259 Soviet counterattack
In order to maintain the advantage of dense firepower, Zhao Yun imitated the establishment of the column in the Liberation War, although his subordinates are all regimental-level establishments, the number of people is far beyond the normal regiment-level establishment, with an average of 10,000 people, but the real combat is still similar to the regimental-level establishment of the Soviet Army, so what are the other people doing? It's about being in charge of transportation. Transporting ammunition, transporting food, taking care of supplies.
For this reason, more than 100,000 people in the Belarusian Western Expeditionary Army are specialized in transportation, and it can be said that although the Belarusian Western Expeditionary Army claims to be 500,000 this time, one-third of them are only engaged in transportation work, and half of them are engaged in stability maintenance and military station work, and less than one-sixth of them are involved in the battle.
When he heard the sound of gunfire in front of him, Rokossovsky suddenly felt relieved, and his face was surprisingly calm, for him, his "bet" had been made this time, and the rest was up to the officers and men of the White Russian Army. If it wins, then the White Russian army can fight all the way to the European continent, and if it loses, the 500,000-strong army will not be able to run back even a tenth............
At this time, the Soviet troops on the position had already felt the pressure of being crushed by the White Russian army like a wall, and these Soviet officers and soldiers were all standard Soviet infantry, one by one, under the command of the officers, they did not retreat, but they all showed their best condition, stuck to their respective posts, and seemed to have a posture of demonstrating to the White Russian army. On the surface, these Soviet officers and soldiers all changed into newer uniforms, with steel helmets on their heads, leather boots on their feet, and sharp bayonets shining in the sun. The military flags planted on the position, showing their moves in the wind, really have a bit of a murderous feeling.
But when they saw the soldiers of the White Russian Army appear in sight, they were all slightly stunned, and the kind of neat posture that they had finally put on just now suddenly disappeared.
The infantry of the White Russian army did not have the same uniform clothing as the Soviet officer army, and due to the large number of white Russian troops, Zhao Yun's camp could not provide enough military uniforms for the White Russian Western Expeditionary Army for a while. Therefore, most of the white Russian troops are still wearing the previous military uniforms, which leads to the fact that some people in the army are wearing the military uniforms of the Soviet Russian army, and some people are wearing the military uniforms of the old Russian army. In this way, it can basically be marked as friend and foe. In addition to each being issued with a German-style steel helmet, the soldiers also had a belt around their waists, a first-aid medical kit hung in front of them, and a "unicorn" stuck behind their waists, and a small canvas bag on each person's waist, which was stuffed with two French grenades side by side, and an aluminum kettle hung on the other side of the waist, which was already filled with a high level of vodka.
And because as the White Russian army was pressed by the whole army, the whole team barely lined up in a queue, but unlike the new recruits in the Soviet army, the infantry of the White Russian army did not make any other sound, but accompanied by the rumbling sound of tank engines, a dense footstep sounded, and an infantry company was in a row, stepping on the sound of neat footsteps, and rushed towards the Soviet position without hesitation.
The White Russian Army does not have the level of the Soviet Army that converts battle queues between marches, but the officers and men of the White Russian Army from top to bottom have survived the Soviet and Russian Civil War, and they can be described as a team that has experienced a hundred battles. So maybe compared to the queue, the White Russian Army is inferior to the Soviet Army, but compared to the ruthless, the White Russian Army is definitely no worse than the Soviet Army.
The number of the White Russian army was nearly four times greater than that of the Soviet officers and soldiers on this position, and the queue of tens of thousands of people, densely packed with bright bayonets, invisibly exuded a strange murderous aura.
Every soldier of the White Russian Army looked straight ahead, without squinting, with an indifferent expression on his face, and a faint excitement flashed in his eyes. Like Rokossovsky, the White Russian army has won numerous victories along the way to the west, but it has very few complete defeats of the main Soviet forces. At the moment, this is the so-called main force of the second line of defense of the Soviet army, and it can be said that this battle will definitely be written into Russian history, and as a participant in it, there is a feverish excitement in the White Russian army.
It was this feeling like a wolf pack seeing a fat sheep that caused the Soviet officers and soldiers to have a kind of chill, even though it had entered the height of summer at this time, the Soviet officers and soldiers still couldn't help but feel the cold hair stand on end, and the originally quiet Soviet position suddenly became a little commotion.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
Seeing that the tanks of the White Russian army ran over the barbed wire in front of the trenches and rushed straight to the Soviet defense line, the Soviet positions without anti-tank guns still could not organize a large-scale counterattack.
