Chapter 194

Military orders are like mountains! When the commander-in-chief gives an order, millions of soldiers have to fight with their lives, and they have to go forward one after another.

The pressure on the Samarkand line of defense suddenly increased dramatically, which made Zhukov feel helpless. He did not discover the Chinese's intention to fight. Although adequate preparations were made, it was inevitable to fall into passivity after the battle started.

Zhukov could only order the Soviet troops on the defensive line not to retreat even half a step, and to buy enough time for the transfer of the main force. The war quickly entered a fever pitch. On the one hand, they moved forward desperately, and with obvious equipment advantages, the momentum was difficult to resist. On the other hand,

With strong fortifications in place, anyone who dares to take even a step back will be resolutely suppressed by the supervising team.

In this kind of battle, the casualties on both sides are insignificant, and the Soviet army as the defending side suffers even greater casualties. The reason is simply that the Chinese firepower is too fierce. Especially in the direction of Samarkand in the middle, first of all, the Chinese aircraft are flying uninterrupted

During the cruise, when they found a slightly valuable target, they pounced on it like an eagle after a rabbit. The Soviet army, which had no air superiority, was miserable. The second was the Chinese rocket launcher. This thing relied on air superiority to take the last place, crazily beating the Soviet army.

The position turned into a sea of ​​​​fire. As long as you were surrounded by the sea of ​​​​fire, you would have a narrow escape. In the end, it was a battle between infantry. Compared with the semi-automatic equipment of the Chinese Army, the Mosin Nagant had obvious advantages and disadvantages, let alone

There is also a big killer weapon like RPG. The Soviet army's firepower struggled to survive the artillery fire and air strikes, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being blown away by rockets.

The battle in the direction of Bezingen also started, and Petrovsky was definitely a fierce general. He went to the front line in person, and after ten minutes of short artillery preparations, the Soviet army launched a charge without hesitation.

Han Zhixin put all his strength into it, even holding a submachine gun and shooting in the trenches. It took more than a hundred casualties to defeat the Soviet army. However, Petrovsky was also frightened by the huge casualties and broke into a cold sweat. China

The firepower of the paratroopers was too fierce. The firepower network composed of general-purpose machine guns and submachine guns was like rain. In just one hour of fighting, no one could rush into the town, and more than 300 corpses and wounded were left on the ground.

It's almost the same number. What's more terrifying is the mortar, which has more than one in number. It fires quickly and has fierce firepower. From a distance of 2,500 meters to 500 meters, it's hard to escape the mortar attack. The Soviet army

The Maxim machine gun was mainly destroyed by this thing.

The huge casualties made Petrovsky hesitate. He had never fought such a battle. Petrovsky finally gritted his teeth and ordered another attack. It was impossible not to fight. Bezingen was too close to Urgench.

Now, let the Chinese stay here. Once the backup arrives, they can quickly launch an attack on Urgench. Even though he has more than 10,000 people in his hands, the Chinese paratroopers have a lot of power based on the intelligence collected from various places.

Tens of thousands of people.

When preparations for artillery fire began again, something that Petrovsky regretted his entire life happened. Fifty Mustang fighter planes, with their powerful endurance, rushed to the Bezingen battlefield. In an instant, the Soviet artillery position was turned into a

Not to mention a sea of ​​fire, it also chased the gathering Soviet troops around like rabbits.

As soon as Han Zhixin saw this formation, he immediately ordered a counterattack. He personally led a battalion to launch a counterattack. The Soviet army was caught off guard, and coupled with the fierce air strikes, they were driven back two kilometers before they could stand their ground. This was because the bombs from the plane had been dropped.

, all the machine gun bullets were fired. Thanks to their fast speed, the field aircraft group dodged first, and they were so rampant that they did not even take the possible air battle seriously, leaving no ammunition at all.

When Petrovsky checked the casualties, he almost shed tears. In a mixed brigade, all the artillery was wiped out, more than half of the infantry suffered casualties, and most of the cars they brought were killed by planes as fixed targets. The roads were full of burning cars.

.With this result, there was no prospect of continuing the attack, so we had to turn around and walk back. The remaining cars took the wounded, the uninjured ones supported the injured ones who could still walk, and they slowly embarked on the return journey.

Han Zhixin was also in trouble. Although a counterattack was very satisfying, the total number of men in his hand was only over a thousand. The old man was playing with his life, and the bite was not light. Fortunately, at this time, Yang Zui

Good news came from over there. Two mountain divisions began to airborne under the guidance of the ground. One hundred light transport aircraft also transported a lot of equipment and supplies. The field hospital personnel and equipment belonging to each division also took small transport aircraft.

Landing at a temporary airport made of alloy plates.

The Air Force also used a B-17 wing to airdrop a large amount of military supplies. This parachute drop was much smoother. Under the guidance of the ground, the two mountain divisions were basically complete, and it took less than an hour.

, the small transport plane also transported a regiment of anti-tank guns. The most powerful ones were some experienced pilots, who even forced the C-49 to land on the alloy plate, and transported 48 wheeled armored vehicles in one afternoon. Because of this

This action caused three C-49s to rush out of the range of the alloy plate and were unable to take off back. The equipment of the 75th Mountain Artillery Battalion and the 75th Battalion were dismantled into several large pieces and successfully parachuted, which greatly enhanced the firepower in Yang Zui's hands.

