Without Serov, the situation on the battlefield in Soviet Russia would be almost the same as the year before last when the Far East government advanced all the way and the Red Army retreated in embarrassment. No! It should be said to be more serious! Compared with then, although the Soviets still occupy the Vorkuta area in the north, they are no longer in possession of it.

Kazakhstan is the land of Central and South China, and this time the enemy it faces is not only the Far East government forces, but also a more powerful and fierce opponent.

Not only that, as the Soviet Union experienced the Trotskyist incident, the strength of the Red Army was much weaker than before. Coupled with the exposure of labor camp incidents in various places, the Far East government obtained a large number of troops and gained the upper hand in international public opinion.

down, from open

The Red Army, which has been retreating steadily since the war, has been rapidly depleted. The number of Red Army troops killed in battle has reached 700,000. Among them, 19 of the 46 general-level officers were killed, and the rest were all captured. Such a disastrous defeat demoralized Moscow.

Big drop.

The Sino-Russian coalition forces approached Serov, and the situation of the Frunze Front was extremely critical. In order to save this force, Stalin desperately ordered the reinforcements arriving from Belarus and Ukraine to abandon their original combat plan and divert their routes to assemble in Serov to ensure that Frunze

The retreat route of the Frunze Front. In Stalin's view, the matter has come to this point. Even if hundreds of thousands more troops are lost, the current disadvantage cannot be restored, but Frunze must be rescued anyway. First, the Frunze Front is now in Stalin's hands.

Several troops guarding Moscow

The strongest and most experienced unit outside the Guards Division. Secondly, Frunze, as an excellent military strategist, must not give up. Only by rescuing Frunze can he lead the Red Army with his military talents.

Regroup and continue to deal with the enemy

.If Frunze was not there, Stalin could not imagine who else in the Red Army could have such high prestige and ability to lead the Red Army to defeat the enemy. Would Stalin use the bunch of sycophants around him who can only talk? The answer is of course

is negative.

In order to rescue Frunze, Stalin had done his best. As reinforcements gathered in Serov, the strength of both sides in this area had reached its highest level since the war began.

On the Soviet side, there are 200,000 Belorussian Front troops and 190,000 Ukrainian Front troops, plus the 350,000 Frunze Front troops retreating from Surgut (tens of thousands of troops were lost during the retreat), and the strength of the Red Army has reached about 750,000.

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Among the Sino-Russian coalition forces, the Northwest Army was divided into two groups. The 120,000 troops moved from the southwest to the northeast in the direction of Serov. The 250,000 troops of the Mongolian Army moved north after taking Tyumen, with the front pointed directly at Serov. Behind Frunze,

Baron's 300,000 government troops, the People's Liberation Army, and the Far East Army Group (Thirty-ninth Division, Forty-fifth Division) led by Zhang Huchen, a total of more than 380,000 troops came in force, and the total strength reached nearly 750,000.

Judging from the strength of the troops, the two sides seem to be evenly matched, but in terms of advantages, the Red Army is obviously at a disadvantage. The opponents the Red Army faces are not the previous White Army, but regular troops armed to the teeth. Among these enemies, especially the Chinese

The * regiment also has several times more firepower and mobility than the Red Army, and this does not include the Chinese.

The armored forces and the terrifying air force, from the perspective of Moscow, the failure of this battle is obvious, but Stalin does not care about the victory or defeat of the battle now. He focuses on rescuing the Frunze Front in the Serov area and using the maximum possible means to

The ability consumes part of the opponent's troops and buys valuable time for the decisive battle in the future.

In order to maximize the benefits of the Serov Campaign, Stalin ordered the mobilization of a large number of so-called "tank" weapons that had just left the factory to fight against the Chinese armored forces. In addition, the Soviet Air Force was also established. Although there were not many aircraft, there were qualified pilots

The training had just begun, but Stalin still deployed part of the air force to the front line to ensure his strategic deployment.

Stalin spent a lot of money this time. When Fang Zida learned about the gathering of Soviet troops, he couldn't help but be stunned. He couldn't help but admire Stalin's courage. Moreover, other sources showed that Stalin was still speeding up the training of troops. Trying to

He then organized an army of nearly 2 million people into the war. Such a big gesture made Fang Zida feel moved.

Although Fang Zida also wanted to once again enhance the strength of the Soviet Union on the battlefield, due to various reasons, the formation of new troops was still slow. Fortunately, with the

With the maturity and development of the military industry, new weapons such as tanks and aircraft are continuously replenishing the front line to meet the needs of the war.

