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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 823 The Purgatory of the "T-28" Tank (1)

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    Chapter 823 The Purgatory of the "T-28" Tank (1)

    The war in the Far East of the Soviet Union became increasingly fierce. General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, commanded his First Army, Third Army, and Fourth Army, with a total of more than 400,000 troops, to storm the army commanded by General Timoshenko.  The Second Army of the Soviet Far East Military District has 270,000 troops.

    After several days of fierce fighting, the Kwantung Army's casualties were close to hundreds of thousands, and the Soviet's casualties were slightly less, reaching close to 100,000. The air battle was over, and the Kwantung Army's air force took advantage of the situation.  After the guys finished fighting, it was the ground troops' turn to start fighting again.

    On the night when the air battle ended, Timoshenko sent a telegram from the headquarters to the General Staff, reporting on the fighting situation in the past few days. "The General Staff forwarded it to Comrade Stalin. The Air Force's five-day battle did not give the Kwantung Army any information."  It has caused a lot of losses. As the battle continues, the cumulative casualties of our troops have reached more than 100,000, and the ammunition can still last for about a week. "

    "The current main purpose of the Kwantung Army is to gather and annihilate our group army in the Arsenyev area, defeat our military forces in the Far East in one fell swoop, and then occupy the entire Far East. Looking at the entire battle situation, the *** has invested an absolute  Most of the military strength, but our country only has the strength of the Far East Military District. The outcome of the war is self-evident. "

    "Now, the best outcome is that one unit of the Second Army can break through the encirclement. I plan to carry out a resolute breakout after the Transcaucasus Front reaches Khabarovsk. At that time, our group army's breakout troops will attack Khabarovsk."  We hope that the General Staff will coordinate with the troops to break out of the encirclement in the direction of Sksk.¡±

    The arrival of reinforcements from the Transcaucasus Front gave Timoshenko great comfort and confidence. So far, the casualties of his troops have reached more than 100,000, and the number of troops that can be put into battle is only 150,000 or 60,000.  That's it. How many more days can we hold on? The casualties of the Kwantung Army should be greater. Everything depends on the speed of action of the Transcaucasian Front. If necessary, the tank troops that have been hidden will have to be used to break through the Kwantung Army's encirclement. Timoshin  Brother thought secretly.

    Tang Qiuli in Peiping continued to receive intelligence from Tang Qiuquan in Haishanwei, and clearly grasped the entire situation of the war in the Far East. At the same time, he also understood Qiuquan's current specific difficulties, which were guarded by the Japanese Marine Corps.  The captured sailors of the Soviet Pacific Fleet were still unable to get in. Qiuquan tried all kinds of methods, but could not send the foreign border guards officers of the rebel group into prisoner of war camps.

    Tang Qiuli's instruction to Qiuquan was 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 will never stop until they achieve their goal.  , especially when they had the upper hand, they were jealous of the Soviets and could not spare any time to deal with the prisoner of war issue.

    This was a major event involving tens of thousands of people and more than a hundred warships. If they were not careful, or the whereabouts of Brother Qiuquan and the others were exposed, the Japanese were aware of it and moved the warships. Tang Qiuli was still not distressed.  Death, so even though I was anxious, I couldn't urge Brother Qiuquan to take action, especially when it came to 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 sea is chilly. This is an ordinary morning, but it comes into people's sight because of a tragic tank duel.

    The sun has not yet risen, and the mist-shrouded swamp area is exuding water vapor and dotted with puddles, dotted in the Arsenyev area. With an earth-shaking loud noise, the Kwantung Army concentrated all its artillery units to attack the Soviet defensive positions.  A fierce bombardment was carried out, and batches of shells continued to roar from the front to the depth of the defense.

    The commander of the Kwantung Army knew how important time was to him. If Timoshenko's troops were not annihilated before the arrival of the Soviet Transcaucasus Front, this battle would have been a long and painful one. Just yesterday, he had already separated three divisions.  The regiment's approximately 80,000 troops marched to the Khabarovsk area, preparing to block the incoming Soviet troops.

    The Second Army was still unable to take action and fought fiercely with the Soviet troops on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Although they had the upper hand, it would still take some time to resolve the battle.

    Ueda Kenkichi set the time to break through the Soviet positions as today. He issued a death order to all units. They could not capture the Soviet positions today. Commanders at all levels of the main offensive force were to commit suicide by caesarean section as apology. However, Ueda Kenkichi  Gee did not let the soldiers meet the Soviet bullets with their bodies.

    Concentrating all artillery fire, they violently bombarded the Soviet positions and opened a passage before the infantry charged. The Soviet artillery in the encirclement was not to be outdone and fired back. On this day, the two sides started an artillery battle. The artillery battle started at dawn.  By noon, the artillery on both sides suffered heavy losses.

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

    One after another, the sound of Soviet counterattacks became sparse. For the Kwantung Army's artillery, it was no less than a shot in the arm. In the cold weather, the Japanese artillerymen went shirtless and reloaded their artillery shells. The more they fought, the crazier they became.  The shouts came and went, forming a wave of fanaticism.

