Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Pressure from the Soviet Far East Army

"Beep...beep..." A series of sharp whistles sounded from an air defense position at the Jiamusi Temporary Field Airport. Hundreds of soldiers scattered around the position, like hunters who found their prey, quickly got out of the position and headed towards the enemy. Assemble where the whistle sounded.

Soon, an infantry phalanx of more than [-] people was assembled.

The battalion commander of the first battalion of the Jiamusi Air Defense Regiment strode up to the troops.Yang raised the telegram he had just received, and after all his subordinates focused on him, he shouted with excitement, "Brothers, if I guessed correctly, you have been holding back since you entered the air defense regiment. A mouthful of resentment. Because the task of our air defense regiment is to defend the rear, there is no chance to fight the enemy head-on on the battlefield and fight devils."

Facing this weird opening remark, although everyone did not speak.However, from the silent eyes of hundreds of officers and soldiers, the first battalion commander can be sure that what he said hit everyone's heart.After quickly scanning the three square formations in front of him with a pair of eyes, he continued to speak: "It has been so long, I don't know if the vigor in everyone's hearts has been smoothed by time."

After finishing speaking, the battalion commander shifted his eyes directly to the commander of the only anti-aircraft gun company in the whole battalion, and asked sharply: "First company commander, you are an old man who followed me when I was the platoon commander. I wonder if your spirit is still there?" , can you still go to the battlefield..."

"Please don't worry, battalion commander. As long as the battalion commander gives me a chance, I can still go to the battlefield to kill devils with more than 100 people in a company..." The company commander seemed to realize something.With a hot expression on his face, he promised loudly.

"Please rest assured, battalion commander, our vigor is still there..." The other two anti-aircraft gun company commanders.Immediately afterwards, he replied not to be outdone.

"Okay..." The first battalion commander nodded in satisfaction.Afterwards, he spoke surprisingly.

"Since everyone's energy is there, I'll tell you here that the commander-in-chief has given our first battalion a chance to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy head-on. Now I order that the whole battalion should organize its equipment and ammunition immediately. An hour later, the headquarters will deploy a car transport battalion to transport us to the forefront of the battlefield, cooperate with the infantry, stick to Yilan, and block the old Maozi's attack..."

When the 55th Yilan Regiment blocked the position, Zeng Zhiyuan, chief of staff of the regiment, was leading a group of staff to check the construction of the trenches.A combat staff officer quickly chased him over.Reported to Zeng Zhiyuan: "Chief of Staff, here we come. An air defense battalion supported by the headquarters has arrived at the position and is dismantling relevant equipment and ammunition..."

"So fast, it seems that it is really different to have a car for transportation. It takes a day's journey to rely on misfortune. The car only traveled for less than two hours and rushed to the battlefield... Let's go, brothers. Let's meet together Air Defense Battalion, let’s see what sharp weapons the Air Defense Battalion is equipped with, even Lao Maozi’s medium-sized tanks are ignored..." After speaking, Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan walked quickly to the rear of the position.

On the road about 500 meters away from the forward position.There were hundreds of trucks in a row, all parked on the side of the road.A large number of air defense battalion fighters have already provided corresponding supplies and are shouting chant.A double-barreled 20mm caliber anti-aircraft cannon weighing hundreds of kilograms was continuously removed from the car.

Different from the cannons directly loaded in the truck compartment, there are 50mm anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns with a barrel of more than three meters.Also with the efforts of the soldiers, through manpower.Push to the front of the position.

A group of officers and soldiers of the 55th Regiment headed by Zeng Zhiyuan had just appeared at the end of the convoy. The commander of the first battalion, who was full of expectations for future battles, walked over with a serious face.

Saluted, and reported loudly: "Reporting sir, the commander of the First Battalion of Jiamusi Field Air Defense Air Defense Regiment, together with all the officers, soldiers and equipment, was ordered to report, please instruct..."

Zeng Zhiyuan is obviously a very practical mid-level officer of the National Defense Forces.After simply returning a military salute, his eyes had unconsciously shifted to the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns that were being unloaded from the carriage.

