Glorious Mission 1937

Without the cover of the armored forces, the more than 2 Soviet army was completely exposed to the armored forces and air firepower of Chen Feng's command. The disastrous defeat of the air force and the tragedy of the armored forces completely crushed the Soviet army's will to resist. Under the three-dimensional firepower of the air-air union, the already demoralized Soviet army chose to surrender after resisting for less than three hours.

After the Soviet army surrendered, Chen Feng immediately ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield and gather the prisoners.Soon the results of the battle were counted. Since the offensive was launched in the early morning of June 6, as of 1:6 p.m. Except for a small number of 1 people who escaped the battlefield by chance, the rest were all wiped out. At the same time, two Soviet aviation divisions were also wiped out.

这一战，苏蒙联军损失兵员7万1千余人，其中1万八千余人被击毙,其余的全都成了陈锋所部的俘虏，包括此战后期最高指挥官伊索夫少将，而在这些俘虏当中有1万9000人是受伤被俘的。此战苏军还损失了万万多支步枪、一千200多挺轻重机枪、两千具掷弹筒以及300多门小口径迫击炮，另外还损失了200多门大口径火炮和380多辆坦克以及650多架飞机。

When the news spread to the Far East, the Soviet Far East Military District immediately exploded. How could this be possible? No one believed that the more than 7 Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces would be wiped out in just one day. Please note that it was wiped out, not defeated.

In the military, many technical terms cannot be abused. There are strict distinctions between total annihilation, defeat, complete annihilation, and even heavy damage.Total annihilation means that the enemy is basically wiped out.Basically lost combat effectiveness.Defeat is relatively light, and it only disrupts the enemy's original deployment and organizational system, making it impossible to organize effective offense or defense.Heavy damage is a degree term between total annihilation and defeat. It refers to the destruction of the enemy's main force in a large number, making it difficult to restore offensive capabilities in a short period of time, and can only be forced to defend or be completely wiped out.Defeat: Inflict heavy damage on the enemy's vital forces, making it impossible to pose an effective threat to your own troops.

For the current Soviet Union, not to mention being completely wiped out, even being severely damaged or even defeated is intolerable, because in their general understanding, China is not Japan, the number one power in East Asia.Not to mention the powerful Germany that has swept across European countries.China is just China, a weak and small country that has been breathing through the nose of the Slavic nation for more than 100 years, and can even be classified as an inferior nation.After losing to Germany or even Japan, the Soviets can pinch their noses and recognize it.But lost to the Chinese.The Soviets couldn't believe it anyway.Not to forget it like this.

While the Soviet Far East Military Region was discussing countermeasures, the news of the complete annihilation of the Soviet and Mongolian Allied Forces spread like wildfire in the Eighth Theater, and even fireworks and firecrackers were set off in Guisui City.It tasted like celebrating a great victory.And the bigwigs from other countries in the world have also more or less heard some rumors, but the eighth theater did not take the initiative to come forward to clarify, and the Soviet Union did not speak, so they are not sure whether the news is true or not.

For this victory, it was within Chen Feng's expectation, but it was beyond Chen Feng's expectation.What was expected was that Chen Feng had always firmly believed that he could win the final victory in this battle. What was unexpected was that the victory came too fast and suddenly. In his expectation, this battle would take at least a week, not to mention the whole thing. Annihilation, it would take 3 to 5 days to simply defeat or even defeat the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces.

But no matter how much Chen Feng overestimated his own strength and underestimated the fighting power of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army, he could not imagine that the 7.3 Soviet-Mongolian army was wiped out in less than 24 hours. A comprehensive strategic group of many arms such as military, armored and even aviation.

What surprised Chen Feng the most in this battle was that the Soviet army's will to fight was too weak. Not to mention compared with the Japanese army who would rather die than surrender, even the overwhelming majority of the Japanese army's fighting will was much stronger than the Soviet army's. In the daytime battle, facing the fierce attack of the eighth war zone, the Soviet and Mongolian army retreated step by step, and surrendered immediately once they were entangled, which was beyond Chen Feng's expectations.

In his understanding, although the Soviet army is not a unit with a strong will to fight, after all, it has fought against the powerful German army for more than four years, and it has also given 800 million German troops to the army that has been dragged down forcibly, so Chen Feng said I didn't think the Soviet army would collapse so quickly, let alone surrender as soon as it collapsed. It was really surprising.

In fact, this is caused by Chen Feng's different understanding of the surrender of the eastern and western armies. In the east, especially in China, because talents are selected by the imperial examination system, the unification was very early, the dynasty was basically stable, and the conflicts mainly occurred between foreign ethnic groups. , this loyalty is very important, so the country or the ruler can instill in the army the idea of ​​being loyal to the king and serving the country rather than surrendering, and surrender has become synonymous with a series of derogatory words such as cowardice.

