Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Vladivostok, which has been blown into ruins by naval artillery shells and aerial bombs, although the news of the Japanese combined fleet's massive attack has not spread, but the 20 Soviet Red Army troops pressed the border and quickly counterattacked Vladivostok. It is impossible to hide such a big movement Officers and soldiers of the [-]st Marine Brigade of the Navy stationed in Vladivostok.

Thousands of officers and soldiers of the Marine Brigade, including the brigade commander Zhou Feng, put down their weapons and picked up military shovels. They used the large number of ruins and ruins in Vladivostok to build blocking positions around Vladivostok to prepare for the upcoming Soviet offensive. .

When the 20st Marine Brigade seized the time to prepare to meet the enemy, the General Command of the Soviet Far East Army, about [-] kilometers away from Vladivostok, finally merged with the [-] Red Army that had retreated from the front line.

Facing the demoralized troops in front of him, Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov quickly disclosed the news that the troops were preparing to counterattack Vladivostok on a large scale, and with the cooperation of the Japanese combined fleet, Vladivostok was recaptured.

For a while, the demoralized troops gradually began to stabilize because of the destruction of heavy weapons and most of the supplies.Begin to make final preparations for the counterattack against Vladivostok.

In the tent where the Far Eastern Army's temporary headquarters is located, Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov is standing in front of the city defense map of Vladivostok, waiting for the latest information from the front-line reconnaissance forces.

Soon, a combat staff officer with the rank of major on his shoulders rushed into the headquarters and stood in front of Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov.Before Voroshilov could speak, the combat staff officer in front of him had already reported one step ahead: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the front-line reconnaissance force reported that the Wehrmacht Navy fleet stationed at the Vladivostok military port has left the port. However, the Wehrmacht Navy fleet has only left half of the number." Ships, there are still about ten surface ships moored in the naval port. Among them is a battleship."

"That is to say, the Navy of the National Defense Forces only sent half of the ships to meet the Japanese combined fleet... How is that possible. The Japanese combined fleet has sent more than [-] large ships, and less than ten ships are able to block Japan. Is it the United Fleet... or the Wehrmacht Navy Fleet stationed in Vladivostok, what chips do we not know about?" Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov frowned subconsciously, and asked the major staff officer in front of him in a deep voice.

What insights can a major staff officer who is only used to pass orders have? After Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov's question, the answer to him was silence, except for silence.....

At this moment, the chief of staff, who had been standing by the side without speaking, resolved the dilemma faced by the major's staff in a very timely manner, and analyzed: "Commander-in-Chief, regardless of whether the Navy fleet of the National Defense Forces can block the Japanese combined fleet, this naval battle can No matter how long it lasts, we must immediately launch an attack on Vladivostok. Otherwise, the morale of the entire army will drop to the lowest point again, and even cause the army to mutiny..."

Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov asked in disbelief: "Impossible... Chief of Staff, hasn't the morale of the troops just stabilized? How could it be as serious as you said..."

The chief of staff shook his head, and replied firmly: "Commander-in-Chief, I don't mean to be alarmist at all. Although the morale of 20 soldiers is temporarily stable, don't forget that the various supplies in our hands are only enough for the troops One day's use. That is to say, if the troops cannot recapture Vladivostok within one day. Get supplies from the sea. A full 20 Red Army soldiers will run out of food. Do you think that in the case of food shortages. Facing the bad weather in the Far East, the soldiers Will you still obey the command of the general headquarters. Will you continue to attack Vladivostok?"

Although I don't want to admit this fact, but.Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov still nodded in agreement helplessly.After a long sigh, he ordered to the chief of staff in front of him: "Since this is the case... Chief of staff, organize troops immediately, take advantage of the morale of the troops, quickly launch a counterattack to Vladivostok, and take it..."

Because of the absolute superiority of troops in their hands, in order to seize time, this tough battle did not proceed step by step like ordinary conventional attack wars.

