Chapter 235: Eliminate the headquarters of the 45th Soviet Army

The 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the People's Liberation Army overwhelmed all enemy heroism, and the troops were divided into three routes along the central street of Master Junction and the two adjacent streets on the east and west sides, attacking and advancing to the Victory Square in the north while fighting, like three sharp swords directly into the headquarters of the 45th Group Army of the Soviet Army.

These three armored assault groups took 1 hour and 40 minutes to break through the six blockade lines established by the Soviet troops on both sides of the road with the support of solid buildings, repelled two counter-charges organized by the Soviet army mainly T55 tanks, advanced 6 kilometers, arrived at Victory Square in the center of Blagoveshchensk 20 minutes ahead of schedule, and launched an attack on the headquarters of the Soviet 45th Army located north of Victory Square.

At the end of a small fork in the central street of Master Junction leading into a dense pine forest stands a white building of Baroque architecture with a dignified appearance, in which the commander of the 45th Red Banner Army of the Soviet Far East lives Vyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky.

"Boom boom" In a deafening explosion, the sleeping Vyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky, as if burned by fire, bounced out of the bed, rolled under the bed with great agility, and almost at the same time as he rolled under the bed, two 122-millimeter rockets landed on the roof of his luxurious villa and exploded.

Suddenly the sky cracked, and the falling canopy put Vijov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky was crushed under the rubble, but the heavy and sturdy carved oak bed carried the weight of the collapsed canopy, creating a triangular gap between the collapsed canopy and the bed, and it was this small gap that saved his life.

A soldier is a soldier, and his half-aged wife didn't even react at all, and was stoned to death on the spot in her sleep.

Veyov lying in the rubble. Lieutenant General Dakibasky, on the constantly shaking ground, felt the fierceness of the artillery fire of the Chinese [***] team, which was the most since World War II. No, this ferocious artillery preparation far exceeded the artillery preparation of the thousands of artillery pieces of the Soviet Red Army in World War II that played a decisive role in the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad, and it is unprecedented.

When the artillery fire was thinned, with the help of one of the guards who was still alive in the shelling, he endured the pain of multiple scratches on his body, and crawled out of the rubble with great difficulty.

The guards took off one of their outer pants and put them on for their commander, otherwise a dignified commander of the Soviet Army Group would be detrimental to the dignity of the great Soviet Red Army with a bloody and blurred object.

Veyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky, with his curly yellow hair and Stalin's beard, was covered with dust, and his scratched face was twisted with anger and pain. He stood on the ruins of the second floor of the villa, completely stunned by what he could see, the wreckage of his own Jim's sedan, burning in the open pool that had been drained.

Through the gaps in the shadows of the trees, looking into the distance, the city of Blagoveshchensk was immersed in smoke and fire. In front of the right side of his villa, the church with the Russian national style, representing the highest level of Russian architectural art, has a layer of copper shell supported by a wooden frame on the outside of its dome, which is round and full, full of vitality, and the church with a "helmet dome" is also burning in the fire.

This Orthodox church with a history of more than 100 years is a place of great historical significance, in 1858 it was his grandfather Muravyov, the creator of the Hylando massacre, under the auspices of Archbishop Ingessen, who held a ceremony in this newly built church, officially renamed Blagoveshchensk, and today it has been destroyed by these shameful Chinese.

I want to take revenge on those Chinese who do not measure themselves! Kill all these hateful yellow-skinned monkeys like my grandfather did, and let them compensate us for the losses of Russia as they did more than 100 years ago. Veyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky thought angrily.

He pulled a sheet from the rubble stained with his wife's blood, tore it in two, and wrapped it around his own foot.

His body, as muscular as a polar bear, jumped from the ruins on the second floor with great agility. He wants to organize his troops to launch a counterattack against the Chinese and avenge his tragic death in bed and the burning church that records the glorious history of his family!

The 45th Red Banner Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Military District has two motorized infantry divisions, one tank division, two fighter-bomber aviation divisions, and two helicopter regiments. The main armament includes more than 1,800 tanks, more than 2,500 combat vehicles and armored vehicles, 1,400 artillery pieces, 192 airplanes, and 123 helicopters.

