I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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According to the plan of Sun Tongxuan and Feng Shengfa, they plan to continue to spend like this for a week, and then launch a full-scale counterattack against the Soviet army. Seven or eight, the Nanjing Army will be able to defeat the Soviet Army with one effort.

Man is not as good as God. Although the Nanjing Army is fighting in a foreign country, God seems to be on the side of the Nanjing Army. A huge emergency on the battlefield has brought the Nanjing Army's victory ahead of schedule.

On the morning of August 8, more than 13 kilometers due west of the Hudong battlefield.

In the clear sky with the scorching sun, an "Owl" reconnaissance plane of the Nanjing Army is patrolling at an altitude of 2000 meters. The pilot in the cockpit is wearing sunglasses. This is not for the sake of publicity, but for objective needs.

The sky is an endless blue, with very few clouds, the earth is an endless khaki, and there are very few oases.

The pilots stared intently at the distant sky and the vast ground, beware of the sudden appearance of Soviet aircraft or Soviet troops.

The pilot is from the Jiangnan region of China. He hates this place from the bottom of his heart and misses his hometown. He hates the harsh, boring and boring desert and Gobi here, and misses the green mountains and green waters of his hometown.

The pilot remembers that his hometown is so beautiful, with green hills, green waters, plains dotted among them, green pines and cypresses on the hills, high and low, flying springs, waterfalls, strange rocks, wild flowers and low shrubs on the hillside blend into one. There are brilliant colors, and the mountains in the distance are surrounded by white clouds and undulating. The rivers, lakes, quiet valleys and steep peaks with water vapor together form a refreshing ink painting of lakes and mountains.

By the lake, by the river, and in the fields at the foot of the mountain, there are continuous villages, chickens and dogs smelling each other, smoke from the kitchen, the girl herding sheep, the lady picking vegetables, the shepherd boy leading the cow... the scenes are peaceful and peaceful.

"That's where people live! It's comfortable and livable. As for this place, what the hell!" the pilot thought to himself, "except sand and stones! No river, no trees, no fields, nothing! Just sand and Rocks! It’s not a place for people to live at all! It’s dry, it’s hot, nothing grows, nothing grows, it’s a barren place without any grass!” He looked at the ground through his sunglasses, because the ground color was too dark. It is monotonous and boring. Staring at such a place for a long time is like staying in the snow for a long time. Not only is it easy to get tired, but it can also cause snow blindness. The dazzling sunlight in the desert can also damage the eyes.

The pilot continued to perform the mission while cursing this ghostly place. Unknowingly, he faintly and suddenly felt a low, surging roar in the air that seemed to hide huge energy, like an underground The rolling thunder came.

The pilot was very surprised. He felt that the eardrums were buzzing, and the vibration came from the front. This was a big vibration of the air, just like the sound made by a million war horses galloping crazily in the sky, producing a continuous, huge, and dull sound. , The more and more amazing sound waves and shock waves are overwhelming and earth-shattering.

"What's going on?" The pilot felt very uneasy, he looked around nervously, suddenly, he saw a strange change in the distant horizon, the blue sky and the yellow earth originally connected into a horizontal line in the distance, but At this time, the horizontal line at the junction of blue and yellow is trembling, surging, and gradually boiling, with violent ups and downs, the blue is fading, the yellow is expanding, and a large amount of yellow is rolling towards the sky, swallowing the blue, The earth is rising from the ground, converging into a big yellow curtain that can't be seen on the left and right, and the sky is on the ground. The shock wave roars loudly, just like a yellow tsunami with a wave height of 100 meters and getting higher and higher in the desert. .

The pilot recalled a very apt metaphor: the earth is a huge yellow mat, and God stands on the horizon and lifts up the mat violently.

After a pause for a few seconds, the pilot frantically turned the direction of the plane, accelerated desperately to escape, and at the same time called his own base and ground troops hoarsely by radio: "Sandstorm! A huge sandstorm is coming!"

Located in the central Kazakh desert in the west of the Hudong battlefield, a super-severe sandstorm occurred with a wind speed of more than nine and an instantaneous maximum wind speed of more than 25 meters, forming a terrifying scene of changing colors of mountains and rivers: a typhoon-like desert storm engulfed millions of people. Tons of gravel, swept eastward with the momentum of hell, sweeping thousands of miles, invincible, gathered into a huge city wall hundreds of kilometers long and hundreds of meters high, towering like a mountain and rushing like the sea, wherever it went, the mountains fell The sea, ashes and smoke disappear, the sand and dust dance wildly, the sand and stones fly, covering the sky and the sun, and the sky is dark. Because the air is heated to different degrees, the sand and dust meet and impact from top to bottom, just like the boiling Yellow River flood pouring from the sky to the earth. , ghosts crying and howling wolves, demons dancing wildly.

