"No, we must not fire artillery now, Commander-in-Chief, I firmly oppose the artillery fire on the positions of the National Defense Forces now" The political commissar who really couldn't stand the near-carnage situation on the battlefield changed his usual elegant character and faced the combat staff who was about to leave. objected loudly.
Later, under the angry gaze of Commander-in-Chief Voroshinov, he explained: "Commander-in-Chief, there are not only the Chinese National Defense Forces resisting on the battlefield, but also thousands of heroic Red Army soldiers. If we fire artillery now, don't we also destroy them?" Are you going to die too Heavy artillery is not an ordinary mortar. A single shot is likely to have an error of hundreds of meters, and it will definitely accidentally injure frontline soldiers"
Just when everyone agreed with what the political commissar said and was ready to support what the political commissar said, hoping that the commander-in-chief would change the order.
The murderous aura exuded by Commander-in-Chief Voroshinov suddenly became intense. After glaring at the political commissar in front of him who dared to interfere with the command of the troops and completely deny his orders, he roared loudly.
"No, you are all thinking wrong Now the artillery bombardment on the Wehrmacht positions may indeed cause accidental injuries to the frontline soldiers. However, our artillery bombardment can kill more Wehrmacht soldiers If we can exchange for the life of a Red Army warrior The lives of two IDF soldiers are a price well worth it for us"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the reaction of the surrounding subordinates and political commissars, he gave a decisive order to the departing combat staff: "What are you doing here? Go and give the order immediately The faster the artillery attack comes, the more likely the frontline soldiers will be." The greater the loss"
The rapid and sharp whistling sound just reached everyone¡¯s ears from above the battlefield. The front-line position where there was only the sound of gunfire just now suddenly heard a violent explosion of artillery shells. Immediately, the front line positions that were clearly visible a few seconds ago were shrouded in smoke and dust generated by the explosion of artillery shells
"Shell bombardment. Lao Maozi actually shelled us at this time, isn't he worried about accidentally injuring his own troops?" Seeing the front-line positions in the telescope that were instantly flooded by artillery fire, Sun Liren of the Armored Group subconsciously exclaimed.
Of course, after the exclamation, an unprecedented solemn expression immediately appeared on Sun Liren's face.
Because when the Soviet artillery shells fell on the front-line positions, the thousands of Wehrmacht troops who counterattacked the Soviet offensive troops were exposed on the ground and were completely within the range of the Soviet artillery fire.
Sun Liren couldn't imagine it. After such fierce artillery fire, how many of the thousands of defense troops who defended their positions could be left?
To everyone¡¯s surprise, Li Guosheng¡¯s face not only did not show any solemn expression, but instead flashed a hint of excitement.
Under the gaze of a pair of incredible eyes, Li Guosheng with a slightly excited expression said: "Old Sun, comrades As expected, our chances of completely defeating the 200,000-strong invading Soviet Far East Red Army through this battle in front of us have become increasingly important. It¡¯s getting bigger¡¡±
"The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Far East Red Army, Voroshinov, launched an artillery attack on us regardless of accidental damage. It directly shows that Voroshinov has lost his reason when he was angered by me. Under such circumstances, Commander Voroshinov's second One hundred thousand Soviet Far East Red Army troops will definitely launch an attack on us regardless of casualties"
"As long as we can hold on, we can kill as much as possible the effective forces of the Soviet Far East Red Army on this line of defense in front of us. After the casualties of the Soviet Red Army reach a certain level, we will have the opportunity to counterattack and completely defeat the Soviet offensive force"
The hot expression on Sun Liren's face just caused by Li Guosheng's analysis only lasted for five seconds and was replaced by the subsequent sadness.
Facing Li Guosheng, he asked back: "General. As you said, all of this has a premise. We must hold the line of defense and kill a large number of Lao Maozi's attacking troops here"
"But, look at the current position. The Soviet artillery fire is so fierce, can the soldiers holding the position hold on For combat needs. Should we order the air force to dispatch immediately to find and destroy the Soviet heavy artillery force"
"No" Li Guosheng refused without any discussion.
