readx;

Chapter 1551 The battle begins

At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the battle began on the front line of the town of Daukala. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The defense of the Soviet army was more tenacious than expected, they not only dug anti-tank trenches, but also equipped with 50mm anti-tank guns, in the first wave of assault, they lost four wolf tanks and two Leopard tanks, and the commander An Ruoyi was alert that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the tank troops to withdraw, and then according to the position of the Soviet anti-tank guns, six I 24-tube 150mm rocket artillery vehicles were used to suppress the Soviet positions.

In a short period of time, hundreds of rockets fell on the Soviet positions, stirring up gunpowder smoke in the sky.

An Ruoyi saw in the telescope that the Soviet army's defense system was very perfect, and three circular blocking lines were set up in a small area, and although the bombardment of rocket artillery was extremely fierce, it could be found from the splashed dust that the Soviet army's casualties were not large, and it was obvious that there were anti-artillery holes and other facilities.

What the tank unit relies on is to use the characteristics of mobility and flexibility to penetrate the enemy group at high speed, mercilessly divide and surround the enemy, and then annihilate it. Thinking of this, An Ruoyi decisively gave the order to retreat.

Seeing a large number of tanks turning around and leaving, a deafening sound of "Ula" erupted from the Soviet positions.

In the headquarters of the Soviet army, Zakhvoki, the political commissar of the 3rd Division, was very excited, and said loudly to the division commander Kudryash: "Comrade Kudryash, please order the troops to assault, the enemy has suffered defeat in the face of our offensive, we must make persistent efforts to annihilate more enemies!" ”

Kudryash looked serious: "Please, Comrade Commissar, I can't give such an order. After the battle just now, we have already determined the identity of the enemy - they are Chinese. According to our intelligence, the Chinese going south have at least six armies, most of them are mechanized troops, if our infantry loses its strong fortifications, it will become the prey of the enemy's attack, I can't watch our soldiers die! ”

"You are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and passively avoid war—"

Zakhwaki pointed at Kudryash and angrily rebuked:

"Comrade Kudryash, I hope you will understand that the warriors of the Soviets, supported by strong spiritual beliefs, are at all comparable to the timid Chinese. Didn't you see that just now? They do not have infantry coordination, the slightest hit the wall, they are scared, we just need to take our anti-tank weapons on the road, and at the same time bring some more explosive bags and cluster grenades, we are not afraid of the counterattack of the Chinese! ”

"I can't—"

As soon as Kudryash said this, Major Kazarinsky, the division's internal affairs commissar, who had been watching coldly, suddenly pulled out his pistol and pushed it into Kudryash's temple:

"Comrade division commander, the Soviets are invincible! As a member of the House Council, I do not allow any passive fear of the enemy and retreat, and I want you to give the order to attack now! ”

"It's-okay!"

Kudryash shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, and immediately asked the chief of staff to give an order on his behalf, asking each regiment to leave one battalion to garrison the camp, and the rest of the troops to attack on all fronts, with all the anti-tank weapons and baggage, and resolutely drive the Soviet enemy into the forest and even into the desert further north.

......

At one o'clock in the afternoon, in the town of Kizi, south of the estuary forest, the defensive position of the 8th Motorized Infantry Battalion had been set up, and the battalion commander, Major Lang Lang, had turned this small town with a radius of only ten square kilometers into a strong fortress.

According to the configuration of the tank army, the motorized infantry battalion attached to the tank brigade is under its jurisdiction to strengthen its establishment, and it has three motorized infantry companies, two tank accompanying companies, one anti-tank company and one artillery company, as well as a reconnaissance platoon and a heavy machine gun platoon directly under the battalion headquarters. The role of the motorized infantry battalion is to carry out infantry and tank coordination operations when attacking the enemy's fortified positions to prevent the destruction of the enemy's infantry.

The 8th Motorized Infantry Battalion spread out along the southern part of the town, and if the enemy insisted on entering the forest, it would be given a head-on blow.

