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Budyonny understood this early on.

That's why he was going to make suggestions to Moscow to let the Soviet army make these changes.It's just that the defeat of the 36th Army had dealt too much blow to Budyonny, so he was a little confused for a while.

In this war with China, the Soviet army exposed too many problems.This is no longer a problem of two generals, but a problem with the guiding ideology of the entire Soviet army.If this is not changed, if it is not changed from top to bottom, then the Soviet army can only continue to fail in the future.Just as the army in the Transbaikal Military Region was quickly defeated, so was the 36th Army.This is not the responsibility of the frontline generals, but the responsibility of the entire Soviet leadership.

After Budjonny calmed down, he immediately began to consider the current situation. Behind the 36th Army is Almaty, the most important city of the Soviet Union in Central Asia.Almaty hoards a large amount of military supplies and is the most important transportation route in Siberia and Central Asia.The Soviet Union relied on this railway to connect Russia and Central Asia.

Once this place is lost, China can cut off the most important channel between Russia and Central Asia, and then extend its hand directly into Central Asia.This will have serious sequelae.Because Central Asia and Russia are not the same nation, and their beliefs are completely different.There are many ethnic groups in Central Asia, many of whom are descendants of Mongolian and Turkic nomadic peoples in the north.However, they are influenced by the Middle East, and many people believe in Islam.Russia, the main nation of the Soviet Union, is different. They are Eastern Slavs and believe in the Orthodox Church.

The ethnic groups in the two regions are completely different in terms of history, culture, and religion.Although everyone worked together to become the Soviet Union, this gap still exists.Once China stretches its hand here and cuts off the connection between the Soviet Union and Central Asia, no one can say what will happen in these areas.Because Central Asia was also deeply influenced by China back then, and has many connections with Chinese history.

What will the Soviet Union do then?

It can only use the Caucasus and Ural regions to influence Central Asia.China and the Soviet Union will compete fiercely in Central Asia.If China gains the upper hand, the Central Asian countries are even in danger of seceding from the Soviet Union.

Of course these are things in the future.

Just talk about the present.

Almaty is lost, so what about these front-line troops.More than half of the supplies of the frontline troops are in Almaty, and they all need Almaty as a transit point.Without Almaty, what will happen to the logistics supplies of the frontline troops?

Moreover, China's occupation of Almaty can take advantage of the status of the traffic hub here, which in turn threatens the front line not much.It can even surround the Soviet frontline troops, and use the railway here to attack most important cities in Central Asia.

That's the big problem.

"Andre, it seems that it is too late. The troops must withdraw to Aktoka as soon as possible. If our troops are still entangled with the Chinese army on the front line, it will not be easy to withdraw in the future."

"Yes."

Yelymenko nodded.

Of course Yelymenko understood the urgency of the situation.If you don't pay attention, the Soviet troops on the front line may be made dumplings by the Chinese army.Now the main force of the Novosibirsk Military Region is on the front line. If this unit is dumped, then the Novosibirsk region will be completely undefended.Using the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the Chinese army can advance directly to Novosibirsk.

Of course not to mention Siberia, if China continues to advance westward through Central Asia, it will threaten the Ural industrial zone.Although the Ural Industrial Zone is relatively far from here, if there are no troops in the Novosibirsk Military Region and Central Asia, then no one can say whether China's appetite will grow.Even once Novosibirsk is taken by the Chinese army, all the places in the Soviet Far East will be under the control of China.

So these troops must be retained.

Only by staying in the Novosibirsk military region can these hundreds of thousands of troops be able to contain the Chinese army.

"Let the artillery units get ready, let all the artillery units fire as soon as I give the order. Tell them not to be stingy with shells, and shoot as much as they can. Then our infantry units will start to alternate back and forth, and slowly retreat. Can bring Take away what is left, and destroy everything that cannot be taken away. This includes tanks and artillery. You immediately lead the staff to make a sequence and plan for the retreat of the troops."

In such a large-scale war, even if you want to retreat, it is not so easy.

Must be fully prepared.

Otherwise, with so many troops retreating, if one link is not done well, it may not be a retreat, but a rout.So Budyonny had to be careful.And in order to cover up the purpose of retreat, Budyonny must be ready to attack.

"Yes."

"Also, call the air force. As soon as our side starts to retreat, let the air force cover us. I have been worried about the tank units of the Chinese army. They don't come out very much these days. Once they find us retreating, there is a good chance They will attack and try to separate us. So we need the cover of the air force. Once the Chinese tank troops attack, our air force must stop them."

"Marshal, are we applying for support from the Ural Military Region to support some of our air forces. During this period of time, our air force has lost too much, especially the bombers are obviously insufficient."

"Ural Military Region?"

Budyonny thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It's too late. Now we want to mobilize the air force of the Ural Military Region, we must get the consent of Moscow. After Moscow agrees, then the Ural Military Region will support us. There is no such thing as more than a week." Time is simply impossible. Where do we have so much time now, we must withdraw our troops as soon as possible. From tomorrow onwards, the troops will take turns to cover, slowly withdraw from the position, and can't wait for the support from there. As for the air force , Even if the entire army is wiped out, the withdrawal of the army must be covered. I will talk to them personally."

"Yes."