Compared with the scattered gunfire on the Soviet positions, the White Russian Army, which had already ordered to shoot all the bullets before the war, was not so polite, and the rifles and submachine guns of the White Russian Army did not stop in the sound of the officer's orders, and the barrage of hundreds of submachine guns in an instant caused heavy losses to the Soviet troops who had just emerged.
"The equipment of the Germans?" As a veteran of the Russian army who participated in World War I, Nikolai, who was lying on the ground, did not know how to face this rain of bullets for a while, except for shouting at the top of his voice. In his cognition, the White Russian army has never had such strong firepower, except for the Chicago typewriters provided by Europe and the United States, only the I18 has such strong firepower!
Although it was rumored earlier that the Germans were involved in the formation of the White Russian Army, it had always been just a rumor and had never been confirmed, but this rain of bullets suddenly reminded him of Russia's sworn enemies, the Germans. It was in the trenches that the Germans had rained down bullets so much that they achieved a momentary tactical victory.
A young ensign in the trench in front stood up, shouted and encouraged the soldiers around him, and got up to fight back, but immediately, a rain of metal bullets from the tank machine gun knocked him into a bloody man, "8mm Model 1914 machine gun?!" Nikolai didn't have to look up at all, just by listening to the familiar sound of gunfire, he knew that this was the standard equipment of the French army, but he didn't expect to encounter it here.
"Hidden! Lie down! Lie down! Spare their tanks! Fight the infantry behind with all your might! Nikolai shouted heartbreakingly, and the other party's tank was obviously the French "Renault".
After the First World War, France placed great emphasis on the support of tanks to infantry, advocating "infantry accompanying tanks" with strong firepower and armor protection and low driving speed. And this kind of "Renault", which is mainly used to support infantry operations, at the moment makes the Soviet army grit its teeth and at the same time, it is also very helpless.
The Soviets did not have many tanks, and in order to survive the shelling of the White Russian army, the Soviets guided the tanks into the trenches specially arranged for the tanks early, and if they wanted to use them, they had to be dragged out of the trenches first.
But time waits for no one, the Soviet army did not expect that the White Russian army had such firepower, and it would fight as soon as it came up, without the slightest concept of saving bullets, and couldn't help but mess up. The bold and sober ones were wiped out by the White Russian army as soon as they came up, and although they did not hurt many people, it was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the morale of the Soviet army. In particular, the White Russian army did not follow the rules and regulations, and did not want money as soon as it came up, so that the Soviet army, which was clamoring to destroy the White Russian army in the past, could only hide in the trenches silently for a while, and endure hardship.
Seeing that the Soviet infantry did not dare to take the lead, the tanks of the White Russian army also became angry, and pointed their tank guns at the Soviet army's "fire point" more than 20 meters away or more than 10 meters away, and fired "accurately", and the Soviet army was even more powerless to fight back.
Not far behind Nikolai, two Maxim M1905 heavy machine gun machine gun firing points, high-speed bullets clanged on the thickened 22 mm front armor of the "Renault", but no tank was ever shot.
"Go to the division! Call in artillery support! Nikolai shouted at the signal soldier.
The topography of the trenches made it possible for the Soviet troops in their positions to temporarily withstand direct bombardment from tank guns. However, after the White Russian Army measured some numbers, the artillery in the rear of the White Russian Army was more accurate, and some bunkers and bunkers became the objects of the White Russian Army's artillery practice shooting.
Hidden in the bunker, there were only ten 37 infantry guns, which only fired one round, destroying two tanks that broke ahead, and were targeted by the artillery of the White Russian army, and after a round of rapid fire for three minutes, the entire bunker collapsed.
Having lost conventional anti-tank weapons, the tanks of the White Russian army for a while began to be unscrupulous, accelerating towards the Soviet positions.
"Blew it up!" Nikolai shouted at a group of soldiers not far from him.
Immediately, three soldiers got up, holding a bundle of grenades, and took advantage of the high and low terrain to quickly short and rush towards the nearest tank.
"Phew!" A soldier had just shown his head when he was fired by a bullet from nowhere!
"Sharpshooter!" Nikolai, who was hiding in the trenches, was instantly petrified, is this still the slag of the White Russian army in the previous impression? With such a complete configuration of troops, it is only stronger than the armies of other European countries, not weaker!
