The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

The battle progressed so fast that even the commander Chen Changjie couldn't help being surprised. For a while, he even wondered if this was a ploy by the Maozi to lure the enemy deep.But when his command vehicle officially set foot on Maozi's position and saw the tragic scene after the continuous attack with his own eyes, he suddenly understood in his heart that Lao Maozi didn't have the time and space to play tricks, and the result was actually doomed before the war started!

The war model brought by Zhu's army has undergone earth-shaking changes compared with the tactics that have been used by countries in the world for decades.

Due to the impact of the climate, the special teams in the plan sneaked into reconnaissance, beheaded the enemy, destroyed key transportation and communication points, blew up supplies, spread rumors to create confusion, marked key targets for subsequent attacks, and even provided tactical positioning guidance, etc. If you expand, just give up.Secondly, at the beginning of the battle, the air force competes for air supremacy and launches large-scale bombing, especially precision bombing, to destroy the enemy's important military targets and major threats, and provide air battlefield interdiction to deprive the enemy of its air support capability and maintain all-weather Suppression is also cancelled.

Just these two things, because of the huge changes in the personnel and weapons used, and the ever-changing details involved, are enough for an excellent commander to study for half a lifetime.Therefore, in the entire command center, a separate command seat and relevant personnel will be set up in a targeted manner to complete the remote monitoring of the specific combat process.

During the short training period, Chen Changjie roughly studied the relevant items, but he was really powerless to implement the detailed rules. He could only rely on those professionals who had been immersed in it for seven or eight years to complete it.From the side, it also made him truly understand how high-end Zhu Jiajun's core strength is!

The third step of the formal battle is the attack of the ground troops.As the vanguard of the armored force, it is necessary to suppress the precise strike of the artillery to destroy the enemy's key defense line targets.Under the unprecedented violent bombing, the fast, fierce, and sudden drive straight in, and the opponent was completely powerless to fight back.

But even this step pales in comparison with the so-called "blitzkrieg" that the Germans love to talk about in today's European battlefield.

The artillery bombardment on the European battlefield is essentially to form a destructive force based on quantity and carpet coverage.The cost-effectiveness ratio alone is a very ugly figure, not to mention the difference in the lethal power of the shells.And here?They are all probabilistic shooting and precise strike modes that have been carefully investigated in advance, accurately calculated and controlled before the battle, and various shells are responsible for their respective responsibilities, and cooperate with each other to exert the greatest lethality.

The armor-piercing shells of the cannon break through obstacles, the grenade kills personnel and washes the ground, and the rocket cloud bombs kill and destroy the surface. The three axes can almost destroy the strong fortress built by Maozi.The tank troops opened fire while marching, relying on the short-range direct fire of high-speed artillery to destroy the remaining strong hidden fortresses.The bombardment of self-propelled artillery and assault guns almost reaching the forehead is the place known as the eternal fortification, which is still shattered and vulnerable!

cannon!cannon!Still a cannon!From the beginning to the end, there are cannons of various calibers, functions, and powers!Even the exposed infantry, when following along, their vehicle-mounted mortars, recoilless guns, and small-caliber machine guns.They are the main force of the attack.The largest and cheap firearms rarely fire.Soldiers don't even need to aim precisely. Even if they encounter moving enemy troops, they just need to pull the trigger and pour out the copper-clad steel shells and steel-core warheads like a torrential rain...

Chen Changjie never thought that wars could be fought like this!Moreover, the power of the new army, which has undergone earth-shaking transformation, is so terrifyingly powerful after it goes into war!

He made a rough estimate.In the troops under his command, the total number of all kinds of explosive weapons that can be called "cannons" is equivalent to one-twentieth of the total number of infantry!

What is this concept? !That is to say, his mechanized infantry division with nearly 2 people has at least 152 guns!And this number is the sum of all the Jinsui Army back then.I'm afraid I can't even reach it!Not to mention, there are [-] plus howitzers and rocket launchers and other big killers inside.

