Chapter 618: The Manipulated Chaos (20)
When the armored fighting vehicles bypassed the marching Russia and crashed headlong into the Russian artillery unit to open fire, the Russian army did not expect that their destruction had been assured, but were puzzled by the strange vehicles. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Trains in Russia have become so widespread that Russians who have seen them cannot understand how a vehicle that is a fraction the size of a train can move on its own. Even though the vehicles were emitting black smoke, the tiny chimneys and the not-so-thick black smoke did not allow them to associate the armored vehicles with the trains.
But the Hungarian army did not care what the Russians thought, and after destroying the Russian artillery, these drivers, who only drove armored vehicles 20 mm thick, breathed a sigh of relief. Even without the shells of the 105 guns and 75 guns, the shells of the 75 guns were beaten on the armored vehicles, and neither the armored fighting vehicles nor the infantry fighting vehicles could resist.
The battle that followed was fierce, but nothing new. When the Russian army was simply unable to break through armored vehicles, their ultimate fate was decided. The light machine gun reaped the enemy exposed to armored vehicles like the scythe of death. The Hungarian Red Army found a very interesting thing, because there was never special training, and the Russians could not fully understand the superiority of the field of view occupied by armored vehicles. They think that they can avoid the view of armored vehicles by being in a place where they cannot see them, which is really wrong.
The chariot infantry, after two battles in one day, also had their own feelings. Among them, the better infantry has understood the point of their coordination with the chariot. The basis of this point is not to confuse the pressure on the vehicle with the pressure you will be subjected to. If the infantry is to resist bullets, what is the use of making this steel chariot? All the infantry has to do is deal with the enemy that the chariot can't solve. Although these have been talked about a long time ago, they really turn from hearing to their own experience, and they need to be tempered by war.
After only two days of fighting, the Russian army group command was completely stunned. In any case, they could not understand why the Russian army was suddenly annihilated by six divisions in formation. The six divisions either had strong positions or launched a frontal assault on the Hungarian troops with dignity, and quickly turned into a field position after engaging the enemy. From a few words from the telegram, the Russians learned that the Hungarians had used a 'strange carriage'. Some Russian soldiers who escaped claimed that the wagons were made of extremely strong iron pear wood, which was able to defend against bullets. You can also run like flying.
The commander of the army group in charge of the Romanian theater of operations immediately adjusted his deployment, and instead of pursuing the Hungarian cavalry units, he set up a front in northern Romania. Unexpectedly, the Russian army did not wait for the Hungarian troops who came to attack.
In the Hungarian front command, all the commanders said that they could spare the Russians for the time being, after all, they were still waiting there stupidly. The Romanians, as accomplices of the Russians, crossed the border several times over the past decade and invaded Hungary and massacres the Hungarian and ethnic Romanians there. In particular, the brutal killings were carried out against those segments of the Romanian masses who collaborated with the Hungarian government. The victims were either hanged or nailed to a tree. They were all brutally abused before they died. Their families were also connected. This practice has indeed made the local Romanian people afraid to cooperate with the central government, and it has become much more difficult to carry out local work.
In the past, as long as Hungary launched a blow against the Romanian bandits, Russia had to pull the strings. Now Russia is not in the eyes of Hungary, and the Romanians are nothing.
"Now that the Romanian army is divided into two groups, it is our opportunity to annihilate in one fell swoop and avenge the innocent and tragic deaths of the masses and comrades!" The chief of staff reversed his usual caution and expressed his views in straightforward and agitatory terms.
These words made the advisers of the Liberation Army in the headquarters frown slightly. The Guangfu Army does not advocate such inflammatory statements, and of course, this may also be that there are no countries in the world that owe the blood debt of the Chinese people. As soon as the chief of staff said this, the commanders in the staff headquarters immediately responded enthusiastically. "Blood debt and blood payment!" "Don't let the Romanian gangsters live!" "Cleanly eliminate those bastards who are hostile to the revolution!"
In such a fierce mood, there was no special plan, and the battle plan became only two orders. 'Advance along xxx, surround xxx area, and annihilate the enemy'. The comrades of the Liberation Army are not opposed to this, and the power of the armored forces is far beyond their imagination. Even the most 'unarmoured' units can achieve great results if they can fight on the march continuously. If you fight as ordinary infantry or motorized infantry, you will not be able to achieve such an achievement.
So the Romanian army was suddenly attacked. At this time, Romania had a population of about seven million. According to reconnaissance, the strength of the northern bloc was about 70,000 or 80,000. The forces of the Southern Group were large enough to have about 100,000 troops in a large area, because of the large number of militias that had been massed. That is, 2% of the military-age population of Romania has already been assembled.
