Some numbers of the Soviet and Finnish armies have actually been marked on the sand table.
Therefore, Zhukov only introduced some general background: "Today we are simply discussing military affairs, and we will not talk about the political reasons for the Soviet-Finnish war."
Naturally, the Soviets would not admit that the Soviet-Finnish War was a war of aggression initiated by them.
After a pause, Zhukov continued: "For this Soviet-Finnish war, the Soviet Supreme Command specially organized the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army and the Fourteenth Army. Among them, the Seventh and Eighth Army
The army was responsible for attacking the Karelian Isthmus and breaking through the three lines of defense of Mannerheim, which was also the main battlefield of this Soviet-Finnish war."
"In addition, the Ninth Army attacked westward from the north shore of Lake Ladoga, captured the port of Oulu on the shores of Lake Bothnia, and cut Finland in the middle into the north and south sections, making it impossible to see each other from the beginning to the end; the Fourteenth Army started from Murman
Skopje pushed southward, all the way to the Swedish border, and was responsible for blocking reinforcements that Sweden might send."
Xu Rui nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty General, let's deduce the main battlefield in Karelia first."
In comparison, the northern and central battlefields are less important. The victory or defeat in the Karelian battlefield is the key to the real decision of this Soviet-Finnish war, because if the Soviet army breaks through the Manchuria on the Karelian isthmus,
With the Naheim Line of Defense, you can drive straight into Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
At that time, Finland can only sign the alliance under the city.
Zhukov said: "Okay, let's go to the main battlefield in Karelia first."
Shaskikh, the Soviet major general, and Zhukov immediately cheered up, because among the Soviet troops at the scene, only three of them had gone to military school and could understand war games.
Xu Rui first picked up some bombers from the aviation corps of the 7th and 8th armies and said: "The first wave of attacks will be carried out by the aviation corps of the 7th and 8th armies. I will send ten to twenty bombers to attack Manchuria."
The first of Naheim's three lines of defense was bombed, destroying its permanent fortifications."
After finishing speaking, Xu Rui took out two war chess pieces representing bombers from the attack positions of the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army, and placed them on the first line of defense of the Mannerheim Line located on the Karelian Isthmus.
Zhukov said: "I will send ten to twenty fighter jets and reconnaissance planes to intercept."
While talking, Zhukov also took two war chess pieces and placed them on the Mannerheim defense line.
Shaskih, who was standing nearby, immediately happily took away Xu Rui's two war chess pieces and threw them out of the sand table.
Xu Rui smiled slightly, picked up six more war chess pieces and placed them at the Mannerheim defense line. Two of them were bomber chess pieces, and the other four were fighter chess pieces. He said: "I will dispatch two war chess pieces from the Seventh and Eighth Army Aviation Corps.
Fighter planes, twice as many as the Finnish army, provided full escort for the bomber group to ensure that the bombing was not affected."
The Soviet major next to him reluctantly took Zhukov's two war chess pieces away.
After Zhukov thought about it for a moment, he finally gave up on this counterfeit air force consumption.
Seeing that Zhukov did not make any moves, Shaskih and the Soviet major general's faces fell. In this first round, Xu Rui undoubtedly had the upper hand, which was hard for them to accept.
There was no trace of pride on Xu Rui's face, and he added: "In the second wave, I will dispatch more than a dozen artillery regiments from the 7th and 8th armies, totaling more than 1,400 long-range artillery pieces, to attack Mannahai.
The entire first line of defense was carried out for three days and nights, while bombers were dispatched to drop white phosphorus bombs, igniting forest fires and destroying Finnish military fortifications."
After a pause at this point, Xu Rui added: "As far as I know, most of the fortifications built by the Finnish army on the Mannerheim Line of Defense are log fortifications and cannot withstand fire attacks at all."
When Zhukov heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
Shaskih, the Soviet major general and several Soviet officers who were watching also immediately changed their expressions.
Because the entire Karelian Isthmus is covered with dense virgin forest, once white phosphorus bombs are thrown and a forest fire is triggered, the Finnish Army's Mannerheim Line of Defense will certainly be wiped out, but after the fire passes, the Karelian Isthmus will also be reduced to ashes.
Ashes, this is basically a style of fighting that will destroy both the jade and the stone. It's so cruel!
Shaskih's facial muscles twitched twice and he looked at Zhukov.
Zhukov nodded gloomily, and Shaskih reluctantly erased several Finnish war games placed on Mannerheim's first line of defense. In the second round, the Chinese took over again.
Advantage.
"The third wave." Xu Rui said with a smile, "It's just a repetition of the first and second waves. However, the target has changed from Mannerheim's first line of defense to the second line. But
The routine is still the same, bombers are still dispatched first, then artillery is used to carry out carpet bombing, and then infantry follows up to achieve effective occupation."
But in this wave, Zhukov still resisted to a certain extent.