Even the most powerful human army is completely vulnerable in front of it.

The alarm bells were ringing loudly on the Nanjing Army's position. The officers and soldiers who had received warnings from the Air Force's reconnaissance plane in advance were desperately taking measures to deal with the sandstorm: moving weapons, ordnance, and supplies into the tunnels that had been dug from trenches into trenches. Entering the trenches to take shelter, the vehicles are all tied together with thick ropes.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a sandstorm crossed Balkhash Lake, and the wind and thunder roared, raging on the battlefield east of the lake like a demon descending.

Liu Junzhe, head of the 189th Regiment, described: "...My God! This is the first time I have seen and experienced sandstorms with my own eyes. The sun, the mountains and the plains are all shockingly yellowish-yellow, the sky is yellowish-yellow, the earth is yellowish-yellow, and they are intertwined and intertwined like boiling liquid, making people unable to distinguish the boundaries of heaven and earth. I even have an illusion that I am no longer on the earth, but on an alien planet whose astronomy and geography are completely different from the earth, because how can there be such a terrible and bad situation on the earth? , Such a terrifying scene? The overwhelming yellow waves swept in like a tsunami, and the loud noise was like a galloping horse. I hid in the trench and watched the cruel and crazy side of nature with a terrifying and fearful attitude. When it enveloped us, I felt dizzy, and a strong sense of suffocation rushed into my chest, as if the oxygen in the air was gone with the sandstorm, and countless disgusting flies the size of mung beans were flying all over the sky. I was so hot that I couldn't bear it, I was very sick, and I felt very nauseous.

The sand and dust whistling like thousands of horses completely surrounded us. There was sand in my clothes, hair, eye circles, ears, and nose. I opened my mouth to shout, but within a second Between the bells my mouth immediately filled with dirty sand.

In the storm, the flying gravel hit the shells of tanks, cars, and armored vehicles with a 'ping-ping-pong-pong' noise, as dense as rain, like a group of machine guns shooting tanks, sand and gravel poured down head-on, everyone The helmets on his head made a clear and dense sound like raindrops.

Outside, the sky was spinning and the sky was dark, as if the end of the world was coming, and the dim and dismal sun looked like a red-hot iron ball in the sandstorm.

I held my breath, closed my eyes and covered my ears with my hands, and endured the destruction of nature.

The sound of the earth-shattering storm was mixed with one after another, very weak shouts, cries for help, and screams. I managed to open my eyes and saw a figure disappearing in mid-air. It was blown away one after another. It is estimated that hundreds of people were accidentally exposed or did not hold fast to the fixed objects. As a result, they were blown into the sky by the strong wind, and there was no time for people around them to save them. In the blink of an eye, people were gone. People are as light and fluttering as leaves in the wind, and they are so fragile that they are insignificant. Needless to say, those who are blown away by the wind must be dead. First of all, they are close to death in mid-air, and the wind is densely packed with countless sandstones flying at high speed , not just fine sand, but also a large number of small stones, small stones, and even stones the size of fists and watermelons. The wind and sand are like a meat grinder. The same flying stone was beaten to death alive, a terrible death, even if it did not die in the sky, it would be smashed into a pulp at the end, the death was horrible, the whole body was rotten, soft like mud, because the bones were completely broken into pieces. Powdered, the viscera turned into a meat paste.

In addition to people, I also saw pack animals, cars, and miscellaneous supplies being swept up into the sky by the wind. It was a scene like hell, so fucking scary.

...this nightmarish havoc lasted a good hour, and when my orderly was done cleaning my face and leg wounds with a hot, wet washcloth, I realized that almost everyone's face , arms, calves and other exposed places were all bloodshot and bruised by flying sand, as if they had been sanded by sandpaper. In fact, this is not bad. The gravel was beaten to the point where the blood was broken, the skin was torn apart, and some people were even beaten all over the body with cuts and bruises.

I struggled and staggered up, and found that our army had been buried half alive, and the trenches had been filled up by the huge amount of sand and gravel brought by the sandstorm. All the tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and cars were scattered and buried in the sand. , the scene was chaotic, the position looked like the ruins of an isolated city abandoned in the desert, desolate and embarrassed, only the camels were kneeling in the leeward side to avoid the sandstorm very spiritually, and every camel was crowded on the side There were no less than twenty soldiers, and the soldiers were all terrified and terrified.

Most of our officers and soldiers are from North China, and a few are from Northwest China. Although they have all been stationed in Xinjiang, they have never seen such a violent sandstorm.

