Chapter 576 Intervention in the War (3)
"Woo---Boom!"
The dull explosion sounded through the upset spring rain, and the slight tremor caused by the sound of the "ding-ding-dinking" of the glasses on the table collided, like music without rhythm, making the already upset generals feel as if they were holding a few wild cats in spring, and they are so uncomfortable that they are scratching their hearts.
Stone buildings full of Soviet style are rare here. They can build four-story highs and look more like landmarks on the flat grassland. Even heavy shells underground in the headquarters are difficult to hurt. However, the dust falling still makes people have to worry about whether the shells will fall down in the next moment.
Ukrtu, captured by the Japanese army, had six ml-20 152mm heavy artillery with a range of more than 17,000 meters. They were originally to be transferred to the front and deployed as a second-heavy artillery front, but now they fell into the enemy's hands, which just made up for the Japanese army, which was seriously lacking heavy weapons of long-range offensive. Now, these cannons are being used to bomb the defense line that has been hastily established in the north of Kruren. I wonder what the Soviet soldiers would feel like when they were hit by their own heavy shells.
I think it might not be very good, right?
Director Voronov, the authority of artillery among the Soviet army, felt very uncomfortable. He knew very well how terrible the power of those weapons was.
As the artillery tactic maker in the second stage of this battle, he planned and deployed hundreds of cannon positions, successfully forming a semi-encircled attack formation on the front and even the two wings of the Japanese army, and creatively creating a tactic of using bulky and slow cannons as the main force, concentrating unprecedented fierce firepower to launch a devastating attack on the enemy.
This tactic centered on cannons. For the Soviet army, whose tanks and armored vehicles are generally too bad, it is simply a timely rain to save lives. The Soviet weapons are generally thick in skin and flesh, and can adapt to various bad battlefield environment characteristics, ensuring that these big guys can move as usual in the mud caused by spring rain and put into combat. The infantry and tank troops that have won the advantage of the Japanese army cannot advance half a step forward.
What a great opportunity! Just wait a little longer, more troops and weapons and equipment will arrive, and it will be no dream to wipe out tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the entire Nomenkan area in one fell swoop.
But now... Volonov pinched his eyebrows in depression, and the explosions made him anxious like a death-hunting ghost, but unfortunately he was not the commander-in-chief. He could only stare at Zhukov.
Finally, after nearly half an hour of long exams, Zhukov stood up with everyone's expectant eyes, calmly glanced like the sea water of the Arctic Ocean, and immediately let everyone's fire go away.
"It's not at the worst. We still have a chance to defeat the Japanese!"
He spoke with a calm and powerful voice, and the generals felt the right thing in their hearts. Volonov almost burst into tears. In this place where they were in a haunted place, there were no 5,000 troops in the army. If they didn't make decisions, they had to run away.
"But..." Zhukov's turn made several people's hearts that had just become hot almost sink to the bottom of the sea. "We may make huge sacrifices, but we will suffer losses."
Volonov, Pavlov and others all breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, and nodded without hesitation: "Everything is carried out according to the plan of the commander! For the sake of the country, any sacrifice is acceptable!"
They subconsciously ignored the two adjectives "huge" in Zhukov's words. If they investigate carefully and contact the general's style, they will find a result that they can never sleep again. Just compare the armored soldiers sacrificed before and you will know that such a thing is better not to think about it.
Zhukov showed enough respect to the reinforcements leaders. Seeing that they did not interfere too much, he felt a little relieved. He turned his head and ordered the 57th Division of the defender who was fighting for the 2nd Japanese Division to order: "No matter what method you use, you must not let the Japanese army cross the line of defense!"
The 57th Division Commander was angry about being attacked behind his back and wanted to cut people down! However, the brigade commander of the 8th Division had been withdrawn, and he probably had to be shot in the military court when he returned. He had no choice but to pursue the investigation, but a whole heavy artillery position fell into the hands of the Japanese army, and another battle of ammunition and medicine were stolen. He pulled out dozens of kilometers of front lines. Even if he pulled out the reserve team to block the hole, there was no time left!
His complaint was only exchanged for Zhukov's cold words: "If you can't do it, I will withdraw you and replace someone who can do it. Also, the task of frontal attack cannot be affected!"
This sentence almost equals their death penalty! The southern battlefield concentrated a large number of armored units, almost half of the remaining more than 200 tank and armored vehicles, scattered in three brigades, with only one self-propelled artillery battalion!
These forces were prepared to fight against the Japanese army on the opposite side for a total of 20,000 to 30,000 people. In comparison, they are still at a disadvantage. Let them divide their troops? How to fight!
However, this division commander, who had just been promoted, was not a fool. From last time, Zhukov dared to sacrifice his entire armored force, he could guess that his side was in a life-and-death situation and had no way out.
