In Muscat Port, which is five time zones behind South China time, it was still four in the afternoon, and under the scorching sun, the battle entered a stalemate.
The Japanese army gathered forces and defended the high ground west of the port.
In order to ensure the stability of the front, Shinji Ito not only transferred the remaining regiment of the Lanyin Division as a reserve to the western front, but also transferred most of the troops guarding Sidab Beach. The Japanese army made full use of the British presence here
The fortifications and fortresses built in the mountains, together with cannons and cannons captured from the British, as well as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns moved from the port area, formed a three-dimensional defense system.
Below the high ground held by the Japanese army, a small river about 20 meters wide and at least two meters deep winds northward and merges into the sea. Because the pontoon vehicles equipped by the engineering troops are in transit, the infantry cannot cross the river without a pontoon bridge.
Although the "Dolphin I" tank could wade through the water, it was obviously unwise to go deep alone, so it simply stopped on the other side of the river and bombarded the mountain.
The only steel bridge on this small river had been demolished by the Japanese army and a minefield was set up behind the bridge. The Marines' attack was temporarily suppressed.
"Is the rocket launcher assembled?"
Colonel Gongsun Rong, commander of the Marine Corps, stood in the headquarters built under the breakwater using gaps between several rocks. He held a telescope and carefully observed the Japanese position four kilometers away. He was not surprised at all by the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army.
After all, the Japanese were deeply influenced by Bushido. Especially after the tragic defeat in Siberia the year before last, the Japanese army strengthened the education of new recruits and frequently used military family letters and collective oaths to make soldiers loyal to the emperor.
Therefore, when all levels of the army are well organized, no matter how unfavorable the war situation is, these bastards who clamor for "Japanese opinions" after leaving Japan's homeland will not give in easily.
Lieutenant Colonel Duan Zhengming, chief of the operations section, reported: "The 107 rocket launchers of the rocket launcher battalion are still being assembled, and the accompanying ammunition is also being transported. The fleet headquarters called, and in half an hour, the naval aviation will cooperate with us to launch an attack. The commander of the third regiment called
, they will land from Sidab Beach on the eastern front half an hour after the launch of the general offensive, and go straight into Muscat Port, striving to capture the enemy before dark."
Gongsun Rong raised his wrist and looked at his watch, nodded and said: "Let all frontline units temporarily get rid of contact with the Japanese army, drink some water and take a rest to restore their strength. Order the engineer battalion to be ready, the pontoon bridge vehicle should be almost ready by now."
Once the general offensive is launched, they must build the pontoon bridge as soon as possible."
"yes!"
Duan Zhengming saluted and left, and soon the front line fell silent.
Major General Ito Shinji, the commander of the Japanese army, saw that the Anjia army had stopped attacking. He thought he had a plan and once again adjusted his troops through the phone to make up for the lack of defense. Ito Shinji's plan was to hold on until night, and then use the night to retreat westward, retreating to the continuous
The undulating Hajar Mountains took advantage of the complex terrain to deal with the Anjia army.
At half past four, the sun slowly tilted towards the west. As the sunshine weakened, the temperature also began to slowly drop.
However, the temperature soon returned to the same level as before, even hotter than the hottest time at noon. As the screams of the 107mm twelve-tube rocket launcher sounded on the ground, hundreds of fire dragons left the launch tubes,
Toward the Japanese position
They were raining down death bullets to their heart's content! Large numbers of meteors and fire showers pierced the sky and flew towards the Japanese positions. The sky was full of meteors that tore through the air and made screaming sounds. Each and every one of them was dragging on their buttocks.
With a long tail.
The first to suffer was the Japanese artillery positions.
Large groups of fireballs rose from the middle of the antique-like artillery pieces and gathered around the cannons. The Japanese artillerymen who were always prepared had no time to scream and were knocked to the ground by the densely exploded shrapnel. A lot of luck
It's not good to be killed directly by a rocket.
Those that were hit were torn into pieces. The barrel, gun body, wheels and other parts were blown to pieces and flew everywhere. In the fierce air wave set off by the rockets, a large number of piled shell boxes were affected, and the grenades competed with each other.
It exploded, making an earth-shattering explosion.
The hail of rockets plowed the Japanese artillery position for two minutes before quickly moving forward.
As meteors and fire rain continued to fall, the trenches and fortifications built in the mountains collapsed with violent explosions. The Japanese and Lanyin soldiers hiding in the trenches and fortifications were thrown into the fireball by the explosion.
