As a result of the large-scale artillery group's use of No. B shells, in the next 20 minutes or so, hundreds of thousands of shells fell on the four front lines of defense of the Soviets, and a large number of underground bunkers were blown up, with as few as 100 or as many as hundreds of Soviet soldiers in each bunker area, either killed alive in the secret room or buried alive.

Countless B bombs, like corkscrews, chiseled open bunkers buried under the shallow surface of the ground, prayed that the shelling would end early, and then sent the Chinese a good-looking Soviet army to meet Comrade Marxist-Leninist.

The total number of shells dumped by the Ningguta artillery group in forty minutes was even more than the number in a week at the height of the Soviet-Japanese war.

Hundreds of thousands of shells, most of the stocks of the Northeast Theater of Operations, were pulled to the Far Eastern Theater a step away, and poured on the heads of the Soviet troops as if they did not need money.

According to Zhang Shusheng's statement at the military conference of the base camp, the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, and the current domestic problem is not a lack of production capacity, but overcapacity, not to mention the domestic mineral deposits, several newly built provinces recaptured from the Soviet Union, and even Mongolia have a large number of large quantities of minerals.

The process of mining minerals and then processing them into weapons and ammunition is an economic process, and from the perspective of the domestic people, most people can participate in or indirectly participate in the production of the military industry and thus make a profit.

The state organizes the production of weapons and ammunition, it needs to hire workers, it needs to pay salaries, and the looted minerals and millions of square kilometers of land and the wealth on them, in turn, provide a recyclable element: resources!

The Soviet Union was a huge treasure trove, whether it was oil or other minerals, and today's Central Asia and Siberia almost gave the illusion that they could not be mined.

What Zhang Shusheng needs to do is to let the country have a kind of war economy, so that the economic difficulties during the war can be turned into a good economic situation, so that the domestic economy can take off through the war, so that people can get rich through the war, so that they can get money, land, and other benefits distribution.

Therefore, every war, as long as it is not a pure waste, Zhang Shusheng never sparess it.

At this time, the Komsomolsk defense line, which the army had not attacked for several years, and the strong defense line, which was regarded by the Allies as the first line of defense in the Far East, had been turned into pieces of ruins by the frantic fire of the super artillery group.

"Report! The concentrated fire covering shooting of the three artillery groups including Ningguta is nearing the end, and the call of the armored command commander, Admiral Ye Long! ”

Boehly, the general command of the Iron Hoof Project campaign.

Huo Weiguo walked quickly to the telephone and took the phone, "I'm Huo Weiguo!" ”

"Commander-in-Chief Huo, I'm Ye Long! According to the plan, the fire coverage of the artillery group will end in fifteen minutes, whether the armored forces will launch the offensive on time and as planned, please instruct! ”

Ye Long's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Act as planned, after the artillery attack, the Air Force will take over the fire support baton, Commander Ye, you can command your armored cluster to take down the Komsomolsk defense line for me." Ha ha!! ”

Huo Weiguo laughed loudly, but he didn't return to the seriousness in his words, he and Ye Long were too familiar, and they had a very good relationship in the southwest period.

"Yes, please rest assured that our armored lightning assault force will definitely complete the task successfully."

On the other end of the phone, General Ye Long, the commander of the Boli Armored Group who was attacking head-on, said solemnly.

"Okay, this air-ground coordination is up to you."

Huo Weiguo put down the phone and asked the communications staff officer to dial the Air Force Far East Theater Command to take over the phone number of Lieutenant General Liang Yuanguang, who had replaced General Fan Chaoping as commander of the Air Force Far East Theater.

"Commander Huo, I'm Liang Yuanguang." Liang Yuanguang's meticulous voice came from the other end of the phone, and seeing that the air force group was about to attack, he didn't dare to be sloppy at all.

"There are still 5 minutes before the group takes off, so there is no problem."

If it was peacetime, or a division-level or army-level air-ground coordination, Huo Weiguo wouldn't care so much, but this time the troops tasked with breaking through the overall defense line of Komsomolsk were armored clusters.

