Chapter 785: Siege of Moscow (1)
On March day, the ice and snow on the Russian land had melted, and the weather had improved, which brought convenience to the offensive of the Chinese army, and the mechanized units of the Chinese army galloped across the Eastern European Plain, moving like the wind, and the offensive was extremely rapid.
In particular, in view of the current situation of the Soviet army's lack of weapons and ammunition, the Chinese army talked about tanks and armored vehicles opening the way ahead, and the Soviet army suffered heavy casualties and collapsed the defense line without restraint weapons.
On March 12, one part of the Chinese army advanced to Odin Zuo in the west of Moscow, one advanced to Simki in the northwest, and one advanced to Podolsk in the south, which put huge military pressure on the Soviet Russian side, Moscow is the capital of Soviet Russia, if Moscow falls, the blow to the Soviet Russian regime will be unprecedented, and the internal discord in Soviet Russia itself, many people are dissatisfied with Vladimi's top position, but he is intimidated, but if Moscow is lost in his hands, then his prestige will be greatly reduced, Even many of his subordinates no longer trust him.
Seeing that the Chinese army was about to come to the city, Vladimi had to convene a high-level military meeting, the purpose of which was to unify opinions and ideological issues, and he believed that if he wanted to resist the attack of the Chinese army under the current situation, he must mobilize the strength of the whole people, and it was possible to be a soldier of all the people, but to do this, it was necessary to obtain the unanimous consent of all the high-level leaders of Soviet Russia.
At the high-level meeting of Soviet Russia, Vladimi first introduced the current unfavorable situation, explained to all the high-level personnel attending the meeting the consequences of Moscow's defeat, and proposed at the meeting that the high-level should unify their understanding, ideology, and unite all forces that can be united, and mobilize the people to rise up against the Chinese army. Resolutely keep the Chinese army out of Moscow, even if the Chinese army enters the city. Soviet Russia must also make every effort to deal with the Chinese army, so that the Chinese army is trapped in the battlefield of Moscow and cannot continue to advance.
This proposal of Vladimi was strongly opposed by Trotsky. Trotsky believed that the time had come for Soviet Russia to be at stake, that the wars of the years had set Russia back decades, that the economy had collapsed, that the development of agriculture and industry had almost come to a standstill, and that the prestige of the Russian army in the hearts of the people had fallen sharply. At present, the most urgent task of Soviet Russia is not to compete with the allies, but how to preserve the Soviet Russian regime, and only by preserving the Soviet Russian regime can the country have a chance to develop and become strong.
Trotsky's proposal to send someone to negotiate peace with the Allies, even if it was worth it in the present situation, even if it offered some benefits. This proposal was vetoed by Vladimi, who believed that Soviet Russia had not yet been defeated, and that Soviet Russia still had huge war potential, and that it was completely possible to mobilize the people to drag the Allies down and drag them to death, Trotsky and Vladimiah were at loggerheads, and the other high-level leaders did not have very good ideas, and they did not know which side to stand on.
At the end of the meeting, it was proposed that each side take a step back. That is, the withdrawal of the Russian leadership and other high-ranking and central governments to Yaroslavl, and the rest of the forces to hold on to Moscow and fight to the death with the Chinese army in Moscow, if Moscow falls. Then Vladimi would have to agree to send someone to negotiate peace with the Allies, and if the Chinese army encountered Waterloo in Moscow, then Soviet Russia would continue to deal with the Allies. Until the Allied forces were driven out of the territorial limits of Soviet Russia.
Both Vladimi and Trotsky knew that a stalemate was not the way to go, and that a definite decision had to be made on the matter. So both agreed to the offer.
As a result, the Soviet Russian side transferred the elite forces that could be mobilized around Moscow into Moscow, preparing to fight to the death with the Chinese army inside and outside the city of Moscow.
The Chinese army has besieged Moscow on three sides. Although the Soviet Russians were particularly capable of doing ideological work, they did not allow many Muscovites to stay and fight with the army, and most of the residents of the city left from the east of Moscow to the countryside to escape the war.
On the morning of March 14, the Chinese army turned against the Odin Zo, west of Moscow. In order to attack the Chinese tanks and armored vehicles, the Soviets also racked their brains, and they finally came up with a way to block the advance of tanks and armored vehicles, that is, to dig an anti-tank trench in front of the defensive position.
This kind of trench is a trench a few meters wide and a few meters deep, the side of the trench facing the Chinese tank is a slope, and the side of the Soviet army is a vertical ditch wall, and the tank and armored vehicles are blocked by the vertical ditch wall after entering the bottom of the ditch along the slope, and they can no longer advance, they can only reverse and exit the trench, if they do not reverse and exit the anti-tank trench in time, then the Soviet soldiers hiding in the anti-tank trench will carry explosives to pounce and blow up the tank and armored vehicles.
