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As soon as the spn166 division liberated Baijiawa, it hastily packed up some prisoners and handed over the glorious task of cleaning the battlefield to the troops behind it. The division commander Hou Xiaoshan grabbed the front ride and took the 22nd Armor of the Sixth Armored Group.

The tanks of the division moved at full speed towards Beryozovi, which is more than 70 kilometers behind Komsomolsk.

"Poof! Poof!"

Hou Xiaoshan sat on the tank with the soldiers. Although he wore a mouth mask, he was still choked by the smoke and dust rushed by the armored group.

It was already bright at this time, and it was already a bit cold at around six o'clock in the Far East. Fortunately, the military uniforms were warm enough. Troops fighting in the Far East could even wear thermal underwear in autumn and winter. This alone made the National Defense Forces wear warm underwear every year.

Non-combat attrition due to frostbite has been reduced by 90%. On the other hand, the Japanese who do not suffer from frostbite, there are no less than tens of thousands of Japanese who freeze to death or die indirectly from cold winter every year. In the worst year, ten people even freeze to death and suffer from frostbite.

Although Wanji was nothing compared to their small army of two million, it was still shocking. This was the result of the Japanese cutting down trees on a large scale and demolishing houses for warmth.

"Commander, the smoke and dust are too strong and choking. Why don't you ask the armored soldiers to stop for a while? You can go in and sit down."[

Wu Peiqiang looks carefree, a strong man of about 1.8 meters and 200 pounds, sitting on this bumpy tank, talking and laughing against the flying dust.

"What's the smoke and dust? When I think about catching more Japs, I'm not afraid of taking them."

Hou Xiaoshan didn't pay much attention to the smoke and dust all the way. He had been calculating how many prisoners the 166th Division had captured, calculating the losses of the 166th Division, and thinking about who should be reported as a combat hero and who should receive special extra combat merit points.

Of course, he also thought for a moment about when a division commander like himself, who was not afraid of death but had a little resourcefulness, could take a step further.

"It would be great if I could command a group army."

Hou Xiaoshan thought hard that when he was a child, his biggest wish was to be a squad leader. At that time, when he saw the soldiers of the militia, the most shouted thing was "report to the squad leader". He thought he was a big official, but now he is twenty years younger.

When I came down, I had climbed from a small soldier to the commander of the main field division who was about to be promoted.

Mountain, do you remember? When we were young, we climbed on the millstone and used the stone bumps as tanks to drive. I didn’t expect that today, we would be able to charge with the army among hundreds of tanks."

Wu Peiqiang saw a look of anticipation on his cousin's face, and knew that he was looking forward to promotion again. He couldn't help but think of his childhood, when Hou Xiaoshan's mother was a model worker in the militia, and his family was living well.

, Wu Peiqiang and his family were also taken care of. Besides being well fed, clothed and educated, the two cousins ​​admired the soldiers of the militia the most.

"It's about the old sesame seeds and the rotten millet. I still remember that when I asked you to fire a cannon, you threw the stone and hit the third uncle's chicken. As a result, you didn't lose any money and even let us eat chicken for free." Hou

Xiaoshan covered his mouth with his hand and looked at the officers and soldiers of the 166th Division on the nearby tanks. They were all closing their eyes and recuperating, waiting for the next battle.

"My third uncle's family worked as a bricklayer in the militia at that time, and they were rich. Ten years earlier, he would have beaten us both to the ground. It was also in those years that the entire Lishuping economy improved, and Wangshanya also benefited from it.

We little guys got a lot of glory." Wu Peijing chuckled, this big guy is still a big guy with a little humor.

"When I have time to go back after this battle, I will bring a car full of gifts, and the little guys in the village will line up to receive them." As a division commander, Hou Xiaoshan's military merit points are very considerable, and his family does not need to buy a house.

When it comes to saving money to marry a wife, he just wants to get a higher level. He doesn't have much idea about military points and money. "I have to tell them one by one where they can get food and fun."

It was snatched back from the enemy."

"Hahaha, Xiaoshan, you have talent." Wu Peiqiang laughed and said, this cousin is such a rotten person. "When they grow up and join the army, you will probably become the commander of the group army."

"Oh, I hope so. Anyway, I will lose the army in this life. If I die, I will be wrapped in horse leather. If I don't die, I will honor my ancestors."

