Chapter 346 Tank Gunner Zhang Shusheng: Inske Blockade Battle
On October 7, 1945, Zhang Shusheng immediately received the Far East battlefield intelligence captured by the Special Intelligence Department.
"Chairman, the Soviets have just attacked us on the defense line of the Bria River, with the infantry of more than 5 armies as the main force."
Benefiting from the smooth means of battlefield communication, not long after Luo Feng walked into Zhang Shusheng's office, Jiang Baili, chief of the general staff of the base camp, and Su Yuren, chief of operations, walked into Zhang Shusheng's office and reported this accurate front-line battle report.
"The size of 5.6 army groups, about forty infantry divisions of the Red Army! Can the 8th Army, the 25th Army, be sure to hold it off on the line of the Bria River? β
In fact, Zhang Shusheng rarely intervenes in these local wars, and he does not need a layman like him to point fingers, but just like Hitler, the half-hung FΓΌhrer should at least be more concerned about such a large-scale war than anyone else.
"Yes, Chairman. The first-line defensive armies of the Briya River defense line were Qu Zhongyi's 8th Army and Zuoquan's 25th Army. These two armies belong to elite full-fledged armies and possess a very strong level of positional warfare, and with the help of superior air support and ground firepower, there should not be much of a problem. Judging from the situation on the front line, although the Soviet troops at many points were aggressive, their actual offensive firepower was not strong, and they were seriously ill and wounded, and the Soviet troops in the Far East had not yet taken a breath. β
Jiang Baili organized a capable staff force to conduct an in-depth analysis of the Soviet army in the Far East, including the generals, troop composition, equipment, as well as the Soviet army's own troop supply capability and the armed supply capability of the US army, and made a pre-assessment of the scale of the war that the Soviet army might launch, and came to the conclusion that there is not much difference between the actual scale of the Soviet army's offensive today, and in terms of firepower intensity, air support, and ground armor strength, the Soviets are not as good as the general staff of the Republic expects.
"Well, the Soviets are not worried."
The Soviet army fought with the devils for several years, and the losses were not insignificant, and the equipment and logistics, aircraft, tanks and artillery suffered even more heavy losses, and they were waiting eagerly for the Americans to bring American aid to rearm. The strength of the Soviet Army's 5, 6, or even 7 army groups is already considerable, and it can have 7 percent of the total number of troops before the war.
Zhang Shusheng believed that the Soviet Far East Red Army was already a weak sick man in the Far East for the time being, and under the supervision of the Red Army's political commissar, it did not have much of a problem in fighting a defensive war, and it was even able to pass through the gaps in the positional defensive war, gasping for breath while fighting, and winning one positional battle after another as if it were bullying himself, but its offensive capability was a few streets behind that of the Wehrmacht.
In the face of heavy fire from the Wehrmacht, effective air support, powerful fire in depth on the ground, there were no armored clusters to tear through the lines, and in front of the Wehrmacht trenches, the Soviet component was much more dead than the probability of a breakthrough.
"What about the other directions? Is the army in Inske in action? Zhang Shusheng asked.
"There are frequent movements, and there are some changes in the country, and if I want to seize the time and make the best use of the Soviets, they may launch an attack in the early hours of tomorrow morning. However, there has been a marked increase in the number of aircraft over the Sea, and a number of skirmishes have broken out with our destroyer group. Jiang Baili added.
"This is probably in preparation for the airborne landing and landing. At this time, perhaps their paratrooper division was already on standby at the airfield, and the landing fleet was ready to set off by night. Su Yuren raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "There are still three hours, and the Far East will usher in night." The Soviets did not sneak attack at dawn, nor did they raid in the evening, but chose to do so in the early afternoon, but in order to help themselves, they did not hesitate to let go. β
Zhang Shusheng smiled and shook his head, "The Soviets are not necessarily willing, the Americans must be the most active, they have money and equipment, and it is too easy to force the Soviet army to make some sacrifices." Whether in wartime or peacetime, the Americans' strongest means is not to personally deal with the enemy, but to let others rush to the front as cannon fodder. β
There was a burst of laughter in the office, as socialism, socialism and capitalism, once enemies, were now united against another so-called 'evil state'.
For the Americans, Zhang Shusheng is very clear: in wartime, their slogan was 'Down with fascism and save the people of the world', and in peacetime, their slogan became 'The United States has the obligation to maintain world peace and draw a blueprint for all countries in the world'.
While waving all kinds of slogans, waving dollars to buy people's hearts, and using national prosperity built on the tragedy of other countries in the world as a signboard, it is very much to attract some pro-American elements in various countries around the world.
