August 8, north of Seoul, North Hansan Heights.

Bukhansan Mountain, with a maximum elevation of 836 meters, is full of mountains, steep rocks, and canyons and caves. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can see Seoul 20 kilometers away. But such a beautiful place for a holiday is now filled with the pungent smell of gunsmoke, and the ground is as if it had been burned by fire, filled with charred stakes and rocks. Between the peaks to the north, two 305-millimeter "crusher" heavy mortars alternately fire, and the power of 460-kilogram high-explosive shells can overturn a small hill.

In between the shelling, the blackened rocks on the mountainside moved slightly, and a telescope was seen sticking out of the tunnel behind the rocks. The owner of the telescope was Major General Mitsuru Nakajima of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army. The 6th Division was the main first-class division, but because of its fiasco in Qingdao that year, it was always looked down upon by other main divisions. Not only the 6th Division, but also the 5th and 19th Divisions, which participated in the Battle of Qingdao, were also looked down upon by their colleagues, so after being incorporated into the Korean Army, they have been stationed in Daejeon, if it were not for the rapid penetration of Chinese troops, which caused Seoul and Pyongyang to be cut off, Itaka Seishiro had to transfer the nearest division to Seoul to strengthen the defense, and the 36th Brigade was probably still basking in the sun in Daejeon.

It was not easy to fight the main force, so that Nakajima Mitsuwa and the division commander Gu Shoufu hoped to be ashamed, but when the troops and the old opponent handed over, they realized why the Chinese army was able to win consecutive battles in Central Asia. The nearby barbed wire fence had been blown to shreds, improvised deer barricades and wooden stakes were gone, and several trenches ahead had been filled with rubble from artillery fire and the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and the earth was blood-red.

The battle for Bukhan Mountain has been going on for a week, and in just one week, the Chinese navy and air force have dropped thousands of tons of bombs on the area, as well as at least 200 heavy artillery pieces, bombarding the hilltop heights day and night. His 36th Brigade had not even seen much of the enemy before it was killed by intensive artillery fire. "Shelling, be careful!" Nakajima didn't have time to look into the distance, and a muffled roar like thunder fell from the sky.

The vast majority of Japanese troops were still of good quality, and immediately fell down and retracted to cover when they heard the whistling, but the 460-kilogram shells still fell on their left. When I heard a "boom", the hill on the left was immediately cut in half, hundreds of Japanese soldiers disappeared, and the smoke and dust that filled the entire hill were wrapped. "Zhina pig, why don't you dare to come to the decisive battle! And what about our artillery?! Several junior officers howled. No one likes this kind of day when they are bombed every day and they still lack effective means of counterattack, even the Japanese army with a strict hierarchy can no longer stop the frustrated mouths of lower-level officers and soldiers.

The fire of the heavy mortars sounded as if to blow the trumpet of the charge, and a few minutes later, the entire Bukhansan Mountain was flooded with artillery fire. Like a strong hurricane, it swept across the surface, constantly pushing fortifications and bunkers, lifting sand and gravel to fill the trenches. Having finally survived the terrible artillery preparations, a dozen odd-looking tanks and infantry fighting vehicles with steel shields welded on both sides crawled towards the position of the 36th Brigade. Seeing that the back of the tank was densely packed with foreign faces armed with submachine guns, Ushijima was so angry that he scolded: "Baga! Damn the Shina people, united with ghost animals, have simply lost the glory of Greater East Asia! ”

What he saw was the infantry battalion of the Tatar Regiment of the Russian Liberation Army, consisting of a dozen UZP26/76 assault guns and UZBT7 infantry fighting vehicles.

The UZP26/76 and UZBT7 are both vehicles converted from captured Soviet-made T26 tanks, similar to the German III assault gun, and BT7 fast tanks, which are infantry support armoured vehicles equipped with a Soviet-made Maxim M1910 heavy machine gun and a DP light machine gun.

Since the beginning of the Sino-Soviet war, the army and air forces alone have a clear record of destroying and capturing more than 20,000 Soviet tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and as many as 90,000 artillery pieces of various types. Of course, so many Soviet-made weapons cannot be directly returned to the furnace, so the Armament Department of the General Staff Department has set up an equipment transformation center in Almaty to repair and transform Soviet-style equipment. Cannons and small arms can be used directly, but tank armored vehicles must be modified due to problems such as accessories and standards. Technicians also racked their brains to fully exploit the potential of the modification of Soviet-made tanks, and finally formed a series. For example, the BT tank is fast and suitable for conversion into armored personnel carriers and support vehicles, and most of the T26 has been replaced with 76mm cannons and converted into hunting tanks similar to the No. 3 assault gun. The T34 is a good tank, so it will be handed over to the Allies or sold after repair, and a small part will be converted into something like a Grizzly assault gun or a 152mm self-propelled howitzer. The KV tank chassis was the worst, but because of its heavy weight, it was all equipped with Soviet B4 203-mm howitzers and converted into heavy self-propelled guns.

In order to distinguish it from its own equipment, the Armament Department of the General Staff also numbered the Soviet-made weapons in service in accordance with international practice, and uniformly used the first letter of the Soviet Union starting with U. Take armor as an example, U is the first letter of the Soviet Union, T is a tank, Z is armor, P is artillery, for example, UZBT7 is an armored infantry fighting vehicle modified by BT7, UT34/76 refers to the captured and repaired T34/76, if UP34/152, it is a 152-mm self-propelled gun modified by T34, and if Z is added in the middle to become UZP34/152, it is a 152-mm assault gun modified with a T34 chassis.

