ACT109: "Combat Commissar" Rezenov
Maozi's philosophy of war is to attack! If you are in an advantageous position, you must attack, if you are at a disadvantage, you must still attack! Thanks to this thinking, the Tsarist army during World War I was still attacking all the time despite five men and one gun, but it was always repulsed. And now that the Soviets are in power, this kind of urine is as painful as it was back then.
The high ground that the Republicans want to recapture is very important and easy to defend and difficult to attack.
In the absence of air superiority, if only ground forces attack, then the open land 5 kilometers before the heights will inevitably turn into an "open slaughterhouse". The enemy's mountain artillery, mortars, light and heavy machine guns can cover the entire open space, and even if the infantry runs naked, it will take 3~4 minutes to run this section, which is enough to die a few round-trips.
However, what Rezhnov wants to do is not "brainless madness"!
The tactic he proposed was to launch a night attack, picking a dark and windy night, with 8 BT-5s as the front line and penetrating the enemy position, followed by 12 T-26s and other armored planes on the Republican side to guide the infantry to press. If possible, it is better to concentrate the artillery and give a few bases to the high ground before the offensive begins, which will definitely have the effect of doing more with less.
To be honest, Rezenov's idea is good, if it is a qiē shun lì, it is completely possible to control the casualties within an acceptable range. However, General Trutti feared that he would be attacked from the air during the attack. The Republican Army in the colonies currently has no air supremacy, which is their biggest flaw now!
It has been almost a month since the start of the war, and the Nationalist side is still firmly in control of the colonial sky, while the republican government, which controls most of the Spanish warships, has never sent a fleet to support. So Franco, who had the advantage of ground forces, simply sent all his fleet into space to concentrate on attacking the enemy's logistics lines.
When Franco first launched the rebellion, in addition to the three capital ships that he had personally abducted, there were officers of several cruisers who wanted to respond to his call. If it weren't for the fact that the sailors on these cruisers discovered and stopped the officers in time. Franco may have gotten more than half of the Spanish navy.
In view of this, the suspicious republican government first ordered the fleet not to attack, and then launched a "purge" of its own naval leadership, with most of the officers arrested or executed, and the survivors were not trusted. Not to mention that the republican government did not dare to send such a fleet, even if they dared to send it, the fleet without command would not have the courage to go out.
Without air supremacy, the army has to be careful to nod its head no matter what it does. On several occasions, just a few large birds flew over Marta, causing quite a commotion among the ground troops, and even the air defense siren was accidentally sounded for this.
"Colonel Rezenov. Your plan is good, but after all, we lack air supremacy......"
"Then you can have air supremacy without attacking!?"
Before Duruti could finish speaking, Rezenov loudly interrupted the other party with a rhetorical question.
"General! It's already in the current situation, is it necessary to care about air supremacy? That's right! The rebel fleet is overhead, ready to rush down and beat us up at any moment. And now you just feel that as long as you hold on, they won't come down and beat you. Are you so willing to put your life in the hands of your enemies? ”
"Of course I won't ......"
"Then why not fight!? You need your own soldiers to maintain morale. Soldiers need you to lead them to victory! This is not an empty slogan and a false promise, but a real, bloody battle! It doesn't matter if you can't take this high ground, what matters is ...... We're going to take those lads who have been suffocated for almost a month out to vent well, and sometimes the wails of the enemy are more beautiful than the screams of women! ”
In a sense, Rezenov is like a "combat commissar", and his mouth can both boost morale. It can also deceive people's hearts! Lieutenant General Durutti's expression was obviously moved by him, and not only him, but most of the staff officers and staff members in the command post were a little short of breath at the moment, looking excited to go out and run two laps.
"It's a pity that this guy is not a political commissar!"
Zhao Jianxin, who was standing at the door and listening, said. No wonder I couldn't see the political commissar in Rezenov's squadron before, and I dared to take the same time as a lover! With his level of "oral work", I believe that it will not be long before that General Duruti will be able to apply to join the party and then call himself "Comrade Durutty"!
When Zhao Jian was thinking nonsense, Rezenov in the house noticed him. As one of the few people in the know, the other party knew that Zhao Jian should have just returned from the territory of the Nationalist Army, so he took the initiative to beckon him over and introduced him to General Durutti.
"General, let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Zhao, a representative from the Datang North Industries Group, and I asked my soldiers and those aid materials to be brought here. On the way, he came forward to deal with the rebels, and it is no exaggeration to say that we were able to arrive along the way, all thanks to his efforts! ”
"Thank you and your country for your help, Spain will not forget any benefactor, I assure you."
"You're serious."
Originally, he wanted to persuade the Republican Army not to be impulsive, but after Zhao Jian had just listened to Rezenov's words, he felt that there was nothing wrong with letting them attack and fight. So in the name of "just getting information from France", he told the two of them about Franco's assassination, and pointed out that there must be something strange in it!
"Someone assassinated Franco? Did it work? ”
"Failed."
"Tsk!"
“…… (Lei Ye is dirt)"
In short, even if this retaliatory counteroffensive is so decided, in order to revive the sluggish morale, the Republican army is now in desperate need of a victory, or a grand "carnival"! Although Zhao Jian said that he was unwilling to provide their own ships to them as mobile fire platforms, he dismantled one of the smoke launchers on his ship and gave them them.
This thing is the latest masterpiece of his research institute, and the amount of smoke is super large and super thick, and as long as the seven devices are placed in the upwind in advance, it is guaranteed to release enough smoke to cover the open space in front of the high ground within 10 minutes. Zhao Jian personally named it "PM2.5 Smoke Generator", which has been preliminarily installed on some Datang destroyers, and the user response is quite good.
Leaving the command of the Republican Army, Zhao Jian and Rezenov walked together on the way. Zhao Jian found that the more he came into contact with this uncle, the more clearly he could feel the cunning of the other party hidden under the bold appearance. In fact, with his violent temper, being able to be killed without being taken advantage of in the Great Purge already shows the other party's ability.
"I said Uncle Rezenov, are your troops really ready to take the lead in the attack?"
"Of course! It is a tradition for party members to charge ahead. ”
"Uh...... The armor of the BT-5 is too thin, right? In case ......"
"Mr. Zhao, you shouldn't have seen Christgaard operate a mecha, right?"
"I haven't seen it."
"Then you wait for the day of the battle to go to the front line, you will open your eyes, I promise!" (To be continued......)
PS: At night, I watched the gossip in the online literary circle, and found that a certain organization is really DIO, I just got tired of it yesterday, and today I fought the third uncle of the southern faction, this majestic amusement is simply coming across the screen!