Two platoons of infantry defended the left flank, relying on a small hill more than 40 meters high, forming two skirmish lines, laying mines along the road and pulling barbed wire in front of the trenches. There were also two platoons deployed in the depression to the east, although this area was full of mud pools and rice fields, muddy and difficult to walk, not conducive to the attack, but also because the water table was shallow, less than half a meter of seepage, it was impossible to dig trenches, the soldiers had to lay a large number of mines, with branches and straw to hide themselves, try to avoid attracting the attention of the Soviet army, and at the same time give it a fatal blow when the Soviet army attacked.

Three motorized infantry platoons were placed in three positions 100 meters apart in the main position, and the battalion's direct heavy machine gun, anti-tank company, and mortar platoon of each company were attached to the rear of the main position, and a cannon gun, howitzer, and mortar were all erected, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the road in front of the town, and as long as there was any movement, the artillery would carry out fire attacks on the incoming enemy, and in addition, two motorized infantry platoons and two tank accompanying companies were used as strategic reserves.

The positions of the artillery company directly under the battalion were set up in the four corners of the town, echoing each other, and the reconnaissance platoon drove away from the town by car and set up an ambush in the jungle to the south to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy at any time.

Time passed imperceptibly, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, the Soviet troops heading north were late.

It's not that the 2nd Amu Darya Division is lazy, but on the way, they encountered a lot of unpleasant things. Shortly after the troops departed, a reconnaissance plane that was clearly enemy hovered over their heads. Ten minutes later, about fifteen dive bombers flew over their heads, strafing and dropping bombs on their heads with impunity, causing everyone to tremble.

Every time the B2 bomber of the An Jiajun imitating the German Ju87 dives, it carries an extremely high-pitched and sharp noise, and every attack can cause fatal losses, making the entire Soviet army chaotic and terrified.

Soviet commander Andreevich saw with his own eyes that a truck under his command towing 75mm field guns and the artillery on it were all sent into the sky by enemy bombs.

Many of the horses carrying ammunition and baggage were disturbed by the terrible roar of the planes, and the drivers only knew how to run for their lives during the bombing, so many of the horses lost control and scurried around.

After about a quarter of an hour, fifteen bombers dropped all their ammunition, circled in the air, and flew away, leaving the 2nd Division with a mess.

When Andreevich finished reorganizing his troops, he found that most of the division's supplies had been lost. This was mainly due to the fact that the frightened horses were uncontrolled, and the frequent bombardment caused about 500 wagons to lose control, roll over or be destroyed, which directly led to the lack of logistical supplies.

Most of the artillery was pulled by trucks, which was extremely conspicuous in the marching ranks, and became the target of the bombers' focus from the very beginning.

Andreevich couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately he was wise enough to leave the cavalry regiment in the rear, otherwise this round of bombardment would definitely have suffered heavy losses.

At this point, Andreevich had no good idea, and at the urging of the commissar Peter Orzy and the commissar of internal affairs Belikov, he commanded the troops and continued north, but when he reached the ground, he found that the town of Kizi had been occupied, and the enemy had turned it into an extremely strong defensive line.

After seeing this situation through the binoculars, Andreevich shook his head helplessly, knowing in his heart that the opportunity had been lost, and the next thing to do was to reorganize the troops and launch an attack as soon as possible. Judging by the enemy's disposition, there are not many of them, and it is not necessarily possible to break through the enemy's positions.

As a result, Andreevich immediately ordered his troops, launched an offensive formation, and prepared to launch an offensive.

After careful reconnaissance by the reconnaissance troops, Andreevich found that the opponent's defensive positions in the northwest and due north, relying on the hills, were extremely strong, while the northeast was in a low-lying area, although it was muddy, but it seemed that the other side did not send troops to defend, so he immediately determined the plan of the attack: first send an infantry regiment to attack the main position in the north to contain the opponent's defensive fire, and then send a battalion to attack the northwest direction, creating the illusion of attacking the fortification, and the rest of the troops to the northeast to assault. Strive to break through the low-lying area and attack the center of the town as soon as possible, so as to shake the opponent's entire defense system as quickly as possible.

