Chapter 221
Man Ye, who attacked from the south to the north, attacked very smoothly.
The seemingly powerful Hebrew army, as well as the Austro-Hungarian army, was smashed to pieces with a punch like tofu.
On the first day of the offensive, the Ming army broke through the three lines of Hebrew defense and advanced thirty-five kilometers.
This is the distance the attack is headed, not an ordinary march on a normal day.
On the first day of the offensive, the Ming army killed at least 3,000 Hebrews. In addition, more than 1,000 people were captured, but these more than 1,000 people were all killed by the Russian officers who guarded the prisoners.
At the beginning of the Hebrew occupation of Ukraine, the sins committed were too deep.
These Russian officers, willing to risk the punishment of being shot, also want to kill these damned Hebrews.
The Ming army also had no more options, after all, they could not dispose of the officers of the Russian army at will.
It can only be left to the Judge Advocate General's Office of the Russian Army to decide!
However, it is estimated that this matter will definitely turn into a small thing in the end. Just deal with a few officers who don't have a backstage!
The losses of the Ming army were no more than three tanks seriously wounded and eight lightly wounded.
One infantry chariot was destroyed, twelve were seriously wounded, and twenty-one were slightly wounded.
None of the Air Force fighters were shot down, but two planes fell behind the Ming army due to mechanical accidents.
The pilot on the fighter plane successfully challenged and was picked up by the Ming army himself and returned to the rear.
After a day of fighting, the Ming army suffered a total of 97 casualties. Thirty-one of them were killed, sixty-six were injured, and no one was missing!
For the results achieved by the Ming army, this little loss was simply drizzle.
And the weapon that caused the greatest losses to the Ming army was landmines.
The tanks that were destroyed were all blown up by pressing heavy mines.
However, those wounded tanks were blown off their tracks, and after a night of emergency repairs, they could be resurrected with full blood the next morning.
By contrast, the Hebrew casualties were real.
The dead will not come back to life, and the injured will die because they are not treated in time.
There was no way, all the wounded of the Ming army were evacuated by airships, but many of the wounded of the Hebrews were abandoned on the battlefield.
God knows how many more people will survive after being discovered by the Russian army.
After dark, the Ming army stopped attacking. The Russians caught up and set up defenses on the Hebrew positions occupied by the Ming army.
Barbed wire fences were pulled up, and strings of anti-infantry mines were arranged.
Finally, mortar firing and towed artillery firing were carried out.
After marking the shooting elements, the Russian army waited in the dark for the Hebrew counter-charge.
The Ming army didn't care about this, they quickly retreated ten kilometers according to the advance order.
The positions already occupied by the Ming army were pushed up by a large number of Russian troops.
At night, artillery fire rang out from the front for a whole night.
In addition to artillery support, the Ming army did not send a single soldier.
It's just that behind the Russian army, some alert forces are arranged.
Man Ye slept well this night, and slept until half past five in the morning, when he opened his worried eyes.
He took a big sip of hot milk tea, rubbed his face and got off the bed in the command car.
The orderly outside the door has prepared breakfast!
Roasted wheat with minced beef, plus a large bowl of mutton broth.
Eating this for breakfast, others may feel tired and flustered, but Man Ye will not.
Mongolians eat food, and it's nothing if they are tired of it.
Individual stomachs are good, and it is no problem to dry up a large pot of hand-grilled mutton in the morning.
Two catties of roasted wheat, a big bowl of mutton soup in the stomach, Man Ye felt that he could beat the dead tiger.
"How's it going?" It was already dawning, and the sun was dazzling.
Man Ye is not worried about the situation of the troops, and he understands everything he should know last night.
The offensive plan was also prepared in advance, and the troops only needed to carry it out.
The responsibility of the man is to solve the problem when the plan is solved.
After a year of mechanized warfare, Man Ye was used to fighting like this.
"Last night, the Israelis and the Russians fought back and forth for positions.
At one point, the Israelis captured surface positions, and a large-scale white-knuckle battle broke out between the two armies.
By dawn, part of the Russian army's positions had been lost. However, the Israelis did not have time to expand the breakthrough before they were dispatched by our tanks.
Now the forward troops are already chasing the fleeing Hebrews. It is estimated that today, it will be another battle like a duck. ”
The intelligence officer stood behind Man Ye, holding a folder to report on the situation last night.
