Chapter 601: The Ground Offensive Begins

In the headquarters of the Allied and Allied forces in Chelyabinsk City, the six army commanders of the Allied and Allied Powers heard from Temmy Schneider, a German army general and commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, that if the high-intensity artillery battle like today continues, the artillery of the Allied forces will be useless by this time tomorrow, and the large-caliber artillery shells stored here in Chelyabinsk will be exhausted in such a confrontation, what is left of the coalition forces in the city of Chelyabinsk to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army, except for flesh and blood, and the city of Chelyabinsk is basically lost!

The coalition forces did not expect that the army of the Chinese Empire would launch an attack on the positions of the coalition forces outside Chelyabinsk so quickly, you must know that the strength of the Chinese Imperial Army here is several times less than that of the coalition army, according to common sense, your Chinese Empire must not gather more troops outside Chelyabinsk in order to launch an attack!

As a result, the Chinese Empire did not play its cards according to common sense, and directly attacked the fortified city defended by 2.5 million troops with 800,000 troops, which really caught the Allied and Allied forces off guard, so that the reserves of large-caliber artillery shells and many other war materials were not so sufficient, and it was only the first day that the commanders of the coalition forces began to worry about the problem of artillery shells.

French Army General Joyce hesitated for a moment and said: "The lack of shells is a big problem, I think we can only let some large-caliber artillery stop firing first, so that we can save some shells, so that our allied artillery can hold out in the artillery battle for a longer time." At the same time, let the rear send us more large-caliber shells here as soon as possible, there are not enough shells. Even with an army of several million in Chelyabinsk, it is impossible for us to resist the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army. ”

British Army General Jersunsk frowned and said, "But in that case." We will definitely be at a disadvantage in the artillery battle. ”

Joyce said with a wry smile: "Even if we have been letting all artillery with a caliber of more than 75 mm, engage in artillery battles with the artillery of the Chinese Imperial Army, our artillery is not superior, there is no way, the Air Force of the Chinese Empire has occupied absolute air superiority, during the day, even if our artillery is constantly transferred, it still can't escape the bombing of the Chinese Imperial fighters." ”

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Taimi Schneider, glanced at the piece of paper in his hand again, shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that only some of the artillery can stop firing." However, it is better to leave some artillery as a backup. There is also bad news to let everyone know, the railway to the city of Chelyabinsk, this afternoon, let the warplanes of the Chinese Empire bomb again, a section of the Ural Mountains behind the city of Chelyabinsk was blown up, and this time the railway was seriously damaged, and this section of the blown up railway is currently being repaired, although we are from the road next to the railway. Supplies can still be obtained, but things like shells will not be able to arrive in large quantities here in Chelyabinsk in a short period of time! ”

The fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire did not bomb the railway behind the city of Chelyabinsk before. However, the railway near the city of Chelyabinsk, there are no railway bridges and railway tunnels and the like, as long as they are bombed. It was possible to paralyze the entire railway for a long time, so the Chinese Imperial warplanes bombed the railway behind the city of Chelyabinsk several times before. It was soon for the coalition forces to repair the railroad, and the coalition forces were using the railway transportation at the same time. The road was also used as a transportation channel, and the bombing of the railway line by the Royal Air Force of the Imperial Chinese Empire did not delay the delivery of allied troops and war materials too much.

Moreover, Lin Daxin, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, was also ready to leave a profound lesson to the allied forces of the Entente and the Central Powers in the city of Chelyabinsk, so he did not pay attention to the transportation lines of the allied forces.

Now that the front has advanced to the city of Chelyabinsk, there is already a lot of pressure on the logistics supply of the Chinese Empire, and if it continues to march to the European region of Russia, the pressure on the logistics supply will be greater and greater.

For this reason, Lin Daxin also prepared to conduct an unusually large-scale battle in the city of Chelyabinsk to complete the combat objectives of the Chinese Empire.

Russian Army General Sonokopsky asked in surprise: "The railways behind the city of Chelyabinsk are all built on flat ground, and after being bombed by Chinese Imperial fighters several times in the past, aren't they quickly repaired?" What's going on this time? How bad is the damage? Can't it be fixed right away? ”

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Tammy Schneider, sighed and said: "In the afternoon, dozens of bombers of the Chinese Empire did not hesitate to bomb a section of at least 8 kilometers long to bomb beyond recognition. What worries me even more is that if the Chinese Empire continues this kind of bombing at all costs, there is a high probability that the railway line connecting Chelyabinsk will be cut off, and we will have a very difficult time relying only on road transportation. ”

As the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire attacking the city of Chelyabinsk, Ni Fan saw the ferocity of the allied artillery, and immediately thought that the allied army's reserve of artillery must not be as many as his own, so he decided to fall into the trap and sent 12 improved Yellow Sparrow fighters and 54 improved Blue Eagle bombers to bombard a large section of the railway behind Chelyabinsk City indiscriminately.

Isn't it fast for you coalition forces to repair the railroad, then I'll blow up a few kilometers of your railroad and see how fast you can go! Relying only on the road, how many shells can the coalition forces transport to the city of Chelyabinsk in a short time!

French Army General Joyce patted his forehead and said, "Oh God! It's even worse news, so it looks like we have to get more artillery out of the artillery battle. ”

Several army commanders of the coalition army were very depressed, although the coalition army had gathered more than 2.5 million troops here in Chelyabinsk, but faced the Chinese Imperial Army, which was less than a quarter of their number. The coalition forces were tied.