Zhukov used Finnish artillery and fought an artillery battle with the Soviet artillery, but the result was no doubt that it was destroyed by Xu Rui's aviation regiment's bombers.
Shaskih was very depressed and swept away some of the war games from the sand table.
In the first three waves of offense and defense, Zhukov had almost no performance.
But in the fourth wave, Zhukov finally showed his prowess.
Zhukov took out two soldiers from the Finnish reserve behind Mannerheim's third line of defense, detoured from the virgin forest on both sides of the road, and launched an attack on the supply point that the Soviet army had just built.
Shaskikh exclaimed excitedly: "Finland has formed a special sled force with very strong maneuverability. They can indeed bypass the road and come back from the virgin forests on both sides, and they are familiar with the terrain of Karelia."
With more familiarity, it will not be difficult to detect our supply points."
Zhukov smiled and said: "Colonel Xu, your Soviet army's supply point has been exhausted."
After a slight pause, Zhukov added: "Also, don't try to obtain supplies through the road, because my sled troops cannot give you this opportunity. Any point in the long supply line that is hundreds of kilometers long can be used by me."
Of course you can also send infantry to attack the target of my sled troops, but to find and destroy my sled troops in the forest and snowfields is an almost impossible and difficult task."
Shaskih added: "Once the supplies are cut off, the planes, tanks and artillery on the front line will immediately become decorations, and the soldiers will starve. Within ten days at most, the entire army will collapse!"
After finishing speaking, Shaskih stretched out his big hand, preparing to take away all the chips that the Soviet army had already attacked.
"Wait a minute." Xu Rui calmly stretched out his hand, stopped Shaskih, and said, "But what if my supplies are delivered in time?"
"This is absolutely impossible!" Zhukov said flatly, "With the harassment of my sled troops, it is impossible for you to deliver military supplies from the rear in a short time. Colonel Xu, are you going to cheat?"
"Your Majesty General, nothing is impossible." Xu Rui said with a smile, "I don't want to cheat, because I have never thought about supplying from the road."
"Don't supply supplies from the road?" Shaskih was at a loss when he heard this.
The Soviet major general next to him also had a confused look on his face. Instead of supplying from the road, they should learn from the Finnish army and use sleds to supply? But using sleds to supply and using sleds to destroy are two completely different concepts. It is easier to destroy than to transport supplies.
It was much more, and the transport capacity of the sleds was of little use to the hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops.
Only Zhukov's face changed slightly, as if he had thought of something.
Sure enough, Xu Rui reached out and scratched the sand table and said with a smile: "In the severe winter, the ice on Lake Ladoga is enough to pass trucks weighing several tons. I can completely open up a temporary supply line from the vast lake. In this way,
The Finnish sled troops can no longer pose a substantial threat to this supply line as they did before."
Shaskih and the Soviet major general were immediately confused. Damn it, can you still play like this?
Resupplying supplies from the frozen Lake Ladoga? This is fucking awesome!
Supplying from the lake not only saves the trouble of rebuilding a road, but this road also has a huge advantage compared to the land road in the forest. On the land road, the Finnish sled troops only need to saw down one
A big tree can cause obstruction for at least half a day, but where can you find a big tree on the lake?
Moreover, the lake is so vast that nothing can stop it!
What's more important is that the supply convoy is walking on the lake, surrounded by open lakes. As long as the Finnish sled troops show up, they will be discovered by the Soviet army a few kilometers away. Without the suddenness, the Finnish sled troops will also
All we can do is catch them blind. After all, sled troops are just small units, and they can't succeed in a tough battle.
At this point, there is no suspense in this war game.
Half an hour later, as Xu Rui put a soldier into Helsinki, the capital of Finland, the war game came to an end. The result was naturally a complete victory for the Soviet army. For this result, Zhukov, Shakhsky and that
Although the Soviet Major General was depressed, he was not particularly disappointed. After all, this also proved from the side that the Soviet Army would win the Soviet-Finnish War.
Compared to winning or losing in war games, Zhukov certainly cared more about the Soviet Union's winning or losing.
"Okay, Colonel Xu, you win." Zhukov breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Then let's sign the agreement as we agreed before. In addition to the refinery, our Soviet government will also assist your clothing factory, meat products factory, etc."
Complete equipment for a cannery, power plant and bullet factory, plus assistance of fifty DshK anti-aircraft machine guns."
Xu Rui reminded: "General, don't forget that there is still transportation."
Zhukov said, "Of course, our Soviet army will be responsible for transporting this batch of equipment to Baotou, and will also send engineers to install and debug the equipment. These engineers will not be withdrawn until the factory is completed and put into production. However, Xu
Colonel, I also hope that your Chahar Independent Regiment can establish a camel team as soon as possible and ensure an annual supply of 25,000 tons of fuel. If you cannot do this, all agreements will be automatically voided."
Xu Rui said categorically: "Don't worry, General, this is absolutely no problem."