Chapter 258 Caspian Counterattack (continued, 5200
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It took a long time before someone asked: "Is this German commander a comrade on our secret front?"
Everyone immediately became excited: At least the officers who can command so many troops must be lieutenant generals or generals. Has there been comrades involved in the heart department of the German army? That is really great news!
Chernyakovsky shook his head: "I hope this is the case too, but the possibility is not high. The enemy must have hidden a huge conspiracy."
"Then these supplies?" someone asked timidly, "Comrade Commander, can we still use them?"
"Of course, what the enemy left to us is completely useful! Tell comrades that as long as we continue to be braver and bolder, we will win like today." Chernyakhovsky explained, "What I just said is the highest secret. I will report to Zhukov and Comrade Stalin. You will never allow a word to be revealed to the outside world."
Everyone nodded quickly: If they were really their own comrades, as long as there was a little news, the secret would not be preserved.
"I deserve to be Comrade Chernyakhovsky, and he fought very well! He also seized a large amount of supplies and solved the urgent needs of the troops. I want to report to Comrade Stalin and ask for his merits!" Zhukov, who received the war report on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, was obviously very happy.
"But there are also questions. Comrade Chernyakovsky's materials found on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea were judged by Comrade Chernyakovsky and found that the enemy was deliberately left to us. He sent a telegram to ask if we had secret party members or sympathizers at the top of the German military? If not, he judged that there was a conspiracy here."
"That's it..." Zhukov pondered. The secret party members and sympathizers did not have it as far as he knew. The conspiracy was more important, but it could not be completely ruled out. After thinking for several minutes, he said, "Report to Comrade Stalin first and let the troops rest on the spot for a few days. Let us judge the enemy situation and possible conspiracy together."
After receiving the frontline telegram from Zhukov, Comrade Stalin, who had been depressed, suddenly shines on his face: "Look, look, Comrade Constantine is still very effective in fighting! In this way, except for the small group of German and Iranian borders in the Fergana Basin, we have basically recovered Central Asia!"
This is really not a brag. Take down the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea and block Serna. In addition, Zhukov himself was in Tashkent to "suppress the bandits". After three-pronged approach, at least from the map, Central Asia was recaptured by the Bolsheviks again. Of course, the actual control was far inferior to before.
Everyone was infected by this emotion and became excited. They highly praised Comrade Stalin for his far-sighted vision and his military use. Comrade Zhukov turned the tide and made outstanding contributions. Only Vasilevsky was silent. He felt that there were many tricks and the German army was defeated too quickly, right? But now he learned his lessons, and all the leaders were in high spirits. He came forward to interrupt them not only caused everyone to be unhappy, but also made people mistakenly think that it was jealous of Zhukov. It would be better to do less immature things!
"As for the questions and concerns he reported..." Stalin turned his eyes to Beria, "You go and verify it and give Comrade Constantine an accurate reply. I believe he can judge whether the conspiracy is conspired or not. At least if it comes to his hands, the real supplies cannot deceive people. Even if it is a bait, it must be eaten first! Humph, the Germans will shoot themselves in the foot one day!"
On February 24, the same day when Spruenz led the South Atlantic squadron to South Africa, Chernyhovsky led the supplementary attack cluster, which had been rested, together with the two tank brigades provided by the Malinovsky Army, a cavalry brigade and a mechanized army, and nearly 130,000 troops set off to land on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. In this limited time, the logistics department conducted a comprehensive and meticulous inspection of the materials, but there was no mistake. The expected oil was arranged with time bombs, and the food was poisoned, and all speculations were untenable. More than 100,000 people responded well after enjoying German materials.
There were indeed a few people who died of eating. After the examination, the military doctor believed that their long-term lack of food and clothing caused their physical weakness. In addition, the high intensity of this large-scale transfer operation, and then ecstatically, eating too much food caused the physical ability to withstand exceed the upper limit. The headquarters was full of joy, and even the Chernyahovs basically held two large sections of German sausage and chewed them constantly. Most ordinary officers sent the German version of Spam, and only a few senior officers enjoyed German sausages or ham. It was his style to be approachable to the commander, and the people below could not be at all rank and did they still have party spirit awareness?
Since the German army had no one in their own place, it was probably a conspiracy. After research, Chernyakovsky and Zhukov himself believed that there might be two traps dug by the German side: first, lure the Red Army to continue attacking and lengthen the front and then counterattack; second, deploy powerful sniper positions on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea to drive the Red Army back to the water. The best strategy to avoid the trap is to get the materials and run away, but this is definitely not proposed. Not to mention that Stalin could not pass, the two of them could not pass. The Central Asian special front army came to fight to the death, how could this little material be satisfied?