35 motorized infantry divisions are deployed in and around Hailanpao City; The 34th Tank Division was stationed on the east bank of the Heilongjiang River, fifty kilometers from Blagoveshchensk. the town of Muravyov, named after Dakibasky's grandfather stained with the blood of the Chinese; The 36th motorized infantry division is in the middle and upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the city of Swobodne.

Veyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky, shirtless, drove the only remaining Gaz 69 military jeep in his guard squad and galloped towards his headquarters on the potholed roads. While driving, he thought that with the strong foundation of his 45th Group Army, he could teach the Chinese enough lessons.

But when he rushed to his headquarters, he was stupid, and he saw that the 4th floor of the headquarters made of granite stone was also full of smoke, and most of the east side had been blown up, and the entire 4th floor had completely collapsed.

Under the guidance of Lieutenant Colonel Yersaf, the staff officer on duty at the headquarters, he carved out a dog-like passage from the rubble and burrowed into the basement of the headquarters, where a wartime command system was in reserve.

The basement was filled with the strong smell of diesel and the roar of diesel engines. "Telephone, I want to contact my troops to launch a counterattack against the Chinese" Vyjov. Dakibasky shouted loudly to his staff officer, Yersaf.

"Viyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky, all cable and radio communications have been cut off, and I have now sent the telephone link from the communications terminal to check the line. If enough spare parts can be found in the bombed-out spare parts warehouse, it will take at least three hours for wireless communication to be repaired. Staff Officer Yersaf also replied loudly.

"Hold on, be sure to hold on! Get me a health guard first, and then get me clothes. "In the dim light, Vijov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky burst into a rage: "! You don't see the leaders like this, and you don't know that you feel sorry for the leader, do you still want to improve? ”

"Think, think, I dream of it! I'll find it for you right away. When he had finished speaking, he crawled out of the low passage like a dog.

Some officers and men of the 35th Motorized Infantry Division of the Soviet Army, who had been beaten in a panic and unorganized formation, ran to Victory Square one after another in groups of three or five to the Victory Square, where the headquarters of the Soviet 45th Group Army was located, and assembled in a panic under the organization of some Soviet officers.

Commander of the 45th Soviet Army Vyov. Lieutenant General Dakibasky organized these stragglers and ordered them to occupy all the buildings around Victory Square, quickly build fortifications, and prepare for the fight of the trapped beasts. And 6 Type 54 100-mm anti-tank guns were collected, and anti-tank positions were established around the monument to the anti-fascist victory in the center of Victory Square.

Persistence, persistence is victory, as long as you hold on until the 34th Tank Division comes in, you will be saved. At this time, Veyov, who had learned a little about the situation. Lieutenant General Dakibasky no longer has the bullish energy he had just now. Let's save our lives first.

The roaring Chinese tanks swaggered and continued to advance along the street towards Victory Square.

"Chinese tanks are coming! Get ready for battle!" On the anti-tank positions erected around the monument to the anti-fascist Victory in the center of Victory Square, artillery major Nikolai Babaraiku, who commanded the anti-tank artillery group of the Soviet troops, shouted loudly.

The Soviet artillerymen working on the Type 54 100mm anti-tank guns began to get busy.

"Target 1500 meters Chinese tank, direct aiming, ready to shoot." Standing on the high steps of the monument to the victory of the anti-fascists, Major Nikolai Barbalayiku, with a red and green flag in his hand, shouted loudly.

"Boom" a 125-mm tank shell hit the base of the 16-meter-high monument to the victory of the anti-fascists. The enormous chemical energy generated by the explosion of the 125-mm shells destroyed the monument and threw the brave Major of the Artillery Nikolai Babalayku and several other Soviet officers and soldiers into the air like dirty grass-yellow plastic bags that had only been blown up by the wind.

