Chapter 28: The Trapped Beast Fights

Tukhachevsky, of course, was a famous general, but under the opponent's overly advanced concept of war, he had to fall into defeat. In the Whampoa Military Academy of the Chinese Federation, such an attack is called a "point point".

"Immediately launch an attack on the 'Brest Fortress' at any cost!"

This was probably the only way he could think of it, and there was a considerable amount of material storage in the fortress that had been captured by the combined forces of the "Thunder International" and the "Russian Royal Guard". And once this place is captured, the supply lines will be reopened, and with fuel and ammunition, his men can immediately return to a strong combat capability.

With the arrival of his order, the engagement on the Brest front immediately entered a fiery state.

At 0 km, the four armored units of the Soviet Red Army had already entered the range of the heavy artillery of the Guards Artillery Brigade of the "Russian Royal Guards". Almost immediately, the artillery brigade, which had no supply problems, made the attacking side feel the pain.

In order to resist the opponent's artillery and almost infinite air power, the four armored units involved in the decisive attack had to be sparsely lined. Although the tanks could not cross the Bug River, they would still demand to run to the riverbank. As for the two armored infantry divisions, they were given the order to storm the "Brest Fortress" at any cost. If they are in a stalemate with the enemy, then they must hold on until the infantry on the front line can reach here.

During the movement of tanks and armored vehicles, Zhukov's tank division, which was delayed due to the replenishment of fuel, became the rearguard. Thanks to this, he was able to get out of the turret and use his binoculars to appreciate the power of the current defenders of the "Brest Fortress".

"In the case of the loss of air supremacy, only night battles have a chance to break into this strong-defending fortress!"

On a cloudy night, sticking out his fingers, Zhukov's ears sounded only the roar of the engine of an armored vehicle. He knew that this was the only chance for the Soviet Red Army, and if the night attack also failed, then tomorrow no one would be able to escape the dense artillery bombardment from the sky and the ground.

If it is against other troops, then Zhukov's idea is not necessarily incorrect. But they were facing an army completely equipped by the "Chinese Federation", and night was not a terrible thing for them.

Presumably, the movement of a massive cluster of armor on the ground, alarmed the defenders of the "Brest Fortress", and the sky lit up, a brighter light than the moonlight of the full moon tomorrow. It was as if some bright stars were coming close to the earth, the kind of glow with a silver tint.

If desired, then in this bright light, it is even possible to read a good one.

At an altitude of 000 meters, an airship provides illumination for the battlefield at night. Of course, one might say that although there are no fighters available at night at this time, aren't airships afraid of ground artillery fire?

Of course, not afraid, if you are willing to use your brains, you will understand how difficult it is for anti-aircraft guns at night to break such lights.

In the limelight on the battlefield, airships with electric motors have absolutely no sound that can be transmitted to the ground. The black hull was barely visible to the naked eye in this cloudy night. As for the lighting it provides, it uses some "sky lanterns" that are dragged on. If you think about imagination, you can imagine these "sky lanterns" as some large kites, towed behind airships, but in reality they are nothing more than searchlights with rotors.

The wires on the airship conduct enough power to make the rotors spin and light the bulbs. A series of wires and ropes also solve the torque when the rotor rotates. From this, there is lighting on the battlefield.

In the 200th meter, there is a "sky lantern", and 25 sky lanterns form a lighting facility like an electric rod in the sky. If you want to hit these lamps with artillery fire, you have to accurately determine their height, and you also have to pray that the air flow does not change, otherwise the "sky lanterns" will sway in the sky. It's not easy to hit these little things at night.

In addition, when the lights came on, the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Soviet Red Army did not pay much attention to them, because they had to deal with the attack of the enemy's artillery.

Guided by the ubiquitous "Hawkeye III" in the sky, the heavy artillery roared one after another. The air flow of the 200-mm shell when it burst into flames, forming a huge circular circle. The pillar of smoke was like a poisonous snake that suddenly raised its head from the ground, and the gray-black smoke mixed with the dirt rushed into the sky.

The "naked cannons" roared in the Brest Fortress, and 4 200-mm reduced guns of the "Big Berta", 20 122-mm and 30 105-mm guns, made this 10-kilometer or so journey a road to destruction.