According to the plan, the artillery cluster fire was covered in the front, the air-ground coordination and the fire support provided by the aerial carpet bombing were in the rear, and finally the infantry and tank coordination broke through the entire defense line.

Concentrating on the superior equipment of the Wehrmacht, and minimizing casualties due to the breach of a strong defensive line, requires a strong air force, artillery, and a sufficiently sized armoured cluster.

Just as the Germans broke through the Soviet defense front line in the Barbarossa plan, tanks were used for the first time in a super-large-scale centralized manner, causing all Soviet counterattack methods to fail, and even fleeing The Soviet troops ran in trucks, only to find that the road ahead was already blocked with German tanks.

This is the enormous power of the large-scale concentrated use of modern armored forces in warfare.

Of course, the premise of large-scale armor concentration is air superiority, ground artillery superiority, and good infantry coordination, especially if there is no air supremacy in the air, the armored cluster is likely to be chased by the enemy's aircraft one by one to burst chrysanthemums, and then unlucky, if you encounter such a terrifying existence as the Ningguta artillery group, any armored cluster within a radius of tens of kilometers may just be a target that runs faster, and no matter how fast it is, it is slower than artillery shells.

"There is no problem, please rest assured Commander-in-Chief Huo, please rest assured that the Far Eastern Theater of the Air Force will definitely complete its tasks, and at present all the bomber fleets have been prepared, and 10 airfields and more than 30 field airfields will take off in batches to ensure carpet bombing of the Komsomolsk defense line.

In addition, Commander-in-Chief Huo, our air force has just repelled a medium-sized counterattack by the Allied night fighter group, and it is estimated that a second large-scale air battle will soon break out over the Komsomolsk defense line. ”

After all, the phone call came faster than the battle report, and Liang Yuan simply explained the report that was about to be handed over to the campaign headquarters.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to your performance."

Huo Weiguo put down the phone, didn't say more, but asked the guards to make a pot of tea, sat in a small room facing the huge war room, and quietly waited for the dawn to come.

At the same time, the Far Eastern Theater Command of the Air Force, located near the Boli airfield on the outskirts, was also brightly lit. Originally, the Far Eastern Theater of the Air Force was stationed in Hailanpao, but as the war deepened, the headquarters was soon moved to Birobidzhan, and then the Far Eastern Theater regained Boli and the Primorsky area, and then moved all the way to Boli.

The air power of the Battle of Iron Hoof consisted of three aspects.

The first aspect is also the main force, which is mainly supported by the Far Eastern Theater and the air force from the country, with more than a dozen military airfields and a larger number of field airfields as bases.

Second, the force is slightly weaker, mainly the group of planes taking off from the Northeast Theater of the Air Force, and these planes will be responsible for carrying out air raids and air containment on the southern end of the Komsomolsk defense line, near the coastal area, and the large seaside triangle at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.

Since the breakthrough point of the Battle of Iron Hoof was chosen in the Komsomolsk defense line, where the enemy was most assured, the main battlefield of the air battlefield was also over the Komsomolsk defense line.

In the words of the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Fan Siran, at the campaign mobilization meeting, even with the stacking of planes, it was necessary to drive the enemy away from the defense line of Komsomolsk.

In the third aspect, the forces are the weakest, but they take on the lightest tasks.

The air force on this side is mainly composed of the air force of the Siberian theater of operations, and they are attacking from a long distance in order to provide air support for the armored groups such as the Fifth Armament Group Army commanded by Chen Cheng on the Siberian side to break through the Yakutsk defense line and cross the Lena River.

The number of aircraft mobilized for the entire campaign reached more than 5,500 units. Most of them are the most advanced Tianlong jet fighters and Jian-3 fighters currently in service in the Republic, and in terms of bombers, they are all H-2 and H-3M medium-range medium bombers and some T-35 Raytheon long-range bombers, and T-40 strategic bombers are not very used.