When the energy of the 125-mm shell was exhausted, Major Nikolai Barbalayiku could not overcome the constant gravitational pull of the center of the earth and returned to the arms of Mother Earth with free fall gravity acceleration, and the remaining half of the body of Major Nikolai Barbalayiku fell on the head of a Soviet anti-tank gun aim, causing the little brother to break his cervical vertebrae.

This Yakolai Babalayku artillery major is really unkind, and he doesn't ask if this little brother is willing or not, and it's really not interesting to hardlift a little brother to accompany him to the funeral when he is dead.

"Turn grief into strength and avenge the dead comrades!" With a vengeful anger in his eyes, Second Lieutenant Sapirovich pushed away the Soviet sergeant who was lying on the gun mirror with a weak head swinging to the body of Major Nikolai Babalayiku. Aimed at the Chinese tank that was rushing to the front, and shouted "Put!" ”

The 100 mm tungsten core high-speed armor-piercing projectile, loaded with the vengeful anger of Second Lieutenant Sapirovich, hit the wedge-shaped armor on the right side of the turret of the Chinese tank as it was moving.

"Hit!" Second Lieutenant Sapirovich and the other gunners of the anti-tank gun shouted in ecstasy.

The next scene that appeared before their eyes made their mouths closed in surprise.

They saw with their own eyes that the shells they fired hit the Chinese tanks, and the Chinese tanks that hit were spewing fire and smoke.

But how can this be? The hit Chinese tank paused backwards for a moment, then continued to move forward while firing again.

They couldn't believe their eyes, this is the most advanced anti-tank gun in the Soviet Union and the latest blunt-nosed armor-piercing projectile and hollow-charge tungsten core super-fast armor-piercing projectile, the muzzle velocity can reach 900~1000 m/s, and the armor-piercing thickness can reach 200 mm at a distance of 1000 meters. Don't

"Boom, boom, boom" 125-mm tank gun shells were fired one after another, and the anti-tank gun of Second Lieutenant Sapirovich and the other five Type 54 100-mm anti-tank guns and his comrades were sent to Stalin one after another. The lives of nearly 100 Soviet artillerymen were extinguished along with the flames that had not been extinguished for more than ten years under the 16-meter monument to the anti-fascist victory. As for their unsolvable mysteries, let's go to that world and ask Comrade Stalin for advice.

In the face of these unscrupulous and domineering Chinese tanks that were getting closer and closer, the Soviet army sent more than 30 brave sappers to blow up with explosives under the cover of 6 T55 tanks, and as a result, these more than 30 brave sappers were sacrificed in various ways on the way to the charge, just like the 6 Soviet T55 tanks covering them.

Finally, the battle for the assault on the headquarters of the Soviet 45 Army began.

The existing defensive positions of the command of the 45 th Soviet Army consisted mainly of more than 30 fortified buildings of 2 to 4 floors around Victory Square. In some of the buildings, there are sewer culverts that communicate underground. Buildings generally have basements or semi-basements, with one floor and two floors forming fortifications of matching heights. The fortifications consisted of a network of crossfire consisting of high-level dual-purpose machine guns, heavy machine guns, 40 rocket launchers, and AK47 assault rifles. Soviet troops spread anti-tank mines around the buildings.

The troops participating in the defense were mainly more than 2,000 officers and men of the guard battalion of the headquarters of the 45th Red Banner Army of the Soviet Army, as well as the General Staff Department, the General Political Department, the Logistics Department, the Cadre Department, the Supervision Department, the Finance Department, and the Communications Terminal, plus more than 1,000 scattered and unformed troops of the 35th Motorized Infantry Division that had retreated from various places.

Zou Zhengjun, deputy commander of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the People's Liberation Army, faced with such a large mass of Soviet troops, he decided that the 8th Company, the 7th Company, and 1 infantry company that had caught up behind would first surround the existing defensive positions of the Soviet 45th Group Army Headquarters, and then carry out artillery preparations for it, and then make final clean-up of it.

Immediately, 20 122-mm self-propelled rocket launchers and two companies of 20 tanks from the artillery battalion of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment prepared for a short 15-minute artillery fire on more than 30 buildings that formed defensive positions at the headquarters of the 45th Army.

(To be continued)