Age of Rebirth

Chapter 820 The Purgatory of the "t-28" Tank ([-])

The war in the Far East of the Soviet Union became more and more intense. General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army, commanded the First Army, Third Army, and Fourth Army under his command, with a total force of more than 40 troops, and stormed the Soviet Union under the command of General Timoshenko. The Second Army of the Far East Military Region has 27 troops.

After several days of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Kwantung Army were close to 10,000+, and the casualties of the Soviet Army were slightly less, reaching nearly 10. The guys finished fighting, and it was the turn of the ground troops to start fighting again.

On the night of the end of the air battle, Timoshenko sent a telegram to the General Staff in the headquarters, reporting the fighting situation in the past few days, "The General Staff also transferred to Comrade Stalin, the five-day battle of the Air Force did not give the Kwantung Army troops A lot of losses have been caused, and the battle has continued so far, and the cumulative casualties of our troops have reached more than [-], and the medicine can still support it for about a week."

"The current main purpose of the Kwantung Army is to gather and annihilate our army in the Arsenyev area, defeat our country's military power in the Far East, and then occupy the entire Far East. Most of the military power, but our country has only the strength of the Far East Military Region, the result of the war is self-evident.”[

"Now, the best outcome is that one part of the Second Army can break through the encirclement. I plan to make a resolute breakthrough after the Transcaucasian Front arrives in Khabarovsk. Break out of the siege in the direction of Sk, and look to the General Staff to coordinate and respond to the troops."

The reinforcements from the Transcaucasian Front gave Timoshenko a lot of comfort and confidence. Up to now, his troops have suffered more than [-] casualties, and the number of troops that can go into battle is only [-] to [-]. That's all, it can last for a few more days. The casualties of the Kwantung Army should be even greater. Everything depends on the speed of action of the Transcaucasian Front Army. If necessary, the tank troops that have been hiding have to be used to break through the encirclement of the Kwantung Army. Timoshen Brother secretly thought.

Tang Qiuli in Beiping, constantly received intelligence from Tang Qiuquan in Haishanwei, and had a clear grasp of the entire situation of the Far East War. At the same time, he also understood the current specific difficulties of Qiuquan. The captured sailors of the Soviet Pacific Fleet still couldn't get in. Qiuquan tried every means, but he couldn't send the officers of the Foreign Frontier Guard of the Instigation Regiment to the prisoner-of-war camp.

Tang Qiuli's instructions to Qiuquan were still to "wait patiently and look for opportunities." The fight between the Japanese and the Soviets in the Far East will not end soon. The Japanese have not achieved their goal and will never stop , especially when they had the upper hand, they were blindsided by the Soviets, and they were temporarily unable to deal with the issue of prisoners of war.

This is a major event involving tens of thousands of people and more than 100 warships. If there is a slight carelessness, or the whereabouts of Brother Qiuquan and the others are exposed, the Communists are aware of it and transfer the warship. Therefore, even though you are anxious, you can't urge Brother Qiuquan to take action, especially when it comes to the issue of getting the warship to Qingdao.

In the Far East at the end of September, thin frost can already be seen in the morning, and the sea breeze blowing from the Pacific Ocean is chilly. This is an ordinary morning, but because of a tragic tank duel, it has come into people's sight.

The sun has not yet risen, and the misty swamp area exudes water vapor, dotted with puddles, and dotted in the Arsenyev area. There was a loud noise, and the Kwantung Army concentrated all its artillery units to attack the Soviet defensive positions. Fierce shelling was carried out, from the front to the depth of the defense, batches of artillery continued to roar and fall.

The commander of the Kwantung Army knows the importance of time to him. If Timoshenko's troops were not wiped out before the arrival of the Soviet Transcaucasus Front Army, the battle would have been a long and painful one. Just yesterday, he had divided into three divisions A regiment of about 8 troops marched to the Khabarovsk area, ready to block the Soviet troops who came to aid them.

The Second Army still had no time to fight, and fought fiercely with the Soviet troops on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Although it had the upper hand, it would take some time to resolve the battle.

Ueda Kenkichi set the time to break through the Soviet positions today. He issued a death order to all the troops. Today they cannot capture the Soviet positions. Ji did not let the soldiers meet the Soviet son with their bodies.

All the artillery fire was concentrated, and the Soviet positions were violently bombarded. Before the infantry charged, a passage was opened. The Soviet artillery in the encirclement was not to be outdone, and fired back. On this day, the two sides began to fight artillery battles. By noon, the artillery on both sides suffered heavy losses.

At this time, the fatal disadvantage of the Soviet army was exposed. There was no supply in the encirclement, the consumption of artillery was too large, and it gradually became exhausted. The artillery battle was based on the caliber, quantity, number of artillery and the courage of the soldiers.

As one ebbs and another, the sound of the Soviet artillery's return fire is sparse. For the artillerymen of the Kwantung Army, it is no less than a shot in the arm. In the cold weather, the Japanese artillerymen fired their cannons shirtless. The more they fought, the more crazy they were. Shouts came and went, forming a wave of frenzy.

