Chapter 489: Squad leader, look!
However, just as Zhukov was full of confidence and wanted to take the initiative to attack through this internal strife of the North Army Group and try to give the North Army Group a heavy hammer...
The North Army Group Command, far away in Jinxi, was also not idle. There was indeed an internal strife, but it was a big or small thing. If the Soviet army came to attack at this time, the troops would inevitably encounter a low tide due to their lack of morale, and it would be impossible to say that they would even lose the land they had occupied before.
But now, they no longer have to worry about these problems. Su Dao's letter of complaint basically restored the Northern Army Group's previous fighting spirit. Although it failed to reach its peak, there was no problem in defending the Soviet army's offensive.
If the organization is properly organized, they might have a chance to fight back. In short, it's just a word, everything is beautiful, and the world is not as tragic as you think.
Counterattack? This word quickly echoed in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the North Army Group, but it was just a short question, and soon they became full of confidence.
After eliminating the barriers to friendly forces from the bottom of their hearts, they suddenly realized that the world was so beautiful, and the surrounding areas were full of their friendly forces. Whether it was from our army or other army groups, no matter when, as long as there were friendly forces around them, they would dare to organize a huge battle.
It has to be said that after this incident, although it caused some trouble to the North Army Group, this trouble did not last long and was quickly replaced by unity. The current unity is far from comparable to the previous unity.
The North Army Group is now truly integrated, and no one treats anyone as an outsider. Although it has not reached its peak, it has already begun to have a wrinkle shape and only needs a period of precipitation. The North Army Group's combat effectiveness will inevitably reach a higher level.
At this time, the troops on the offensive line also reached their peak, which was similar to the total strength of the North Army Group at the beginning of the war.
Two new armies have been transferred, and the First Army has also been lifted. Except for a small number of soldiers who were confirmed to be infected with the virus, it did not have much impact on the First Army.
Now the entire offensive line has occupied the first, fifth, ninth and fourteenth army, with a total of more than 3 million troops, plus the Min-[***] team that has been seeking opportunities to attack in the Mongolian border area, is about 1.5 million. It can be said that the North Army Group can now mobilize infinitely close to five million troops.
What about the Soviet army? Zhukov made a counterattack plan with confidence and also painted a bright future for his troops, but Zhukov did not expect one thing.
Except for the First Army that had been lifted, Zhukov also did not expect the arrival of the Tenth Army. Since the Soviet scouts could not smoothly conduct intelligence spy on the territory of the North Army Group, even if they were spied, it would be difficult to bring them back to the Soviet command.
So the biggest problem facing Zhukov now is the backwardness of intelligence. Just like when Zhukov formulated a counterattack plan, the intelligence he received was the information a week ago. At that time, the First Army had not yet been lifted, and the Tenth Army was still on the way.
Although Zhukov guessed that the First Army might suddenly appear and took certain defensive measures, the Tenth Army disrupted Zhukov's deployment, and at the same time, there were civilian teams eyeing the border, which were beyond Zhukov's expectations.
How many troops did Zhukov have at this time? Including newly recruited soldiers, soldiers who were urgently transferred from the Western Front battlefield, and the remaining soldiers before, Zhukov's subordinates had only a total of nearly four million troops.
If the four armies on the North Army Group are all organized according to the standards, they will have 3.32 million people. Apart from some miscellaneous command centers, hospitals and other a few non-combat units, they will count 100,000 more, so they will have 3.22 million combat troops.
You should know that the logistics and supplies troops are separated from the combat troops. They are commanded and managed by the North Army Group Command. Units at all levels are only responsible for receiving materials, and no need to worry about anything else. The law of a unit basically having one-third or half of the logistics forces is not effective at all in the North Army Group.
Let’s put the about 1.5 million civilian team aside. Can the four million Soviet troops fight over the 3.2 million Northern Army Group? The answer is obviously impossible. Among the four million Soviet troops, nearly one million of them were newly recruited soldiers. They had not received any militarized training at all. So far, they only know how to shoot.
Therefore, the key to this battle is what the strategic purpose of the North Army Group is. If it is to annihilate the Soviet army, then everything is easy to say. Just move the two armies to that end, you attack, and send two other armies to the back and surround the Soviet army, just like the previous battle of Irkutsk.
