Chapter 299: The General Offensive Begins
There are a total of four airports around Kulun, one is the Kulen People's Airport and three are the Kulen Military Airport. Because of Mongolia's important defense position, the military airfield of the Mongolian Military District is a very important air base.
The three air bases all have a main runway, a number of small runways, and a very complete aircraft maintenance center to ensure that the damaged fighters can be maintained and replaced in a timely manner in wartime, and a large-capacity combat readiness fuel depot ensures that it can provide continuous combat fuel for more than 300 aircraft of various types at the airport in wartime. In addition, a medium-range early warning radar base station, garrison units of up to one separate mechanized infantry regiment, as well as powerful air defense facilities, are its defending forces.
One airfield, one air regiment, and more than 300 fighters of all kinds are not huge, at least compared with the major front-line airfields of the Siberian Military District of the Soviet Union opposite, they are still at a relative disadvantage. For example, the Soviets had more than 200 planes at the Kyakhta military airfield. And the Siberian Military District, on the entire Mongolian border, has more than a thousand aircraft. And the number is constantly increasing.
If in later generations, the Soviet Union would definitely not have so many aircraft, and it was precisely with the stimulation of China's powerful air force that Stalin tightened his belt to develop the air force. After all, the Chinese Air Force has a very strong record, and the role of the Air Force is also valued by all countries. Stalin did not want the Chinese air force to be unscrupulous in the skies over Siberia.
And because of the performance of the aircraft, the airfields of the Soviet Union were generally close to the border, because the range was not up to standard. If you build too far, you can't get to Kulen directly. Although it is possible to attach a fuel tank, it will reduce the bomb load by a lot. It is very difficult to accept that the aggressive Soviet power will reduce its bomb load. So Soviet airfields were built very far ahead.
Although Kyakhta now belongs to the Soviet Union, it was once the territory of China, which was built as a fortress by Tsarist Russia in 1727, and in June of the following year, China and Russia signed the Treaty of Kyakhta, and since then the blood relationship between Kyakhta and China has been broken.
As a traditional military location, it served as a military base for Soviet Russia to China. Kyakhta has always been a very powerful military base, although not as good as Komsomolsk and Vladivostok in the Far East, but not much weaker. And over the years, Stalin has also continued to strengthen this main military base on the Siberian plain, and his ambitions are not dead.
If it weren't for the bunkers and trenches built before, Zhukov would definitely not have been able to stop such a fierce shelling by the Chinese artillery. Unlike traditional military bases, there are no tall walls or powerful artillery. But there are a lot of underground bunkers built here, and many of them are connected together to form a group of bunkers. However, there are still many simple bunkers in these bunkers, and not all bunkers are made of reinforced concrete.
And these non-cement bunkers were just built by Zhukov's troops, and the defense line on the border was also just built. Because the border has been detached from the scope of the Kyakhta military base, it was built in order to become a bridgehead for the front exit.
The faint sunlight shines through the clouds on the earth, which is difficult to see in Siberia in winter. However, all the soldiers on the ground did not have the heart to enjoy the sunshine, because the attack had already begun, and on the other hand, they were still huddled in bunkers, and they couldn't see if it was dawn outside.
On the Sino-Soviet border, on the vast grassland covered with snow, countless soldiers and various types of equipment dressed in snow-white coats stayed here quietly.
The afterglow of the sun sprayed on the land, and Su Yusheng, who was sitting in the command car, gave the order for a general attack.
"Order the whole army to carry out the first set of offensive plans."
The sound of the artillery suddenly stopped, and all the Soviet soldiers were stunned for a moment, but soon they all heard a new boom. It was the sound of the armored troops advancing, especially the Chinese Tiger at the forefront, with a body weighing 60 tons, and more than 300 vehicles at a time, causing no less movement than the sound of artillery.
Zhukov, who was in the command headquarters, also heard the sound of the artillery stopping, and he directly got up and shouted to the signal corps in the command headquarters: "Order the tank troops to attack, for the great Bolshevik spirit to shine into Mongolia, rush directly into the territory of China, and crush all the enemies who dare to resist." ”
Just as the tank units of the Chinese front rushed through the border line, the tank units located in the rear of the Soviet Union also quickly pounced on them. This tank battle, which took place on the Siberian plains, kicked off.
It was not tanks or airplanes that were the first to strike. Rather, it was the snipers who stayed on the first line of defense, and they all watched the shelling for several hours, whether it was Soviet shelling, or later shelling, it was shown in their eyes. Especially after the shelling of China, the Soviet defense line a kilometer away in front of them fell into a sea of fire.
The smoke of gunfire had stirred up their blood, and the sniper rifles in their hands were eager to drink blood. As soon as they received the order to attack, they were already at the forefront, and the sniper rifles in their hands were aimed at the Soviet positions a kilometer away.