In the blink of an eye, the dark time in the Far East came, and he still did not move, but the Soviets had already occupied some inconsequential positions, which were the Soviet positions on the other side of the river taken by the Wehrmacht who crossed the river in the last round of the contest. The two elite full-fledged armies faced five or six dissatisfied Soviet Red Army, which was not fully equipped, and they were able to deal with it with ease.
In particular, the 8th Army, which was good at positional warfare, had a regiment on some positions that could withstand the repeated attacks of a division of the Soviet Army.
In this way, on the 100-kilometer defense line of the Bureuya River, China and the Soviet Union were engaged in repeated tug-of-war.
Unlike the blistering of the Briya River in the north, the Insk region is unusually quiet, and even the firing line is only a few sporadic gunfires, which are fired indiscriminately by snipers, sharpshooters on both sides, and even the light of leaves. Although this is a means of harassing the enemy, in fact, if you really try your luck, it may also expose the enemy's sneak attack team.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Shusheng deliberately got up earlier than before, looking at the white belly of the fish in the east, and received a call before he finished drinking a cup of morning tea.
"Chairman, I have already launched a fierce offensive in Verkhniy and Nizhny Insk, and at the same time, in Svetlaya, the paratroopers of the Japanese army are organizing an airborne landing to seize the beachhead, and the landing fleet will be docked in about two hours."
After all, although the Soviet army's diversionary offensive distracted the Wehrmacht's attention and part of its strength, it also exposed the actions of the army. As for parachute operations and landing operations, as long as the morning dawns, there is nowhere to hide, and it is inevitable that they will be discovered.
"What is Huo Weiguo's reaction?"
"Commander Huo has ordered half of the forces of the armored group to block Verkhniy Insk, and the other half of the forces to encircle and suppress the airborne troops and landing forces in Svetraya, and Nizhny Insk is currently in an absolute defensive state."
Zhang Shusheng hung up the phone, it seems that Huo Weiguo has adopted a plan similar to that in the combat report, concentrating on blocking the armored cluster of the Allied Army in Upper Insk, and dividing troops to deal with the divisions of the Svetraya Army.
made another call to Mao Yunxian, Zhang Shusheng hastily ate some breakfast, and went straight to the underground science and technology center.
The underground science and technology center, which has a very high degree of intelligence and automation, was quickly put into operation after Zhang Shusheng entered.
"Welcome hosts!"
After Zhang Shusheng entered the two safest inspection doors, he stepped on the horizontal power track, and soon came to the No. 3 laboratory, which was ready the moment before he entered.
"Boss, everything is ready!"
With a slight click, a 3D image of the little boy Zhang Bing was projected in the middle of the laboratory, and he stretched out his hand to the simulated command cabin in the middle of the laboratory, signaling that Zhang Shusheng could enter.
Zhang Shusheng sat in the simulated command cabin, and it felt that it was not much different from the simulated cabin when playing virtual games.
"Start!"
The next moment, Zhang Shusheng seemed to have changed his body, and the whole person entered through the virtual and came to the cab of the "Tianxing" unmanned combat vehicle.
A standard fighting cabin shooting, simple design and layout, high degree of automation and intelligence allow Zhang Shusheng to easily control this unmanned combat vehicle alone, and it feels like being in person.
"Boss, just now the combat vehicle has been manually driven by the personnel of the Special Operations Division, following the departure of the large army, this is Vernigensk."
Zhang Shusheng and the little kid both appeared in the Tianxing unmanned chariot as virtual avatars, and with a wave of the little kid Zhang Bing's hand, a clear vision appeared in front of the two.
That's the view of the tank.
The Skywalker disguised as Tiger 3 is now in a horde of steel monsters.
The only road in Verkhniynsk was already potholed, and more tanks were galloping through fields and wasteland, and the unmanned combat vehicle driven by Zhang Shusheng was advancing rapidly in a barren field, just jumping over a half-meter-high ridge, and the weight of the tank directly pressed the ridge into the ground.
As far as the eye can see, there are tank groups near and far. In addition to tank groups, there are a small number of self-propelled guns, but more often than not, those who carry long barrels on their backs and stop while running, and that is self-propelled tracked anti-aircraft combat vehicles. They will serve as a complement to the high-altitude aircraft group, against those Allied aircraft flying low trying to deal with tank clusters.
The steel torrent on the ground, the sky is more lively, looking up, in the morning light, the sky is full of flashing golden planes, the fighters of both sides collide fiercely, almost every minute there are many planes dragging long black smoke down, or directly exploded in the air.
