The old home that once belonged to Morishima Kuroi belonged to Malashenko. Malashenko never broke his promise to stay overnight in the county town. After cleaning up all the remaining militaristic garbage, he moved in that night.
I fell asleep in what seemed like a prisoner's lair not long ago. When I woke up early the next morning, I could see the red flag floating outside the window and at the gate of the courtyard. I felt that the refreshed Malashenko was even more worried about the big things he wanted to do tomorrow.
Full of confidence.
"Does it look good to sleep like that?"
"Well, it's quite possible. It's much easier to beat those Japanese devils than the Germans."
Is Malashenko speaking from his heart, let alone being careless in underestimating the enemy?
The Kwantung Army, which was "shocked by the huge Soviet Red Army" in the first month of the war, had no movement at all all night yesterday.
No, there was neither rash air strikes nor artillery harassment.
The whole night was uneventful, and the Kwantung Army, which had clearly suffered a huge loss, did not even dare to retaliate. This made Malashenko, who thought the Kwantung Army had a lot of work to do, was really disappointed.
"Okay, since the Eastern Army doesn't look for them, then they will go visit them. How many troops have been assembled now?"
The leader's army with a large lineup and luxurious organization continued to cross the river day and night, but so far they still have not been able to complete all their operations.
In addition to combat troops and combat equipment, a large number of supplies, fuel and ammunition needed for the Mingyue attack, as well as part of the artillery unit responsible for advancing artillery support, also rushed across the river without any delay.
Hearing Malashenko ask about that matter, the political commissar comrade compiled all the required information in writing, then raised the folder that was lying in front of him and handed it to Malashenko and spoke.
"According to the pre-made plan for crossing the river, will the Kurbalov Division give priority to troops crossing the river?"
"So far, Kulbalov's troops have completed most of the crossing tasks, and 80% of the combat troops and accompanying equipment have completed crossing the river and have gone to the designated attack departure area to assemble and stand by."
"But the problem lies in supplies. They have 80% of the combat strength of the Kurbalov Division, but only 30% of the baggage supplies to support combat operations."
"If we eliminate the excess, we can support the whole day tomorrow. As for how much baggage and supplies we will have in the account tomorrow, it is not yet known."
The leader's army is not an army without weaknesses, and the most fatal of all known weaknesses is the huge demand for baggage and supplies.
The most direct example is about tanks.
How much logistical support is required to support a heavy tank in reliable and durable operations?
The answer is: oil transportation requires a truck, ammunition transportation requires another truck, and first of all, if parts are repaired and replaced, then at least one cargo truck is needed, and it is very necessary to have a field truck with heavy-duty lifting capabilities.
Repair vehicle.
Not counting the combat organization of the crew members in the heavy tank, only the logistics support is included. To support a heavy tank in reliable and long-lasting combat, at least 5 functional vehicles that perform their respective duties are needed. Is this the best option?
Basic hardware foundation.
That doesn't take into account the required supporting manpower for logistics support. After the personnel, at least half of the platoon would have to be dedicated to serve that heavy tank.
The two-legged infantry needs to be fed when hungry, healed when wounded, and buried when dead, but tanks cannot.
That kind of big steel behemoth that is difficult to maintain can be called a black hole if it doesn't have the ability to provide logistical support. That's why the leader army rushed forward and spent a day and night to assemble a heavy-duty synthetic division with standard equipment for combat.
30% of the supply base.
Even if all of that 30% is used to support 80% of the current combat strength, it will be completely burned for me in just one day.
"Let's fight, 30% of them will fight. Fight first and then talk about it. We have all fought battles with hungry stomachs. At that time, let alone equipment and supplies, people would not have food to eat. We should fight as we should."
"If there are 30% supplies tomorrow, he won't dare to fight the Yuemen. Who are those bandy-legged people? Fight! Use all the troops already in place. You can snatch fuel and food from the Yueben Japs. Look at those gangs.
How long can the Tsukimoto devils hold out!"
In other words, Malashenko had just finished speaking, and Comrade Political Commissar, who knew that Malashenko would definitely do that, was about to say something, but he saw that the communications staff officer on the side had already arrived with a newly released telegram.
"Comrade Army Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, the front army headquarters is calling."
After stretching his legs to take the telegram, Malashenko's mouth showed a smile as if he had found a treasure, and he casually handed the telegram to his comrade, the political commissar.
"If I'm really sleepy, someone will give me a pillow. Those Japanese devils are very considerate. It just prevents him from looking for them at the door."
