Chapter Seventy-Three: The Hob Cuts the Butter

Xiong Bingkun is depressed, and the Russians are even more depressed than him.

The penetration ability of the armored troops was already very strong, and the Chinese actually dared to push the artillery fire up to fight, and under such a fire attack, the Russian defensive positions were rushed to pieces, and those Russian soldiers only felt that they were surrounded by shells, and they had no power to fight back.

Coupled with the obstruction of observation and communication caused by the darkness of the night, there was no way for the scattered troops to be organized again. On the positive side, the east and west sides are slightly better. But it's useless to be better at all, Wu Zhaolin's goal this time is to ask to break through the Russian defense, and it really doesn't matter which direction it penetrates.

The more the armored regiment fought, the more comfortable it became, and they slowly found a way not to entangle with the enemy around them, leaving a few infantry vehicles here to fight after cutting into the Russian position, waiting for the infantry to come up and support the infantry to clear the enemy, and the rest of the tanks continued to advance.

If they encountered a position that was difficult to overcome, they would go back and forth in front of the Russians and bombard, as long as Lao Maozi's firepower leaked, it would not take a few minutes for the artillery fire to come up. Yang Xiaolin has never taught these soldiers anything, but the battlefield is like this, in order to win, in order to be alive to meet victory, the soldiers on the front line can always come up with the best way.

A simple multi-arm cooperative operation was fought by the Chinese troops, such a tactic the Russians really did not adapt, the armored regiment was like a hob cutting butter straight to the heart of Lao Maozi, until the Russian officers were completely unable to grasp the situation of their own troops, and the Russian soldiers at the grassroots level had no way to receive orders from the top. After the battlefield was scattered, they didn't know where to run, and they were all in chaos.

The Panzer Regiment became a nightmare for the Russians on this night, some of the surviving Russian GIs in this battle did not even want to remember after the battle, and some Russian soldiers could no longer see the searchlight, they had a conditioned reflex to think that the tank was coming again when they saw the searchlight.

Taking advantage of the chaos of Lao Maozi's troops, Commander Xiong arrived at the edge of Miyun County without much effort. Seeing that the Russian troops here were well defended, and they had built a wide ring of rivers to block the advance of tanks, the armored regiment did not attack.

A few tanks were left behind to support Xiong Bingkun after clearing the outer fortifications of Miyun. The rest turned and went west to kill. And the artillerymen who broke through into the Russian positions also followed to the west at this time. Soon they were connected with Zhang Chun's troops, and the Russians' western road was also chiseled under the front and rear attacks.

By the time the sun rose over the horizon, the first phase of the Chinese army's operational objectives had been achieved, and the Russian forces in Miyun had been successfully divided. The battlefield of more than 100 square kilometers was cut into several combat surfaces by China's three-way troops. The Russians tried to launch a counterattack against the Chinese forces that had divided them. Also tried to attack the three Chinese divisions that surrounded the county town of Miyun.

And Wu Zhaolin has already made a decision. The forces of the four armies were concentrated, ready for a annihilating attack on the 20,000 Russian troops divided in the western direction.

After a brief rest and replenishment, the armored regiment regrouped. They took the lead in charging the Russian troops in the southwest. On that battlefield, the Russians did not hold out for long under the blows of the absolute superior firepower and strength of the Chinese troops.

The screaming shells and the tanks that made the ground tremble shattered the Russians' will to resist. The Russian commander here called Miyun many times to give him the necessary support, but not only could the reinforcements not see the shadow, but even the artillery support was not available!

The Russian soldiers on the battlefield were even more desperate, without any orders from those Russian officers, the Russian soldiers on the front line faced the Chinese soldiers who were screaming and rushing up behind the tanks, they had no courage to fight, they ran back desperately, and most of them obediently knelt on the ground and raised their guns above their heads after finding that they couldn't escape.

The whole battle was very light, like a big cleaning, and all the Chinese had to do was to sweep these Russians into their prepared prisoner of war camp.

In previous operations, war correspondents were rarely seen on the Chinese side, and the appearance of some reporters on the battlefield was also a spontaneous phenomenon. But this time it was different, this time Yang Xiaolin told reporters from all over the world at a press conference that if there is a request to cover the war, they can contact the Chinese military, and the Chinese military will give them a suitable interview space in a zone relatively close to the battlefield.

So this time there were dozens of reporters forming a huge group of war correspondents, and they came to the battlefield last night when the Chinese troops began to attack, and the fighting was still relatively fierce at that time, and there was nothing to photograph when it was dark.

As soon as it was dark, the guys immediately couldn't hold their breath, and they carried out the eating guys one by one, preparing for the interview on a hill designated by Commander Yang for them.

This hill was a relatively important position for the Russians yesterday, and today it is already Chinese. Although the Chinese side has cleaned up the battlefield, there are still some traces of battle that can be seen.

Myrtle noticed a broken fortress with blood stains and a blown up heavy machine gun that the Chinese troops had forgotten to take. He pointed his camera at the heavy machine gun and took a close-up.

As an experienced war correspondent, Myrtle noticed that the machine gun was very badly damaged, and was destroyed by the Chinese with strong fire at close range. It could be their shoulder-fired guns without conscience, or it could be their tanks.

