Age of Rebirth

Chapter 780 Seven Bloody Five Days ([-])

The forerunner of the First Soviet Far East Army, the Fifth Motorized Guards Division, has arrived at the outskirts of Kazadewu Mountain Pass. Feng Jiwu, who is observing the enemy's situation, is still pondering about the division commander Tang Qiuli's negation of his proposed combat plan. For the equipment of the Soviet army, he had to admire the commander. Steady fighting, step-by-step resistance, and step-by-step blocking are the most correct tactics, and his thinking is a bit simple.

According to Feng Jiwu's experience, the battle will start around dawn tomorrow. Who knows, he guessed wrong, the Soviet army did not take any rest, and launched an attack immediately. From seeing the Japanese soldiers to the present, it took only four or ten minutes At that time, the first batch of artillery landed on his own position.

Feng Jiwu was stunned for a while, the old man was impatient enough, marching long distances, trekking long distances, not even breathing, launching attacks overnight, and fighting when he arrived, did he rely on something or despise the Chinese army?He was secretly surprised by the ability of the Soviet army to launch an attack quickly. During the march, it took a while to switch to an attack even if the artillery was unloaded from the vehicle. The artillery can be launched in such a short period of time. Fast?

Feng Jiwu did not judge accurately. He should have arrived at the destination in three days, but he walked for five days. Zhukov was very dissatisfied. Everyone in the group army headquarters thought that Comrade Commander would issue an order to rest in place. The attack will start tomorrow, marching day and night, the troops are already very tired. [

Contrary to everyone's expectations, Zhukov issued an order, and the vanguard of the [-]th Motorized Guards Division immediately launched an attack on the Zadeu Pass. Everyone was puzzled, and secretly complained about this unreasonable commander who didn't know how to pity soldiers. Combatants, Zhukov knew in his heart that he had already lost two days. In a war, an hour will determine the victory or defeat of a battle.

What's more, he was not at ease with the troops in the direction of Ulan-Ude. He was facing the famous Tang Qiuli. The main force led by Tang Qiuli also turned into a head-on confrontation with Tang Qiuli's main force, and the result was unpredictable.

Two days had to be taken back, and the commander of the squadron on the opposite side would never have expected that ordering the troops to launch an attack immediately would also achieve a surprise effect. Therefore, what Zhukov used for the first round of shelling was not The group army is an artillery group, but a salvo of tank fire.

The tanks used to break through the armor of the defensive position, the shelling effect is naturally not as powerful as the large-caliber howitzer. It seems to be lively, the fire is shining, the smoke is full, and the degree of damage to the position on the first line of defense is extremely slight. Feng Jiwu also reacted, thinking that the artillery of the grandson is so powerful.

However, he was not happy for long. More than an hour later, the real artillery group of the Soviet Army began to show its power. More than [-] large-caliber howitzers fired half of the sky red, extending from the periphery of the Kazadwu Mountain Pass to more than a dozen Within a kilometer range, the coverage of the Soviet artillery group.

Moreover, the artillery strikes of the Soviet army are very well organized. To fight from the nearest to the distance requires the intensity and coverage of artillery fire. Once Zhukov made a move, it was a ruthless move. He concentrated all the artillery and intensively bombarded the Kazadeu Pass. In the depth, all the squadron defense positions, even if the squadron has built fortifications here in advance, such density and violent shelling are enough to destroy any civil structure fortifications.

After the saturated bombardment, concentrate all the tanks to carry out the assault. The blocking line of the Chinese squadron should be captured before dawn. Zhukov does not want to waste more time in the Kazadev Pass. His goal is to Tang Qiuli's main army in the Hang'ai mountain area, and all the land of the Outlanders. Moreover, after the First World War, the Chinese no longer dared to think about Outlanders, and provided the Soviets with permanent peace on the southern border.

The overwhelming artillery fire blasted the area from the periphery of Kazadewu Mountain Pass to more than ten kilometers into a sea of ​​flames. The artillery fire like a volcanic eruption enveloped the entire space, and the earth boiled like a furnace of boiling molten iron. Four to five kilometers, less than ten kilometers long, violently tumbling and rushing, the smoke and dust rising up, reflected by the flames of the explosion, seemed to be burning, the earth trembled, the night was burning, and the sky was burning.

Looking at the scene of the shelling, Zhukov's face became peaceful. Under such shelling, no creature on the surface could survive. This is already a piece of barren land. The Chinese soldiers who went to attack had disappeared under the artillery fire at this moment. The suddenness of the battle and the intensity of the firepower strikes are why Zhukov has full confidence in this torrent of steel under his command.

