The Soviet army at the foot of the mountain saw that their direct attack was blocked. The commander had no choice but to order the troops to attack from both sides of the hillside. Ye Cheng put down the telescope in his hand and immediately issued an order: "Stop playing with the Soviets. Order Li Yuewu and his troops."
We can launch a charge, order the artillery to cover!"
After a pause, Ye Cheng continued: "Tell Qi Xiuping and Liang Zhenyu to attack from both wings, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and then quickly occupy Urgench!"
"yes!"
After listening to the commander's order, Colonel Wang Shaohan, the director of operations, showed excitement on his face, and then he solemnly gave a standard military salute to the commander and turned to leave.
Five minutes later, before the Soviet troops could gather on both flanks, An's army took the lead in launching a counterattack.
The artillery ambushed in the rear began to perform. After countless ballistic corrections, the artillery accurately fired the artillery shells into the gathering Soviet troops. Almost in an instant, countless Soviets disappeared in the explosion of the artillery shells.
In the resulting mushroom cloud, more Soviet people quickly fell into panic.
In the tank command car at the rear of the Soviet army column, Maxim was shocked. As an old Bolshevik with rich combat experience, he knew better than anyone else what the sudden shelling of the Chinese army meant at this time.
"The enemy is preparing to counterattack! Prepare to fight immediately!"
Maxim shouted into the microphone at the top of his lungs.
Sure enough, before Maxim finished speaking, Chinese army tanks had already appeared on the top of the hills in the distance.
"Our target is twelve o'clock directly ahead. All attention, tank crews, move forward!"
Lieutenant General Li Yuewu, commander of the Second Tank Corps, was sitting in a modified Leopard tank and roaring loudly at the radio, venting his inner excitement.
After issuing the order, Li Yuewu heavily patted the driver sitting in front, and soon the tank troops rushed towards the intended target like bloodthirsty beasts.
"Attack!"
Seeing the tanks all over the mountains and fields, Maxim felt chilled in his heart, but he knew that he could not retreat at this time, otherwise the team would soon collapse, so he decisively issued an order to engage in battle.
The Soviet army quickly adjusted its defense line, used full power, and collided head-on with the Chinese army's tank formation.
The two sides stopped in unison at a distance of 300 meters, and then the gun barrels on both sides simultaneously emitted scorching flames. The angry tongues of flames mixed with the trailing shells began to actively search for targets.
Several tanks were hit instantly, some burst into flames, and some were torn into pieces after a violent explosion.
In the first round of salvos, the Soviet army lost eleven tanks at once, and six tanks on the Anjiajun side were damaged to varying degrees. Two of the Wolf tanks lost power because their transmissions were hit, and one lost power.
One Wolf tank was hit by the opponent's artillery shell on the observation port, causing the entire tank to be destroyed. The remaining three Panther tanks were hit by artillery shells on the armor wall and stopped for three or four minutes before starting again. It is estimated that the crew in the tank were hit by the huge shell.
The impact knocked me unconscious for a while.
Overall, the Anjia Army has an absolute advantage, especially the Panther tank's 50mm kwk39 l/60 gun, which has become a nightmare for all Polish tanks.
"Quick! Speed up! Approach the opponent quickly!"
After the first round of shooting, Soviet tank commander Maxim discovered that the shells fired by his tank could not fatally damage the opponent at such a distance, but his own side lost eleven tanks in one go.
Knowing that the 37-gun equipped on his own tank was not enough to tear apart the armor of the enemy's tank, he decisively issued an assault order.
"Brigadier, the enemy tanks are accelerating!"
Major General Zhang Cunpu, commander of the 4th Tank Brigade, who was leading a frontal attack, heard in his earphones, "Damn it!" Almost instantly, Zhang Cunpu, who also saw the enemy's movements, immediately understood the enemy's intentions.
"The Soviets want to close in on us so they can unleash the full power of their artillery!"
Zhang Cunpu shouted into the microphone without hesitation: "Reverse! Reverse! Reverse all of them! Keep distance from the opponent!" Soon those camouflage-colored tanks marked with the Flying Fox logo had their engines roaring.
Thick smoke billowed up and then quickly retreated.
For a moment, the Anjiajun tank group desperately retreated, trying to get rid of the enemy, while the Soviet KV7 and T26 small tanks were at full power, desperately ramming into the Anjiajun tank formation. For a moment, there was an unexpected scene on the battlefield.
A funny scene occurred——
The Wolf and Panther tanks, which have powerful firepower and armor, are actually being chased by Soviet tanks that are far different in terms of artillery, armor and even size. It looks quite weird, just like a group of strong leopards on the grassland being chased by a group of
The rabbit was running around in pursuit.
The rabbit, relying on its speed advantage, broke into the leopard group, and a melee inevitably broke out!
This was a battle without any skills. The tanks on both sides were like mad dogs, entangled with each other. Artillery shells kept shooting out of the dark muzzles of both sides, and one tank after another ignited a huge fire.
"Help me get Li Yuewu, how can we fight like this?"
Standing on the top of the mountain, Ye Cheng saw that his tanks with superior strength could not defeat the weak Soviet tank force. He was very angry. He threw down his telescope angrily, came to the command vehicle, picked up the microphone from the correspondent, and shouted loudly:
He scolded: "You idiot Li Yuewu, do you know how to fight? Are the three tank brigades in your hands vegetarian? They were actually stuck! If the enemy attacks your tank formation, you will not separate your troops from them.
Beat him in the back?"
