Chapter 171 Iron Snow Cyclones (9)

January 18, Aktobe Village, an important area southeast of Selenginsk.

The misty morning fog has not yet dissipated, and the air is cold and skin-piercing. Yesterday's light snowfall completely covered up the traces of the fierce battle three days ago - except for two Chinese army tanks abandoned in the wilderness to the east of the village.

On January 14, about 10 Chinese tanks covered an infantry battalion and launched an assault on the small village. The defenders strengthened the infantry company with 2 field guns, 1 machine gun platoon and 1 armored vehicle platoon in an unimaginably huge unit.

With the support of steel monsters, they repelled the fierce attack of the Chinese army.

During the battle, the Chinese army abandoned these two tanks, probably because both armies had a small plan to recycle them for reuse. The brothers and sisters were never shelled, but because the place they were in was too open and they happened to be in the

He lay there for three days and three nights within the range of rifle fire from both sides.

Now, behind the larger tank, there are several Chinese soldiers wearing white cloaks hiding.

What are they going to do?

Before they could 'touch' several e-guo soldiers nearby and become interested in them, a sudden and intensive rain of bullets knocked over half of them, and the remaining ones scurried away and quickly disappeared into the mist.

The Chinese army squadron that repelled the enemy did not rejoice.

"We've been discovered, act quickly!"

"It's too late. What if the enemy's artillery fire comes over!"

"Stop talking nonsense, continue, we must repair this big cow and bring it back..."

Under the strict orders of the leading sergeant, the team continued to repair the vehicle in fear, until the opponent's artillery fire really came overwhelming -

"I told you it would be like this!"

"Dead!"

"Get under the car!"

"The safety door under the car is open!"

"Don't go in, it's safest under the car!"

…

The morning fog gradually dispersed.

The small team hiding under the vehicle exposed their little heads like moles and watched nervously at the surrounding situation - the tank was already surrounded by large and small craters. The craters penetrated deep into the soil through the ice and snow, showing the power of the artillery shells.

Not small.

"Is anyone hurt?"

There was silence.

There was silence.

Suddenly, a burst of explosions flashed in the direction of Aktobe Village, followed by an overwhelming, chest-shaking explosion - our army's artillery bombardment began!

"Fight, good fight!"

"Hit the son of a bitch!"

"We're here to help too. Get into the tank. The cannon on the tank should still be usable!"

A few minutes later, this abandoned 24-ton "Zedian" rotated its trapezoidal turret, the 75mm muzzle slowly rose, and the thick and short barrel suddenly retracted. A 5.5

The kilogram grenade roared out of the muzzle and fell in a gentle curve towards the ruined small village——

One kilometer behind the battle tank is the Chinese artillery observation post.

"Look, that big bull is firing at Mao Zi!"

"here you go!"

"But the enemy will fight back if they see it. This is too dangerous!"

"Find a way to support it with artillery fire!"

"Put a smoke screen around it—"

Amidst the rumbling cannons of the resurrected "Celecron" chariot, the battle in Aktobe Village, which later became famous, began with a prelude that exuded strong heroism and deep comradeship...

In the view of Yin Tian, ​​commander of the 1st Army of the People's Liberation Army, such an opening is not only full of drama and propaganda, but may also herald some kind of good omen...

Just yesterday, Xu Hun, commander of the Left Assault Group, issued an order to carry out thunder and lightning operations to his subordinate units.

Key points of thunder and lightning operations include:

1. Use a section of the Guards Cavalry Corps and a section of the Guards Cavalry Corps to defend key areas along the Serang River and Lake Baikal.

Second, form two assault groups with the 1st Army and the 3rd Army as the core, attack the enemy's positions from the north and south, penetrate the enemy's defense line, outflank and advance towards Selenginsk, and encircle the enemy along the railway.

3. The formation of the thunder cluster: 3rd Army Corps, 2nd Division (less than 1 regiment and 1 battalion), 1st Brigade of Forbidden Cavalry (less than 2 companies), 2nd Brigade of Forbidden Cavalry (less than 1 battalion). Strengthen 1

The group army belongs to the artillery battalion.

Fourth, the electric group is organized into: 1 Army Corps, 1 Division (less than 2 battalions), 3 Brigades (less than 2 companies), and 1 artillery battalion attached to the group army is strengthened.

Fifth, install the 2nd Army as a reserve force

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The commander of the thunder cluster is Liu Yangbo, commander of the 3rd Army. The commander of the electric cluster is naturally Yin Tian, ​​commander of the 1st Army.

Yintian chose Aktobe Village as his breakthrough point.

The importance of Aktobe village has not been weakened by the failure on the 14th. As the situation changes, it has gradually become the throat of the southeast of Selenginsk. The Chinese army will attack Selenginsk from the south.

It is most convenient to pass here. If the E Army wants to attack Ulan-Ude from the south, it must not lose this place.

It can be expected that this will be a tough battle.

Yintian decided to use two of the three armored brigades on hand to attack Aktobe Village.

Among them, "Armored Little Zhuge" Yuan Xu's 1st Armored Brigade will guide the infantry of the 1st Guards Regiment to capture the village and open the way for the follow-up troops.

Luton's 2nd Armored Brigade is equipped with the main force of the motorized 3rd Guards Regiment and the 3rd Guards Cavalry Brigade as a follow-up assault force. It penetrates deep into the enemy.

On the right wing of the main offensive force, that is, to the north, Jiang Yishen's 3rd Armored Brigade led the 2nd Guards Regiment to attack the village of Ashenkoye, a strategic point east of Selenginsk, as a auxiliary offensive. If this area can be successfully broken through, this force will

The troops will join Luton's troops in the southern suburbs of Selenginsk.

A powerful artillery group was deployed in the main attack direction, in front of Aktobe Village.

Its forces include:

The mobile artillery camp of the 1st Guards Brigade has 8 guns with 75 guns and 4 guns with 105 guns;

12 75mm guns and 6 105mm guns of the artillery detachment of the 1st Guards Division;

The army's heavy artillery battalion has 6 105mm guns and 4 150mm guns;

The artillery battalion attached to the group army has 6 105mm guns, 4 150mm guns, and 6 160mm guns.

A total of 20 doors cost 75 coins, 10 doors cost 105 coins, 12 doors cost 105 coins, 8 doors cost 150 coins, and 6 doors cost 160 coins.

The mobile artillery battalion of the 2nd Brigade will not be engaged in combat at the beginning of the battle. The artillery is mounted on the artillery truck and is ready to maneuver at any time.

In order to deal with the enemy's armored forces, each infantry battalion of the Forbidden Regiment directly attacking Aktobe Village was equipped with four additional 37 infantry guns (two per battalion according to the establishment), and armor-piercing explosive shells were added.

Ground equipment. In addition, each battalion has also strengthened a combat engineer company equipped with submachine guns, flamethrowers and explosive bags.

In addition, the following measures were specially communicated to grassroots units when encountering enemy giant tanks:

It has been found that the main gun of the enemy's giant tank is installed directly in front of the vehicle body. The left and right firing range is limited, and the vehicle body is bulky. It is inconvenient to rotate and the moving part is weak. The large artillery used has a low firing rate and slow response. The upper turret

It is equipped with a machine gun and has no lethality against our military tanks.

In view of this, when a giant enemy tank is discovered, we should give full play to the maneuverability of our tank, go around to the side of the enemy tank, and bombard its moving parts, machine gun towers, and intake and exhaust outlets at close range with all its strength.
Chapter completed!