The Soviet Red Army frantically attacked and ultimately suffered a disastrous defeat!
There are no specific casualty reports related to the Red Army in this battle. According to rough statistics, the Red Army killed more than 10,000 people in this attack, and was wounded, and the number of prisoners captured was twice this number.
Of course, for the Red Army, which has an army of 350,000, such casualty figures are completely acceptable to them. But what troubles their commanders is that the morale of their own soldiers is disappearing.
This is a very rare thing for the Red Army.
The Red Army also suffered heavy casualties before, but the spirit they showed on the battlefield was still amazing. However, with the replacement of Baloch Shevlov and the disastrous defeat in the offensive, the Red Army soldiers'
My mentality is undergoing this terrible change,
This kind of change cannot be inspired by mobilization.
There were people constantly whispering there, speculating why their commander Baloch Shevlov was suddenly dismissed.
However, the political commissars and instructors who had received orders from their superiors strictly prohibited their soldiers from making such comments.
The chatter on the lips has been temporarily calmed down, but who can know what the soldiers are thinking in their hearts?
On May 5th, the battlefield situation finally changed significantly! Everything started from the small town of Listeven!
In this small town, the Russians placed a regiment, but when Baloch Shevlov discovered the [Chinese] people's intention, they quickly reinforced it with a division!
But when the Russian division's vanguard regiment arrived in Listvina on the night of May 4, the Chinese armored forces had already arrived!
The big attack begins instantly!
The [Chinese] tanks ran rampant on the Russian temporary positions. The [Chinese] soldiers armed with submachine guns and rifles relied on the cover of the tanks to quickly annihilate every enemy they could see.
The Russians did not have any anti-tank weapons, so they could only use their flesh and blood to resist the enemy tanks. But it was all in vain.
The [Chinese] tanks brutally broke through the enemy's position and dispersed the enemy's formation. Then the [Chinese] soldiers rushed in front of the Russian soldiers, and the rest just shot and killed them.
At Listvina, despite the most determined Russian resistance, the troops were defeated after two hours.
Listevenna fell into the hands of the Chinese again!
Deng Xia did not let the troops make any stop. He ordered the damaged tanks and armored transport vehicles to be thrown away, and then commanded all the troops, without even looking at the Russian prisoners, and left Listvina in a rampage.
[China] The Chinese 1st Armored Division has only one goal: the main battlefield!
At this time, Ivan Ivanov, the acting commander of the Irkutsk Red Army, did not notice at all that Listvina, his important flank town, had been breached. His only consideration now was how to stabilize the front as quickly as possible.
The situation on the battlefield.
On May 5, the Sino-Russian coalition forces suddenly went uncharacteristically. After a routine bombing by aircraft and artillery, the main force of the "Chinese" Army suddenly appeared on the frontal battlefield.
To be fair, the combat quality of these Chinese soldiers in the Northeast Army is not high. They have not participated in any civil war before sending troops to Russia. They have not been tested by war. Before they accept formal reorganization, they are not considered national revolutionaries.
The elite troops of the Ming Army.
But they have planes and cannons!
Under the violent bombardment of artillery shells, these soldiers, holding the latest weapons supplied to them by the Nationalist Government, began to approach the enemy bit by bit.
Although they were full of confusion, the Red Army soldiers fought very tenaciously!
They work hard to hold on to a position. Once a crisis arises somewhere, they can always organize spontaneously to fill those precarious positions as soon as possible.
The enemy's artillery bombardment was very fierce, and although most of the positions were blown to pieces, they were still controlled by the air force.
Everything changed completely at 1:00 last year!
A large number of tanks and infantry suddenly appeared on the flanks of the main battlefield in Irkutsk.
Those tanks roared in and quickly overran the Red Army positions, then threw the originally orderly battlefield into chaos.
A large number of infantry seized positions and then continued to advance in depth under the cover of tanks.
It's chaotic, everything is completely chaotic.
[China] The 1st Armored Division began to break through the enemy's core position, and its attention was completely focused on the Red Army on the front battlefield. Under the attack of these steel monsters, it was difficult to stop the breakthrough of the enemy tanks with their crude weapons.
The purpose of these tanks and infantry is not to annihilate how many enemies or occupy many positions, but to completely tear apart the enemy's defense line and clear the pressure for the main frontal attack.
And they also succeeded in doing it!
One by one, the Red Army positions were broken through and destroyed, and the entire defense line was in complete chaos.