With more than 5,500 aircraft, the Wehrmacht has used more than half of its advanced fighters, reaching more than one-third of the total number of air forces.

According to the report, planes from the Standing Airfields A1-A15 have taken off, and the aircraft groups at the field airfields Nos. B1-B22 have also taken off one after another, and the air formations are currently being completed. Other airfields and a number of border airfields in the Northeast Theater of Operations are about to arrive in the skies over the Far Eastern Theater of Operations to converge. ”

The communications staff officer quickly reported to Liang Yuanguang that at the busiest time, one by one they kept coming to report on the air convergence of various airports and various marshalling groups.

"What happened to the second wave of Draco fighter groups vying for air supremacy?"

In order to fight the enemy to the death and suppress the enemy to the death, the Draco jet group has been deployed to Boli and even the area around Ningguta, and in the months before the general attack, once the Allied planes crossed the air cordon on the Ningguta front, these front-line superior fighters fighting for air supremacy will be dispatched to drive the enemy back or shoot down.

"The second wave of planes has just driven away a small group of Allied night raiders, which have been identified by radar as US F-86 Sabre fighters." The communications staff officer reported loudly.

The air force staff officers who had just received the news were discussing the situation, and when they saw Liang Yuanguang coming, they said, "Commander Liang, we think this is a test by the US military, you see, in the entire Far East Theater, most of the army's night fighter group has been transferred back home to deal with our strategic bombing of its homeland, while the rest are already tired of dealing with our southern aircraft group.

Because the Soviets' planes were seriously damaged, their surnames were low, and they could not be replenished by the country for a long time, and there was a shortage of night fighters and equipment, of course, this did not mean that they lacked night fighters, the Americans provided a batch. So it is possible that these planes are night battle groups of the Soviets, but more likely the Seventh Air Force of the American Army in the Far East.

Due to the rapid increase in the strength of China's air force and in order to alleviate the pressure encountered in the Southeast Asian theater, the US military has very generously dispatched the Eighth Air Force to assist in the defense of the Far East in the name of supporting the Far East, following the dispatch of the Seventh Air Force to the Far East.

Most of the planes of the Eighth Air Force are still in the base today, while the planes of the Seventh Air Force are stationed at the airfields behind the various Komsomolsk defense lines.

The electronic blockage of the super-large-scale battlefield at about four o'clock constantly harmed the Soviet army and the Yue army, the two wronged leaders at the forefront. More than a dozen airfields and Allied headquarters with US troops hiding behind the line were all attacked.

Not knowing that the Chinese would have such a wide range of jamming technology, even when it was electronically blocked, Admiral Bradley was not sure how the enemy had interfered with communications, and he attributed it all to the Chinese special forces who had infiltrated it.

"Order the third wave of aircraft groups that seize air supremacy to do their best to maintain the current situation before the follow-up aircraft groups arrive, and even if the main aircraft group of the Allies is coming, we must buy time for the arrival of our main aircraft group."

Liang Yuanguang discussed with several staff officers and the deputy commander of the headquarters and other generals, and quickly issued an order.

Everyone knows that in peacetime, these jets are treasures, but now, their value is to block the Allied planes from rushing into the air and provide safe ground bombing conditions for bomber groups.

No one cared about how many losses there were, and the plan had only one goal: to support the advance of the armored cluster with carpet bombardment from the air, following the coverage of the artillery group.

Ten minutes later, the black-pressed group of planes had already passed over Bo Li, listening to the roaring sound of aircraft engines overhead, Liang Yuanguang could even accurately distinguish their models, roughly tell their flight altitude and speed, this is the experience of a pilot to the commander of the air force.

After listening to the report on the latest situation of front-line air supremacy, Liang Yuanguang finally breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, walked out of the underground headquarters, turned his back to the east, which was gradually revealing the white of the fish's belly, and saluted the most solemn military salute to the bomber group before the dawn general attack.

