"After repelling the first wave of the offensive of the Polish infantry, the attack of Soviet tanks began, and their tanks were so numerous that they covered almost the entire earth! However, the number of German tanks was no less than that of Russian tanks! When the tanks on both sides began to shoot at each other, I hǎoxiànggǎnjiào to the point that the whole earth was shaking! The above is from the battlefield eyewitness report of Major General Shangguan Yunxiang, observer of the Chinese delegation to Germany.

May 6, 1933, 11:15 p.m. The command of the 1st Guards Tank Army (consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tank Armies) and the 2nd Guards Tank Army (consisting of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Tank Armies) of the Soviet Red Army issued to the entire force almost at the same moment: "Red flag! Red flag! "The signal of the attack! All the Soviet tanks increased their horsepower and began to move at full speed, and the rumbling roar of the motors resounded throughout the battlefield" "The novel chapter is updated the fastest.

The Kohiqiang area, where Shangguan Yunxiang and his deputy Dai Anlan were located, was the focus of the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army's assault. The German 1st Panzer Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General Guderian, was stationed in the desert city of Vitu, and after receiving the news that the Soviet-Polish forces had broken through the German forward defense line, Guderian immediately commanded Ziji's Panzer Corps to set up a battle formation on the plain outside the city of Kohiqiang. Shangguan Yunxiang and Dai Anlan watched the battle with binoculars from the tower of a Catholic church converted into a workers' cultural palace at the highest point in the city. However, on a dark night, it was dark from the binoculars, and no one knew what the front line looked like. So the two said hello to the accompanying German officers and borrowed a half-track armored command vehicle. I went to the front line to get closer and observe. However, their armored vehicles had just left the city when they saw several purple flares being shot into the sky, and the meaning of this flare was "Tank Alert!" ”

The two of them hurriedly found a high slope. Drove up the half-track armored command car, and then stood on the roof of the car to watch the battle. The movement of Soviet tanks was quite rapid, and soon, Soviet tanks continued to pour out from the end of the earth that was bombarded to the point that it was the surface of the moon, and the number was too large to be calculated! There is also a deafening roar from far and near!

Hundreds of tanks and assault artillery of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Red Army rushed at full speed through the smoke of gunpowder that had not completely dissipated, and roared like mercury. Twenty-six Chaper-tank tank destroyers belonging to two armoured regiments belonging to the German 1st Panzergrenadier Division and the 2nd Panzergrenadier Division opened fire quickly. On the wide front south of the city of Kohiqiang, more than 700 tanks from both sides began the first round of steel duel!

The 63.1 highland outside the city of Kohiqiang has become the focus of desperate contention between the two sides. The 2nd Tank Army of the Red Army launched an offensive from 2 km south of the heights. The tank corps was one of the most elite tank corps of the Red Army, armed with 70 Su76s, 70 T28/1932 and 70 T26s. At this time, the equipment was still 80% in good condition, and 168 tanks were in operation. 60 of them are powerful Su76s.

They were joined by a Hunter Tank Destroyer Battalion of the German 2nd Panzer Regiment, with 65 Stalker tanks leaning on a low wall they had repaired in advance, guided by a constant stream of flares, using powerful 75mm tank guns at the "optimal distance" of 600 to 1,000 meters. Constant fire was fired at the Soviet tanks that were rushing towards them. Su76 and T28/1932 huge bodies. In this shihou is the best target, the assault Soviet tanks have been shot and caught fire. Realizing that the signs were wrong, the Soviet tank group hurriedly retreated to a distance of 1,000 meters and fired at the German tanks, but still paid the price of 48 tanks destroyed, of which 25 were "precious" Su76s.

While arranging for the Su76 and T28/1932 to bombard the German pursuers, the commander of the Soviet tank corps, Tarasov, also sent T26 tanks modified with 45mm anti-tank guns to outflank the German flanks, in an attempt to take advantage of the weakness of the rotating turret of the Stalker tank destroyer Méiyou to destroy them from the side. The result was discovered by a battery of 63.1mm anti-tank guns ambushed on the 88 heights. The powerful 88mm gun Hǎoxiàng hit the target Yiyàng, smashing most of these thin, small tanks into pieces at a distance of 1,600 meters. However, a few T26s managed to break through the blockade of anti-tank guns. Broke into the flank of the German Hunter tank destroyer and attacked. However, while they were still fighting a few pursuers, the Panzergrenadiers covering the German tank cluster brought in a few 75mm recoilless guns and bombarded the Soviet T26 tanks at a distance of less than 1,000 meters, destroying all the tanks!

To the left of the 2nd Tank Army of the Red Army, the Soviet 4th Tank Army put 170 tanks and assault artillery on the front, approaching the German line along a 2,000-meter-wide frontage, and the Germans dispatched 65 Chaser tank destroyers of the 3rd Panzer Regiment. Here, the Soviets were a little more lucky, as they spotted their opponents from 1,500 meters away and fired at them with 61 Su76s. At this distance, the SU76's 76.2mm tank gun can destroy the Stalker's 60mm frontal armor, and similarly, the Stalker's 48x caliber 75mm tank gun can also penetrate the SU76's 90mm frontal armor with tungsten steel armor-piercing shells. However, the Chasers' diminutive models took advantage of this night fight, and their exchange ratio with the SU76 reached almost 1:3!