The content of the telegram was very simple - the Kwantung Army was mobilizing a large number of reinforcements and heading straight towards the direction of the leader's army.
However, there is no denying the intention to initiate a large-scale offensive. Aerial reconnaissance showed that the reinforcements dispatched by the Kwantung Army were strengthening their field defense lines blocking Malashenko's offensive route.
The Kwantung Army, which knew that mobile warfare was completely impossible, considered itself capable of positional warfare and had already recruited a large number of laborers to build numerous field defense lines and various fixed positions before the Red Army's southeastern offensive.
Because they had enough time, the Kwantung Army even built many semi-permanent level defenses at the strategic locations, support points, and key nodes of those defense lines.
The intention was obvious. The Kwantung Army relied on those reliable gadgets to withstand the Red Army's offensive, wear down the Red Army's offensive capacity, and drag the Red Army down.
Rounding things off, if the Red Army exhausted all its offensive resources and could not win, wouldn't that deny the victory of the Kwantung Army?
It can be said that whether the idea is good and whether the logic is self-consistent.
But the premise is that the combat strength of both sides must be at the same level, without generational differences.
The Kwantung Army didn't know what was going on, and Malashenko didn't know and didn't care.
However, seeing that the Kwantung Army could be so proactive in sending reinforcements to support the defense line, I was afraid that the leader's army would be outnumbered, so I quickly increased the density of Yidong's troops before the leader's army came and sent more people.
Lan Yi was very happy and even wanted to defeat Chung Dongjun.
Similar performance art has been staged by the Germans, and the battle in the Zero Heights is a good example.
But the Germans in the Zello Highlands initially had no idea of what the east side was, and it was clearly there. They occupied the perfect advantageous terrain in the fierce offensive of the leading division, and did not survive even 3 days before they gave up and announced to Berlin.
Completely open door.
Tomorrow's Yue people do not have the advantageous terrain that the Germans had at the beginning, nor do they have the weapons and equipment that the Germans have that are at least the same as those of the Red Army.
Even the leading division that beat up the Germans at the beginning has now transformed into a leading army.
It is almost impossible to predict what will happen, but even so, Malashenko is still full of expectations for the foreseeable fact.
"Get ready for the attack. The entire three divisions are placed on a defensive line. The Kwantung Army is not willing to give up the capital. If you don't give them some hard medicine, you can't afford to go to such trouble. Tell Kurbalov to let go."
Go and fight, he wants to know how many Tsukimoto Japanese he can kill in one day."
"No, Comrade Commander."
When Kulbalov, who was in the field division headquarters much closer to Malashenko's position than Malashenko, received the telegram from the comrade commander saying "he wants to see how killable I am"
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Kurbalov, who knew what he should do, immediately took action and mobilized the combat power in his legs that was comparable to the level of the previous leader's division.
The one who bore the brunt of the attack had already entered the shooting position. He raised his thick and huge gun barrel and pointed it diagonally at the sky. He aimed the ballistic path of projecting destructive force at the Moon Army's ISU-203 self-propelled artillery in the distance, as well as other weapons with slightly less power.
The remaining models of the self-propelled artillery cluster.
Because they had penetrated deeper into the area occupied by the Lunar Army, the firing range of the Leader Army's field artillery group, which was placed on the riverside, was no longer enough to completely cover the Lunar Army targets further away.
Therefore, during the day and night of the river crossing operation last month, a considerable part of the transportation capacity was transferred to the artillery units east of Kurbalov.
Tanks are not the king of land warfare, but artillery is the god of war.
Even in the modern warfare of the 21st century, "massaging artillery in huge quantities" is still something that the world's top military forces must do with all their strength.
Not to mention, now, the division-affiliated artillery in Kurbalov's leg and the military artillery directly under Malashenko's leg, whose command is vested in it, are enough to make those Japanese who are squatting in pits making shit.
You know, what the fuck is called "little Slavic shock".
"The artillery preparations are ready, but the misdirected attack aviation units are also on their way. How should they allocate the fire preparations? Comrade Division Commander."
"Um"
Received the telegram sent from the rear aviation field airport from the chief of staff.
Now even without Malashenko, Kulbalov, who can take charge alone, pondered for a moment, and then blurted out the order.
"The artillery quickly screened the first position of the Lunar Army, and then quickly extended the artillery fire backwards to bombard the depth of the Lunar Army's defense line."
"The air force's air strike targets are fixed, and any forward targets on the Moon Army's positions are not their focus. Leave those bombing targets to them to ensure that the firepower is not wasted, and let their artillery concentrate on attacking in depth."
