Across the way, there was the overwhelming roar of "Wula" and the overwhelming sound of tanks. Next to me, there were earth-shaking explosions of artillery shells... dense as a meteor shower, with several shells exploding at the same time every second. The earth was shaking, as if the air
burning.
Now, half a division of the Ming army guarding the Dihua Mountain Pass has suffered more than 30% casualties. On the opposite side, the Soviet army's casualties are at least three times that of the Ming army. In the 70-kilometer narrow strip of mountain pass from Dabancheng to the southern suburbs of Dihua, the Ming army
Fighting and retreating at the same time, very efficient and very experienced
The first division of the People's Guard was designed to maximize the damage to the Soviet army while avoiding excessive casualties. The First Division of the People's Guard was a battle-hardened and experienced force, and Gao Dayi and Xiang Xiaoqiang also set their combat thinking, not seeking to "take away an inch of territory".
"Loss", but find the maximum exchange ratio.
Especially Xiang Xiaoqiang, who has decades of experience and understands the spleen and stomach of this monster in the north. From Tsarist Russia to the later Soviet Union, the country's expansion has always been "picking up the weak" and he knows how to choose his opponents.
Even if it expands, it will make sure that it can eat it in one bite, and generally will not provoke prey that cannot be eaten by itself. This is a characteristic of Russia that is different from Germany and Japan.
Xiang Xiaoqiang's guiding ideology is: I hope that the Soviet Union is here to make a profit this time, not to fight for its life. Then as soon as possible, we need to let the Soviet people understand that not only are we not soft persimmons, but we are also smelly and hard. If you want to take a piece of land, you have to pay.
It’s a big, big price. Since you’re here to make a buck, you have to calculate the cost and whether it’s worth it. If you can make the Soviet Union feel that it’s not worth it, then the war will not escalate, and Northern Xinjiang may be able to avoid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.
be preserved.
More importantly, the Ming Dynasty did not have to fall into a full-scale war in the northwest. The Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to survive relying on cars to transport troops, food, ammunition, fuel, and other supplies all the way. By then, Japan would be moving from the east
If we start an uprising, the country will be in real danger.
Another thing is that Xiang Xiaoqiang also thinks about himself. It is estimated that reinforcements from the two motorized infantry divisions will arrive within a day or two. The Soviet army in the south is now twenty times larger than ours, and there is no hope of breaking out head-on.
The only hope is to take it easy and try to get these few people to support it for a few more days.
Moreover, we also need to see how the Ming army's aircraft perform after dawn.
Kingfisher vs I-16, the Ming Dynasty pilots trained in the Unification War vs the Soviet pilots trained in the Spanish War, I don’t know the strength of both sides.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang and Shi Shigege stayed in the armored command vehicle, watching the division staff sweating profusely as they issued orders and made phone calls... Heavy artillery shells kept falling nearby, and as the ground trembled violently, there was a loud sound on the roof of the vehicle.
There was a "dinging, clanging" sound. From time to time, a phone would be out of service, and the phone line would be blown up. At this time, the communications soldier would carry a line pulley and brave a hail of bullets to check the line.
The other half of Altay's division is running wildly on the road, rushing south as fast as it can, and it is estimated that they will be back in the evening at the earliest. Gao Dayi has now boarded the plane, and will land at Dihua Airport in more than an hour to direct the battle.
Xiang Xiaoqiang now plays no role in specific command except supervising the battle. But here, he still has a great spiritual effect on the troops. Xiang Xiaoqiang's flag flying high above the command vehicle means that the Ming army
The ever-victorious general and anti-Qing hero has always been with the soldiers.
He originally wanted to send Shi Shi Ge Ge back to Dihua Airport and let her take a plane out of danger and return to the mainland. But Shi Shi Ge Ge was unwilling to do so anyway.
On the one hand, she was really worried about Xiang Xiaoqiang, and on the other hand, those women in Nanjing were probably going crazy with anxiety. At this time, they were worried about flying over to see her alone, safe and sound.
