Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Several consecutive offensives failed, and more troops were lost, and even precious tanks were lost more than [-] vehicles.The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General Yev, who had been holding back his stomach, directly took over the command of the entire battlefield.Otherwise, among the tens of thousands of Soviet troops, no one had such a big budget to dispatch a battalion of heavy tanks to attack the defenders at one time.

Before the attack began, Lieutenant General Yev was confident, relying on the powerful assault capabilities of more than 30 heavy tanks.The squadron that was not equipped with any heavy weapons in front of them had no choice but to flee except to be wiped out by themselves.Of course, even if the squadron is defeated on the battlefield, they still cannot escape the pursuit speed of the tanks, and they will all be wiped out on the battlefield by themselves in the end.

However, the situation on the battlefield in front of him was far beyond his imagination.

With an attack distance of 60 meters, more than 30 tanks are about to rush into the squadron's position, killing all the squadrons, and completely occupying this Chinese blocking position that has cost them their troops.

However, at this last moment, the fires flashing from the Chinese blocking positions, and the shells flying towards the heavy tanks with tail flames suddenly made the confident Lieutenant General Yev feel a little bad in his heart. premonition.

This premonition quickly became a reality in the next second.The shells propelled by the tail flame had just hit the armor of the tank, and a more violent explosion sounded, like the sound of firecrackers suddenly, reaching the ears of Lieutenant General Yev.

A few seconds ago, dozens of heavy tanks, which were still invulnerable to guns and swords, rushed towards the Chinese defenders' positions with an unstoppable momentum, as if they had hit an insurmountable iron wall, and suddenly stopped on the battlefield.like a statue.

Of course, this is not what shocked Lieutenant General Yev the most.Among dozens of heavy tanks that suddenly braked suddenly.The thick turrets of more than a dozen tanks weighing ten tons were separated from the tank bodies in the sound of explosions.then.Like a toy, it is easily thrown to the infantry attack group behind the tank.....

In just a few seconds, all the heavy tanks of a battalion were destroyed by unknown weapons of the squadron. Lieutenant General Yev, who had only a handful of heavy tanks in his hand, was like an angry lion, shouting at his subordinates. growled.

"Bastard, how did this happen? What kind of weapon is this? It can destroy our army's heavy tanks so easily... Can anyone tell me what kind of weapon the Chinese are using..."

The dozen or so subordinates standing beside Lieutenant General Yev didn't have any extra words to answer him except for the same shocked and unbelievable expression as him.

And at the moment when everyone hadn't reacted from the shock, the tank battalion was destroyed, and the Soviet infantry offensive troops that still had not received the retreat order.Quickly crossed the wreckage of the tank, preparing to rush to the blocking position held by a group of guards with his own flesh and blood.

The densely packed Soviet Red Army, like a flood that broke a bank, crossed the gap between the wrecked tanks.Shouting and rushing towards the blocking position 60 meters away.

Although the Soviet offensive troops are close at hand, they can throw grenades like raindrops into their trenches in a few seconds at the latest.However, there was a regiment of officers and soldiers of the guard division lying on the ground.But without any panic, he held the weapon tightly and waited for the order.

"Shoot..." Zhang Jiaxin, the head of the group, shouted with murderous intent.The dozen or so general-purpose machine guns closest to Zhang Jiaxin first fired tongues of flame forward.subsequently.The hissing of machine guns, like a chainsaw, was like the plague.Rapidly spread throughout the entire position.In just two seconds, at least sixty scorching machine gun flames appeared in front of the position.

Intertwined with each other, like the flames of machine guns like fishing nets.Thousands of ordinary officers and soldiers fired at the same time, quickly forming a dense bullet net with rifle bullets... like a death sickle, harvesting the lives of Soviet soldiers who had passed over the wreckage of the tank one by one.