"Once we dispatch the air force to destroy Lao Maozi's heavy artillery force, Lao Maozi, who is desperately attacking us, is likely to choose to retreat. It must be clear that in the case of temporary loss of air support, heavy artillery and tanks are what Voroshilov dares to attack us. Two major bases for launching an attack."
"Once he loses one of these two major sources of support, no matter how hard he loses his mind, Voroshinov will never disregard the lives of his soldiers. Don't forget that in the Soviet army, there is also a very strict set of political commissars. system. If Voroshinov goes too far, the Political Commissar of the Soviet Far East Military District can completely replace Voroshinov¡¯s military power."
"Then let's"Watching thousands of soldiers suffer heavy losses under the ravages of Soviet artillery fire" Although he agreed with what Li Guosheng said, Sun Liren still asked with a look of reluctance after thinking of the thousands of soldiers who were still under artillery fire.
"No, in addition to the air force, we have other means of counterattack" Li Guosheng said firmly.
Before Sun Liren could react, Li Guosheng, whose eyes were already exuding a fierce murderous aura, had already ordered: "Director Li, immediately notify the artillery group to dispatch two heavy artillery divisions to immediately counterattack the Soviet heavy artillery group and reduce the front line pressure. Force pressure¡¡±
When Deputy Director Li Shaoqing of the Operations Department began to transmit the order through the radio, Li Guosheng's eyes had already shifted to Sun Liren and continued to order: "Commander Sun, the next order is for you. After this round of artillery bombardment, the Armored Group Army will be transferred to The front-line anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns will definitely suffer heavy losses. You should immediately transfer 20 more anti-aircraft guns and 40 twin-linked machine guns from the army and send them to the front line as quickly as possible, as fast as possible"
With the addition of the three heavy artillery divisions of the heavy artillery group brought by Li Guosheng, Li Guosheng now has four heavy artillery divisions, a total of 500 heavy artillery. However, in order not to scare Voroshinov, Li Guosheng only used two of the four heavy artillery divisions. As for the other two heavy artillery divisions, they were prepared to deal a fatal blow to the Soviet heavy artillery group at any time.
¡°Woooooooooo¡¡± A sharp whistling sound sounded above everyone¡¯s heads. More than two hundred heavy artillery shells flew past everyone's position like meteors. Then, the roar continued unabated across the forward positions. Passing over the Soviet offensive troops, they steadily hit the Soviet heavy artillery position that had already been targeted by the heavy artillery cluster.
The moment the explosion sounded, a burst of rapid footsteps followed and reached the ears of Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov. Then, a slightly frightened report reached everyone's ears.
"Report to the commander-in-chief and political commissar that the artillery position has been attacked The heavy artillery group reported that the National Defense Forces attacking the artillery position used at least two heavy artillery divisions in the just round of attack. The heavy artillery group has lost 18 heavy artillery"
"Asshole Cunning Li Guosheng, do you think that two heavy artillery divisions can solve the dilemma you are facing? Delusion Today I will eat the tens of thousands of national defense troops you command no matter what, and wipe you out. On the Mongolian battlefield, I only want to vent my hatred" Voroshinov, who was a little overconfident in his own strength and was carried away by anger, said to himself with a sneer on his face.
Because, at this moment, he has completely ignored the National Defense Force Air Force, which suddenly appeared over the battlefield and destroyed 12 of his own fighter jets before the battle began. Since the National Defense Force has so many fighter jets. That would have twice the number of bombers. In this case, why didn't the National Defense Forces dispatch bombers to bomb the artillery positions when they were bombarded
After looking helplessly at the proud Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov beside him, the aggrieved political commissar asked again: "Commander-in-Chief, the artillery position has been attacked, next"
It seemed that the political commissar had already known that the political commissar would ask such a question, and he answered without thinking: "Although the rapid artillery attack on the front-line positions of the National Defense Forces only lasted less than two minutes. However, the more than 3,000 heavy artillery shells fired in two minutes were enough Deal a devastating blow to the Wehrmacht defenders. Therefore, the next task of the artillery is no longer to attack the Wehrmacht positions, but to eliminate the two heavy artillery divisions just exposed by the Wehrmacht and eat them"
After that, he ordered to the combat staff waiting for orders in front of him: "Immediately call back the heavy artillery cluster. Quickly counterattack with multiple artillery clusters of the National Defense Forces. Order the follow-up offensive troops to immediately launch a desperate attack on the National Defense Forces position. It must be captured within half an hour." . Otherwise, all officers above the regiment level involved in the attack will be subject to military law"
When the two heavy artillery units began to shoot at each other, the front line positions shrouded in gunpowder smoke came into view again.