It's simple to listen to what he said, but you can understand it by making up for it in your head.
In front of the Hebrews, who were superior in equipment and training, the Russian army actually suffered a lot. For a long time before, they didn't even eat food.
Ten percent of that black bread is sawdust and sawdust.
There are even some units that have become so frenzied that they have increased the proportion to 20 percent.
It was not until these people were under the command of the Ming army that the situation improved.
Although their food could not catch up with the Ming army, it was absolutely no problem to be full. Cornmeal dumplings are much better than black bread mixed with sawn foam.
In addition, the ammunition of the Russian army is also very problematic, and the failure rate of ammunition from the Russian arsenal is alarming, and incidents of stinky and exploding chambers often occur.
There were even some grenades that exploded before they could be thrown as soon as the pull tab was pulled off.
There is even a saying circulating in the Russian army that more Russian troops were killed by Russian ammunition than on the battlefield.
All this, also after receiving the ammunition of the Ming army, has been unprecedentedly improved.
Even so, the Russian army is weak.
It is very rare to be able to ensure that you will not flinch in a large-scale white-knuckle battle.
The Hebrew army had long been generally equipped with melee revolvers in the infantry, which gave them an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.
It is really not easy for the Russian army to hold on.
Before the intelligence officer could finish speaking, the roar of fighter jets rang out in the sky.
It's Kunpeng again with a bunch of Stuka appearing!
Often, the appearance of these things would make the retreating Hebrews despair.
A man's legs can't outrun a tank track, but even if you ride a horse, you can't outrun a winged plane.
"Give the Russian army an order, let them protect our two wings, and we will continue to fight north until we meet Li Dingguo."
The bottom of the entire Kursk front is only more than 200 kilometers.
In this way, if the north and south are advancing, it is estimated that they will be able to converge in three to five days.
"News from the 3rd Tank Division, they advanced fifty kilometers yesterday." The intelligence officer said with some embarrassment.
"What? They actually advanced fifty kilometers? After hearing Li Dingguo's advancing speed, Man Ye immediately stood up.
"Yes, the 3rd Tank Division advanced fifty kilometers." The intelligence officer took a step back and looked cautiously at Man Ye, who was on the verge of going berserk.
Don't blame Man Ye for his appearance, Li Dingguo of the Third Tank Division doesn't have many infantry chariots in his hands at all.
They were still using an old armored vehicle, with only a 12.7mm machine gun on it, which was not at all comparable to the 25mm rapid-fire gun on the infantry tank.
What made Man Ye even more unable to get off the stage was that Li Dingguo did not have a few Type 4 tanks in his hands at all.
It's all old Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 tanks.
A lot of people still don't want to change their clothes and throw them to Li Dingguo.
With these outdated equipment, he actually advanced 50 kilometers a day.
And the full man, who was not only well-equipped, but also had air superiority in the sky, advanced thirty-five kilometers in one day.
Slap in the face!
This is a "slap" and "slap" slap in the face, and the face is going to be swollen.
"Master Man, don't get angry.
What Li Dingguo was fighting against was just the fish belly troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
They didn't have much anti-tank weapons, not even large-caliber machine guns.
Of course, Li Dingguo cut tofu and fought 50 kilometers, and I also heard that Austria-Hungary is now in domestic difficulties, and it can't even eat enough at the front.
The soldiers were generally demoralized, and usually after a single artillery attack, the enemy retreated.
Like us, we want to gnaw on the hard bone of the Hebrews. ”
The chief of staff walked over and smiled to comfort Man Ye, who was on the verge of going berserk.
"That's not good, how could Lao Tzu lose to Li Dingguo's doll.
You look at the planes in the sky, the tanks on the ground, and the self-propelled guns.
Da Shuai gave me the most elite armor of the Ming Dynasty, and I only fucking traveled thirty-five kilometers in one day, and I still felt good.
Assault, assault forward with all your might, and advance fifty kilometers forward today for a guaranteed attack. ”
Man Ye came to be stubborn, and he had to compete with Li Dingguo.
The chief of staff had no choice but to convey Master Man's order.
After all, the first cavalry division is the final word of the man, and his order here is Tiantiao.
There was an order from behind, and immediately the front began to rush and fight.
