Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

defeat like water

Lieutenant General Yev, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army, also did not rest at all during the overnight breakout battle.As soon as the mission was deployed, he returned to the camp bed to rest and replenish his physical strength to cope with the possible continuous operations that may occur next.

However, the surprises on the battlefield are fully displayed here.

Lieutenant General Yev had just been lying on the camp bed and before he could close his eyes, the earth-shaking explosion, like a thunder, woke him up and made him sit up from the camp bed suddenly like a conditioned reflex.Before he even had time to put on his army coat, he rushed out of the separate tent assigned to him because of his status as army commander, and rushed to the war room...

Lieutenant General Yev had just entered the war room, and the political commissar Breya, who carried the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulders, and several major generals, division commanders and political commissars rushed into the war room together at almost the same time.

At this time, it is easy to distinguish between generals with civilian background and generals who have grown up step by step on the battlefield.

The first thing several military chiefs, including Lieutenant General Yev, rushed into the war room was not to yell, but to walk quickly to the battle map, waiting for the latest battle report from the front line.

As for the civilian political commissars, after rushing into the war room, the first thing they did was to ask Lieutenant General Yev and the left-behind staff of the headquarters about the situation: "Comrade Commander, what happened, what happened to these explosions... .”

"Comrade Commander, is the squadron starting to attack? Why is the explosion so loud..."

Under the anxious waiting of more than a dozen officers, large and small, a combat staff officer finally rushed into the war room out of breath.

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, the position, our front line was hit by the Chinese Air Force's fierce firepower. The squadron launched an attack on us..."

Facing this result beyond everyone's expectations, everyone was shocked.but.Lieutenant General Yev, who was born in the military, reacted immediately from the shock.Facing the combat staff in front of him.asked sharply.

"Be clear, what is going on, and from which direction the squadron attacked us... Also, contact the forward position that was attacked immediately, I want to talk to the commander of the forward defense force..."

When several communication staff officers rushed to the telephone in the war room, the combat staff officer standing in front of Lieutenant General Yev had already spoken again and reported: "Commander, except for the direction of Harbin, the other three directions of the position have been attacked* The * team attacked... In addition, the Chinese Air Force used at least one regiment of bombers. And all the bombs used were [-] kilograms of heavy bombs...."

"Three directions are attacking us at the same time. Does the squadron have so many troops..." Lieutenant General Breya, the political commissar who doesn't know much about modern warfare, is still thinking about ordinary pure infantry warfare.After thinking about the number of squadrons gathered around, he asked Lieutenant General Yev with an incredulous expression.

At the same time, most of the officers and political commissars in the war room cast doubtful glances at Lieutenant General Yev, waiting for Lieutenant General Yev's answer.

After a long sigh, Lieutenant General Yev said: "Comrades, even if the troops are insufficient, the squadron is capable of attacking us from three different directions..."

"Didn't you hear the explosion outside just now? All the Chinese Air Force uses are 50-kilogram heavy bombs. Such a heavy bomb, as long as it is one, can explode a [-]-meter-wide bomb in the direction of our army." And what about the squadron that surrounded us. A whole regiment of bombers was dispatched, do comrades know what this means?"

Seeing the puzzled expressions on everyone's faces that did not ease in the slightest, Lieutenant General Yev continued to explain in a surprising way: "This means that the Chinese Air Force carried at least 50 heavy bombs... According to the fact that one bomb exploded on our army's position Open a huge gap of [-] meters to calculate. Two hundred bombs are enough to level the front line of our army and blow up all the thousands of Red Army soldiers who are standing on the ground..."

"The baptism of so many heavy bombs on our army's positions. Coupled with China's invulnerable tank troops. Everyone still thinks that the Chinese army is incapable of attacking us under the condition of insufficient troops..."

Just when everyone was shocked by Lieutenant General Yev's answer, several communication staff officers who were in charge of contacting the frontline positions stood in front of everyone without any success.Facing Lieutenant General Yev and others, he reported with a little horror: "Commander, something went wrong... We lost all contact with the frontline positions, and the field telephone line was blown up...."

