Chapter 462: Burning Moscow (32)
"Look at these Russians. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "Many Ming troops who jumped out of the truck began to assemble, and many officers and soldiers looked at the potholed roads covered with the corpses of Russian officers and soldiers, and talked in small voices curiously. The officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade have been training in China for a long time, and this is the first time they have actually gone to the battlefield.
"Looks like a lot of people aren't soldiers, right?" Many of the remains of Russian soldiers scattered everywhere did not even wear military uniforms, but most of them were armed with them. That is, they are all armed men.
"I know that." An officer and soldier whispered: "I have a classmate in the 211th Infantry Division, and when we met yesterday, he said that there are many Russian civilians who have been forced to form many militia units, and these should be Russian militias. ā
"What? Militiaman? ā
"Wouldn't it? Are we going to fight the militia? ā
"We're elite combat engineers, and we won't get medals for fighting a bunch of militiamen, right?"
"Think about it too much, first think about how you want to survive from the battlefield."
The combat sappers of the Ming army were very relaxed. They consider themselves elite enough and equipped with advanced equipment. After years of hard training to perform well on the battlefield at this time, they were confident in themselves. However, after only a few hours, the brutal battlefield will transform these elite rookies into veterans who crawl through the ruins of the battlefield like rats.
Almost all the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade had packed themselves properly before they went into battle, and their brand-new uniforms, polished and shiny weapons, and shiny high-end military boots made them look as if they were participating in a military parade. When the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade had just entered the battlefield, the officers and men of the 379th Infantry Division of the Ming Army stationed here looked at them as if they were looking at a group of big fools. Because they are still on the battlefield in formation.
When the officers and soldiers of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade lined up and entered the battlefield, there were officers and soldiers who took out cigarettes and wanted to get close to the officers and soldiers of the 379th Infantry Division, who were covered in mud and blood, whose faces were dirty, whose eyes were exposed, and whose clothes were tattered. Many people were thrown to the ground by the officers and soldiers at once.
Because they did not expect to be attacked by their own people, the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade were panicked and just wanted to counterattack when they heard gunfire and artillery fire.
After a period of scramble, nearly twenty officers and men fell from one of the companies that had entered the position of the Moscow railway station. If it weren't for the quick reflexes of the allies, they would have suffered many more casualties. In the words of friendly soldiers, people like them, dressed like roosters, lining up to enter the battlefield are greeting the Russian army and shouting loudly, "Come and me!" ā
Russian snipers and a round of mortar attacks taught the officers and men of the elite but no battlefield experience of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade a vivid lesson. Looking at the comrades-in-arms who had gone through several years of arduous training, but had not fired a single shot after going to the battlefield, they were put into body bags and still loaded into trucks, and the feelings of the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade can be imagined. Especially when they heard the officers and men of the 379th Infantry Division say in a tone of envy, "You can still use body bags." When they were scolding, they couldn't describe it.
A few hours later, the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade, which had entered the Moscow railway station in a majestic truck in the morning, were already the same officers and men of the 379th Infantry Division, which had been stationed here for two days. Dirty, messy crawling on the dirty ground, covered in blood crawling between the ruins. Under the threat of life, the battlefield is the real best classroom.
The 7th Combat Engineer Brigade, with its extensive specialized equipment, cleared the Russian defenders in battle groups with reinforced barricade tanks and barricade tanks equipped with steel shovels in front as the lead, Spitfire tanks and armored vehicles as flank cover.
Tanks and recoilless guns destroy Russian firing points, and snipers suppress enemy snipers and monitor the battlefield. Spitfire tanks spewed fire into the ruins of almost every place, setting the entire train station on fire. The well-trained combat engineers fought in strict accordance with the method of clearing one place and consolidating one place. They did not mean to take all the major buildings in one fell swoop, but steadily encroached on the Russian positions.
The combat sappers made considerable progress, but the Russians did not have the slightest intention of giving up their positions. They used heavy firepower to continuously suppress the offensive of the Ming army, and at the same time mobilized a large number of troops from the rear to throw themselves into the massive counterattack in waves. The number of Russians was so large that the Ming army at the front was short of ammunition. Fierce white-knuckle battles broke out on both sides on many positions.
As time went on, the fighting at the Moscow railway station had come to an end of heat. Both sides are almost constantly charging at each other, each trying to completely defeat the opponent. But the reinforcements on both sides are also endless, and this place has become a pure flesh mill, and the two sides are now fighting over who can resist the loss.
