Just when Xu Tingyao, Wang Geng, and Cai Zhongwat were worried about the powerful artillery superiority of the Soviet army, the Soviet tank group, which was disrupted by the Chinese artillery's counter-preparation, had completed its rectification and began to launch the first wave of attacks from the starting position 5 kilometers away from the fierce Chinese army's front line!

With 156 Su-75 and 79 Su-76 in the vanguard, 220 T-28/1932 tanks covering the two flanks, and 120 Su-76P self-propelled guns in the rear, accompanied by nearly 60,000 infantry from the entire 5 infantry divisions, slowly approached the front-line positions of the Chinese army. At the same time, Tukhachevsky also sent two infantry divisions to infiltrate the flanks of the Chinese army from the forest areas on both sides of the Chinese defense line, trying to disperse the Chinese army's forces and firepower and prevent it from fully reinforcing the frontal defense line.

"For the Soviet Fatherland! For the Motherland! Ulla! Ulla! ”

The plains on the east bank of the Uda River were full of crazy slogans. Since the Battle of France, the slogans of the Soviet Red Army have quietly changed, and "liberation of all mankind" and "world revolution" have been replaced by "for the fatherland" and "defense of the Soviets". In the political propaganda of the Soviet army, it also began to emphasize the defense of the motherland, and even changed the official Soviet title of this war from "world revolutionary war" to "patriotic war". This propaganda now seems to have had a very good effect, and the morale, which had been depressed by the repeated setbacks of the world revolution, soon rose up under the slogan of defending the motherland. Even certain Russian pariahs (Russians with poor composition and family background) who were dissatisfied with the USSR and the GCD are ready to give their best for their Russian Motherland! It is said that Kolchak, Denikin, and Krentzky in the United States have all made public statements to support the Soviet government's war against Germany and China, and are even preparing to return home to participate in the Great Patriotic War!

Amid the patriotic slogans and artillery fire in Russian, the Soviet infantry and tank crews seemed to have fully recovered from the panic of the artillery counter-preparations. Tanks, self-propelled guns and infantry rushed forward with their heads covered, and there was nothing unfocused, with 575 tanks, self-propelled guns and 60,000 infantry covering 50 kilometers of frontage, swooping forward behind a high wall of artillery fire.

And waiting for them. The first is the artillery blockade of the Chinese army. The 1,620 self-propelled guns that had just been prepared for artillery counterfire had now completed the transfer of positions, and after about 3 kilometers of retreat, they formed a new artillery group with another three or four hundred towed howitzers, and more than 2,000 artillery pieces opened fire together. At the same time, the anti-tank guns in the more than 200 remaining artillery fortifications deployed on the forward positions also aimed their guns at the Soviet tank clusters behind the high walls of artillery fire. The Chinese officers and men of the brigade were entering the front-line positions along the communication trenches and braving the Soviet artillery fire. However, the more than 3,000 pursuers and C-tanks of the Chinese army did not move. Still on standby in the woods behind the reserve position.

Although the firepower of more than 2,000 cannons cannot be compared with Tukhachevsky's more than 5,000 cannons, the bombardment is no less earth-shattering. Shells rained down and exploded among the stormtroopers of the Soviet troops, and from time to time Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns could be seen directly hit by shells, and they were instantly blown apart. However, most of the armored vehicles remained intact and slowly moved forward. The Soviet infantry did everything possible to use the huge bodies of tanks and self-propelled guns as cover. The cat bent on his waist and continued to move forward while dodging the shells. From time to time, people fell, but no one retreated and fled for their lives.

"Their artillery fire began to stretch."

When the barrage of the Soviet army pushed through the forward positions of the Chinese army, which had been bombarded to pieces, it began to weaken significantly, and it no longer bombarded the front line of the Chinese army, but carried out jamming fire at the rear of the Chinese army. See this scene. Xu Tingyao, Wang Geng, Cai Zhonghu and others all breathed a sigh of relief, although the extended Soviet artillery fire fell everywhere in the rear assembly area of the Chinese army, causing a lot of chaos, but after all, it did not look as scary as when the Chinese army concentrated on bombarding the front-line positions just now. Now it is up to us to see the battle between the twin tanks and the anti-tank firepower, and in this respect the Chinese defense forces are in a clear advantage.

"1000 meters! Now stop moving forward! Stop moving forward! Cover the infantry charge with artillery! ”

When Khalepsky, who commanded the assault, saw through the telescope that his tank had rushed to about 1,000 meters in front of the Chinese position, he immediately gave the order to stop the advance by phone. He didn't know how many pursuers were waiting behind the enemy's position, but he knew that the number would certainly not be less, because the artillery preparation just now seemed to be fierce. But the actual effect is not too good. Unless directly hit by a cannonball, the Stalker's steel armor can easily withstand shrapnel attacks.

"Send a signal, hit the flare that stops moving!"

Not every Soviet tank and self-propelled gun had a radio on it, so the commanders of several tank brigades who were ordered to personally lead the charge immediately ordered their men to fire signal flares. After a dozen flares fell, more than 500 tanks and self-propelled guns that were still able to move stopped moving and began to turn their barrels in search of targets.

