The afternoon sun shone obliquely on the earth, and the town of Dongning, nestled among the mountains, was filled with gray-white gunsmoke. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The Japanese soldiers who relied on the town of Dongning to resist the attack of the Soviet and Russian troops were carefully evading the enemy's artillery fire while trying to make the barricades stronger. They devoured the dusty rice balls, drank a few sips of cold water, and returned to their respective combat positions, these battle-tested fellows cunningly hid every machine gun and every gun in a makeshift bunker that could avoid enemy bombardment and direct fire as much as possible, and the sixty or so combat vehicles deployed here without exception were also ambushed in the ruins, using their black holes to aim at the open field outside the town from behind the broken walls......

Due to the scattered Japanese troops in the nearby defense area, the number of Japanese soldiers stationed in Dongning Town increased compared with the beginning of the war. However, most of the troops withdrawn from both the north and south were lightly armed, and the vehicles and artillery were either destroyed by enemy air strikes during the retreat or abandoned because they could not be dragged through rough roads.

Taking advantage of the gap between the offensive of the Soviet and Russian troops, Xiao Matsubara, the commander-in-chief of the Dongning defense line, hurriedly inspected the defense line that had been riddled with holes, and the defensive positions of the first line had been lost, and the Japanese army was basically relying on those fortress groups built between the mountains and deep rocks to defend. Based on these changes, Komatsubara's overall defensive deployment was adjusted, more than half of the reserve troops were transferred to strengthen the defense of Dongning Town and the deep defense line, and more than 2,000 scattered units belonging to the retreating units were temporarily reorganized into 21 infantry squadrons according to their original subordinate lines, and the shortage of commanders was replaced by experienced non-commissioned officers. In addition, out of the need for thorough defensive operations, the remaining combat vehicles of the 5th Independent Tank Brigade also moved from the rear to the west of Dongning Town to strengthen the defense here as a mobile force.

The fierce attack stopped for a short time, and the rumbling artillery came again, the explosions came one after another, and the thick smoke of gunpowder obscured the vision, and the Japanese officers and soldiers deployed on the front line quickly noticed the sound of a large number of mechanical vehicles. The communications corps were busy all the time, repairing the lines damaged by artillery fire, so that the main positions could keep in touch with the headquarters. The battle alarm was transmitted to all corners of the city for the first time, and the tired Japanese soldiers knew that fierce battles were inevitable, no one knew how long their positions could be supported, and when the counterattack and support from the rear would be launched, and most people had only one thought in their heads: to defend to the death!

With the screeching sound of tracks, the olive-green painted chariots came into view.

At a distance of about 500 meters, the Japanese army's new 47mm rapid-fire gun, hidden behind the ruins, made a tentative attack, and the shells accurately hit a huge C-30, and actually pierced its hull armor with a single shot, and a blazing fireball burst out, and the flames were not gone, and the billowing black smoke was already belching out.

For the Russians, the defeat of the First Battle of the Haraha River was a glorious victory that led to the sympathy and support of Europe and the United States, and for the Japanese, the battle brought some impetus in addition to reinflating their self-confidence. A type of 47 mm rapid-fire gun is aimed at the 94 type 47 mm rapid-fire gun is difficult to deal with Soviet Russian combat vehicles, it draws on the same type of Soviet Russian artillery captured on the battlefield, and in the process of research and development, Italian artillery experts are hired with high salaries, new artillery and armor-piercing shells have achieved more than expected results in the detection process, the Japanese Army quickly ordered 5,000 pieces, and gave priority to the distribution of them to the rapid fire gun squadrons belonging to the Kwantung Army.

Encouraged by their companions, several other 47mm rapid-fire guns deployed on the Japanese positions could not wait to roar, and the shells with extremely high rate of fire whizzed over the devastated battlefield, the relatively weakly armored C-30 and the early model C-35 were not opponents at all, some were pierced head-on by shells, some of the turrets were also terminated, and some were broken tracks, and there was no brute force but it was difficult to move.

The rapid fire of the 47mm guns achieved one success after another, but gradually, the Japanese officers and soldiers found that some Soviet and Russian tanks continued to advance as if they had nothing to do after being hit by shells, and when the speed of the members of the entire armored group was almost the same, they quickly stood out from the queue and received more shells as a result - although two of them were detonated and ignited, the Japanese armor-piercing shells did not always seem to be able to pose a lethal threat to these big guys.

