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Volume 6 The Rising Sun Chapter 542 Battle of Kazan (1)

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    Both the Huaxia Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom are mobilizing a large number of troops and preparing for war urgently in the vast West Asia, Western Siberia, and the Russian Great Plains.  The flames of war are about to burn again.  The Rakshasa Kingdom even issued a national war mobilization order, with Staning personally serving as commander-in-chief, calling on Rakshasa soldiers and civilians to defend Rakshasa to the death and completely drive away and eliminate the Chinese invaders.  Teams of Red Army troops sang war songs and rushed to the battlefields of Kazan, Caspian Sea and Kazakhstan from various places in Rakshasa.  The Chinese Military Commission instructed all branches of the Ministry of National Defense and all group armies in the two major theaters of Northwest Asia and Southwest Asia to immediately go to the Kazan battlefield and go all out to fight this battle.

    On the main battlefield in Kazan, the reorganized 46th Mechanized Group Army was deployed at the forefront of the northern end of the frontal battlefield. Each of the three armies was equipped with an army aviation regiment and a total of 60 armed helicopters; 10 divisions totaled 1,500 45-55-ton mainframes.  Battle tanks, 1,000 armed armored vehicles, 500 cannons, 10,000 war horses, a total of 200,000 horses.  On the vast battlefield, the battle command major learned by Acting Army Commander Chen Long is finding practical opportunities for large-scale corps operations.  At the group army headquarters in Nizhny Tashigier, he discussed with Deputy Army Commander Cui Yongyuan: "The war is imminent. Our group army is now mainly focused on annihilating the enemy's effective forces and siege cities and territories. We will first capture Chusovoy and Qiusuovoy in the west.  Reshva and Perm, then go south along the Kakama River, capture Izhevsk, and move southwest along the railway line to Kazan!" Cui Yongyuan said: "Our group army will cut through it like a knife again.  It¡¯s just that this sword is getting heavier and heavier. Brother, this battle in Gou Ri is getting bigger and bigger. I can only swing the command sword to the division level at most, and it¡¯s a little unstable.¡± Chen Long said: ¡°There is also the leadership of Uncle Ye.  Here we are. The boat is big enough to paddle, so you can feel it as if another 50 kilograms has been added to the burden. You will feel it as soon as you exert yourself."[]

    The 46th Group Army has added a large number of military students and lacks actual combat experience.  Chen Long specially invited senior commanders such as Ye Xiaobing, commander-in-chief of the battle armored group, and Cun Guanghui, commander-in-chief of the cavalry, to give lectures to grassroots military officers.

    Ye Xiaobing said: "As a weapon of war, tanks have developed rapidly, but the basic combat mode has not changed significantly. It is just that the scale of combat, the tonnage of tanks, armor, and the offensive and defensive technical content of the tanks themselves have been greatly improved.  "Modern tank warfare is about mechanized group assaults on a wide front, with groups of tanks charging in formation. The plains of Western Siberia and Russia are suitable battlefields for tank operations." Ye Xiaobing took a sip of water and then continued  Said: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be invincible in a hundred battles. We have to understand the situation of the Rakshasa Army. After World War II, the Rakshasa Army further improved its tank assault tactics. The tonnage of the tanks has reached more than 30 tons, and the armor and communications have also been improved a lot. In tanks  Infantry fighting vehicles were also added to the cluster. A tank has three machine guns (usually two during World War II), namely an anti-aircraft machine gun on the roof, a parallel machine gun on the turret, and a heading machine gun in front of the car body. Each machine gun is equipped with  The ammunition is around 500 to 1,000 rounds. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for infantry and cavalry to get close to tanks, so the combat effectiveness and attack power of Rakshasa tanks are very strong and should not be underestimated." Ye Xiaobing added: "Although the Rakshasa Army's research on tanks  and manufacturing are developing rapidly, but they are still a level lower than our Chinese Army tanks. First, our tanks are larger in tonnage than Rakshasa Army tanks, and the armor is 2-3 centimeters thicker; second, our tanks have far-infrared targeting  The device is equipped with anti-air and ground tactical missiles, which can detect enemies in advance; thirdly, our tanks are equipped with advanced satellite geodetic positioning systems, which are more accurate, rapid and flexible for command and dispatch on the battlefield, achieving the goal of tank group operations.  The overall optimization. There are also three-dimensional aerial armed helicopters for cooperative operations, which the Rakshasa Army tank cluster currently does not have. However, the final factor that determines victory is people! In fierce confrontations, bravery is more important than anything else!  "

