Chapter 139 139 78 Tank Division Destroyed
Fiskov, who was about 50 kilometers away from the 78th Tank Division, received the news of the attack on the 78th Tank Division, and he couldn't help but feel chills all over his body.
"What a big appetite these Chinese have!" Fiskov gritted his teeth in anger, he thought that he had given up on invading China, obtaining those spaceship fragments, and the whole thing was almost over, but his opponent did not let him go so easily. He couldn't have imagined that Qi Yiming would attack repeatedly, not out of strategic considerations, but to harvest experience points.
"Yamakov must be rescued!" Fiskov was already indifferent to the losses, but the consequences of losing the 78 Tank Division were unimaginable and unbearable. The entire 32nd Army has become a "border defense force", and it is absolutely impossible to advance an inch, and the deterrent effect on the Chinese is so that the balance of power on the scene affects the layout of the negotiation table, and he cannot just give up.
With a cold old face, Feskov ordered: "Concentrate our anti-aircraft combat power and anti-armor combat strength, and we will go to the front line to pick up Yamakov back!" ”
Such a decision naturally made his subordinates both relieved and worried, relieved that only by not giving up every combat unit easily could the three armed forces be killed, and worried that in order to rescue the 78th Tank Army, these motorized infantry divisions, which were now temporarily safe, would once again face the enemy's terrible and cold blow.
Feskov said again: "Find me someone from the Territorial Defense Force, our army is suffering from air raids that should not be withstanding, they should repair their facilities, runways and oil depots at this time, and immediately send us fighter jets to intercept the air attack units of the Chinese Air Force!" ”
In fact, his guess was not wrong at all, and after two serious blows, the Territorial Defense Force became "slumped". Nearly 50 fighters of various types were lost, dozens of anti-aircraft missiles were knocked out, and although the Territorial Air Defense Force did not form a vacuum in Central Asia, it also suffered heavy losses. Therefore, the Territorial Defense Force refused to strike again and fight a decisive battle with the Chinese Air Force. Of course, this cannot be said on the surface, and the commanders of several air bases speculate that they have suffered missile attacks from the Chinese, the facilities are seriously damaged, and they are under renovation, and they cannot send fighters. Or find something that is electromagnetically suppressed by the Chinese Air Force, the fighter navigation is unfavorable, and it is impossible to sail smoothly and so on.
In addition, all units of the Soviet army were shrouded in an anxious mood, unlike their opponents, Qi Yiming received support from the top, and the form of coordinating and commanding the entire battlefield could mobilize resources that ordinary people could unimagine. However, from the very beginning, the Soviet army was a "private operation", and the commanders of their military districts were trembling and watching, and what would happen to the Central Committee of the CPSU after learning about it, and the commanders of those branches of the armed forces at the lower levels would not be bent on fighting at this time. It's good to say that after winning the war, now everyone knows that this battle has been broken, and if you go out, you will be slashed by someone, and the losses will all be counted on your own head, and then it will not only be a political mistake, but even the business will be judged as incompetent, so don't mix it up in the future.
The combination of these various complex factors has caused the 32nd Army, which is now left in the forefront, to face a situation no less miserable than during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.
At the Dalinor base, Qi Yiming also grasped the movements of the Soviet army for the first time, "At this time, I remembered to save my own people?" If you didn't let them run so fast, it won't be long before you do this? ”
Teasing the enemy in a playful tone, Qi Yiming was still contemptuous of the Soviet army's performance. He had too many chips in his hand, so much so that he could crush the 32nd Army to death by throwing a few at random, and if he was facing the entire Central Asian Military District and the Turkestan Military Region at this time, it would never be so easy.
"The artillery brigade is deployed again, and the rocket artillery regiment is targeting the main force of the 32nd Army, building a wall of fire for me and blocking the battlefield!" The 309th Division Armored Brigade and the 78th Tank Division were already close to each other, and the artillery was naturally not very useful, but there was a motorized infantry division of the 32nd Army that rushed to the rescue fifty kilometers behind. At this time, you can naturally take advantage of it.
The Air Force has returned home after a bombardment, and only one KJ-200 and two DZ-8Fs remain in the sky for battlefield command and electronic intelligence support, so the task of battlefield interruption can only be handed over to the rocket artillery unit comparable to a short-range surface-to-surface missile group.
The establishment of the ace 309th Division at the Dalinor base is rather strange and confusing. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to position it as an army or even an army group. Its basic units are brigades and battalions as the main combat units. The rocket artillery regiment is a rather peculiar unit. The other sub-units of the artillery brigade are made up of battalions.
The reason for setting up the rocket artillery regiment is to concentrate the combat potential and command power of this small arms that are already strategic. When the 162 WS-2 rocket launchers were deployed and reloaded, and the coordinate parameters were set, nearly 1,000 rockets were fired at the enemy, which was nearly 100 kilometers away.
This rocket artillery attack basically focused more on building firepower on the front path of the 32nd Army to support the 78th Tank Division, rather than pursuing comprehensive coverage.