"Kill them all!" The commander of the Hungarian Front Command coldly gave the order. This firm attitude made the advisers of the Republic of China feel a chill in their backs.
Two days later, the Russians received a telegram from the Romanians asking for help. This made it completely impossible for the Russian Army to understand how many 'strong wagons' the Hungarians had. Why is there news of such carriages everywhere in Romania?
In the two days that followed, the advisory group of the Liberation Army sent a number of telegrams describing the course of the battle. Qi Rui was also a little surprised by the cruelty of the Hungarians, and he even felt a little weak-hearted. Even if it was the Japanese who killed the prisoners himself, it was Qi Rui who gave the order. When he was young, Qi Rui's heart was boiling with a sense of responsibility for the country, at least a sense of self-righteousness. Therefore, Qi Rui, who was inspired by the war, put the responsibility of killing prisoners on the country, "I destroyed the enemy for the country."
The current Qi Rui is not the age of hormones, and he sadly found that he actually had no other choice at that time. The reason why he is feeling pain now is not because he had to make a choice at that time. But at that time, he happily made the choice. Recalling his passion for killing, Qi Rui felt heartfelt regret.
Qi Rui didn't mention the torture he felt in his heart to anyone, and he talked to his comrades about the loss of the vehicle. In just six or seven days, the armored vehicles of the Hungarians traveled thousands of kilometers. About 20% of vehicles break down. The technicians of the Liberation Army and the Hungarian technicians worked day and night to make repairs. The intensity of such a battle is much beyond the original imagination of the Liberation Army, if the future war is fought at such an intensity for a month, what proportion of the available equipment can the Liberation Army maintain?
"Normally, a unit loses 30% of its strength to lose its combat effectiveness. But we probably have to consider the possibility of long-term combat losses of 40% armored vehicles. If in such a situation, what kind of combat effectiveness will our troops have? Qi Rui asked the senior commander in the war zone.
No one answered immediately, and the question was beyond everyone's imagination. It's like people can't understand how the Hungarian armored forces, with more than 100,000 men, slashed 70,000 or 80,000 enemies in seven or eight days. In the great history of the Liberation Army, there are no such brilliant results.
Even more terrifying news came two days later, when Hungarian armored and motorized infantry besieged about 180,000 Romanian troops in two encirclements. After three days of fierce fighting, Hungary completely annihilated the enemy. The Romanians in the encirclement, which numbered seventy or eighty thousand, had sent a telegram asking their superiors to allow them to surrender. As a result, he was ruthlessly rejected by his superiors, and in the end, only four or five thousand Romanians survived in this encirclement.
As for the encirclement of 100,000 people, there was a headquarters led by a senior officer, and the headquarters saw that something was wrong and surrendered decisively. In the end, less than 10,000 Romanian soldiers survived as prisoners.
"How many casualties did the Hungarian Red Army have?" Qi Rui didn't care about the results of the battle, he only cared about whether the Hungarian Red Army still had the ability to fight continuously.
"They said they needed a week's rest to continue the offensive." The communications staff officer relayed the information provided by the advisers of the Liberation Army.
"That's the limit!" Qi Rui sighed. Not only did he not feel uneasy in his heart, but he felt that he had settled.
The chief of staff of the theater of operations sighed, "I thought the Hungarians were going to drive armored vehicles to the sky!" ”
"Haha!" "Huh!" "Hey, hey!" The laughter of the senior soldiers has its own characteristics, but the mood is unexpectedly the same. This made Qi Rui feel a lot more relaxed, if he was the only one who was afraid of armored combat, it would be too shameless.
"Who do you think will be the first to contact us in Europe?" Qi Rui asked with a smile, he hoped to use this question to ease the emotions of his comrades.
"Certainly not Russia." The chief of staff made a joke.
The comrades in the headquarters couldn't help but laugh, in fact, the Russians should be the most important contact with the Liberation Army. If they were beaten like this, if they could not immediately seek an explanation, would those soldiers die in vain? However, the chief of staff was right, with the speed of Russia's response, they were the least likely to be the first to make contact.
"I think it's British." The commander gave his opinion. Then no one said a word. The North American War proved that the speed of the British reaction was indeed admirable, and the world hegemon of the past hundred years was not in vain. It's just that in the face of such an opponent, it is inevitable that the pressure is relatively high, and everyone is unwilling to admit it.
"I think it probably depends on which country has more spies in the Hungarian Red Army." The director in charge of equipment replied timidly. He has been busy with his feet in recent months, and now he is proving to be paying off. Otherwise, when a cadre at the rank of colonel faces a group of lieutenant generals and generals, apart from answering all questions, he really does not see the need for him to take the initiative to speak.
Qi Rui nodded, judging from this answer alone, the director of the equipment department really made sense.