Hu Jiyang's Eastern Front Corps launched an attack on the city of Almaty at one o'clock in the afternoon on the 13th.
The 60-kilometer journey from Ili City to Almaty took the armored brigade of the Guard Corps directly under the Corps for eight hours before arriving at the town of Brunde, ten kilometers north of Almaty, at 5 a.m.
In order to strengthen the organization, the armored brigade has three tank battalions, three armored infantry battalions, three armored artillery battalions, as well as an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, a mechanized cavalry reconnaissance battalion, an anti-tank battalion and an armored engineer battalion, plus
The logistics management force has a total of 12,000 officers and soldiers, 120 tanks, 300 armored vehicles, 118 self-propelled artillery pieces, 52 anti-aircraft artillery vehicles, and various trucks.
More than 400 vehicles, a true mechanized force.
There was a Soviet battalion stationed in the town of Brunde, but under the thunderous offensive of the armored brigade, the Soviet officers and soldiers who were still immersed in sleep obediently raised their hands and became prisoners as soon as they woke up.
According to the prisoners' confessions, the battalion had received supplies from the Almaty Corps Headquarters a week ago. Now it has not eaten for a day and a night and can only rely on food. Moreover, according to the order issued by the Corps Commander Chuikov, there is no order from the Corps Headquarters.
, no soldier on the front line could retreat, and any offender would be shot as a deserter. Therefore, the Soviet army in Brundy Town did not know the specific situation in Almaty.
This feedback information is completely consistent with the intelligence received in Ili City last night. Although it is only one step away from Almaty, the commanders of the Eastern Front Corps are still in the dark about the situation in the largest city in Kazakhstan.
In this case, the armored brigade slowed down the pace of the attack and rested for six hours in the town of Brunde. It was not until the follow-up infantry brigade and the 28th Division of the Tenth Group Army arrived that the restored armored brigade began to attack.
General attack.
"The first battalion attacks the right wing, and the second battalion attacks the left wing! The third battalion provides support from the center, and the armored infantry follows the attack. After penetrating the Soviet position, they immediately carry out division and encirclement!"
As the artillery troops began to bombard the defensive positions in the north of Almaty, with the signal flags of the messengers waving, the two forward tank battalions, a total of 80 T26, T28 and BT7 tanks, spread out across the board, forming a one-kilometer attack area.
, pressing hard against the chaotic Soviet army two kilometers away.
Behind the tanks with their wings spread out were forty tanks, and behind them were two hundred armored personnel carriers equipped with 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns in the front, advancing in a zigzag pattern. Behind the armored personnel carriers, three infantry battalions with a thousand
More than a hundred officers and soldiers surged forward like waves.
The entire offensive formation stretched for four to five kilometers.
"Bang--"
"No, it's a tank!"
"Pay attention to concealment——"
Amidst the crisp gunfire, the screams of Soviet commanders and soldiers came one after another.
When the artillery fire stopped for a moment, the Soviet soldiers who had just entered the blocking position were running around screaming. The grassroots commanders and political cadres waved their pistols and tried to organize the soldiers to build a defense line on the spot. However, they were quickly dispersed by the out-of-control officers and soldiers. The entire position was like a
The collapsed snowball was scurrying around.
The eighty leading tanks rushed towards the Soviet position menacingly. In the lightning speed, one tank after another opened fire one after another, and the sound of rumbling could not be stopped.
Orange fireballs rose up on the Soviet position.
The shells fired by the 45mm and 76.2mm tank guns of the Soviet-made tanks fell like a hail on the Soviet position, and the violent explosion caused the ground to tremble violently.
Hundreds of Soviet officers and soldiers at the center of the explosion did not even have time to scream, before they flew into the air. The riddled corpses flying in the sky were immediately torn into pieces by the roaring shrapnel.
From the limbs, blood rained down to the ground, like a bloody rain.
For some reason, the Soviet army has not used large-caliber heavy artillery to suppress the attack of the tank group, and anti-tank weapons have also not been seen. Now the Soviet army without heavy weapons faced the powerful Anjiajun tank group on a wide battlefield. As a result
It was a unilateral massacre.
On the hellish battlefield, explosions, screams, and cries played a symphony of death.
The bloody limbs falling from the sky caused the nerves of the surviving Soviet officers and soldiers on the front line to collapse. They threw away all their weapons and ammunition, turned around and ran backwards at an unprecedented speed.
Unknowingly, the bt7 fast tank rushed to the front of the entire team.
This fast tank, with a maximum speed of 53 kilometers per hour, continuously sprayed artillery shells. The Soviet soldiers who were fleeing crazily fell in pieces, and streams of blood gathered into small streams and flowed to the crater.
Hundreds of craters soon turned into pools of blood, flashing a dazzling red in the light of the artillery fire.
A sharp shrapnel fired from the shrapnel screamed and pierced into the body of a running soldier. In a flash of blood, the soldier screamed and fell to the ground, and a bowl-like flow of blood spurted out from the broken leg.
out.