One soldier died, but the other two soldiers rushed towards the tank without stopping. But their sacrifice was doomed in vain, and the machine guns above the tanks stopped their advance with a dense rain of bullets.
"Again!" Nikolai shook his fist deadly, "Grenade cover!" ”
Grenades exploded in front of the tank, and the smoke and dust raised covered the two prostrate soldiers, but in the open field, even if the machine gun above the tank was negligent, the continuous fire of the Browning automatic rifle coming from the rear of the tank filled the gap.
"Withdraw!" Nikolai commanded several waves of soldiers to blow up the tanks and announced the soldiers, and finally couldn't help but give the order to retreat.
"Phew!" A bullet knocked down the guard behind Nikolai, and then he saw the black hole muzzle of a pistol, which was already aimed at him.
"Division Commander!?" Nikolai couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his division commander pointing a gun at him!
"Rush forward! Retreat, shoot! Seeing that the White Russian army was about to break through the defensive line, the infantry division commander immediately made a decision, personally led an officer death squad to block the team in front of the retreat, and shot a few deserters.
Seeing that the officers were taking the lead and rushing towards the tanks of the White Russian Army with the howl of "Ula", the veterans of the Soviet Army also came to their senses, hurriedly gathered in one place, and rushed towards the White Russian Army with the arrows of the charge.
Such a desperate charge is obviously a life of death, but in the hearts of the Soviet soldiers, everyone breathes a sigh of relief, wanting to teach these White Russians a lesson.
The goal of the Soviet charge was set at the junction of the two White Russian Russian vehicle battles, and he wanted to break through from there, but before he could get closer, he heard the White Russian officers on the opposite side shouting, and soon, the rain of bullets covered the charging Soviet troops. Before the dozens of Soviet soldiers who rushed to the front could react, they were shot into bloody people, and the air was filled with a blood mist that lasted for a long time.
"Rush, keep rushing!" Which charge doesn't kill people? However, there were only a few dozen casualties, which were insignificant compared to the whole division commander and the whole army, and this time even the division commander charged with a rifle with a bayonet, and the Soviet army was already a situation of "riding a tiger and making it difficult to get down", and there was no advance or retreat.
And the problem of the I18 being pulled to the end and all the bullets in the magazine is undoubtedly a blessing for the Soviet army at this moment.
Seeing that the Soviet army was not afraid of death, the white Russian army, which had just been invincible, pulled the trigger in a panic, finished firing the bullet in the magazine, turned around and ran.
Seeing this, the Soviet soldiers couldn't help cheering, and many Soviet generals and colonels also secretly breathed a sigh of relief: the White Russian army really still has this virtue, as long as a bayonet charges, they don't know where to run.
The charge continued, or the pursuit continued, the Soviet army, which took advantage of the situation and did not let go, was bent on expanding the results of the battle and completely defeating the White Russian army, when the infantry division commander saw a lieutenant colonel leading more than 400 Soviet troops from the left, he hurriedly shouted to the signal soldiers who followed closely behind: "Notice, let the troops behind follow our footsteps and tear the opening a little wider!" ”
Upon hearing the order, the two communications corps immediately returned to the defensive line. Let the last remaining officers on the defensive line quickly organize men and horses to keep up with the forward troops. As a result, there were thousands of Soviet troops who joined the charge, because of the flat river, some infantry of the White Russian army that had just broken through did not break down, but let tanks and armored vehicles surround themselves to defend to the death, and the Soviet army had to allocate some manpower to "take care" of these iron bumps, and at the same time intensify the pursuit of the main force of the White Russian army to prevent them from turning around and counterattacking.
Of course, this order directly leads to the distance between the various units of the Soviet army is too scattered, and when you look down from above, the entire Soviet army is divided into three echelons, one is pursuing the White Russian army, one is besieging the armored forces of the White Russian army, and the other is still on the original positions of the Soviet army.
At this time, the Soviet army at the forefront was two infantry companies, both of which were the elite of the Soviet infantry, one of which was the sharp knife company of the heroic regiment during the Soviet Russian Civil War, and the other was also a company formed in the early days of Soviet Russia. The team surrounding the armored vehicles is some temporary companies, the backbone of which are basically veterans who have returned from demobilization, they are all vested interests of Soviet Russia, and they have houses and fields at home, and almost all have families, so let them work hard, maybe a little worse, but shooting around the White Russian army does not waste their military skills at all.
The frontal armor of the "Renault" is 22 mm thick, but the thinnest part of the armor on the other sides is only 6 mm, which is still dangerous for infantry weapons.
