Chapter 051: The Battle of Irkutsk (Part II)

After Kolchak retreated to the Angara River, in the face of an unfavorable situation, he still sent a telegram to the friendly general Deng Nijin, asking them to hold on,

The 80,000 Soviet troops under the command of Deng Nijin were guarded in the middle reaches of the Angara River, only a hundred kilometers away from Irkutsk.

Their life is not easy, the Chinese army is pressing, 400,000, although not all of them are aimed at him, but they can indeed support at any time, and they are also trying to support.

In addition to Irkutsk, there are no other large cities in Central Siberia, and there are no strategically important places.

The Soviet army decided to retreat to Irkutsk after being annihilated by a surprise attack at the beginning of the war by more than 200,000, but Irkutsk does not seem to be easy to defend, at least Kolchak thinks so, the squadron is now attacking day and night, and it is okay during the day, but at night, although the squadron is not familiar with the terrain, it has an advantage in equipment and training, in such a small city, in the case of the squadron step by step, the Soviet army can not take any advantage,

On July 12th, the day was about to pass, and although it had been a week since the battle, the soldiers fell asleep most of the time, but no one felt tired, and they were full of strength when they thought that they were opening up territory for the country and avenging the slaughtered compatriots who had been oppressed.

At half past six in the evening, Dai Anlan let the troops eat, the battlefield was a lot quieter, the Soviet army did not attack, their small unit was killed by the Chinese troops at the outpost, it was difficult to observe the situation on the position of the squadron, so they did not dare to act rashly,

At half past eight all the troops had eaten and rested for an hour, and they began to prepare for battle.

At this time, the squadron had already seized the southeast of Irkutsk and was attacking towards the north and west,

At 8:15 p.m., Dai Anlan gave an order, and the rocket artillery of two divisions and the artillery of two artillery divisions rained artillery shells from the south bank of the Angara River towards the northwestern city of Irkutsk.

The density of the shells once again made Kolchak pee his pants in shock, and the Chinese artillery was completely covered by firepower, and it was not finished.

Watching the dense shells fall on the houses and the ground and explode, at the same time kicking up countless pieces of dirt and buildings, and the wails of the Soviet army before being blown to pieces in the air, Kolchak couldn't help but be clever, shivered, and a chill welled up in his heart,

Kolchak was glad that he had made the headquarters far away, before he had learned the farthest strike distance of the Chinese artillery through the artillery, so he took precautions in advance, of course, he was also very afraid of the helicopter unit of the squadron, this kind of unit landed anywhere anytime and anywhere, so that Kolchak did not have any sense of security,

Even if the plane flew loudly, they could know in advance and run away, but Kolchak still did not plan to pin his hopes on this,

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Under the blow of the Soviet artillery, the Soviet troops and their supplies within the range were all destroyed, maybe the sewers could be hidden, but the ground was all leveled rubble and burning I don't know what was going on,

It is Wang Hanzhang's consistent proposition to fire white phosphorus incendiary bombs at the same time as the shelling, and the flames burning during the day can detonate the enemy's ammunition, block the enemy's movements, and make them unable to move flexibly.

The flames that burn at night can also illuminate the artillery, and the Chinese have helicopters, and the flames on the ground can provide more illumination for the pilots, making the hidden enemy more easily exposed.

Half an hour later, the shelling continued, but most of it was already stretching back, and the infantry began to attack, while the artillery at close range followed the infantry to the battle line for shelling.

The Chinese soldiers finally dispatched, and the Soviet troops rejoiced one by one, they were pressed and beaten for so long, with countless casualties, and now it was time for them to exert their might,

Before, their artillery did not dare to return fire at all, and the helicopters of the Chinese Air Force in the sky had been patrolling at high altitude, and from time to time they dropped bombs for a moment, and the Soviet troops in Gao looked nervous.

They are not afraid of shelling, but they are afraid that this kind of indifference will drop a bomb from the sky and blow them up.

In addition to the Chinese infantry starting from the immediate position, there were also some kayaks across the Angara River to the north bank, they did not encounter any effective resistance during the landing, the Soviet army had long been blown up to ashes, with the extension of artillery fire, and uninterrupted, the Soviet army did not come at all, let alone rebuild the fortifications,

The soldiers are still in a straggler formation, the cat is bent forward here, as soon as there is movement, the effect of the automatic firearms of the infiltration of combat equipment in small groups of troops is brought into play, and now the firepower of a soldier can be equal to the previous ten soldiers with formal rifles, even if the Soviet army attacks, they do not have to worry about being torn apart, their firepower is enough to resist the attack of the Soviet army, enough to support the arrival of friendly troops,

The Soviet soldiers did not have much chance to secretly shoot and inflict a large number of casualties on the Chinese soldiers, the formation of the squadron was too scattered, and the other was that the Soviet soldiers did not have a safe and reliable hiding place, and now the squadron saw that there were buildings above the ground level and were directly shelled, many of the Soviet troops who thought that the shelling had passed were crushed by the collapsed wall, or directly killed, and soon no one in the Soviet army dared to hide in the dilapidated room, they knew that what was waiting must be shelling,

