Chapter 1114: General Attack on All Fronts
At the headquarters where the commander-in-chief Liu Hua was located, as the final general offensive against the Soviet Red Army in the Far East was approaching, the atmosphere in the headquarters immediately became solemn. At the same time, a large number of reconnaissance planes under the Air Force, under Liu Hua's orders, began to continuously patrol over the Soviet Far Eastern Army 24 hours a day, monitoring every move of hundreds of thousands of troops of the Far Eastern Army......
"The commander-in-chief, the Air Force Reconnaissance Squadron reports that the Far Eastern Army, which has been surrounded by our army, is carrying out a large-scale military movement....Because the Soviet Far East Army is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft artillery, our Air Force reconnaissance planes cannot conduct low-altitude reconnaissance, so it is not possible to know exactly the specific movement of the Soviet Far East Army at present. However, according to the preliminary judgment of the General Staff Office's research, the Far Eastern Army on the opposite side should be making the final deployment for the upcoming decisive battle..."Commander Chen Hong walked in quickly and reported.
"A day ago, these hundreds of thousands of old hairmen were still attacking us. Now, seeing that it is about to be counterattacked by our army, if it is not changed to a defensive formation as soon as possible, unless the Supreme Commander of Lao Maozi is a fool. The scruples of the staff are right, Lao Maozi must be doing the last defense...."Liu Hua said affirmatively.
After a short period of contemplation, he directly faced Commander Chen Hong in front of him, and decisively ordered: "Old Chen, you immediately issue two latest combat orders to the front line. ”
"First: I telegraphed to Commander Huang Yuting of the Air Force, I don't care what method he uses, whether it is low-altitude reconnaissance or aerial photography....within two hours, I want to know the specific deployment of the various units of Lao Maozi on the other side....In addition, tell Huang Yuting that if conditions permit, bombers can be dispatched to attack the ground forces of Lao Maozi's Far East Army in advance. to find a favorable time to shoot...."
"Second. The telegram ordered all the attacking troops to immediately dispatch all the reconnaissance troops and cast all the nets for me. As far as possible, find out the specific size, size, and equipment of the Soviet Red Army directly opposite you....There is any situation. It will be immediately reported to the General Staff Headquarters, and the General Staff will make specific marks on the combat sand table, so as to facilitate our headquarters to carry out specific command operations..."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief......"
A few hours later, the commander-in-chief, Liu Hua, walked to the huge combat sand table. The specific deployment of the 500,000-strong army of the Soviet Far East Army, after reconnaissance by the army and air forces, has passed through the combat sand table and is very clearly displayed in front of Liu Hua.
On the circular battlefield of Nuoda. Hundreds of thousands of old Maozi elites, with thousands of tanks as fixed fire points, scattered on the battlefield. A huge circular defensive position was formed. Look around. The Soviet Far Eastern Army can be seen almost everywhere on the battlefield. Blocking positions of regimental size armed with a certain proportion of heavy tanks, heavy artillery ...
"Commander-in-chief, this old man is too cunning. With such scattered blocking positions, our air force units, especially the artillery units, have directly lost their advantage in carrying out cluster attacks..."Commander Chen Hong hit the nail on the head and said one of the major advantages of Admiral Gorodovikov's deployment...
"Lao Chen, not only that..."Liu Hua shook his head solemnly and continued to speak.
"I don't know if you remember one of the formations in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the 'Bagua Array'. And the formation that Lao Maozi arranged for us in front of him has the effect of going to the same end as the 'Bagua Array'......"
"You see, for Lao Maozi's formation, unless we have enough troops and strength, we will attack Lao Maozi together from the battlefield within a radius of dozens of kilometers with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas, compress Lao Maozi's living space step by step, and finally, wipe out these hundreds of thousands of elites."
"Otherwise, with this formation, as long as we adopt other tactics, we will not only turn this battle into a war of attrition. More importantly, Lao Maozi is everywhere, and the well-equipped regiment-sized troops may turn into a sharp sword at any time, fiercely plunging into the heart of our attacking troops from all directions. In the process of defending, use every opportunity at your disposal, attack us, and kill our living forces in large numbers...."
"If we continue to fight like this, even if we can win in the end, we will pay a very heavy price. More importantly, once the whole battle is launched and completely mixed with Lao Maozi, our air force and artillery will completely lose their role and become an ornament......" Pointing to the combat sand table in front of him, Liu Hua opened his mouth to explain.
Liu Hua's words fell, and Commander Chen Hong's face immediately showed a look of embarrassment, and he spoke.
"Commander-in-chief, according to statistics, the total strength in our hands is only about 300,000 people. Even in terms of the number of tanks, it is not as good as Lao Maozi on the other side...... Does that mean that we can only stare at the Soviet Far Eastern Army, which has been surrounded by heavy troops of our army, and there is no solution? ”
"Of course there is a way...."Liu Hua said affirmatively.
