The Battle of Kungur is destined to leave a mark in the history of this world war, because it was not only the first large-scale confrontation between the German army and the Chinese army, but also sounded the cue for the Allied forces to launch a counterattack against the German army. Bugle, yes, it is a counterattack, not to mention the Soviet-Russian battlefield, North Africa and the Middle East, the British and the French have survived the most difficult period, especially after the French Central African Army recognized the leadership of Free France After the position thus obtained a large number of advanced weapons and equipment supported by the cadet army, the Germans' indomitable momentum was immediately curbed.
In this battle, the German Army Group A dispatched a total of three armored divisions, two infantry divisions and one aviation division. The Chinese Far East Army mobilized its entire force. In the end, at Ouyang Yun's strong request, Stalin also dispatched two divisions. Soviet reinforcements on the battlefield,
The Chinese Far East Expeditionary Force is divided into two parts according to the command sequence: the Army and the Air Force. The Army part is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zizhong's 38th Group Army and Hu Li's Northwest Group Army. The 38th Group Army is the 29th Army and the 38th Army. Each army has three B divisions; the Northwest Group Army consists of the Renqiu Mountain Division and the Yingyashan Mountain Division, and each army has two A divisions. The air force part is based on the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Group, with two aviation groups under its jurisdiction. The aviation group also has two fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron.
The battle first started between the German 21st Armored Division and the Yingyashan Mountain Division personally commanded by Jiang Tiezhang. After receiving reports from their respective reconnaissance planes and discovering the enemy's presence, the first thing that both sides thought of was to capture Kungur City. The German army was closer to the unnamed highlands, and the German army was more mechanized, so the German army first controlled the unnamed highlands. However, due to the rush of time, the German army also Unable to build strong defenses before the Yingyashan Mountain Division arrived,
Jiang Tiezhang was leading his troops forward. Suddenly, the scouts in front sent back information that the unknown high ground had been occupied by the German army. "Damn it, the Germans actually took the lead." Jiang Tiezhang's brows furrowed at that time. He got up, and then looked at the Soviet guide beside him, his eyes were very unkind. Due to the continuous bombing by the German army, Kungur had long been turned into a ruins. Therefore, after receiving the order from the Supreme Command asking them to wait for an opportunity to counterattack, Later, after Zhang Zizhong and Hu Li discussed, they did not regard Kungur as the first recovery target. There was another reason why they made such a decision. After all, the Far East Expeditionary Force was fighting in a foreign country. They were unfamiliar with the geography of the war zone, so they did not It was impossible to know in advance where the key defense points were and where they could be abandoned. The Soviet Russian government had sent enough guides for them. But now it seems that these guides either have qualification issues or have received special care from above, so they can It just serves as a guide.
Waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, the order issued by the Supreme Command is actually a bit general. Of course, from the perspective that the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders, the Supreme Command giving them higher autonomy is also appropriate to the current situation. After discussing with Hu Li and Jiang Tiezhang, Zhang Zizhong felt that in order to achieve the counterattack goal and regain some lost ground, the key was to eliminate the German army to the greatest extent, because only by annihilating the German army or fearing it, Only by driving them away can it be possible to drive them away, and as long as they are driven away, a large area of Soviet Russia's lost territory will naturally be recovered.
After Jiang Tiezhang and the others entered Soviet Russia, they did a lot of intelligence gathering. However, without the support of the Soviet military, this kind of work was laborious and inefficient. Of course, because Stalin had always coveted the command of the Far East Expeditionary Force, from then on Considering safety, Zhang Zizhong decided to take everything into his own hands.
Jiang Tiezhang only realized the importance of the unknown highlands after receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane. To his regret, the Germans also saw this and seemed to be ahead of them. The Yingyashan Mountain Division Although it is now under the command of Jiang Tiezhang, the commander of the division is his third brother Jiang Tieyao. Jiang Tieyao has also received the report and is consulting him through the phone: "Lao Wu, do you want to fight or not."
"Fight, of course we must fight. If we don't take the unknown highland, we will be blocked east of Kungur." Jiang Tiezhang made a decision in an instant, and then ordered: "Xie Zuogu, please reply after receiving it."
Xie Zuogu is the commander of the self-propelled artillery regiment of the Yingyashan Mountain Division. He immediately responded to the request and asked for the action order, "Bomb the German devils who are under the sun, bomb them hard." Jiang Tiezhang ordered, and then asked for the expeditionary force. He called the Air Force Command and requested support from the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Gu Tianyao. After experiencing the Battle of Ufa, Jiang Tiezhang and the others had basically figured out the German army's combat patterns. Generally speaking, the German army's combat methods and the invasion of China The three pillars of aircraft, artillery, and tanks that the Japanese army relied on earlier are very similar. The difference is that the German army is more energetic and lasts throughout the entire campaign. Unless a certain unit is completely exhausted,
Jiang Tiezhang's prediction was accurate. The artillery regiment of the Yingyashan Mountain Division had just begun to bombard the unknown highlands. German fighter planes appeared in the southwest of the battlefield. Just as he was about to order the artillery regiment to move, a group of fighter planes sent by Gu Tianyao also arrived on the battlefield.
As for Army Group A, after Manstein received Hitler's order asking him to formulate a plan to severely attack the Chinese army that entered Soviet Russia, he summoned his generals to discuss the matter, and then he came to this conclusion: "China People are here to assist the Soviet army. As long as we strengthen our attacks and make the Soviet Russians panic, Stalin will definitely ask the Chinese army to strengthen reinforcements. At that time, it will be our opportunity to complete the mission of the head of state."
The expeditionary force was going to launch a counterattack, and Army Group A was going to step up its offensive, so there was no doubt that the two sides would collide violently.
Manstein also gained a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Expeditionary Force through the Battle of Ufa. He believed that in terms of combat effectiveness, the Expeditionary Force was not too far behind Group A, so he decided to defeat the Chinese in a battle. He had to use all his strength, so he not only specially selected the troops to participate in "strengthening the attack", but also personally presided over the drafting of a very detailed combat plan.
In this plan, because he realized that the weakness of the air force was the weakness of the expeditionary force, he placed high hopes on the air force, believing that the air force could be used to weaken the strength of the expeditionary force's armored forces, and then form a comprehensive advantage to defeat them in one battle. Expeditionary Force, because of this plan, the air force attached to Army Group A immediately took off a group of fighter planes to guard the rear of the battlefield after discovering the enemy's situation, so they could immediately show up to attack as soon as the Yingyashan Mountain Division Artillery Regiment entered the battlefield.