The Chief of Staff of the Far Eastern Military Region, with a strong army in hand, directly ordered the three infantry regiments to launch a counterattack against Vladivostok from three different directions, preparing to take down Vladivostok quickly while putting tremendous pressure on the defenders.

Facing the unprecedented offensive method of the Soviet army, especially the densely packed Soviet offensive troops like a yellow wave.Many soldiers in the Marine Brigade who participated in the battle for the first time began to tremble subconsciously with their hands gripping their rifles tightly.

After all, Lao Maozi invested too many troops at one time, and the pressure on the defenders was also enormous.

Seeing the tension slowly appearing in the army, the veterans who had a lot of experience in fighting against Japan used their own actions to encourage the morale fluctuations of the subordinates around them.

"Xiao Wang, hold the rifle tightly in your hand, don't be afraid... The old man also carries his head on his shoulders, so there is nothing to be afraid of. I think back when we were fighting devils, there were no semi-automatic rifles, and we still beat the little devils with their heads broken." Blood flow. Regardless of how many old men there are, such an attack, under the counterattack of our semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns, will definitely suffer heavy losses..." A sergeant squad leader lay on his side facing him, unconsciously The subordinate who started to tremble comforted.

As soon as the voice fell, the company commander's roar sounded in this defensive position: "Brothers, cheer me up, the old man is also fleshy, and every bullet has a hole. Give me the rifle in your hand Aim at it, let the old man know how powerful our marine brigade is, and show the prestige of our marine brigade..."

With all kinds of encouraging sounds on the battlefield, the morale of the marine brigade just began to fluctuate, and gradually began to stabilize.At the same time, semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns began to slowly stretch out their black muzzles from the position, aiming at the old Maozi's attacking troops who were getting closer and closer to the defensive position.

At a distance of 500 meters, the large number of light mortars equipped by the marine brigade, like an angry lion, first poured shells on the densely packed Soviet offensive formation.

As clusters of orange fireballs soared into the middle of the Soviet offensive formation, no-man's land with a radius of five meters quickly appeared in the Soviet offensive formation.In the blink of an eye.Hundreds of old men fell on the charge road.

However, in the face of Lao Maozi's absolute superiority in military strength.As soon as these gaps appeared, they were once again overwhelmed by Lao Maozi's dense offensive formation.Three infantry regiments.There were almost [-] Soviet Red Army, like a wave that quickly submerged towards Vladivostok. No matter how dense the shells fired by the Marine Brigade were, the densely packed old men still rushed towards Vladivostok fearlessly.

In a blink of an eye, the distance between the Soviet offensive troops and Vladivostok was reduced from 500 meters at the beginning to 300 meters.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhou Feng, the brigade commander of the Marine Brigade holding the microphone of the walkie-talkie, ordered with a firm face: "Attention all officers and soldiers of the Marine Brigade, I am the brigade commander Zhou Feng... Now I order. The Marine Brigade All officers and soldiers, counterattack immediately, block the old men in front of the position, and fight the first battle since our marine brigade went to war."

The order was issued, and at least [-] hot tongues of general-purpose machine guns shot out from the ruins of Vladivostok like hedgehogs.Not only that, the ordinary infantry scattered among these flames also quickly attacked the Soviet army in front of them.Shoots a rain of rifle bullets.

Under the sudden strafing of intensive firepower, the swarming Soviet offensive troops paid a very heavy price in a short period of time.However, the thousands of Soviet Red Army soldiers who experienced the civil war were not vegetarians either.Accompanied by the comrades standing in front of them, under the baptism of intensive firepower, they continued to fall to the ground and turned into corpses. These battle-tested Soviet Red Army were like funny and cunning rabbits.Quickly fell to the ground, with the help of a large number of craters and ruins on the battlefield for cover.While continuing to attack forward, he counterattacked with a rifle in his hand.

Although the firepower fired by the marine brigade far exceeds Lao Maozi's offensive firepower.However, Lao Maozi's ability in another aspect far exceeds that of the Marine Brigade with a large number of recruits, that is, experience in combat.Once the Soviet offensive troops began to hide, the counterattack firepower fired by the marine brigade did not achieve much killing results except that the Soviet offensive troops could not lift their heads.