"Help!" the injured soldier cried and begged his companions who were whizzing past him, but no one stopped to take care of him.
After crawling hard for five or six meters, the injured soldier struggled to turn over, and a BT7 tank rushing at the front roared over him.
Looking at the flesh-covered tracks that were getting closer and closer, the injured soldier vomited blood and tied six grenades together. Because they were charging forward with all their strength, Anjiajun's tanks and the armored vehicles behind them were not noticed.
This wounded Soviet soldier lies among the piles of corpses.
The moment the huge tracks rolled over, the injured soldier with a frightened look on his face fired a cluster grenade.
Amidst the loud "boom", the BT7 tank seemed to be shaken by a powerful giant hand. Only the sharp "clatter" of the tracks was heard, and it soon broke into two pieces and fell to the ground. The tank suddenly stopped.
The remaining tanks continued to move forward without stopping. The tank group formed a semi-enveloping formation, driving the scattered Soviet troops towards the rear position. When the tank team rushed over, the turret cover of the damaged tank opened, and three tanks
The hand crawled out, and soon an armored vehicle stopped and the tank crew was loaded onto it.
The attack was still continuing. At this time, fierce gunfire came from behind the Soviet position. Groups of Soviet troops fell to the bullets like water. It turned out to be the Soviet army's supervisory team composed of internal affairs troops, using machine guns to shoot at the Soviet troops.
The broken troops fired, and the Soviet troops who were fleeing in panic suddenly stopped.
Under the gunpoint of the supervising team, the Soviet officers and soldiers had no choice but to turn around and return to the position again under the leadership of grassroots commanders and political cadres.
Faced with the changes in the Soviet army, the Anjia Army's tank group did not hesitate and fired another salvo. The rain-like shells screamed and drew arcs in the air, heading towards the Soviet position.
"boom--"
In the clouds of fire, the soil at the center of the explosion and the bodies of the soldiers were lifted into the air by the violent shock wave. The flying shrapnel caused a rain of blood and screamed over the heads of the surviving Soviet officers and soldiers.
The explosion near Chi Chi sent blood and flesh all over the sky. The Soviet officers and soldiers clenched the weapons in their hands. Their pale faces, fear in their eyes, and trembling hands revealed the fear in their hearts.
"Kill those who retreat!"
Behind the position, the Soviet political commissars were murderous and shot dozens of Soviet soldiers who turned and ran backwards to stabilize their position.
In desperation, about seven to eight thousand Soviet troops lay tightly on the trenches and fired with guns. Countless bullets roared towards the Anjiajun tanks.
"Dangdang——"
All the tanks were shrouded in brilliant sparks, and bullets of various calibers flew in like locusts, punching holes in the armor in front of the tanks before being helplessly knocked out.
The Soviet soldiers desperately used their machine guns and rifle triggers. Amidst the hail of bullets, tanks roared and pressed past. Since the tanks were followed by armored vehicles, the Soviet army was at their wits' end. Two hundred armored vehicles approached the Soviet army.
Behind the position, the front of the car
The bullets fired from 200 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns were like fire whips. Whoever they hit would be torn into two pieces. Some Soviet soldiers only let out a horrifying cry when they realized that their bellies were empty.
After screaming, he fell to the ground and died.
Tanks and armored vehicles rolled forward. As the ammunition crews were frantically loading, tank cannons, general-purpose machine guns and high-level dual-purpose machine guns were spitting out flames at a rapid rate.
On the Soviet position, the roaring Tokarev, Deggarev light machine guns and M1910 heavy machine guns all misfired one after another. The machine gunners who stood straight and fired wildly were not torn to pieces by the machine gun fire.
In a ball of scarlet fire, people and guns flew into the air, and broken limbs and parts of various weapons hit the ground like a heavy rain.
"Chirp——"
Amid the screams, there was a loud "boom", and a 45mm grenade directly hit a Deggarev light machine gun position. The roaring machine gun directly turned into a bomb in the violent explosion.
It was in the state of parts, and the shooter only had time to scream before he was torn apart by the huge impact and sharp shrapnel. A bloody broken leg drew a bloody line in the air and fell on the trench.
At this time, the tank at the front was only two or three meters away from the next trench. The Soviet army began to separate its manpower, raised its ammunition bags, braved the rain of flying bullets, jumped up from the trench, and headed towards the densely packed tanks.
The group rushed towards them, but a BT7 tank was unable to avoid it and its tracks were blown off.
The armored vehicle following the tank attack immediately stopped moving forward. As the back door popped open, the armored infantrymen who were already ready to attack quickly rushed out of the armored vehicle and began to use the automatic rifles, rocket launchers, and submachine guns in their hands to sacrifice their lives.
Shooting at the advancing Soviet troops.