, turned into a ball of blood and minced meat.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ito Shinji immediately called and ordered the troops deployed on the front line to withdraw quickly. However, waves of rockets roared in, and a series of loud noises "boom" followed one after another. Those who were trapped by the rain of bullets
The Japanese and native soldiers were unable to move an inch.
Each rocket is like a broom star that brings disaster. The unburned fuel is thrown everywhere by the explosives. Often when a rocket hits the ground, the surrounding area instantly burns into a fire dragon. Under the action of the powerful air wave, the rolling heat wave
Sweeping towards the Japanese positions, personnel, guns and ammunition, trenches and bunkers were dealt a devastating blow in the flames rising into the sky.
For a time, the Japanese were in chaos and running around, but because the rockets were too dense, they could not escape the attack. Many bunkers that looked extremely strong, as if they were made of rotten wooden boards, were blown away by the violent air waves.
The roof was lifted, the wall was destroyed, and they all flew out in the air with the explosion.
The entire mountainous area where the Japanese troops were located was raging with huge balls of fire, and the thick smoke almost covered the sun hanging in the sky.
The Japanese defense line was on the verge of collapse under the attack of a large number of rockets. The original three brigades of Japanese troops and one division of the Lanyin Army in the Muscat area were subjected to successive air raids, landing battles and this rain of rockets.
, less than half of the people have guns left.
The sound of artillery gradually became sparse, and the little gunmen and the servants of the Lanyin Indian soldiers who were stunned by the bombing barely got up from the dilapidated trenches and bunkers. When they saw the surrounding situation clearly, they were shocked - nearly half of them were
The roofs of the bunkers were blown off by rockets, and many trenches were flattened by artillery fire. The soft ground between the several trenches was filled with broken limbs, broken arms, flesh and blood, and gun parts.
The anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed among the forward positions were almost completely destroyed under such a violent blow.
Shinji Ito, who was standing by the phone, turned pale when he heard the feedback from the front line. His mind was full of questions: The artillery fire of Anjiajun's landing force was so fierce. According to common sense, shouldn't the landing force lack heavy fire support?
?How many cannons fired such powerful artillery fire? How did the enemy drag so many cannons?
"Baga! The enemy plane is here again!"
Lieutenant Colonel Kazuo Sakai, the chief of staff, who was standing in front of the lookout and observing the battle on the front line with a telescope, suddenly shouted. Officers from the headquarters rushed to the lookout and saw hundreds of fighter planes roaring in from the Gulf of Oman in the distance.
Come, rush towards the hilltop on the west side.
The first ones to attack were fighter jets. The rockets hanging on the wings were fired downwards for free, allowing the Japanese soldiers and Lanyin native soldiers who were watching on the Japanese position to once again enjoy the overwhelming rocket attack. Before they could recover,
Suddenly, the dense rain of bullets from the aviation machine guns had already descended, covering the entire front line and harvesting the lives of the survivors.
Not to be outdone, the bomber flew over the Japanese position at low altitude, opened its magazine, and a string of bombs fell from the sky like hailstones. Then violent explosions came one after another, and there were waves of explosive air ranging from a few meters to more than ten meters.
Soaring into the sky, fragments of the shells were mixed with human body parts and gun parts, shooting in all directions.
This time, the torpedo bombers did not carry torpedoes, but they carried 1,000-kilogram aerial bombs. As these heavy torpedo bombers swooped down from the sky, the aircraft almost exceeded the speed of sound under the influence of gravity acceleration. These heavy aerial bombs left
After hanging up the rack, he rushed towards the solid fortresses made of reinforced concrete on the ground that had not been destroyed by the rocket bombs.
The roaring and falling aerial bombs, their own weight plus the acceleration of the plane's dive, were unparalleled in power. The tops of the fortresses were knocked open in the huge explosions. The Japanese and Lanyin native soldiers hiding inside were blown away by the air waves of the explosion.
, was instantly torn into powder.
As the Japanese defense line was almost destroyed inside and out, the loud charge horn sounded again, and the "Porpoise I" tank covered the Marine Corps officers and soldiers and rushed towards the hill occupied by the enemy.
When they came to the river, the amphibious tanks rushed down the river without any hesitation. The tanks waded through the water and rushed to the other side with almost no obstacles. However, due to fear of the explosion of the Japanese "death squads", the tanks temporarily stayed on the other side of the river.
It served as a fort to suppress the firepower of the Japanese army.
The engineers who came on the pontoon truck quickly began to build the pontoon bridge. Within five minutes, several steel pontoon bridges composed of components were laid across the river. The Marine Corps officers and soldiers rushed across the river shouting loudly, and the "Porpoise I" tank started again.
