Chapter 1514 Complete victory - an asymmetrical contest!
The Soviet troops stationed on the front line of Semipalatinsk consisted of three infantry divisions that were understaffed, a cavalry division that was seriously short of horses, and an independent tank battalion equipped with only twelve tanks and twenty-one armored vehicles.
Beforehand, the Soviet army not only received the news that the Anjia Army was about to enter Kazakhstan and launch a large-scale attack on the Soviet army, but also clearly understood the assault route of the Anjia Army, especially the mechanized troops of the Anjia Army, which had a diameter of up to
Five blocking lines were deployed in an area of two kilometers, hoping to give the Chinese a showdown.
However, neither the Soviet commander nor the ordinary soldiers expected that they would be baptized by the Anjia Army's air force before they were attacked by the Anjia Army's ground troops.
After Stalin received detailed information about the participation of the Anjia Army in the war, he did not believe that China, as an agricultural country, could arm large-scale mechanized troops, and he was hesitant about who would determine the outcome of future wars, the cavalry or the tanks and armored forces, so he made the following decision.
An ambiguous order was issued: there were a small number of tanks and armored vehicles among the invading enemies, and the rest were created by the Chinese to create a maze. It was hoped that the frontline soldiers would carry forward the fearless spirit of sacrifice of the Red Army, defeat the invading enemies, and promote the invincibility of the Red Army.
myth.
The Soviet army, which had withstood the test of counter-revolutionary suppression, quickly mobilized and carefully equipped artillery and anti-aircraft gun positions in order to deal with the "limited number" of tanks and armored vehicles of the Anjia Army, preparing to let the Chinese, as the Soviet Supreme Command said,
Have a try and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation.
But no one expected that the first thing to be greeted was not the ground offensive troops, but the ruthless bombing of the Anjia Army Air Force. The entire front was riddled with holes, and almost all artillery and anti-aircraft guns were lost.
, all the tanks of the armored forces were destroyed, and thousands of war horses were also covered by the ruthless aerial bombs, suffering numerous casualties. The horses that survived were frightened, or broke away from the reins, or knocked over the fence, and fled in all directions.
The Soviet officers who had just been promoted and had not been tested in large-scale actual combat were all panicking. However, the NKVD officers assigned to the army by the Cheka and the war supervision teams composed of the NKVD troops were scattered in various units. They were full of murderous intent.
No one dares to admit failure even though they are watching with eager eyes. Otherwise, no matter how high your official position is, the Internal Affairs Committee members have the right to kill you first and then report it later.
At this time, political commissars at all levels in the Soviet army, holding loudspeakers and ignoring the roaring B2 bombers overhead, carried out propaganda and agitation to the Red Army soldiers whose confidence was seriously shaken, calling on everyone to fight to defend the Soviet Union. Witnessing deserters
Being mercilessly shot by the supervisory team organized by the Internal Affairs Committee, the Soviet army, from officers to soldiers, all gritted their teeth and stayed on the front line like nails, waiting for the arrival of Anjiajun's mechanized troops.
The air raid continued, and amid the roar of the motors, the ground troops of the Anjia Army finally appeared.
The commanders of each brigade and battalion of the First Mechanized Army can already see the Soviet positions ahead through their periscopes. The First Tank Brigade commanded by Colonel Su Peili is leading the way. They are responsible for the frontal breakthrough mission, and the tank group will move forward with indomitable momentum.
,sudden
Entering the Soviet position for combat, the armored personnel carriers of the mechanized infantry brigade led by Colonel Wang Zheng followed closely behind the tank troops, relying on the strong breakthrough capabilities of the tanks to advance quickly. After breaking through the Soviet position, they interspersed, surrounded, divided and
Destroy your opponent.
The sporadic blocking artillery fire clearly told the soldiers of the Anjiajun mechanized force that the air force officers and soldiers carried out the bombing mission perfectly.
At the rear of the entire armored force, Xiao Wu ordered the direct artillery brigade to conduct a high-intensity extended artillery bombardment of the Soviet position five minutes before the leading troops entered the Soviet position. He emphasized forcefully: Every soldier's life is at stake.