Lieutenant General Yev seemed to have expected this result, and he didn't get angry when faced with several communications staff officers.Instead, he continued to order with a calm face: "It is very normal for the field telephone line to be cut off due to such a violent aerial bombardment..."

After a brief hesitation, he changed the subject and continued to order: "However, there is no field phone, and we still have a field radio station. Use the radio to contact the front-line defenders immediately. I want to know how large-scale the Chinese army has used. What is the ultimate goal of the attacking troops? This attack is just for us to compress the living space of our army, or it is a general offensive, and a decisive battle with us..."

The communications staff who received the order were just about to leave when another burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded from the entrance of the command department.Then, a terrified combat staff officer rushed into the war room and rushed to Lieutenant General Yev.

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, the second-line position, our second-line position was hit by fierce firepower from the Chinese Air Force, and suffered heavy losses..."

"Second-line position..." Lieutenant General Yev once again showed a deep puzzled expression on his face.Facing the combat staff officer in front of him, he asked sharply.

"Aren't the Chinese attacking our first-line positions? How could the second-line positions be attacked..."

The combat staff officer replied with a painful face: "Report to the commander, the first-line position, our first-line position has lost... According to the report of the defenders of the second-line position, under the fierce firepower of the Chinese Air Force, our army defended the troops in the first-line position. Company 1 Without holding on for a minute, the entire army was wiped out..."

"After the Chinese offensive troops occupied the first-line position of our army, they did not stop at all, and continued to rush towards our second-line position... The defenders reported that the firepower of the Chinese Air Force was too fierce. At the latest 5 minutes, the entire second-line position also It will be razed to the ground. Without the squadron attacking, the whole position will be destroyed by itself..."

Including Lieutenant General Yev.Everyone was overwhelmed by this shocking news... Deploying almost 1 elite Red Army frontline positions, they failed to hold on for even a minute before they were completely breached by the Chinese army... What kind of attack is this? Ability, how strong is the attack capability of the Chinese offensive force...

This is a question that all senior Soviet generals are thinking about at this moment.

Lieutenant General Yev, who slowly reacted from the shock, grabbed the collar of the major in front of him and asked loudly, "Did the second-line defenders report: How many troops were deployed by the Chinese offensive troops in this attack? How many tanks were dispatched. What is their ultimate offensive purpose...."

The major's staff officer shook his head first, then nodded in fear, and said, "Reporting to the commander, according to the battle report, the Chinese offensive troops dispatched a total of three infantry regiments and one tank regiment... As for their final For offensive purposes, the frontline defenders did not report..."

The angry and anxious expression on Lieutenant General Yev's face was quickly enveloped by a hint of despair from the bottom of his heart.Facing the major staff officer in front of him, he roared loudly again: "Bastard. What does the staff department do.... Three infantry regiments, one tank regiment, plus dozens of bombers for air support anytime and anywhere. Such an obvious problem Do you still need to guess? The attack of the Chinese squadron is not to compress our living space. It is to fight a decisive battle with us..."

Lieutenant General Bulie, the political commissar, also turned pale immediately after hearing this conclusion.He quickly turned to Lieutenant General Yev and asked with a look of horror: "General attack...Commander, you are right. The squadron is going to have a decisive battle with us so soon...Then what should we do next? Breakout battle overnight. All combat troops are still in a state of exhaustion..."

"No matter how tired you are, you must get up and fight against the squadron..." Lieutenant General Yev completely ignored the terrified eyes of the political commissar looking at him.Said in a cold tone.

"The squadron's attack now is because of this. I believe that our brave and fearless Red Army soldiers will definitely be able to carry forward the spirit of continuous fighting, continue to fight, block the squadron's attack, and hold their positions."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Commissar Brea to react from the panic, he turned his head and ordered to the most skilled Major General Ushur under his command: "Comrade Ushur, now I order you to immediately concentrate all the air defenses of the entire army. Weapons, anti-tank guns, and the strength of the three infantry regiments, divided into three, quickly reinforced the second-line positions of our army, and vowed to block the offensive of the squadron..."

