forced 600,000 US officers and soldiers to bear all the pressure from the Chinese army.

After the war, some people believed that if Brushilov was commanding the US-Russian coalition, the outcome of the Kazakhstan battle would be very different. The reason was that Brushilov would definitely withdraw more than 2 million Russian troops and make them a reserve force, and then rely on the Ural River for defense. If the actual status of the Russian army was not taken into account, this statement was correct. After all, more than 2 million soldiers were not vegetarian. However, even if they were withdrawn, they did not have much combat capabilities, and most of the Russian army's main combat equipment could not retreat, and only soldiers could retreat. In other words, even if Brushilov was commanding the US-Russian coalition, he could only let Qi Kaiwei spend more effort on the Ural River defense line and delay this cruel battle longer.

In fact, many Russian generals acknowledged this point, that is, the Chinese army launched an attack in winter, which is itself a military adventure with great strategic value. The Russian army was not prepared to fight in winter, and it was impossible to defeat the Chinese army in winter.

There are also US military that are not prepared.

On December 20th, the bad weather was basically over.

On that day, the average temperature in the lower reaches of the Ural River reached minus ten degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature at night was above minus twenty-five degrees Celsius.

Although Nozerov was very arrogant, he also knew very well that the US military could not defeat the Chinese army at all.

As a result, in the evening of that day, Nozirov ordered the explosion of the ice caps on the Ural River and let the engineers blow up all the bridges on the front line.

It is impossible to counterattack the east bank of the Ural River. All the US military can do is to prevent the Chinese army from crossing the Ural River.

The question is, is it useful?

You know, since Qi Kaiwei is confident in fighting an offensive battle in winter and aims to cross the Volga River, he must be prepared.

December 24th, the day before Western Christmas.
Chapter completed!