Chapter 193: Copy Soviet-Finnish War (4)
In the early morning of January 12, in front of the gate of the headquarters of the First Panzer Army, rows of corpses covered with white cloth were neatly placed in front of Ouyang Yu and Khrushaki, these corpses were the corpses of the system soldiers who died in the battle last night.
The elite snipers of the Finns are very difficult to deal with, and Ouyang Yu's system soldiers paid a great price to be able to block their sneak attack and hunt, after a night of fighting, hundreds of system soldiers sacrificed their young lives, and the results were twice as many as the corpses of the Finns, and kept the positions captured during the day.
"Salute all!"
Including Ouyang Yu and Khrushaki, all the officers of the First Panzer Corps Command saluted the bodies of the fallen soldiers to mourn and commemorate the soldiers who fought bravely on the front line.
"Shoot the gun, blow the trumpet!"
"Woo!......!"
The low sound of trumpets echoed across the land of Finland with the sound of twenty-one gunshots, and everyone put down their saluting arms, took off their military caps, bowed their heads and observed three minutes of silence, and after three minutes the ceremony ended, a group of Soviet soldiers put the bodies of the dead into prepared coffins, intending to transport them back to the Soviet Union for burial, and then erect a monument for future generations to commemorate every year.
With the end of the ceremony, the headquarters began to get busy again, today Ouyang Yu will launch the final general attack on the Finns' Mannerheim Line, she plans to capture the core position of the Mannerheim Line in one go, and let her troops go straight to Vyborg, the second largest city in Finland.
At 9:10 a.m., Ouyang Yu gave the order for a general attack, and 500 artillery pieces of various types roared in unison, and carried out a three-hour artillery bombardment of the Finns' fortified areas detected by the air force, and the reinforced concrete fortifications built by the Finns in the fortified areas. Under heavy shelling, they were reduced to a pile of rubble. Bury the Finnish soldiers who were hiding inside. It became their free cemetery.
At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, just after the shelling had stopped, more than 90 tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division of the 1st Panzer Corps, including five of the most advanced KV-2 tanks and nine KV-1 tanks, launched an attack on the Finn fortified area under the cover of the infantry of the two regiments.
Fourteen KV tanks were headed by the KV-2, and the KV-1 was on the two wings, slowly advancing in an inverted V formation, followed by dozens of T -28 tanks. Two regiments of infantry were around these tanks.
The heavy shelling did not completely destroy the Finn bunkers, but many of them survived, including Bunker No. 9, which was a large anti-tank bunker with two German-made pak37 anti-tank guns.
"Fire!"
"Knock! knock!"
Two 37-millimeter shells accurately hit the two KV-2 tanks in the front, and the commander, who had just been happy with the accuracy of his soldiers, had not had time to be happy for a second before his smile turned into a bitter melon face, because he clearly saw it through the telescope. The shell was deflected off by the heavy armor of the KV tank, causing no damage other than a small mark.
"Hurry up and reload. Shoot me those damned Soviets!"
At the urging of the commander, the two 37 anti-tank guns opened fire again and hit the target again, but the two shells were mercilessly bounced off like the two shells just now.
The advancing KV tanks spotted Pillbox No. 9, the two KV-1 tanks stopped, and the seven or six guns on the turret took a slight aim, and two shells were fired.
"Boom! boom!"
Pillbox No. 9 was hit, but the shells of the seven or six guns were not powerful enough, and Pillbox No. 9 was blown away with only some cement, and neither the Finnish soldiers nor the anti-tank guns inside were harmed in any way.
Seeing that the Soviets' new tanks did not work on their own pillboxes, the Finnish soldiers were greatly demoralized, since they can't beat your new tanks, then I'll start with your old tanks, anyway, I can't do anything about you, and you are the same for me, two 37 anti-tank guns turned their muzzles and aimed at the T-28 tank behind the KV tank.
Unfortunately, the Finnish soldiers did not know that there were still KV-2 tanks that had not yet fired, and through radio contact, the two KV-2 tanks that had just been attacked stopped moving, the bulky turret slowly rotated, and the frenzied 152 howitzer was loaded with powerful armor-piercing shells.
"Boom! boom!"
After two earth-shattering explosions, Bunker No. 9 was blasted into the sky along with the Finnish soldiers inside.
After killing the No. 9 pillbox, the KV tanks advanced again, the huge body attracted most of the Finns' firepower, although it was full of bullet marks, none of the KV tanks were destroyed or damaged, especially the KV-2 tank in front of the sharp 152 guns, the Finns' bunkers were as vulnerable as paper, in the face of the Soviet army's powerful armored offensive, the Finns could only retreat except for retreat, and the first armored army advanced five kilometers in just two hours after the battle.
Field Marshal Mannerheim anxiously looked at the enemy situation on the map, representing the red arrow of the Soviet army has been deeply inserted into the defense line and extended to the two wings, in order to prevent the troops on both wings from being attacked from both sides, he can only reluctantly give the order to retreat, but Ouyang Yu does not want to let go of the Finnish troops on both wings, she timely ordered the air force to intercept the retreating Finnish army.
Seventy Lager-3 fighters covered more than 100 I-153 fighters flew over the battlefield, and then the group of planes swooped towards the left and right flanks of the battlefield according to the order, the I-153 fighters used two 20 mm cannons and rockets, and took turns strafing and bombing the Finnish troops on the ground, and the retreating Finnish soldiers could only find cover and camouflage to avoid strafing and bombing, so that there was no speed, and the interception forces of the First Panzer Army blocked their retreat before the Finnish troops on both flanks retreated。
The soldiers of the 3rd Regiment of the 7th Finnish Division and the 2nd Regiment of the 8th Division, which were surrounded on three sides and a cold inland lake on one side, did not give up resistance and surrender even in the face of a desperate situation, but showed great courage and their own lives to fight to the death against the invaders.
Thousands of Finnish soldiers of the two regiments were on the way to evacuate, so there was no strong position to protect them, in order to quickly eliminate them, Ouyang Yu ordered the troops to surround but not attack, and then mobilized most of the artillery and fighters, and carried out fierce bombing and strafing on the encirclement. Gunfight, playing saturation bombing with planes and artillery, they have the determination to kill the enemy but can't reach the enemy, so they can only helplessly lie on the ground and wait for death. (To be continued.) )
PS: Yesterday Baozi I went to worship the mountain, Baozi's father died of illness for four years, Baozi is very attached to his old family, and he was not in a very good mood when he came back, so he didn't update it yesterday, Baozi I feel sorry, first send out the chapter that was halfway written yesterday, and there is a chapter a little later, I'm sorry.