Chapter 373: Vasilevsky's counterattack
"Ulla!"
With the sound of neat shouts, Soviet soldiers in steel helmets braved the rain of bullets and rushed from all sides to the improvised positions defended by the Red Police troops.
Behind the woods in the distance, Ma Yuhao, who walked through the entire birch forest, leaned on the lid of the car commander, held a telescope, and saw the battle in a farm in the distance.
The farm was occupied by an airborne platoon of the Airborne Division of the 3rd Theater of Operations, and the headquarters of the 57th Soviet Army was hidden in this farm.
The airborne platoon that attacked here directly occupied the farmstead, but also attracted the fire of the nearby Soviet troops.
A large number of Soviet troops were gathering and counterattacking the farmstead.
It was already close to Ussuriysk, the core point of the entire defense of the Soviet Union.
The paratroopers occupying the farmstead only had time to lay out an improvised defensive line, and the helicopter gunships had to return to the rear to replenish because of fuel.
With farm buildings and sandbags prepared by the Soviets, the airborne platoon has stopped two or three large-scale attacks by the Soviet infantry.
In the farm, in the original headquarters of the Soviet Army Group, the platoon commander of the airborne platoon was in contact with Ma Yuhao.
"Old horse, we haven't found any Soviet tanks yet, they are all their infantry, frantically attacking our defense line."
In front of the platoon commander is a satellite receiver, which can clearly see the clear satellite images of the surrounding area, and the pictures that have been transmitted back by the reconnaissance plane in the sky.
And above the head of this headquarters, there were four mortars, constantly pressuring the fire of the Soviets, and on the side was a pile of weapons and ammunition covered by straw, as well as four supply crates that had been airborne.
"An infantry attack of this magnitude, not even a single tank? Don't they need to cover their own infantry? Ma Yuhao did not put down the binoculars, still looking at the battle outside the farm.
The airborne platoon was placed outside the farmstead, with four machine-gun fire points, four more on each side, forming a dense fire defense network.
And after getting the airdrop supply, the machine gun ammunition is not worried about the consumption at all, and there is even a spare machine gun, which can be replaced at any time because the barrel is heated.
The farm was surrounded by a flat field with no shelter, and the attacking Soviet soldiers were not so much attacking as they were here to die.
When attacking, there is no artillery support, and there is no tank support, and trying to capture such a strong defense is simply an act of seeking death.
"There is no artillery fire, no tanks, this kind of attack is to find death, we don't have to shoot, you can easily solve it." Ma Yuhao said.
"It's not that there is no artillery support, in the first twenty minutes of the attack, there was artillery fire, but it was destroyed by our air force, and I never heard the other side's shells whistling again." The platoon commander said with a smile.
Ma Yuhao also smiled slightly, but then said: "But this farm is a little interesting, as if I saw it. Into the heart of the Soviets, which is less than twenty kilometers from Ussuriysk, the enemy will not easily abandon this place. ”
"Yes, it's very important here." The platoon commander said approvingly.
"So, here I am." Ma Yuhao said.
"There is also a large village 1,200 meters east of the farm, with many grain warehouses, and our artillery fire cannot cover such a distance, and I suspect that the Soviets have hidden tank and anti-tank artillery fire in that village." The platoon commander clicked on the location of the village on the map and said to Ma Yuhao.
Ma Yuhao turned the telescope in his hand and also saw the village that was only 1,600 meters away from him.
Comparing this village to the farmstead, the village on the other side is large, built on a hill surrounded by flat farmland.
"I could see a large number of Soviet soldiers in the village, but I didn't see tanks and anti-tank weapons, but it cannot be ruled out that the Soviets hid all these weapons in their houses or covered them with straw." Ma Yuhao said.
"I have just received images from infrared satellites and I can't see a heat source with tanks in the village." The platoon commander refreshed the map and said to Ma Yuhao.
Because of the enemy's heavy troop accumulation, the reconnaissance unit did not approach to reconnoitre, and it was not clear how many troops were in that village.
"Send the coordinates back to the Air Force Command, call for support, and send a few aerial bombs to startle the snakes." Ma Yuhao said.
Soon, two Intruder fighter-bombers appeared on the battlefield and dropped two joint attack bombs.