It is precious. High-intensity artillery bombardment must be carried out before every large-scale attack to reduce the losses of tanks, armored fighting vehicles, officers and soldiers.
Following the combat principles formulated by An Yi, war is to use any means to attack the opponent. Soldiers cannot be wasted if unnecessary. We must know that weapons and ammunition can be produced, but once a person's life is lost, it can never be recovered.
In a war, soldiers naturally
It is a consumable item, but as a commander, he must reduce the consumption of soldiers to a minimum. This does not mean that An Jiajun is afraid of consumption. If necessary, An Jiajun will move forward and fight to the death, but when the overall situation is determined
Obviously there is no need to add unnecessary consumption.
Although it cannot be said that tens of thousands of artillery can be fired at once, the firepower of the artillery brigade of the Anjia Army mechanized force is far from simple as ordinary people imagine. The artillery brigade directly under the armored group headquarters has three artillery regiments under its jurisdiction. Each regiment has the following
Unit: an artillery command and reconnaissance company (4 light artillery launchers), a self-propelled rocket artillery battalion (12 i-type 24-tube 15
0mm rocket launcher), one motorized heavy howitzer battalion (12 self-propelled 150mm howitzers), two motorized light howitzer battalions (24 self-propelled 120mm howitzers), and the artillery of three artillery regiments were assembled for a salvo, the formation
It was still earth-shattering. The already scarred Soviet positions were once again severely damaged.
The artillery brigade has the most advanced measuring instruments, and there are artillery reconnaissance school-firing aircraft in the sky sending back reports. The Soviet army was first bombarded by the hidden fire points in the forward positions that were not taken care of by the air force brothers, and then the
those possible hiding spots until the artillery commander considers
When the artillery fire can extend forward, the artillery elevation angle is adjusted. After a short pause, the roar of the artillery sounds again. This time the artillery conducts regular extended artillery bombardment. Under the row after row of shelling, it can ensure a large number of Soviet Union kills.
Army soldiers hiding in trenches, bunkers.
Every collapsed ground can be understood as a bombardment hiding spot for troops.
According to military regulations, when the enemy is shelling, soldiers must enter the pre-excavated anti-gun holes under the orders of their commanders, that is, hide in the bunker to wait for the enemy's shelling to end, and then enter the trenches to wait for the enemy's attack. But now
, these shell-proof holes have become tombs where Soviet soldiers are buried. On the soil on the ground of the collapsed fortifications
Covered with strange clumps and rags, these are the only things left in the world by the Soviet soldiers who were killed by shelling. Covered by such intense artillery fire, the soldiers would definitely die without any body parts. If they were directly hit by the shells, they would not be able to survive at all.
Not even a piece of flesh can be preserved, the human body will be blown to pieces by bombs and rockets, and then evaporated and thrown away by air waves.
The war was cold-blooded and cruel. The Soviet soldiers who survived the shelling lost their hearing in a short period of time. Some even had bleeding from their mouths and noses, and temporarily lost their ability to move. Many Soviet soldiers hiding in bunkers were not injured.
The shell hits directly, but the powerful impact and shock wave generated at the moment the bomb explodes. If the mouth is not opened widely in time, the internal organs of the human body will be injured by the wave, and there is a high chance of internal bleeding and death.
The observation points arranged outside were almost wiped out by artillery. It was not until the Anjia Army tanks approached the Soviet first line of defense that the Soviet troops hiding in the artillery holes realized that the enemy was already so close to them.
Soviet political commissars shouted, blew whistles, and ordered the infantry to enter the trenches.
There were so few Soviet soldiers coming out of the artillery holes. They were all in a daze and simply followed the orders given by their superiors and entered the defense line.
When they arrived at the position, the Soviet soldiers suddenly discovered that the m1905 and m1910 heavy machine guns that were originally evenly installed on the position had become piles of scrap metal. Under the orders of the officers and political commissars, various supervisory teams
The only m190 was set up in the rear
Type 5 and M1910 heavy machine guns, these are not used to kill the enemy, but to deal with deserters and passive Red Army soldiers. The soldiers reluctantly cheered up and found enough 7.62mm Tokarev-Maxin light weapons.