The headquarters of Officer Sun and Officer Feng was a heavy armored vehicle imported from Germany. The almost [-]-ton armored vehicle was directly overturned by the sandstorm, and the sandstorm poured a full ton of sand into the vehicle through the door. Bury the two officers alive in the armored vehicle.

I looked at the two officers worriedly, and found that although the two officers were also disgraced by the sandstorm, their expressions were quite relaxed, even very happy, and they were talking and laughing!"

Feng Shengfa looked at Sun Tongxuan sincerely: "This is one of the reasons why you let the troops dig trenches in the Gobi, right?"

Sun Tongxuan smiled: "Yes!" He said very frankly, "I was also very caught off guard when I came to Central Asia to fight, so I eagerly read all kinds of information on Central Asia along the way, and found that Central Asia has a harsh climate and frequent sandstorms. I am worried that if the troops are exposed to the desert, they will suffer heavy losses in the event of sandstorms. In this case, we must make preparations in advance and dig deep trenches in advance, which can naturally resist sandstorms!"

Feng Shengfa said with some guilt: "I was negligent. We blindly accused you of being conservative, but we didn't expect..."

Sun Tongxuan patted Feng Shengfa's shoulder with a smile: "Can we launch a full-scale counterattack in advance?"

Feng Shengfa's heart moved, and he quickly enlightened: "That's right! The sandstorm is overwhelming, hitting us and hitting the Soviet army at the same time. The Soviet army must have suffered more losses than us!"

Facts have proved that Sun Tongxuan's consideration is correct.

This sandstorm, which lasted for more than an hour, caused certain losses to the Nanjing Army. A total of more than [-] officers and soldiers were injured, injured or missing (deaths included those who were confirmed to have died after disappearance). Lost in the middle of the road and lost a lot of supplies, but overall it was not particularly serious, because the Nanjing Army dug a large number of trenches to resist the Soviet Army on the east of the lake battlefield. well protected.

As for the Soviet army, luck was not so good.

Because the Battle of Hudong was "the Soviet army attacked and the Nanjing army defended", the Soviet army did not launch a large-scale defensive battle and did not dig enough trenches. As a result, after the sandstorm hit, the Soviet army exposed to the wild suffered heavy losses. , The casualties and missing persons were as high as [-], the loss of supplies was countless, and the troops were completely disrupted by the violent wind and sandstorm.

To take advantage of one's illness and kill one's life is a time-tested truth in the world.

Crawling out from the waist-deep sand, the Nanjing Army immediately launched a full-scale attack amidst the roar of the sky, and wherever the soldiers went, they were invincible and invincible.

Rushing to the area where the Soviet army was located with ease, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army saw a "sympathetic picture" of Soviet troops everywhere, some with disheveled hair, some in ragged clothes, and the Soviet army's large numbers. Some officers and soldiers have lost their fighting spirit. Although the number of Soviet troops is two or three times that of the Nanjing Army, the entire army will collapse at the first touch and surrender.

At the same time, the mobile units of the Nanjing Army cruising behind the Soviet army also cooperated with the main force to block the Soviet army's retreat. For a while, the Soviet army shouted and killed in Chinese.

"Surrender, don't kill!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army shouted loudly as they charged. The person in charge of shouting was the Kazakh Soviet army who had surrendered to the Nanjing Army and could speak Russian.

The Soviet officers and soldiers who had no fighting spirit raised their hands and surrendered in groups. Wherever the Nanjing Army went, Soviet surrenders were everywhere.

On the vast desert, there are everywhere the Nanjing Army charging bravely, and the Soviet Army raising their hands and surrendering with dull eyes on both sides of the Nanjing Army's charge road.

The Nanjing Army in the counter-offensive launched a fierce attack on some of the recalcitrant Soviet troops while capturing the prisoners "to be soft". Since there were still many Soviet troops fighting stubbornly, the Nanjing Army had to concentrate its forces to attack, so too many troops could not be dispersed for guarding The number of Soviet captives, whose number was increasing rapidly even more than that of the Nanjing Army itself, the Nanjing Army sent the Kazakh Soviet troops who had surrendered previously to guard them. In order to prevent the captured Soviet troops from rioting, the Nanjing Army took two measures. One is to search for the weapons of the surrendering Soviet army, and the other is to force the surrendering Soviet army to take off their shoes, socks and clothes.

The surface temperature of the desert under the scorching sun is as high as [-] or [-] degrees. If you walk on it with bare feet without shoes, your feet will be scalded soon. In addition, you will be naked in the desert without clothes. If you don’t get drinking water in time, there will be a large number of people. Sweat, dehydrate, until you become dry.