.Other troops scattered in various places were also contacted one after another, and Yang Zui asked them to gather at Bezingen. After a short rest, the main force rushed to Bezingen overnight. The commander-in-chief asked Yang Zui to gather in Bezingen in the shortest possible time.

Take Urgench to avoid being attacked by Soviet reinforcements from both sides. Yang Zui also deliberately left a regiment of troops to defend the landing site as much as possible. It is not certain that the airlift can continue tomorrow. After all, the Soviet army has

The distance of the troops coming out of Hara is more than 300 kilometers. A normal march is about 50 kilometers in a day. Under the harassment of the air force, it is good to be able to cover 30 kilometers in a day.

The Air Force's feat reached Liu Mingzhao's ears, and it immediately attracted his attention. The C-49 can fly smoothly and easily. If the area of ​​the alloy plate is expanded and the carrying weight of the aircraft is reduced, will it be able to take off and land without interruption soon?

?The Central Asian Air Force, which has 350 C-49s, will have a new combat method in the future? After the parachute troops seize enough space, large-scale airlift becomes a possibility. Liu Mingzhao asked the Air Force to do a good job

To sum up our experience, Central Asia is a place with many grasslands and has the conditions for this type of combat.

In the middle, our army, under the command of Zhang Zizhong, launched a fierce attack and advanced ten kilometers in one afternoon, even defeating the Soviet defense line. Under Zhukov's strict orders, the Soviet army resisted desperately and was so tenacious that they almost lost any position.

Only after all were killed in battle. Both armies fought at any cost. In just one day, the total number of Soviet casualties reached 100,000, and the Chinese suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

When night fell, the Soviet army, who originally thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, unexpectedly heard the roar of bombers. More than a hundred B-17s appeared above the Soviet defense line, dropping bombs. Based on experience, the Soviet army

They all looked for air-raid shelters to take shelter. Unexpectedly, what was dropped this time was not ordinary bombs, but napalm bombs.

More than ten kilometers of defense lines were ignited in the dark night, and there were soldiers everywhere who couldn't hold it in and ran out of the air-raid shelters. They were covered in blood and screamed and ran around. This kind of tragic situation, let alone one's own people, even if the enemy saw it,

Zhang Zizhong took advantage of the commotion in the Soviet defense line in the sea of ​​​​fire, threw in a tank regiment, concentrated his forces to attack the defense line about three kilometers in the middle. Under the cover of the tanks, two elite infantry divisions advanced rapidly, and the Soviet Union

Regardless of the danger of being discovered, military artillery fired desperately to suppress the situation. The two sides launched a fierce night battle, and our artillery did not show weakness. The two armies engaged in a fierce artillery battle.

The fierce battle lasted all night. Zhukov went around putting out fires and putting his reserve troops into the battle. At dawn, when the front line was stabilized, he discovered that the middle line of defense had almost been completely broken through, and a Chinese army appeared in the distance from Samarkand.

An area of ​​about 20 kilometers. The entire Soviet defense line was compressed by as much as two-thirds overnight.

Zhukov soon made an even more astonishing discovery. At dawn, the mechanized troops of the Chinese Army attacked across the board, especially on the western defense line. More than two thousand Chinese tanks were arranged in a cone shape along the defense line.

A small hole was torn open and they came in. The Soviet army was caught off guard. The gap was widened many times in just an hour, and batch after batch of tanks rushed in. The damn Chinese planes appeared again, staring at Zhukov to plug the hole.

Several troops bombarded him indiscriminately, and it was impossible for Zhukov to close the gap. He could only order the troops behind to form a defense line again, hoping that it would be able to block the assault of the torrent of steel with enough depth.

It was Li Zongren who commanded the 9th and 11th Mechanized Corps to launch the attack. The two mechanized corps were fully equipped with a total of 2,400 tanks. The torrent of steel rolled forward, and Soviet troops were driven out one after another along the way.

When the defeated troops saw the tanks coming, they dispersed in panic. But they soon gave up. There were too many Chinese tanks. Wave after wave of tanks, wave after wave of armored vehicles, overwhelming

Most of the defeated Soviet troops simply stopped running, dropped their weapons and stood far away, staring blankly at the Chinese steel torrent rushing forward.

On the second day of the Thunder Plan, Li Zongren's troops advanced 300 kilometers westward at an average speed of 30 kilometers per hour. The Soviet troops were invincible along the way. The occasional resisters were easily crushed.

At this time, Zhukov discovered that even though Moscow agreed to his plan, it would be difficult for him to fully realize it in the end. Because before dark, the situation before him was as follows. The Chinese Tenth Mechanized Army to the east had already appeared in Samar

One hundred and thirty kilometers away from Samarkand, the infantry and tanks of the Chinese army in the middle team coordinated to fight to the vicinity of 30 kilometers away from Samarkand.

The battle situation changed so quickly that Zhukov had no choice but to implement his backup plan and retreat in the direction of Karsi. This plan required the Soviet army to abandon a large amount of heavy equipment and destroy all the large amounts of military supplies originally reserved for counterattack.
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