The soldiers of the Niangziguan Garrison Regiment really experienced what bombardment is this time. Hiding in the artillery hole is like sitting in a boat that is violently pitched in a storm and may capsize at any time. The soil "crashed" straight down, as if it was about to collapse at any time.

The soldiers of Feng Jiwu's Corps were also veterans who had seen big scenes. They fought several battles with the little devils in North China and Northeast China. The power of the explosion cannot be compared with the artillery units of the Independent Division.

While murmuring and cursing the hateful gun artillery, the soldiers secretly rejoiced that the commander had the foresight to let us sweat more and dig deeper for the artillery holes. They complained secretly at the beginning, but now it seems that, The sweat at that time was not in vain, otherwise, the cannonball alone would be enough for everyone to drink a pot.

Not only the soldiers felt this way, but Feng Jiwu in the Corps headquarters also couldn't believe it. No one thought that the Soviet army would launch an attack overnight, and it would be the main attack posture as soon as it made a move. Under such fierce shelling, He really had no idea about the casualties of the troops.

How can there be any first-line or second-line positions? To my heart, the anti-aircraft holes dug by the soldiers worked hard this time. He ordered the troops not to enter the surface positions without his order, so as not to be killed by Soviet artillery fire.

As for the artillery brigade, Feng Jiwu didn't take it out at all. He meant to fight the Soviet artillery. His son's cannon exploded so that the wheels of the cannon flew all over the hillside, so he would not encounter this bad luck.

Therefore, although the artillery brigade commander asked for battle several times, Feng Jiwu did not agree, and finally got annoyed. When charging, you have to overturn the artillery position of the son of a bitch with a cannon, pay attention, leave after the fight, don't let the bitch bite back, this is called artillery guerrilla warfare."

The artillery fire like a volcanic eruption lasted for an hour and a half. The Soviet artillery group poured thousands of tons of guns into the target area. Rolling, the shelling stopped, and Zhukov ordered the chief of staff lightly: "Let's start!"

On the Soviet position, the headlights of more than 1000 tanks suddenly lit up together, as if a wall of light appeared out of thin air, illuminating the offensive area that was still emitting lingering smoke. It was as bright as day, and the momentum was truly amazing. With these thousands of tank lights, it is enough to cause huge psychological pressure on the defending troops, and all the actions of the defenders will be exposed to the lights, without any concealment at all.

It's a pity that due to the terrain limitation of the Kazadewu Mountain Pass, the Soviet army's tank group can only deploy a small part of its troops at a time, which is more than 200 tanks. In the headquarters, Feng Jiwu, who pays close attention to the movements of the Soviet army, , I am very relieved, if more than 1000 tanks launch an attack together, he will also have a headache. [

"Attention the front-line blocking troops, cut off the connection between the Soviet infantry and the tanks, attack the mountain pass, the anti-tank gun unit try to kill the Soviet tanks, the artillery brigade pay attention, and wait for the order to bombard," Feng Jiwu gave the order. He knew that from this From a moment on, the brutal blocking battle officially began.

Accompanied by the tank cluster, the infantry of the [-]th Motorized Guards Division of the First Far East Army of the Soviet Army poured into the Kazadwu Pass like a tide. Zhukov concentrated on observing the movement of the battlefield. The tank cluster and infantry had already advanced three kilometers , the guarding squadron did not fire back a single shot,

Zhukov did not have the optimism of other senior officers in the Army Group Headquarters. He never believed that with just over an hour of shelling, all the squadrons could be wiped out. It is certain that the defenders' counterattack will not It was violent, but there was no gunfire at all, which was abnormal, and the whole battlefield revealed a kind of weirdness.

As if to prove Zhukov's worries, the dead Chinese defenders suddenly came back to life. In the lights, figures seemed to emerge from the ground. Then, the dense rain covered the sound of the tank's engine, and followed the tank. Of the attacking Soviet Fifth Guards Division, only two regiments entered the Kazadwu Pass, and the infantry of the other regiment was blocked by the intensive firepower of the pass.

Dense flies, with dark red streaks, flew towards the Soviet soldiers. Rows of Soviet soldiers screamed and fell down, with bright red blood pouring out of their bodies. In the trenches behind the Soviet tanks, groups stood up. The Chinese soldiers, with the Suomi submachine guns in their hands, spewed out streams of flames, instantly separating the Soviet tanks from the attacking infantry.

This is a typical tactic that is most effective for the offensive team to cooperate with infantry and tanks in positional defense battles. It can be used to the extreme by Feng Jiwu's troops. In the first round of fighting with the Soviet army, the soldiers of the Chinese army gave the Soviet army a disarm.

(To be continued)