"The Chinese National Games, a war is more prosperous than a war! All of you work together. ”

No one dares to guarantee that the war will be won, but what people can do is to produce more weapons and equipment, which Zhang Shusheng has done, and China has done it. No one dares to guarantee that no one will die in war, but if people can train more excellent and qualified military personnel, not only provide them with the best weapons, but also teach them the best survival skills and killing skills.

…… The Soviet Union, the Komsomolsk Defense Line Command, was also Zhukov's underground command behind Komsomolsk.

"Marshal Zhukov! The Chinese had just applied indiscriminate fire coverage to the four lines of defense in front of us, the Chinese used some kind of new artillery shells, and according to reports, a large number of underground bunkers had been blown up, and the troops on our positions suffered very heavy losses, and most of the survivors were trapped underground by ground explosions and bunker collapses. ”

Soon, although most of the radio communication equipment in the entire circle of the Allied forces in the Far East Army-controlled area centered on Komsomolsk was destroyed, in the face of such an earth-shattering shelling, the Soviets still quickly got a more realistic preliminary report.

Zhukov couldn't help frowning when he heard this, although when the Chinese interfered with communications and sabotage on a large scale, he expected that the Chinese's general offensive would begin, but he did not expect it to be so fast and so fierce, and actually chose the front of the Komsomolsk defense line to break through.

"Here...... Here......"

Zhukov and many other Soviet, American, and even Japanese officers threw themselves in front of the huge map sand table, and the staff officers laid out the most damaged lines and fortifications on the sand table model of the Komsomolsk defense line according to the scale.

Soon, the preliminary intuitive situation came out, according to the reports received so far, the entire defense line was very badly damaged, not to mention the damage to the personnel in the bunkers on and below the positions, the four defense lines have been emptied of countless large openings that are enough for the Chinese to drive straight in, either the ground personnel were covered by artillery fire and killed, or the underground personnel were blown up, blocked, and buried in the ruins of the bunkers.

"What kind of shells did the Chinese use, they could even blow through underground bunkers."

Although Zhukov didn't have to worry about the safety of the underground bunker he was in, he was still angry when he saw the messy appearance on the sand table.

"What is our artillery group doing? Immediately fire back. Zhukov angrily ordered.

"But Comrade Marshal, our artillery is inferior to theirs in range and accuracy, and once an artillery battle begins, we may suffer heavy losses."

A staff officer said presumptuously.

"Bastard, carry out the order." Zhukov couldn't help but burst into a foul language, which has been a rare thing in the past ten years.

"Marshal, if our artillery group breaks away from camouflage and is exposed in advance, we may not only be counterattacked by Chinese artillery group and air group, but if we rush to the position at this time Chinese, we will ......"

Another staff officer stepped forward and said that the Chinese were not Yu himself, and even if he had discovered the approximate location of the Soviet artillery group, he was helpless, and the range and accuracy were inferior to the Soviet army. But now it is reversed, the Chinese artillery group range, accuracy, fire intensity are stronger than the Soviet army, and the artillery radar and front-line reconnaissance aircraft, two advanced equipment that have been exposed, are enough to calibrate the artillery group.

Of course, if they have more advanced aircraft, they will be the enemy with a larger artillery group, and no matter how fast the artillery unit is, it will never be able to outrun the aircraft.

"Let the 221st, 149th, 327th, and 328th divisions be ready to support the front two lines of defense from the fifth line of defense at any time."

Zhukov waved his hand, signaling that the order just now was canceled, and now the front two lines of defense have suffered the heaviest losses, and if some troop deployment is not made, it is likely that the Chinese will not attack the position next, but enter by walking.

"In addition, the U.S. military was asked to provide air support, and all our night combat planes took off, and it was very dawn. As long as it is dawn, we will have more means to fight back. ”

Zhukov ordered.

Because of the jamming of communication equipment, the command even lost contact with most Soviet airfields at one point, which is why not many planes took off to the Ningguta line to try to bomb the Chinese artillery group.