"Go get ready."

After letting Yelymenko go, Budyonny sat down alone and picked up his pipe without lighting a cigarette.Although he had calmed down a lot, Budjonny still had a headache when he was left alone.

Budyonny worried.

What I worry about is not my own fate, but the fate of the Red Army, the fate of the Soviet state.

This war made Budyonny clearly see the current problems of the Soviet army.If these problems are not resolved, then the Soviet Union will definitely suffer, and it will suffer a big loss.Thinking of this, Budyonny immediately picked up his pen and began to write a report to Moscow.

He did not shirk responsibility for his own failure.

He mainly wrote about the deployment of the Chinese army, how the Chinese army used the air force and artillery, and the tactical changes of the Chinese army.And I have summarized the situation in the Transbaikal Military Region and judged some things.

Budyonny is a very good general.

He wrote everything he could think of.From the use of air force, the coordination of artillery and infantry, and how to use tanks.Of course, there is also the question of the formation of the army. He has been involved in how to build a real armored force.

Of course Budyonny knew how much controversy he would bring about writing such a report, but he knew he had to write it.It's nothing to lose to China, and there is still a chance to recover.But if you lose to your opponent in an important place, it will be fatal at that time.Therefore, he also wrote his concerns about Germany in the report, and stated that many tactics of the Chinese army are very similar to those of the German army.

To avoid such a rout as this one, changes must be made.After finishing writing, Budyonny stood up, with a pipe still in his mouth, looked out the window, and couldn't help sighing.

"Hey--"

"Bah-ah-"

On the afternoon of October 1939, 10, the Sino-Soviet War broke out on the 2th day.

The front line of Tacheng, which had begun to slowly fall silent, suddenly began to fill with gunpowder again.The Soviet army used a large number of artillery again and began a large-scale artillery battle against the Tacheng position.Although not as violent as at the beginning of the war, the number of cannons used by the Soviet army still exceeded 2000.Tang Shengzhi's eyes were already red at this moment.

Because he has not been able to sleep for many days.Ever since the fight broke out in Tacheng, Tang Shengzhi didn't dare to sleep casually.Because Tang Shengzhi knew the importance of Tacheng.Once the tower city is lost, the whole situation will be out of hand.

Budyonny felt that he couldn't fight anymore, and Tang Shengzhi felt the same way.The tactical thinking of the Soviet Union is to make a positive breakthrough, and there are not so many messy ideas.After finding out the weakness of the position, storm the position and break through a weak point of the position.This is Soviet tactical thinking.That's why the Soviet troops were equipped with so many cannons.

Cannons are not just for fun.

Cannons are not firecrackers. During the Battle of Tacheng during this period, the Soviet army dropped tens of thousands of shells every day.At most, 3700 cannons and 2600 tanks were concentrated, and 16 shells were fired in one day.So far, the Soviet Union has dropped about 130 million shells on the Tacheng position.These were all shot out by Soviet field artillery and tanks.

In addition to these Soviet attacking infantry units there was a large number of mortars.Mortars fired even more shells. During this period, hundreds of thousands of Soviet offensive troops used more than 5300 mortars and fired 220 million mortar shells.During the past [-] days, the number of artillery shells thrown by the Soviet Union on the Tacheng position was more than half of all the artillery shells fired by the Chinese army during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War in history.

In addition to the artillery on the ground, the Soviet Union also used a large number of bombers.

Although the Chinese Air Force worked very hard to intercept Soviet bombers, the Soviet Union still poured a large number of aerial bombs into the Tacheng position.Of course, for the bombing, the Soviet bombers also suffered staggering losses.

An attack of this scale caused heavy casualties to the Chinese army.

Even if China's fortifications are well done, how could there be no casualties in the face of such a large-scale artillery bombardment.In addition to the bombing of the Soviet Army Air Force, after the artillery bombardment, it was the infantry unit's three-way attack.

But Budyonny concentrated 80 troops on the front line.

With an attack of this scale, the daily casualties on both sides exceeded [-].Even at the most intense time, the two sides surrounded the tower city defense line and repeatedly competed for positions, causing tens of thousands of casualties a day.Of course, China is not easy to mess with.

China also gathered a large number of artillery.

Moreover, when Liu Xiang came to Xinjiang and built the defense line of Tacheng, he deployed amazing heavy artillery here.Those heavy guns are all heavy guns with a caliber of more than 300mm, and the largest even reaches 400mm.

Such heavy artillery is very useful in defense.When the Soviet Union attacked, tanks and infantry mixed attacks, and the Soviet Union regarded tanks as a sharp weapon for storming positions.But in front of defensive positions and cannons, this kind of attack is completely courting death.

After fighting for more than half a month, the Tacheng defense line was already riddled with holes, and it was in jeopardy for many times.In order to resist the Soviet army, Tang Shengzhi had already dispatched all the reserve troops in his hands, and even the security troops of the headquarters had been dispatched to the front line when he was most nervous.At present, the main force of the Xinjiang Military Region is here, and the earlier field troops were all on the Tacheng defense line.The reinforcements from Dihua (Urumqi) are all currently engaged in the war.If the Soviet army organizes some more powerful attacks and brings another fresh force from the corps, Tang Shengzhi will really use his last trump card.