Chapter 587: Gaining the Upper Hand
The chaotic barracks, the Russian army is in the array of rapid marching, and the problem of air defense is not considered at all, and in this era, there is no army that popularizes air defense, but in the marching array, it is the most difficult to protect.
"Oops!" Brusinov said with a change of color, he knew very well what these airships were for, and it was really fatal to encounter such aerial bombardment, and when he saw the airships, he ordered, scattered and arranged, and set up anti-aircraft machine guns.
Compared with the airplane, unless it is at night, otherwise, at least at a distance of tens of kilometers, or even farther, you can see the traces of the airship, the volume of the airship is too large, the signs are too obvious, plus the speed of the airship, at most it is sixty or seventy kilometers, a distance of dozens of kilometers, and it takes at least dozens of minutes for the airship to fly, which is enough time for the army to make most of the response.
With the help of huge manpower, on top of the machine gun, a bracket was welded, which could be specially erected and aimed at the sky, and could not affect the airship above 3000 meters, but under the condition that the position and angle were sufficient, the airship would not dare to fly below 1000 meters at least, so as to ensure that the scattered army would have enough survival rate and would not be bombed intensively and accurately.
Maybe Brusinov didn't expect that the improvement of technology can already make Baotou form a carpet bombing, a more than 30 tons, 40 is 1500 tons, which in World War II, the bomb load of ordinary medium bombers is about 2 tons, which is equivalent to 500, the airship is not so densely arranged, but the army below is also a little denser, from seeing to the arrival of the airship, it is only about 40 minutes, 200,000 troops, how much can be dispersed.
The first airship began to contact the enemy, countless fires, rising from below, Makqin's bullets, almost covering the airspace of 1000 meters below, in the face of death and despair, these Russian troops burst out with great enthusiasm and courage, in the best possible time, frantically poured fire into the sky.
To be honest, Brusinov has done the best of what he can do, but the airship in the northwest is not intended to fly so low, according to the previous arrangement, the airship is only ready to be in the air at 2500 meters, respectively, projecting shells, today's wind speed is suitable, the breeze blows, and directly does not change phase, will not let the speed of the airship slow down, the cabins on both sides, a total of 4 bomb points, special sights, can make the airship projection more average, they will put 1600 tons of ammunition, completely dropped, 40 airships of about 1500 tons, and another 27, they will drop 100 tons of ZHA bombs.
The 50-kilogram special ZHA bomb, with the help of a specially made bomb throwing tool, was pushed down from the bomb port by the soldier in charge of the bomb, and at a speed of 20 per minute, the airship moved slowly at a speed of 30 meters per minute under the impetus of the breeze and propellers, and the shells fell down like raindrops.
It looks like an ordinary aerial bomb, but on the grassland, sowing the flower of death, the most suitable for aerial bombing, not mortar PAO bomb and grenade DAN, can be compared, the specially made 50 kg aerial bomb, even if it is more powerful than the largest mortar PAO bomb, specially developed for air strikes, the reliability is extremely high, the range of destruction is also very large, the combination of fixed control timing device and bombardier, explosion at low altitude within 10 meters, throwing steel balls, permeated this airspace.
When the first bomb exploded, Brusinov was completely desperate, looking at the steel balls thrown in the air, with strong kinetic energy, covering the marching route, he understood that this time the casualties will definitely not be small, a large number of soldiers, sowing death among the young body, the body is facing the strategic weapon specially made for killing, the effect of killing is simply strong.
There are only 300 tons, about 6,000 aerial bombs, each of which can control the range of about 27 square meters, an area of more than 90,000 square meters, in fact, it is really calculated, less than one hectare, on the march route of 200,000 troops, one hectare, in fact, it can't cover many troops, plus dozens of minutes of buffer time, the formation of the Russian army is scattered and relatively open, in an area of 1 hectare, there are not many people, so the damage caused is limited, as for the mortar PAO bombs and grenades in the back, When facing a fixed line of defense, there is still a little lethality, and among the troops on the march, this lethality is very low.
After the carpet bombing, it was a mess, the entire Russian camp was completely chaotic, 1600 tons of ZHA bombs were dropped, and the direct casualties were not much, no more than 4000, which can be said to be very small or even insignificant among the 200,000 Russian troops, but is it really so, bombing, so that the first day of the Russian army's march, complete reimbursement, to collect personnel and sort out casualties, basically, there is no time for a day, as for the blow to morale, I don't know how much.