In a blink of an eye, the area 60 to [-] meters in front of the position was filled with corpses of Lao Maozi in various poses.Not only that, under such intensive firepower, no old man could rely on his own flesh and blood to cross the tank wreckage in front of everyone in the face of the dense bullet rain fired by the defenders.

Seeing the completely one-sided massacre scene on the battlefield, Lieutenant General Yev, who was in shock, finally reacted.Facing the subordinates around him, he roared loudly: "Bastard, what are you still doing in a daze, order the troops to retreat immediately, quickly retreat... Order the heavy artillery brigade, fire immediately, I will blow up all the Chinese blocking positions... .”

The remnants of the Soviet Army, which had suffered heavy losses, had just shown signs of retreating. The officers and soldiers of the guard regiment, who were in full swing, had already withdrawn from their positions quickly under the order of the head of the regiment, Zhang Jiaxin, and deployed defenses in the second-line positions, preparing to face a new round of Soviet attacks.

However, after losing hundreds of tanks and thousands of infantry in a row.Especially in the face of the new weapons that had just been exposed by the defenders, Lieutenant General Yev, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army, had lost the courage to continue to attack invisibly.

At the Temporary General Headquarters of the Red Army of the Plastic Company, an old Maozi infantry officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders walked up to Lieutenant General Yev with a look of uneasiness on his face, and reported: "Report to Comrade Commander, the [-]st Division of the [-]th Division of the Soviet Red Army The regiment is unfavorable in combat, requesting punishment..."

The ashen-faced Lieutenant General Yef waved his hands, and said impatiently: "I'll talk about the punishment later. As a military commander, I believe that you have seen what happened on the battlefield just now. I want to Clearly, what new weapon is used by the squadron on the opposite side, which can destroy a battalion of heavy tanks in our army in such a short period of time..."

When mentioning the battle that just ended, the lieutenant colonel's face turned pale.Facing Lieutenant General Yev in front of him, he gave a submissive answer: "Reporting, Comrade Commander... According to my observation, the Chinese use a group of individual artillery... Artillery that only needs one person to fire artillery shells, and this This kind of artillery is very light, and it only needs a soldier to carry it on his shoulders, and he can move around freely..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..." Although Lieutenant General Yev was not an artilleryman, he still knew some basic common sense about artillery.

In the eyes of Lieutenant General Yev, in order to penetrate the frontal armor of a heavy tank, the initial velocity required for this shell must be very high.But in order for the shell to obtain a sufficient initial velocity in the bore.It is necessary to ensure that the barrel is long enough, and that the artillery can withstand the huge recoil generated by the firing of the shells.

So it works out.In the judgment of Lieutenant General Yev, the squadron must use a new type of anti-tank artillery.certainly.No matter how advanced this anti-tank artillery is, it needs several people to operate it.But in front of him, the lieutenant colonel officer who had personally experienced this battle told himself: This new type of anti-tank artillery used by the squadron only needs one person to operate, and it is very light, so light that one person can easily carry it on the ground. The transfer is carried out on the shoulder.

Faced with this conclusion that was completely beyond his imagination, the first thing Lieutenant General Yev showed was incredible.Staring at a pair of suspicious eyes, waiting for the other party to answer.

What made Lieutenant General Yev feel depressed was that he was looking directly at him.The lieutenant colonel officer, who was still worried just now, gradually calmed down.He nodded solemnly to himself, and replied: "Comrade commander, everything I just said is true. The new anti-tank artillery used by the Chinese is indeed very light, and it is something I have never seen before." artillery…."

Seeing that Lieutenant General Yev seemed to want to refute, the lieutenant colonel officer did not stop, and continued to speak: "In addition, the anti-tank shells fired by the squadron are also very strange..."

"Um.... The shells are very strange... Could it be that you can see the high-speed flying anti-tank shells with the naked eye? Impossible, absolutely impossible... Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I hope you understand who you are talking to now If it is a false report of military information, you should be very clear about the punishment you need to bear..." Before Lieutenant General Yev could speak, the political commissar standing beside Lieutenant General Yev.Even one step ahead, as if being molested by the other party.asked angrily.

