Daming Army Aviation has canister super bombs specially designed to deal with these fortifications, and those bombs weighing more than a ton are extremely powerful. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, in this era, there is no precision guidance, and aerial bombardment to hit the target depends more on the pilot's skill and luck and the accumulation of a huge number.

The Ming army's can openers on the front line were quickly used up, and the support ammunition in the rear was still on the way. It is certainly impossible to hoard such things on a large scale at the front. It was at this time that the troops of the Ming Heavy Artillery Division finally came to the outskirts of Moscow slowly, and they soon received an order to destroy the Russian fortifications.

In the years when there was no precision guidance, the accuracy of ground artillery fire was actually very high. The area of permanent fortifications like the Russians is so large, and it is still a dead coordinate. The Ming army's 380 mm heavy artillery simply tested two rounds and then quickly overturned a large fortification with armor-piercing shells. The huge explosion and shock wave almost killed hundreds of Russian troops inside the fortification.

These 380 mm guns can destroy a large Russian fortification in an average hour, and at this rate, it will not be long before they can pull out all the nails outside the city.

And the heavy artillery division of the Ming army is not only these artillery. Since the names are all called heavy artillery divisions, they must be equipped with large-caliber artillery. In addition to the 380 mm caliber cannons, the heavy artillery divisions of the Ming army were armed with 280 mm and 200 mm caliber guns. These heavy artillery are difficult to deal with those thick and large fortifications, but there is no problem in shelling those ordinary fire points and support points of the Russian army. What's more, the number of these guns was very large.

A heavy artillery division of the Ming Army was basically equipped with 24 200 mm guns and eight 280 mm guns. This amount is more than enough when dealing with a strong defensive position. In terms of the accurate fire of the Ming artillery, basically a solid firepower point can be destroyed within three artillery, and these firepower points are all the core of the battle line.

Once these machine guns and artillery hidden in reinforced concrete were destroyed by hundreds of kilograms of shells, the Russians were powerless to resist the surprise attack of the Ming armored forces and infantry groups.

In just three days, from 15 October, when the Ming Army's heavy artillery division rushed to the front line, to 18 October, the Ming Army's heavy artillery division, with the cooperation of the Ming Army's army aviation, basically pulled out all the nails on the Russian army's position around the city, and smoothly opened the way to the city for the attacking troops.

The artillery units of the Ming army were not just heavy artillery divisions. There are more than 20 artillery regiments directly under Army Group Center, in addition to various armies, armies, divisions and even regiments belonging to various artillery guns ranging from 200 mm to 105 mm and even 88 mm caliber, all of which are frantically pouring ammunition towards the Russian positions. The intensity of the Ming army's artillery bombardment was so strong that many artillery pieces had to be replaced.

Thousands of artillery pieces of various calibers poured hundreds of thousands of tons of shells over the course of three days, plus heavy bombardment by the army aviation. The Russians' outer defenses and fortresses were almost entirely reduced to ashes.

Many of the Russian defenders were buried in the fortress because of the bombardment, and post-war excavations revealed many survivors who held out until early November. They struggled to survive in various ways, but in the end, most of them committed suicide in despair, and a few were starved to death by starvation and thirst.

Zhang Cheng thought that the battle here would be extremely fierce, but he didn't expect it to be like this. Nearly 30,000 officers and men of the four combat engineer brigades, who had undergone strict street combat training, had already lost nearly half of their combat losses and almost lost their combat effectiveness in just a few days after they were put into battle, which greatly shocked Zhang Cheng.

In Zhang Cheng's thoughts, the Russian army is now surrounded, and there is a lack of various material supplies, and the morale of the army should be low. But now they are not only stubbornly resisting, but also fighting with great success!

After some consideration, Zhang Cheng finally decided to continue the offensive battle. He knew that a strong attack would cause huge casualties, but he didn't pay anything in return. If we can't take it before the Russian winter arrives, it's hard to say what the war will do next.

In the current era before global warming, winters in Russia are unusually cold. Tens of degrees below zero, that's a common thing. If the city of Moscow could not be captured, the millions of Ming troops who spent the cold winter in the field would inevitably suffer huge losses. Instead of freezing to death from frostbite in the cold weather, it is better to take Moscow with all your might.

Zhang Cheng once again issued an order for reinforcements, not only increasing the supply of logistical materials, but also transferring two mechanized infantry divisions and four combat engineer brigades from the reserve of Army Group Center in Kazan to Moscow to join the battle. At the same time, he personally went to the front line to inspect the troops to cheer up. The determination to seize Moscow as soon as possible has never changed.