A pair of eyes has been looking at the first battalion commander who will be his direct superior in the next time. He reacted immediately and said: "Sir, this is a [-]mm caliber dual-armor that our air defense force just equipped half a year ago. Handle the cannon."

After seeing Zeng Zhiyuan nodded noncommittally and showed an interested expression on his face, Wang Hong, the commander of the first battalion, continued to introduce: "Sir, this double-barreled cannon can not only use Fashen 20mm high-explosive bombs At the same time, it can also fire 20mm armor-piercing shells. The machine gun has an effective range of 6000 meters against the air, and 5000 meters for flat fire. The rate of fire is [-] rounds per minute, and the ejection speed of the cannon is per second... "

Although the power of the machine guns sounds great, this time the enemy these dozens of machine guns are dealing with is not the air force, but a group of old Maozi tanks.Thinking of this, a faint worried expression still did not escape the eyes of the First Battalion Commander Wang Hong.After a short period of contemplation, he continued to explain: "Sir, the double-barreled cannon we are equipped with can not only destroy all air fighters within the range. It also has great power in flat fire... According to the theory, the cannon can be used in flat fire and In the case of using armor-piercing bullets, the 1000-meter distance can easily penetrate the 500mm rear armor, and the 200-meter distance can easily penetrate the [-]mm thick armor. If the distance is put into [-] meters, it can completely penetrate [-]mm. Rear armor..."

"Of course, we don't have to worry if the frontal armor of the old Maozi tank is more than 1000 millimeters thick. This time we were ordered to reinforce Yilan. We not only brought two companies of anti-aircraft guns, but also a company of anti-aircraft guns. These anti-aircraft guns can easily penetrate 500 mm thick armor at a distance of [-] meters and [-] mm thick armor at a distance of [-] meters when they fire flat and use armor-piercing projectiles. The thickness of the frontal armor of the active tanks has not exceeded [-]mm..."

"Uh... Battalion Commander Wang, the data you said is true..." Zeng Zhiyuan, who had reacted from the shock, asked back with a face full of astonishment.

Wang Hong assured loudly: "Please rest assured, sir, what I just said is true. As for the specific battle situation, you can see it when you get to the battlefield. However, I can guarantee it here. As long as there is one person in my air defense battalion, there will be no Allowing an old Maozi tank to enter the position 200 meters in front of our blocking position...."

"Okay..." With the assurance of the other party.Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan, who had been worried about the old Maozi tank for several hours, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Wang Hong with a relaxed expression.Afterwards, facing Wang Hong, he said gratefully: "Battalion Commander Wang, as long as the air defense battalion can block the old Maozi tank, I, Zeng Zhiyuan, will personally ask the headquarters to give you credit. In addition, Commander Wang, I don't know what your department has. Difficulties need our help. As long as we can do it, we must do it..."

Seeing the sincere smile on Zeng Zhiyuan's face, Wang Hong no longer hesitated, and said bluntly, "Thank you, sir... However, we really have a problem that we hope to get help from, sir... because our air defense battalion has too few personnel, and these Anti-aircraft equipment can only be transported to the position by manpower. Therefore, I hope the commander can deploy some troops to help us transport the weapons to the position earlier..."

"No problem..." Zeng Zhiyuan, who was in a good mood, responded with a cheerful face after the problem that had troubled him for several hours was resolved.subsequently.He ordered to a subordinate behind him: "Battlemaster Liang, now I order that your first battalion withdraw from the position immediately and help the brothers in the air defense battalion to transport equipment."

Although Liang Shaodong was unwilling in his heart.However, he also knew that the air defense battalion in front of him was related to whether the entire 55th regiment could hold its position and block the reinforcements sent by the Soviet Far East Red Army.Zeng Zhiyuan's order had just been issued.Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong replied very straightforwardly: "Please rest assured, the Chief of Staff, the First Battalion will definitely cooperate well with the brothers of the Air Defense Battalion.

The Soviet Red Army deserves to be a force that advocates heavy firepower.The battle has just begun, a heavy artillery brigade.A total of more than one hundred large-caliber artillery began to pour shells into the 55th regiment's blocking position.