In the distance, a third of the village was covered by the fire of the explosion, but after the explosion, all the Soviet soldiers in the village quickly extinguished the flames, and there was no further action, and no tanks were seen.
After Ma Yuhao finished watching it, he frowned slightly and said, "The Air Force performance is over, it's time for us to play." ”
"Then I'll take the opportunity to strengthen the defense." The platoon commander said.
"If you see me firing smoke grenades to retreat, remember to cover me." Ma Yuhao said.
The platoon commander was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it dangerous?" ”
"I don't know yet, but there are too many enemy infantry there, and I only have three tanks, and without the protection of infantry, if there are really tanks, it is indeed a bit dangerous." Ma Yuhao said.
"In that case, don't be reluctant, half of our reinforcements will arrive." The platoon commander said.
"To find out, maybe the enemy is waiting for our reinforcements to arrive, so we must first determine the enemy's intentions."
As soon as Ma Yuhao's voice fell, he got into the tank, and the three Apocalypse tanks hidden in the woods moved and drove out of the woods, appearing in the eyes of the Soviet soldiers in the village.
Inside the tank, gunner Liu Jianwei was also carefully observing the village opposite, assisting Ma Yuhao in searching for the situation.
On the left flank, an Apocalypse tank, which was at the forefront, began to shoot at the village.
Inside the tank, the voice of the tank in front of it was also heard: "Lieutenant, the Soviets are firing at us, but no Soviets have found their tanks." ”
Ma Yuhao, the lieutenant in the mouth of the commander in front, said: "Fight back freely, but pay attention to the remaining amount of ammunition." ”
"Understood."
When Ma Yuhao's words fell, Liu Jianwei had already pulled the trigger of the coaxial machine gun, and the dense machine gun bullets pounced on the Soviet soldiers in the village.
"Pay attention to those wheat straw piles outside the village, it looks strange......" Ma Yuhao didn't finish speaking, when he saw a lot of Soviet soldiers appearing from behind those wheat straw piles, and he also hurriedly ordered: "Put on grenades and attack the direction of the grass piles." ”
There were a lot of haystacks in the wheat fields, and it was not far from the three tanks, less than three hundred meters.
The ammunition was replaced, the turret turned, the stacks of hay stacked together, and the pedals of the shelling were stepped on.
The bombardment shook the tank, and in the distance in the wheat field, a blaze was set off, and thick smoke spread.
However, after this explosion, more and more soldiers appeared from behind the haystack during the operation from 300 meters away.
Several tank guns, which directly penetrated the haystack, fell on the side of the tank.
One of the shells, which hit the turret armor of the 010 tank, was directly ejected after touching the inclined armor, making a violent impact sound.
"Damn, this kind of firepower, the other side has at least one tank division." I didn't care about the shells that were ricocheted, because there were more tank guns that fell on the three tanks, and the dense shells made the tanks shake violently.
Ma Yuhao's eyes never left the monitor, and shouted to An Tianhua: "Get out of here quickly, retreat, you can't be surrounded." ”
There is no doubt about the strength of the Apocalypse Tank, but once surrounded by a large number of enemy tanks and a large number of Soviet soldiers working together, the Apocalypse Tank will not be able to stop such an attack.
The other two tanks also began to evacuate the place, and as soon as they appeared, they stabbed the hornet's nest, which was indeed unexpected.
Dense machine-gun fire hit the tank, and shells fell one after another, making a clanging sound, and the dense connection was one.
Ma Yuhao did not doubt the defensive power of the Apocalypse Tank, under normal circumstances, even if there were a hundred Soviet tanks, it would be difficult for the frontal armor of the Apocalypse Tank to be penetrated even if there were a hundred Soviet tanks shelling the Apocalypse Tank head-on.
But if the enemy infantry approached and the Soviet soldier with the explosive pack rolled under the chassis of the Apocalypse Tank, it would have destroyed the Apocalypse Tank.
Once you get close, it's quite dangerous.
So now we can only distance ourselves as much as possible.
At the same time, Ma Yuhao also knew why the Soviets' tanks were hiding somewhere.
Surprisingly, the Soviets hid their tanks not inside the village, but outside.