"Report, our first wave of night fighters has been shot down by the Chinese."

Suddenly, a staff officer hurriedly ran over and reported that not long ago, a group of Sabre jets that were closest to Komsomolsk and took off urgently took off to the sky over Komsomolsk, but they did not expect to be shot down so quickly.

"Ordering the aircraft group to take off as soon as possible to meet the enemy and inform the Americans of the seriousness of the situation, it is time to use their air fleet, and besides, the air defense forces are ready to fight."

At this time, Zhukov no longer expected the planes arriving from various airports to compete with the Chinese planes that were close at hand, and the only thing he could pray for was that the defense line and Komsomolsk could withstand the bombing of the Chinese.

However, soon, Zhukov found that his ideas were too one-sided, and with the aggressive attitude of the Chinese in recent years, once such a super-large artillery group was organized, how could the Chinese Air Force, which was more convenient for air mobility, be petty, and could only clench his fists and beat him fiercely.

"Damn the sound of the cannons, it's finally starting to whisper."

A large number of Soviet troops were ordered to go up to the fourth line of defense, especially the fifth line of defense, which had not yet been subjected to massive shelling.

Although they were not baptized by the overwhelming artillery fire in the distance, the Soviet officers and soldiers and political commissars still looked at the three lines of defense that were even red in the distance with jealous eyes, and the fourth line of defense was also shelled, and only the last line of defense under the city was safe.

The sound of artillery is a little quieter, which can be seen from the earth-shattering explosion just now, so far away can still make the Soviet army tremble, although the artillery is still rumbling, but at least it can be endured.

Soviet officers and soldiers began to curse the Chinese loudly and unscrupulously, just as they cursed themselves who attacked the position more than a dozen times a day, cursing the yellow-skinned Chinese monkeys in the most filthy language imaginable.

"Let them die." This simple sentence, on the contrary, was the most popular in the Soviet army, and the helplessness towards the Chinese was all contained in this sentence. Although China and the Soviet Union did not break out for most of the year before the general offensive, they were desperately suppressed by the Chinese from the ground to the sky, and the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union at that time became today's China's suppression of the Soviet Union, which really made it difficult for these officers and soldiers who were accustomed to the political commissar's propaganda of the Great Soviet Union ideology and the superior surname of Bolsheism.

"Did you hear that? There seems to be a strange sound in the sky!! ”

Suddenly, a Soviet soldier raised his head from the trench and looked up at the half of the sky illuminated by the artillery fire in the distance, only to see that in the sky, from the light and smoke above the distant position, an overwhelming number of planes were flying.

The flash of artillery fire allowed him to spot the plane, but there was nothing to save their lives.

"Whew...... Shout...... Woo...... Woo"

Aerial bombs of different calibers were poured down from the bomber fleet that spread all over the sky, and although the Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units were trying to open fire, they felt so powerless in the face of the overwhelming fleet of planes and the bombs that rained down.

Heavy aerial bombs, and even some ground-penetrating aerial bombs with a similar effect to Type B shells, were dropped from the Chinese bomber fleet.

Bullets rained down, even if a considerable part of them missed and exploded in other places, but those huge aerial bombs that swept through the trenches, completely blew up the trenches, and even set off a crater more than ten meters deep on the position, were still frantically reaping the surnames of those Soviet officers and soldiers on the ground, from small soldiers to generals, from the positions to underground bunkers, hiding soldiers' holes, and everywhere the positions, sections of fortifications were blown up...... "air raids, air raids............

The desperate shouts echoed in the Soviet positions, and the Chinese bombers not only dropped bombs at medium and high altitudes, but also many dive-strafing and bombing planes, and because of the installation of infrared equipment, it was very convenient to harvest the surnames of those Soviet officers and soldiers who thought they were safely hiding in the trenches.

A carpet bombing was unleashed by a massacre of positions, and the next target was the airfield and artillery of the Komsomolsk and the Soviet army, as well as other important targets such as oil depots and barracks.

(To be continued)