In war, the accuracy of artillery can often determine the victory of a war. From time to time the "Hawkeye III" in the sky reported the artillery positions of the armored divisions of the Soviet Red Army to the artillery group in the fortress. Against the opponent's artillery, a salvo of the heavy artillery regiment can be solved.

There is no need to guess the outcome of the artillery battle, one side can only judge the position of the opponent's artillery based on the reflection of the clouds, and the other side may carry out an accurate "air calibration", and the result naturally does not need to be discussed.

Under heavy artillery bombardment, the 75-mm guns of the Soviet Red Army, which were mobile to support operations, were quickly silenced by the "naked artillery". Immediately, heavy artillery opened fire on the armored clusters rushing towards the Brest Fortress.

The flames of the shell explosion flickered in the night, and the hit tank rolled like some child's toy under the blow of heavy artillery. If an infantry fighting vehicle is hit, you can even see the human body flying into the sky in the flames that soar into the sky.

The lights in the sky make it impossible to avoid the armored clusters on the ground. In desperation, the armored group had to try to speed up as much as possible, and the means of resisting the enemy's artillery fire in such a situation was to entangle with the proposed ground forces as soon as possible. In between, they could not avoid the artillery fire in front of them.

The artillery brigade of the "Royal Guards of Russia" in the "Brest Fortress" is a two-regimental artillery brigade, and in addition to the heavy artillery regiment, there are light artillery regiments of various calibers using 88-mm cannons and 45-mm anti-tank guns.

In addition, the artillery company directly under each regiment of the "Thunder International" must also have 10 120-mm vehicle-mounted mortars, 10 45-mm towed anti-tank guns (anti-aircraft guns), and 10 107-mm rocket launchers.

As for the other things that the infantry has, such as bazookas and 60 and 62 mm mortars, not to mention it. If you add them, then the riverbank is a place that is absolutely impossible to break through.

They were arranged not far from the river bank, and if the armored forces of the Soviet Red Army intended to strengthen the Bug River, I am afraid they would have regretted such an arrangement.

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In the fierce artillery fire, Zhukov, who was far away from the enemy's shelling line, could even feel the oncoming air flow scorching his cheeks. From the eternal mirror, Zhukov shook his head as he saw the armored infantry and tanks struggling to advance on the ground under heavy artillery fire.

He knew that what all four armoured forces were doing right now was nothing more than a final attack. If the attack fails, then there is no doubt that the elite units of the Soviet Red Army in this concentration will be completely encircled.

"Oh my God, attacking in a situation like this...... Unless we can get better air support! ”

In the current situation, if the offensive is to go smoothly, then air support is a necessary force. If this battle fails, hundreds of thousands of people on the front line will be consumed, and the materials in the material accumulation yards on the front line will definitely not be enough.

In addition to complaining about the current situation, Zhukov thought a lot, and he sighed.

"It seems that this time we have to pay for the expenses of the 'Thunder International' in the last war, and the leadership ...... lack foresight!"

As a soldier, Zhukov thinks that the heroic and warlike "Thunder International" did not receive the commission due last time, which is the stupidest thing some leaders have ever done. Of course, as an ordinary soldier at that time, under the conditions of the Soviet national news blockade, he did not know that it was because Tang Yunyang was attacked by an assassination operation involving the Soviet government, and Thunder International's commission was also delayed because of this.

In the same way, now as a division commander, he does not know that the armored division under his command can no longer be supported by air power. After all, those planes are already "hungry and thirsty machines", and large-scale support operations are now completely impossible.

Without fuel, the tracked tanks that were still on the front line in Warsaw at this time could no longer have the possibility of galloping through a space of 300 kilometers to participate in the battle here. In desperation, Tukhachevsky had no choice but to ask them to serve as rearguards, and after the infantry retreated, they would deal with the forces of the Polish counterattack.

That is, Tukhachevsky's only hope was that the offensive vanguard could hold back the troops of the "Thunder International" in the "Brest Fortress", if they could hold out until the infantry arrived. In the battle inside the fortress, the infantry obviously had a considerable advantage over the mechanized troops.

But in the face of the fierce artillery fire in front of us, is this possible?