Gritting his teeth, he personally led a brigade's reserve team, equipped all the light artillery fire that he could find, loaded it onto the truck and rushed to the lost defense zone. During this period, the Japanese army was not enough to turn all the weapons there, and the layout of the defense line was also conducive to attacking from behind, and they still had a chance!
The crazy old man rushed out of dozens of kilometers against the wind and rain under the stimulation of vodka of alcohol and rushed into the position. With the pd machine gun in his hand and the few automatic rifles equipped by the entire division, he broke out from the exhausted Japanese army and rushed into the inner side of the strike radius of the heavy artillery position. Then he abandoned all trucks neatly, held the Mosinnagan rifle with a bayonet, swung the wooden grenade and started a bloody fight with the Japanese army!
This is a strangle battle that makes people excited. Nearly 5,000 infantrymen from both sides fought desperately in the rain, stepping on half a meter deep mud in the rain! The short Japanese army was naturally weak, and once the lower body was trapped, they could not move at all. In addition, they had no rest after a night of struggle, and they had almost no power to resist.
However, the tall Soviet army's fighting will is far less than that of the Japanese army, and the bayonet tactics are not as good as the Japanese army's years of training. They rely entirely on their physical fitness to oppress and strike. The advantages they gain are not very high, and are often the result of both sides' losses!
The number of Soviet troops was one-third higher than that of the other side. They took advantage of the skillful and fortifications on the battlefield and the direction. The skilled and fierce infantry artillery and mortar bombing caused great casualties to the Japanese army. After an entire hour of fighting, the two Japanese brigades were almost wiped out! The Soviet troops suffered nearly 800 casualties!
Among these people, less than half of them died of bayonets and guns, and a considerable number of them died together by grenades that were pulled during a fight with the Japanese army!
At this moment, the so-called Bushido spirit of the Japanese army emitted a terrifying and crazy glory. One by one, the soldiers who were fearlessly shouting "The Empire is full! His Majesty the Emperor is full" crazily pulled away the grenade and hugged the Soviet army's thighs tightly until the explosion blew the two people two or three meters away. The short legs were missing and the stomach was rotten. The degree of madness and bloodiness caused Zhu Bin, who was watching the live broadcast of the battle for thousands of miles away, and his men's cheeks were thrusting!
They have never encountered such Japanese troops before! Fortunately, they have been fighting with an asymmetrical weapon and firepower with absolute advantage, which makes the Japanese army crazy without a chance. Otherwise, they would have been entangled with such a guy, and I don’t know how many casualties will be injured!
In addition, he was secretly grateful that the policy of not wanting Japanese prisoners from the beginning was very correct. Otherwise, the base of the monument on Dazhu Mountain would have been engraved with names, and he would have been in a state of suffocation just by paying the pension.
Later, Zhu Bin made a judgment: "Fighting with the Japanese army in the future, try not to give them a chance to fight in close combat. The number of pistols in the entire army will be further improved."
The generals nodded deeply. This is necessary, on the basis of adhering to the fine tradition of replenishing the Japanese army, they should try their best to kill them in the fire exchange, or simply use cannons to kill them. Such a way of pestering and fighting both sides is too disgusting.
The 87th Division of the Soviet Army finally regained the lost regional position. When they crossed the trenches and fortifications to the seized heavy artillery position, the Japanese reinforcements also arrived at the place! This time, the soldiers who came were still the size of a regiment. After trekking in the mud for a night, they were so tired that their legs were too tired. When they saw the Soviet army, they broke out like a small universe. They fought with their thin Type 38 rifles again!
The Soviet 87th Division reserve team was piled up! With the advantage of fortifications, the Japanese army was tightly supported on the front line, and then called the rear to provide support!
The remnants of the 8th Mongolian Cavalry Division arrived an hour later. They were exhausted and threw away their heavy weapons. They used their lances and grenades to reinforce from behind, defended the back defense for the 57th Division, and killed the forces of less than one brigade of Japanese troops who had left behind in several heavy artillery positions.
The battle of less than 10,000 people was crowded on the front battlefield with no tank or even a cannon bombardment, but the degree of tragic was almost the highest since the war started! Every minute, dozens or hundreds of soldiers on both sides fell down, but they each took on a decisive mission. There was no possibility of taking a step back. No one had a way out except to fight to the death!
The casualties doubled almost five minutes, and everyone in Zhukov's headquarters was so shocked that their faces turned blue, and they looked at the cold commander from time to time.
Zhukov seemed to have seen nothing and ordered the 9th Motorcycle Armored Brigade, which was staying between Kluren and the front line, to immediately set out to grab Ukrtu.
Volonov was anxious. Seeing that the Japanese vanguard was about to attack the headquarters, he refused to let the reserve team take over, but instead went to steal the Japanese army's retreat. Is this crazy?
Chapter completed!