Machine guns, ready to massacre the vanguard of the Anjia Army.
Since the Soviet army had previously abolished the Soviet equipment modernization program formulated by Tukhachevsky and Egorov, under the guidance of the "cavalry victory" theory adhered to by Voroshilov and Budyonny, it was strongly advocated that only
The group cavalry attack is the key force that determines the outcome of the war. Although
However, in the decisive battle at the end of last year, Budyonny was completely defeated. The Central Committee of the Soviet Union also realized that it would be difficult to repeat the scene of the civil war in future wars. The theories of Tukhachevsky and Yegorov were most likely correct.
, so they began to quietly adjust the principles and policies of army building, but at this time most soldiers
The technical backbones of factories, aircraft manufacturing plants and other factories have basically been exiled to concentration camps in Siberia and the Far East. Now the best talents are in the Far East. The remaining designers who do not seek merit but seek no faults can only turn around.
Produce old-fashioned tank design drawings and hand them over to major military factories for production
, however, due to the loss of technical backbones in the purge, the tanks and armored vehicles produced by various military factories were not even supplied to equip the military districts around Moscow, let alone the Soviet army in Central Asia. Therefore, Moscow did not specifically
Issue a document explaining the situation to avoid damaging the morale of the troops.
Therefore, until this time, Soviet military officers and political commissars in Central Asia have always firmly believed that the Chinese cannot have so many mechanized troops. Those tanks and armored vehicles are just some wooden boards or something disguised as something.
They emphasized to the soldiers that there must be a large number of Chinese weapons hidden behind those "toys".
The National Cavalry is just like the Mongolian cavalry that swept across Asia and Europe in history, but don’t panic, just use the Tokarev Maxim light machine gun and Mosin-Nagant rifle to shoot.
The fact that Tsarist Russia conquered Central Asia in the last century proved that in the face of absolutely superior firepower, the role of cavalry will be greatly weakened.
At this time, the huge shaking sound from the ground made the Soviet political commissars feel that their judgment was correct.
As the 1st Tank Brigade led by Colonel Su Peili and the 2nd Tank Brigade led by Colonel Zheng Congjian appeared one after another, the tanks as far as the eye could see emitted a frightening metallic light.
"beat!"
Officers and political commissars of the Soviet army at all levels issued orders one after another, and then the criss-crossed positions spewed out tongues of fire like sickles, rolling towards the tanks that rushed towards the positions.
The terrifying metal ocean created by the intensive use of tanks and armored vehicles looks creepy, but this has further strengthened the Soviet officers and political commissars' understanding that these must be fragile and just toys used to scare people.
You know, even the heroic Soviet Red Army does not have so many tanks and armored vehicles now, let alone the impression that the Chinese have always been cowardly.
(Note: The real data is that as of 1937, the Soviet Red Army was equipped with 30,684 artillery pieces, 2,802 tanks, 1,087 armored vehicles, 106 armored trains, 6,285 aircraft, and the navy was equipped with 3 battleships, 4 cruisers, 40 destroyers, and 184 submarines.
ship. Due to the split of the Far East in this time and space, the Great Purge was once intensified, and the data should be smaller than the historical data. Historically, it took until 193
Only after the threat from Germany was felt in 9 years did the Soviet Union carry out the Great Leap Forward in military equipment. A large number of scientists, engineers and technical workers were released back to Moscow from the Gugra concentration camp and various labor reform sites, which greatly increased the industrial production capacity of the Soviet Union.
In 1939 alone, it produced 2,794 tanks, 15,000 artillery pieces, and 10,137 aircraft, laying the foundation for the subsequent victory in the Great Patriotic War.)
Many Red Army troops in Central Asia have entered the *** area and fought to help Sheng Shicai unify the ***. In their minds, the Chinese *** troops were completely vulnerable. As long as they could withstand their first wave
Attack, and the subsequent battle will be simple.
The Soviet commanders and political commissars could not wait to see those scary camouflages being beaten to pieces by bullets, and the soldiers who pushed those toys were beaten into a hornet's nest.
