Chapter 628: 'Ploughing' the positions of the Russian army
At this moment, in the Japanese battalion in the assault position, the chief and deputy commanders of the Southwest Japanese Field Observation Mission, Saigo Kobei and Kirino Toshiaki, were boosting the morale of the Japanese battalion soldiers who were about to go to battle.
After two days and three nights of 'beating', Saigo Kobei and Kirino Toshiaki's anxious hearts were about to break. At this moment, it was finally time for a big counterattack, and the two of them were in a happier mood than the soldiers of the Wehrmacht. If it weren't for their status, both of them would even be able to apply to lead the team in attack.
This is simply because China is too important to the current Japanese military government in the southwest.
Of course, the two people who didn't attend the meeting at four o'clock didn't know how mysterious Liu Xian's performance was at that meeting, otherwise there would be more than excitement and joy in the hearts of the two people at this moment.
"The glory of the samurai is up to you. Don't be afraid of sacrifice, don't be afraid of death. β
"Hey!"
There is no material promise, only the empty 'glory of the samurai'. If this is said to the Wehrmacht, unless it is those graduates who have come all the way out of the junior military academy, or the Praetorian Division, which is full of officers of the N more Boy Scouts, it will feel like an empty clichΓ© when put on other people.
However, for these Japanese soldiers in the Japanese battalion, it is a necessary encouragement and honor. What a glorious and honorable thing it is to come to a foreign country to serve as a soldier and still be able to embody the glory of a samurai. Let all the soldiers of the Japanese battalion be emotionally aroused and their morale high.
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A few miles behind the assault position. Three artillery positions of the Wehrmacht assembled 133 cannons of caliber or more than 100mm, including eight 203mm heavy guns. 75 guns 202 guns. 120 heavy mortars and 80 medium mortars, 210 pieces, 36 rocket launchers of eight loads. This kind of firepower is really not ordinary. Especially the eight-pack rocket artillery. The muzzles were all 120mm in diameter.
Although it has a short range, only three miles. The accuracy is still poor, a salvo, it takes about 10 minutes to load all the ammunition once, and a salvo only takes 7~10 seconds. But the firepower is indisputable.
Six o'clock in the morning. The sky was shining brightly, and when the artillery commander saw that the fluorescent point of the watch hand had reached the time specified for the battle. Everyone gave the same order, "Fire!" "Call me-
In the next moment, a fire dragon dragged a long red-orange tail, like a meteor shower, flying towards the direction of the Russian army's position.
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Roaring explosions. The splattered blood quickly turned into a dried black trail in the heat.
A large black hole appeared on the wall of the headquarters of the 11th Division of the Fourth Army of the Russian Army, and if a living person looked out from the inside, he could see that in the sky outside, brilliant flames were like meteor showers, falling towards the Russian position. In addition to the fact that each flame represents the death and killing of war, when the rocket launchers fly harmlessly in the air, there is a gorgeous sense of peace.
The combat parts of the rockets were loaded with high-explosive, explosive, and explosive charges, and the high temperature of the violent explosion instantly smashed everything in the headquarters of the 11th Division of the Russian army. The walls touched by the explosion shattered completely, turning into countless fragments. Beat the people inside into a sieve. So there was not a single living person moving here, except for the distinctive and sharp whooshing sound of the rocket launchers coming from outside, only the loud noise and impact of the rocket launchers when they landed.
The Russian army also laid some mines outside the positions, but not many. Because the Russian army still puts itself in the position of the strong. Put it in an offensive position.
When a rocket hits the ground, it turns into a sea of fire within more than ten meters around, and the huge shock wave and high temperature also have terrifying lethality. A significant part of the Russian soldiers were not killed. Rather, they were shocked to death and suffocated.
What suffocated was because the high temperature burned the oxygen in the air, and the skin of those Russian soldiers who were shocked to death was intact. He was huddled quietly in the trench, bleeding from his mouth and nose. It looks like you're asleep.
Thirty-six rocket launchers were only part of the Wehrmacht's firepower. For the Russian army, the losses of the former are far inferior to those of the latter in this round of heavy artillery fire. The fierce bombardment of more than 500 artillery pieces of all kinds was only the first round of shelling, and the various artillery positions of the Russian army were as lively as exploding the pot, and in the violent explosion, the various units of the Russian army woke up from their sleep, and in the frantic shouts of the officers, they grabbed their weapons one after another, but what did they do next?
Go to the position to be bombed? Counter charge? It's impossible.
Quietly the current shelling of the Wehrmacht, the violent shaking made all the Russian soldiers feel a feeling of riding on a boat. Their heavy artillery clusters were destroyed, their light artillery clusters were destroyed, and shells ploughed the Russian positions like ploughs.
One by one, the firing points were hit by shells and turned into rubble. Shrapnel, flames, and flying rubble tore everyone apart.
When one after another Russian artillery positions were destroyed, when countless shells on the Russian positions were detonated, half of the sky was illuminated as bright as day. A devastating explosion, as if the end of the world had come.