During the Red Army's advance, the air forces of the two countries carried out rounds of strangling over the Caspian Sea. However, whether it was the German "had lost his courage" or other reasons, the Red Army aircraft, which had been suppressed, gained the upper hand for the first time, ensuring the safety of most ships. Unlike the German landing in the Amorel region in northern Tehran, Chernyakhovsky chose to land for the troops to be more southwest, about Ardabil at the junction of Turkey and Iran. Although this section of ice is a little bit, due to the latitude, the temperature here is slightly higher and the ice is not thick, so it is easy to force the ice to break the ice and go ashore.
The beach blocking that he had been very nervous did not appear. Most of the German troops were busy retreating towards Tehran, and there were very few Iranian troops deployed near the landing ground. As soon as they opened fire, they were defeated by the Red Army who quickly landed. Then, at the suggestion of German advisers, the order of Iranian King Pahlavi also came down: all nearby troops retreated to Tabriz. This was exactly what the Red Army wanted. While the troops were urgently expanding the landing ground, they stepped up their landing landing landing.
Now, combined with the loss of materials, the weak air combat over the Caspian Sea, the unsnipedaled beachheads and the rapid retreat of Iranian troops, Zhukov could no longer judge that the German army was killing people with a knife, so he was not worthy of being called Zhukov. But even if he saw that, he had to bite the bullet, because the more than 70,000 German troops hid in Tehran, it was not easy for the Red Army to chew. To cause Iran's shock, at least it was necessary to destroy the Iranian oil fields. Abbas Port, considering the rugged terrain of Iran, Chernyakovsky was exhausted. Finally, after discussion, it was determined that he would continue to implement the original plan and fight against the Turks and Baku.
Now Turkey also knows that the Red Army has landed near the border between Iran and Turkey. The Turkish army has deployed about 4 divisions on the borders of the two countries. The initial purpose was to prevent the Iranians from competing with them. When they heard that the heavy army group of the Red Army rushed to the Caspian Sea and defeated the Germans, they were also panicked at the beginning. However, seeing that Chernyakovsky led the main Red Army troops to attack Tabriz, the Turks breathed a sigh of relief to attack Iran. Is the Iranians responsible for our own affairs? It is best to defeat Iran. When we go to rescue, we can still scrape some oil from the Iranians.
The Red Army's offensive posture also scared Pahlavi, and he rushed to ask Manstein, the highest commander of the Eastern Front for help. Although the German army withdrew 70,000 people, the Iranian army still had 200,000, and Pahlavi even had two Tiger heavy armored battalions, but after he learned that the attack on the Soviet army was nearly 400,000, the German side himself thought it was a mistake. In addition to Manstein's firm belief that the Germans would also attack Turkey, even Zeitzler began to mobilize troops in a hurry, preparing to draw troops from the UAE, Iraq, and Egypt to the Iranian battlefield. He also privately complained to the people around him that the head of state set fire too hard and burned his eyebrows.
After Chernyakovsky and all the troops gathered, they advanced all the way to Tabriz. However, late at night on February 28, his style of military use suddenly changed, and he made a beautiful right hook, turned toward Turkey and rushed toward Iraqi border. The Turks were gloating two days ago, but who knew that the Red Army had turned its spearhead and killed them.
When Pahlavi learned that the 150,000 Red Army turned around, he immediately felt relieved. As for Turkey or Turkey, he was too lazy to care about whether you and I were robbing Azerbaijan. On March 2, the Red Army attacked the Turkish defense line. The Red Army led by I-1 and T-43/85 tanks still attacked the Turkish second-line troops, mainly No. 3 and 38t, were defeated. Speaking of which, although the Red Army suffered a series of failures by the German army repeatedly taught a series of failures, they were never afraid of the Turks. With the Russian-Turkey feud, there was no need to mobilize to fight Turkey. In just two days and one night, the two Turkish infantry divisions that first received the enemy, together with their equipment, supplies, and supplies, all fell into the hands of the Red Army.
The Turks thought they could fight, but they didn't expect that they could not defeat them at all. Now they remembered: when they fought the Red Army, they started unexpectedly and got the cooperation of German troops. Now all favorable conditions are not there, and the situation of the battle is completely reversed, but it is too late to regret it.
On March 4, the Red Army advanced more than 30 kilometers, trying to attack and encircle the remaining Turkish troops in front of them. In order to block the Soviet offensive, the Turkish army sought help from the German army, while asking Iranian troops to attack from the back to restrain the Red Army's attack, and at the same time, they drew troops from the Caucasus to support the south. However, the second landing wave of the Red Army, which had obtained a solid landing, caught up again, and the Red Army in Turkey had reached more than 200,000.
Chapter completed!