The tank dragged high smoke and dust at a gallop, and soon, several small black dots appeared on the dark blue Gobi sand in front of them, emitting white smoke one after another - the Soviet anti-tank guns came into view, and they kept firing

In an instant, in the headphones of the Ming tanks, the voices of the commanders kept appearing, giving orders to their respective subordinates: spread out the formation, increase the speed, and shoot freely

At least on this section of the line of defense, for the time being, there has not been a Soviet tank, so the last kilometer at the moment is the "death sprint", rushing over, this first line of defense will be torn through and cannot be rushed, that is, the anti-tank guns of the Soviet army are very low, the target is very small, and it is fixed, the hit rate is higher, the tank of the Ming army is driving at high speed, the muzzle is undulating, even if it is fired back, it is difficult to hit the other party, at most it is to disrupt the coordination of the Soviet artillery crew, and increase the psychological pressure on those young gunners The machine gun in front of the Ming army tank is spraying tongues of fire, One by one, tracer bullets were fired forward, like whips, and sparks flew from the baffles of the Soviet anti-tank guns on the opposite side

With the rapid closing of the distance, one after another tanks were shot and caught fire, but the visibility was not high at dawn, which helped the Ming army a lot, greatly reducing the accuracy of the Soviet gunners by a distance of thousands of meters, and soon rushed over, the Soviet artillery dragged the anti-tank cannons, squatted down and pulled back, trying to withdraw the artillery behind the trench, but it was too late, the machine guns of the Ming tanks rained down, and these artillerymen were either killed and wounded, or they crawled and hid in the trench

Hundreds of tanks roared, spewed smoke and dust, and their tracks quickly ran over barbed wire, heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, and then over the trenches

Some tanks can directly cross the trench, but some of the tanks can not cross the trenches in those places, digging very wide, reaching the standard of anti-tank trenches, many Ming tanks are planted directly into it, the front end is on the wall of the trench at the other end, unable to drive out, and then, the Soviet infantry on both sides rushed over and threw the Molotov cocktail at the rear of the tank

Such a section of anti-tank trenches divided the tank formation of the Ming army into fragments, although many Ming tanks drove over, but there was no cover on both sides, and they became lone troops, and they were easily wiped out by the Soviet army

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However, such a formation is also expected by the Ming army in the winter months, the Soviet army cannot eat dry food, even if it does not regard this place as the main battlefield, it will definitely build a defensive line

The report of the temporary setback of the front-line offensive was immediately transmitted back to the Lanzhou Ming Army Headquarters, which temporarily adjusted the plan, strengthened the air support, and ordered the armored troops in the front not to retreat, and insisted on onslaught

The follow-up armored vehicles followed, these half-track armored vehicles drove to the front of the trench and stopped, a squad of soldiers on the car jumped down, jumped into the trench to clear the Soviet army, and at the same time the machine guns on the armored vehicles provided fire support for them, and the engineering units were also transported to the front line by the armored vehicles in a steady stream

And the howitzers behind the Soviet positions opened fire again, ignoring the fact that at this time the Soviet army and the Ming army were fighting together, a large number of large-caliber shells whistled and fell, and suddenly a piece of flesh and blood flew sideways, and the corpse fragments of the Soviet army and the Ming army flew everywhere in the sand and dust columns

Shi Shengli's regimental command tank was like a rock, parked next to the trench, raised a small pennant fluttering in the wind in shrapnel, and Shi Shengli shouted loudly on the radio in the turret:

"Very good...... The fact that the Soviets bombed their own people shows that in their opinion, the first line of defense has been lost! Hold on, the brethren, survive the shelling, the first line of defense is ours! ”

As Shi Shengli said, the Soviet army's artillery bombardment, although it brought a lot of casualties to the Ming army, is also equivalent to announcing that the first line of defense has been lost, and as their own shells fall, the Soviet officers and soldiers in the entire trench system suddenly lost their fighting spirit, either hiding with their heads in their hands, or fleeing backwards, or being caught by the Ming army

In the shrapnel flying in the dust, the Ming army engineers risked their lives to pave the way for the tanks Gradually, a tank passage was formed, and the section that the tank could pass through was connected into a piece of Ming tank army roared again, crossed the first trench, and advanced with difficulty on the intricate trench system

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The ground battlefield is full of blood, and in the sky, the air battle has begun, the planes of both sides have combined to attack hundreds, and they are all fighter escorts, dive bombers, the Ming army wants to bomb the Soviet artillery positions, with precision bombing to make up for the lack of night bombing, the Soviet army wants to bomb the Ming tanks soon, the bombers on both sides began to fall down quickly

However, the hundreds of planes on both sides were not crowded together, but were organized into large and small squadrons and detachments, some of which met and some of which did not touch most of the areas, and dive bombers of two or three, three or four groups, as if they were in a no-man's land, roared over the battlefield and dropped a string of bombs on the opposing position

Where the Ming bombers passed, the Soviet artillery below was blown into a mess, parts and tires were flying in flames, the severed arms and stumps of the artillerymen were thrown high into the sky, a large number of shells were detonated one after another, and the position was in a sea of fire

And where the Soviet bombers swept by, the tanks of the Ming army below were also shot and exploded one after another, and the big fireballs burst out more than ten meters high, and the tanks that were still galloping fiercely just now became piles of scrap metal in the blink of an eye

In general, the personnel losses of the Soviet army were greater, because the artillerymen were not protected, even if they did not directly hit the artillery, shrapnel and shock waves could kill the surrounding artillery, and most of the soldiers of the Ming army were hiding in tanks and armored vehicles, as long as they were not directly hit, it was fine, but in terms of the loss of weapons and vehicles, it was obvious that the Ming army was larger, and the value of a tank was much greater than that of an artillery

But all this was temporary, as the Soviet artillery positions were bombed one by one, the shells that fell between the Ming tanks quickly decreased, which also made the speed of the Ming army sappers faster, and the attack of the Ming tanks more efficient

By noon, the air battle between the two sides came to an end, and the armored forces of the Ming army also broke through the first line of defense of the Soviet army in three places at the same time and began to encircle the center