With only such a large-scale military force, after half an hour of fierce attack, when Chen Changjie's command vehicle entered the front line of the battlefield, he found that the dense virgin forest had been turned into a garbage dump by hard scum!Countless trees as thick as an arm or even thicker piled up all over the ground.

And the thick layer of ice and snow caused by the blizzard for several days was actually exploded, evaporated, and thrown away by tens of thousands of shells, and a layer was severely hung up, revealing the dark perennial humus soil in many places. It is not so dazzling in the same black snow, but it will look very scary overall!

In the forest that is several kilometers long, there is no raging fire as imagined. Countless logs as thick as a few people have been cut in half, and branches as thick as thighs have been broken and chopped. Before freezing, the fresh fragrance released together with the crushed leaves is filled in the billowing smoke and dust, which smells strange and indescribable.

Large areas of artillery shell craters are scattered in a battlefield of more than ten square kilometers, each with a diameter of more than five or six meters, and the depth varies. There are often a large number of stumps and broken arms, or broken man-made buildings. There are very few fragments that hit the uninhabited space, which shows how high the accuracy of the precision shooting shells is!

The most glaring thing is hundreds of craters with a diameter of 200 meters!

These craters are only shallowly sunken into the ground, but they are more than ten times wider. At the core, the permafrost is scorched and hardened by burning, showing a gray color of volcanic rock.Countless trees fell down radially on the edge, and those slightly thinner trees were broken down the middle, overlapping and crawling, and the surface was charred and carbonized by the instantaneous high temperature, and it is still emitting thick smoke.

These are the traces of the cloud explosion bomb's low-altitude explosion and bombardment!The high-temperature and high-pressure impact fire waves generated in an instant are extremely lethal, and many of the living forces within the affected area were burned to ashes on the spot, and most of them were shattered by the shock wave, or were thrown to death by the airflow.

A large number of soldiers hidden in the trenches were suffocated to death due to lack of oxygen, some were cooked by high-temperature steam, and some were scorched on the skin, but the inside was safe and sound. The unbearable pain made them utter a series of miserable howls. The Chinese soldiers who had been overlooked pitifully released them with bullets.

The last soldier who survived by chance.Mu stared blankly at the Chinese tanks rumbling past, their faces dull, their eyes glazed over, their clothes torn, and the biting cold wind blowing on them, quickly taking away the heat wave.He also didn't realize it, until Chen Changjie and the others arrived, they still didn't come back to their senses.

However, at this time, the advancing soldiers also fully grasped the battlefield, and kept searching for relatively intact Maozi soldiers, and rushed them to the temporary tents built on the spot with the shell crater as the center --- they would not be able to watch They were frozen to death?

Soldiers with minor injuries will also be given appropriate treatment and sent to wounded and sick tents converted from shell craters.As for those who were seriously injured or dying, there was nothing to say.Let the recruits go up directly, no matter whether they are shot or stabbed with bayonets, in short, these people will not be able to survive, so it is better to let the recruits see blood and gain experience.

Chen Changjie could already foresee that under this mode of warfare, the requirements for soldiers' will to fight would be greatly reduced, and the disparity in the casualty ratio between the two sides was absolutely astonishing.Infantry has fewer and fewer opportunities to participate in trench warfare for many years, and it is expected to grow slowly in battle.The remaining veterans of the gold rush in the sand --- the model of building an elite army will never be reproduced.

Seeing groups of prisoners staggering slowly into the temporary tents built for them, no one resisted or shouted bravely. Chen Changjie, who had seen the heroic and unyielding red elements in the civil war, was very surprised.

In this regard, Chief of Staff Lu Ruiying had a different opinion: "The military seat thinks too highly of them! In fact, the so-called spiritual beliefs of the old Maozi, compared with the firm Bolsheviks of our neighbors who have been tempered and screened for gold in the sand. Essentially different. Our compatriots and current comrades-in-arms have a firm belief in changing the living environment of the entire nation and the country, and they are not hesitant to sacrifice for this. But what about these in front of them? They are just armed with similar ideas. There are ordinary people fighting for their country."