    Cun Guanghui said: "Ten years ago, the cavalry was still the main assault force on the battlefield. However, with the rapid development of China's industry, the military industry is also changing with each passing day, and the degree of mechanization of army operations is getting higher and higher. A car with a  The cost of fighting a motorcycle is about the same as raising a war horse, and it can carry two people plus a machine gun and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. The maximum speed can reach 120 kilometers per hour. The advantages are obvious. However, the cavalry has not been eliminated. It serves as an auxiliary in an armored attack.  Strength, the cavalry can wade up mountains, and can still do a lot in places where there are no roads. In particular, the Rakshasa Army still has a strong cavalry team, among which the Cossack cavalry is the most powerful. We still have to use cavalry against cavalry. This  This is why we set up a cavalry headquarters for this campaign, transferred Wang Gyatso to be the commander-in-chief of the cavalry, and the significance of deploying 100,000 cavalry."

    Chen Long said: "Both Mr. Ye and Mr. Cun have said it very well. We must understand ourselves and our opponents, and respect our opponents. Only in this way can we win. We have advantages in weapons and equipment, but the Rakshasa Army has experienced combat veterans.  Advantages. At the same time, their brave fighting spirit is worth learning from us. Therefore, we must strengthen troop training. All troops without combat missions must train for no less than 5 hours a day." Ye Xiaobing said: "Practice is for battle. Training time is long.  Sweat less and bleed less in wartime. The logistics department provides us with strong logistical support, gasoline, diesel and ammunition.The medicine is guaranteed to be in large supply.  "

    On that day, the Chinese Army's Kazan offensive campaign began in an all-round way. On a frontal battlefield of 1,200 kilometers, 15,000 tanks, 18,000 self-propelled artillery, and 80,000 cavalry, a total of 3 million horses, came from the west of the Ural Mountains.  Tagil, Novo-Ur, Yekaterinburg, Polevskoy, Novonezhinsk, Chelyabinsk and other places rushed towards the Rakshasa Army to the west.  Suddenly, horse hooves trampled and swords flashed on the great plains of eastern Russia; chariots roared and cannons rumbled; the earth trembled and smoke billowed.

    The mission of the 46th Mechanized Group Army is to penetrate diagonally from Nizhniy Tagil in the northeast of the frontal battlefield to the southwest and go straight to the core of Kazan.  The three armies attacked forward in a sharp-angled "pin" shape.  Chen Long's command tank group (10 vehicles) marched forward in the center, with a small early warning and ground-truth information feedback helicopter hovering overhead.  On the spacious main command vehicle, Chen Long and his staff observed the progress of the troops on the screen.  The screen can switch between data and ground feedback images.  The main screen displays the entire marching operation of the group army; other screens display the status of each army, each army aviation regiment, and each cavalry division and regiment.  The town of Chusovoy, 120 kilometers to the west of Nizhny Tagil, and the town of Reshva, 20 kilometers to the south, are the forward positions of the Rakshasa Army. They are composed of the 1st Army of the Shobek Group Army and the Burks Cavalry Army stationed in Perm.  One division with a total of about 50,000 men formed a first line of defense about 40 kilometers wide.

    At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the two armies just met and opened fire when they were 10,000 meters apart.  Thirty fighter jets from Rakshasa Airport in Perm City took off, and 40 fighter jets from the 321st Division of the Chinese Air Force also took off from Nizhny Tagil Airport to meet them. They were all close-range air battles, and the flight lasted for a long time.  At that time, 12 Rakshasa fighter jets were shot down, and 4 were shot down here. A second batch of 20 fighter jets came up from Rakshasa Airport as reinforcements. After an hour of fighting in the air, a total of 39 Rakshasa fighter jets were shot down.  13 were shot down here.