Schlieffen was like an old duck stuck in the neck, quacking and speechless. The counterattack of the Russian artillery did not come to a good time, and their powerful artillery cluster was taken to hell by a burst of bombardment by the Wehrmacht.
What does this prove? This proves that the premise of Liu Xian's 'hypothetical' is correct.
Half an hour of mountain-shaking shelling was just as rapid from beginning to end, and then came to an abrupt end.
Three minutes!
The artillery clusters boldly stopped for three minutes. They waited for a counterattack from the Russian artillery. But no. Whether it was the weak 75 gun or the fierce 203mm heavy gun, the Russian army did not react.
Liu Xian was completely relieved in the tenth minute after the artillery fire began. The artillery cluster of the Russian army is finished. From 203 heavy artillery to 75 light artillery, all finished. This battle, the most dangerous juncture was perfectly passed, and then he could slaughter 100,000 Russian troops leisurely.
"Send them a few pots of coffee, desserts, fruits. Tell them to quietly appreciate the fall of the Russian army. β
In the command headquarters, looking at Zhou Jun, looking at Zhang Zhongkui, looking at Wu Jinzhu, and looking at everyone, Liu Xian opened his eyes that had been closed for half an hour. The expression on his face remained the same, only his gaze was sharper.
Everything that followed was as relaxed as Liu Xian's tone when he arranged the battle in the command headquarters. Four breakthrough points, covered by hundreds of artillery pieces, the assault Wehrmacht units managed to make a breakthrough without much effort.
The Russian army is now in fear. They were afraid of the fierce shelling of the Wehrmacht, and even more afraid of why their own artillery group did not fight back!?
Those 120 guns, 150 guns, 12 heavy 203 guns......
Now there is no sound. Why? The answer is known to all.
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"What about mortars?! Come here, bang them! A lieutenant officer yelled, oblivious to the anger in his voice. Even this hysterical sound could not be heard very far, less than two hundred meters away from him, inside the bunkers of the two Russian troops, the roar of heavy machine guns, and the noise of higher decibel and volume on the battlefield, noise, and explosions, tightly suppressed the roar of the officers.
"Damn it!" An ensign punched the ground with hatred.
This Russian position suffered so many shells, but there were still two Russian bunkers that survived, and fortunately they formed crossfire. Two heavy machine guns directly blocked the path of their own squadron.
The lieutenant-like scolding is ten times worse and vicious than the most shrewd old lady. But he did not allow his troops to attack. If there was only one bunker, he would dare to blow up the bunker with an explosives bag. But now it's two bunkers, crossfire, and it's a death to go again!
There was a strong disgusting smell in the nose, a mixture of gunsmoke and flesh that made people vomit.
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"Kill, ......" Wehrmacht launched a full-front offensive on the battlefield. The nature of containment in the southern theater is more, and the northern theater is the real onslaught. If you don't take advantage of the interspersed troops to cut off their back roads, the lack of follow-up supplies, and the firepower is even more at an absolute disadvantage, beating the water dogs, when will Liu Xian wait!
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Outside the battlefield, the journalists in the Zalbla Lake area felt that their brains were not working. Why didn't the Russians work all of a sudden? Didn't they fight fiercely in the past two days? Why was he suddenly pushed to the ground by the Chinese and beaten violently?
Ark was excited. He has always believed that China can win. Although in the previous two days, he was afraid, lest he wake up one night and China has been defeated in Tacheng. Because he was Jewish, Russia had always been notoriously anti-Jewish.
Therefore, in the gamble of the Sino-Russian war, he firmly stood on the side of China.
Today, the tide of battle has taken a huge turn. The Russian artillery, which has always been strong and domineering, was completely destroyed by the Chinese, and then there was a huge and comprehensive counterattack.
The Chinese completely have the upper hand on the battlefield. Although the Russians are not saying that the defeat is certain, the current Russian army is definitely suffering. "Without artillery, this is definitely a heavy blow to the confidence of the Russian army."
Breed had a pancake in his mouth, a cup of black tea in his hand, and a very leisurely basking in the sun. "I was very curious how the Chinese could have judged the artillery positions of the Russians. Is it a spy? β
Bred was puzzled. He felt that it was a very 'newsy' news. Because no matter how much military common sense is, people also know the importance of the location of artillery positions.
Looking at the effect of the previous bombardment of the Russian artillery group, and the effect of the current bombardment of the Chinese army, the huge difference in results between the two sides is the importance of the position of the artillery position.
"You mean...... there is a spy with the Russians, who betrayed the interests of Russia?"
"Nope. The word spy is too general. The battle was so fierce and the time was so short, how could even a spy find out the location and coordinates of all the artillery, and then safely send the information to the other side? β
Half-sank. "Don't bother with it. Maybe God is bless the Chinese. We'll wait until after the war, and we'll always know. (To be continued......)