In short, the shell was supposed to be fired at close range, coming in directly from the entrance to the fortress and exploding inside.

Whether it is a shoulder-fired conscienceless gun or a tank, it is enough to show that the accuracy of China's firepower has reached a frightening level. After taking the photo, Mettel looked at the bombed-out bunker and was really skeptical of how the Chinese did it.

A hand tapped him on the shoulder at this point, and Mark came from behind and gave the heavy machine gun a close-up, his face less melancholy than that of Myrtle, and he clearly knew what the German was thinking.

"Last night it wasn't very good, I think it was Chinese soldiers hiding behind their tanks approaching the fort. And then destroy it within ten meters. ”

Thinking that this was indeed possible, Mettle shrugged his shoulders at the moment: "Mark, what is your writing like this?" I mean the book about Yang fighting ghosts. ”

Mark's mouth pouted: "The book has been written, and I have been contacted by many Chinese newspapers, and they have offered very high prices, but you know that I don't want this book to be published in China first, I want to publish it in the UK." I showed it to a couple of publishers and they were very interested, but our UK government asked me to change some of the things that I didn't want to change, so there has been no progress so far. ”

Myrtle smiled: "If you want, I can introduce you to publishers in Germany." Dutch ones are OK too. It's not that hard. I believe that this book will be a great seller, and Commander Yang is now a celebrity, and his story will make many people willing to pay for it. ”

Mark said: "Thank you, but I still want to publish it in the UK. The United States is OK too. I'm in contact with the Americans. ”

"Can you give me a copy when it's published?"

"Absolutely. That's right, Myrtle. What do you think we'll get out of it? ”

Myrtle thought for a moment: "I think. We'll probably get some great photos of the fight, but the rest shouldn't be so fast, and the fight has only been going on for ten hours. You must know that there are 80,000 Russian troops with guns in their hands, and it is already very good for the Chinese to break through at this time,"

Before he could finish his words, Mr. Mark's face suddenly changed, and his eyes looked behind Myrtle with an extremely shocked expression: "Oh! O my God! Hurry up, it's time to get to work! ”

Myrtle jerked back, and found a long line behind him, with barely the end in sight of the captured Russian captives, walking in a neat line of three under the guns of the Chinese soldiers.

The reporters were really stunned, they simply didn't expect them to see such a scene this morning! As Myrtle said, that's 80,000 Russian troops, and even 80,000 pigs are enough for the Chinese to kill for a while, right?

The reporters walked quickly, swarming to the side of the group of prisoners, constantly pressing the cameras in their hands.

Mr. Mark was obviously unwilling to just take a few pictures, and he saw a Chinese officer walking towards them, and hurriedly ran up: "Mr. Officer, can we interview some of these prisoners?" ”

The officer had apparently already received orders from above, and he had taken the prisoners away from here to break the news to the reporters: "Of course, but I hope you will be faster. Well, I'll give you half an hour. ”

On the other side, Myrtle had already acted, and he saw a Russian soldier walking in the middle of the team with his head held high at this time, without the slightest feeling of a defeated, and he was very curious at the moment, and ran to the Russian soldier with his camera: "Sir, can I interview you?" ”

The Russian immediately tidied up his military uniform, and hurriedly waved his hand as Mettel prepared the camera: "Wait! Mr. Reporter, do you have a comb? I'd like to fix my hair before you take a picture. ”

Myrtle was stunned for a moment, is this a captive?

Still, he provided the Russian with a comb. After combing his hair, the old man asked for a cigarette, and said to Meittle while smoking: "I know what you want to interview, do you think we lost too quickly?" I'll be honest with you, I was ready to surrender before the battle began! Don't laugh at me, I'm telling the truth. Before going to bed the night before yesterday, I had the 5th Siberian Army on my left and the 34th Army on my right, but when we woke up, they had all gone! Just leave us here! Mr. Reporter, can you imagine how I feel? I feel like I'm being abandoned......"

The voice of a Russian officer on the other side came into the ears of Meittle, and the Russian army had a sense of honor, and at this time he also took care of the face of some Russian troops: "My troops have really tried their best, but the Chinese's firepower is too fierce, we can't resist at all, I asked for reinforcements from the top of the mountain, but I never saw where the reinforcements were." Chinese I surrounded our regiment with two brigades of troops, the lads did their best, they were all great, so I gave the order to surrender, I had to keep them alive......"

The Russian soldiers and officers gave the best explanation of the defeat in this war. When Kilingsky left this unit behind, he left them with the necessary combat supplies and sufficient provisions, and he only asked that the unit hold out for a week. From a military point of view, there really was nothing wrong with what Kilingsky did.

It's a pity that the departure of the large army took away what these soldiers needed most in battle, the will to fight! How long can a force that feels abandoned hold out in a desperate war? A soldier who doesn't want to fight, it's useless for you to give him any gun.

Coupled with the fierce tactical confrontation of the Chinese, the Russians' defensive positions had actually been broken through just twenty-four hours into the battle. Now only those Russian soldiers in Miyun County still have a certain degree of organization to speak of, and the Russian troops in other places have been dispersed. (To be continued......)