The surviving soldiers on the position quickly used the crater as a position, set up their weapons and fired at the Soviet offensive troops who also suffered heavy losses 300 meters away. Of course, the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and twin machine guns that were still intact were pushed back into the gun position with the movement of the soldiers and began to fire shells forward
At this moment, more than 10,000 fresh troops that Voroshilov re-arranged on the battlefield had rushed 500 meters away from the front of the position and merged with the remaining 4,000 remnants of the first round of attacking troops. Under more than a hundred tanks of a heavy tank regiment, an unstoppable torrent of steel once again formed, slowly pressing toward the front-line positions of the National Defense Forces that had suffered heavy losses.
As the only large-caliber anti-aircraft gun equipped by the air defense force, its weight is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary artillery. Therefore, at the moment of being bombarded by the Soviet army, the lightweight small-caliber machine gun can be moved to the underground gun-proof hole with the joint efforts of two people, but the large-caliber anti-aircraft anti-aircraft gun cannot.
So, after a shelling, fifty gunsThere are less than fifteen high-altitude anti-aircraft guns that can still be used.
Thirteen anti-aircraft guns, no matter how fast the artillery fires, cannot destroy more than a hundred heavy tanks in a short period of time. After all, the anti-aircraft gun is in a flat-firing state at this time. If you want to adjust the shooting target, you must adjust the entire anti-aircraft gun body.
When the torrent of Soviet steel rushed to a position of 300 meters, there were still more than 50 tanks blocking the Soviet infantry. What's more important is that the infantry following the tank no longer blindly attacks forward. Instead, relying on the tank body, they continue to shoot forward a dense rain of attacking bullets.
For a time, the more than a thousand remaining soldiers in the front line immediately felt an unprecedented pressure from the unstoppable Soviet offensive troops.
When the former enemy headquarters of the National Defense Forces saw the torrent of Soviet steel advancing towards the front-line positions through the telescope, they immediately frowned on their confident faces and asked Sun Liren beside them: "Old Sun, haven't the anti-aircraft artillery been sent to the position yet? If the remaining tanks are not destroyed, Lao Maozi will break through the position under the cover of the tanks"
Sun Liren also had an anxious look on his face. However, in the face of questioning. He could only reply helplessly: "Maintain, the large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery is too heavy. It won't be able to be transported to the position in less than ten minutes"
"Ten minutes later, more than a thousand soldiers who stood on the front line were overwhelmed by the Soviet offensive troops Now it seems that the front line cannot be defended However, there is a saying that says, 'let it go' "Long term fishing for big fish", since we want to defeat the 200,000 Soviet Red Army in front of us through this battle, then we will prepare some more bait for Voroshinov." Li Guosheng said to himself with a solemn face.
Then, he ordered with a serious face: "Old Sun, order your people to send all the anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns to the second-line position Director Li, immediately contact the front-line Commander Luo, and the troops will immediately withdraw to the second-line position." Second line of defense. Relying on the second line of defense, continue to block the Soviet offensive forces"
¡°Boom¡Ula¡Ula¡¡± The front-line defenders of the National Defense Forces gave up their positions. Faced with this excellent offensive opportunity, the Soviet Red Army, which had already suffered heavy losses, would certainly not let it go. Amidst the cheers of soldiers mixed with the deafening roar of tanks, the yellow wave that lost tens of thousands of soldiers finally surged onto the front line
Just when the Soviet offensive troops thought that the attack was successful, they finally saved their lives and could take a good rest. Voroshinov became more confident in his decision because of the good news on the front line, and had the idea of ????taking over the Wehrmacht in one go. Regardless of the fatigue of the attacking troops, they brazenly ordered the attacking troops to continue attacking.