In fact, these were the only three lines of defense for the Hebrews. Last night, the Hebrews concentrated the last of their elite and threw themselves into the counterattack.
They hoped to recapture the occupied positions and reuse them to fight tomorrow's battle with the Ming army.
Unexpectedly, this plan was shattered by the tenacious Russian army.
At dawn, the positions partially held by the Russian army had just been occupied. Just as he was about to expand the breakthrough, the tanks of the Ming army rushed up.
After fighting for one night, how could the Hebrews, who were already exhausted, be able to beat the Ming army who had rested for a night.
Moreover, the Ming army's equipment and strength had a crushing advantage.
So the Hebrews retreated, and countless Hebrew soldiers abandoned their positions, and they lost their organization and fled in disarray.
They don't know where to run, anyway, the farther away from Daming, the better.
But how can a person's two legs run past a tank track.
That thing just drinks oil, people can't just pant for a long time.
After receiving the order, the Ming army forwards decisively changed the formation.
Faster chariots, following the routing Hebrew soldiers.
As they moved forward, they fired from the 25-mm rapid-fire guns on them.
As mentioned earlier, the accuracy of this cannon within a kilometer is amazing.
This thing was originally designed to be used as an anti-aircraft gun!
The Hebrew soldiers who were hit were directly smashed into pieces by a cloud of blood mist rising from their bodies.
A 25-mm shell is definitely not something that the human body can withstand.
The armored units of the 1st Cavalry Division were like wolves rushing into the sheepfold.
And the Hebrews were so focused on running away that no one thought of resisting at all.
In just one morning, the 1st Cavalry Division advanced fifty kilometers.
At noon, the 1st Cavalry Division did not stop at all.
The Man's order was clearly transmitted to each crew, that is, forward, forward, and forward, until your tank ran out of gas.
The Ming tanks wantonly destroyed everything of the Hebrews, ammunition accumulation yards, field hospitals, command posts, and logistics supply bases.
Anyway, everything that is too late to withdraw will be attacked by the Ming tanks.
The Russian army, which followed the advance of the Ming army, was so happy that their buttocks were about to bloom.
Not only were a large number of prisoners captured, but also a large number of captures.
The poor Russians are almost pants, and for them everything is good.
Even the large leather shoes of the Hebrew soldiers were the object of looting.
So much so that many Hebrew captives had to be escorted back by the Russian army barefoot.
Some Russian troops even simply found a deep ditch or a place by the river and fired machine guns at the prisoners.
By the time it was time to camp at night, the Ming army had advanced 110 kilometers in one day's attack.
Li Dingguo, on the other hand, had only advanced 60 kilometers that day, and the two armies were only 40 kilometers apart.
This time, the Ming army did not give up the attack because of the darkness of the night.
Instead, he took advantage of the evening to make a resupply. The whole army fights at night!
By this time, the Hebrews had completely lost their organization and structure.
Darkness adds to the chaos.
There were people everywhere, some people ran to the east and some people to the west, and even some fled in the direction of the Ming army.
Everything is chaotic, divisions can't find regiments, regiments can't find battalions, battalions can't find companies.
There are even some companies that can't even find their own squad platoon.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the vanguard of the 1st Cavalry Division was attacking.
Suddenly, I noticed a glare light coming from ahead, and then I heard the deafening sound of the engine.
"The Third Tank Division, it's the Third Tank Division."
The armored forces of the two Ming armies finally met, and soon a large number of Russian troops rushed over, directly cutting off the back routes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Hebrews.
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Today is a very nice day, the Cretan sky is blue like a ribbon.
Strolling along the edge of the blue Mediterranean, stepping on the hot sandy beach, not to mention how pleasant it is.
Li Xiao put his hands behind his back and looked at the seagulls that were constantly circling in the sky.
"I didn't expect the progress to be so fast, and in just three days, we completely surrounded the enemy forces in the Kursk salient.
Next, it's up to everyone to go under the knife. Li Xiao casually picked up a white shell.
"During the spring offensive, the Hebrews fought hardest, and naturally their losses were the greatest.
The Austro-Hungarian army was nothing more than a fish belly.
How could they withstand the attack of Man Ye and Li Dingguo, if it weren't for the heavy rain in Kursk again, it is estimated that they would have been almost wiped out by now. ”