Chapter 381: General Attack in the Far East (7): Artillery Cluster Fire Coverage

Zhukov said quickly in English, and he didn't even need a translator in Pingli.

"Of course, I will." Avery nodded, and then picked up the phone that went directly to the rear US military headquarters, and behind the Komsomolsk defense line were a full half million elite US soldiers, who did not have to assume the duty of position guard, and even most of them had never encountered the enemy except for often avoiding the bombardment of the Chinese from the air.

In front of them are more than 2 million Soviet-said allied troops, in the northern section of the Komsomolsk defense line is the Soviet army, the southern section leads directly to the sea is also based on the trenches of the army, the entire Komsomolsk defense line dug down by two or three years of war has stretched nearly 200 kilometers, the high density of troops even more than the Soviet-German battlefield, of course, this is mainly the credit of the army, the Soviet army was surrounded by the Wehrmacht in the Far East troops also contributed.

Just 100 kilometers to the rear, the US command headquarters, General Bradley, also received reports from the front about the destruction of small elite units of the [***] squadron in all directions.

"The situation is very bad, and the whole army is ordered to be on alert and ready for battle."

Although there were no enemies in front of the American army, Bradley did not forget his duty to defend the Far East. If there was a problem with the Komsomolsk defensive line or the fragile Soviet defensive line in the north, the American army would have to pull it up.

"The northern defense line did not find a large number of Chinese troops, and the entire northern defense line centered on Yakutsk was defended by Soviet troops with 400,000 ammunition, which should not be a big problem. The last more than 3,000 tanks of the Soviet army and three tank divisions of the Yue Army have been concentrated there, which, together with our air force support and artillery support, should be able to block the armored units of the Chinese Siberian Front cruising outside the northern line. ”

Bradley first flashed the northern defense line in his mind, compared to the situation of the Komsomolsk defense line, the northern Yakutsk defense line is indeed much weaker, so 500,000 American troops even faintly aimed the defense line to the north.

The Chinese Far Eastern Theater has always focused on the Komsomolsk defensive line, and the offensive in the north is often carried out by the armored units of the Chinese Siberian Front, and after occupying some cities, they no longer move.

However, in order to guard against the north, during the period of General Patton, half of the US air force in the Far East was placed on the airfield at the same distance as the Yakutsk defense line and the Komsomolsk defense line, so as to facilitate wartime support.

Today, there are no reports of a large-scale build-up of Chinese troops on the northern defense line, but in the area of the Amur River, that is, Komsomolsk, the Chinese are constantly increasing, although the Chinese are very good at disguising their true strength, but various intelligence shows that the Chinese have at least twice as many troops in the frontal battlefield, which is a terrifying number, and then think of the powerful air force and artillery of the Chinese, Bradley knows what he should do.

"Command ......"

"General, a call from the command of the Soviet army in Komsomolsk, General Averies."

However, before Bradley could give the order, he heard that it was an emergency wireless call, so he had to quickly go over and pick it up.

"I'm Bradley."

"Your Excellency, General, we have ascertained ......%@%Chinese...... Zizi Zi ......"

Bradley had just heard Avery say something on the microphone, and before he could hear any useful information, there was a noise on the phone, and the call was cut off.

"Damn, the Chinese infiltration troops cut off our army's wired communications after landing on the enemy, is it also possible that wireless communications will be affected now?"

Bradley shouted, "Immediately overhaul the equipment and re-contact the Komsomolsk command." ”

However, the U.S. military, which repaired the machine, had not yet started to overhaul the route, and worse news came.

"General, our communication with Yakutsk was interrupted, and the radio equipment did not work properly."

"General......

A series of bad news, and even for a time the command headquarters was cut off from contact with the outside world, and even the ground air defense radar sent people to report, and the radar screen was covered with snowflakes.

"Damn." Bradley looked at his watch, and at 4:45, a little time before dawn, he had a very bad premonition, "Immediately activate the latest high-power wireless communication equipment and reconnect with the Allied forces everywhere, especially our troops." In addition, as soon as communications were restored, the night fighters of the Ninth Air Force were immediately ordered to take off in full gear to support the Komsomolsk defense line. ”

"Yes!"

The position of the US command was much further back, the damage to the electronic jamming was not so serious, and the situation of the Komsomolsk defense line became very bad.

"General, General......"

Avery called twice and found that there was a murmur in the intercom before it was cut off, and he tried to get the communications staff to reconnect, but heard chaos in the war room of the command headquarters.

"Failure of radio communication equipment!"

"Most of the long-range telephone lines are unreachable and are likely to be sabotaged by the Chinese's special forces!"

“……”

After a series of reported failures, the remote communication with the entire Komsomolsk underground command center was completely cut off in an instant, and the only few wired telephones were only the fourth and third lines of defense leading to the close range, and there was also a telephone line to the southern part of the defense line that miraculously survived.

For a time, almost all the electronic equipment turned on by the Allied forces was destroyed by strong electronic interference, not simply interfering with the signal, but directly destroying the core electronic components by high-power electronic interference.