At this time, Li Yuewu was really confused by the Soviet army's desperate fighting style. Originally, his idea was to have a face-to-face bombardment between the two sides, and soon his troops would be able to win with their superiority in quality and quantity. However, the Soviet army did not
He decisively chose tanks to fight with bayonets, so that except for the tank engaging in the battle, other tanks would not be able to help, otherwise they would most likely injure themselves.
Hearing Ye Cheng's scolding, Li Yuewu woke up from a dream and quickly assigned Zhu Tiecheng's brigade and Duan Ruizhang's brigade to attack from both sides and attack from the enemy's rear.
On both wings under the hills, tanks and armored vehicles spewed out thick plumes of smoke and were attacking the rear of the Soviet army. A quarter of an hour later, the troops of Qi Xiuping and Liang Zhenyu successfully arrived at the battlefield.
At this time, the tanks of the Soviet Army and the Anjia Army were still fighting. Li Yuewu, who was reminded, had gradually taken the initiative on the battlefield. Facing the Soviet Army's pursuit like a lunatic, Zhang Cunpu's brigade of the Second Tank Army, which was facing the front, was in a state of confusion.
Go crazy and use artillery to bombard the opponent if the distance is slightly closer. If the distance is slightly closer, simply drive the tank towards the opponent. After many modifications, now
The current Wolf light tank also weighed 20 tons, while the Panther tank weighed 35 tons, while the Soviet tanks were only about 10 tons. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of tonnage. The Soviet tanks were unable to evade and were attacked one after another.
They were knocked over and rolled to the ground. In desperation, they all reversed and retreated. This time, the advantage turned to the side of the Anjia Army. With the firing of artillery, the Soviet tanks were hit and set on fire.
Zhu Tiecheng's brigade and Duan Ruizhang's brigade, which had already circled behind the Soviet tanks, raised their muzzles one after another. As the Soviet tanks continued to retreat, the two brigades' combined 120 tanks suddenly opened fire. Almost instantly, the Wolf Type
The tanks and Panther tanks fired their first salvo of armor-piercing shells, and red fireballs and billowing black smoke immediately appeared on the horizon. After the Soviet tanks were fired by the Anjia Army, almost all the tanks were hit and burned.
explode.
"Come on!"
Li Yuewu, who was sitting at the rear and commanding the operations, was very excited and gave orders loudly. Soon, the steel beasts of the three brigades began to move their huge bodies and pounce on the Soviet troops down the mountain. At the same time, Anjiajun's B2 bombers also came from the west.
The newly built airport in the south rushed over, swooped down on the Soviet defense lines, and dropped a string of bombs.
"Retreat, all retreat! Retreat to Urgench for defense!"
The infantry division commander Sergey, who had completely lost confidence after witnessing the annihilation of the tank troops, gave orders loudly, and soon the Soviet army began to retreat like a tide. But at this time, the two mechanized corps of the Anjia Army were already on the left and the right, and the Soviet army was pushed back.
The army's retreat was completely blocked, so fierce fighting was inevitable.
After more than five hours of fierce fighting, the two divisions of the Soviet Army were completely wiped out in the grasslands and hilly areas south of Urgench. The Anjia Army won the first round of decisive victory over the main force of the Soviet Army.
...
On the west bank of the Aral Sea estuary of the Amu Darya River, Li Jinlong was discussing the war situation with a group of generals.
"The enemy has destroyed the road bridge at the mouth of the Amu Darya River. We have no way to break through it for the time being. The nearest bridge to us is the town of Tubila upstream, which is a full 40 kilometers away from here. It is really too far. We
Opposite is the 3rd Division of the Soviet Union's Stilt Army. They came from the plateau to the west and their foothold is not yet stable, so I think we can use a strong attack to completely defeat the opponent!"
After a pause, Lieutenant General Wu Xianwei, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, continued:
"We can organize an assault force to cross the river in rubber boats to occupy the opponent's position. After occupying several bridgeheads, we can then send engineering troops to erect pontoon bridges. In this way, the road to the west will basically be opened! In addition, I think we can let the Air Force as soon as possible
Provide us with air support."
Before Wu Xianwei finished speaking, a communications staff officer strode to the conference table: "Commander, deputy commander, chief of staff, sirs, we have just contacted the Air Force 10th Regiment. In half an hour, our army's B2 bombers will
Launch a violent bombardment of Soviet positions on the west bank of the Amu Darya River."
"very good!"
Front Army Commander Li Jinlong took over: "Then let the assault troops launch an offensive immediately after the bombing!" At this point, he saw another communications staff officer coming in a hurry, took the message and took a look, with a smile on his face.
, handed the message to deputy commander Guo Sizheng, and then said:
"Let me tell you some good news. The Soviet defense line in the Chuyili Mountains has been completely collapsed by the blasts carried out by our Xiao Wu Corps. The Far East Army and our army have attacked Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan, and Frunze, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Without the Soviet army to stop it, the war situation is developing in a direction that is beneficial to our army!
"Now, as long as we eat the Soviet troops in Uzbekistan, the power of the enemy and ourselves in Central Asia will be fundamentally reversed, and the next war will be much easier to fight!"
Relaxed laughter suddenly erupted in the conference room.
The resistance of the Soviet army was very tenacious. Before this, everyone was worried, fearing that if they were not careful, they would be violently attacked by the Soviet army, causing huge casualties to the troops, and thus leading to the overall passivity. Until
Now, everyone has put down the big stone in their hearts and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the battle situation in front of them.