A lieutenant colonel from a military background is a political commissar who has been promoted by virtue of his seniority and connections in the army.Always disgusted.Therefore, facing the political commissar looking at him full of anger, the lieutenant colonel's facial expression not only did not change at all, but he continued to affirm it to Lieutenant General Yev.He completely ignored the gaze that the political commissar was looking at him.

"Comrade Commander, what I just said is not false, please check it out. I believe that thousands of Red Army soldiers who retreated from the battlefield with me can all testify to me..."

"The new type of anti-tank artillery shell fired by the squadron not only flies very slowly, but also spews fire backwards. The entire shell is one meter long, but it is very thin, with a caliber of about [-] millimeters. As for the others , because the battlefield changes too fast, I don't know..."

Lieutenant General Yev frowned unknowingly, and muttered to himself: "The shells are more than one meter long, and they are also firing towards the tail... This is similar to the fireworks we saw in China. Is there a difference..."

As soon as the words fell, the lieutenant colonel officer who had just spoken followed closely behind and said in support: "Comrade commander, you are so right, the anti-tank artillery shells fired by the squadron are just like their fireworks... .”

Although he knew the general shape of this kind of shell, Lieutenant General Yev's frown did not relax, and he continued to ask himself: "But, even so, with such a slow flying speed, how can their shells fly?" Why can it easily penetrate the frontal armor of our heavy tanks. You know, with the thickness of the frontal armor of the tank, even if a 75mm field artillery shell falls on it, it will not cause any damage to the armor. The caliber of the shell used by the opponent is only Reaching fifty millimeters, what is going on, who can tell me..."

"If we can't solve this problem, our tanks will all be reduced to scrap iron under the attack of the squadron. If the tank is lost, there will be no tanks to provide cover for the infantry. Attack under the intensive machine gun fire of the squadron , is no different from letting the heroic Red Army soldiers go to die..."

It is not even clear what weapon the opponent is using, how to solve this problem.Faced with this difficult question, Lieutenant General Yev stood beside Lieutenant General Yev, including a few military officers, all of whom were silent about it without exception.

Just as the solemn expression on Lieutenant General Yev's face became more and more serious, a division commander with the rank of major general on his shoulders stood up and tentatively suggested to Lieutenant General Yev: "Comrade Commander, I thought that we should To solve the immediate problem, we can change the angle and solve the threat of the opponent's anti-tank weapon to us from the other side..."

"Eh..." Lieutenant General Yev's dignified facial expression finally eased a lot.Looking at the major general in front of him, he opened his mouth and asked.

"Comrade Jakes, what is the specific method?"

Commander Jakes, who carried the rank of major general on his shoulders, replied calmly and dissatisfied: "Report to the commander, I think. To solve this problem, we don't need to start with this new type of anti-tank gun... except for this new type of anti-tank gun Besides. The Chinese soldiers who operate this anti-tank artillery are also the key to our solution to this problem...."

See the thoughtful Lieutenant General Yev.Jakes continued to explain: "Comrade Commander, if the gunner who controls this weapon is lost, no matter how advanced the anti-tank gun equipped by the squadron is, it will become a pile of scrap iron..."

Lieutenant General Yev nodded in agreement, and subconsciously asked: "But, Comrade Jakes, how should we eliminate the gunners in the squadron who operate this weapon..... If we don't solve this new anti-tank gun Without the cover of heavy tanks, our army's infantry cannot rush to the opponent's position, and we cannot eliminate the gunners you just mentioned..."

Under Lieutenant General Yev's puzzled gaze, Jakes shook his head mysteriously and replied: "Comrade Commander, although the infantry cannot rush to the opponent's position. However, in addition to the infantry, we also have artillery…."