"General Gorodovikov, the old man, put on such a position, clearly not wanting us to divide our troops and assault in multiple ways. Since this is the case, then we will do the opposite, divide our troops into multiple routes, launch a surprise attack on Lao Maozi's Far Eastern Army, which has been completely encircled, and in the shortest possible time, divide and surround it, and destroy it little by little..."
"Of course, with the current strength and situation of our army, there is only one way, which can completely annihilate the 500,000 Lao Maozi elites in front of us before Lao Maozi's domestic reinforcements arrive..."
In Liu Hua's heart, he already had a specific idea, that is, to use the few army aviation regiments in his hands that had not been exposed to deal a fatal blow to the Soviet Far East Army on the opposite side.......
Fighters and bombers that fly high altitudes and have a huge speed advantage in a melee are not very useful. However, a helicopter that can hover in the air is able to accomplish this task.
Helicopters hovering over the battlefield can use airborne rockets and heavy machine guns to continuously shoot all tanks on the ground, ordinary infantry and all other enemies that threaten the ground offensive forces....
As for what it is said that the slow helicopter, although the problem of hovering, and delivering precision strikes on targets is solved. However, its slow speed, no less avoidable, even the air bombers had a little scruple about the blow of the ground anti-aircraft fire of the Red Army in the Soviet Far East ...
In fact, because of the firing angle of the anti-aircraft guns, it is absolutely very difficult for the anti-aircraft guns deployed by Lao Maozi on various positions to hit the helicopters flying almost close to the ground.
On the battlefield, where the atmosphere was becoming more and more solemn, the Wehrmacht had an elite infantry division, a heavy tank regiment, and an armored regiment, totaling more than 15,000 people. Under the order of division commander Zheng Xinyu, the assembly was quickly carried out.
In the blink of an eye, a heavy tank battalion, an armored battalion, an infantry regiment of assault teams were assembled, and they were formed. The entire assault team, overlooking from the air, was like a sharp blade, pointing directly at the defense line of Lao Maozi's Far East Army.
"Division commander, the assault team is ready for battle and ready to attack......" The chief of staff of the division, who was responsible for forming the assault team and was ordered to lead the attack. With an expectant face, he walked up to the division commander Zheng Xinyu and reported loudly.
"Okay....now that we're ready, let's follow the original plan and get started... The assault team, with their own speed, quickly broke through the Lao Maozi No. 5 blocking position and defeated all the defending troops on the position....Chief of Staff, I will personally lead the remaining troops, follow behind the assault team, expand the results of the battle and deal with possible unexpected accidents...."Division Commander Zheng Xinyu ordered with a serious face.
"Yes, Commander..."
The order was given, and the first to attack was a heavy artillery brigade that had lost to Zheng Xinyu. There is no threat from Lao Maozi's air force, plus the cover of his own air force. More than 100 heavy guns, in the hands of thousands of gunners, could finally launch an unscrupulous attack on the Soviet Far Eastern Army and rain shells......
Ten minutes of shelling, under the predatory rain of more than six thousand large-caliber shells. Lao Maozi's No. 5 blocking position was directly blown into a sea of fire. The roaring shell explosions had just ended, and the Lao Maozi defenders, who had suffered heavy losses, had not yet reacted from the intense shelling. Like a commando with a sharp blade, it directly launched an attack.
More than 30 heavy tanks, more than 30 armored fighting vehicles, almost 3,000 elite infantry. Like an unstoppable torrent of steel, it rushed directly towards the Lao Maozi No. 5 blocking position, which was still completely shrouded in gunsmoke.
"Comrades, in front of you is the old Maozi blocking position, rush up, kill all the old Maozi, kill it, kill it......"
"Comrades, the time has come for revenge....tank guns, hit me hard...."
"All vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, open fire, suppress enemy fire points......"
"Tanks, old Maozi's tanks are out ... All tank guns, all replaced with armor-piercing shells, are based on platoons, each fighting for its own ......"
It was accompanied by a series of commands, which reached the ears of every combat vehicle and infantry commander through radio waves. Like a razor-sharp commando, like a war machine, it quickly began to operate.
Without the Air Force, even the artillery unit, which was the only one to rely on, had to act as the No. 5 blocking position of Lao Maozi, a shrunken turtle, under the constant patrol of the Chinese Air Force in the air. In the face of bullets, shells fired by the Chinese assault cluster, the only thing that can be done is to be beaten passively ....
After experiencing a blow from artillery fire, the 3,000 old Maozi defending the No. 5 blocking position, including a large number of armored tank units, directly paid a huge price for more than half of the losses. At this moment, in the face of the fierce offensive of the commandos, there is simply no courage and strength to continue to resist....
The entire blocking battle lasted less than ten minutes, and the unstoppable torrent of steel, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, quickly swept away Lao Maozi's entire No. 5 blocking position....
The remaining more than a thousand old hairies, except for the few hundred people who fled to the rear, the rest, without exception, were all crushed into a pile of meat paste by the heavy tracks of the chariot...