Chapter 009: Victory in the First Battle
After more than 2 hours of fierce fighting between the two sides, it was already dark, there was no air support, and the old soldiers were very tired, but Dai Anlan did not allow the soldiers to rest, but ordered to continue the attack, and must capture Saiyin Shanda and eliminate the main force of the Soviet army.
And Lieutenant General Krivoshev looked at the deteriorating situation, even if there was no air force, the tanks and armored vehicles they originally relied on could not play an effective role, and the squadron (no matter what happened, the Qin Army or the National Revolutionary Army were all squadrons in Maozi's eyes, there was no difference. and Yongle A magical weapon, so that the Soviet army could not effectively counterattack at all.
The outlying battle at Sainshanda was over, and Krivoshev was still holding on to the fortifications inside the city, but they were not surrounded, and it was impossible for such an army to be bombed in a small city with an area of just over 2 square kilometers.
Although most of the Soviet artillery was destroyed by the Chinese Air Force at the beginning, there were still a large number of small artillery, and the Soviet army's equipment was no worse than that of the Qin army, and there were complete fortifications, so Dai Anlan's progress was very slow, and he also had to prevent Soviet reinforcements and sneak attacks.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, seeing that the attack was repeatedly frustrated, Dai Anlan adjusted the Seiko plan and changed it to earthwork, so as to avoid greater casualties, Saiyin Sanda is surrounded by desert, the land is not very strong, it is not difficult to carry out earthwork, of course, such fortifications are also easier to destroy.
A number of engineering units of the 88th Army dug trenches in the direction of the city in multiple lines, and the actions of the Qin army outside the city, which were illuminated by flares, were soon discovered by the Soviet army, the Soviet army was not stupid, looking at the squadron on the opposite side to dig trenches in the city, they used bullets and small-caliber artillery to carry out saturation attacks, but it seemed to have no effect, and they also understood the sinister intentions of the squadron.
A Soviet regiment commander organized a death squad that had been trying to eliminate the engineer unit of the squadron, but as soon as they came out, they were immediately bombarded and strafed by Qin artillery fire and bullets, and in a few minutes, most of the Soviet soldiers were killed and wounded, and finally had to retreat.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, after more than two hours of difficult earthwork, the Qin army finally sent a part of the troops to a place more than 30 meters away from the Soviet army in the city.
Dai Anlan organized a tank unit to attack, while the Qin army in the trenches used rocket launchers to attack the troops in the Soviet fortifications, and used mortars to attack the Soviet artillery positions according to the trajectory.
After 15 minutes of fierce fighting, the Soviet troops withdrew and moved to the second line of defense, although the buildings in the city of Saiyin Shanda were not solid, but it was not conducive to the movement of tanks or people, at least it would bring a lot of inconvenience.
But for the 88th Army, which has a large number of bazookas, such an obstacle is not a big problem, in fact, such a city restricts the Qin army, and also restricts the Soviet army, not to mention that the 88th Army has also received professional training in urban siege and has withstood the test of war in Qin and Guangxi and other places.
Krivoshev and the Soviets did not think at all that they would be even more vulnerable in the city, and the squadron on the opposite side would do everything.
The Soviets found a dead end for the shelling, and the grenades still couldn't be thrown, and the rifles didn't do much to the fortifications, but the Qin army easily killed them with a bazooka, and the Qin army was also equipped with flamethrowers, and the smell of burnt barbecue was everywhere on the battlefield.
An hour later, the Soviets in the city finally couldn't hold out anymore and retreated under Krivoshev's orders, so that the Qin army took control of Saiyin Shanda, but the battle was not over.
For Krivoshev, such a small city was lost and lost, and there was no practical significance, looking at the city that had been reduced to ruins, he decisively left the city to the Qin army.
Although they do not have an advantage inside and outside the city now, it seems that in the desert, the gap between the Soviet army and the squadron is a little smaller.
Lieutenant Krivoshev will continue to stop the troops from trying to stop the attack of the Qin army, although the Soviet army desperately resisted, but it did not work, how much effect, the Soviet army now hates the artillery that can be used by one person.
Stalin didn't know the situation of the Soviet army in the Mongolian battlefield, Stalin focused on the European battlefield, Europe was the fundamental, the German army was his opponent, he didn't look at the squadron, in his opinion, the suspense of the war was not big, and in the end it could only be the squadron obediently withdrawing from Outer Mongolia.
Pavlov did not rush to report the heavy losses he suffered, and now that the war has only been going on for less than a day, he has to recover his losses and save face in the future, so that he does not have to go to court-martial.
At two o'clock in the morning of the 18th, after several hours of attrition, Dai Anlan felt that he was actually mature, so he organized all the remaining 130 tanks and more than 80 armored vehicles to attack the Soviet army by means of a central breakthrough.