    The Rakshasa Air Force has only 50 fighter jets, 10 bombers, and 1 reconnaissance aircraft at Perm Airport, while the Chinese Air Force 321 Division has 80 fighter jets, 20 bombers, 10 transport aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft at Nizhny Tagil Airport.  3 aircraft, which has an advantage in quantity and quality.  The Rakshasa fighter jets were defeated and retreated. The 15 bombers here flew over under the cover of the second batch of fighter jets. Five of them flew to bomb the airport, and 10 bombed the Rakshasa army's position. The position was exploded into flames.  The bomber just flew away.  Zou Yuguo, commander of the 1st Forward Corps, urgently ordered 20 armed helicopters from the Army Aviation Regiment to take off and cover 3 divisions on the ground to attack the enemy positions!  The 1st Army's 500 tanks, 350 armored vehicles, 200 self-propelled artillery pieces, and 3 cavalry regiments totaling more than 80,000 people broke through the frontal defense line about 10 kilometers wide in less than an hour.  Chen Long urgently ordered the 2nd and 3rd armies on both wings to attack the north and south of the Rakshasa position, and the 1st army continued to attack!

    At 11 o'clock in the morning, the first line of defense of the Rakshasa Army was destroyed, more than 30,000 enemies were wiped out, the remaining enemies fled to the southwest, and the towns of Chusovoy and Resiwa were captured.  Cui Yongyuan flew over by helicopter from the 1st Army and said to Chen Long: "Our ground troops only suffered more than 3,000 casualties. The battle loss ratio was 10 to 1, and the seizures were also huge." Chen Long sighed: "This is simply a massacre! But if there is no air superiority,  Bombers bombard enemy airports and forward positions without the coordination of armed helicopters to destroy this line of defense. No matter how good the ground attack is, the battle loss ratio is still 1:1. As soon as the war started, our air force sacrificed 13 pilots.  It is the biggest loss. My uncle said: The weight of a pilot is equal to the same weight of gold. Only then did I realize that we should pay tribute to the Air Force!" Cui Yongyuan said: "Our Air Force also killed 39 Rakshasa fighter jets, killing 10,000 people.  , self-inflicted losses of three thousand, the key is that we won. The 1st Army is only 50 kilometers away from the city of Perm in the west. Let's organize an attack quickly and try to win this first stop before dark." Chen Long said: "I 1 hour ago  We left a picture in front of a Eurasian border monument. We have fought from Asia to the European border. It is worth remembering. The airport in Perm was bombed and our air force gained air supremacy, but there was also the Rakshasa Ural Military District Shobek Colonel.  The 17th Army's two corps with 120,000 horses and 800 tanks and the two divisions of General Burks's Ural Cavalry Army with 20,000 cavalry should not be underestimated. Just now was an appetizer for our army, and the main meal will be in the afternoon  ! I think the occupation of the city can be slowed down, and the main task is to wipe out the enemy's effective forces in the open areas outside the city." Cui Yongyuan said: "I agree, I will go to the 1st Army now."

    The commander of the 1st Division of the 1st Army is Liu Pinyi, the former commander of the 358th Regiment of the 120th Border Defense Division. The 1st Division is a pioneer in the army.  Major Cao Yuanzhi, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment (he made great contributions and was promoted to three levels during the expansion of the army) was carefully observing the Rakshasa Army position in front of him on his command tank.  The 1st Battalion's 15 45-ton main battle tanks and 20 armed armored vehicles, a cavalry company of 300 cavalry, and an explosive pack throwing company with a total of 1,500 people are the "tip of the knife" for the entire regiment's attack.  He said: "Every company listens to my order and is ready to attack at any time!" After a while, the regiment headquarters issued the order to attack, and the 1st Battalion roared towards the ground formation

    Under the city of Perm, the two armies fought hard again.  The sky has been controlled by the 321st Division of the Chinese Air Force.  From 2 to 6 p.m., the Rakshasa Army destroyed 620 tanks and lost all its cavalry. It suffered a total of more than 80,000 casualties and was unable to fight anymore.  Under the blood-red setting sun, Xiao Bieke came upThey had no choice but to abandon the city in a hurry, and the Rakshasa army retreated along the west bank of the Kakama River to the city of Izhevsk, 200 kilometers southwest.  Chen Long ordered the 3rd Division of the 3rd Army and the 30,000-strong Army Aviation Regiment to pursue them.