The Nanjing army adopted this method to prevent the surrendering Soviet army from being disobedient.

A large number of Soviet troops who were confiscated by the Nanjing Army and stripped off their shoes, socks and clothes had to hide in the shade of the dunes and obediently obey orders, even though the number of surrendered Kazakh Soviet troops guarding them was only one-tenth or even [-]/[-] of their number. One-thirtieth, they didn't dare to riot. Once they rioted, even if they killed those Kazakh Soviet soldiers who surrendered, they would just die of heat, thirst, and dryness in the desert.

The Kazakh Soviet army looked at them near a certain sand dune with hateful eyes. Thousands of panicked Soviet prisoners were crowded under the shadow of the sand dune. Dozens of those who had surrendered before were standing guard with guns.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army moved down a bucket of fresh water from the car, and hung a grenade on the bucket.

"If they make any small moves, don't worry about other things, first let go of the grenade and blow up the bucket!" The Nanjing Army officer ordered the Kazakh officers and soldiers.

"We understand! We understand!" The Kazakh officers and soldiers understood and nodded repeatedly.

Relying on this effective method, the Nanjing Army captured countless Soviet prisoners, while effectively keeping the offensive forces from being dispersed.

The Nanjing Army's counterattack continued until the morning of the next day. In the end, the Nanjing Army won a complete victory and won the Battle of Lake East.

In this battle, a total of 2 divisions of the Nanjing Army and more than 6.5 troops participated in the battle. A total of 2 armies of the Soviet Army and a large number of affiliated troops and more than 25 troops participated in the battle. The battle lasted for ten days and ten nights. People, the Soviet army was almost wiped out, about 3.3 people were killed, injured, or missing, about 7 were captured and surrendered, and another 12 or 5 people fled.

The main force of the Soviet Army in the northern part of Central Asia (in Kazakhstan) was basically destroyed by the Nanjing Army after this war.

Chapter 475: Hundred Battles in Yellow Sand (5)

When the Battle of Hudong broke out, the second Battle of Almaty was also in full swing.

The first Battle of Almaty was when the Nanjing Army captured Almaty, which was controlled by the Soviet Army, by means of a surprise attack. The second Battle of Almaty is now a full-scale counterattack by the Soviet Army. Two strategic battles of the army on the Central Asian battlefield.

Since Almaty was raided and occupied by the Nanjing Army at the beginning of the war, the Central Asian transportation line was cut off, and the northern part of Central Asia (Kazakhstan) and the southern part of Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajik) were separated. Therefore, the Central Asian region The Soviet Army was divided into the North and the South. The Battle of Hudong was a battle between the Soviet Army on the North Route and the Nanjing Army, and the second Battle of Almaty was a battle between the Soviet Army on the South Route and the Nanjing Army.

The Soviet army participating in the war was the garrison in the four countries in southern Central Asia, including 3 armies and a large number of affiliated troops, with a total strength of 20. The Nanjing army participating in the war was the 31rd Division of the 123st Army, with a total strength of 3.3.

The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army is Lieutenant General Tolo Femenko, the commander of the Central Asia Military Region, because the headquarters of the Soviet Army Central Asia Military Region is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, one of the four countries in southern Central Asia, and the largest city in Central Asia (Almaty is Kazakhstan). The largest city and the second largest city in Central Asia).

Tolo Femenko was in southern Central Asia, and he had to go into battle himself.

The commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Army is Chen Mingren, commander of the 31st Army, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Wang Jiaben, commander of the 123rd Division.

Before the outbreak of this battle, Wang Jiaben asked Chen Mingren, deputy army commander Chen Anbao, and army chief of staff Chen Jihuan to leave Almaty by plane and go to Dihua (Urumqi), because Dihua was the rear area, and in China, it was the Nanjing Army's attack on Central Asia. The front-line headquarters for military operations is naturally safer than Almaty.

Regarding this, Chen Mingren smiled and asked Wang Jiaben: "What? You are not sure about defending Almaty?"

Wang Jiaben said solemnly: "Of course I can defend it!"

Chen Mingren smiled and said, "Since Almaty will not be lost, what is the difference between me here and Dihua?"

Wang Jiaben's heart moved, he understood what Chen Mingren meant, and tears filled his eyes: "Don't worry, the military seat! We can hold it!"

Chen Mingren nodded: "Of course I can hold it, well, go get busy!" He was calm and unhurried.