"Yes, Comrade Commander..." Major General Ushur replied solemnly.

However, just 10 minutes after Major General Ushur left the headquarters, a series of more distant explosions sounded again from the positions around the headquarters. In less than 5 minutes, Major General Ushur, who was covered in gunpowder smoke all over his body and even injured his arm, rushed into the war room with a look of embarrassment under the dumbfounded gaze of everyone...

Seeing Lieutenant General Yev's sharp eyes quickly cast towards him, Major General Ushur, who had just experienced a life-and-death contest, hurriedly reported: "Commander, it's over... all our [-] elite infantry are finished... ..three infantry regiments and three air defense battalions were spotted by Chinese bombers cruising over the battlefield just after their assembly..."

"A whole regiment of Chinese bombers launched an attack on us. Tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army warriors were wiped out by the Chinese Air Force on the reinforcement road before they rushed to the battlefield... It's over, it's all over..."

It turned out that under the order of Lieutenant General Yev, Major General Ushur had just assembled the three scattered infantry regiments, and the fighter units cruising over the battlefield discovered this piece of fat.Facing the Soviet Red Army, which was densely packed on the ground like a living target, Zhang Huxiao, who got the news, of course would not let go of this ready-made fat.

The [-] aerial bombs weighing [-] kilograms carried by the three bomber squadrons went down, and tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army positions were assembled, and they were instantly covered by the flames produced by the bomb explosion.

The three infantry regiments of the Soviet Army and the limited three air defense battalions were directly hit by three bomber squadrons.Of course, even if there are still some remnants of the remaining soldiers, after experiencing the life and death decision just now, they have already lost the courage to continue fighting invisibly, and turned into a group of defeated soldiers who have no fighting power at all...

The three infantry regiments of the Soviet Army were resolved in a blink of an eye, and the Wehrmacht offensive troops with high morale.Under the cover of the tank regiment, they quickly rushed to the second line of defense of the Soviet army...

A big explosion covering tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army is definitely not comparable to ordinary explosions.There was an explosion.Not only shocked Lieutenant General Yev, but also shocked the remnants of the Soviet army who were still sticking to the second-line positions.

I watched tens of thousands of comrades-in-arms being shrouded in flames and gunpowder smoke from the bomb explosion in a blink of an eye.Lost all.Without exception, the faces of the remaining Soviet troops in the second-line positions were all pale from the horror of the tragic scene behind them.

Hundreds of remnants hadn't reacted from the sudden shock, and the steel torrent of more than 30 medium tanks had advanced to a distance of less than [-] meters from them.A vehicle-mounted machine gun and a pair of large-caliber tank guns poured out an impenetrable steel storm towards them.

There was a steel storm in front that he couldn't resist at all, and tens of thousands of reinforcements in the rear were also lost in just a few minutes.The Soviet Red Army, which has been fighting with the wind, has never experienced such a tragic battle.Especially seeing the political commissars in the army showing off one by one, under the care of the National Defense Forces snipers.One after another, they were killed one after another.

The faces of these old-haired remnant soldiers finally turned pale with fear.

Led by a recruit, like a bereaved dog, he dropped his weapons and ammunition and fled to the rear...

As the saying goes, the army was defeated like a mountain, and such a retreat was like a plague, which quickly spread to the entire Soviet army position.Scores of old men and remnant soldiers, under the crushing and pursuit of the steel torrent behind them, fled back and forth with a look of despair.

The Soviet defenders fled on the battlefield... This is exactly the result that Zhang Huxiao, the commander-in-chief of this decisive battle, wanted to see.because.As long as the Soviet army fled, he could drive all the remaining tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army troops together like ducks.Then, with unprecedented firepower.kill it...

Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhang Huxiao, holding a binoculars, decisively ordered: "Order all tank troops to keep a distance of 100 meters from the Lao Maozi's rout. Any Lao Maozi who encounters resistance on the spot shall be wiped out. As for the Lao Maozi's rout, use The bullets chased after their heels. But don't kill it. We need to let the old man know. As long as they retreat to the rear, they can survive, and our bullets will not hit them..."

"Da da da..." Zhang Huxiao gave the order, dozens of vehicles were armed with heavy machine guns, and quickly fired a rain of bullets at the heels of the retreating Soviet troops.The gunshot rang out, and a cloud of dust immediately rose from the ground behind him...

Faced with the bullets following him, the old man with the belief of living broke out, and subconsciously accelerated his pace of running away, rushing towards the rear position.

In this way, under the pursuit of the torrent of steel formed by dozens of tanks, the remnants of hundreds of Lao Maozi, like a rough yellow wave, slammed into the third Soviet army that was once again blown into ruins by the Chinese Air Force with an unstoppable momentum. line of defense.

Facing the comrades who have completely lost morale and fighting spirit in front of them, facing the torrent of steel shooting deadly bullets behind them.The third line of defense of the Soviet Army was devastated by the Air Force of the National Defense Forces, and there were hundreds of remnants who did not have much combat courage.Under the impact of the rout in front of him, he dropped his weapons and ammunition without hesitation and joined the rout.

Therefore, under the frenzied pursuit of the steel torrent of the National Defense Forces, the defeat of the Soviet army was like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger.In less than half an hour, the rout of less than 500 people developed to 5000 people.More importantly, these five thousand rout soldiers, who had completely lost their courage, were running towards their headquarters at a very fast speed.

The Soviet Army Command received the news that tens of thousands of troops were blown up by the Chinese Air Force in a blink of an eye.Lieutenant General Yev's first reaction was that the tens of thousands of elite Red Army troops under his command were finished...

Without these reinforcements, without the cooperation of these air defense forces and anti-tank forces, it is impossible to block the joint firepower attack of the Chinese Air Force and Army with only the pure civil fortifications on the front line.

Sure enough, just when all the officers in the headquarters fell into panic.One by one, the bad news was like snowflakes, constantly falling into the headquarters.

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, our army's frontal second-line position has been breached, and the third-line position has been hit by the Chinese Air Force again..."

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, the second-line position on the right wing of our army was breached, and the hundreds of remnants of the Red Army who were holding on to the second-line position collapsed without a fight. They were being chased by the Chinese tank troops behind them, and fled to the third-line position that suffered heavy losses..."

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, the third-line defenders of our army were defeated without a fight under the impact of the rout of the second-line position... The third-line position was lost, and at least a thousand defeated troops rushed towards our main force position... In addition, China The Air Force is concentrating two bomber squadrons to bomb the main barracks of our army, and a huge gap with a frontal width of more than one kilometer has already been blasted..."

"Cowards, they are a bunch of cowards... What do the political commissars in the army do? Why don't they perform their duties and shoot these Red Army cowards? Why..." Lieutenant General Breya, the political commissar, seemed to find a way to vent his anger The target of fear in his heart cursed loudly at the subordinates in front of him.

Compared with Breya's anger, Lieutenant General Yev, who seemed to have seen his end, was much calmer.After a long sigh, he opened his mouth and said: "Routers, under the pursuit of the squadron tank troops, do you think these rout soldiers can escape the shooting of vehicle-mounted machine guns and tank guns... If nothing else, these rout soldiers The soldiers were intentionally done by the squadron..."

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Yev couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion: "I really didn't expect that the commander of the squadron is so powerful that he wants to rely on routs to break through our army. It's like chasing ducks and driving us all to Together, we will finally be wiped out..."

"Comrade Commander, you are saying that this is a conspiracy of the squadron..." Major General Ushur, who was full of gunpowder, asked back. (to be continued..)