Inside those swarms of haystacks, they are all tanks, and they are all tanks that have not been started, so there is no heat energy emitted, and the infrared detection device in the Apocalypse tank cannot penetrate the heavy tank armor and find the crew inside the tank in the haystack.
The howitzer just now can also be called the favor of Lady Luck, and the other party must have thought that it had been discovered, so he simply stopped hiding.
Otherwise, if they get closer to the village, these hidden tanks will cut off the Apocalypse Tank's retreat and be surrounded by infantry.
"Drop smoke grenades, hide, search for infrared targets, annihilate enemy tanks and infantry." Ma Yuhao quickly ordered.
The smoke detectors on both sides of the turret of the Apocalypse Tank quickly ejected smoke grenades, quickly hiding the bodies of all three tanks.
The sighting system was also switched to infrared operation, and after the Soviet tank started the engine, thermal energy signals began to appear.
Aiming and attacking, three Apocalypse tanks fired armor-piercing shells at the same time, and three of the Soviet tanks that drilled out of the haystack were quickly destroyed.
The Soviet tank crews could not see the target, and the smoke covered the three enemy tanks, but what was frightening was that the tanks hidden in the smoke could easily destroy them.
What kind of technology is this?
And this is not the end, in the smoke, a dense barrage shot out of the smoke, and many Soviet soldiers who rushed into the smoke were ruthlessly swept to the ground.
When the Soviet tanks finally passed through the smoke bombs, they found that the three tanks that had sneaked up had retreated to the edge of the woods.
The enraged Soviet tank commander gave the order to all sorties and divided a part of his forces to attack the farm.
The originally prepared sneak attack was directly destroyed, otherwise, according to the plan of the Soviet commander, it was planned to wait for the arrival of enemy reinforcements and then hit the enemy by surprise, and as a result, it was destroyed by three enemy tanks.
What's even more infuriating is that these three tanks are actually intact, but they have already lost nine tanks, and they are still inflicted under three enemy attacks.
100% hit, 100% destroyed, this kind of battle, it is simply a slaughter.
But the Soviets had no choice, and if they were to break through, the enemy would be able to drive straight into Ussuriysk.
And Vasilevsky, who received the news from the front, could only order the troops prepared for the follow-up to launch a full-scale counterattack.
The war had reached this point and everything was out of Vasilevsky's control.
He used the same method as the Germans to deal with the Red Guard Corps, and arranged the troop allocation to a higher standard than the Germans.
However, the result was still completely out of control, first the wireless communications were cut off, the wired communications were also destroyed everywhere, and the troops who rushed to repair the wired telephones suffered heavy losses in just a few hours, and not even a single line was repaired.
What made Vasilevsky most helpless was that the attack of the Red Police Corps in the Third Theater of Operations could be described as overwhelming.
Traditional defensive and positional warfare, with large-scale troop concentration battles, were completely ineffective against the armies of the Red Alert Empire.
The war broke out first from the rear and spread to the entire army with incredible speed, completely disrupting the rhythm of the operation.
This is a war that Vasilevsky does not understand at all, and it is a war that he has never encountered at all.
Compared to the German army, the army of the Red Alert Empire is the real terrible.
Although he overestimated this opponent again and again in the past, when he really encountered it, Vasilevsky clearly realized that the so-called overestimation of the Red Alert Empire by the entire Soviet Union was simply sitting on a well and watching the sky.
The Americans were unjustly defeated, and the Japanese were even more deservedly defeated.
When he fully understood this, Vasilevsky immediately reported to Stalin and clearly told Stalin that the combat strength of the troops of the Red Alert Empire was unprecedentedly terrifying, and that the Soviet Union needed at least 5 million troops to be able to barely confront the 500,000 troops in the third theater, and these 5 million troops must also have 20 times the enemy's armored forces.
After sending this cable cable, Vasilevsky also knew that his fate would end in the Far East.
Now he has only one thought, that is, to fight this war well, even if he dies, he will die where he wants.
In his hands, there are still several ace troops, and he does not expect to be able to turn the war around, but how to teach the enemy a lesson and tell the opponent that the Soviet army is not easy to mess with.