And the Soviet soldiers were also very cooperative, and by the orders of the commissar and the military chief, the surviving Soviet soldiers ran out of bunkers and came to the trenches. They no longer have time to chase down their fallen comrades, because the sound of the Chinese tanks advancing is already very clear.
However, they had not yet seen what the Chinese tank looked like, and there was a burst of gunfire in the distance, and the Soviet soldiers who stuck their heads out to see where the enemy was, all fell on their backs. Without exception, the head has been pierced. More Soviet soldiers, their entire heads are gone, or more than half of their heads are gone.
It's an armor-on-armor battle, and at least eighty percent of the snipers have switched to anti-materiel sniper rifles. The caliber is at least 12.7 mm, and if you hit the head, the best result is to leave half of the head.
Zhang Feiguo is here at this time, not only him, but the entire soldiers of the border defense squad before are here. At the forefront, though, he wasn't with his comrades. While each of them was duly rewarded, they did not forget their responsibilities. Directly ask to come to the front line, and to stay at the forefront.
Like other snipers, Zhang Feiguo left his comrades in his class and came to the forefront. The previous sniper rifle was also replaced with a latest-type heavy sniper rifle, and when Zhang Feiguo saw this sniper rifle, he fell in love with it. even said: "I don't change my daughter-in-law." ”
All because this sniper rifle is so domineering, it is better to say that it is a sniper rifle than a sniper gun, and the caliber is already close to 20 mm. Because more than 20 mm becomes a cannon, and this rifle-shaped large-caliber sniper rifle is already close to a cannon.
The biggest function of this sniper rifle is armor piercing, and the shooting accuracy is not as good as that of ordinary sniper rifles, and the range is not very far. But the advantage is huge, with a special armor-piercing projectile, it can penetrate the armor of any of the main station tanks in active China, and it also has strong lethality.
However, the rate of fire is slow, as the magazine has only three rounds, and the sniper cannot shoot standing at all because he has to use a tripod or place it on a trench. Because the strong recoil is not at all what human beings can withstand. Unless the recoil can be improved better in the future.
Zhang Feiguo had just seen that the target he was aiming at had been eliminated, and his entire head had disappeared, and blood was sprayed all over the ground. Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly pulled the bolt of his gun. The crosshair continued to aim at the Soviet trenches, looking for new targets.
On the Soviet side, many Soviet soldiers saw that many of their comrades-in-arms died at once, and they all died tragically. They survived the shelling, and before enjoying the good world, fell under the guns of Chinese snipers. The Soviet people who were shot in the head were not only soldiers, but also several officers and political workers. Under a sniper rifle, like an ordinary soldier, it was cleaned up in an instant.
The other Soviet soldiers did not dare to show their heads for a while, they were afraid to follow in the footsteps of others. However, they were not allowed to fight back on the battlefield, and at the orders of other officers, they had to fight back. Although the range of the Mosin Nagant rifle can reach a kilometer, where can they hit a target at a kilometer away without a scope.
However, the Soviets also had snipers, as well as sniper rifles converted from Mosin Nagant. And there are quite a few mortars, and before that only large artillery was lost, and those small-caliber guns and mortars have been well preserved. However, the Soviets did not immediately use mortars, and they were afraid of attracting another shelling from China, and they did not want to be shelled again. When the snipers began to act, they also began to look for opportunities to target the Chinese snipers on the opposite side.
Before the tanks arrived, fire began to open fire between the two trenches.
Zhang Feiguo, who was still looking for a target, saw the flashing reflection on the opposite side, and habitually lowered his head. With a "chirp", a bullet flew over his head and hit the dirt wall of the trench behind him, splashing a lot of dirt.
"Grandma's bastard, if he hadn't hid quickly, his life would have almost been lost. Better not let me see you. Feeling the bullet grazing his scalp, Zhang Feiguo was furious.
Immediately carefully passed through the scope, he had to find out the bastard who had just shot, otherwise it would be difficult to release the evil breath in his heart.
After searching for less than ten seconds, he found his target, where a Soviet sniper was aiming inside a bunker hole in a Soviet front trench. Finding the target, Zhang Feiguo did not hesitate at all, the crosshair was already aimed at the other party, and his fingers were slowly placed on the trigger.
"Bastard, you're dead." Zhang Feiguo muttered.
Just as the other party pointed the muzzle of the gun at Zhang Feiguo, the latter directly pulled the trigger. The strong recoil made his body can't help but move.
Through the scope, Zhang Feiguo saw that the sniper had been reimbursed. The bullet passed through the shooting hole and blasted the opponent's head straight open.
(To be continued)