Afterwards, Chen Mingren delivered a radio speech to all officers and soldiers of the 123rd Division. He said very emotionally: "I, Chen Mingren, have fought a lot of battles. I have fought in Nanjing and Chengde. The 17th Division is my old army. At the beginning, it was the 2nd Reserve Division in Nanjing. It was originally a reserve force, but now it is one of the five main divisions with honorary titles in the Nanjing Army. What is it based on? It is the glorious record! How did the glorious record come about? It was made of tens of thousands of enemy corpses! The best battle the 17th Division fought was the Chengde Defense Battle. It defended Chengde desperately and did not let Chengde fall for the second time.

Right now, your 123rd Division is also facing the same situation. Why can't you do what the 17th Division can do?I had full confidence in the 17th Division back then, and now I have full confidence in you, so if I stay here, if you can keep it, my life will be safe. If you can’t keep it, I will be here with you to serve the country and benevolent.

In addition, I have asked the chairman for instructions and got the approval of the chairman. If the 123rd Division can hold on to Almaty in the next battle, I will award you the honorary title of 'Tianshan'. Please work hard! "

Immediately, the morale of all officers and soldiers of the 123rd Division was greatly boosted, and their fighting spirit was like a rainbow.

City defense is the most familiar and best combat mode for the Nanjing Army, so the officers and soldiers quickly built tight and efficient fortifications inside and outside the city, with countless ring fortifications, shelters, fire support points, chain Bunkers, trenches, trenches, traffic trenches, tunnels... blossom everywhere.

Before the start of the war, a very important question was put before the generals of the Nanjing Army: how to resettle the residents in the city?

Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan and the second largest city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 50 in the urban area and nearby suburbs. There is no doubt that these 50 local residents are a hot potato. First of all, they are not Chinese, but Secondly, they are not entirely foreigners. According to statistics, half of the more than 50 residents of Almaty are Kazakhs, half are Russians, and there are very few other ethnicities.

It is obviously inappropriate to protect them as compatriots of their own country, and it is also inappropriate to use them as residents of enemy countries.

More than 50 people are a huge human resource, but a lot of food is needed to feed more than 50 people.

Therefore, the generals have different opinions.

After repeated research, Chen Mingren took the following countermeasures:

First, for the Russians, young and middle-aged men were left behind, and they were forcibly recruited as coolie laborers. The old and weak women and children were expelled from the city, and they were expelled to the south to the Soviet army, so as to save the material consumption of the Nanjing army and strengthen Material consumption of the Soviet army;

Second, for local residents of Kazakhs and other non-Russian ethnic groups, the Nanjing Army announced that those who have a heart for the Soviet Union can leave on their own, and are only allowed to leave to the south and go to the Soviet army; The Russians who established a new Kazakh state either left and moved north to the "liberated area" in the north of Almaty, or stayed and assisted the Chinese army in resisting the Soviet army, fighting together, and defending their hometown. For this kind of residents, The Nanjing Army will give generous rewards to thank him for his loyalty and bravery.

The Nanjing Army needs local manpower, but it also needs to drive away or relocate a large number of people, so as to save food and other materials.

The Nanjing army must win the hearts of the local people when fighting in a foreign country. Even if it is empty talk, it is not as effective as the tangible benefits.

China is not a very rich country, so naturally there is no way to spend large sums of money. Therefore, the method used by the Nanjing Army to win over the Kazakhs is very simple, which is the domestic method, land reform.

After the occupation of Almaty, the Nanjing Army and the "New Kazakh Government" launched this plan to completely abolish the collective system of the Soviet Union, stipulate that individuals can own private property such as land, and transfer the land that "belongs to the state" to the Soviet government. Distributed to Kazakh residents, and it is permanent, allowing individuals to obtain their own land.

To put it bluntly, the Nanjing Army completely overturned the "Bolshevism" originally implemented by the Soviet authorities in Kazakhstan, completely replaced it with "capitalism", abolished agricultural collectivization, abolished big pot rice, and abolished the planned economic system and so on.

This move can be said to have caused a thousand waves with one stone, and won almost fanatical welcome and support from the residents of Almaty (excluding Russian residents).

Why do the Kazakhs support this policy of the Nanjing Army so enthusiastically?Because at the same time as the famous Ukrainian famine broke out, the equally appalling "Kazakh famine" broke out in Kazakhstan. It lasted for three full years and starved to death from 150 million to 230 million people. Although Kazakhstan is very large, it has The population is not large, about 1000 million, and almost one-fifth of the country's population has starved to death. It must be said that it is shocking.

The direct cause of the Great Famine in Kazakhstan was that the Soviet authorities forcibly promoted its unique ideology and economic system in Kazakhstan. The specific measures were grain mergers and collectivization of agriculture and animal husbandry.