After the order was given, the Soviet army began to prepare, and half an hour later, eight 75mm field guns were fired, which was the only remaining artillery of the Second Division, and there were originally sixteen 107mm field guns and twenty-four 75mm field guns, but unfortunately they were scrapped in the air raid just now, in addition to some mortars coordinated shelling.

As soon as the Soviet artillery spoke, they were immediately met with a return fire from the artillery battery of the 8th Motorized Infantry Battalion.

Eight 120mm howitzers, plus eight 81mm mortars, shells with a heavy whistling sound, fell from the sky, instantly surrounded the Soviet artillery positions, large and small mushroom clouds straight into the sky, the huge explosion and flash, so that the Soviet army was caught off guard Heavy losses, artillery, artillery and infantry preparing to attack, all were shrouded in artillery fire, stumps and broken arms mixed with the remains of artillery, flying sideways in the air, the momentum is not terrifying.

The artillery bombardment of the 8th Motorized Infantry Battalion lasted for five minutes, and the intensity and density of the fire made all the surviving Soviet troops feel extremely shocked, in their opinion, with such powerful artillery fire, the opponent they faced definitely had hidden strength, and it would not be as simple as it appeared on the surface, and the next battle would not be easy to fight.

The defeat in the first battle dealt a great blow to the morale of the troops participating in the feint, but under the machine guns of the supervisory team composed of the internal affairs troops, most of the officers and men could only pick up the weapons in their hands and launch an attack under the leadership of the political commissars and commanders at all levels.

The Soviet infantry lined up in a long line, each fifty meters apart, and it was strange that the Soviets had set up bayonets on their long rifles, and then slowly pressed towards the main position.

Seeing the tactics adopted by the Soviet army, Captain Gao Linsheng, the commander of the 15th Motorized Infantry Company, who was observing with a telescope in the highland bunker behind the main position, frowned: "No, isn't the Soviet army crazy?" They even used the straggler formations of the Franco-Prussian War? Isn't this sending to death? ”

As he spoke, Gao Linsheng looked back at Second Lieutenant Dai Zhilin, an operational staff officer standing next to him.

"It doesn't make sense, the Soviet army is the elite of the baptism of the civil war, how can it make such a mistake?"

Dai Zhilin, who had just graduated from the Syrian non-commissioned officer school, asked the same question after looking at the Soviets' attack formation through a periscope set up in a lookout hole.

"There's a problem, is it a trap?"

Dai Zhilin thought for a while and asked, "Company commander, do you want to report to the battalion commander?" ”

Gao Linsheng shook his head decisively: "No, the soldiers will cover the water and the earth, let's see clearly what kind of medicine is sold in the Soviets' gourd!" ”

With the sound of the trumpet, the Soviet army began to charge, and with the sound of "Ula", they accelerated and ran.

"The enemy just charged?" Gao Linsheng was slightly stunned, then rushed to the walkie-talkie, and ordered loudly into the microphone: "Pay attention to the forward position, put the enemy within 100 meters and then shoot, and the mortar will suppress the artillery fire at 200 meters!" Remember, don't let go of an enemy! ”

Just as Gao Linsheng finished the call, a violent explosion sounded in front of the position. This is the mortar that began to carry out suppressive fire.

One shell after another erupted and burst out at a distance of more than 200 meters on the opposite side, and in an instant, several Mao Zi soldiers near the explosion point staggered and fell to the ground.

The Soviets did not flinch and rushed forward with a brave shout.

At this time, the general-purpose machine gun on the main position began to strafe, and the unique "cough-cough" shooting sound of the general-purpose machine gun became a hell sonata here, and the Mao soldiers who rushed to the front were put down one by one like rice being harvested by a harvester, and in a short time, the corpses of the Soviet troops covered the open space in front of the position.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: Thank you for your recommendation, reward, five-star evaluation votes, *** and subscription support to the Son of Heaven during the annual meeting, and the Son of Heaven will write a special topic to express his gratitude later!

This month, friends have ***, please continue to smash "Iron Bone", next month the Son of Heaven will do his best to cheer up, an outbreak is a must, so please be ready***, don't fall behind from the beginning!