However, the anti-tank guns of the Chinese army fired first, and these anti-tank guns were not made in China. Rather, it was captured from Soviet troops during the previous Battle of Far East-Baikal.

"Anti-tank guns! Free Fire, Free Fire! Hit their assault guns! ”

The Soviet tank cluster here had just stopped, and the Chinese anti-tank guns behind the semi-buried anti-tank gun bunkers over there had already opened fire in full force. Countless anti-tank rifles were suddenly erected inside the trenches, and the original Chinese army was not equipped with anti-tank rifles. However, in later actual combat, it was found that this weapon was still somewhat useful against tank tracks or armored vehicles, and could also be used as a sniper rifle on the spot. So a batch of Bose anti-tank rifles was imported from Britain and equipped with infantry to enhance their firepower.

"Distance 650 meters, 11 o'clock direction, T-28, tungsten steel armor-piercing bullets, hit tracks!" Wang Xiaohu, a sniper of the 66th Infantry Division of the Chinese Army (the snipers of the Wehrmacht are all directly under the division headquarters), heard the shouts of his assistant and immediately aimed his big sniper at a T-28 that had stopped advancing. This tank is very large and has high tracks, which is very easy to hit, and it is not at all difficult for Sergeant Wang Xiaohu, who has been a sniper on the Eastern Front for two years. He gently pulled the trigger, and at the same time that the huge recoil slammed into his right shoulder, the tracks of the aimed T-28 tank were instantly broken.

"Distance 660 meters, 12 o'clock direction, Su-76. Tungsten armor-piercing shells, fire! "In an artillery bunker that had been half destroyed by Soviet artillery, an anti-tank gun group belonging to the 65th Infantry Division had aimed at a Su-28 modified from the T-76 site. The anti-tank gun immediately erupted into a ball of fire, and the barrel of the gun jerked backwards, and the hapless Su-76 shook at the same time, and exploded from the inside in an instant.

The tungsten steel armor-piercing projectile is enough to penetrate a 102mm homogeneous steel plate at a distance of 1000 meters, and the Su-76, which is equipped with 90mm armor steel plates arranged at a 60-degree bevel angle on the front, can withstand it. But it's still a pity. Due to the excessive consumption of the war, the steel industry of the Soviet Union was no longer able to supply a sufficient number of case-hardened steel plates, and could only use the simplest hot-rolled thick steel plates to make up the number, and the result was naturally in vain. Although the level of heavy industry in China is weaker than that of the Soviet Union, it is equipped with the most cost-effective Stalker series tanks, so the monthly output exceeds 1,000 units. All tanks can still be equipped with high-quality armor plates.

According to the analysis of later military experts, if the Soviet Union had been equipped with the Su-75 imitating Stalker from the beginning, instead of the T-28 series of tanks with poor cost performance, then they would have been able to create twice as many tanks with the same raw materials, and the outcome of this world war could have been rewritten.

But now, it's too late to say anything. The tank crews of the Soviet Red Army had to pay for their poorly designed and cut corners! Soviet tanks on the battlefield were hit one after another and caught fire, and there were burning metal wreckage and tank parts scattered everywhere.

"Infantry charge! Infantry charge! Hurry up. Rush up! Rush up and seize the positions of the aggressors. ”

Seeing that the surrounding tanks were smashed into large fires, the commanders of the Soviet infantry who accompanied the tank charge drove their infantry to launch a fierce attack. Accompanied by a burst of "Ula! Ulla! Countless Red Army infantrymen with rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers poured into the Chinese positions like a tidal wave with machine gun and mortar fire.

At this time, the Soviet tanks and self-propelled guns also reacted and began to bombard the positions of the Chinese army, and one after another semi-buried artillery bunkers disguised as small mounds were also hit by Soviet tank guns. The anti-tank artillery fortifications that had been exposed in a short time were also blown up.

At the same time, the charging Soviet infantry also broke into the Chinese position, but to their surprise, the defending Chinese army did not resist desperately, but fought and retreated along the communication trench, and the first wave of the Soviet charge was actually successful!

"What about their tanks? Where are their tanks? ”

"Hell, it's defense in depth!"

Tukhachevsky, who was watching the battle from behind, and Kamenev put down his binoculars at the same time. Both Soviet military strategists had ugly faces and did not rejoice in the victory at the front, and Tukhachevsky and Kamenev, who had been fighting a world war with the Chinese for two years, certainly knew how difficult their opponents were, if they really wanted to defend to the death. No amount of troops tripled could take a trench in one attack. Moreover, the purpose of the Soviet army now is not to seize a few worthless trenches, but to attract the main forces of the Chinese army and create conditions for the sneak attack of the Pavlov cluster.