The airship also covered the sky and left, leaving a messy battlefield, even if Brusinov is unwilling, he must gather the army, otherwise, let alone reimbursement today, it is possible in two or three days, and even he knows very well that the flight speed of the airship, in the next time, they will be subjected to continuous attacks, and when the time comes, it will be the biggest test, and the way of the large army cluster may no longer be suitable. He decisively separated the army, and changed from the original group of several armies to a brigade that marched in a scattered way from left to right, gathering as much as he could.
Part of the scouts who were in charge of monitoring the movements of the Russian army immediately reported the effect of the airship bombing to Cai Yi, Cai Yi sighed, to be honest, the power of the bomb surprised him, but the number is really too small, more than 300 tons at a time, at most three times, it will be used up, once there are fewer bombs, the effect of the airship air attack will be greatly reduced.
I never thought of using airships to eliminate 200,000 Russian troops, but seeing the psychological gap that hope could not be implemented, it was more or less uncomfortable, Cai Yi stabilized his mind, and calmly watched the staff officer take out the implementation rules, the pace of the war is approaching little by little, from this transfer of Brusinov, he can already see that Brusinov is a difficult opponent.
When the airship came back, Cai Ye ordered the airship to be filled urgently, and bombed the Russian army again and again, but unfortunately, next, the second time, the third time, familiar with the bombing method of Baotou, the mortality rate of these people was almost reduced to the minimum, under a 1600-ton ZHA bomb, no 700 people died in the air raid, and the rest escaped from the air raid flexibly.
After the three bombings, the 1000 tons of aerial bombs were basically used up, but even after the lethality was already minimal, the bombing of the airship still maintained the intensity of 2 times a day, no matter what, how many casualties can be caused, how many casualties can be caused, at least to slow down the Russian army's march, but unfortunately in the later stage, the 200,000 Russian army, aside from the loss of nearly 8,000 people, the rest have formed a brigade or so of squads, more than 20 squads, air raids can only be separated, It is difficult to even simply delay, on the third day, Cai Ye finally stopped the air attack on the Russian army, but in his heart, he admired Brusinov's adaptability and command ability to the extreme, and his danger level was raised to a higher level in his heart.
An excellent commander, under the absolute disadvantage, may not change the entire form of war, but will make the casualties rise to a certain extent, in the case of the victory of the battle of Ud-Germany is a foregone conclusion, as far as possible to avoid casualties, is also Cai Ye must do, Brusinov's command ability, adaptability, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his command make him vigilant.
On the side of Ud, the project is in full swing, 120,000 troops, it took only 3 days to arrive, thanks to the roads repaired by Mongolia here, and even the troops withdrawn from the front line, you can only carry personal belongings and guns, you know, here in Ud, but the entire Northwest Army attacked the base camp of Mongolia, the hoarding of arms and materials, plus the follow-up replenishment, is enough to make 10 tens of thousands of troops, all armed, only 100,000 people, plus equipment, the Northwest is more powerful than other world powers Transport and convoy, At an average speed of 30 kilometers per hour and 360 kilometers per day, it was possible to rest every night, especially the last 300 kilometers, with the possibility of taking the train, a fast and comfortable environment, so that everyone got enough rest, and every North-Western army arrived in Ud, and threw itself into the excavation of the fortifications.
There is a fixed railway station, a large number of materials are backwards, hoarded to a safer place, but Ud is not a specially designed fortress, and even when designing him as a railway station, only part of the station function was considered, and the role of the war was not considered, in this case, Ud's defense is much weaker than the buying and selling city, the only good news is that the Russian army has also been weakened by airships again and again, if the Russian army is like a bamboo at the beginning, the current Russian army, has only about eighty percent of the strength, Not only in terms of military strength, but also in terms of morale.
In this case, the two sides are on the same level. In addition, Oude waited for work, the fortifications were arranged in advance, and there was heavy artillery as the backing, which was as thick as a copper coin and iron wall.
Finally, after 4 days, the Russian army, which had gone through a lot of dangers, finally arrived at a place 30 kilometers around Ud, and had preliminary contact with the Northwest Army, there was a short exchange of fire in front, and a small group of Russian troops in the vanguard and the outer defense line of Ukraina collided together, strong defense and automatic firepower, so that the Russian army advancing lightly was defeated, and finally ended in the defeat of this vanguard force. R1152