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The Iron-Blooded Republic Volume 2 The Art of Power Chapter 897 The Red Tank¡¯s Final Song Part 8

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    Under the warm August sunshine in Moscow, on the plains north of Losino-Petrovsky, a total of more than 2,000 steel beasts engaged in a brutal fight.  Artillery shells of various calibers trailed dark red or orange-red tail flames and rushed across the battlefield at extremely fast speeds. The sound of explosions or metal collisions was heard one after another.  The fiercest battle took place in the southern part of the Losino-Petrovsky battlefield, where the Soviet Su-76 and T-28/1935 tanks fought with the Chinese Stalker tank destroyers.  It is a close-range artillery battle similar to the line-up shooting tactics of the line infantry era.  At a distance of less than 1,000 meters, the tank guns of both sides are enough to penetrate the frontal armor of the other side's tank.  Nearly five hundred tanks from both sides bombarded each other at this distance. The tanks on both sides were hit one after another and turned into balls of fire.  According to information disclosed after the war, the two Stalker tank battalions deployed on the left wing by Zhang Zhonglin lost 102 Stalker tank destroyers in less than an hour of bloody fighting!  The battle damage rate was as high as 76%!  And their results were equally astonishing. A total of 142 su-76 and 65 t-28/1935 tanks were destroyed.

    However, even with heavy losses, Konev still did not give up the attack on the left wing of the Chinese armored cluster, and immediately put the reserves in his hands into the attack. Since there was no radio communication, Konev sent a large number of cavalry on the battlefield.  The commander acted as a signal soldier, searching for Soviet tanks that had been scattered and "hered" in previous attacks, so he always had some reserves in his hands that could be invested.  But when he saw that he would soon be able to break through the Chinese army's left wing with his numerical advantage.  However, after being reinforced by a battalion of Panther tanks and some armored grenadiers, the millet cluster southeast of the city of Losino-Petrovsky began to attack Konev's thin line under his southern face.  tank blocking line.  More than a hundred Panther tanks and two entire regiments of armored grenadiers were supported by more than thirty German HS-129 attack aircraft that had just arrived on the battlefield.  It took less than 15 minutes to achieve a breakthrough.

    At the same time, Konev's tank group on the left was also in big trouble, because they kept approaching the Panther tanks on the right wing of the Chinese armored group. As a result, they broke into the effective range of the Leopard tank destroyers in the Chinese army's center.  !  Upon seeing this, Zhang Zhonglin immediately mobilized a battalion of Cheetahs to turn northwest and form a pincer attack with the Panther tanks. He soon forced the Soviet left wing back, while the Chinese Panther tank group took the opportunity to advance.  Always keep the distance between yourself and the Soviet left-wing tank group between 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters, and use the powerful firepower of the Panther tank to kill the opponent at a safe distance.  Konev's left wing was soon driven to collapse.  After that, Zhang Zhonglin ordered the two Panther tank destroyer battalions in the middle and the Panther tank battalion on the right to press toward Konev's center at the same time.

    The left wing was completely defeated by the Chinese army, and the center was attacked by nearly 200 Jaguar tank destroyers and Panther tanks. The only right wing that could possibly make a breakthrough was the right wing.  And because of the attacks from the two Panther tank battalions and two Panzer Grenadier regiments of the Chinese Army's Suy cluster, they were in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

    The hard fight reached noon.  With Konev's death, the Soviet tank group finally could no longer hold on, and the entire army collapsed.  The fleeing Soviet army panicked and chose its route. Many tanks and soldiers rushed directly into the minefields and anti-tank trenches at the front of the Soviet defense line behind them. As a result, they became the "precursor" of the Chinese army.  Li Zongren and Wei Lihuang took the opportunity to command an infantry attack, and unexpectedly broke through the Soviet defense line in one fell swoop and broke into the city of Losino-Petrovsky.

    But the Soviet army¡¯s disaster did not end there, on the front south of Losino-Petrovsky.  The main force of the Chinese 2nd Armored Group Army had already defeated Vasilevskiy's defense and broke into the front line of the Soviet defense line.  More than 80,000 infantry and panzergrenadiers poured into the Soviet trench defenses along the gaps opened by tanks and tank destroyers.  The Soviet infantry who witnessed the nuclear bomb explosion and the collapse of their own tank group had no fighting spirit. Under the joint assault of Chinese tanks and infantry, they only lasted a few hours before retreating.  That evening.  Four main strongholds on the first line of defense on the eastern front of the Soviet Moscow Defense Line, including Losino-Petrovsky, Kupavna, Elektrougly and Ramenskoye.  All were occupied by the Chinese army!