    By the afternoon, the Soviet artillery fire had been completely suppressed by the Kwantung Army's artillery. The Soviet defensive position east of Arsenyev was finally blasted with a hole several kilometers wide, and the defenses in this area were finally opened.  Almost all the troops of a Soviet division were killed by the Kwantung Army's artillery fire.

    Ueda Kenkichi was overjoyed and immediately ordered the troops to launch a general attack. A large number of Kwantung Army soldiers rushed in along the breakthrough. Seeing the danger on the front line, Timoshenko immediately blocked an infantry division left in reserve at the breakthrough.  .

    It was a brutal fight, with soldiers from both sides fighting hand to hand, with shouts of killing. If it was a bayonet fight, the Soviet soldiers were really no match for the Kwantung Army soldiers. Although the Soviet soldiers resisted vigorously, they still fell to the Kwantung Army soldiers screaming.  under the bayonet.

    In the melee, there are fewer and fewer Soviet soldiers, but more and more Kwantung Army soldiers are pouring into the breach. Relying on infantry alone can no longer repel the Kwantung Army's attack, nor can it block the breach. If this continues,  Sooner or later, the defensive position will completely collapse, which will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Second Army.

    In desperation, Timoshenko had no choice but to dispatch the fist force he had always preserved, four tank brigades with more than 1,200 tanks. This was the assault force he used when he stayed in the breakout.

    More than a thousand Soviet tanks roared out and rushed towards the Japanese infantry like an overwhelming force. The sudden appearance of so many Soviet tanks had an astonishing impact on the Kwantung Army soldiers. Wherever the Soviet tanks went, three people on board were hit.  The 7.62mm machine gun fired wildly, and the Japanese soldiers fell down one by one like cutting wheat.

    Large-caliber machine gun bullets hit the Kwantung Army soldiers, causing bloody flowers to bloom. There was a big hole in the body, hitting the arms and legs, and the entire arms and legs were cut off at that time.

    In such a dense crowd, one machine gun bullet can penetrate two people. The Soviet tanks just counterattacked, and nearly 10,000 Kwantung Army soldiers fell under the firepower of the tanks. The remaining Kwantung Army soldiers retreated in panic.  The military tanks chased the Kwantung Army soldiers. The armored group commander's intention was nothing more than to use this opportunity to restore all the lost positions.

    This time, the fist troops used by Timoshenko were four tank brigades equipped with T-28 tanks. This was the main battle tank equipped by the Soviet army at the time. The prototype was completed in 1931 and officially launched the next year.  It was produced and equipped with the Soviet front-line troops. It was an excellent tank in the world at that time. The design concept was to support infantry in attacking the enemy's defense line and to conduct tactical counter-assault and anti-infantry.

    The T-28 tank, as the Soviet main battle tank in the early days of World War II, has excellent performance. It weighs 28 tons, has a speed of 37 kilometers per hour, can continuously march on tracks for 220 kilometers, and has an armor thickness of 2  10 to 80 mm, and the weapons are even more ferocious, equipped with a 76.2 mm caliber cannon, three 7.62 mm machine guns, and a crew of six. It was a steel monster armed to the teeth. At that time  , is one of the most advantageous main battle tanks.

    Kenkichi Ueda, who was at the forward command post, saw that his success was on the verge of failure. The troops were counterattacked by Soviet tanks and suffered heavy casualties. He was so angry that he cut the combat map in front of him in half with a knife. The only ones that could deal with tanks at the moment were tanks and aircraft.  However, the infantry was still struggling with the Soviet tanks and the artillery was ineffective, so he viciously ordered the tank commander: "I order all tanks to attack immediately to carry out a devastating blow to the Soviet tanks!  "

    The Kwantung Army tank commander hesitated. It wasn¡¯t that he didn¡¯t want to use tanks to cover the infantry attack, nor that he didn¡¯t want to beat the Soviet tanks until they were all smoking. But he knew in his heart the quality of his own equipment.  The battle tank is a Type 95 light tank (that is, the Izu tank, which was contemptuously called the "thin iron coffin" by the Allied soldiers). It weighs 15 tons, is small and light, can run fast, and has commendable maneuverability.

    But the armor of this guy is really not flattering. Not to mention the anti-tank gun, even the heavy machine guns currently equipped by the Soviet army can punch several large holes through the armor of the Type 95 light tank, let alone with it.  The Soviet T-28 tank, which has an armor thickness of 80 millimeters, can only be a living target if it goes up.

    This is the only reason why the Kwantung Army has not used large-scale armored clusters to launch assaults on Soviet positions. On the Chinese battlefield, it was an absolute show of force against the Chinese Army with only a very small number of tanks. At that time, the Chinese Army  In the ** army, artillery is a rare thing. There are very few heavy machine guns, let alone anti-tank guns or cannons. This is even the case for the Central Army. Those local no-name unitsThe team and property are even more pitiful.

    The serious backwardness and scarcity of weapons and equipment of the Chinese Army have made the Japanese Izu series of tanks so infamous on the Chinese battlefield that Chinese soldiers can only trade their lives for blowing up a Japanese tank.

    (To be continued)
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