However, contrary to the disappointed expressions of the two commanders in the rear, in the trenches that had just been taken, there was a sound of cheers! The trench, which had long been bombarded by Soviet artillery, was now full of Soviet soldiers, and behind them, the tanks and self-propelled guns that could still be driven also rumbled forward, and everyone was gearing up to launch a new offensive. A young infantryman from the Ukrainian plain gasped and looked at his elderly bearded platoon leader: "Daddy, are we victorious?" The platoon commander looked at the front with an anxious expression, reached out and took out a cigarette from his arms, lit it on fire, and smoked: "Victory?" It's still early! In the last world war, we don't know how many of these trenches we have captured, but behind one trench there is always another trench waiting to be taken! Wait, the officer's order will come down soon, and we'll have to move on again. But next time it won't be so easy, because our offensive will get weaker and weaker, and the enemy's defense will become more and more tenacious. ”

"Comrade Makarov. It's okay to say less! Before the bearded platoon commander who had participated in World War I finished speaking, the instructor Leonov reprimanded. As the scale of conscription became larger and larger, there was an extreme shortage of experienced junior officers, and the last resort was to let those veterans of Tsarist Russia who had participated in the First World War and later had no political problems come to serve as junior officers, but these people really did not dare to compliment.

Just when Leonov wanted to say a few encouraging words and puff up the slightly depressed morale again. I heard a sharp whistling sound in the air. It was the sound of shells piercing the air, but not from the direction of Soviet artillery positions!

The Chinese artillery shells exploded in the crowded trenches, and each time they exploded, it was a piece of flesh and blood flying all over the sky. The hell of artillery fire encountered by the front-line troops of the Chinese army just now is the turn of the Soviet army to enjoy it this time, and the casualties brought are far more than the Chinese army paid just now! At the same time as the Chinese army was shelling, the roar of the internal combustion engine motor was already resounding in the wilderness thousands of meters away!

After Shun lì broke through the first trench of the Chinese army. More than 40,000 attacking troops rode in C-type armored personnel carriers, and under the cover of more than 700 Chaser tank destroyers and more than 200 self-propelled guns, the Soviet army launched a counterattack while the Soviet army was not firmly established.

The first tank cluster battle between the two sides began!

"Boom!"

Another Su-76 was beaten into a fireball!

The power of the Stalker's 48x diameter 75mm tank gun was on full display in this tank battle, and even when encountering the Su-76 with 90mm frontal armor, tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells could easily penetrate it at a distance of 1,500 meters. But today's tank battles are also not one-sided massacres. The Soviet Su-76 and Su-75 also had powerful tank guns, and the Stalker's 60mm frontal armor, despite its excellent quality, was still unable to withstand the tungsten armor-piercing shells fired from the 75mm long-barreled cannon. Moreover, the Soviet infantry who had stabilized their positions also quickly jumped out of the trenches, braving the strong fire of the Chinese Army's Type 31 automatic rifles, using Type 1932 anti-tank grenade launchers, 13mm anti-tank guns, and even anti-tank grenades to desperately attack the Chinese armored vehicles. More than 5,000 artillery pieces of the Soviet army also began to roar, throwing thousands of tons of ammunition behind the Chinese armored forces, blocking the road for follow-up reinforcements. Meantime. And at any cost, he drove his infantry wave by wave to rush into the wall of fire made by the Chinese artillery!

As tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, the battlefield was littered with burning steel wreckage, and the corpses of soldiers were layered all over the battlefield! But Tukhachevsky and Kamenev gradually showed their joy, and kept loudly ordering one after another fully formed infantry regiments or tank brigades to be thrown into this inferno-like battlefield.

In any case, the armored forces of the Chinese army have finally been attracted, and now it depends on whether Pavlov's surprise attack can be successful!

And their opponents. The three armored generals of the Chinese army, Xu Tingyao, Wang Geng and Cai Zhonghu, were also excited. These days, isn't the biggest headache for the entire Siberian Front the retreat of the Soviet Eastern Front to avoid the war? Everybody knows. Krasnoyarks has been impregnable by the Soviet army, and there are as many as 10 fortress groups that have been identified! If it is accompanied by 2 million defenders, even if the Chinese army mobilizes 5 million troops to attack. I'm afraid I can't bite it down, right?

Orders for reinforcements were also issued, but the Chinese had better luck with the reinforcements than the Soviets, and although the Soviet artillery blockade was tighter, the Chinese infantry crossed the line of fire in C-type armored personnel carriers and entered the battlefield. A total of nearly 2,000 armored personnel carriers were organized by the three armies to shuttle back and forth between the battlefield and the reserve positions, and 16,000 heavily armed infantry could be put into the front line at one time! At the same time, armored battle groups of Stalker tank destroyers and C-type tanks were filling the front line, which had almost turned into a tank graveyard.

All the veteran armored soldiers who have fought a few tank battles know that the tanks that have been blown up and staggered on the battlefield are out-and-out treasures! No matter what, you can use three tanks to piece together an intact tank. Therefore, the more burning steel wreckage on the battlefield, the more determined the warring sides will fight, and neither of them will want to retreat first, leaving the opponent to have this precious treasure to himself.