By the morning of the next day, the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade of the Ming Army, which had paid a huge price, had finally taken the core position of the Moscow railway station. But before they could cheer, the two infantry regiments of the 11th Division of the Russian militia immediately launched a desperate counterattack.
Groups of Russian officers and soldiers braved the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army and rushed to the position with rifles with bayonets on them, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army. Butts, grenades, sapper shovels, steel helmets, fist teeth. All the weapons that could be used were used, and thousands of Russian soldiers poured into the Ming positions without regard for casualties, driving the Ming troops out of their positions at a huge cost of casualties. But that's just the beginning.
Just over half an hour later, the Ming combat engineers used flamethrowers and various automatic weapons to launch a fierce charge under the cover of the armored troops, and recaptured the position. But just over an hour later, the positions of the Moscow railway station were once again recaptured by the Russians, who had no regard for casualties.
In order to fight for positions, the Ming army even used anti-tank rocket launchers to attack the firing points of the Russian army. A number of weapons, including 120mm heavy mortars and new secret weapons, multiple rocket launchers, were also used to bombard Russian positions.
It was fast around the middle of the night. The brutal tug-of-war at the Moscow railway station continues. There was simply no time for rest on either side, and there was no tradition of not fighting at night. The entire battlefield was filled with a dense rain of bullets and tracer bullets that pierced the night sky. When the battle was at its fiercest, the officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade and the 379th Infantry Division of the Ming Army even filled in the positions with entire companies and battalions. The Ming army and the Russian army are constantly switching their offensive and defensive roles. And the strength of both sides is also constantly and rapidly attrition.
In the three days before and after, the Ming army participating in the attack invested a total of two infantry divisions and a combat engineer brigade. Among them, the 181st Infantry Division and the 379th Infantry Division attrition of troops on average is as high as nearly forty percent!
The more than 7,000 officers and men of the 7th Combat Engineer Brigade, which was thrown into the battlefield as the main force of the battle, were left with less than 3,000 officers and men when they finally withdrew from their positions. The magnitude of the casualties in the battle has far exceeded the level of the Ming army's previous operations.
On the other hand, the losses of the Russian army were even more severe. After three days and three nights of brutal fighting, almost every unit of the Russian army, which had invested a total of five infantry divisions and a large number of citizen commandos, was crippled. Garrisoned here from the beginning, the 102nd Infantry Division, a rare full-strength unit among the Russian army, was almost completely wiped out.
The three infantry regiments under the 102nd Infantry Division of the Russian army ended up with less than one battalion left. When the 102nd Infantry Division, which was fully staffed with nearly 15,000 troops, withdrew from the battlefield, there were less than 1,000 men left of all the men and the lightly wounded.
The commander of the division, Denis. Major General Glushakov and Chief of Staff Pavel. Brigadier General Mogorevitz and the commanders of the three infantry regiments under him were all killed. Other Russian units also suffered heavy losses. After the war, statistics showed that the Russian army lost more than 40,000 people at the Moscow railway station alone!
Both sides shed their blood for this important strategic location. But in the end, the strength of the Ming army still far exceeded that of the Russian army. The Ming army succeeded in capturing this position at great cost, and the Ming army had seized the initiative on the battlefield, and they were very close to the final defensive core of the Russian city center.
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The Chkaaf Mansion is a huge reinforced concrete building with a height of ten floors. Before the war, it was home to one of Moscow's most famous shopping venues and high-end hotels, and was always brightly lit and celebrity-filled. However, it has now become an important stronghold for the Russian army.
The reason for his importance is that behind the Chekav building is the Moskva River, and from the road next to the Chekav building you can go directly to the bridge over the Moskva River. Across the bridge is the Borovitsky hill, where the Kremlin is located.
The Chkav Mansion is the last strong fortress on the southern side of the Kremlin. Once this place is breached, the Kremlin will be directly attacked by the Ming army, which is the last command center of the Russian army. Once it is captured, it means that the Russian army has lost its last spiritual support. The Battle of Moscow would have officially ended.
Since the fall of the Moscow passenger railway station in the south, the Chkaav building has become the last line of defense for the Ming army to break through to the Kremlin from the southern part of Moscow. In order to defend here, the headquarters of the 59th Infantry Army of the Russian Army was located in the Chekav Building. All the surrounding buildings have been converted into fortifications, and the once wide street has been transformed into a huge construction site. The road was cut off at the waist, and there were dug trenches and anti-tank trenches everywhere. Sandbag barricades are everywhere. (To be continued.) )