    On the southern and western fronts of the Moscow defense line, the Germans also made major breakthroughs on this day.  On the southern front of Moscow, the important strongholds Podolsk and Domodedovo were captured, and the leading troops of the German Army Group C advanced to the Sherbinka line, less than 30 kilometers away from Moscow's Red Square.  On the western front of Moscow, the German army captured Odintsovo, Moskovsky and Troitsk, and the forwards even reached Krasnogorsk, which was only 20 kilometers away from the center of Moscow.

    At this time, the gcist leaders in Moscow have just recovered from the nuclear explosion this morning.  Well, perhaps the connection between the Kremlin bunker where he is located and the outside world has just been restored.

    Because of the previous Krasnoyarsk nuclearBased on the bombing experience, a lot of wires, phone lines, candles, etc. were prepared in the Kremlin bunker.  Therefore, the power supply that failed due to the electromagnetic pulse of the nuclear explosion was quickly restored, but communication with the outside world could not be restored for a while.  It turns out that the nuclear bomb dropped by the Germans in the early morning of August 6 exploded 1,200 meters above Red Square (in order to increase the destructive power of the electromagnetic pulse, the Germans raised the height of the nuclear bomb explosion).  Although the damage caused by the shock wave and high temperature after the explosion was not too serious due to the high height of the explosion, it still knocked down the Kremlin and a large number of surrounding buildings, and also destroyed several exits of the Kremlin bunker.  Buried.  As a result, the Moscow Front Army Headquarters had to send a large number of officers and soldiers, and it took an entire day to dig out the entrance to one of the bunkers.  It was not until 11 o'clock that night that Marshal Yakir, commander of the Moscow Front, entered the Kremlin bunker with the latest battle report worriedly.

    "The enemy launched a fierce attack on the east, west and south of Moscow during the day. Since most of our army's communications were interrupted, command failed and artillery, infantry, and armored forces were unable to effectively coordinate. Therefore, today's combat situation is not ideal The Chinese and German armies  Major breakthroughs were made in the east, west, and south, and a large-scale tank battle broke out especially on the battlefield east of Moscow. General Baranov reported that his tank group fought hard for nearly ten years with the superior Chinese armored group.  Within hours, 1,552 tanks and assault artillery were lost, Chief of Staff General Konev was killed, and more than 30,000 soldiers were lost"

    Listening to Yakir's war report, which seemed to be a funeral report, Trotsky had only a numb expression on his face. When Yakir's report was over, he asked in a low voice in a hoarse voice: "Yakir  Comrade, how long do you think Moscow can hold on?"

    Yakir, Vacetis and Pavlov quietly exchanged glances. None of the three of them were willing to answer this heartbreaking question, or even think about it.  Trotsky raised his voice and asked again, and Yakir sighed: "If we can't solve the problem of communications being damaged by nuclear explosions, I'm afraid it will be difficult for our defense to be carried out effectively. It would be good if we can hold on until the end of September.  .¡±

    "Is there no way to solve the communication problem?" Trotsky frowned.

    "There is no way at the moment," Pavlov thought thoughtfully: "Perhaps the situation will be better after the encirclement of Moscow is further reduced, and then the Germans will not be able to drop nuclear bombs. But" He was silent for a moment, and then  He glanced at Trotsky and said, "Comrade Trotsky, are you really not considering leaving Moscow? We still have a lot of power in the north. If you personally lead it, maybe"

    "I do not go!"

    Trotsky shook his head: "I must persist in Moscow. This is my responsibility. As long as I am still there, the military and civilians in Moscow will do their best to resist. If I leave Moscow, the city will soon be destroyed."  Fall and then all resistance west of the Ural Mountains will be crushed by the enemy, so I must stay in Moscow!¡±

    Pavlov sighed. Trotsky was right. Perhaps as soon as he leaves Moscow, the millions of Russians in the city will give up their resistance and completely admit defeat.  Because this war has really been lost, and Trotsky¡¯s current stubborn resistance, apart from sending more Russians to hell, has the only effect of setting the stage for the Second World Revolution, which is illusory no matter how you look at it  The most important arrangement is to use the ports of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk to transport supplies and troops to resistance bases in Siberia.

    At this time, a staff officer affiliated with the Soviet base camp hurriedly opened the door and walked into the conference room with the telegram he had just received: "Report, the radio has been repaired, and an urgent telegram from the Northern Front has been received." With that, he handed over the telegram.  Passed it to Pavlov.

    "What's the matter?" Trotsky asked hurriedly when he saw Pavlov's brows furrowed tightly.

    "Something happened in Murmansk!" Pavlov took a breath and looked up at Trotsky: "The German fleet appeared off the coast of Severo-Murmansk and dispatched battleships to bombard the port! In addition, the White Sea leads to Pakistan  The waterway in the Lundzhi Sea was also blocked by the German fleet, and one of our fleets containing 10,000 officers and soldiers and 100,000 tons of supplies was intercepted by the German fleet" (To be continued)
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