By the afternoon, the artillery fire of the Soviet army had been completely suppressed by the artillery of the Kwantung Army. The Soviet defensive position east of Arsenyev was finally blasted open a hole several kilometers wide. Almost all the troops of a division of the Soviet Army were killed by the artillery fire of the Kwantung Army.

Kenkichi Ueda was overjoyed and immediately ordered the troops to carry out a general attack. A large number of Kwantung Army soldiers rushed in along the breach. Seeing that the front line was in danger, Timoshenko immediately blocked an infantry division reserved as a reserve team on the breach. .

In a tragic fight, the soldiers on both sides fought hand to hand, and there were bursts of shouts. If it was a bayonet fight, the Soviet soldiers were really no match for the Kwantung Army soldiers. under the bayonet.

Among the melee crowd, there were fewer and fewer Soviet soldiers, but more and more Kwantung Army soldiers poured into the breakthrough. Relying on infantry alone could no longer repel the Kwantung Army's attack, nor could it block the breakthrough. Sooner or later, it will lead to the complete collapse of the defensive position. For the Second Army, it is suspected to be a disaster.

In desperation, Timoshenko had no choice but to mobilize the fist troops that he had always preserved. The four tank brigades consisted of more than 200 tanks. This was the assault force he used when he stayed to break out.

More than 1000 Soviet tanks roared out, rushing towards the Japanese infantry like mountains and seas. So many Soviet tanks suddenly appeared, and the impact on the soldiers of the Kwantung Army was amazing. Wherever the Soviet tanks went, there were three on board. The [-]mm machine gun fired wildly, and the Japanese soldiers fell down screaming like they were cutting wheat. [

The large-caliber machine gun hit the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, and blood blossomed continuously. At that time, there was a big hole in the body. It hit the arms and legs, and the whole arms and legs were cut off at that time.

With such a dense crowd, one shot of a machine gun can penetrate two people. The Soviet tanks just counterattacked, and nearly [-] Kwantung Army soldiers fell under the firepower of the tanks. The remaining Kwantung Army soldiers retreated in panic. Army tanks chased and killed the Kwantung Army soldiers. The intention of the armored group commander was not to use this opportunity to restore all the lost positions.

This time, Timoshenko's fist troops were four tank brigades equipped with T-28 tanks. This was the main battle tank equipped by the Soviet Army at that time. It was produced and equipped with the first-line troops of the Soviet Army. At that time, it was an excellent tank in the world. The design concept was to support infantry to attack the enemy's defense line, and was used for tactical counter-assault and anti-infantry.

The t-28 tank, as the main battle tank of the Soviet army in the early days of World War II, has excellent performance, weighs 28 tons, speeds 37 kilometers per hour, can march 220 kilometers on continuous tracks, and has an armor thickness of 76 to [-] millimeters. The weapons are even more ferocious. It is equipped with a [-]mm caliber cannon, three [-]mm machine guns, and a crew of six. It is a steel monster armed to the teeth. At that time, it was one of the most advantageous main battle tanks. one.

Kenkichi Ueda, who was at the forward headquarters, saw that he was on the brink of failure. The troops were counterattacked by Soviet tanks and suffered heavy casualties. He was so angry that he split the combat map in front of him in half. The only thing that can deal with tanks at the moment is tanks and planes. No, the infantry was still entangled with the Soviet tanks, and the artillery was ineffective, so he viciously ordered the tank commander: "I ordered all the tanks to attack immediately to deal a devastating blow to the Soviet tanks! "

The tank commander of the Kwantung Army hesitated for a moment. It's not that he didn't want to use tanks to cover the infantry's attack, nor did he want to beat the Soviet tanks to smoke, but he knew in his heart whether his own things were good or bad. The battle tank is a Type 15 light tank (that is, the Izu chariot that was called "thin-skinned iron coffin" by Allied soldiers). It weighs [-] tons, is small and light, runs fast, and its maneuverability is commendable.

But this guy's armor is really not flattering, let alone anti-tank guns, even the heavy machine guns currently equipped by the Soviet army can punch a number of large holes in the armor of the Type 28 light tank, let alone the anti-tank gun. The Soviet T-[-] tank with an armor thickness of [-] mm can only be a living target.

This is also the only reason why the Kwantung Army has never used a large-scale armored group to attack the Soviet positions. On the Chinese battlefield, it was absolutely showing off against a squadron with only a small number of tanks. In the ** team, artillery is a rare thing, and there are few heavy machine guns, let alone anti-tank guns or guns, even the Central Army. Those local miscellaneous troops have even less property.

The serious backwardness and scarcity of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army made the Japanese Izu series of tanks gain a bad reputation on the Chinese battlefield. Chinese soldiers could only exchange their lives for blowing up a Japanese tank.

(To be continued)