In contrast to the Soviet offensive troops, it was difficult for ordinary infantry to have the opportunity to shoot under the suppression of the marine brigade.But if they shoot, one of the brigade soldiers must be shot.....

At the beginning, Zhou Feng, who was the first brigade commander of the Marine Brigade, didn't notice any difference.However, as time passed, the counterattack firepower fired by the marine brigade became sparse without knowing it.More importantly, under the fierce attack of the Soviet offensive forces, the marine brigade with [-] soldiers began to show signs of failure.

"Could this be the gap between recruits and veterans..." Zhou Feng, the brigade commander of the Marine Brigade, stared dumbfounded at the ever-changing battle situation in front of him, and muttered to himself.

After the words fell, the Soviet army, who had been crushed by the Marine Brigade just now, pushed forward 100 meters again, and with more precise marksmanship, kept shooting and killing the independent brigade soldiers whose heads kept popping up on the ground.

Seeing the scene in front of him, brigade commander Zhou Feng's shock was covered by anxiety.Frowning tightly, thinking about the tactics and tactics that can solve the predicament in front of him.And at this moment, the Chief of Staff of the Marine Brigade standing next to Zhou Feng said: "Brigade, you can't fight like this anymore. The old man has more experience in combat than us, and the longer the battle lasts, the more unfavorable it will be for us." We must immediately think of a way to deal a fatal blow to the Soviet attacking troops and solve the predicament the troops are facing..."

Brigadier Zhou Feng nodded in approval, but he didn't speak, but continued to frown deeply and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, the chief of staff continued to speak: "Brigade seat, with our marine brigade's own capabilities, although we can't break the situation. However, don't forget that there are also our reinforcements at the Vladivostok Naval Port Wharf, a whole squadron, which may be given to us at any time." We provide sufficient naval gun support. I believe that as long as these naval guns fire, the Soviet attacking troops will be blown to pieces by our naval gun shells and have to retreat..."

A gleam of light quickly flashed from Zhou Feng's face, and he said to the chief of staff with a look of surprise: "Yes, it is the naval gun. I was just thinking about what reinforcements we have that are useless. Now it seems that, I actually forgot about the naval fleet parked in the military port, I was really confused by the old man rushing towards me..."

Subsequently, the brigade commander Zhou Feng quickly picked up another walkie-talkie dedicated to contacting the naval fleet, and began to request support from naval guns.

Because the naval fleet has been prepared for a long time, all the bombardment coordinates are well known and imprinted in the minds of naval officers and soldiers.Zhou Feng's request for help had just been sent to the Navy Fleet, and all the artillery pieces with a caliber below 150 mm of the nine ships under the First Squadron of the Navy.Quickly began to adjust the muzzle.At the same time, a bright shell was fired.It is quickly pushed into the barrel by the gunner and closes the breech block.Get ready to fire.

"fire….."

"Boom..." The fleet captain's roar had just spread through the radio waves, and a series of deafening shelling sounded from the Vladivostok naval port.Accompanied by a sharp piercing whistling sound in the air, the nine ships that fired at least one hundred rounds of large-caliber naval artillery shells were quickly shrouded in thick gunpowder smoke from the shelling.

Facing the pungent gunpowder smoke rapidly spreading from the muzzle of the naval gun, the naval gunners around the naval gun seemed to have become accustomed to it.Without even frowning, he quickly picked up a new shell, and continued to start a series of skillful firing actions.

The defensive position of the Marine Brigade in the city of Vladivostok faced the fierce attack of the Soviet Red Army.The distance between the Soviet offensive troops and the defense line of the defenders has been rapidly reduced from the original 500 meters to 100 meters.

At a distance of 100 meters, for the fast-charging troops, it only takes a blink of an eye to throw a rain of grenades to the position of the marine brigade, causing maximum damage to the marine brigade.Therefore, if the soldiers of the Marine Brigade standing firm cannot successfully repel the Soviet Red Army, the entire defense line will be in crisis.