The battle in the air was impossible for a while, but without bombers and attack planes raging, it just provided fair fighting conditions for the armored forces on both sides on the ground.
"Zizi ~ 3rd Company is moving closer to me, our target is Area 12."
Zhang Shusheng was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses, it was the analog radio station that took over the command radio wave of the tank company, although his unmanned combat vehicle was specially added, but it also belonged to the ordinary sequence. Of course, the tank company commander didn't know what was going on with this experimental tank of mysterious origin, but at this moment of battle, no one could care so much, just block it and rush up to fight.
With a fierce push of the longitudinal rod, the engine of the Skywalker suddenly roared, and the engine sound of the simulated No. 3 Tiger tank, together with the No. 3 tanks next to it, quickly rushed towards the No. 12 area.
Area 12 is a low forest, which is also the most unaccustomed place for tank troops, and this is often the case between the Soviet Union and Germany, where one side preemptively ambushes a group of tanks in the woods, and the other side crashes headlong. Although there is no ambush in Area 12 now, the side that rushes in first still has the advantage.
"Full speed ahead, get in first!"
The depth of this grove was not large, and under the order of the tank company commander, 20 tanks and the Tianxing chariot driven by Zhang Shusheng rushed into the grove together.
No tanks were found!
But Zhang Shusheng, who rushed to the front, found from the on-board thermal imaging radar of the Tianxing chariot that at the other edge of the grove, a team of military tanks had crashed in.
The Tianxing chariot is naturally not afraid, but if this tank company wants to start a war rashly, there will inevitably be some losses, Zhang Shusheng did not delay, and pushed the longitudinal pole fiercely and rushed up directly.
"Company commander, the number X1 car No. 3 rushed up."
The No. 3 tiger, which was advancing rapidly in the grove, suddenly found that a No. 3 tiger next to him suddenly repressed, knocked down several small trees, and rushed forward quickly.
"Huh? x1οΌ Leave it alone. The tank company commander was slightly stunned, and then responded, it was specially placed by the superiors, and the order was not to ask anything, not to care about anything, no matter if it was destroyed or what, there was no need to interfere.
"Maybe it's a test tank sent from above."
The No. 4 Tiger, the company commander has already seen it, it is a big guy with thicker armor and stronger firepower, which is relatively more suitable for the Soviet Union and European theaters, and its combat function is somewhat similar to that of the German King Tiger.
As for No. 5, he had only heard of it, and it was said to be a second-generation tank in the true sense of the word. He believes that this suddenly incorporated tank may have shouldered some experimental tasks.
Who would have thought that among the tanks under his command, there would be an unmanned combat vehicle remotely piloted by the chairman of the Republic Committee.
Zhang Shusheng is really very satisfied with this Skywalker chariot, neither the most foolish driving method of a land suspension chariot, nor the clumsy driving method of a traditional tank.
Looking at the on-board radar system, the nearest tank is actually the latest Type 02 tank, which is a medium tank developed by the army after defecting to the Germans. This kind of tank has strong firepower and thicker armor, and it is a qualitative leap compared to the tank armored vehicles before the Yue Army, and it is named Type 02 tank due to the chronology of the Shenwu era.
Although this tank is inferior to the advanced tanks of China and Germany, it is comparable to the tanks of the Soviet army and the American army, and it is highly expected by the army, so it is no wonder that it will be used to take the lead this time. You know, for the tanks of the Chinese, I have had a headache for more than ten years, and I have left a painful lesson from the period of the war of aggression against China.
The Skywalker has an intelligent fire control system, and Zhang Shusheng did not rush to use manual aiming in order to make a hit, but directly locked on to the Type 02 tank that had just emerged through the auxiliary aiming provided by the fire control system.
"Boom!" felt a sudden shock from the Skywalker Chariot, and a solid 105mm tank shell used by the No. 3 Tiger burst out of the chamber. By the parameters provided by the fire control system, the shot was perfect and hit that tank with incomparable accuracy.
Rumble! There was another explosion, and the Type 02 tank that was hit in the front armor was as if it had been opened and the cap of the bottle had been opened, and the entire tank was lifted from the turret area and destroyed on the spot.
"I'm X, so fierce!!"
The members of the Wehrmacht tank company not far away saw that the X1 tank had caused a big battle in the dwarf wood as soon as they spoke, and they couldn't help but speed up, preparing to clean up the Japanese tanks that were about to rush into the woods.
"Cool, so cool."
Before Zhang Shusheng had time to roar, Zhang Bing, the virtual little kid next to him, roared first.