According to Hou Xiaoshan’s idea, it’s time to move on after this battle. However, in the establishment of the National Defense Force, divisions and above are group armies. From division commander to group army commander is a huge hurdle. If you can’t get over it, you will never get over it. If you can get over it, the future war will be on one side.

general.

He estimated that his best luck would be to get a deputy position in the group army, deputy chief of staff, deputy political commissar, deputy commander, etc. Thanks to the war years, promotions were quick, military exploits were easily earned, and the army was expanded quickly.

"parking!!"

Suddenly, the tank cluster slowly stopped. A staff officer opened the roof of the tank, stuck his head out and reported, "Division commander, the leading armored breaking company discovered a large number of fleeing Soviet troops two kilometers ahead."

"How many?"

"I don't know, we are still contacting the air force. We should have bitten the tail of a fleeing Soviet army, and a large number of troops are still ahead."[

"Go up to the top of the mountain and have a look."

Hou Xiaoshan and Wu Peiqiang both jumped into the tank and signaled the troops to stay put. Soon, the tank climbed up the hill with a small slope.

He raised his telescope and through the thin morning fog, he saw that about two kilometers ahead, there were indeed Soviet troops escaping all over the mountains and plains. Tanks, cars, cannons, guns and medicine were thrown everywhere. It seemed that they were coming from

The Soviet troops escaping in the other direction happened to intersect with the leading group of the 166th Division and the Armored Forces here.

"Apparently he was escaping to the town of Berezov. I heard that Americans and Soviet troops had set up a line of defense there."

Hou Xiaoshan immediately turned back to the tank cluster and found Major General Zhang Jing, commander of the 22nd Division of the Sixth Armored Group Army. The two were both major generals, but Zhang Jing graduated from the Armored Command School in the Southwest period, while Hou Xiaoshan graduated from the Army School.

I didn't know him before Hitchhiker.

The 166th Division also has a lot of armored forces and vehicles. In order to run fast and avoid a high failure rate, Hou Xiaoshan brought all of them with him. The vehicles that did not carry people were filled with oil and parts, and he was supplied with supplies along the way.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of these Soviet troops in front of us?"

Hou Xiaoshan spread out the military map and pointed at several possible escape directions for the Soviet army. The news from the Air Force had not come back yet, so he could only make predictions first. However, there was only one main road from here to Belyozovi Town. Zhang Jing took a look and said, "

Pursue as quickly as possible. At the same time, call in the air force and conduct low-altitude attacks to slow down the enemy's escape speed."

"Report! The Air Force reported that there are 100,000 Soviet troops in front of us."

Soon, the Air Force quietly came back.

"Why are there so many..."

Zhang Jing and Hou Xiaoshan looked at each other and saw the raging flames of war in each other's eyes.

"One hundred thousand defeated troops, and I don't know how many routed troops there are in other directions. Judging from the map, the number of Soviet troops who must flee from this generation is at least tens of thousands. If we block them in front of the defense line in Berezov Town...

…”

Hou Xiaoshan said directly, this is a very tempting idea. The problem is that if we want to take action, then as the fastest-moving bald troops, the 22nd Armored Division and the 166th Infantry Division will have to block it.

The overwhelming number of enemy deserters and the possible attack by the Allied forces behind the defense line of Berezov Town meant that we were being attacked from both sides.

But as the vanguard, the two divisions are one of the outflanking troops. Their mission is to get ahead of the enemy and encircle the enemy. Otherwise, these soldiers will run back to the northeastern region of the Far East and come back armed with skilled soldiers. What they lack

It's just guns and "medicine", and he is already a very mature veteran.

"Let's do it! My 166th Division will cooperate with your armored forces. We will take the mountain road from here. The Soviet army fled in a hurry and did not dare to choose this road. We just went around here and gave him a big dumpling truck! 1, Hou

Xiaoshan said with confidence. This section of the mountainous shortcut on the map seems difficult to walk. If it is relying on manpower or Soviet tanks and vehicles, it will be difficult to pass quickly.

Although the Soviet army is in defeat, it does not mean that they are running around in the mountains and plains. Although the Far East is large, the fleeing Soviet army is still organized, and the Soviet army still has no shortage of cars, armored vehicles, and tanks. Taking these means of transportation,

The Soviet army could at least run faster, and no one would foolishly run into the fields waiting to be caught.