And to the right of the 2nd Tank Army of the Red Army, the 3rd Tank Army of the Soviet Army also fell into a bitter battle. They were opposed by 130 Stalkers of 2 German Panzer Regiments. These pursuer tank destroyers occupied the ruins of a monastery, and with the help of 18 88mm anti-tank guns, the attacking Red Army tank cluster suffered heavy losses, and in less than half a night, they repelled three attacks by the Soviet 3rd Tank Army, and more than a hundred burning steel wreckage hǎoxiàng torches lit up a large area of the battlefield.

By the early morning of the next day, the German troops on the northern and southern fronts of the Poznan salient had withstood the tank cluster assault launched by the Soviet army, and the Soviet offensive was obviously frustrated. With the onset of daylight on May 7. The Soviet Red Army, which had air superiority in Méiyou, had to temporarily stop the offensive.

This shihou, Tukhachevsky, was in the headquarters of the Western Front in Warsaw, thinking hard about the battle reports that had just been sent by the troops on the front. The commander of the Polish Front, Rashewicz, quietly walked to his side. Tukhachevsky heard a noise. Turning his head to look at this old comrade-in-arms with a tired face on his face. Rashevic had been insomnia for a long time, his face was pale, and his eyes were a little blue. The combat effectiveness that the German ** team is showing now, Yijing has made this GC fighter feel too much pressure.

"Comrade Chief of the General Staff, will the offensive still be carried out according to the original plan? The troops that participated in the main attack suffered heavy losses...... Tèbié is two tank armies, almost completely disabled, a whole 8 tank armies. More than half of it was lost in one night! ”

Tukhachevsky smiled coldly: "It seems that the stalker is still underestimated, and even the Su76 is not an opponent!" However, the attack on the Poznan salient could not be abandoned. Look at it......" He grabbed Rashevic's arm and dragged him to the front of the map.

"Poland is a flat plain that can't be leveled anymore. Now Poland is under German control to the west and south, and the Baltic Sea is to the north, and the sea supremacy there is also under the control of the British and German navies. In other words, the Polish Front was actually attacked on three sides! Now the Poznan salient is again like a bayonet piercing the Trotsky line...... Such a situation ruguo does not break. The entire Polish Front, with more than 5 million troops, was always in danger. Ruguo: I'm Ludendorff. The troops will be divided into two routes, landing from the Baltic Sea and going north from the Sudetenland, and go straight to Warsaw! With the assault capability of the German armored forces, as long as there is enough determination, it is believed that it can cause us great passivity. I even suspect that the current battle of the Poznan Bulge is a trap set for us by Ludendorff! Their real main force will strike at us from the Baltic and Sudetenland, and what should we do when we get to Shihou? ”

Tukhachevsky was very sensitive. His expression was full of the deepest worries.

Rashevich was silent for a moment: "Encircling 5 million troops is not something that Rongyi can do, we have deployed heavy troops on both the north and south fronts. It was believed that the Germans could be repelled from the attack. ”

Tukhachevsky shook his head: "No, as the battle of the Poznan salient continues, we will have to draw troops from the north and south flanks and throw them into the meat grinder of Poznan. In addition, they can also launch a counterattack in Romania, and from the analysis of the combat effectiveness of the German army in the Battle of Poznan, our Balkan Front may not be able to defeat the German Army Group South, so we will have to draw troops from Poland, and maybe they can also organize a landing on the Baltic coast, in short, there are many ...... such methods"

"Nàme, what should we do? Could it be that sustaining the offensive on the Poznan salient will be able to salvage the decline? But last night's assault showed that it would be difficult for us to defeat the Germans there, and that the losses of the tank forces were too heavy. ”

"No tanks tomorrow night." Tukhachevsky looked at Rashevich fixedly, and said coldly: "Let's let the Poles go up, and use infantry and artillery to consume the armored forces of the Germans!" ”

"Infantry to fight a war of attrition with the armor?" Rashevic frowned, hǎoxiàng saw the scene of Polish GCIST fighters piling up in front of the German armored forces!

Tukhachewski's words continued: "What happened to the second phase of the Polish mobilization Jinháng? This is a country with a population of more than 30 million, so why should we mobilize 4 or 5 million troops? In the coming months, we will be in great need of troops...... Even 5 Poles for 1 German can cost the Germans millions of troops! Ruguo Poland is destined to be undefended, and we should also let her play to the fullest! ”

"Poland...... Will it not be able to hold it!? Comrade Tukhachevsky, do you mean shime? Do you want to ......?"