, rushing towards the enemy on the top of the mountain.
The Marines' offensive was like mercury pouring down the field. They were organized into combat groups, using general-purpose machine guns, automatic rifles, submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, mortars, rocket launchers, grenade launchers and flamethrowers to cooperate with each other, plus snipers to eliminate the enemy.
At the firepower point, the Marine Corps officers and soldiers advanced bravely towards the top of the mountain, leaving the tanks struggling to climb up the steep slope far behind.
Under such a violent blow, the remaining Japanese troops and Lanyin soldiers were stunned. However, at this critical moment of life and death, they could only bite the bullet and use various weapons to fight back. However, the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps crossed to cover and marched.
The attack was as fast as thunder, and the charge was almost completed in one go, approaching the Japanese position with very few casualties.
At this time, the snipers covering the assault of the troops showed their might and sent the Japanese soldiers who were still shooting to hell one by one. The mortar operators and rocket launcher operators fired accurately to destroy the remaining firepower points.
The most powerful ones are the general-purpose machine guns. They make a "porphy" sound and shoot out fire whips. Wherever the fire whips hit, they are invincible. The dense bullets "swish" flew past the enemy's position.
The Japs and Lanyin native soldiers who were less exposed to shoot were killed, and the remaining enemies were beaten until they could not raise their heads.
Before rushing into the Japanese position, the Marine Corps officers and soldiers first threw a hand grenade, and then took advantage of the smoke rising from the explosion to rush into the trench. Automatic rifles and submachine guns unleashed a dense rain of bullets, hitting the Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to escape the grenade attack.
fell to the ground
Many trenches are equipped with machine gun bunkers and individual soldier positions. At this time, the flamethrower can show its power. Often a fire dragon shoots out, and a large number of burning Japanese soldiers rush out of those bunkers. Naturally, they are greeted by a burst of bullets.
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Occasionally, when the flamethrower fails to work due to angle problems, the rocket launcher can come in handy. Those extremely cunningly designed bunkers fly into the sky one after another under the close-range attack of the rockets.
With almost no losses, the Marines broke through the first trench of the Japanese army and approached the second trench.
There were more Japanese and native soldiers surviving in the second trench. When the Japanese soldiers saw the Marines rushing into the trench with guns in hand, they howled loudly, removed the bullets from their rifles, and prepared to fight with their bayonets. The native soldiers were still there.
When he was hesitating whether to withdraw the bullets as instructed by the *** instructor, a dense rain of bullets had already been fired.
Automatic rifles and submachine guns fired wildly, and the Japanese and Lanyin soldiers were swept to the ground like wheat. No one could break through this wall of death. The Marine officers and soldiers did not give each other a chance to bayonet. When the officers and soldiers fired
Very much
Pay attention to changing magazines in staggered ways. Occasionally, if you run out of bullets at the same time, you will immediately hang your rifle or submachine gun on your body, quickly pull out your pistol, and shoot at the enemy to kill the Japanese and Lanyin soldiers who are trying to get closer.
Knocked to the ground.
As the elite among the elite, the Marine Corps is not afraid of close combat. Those Japs hiding in the corners of the trenches are often dodged by the vigilant Marine officers and soldiers as soon as their bayonets are handed out. The next moment, their throats have been cut from nowhere.
The military spurs protruding from all over were cut open, and blood spurted out.
When the Marines approached the third trench, the Japanese had no choice but to send out death squads.
Those suicide squads had explosives wrapped around their waists, and they rushed towards Anjia officers and soldiers with their upper bodies bare. However, automatic rifles, submachine guns and general machine guns knocked down the Japanese's suicide squads to the ground like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. Occasionally, the fish that slipped through the net were also
The snipers from behind fired with precise shots, and they fell to the ground unwillingly. As the detonators on the suicide squad members were detonated, violent explosions came one after another, blowing the Japanese who were not afraid of death into powder.
With the defeat of the death squads, the Japanese army was defeated like a mountain. The third trench was quickly broken through. The red flag was soon planted on the hilltop to the west of Muscat Port. The best seaport in the Arabian Peninsula under the mountain was completely exposed.
In front of Marine Corps officers and soldiers.
At this time, Ito Shinji could no longer build a new line of defense.
Just as the fierce fighting on the Western Front was in full swing, the Anjia Army Marines landed on Sidab Beach on the east side of Muscat Port. Since most of the Japanese troops were transferred to the Western Front, the Third Marine Regiment did not make much trouble.
That is, they broke through the Japanese defenses across the board and quickly broke into the urban area of Muscat.