At first, the Chinese army did not notice the huge threat of anti-tank trenches to tanks and armored vehicles, and when dozens of tanks drove into the anti-tank trenches without realizing and could not advance, the tank drivers realized that this trench actually had such a role, and when the tank drivers wanted to reverse and exit the trenches, the machine gunners on the top of the tanks found that many Russian soldiers with explosives rushed out of this anti-tank trench and pounced on the tanks.
The machine gunners were frightened, and immediately opened fire on these Russian soldiers carrying explosive bags, and for a time the Russian soldiers were killed a lot and fell to the ground, but after all, the distance between the two sides was too close, and some machine gunners did not react fast enough, or were pounced in front of the tank by some Russian soldiers, and with an explosion, one by one Chinese tanks were blown up, but the Chinese soldiers who followed not far behind the tank quickly rushed over and took over the responsibility of protecting the tank.
The Soviet soldiers who were ambushed in the anti-tank trenches were all wiped out, but the Chinese tanks also suffered a lot of losses, a small half of the tanks were blown up, and the remaining tanks and the drivers, gunners, machine gunners, and ammunition men inside were all scared half to death.
This time, the tank losses of the Chinese army were not small, and there was this anti-tank trench blocking the front, so that the tanks could not continue to advance to cover the infantry attacking the Soviet positions in front, and the commander did not expect to encounter such a situation, so he could only order the troops to withdraw temporarily.
The rifles of this period are basically single-shot rifles, even if there are magazines, they can only be loaded with a few bullets, some are directly loaded in the chamber, if they are finished, they must be reloaded, far less convenient than automatic rifles that can be used with large-capacity magazines, so they rarely shoot when charging with a single-shot rifle, in order to be able to keep the bullets and fire after rushing into the enemy position, if they run out of bullets in the chamber when charging, they can only fight the bayonet for a short distance for the first time after rushing to the enemy position, There's no time to reload while charging, unless you're able to reload while charging quickly, and you're afraid that few people will be able to do that.
In view of this situation, once an unexpected situation is encountered in the course of the attack, it is necessary to stop the attack, withdraw the troops, and launch a new attack again after making a detailed attack plan, after all, an unprepared attack can only increase casualties, which is a stupid thing that no commander would do, and of course there are officers who do not take the lives of soldiers seriously, and such people are in the minority after all.
After carefully figuring out the anti-tank battle dug by the Soviet army, the commander of the Chinese army, with the assistance of the staff officers, also quickly adjusted the battle plan, since there are anti-tank trenches blocking the front so that the tanks and armored vehicles cannot advance, then let the tanks and armored vehicles stop in front of the anti-tank trenches as mobile pillboxes to provide fire support for the attacking infantry, and at the same time increase the intensity of artillery fire, try to reduce the resistance force for the infantry attack, and at the same time organize various assault groups to carry out penetrating attacks on the weak areas of the Soviet defense, From inside the positions of the Soviet troops blossomed on all sides.
As the saying goes, the magic is one foot high and the road is one foot high, and both sides have their own tricks, and the Soviet and Russian sides came up with a way to deal with the Chinese army, and the Chinese army here immediately changed its offensive tactics, so that the Soviet army had to find another way to restrain the offensive tactics of the Chinese army while suffering huge losses.
Under the attack of the Chinese army, the Soviet army suffered very serious losses, and the Chinese army captured a large number of Soviet and Russian teenagers on the position, and these teenagers were not yet adults at all to fight on the position with a burning stick, and there were no bullets in the burning stick, and these young people were so hungry that they were full of hunger.
The officers and soldiers of the Chinese army were shocked by this situation, and they immediately reported the situation.
Cai Ye, who was in Warsaw, soon received a battle report from the battlefield ahead, and after seeing the content of the report, Cai Ye couldn't help but shake his head and said: "It seems that the lack of troops, weapons and ammunition in Soviet Russia has exceeded our imagination, and they even sent thirteen or fourteen-year-old children to the battlefield, this is really a crime!" ”
Zhang Xiaozhun said indifferently: "From this aspect, we can also see the tenacity of the Soviet Russian side and the terrible control of thoughts, their current situation has reached the point of letting thirteen or fourteen-year-old children go to the battlefield, but they still do not surrender, and those children are willing to go to the battlefield to die, don't you think it is terrible?" ”
Cai Yi nodded and said, "Yes, this situation is beyond my expectations, I have never seen such a situation." Thirteen-year-olds are at their most rebellious, and they can let these little children go to war and die??????."
Zhang Xiaozhun smiled: "It's nothing more than a fool, but you also have to admit that Soviet Russia is powerful in this regard!" By the way, a telegram was sent from the front asking what to do with these little children, and whether the offensive plan against Moscow needed to be adjusted? ”
Cai Yi thought about it and shook his head and said, "Lock them up first, and let them eat enough!" The offensive plan remains the same, how to fight and how to fight, the attack cannot be stopped, our military expenses are limited, and a lot of money will be wasted if we delay for one day, and inform Kolchak that he should also move, we are here to help him fight, and he can't watch the excitement from the sidelines."
Zhang Xiaozhun nodded and agreed: "Understand, I will urge him!" (To be continued......)