Chapter 98 Attack Begins
February 18, 1937, 26th year of the Republic of China
The 400,000 army of the Kiev Front led by Temuxingo finally arrived at Chita and met the 300,000 army of the 37th Army, who was waiting for battle led by Su Tong, in Chita. A big battle began like this.
This war not only concerns China, but also many countries such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Chita sent observers.
In order to eliminate the Western public opinion pressure of 300,000 Russian troops being captured some time ago and demonstrate its own military strength, the Russian political axe also agreed to the request of observers from various countries to arrive at the front line to observe.
Next, Brother Tiemuxin began to launch a tentative attack on Chita's first line of defense.
At the beginning of the battle, the First Infantry Division, which was stationed on the first line of defense, tasted the power of the Russian artillery, and more than 300 cannons bombed the first line of defense. The Chinese Army was not willing to be outdone. The First Infantry Division, which was arranged behind the defense, also started counterattacking against the Russian artillery positions under the guidance of the artillery range radar. For a moment, the artillery soldiers on both sides fought to the darkness.
At this time, at an observation post of the Russian army, two officers wearing German gray uniforms were watching with telescopes. "Hans, the artillery fire here just fired, and the counterattack artillery fire there flew over the ballistic here, and it took less than eight minutes. I have never seen such an excellent artillery commander before, and even the artillery in our empire did not have this quality." A German lieutenant colonel who was about thirty years old and had a typical square face and blonde hair at the age of thirty said in surprise.
"No, Paul, look, there were many targets that were deviated from the first volley of the opponent's artillery fire, and they did not settle down until the third time. Such quality was only barely qualified for the imperial artillery. It can be seen that the opponent's artillery fired position was just so quickly. It must have used some instruments or some means we don't know. It was not that their artillery was excellent." Another German colonel named Paul was much older than the one next to him, and his hair was a little gray. Since there was no one around, when he mentioned the Russians, he also used the Slavs to replace them with it.
Colonel Hans put down his telescope and a smile of affirmation appeared on his wrinkled face, "It seems that this artillery battle will be over soon, and those Slavs will definitely not last long."
As expected, shortly after the artillery battle began, under the guidance of the artillery range-finding radar, the First Artillery Division became more and more brave. On the other hand, the Russian army retreated step by step, and soon the sound of Russian artillery could not be heard on the position.
In a hidden frontier command, Temuxin put down the telescope expressionlessly and said, "Order the 136th Division to start attacking."
With the order, the Russian infantry began to charge. From the sky, the infantry in gray uniforms rushed towards the position like a tide.
"Oh God, are these Slavs rushing to die?" Seeing the Russian soldiers charging wildly at positions with barbed wire, bunker groups and crisscrossing trenches, German observer Lieutenant Colonel Paul exclaimed.
At the same time, observers from all countries distributed on observation posts in various Russian military areas exclaimed the same amazement.
As observers from various countries said, shortly after the Russian army launched a charge, the overwhelming artillery fire covered the first line of defense of the Chinese army from 100 to 400 meters.
"It's incredible that the Chinese actually had eight-inch heavy artillery." This was a sound from an observation whistle.
"God, the artillery fire here is too crazy. Have these Chinese transported all their heavy artillery here?" With a burst of awesomeness, observers from all countries who were skeptical about the 37th Army's ability to capture the 300,000 Russian troops in the Far East Military Region were all exclaimed.
The consequence of the volley of more than 500 artillery artillery divisions was that more than half of the 136th Division of the Russian Army, which was still launching an attack ten minutes ago, were already lying in front of the position, and most of the people could not even find the complete bodies. When the Russian artillery fire hurriedly calibrated to the Chinese army's artillery position, they had already transferred their positions.
"If we follow this style of play, let alone take Kiev, I'm afraid General Temushinge will return to Moscow, it's still a big deal." Colonel Hans put down his telescope, shook his head and sighed.
"Comrade Timuxin, our attack failed." Admiral Maksalev's face was very bad. Half of the troops of a division remained in front of the position in just over ten minutes. This time, the Kiev Front Army had a total of 32 divisions. The 165th Infantry Division was blown up by the plane as soon as it got off the train. Today, the 136th Division was even more straightforward. Half of them were killed in just over ten minutes and immediately lost their combat effectiveness. If the battles were fought like this, no matter how many troops the Kiev Front Army had, they would be enough to fill in this bottomless pit.
"We all underestimated this Su Tong. It seems that we need to adjust the combat plan and order the troops to stop the attack." Although Brother Tiemuxin's face had not changed much, his heart was bleeding. A full infantry division lost most of it in less than ten minutes. How could he not feel distressed? This was the hard work he had trained for several years.
The Russian army's attack ended on the first day, and no new attack was launched until the evening. This surprised the observers of all countries. The Russian army was unstoppable and the Chinese army retreated did not appear. Instead, the Russian army was beaten up without even touching the positions of the Chinese army. This was the first time that the 37th Army led by Su Tong appeared in person in front of countries around the world, and it also made all countries more intuitively deepen their understanding of the political and military strength of Chahar.
At the same time, the underground command of Chita Municipal Axe was brightly lit, and the staff were busy deducing various plans. Su Tong was also studying how to launch a counterattack in his office."
"It's so annoying." Chief Su, who had been studying for an afternoon, stood up in dismay.
I still lack excellent staff talents under my command. Although Jiang Baili is great, Japan is eyeing his home, and Chahar cannot do without him. So much so that I don’t even have someone to discuss with me now, and I have to rely on my two swords to hold on. It seems that my life is a tiring life. Damn, if I get annoyed, I will learn from the Americans in the future. No matter what conspiracies you have, I will just go straight to the ten times.
Oh yes, Su Tong recalled that in later World War II, the US military did not use any complicated conspiracies and tricks. Everything was spoken by strength. Whether it was fighting Hitler or Japan, it was all about bombing aircraft, bombing cannons, and infantry rushing. With these three axes, the US still beat Hitler and Hideki Tojo to find teeth all over the ground.
Isn't the Americans famous saying? If you can hit an elephant, then you still need a hunting rifle?
Well, yes, Brother Tomorrow will do the same. I will also give him a walk.
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