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The Iron-blooded Republic Volume 2: The Art of Power Chapter 890: The Red Tank¡¯s Final Song Part 1

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    Hearing the reluctance in Liao Lei's tone, Wu Shi waved his hands and said: "Yanong, the Battle of Moscow is already the last major battle we have fought in this world war, and we are still fighting side by side with the Germans. We can't  Lose to them in front of the whole world! We must show the majesty of our national defense force, which will have extraordinary significance for our country¡¯s future international status. In addition, if the black panthers/cheetahs in our hands don¡¯t show off their ferocity, they will be useless in the future.  It¡¯s over!¡±

    Liao Lei nodded, although he was still reluctant to put the expensive "Leopard" into the assault, preferring to use cheap Stalkers to flood the Russian positions.  But he also knew that the Stalker's armor was already a bit thin on the current battlefield. The Soviet army, equipped with a large number of 76.2mm anti-tank guns, could destroy the Stalker's frontal protection at long distances, and the Stalker  The power of the 75mm gun with a caliber of 48 times is far inferior to that of the 88mm gun with a caliber of 71 times.  An 88mm tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile fired from a distance of 1,000 meters is enough to penetrate a 193mm homogeneous steel plate at a distance of 1,000 meters!  Converted to concrete construction, it is also close to 2 meters!

    "Yan Nong, how are you going to fight this battle?" Wu Shi naturally knew the battle plan of the Second Armored Group for a long time, and now it was just a final confirmation.

    "The main breakthrough direction is here, the Losino-Petrovsky, Kupavna, and Elekt areas, located in the middle of the Soviet defense line. The terrain here is relatively open, which is conducive to the deployment and assault of armored forces. We  We plan to invest nearly 1,200 tanks and tank destroyers and 60,000 offensive troops here" Liao Lei quickly pointed out the location of the main attack.  Since the Chinese armored forces very much like to use tank destroyers, this sacrifice is decisive and the artillery perspective.  In exchange for "special tanks" with powerful artillery and high-strength armor, the tactical formations of Chinese armored forces in this era are a bit like the line infantry tactics from the 18th to the first half of the 19th century.  That is to say, the "tank destroyers" are regarded as line infantry, placed in the middle of the entire formation, and a relatively thin horizontal formation will also be drawn out.  In order to maximize the use of tank-killing large-caliber artillery to deal fatal blows to opponents at long distances.  On the two wings of the tank-annihilation horizontal formation, highly mobile tanks will be deployed, mainly C-type tanks and Panther tanks.  They are used like cavalry in the line infantry era. On the one hand, they cover the flanks, and on the other hand, they look for opportunities to pursue the enemy.  Once the tank destroyer uses cannon to destroy the opponent.  It was the tank's turn to chase and escape.  This style of play can be said to have been tried and tested on the Sino-Soviet battlefield, and it was able to defeat the Soviet opponents every time.

    However, this tactic actually has obvious shortcomings. First of all, it requires high terrain. If there is no open plain, it will be difficult to deploy the formation.

    Secondly, it is actually very easy to break through a thin tank-destroying force - as long as the Soviet army can spare its capital.  Take out a sufficient number of tanks to rush into the horizontal formation.  And once a breakthrough occurs.  The entire horizontal formation can be cut into two or even several sections, and then it will probably be a one-sided massacre!

    Third, the Soviet tank force can also adopt the "oblique battle formation" invented by Frederick the Great in history, using one tank to attract the firepower of the tank destroyer formation from the front, and the main force can quickly insert into the flank of the Chinese army's horizontal formation.  After defeating the Chinese tanks serving as cover, they then attack the horizontal tank-annihilation formation. However, the Chinese tank-annihilation tanks with poor maneuverability and too long formations will definitely end up in a huge defeat.

    But these are some tactics to deal with the Chinese armored forces.  Although it had been designed by the Soviet army's talented staff officers a long time ago, it had never been used on the battlefield.  Because the performance of the T-28 that the Soviet army initially put into combat was really poor.  It's slow, has weak firepower, has thin armor, and has a big target. It's just a moving iron coffin, making it difficult to use any tactics.  As for light tanks like the T-26, they are no match for the C-type tanks that serve as flank cover. Even the Chinese infantry equipped with 45mm anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenade launchers can easily take them down.  Later, when the Soviet Union had the su-76 and t-28/1932 with superior performance, the Soviet army was completely at a disadvantage on the Eastern Front battlefield. Not only were the number of tanks far less than that of the Chinese army, but the Chinese army's aircraft began to play a role again.  He plays the role of a tank killer, so he has no chance to use good tactics.  After the defeat of the Nizhny Uginsk counterattack, the Soviet tank troops simply disappeared on the Eastern Front battlefield.  It was not until the Chinese army fought all the way through the Ural Mountains and reached the city of Moscow that they once again encountered the Soviet Red Army with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles.