As if he felt that he spoke too well of the guys from the [-]th Group Army, Chief of Staff Lu paused and explained from another angle: "In addition, you should be able to see that the series of strikes we launched far exceeded the enemy's In terms of cognition, they were confused by all kinds of shells and lightning-fast attacks! If it were us, we would be hard-pressed to keep up with the terrifying shells, especially the cloud bombs. Inner calm?"

Chen Changjie nodded approvingly.This is the truth.If it was the Jinsui Army or the Central Army a few years ago, other princes armed, not to mention facing cloud bombs, just the violent bombing of ordinary 152mm howitzers, under the continuous bombardment of hundreds of guns, the morale of the army will collapse , coupled with the impact of the tank group, resistance?There are no doors!

That is to say, after the reorganization of the army, the entire army has undergone earth-shaking changes in terms of ideology and mental outlook. In addition, as the offensive side has the upper hand, this does not show how different it is.

Thinking of this, Chen Changjie couldn't help but secretly rejoice, thanks to his own strong combat power, if Maozi can do the same thing, I really don't know what will happen!Probably, of the [-] troops under his command, it would be fine to have [-]% left?I don't know what kind of feelings are in the hearts of those who are used to arrogance?

Well, speaking of this, Lieutenant General Galilovich, who has become a prisoner, may have the most say.

Counting it together, including this time, in less than a month, he was defeated three times in a row and fled in embarrassment.It's just that it's different from the previous two tentative staged attacks. Dong Qiwu's moderate attack made him escape each time, but this time, the formal attack not only cut off the defense line of the remnant of the 17th Army under his command from behind, The raid of the tank regiment and the coordinated advance of the mechanized troops were too fast. He, together with the surrounding guards and commanders, were killed by a few cloud bombs at close range. When he woke up from his stupor, he had already been arrested. captured.

It must also be said that his guards did their duty and tried their best to change him into the clothes of an ordinary officer. Therefore, at this time, he was wearing a lieutenant colonel's uniform, mixed with a group of prisoners who were screened out by isolation, and was detained in a prison with five large shells. In the tent built after the pit was excavated and cleared, they surrounded the stove to keep warm.

He was dragged out of the collapsed headquarters by the Chinese soldiers and escorted to the tent for just 10 minutes. Garylovich did not say a word, but quickly and covertly observed the surrounding destruction with eagle-like sharp eyes. The battlefield, and the passing troops.When he entered the tent, he squatted by the brazier with his brows furrowed.His eyes remained motionless, but various pictures flashed back and forth like a whirlwind in his mind, from which he analyzed useful information.

When the hustle and bustle outside came to an end, after the first hot meal, and after the panic period, the energetic officers and prisoners began to feel restless.Several strong and bold guys stood up cautiously.Like an arhat, he pushed a tall and thin man up to the top of the pit, trying to check the situation, but all he could see was the stacked logs and the slanted upward airtight tent, and nothing else.

The instigator pushed Garylovich with his elbow: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel! Seeing that you are not young, you must have rich experience. Tell me, is there any way to take us out? I think the Chinese are right. Our vigilance doesn't appear to be strict."

Galilovich came back to his senses, touched his face covered in dust and blood, and realized that he was put on makeup by the guards.This group is the largest, but the major officer couldn't recognize that it was their commander. He smiled at himself, shook his head and said: "In my opinion, everyone should put away their chances and be prisoners in peace. We have no chance to escape. Yes, even if you go out, you will definitely not survive a day!"

"Huh?! How can you say that? Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I think your thinking is very bad! As a staunch Bolshevik, you must not be discouraged in the face of any difficulties. You must dare to fight. You must think bravely and persevere Relentlessly looking for any moment of opportunity to fight the enemy in every way...."

Obviously this guy was doing ideological and political work before, and he opened his mouth with a series of big words, but he couldn't come up with any useful ideas.

