The Far Eastern Army's artillery preparations are so complete that the Baikalsk defense line, which the Seventh Army spent about half a year building, can only be seen from a bird's eye view from the sky one after another, and some are completely torn apart. The walls also have wood.
The casualty information was quickly summarized to Bokarev. Even Bokarev was mentally prepared. However, when he discovered that there were more than 8,000 people in the 141st Division, including the reserve team, only 5,000 were left. When he was leaving the remaining people, his heart still couldn't help but tremble, "The Chinese are so cruel, don't they charge for their artillery shells?" Thought in his mind, but there was not the slightest fluctuation in his expression. What was expressed was completely different: "The Chinese dropped so many bombs on our positions, a hundred tons, or a thousand tons, but so many of our heroic Red Army soldiers have survived. The Chinese In order to crush our will to resist with hellish bombing and artillery attacks, I have to say to General Zhang Zizhong that I am disappointing you. Pass on the order. I, the commander of the Seventh Army, Nipech will stay in the Fifth Army. A line of defense, I will stay here until the Chinese attack is repulsed."
There are only five Baikalsk defense lines in total. Nipech's words like this are tantamount to indicating that he is determined to live and die with the position. It must be said that his courage to risk everything can really boost morale.
The Far Eastern Army's bombing and artillery attacks were too violent, and once their ground offensive was launched, they were led by "turtle tanks", which was a fatal blow to the morale of the 141st Division (talking about turtle tanks, Naturally, it is aimed at the particularly powerful defensive attributes of the mandrill, and the first person to give this name to the Chinese mandrill was the tank crew under Manstein).
"Commander Nipech is right behind us. He has already said that he would rather die than retreat. Great Red Army soldiers, let us use our steel bodies to teach the Chinese a profound lesson. We, the Soviet Red Army, It can never be defeated." With Nipage's words as a base, the front-line commanders of the 141st Division were able to shout out various slogans with passion. Under their organization, they were once stunned. Soviet and Russian soldiers picked up their weapons one after another and poked their heads out of the dust kicked up by the explosion. Among them, many of those who faced the Chinese mandrill took out the cluster grenades and blasting tubes from the trenches under their feet, preparing to risk their lives. It is also necessary to deter the offensive of Chinese tank troops.
"Don't shoot without my order, get closer, get closer." One by one, Soviet sergeants, staff sergeants, second lieutenants and even majors and lieutenant colonels were lying in the dust, shouting loudly at their men around them.
The Soviet Red Army officers and soldiers who had been baptized by the Patriotic War were no less generous than the Far Eastern Army in terms of fighting will and fighting wisdom. As the defender, they seemed to represent justice. Therefore, despite Zhang Zizhong's foresight, He knew that this would be a very difficult battle, but now it seemed that he and Ouyang Yun, who was far away in Chongqing, had underestimated the fighting will of the Soviet Russians and the true strength of the Soviet Red Army.
"What the hell are the Soviets doing? Have they already abandoned these forward positions?" Qian Wanjun asked in a low voice, unwilling to be left alone.
"Keep an eye on the front. If the Soviets were so helpless, they would have been wiped out by the Germans." Du Lianjun said coldly. After many years of fighting, Du Lianjun had already considered his own life and death. However, even so, when the enemy's position When there was an unusual silence on the street, his heart still lifted.
"Old Maozi." Qian Wanjun suddenly shouted, and then fired the first shot of the entire group's attack.
A Soviet soldier poked his head out from the dust. He was holding a bundle of cluster grenades in his right hand, and his left hand was holding the ground to get up. When Qian Wanjun saw the bundle of cluster grenades, his eyes instantly turned into bells. , instead of asking Du Lianjun to issue the command, he directly shot them with one shot.
With a distance of only about thirty meters, Qian Wanjun pointed the muzzle of the gun forward early, so everyone only felt a muffled sound, the car shook violently, and a strong smell of gunpowder smoke reached their noses, and then Two louder explosions were heard in succession. Du Lianjun, who could see the scene outside, had his face wrinkled, and the Soviet soldier who appeared was directly blasted by Qian Wanjun, and his whole person became a A pile of minced meat.
Carrying out artillery fire while moving is not an easy task even for a heavy tank like the Mandrill, which is famous for its solid chassis. However, Qian Wanjun seems to have done a good job. Du Lianjun has reason to believe that if it weren't for Qian Wanjun's timely bombardment, After this shot, they may face a severe test next.
In fact, for the tank regiment leading the Far East Army, the Soviet positions that seemed to be in ruins were not as simple as they seemed on the surface. When they were finally able to see the bodies of Soviet soldiers and hear the sounds of injured Soviet soldiers, When the Russian soldiers howled, correspondingly, the Soviet counterattack finally came.
"Boom." Du Lianjun saw a sudden flash of fire behind a tree stump not far away. Subconsciously, he shouted to Zhang Haizi: "Eleven o'clock direction, rocket launcher, pay attention."
Zhang Haizi also saw the flash ball. He reacted quickly and immediately controlled the tank and turned the tank frontally. No matter which tank it was, the frontal armor was always the most powerful.
Du Lianjun and the others reacted quickly enough, but the rocket was not aimed at them. Amidst the roar of the tank engine, Du Lianjun and the others heard a violent explosion from the left, and then heard the regimental commander's voice coming from the loudspeaker in the car. Li Hackin shouted: "Xiang Yonggan, report your situation." They knew that the Mandrill on their left seemed to have been hit by a Soviet rocket.
"Why does Lao Maozi have a rocket launcher?" Qian Wanjun asked.
Du Lianjun had a sullen face and did not answer. He was both a train captain. He and Xiang Yongqian had always had a good relationship. Xiang Yongqian only got married in July last year. When chatting with him the day before yesterday, he told him how virtuous his wife was, but now ,.
This is the beginning of the Soviet resistance.
In addition to rocket launchers, anti-tank guns, cluster bombs, and blasting tubes appeared one after another. What made Li Hackin feel uneasy was that when they advanced to the enemy's second line of defense, combat anti-tank artillery also appeared.
The combat anti-aircraft gun with only a caliber of 30 mm was not enough to break through the mandrill's armor, but it was able to blow up the mandrill's tracks. From the time Du Lianjun and the others discovered the enemy's traces, Li Hackin's regiment was destroyed in just ten minutes. Three or two mandrills were killed, and another five had their tracks broken off and lost their mobility. This was something that the command of the Far Eastern Army on the southern front, including Jiang Tieyao, did not expect.