As the rumbling artillery began to move forward in the position, the blocking position stretching for several kilometers was shrouded in gunpowder smoke produced by various shell explosions in a blink of an eye.Started trembling and moaning under the unprecedented fierce artillery fire...

How could a pure civil engineering project built only on logs withstand such a blow.In order to avoid a devastating blow to the position.The Soviet artillery unit had just fired three rounds of shells, which were assigned to the four heavy artillery regiments of the 19th Division, and then began to counter fire.Not only that, a telegram requesting air force support was quickly transmitted to Jiamusi Field Airport along with the radio waves.

The artillery on both sides came and went, and the fight was exhilarating.A bomber brigade that rushed to the battlefield took advantage of Lao Maozi's air defense gap from time to time to throw high-explosive aerial bombs at Lao Maozi's artillery positions, setting off fireballs several meters high.

Facing the joint counterattack of the artillery and air force of the National Defense Forces, Major General Staf, the commander-in-chief of the old Maozi artillery who was confident in this battle a few minutes ago, had to send a telegram for help to Lieutenant General Yev, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcement forces.

In the temporary headquarters of fifty thousand old men, a major communication staff officer rushed into the camouflaged tent with a look of horror.Before he had time to catch his breath, he reported to Lieutenant General Yev: "Report to Comrade Commander, Artillery, our artillery position was counterattacked by the squadron, and suffered heavy losses. It is no longer possible to provide artillery support to the infantry..."

Lieutenant General Yev, who had known in advance that the Air Force of the National Defense Forces felt the battlefield, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "I see, you go out first."In addition, Major General Staf, the commander-in-chief of the electric artillery, must keep the vitality of our artillery as much as possible during the artillery battle.Because, in the ensuing battle, tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers still cannot do without the support of artillery. "

"Yes, Comrade Commander..."

As soon as the major's communications staff left, Lieutenant General Yev's face became gloomy.Because, through this battle that just started, Lieutenant General Yev, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has already faintly felt that the battle in front of him is definitely not as simple as he imagined.The combat power possessed by the Chinese National Defense Forces is not as fragile as the Far East intelligence department boasted....

Sure enough, at this time, another communication staff officer walked into the command room quickly and walked up to Lieutenant General Yev.

"Reporting to the Commander, the Far East Army Command has an urgent message: Because the Northeast National Defense Force is equipped with a very powerful new fighter jet, the Far East Air Force has lost an air division in the hands of the opponent. The Far East Army Command decided that the new reinforcement aircraft did not arrive in Moscow. Before the Far East, the Far East Air Force will not cross the Sino-Soviet border to conduct operations.... The Commander-in-Chief asked us to solve the threat of the Wehrmacht Air Force to our Soviet Red Army by ourselves..."

"The fighter jets that are more advanced than the Red Army can solve the air threats by themselves... How could this happen? When did the backward squadrons equip such advanced aircraft... There is no air force support. Could it be possible to repel them with only a limited air defense force? Is the Wehrmacht Air Force a threat to us..." At this moment, Lieutenant General Yev was like an angry lion.Facing the subordinates in the command room, he roared angrily.

Just when Lieutenant General Yev wanted to continue to say something.The chief of staff of the major general said in a timely manner: "Commander, although we cannot repel the air force of the National Defense Forces. However, with the superior force in hand, we can find a way to disperse the threat of the air force to our Red Army soldiers..."

Under the signal of Lieutenant General Yev, the major general's chief of staff continued to speak: "Although the artillery group cannot provide fire support to the infantry, we still have a huge number of tank units in our hands. According to intelligence, the troops standing in front of us The National Defense Forces are not equipped with heavy weapons such as tanks..."

"As long as we suddenly launch an attack on the defense line with a frontal width of more than one kilometer, we will use the powerful assault capabilities of the tank troops. I believe that in the face of ubiquitous warfare, even if the national defense air force is equipped with excellent fighter jets, it will be defeated in a limited number. Under the circumstances, it cannot pose too much threat to us..."

Lieutenant General Yev's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided: "Chief of Staff, you are right, as long as the air force of the National Defense Forces is dispersed, it will not be able to pose too much threat to us. After all, the air defense forces in our hands are also Not vegetarian...."