After flying back and leaving Xiang Xiaoqiang on the battlefield, you can imagine how they felt. Maybe they didn't say anything, but in their hearts they wanted to tear themselves to pieces.
Moreover, there was another more important reason why Shishi Gege decided to stay with him.
Now Zhu Yourong's imperial telegram has arrived, ordering Xiang Xiaoqiang to immediately fly back to the mainland with Princess Liaoyang and the entire division as soon as the situation worsens. Despite this telegram, Fourteenth Princess is still worried about Xiang Xiaoqiang's stubborn temper. I don't know.
The sky is thick and the earth is thick
, vowing to live and die with the soldiers, that would be bad. Even if he is just acting, he may not grasp the rhythm well and make the lie come true. Now that the Soviet army is so close to Dihua, they will rush over if they say they are coming. One certainty
No, the airport is really lost.
The main task that Fourteen Princess gave herself was to look after Xiang Xiaoqiang as a princess, and if necessary, order someone to force Xiang Xiaoqiang onto the plane. If Xiang Xiaoqiang made a fuss, she would personally order the guards to tie him up and carry him to the airport.
.No one dares to do this kind of thing except myself. Not even Gao Dayi dares to do it.
Now that Zhu Yourong's telegram has been received, Shi Shigege's identity has changed, which means that he has to protect this "public property" for "all the sisters".
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After dawn, a tank battle between the two sides began on the flat land of a ten-kilometer-wide valley in the southern suburbs of Dihua.
The main force of the Soviet army is the BT fast tank, and the main force of the Ming army is the Lightning-3 tank.
The tanks of the Ming Army have an overwhelming advantage in terms of quality. The Lightning-3 has a total combat weight of 22 tons, a 40mm front armor, a 47mm cannon, two machine guns, and a maximum road speed of 40 kilometers per hour. The BT-7 tank has a total combat weight of only
13 tons, the maximum armor thickness is only 15 mm, a 45 mm cannon, and two or three machine guns. The only thing that can surpass the Lightning-3 tank is speed, with a maximum speed of 53 kilometers per hour.
The artillery calibers of both sides are actually about the same. The Ming Army's 40mm thick armor is largely offset by the gasoline engine. Although the BT tank only has 15mm front armor, the Ming Army's 47mm cannon can easily penetrate it in one shot.
, but the Ming army tanks themselves have gasoline engines, which are easy to
It was caught on fire. The Soviet tanks were sometimes hit by armor-piercing shells, and the personnel were shocked to death, but the tanks stayed there without catching fire or exploding. They could be repaired and replaced with another set of cannon fodder. On the contrary, the Ming tanks
, unless the thickest armor in the front is hit, if the side is hit, a fire will immediately ignite.
However, the Ming Army tanks also have two features that the Soviet tanks cannot match. The first is that every Ming Army tank has an on-board radio, which can quickly communicate and deploy between battles. The Soviet Army only has radios for command tanks. Second, the Ming Army tanks have radios.
The first is that the Ming Army's tank units all participated in the Unification War and have rich experience. Unlike the Air Force, the Soviet Army did not directly participate in the Spanish War in the form of a "Volunteer Flying Team". The proportion of the Army's direct participation in the battlefield was very small, and only a small number
The tanker went to the battlefield as an "advisor" and came back as an ace tanker.
With these two factors, the Ming Army's tanks achieved a high exchange ratio. However, there was no choice but to see that only more than a hundred Ming Army tanks could be put into the Dihua battlefield, while the Soviet tanks were too many. The Ming Army's tanks moved toward
Fire one shot in one direction, and immediately there will be three or five cannons coming from all directions. One Lightning-3 will almost kill one or two, and after at most the third BT-7, it will usually fall into a sea of flames and explode.
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Around 6:30, the rumble of engines sounded in the sky.
The commanders on both sides of the Ming and Soviet positions looked up - planes were coming.
At first it was just a small black spot in the sky, but then it quickly grew in size, and then a fierce roar was heard. The roars of dozens of aircraft gathered together, like an air defense siren.
The Ming army immediately cheered. Their own tank killers were coming.