"Artillery..." Upon hearing these two words, a bitter smile appeared on Lieutenant General Yev's face.He muttered to himself to his surrounding subordinates.

"If the artillery can play a role. We don't need to be so troubled now... In the first few shellings, we were not full of hope. But, as a result, after the shelling was over. The squadron that stood firm was still tenacious survived and continued to block us. Killed our Red Army soldiers..."

The faces of the other subordinates standing beside Lieutenant General Yev also showed expressions of approval.at the same time.Cast a puzzled look at Major General Jakes, and looked at Major General Jakes who made this suggestion.Will there be any novel ideas.

Lieutenant General Yev was not disappointed. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Major General Jakes continued to speak mysteriously: "Comrade Commander, the previous artillery coverage of China's blocking positions all started after the battle ended. Those who stood firm The squadron has enough time to transfer and avoid our artillery coverage."

"However, if we change the artillery coverage to start during the battle... During the battle between the two armies, we suddenly want to launch saturated artillery coverage on the Chinese defenders' positions. I believe that even if the commander of the squadron can predict the enemy God, there is no way to transfer troops in such a short period of time to avoid our artillery coverage..."

"In the absence of any preparations for the Chinese defenders, I believe that our army's heavy artillery brigade will achieve the greatest results and cause the greatest damage to the Chinese defenders..."

A political commissar of a major general with a civilian background suddenly stood up and asked with a worried face: "During the battle between the two armies, the defenders were covered with artillery fire... Then... our troops participating in the war will also be accidentally injured by shells...."

Major General Jakes replied firmly: "No, you will never be accidentally injured... What I just said about the battle between the two armies did not refer to the battle between the infantry of the two armies, but the battle between the tank troops of our army and the Chinese defenders. Fight."

Speaking of this, Major General Jakes did not wait for the opponent to open his mouth, and he had already saved his mouth and said: "Report to the commander, I found out through the battlefield just now. Only after our tank troops entered the 60-meter range of the opponent's anti-tank weapon, the opponent's anti-tank weapon will attack. Shoot, destroy a battalion of heavy tanks in our army...."

"Since the effective range of the opponent's anti-tank weapons is limited, we can take advantage of this defect and use the remaining heavy tanks in our hands to attract all the anti-tank troops of the defenders. Then, we will cover the defenders' positions with indiscriminate artillery fire..."

"With the two heavy artillery brigades under our army and other corresponding artillery units, I believe that in just half a minute, we can cover the entire Chinese defenders' positions with dense shells like rain, and give the troops on the positions The Chinese defenders will do the most damage."

"At that time, even if our artillery shells miss and hit near the tank troops. I am confident that unless the shells directly hit the tank body, otherwise, with the powerful protection capabilities of heavy tanks, ordinary shells will not be able to threaten these steel monsters at all..."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Yev's solemn facial expression finally relaxed.After a short period of contemplation, a hint of surprise quickly flooded his face.Facing Major General Jakes in front of him, he affirmed with excitement: "Comrade Jakes, your idea is very good... As the commander of the army, I fully support your idea. Because, as far as the current situation is concerned, this is the only way to make the Before dawn, we broke through the defenders' positions and withdrew our troops towards Harbin..."

After finishing speaking, Lieutenant General Yev quickly shifted his gaze to the political commissar, and asked, "Political commissar, what do you think..."

Between life and death, the political commissar chose life without hesitation.Without too much hesitation, he responded decisively: "Commander, I agree with this combat plan...Use the remaining heavy tanks to lure the enemy, and then carry out indiscriminate artillery strikes on the Chinese defenders' positions, destroying the defenses on the current position in one fell swoop. The Chinese garrison opened the channel to withdraw to Harbin...."

With the support of the political commissar, Lieutenant General Yev once again restored his previous confident smile.Facing the surrounding subordinates, he ordered firmly: "Very well, since this is the case, we will do this... Comrades, now I order..." (To be continued..)