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Chapter 1549 Encounter

Four days ago, Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong led their troops to Kyzylorda. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

General Andres, the commander of the left wing of the Central Route Army of the Far Eastern Army, who was overjoyed and asked his allies to take the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility and move south along the Aral Sea, through the desert and Gobi in the Turan lowlands, into Uzbekistan to fight, and contain the living forces of the Soviet army.

At present, the Far Eastern Army has three routes, the right road is trapped in the Chuyili Mountains, the middle road is blocked in the Karatau Mountains, and the left road is moving south along the Caspian Sea, and has now advanced to the territory of Turkmenistan, but it is stubbornly blocked by the Soviet army in the area of the Kurandag Mountains and the Cherinkre Plateau. The supply line of the Soviet army mainly relied on Turkmenistan's port city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian coast, so the Soviet army gathered heavy forces on this line and engaged in fierce battles with the Left Army.

Originally, according to the plan, after the commander of the Left Route Army, General Ishov, took Turkmenistan, he would lead his troops to attack from west to east, occupy the territory of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmen, and then enter Uzbekistan to fight, but now because the war has reached a stalemate, there is a troop vacuum in Uzbekistan, and the Soviet army has accumulated heavy troops there.

To help others is to help themselves, Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong took over the task happily, and then led their troops to fight south.

At 10 a.m. on 27 April, there was a rare fog on the shores of the Aral Sea, and although the fog was not too dense due to the desert and the Gobi nearby, the visibility could still only be seen at most at a distance of more than 100 meters.

A large convoy of vehicles was stuck in an oasis of woods, and if you looked closely, you would find that these vehicles were covered in armor, some were fully equipped with tracks, some had eight wheels, some had four wheels, and a large number of trucks and jeeps and off-road vehicles, all of which had a striking flying fox logo on their camouflage bodies.

Needless to say, everyone understands the identity of this unit. That's right, they are the vanguard of Ye Cheng's front army, the mixed unit of the armored reconnaissance battalion and the first tank brigade directly under the First Tank Army.

Moving south from Dakzilorda, the troops quickly crossed the Kzel Desert and entered the oasis area on the eastern shore of the Uzbek Aral Sea without encountering any fighting.

At this time, Major General Chen Bannian, commander of the 1st Tank Brigade commanding the battle group, was sitting in his armored command car, holding a cigarette in one hand and a map in the other hand to observe carefully.

Due to the rapid movement of the troops at the beginning, coupled with the fog, the vanguard led by him gradually became disconnected from the main army. The area of this oasis is very large, and what is especially surprising is that in this edge of the desert and the Gobi, there is a dense jungle of hundreds of square kilometers, after contacting the headquarters, Ye Cheng asked him to quickly reconnoiter the surrounding environmental conditions, and it is best to find out where the nearest town is.

"Brigadier Commander!"

A communications soldier on a motorbike quickly approached the armored vehicle, got out of the vehicle, and immediately reported it. Chen Bannian jumped out of the car, saluted the signal soldier in return, and hurriedly asked, "Has the reconnaissance unit sent out come back?" ”

"I'm back, they're in front of the map in the back operations section to summarize the reference details, and they'll be there soon! I'm worried that the brigade commander is in a hurry, so let me come back and report first! The Signal Soldier replied.

"Okay!"

Chen Bannian dropped the cigarette butt and said excitedly: "As long as we figure out what kind of place this is, we can make targeted plans and arrangements, and we will no longer be in the dark like now." ”

Five minutes later, two six-wheeled armored vehicles drove straight up.

"Brigadier Chen!"

Major Gao Cheng, commander of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the army, jumped out of the armored car and gave a military salute to Chen Bannian. "After our reconnaissance, we have figured out the situation around the perimeter." Speaking of this, Gao Cheng unfolded the map in his hand and introduced to Chen Bannian: "Ten kilometers southwest from here, there is a road, and if you go about thirty-five kilometers southwest along the highway, you can reach the town of Kornokhazak Daria, which is an important garrison location in Uzbekistan. After a pause, Gao Cheng continued: "There is a problem, just now our reconnaissance unit found a group of Soviet tanks in the southwest. Over here! As he spoke, Takashiro pointed to the map.

"Tanks?"

After listening to Gao Cheng's introduction, Chen Bannian was stunned for a moment. Then, he looked carefully at the map with the enemy's location, and asked with a serious expression:

"What tanks does the other side have, and what is their strength?"

Gao Cheng did not hesitate at all: "According to our close observations, we found that this part of the Soviet army is equipped with Soviet T26 and BT7 light tanks, as well as BA-27 armored vehicles. Quantitatively, they had more than twenty tanks in total, more than twenty armored vehicles. I think it was a reconnaissance unit of the Soviet army, and in addition we found ten anti-tank anti-aircraft guns, but there was no infantry with them! ”

"The reconnaissance unit of the Soviet army? How did they end up here? ”

After listening to Gao Cheng's explanation, Si Chen Bannian fell into deep thought. "Did they find out where we were and come here to reconnoitre? It's impossible! We moved so suddenly that even we ourselves did not expect to be tasked with fighting in the south. Also, if they find us, they should send a large force to build a defensive line, not such a force! ”

So Chen Bannian continued to ask: "Did the other party make any special moves?" For example, the establishment of a ring defensive position or something? ”

"Nope!"