However, the reality is cruel. They were regarded as useless toys by Soviet officers and political commissars. They did not stop their progress. Each vehicle remained unscathed and continued to advance towards the trench with overwhelming force. Sparks continued to flash from the surface of the tanks.
The bullet was completely blocked by the armor.
At this time, the Soviet officers and political commissars were stunned. They had always believed in the orders issued by the Central Committee of the Soviet Union and believed that the Chinese only had a small number of tanks and armored vehicles, and most of the rest were scary things disguised by the Chinese. But in fact
What? When the black muzzles of Anjiajun's tanks and armored vehicles emitted strings of white smoke, many Soviet commanders and political commissars who were still thinking had been hit by artillery fire and turned into corpses.
A mutilated corpse.
The Soviet soldiers, who had been influenced by Bolshevism for many years, did not collapse because of this. They made meaningless shooting movements. After more and more Anjia Army tanks opened fire, the trenches were soon filled with broken corpses. Despite the situation
It was very bad, but the Soviet soldiers fighting on the front line did not think about surrendering or escaping, because the NKVD in the rear was watching closely with the supervisory team. Even if there was a slight slack, they would be hit by M1905 and M1910 heavy machine guns.
Killed without mercy.
"Ula!"
Seeing that they would just sit and wait for death, the Soviet soldiers, led by the political commissars, bravely launched a counterattack. They took individual weapons, climbed up the trench, and charged forward crazily. The whole scene was spectacular.
However, after all, manpower cannot compete with steel. Before the large groups of Soviet troops rushed out a hundred meters, they were mowed down to the ground by the machine guns equipped on the tanks. Especially the last fifty meters distance became a terrifying
At the death line, at least three to four thousand people fell during the charge.
The entire breakthrough battle took more than an hour in total. As the engineering troops who caught up with them built simple bridges, the tank troops successfully rushed through the trenches and tore through the defense lines built by the Soviet army. Then they turned around and bombarded the Soviet army.
The armored personnel carriers following the tanks opened their doors wide, and groups of infantry jumped into the Soviet trenches and attacked their opponents from behind. The Soviet army was successfully surrounded.
After a long period of fighting, nearly 60% of the Soviet army was wiped out. All the political commissars of the Red Army who led the troops to launch the assault were killed during the attack. The supervision team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs finally attracted the attention of the bombers circling in the sky.
A series of B2 imitations of German Stukas
The bombers made a terrifying scream as they dived, and then bombs fell one after another on the positions of the supervisory teams, making huge explosions. Not long after, the internal affairs troops, whose hands were stained with the blood of their own people, were in the air and on the ground.
With the cooperation of the troops, they were completely wiped out.
Without the threat from the supervising team, the front line that the Soviet army had worked hard to support after being divided finally collapsed. When the troops could not get in touch with each other and cooperate with each other, some Soviet officers, who had already been frightened, demanded conditional support.
surrender.
After receiving an urgent report from the front line, Xiao Wu promised to guarantee the life safety, personal property ownership and corresponding treatment of the surrendered Soviet prisoners from officers to soldiers, but they must be completely disarmed.
The Soviet army responsible for the defense of the Semipalatinsk area had long since lost the courage to continue fighting due to the coordinated air and ground cooperation of the Anjia Army. If it had not been for the encouragement of the political commissars and the deterrence of the war team, it would have collapsed long ago.
After receiving the guarantee, a division commander who was elected as a representative finally signed the surrender document. At this point, the Semipalatinsk battle officially came to an end.
Subsequently, Xiao Wu sent a victory report to the front army headquarters, and at the same time ordered the large troops to continue advancing, leaving a motorized infantry regiment to gather and guard the disarmed Soviet prisoners, and wait for the Far East Army behind to receive and manage them.
When Xiao Wu's command vehicle passed by the Soviet army's hard-fought defense line, through the bulletproof glass window, he saw the blazing flames and billowing smoke still burning on the position, and watched the Soviet soldiers who died in the battle react in various strange ways.
corpse, like
He was talking to himself, but also seemed to be saying to the adjutant and staff beside him: The Soviet Red Army is stronger than imagined, and the next battle will be even more cruel. In this battle of blood and fire,