Chapter 398: The Beginning of Hailanpao's Revenge 4
Chapter 398 Hailanpao, the beginning of revenge 4
As soon as the Wehrmacht's howitzers fired, the Soviet artillery positions went silent.
A howitzer regiment of the National Defense Force has 108 105 howitzers. The number of people is slightly less than that of the Marine Corps, but there are still about 4,500 people. In terms of the number of artillery and personnel, it is equivalent to two regiments of the foreign army. The firepower and combat power are quite powerful!
This secret artillery group of the Soviet Army had not counterattacked the Wehrmacht artillery positions before. The reason was very complicated.
One is that the Chinese army's artillery fire is too fierce, and there are too many artillery pieces that can hit Heilongjiang. A preliminary estimate is that there are more than 3,000 artillery pieces. Although the Soviet army also has nearly a thousand artillery pieces, it is estimated that there are less than 400 artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 mm.
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The second is that the Chinese artillery positions are quite scattered. If the Soviet army counterattacks, not only will they not be able to achieve the fruit of destroying the enemy's artillery positions, but they will also be burned, and the gains and losses will not be calculated.
Third, as soon as the Chinese artillery opened fire, it disabled two independently organized artillery regiments, which greatly shocked the Soviet army. Because these two artillery regiments were independent artillery divisions specially used to strengthen the firepower of Hailanpao's artillery.
, it was destroyed without firing a single shot, leaving the Soviet commander General Busika Veliuski confused for a long time.
However, don’t think that the Soviet Army only has two artillery regiments. In fact, there are more Soviet artillery regiments on the other side of Heilongjiang than there are artillery regiments in the Chinese National Defense Forces. This is very related to the strange organization of the Soviet army. In the division-level organization of the Soviet Army
In China, a division is composed of three infantry regiments and two artillery regiments; and the artillery regiment has all kinds of howitzers, mountain cannons, and heavy mortars. It is a complete mess. Unlike the Chinese National Defense Force, the artillery regiment
Artillery is very simple.
The organization of the large mortar is actually very inconvenient for command. To facilitate command, it also limits the role of artillery. Just imagine, even a 120 mm heavy mortar, how can its range be compared with that of a 75 mm mountain gun?
This large and mixed organization was a prominent feature of the Soviet army before and during World War II. It was also a way for the Soviet Party to strengthen military control. Because of this, the Soviet army in World War II could only be considered "huge" to put it bluntly.
, but not considered powerful!
According to later research, the Soviet Union was able to win World War II. First, the climate helped the Soviet Union; second, the Soviet Union's huge reserve troops traded numbers and lives for strategic and tactical goals. In 1941, they participated in the Soviet Red Army's
Ninety percent of the soldiers had died by the end of the war; third, the Soviet Union traded space for time, diluting the German troops with space (a bit like China's Anti-Japanese War in history, with so many counties, the Japanese always had to divide their troops
(occupy it), and the fourth is the support from Britain and the United States. The support from Britain and the United States is not only material support, but also the opening of a second battlefield by Britain and the United States. In July 1943, the Allied forces landed in Sicily, Italy, and within two months
It destroyed Italy and broke one of Hitler's arms.
Therefore, it is somewhat unreliable to say how strong individual soldiers of the Soviet Russian army are, or how strong the combat effectiveness of units at the same level is.
One Soviet artillery position was knocked out, which was estimated to be the artillery force of one division, while the Soviet army deployed 4 infantry divisions on the Hailanpao front line.
"Order: The troops crossing the river should be in squads and platoons, and the speed should be fast and the camps should be dispersed; after crossing the river, they should quickly return to their formations and attack in depth in company units!" On the south bank of Heilongjiang, the commander of the 051 Division Shi Jue (lieutenant general)
He ordered urgently. The burst of artillery fire from the Soviet army just now caused a large loss to a regiment that was crossing the river. This loss made Shi Jue a little breathless.
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On the north bank of Heilongjiang, more and more soldiers of the National Defense Forces who had crossed the river gathered. Under the command of a major (battalion commander), several company-sized assault teams were quickly formed to attack the position in depth and to the left and right, with a width of 300 meters.
, is not enough to ensure the safety of the troops crossing the river.
Seeing the Chinese soldiers rushing towards their fortifications, the Soviet army also fired their guns and fought back vigorously. And like Major Sergeilov, they organized troops to rush out of the fortifications regardless of their safety, hoping to use a two-pronged approach to drive back the Chinese troops.
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Therefore, the battlefield was obviously chaotic. There were battles between Chinese troops relying on the wild terrain and Soviet fortifications, and there were also wild contests between Chinese troops and Soviet troops who had broken out of various hidden fortifications.
The Soviet army, which used fortifications to counterattack, clearly had an advantage, because the artillery inside the fortifications did great damage to the Wehrmacht soldiers, and the Wehrmacht grenades had to advance to a distance of 600 meters if they wanted to make a difference; but in the battle in the wild, it was obviously
It is the Chinese army that has the upper hand. This is not just a matter of the strong automatic firepower of the Chinese army, but is closely related to the individual quality and training of the Chinese army soldiers.
Wu Aihua in later generations was born as a special forces soldier, and he was extremely skilled in martial arts. Therefore, the training of ordinary soldiers in the National Defense Forces more or less has some characteristics of special forces training. This characteristic is reflected on the battlefield as a soldier can be a combatant.
A unit, two soldiers or three soldiers can also be an independent combat unit. A squad or a platoon can be an independent combat unit. This flexible and independent combat awareness was fully demonstrated in the 1937 Pingjin Battle.
manifestation.