Therefore, the tank group that has already broken through can only rely on the protection of the infantry and wait for reinforcements. Otherwise, the speed of 10 km/h alone would have made it a trophy for the Soviet army.
Although the number of the White Russian army is about the same, and the White Russian army still has armored vehicles to rely on, the Soviet veterans are not weak at all, and in just a few minutes, more than 30 White Russian troops were knocked down by the sudden flying bullets because they did not hide well.
Of course, in the end, the Soviet troops who were left to defend the trenches were mostly recruits, and due to most of the temporary call-ups, although the slogans were shouted before the war, the recruits who had not even completed their primary training were not good as deserters under the attack of the White Russian army. At present, the officers of the trenches believe that the chances of them going to the battlefield to cause chaos are a few points greater than the chance of killing the enemy, so they have to consider it carefully.
In general, the situation on the battlefield is clearly very unfavorable for the White Russian army. The two sides are completely one-sided, the Soviet army and the White Russian army are basically in a race, the Soviet army has been chasing until there is still a distance of dozens of meters from the main formation of the White Russian army, almost all the Soviet troops thought that they were about to disrupt the white Russian army, those retreating white Russian troops suddenly rushed to both sides, not even the weapons that had been holding on to the ground, throwing them everywhere.
As the White Russian army ran in panic, what was exposed to the Soviet army was a very dark and gloomy Machinke, "Lie down!" As soon as the sharp-eyed Soviet troops running in front saw a row of white Russian troops waiting for them, they immediately rolled on the spot, regardless of whether they would be stepped on by the people behind them, and lay on the ground with their heads covered.
The White Russian army on the opposite side of the "spit, spit, spit" spit out tongues of fire at the oncoming Soviet army without waiting for their own people to run out on both sides.
In an instant, nearly fifty Machinkes lined up in a row opened fire in unison, with amazing power, like a harvester, picking up hundreds of charging Soviet troops one after another. The commander of the infantry division, who was the leader, bore the brunt of the attack and was directly torn to pieces by machine-gun bullets.
"Get on the horse!" At the sound of an order from the White Russian army, thousands more than a thousand White Russian cavalry poured into the Soviet army from the gap in the machine-gun position.
Without waiting for the Soviet troops lying on the ground to get up, the Russian troops wielding sabers began to kill.
Under the repeated blows of machine guns and cavalry, the two Soviet companies, which were known as elites, were immediately beaten all over the field.
The remaining Soviet troops knew that they had been ambushed, looked around, and immediately reached a consensus, withdraw, hurry up, otherwise they will all be buried here!
At this moment, even the division commander who took the lead was hung up, and he couldn't care about any military law, and many people threw away their weapons indiscriminately, kept shouting and retreating, and took the lead to run to the rear. The appearance of throwing away the armor is the same as the appearance of the empty eyes just now, and the appearance of not taking the White Russian army in the eyes at all is like two people.
The whole battlefield also reached its most lively time at this time, with gunfire behind the Soviet army one after another, and the white Russian cavalry stepped forward in waves to drive the Soviet army to flee with their lives.
Of course, there are also some Soviet troops who are unwilling to defeat and dare to turn back to fight, but the result is naturally that they were surrounded and beaten by the White Russian cavalry, and they fell to the ground with pistols and sabers.
That's how it is on the battlefield, it changes so quickly that no one knows what the next moment will be.
Originally, the Soviet army also had a supervising combat team, but just now because the people at the level of the supreme commander and division commander led the team to charge, there was naturally no such thing as a supervising combat team, and the Soviet army, which had lost its control, instantly changed from an elite division to a rabble.
The white Russian army had cavalry as the lead, and the Chinese army pressed again, quickly piling up the corpses of the two armies in front of the formation, forming a dozen piles, and tens of thousands of people marched silently amid the shouts of officers.
These Soviet routs, driven by the White Russian cavalry, can be regarded as a great achievement, they fled desperately, and the second echelon of the Soviet army besieging the White Russian armored forces was also scattered, and the unknown second echelon was also frightened by the defeated first echelon, intending to withdraw from the position and defend again.
Of course, it was not that they did not want to organize a team to stop the White Russian cavalry from chasing and killing, but they were faced with a dense barrage and snow-white sabers, and in the case that the infantry and cavalry were already completely white-knuckle battles, the Soviet infantry could not take advantage of anything at all, and many fierce Soviet veterans were chopped to the ground.