    The 46th China Mechanized Group Army captured the city of Perm, which is an important town in the northern part of the Russian Plain. Its population is twice that of Tyumen, with more than 400,000 people at this time.  The city was not damaged by the war.  But about 150,000 people fled out of the city with the remaining troops of General Shobek.  The Huaxia Army posted a notice in the city: "There is a curfew in the city. The Huaxia Army will never disturb the people, but citizens are not allowed to leave their homes." Major General Xu Yannian, the logistics director of the group army, led 5,000 people to immediately take control of the city's offices, shops and warehouses.

    At sunset, the 3rd Division of the 3rd Army came to report: "We pursued for more than 100 kilometers and seized 53 stalled tanks, 54 armed armored vehicles, and 248 cars along the way. We also seized 67 cannons, more than 50 tons of ammunition, and captured 5,000 remaining soldiers.  400." Chen Long was very happy. A lot was seized in this battle, a total of 115 tanks, 130 armored vehicles, 258 cannons, more than 8,000 war horses, and a munitions depot.  Chen Long formed a Russian armored division with 5,000 soldiers sent to make up for the battle losses. Liu Pinyi, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the 1st Army, served as the division commander and served as the vanguard division.  But the latter telegram gave him a headache: "There are about 150,000 fleeing refugees along the way. Please tell me how to deal with them?"

    At this moment, Han Chaoyang arrived with a large group of local troops. He said to Chen Long: "Xiannephew, I have taken care of the aftermath of those two towns. Your troops will leave tomorrow, so this city can rest assured."  Leave it to me." Chen Long said: "Uncle Han, although this is the place that has been decided by Shangfeng to deal with the aftermath, I can't say more, but the citizens are innocent. There are still 150,000 refugees fleeing in the southwest, and it is getting dark.  , what should we do?" Han Chaoyang said: "Easy to handle. If they are nearby, let them walk back. If they are far away, burn a fire every 10 meters on the road to keep the refugees warm, and send 200 trucks back one after another.  La, it's okay. It won't affect your battle tomorrow." Chen Long said: "It's best not to hurt and freeze a resident or prisoner to death by starvation." Han Chaoyang said: "Niece, don't worry, I have experience. You  Do you think it¡¯s just our local people who are here to take over? Then Qianba, the bastard civil affairs director of the Government Affairs Council, also sent people, and the military Toma also sent people. Three parties took over But I am the boss, who can tell me to contribute the most?  .¡±

    Xu Yannian said: "Mr. Han, where is our share?" Han Chaoyang said: "The military has always had a share, but Deputy Minister Doma has ordered that the share has been changed from 33 to 44. He said that there will be more.  Give the Uzbek Trusteeship a share, I can't hold my breath But now I can't settle accounts with your group army level." Xu Yannian said with a respectful smile: "We are fighting in the front, do we need money or other things? It's just that  In addition to the seizure statistics, I want 5 tons of vodka, 5,000 tons of flour, 10 tons of ham sausage, and 10,000 tons of gasoline" Han Chaoyang laughed after hearing this and said, "Damn it, I know you are a turtle.  My son is thinking about the seizure, and wants to make some extra money besides supplies. You fought hard and lost many people, and only after you captured this city did you capture it. As long as it is food, the military vehicles have to be burned.  , if you can transport these materials, you can move them as hard as you can. Logistics and supply regulations are strict, but the seizure and handling of this matter is flexible. But after midnight, the tripartite team will register and account." Cui Yongyuan is here  He said hurriedly: "Uncle Han, do you still need to worry about these little things? Come on, Aaron and I will go drink with you"