Since the Soviet firepower had been completely suppressed at this time, the infantry followed the tanks and armored vehicles, rushed through the Soviet trenches without anyone else, and continued to advance towards the enemy's deep positions.
An hour later, the three-kilometer-deep defense line in the north of Almaty was completely broken through by three tank battalions of the Anjia Army Armored Brigade. One tank after another began to turn, outflanking the Soviet army's retreat, and the armored fighting vehicles became moving firepower points.
Covering the assaulting infantry, they strafed all enemies who dared to resist.
The loud charge horn sounded, and the 28th Division of the Tenth Army joined the battle group under the guidance of the red flag. The distance of two kilometers was reached in an instant. It swept across the Soviet position like a wind and a cloud. The enemy's resistance quickly weakened and gradually disappeared.
Before sunset, the remaining Soviet troops chose to surrender.
The officers and soldiers of Anjia had no intention of resting, and carried forward the spirit of continuous fighting, detached a part of them to guard the prisoners, and the large force quickly rushed towards the city of Almaty.
...
Nanhua, Xinjing, Xiaonanhai.
"As expected, the Soviet troops in Almaty retreated three days ago!" Yang Fei took the latest battle report and hurriedly walked into the hall on the ground floor of Anyuan.
At this time, An Yi had just had dinner with Sister Ye Qing. Ye Qing was washing dishes in the kitchen, Zi Xin was boiling water and making tea. An Yi was lying on the leisure chair reading the newspaper, with several copies of today's paper placed on the armrest next to him.
Published newspapers.
An Yi saw Yang Fei's excited look and quickly took him to the study and asked anxiously: "Have the results of the Eastern Front Corps come out?"
Yang Fei nodded: "At five o'clock in the evening, Central Asia time, after four hours of fierce fighting, Hu Jiyang's regiment completely wiped out the two infantry divisions deployed by the Soviet army north of Almaty. Then our army entered Almaty and found that Chuikov was indeed
As early as three days ago, he had taken advantage of the darkness to retreat with his troops.
"The two divisions left behind are mostly members of the Suburban Party and the Youth League. They have not eaten for a day and a night. Their mission is to hold on for four days. If we still do not launch an attack tomorrow, they will move eastward.
They entered Xinjiang and surrendered to the CCP troops. You would never have imagined that these two divisions did not even have a single heavy artillery piece, so they were completely destroyed when our tanks charged them."
"Not a single heavy cannon?"
An Yi asked strangely: "Aren't their regiments all equipped with hundreds of large-caliber field guns at the first level? How come they don't have them?"
"Not really. According to the prisoners, they moved south with the main force!" Yang Fei said with certainty.
"But--"
An Yi frowned: "With the m1930 107mm, 122mm field guns and m09/10 152mm field guns equipped by the Soviet regiment-level troops, the lightest one must weigh more than 2,000 kilograms. Do they want to weigh so many
Take this guy to Afghanistan?"
"No way!"
Yang Fei categorically rejected: "The Pamir Plateau is not a joke. There is only one rugged mountain road on the plateau with an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. It is difficult to even pass people, let alone lead so many big guys! For example, our army
When the main force of the Soviet army was annihilated in the Leninabat area, 900 107mm guns were captured.
There are 500 122mm guns, 300 152mm guns, and a small number of 203mm, 280mm, and 305mm super-caliber tracked howitzers. These are all left behind because of the inconvenience of the Soviet army crossing the Turkestan mountains, and Turkestan
The mountain is only 3,000 meters above sea level!”
An Yi walked around with his hands behind his back: "So - if they don't leave the heavy artillery in Almaty, do they want to deal with us in Zalal Abad? It doesn't make sense, even if they have artillery, it's useless without shells!
I don’t believe how many artillery shells they still have available after continuous fighting!”
Yang Fei was also puzzled. After a while, An Yi couldn't figure it out and shook his head: "Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, the answer to the mystery will eventually be revealed. There is no need for us to look for trouble! By the way, Yang Fei
,Is Almaty okay?"
"Not good, not good at all!"
When Yang Fei said this, he couldn't help but shuddered: "The largest city in Kazakhstan, which originally had 300,000 people, now has no one at all. The whole city is pitch black, like a ghost town! Because now it is
It was dark night, and it was still unclear what was happening in Almaty. Hu Jiyang had already instructed the troops to withdraw from Almaty, go to the northern battlefield where the Soviet troops were previously stationed, and use the protective fortifications built by the Soviet troops to spend the night."
An Yi was shocked: "The Soviet army won't kill all 300,000 people, right?"
"have no idea!"
Yang Fei shook his head: "That's what I thought. The Soviet army has been without food for a long time, but they have managed to survive for such a long time. Who can imagine what's wrong with this? Moreover, among the strategic materials captured by Hu Jiyang's Corps in Yili City,
There was a lot of questionable black jerky..."
An Yi's stomach suddenly started to churn, and it took him a while to recover. At that moment, he deliberately changed the subject and discussed Siam's possible next move.