Chapter 048: The Battle of the Angara Bridge
The Zionist organization is still watching in China, and the Jews, who were sent by Wang Hanzhang to contact him, have not received any response.
Of course, Wang Hanzhang naturally hoped to get the wealth of the Jews to develop the economy and fight wars, and the other was to get the strong support of Jewish scientists.
With the contributions of Jewish scientists all over the world, he can completely make up for the lack of talents in China, and China's scientific and technological level can quickly catch up with the United States and Germany, at least the gap in science and technology is very close.
Wang Hanzhang knows that only the national strength of both sides can ensure security, if the strength is too poor, I am afraid that Huaxia is the second Song Dynasty (the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jurchen Jin Dynasty jointly attacked the Liao State, but the Song Dynasty was too poor, so the Jin Dynasty couldn't help but act in the face of the Northern Song Dynasty's flower world, and finally Yue Fei resisted Jin, and then made the Great Song Dynasty be able to favor Jiangnan), the two smartest nations in the world can definitely rule Asia together, and rule Asia in peace,
The population of the Soviet Union in 1939 was 175 million.
Irkutsk Oblast was also developed with the development of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was established in 1937 and is located in the south of Eastern Siberia.
The city of Irkutsk is located 66 km west of Lake Baikal, the deepest and largest freshwater lake in the world.
It has played different roles in the history of nearly 350 years, becoming a fortress city in Siberia in 1661~1669, the capital of Eastern Siberia in 1764, and an important transshipment point for trade between Imperial Russia and China in the nineteenth century.
The industry is mainly machinery manufacturing (heavy machinery, machine tools, cables), machine repair, and there are light industry sectors such as building materials, mica processing and food, and has the traditional industry of supplying fur to the world, among which sable fur is especially famous all over the world, and there is a large aluminum smelter and cable factory in Shelikhov, 18 kilometers southwest of the city.
The geographical location here has always been a bridgehead for the invasion of China in the era of Tsarist Russia, after the Tsarist Russia seized the Far East, the role here has not diminished but increased, especially after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, it not only continues to undertake the task of invading China bridgehead, but also to provide various materials for the Far East, all kinds of materials, and personnel have also transferred from here.
After the squadron took the city of Slyudyanka, the next step was to seize this important place of transportation, but the Soviet army deployed heavy troops here, and after 6 days of fierce fighting, it finally broke through the defense line of Slyudyanka City, and part of the squadron directly rushed to Irketsk,
There are 100,000 Soviet troops gathered around Irkutsk, and there are warships on Lake Baikal to help, and their planes are not lagging behind at all, and they will slowly outnumber China.
The squadron can only bite the bullet, and if it can't take here, logistics and security cannot be guaranteed.
At this time, it was Dai Anlan who attacked Irkutsk, and he is currently commanding these 150,000 troops, and more troops will be transferred to him if needed.
And on the northern route of the Trans-Siberian Railway, that is, through the city of Nizhneangarsk, on the northern side of Lake Baikal, the offensive troops here were relatively smooth,
The troops here feinted on the one hand at the main assembly points of the Soviet troops, and then part of the troops penetrated from the land further north, which gave the Soviet troops unknown pressure,
After all, the strength of the Soviet army is limited, and the militia cannot compete with the well-equipped regular army, not to mention that it is Sun Liren's corps that is attacking here.
Wang Hanzhang also thought at the beginning that it was very difficult to attack from the front line of Irkutsk, the Soviet army was strong, and China might not be able to gain an advantage in the air or occupy the sky, so even if the usual way of playing was taken, the losses would be extremely heavy, so Wang Hanzhang hoped to intersperse the northern side of Lake Baikal to disrupt the deployment of the Soviet army, cause panic to them, and force them to withdraw troops to support the north.
Lake Baikal has a large number of Soviet gunboats and small submarines and other warships, while China does not even have a single gunboat, so there is no way to attack from the surface as a boat, and the Soviet army also knows this.
China has only controlled the land east of Lake Baikal for half a year, and it is too late to build a shipyard, let alone build a shipbuilding, although a gunboat is small, but it also weighs several hundred tons, and the construction period is still long, and Wang Hanzhang knew half a year ago that there was going to be a war, but he would not waste the original small amount of resources to build for the Soviet army to bomb,
On July 10, the squadron attacked 10 kilometers on the side of the Angara River, where the Soviet army was fortified, and the main city of Irkutsk was on the other side of the Angara River.
Dai Anlan looked at the map in midweek, the map provided by the Germans had many misunderstandings, otherwise it would have been hit here a long time ago, but the three bridges under the current are marked,
Dai Anlan plans to send helicopters to transport troops to seize the bridge, but the risk is also very great, first to seize the bridge, it is necessary to seize the positions on both sides of the river, and to eliminate the Soviet troops on the bridge,
In addition, even if the bridge was occupied before the Soviet army blew it up, the bridge was still in danger of being sunk by artillery, and there was also the help of Soviet aircraft.