After continuing to advance for dozens of meters, these Soviet and Russian tanks with unusually powerful defenses suddenly stopped, only to see their turrets and muzzles moving, and waited until the whole vehicle was stationary, and after a while, it suddenly trembled, and the muzzle flames formed an irregular sphere with a radius of more than one meter, and a thin layer of sand and dust shook on the ground around the body - although the optical equipment of the Soviet Russian tanks was poor, but at such a distance, a few shells fell, and four or five Japanese rapid-fire guns that were not as good as the transfer were still directly destroyed, Several other artillery crews were also lost by shells falling at close range, and the rest of the men had to move their positions in a hurry. As a result, the defensive firepower on this side of the Japanese position quickly weakened, and the Russians' armored clusters and large numbers of infantry advanced more brazenly.

At the head of the queue, those heavy chariots that had just made great achievements looked even more unstoppable!

"Demolitionist team ready!"

In the trenches, the Japanese non-commissioned officers, who were experienced in combat, decisively used high-pitched commands to calm the soldiers' overly nervous emotions. During the First Battle of the Haraha River, the Japanese infantry's 20-mm automatic guns and 37-mm and 47-mm anti-armor guns were also helpless against Soviet and Russian medium and heavy tanks. Soon after that, the General Staff of the Kwantung Army issued a manual on battlefield techniques, informing the infantry how to deal with the new situation - the best way to deal with the enemy's frontally armored vehicles was to find a way to attack the flank or rear with rapid-fire guns, and if this was not possible, then it was necessary to attack at close range with explosives packs and ****** adventures!

Faced with a target that was difficult to handle with the 47-mm guns, the Japanese 37-mm gun crews deployed behind the front-line positions had no choice but to honestly continue to stay behind camouflage nets or concealments, waiting for the enemy to approach and then pick up some weakly defended countermeasures. Despite the dampness and cold of the ground, some of the officers lay on their stomachs and looked with extremely serious looks at the Russian tanks that were getting closer and closer to their positions. Their red five-star logo was often sprayed on the side of the turret, so that from this angle only the olive green hull could be seen exuding a heavy chill, and the young soldiers in the trenches at this moment were extremely anxious and indignant, and at this moment the young soldiers in the trenches were indignant at the negligence and incompetence of the Japanese intelligence services: it was not until the outbreak of the First Battle of the Haraha River that they learned that the Russians had been mass-equipped with the KV-1 and C-35 from the mid-to-late 30s, and these two were a qualitative leap from the previous types of tanks. Japanese tanks and infantry anti-tank weapons are still stuck in the twenties......

The KV-1 at the forefront of the massive armor cluster resembles the arrogant hoplites of the ancient battle formation, carrying shields to block enemy arrows while wielding heavy swords and plate axes in their hands. With only a few dozen meters left from the Japanese position, their machine guns in front of them continued to rattle strangely, and a string of bullets hit the edge of the trench in dust, and wherever the shells went, both the trenches and the broken wall buttresses left over from the previous battle, were structurally damaged.

"Rapid-fire artillery crews, aim at the enemy vehicle tracks, shoot!"

The sound of powerful commands echoed in the trenches, and then the 37-mm anti-tank artillery that won with light fire opened fire, whether they could cause substantial damage to the enemy's heavy tanks was not the most important, taking advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's fire to be attracted past, the demolition team in the trench fearlessly threw bundles of grenades, square explosive packs, large and small ****** in their hands.

When a KV-1 ran over a barricade full of corpses with a deafening roar, a hunched guy suddenly jumped out of the rubble next to him, took a few lightning steps, and threw a bottle-like object at the Russian tank. Although the man was immediately sieveed by the front machine gun of a C-35 in the back, the KV-1 in front also burst into flames. After a few meters, the heavy tank stopped, the turret and the hatch on the vehicle opened in unison, and the charioteers in dark uniforms jumped out helplessly, and after a few steps they were knocked down by bullets fired from the front.

Although they met with desperate resistance from the Japanese infantry, the Russian troops who attacked on a large scale did not retreat. As more and more infantry trailed into the Japanese lines with tanks and armored vehicles, the situation became more favorable to the attackers. In desperation, some Japanese soldiers actually picked up their rifles and shot at the Soviet Russian chariots, but the Soviet Russian chariots did not eat this at all, they did not reduce their speed, and they did not change their direction much, like an extremely sharp sword obliquely pierced the defenders' barricades. As the tracks ran over the corpses of the living and dead, the screams and the sound of bones being crushed sent chills to everyone present!

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the two sides fought back and forth street by street, and when night gradually fell, the Soviet and Russian troops finally planted their red flags in the center and four corners of Dongning Town, and the Japanese tanks and infantry were completely driven out, but the Russians' casualties in this battle reached a shocking number - 6,322 killed and 10,114 wounded, which is equivalent to a 1940 infantry division completely wiped out from the combat sequence, while the Japanese casualties in Dongning Town were less than 10,000......

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