Everywhere we look, we can see [Chinese] tanks running rampant, and [Chinese] soldiers can be seen everywhere in the core positions of the Red Army.
〖Chinese〗 Chinese planes are also taking off and bombing more frequently!
At this time, Zhang Zuolin, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army of China, ordered all troops to launch a general offensive against the Red Army!
The decisive battle begins!
This is the day that determines victory or defeat, and it is also the day that determines fate!
All 100,000 Chinese and Russian coalition troops entered the battlefield.
Various positions of the Red Army have been breached one after another. The flags of the Chinese and the White Guards are flying everywhere in the Red Army positions. The balance of victory has been heavily tilted towards the Sino-Russian allied forces!
By the afternoon, most of the core positions had fallen into the hands of the Chinese and Russian coalition forces.
About 50,000 to 70,000 Red Army troops were annihilated, about 100,000 were routed and captured, and the rest were divided and surrounded. It was only a matter of time before they were annihilated.
Faced with this bad situation, Ivan Ivanov was helpless. At this time, spiritual mobilization could no longer play any role. Tens of thousands of "Ula"s could no longer restore the defeat on the battlefield!
It was only at this moment that he remembered General Baloch Shevlov. But General Baloch Shevlov had no better way: "Comrade Political Commissar, we have failed and there is no way to restore the situation.
, the only thing that can be done now is to try to keep the [revolutionary] fire alive and lead the remaining soldiers to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible!"
"What, breakout?" Ivan Ivanov suddenly shouted: "No, Comrade Baloch Shevlov, our task is to hold on here and defeat all enemies, not to abandon Irkuts.
gram!"
Speaking of this, his voice also became deeper: "What's more, once we abandon this place, who will bear the responsibility?"
Hearing this, Shevlov smiled bitterly and shook his head. How long has it been and he is still thinking about who will bear the responsibility? He calmed down and said: "Comrade Political Commissar, if you really want to
If you want to be held accountable, then let me take on this responsibility."
Ivan Ivanov opened his mouth, but no words came out.
It failed, it really failed. In just one day, the troops under his command suffered the most disastrous defeat. Who should bear the responsibility?
Ivanov cannot answer himself!
On May 7, the Chinese and Russian coalition forces launched their final attack, and it was on this day that Baloch Shevlov, who took over the command again, issued the general breakout order.
This was one of the most brutal breakouts in the history of the Red Army.
Enemies were everywhere, pursued by armored vehicles and bombed by aircraft. Shevlov left a division behind to block the pursuing enemies, trying to buy time for the troops to break through.
The number and commander of this division are no longer known, but they held their position for more than eight hours, and in the end almost all of them were killed.
About 100,000 Red Army troops successfully broke through, while 250,000 Red Army troops were annihilated.
For the Soviet Red Army, this was a war they would never forget.
Three hundred and fifty thousand people were defeated and annihilated here. It can be said that the Chinese armored forces broke through their flanks, causing a drastic change in the battlefield situation.
Or maybe some people’s wrong command led to failure?
After the war, everyone held their own opinions and no one was willing to give in. There was only one scapegoat: Baloch Shevlov.
This commander who commanded well at the beginning of the Irkutsk battle, blocked the enemy's attack, and successfully organized a breakout of 100,000 Red Army troops after the battle failed, was charged by the Soviets with "treason and desertion..."
The Supreme Military Court sentenced him to death.
On May 16, 1.2, Baloch Shevlov was shot. It is said that when he was asked what his last words were before his death, the Red Army general said: "Shooting me alone will not solve the problem, but we must know why.
We failed in the battle of Irkutsk, our weapons lagged behind the enemy, and our tactics also lagged behind the enemy. This is a bloody lesson. I only hope that we will not repeat the same mistakes in the future."
But no one listened to his words.
The political commissar Ivan Ivanov only received a warning and was demoted.
This is good news for the Chinese people. If there were more people like Ivan Ivanov in the Soviet Red Army, future battles would be much smoother.
But this is nothing more than a beautiful wish. The battle in Irkutsk is just the beginning, and a more brutal battle is not far away waiting for the Chinese people.
Countless people will die, the final victory is far from coming, and the more brutal and bloody battle has not officially begun.
But no matter what, the Battle of Irkutsk ended with the victory of the Chinese and Russian coalition forces, or to be more precise, it finally ended with the victory of the [Chinese] people.
The war is about to break out more violently in Russia!!.