This matter has not yet been built to the railway, so it is inconvenient for both sides to supply, and the supply route of the Soviet army is farther, and there are small detachments of the Qin army to break through at night, destroying the material supply of the Soviet army, so the Soviet army's ammunition is gradually running out at this time, and Dai Anlan is judging when to counterattack according to the firepower of the Soviet army.
Although there are flares, it is very difficult to tell whose tank it is, so this counterattack is a counterattack in which tanks and armored vehicles act alone, and if the infantry cannot keep up, they can only defend on the spot.
This time, Dai Anlan took out all his family resources, ready to defeat the Soviet army in one fell swoop, and bombed the Soviet army with no lower limit of artillery fire, under the blow of heavy artillery, the small-caliber artillery of the Soviet army had no effect at all, and as soon as they fired, they were immediately suppressed by the Qin army's artillery and were quickly killed.
After half an hour of artillery bombardment, the Qin army attacked on all fronts, especially in the direction of the tank troops' attack, the Soviet army was routed for thousands of miles, and the Qin infantry took the opportunity to occupy this opening and tore the opening even bigger, despite this, the Soviet army still did not believe in evil, and they stubbornly realized that they were not opponents for an hour, and finally retreated helplessly.
The Soviets did not expect that the squadron they looked down on the most, the Chinese who had been pressed and beaten by their grandfathers and fathers, suddenly burst out with such energy, and everyone was terrified, especially when they retreated, some of them didn't even want guns.
Dai Anlan ordered the troops to pursue with all their might, trying not to let these Soviet troops escape.
At this time, Lieutenant General Krivoshev got on the car and ran wildly, although he was unwilling, it was absolute to run back and be laughed at, and maybe he would be shot in a military court, but he had a glimmer of hope, along the way his car from time to time hit the Soviet soldiers who were running and fleeing for their lives, drinking the puppet Mongolian soldiers, but Krivoshev did not care about their flames, but ran over directly, especially when he hit a few puppet Mongolian soldiers, he not only ran over, but even deliberately hit those irrelevant people, and then ran away triumphantly.
At 5 a.m. on the 18th, after several hours of pursuit, seeing that the sky was about to dawn and the supplies were almost exhausted, Dai Anlan ordered the troops to retract.
Dai Anlan didn't expect the Soviet Russian army to be so fierce, Dai Anlan knew that except for a small number of officers, the others, especially the soldiers, were all just recruited, and his 88th Army could be said to be the best equipped and strongest combat force in China, but it was so laborious to fight a group of small hairy heads of the Soviet army.
The Qin army lost more than 10,000 people, 150 tanks and armored vehicles, more than 30 aircraft, and countless ammunition consumed.
Dai Anlan was very glad to hear Wang Hanzhang's words, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, if he was defeated by the injury of a group of little hairy children, then how would he lose face in the future, and more importantly, he would lose a large number of brothers and national interests.
However, this time the Soviet army is light on the enemy, at least for the first time, the Soviet army does not have the support of the air force, it should be that the Soviet army looks down on the squadron, so even the air force is too lazy to call, which provides a good opportunity for the air force to kill the Soviet heavy artillery unit, Dai Anlan can imagine that if the Soviet army's heavy artillery unit is still there, then even if the army loses 20,000 people, it is estimated that the battle has not ended at this time.
In addition, this time the bazooka exerted its unparalleled power, in the case that the quantity and quality of its own tanks were far inferior to the Soviet army, the bazooka was indeed a very good anti-tank weapon, just like a rifle, the other people's guns were not loaded, the bazooka hand fired, and then ran away, so that the Soviet artillery and tanks could not find a target for retaliation.
Dai Anlan now has to admire Wang Hanzhang's foresight, if it were not for Wang Hanzhang, then this kind of defeat of Soviet Russia would definitely not fall on the heads of the Chinese.
At 7 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, looking at the mountains of captured artillery and firearms, Dai Anlan showed a small understanding, and the losses of the Soviet Russian army were roughly counted, from yesterday to today, the Soviet army was captured more than 2,000 people, killed more than 35,000 people, in addition to the puppet Mongolian army also more than 10,000 people were killed, more than 5,000 people surrendered, which can be described as a great victory.
At that time, statistics also captured the Soviet army, which had no time to destroy, and there were nearly 30 tanks and more than 20 armored vehicles, and there were too many other supplies. However, there was not much ammunition, and it could be seen that the Soviets were almost exhausted.
Dai Anlan also understood that the Soviet army was defeated after running out of ammunition and food, and he felt that it was too dangerous, if the Soviet army supported until dawn, the consequences would be really unimaginable.
After the results of the battle were reported, Chiang Kai-shek and the Ministry of Military Affairs who were far away in Chongqing were full of joy, and Wang Hanzhang was naturally very happy.