The Skywalker is specially modified, the shape and construction of the tank is basically the same as that of the No. 3 Tiger, and it fires 105mm tank shells, and even the vibrations produced by firing are exactly the same. It's just that it highlights high technology in terms of driving and other aspects, but retains a rugged sense of battlefield fighting.
"Enjoyable!!"
After all, this is not a game, he personally destroyed a tank of the Yue Army, and successfully exposed the morale of the Yue Army and encouraged his own side, Zhang Shusheng felt very enjoyable. Seeing that the other tanks of the tank company also rushed up and opened fire one after another, he also turned off the turning gun muzzle and aimed at the next guy.
......"Company commander, this, this guy is too powerful, he destroyed more than a dozen devil tanks by himself, no, not a single shot missed!! β
Not far from the tank driven by Zhang Shusheng, a No. 3 had just damaged a 97 medium tank that he had just killed, and before he had time to be happy, he saw the guy in the distance who had been paying attention to him for a long time, and actually killed another devil tank.
"Damn, that's amazing."
At this time, the tank company commander couldn't help but gasp, although he had heard that many Soviet and German tanks had a record of destroying more than a dozen tanks in a tank battle, and some even destroyed many German tanks with a single flat-fire gun.
However, this guy in front of him is too perverted, it has only been a long time since the war, and he actually destroyed a company of devil tanks by himself.
"Ge Laozi, this special thing is powerful, maybe it is the technology of the No. 5 tank." The tank company commander couldn't help but smack his tongue, this result was amazing, yes, very amazing. Although the Wehrmacht's tank forces are very strong enough to produce many ace tank gunners, it is precisely because of the strength of the Wehrmacht's tank forces that they have not participated in many tank battles so far.
"Boom!! β¦β¦β
There was another violent explosion, Zhang Shusheng destroyed another tank of unnamed type, and when he swept the auxiliary screen of the combat vehicle, he realized that it was a T-34 tank of the Soviets, which was concentrated on the side armor by a cannon, and the shells in the tank exploded, and many parts of the entire tank were blown away.
Zhang Shusheng looked at it, the entire tank company had lost only 3 tanks, one track was blown up, two turrets were damaged, and the two behind were still moving, and they had withdrawn to the rear under the command of the company commander. The tracks were blown up, the vehicles were abandoned, the personnel were evacuated, and after the war, their own tank maintenance units came to repair them.
Looking at the losses of the devils on the other hand, there are broken devil tanks everywhere.
There were Type 02 main station tanks, Type 97 medium tanks, and T-34 tanks, most of which were destroyed and a few damaged.
He roughly counted the total number of tanks lost by the army at about 30 tanks, of which he alone destroyed 20.
"It's almost, it's better to change to manual, after firing these shells, it will be very rebellious to be able to destroy 30 vehicles. Otherwise, it will hurt their face too much. β
Zhang Shusheng chuckled, ignoring the little child's hesitation, and changed the shooting method from auxiliary shooting to manual aiming shooting.
"X1, you're doing a great job! I'm convinced! β
In the communication channel of the entire tank company, the voice of the company commander suddenly came to test the surname.
He wasn't sure if the x1, who had never spoken, would ignore him.
"Thanks, just luck."
Zhang Shusheng was slightly stunned, and then responded, the other party was also obviously stunned, no one spoke in the channel for a long time, and then a burst of cheers broke out.
"Forward!!"
Obviously, the X1 tank that showed great power just now, at this time, the voice of the real person played a better role of encouragement, and the entire tank company quickly rushed towards the hill in front, where a group of army tanks were emerging.
Zhang Shusheng also hurriedly followed, he was not embarrassed, these tankers relied on their own hard training to achieve results are naturally very respectable, they rely on science and technology, although there is a suspicion of cheating, but it is a real elimination of the devil tank, the means are different, the performance methods are different, but the result is the same, nothing more than a white cat and a black cat.
He turned on the vehicle's radar and looked, and the entire screen was clogged with green and red signs.
That means that this tank battlefield has been crowded with tanks from both sides.
It's just a pity that this is not a great plain, and it is difficult to see the kind of tank decisive battle in Europe, but a tank battle in shallow mountainous terrain, which is more exquisite about the surname of the tank and the overall combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the tank crew.
On the radar, an arrow points from the green direction to the red direction, which means that the overall situation is that the tank cluster on the Chinese side is advancing in the direction of the Japanese army, which means superiority.
Sure enough, after switching to hand-controlled shooting, Zhang Shusheng's accuracy dropped at once, and the first shot flew away.
"Boss, with your mental strength and reflexes, as long as you calm down, you won't lose to the auxiliary fire control system." The little kid Zhang Bing didn't care, he was also cheering when he saw that he was empty, and said with a hippie smile.