Just as the morale of the enemy and the enemy slowly changed.When the more and more arrogant Soviet offensive troops began to arrogantly speed up their attack.A series of hasty whistling shells suddenly sounded over the battlefield.

The Soviet army in charge of the offensive knew that in the Chinese Air Force air strike the day before.I have lost all heavy weapons.Since I don't have heavy weapons, the shells screaming overhead must have been fired by the squadron.

immediately.The old man who was still arrogant just now seemed to be hit by a huge blow in an instant.His face suddenly turned pale.Not only that, but it was a skilled tactical move just now.In a short time, it became stiff.

And at this moment, the first round of more than 100 artillery shells whistling down, already with a huge killing intent, slammed into the densely packed Soviet offensive formation and exploded.

Compared with small-caliber shells, the power of these large-caliber naval gun shells can definitely be called terrifying.

A small-caliber mortar shell can at most cause damage to enemies within five meters of the impact point.The 150mm naval gun, in addition to killing the enemy exposed within 50 meters around the impact point, is located within 20 meters around the impact point. No matter how deep the enemy hides, he will be shocked to death by the air wave generated by the shell explosion. .

Therefore, more than a hundred large-caliber naval gun shells exploded, and the dense Soviet offensive formation just now was directly blown out of a huge gap.As for this gap, there are at least a thousand corpses of Soviet soldiers lying in various poses.

The violent explosion of more than a hundred naval artillery shells finally awakened everyone on the battlefield from their astonishment.

The old Maozi, who was still in high spirits, attacked the troops just now. When he saw the no-man's land suddenly appearing around him, and saw the corpses lying on the ground, his face turned pale with fright.Then, he subconsciously lay down on the ground, hugging his head tightly, and prepared to avoid the shelling.

Under the attack of the Soviet army, soldiers of the marine brigade gradually appeared out of support, and they also woke up from the shock.Seeing that the naval guns behind them achieved such a huge result with just one round of firing, all the officers and soldiers were covered in surprise.Amidst the roar of Zhang Guang at all levels around him, he quickly stuck his head out of the position, stretched out his rifle, and at his fastest rate of fire, he poured shells at the Japanese attacking troops who had not yet concealed themselves.

The bullets fired by the marine brigade suddenly became denser.Especially without the suppression of the Soviet army, the bullets fired by the soldiers became more and more accurate.

And at this moment, the second round of naval guns fired by the nine ships had once again come over the battlefield.

The roaring naval gun shells exploded, because the Soviet offensive troops had all lay down on the ground, ready to avoid the artillery fire.Although the artillery shell fragments flying over the position did not achieve much results, the huge air wave generated by the shell explosion still caused at least 500 losses to the Soviet army in a short period of time.

Round after round, the tenth round of naval artillery shells roared down, and when more than 100 huge smoke columns were exploded again in front of the defensive position of the marine brigade.The entire peripheral position of Vladivostok city has been enveloped by a burst of thick gunpowder smoke from shells.

Although I don't know how many casualties the Soviet army suffered under the gunpowder smoke, but from the increasingly sparse counterattack gunfire of the Soviet attacking troops, as a veteran of the battlefield, Brigadier Zhou Feng can already feel that the situation on the battlefield is heading towards Develop in a direction that is beneficial to you.

After a short period of contemplation, he decisively ordered to the chief of staff beside him: "Chief of staff, immediately contact the first squadron and suspend the shelling... There are only five or six thousand people in the old man, and ten rounds of shells are enough to cause them unprecedented heavy casualties. It is a complete waste of shells. As for the remaining offensive troops of Lao Maozi, we will leave it to our marine brigade to clean up..."

"Yes, Traveler..."

The sound of shell explosions stopped, and the gunpowder smoke that enveloped the battlefield began to slowly dissipate under the blowing of the sea breeze.And at this moment, a scene that shocked all the soldiers of the marine brigade, including Zhou Feng, appeared in front of the defensive position. (To be continued..)