"Commander, it's 'Blizzard' again!" The staff officer of the army shouted in fear, and he couldn't care about his demeanor anymore. The rocket artillery of the Chinese army has undoubtedly given the army huge psychological pressure and fear, if the territorial defense force is afraid of the PL-12, then the army's old enemy must be WS-2.
Fiskov did not dodge like everyone else in a panic, but said with a disgraced face: "The 78th Tank Division is finished......"
Without Fiskov's command, as soon as he saw the enemy's rocket artillery attack, his subordinates consciously began to run and retreat, hoping not to let these rocket artillery become the death knell of their own journey to hell. Even if the Soviets were the originators of modern rocket artillery, and their Katyusha was called a ghost cannon by the Germans at the beginning, but now, after the feng shui turns around, the Soviets have also experienced the despair of the Germans at the beginning.
After only two fights, "Blizzard" became the nickname of WS-2, and the soldiers who survived the battle and returned to the army would always give the eggs to future recruits, telling them about the power of this terrible weapon. Because bombardment on targets often causes monstrous fires and mushroom clouds, more Mao Zibing refers to WS-2 as a "lava blizzard".
"In the face of this terrible weapon, you should not think of rushing over and destroying the enemy's artillery positions, because they are beating your ass hundreds of kilometers away, and the only thing you can do is pray." This argument circulated for a long time later, and it also directly bred the desire of the Soviets to follow the trend and study ultra-long-range heavy rocket artillery.
Beyond the wall of fire erected by the Guardian rocket launchers was a scene of carnage on the other side. After the Air Force's ground attack performance ended, it was the tanks of the armored brigade that entered the battle group, which were also equipped with Type 99 main battle tanks, but compared with the previous Eighth Division of the Xinjiang Military Region, the armored troops of the 309th Division were more skillful in control.
Using the excellent cross-country mobility of the 99 Tan and the excellent hunting and destroyer fire control system, these nearly 60-ton big guys are like archers in the Middle Ages, galloping on the ground, the muzzle is pointed at the enemy at any time, and then the 125mm shell drills out with a bang, directly hitting the frontal armor or skirt of the enemy tank, absolutely no need for a second gun, directly scrapping the enemy.
The desperate Soviet armored soldiers were also sworn to resist the attack of their Chinese counterparts, and they all drove their chariots to try to keep up with the footsteps of the 99 Tan. A T-64 and a Type 99 were side-by-side, a little more than a kilometer apart, and the T-64 was in a good position to fire first, but his shot did not hit his opponent, and the Type 99's armor-piercing bullet easily pierced the Soviet tank.
Like a ruthless and efficient killing machine, after crushing a tank, the Type 99 is once again looking for its next target. I saw that the direction of its muzzle did not move, but the ground made a 360-degree reverse on the spot, completing a swerving action that made all Soviet armored soldiers jaw-dropping.
The Soviet armored forces could not imagine how the territory of this Chinese tank was done, and such actions could be made. The 99 tank, which turned the gun head, once again aimed at a T-80 tank, which was also a new generation tank in the few 78 tank divisions. The Soviet armored corps was crazy about encircling the Type 99, and two T-80s and one T-64 rushed out in different directions and fired at the 99 Tan that had just completed the turn.
Only one of the three guns hit the frontal armor of the Type 99, and the Soviet-made tank smoothbore gun of the same caliber has a significant difference in power compared with the main gun of the Type 99, and the penetration resistance of the frontal armor of the Type 99 is enough to reach 1700mm of homogeneous armor, and this alone cannot penetrate the hard shell of the Type 99.
Finding that the Chinese tank could not be destroyed, the T-80 could only hope for a few more hits, but the Type 99 would not give him much of a chance. When hit, without even a pause, the tank aimed at the T-80 that had just hit it, and fired an armor-piercing bullet with a bang. The armor-piercing shell also hit the frontal armor of the T-80, but it penetrated without hindrance, and by the way, it also caused secondary damage.
In addition to the main guns, some tanks are even equipped with AKD-9 anti-tank missiles, which also caused great damage to Soviet tanks.
The army aviation units also enjoy the thrill of slaughter in the air, especially the anti-armor version of the double-edged heavy helicopter, its huge cabin is not wasted, equipped with a large number of 23mm machine gun shells, after the hatch is opened, the crew members fixed on the side of the door, carry shoulder-fired anti-tank missiles, and face the enemy one by one.
This super-armored battle, which has been unique since World War II, ended up lasting a little more than an hour, and after losing 80 percent of his tanks, Yamakov climbed out of his tank and waved a white flag to surrender to the Chinese.
During the whole battle, a total of 21 99 tanks of the 309th Division armored brigade were damaged, none of them were destroyed, but more than 200 Soviet tanks were destroyed. In the Gulf War, the U.S. M1 claimed to have created a record of more than 1,700 to 0, but in fact, most of them were destroyed by A-10 and other attack aircraft. The M1 was not completely free of damage, and there were quite a few "non-combat damages". In short, the virtues of Americans are well known, and there is no truth in their mouths.
But the achievements of the 309th Division were really real, and after being captured, Yamakov demanded: "I will stand in front of your tanks and take a picture of me, so that I will always remember what kind of guy I was defeated." ”