In the past few days, except for the first two days of the battle, the squadron has almost no advantage in daytime operations, and the Soviet army has transported a lot of anti-aircraft machine guns, which has caused an unknown threat to helicopters, and at the same time there have been casualties.
If it weren't for Dai Anlan's temporary change of tactics, giving full play to the strength of the squadron's night battle, and relying on the searchlight of the helicopter to launch a night attack, I am afraid that he would not have hit here now.
In the city of Irkutsk, the commander of the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General Kolchak, was frowning and pondering, the combat effectiveness of the squadron once again exceeded everyone's expectations, especially the kind of aircraft that can take off and land anytime and anywhere is even more appalling, Kolchak swore that if there was no such mysterious aircraft, his troops would definitely be able to continue to block the squadron on the Slyudyanka line, but the appearance of this weapon changed the situation of the war,
What saddened him the most was that they had no weapons to contend with, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns worked well during the day, but not at night, but the squadron was moving at night again, if it weren't for the loud sound of this kind of aircraft, he thought that Chinese soldiers could fly to their headquarters anytime and anywhere to kill themselves,
Of course, his idea is correct, Wang Hanzhang also planned to do so, if he can send thousands of helicopters to fly to the enemy's headquarters to kill their commander, then the million Soviet troops will not be saved and slaughtered.
Unfortunately, the Soviets were very vigilant, although they returned the territory, but they began to clear the wilderness at that time, and moved the rights and interests of the local people, leaving only the soldiers, and the people sent by China almost did not come back or returned, it is obvious that the yellow race and the white race knew at a glance that there were still a large number of Tatars, close relatives of Mongolia, but after they were forcibly relocated, there were only clear Caucasian people here,
At two o'clock in the morning on July 11, more than 100 helicopters carrying more than 800 fighters flew at high altitudes, and their targets were the two bridges over the Angara River.
The reason why the time was chosen at two o'clock in the morning is because the Soviet army has slowly become familiar with the playing style of the squadron in the previous several engagements, and their precautions are very strict before 12 o'clock, and it is not easy to steal if you want to sneak attack, plus the sound of helicopter flight is very loud, and it is equivalent to calling the police if it does not land.
The planes flew for about 20 minutes, and they launched missiles from high altitudes at the intended target with no hit rate, just to ignite the ground, provide for landing, and at the same time attract the attention of the Soviet troops.
With such a large range, the helicopter still handled it well, the helicopter flew to the bridge near Baikalhu, and when it felt about the same, they took advantage of the strong searchlight equipped by the helicopter to hit the missiles on the visible buildings, and the ground was quickly detonated, although it was a random shot, but it still caused a lot of casualties to the Soviet army,
It turned out that the Germans did tricks on the map, such as this bridge, in fact, Maozi on the north shore was filled with a peninsula of concrete, of course, it may be that they connected the original scattered small islands in the middle of the river, but in any case, in this way, the bridge that could be blown up at any time will only be blown up by a small section close to the south bank.
The water flow of the Angara River is not fast, which is why they dare to build the peninsula, the water flow is not fast, then the is not easy to blow up,
As soon as the missile was launched, some of the soldiers on the helicopter got off the plane along the rope and landed on the bridge, and in the air, the helicopter frantically strafed the place where they thought there were Soviet troops,
However, as soon as the missile sounded, all the Soviet troops woke up, and they frantically pounced on the side of the bridge, following the flames of the Soviet guns, the helicopters specially picked those places with a lot of people to fire, and some missiles were also launched, so that even if the accuracy was poor, but the blind cat could finally meet a few dead mice, and it was also a kind of fire support,
After the first batch of fighters landed, the helicopter immediately supported to block the Soviet soldiers who rushed over, without the soldiers and supplies on the plane, their actions were more flexible, the incendiary bombs carried on them, white phosphorus bombs were dropped into the concentration area of the Soviet army, and for a time countless fire men were skewered everywhere, and soon fell to the ground and rolled, and then became a roast pig,
More than 800 soldiers and officers landed in more than 20 minutes, the embankment in the center of the bridge was gradually controlled, and only a small number of Soviet troops relied on the fortifications to fight.
However, the situation of the Soviet troops on both sides of the strait is more urgent, and the Soviet army has already used 105 mm caliber artillery, which has caused unknown psychological pressure and casualties to the Chinese soldiers.
Fortunately, the helicopters gradually dropped incendiary bombs on the heads of the Soviet troops, and the houses in these areas caught fire, which must have hindered the Soviet army's attack.
After the successful capture of the bridge, the troops immediately sent a report to Dai Anlan, who immediately sent a second batch of helicopter troops to transport soldiers and weapons to support here.