Chapter 199: Surprise Attack (Part II)
The Twin Cities Fortress was built on a high ground on the eastern wing of the railway, measuring 900 meters from north to south and 700 meters from east to west. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 At first glance, each fortress appears to be scattered in a pentagonal area. But in fact, it is a defense system that skillfully configures forts, fortresses and other positions, which is a typical European-style fortress defense system. The sections of the fortress were connected by several kilometers of underground reinforced tunnels, as well as communication trenches.
Although the fortress seemed to stand alone on high ground, it was almost impossible for any attacker to get close to it. On the side facing the railway, on the other side was an almost vertical cliff - a former artificially excavated quarry about 5 to 10 meters above the ground.
During the construction of the fortress, the cliffs of this railway quarry were cleverly used by Russian engineers as a parapet wall for the fortress, so that any attacker who attempted to attack had to climb over this "wall", and above the city wall were a series of communication trenches, in which Russian soldiers could shoot through holes in battle.
The rest of the fortress was surrounded by so-called trenches, reinforced concrete bunkers, searchlights, 37-mm Haqikes rapid-fire guns, and even a few Maxim machine guns to provide covert fire at the fort. In short, it is impossible for any attacker to climb a cliff in order to get over a trench.
At least they have to pay a very heavy price.
In the construction of this modern fortress, the Russian army almost racked their brains. They believed that at the outbreak of war, with more than 1,500 fortress soldiers inside the fortress and nearly 2,000 officers and men in the barracks under the mountain, it would be enough to hold back any enemy attack.
However, there was one thing they did not take into account, and that was the possibility that the enemy could come from the air and land in the open space between the batteries. The strongest fortresses were conquered from within.
Now, the enemy from the sky is closing in on them. At 6:20, in the dark night, two huge Canglong 6 airships were flying slowly, as the world's largest hard-shelled airship, it undoubtedly looked a little clumsy when it was in the air. Different from ordinary airboats, under the front and rear cabins of the Canglong VI airship, there are two objects hanging from each, that is, the Assault ****** that can carry 8-12 people.
Inside the ******, the Marines with black ink on their faces, their nervous expressions mixed with a little anticipation, looked at each other, and could read each other's thoughts in each other's eyes.
It's time to strike!
"All right, brethren. There is nothing to worry about, the side that attacks from the upper part of the fortress is much safer than the side that defends inside! ”
When the company commander's words fell, the soldiers in the cabin all smiled, perhaps, they had doubted whether they could capture the fortress with such a few men, but after a few exercises, they had already established confidence. One could even say that it was full of confidence.
As early as half a year ago, they began rigorous training to adapt to this operation. The training begins with a theory session. And the use of sand table and three-dimensional models and other image teaching aids to teach, following the theoretical training, began to day and night, regardless of good or bad weather field training. It wasn't until a month ago that they began air-landing training at the naval fort in Zhenwan, and that's when they began. Through one surprise attack after another, they have built up the confidence of victory.
At this moment, the driver of the ****** cab - they were also fighters in this battle, and they also needed to accompany the Marines.
When they saw a small yellow light on the bottom of the airship. He shouted at the transport compartment behind him.
"Attention everyone! It's time to be released! to the timing"
Release!
Once released, the ************ need to rely on their own lift to glide through the air, and the pilots need to maneuver ****** land near the predetermined position.
“…… 4、3、2、……”
During that countdown, the nose of the ****** sank slightly, as if it had fallen from the sky, and so on for a second or two before it began to remain parallel, gliding in the night sky with the help of the lift of the wings under the pilot's control, and occasionally the wind would blow the ******, causing it to shake slightly in the air.
In the shaky ****** cabin. The heavily armed commandos were staring solemnly, breathing nervously, or thinking in seemingly silence, but in fact, at this time, no one was calm.
In that cabin, the captain was still stubbornly making a final mobilization.
“…… This mission is the first combat mission we have carried out, but everyone knows its importance, whether the large army can fight until Vladivostok for the New Year. It depends on whether our operation can be successful...... Brothers, there is nothing else to say. I only hope that you will do your best in this battle! We've been waiting for a lifetime, and we've been waiting for it today! …… God willing......"
At this time, the gray night sky seemed to be darker. With a little moonlight, the soldiers could see the expressions of their comrades. Everyone's expressions were unusually solemn, but no one was relaxed at this time.
Li Cunye felt his palms sweating, and he began to feel a little scared, no wonder he was scared - in the past training, the commanders would always repeat the phrase "80 people decide their fate!" ”
80 people!
This is the number of commandos, and what they have to decide is not the fate of individuals, but the fate of the entire three eastern provinces, and even the whole of China!
In the midst of a strange silence. Gliding steadily through the dark night sky towards the target, the co-pilot of the first ****** opened the front porthole. A cold, biting air rushed in, and he took a deep breath and set his eyes on the aim in the snow.
"Pay attention to the direction!"
At the captain's words, the pilot glide went into a horizontal state after the dive, then made a ninety-degree turn to the right and began to fly towards the fortress on the ground.
Staring into the dark night outside the cabin, the co-pilot glanced at the target on the ground - it was a mountain pack in the middle of the snowfield, and the former forts and forts were all covered with snow, but. You can still faintly see the heavy cannon on the fort, and a huge cannon of about ten inches stands in the center of the fortress.
However, that was not their goal, they were aiming at the barracks in the belly of the fortress - the artillery was dead, the people were alive, and they wanted to take the fortress. The resistance of the Russians must be broken.