Escape along the road in cars, armored vehicles, personnel carriers and even tanks. This was the method chosen by more than 90% of the Soviet troops. As the defeated Soviet troops came from all directions, more and more troops and organizations were formed.

The more chaotic the situation becomes and the command becomes more and more ineffective, the escape route will become congested and the escape speed will become slower than a snail.

Often the division commander cannot find the regiment commander, the regiment commander cannot find the battalion commander, and the battalion commander cannot find the company commander. Several familiar or unfamiliar people get mixed together and run forward desperately.

Cars are becoming more and more congested. Broken cars, cars out of gas, cars with flat tires, and blown-up cars are piled up on the roadside, causing the already very congested roads to become even more congested.

Even the team that started escaping at dawn was chased away by the vanguard of the Chinese National Defense Force, not to mention the continuous flow of rebels from other places.

The route chosen by the vanguard is a main road leading to the rear from the Komsomolsk defense line in the Far East, but it is now overcrowded.[

"Are you going to report or should I?," Zhang Jing said with a smile.

Five minutes later, the 166th Division and the 22nd Tank Division advanced at full speed. After contacting the Air Force, they carried out counter-bombing in the opposite direction to hinder the Soviet troops' movements, especially blowing up their vehicles and tanks, which seriously hindered the Soviet troops' movement.

After escaping, the two divisions abandoned all their vehicles, got on armored vehicles and tanks, turned into the mountains, and pursued them cross-country.

In the air, it was only more than 30 kilometers away from the town of Berezov. The Soviet army's escaping troops had not yet reached this area, but the strangulation battle during the banquet had already begun.

Large numbers of U.S. military planes took off from the rear in turn. Thousands of planes took off from many airports in the far northeast of the Far East and began to compete with the Chinese Air Force for air supremacy.

The town of Belozov must be defended, otherwise the Soviet army surrounded by the fast-moving [Chinese] ** troops will lose about 80% of its strength. Even if the remaining troops become deserters and disperse into the countryside, it will be difficult to return.

Troops become combat-effective soldiers.

The air battle over the town of Berezov was in a stalemate for a while, but the Wehrmacht air force continuously blocked the US military, providing a safe cover for bombers, dive bombers, attack aircraft and other fighters to bomb the fleeing Soviet troops.

"Da da da..."

The thickly armored 45-year-old attack aircraft is a series of attack aircraft developed by the Republic to deal with ground armored forces when it has absolute air supremacy over its own side. This attack aircraft has high-performance anti-armor and a large capacity.

The ground attack firepower is very fierce.

Within the Wehrmacht, this new attack aircraft was named Rhinoceros.

Often when a Rhinoceros attack aircraft flies low, the eight aircraft machine guns on its belly and under the wings are like plowing fields, pulling out several curtains of death on the ground. More often than not, it drops bombs while using them.

There are a large number of cannons and aircraft machine guns, fire two or at most four at a time, and shoot at low altitude.

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Faced with this new type of attack aircraft, the Soviet army found that the use of anti-aircraft machine guns was basically ineffective. What the fleeing troops lacked most was anti-aircraft guns, and a few scattered ones were often not enough to fill the gaps.

The raging planes flew almost non-stop over the Soviet army that spread for dozens of kilometers, causing a large number of casualties. Once injured, they were likely to be left behind the original troops.

"Report, according to the Soviet communications we intercepted, General Mariakhin, the temporary supreme commander of the Soviet Far East, ordered the Soviet troops to evacuate to the defense line of Berezov Town set up by the US military. In addition, according to aerial reconnaissance, there are currently more than 500,000

The Soviet army is rushing towards the town of Berezov. 1, Khabarovsk, the Iron Shoe Campaign Command of the Far Eastern Theater of the Wehrmacht.

The staff quickly reported the report, and then Huo Weiguo came to the huge simulation sand table in the middle of the room. The staff had already drawn a map of the battlefield situation based on the dynamic information on the battlefield.

"Among the escaping Soviet armies, the most important one fled from the direction of Baigava to the town of Berezov. About 250,000 Soviet troops joined the escaping team, spreading more than 50 kilometers. The last part of them has been destroyed by us
To be continued...