Therefore, if you encounter a desperate situation and die for your country, this is also reflected in other eastern armies, such as Japan. The so-called Bushido actually gradually became popular after the emperor actually came to power. Later, it became a thing for the whole people, which is also the need for foreign wars. There were even tragedies of tens of thousands of civilians jumping into the sea on the Pacific battlefield.In fact, even if you surrender, you will be discriminated against when you return to the country after the war. This makes the army of eastern countries face desperate situations and die in battle. It can be seen in classical novels such as "Xue Rengui".

The West is different. The concept of surrender in the West originated from medieval knight wars.In the Middle Ages, the knight class was the foundation and core of war and the army. These people were also the foundation of feudal rule. Kings of all countries fought wars, and nobles could not kill randomly. Otherwise, even if they won, they would not be able to rule properly. The captured knights are all lenient, as long as you surrender, you will be released.

Moreover, the number of noble knights is limited, and if they are all defeated in one battle, what will they fight next time?So from top to bottom, there is a consensus, fight if you win, and surrender if you can't win.If a captured knight wants to be free, he has to spend a lot of money to redeem himself, which is an important war fund.Later, the concept of knights was gradually replaced by the concept of professional soldiers. For these professional soldiers, being an officer is just a profession, a profession for studying and practicing warfare. Responsibility for life is also an act of respecting the outstanding performance of the opponent's officers and troops. When officers surrender, ordinary soldiers naturally surrender.

Therefore, Western armies slowly came to have a general understanding that in desperate situations, surrender is allowed if continuing to fight cannot cause losses to the enemy.This is a measure taken to avoid insignificant sacrifices. If you return to your country after the war, as long as you find out your good performance in the battle, you may still be reused, such as some ace pilots of the German army.

Of course, there are exceptions. This kind of respect will only work on opponents they think are worthy of respect. For example, American officials will never surrender to Indians.During World War II, the German and Soviet troops fought fiercely, and the Western Front surrendered voluntarily in the later stages.On the Korean battlefield, the U.S. military was very reluctant to surrender to the volunteers at the beginning. The Battle of Changjin Lake even reached hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, don't think that the Western army is an elf kindergarten under the blessing of God. When they go to the battlefield, they can hesitate, run away or even surrender at will.If you have such an idea, it is your own brain damage.Most of the military rules and regulations followed by countries around the world are born out of the military rules and laws of the Western army in modern times. They are not much more benevolent than the military orders of the feudal army in the Middle Ages. At most, they can no longer execute soldiers at will.The Western army allows troops to lay down their weapons and surrender, but it does not mean that the Western army can surrender at will. As everyone knows, this kind of tolerance has prerequisites.Running out of ammunition and food; isolated and helpless; casualty rate over 60%.The above are the three basic conditions for surrender in the US soldier's handbook. Specifically, such as no ammunition and food, injured, left behind, surrounded, and escaped by parachuting.

In the Battle of the Second Company, the reason why the Soviet army surrendered so quickly was that the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces had met all the conditions allowed for surrender.First of all, they ran out of ammunition and food. Due to the key strikes by Chen Feng's troops, the ammunition and supplies of the Soviet army were destroyed by the Chinese artillery first. By the afternoon of June 6, the Soviet army had almost exhausted their ammunition.

Secondly, they were isolated and helpless. The Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces had never thought of fighting Chen Feng's troops this time, so they did not formulate a detailed battle plan at all.What's more, the Soviets never thought that they would be defeated, and they would lose so badly and so quickly, so the reinforcements are still thousands of miles away, and it will take four to five days at the fastest to arrive.And the only aviation unit that can quickly rescue the battlefield was beaten to pieces, and more than 650 fighter planes broke their wings outside the Great Wall. The current situation of the Soviet army is no different from isolation and helplessness.

In the end, the casualty rate was over 60%. Nearly 2 Soviet troops died in this battle, and about 2 were injured.You must know that the so-called wounded were not counted by the Soviet army itself, but were screened by soldiers in the eighth war zone. They only counted those who needed treatment. Injuries are not counted at all, and those who escaped are not counted, so the casualty rate of the Soviet army is at least 60%.

The most important point is that after the tank unit that the Soviet army had high hopes for was wiped out, just over 2 infantrymen were killed by nearly 20 Chinese.The army was surrounded within a radius of less than two kilometers. There were tanks and guns on the ground, and planes in the sky. There was no way to fight this one. If the fight continued, it would only increase the casualties and would not give Chen Feng any chance. How much damage has been caused.Because of this, the Soviet army surrendered so happily. (To be continued..)