Shinji Ito had no available troops at hand. Seeing the Anjiajun Marine Corps officers and soldiers approaching the Yoreli Castle, he immediately ordered the burning of military flags, secret codes and confidential documents.
When the Marines broke into the fortress behind the Yoreli Castle in the evening, they discovered that almost all the Japanese officers and soldiers had committed suicide by caesarean section. They faced the direction of Tokyo in the northeast and fell to their knees, with blood and intestines flowing from their waists.
His stomach oozed all over the floor, and a fishy smell filled the air.
At this point, Muscat Port was completely under the control of the Anjia Army, and the task force had a naval port comparable to Karachi Port.
...
In Osinovo, west of Kazan, black smoke suddenly rose from the silent woods. Accompanied by the thunderous sound of engines, hundreds of tanks roared out of the woods, knocking down a large tree as thick as a bowl.
The trees rolled over the frozen river and rushed towards the east.
Behind the tanks were dozens of assault guns, and behind them were densely packed Soviet Red Army infantry.
The tank battalion rushed out of the woods and reached a frozen river. The anti-tank gun hidden behind the pitch pines on the other side began to fire. A burst of flames rose from the first tank, causing the ammunition chamber to explode. The turret flew into the air, and another
It crashed heavily into the glacier and was instantly submerged in the river, with only half of the barrel pointing toward the sky.
The shells exploded continuously, and the dense rain of bullets splashed on the tanks, making the sound of firecrackers on the armor plates. The rain of bullets was so dense that several tanks with slightly thin armor emitted billowing smoke and ran aground. More
The tanks roared across the glacier, and the assault guns knocked down trees and branches on the other side. The smoke filled the air. The infantry braved the hail of bullets and advanced step by step in small groups. The artillery assigned to the tank troops concentrated all their mortars.
, shooting at close range.
The Far Eastern Army's guard troops gradually became depleted and their firepower became sparse. Seeing more and more Soviet troops, the commander of the Far Eastern Army had no choice but to retreat with hatred.
On the snow-covered ground, hundreds of bodies of Far East officers and soldiers were left behind. More than twenty blown-up mortars and anti-tank guns were leaning on the ground. Four BT7 and one T34 tanks were destroyed and burst into flames.
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After the Soviet army broke through the border defense line of the Far Eastern Army, it continued to advance eastward.
According to the combat plan formulated by Zhukov, the Soviet army's attack style this time was different from the past. Instead of massing troops, they dispersed into hundreds of battle groups, like torrents flowing eastward, and like countless daggers in the river.
Attack the eastern edge of the densely covered and swampy Eastern European plains and advance eastward.
The attacking troops of the Soviet Army are like octopuses, stretching out tentacles everywhere. If the troops in front are blocked by the Far Eastern Army, the troops behind will go around; the attack group here is surrounded by the Far Eastern Army, and the troops on that side are surrounded by the Far Eastern Army.
The attack group crossed the battlefield where the fighting was ongoing. One mechanized force was wiped out, and more infantrymen carried tanks, armored vehicles, crawler motorcycles or sleds on their feet and continued to move forward.
At the same time, a large number of squads disguised themselves as the Far Eastern Army, infiltrated into the Far Eastern Army's defense lines, and disrupted the Far Eastern Army's troop deployment.
...
In the early morning, An Yi, who took a special plane and rushed back to Xinjing overnight, immediately summoned the Generals of the Military Commission and the General Staff to discuss the front-line battle situation in the Urals.
After An Yi and Yang Fei left, Yang Jie, who temporarily acted as the general staff officer, stood in front of a large map of the Soviet Union, facing a room full of generals, and talked:
"The Soviet attack was sudden. The Far East and we all thought that the Soviet army would launch an attack in the spring. No one expected that the Soviet army would actually attack in the coldest month of January! After analysis by the General Staff Operations Department and the Intelligence Department,
It is believed that the Soviet army did this just to give full play to its own advantages and curb the specialties of the Far East Army...
"Now the entire Eastern European plains, the Urals, and Siberia are shrouded in wind and snow. The superior air force of the Far Eastern Republic is unable to attack to assist in the battle. However, the Soviet army can make full use of its advantage in military strength to quickly compress the Far East with overwhelming force.
The living space of the army.
"Many of the defense lines built by the Far East Army took advantage of the dangers of rivers. But now, without exception, those rivers are all frozen with several meters of ice, and they cannot withstand the pressure of tanks and heavy artillery. Instead, in spring, summer and autumn,
, those rivers became obstacles blocking the Soviet advance. At the same time, as the Far Eastern Army's defense line collapsed, the Soviet sabotage squad penetrated into the rear of the Far Eastern Army, causing huge damage.