So, without even taking a breath, tens of thousands of Soviet troops once again embarked on a death march under the cover of more than fifty tanks.
"Boom, boom, boom" A series of violent explosions sounded in the middle of the torrent of steel, and the remaining fifty tanks of the Soviet army had just rushed out a hundred meters. They were met with a fierce counterattack by twenty anti-aircraft guns from the second-line position.
"Compared with the hasty engagement of the defenders in the first-line position, the twenty anti-aircraft guns in the second-line position had enough time to take aim. Destroy the same number of tanks with just one shot.
Subsequently, in less than half a minute, all the remaining tanks of the Soviet offensive force were turned into scrap metal.
Without tank cover, tens of thousands of Soviet infantrymen were completely exposed to the Wehrmacht¡¯s more than one hundred twin-linked machine guns and hundreds of general-purpose machine guns, and were massacred without any preparation
The final result was no surprise: with the heavy artillery units unable to spare and air support not yet available, the two Soviet field divisions involved in the attack finally withdrew from the battlefield with only 3,000 remnants left.
It can be said that the two field divisions participating in the attack were almost completely destroyed
An attack that was already guaranteed to win actually ended in a disastrous defeat. Listening to the continuous loss reports compiled by his subordinates, Commander-in-Chief Voroshinov was like a gambler who lost all his money. He began to get angry in the headquarters, almost to the point of scolding everyone he saw.
Listening to the constant roars in the tent, whether it was the Political Commissar of the Far East Military Region or the Chief of General Staff of the Far East Military Region, everyone's faces showed helplessness and worry from the bottom of their hearts.
As the chief steward of the Far East Military Region, when the commander-in-chief is unable to take charge, the chief of staff has to assume the responsibility for military command of the troops. After letting out a long sigh, he asked the political commissar next to him in a discussion tone.
"Comrade Political Commissar, next we should"
"Without an order from the Commander-in-Chief, retreat is impossible. Besides, with our prestige in the Far East Military Region, even if a retreat order is issued, it may not win the support of all senior generals in the army."
"So, the only thing we need to do now is to maintain the stability of the troops, and at the same time, order follow-up air reinforcements to rush to the battlefield quickly to ensure that the air supremacy on the battlefield is always in our hands. As long as we have control?Battlefield air supremacy, the final winner of this battle must still belong to us-"
"The last one is to find a way to calm down the commander-in-chief as soon as possible and continue to direct the battle"
As soon as he finished speaking, a roar full of unwillingness came from the headquarters in the tent: "The political commissar is right, this battle is not over yet, we have not lost yet. As long as the air reinforcements arrive, the final winner will be me." The great Soviet Red Army¡¡±
While he was talking, the door curtain of the tent where the headquarters was located had been opened. Commander-in-Chief Voroshinov, whose eyes were red with anger, quickly walked out of the tent and ordered to the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, contact the Air Force Commander immediately." If I don¡¯t see air reinforcements within an hour, he will be court-martialed by me"
"Comrade Political Commissar, the stability of the army depends on you After two consecutive defeats and the loss of two field divisions and two heavy tank regiments, I have clearly felt that the mood of the army has fluctuated. I hope that the Political Department can The troops' emotions were stabilized within a few hours, allowing me to see a troop with high morale again."
Seeing the serious-faced Voroshilov in front of him, the political commissar's worried heart felt a little better. He promised Voroshilov: "Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured that the Political Department will ensure the completion of the task"
Although Voroshinov regained his sanity due to the heavy losses of his troops, his hatred for Li Guosheng did not diminish at all.
For her, this battle is like a huge bargaining chip in her hand. As for Voroshinov himself, he is a gambler with this chip in his hand. He plans to throw in the last chip in his hand to compete with the Wehrmacht here to wash away the shame that Li Guosheng has brought to him many times