As Zhang Cheng's order to continue the assault was issued, the fighting between the two sides in Moscow became increasingly intense.

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The Moscow Passenger Railway Station is located in the southern part of the city and is the largest railway transit station in Russia, along with the freight station in the north of the city. It is a huge complex of buildings, with tall and spacious waiting halls and various supporting buildings that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Flow. At this time, a fierce battle broke out in this huge Baroque architectural complex.

At this moment, it was October 22, and the fierce attack of the Ming army regardless of casualties greatly compressed the garrison position of the Russian army, and at the same time brought huge casualties to the Russian army. The civilian commandos suffered very heavy losses during the Ming attack, and many troops were forced by the Warlords to fill the Ming army's firepower with their flesh and blood with machine guns after the loss of their positions, trying to regain their positions. The Moscow Passenger Railway Station is an important place where the two sides are fiercely contested.

Originally, it was the 19th Militia Division of the Russian Army, which was a local garrison under the 42nd Army. However, after a few days of fighting, the defenders here have changed their numbers several times, and many divisional and brigade units have been wiped out in this huge flesh mill. The current defenders have been replaced by the 5th Militia Division, also a local garrison under the 42nd Army. The officers and men of these local garrisons are basically locals, and their will to fight is also very strong. This is their home.

And the Ming army in charge of attacking here was not comfortable. A fully equipped mechanized infantry division fought for only two days before having to withdraw from the battle due to excessive losses. The other infantry division, which had been reinforced, also did not last long, and after occupying a part of the railway station, they no longer had the strength to continue the attack.

Because the Moscow passenger railway station is located in the core of the southern part of Moscow, where many roads meet, and the breakthrough continues north to the Moscow River, and on the other side of the Moscow River is the Kremlin, where the Russian command is located. This is an important area that the Ming army must capture.

The 31st Infantry Army of the Ming Army, which was responsible for attacking the area south of Moscow, immediately sent reinforcements to the battlefield after receiving reinforcements from the army group. This support force was the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade, which rushed all the way from Kazan.

Long before the outbreak of the war, Zhang Cheng had already realized that this war would inevitably involve tragic urban street fighting. After all, there are too many large cities in this world, and those huge buildings made of reinforced concrete are the natural defense line of the defenders. No one will give up on such a good front.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng had already made a plan to form a special street fighting unit early on. As Zhang Cheng's power in the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, the various affairs he promoted were also moving at a rapid pace. The Combat Engineer Brigade is one of them.

Although the combat engineer brigade of the Ming Army has the title of engineer, they are not ordinary engineers who dig trenches and bury mines, they are all elite troops who have received strict training in urban street warfare and have professional street combat equipment. By the time the Ming army launched the Moscow Campaign, the Ming army had a total of twenty-one combat engineer brigades. Each brigade consisted of two infantry regiments and logistical support units, with a number of about seven thousand officers and men.

The sappers were fully armed with submachine guns and anti-tank rocket launchers. At the same time, it is equipped with a large number of flamethrowers, sniper rifles, machine guns, recoilless guns, special street fighting tank armored vehicles, remote control explosives vehicles and other equipment. Its street fighting capabilities are very strong.

Of course, no matter how powerful an army is, it is impossible to be invincible. The 7th Combat Engineer Brigade is the second batch of supplementary units. The four combat engineer brigades previously sent to the front in Moscow had to withdraw from the battlefield and return to the rear to recuperate due to heavy casualties. Elite troops are usually used on the most intense battlefields, and fierce battlefields can mean huge losses.

The Ming Army's 31st Infantry Army was responsible for the entire battle south of Moscow, and most of their forces had been thrown into the huge battle for the city. In order to seize the very important Moscow Passenger Station, they sent the newly reinforced 7th Combat Engineer Brigade to the extremely important Moscow Passenger Station, intending to break the deadlock here with this strong force.

Heavy artillery fire has already leveled the station, which was once home to a large number of artistic buildings. The troops on both sides were all hiding in the ruins everywhere, tearing each other like rats. The Ming army had an absolute advantage in firepower, but the Russians frantically drilled out from anywhere and rushed to the Ming position as if they could never finish killing. This counterattack has not subsided since the beginning of the fighting.

For various reasons, the Russian army either defended its homeland, or was forced by the warlords, or it was directly the nature of the fighting nation. The resistance of the Russians was unprecedentedly fierce, inflicting heavy losses on the Ming army. Of course, their own losses were even more devastating.

The battles here are so brutal that the newcomers who have just entered the battlefield will be in hell without any chance to adapt! (To be continued.) )