Chapter 275: The Black Shirts
In military common sense, if you want to land on the enemy's coastline, it is best to have a beach, so that when the transport ship rushes to land on the beach, open the hatch, and the weapons and equipment inside can be directly launched.
In addition to the beach, that is the port, and it will be easier to take the other party's port directly.
And by the sea, in addition to sandy beaches and harbors, there is also a common terrain, which is cliffs.
One such topography is the Shiretoko Peninsula, located in the northeastern part of Hokkaido Island, bordering the Sea of Okhotsk and facing Kunashir Island across the strait.
It is the lowest latitude in the world and has sea ice. For a long time, active marine sports and volcanic activity have created a unique natural ecological landscape here.
For example, the west coast of the peninsula is characterized by steep cliffs, creating a strange waterfall that cascades from a high point into the sea. Birds such as seagulls, rock swallows, white-tailed vultures, and eagles, as well as sea lions, seals, and other animals that inhabit the area, have been designated as Shiretoko National Park because of the beautiful natural scenery here.
At the same time, Shiretoko National Park, which aims to maintain its pristine nature, is only paved along the coastline at the base of the peninsula, and the hiking trails and the top of the peninsula are almost impassable, so you can only get a glimpse of the natural scenery of the Shiretoko Peninsula from sightseeing boats on the sea.
There are also people who want to take a tour of the area, but many times they have to call for help because they can't find the road.
The entire peninsula stretches outward, and it is impassable, so there is no one to defend it at all.
In normal cognition, no one would choose to attack from here, and the natural conditions here limit the landing of troops.
Just kidding, even if it's a landing ship, it can't lean the bow against this cliff, because it's not high enough, even if it's high enough, if it comes up, at most, the soldiers dare to jump down, can the tank drive over?
If the tanks can't be driven, then there is a lack of heavy weapons, how can this battle be fought?
No one will choose to land on the Shiretoko Peninsula, and there will be no shore defense forces deployed here, and it has always been a tourist attraction.
But now, the Soviet troops are going to land from here, and the more difficult it is for them, the more they have to rise to the occasion!
On the rubber boat at the front, there were soldiers in black uniforms, and as soon as you saw them, you knew that the Soviets were going to move in earnest.
They were one of the most glorious units of the Soviet army, and although they were not many in number, their military spirit was unmatched!
Blackshirts, Soviet naval infantry.
In other countries, it is often called the Marine Corps, and the Soviets are customary to call it naval infantry.
This force dates back to the time of Tsar Peter the Great until it was disbanded by Alexander I after the Napoleonic Wars. Later, naval infantry units were re-emerged in the Crimean War and the Russo-Japanese War.
And their most glorious is World War II.
In that terrible war, the precious Soviet army was consumed in large quantities, and at every turn it was the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Soviet navy was in danger, but the Soviet navy, because of the backwardness of its warships, could not fight Germany at sea.
So, Marshal Kuznetsov at that time gave an order, the navy was organized into a ground force, the navy went ashore, they participated in the brutal defense of Stalingrad, participated in one terrible battle, they wrote their loyalty to the Soviet with their blood and life, and also won their glory.
Although they are called naval infantry, they do not have any amphibious combat training or equipment, they are just ordinary soldiers in different uniforms, but their combat effectiveness is unmatched.
After the end of World War II, the naval infantry was completely disbanded in 1947.
Later, it was rebuilt in 1961 and provided with amphibious landing combat ships designed for each fleet to establish a minimum landing capability. At this time, they were quite small, with a total of less than 20,000 men, and were organized into four fleets of the former Soviet Navy: 2 regiments were attached to the North Sea Fleet, one regiment each for the Black Sea Fleet and one regiment for the Baltic Fleet, and one battalion for the Pacific Fleet.
Now, these Blackshirts are the naval infantry battalion of the Pacific Fleet, and at this time, their eyes are looking at the mountains in the distance, and they need to climb the cliffs!
If they had used a helicopter, they would have been able to pedal on it, but they didn't do it for the sake of secrecy.
The timing of their departure was just in time for the alternation of the opponent's AWACS aircraft, and at the same time, the US Navy formation, under the attack of their backfire bombers, had moved away from the land here, which was a rare opportunity.
The attack of the Backfire bombers on the US aircraft carrier formation is actually still a feint, just to drive the US fleet away from here!
The U.S. fleet is far away, and what they have to avoid is the long-range radar on the shore, and if they use helicopters, they may be detected by the other side, but at sea it is different.
There will be ice floe on the surface of the sea here, and even if the other party finds it, it will not be able to tell whether it is a ship or an ice floe, and there is no strategic value here, so there is a high probability that the other party will treat it as an ice floe.
There is only one chance, and if they are not able to establish an advantage before dawn, then Moscow will have to bow its head.
The engine of the rubber boat roared, and in the distance, the outline of the huge cliff became clearer and clearer.
Finally, the dinghy stopped next to the cliff, and one of the commanders shouted: "Go! ”
Above! The hands of the fighters, grasping the gaps in the cliffs, left the rubber boat, for whom it was just an ordinary training in rock climbing.
In later generations, rock climbing is a very common adventure sport, this kind of sport has the reputation of "rock wall ballet", "rhythmic gymnastics on the cliff", etc., derived from mountaineering, rich in strong skills, adventure, is an important item in extreme sports, if the competition is carried out, it is even more attractive.
However, few people know that the sport actually originated in the former Soviet Union in the 50s as a military training program in the army.
In the Soviet army, there were special forces to train rock climbing, and it was said that this sport had nothing to do with naval infantry, but in naval infantry it was still a basic training.
Now, it's finally working wonders.
The wide cliffs, countless people are climbing upwards, as long as one person can climb up, that's enough!
The battalion commander, Varisi, did not climb up, and behind him, he carried a special backpack.