The problem is that this is of no use to old fritters like Galilovich.When the babo babo said that his mouth was dry, he tightened his coat, opened his hands to cover the red charcoal fire, and sighed: "War can't be achieved with courage and confidence alone. With absolute strength In front of you. All spiritual strength will pale in comparison.”

The former political commissar was not willing to listen to this. Seeing him talking in frustration again, he couldn't help but want to continue to criticize education. A taciturn major with a big beard next to him slapped him on the back with a furry bear paw, dispelling his words. He stopped chattering, and asked solemnly: "Then, please tell me your opinion, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel."

While talking, the bearded major handed over the glass bottle he left behind. It was half a bottle of 60-degree burnt knives, which was not enough for them to suffocate in normal times, but now that he is a prisoner, it looks very special. Precious---God knows if the Chinese will replenish this indispensable munitions!

Garylovich was also polite, took a sip under the hot gaze of everyone, let the knife-like meat warm from throat to stomach, and did not return it to others, nodded and said: " Okay, let me talk about it. Please pay attention to the tent we are in first. You should be able to see that it was slightly trimmed with shell craters, directly expanded and tamped, and then a cover was added on it. So who knows, this benefits of this structure?"

The officers thought that he was going to talk about the other side's artillery fire, tanks, and weapons. How did you know that when he came up to talk about the tent, he didn't understand it for a while, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

A captain raised his hand and said: "I know. Before I joined the army, I was an oil worker. When we were exploring in the field, because there was no time to build houses, we often dug big pits on the spot, and then covered them with canvas and pressed thick The leaves are used as shelters, the advantage is that it is simple and convenient, and the heat preservation effect is better. In fact, many of our semi-submersible fortifications have similar effects."

Galilovich nodded approvingly: "Well, that's probably what it means. But please pay attention to it, so many of us are crowded in a big pit, and there is only one fire to keep warm. Why can't we feel the low outdoor temperature? Is it cold?"

Yes, it's very strange, it's just a pit, and now they are prisoners, without quilts or other heating facilities, but they are not cold, which means... the air convection is not strong? !

Galilovich continued: "I have observed their tents, which have at least two layers of structure. The lower edge of the inner layer is slightly higher and sealed, and the lower edge of the outer layer is crushed to death with logs and gravel, but a hole is opened on the top. Ventilation holes. What are the benefits of doing this? That is to ensure the heat accumulation in the middle to the maximum extent, and the cold wind from the outside cannot blow in, and it will not appear stuffy. It can be said that this is the best convenient shelter in an extremely cold environment Please note that this tent and building method is used all over the battlefield, including themselves. It shows that before the war, they had already anticipated the extremely cold weather in the north and thought of countermeasures."

How to survive in the extremely cold weather of more than minus 30 degrees is a science.Lao Maozi prided himself on his expertise, but he never thought that the Chinese in the warm southern regions were no worse than them.

"In addition, I found that even an ordinary Chinese soldier doesn't wear very thick clothes. Judging from the thermal clothes smuggled in before, those multi-layered thermal underwear and thermal underwear that are very expensive in our country and only a few people can afford Blended sweaters, they are listed. There are even better duck down and goose down vests, and fur coats. It shows that the Chinese are richer than we imagined. And their motor vehicles are very suitable for extreme cold weather, and they have not seen much The ones that broke down must have unique features in terms of performance, anti-cold oil, and mechanical structure. Even their firearms have been exposed to the outside for a long time, and they can fire at will without freezing. These are enough to show that our opponents are too well prepared. They are definitely not the poor ghosts who can't even eat in the propaganda!"

Galilovich's analysis one by one made everyone's faces stiff and cold. What does this mean?The Chinese, for attacking the Soviet Union, have been deliberate and have been planning for a long time!On the other hand, they have been busy with internal cleaning these years, never expecting that the weak little white rabbit for a hundred years has actually quietly grown into a Tyrannosaurus Rex with steel teeth! (To be continued..)