Zhang Shusheng thought about it, calmed down, turned the muzzle, and this time aimed at a Soviet T-34 tank 2,000 meters away. The tank had just sneaked up on one of the tanks of the tank company, and the turret was destroyed.
The T-34 tank of the Soviets was actually relatively advanced at the beginning of World War II, and even now it is not backward. It is still the main tank of the Soviet army on the battlefield.
This kind of tank has a reliable structure, strong firepower, good mobility and protection capabilities, and is not much better than the latest main battle tank Type 02 of the Chinese army, but it is slightly lacking in firepower.
The Soviet tanks and the tanks of the Chinese army have an obvious shortcoming, that is, the number of vehicle-mounted radios is insufficient, and it is often only two or three or more tanks that have a vehicle-mounted radio, and their cooperative combat capability is far inferior to that of the Wehrmacht's tank units. The Wehrmacht's tank units have greatly improved their ability to coordinate operations from the initial two vehicles to one vehicle and the later improved all-round hunting radio.
Just now, these T-34s actually started guerrilla attacks, and from time to time they attacked Wehrmacht tanks.
It is completely correct to say that it is a sneak attack.
Not because of anything else, but because the T-34 has a large amount of ammunition in reserve, which is more than the Devil's Type 02 tank.
Compared with the Chinese Tiger 3, which uses a 105mm tank gun, the ordinary model of the T-34 has more than 70 shells, and the modified model can even have 100 shells.
As a result, the Soviet army and even the Japanese army were happy to fire, often without aiming, and it was also a cannonball, anyway, there were many shells.
So a funny scene began to appear.
The Soviets and the Chinese relied on high-frequency and high-intensity fire, often hitting Chinese tanks. However, most of the time, it is impossible to get the results of a single shot, either it is ejected, or it is a hole, which makes the tank gunners of the Japanese army and the Soviet army very depressed, where is this main battle tank, it is simply a German heavy tank.
The results were too uneven.
A few shots may be able to clean up a Chinese tank, and often it is only wounded to make it incapacitated, but the Chinese 105mm artillery, even at a distance of 2.3000 meters, as long as it is hit, will either be killed or wounded.
The armor-piercing ability of tank guns and the protection of armor are not at all in the same class.
However, the turret and tracks are always hard wounds.
"It seems that the second-generation main battle tank will have a new turret in the morning." Seeing this, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help but keep this matter in mind.
Although the probability of the turret being destroyed is far less than that of the main armor and side armor being hit, the Tiger tank is not King Kong after all, and once it is hit by the tracks and turret, there will also be battle damage. The adoption of a more advanced wedge turret seems to be imperative, and of course, strengthening the turret's protection capabilities must also be done.
As for the main armor, the Tigers hit by the enemy on the front and flank, some of the No. 2 tanks will be damaged, and most of the No. 3 tanks can resist a few shots, exactly the same as before. The biggest threat is the Type 02 tank gun, which is designed to use some of the experience gained by the Germans in anti-tank combat from the Type 88 anti-aircraft gun, and its armor-piercing capability is much stronger than that of the T-34.
However, behind the tank company, another tank company caught up, and it seems that the battle will not be too difficult.
Rumble!
Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Shusheng destroyed a tank again, and was about to aim at the next enemy tank, but saw a huge red sign on the display, and a shell icon was marked with a red X.
"Boss, according to the ammunition base of No. 3, there are no shells. If you fire again, you can only use the Skywalker Energy Cannon. β
The little kid was upset, and said with a crooked mouth, he really wanted to encourage his boss to use the energy cannon to fire, so that the power would be greater, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
"That's enough, let's see the results."
As soon as Zhang Shusheng's voice fell, a number 35 was displayed on the screen.
He alone took the lead in this battle to destroy all the 'ammunition' and destroy and damage 35 tanks!!
"In the future, there will definitely be people who will break this statistic in a single game, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to surpass it in terms of destruction efficiency." Zhang Shusheng was not boasting, and said to himself with some emotion, this is the power brought by science and technology, not something that can be surpassed by simple manual skill.
After thinking about it, he said to the communication channel, "Report to the company commander, X1 has no ammunition and will be evacuated to the rear." β
If it is an ordinary tank that has no ammunition, it should be reported that it will be withdrawn for ammunition replenishment, but Zhang Shusheng knows that one time is enough, and he can't run on the battlefield all day long, he just does his best, and there will be a chance next time.
Sure enough, when the commander of the tank company heard this, he was silent for a long time, swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty, "Yes, allow the evacuation ......"
(To be continued)