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    The Eastern Suburbs of Moscow, the city of Balakashi, the Eastern Front Group Headquarters of the Moscow Front.

    "Here, from Losino-Petrovsky to Elekt, the front is about 20 kilometers wide. It is expected that after dawn tomorrow the Chinese will launch an attack there with a group of tanks. They should set up a 10 to 12  For a kilometer horizontal formation, 1,000 to 1,200 tanks or tank destroyers are invested, almost 100 tanks or tank destroyers per kilometer, with tanks and destroyers in the middle, tanks on both wings They?I can imagine the style of play with my eyes closed.  "

    The speaker was General Baranov, the old rival of the Chinese National Defense Forces on the battlefield in Central Asia. Now he was ordered to command a tank cluster deployed on the Eastern Front in Moscow. However, this tank cluster was not affiliated with the Eastern Front Cluster, but belonged to Moscow.  The front army is directly under the jurisdiction of the front and is the general reserve force for the entire campaign.  But now, the communication between this tank group and the entire Eastern Front Group with the Moscow Front Headquarters has been basically interrupted.  Because the headquarters of the Moscow Front had just been bombed by a nuclear bomb, all communication equipment was unable to contact them. Signal troops have been sent out, but it may be difficult to establish contact for a while - if Commander Yakir and the others  If they are still alive, the air-raid shelter where they are located must have been damaged, and maybe they were temporarily buried

    Therefore, now the Eastern Front Group and the Tank Group can only fight without the command of their superiors.

    "Comrade Baranov, what do you think? Do you want to use your tank cluster to compete with the Chinese?" The commander of the Eastern Front Cluster is Marshal Frunze, the former commander of the Soviet Central Asian Front Army.  As expected of a commander who rose to prominence during the Revolutionary War, he was still not discouraged at this time and was still actively looking for opportunities to fight.

    "Yes, Comrade Frunze, our tank group has as many as 27 tank corps! It has a total of more than 3,000 tanks and assault artillery! And a Chinese armored group army has up to 3 armored corps, including 3 armored  The total number of tanks and assault artillery owned by the Panzergrenadier Division and the six Panzergrenadier Divisions, even at full strength, will not exceed 1,800. Moreover, we know their tactics well and have long formulated corresponding countermeasures.  So it is entirely possible to make a comeback under Moscow!"

    Baranov's so-called "turnaround" is nothing more than a fight to the death.  The few tanks he has may be able to defeat Liao Lei's 2nd Armored Group, but there are still 5 German Armored Groups outside Moscow!  The tanks and assault artillery owned by this German armored group army are far stronger than the Chinese armored group army in terms of quantity and quality. Any one of them can completely crush Baranov's tank cluster!  Therefore, the Baranov tank cluster can at best vent its ill-will on the Chinese before the reinforcements of the German Armored Group Army arrive - it is okay to lose to an established European military power like Germany, but it is only after losing to China that it rises.  The "sick man of East Asia" for many years has really brought shame to eighteen generations of ancestors.  Moreover, the culprit for the collapse of the Soviet Union (Russia) this time was actually not Germany, but China!  If China hadn't swallowed up most of the Soviet Union's Asian territory, the Soviet Union would have at most changed its name to Russia and shrunk to the east of the Ural Mountains to become an Asian country. Why has it become such a lost dog now?  So this bad breath is going to come out no matter what!

    "Comrade Commander, Comrade Baranov, should we wait for instructions from the front army headquarters before making counterattack arrangements?" General Vasilevsky, chief of staff of the Moscow Eastern Front Cluster, hesitated and reminded.  The tank group is under the command of the Front Army, and Frunze has no right to mobilize it at all. The counterattack now being discussed with Baranov is an act beyond their authority. It would have been unthinkable in the past, and even if it was thought about, it would not be possible.  !  But now, who knows if the Moscow Front headquarters is still there?  Maybe the nuclear bomb has been blown to pieces!

    Frunze waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is our last battle. The mission of our generation has been completed!" He looked at Vasilevsky: "Comrade Vasilevsky, this  Comrade Baranov and I will bear the responsibility for this time, just let us have a good fight in the end!"

    Vasilevsky opened his mouth, but didn't know how to persuade Frunze and Baranov. Frunze was right. The historical mission of their generation, including Vasilevsky himself, had been completed.  All they can do now is to inspire generations of revolutionary successors with their fearless fighting and sacrifice.

    Thinking of this, he also nodded heavily: "Okay, Comrade Frunze, Comrade Baranov, I hope to shoulder this responsibility together with you. I hope that the last battle of our red tank unit can become the talk of future revolutionaries."  The epic." (To be continued)
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