The east is white, and the noisy night is over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoOn the battlefield on the east bank of the Haraha River, the two fronts remained largely unchanged at dusk the day before, and the fiercest battle was the battle for the small city of Arshan, where the Japanese 1st Mechanized Panzer Division organized a bold and effective night attack, successfully blocking the offensive of the Soviet Russian army and recapturing part of the positions lost the previous afternoon. In the evening of the same day, the Japanese army urgently dispatched more than 300 fighters from the airfields and bases in the hinterland of the puppet Manchukuo to rush to the front line, and planned to dispatch at least 3,000 combat planes to the northern theater in the next week.

"Hurry up, everyone get into position as fast as you can, watch your heads!"

In the distance, the rumbling of cannon came one after another, and moving iron turtles were already faintly visible on the horizon. In the position west of Arshan City, the Japanese non-commissioned officers wearing 98-style "iron hats" tried their best to urge their soldiers to rush to the front line of trenches. Due to the need to avoid artillery bombardment, usually only a small number of officers and men will be retained on the first line of the battle line, and in the case of a sudden attack by the enemy, it will take a certain amount of time for the main force to complete the predetermined defensive deployment.

Shout...... Rumble!

A lone shell fell, and the strong shock made the soldiers reflexively lower their posture and cover their ears, but the flow of people in the communication trench did not stop, and many soldiers received additional ammunition boxes and ****** at temporary ammunition storage points dozens of meters away from the front-line positions under the command of the officers, and in those positions that occupied high points, the gunners were removing the protective sandbags and baffles in front of the battle defense guns, ready to attack the Soviet and Russian armored targets that entered the firing range at any time.

"Ho! That's a lot of tanks! ”

After entering the battle position, some Japanese soldiers could not help but sigh at the scene in front of them, the Russians had really surprised most people, and after continuous attacks and losses, each time it seemed that they were still able to organize a huge offensive group.

As with the usual experience, the attack group of the Soviet Russian army advanced very fast, and the Japanese position was not fully ready, and the Soviet Russian tank group at the head had already rushed to the front, and the tank guns and machine guns were impatiently carrying out suppressive fire, trying to drill a breakthrough in the Japanese defense line with the rapid attack they were good at, but the resilience of the Japanese infantry was first-class, and I saw that the battle defense guns behind the position continued to spit out artillery flames, and the roar of bang bang was endless. Despite their inability to deal with the medium and heavy tanks of the Soviets, their large number of light guns were able to penetrate the light and fast vehicles that the Russians admired at effective range. In a short time, piles of burning or burned tank wreckage appeared in front of the Japanese position, and the Soviet and Russian armored soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from their cars became a delicacy for the Japanese sharpshooters......

Seeing that the attack of the vanguard armored forces was blocked, a large group of war eagles sprayed with olive green paint soon appeared in the western sky - in terms of the concealment of the livery, this color was more practical in low- and medium-altitude battles, but when it came to high-altitude competition, the silver-gray color of the Japanese fighters was more dominant.

Due to the limitations of their numbers and deployment, Japanese fighters were not always able to appear in time where they were most needed. In the face of the roaring Soviet and Russian fighters that launched ground attacks with aerial bombs, machine guns, and cannons, the Japanese infantry had to make full use of every anti-aircraft weapon in their hands, in addition to showing 120 percent courage to confront them.

With the neighing of anti-aircraft guns of different calibers and mechanical methods, the Japanese positions were extremely lively, and strings of guns and bullets rose into the air, forming a spectacular rain of reverse bullets in the airspace below the kilometer, but this momentum was not enough to drive away the Soviet and Russian pilots who were also full of courage, only to see one after another fighters swooping down against the Japanese anti-aircraft fire, and every successful bomb or strafing could cause a material and psychological double blow to the Japanese troops on the position, and at the same time, various types of Soviet fighters were constantly shot down, Among them, the I-15 biplane fighters that gradually withdrew from aerial combat and carried small aerial bombs to attack were the most, and in such battles, the Russian pilots whose planes were shot down rarely survived - those angry Japanese soldiers always fired mercilessly at the white parachutes, and these unlucky eggs were often beaten into a hornet's nest before they hit the ground!

Taking advantage of the fact that the aviation forces greatly distracted the attention of the Japanese defense forces, the relatively slow Soviet Russian heavy tanks also attacked with a large number of infantry clusters. The Soviet Russian battle group, with KV-1 as the sharp knife and C-35 on the flank, advanced to the front of the Japanese position one after another.

