A Soviet tank regiment stationed in Yumen Town was caught off guard by the Ming army. Most of the soldiers were still sleeping in their beds when they were surrounded by the roar of engines from all directions.
The Soviet political commissar was called by the soldiers and knew that a disaster was imminent, but he was the political commissar after all. Knowing that it was too late to summon the crews into the tanks to fight, he directly ordered people to rush to the field where the tanks were parked with oil drums.
Burn a few vehicles. Then he turned around and asked the commanders of each battalion and company to organize a breakout.
The soldiers below were frightened and confused when they heard this order. The political commissar pulled out his pistol and fired it into the air. Several soldiers shouted "Yes, comrade colonel" and then ran away like flying.
But it was already too late. When the Soviet soldiers ran to the tank field carrying oil barrels, flares were already flying in the sky. Several Ming army tanks and armored vehicles were parked in the middle of the field, and the bright car lights shone on them.
In this direction, the searchlights on the armored vehicles were moving around. A large group of Ming army soldiers were running quickly with automatic rifles, obviously receiving these tanks.
One of the Soviet soldiers was very brave. He rushed towards a tank with an oil drum in his arms. Suddenly, a beam of light shone at him, followed by a shout and a series of machine gun shots. The Soviet soldier fell to the ground and died.
At this time, continuous gunshots, explosions, and flashes of light began to illuminate the night sky. It was obvious that the Ming army had entered the town, and the progress of the battle could be imagined.
However, the main force of the Ming army did not stop, leaving only about two regiments of infantry to clean up. After about an hour, the gunfire stopped in most places in the town, and there were only sporadic exchanges of fire in some places. More and more people
The Soviet prisoners were led to the field where the tanks were parked. The officers and soldiers were separated, holding their heads in their hands, and were searched. Those who were searched were formed into teams and escorted to the rear east.
At about two o'clock in the night, the entire period of resistance was eliminated. The town of Yumenguan was recaptured. The main armored force of the Ming Army on the South Road also encountered fierce resistance from the Soviet army again 30 kilometers west of Yumenguan, and its advance was blocked and stopped.
The military headquarters ordered the leading troops to temporarily stand along the road, while the following troops rested and reorganized until they received air support at dawn.
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The South Road offensive can be said to be the main line of the offensive from Jiuquan to Hami. This line of attack relies on roads. There is only such a road in the area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers from Gansu to Northern Xinjiang. Although in this way,
In the battlefield composed of Gobi and grassland, the dependence on roads is not particularly strong, but the roads were built along the ancient Silk Road, which is a series of oases and residential areas. To the north is the vast Gobi as far as the eye can see in Outer Mongolia.
and desert, with the Qilian Mountains to the south, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau next. Only along this line can local supplies be obtained, water sources can be easily found, and it is suitable for troops to be stationed for a long time. Therefore, the offensive on the south road will definitely be the most intense battle, and it is also
This is the road where the main force of the Soviet army is located.
Compared with the southern route, the northern offensive was much easier. After breaking through the Soviet defense lines and minefields, there was no major tank battle. The northern offensive did not advance continuously at night, but was stationed overnight normally. But that's it.
In this way, the distance advanced in just one day is more than the distance traveled by the South Road in one day and one night.
The bigger problem on the North Road is water. The 480-kilometer stretch of desert Gobi is not like the oasis on the road in the south. There are endless residential areas along the way. You can find wells in any village, and occasionally there are rivers and lakes. North Road
Ruth relied entirely on the water tankers that accompanied the army to bring water. Ten divisions provided drinking water for nearly 200,000 people, and consumed more water for vehicles and tanks... This took up a lot of transportation power.
Transportation power was the force that had previously restricted the Ming and Soviet armies from marching forward. Facing the desert Gobi that stretched for hundreds of kilometers in the middle, no one had the strength to let their army fight through. Moreover, the two ends of these hundreds of kilometers of desert were not
The two armies are ready to attack, but the two armies are at the end of their crossbow.
But now the Ming army broke through and challenged this barrier.
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At the headquarters in Lanzhou, Xiang Xiaoqiang had completely taken off his "honeymoon" appearance, put on his lieutenant general uniform again, and stayed in the command hall to observe the battle. He noticed that these people who had been staying in Lanzhou for a long time
In the headquarters, the officers who have been competing with the Soviet army on the Western Front for a long time, what they think in their minds are very different from what those officers in Nanjing think. Here, the Soviet army is not an easy concept to deal with at all. It
It's not just some red little people marks like on the big map of the Nanjing Headquarters, but a living thing.
"The tank warfare method adopted by our army during the Unification War is no longer applicable," the newly appointed commander said to Xiang Xiaoqiang while eating supper, "because the Soviet army has also begun to learn to use tanks in large numbers. At this time, they can use tanks individually.
One or several anti-tank guns will soon be discovered by the opponent and then destroyed. Later, we adopted a new method of attacking tanks with a group of guns, called an "anti-tank array". The method was to organize some artillery groups, each with
A group of about 10 anti-tank artillery pieces, uniformly commanded by one person. He is responsible for concentrating firepower on a target. Several anti-tank artillery groups are organized into an artillery group. Each artillery group is deployed in depth and distributed throughout the defense area, striving to fire sideways.
Destroy the attacking tanks with fire...Fire discipline is crucial, and if you fire too early, there will be serious consequences.
"Later, the Soviet army imitated this tactic. They were not very good at creating it, but they were good at imitating it. Judging from the long process of fighting with them, they had long become experts in using this tactic. The Soviet army also used landmines
Fields and anti-tank trenches are used to strengthen this "anti-tank array", and scattered mines are also placed between the minefields. When we carried out the offensive in the tug-of-war last year, although the penetration depth was only more than ten kilometers, we were often in
Surrounded by minefields, "anti-tank arrays" had to be dealt with everywhere... Also, the Soviet army's camouflage was very clever. If a certain tank was not destroyed, or if the Soviet anti-tank guns were not fired,
If the fire breaks out, we won't be able to detect their ambush."
He noticed that Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded slowly while eating, as if he was very worried, and then smiled and comforted:
"However, Sir, what I mean when I say this is not how powerful the Soviet army is. It just means that we really know ourselves and the enemy, and at least we cannot underestimate each other. Of course, since the war started, the Soviet army has made a lot of progress, and we have made even more progress.
Much more. Many things that we were not aware of during the Unification War have now been summarized as basic tactical requirements. For example, every possibility must be used to conduct aerial reconnaissance; the attacking tank force should try to prepare as many "Thunder" heavy tanks as possible, and use
In the main assault direction; the concentration of firepower must be rapid and effective, and tanks must generally not stop except for shooting; all heavy weapons observers supporting the attack must follow up with tanks, and radio contact must be maintained between tank commanders and the air force;
Engineers riding in armored personnel carriers must follow the tanks; the Lightning-2 light tanks must be ready to expand their results at any time; throughout the battle, special armored vehicles should be used to replenish the tanks with oil and ammunition; the tanks should be equipped with smoke canisters.
In order to blind the shooters of enemy anti-tank weapons, detachment and unit commanders must also have colored smoke flares to indicate targets; during night attacks, tanks must be equipped with direction finding equipment..."