The Soviet Red Army obviously does not yet have such "modern" characteristics. When they fight, they must be commanded by a chief officer or political commissar. Otherwise, they will not be able to fight, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. The reason why the German Army
It was a strong army in World War II because German army soldiers had this independent fighting consciousness. In the original history, Germany was the first to form special forces, which is also closely related to the Germans' independent fighting consciousness.
Although the Soviet army relied on fortifications and had an overall advantage, the Wehrmacht soldiers were not afraid. They cleverly used the terrain to cover each other in groups of three and one large group in squads, or to attack our army.
Under the cover of artillery, they continued to advance in the direction of Soviet fortifications.
As the number of Chinese soldiers ashore increased, the Soviet frontline positions gradually felt the pressure. The safe landing zone controlled by the Chinese army slowly changed from 300 meters wide to 400 meters, 500 meters, 600 meters, almost
Every ten minutes or so, it will be widened by about a hundred meters.
This road forward is filled with various dilapidated fortifications of the Soviet army, and the corpses of Soviet soldiers who fought bravely and fearlessly. Of course, it is also sprinkled with the blood of Chinese soldiers!
"Order: Tank Regiment T-12 Tank Battalion, divide into four columns and quickly cross the river!" On the south bank of Heilongjiang, Shi Jue, commander of the 051 Division, saw that the soldiers had widened the safe landing point to nearly 1,000 meters, and immediately issued a new
order!
"Division commander, the group army ordered that our engineering battalion immediately set up a pontoon bridge. The 053rd Division and 054th Division engineering battalions are rushing to our crossing point. The distance is still 5 kilometers." Shi Jue just issued a tank assault order, and the 051st Division
Chief of Staff Han Wenyu put down the phone and said suddenly.
"Oh...please ask the division commander, I am going to let the T-12 cross the river, is it okay?" Shi Jue thought for a while and said. Since the pontoon bridge is to be set up immediately, it doesn't matter if the tank can't cross the river for the time being.
"Yes, Commander." Chief of Staff Han Wenyu picked up the phone again and communicated with the group army. After a while, Han Wenyu said to Shi Jue: "Commander, the military commander said that currently, there are at least 6 more Soviet troops.
The artillery regiment did not fire, and we do not know where they are hiding. Therefore, it is up to the division commander to decide whether to let the T12 cross the river."
"I am considering the other side of the river. Our direct artillery firepower is very weak. The T-12 tanks crossing the river can speed up the offensive against the Soviet fortifications and suppress the Soviet tanks."
"Division Commander, I think that since direct-fire artillery is weak, we can let the grenade squads of each combat unit cross the river first; using tanks now is too risky!" Han Wenyu thought for a while and said.
"Okay, you order each regiment to let the rifle and grenade troops cross the river first." Shi Jue thought for a while and decided not to take risks. Besides, this war has just started, and it has not yet been 10 days since the war started.
It's not even two hours yet.
Shi Jue's decision was correct. Just as the other two engineering battalions drove trucks to bring in simple pontoon bridges and other equipment, and thousands of people began to lay pontoon bridges directly on the river, another hidden artillery group of the Russian army suddenly fired at the river.
The engineering battalion under construction opened fire, and with the roaring explosions, nearly a thousand soldiers of the engineering battalion, equipment and a section of the pontoon bridge that had just been erected on the river were severely damaged.
"Damn it, artillery, artillery!" Shi Jue shouted when he saw that his engineer battalion had been severely damaged. He was also frightened. If the T12 tanks were on the river, the losses would be even greater.
In fact, since the war started two hours ago, not only Guan Linzheng of the 5th Group Army, but also Deputy Chief of General Staff Gu Zhutong, Northeastern Front Army Commander Zhuang Xizhen and others have been closely watching the progress of the Hailanpao front line.
Strictly speaking, in the entire attack operation, so far, all troops have still conducted tentative attacks. The National Defense Forces have not dispatched the air force, let alone the armed helicopter attack group, and what is strange is that the Soviet Union has not dispatched either
Deploy the air force.
However, this time the Soviet artillery was smarter. The artillery positions they fired at the three pontoon bridges were very scattered, with a total of 12 small artillery groups. Although the Wehrmacht Howitzer Regiment quickly locked the coordinates of the opponent's artillery position, but boom boom boom boom
After the ground bombardment passed, the threat to the Soviet and Russian artillery was not great, because the Soviet artillery shells continued to fall on the river.
"Commander, Guan Linzheng's crossing operation has suffered a setback. Can the air force be used to attack?" In the front army headquarters, Chief of Staff Wan Yaohuang suggested.
"What exactly is going on?" If it was absolutely necessary, Zhuang Xi really didn't want to use planes to join the war first.
"At present, their infantry has crossed about two battalions of troops across the river, but the tanks and artillery units cannot cross the river because the Soviet artillery on the other side is very cunning. Guan Linzheng's artillery group cannot destroy the opponent for a while, and it is now a stalemate.
Status. I'm worried that the Soviet Union will suddenly dispatch a large number of ground troops and launch a counterattack, and the two battalions crossing the river will be in danger!" Wan Yaohuang said while pointing at the map.
"Where are their other two crossing points?" Zhuang Xizhen asked.
"The other two river crossing points are still in hiding and on standby. Before the Soviet mobile troops are mobilized, it is impossible for the other two river crossing points to achieve much," Wan Yaohuang said.