In the face of the choice between life and death, the well-trained Japanese infantry would put superfluous ideas behind them and do their best to put their combat skills to use. Although a limited number of heavy artillery pieces were able to destroy some Russian tanks in the fierce artillery battle, their straight trajectory limited their concealment and camouflage. After a fierce battle, it was often the wreckage in front of the Japanese position, and the artillery positions behind the Japanese position were miserable......

The Normenkan in the morning light did not usher in a new day in peace, tranquility and vitality as usual, and the brutal carnage of the civilized world continued after a long dark night. Looking up at the sky, the roar of the aircraft lingers in my ears, and the rising sun and the five stars are dazzling; Fields, woods, streams, and towns were all shrouded in the noise of machinery and the neighing of guns. Here, the excitement and fanaticism of war are vented, the desire to win is like a loose horse, and the fear of blood and death becomes a fleeting thing, but while enjoying it, one must be prepared to endure the other extreme: anxiety, fear and despair when defeat comes.

In the wasteland area of Mapingchuan, the defense line built by the Japanese army was not concealed at all, a considerable number of Soviet and Russian chariots were advancing and firing at the same time, and the infantry were also alternately covering the attack and advancing.

Captain Andrei Malafeev is a company commander of the 1st Guards Infantry Division of Soviet Russia, with 4 fully equipped platoons, including 3 infantry platoons and 1 machine gun platoon, each infantry platoon has 3 infantry squads and 1 light mortar squad, the infantry squad has 1 squad leader, 1 scout, 2 light machine gun crews, 2 submachine gunners, 6 riflemen, and the light mortar squad uses 50 mm mortars as standard weapons. As the oldest honorary unit of the Soviet Russian army, the 1st Guards Infantry Division did not enter the front line until this early morning, and after listening to the sound of gunfire in the rear all day, the officers and men were already eager to try, like a group of tigers descending from the mountain.

As the hour-long artillery preparation was coming to an end, the soldiers of the friendly units got up and left the trenches, the heralds ran back and forth in the crowd, passing the offensive orders from their superiors, the platoon officers brandished their pistols, the riflemen inserted their bright bayonets, and the submachine gunners habitually bowed their heads...... Murderous chariots crossed the forward positions in droves, acting like the shields of ancient soldiers, holding off and defusing enemy long-range attacks, wheeled and half-track armoured vehicles forming several dense formations, carrying elite and fearless mechanized infantry to rush into the enemy's lines......

Faced with the eager gaze of his soldiers, Captain Malafeyev could only mumble awkwardly why his superiors did not throw their best troops into the first wave of the attack. Although the 1st Guards Infantry Division is an honorary unit, it unfortunately did not enter the ranks of mechanized reorganization, and its strategic and tactical value can hardly be compared with that of mechanized troops.

Shocked...... Shocked......

A sharp whistle sounded suddenly, and Captain Malafeev instantly became energetic. Turning his head, the heralds of the regiment really appeared on the starting position of the attack. At the same time, about forty or fifty intact C-30 and C-35 tanks approached from the reserve positions, and they rumbled over a line of trenches.

"Attack! Keep up with our chariots! Offensive! Glorious 1st Guards Infantry Division! ”

The shouts of the officers rang out one after another, and Captain Malafeyev immediately drew his pistol from his holster and issued an order to the nearly 200 soldiers under his command: "Great Soviet soldiers, attack!" ”

The heroic sound of Ula suddenly converged into a surging tide on the battlefield.

The starting position of the Russian infantry was about five kilometers away from the main Japanese position on the opposite side, and it only took half an hour at most to pass at the speed of a lightly armed march, but on a battlefield with a hail of bullets, this time could be compressed to less than 20 minutes, or it could be extended to several hours. By the time more than 10,000 officers and men of the 1st Guards Infantry Division followed the chariot support units directly under the Front Army on the journey, the friendly and neighboring units that had been attacking more than 10 minutes earlier had already begun to exchange fire with the enemy in front of them.

Looking ahead, under the guidance of combat vehicles and armored vehicles, the huge wave of khaki rushed to the Japanese defensive position without hesitation, its speed seemed to slow down, and there was a delay under the strong resistance of the Japanese army, after a period of stalemate, the offensive wave suddenly accelerated, and the two touched, and instantly burst out with a terrifying momentum.

I actually broke in...... Broke through the enemy position?

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and a smile of relief appeared on Captain Malafeyev's face. It is good to win the victory in a devastating manner, but with the tenacious combat strength of the Japanese army, nine times out of ten they will repeatedly fight for the main positions, and this is when the significance of the traditional infantry can be revealed.

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