After finishing speaking, Lieutenant General Yefu's excited face was covered by seriousness.Facing the chief of staff in front of him, he ordered decisively: "Now I order: the first tank regiment of the armored division, under the cover of two infantry regiments. Quickly assemble to the battlefield. After 10 minutes, attack the Wehrmacht position and take it... ..”

"Yes. Comrade Commander..."

"Boom..." A deafening engine roar suddenly pierced through the sound of artillery that resounded throughout the battlefield.Faintly spread to the ears of thousands of officers and soldiers of the National Defense Force headed by Zeng Zhiyuan.The roar has just sounded, and everyone is in the trenches.Before he knew it, he began to tremble slightly.

Raising the binoculars, a torrent of steel formed by hundreds of tanks, and a khaki wave formed by thousands of Soviet Red Army behind the tanks appeared in front of Zeng Zhiyuan impressively.

As the Soviet tank cluster got closer and closer to the position, the shaking of the whole earth became more and more intense.

"The old Maozi's tank group, shit, so many tanks were dispatched without even carrying out a tentative attack. It seems that the old Maozi on the opposite side is cornered by our air force and artillery, and it is imperative to win the blocking position we are holding on to. Ah..." Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan, who looked shocked, subconsciously sighed.

Then, he asked Wang Hong, the battalion commander of the air defense battalion who was also lying next to him: "Battalion commander Wang, you have seen the situation in front of you... There are more than 100 old Maozi tanks, will there be any problems with the air defense battalion..."

Putting down the binoculars, Wang Hong immediately showed a confident smile on his face.Facing Zeng Zhiyuan, who was full of expectations beside him, he replied proudly: "Please rest assured, sir, the old Maozi's tank unit looks down on our National Defense Force too much. More than 100 tanks lined up in a row, this just became a living target for our air defense battalion. ? These more than 100 tanks will be handed over to our air defense battalion..."

After finishing speaking, he ordered with a serious face to the communication soldiers behind him who were responsible for delivering the order: "The order is passed on, and all officers and soldiers of the air defense battalion are prohibited from launching an attack in advance... With the sound of my gunshots as a sign, enter the old Maozi tank group After the best range of 500 meters, launch a counterattack together. Try to eat more than 3 old Maozi tanks within 100 minutes..."

Rows of [-]mm caliber armor-piercing shells and [-]mm caliber anti-aircraft armor-piercing shells were quickly stuffed into the barrel or magazine by the air defense battalion officers and soldiers.Then, the muzzles of the black holes began to slowly extend out of the trenches, aiming at the torrent of old Maozi's steel that was getting closer and closer to him in front of the position...

Without the blocking of the National Defense Forces, the arrogant and proud head of the old Maozi tank regiment not only did not realize the danger coming, but kept ordering the tank regiment to speed up the assault and attack the blocking position.

The distance of hundreds of meters is fleeting for the tank regiment.Soon, the torrent of steel formed by hundreds of tanks approached the position 500 meters in front of the position.

Although Wang Hong's order has not yet been received, the 18 double-barreled anti-aircraft cannons and nine anti-aircraft artillery under the air defense battalion have unconsciously aimed their muzzles at the old Maozi tank directly in front of him, waiting quietly. The signal gun sounded.

"Bang bang bang..." Without making everyone wait too long, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the air defense battalion clenched the hands of the trigger, and when the old Maozi tank group was getting closer and closer to him and began to break out in cold sweat, the long-lost signal flare Gunshots finally sounded.

"Hit... Da Da Da... Tong Tong Tong..." More than 40 gun barrels protruding out of the position quickly sprayed a tongue of flame several feet long.Armor-piercing bullets flew towards the front armor of the old Maozi tank 500 meters away, with a rapid and piercing whistling sound.

In a blink of an eye, the air defense battalion launched an unprecedented steel storm in front of the blocking position.

As Zeng Zhiyuan, the direct commander of the blocking position, he was not concerned about the position, but the loss of the Lao Maozi tank group 500 meters away.Just as the sound of gunfire was heard, Zeng Zhiyuan subconsciously raised his binoculars. (To be continued..)