That night, although the artillery battle between the coalition forces and the Chinese Imperial Army continued. But the firepower of the coalition artillery became weaker and weaker, and this was due to the fact that the coalition artillery was on the orders of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Tammy Schneider. Half of the artillery withdrew from the counter-bombardment, and was pulled out of the artillery position by the allied artillery officers and soldiers, and kept as a backup.

Originally, the bombardment of the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, the coalition artillery lost 3,000 guns in the bombardment, and there are 9,000 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm, which is still more than the artillery of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire in terms of quantity, but the coalition forces reduced the artillery by half at once in the bombardment, so that the artillery of the coalition army was slowly suppressed by the artillery of the Chinese Empire, and by the morning of October 24. The figure for the losses of artillery of the coalition forces with a caliber of more than 75 mm has already reached 4000.

As the sky became brighter, the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire were dispatched again to continue to bombard the Allied artillery positions that were still firing, so that the Allied artillery losses were much faster than at night.

The artillery of the Chinese Empire slowly gained the upper hand in the confrontation, relying on foreign aid, but the artillery shells of the coalition counterattack have also been holding on, and they are very tenacious.

The fighting here in Chelyabinsk lasted until the morning of October 26. Only then did the victory and defeat be decided, and the artillery of both sides suffered very large losses from this.

In the three-day artillery battle, the allied artillery lost about 8,000 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm, and the artillery units of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire also lost more than 1,000 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm. The losses of personnel on both sides were also very large, but the losses of the coalition forces were more than ten times that of the Chinese Empire, who made the coalition air force not powerful. His own artillery shells were insufficient, and he was able to hold out for 3 days in the confrontation. It's not easy.

And the artillery battle was not able to end because of the loss of the artillery of the coalition forces. After three days of fierce artillery battles, the coalition forces still had more than 4,000 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm. The main reason was that the artillery shells of the coalition forces were in a hurry, and they had to stop this kind of confrontational bombardment with huge consumption, and honestly transferred the remaining artillery to a safe place, ready to fight hard.

In addition to the loss of 29 improved Yellow Sparrow fighters on the first day, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire did not increase the losses because it had been dropping bombs at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters since then, but it inflicted heavy casualties on the allied artillery, and at least half of the 8,000 guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm were destroyed by aerial bombs.

In addition to the loss of more than 100 fighters on the first day, the coalition fighters did not take to the air for combat in the next two days because of insufficient flight altitude, but they did not increase their losses.

In these three days of artillery battles, the armored units and infantry of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire did not attack the positions of the coalition forces outside Chelyabinsk, but still patiently waited for their own artillery and air force to completely suppress the artillery of the coalition forces.

There is no shortage of commanders in the front command of the Chinese Empire, and they do not want their officers and men to charge under the fire of the coalition forces.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning of October 26, a large-scale offensive on the ground of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire began, with armored units and infantry ready to attack the positions of the coalition forces from the east, south and west of Chelyabinsk.

With a "boom-" sound, a Panther heavy tank that was charging forward hit a coalition fire 400 meters away with one shot, and a 57-mm battle defense gun at this fire point of the coalition army was blown into a pile of scrap metal, and none of the four coalition soldiers in charge of this battle defense gun were spared.

"Well done, Lao Chen! It's so beautiful, just hit it like this, there's a heavy machine gun at 1 o'clock, and the next shot will take it out! Sun Ming, the commander of the 1088 Panther heavy tank, shouted excitedly to the gunner in the tank.

Sun Ming was originally a tank driver in the Second Guards Armored Division, but this time the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire was expanded, and Sun Ming was transferred to the newly established Fourth Guards Army and served as the commander of a tank.

Sun Ming's No. 1088 Panther heavy tank, there are three other members, namely tank gunner Chen Hui, driver Hu Dun and machine gunner Liu Feng, these three members are all reservists, because of the expansion of the army became a regular army.

The reservists of the Chinese Empire have to be trained every month, and many of them have participated in the training of professional arms, which is one of the reasons why the Chinese Empire can expand so many main forces so quickly.

The Panther Heavy Tank has four members, and when the battle begins, they don't have their own duties, but they need to cooperate with each other, for example, the machine gunner will help with the reloading of shells, and the driver will also control the machine gun.

Tank gunner Chen Hui shouted: "Understood! At 1 o'clock, sir, you can see! ”

Chen Hui then rotated the tank gun from 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock, aimed at a coalition heavy machine gun that was firing fiercely, and fired a grenade.

Commander Sun Ming instructed the driver, Hu Dun: "Keep up with the speed, keep up with the large army, and rush into the position of the coalition army." ”

Units of the Fourth Guards of the Imperial Chinese Army attacked the positions of the Allied forces east of Chelyabinsk and defended the positions of the German and French armies, which were the most combat-ready of the allied armies.

The attacking forces of the 4th Guards, under the cover of their own artillery and air forces, approached little by little the positions of the allied forces defended by the German and French armies.

When the tanks of the 4th Guards Army and their infantry approached within 400 meters of the Allied positions, the firepower of the German and French armies on the Allied positions suddenly became stronger, but then they were bombarded and shelled more fiercely by the Chinese Imperial fighters and artillery, and almost the entire first line of defense of the Allied forces east of Chelyabinsk was enveloped by explosions.

A 57mm Allied anti-aircraft shell hit the No. 1088 Panther heavy tank, but the 57mm shell did not penetrate the alloy armor in the front of the Panther heavy tank, causing the four people in the tank to make a false alarm.

"Has anyone been hurt?" Sun Ming shouted loudly to the other 3 people.

"I'm fine!" "I'm fine!"

"Uncle, my head is broken!" (To be continued......)

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