"No, Comrade Commander."
With Kurbalov's order, a feast of destruction began immediately.
Boom boom boom boom——
The artillery group, which had spent the whole day and night either rushing to transport ammunition or transporting artillery, had survived all night, and now it was finally time to test the fruits of their labor.
An overwhelming barrage of heavy artillery shells rose from the ground in an instant, accompanied by a barrage of flaming rockets that shot straight into the sky, carrying a harsh and shrill scream as they rushed straight towards the Moon Army's defense line.
"Little tiger, he dreamed of his mother last night. She left him the most delicious fish rice ball. He really can't wait to eat it."
Fish rice balls may not be available, but the heavy artillery shells made by the Soviet Union are enough.
Woo——woo——
"what sound!?"
"Artillery fire! Russian artillery fire! Hurry and take cover, take cover!!!"
Boom——
The Japanese soldiers who were walking in the position and having breakfast received greetings from the Soviet Red Army, and a row of heavy artillery shells were fired at them, exploding continuously.
Huge death flames bloomed continuously in the position, blooming like flowers, and the powerful 203mm grenade fell into the east, and the Japanese soldiers who started in double digits would instantly evaporate on the spot and be wiped out.
There is no way, considering the power of field artillery, the power of 203mm is really scary.
Even the cannons with a caliber of 100 mm or above in our artillery are "rare treasures". I have never seen the Japanese in that battle being blasted into darkness in an instant. It feels like the end of the world is coming.
Have the Morishima Kuro Foreign Brigade tasted the power of the Red Army artillery and know how powerful it is?
Unexpectedly, the "glorious tradition" of the Army's Malu Na in the east level to report good news but not bad news led to the telegram mentioning "requesting urgent tactical guidance" for Morishima Kurōgai, but otherwise not mentioning that he had met him.
What a fierce artillery bombardment by the Russians.
For example, the Heiwai of Mingsen Island and all the minions under his command have used most of the land and fertilizers to nourish the earth.
The Kwantung Army facing them, who had no way of knowing the aftermath of the battle report, still had no idea what kind of devastating artillery power the leader's army had in their legs, at least until the first shell landed.
But it's different now. After all, now I can experience it personally with my own body trembling and deafening in the earth-shattering shock.
The Yue soldiers who were fleeing were killed in huge numbers. Those who were closer to the bunker, those with better ears, and those with faster legs and feet, otherwise rushed into the nearest anti-gun bunker and took shelter on the spot.
However, most of those artillery-proof bunkers, which are mostly civil fortifications, can be bombarded by artillery fire with a caliber of 100 mm to the east.
In the face of the artillery fire coverage of the 132mm Katyusha rockets at the beginning, not to mention the terrifying thing like the 203 cannon, which can kill a whole piece in one fell swoop.
Those artillery-proof bunkers that the Lunar Army relied on, the fortifications that they thought could save their lives, turned out to be nothing more than dregs of wood and flesh that were blown up into the sky along with the dust.
"Comrade Division Commander, the artillery fire has begun to extend to the rear of the Lunar Army's defense line, and the aviation unit has already -" as planned.
Buzz - buzz -
Before the chief of staff finished speaking, he could already hear the roar of engines coming from the distant sky behind him.
A group of Tu-2S tactical bombers flying in horizontal formation had already entered the field. Outside Kurbalov's visual distance, they pounced directly in the direction of the Moon Army's position with dark iron bombs hanging on them.
From dawn to now, the airspace over the battlefield, where not even a single Lunar Force aircraft has been seen, has been exceptionally clear.
In a day of high-intensity and large-scale air raids last month, most of the Kwantung Army Army Air Forces were killed on the airport runway. Ruming was simply unable to intercept such a large bomber formation in the air.
Even if fighter jets are sent in twos and threes, they can only deliver food. There is no need for Red Army fighters to come to escort the moving legs. The omnidirectional self-defense barrage firepower of the dense formation of bombers alone is enough to tear the thin skin of the Japanese into pieces.
An easy-to-light flying lighter.
"The Moon Army position is now smoking, which is enough to provide air raid instructions."
"Order all attack units to prepare for departure, and start attacking as soon as the air raid is over! Extend the artillery fire to continue to suppress the depth of the Moon Army's defense line and cut off the enemy's reinforcement channels!"
Along with Kulbalov's command, there was the roar of engines at the starting position of the attack.
The fate of the Moon Army that met them was already bathed in death and destruction. The fate was actually decided at this time.