In order to get as close to the fortress as possible, ****** pulled up the fuselage. Then the pilot drove the plane into a sharp dive at an altitude of 100 meters. The earth suddenly swelled. The fortresses and bastions below moved backwards at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour.
"Hold on!"
While the pilot nervously held his breath and shouted loudly, the two rows of commandos sitting in the ****** cabin sat together with their arms and soles off the ground. Waiting for the ground to hit them.
Near the 10-inch battery, Petrov, wearing a lambskin hat, walked back and forth around the battery with a Mosinagan rifle, and although no one could threaten the fort, he still dutifully walked back and forth in the snow, defending the fort and the fort.
That's when it happened. He heard what seemed to be a strange sound in the air, as if a large bird was flying through the air.
"Birds?"
In astonishment, when he looked up into the air, he saw a somewhat vague black shadow.
I saw that the huge black shadow silently swept over the top of a fortress and quietly "sliding" in his direction.
"So, what's that?"
The panicked Petrov saw a scene that he will never forget for the rest of his life - the huge black shadow made a huge impact sound when it touched the ground, and the snow on the ground was knocked out by it for dozens of meters, and then it quickly slid across the snow. It glides at a very fast speed, straight out of 100 meters. It slammed into the snow and stopped.
At the same time, several black shadows slid from the sky to the ground. Without exception, they all made a loud noise when they hit the ground, and even slid two or three hundred meters before they stopped in the ice and snow.
After the first ****** made a forced landing on the battery, Petrov heard the monster shouting incessantly.
"Quick! Fast! Fast! ”
Someone!
How could there be anyone?
As a Siberian peasant, Petrov did not know what ****** was at all. I can't believe that someone will fall from the sky, and even, for him, the black shadow with wings may be the product of the devil.
He should have looked at the dark shadow in horror. As the figures leaped out of the monster and lunged towards him, Petrov spotted the wolf-like figures, and by the moonlight and snow he saw the black faces, and a thought came to his mind almost instinctively—the devil.
Not bad!
It's the devil!
This is a group of warriors from the devil!
Silently approaching the fortress from three directions, this was almost a perfect landing, eight ****** landed safely in the fortress, but the most thrilling was the ****** that landed directly in the fortress barracks, because the open space was only less than two hundred meters, so that ****** did not stop until it hit the wall, and the soldiers on duty in the barracks were stunned by the monster that suddenly descended from the sky into the barracks.
What kind of monster is this?
Where did it come from?
Not to mention that the peasant soldiers from the village community did not know what it was, for Alexander, a lieutenant colonel of the aristocratic army, when he was awakened by the sound of the impact, he also did not know what it was, but he instinctively realized the danger, and it was this instinct that drove him to draw his negan revolver, and rush out of the barracks without even putting on his clothes.
However, not everyone reacted as quickly as he did, and for the vast majority of Russian soldiers, even when they heard the impact, their reaction was to roll over and go back to sleep.
As soon as they landed, the commandos armed with pistols and light machine guns rushed out of the ****** they were riding, and they either poured out of the hatch or jumped out of the bulkhead like a group of demons.
The Russians were almost all stunned as they watched the people rushing out of the belly of the monster, and they watched in horror as they rushed out like wolves and tigers to people, and they didn't even know what to do. Just standing there dumbfounded.
Just a few seconds can change everything.
As soon as he rushed out of the cabin, Sun Shiqi saw a figure opposite, and he instinctively raised his hand and shot it.
Shots rang out!
The silence of the early hours of the morning was broken by the crisp sound of gunfire, and at the same time, the sound of gunfire rang out inside the fortress. Unlike ordinary infantrymen who use rifles, these fighters are armed with two guns, and the "Binjiang-made" with its unique 20-round magazine gives the commandos the most powerful firepower of their time when fighting at close range.
As for the Russian soldiers, who were awakened by the sound of ramming and gunfire, when they tried to rush out of the barracks, they were immediately under the pressure of a burst of rapid fire - the sound of machine guns!
The rapid sound of machine guns rang out in the open space of the barracks, and the machine gunners with light machine guns swept directly towards the door of the barracks with their machine guns, and when the dense rain of bullets blocked the Russian officers and soldiers in the barracks, the commandos pressed the enemy with pistols while approaching the barracks with grenades, and when approaching the barracks, the grenades were thrown out of the hands of the soldiers and accurately thrown into the barracks, and the violent explosion instantly engulfed the entire barracks.
The sound of gunfire and explosions continued from the top of the hill to the barracks at the foot of the mountain, and the Russian non-commissioned soldiers who were awakened were all at a loss, they had no idea what was happening, why there were gunshots on the fortress.
It wasn't until the officers blew their whistles that the soldiers, who had no idea what was happening, put on their clothes and took up their weapons, and just as they were assembling in the barracks, there was a strange sound in the air. Shells rained down exactly in the barracks, and in the midst of the violent explosion, suddenly, the stone wall was blown away.
"Toot ......"
At the same time as the wall of the barracks at the foot of the mountain was blown open, the whistle of the attack tore through the gray sky in the early morning, and the officers and men of the advance team wearing white camouflage uniforms poured into the barracks through the gaps in the walls.
"Shoot or kill! Shoot or kill! ”
In the midst of the dense gunfire and explosions, the officers and men of the advance unit let out a burst of roars in stiff Russian, and the Russian soldiers, who were dazed by the sudden attack, looked in horror at the enemy who pounced on the enemy like wolves, and when they instinctively chose to resist or flee, there was still a question in their minds -- where did they come from? (To be continued.) )