    Ye Xiaobing flew to Perm, and after listening to Chen Long's report, he praised him: "It's a good start! The Northern Route Army, led by Deputy Chief Menhe, has captured Krasnoturinsk after the 5th Army.  The cities of Berezniki and Solimsk to the north of Erm are surrounded. Your troops in the north have no worries about their rear, and should quickly conquer Osa, Votkinsk and other places in the southwest, and push forward with all their strength towards Kazan."  Chen Long said: "Our 1st Army and 1st Division have actually chased the enemy to the vicinity of Osa. All units are moving forward overnight. The second round of offensive will start at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning, striving to capture Votkinsk and then occupy Tchaikovsky.  "Ye Xiaobing said: "Very good, we will occupy 500 kilometers in two days. This is the speed we want. What else do you want?" Chen Long said: "You just need to ensure that the reduction of our army is made up for in time." Ye Xiaobing said with a smile: "Today  With the additional 5,000 men, you immediately formed a new 1 Mechanized Division. Your group army has almost twice the strength of other group armies. Do you still want to expand the army?" Chen Long said: "We captured a batch of tanks, armored vehicles and artillery.  Isn't it still usable? Why bother to transport it back? It would be great if it could just be used on the battlefield." Ye Xiaobing said: "You have a quick mind, so of course you can. I'll just send you extra people to make up for it.  . But the Rakshasa tank is not equipped with a positioning system and cannot leave the main battlefield during operations." Chen Longwei agreed.

    Cao Yuanzhi became the commander of the tank regiment.  His 1st regiment had 3 battalions and a supply battalion, 45 tanks, and 15 armored vehicles, all of which were captured Rakshasa equipment.  Division commander Liu Pinyi lectured: "Brothers, our division is called the 'Russian Mechanics'. These 115 tanks are smaller in tonnage, but they can still fight. We must make full use of these equipment and become familiar with their use and operation as soon as possible in order to  The moment?, Shield of Krosha!  "

    At 5 o'clock in the morning the next day, the 46th Mechanized Group Army rumbled toward the southwest again. The army was everywhere, invincible!  When attacking Osa Town, Liu Pinyi's Russian armorers took the lead. They had the same equipment, but miraculously only lost 21 tanks. They defeated the two Rakshasa tank divisions in front of the battle, destroyed and damaged 120 tanks, and captured 120 tanks.  37 cars!  Chen Long rushed to the battlefield to take a look and learned that 78 Rakshasa tanks that were destroyed and injured were hit by five armed helicopters operating in coordination.  He thought to himself: "Isn't this a goshawk fighting a rabbit?" Liu Pinyi said happily: "Tanks and armed helicopters work together, and their combat power has been increased by at least five times. I also recognize these oil-drinking Rakshasa tanks, but how can I  Make up for my battle losses." Chen Long said happily: "Everything captured is yours, I will send 500 more people."

    During the attack on Votkinsk in the afternoon, Chen Long boarded a GX-23 armed helicopter. The nose was equipped with a 4-barreled 12.7 mm machine gun and 1,500 rounds of ammunition. The short wing tips could hang 4 anti-tank missiles.  The four pylons under the wings can hold four 57mm rocket launchers, with a total of 128 10kg rocket warheads.  During the attack, the armed helicopter first fired rockets outside the range of the enemy tank's anti-aircraft machine gun to disrupt the enemy tank's attacking formation and create a favorable situation for our tank attack on the ground. Then it covered the tank attack. When the enemy tank retreated, it cooperated with our tank attack.  The tanks launched a murderous attack.  Chen Long's armed helicopter destroyed and damaged 11 Rakshasa tanks in one go, which was really enjoyable.  Chen Long had only learned this kind of tactics from textbooks before, but now that he had experienced the battle in person, he had more insights. He immediately decided to equip the vanguard division with five armed helicopters.  Taking this as a model, all armies are required to have armed helicopters to cooperate when fighting tank units above the battalion level.

    In the city of Votkinsk, there were mountains of seizures, and Han Chaoyang rushed there as soon as possible.  Chen Long smiled and said, "Uncle Han, you are following so closely." Han Chaoyang put a bottle of Wuliangye, several boxes of chocolates and Sichuan beef jerky in front of Chen Long, and said, "This is what Yan'er asked me to give to you.  Of course I have to follow closely. Nephew, you are fighting, and uncle is fishing." Then he said to Xu Yannian: "Xiao Xu, let's go. According to the old rules, let's hand over quickly."
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