After the war, the Soviet army naturally had no ability to continue to resist. The North Army Group could also sing and advance, raise your head and chest, and even push the front hundreds of miles without even firing a single shot.
If you want to take this opportunity to hit Germany or the Soviet Union, you cannot completely wipe out the Soviet army. At least part of them must be allowed to go out alive and let them report the situation here to Stalin truthfully, which shocked Stalin.
The Germans were in a slanderous army group. As a Chinese, they had good traditional education. Can there be fewer things to do with respect? Of course, they cannot. So now Liu Ling has two choices, either directly annihilate the Soviet army, and then swagger to lead the army to the central and western regions of the Soviet Union, and together with the Germans, forcing the Soviet Union to surrender.
The Soviet Union, which lost its industrial base in the central region, basically lost all its resistance, no material supply, and even rifles and ammunition were a big problem. In this case, no country could support it.
Either annihilate a large part of the body, let a small part go, and then reach a settlement with the Soviet Union through some other aspects, or cede land or compensate, or in short, it is to reach a ceasefire agreement, and then? If nothing happens, let the Soviet Union and the Germans fight to the death.
Don’t you like to stay there and watch? Now that you have finished watching, it’s time for me to experience the feeling of watching while watching. As the saying goes, “Release and reciprocity, look at me and see everyone, how great it is.
About a few dozen kilometers west of Lesosipirsk, there is a river running through the east and west, extending to the Barents Sea in the north. Before Lesosipirsk, it was north-south, and it was changed to east-west direction. Then it was changed to north-south direction after Ust Ilmsk, and then changed the route to north-south direction, passing through Bratsk, Cheremkhovo, Irkutsk and other places, directly converging with Lake Baikal.
This river basically runs through the northern and southern continents of the Soviet Union, and is also a relatively important river. However, for the North Army Group, who were incompetent, they did not find the name of this river. Later, they were lazy to change it in these places. The numbers marked with numbers before became the new names of these rivers.
Because this river is relatively large in length, it is much longer than the Yangtze River in China. Therefore, although the original name of this river was erased by Liu Ling and others, its number is very high. On the entire map, the number marked on this river is three.
At this time, in the south of River No. 3, a small army of twelve people skillfully shuttled through the jungle, and not far from them was a big and small road.
Because the Soviet Union was too large and had a large population, compared with such a large territory, each person owned much more land than the Chinese, so so far, in many areas in the central and eastern regions, there were no man's land.
One reason is that the central and eastern regions are relatively remote, with sparse population and inconvenient transportation, and they are not the economic center of the Soviet Union. Except for a railway, the rest of the roads are basically all shabby paths, and after walking for a long time, they will naturally become roads.
As a wasteland, there are basically places where no one is willing to reclaim for thousands of years. Trees are naturally indispensable plants. These plants not only provide cover for the reconnaissance team of the Northern Army Group, but also provide good cover for the Soviet Red Army.
At least once these people drilled into the jungle, the aerial reconnaissance of the North Army Group lost its effect. Therefore, in addition to aerial reconnaissance, the North Army Group had to send hundreds of infantry squads to different locations to reconnaissance the enemy situation every day.
As an infantry squad for reconnaissance, the wealthy North Army Group is not stingy at all. All units are equipped with unified equipment, two telescopes, a radio station, and a step-by-step telephone before departure.
Of course, the communication distance of the walkie-talkie is limited, which is mainly to facilitate them to contact some surrounding reconnaissance teams and to share information. Originally, a radio station was enough, but for convenience, they equipped a walkie-talkie, which was fine anyway.
"Squad leader, look at where!"
The reconnaissance squad was resting, soon a soldier discovered the situation ahead. After a little inquiring with a telescope, he hurriedly reported the situation to the squad leader who was looking at the map.
Soon, in about a few minutes, Lin Yi saw the situation in front of him clearly, and finally let go of his frown. Since returning to the Fifth Army, Lin Yi has not been affected by the punishment above. Instead, he feels very glad that he took the first move, and it is not him who was punished the most severely.
After a few days of adjustment, Lin Yi led his original squad to start the reconnaissance mission. After two days and one night of marching, they had already walked more than 100 kilometers and were about to arrive in Lesosybirsk.
Chapter completed!