One by one, the Soviet troops cursed the Chinese in their hearts, "there is no place to fight with many shells",

If the Chinese soldiers knew this, they would have said, "Didn't the shells hit you?" ”

Gunshots rang out from time to time in the ruins, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and at the same time there was the sound of shelling, and the helicopters in the sky dropped incendiary bombs on the road of the army's advance from time to time, and the firelight illuminated the surrounding environment, but the first team was also exposed to the guns of the Soviet army when they approached the fire,

Fortunately, there are tanks in front of them, and helicopters in the sky, so that the soldiers are much safer, and every move of the Soviet army is almost controlled by tanks and helicopters.

"Whoosh...... a few bullets came over, missed, the bullets hit the tank, sparks, the helicopter's searchlight quickly illuminated the Soviet troops, the tank shell accurately hit the Soviet fleeing position, and the machine gun on the helicopter also fired at the Soviet troops,

The infantry did not take advantage of the situation to rush forward, they were worried that it was an ambush set by the Soviet army, they still followed the tanks in an orderly manner, and when the tanks approached the corpses of these Soviet soldiers, two Chinese soldiers made up a few shots at the corpses,

In the dark, several Soviet soldiers watched all this silently, they felt that the squadron was too cunning, but they had no way, they had no effective weapons to deal with the squadron,

Two hours old, night bombers came, they dropped a large number of incendiary bombs at Irkutsk, what they wanted to do was not to bomb Irkutsk with incendiary bombs to separate multiple places, surrounded by fire, so that the Soviet troops in the rear could not easily enter, separated by fire, so that the squadron could accurately eliminate the Soviet troops in the fire ring one by one,

After that, a large number of Soviet troops were separated by the flames of gasoline bombs, they could only be eliminated in their respective areas, watching the squadron get closer and closer, they first resisted, and then each looked for a place to break through the encirclement, but most of the sewers were crushed by the fallen buildings, they could not escape, and finally could only resist to the death, but it was obviously of little significance, and soon they were wiped out by the superior firepower of the squadron,

At this time, Dai Anlan watched the troops advance in an orderly manner, seizing more and more places, and his solemn mood was also relaxed, Dai Anlan knew that as long as he took Irkutsk, it would be the first time since 1940 that the squadron fought abroad, and took strategically important cities, he would definitely be included in the list of famous generals who expanded their territory.

And Kolchak's mood is much sader, if he loses Irkutsk, then he is the first in three hundred years to fight against the squadron, and he is also a general who has lost hundreds of thousands of people to lose his important cities, and he used to be the generals of Tsarist Russia or other generals of the Soviet Union how to bully the squadron, each occupying the territory of China, I didn't expect that today the feng shui will take turns, but unfortunately, he is actually the first,

Kolchak kept making excuses for himself at this time, for example, the squadron had night bombers, although the Soviet Union had them, but they were all in the European theater, and they were not well prepared here, and no one expected that China's weapons would be so advanced.

The second squadron has a large number of weapons that even the Germans do not have, especially the plane with fan blades, which is simply a demon and a nightmare for every Soviet army,

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Kolchak made a reason for himself, but he shook his head, if he really lost this place, then Stalin would definitely shoot him,

Kolchak was a little disheartened when he thought about it, and remembered that after his death, the beautiful wife in the family would become someone else's woman, and his baby would be beaten by others, he felt very uncomfortable, but there was no way to save it.

The battle continued, after the Chinese Air Force was dispatched, coupled with the cooperation of helicopters, the Soviet artillery had almost no chance to exert its might, as long as they showed up, they would be killed if they could not fire a few shells,

Kolchak watched the situation become more and more unfavorable, and after the despair in his heart was another thought, surrender, yes, surrender,

Although this seems very shameful, especially a white general led the troops to surrender to the yellow race who have always been looked down upon, and he is also a Chinese who has been repeatedly defeated, but the surrender of the Soviet army has long been convicted, he Kolchak is not the first, senior Soviet generals who surrendered to the Germans in Europe abound, thinking of these he feels much better,

For Stalin's long ago order to kill the whole family if he dared to surrender, Kolchak couldn't care so much, if he died, then there would be nothing, his wife and children are a fart, and besides, he has worked hard, and God can't help it,

There is another reason why Kolchak wants to surrender, that is, now the Soviet Union is in the middle of China and Germany, Kolchak has already felt that the end of the Soviet Union is coming, as long as he persists until the end of the Soviet Union, he can live a normal life, there will be no KGB pursuit, his wife can take it again, he has no need to die for a country that is going to perish, not to mention that it is meaningless to die,

At the same time, Kolchak also comforted himself that he was not afraid of running out of firewood to keep the green mountains, and he was now keeping a useful body for the benefit of the Slavs.