Tukhachevsky shook his head slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Rashevich, I think you should have discovered that the Shijiè revolution has encountered unexpected difficulties, and the military strength of the two imperialist countries, China and Germany, has exceeded our original imagination, and there is a tendency to become stronger and stronger...... So we'd better do our best to have a decisive battle! However, this battle is also a sure victory, and in the end, it is very kěnéng to implement a temporary retreat, at least to be prepared for this. The Battle of Ruguo Poland was really unwinnable, and it was inevitable to abandon Poland in order to preserve its vital forces. But before that. We still have to fight with all our might, mainly with the strength of the Poles, of course! ”

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Outer Frontier Province, Komsomol City.

Although the million-strong army of the Soviets was gone. However, it is still the most heavily guarded military area. This area, located at the foot of the Alatau Mountains, on the edge of the Satyrau Atyrau Desert, is now home to at least 500,000 to 600,000 troops, and is full of officers and soldiers who are on duty or training. All roads in and out of the area were sealed off by the Wehrmacht or the National Guard's guards, and there was not a single peaceful inhabitant in sight. After the end of the Great War of the Three Frontiers in Central Asia, the Chinese peaceful residents who originally lived in the Outer Frontier Province. All of them were evacuated to northern and southern provinces. In the entire Outer Frontier Province, only uniformed personnel remained, and every day a large number of troops opened from the north and south of Xinjiang in the east. All kinds of vehicles transporting supplies are flooding all the roads to the west, even people with méiyoushime military common sense are zhidào, a new war is about to break out!

Chang Ruiqing's car was speeding down the road leading to the Communist Youth League City, and the day after the news of his victory in the Northern Xinjiang Battle of Central Asia was announced. I flew to the Komsomol City to inspect it, and by the way, I cheered up the troops who had just gone through a bitter battle. So as to encourage them to carry forward the jingshén of continuous combat and open up territory for the Great China Federation!

Outside the car window, there was a scene of gunpowder and slaughter. Everywhere there were deep tracks or wheels pressed over the marks, and there were morale-high troops marching on foot while singing military songs. Looking into the sky, in the blue sky, there are still several J-2 fighters circling and alerting.

The sentry posts on the road were all heavily guarded, although they wore some washed and faded camouflage uniforms. But every officer and soldier stood straight, and Chang Ruiqing could find irrepressible excitement and pride on the faces of these soldiers from a distance. And that kind of elite qi that can only be tempered by blood and fire!

Chang Ruiqing said to Bai Chongxi beside him with some smugness: "It seems that the Northwest Front Army has really fought out, and the temperament of such a unit and the Central Guard Division in the capital is completely different...... This is the real elite! Brother Jiansheng, how do you plan to use this elite army next? ”

Bai Chongxi of Pángbiān looks a hundred times more than Jingshén, and it seems that Yijing has slept enough and raised enough Jingshén after the battle. He smiled, "Of course, it's our turn to attack next!" Now the Central Asian Front of the Soviet Union has been divided into three parts, the Kazakh Front with Frunze as commander-in-chief, the Siberian Front with Khapayev as commander-in-chief, and the Tien Shan Front with Baranov as commander-in-chief. Obviously, Trotsky has given us three choices, and now it will be up to you to choose what you do. ”

Chang Ruiqing said with a smile: "It seems that going north to Siberia and going south to the Tianshan Mountains are good chess, it is estimated that these two front armies are heavy army groups, right?" Brother Jiansheng, do you think it's better to go north or south? ”

Bai Chongxi's eyes rolled and he laughed: "Yaoru, there are logistical difficulties in the north, terrain difficulties in the south, and both sides are heavy army groups, this battle is not easy to fight!" And we can't just consider the shape of the northwest part, but also consider the overall situation, tèbié is the overall situation of the shijiè war. Now that the battle of Poland is getting bigger and bigger, will it evolve into a decisive battle that will determine the victory or defeat of the entire Shijiè? Do you think we're going to grab the land in Shijiān? Why do you have to hold the Far Eastern Republic in your hands? That's nearly 4 million square kilometers! In the event that the Soviet GCD is removed from power and replaced by Kolchak and Kerensky, we will be enemies of Britain, France and Germany in the Far East......"

After listening to Bai Chongxi's analysis, Chang Ruiqing's face showed a strange smile, and he even despised Generalissimo Bai's political level in his heart. How did the Soviet GCD bow down because of a few defeats? Trotsky will not rest until he exhausts the vitality of the entire Russian nation! And Hitler was not a shime good talker, how could he leave a strong Russia as a neighbor to the future German Reich? Although he now only speaks of annexing Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Ukraine, it seems that there is room for bargaining.

Chang Ruiqing's understanding of the German Führer in history must have been in his heart to annex the entire European part of the Soviet Union! Even if Britain, the United States and France came together to oppose it, it would not be useful to shime, and now that the United States is still trying to send oil and non-ferrous metals to Hitler, with Roosevelt's encouragement, Hitler and Germany's ambitions will only grow more and more......

So this second shijiè war has just begun, and it's still too early to leave the shihou that ended!

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing said with some hesitation: "Brother Jiansheng, the Far Eastern Republic is not busy fighting ...... Now Hitler has asked us to launch an offensive on the Eastern Front to cooperate with the actions of the German army on the Western Front, and this demand still needs to be satisfied. I think the attack on the Tien Shan can start before the end of May. (To be continued......)