Gao Cheng thought for a moment and shook his head: "According to our observations, this force did not take any defensive measures, and when we found them, their troops were lined up in a column, and they did not even send out a guard post. I don't think they found out about us! ”

After a pause, Gao Cheng continued: "Brigade Commander Chen, I suggest that we should avoid them, and we can choose to take the trail close to the Aral Sea, although it will take an extra three or four kilometers to detour, but we can also reach the road, so that we will not be discovered by the other party, and then inform their main force to be on alert!" ”

"Nope! It's a shame not to eat the fat that reaches the mouth! ”

Chen Bannian waved his hand, and then said: "This kind of thing sent to the door, don't eat it in vain!" If we strike him with a surprise attack, they may not be able to react! Order all troops! Check your weapons, fill up your fuel, take a battle formation, and get ready to attack! ”

After speaking, Chen Bannian buttoned up the camouflage steel helmet, and then quickly boarded the combat command vehicle, and through the on-board command system, he gave a loud order: "Brothers, the first battle since we entered Central Asia is coming!" Attention all! Two o'clock southeast of the target. Follow the battle formation and move forward! ”

Soon, a group of mechanized troops, led by Leopard tanks, formed a mighty column of three columns, and quickly plunged deep into the woods in front.

At this time, about 10 kilometers away from the tank unit led by Chen Bannian, a reinforced reconnaissance battalion of the Soviet army was resting, and they were subordinate to the Uzbek Combat Corps, which had three corps, three artillery regiments, three independent antiaircraft artillery battalions, three engineer regiments, three communications battalions, and a number of other units, with a total strength of 150,000 troops, a total of 1,200 artillery pieces and more than 900 mortars, and was a powerful strategic mobile force in Central Asia.

This reinforced reconnaissance battalion of the Soviet Army was tasked with constantly reconnoitring and patrolling around this forest, and if it found that the Far Eastern Army was moving southward on a large scale, it would immediately report to the higher authorities, and if it found that it was only the enemy's reconnaissance troops, it would take them all down, and interrogate the number of the opposing troops, and the number of tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces it was equipped with, so as to provide a reference for the corps in combat.

This morning's fog made the Soviet army lose its vigilance, believing that in such a dense foggy weather, it was really not suitable to march, and once it lost its way in the desert, it would be a dead and lifeless end, so it did not send troops to investigate.

Half an hour later, Chen Bannian's 1st Tank Brigade drove into a distance of only about two kilometers from the other side, and due to the necessary silence treatment and the obstruction of trees in the woods, the Soviet troops did not realize that the crisis was approaching.

The reconnaissance troops sent in advance kept feeding back information, and Chen Bannian found that the other side was not aware of the arrival of his troops at all, and the Soviet tanks were huddled together, and they did not even set up battle defense artillery positions, so he made a bold decision in an instant, and sent Major Chen Jie, commander of the 4th Motor Infantry Battalion, to lead the 15th Anti-Tank Company and the Motor Infantry Company to go around the rear of the other side and cut off the other side's escape route. The 1st Tank Battalion carried out a flank attack, leading the 2nd and 3rd Tank Battalions, plus the anti-tank company and anti-aircraft machine gun company directly under the brigade, to attack the front of the opponent.

The mission was quickly completed, and all the tanks began to start, and then each rushed towards its intended target.

"Attention units! Attention units! ”

Ten minutes later, Chen Bannian, who had already arrived at the attack position, held the intercom, while looking at the movements of the enemy troops displayed on the electronic display screen, and calmly gave an order: "Attention of the second battalion, the target in the direction of twelve o'clock!" Target, ten 37 anti-aircraft guns! Listen to me! Get ready! Fire! ”

"Boom-"

A loud bang came from the muzzle of the tank, and then the ten trucks at the front of the Soviet army were hit with the ten 37 anti-aircraft guns dragged behind, and in an instant, the dazzling fireball engulfed the entire gun body. The energy and shrapnel produced by the detonated munitions turned hundreds of square meters into hell on earth.

"Attention units, the opposing tanks and armored vehicles at a distance of three hundred and fifty meters from the target, correct the distance, prepare armor-piercing shells! Put! With Chen Bannian's order, the artillery of the two battalions of sixty tanks burst into powerful flames. Under the tremendous power of the powerful 50mm KWK39L/60 gun, ten T26s parked at the front were in ruins. The total weight is 10.5 tons, the total length of the car is 4.88 meters, the total width of the car is 3.41 meters, the height of the car is 2.41 meters, and the armor is only 15 meters thick, which is simply not able to withstand the attack of 50-mm cannon shells, and all the tanks are fully reimbursed in the first round of fire of the Leopard tank.

"Damn it!"

Only then did the commander of the Soviet army recover from his surprise: "Chinese! The Chinese are coming! He shouted: "The enemy army is a large army, retreat!" Fall back! ”

After speaking, the Soviet commander jumped into a command vehicle converted from a BT7 light tank and quickly instructed the correspondent to turn on the radio and convey the news of the Chinese attack to his superiors.

However, at this time, a violent explosion was heard on the left and right of the BT7 command vehicle, and the ten taels of BT7 tanks and twenty-five BA-27 armored vehicles clustered around exploded and caught fire before they could start. The violent shaking shook the hearts of the commanders of the Soviet troops.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling motor sound in his ears, and the Soviet commander observed through the periscope and found that rows of tanks appeared around him like ghosts, and the flying fox logo on the turret was extremely conspicuous, especially the black muzzle of the opponent, which was full of lethality.

"It's over! It's a dead deal! ”

The Soviet commander let out a desperate scream, and then the tank body shook violently, the heat hit, and the eyes went dark, and he instantly lost consciousness.