"Judging from the weather, location, and people, there have been changes that are beneficial to the Soviet army. This shows that the people in the Soviet Union who formulated this combat plan are quite talented in military affairs!"
An Yi nodded, stood up and walked to the map. He turned back to look at General Yi: "The situation is indeed very dangerous... If you have any opinions on the Soviet actions, please speak freely!"
Colonel Zhou Wei, who was newly transferred to the Strategic Planning Bureau of the General Staff Operations Department, has served successively as the squadron leader of the 26th Army Special Forces Brigade, the deputy captain of the Special Forces Brigade of the Front Army under Gu Changfeng, and the combat staff officer of the Third Group Army.
As soon as he thought about it, he stood up and said loudly:
"We should still adhere to the combat policy of 'putting ourselves first, mobilize the enemy, wait for opportunities to eliminate one of them, and accumulate small victories into big victories.' The Soviet army's strategy of comprehensive oppression seems to be impeccable, but in fact it is full of loopholes. The cold ice field
Terrain not only has benefits, but also brings countless troubles. For example, transporting supplies is a big problem!
"Now the fighting is taking place near the border, so there is no problem, but as long as it goes deeper than 50 to 100 kilometers into the Ural region, the pressure on logistical supplies will definitely increase. Troops close to roads and railways will not be affected by their traveling speed due to the convenient supply.
However, those troops far away from the lines of communication have no choice but to slow down their attack due to difficulties in supplying fuel and food. As a result, there will be a number of arrows that break away from other troops.
"If I were the commander of the Far East Army, Yegorov, I would try every means to deploy defensive lines on some secondary fronts to delay the Soviet offensive step by step, and let in the Soviet troops near the communication lines to close the door and beat the dogs.
.Concentrate superior forces to destroy the enemy and make full use of ice
It is not difficult to achieve this strategic goal due to the difficulties caused by snowy weather in communications, material supplies, etc. to various Soviet units. As long as a few elite Soviet units can be eliminated, the exposed gaps will instead allow more Soviet units to
The troops were trapped in a dilemma of being unable to advance or retreat.
"As more and more troops are annihilated, the Soviet army can only choose to retreat. At that time, there will be a situation of host and guest on the battlefield, which in turn will become a situation where the Far Eastern Army attacks and the Soviet army is trapped."
“Good analysis!”
An Yi smiled happily and encouraged: "Zhou Wei's combat idea is similar to what I imagined. But I have a question in my mind. Yegorov is a well-known military master. At this critical juncture, why did he get into chaos?
, continues to increase troops to the front line, doesn’t he know that the consequence of setting up defenses everywhere is to be beaten everywhere?”
The generals discussed it for a while, and then General Deng Bin, president of the National Defense University, said:
"I think the main reason for the Far East is the reluctance to abandon Kazan. Because of its special geographical location and political and economic significance, Kazan is deeply valued by the top brass of the Soviet Army and the Far East Army. In the past few years, the city has changed hands many times. Recently, Kazan has changed hands many times.
The first change of hands took place on the 9th of this month. At that time, the Far East had exaggerated this victory. To a certain extent, today's Soviet army's all-out attack can also be understood as a counterattack against the Far East Army's capture of Kazan.
"The Far East must occupy the moral high ground and ensure that Kazan, where Comrade Ulyanov, the founder of the Soviet Union, studied, fought, and worked, has become a necessary choice. Defending Kazan is to defend the Far Eastern Republic.
The orthodox status of the Bolshevik Party. Moreover, the defense of Kazan was not without any obstacles.
What's the point? After all, this is the gateway to Moscow. It is the closest to Moscow from Kazan to the west, and there are no big mountains blocking it along the way. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. If the Far East Army can attract some Soviet troops here, then other fronts
The pressure will be reduced accordingly, and conditions can be created for the decisive battle between the main forces."
An Yi couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, and said to himself that the Far East Army defended Kazan, just like the Soviet Union defended Leningrad and Stalingrad in World War II, all to ensure the morale of the troops. Since the Soviets can rely on Leningrad and Stalin
Grad, to block the German offensive, perhaps the Far Eastern Army could follow the same example and hold back the main force of the Soviet army on the Kazan front line, creating opportunities for its headquarters to mobilize troops to find opportunities for a decisive battle.
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***: I don’t know why, but the coding speed is always slow. I will definitely correct it tomorrow and update it as soon as possible! I apologize again to my friends!