On April 13, 1922, exactly one month before the Sino-Soviet war officially broke out, on this day Frunze finally arrived at Serov with part of the troops of the front that had withdrawn all the way west.

"Comrade Commander, you have had a hard time on your journey!"

Serov is now in the hands of the Red Army, but due to the previous civil war, many buildings in the city of Serov were destroyed, so the headquarters can only be temporarily located in a strong old church in the north of the city. When arriving at the headquarters, first visit Frunze

The Belarusian side who arrived a few days ago

The commander of the front army, General Iyeronim Petrovich Ubolevich, and the commander of the Ukrainian front army, General Yona Emmanuilovich Yakir, hurriedly greeted them with respect and enthusiasm.

attitude to greet the commander-in-chief of the Red Army.

"Good work, comrades, let's go, let's talk after we go in." After shaking hands with everyone, Frunze walked straight to the headquarters without saying anything nonsense, followed by General Ubolevich and General Yakir.

Behind them were a large group of commanders at all levels, who entered the headquarters one after another.

When they arrived at the war room that had been converted from the main hall, they sat down according to their levels. Frunzhi took a sip of water and asked about the current situation.

Before arriving in Frunze, the top military commander in the Serov region was the commander of the Belarusian Front, General Iyeronim Petrovich Ubolevich. He immediately stood up and went to the large map hanging on the wall.

Holding a baton in hand, Frunze explained to Frunze the current situation of Serov's enemy and ourselves. As General Uboljevich explained, Frunze did not show much expression on his face. He listened silently below, and smiled slightly from time to time.

nodded.

Half an hour later, Frunze had a general understanding of the current situation. He did not make any changes to the current defense situation of each unit. He just asked each unit to continue to prepare for defense and be ready to fight at any time. Then, he announced

The meeting adjourned, but when it adjourned, General Ubolevich and General Yakir were deliberately left behind. The two commanders tacitly entered the inner room with Frunze.

"The war situation is not optimistic. We must be prepared to retreat as soon as possible."

After closing the door, Frunze said with a stern expression. General Uboljevich and General Yakir exchanged looks and nodded silently.

"What's the situation on the road back to Moscow now?" Frunze didn't ask this question at the military meeting just now, because asking this was likely to damage everyone's morale, but now it's okay for him to say this, after all, everyone present

The three men are the most senior military generals in the Serov region.

"The road is still open now, but the Chinese are moving very fast. I'm worried that they will use their armored forces as the vanguard to cut off our retreat. If so, we will have no choice but to break out to the north." The person who answered this question was Asia.

General Kiir, he pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. This is a general who looks like a middle school teacher. He has a gentle manner. If he were not wearing a military uniform, no one would think that he is a commander commanding hundreds of thousands of troops.

"What's the situation of the Chinese people now?" Frunzhi frowned slightly and continued to ask.

Understanding what Frunze wanted to ask, General Yakir replied methodically: "The Chinese armored forces are still behind, but their air force has already arrived in Tyumen, and they come to Serov and fly several times almost every day. Although we

Anti-air defenses were set up in various positions, but the effect was not very good..."

"It should have no effect at all, right?" Frunze interrupted him, waved his hand and said: "Judging from the existing equipment of our army, it is impossible to cause any losses to the enemy's air force. As for the small prints printed in Moscow,

You don’t need to tell me about the brochures. If you could really bring down a plane with a rifle, I’m afraid the Chinese air force would have been wiped out by us as early as the war started.”

After hearing this, General Ubolevich and General Yakir looked a little embarrassed. You must know that the pamphlet Frunze was talking about was something like "How to Masturbate" circulated from Moscow.

As senior generals, they certainly know that this kind of thing is just political propaganda and is not reliable at all.

, but who dares to say such a thing in the Soviet Union? It is a political issue, and only the highly respected Frunze can criticize it unscrupulously. Moreover, the anti-air positions just mentioned are also political commissars at all levels under each army.

, it would be strange if the thing that the instructor tinkered with was really effective.

"I received news that we also have tanks? Is that right?"

"Yes, Moscow has allocated some of them."

"Compared with Chinese tanks, how do our tanks compare?" Frunze asked.

"This... although it is a bit insufficient, the power of our tanks' artillery fire is still good..." General Ubolevich replied artistically. It is indeed the case. The so-called tanks that were temporarily built are basically a combination of heavy artillery and tractors.

The monster that rises up, the gunfire power of this tank is indeed very strong, but its mobility and defensive capabilities are far inferior, even because of a

Due to some technical reasons, whenever this kind of tank needs to fire, it must stop for about a minute to prepare. From this point of view, it is better to say that it is a tank than an immature self-propelled artillery. (To be continued.
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