The first line of defense and the second line of defense of the Komsomolsk defense line were completely cut off from the rear.

"General Kilomiv, our wireless communication with the command has been cut off."

In charge of the first line of defense, it was the young Lieutenant General Kilomiv who collided head-on with the most advanced troops of the Chinese [***] team, and the three Red Army divisions under his command held on to this 20-kilometer-long position to hold back the Chinese. Due to the harsh conditions at the beginning and the fact that there was no large-scale electronic interference from the enemy, the communication between the first line of positions and the rear has always relied on individual soldiers and large radio stations.

Instead of receiving good news, Kilomiv was reported to have all the radios destroyed, and the only surviving radios of the three divisions were a few individual radios that had not been turned on.

"Turn it on immediately, contact Command."

Kilomiv immediately ordered, however, the communications staff officer on the side said, "General, we are likely to be subjected to electronic interference from the enemy, and if it is turned on at this time, the radio equipment is likely to be destroyed again." ”

"Let's turn it on in 5 minutes. In addition, signal corps were urgently dispatched to contact the various positions and headquarters so that they would not be interfered with. Kilomiv said helplessly.

"Yes!"

However, after the Soviets waited for five or seven minutes, which had been as long as a year, the radio station, which had just been turned on, was immediately killed by high-power interference.

This second wave was killed by most of the radio stations that were not turned on, or were used as preparations.

After receiving the worst news, Kilomiv could only hope that the signal corps would be able to play the role of liaison before the appearance of the battlefield radio station.

Soon, however, he felt something strange as he was patrolling the position, and in an instant, an overwhelmingly sharp and insanely sharp whistling sound came from the sky in front of the position.

Just two minutes ago, Lieutenant General Sun Wensheng of the Ningguta Artillery Group Headquarters personally took over the radio intercom that had just been turned on, and gave a categorical order: "I am Sun Wensheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ningguta Artillery Group Headquarters, and now I order all artillery units to open fire in accordance with the established plan, the established target, the established Zhuyuan, the A bullet, and the ten bases!" ”

The next moment, the commanders of the artillery units, who had been waiting in front of the intercom for a long time, shouted angrily: "All units will open fire immediately according to the original plan!" ”

Suddenly, thousands of cannons of different calibers opened fire one after another, and the feeling of the ground shaking shook shocked everyone, including the officers and men of the artillery unit.

The pre-dawn night sky was lit up by thousands of shells, and in the red sky were shells that flew rapidly into the distance.

A shell is a conventional artillery shell, the main execution is personnel killing, the destruction of the surface of the position, a considerable part of the A shell fired by the Ningguta artillery group is a submunition, the huge damage formed after the explosion of the shell, can effectively kill and injure the personnel hiding in the trenches, before the enemy hides in the anti-artillery fortifications or underground fortifications, to give maximum damage.

"Shelling !!!"

When Lieutenant General Kilomiv, the commander of the first line of defense of the Soviet Komsomolsk defense line, saw the shells flying all over the sky, even if he had not yet touched the ground, he was already frightened half to death, and his super high sense of command made him shout frantically, even one step ahead of the soldiers on alert.

It's a pity that the speed of the shell is always faster than the human reaction.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

The overwhelming shells fell, and the Soviet soldiers, who had been drowsy on the position, or who had been awakened by the cold before dawn, were sent into the sky by the earth-shaking explosion before they could understand what was going on.

Rumble!!!

Shells mixed with a large number of submunitions swept through the trenches and everything on the position, while other large-caliber shells frantically tore and destroyed the position.

For a time, the position of the first line of defense for more than ten kilometers fell into a sea of fire that shook the ground.

"Damn, God, how many cannons did Chinese use, ...... such a cannon group"

Kilomiv didn't have time to think about it, just glanced at the position that was caught in the sea of fire, and asked the messenger to give the order to prepare for battle. In fact, at this time, there was no need for orders at all, and in front of the coverage of such an artillery group, all the surviving Soviet troops hid in underground tunnels and anti-artillery holes.

"This battle may be very difficult."

Realizing that the Chinese were about to launch a general offensive, Kilomiv looked a little lonely, held the defensive line for eight months, and he was also promoted from a major general to a lieutenant general of the Red Army, creating a great miracle and witnessing the undefeated first line of defense.

And today, despite the unpredictable results, he still has to fight, even if the difficulties are unimaginable.

In the crowded underground tunnels and anti-artillery holes, the Soviet troops were frantically shaken by the ground, frightened and discussed, all discussing the horror of the enemy, even the political commissar of the Red Army closed his mouth, the casualties could not be counted, not many of the vigilant soldiers on the night shift fled into the underground, and the survivors of the underground were the main soldiers of the first line of defense, as many as 50,000 people.

"It's all quiet, we have tens of thousands of brave Red Army, and after the shelling has passed, we will return to the ground and bravely counterattack the enemy."

The political commissars of the Red Army shouted loudly, but they did not know that the Chinese artillery group of Ningguta on the opposite side had received the second order.

"Attention to all troops, Artillery Group A, Artillery Group B replace shells of Category B." ――

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(To be continued)