Thanks to the efforts of tens of thousands of workers and military technicians, 2,200 BT, 700 T26, 1,200 T34, 200 KV and 100 other types of tanks have been converted and handed over to troops and friendly forces. Many units of the Russian People's Liberation Army (hereinafter referred to as the Russian army), Vietnam and North Korea have obtained a lot of U-series armored vehicles, which not only reduces the domestic manufacturing pressure, but also enhances their combat capabilities.

The T26 was already a very difficult tank for the Japanese army, which lacked armor and anti-tank weapons, and now the designers have added two side shields, including 20 mm thick, in accordance with Central Asian standards, to prevent infantry and urban warfare. "Stop them!" Seeing the crooked handle and the Type 92 heavy machine gun hitting the steel shield like an itch, Ushijima's cheeks became more and more pale, and he hurriedly pushed out the hidden 70-mm infantry gun and 37-mm anti-tank gun. "Boom, boom." The low-velocity grenades of the 70-mm infantry gun are not against tanks at all, and even the 37-mm anti-tank gun, even if it can penetrate the outer shield, the armor-piercing blaster shell will disintegrate and explode, and cannot threaten the main armor of the hull.

The Japanese army's tickling attack made the Russian army more confident, and they aimed their artillery at the weak Japanese anti-tank fire points.

The UZP26/76 is equipped with a Soviet-made F-22USV 76mm cannon, which is a very powerful cannon, and after testing by the armament department, it was found that if domestic high-speed tungsten shells are used, it can effectively deal with Type 31 tanks. Therefore, the Russian army's roll call artillery bombardment was very sharp, and every time it was fired, the shells easily penetrated the civil fortifications and destroyed the targets behind, and even the 82-mm mortars of the infantry behind were superior to the Japanese artillery.

More than a dozen modified combat vehicles quickly destroyed the first line of defense, crushing the corpses of Japanese soldiers and continuing to attack. "Let me come, Emperor Onboard!" When a shirtless Japanese soldier saw the chariot approaching, his eyes turned red for a moment, and he fiercely picked up a bundle of cluster grenades and drilled under the tank. But after the explosion, the Japanese soldiers, who were about to celebrate the destruction of an assault gun, found that the cluster grenade had not even broken the side shields. Although the Russian army is composed of prisoners, its combat experience is not bad, not to mention that these Russian troops are the earliest Soviet veterans, and they have fought with China for so long, so they have very rich combat experience. After encountering a suicide attack, he immediately asked the infantry support vehicle behind him to come up to protect him, and then used several assault guns to blast all the dozen Japanese soldiers in this hidden position to pieces.

In addition to this hillside, the entire heights of Bukhansan Mountain were shrouded in rumbling artillery fire, and in order to break through the last barrier to enter Seoul, Zhuo Fan today not only gathered 1,500 artillery pieces of various types, but also invested 320 modified tanks and combat vehicles. "Quick! Hurry up and inform General Banhuan that China is fully attacking! "The rainstorm of shells and armored combat vehicles all over the mountains caused heavy casualties to the 6th Division, and the division commander Toshio Tani hurriedly sent someone to the notification board to replace Shiro.

"Is there an all-out attack?" In the underground bunker of the Nanshan Fortress in the city, Itakami Seishiro has lost the vigor of some time ago, his hair is unkempt, and his clothes are dirty, and he is very tired at first glance. "How many troops have been put in?"

Gu Shoufu reported that the Chinese army invested at least 1,500 artillery pieces and 300 combat vehicles, and judging from the size of the establishment, it should be between 5 and 6 divisions. The current offensive is still mainly concentrated on Bukhansan Mountain, and there is no sign of receiving the enemy in the east and south. Chief of Staff Nishimura leaned on the map, marking the battle situation.

"300 tanks?" Banhuan was taken aback, how many tanks did the entire Japanese and Korean army have?

"Yes, I'm afraid we're all going to break jade this time." Nishimura dropped his pen with a wry smile. After Zhuo Fan quickly interspersed and captured Kaesong, and continued to besiege Seoul to the south, he had a premonition that the situation was very bad. "A telegram has arrived from the base camp that China has already defeated the Soviet counteroffensive and has entered the Urals. Chief Tojo wanted us to continue to defend Seoul, and said that he would send more troops, but Okinawa was already occupied by China, and I am afraid that there would be no reinforcements. ”

Banhuan was shocked again, he didn't expect that China would turn Central Asia in just two months, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on his stubborn defense of Seoul. "Now there is only one way, so that the troops in Pyongyang and the north can be withdrawn at any cost, and Gyeonggi and Gangwon provinces will be desperately waiting for reinforcements." Nishimura said the last resort. Domestic support must not be considered, and now the troops in the north can only be forcibly withdrawn, but in this way, there will definitely be many troops that will be eaten by the opponent when they retreat.

"Just go and order, you must hold Seoul." Banhuan nodded, and suddenly remembered Nagata Tieshan, who had always vetoed the war between China and Japan, and finally died tragically because of it.