Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

When Luo Zhang, commander of the Ninth Army, was excited because of the unexpected gift brought to him by Commander Song Chenghui.The Soviet Army headquarters, more than ten kilometers away from the Ninth Army headquarters, looked at an infantry regiment that suddenly disappeared on the battlefield a few kilometers away. expression.

Then, like an angry lion, he roared loudly at the subordinates behind him: "Check, find out what happened to the frontline positions of the National Defense Forces immediately, and what happened to the explosion just now, find out for me right away... "

More than ten minutes later, Lieutenant General McKeess was pacing back and forth in the tent with a pair of red eyes, feeling sorry for his loss today.A slightly panicked report finally sounded at the door of the tent.

Under the order of the political commissar, a combat staff officer carrying the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders quickly walked up to Lieutenant General McKeess, saluted, and reported as calmly as possible: "Report to Comrade Commander, the latest battle report of the frontline offensive forces..."

Lieutenant General McKeess quickly focused on the lieutenant colonel's staff in front of him, and ordered in a deep voice: "Say..."

"Yes... Comrade Commander..." In front of the Lieutenant General Commander, the Lieutenant Colonel's staff did not dare to be negligent, and quickly reported: "Our offensive troops successfully occupied the frontline positions of the National Defense Forces under the cover of a heavy tank battalion. The Wehrmacht units that hold their ground will collapse without a fight. But..."

"But what, say..." The next report was obviously related to the explosion just now. Facing the hesitant lieutenant colonel's staff, Lieutenant General McKeess's face became more worried, and he asked directly.

"However. When the defenders of the National Defense Forces retreated, they buried a large amount of high explosives in the caves they used to avoid artillery fire. The explosion just now was made by our attacking troops after triggering the fuze of these high explosives..."

"Cunning Chinese. I must make you pay with blood... Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, what about the casualties of comrades. I want to know the specific casualties of the attacking troops in the explosion just now..." A pair of eyes quickly turned outward After sending out a sharp gaze, Lieutenant General McKeess continued to question with a murderous expression.

Under the pressure of Lieutenant General McKees's murderous gaze, the lieutenant colonel's staff had unknowingly dripped beads of sweat from his forehead.After suppressing the nervousness from the bottom of his heart, the Lieutenant Colonel's staff reported: "Comrade Commander, according to the report from the front, a battalion of heavy tanks and a field infantry regiment in charge of the attack successfully retreated except for less than [-] remnants. The rest of the troops All were devastated... Preliminary estimates show that the retreating National Defense Forces buried at least ten tons of high explosives and five thousand heavy artillery shells in the underground cave."

"That is to say, without consuming a single soldier, the defenders of the National Defense Forces can easily eat up a heavy tank battalion and an infantry regiment of our army with only some explosives and heavy artillery shells." Lieutenant General McKiss said in a heavy tone. asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Comrade Commander..." the lieutenant colonel's staff affirmed.

After waving his hand, indicating that the nervous lieutenant colonel staff in front of him can leave.Lieutenant General McKeess quickly turned his attention to the Chief of Staff who had been silent behind him, and asked with a serious face: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I want to know. How many troops have we lost in today's attack... "

The chief of staff, who knew the situation of the troops well, replied without thinking: "Comrade commander, we have lost four battalions of heavy tanks in one day's attack. A total of 150 heavy tanks. In addition, we have lost three and a half regiments of infantry , a total of more than [-] people. Two of the field infantry regiments were directly wiped out. The remaining three infantry regiments participating in the attack also lost more than half, almost losing their combat effectiveness."

Seeing the increasingly gloomy Lieutenant General McKees in front of him.After a short hesitation, the chief of staff continued to speak: "Besides, during yesterday's battle.We also lost 48 heavy tanks, more than 1 infantry, and more than [-] artillery pieces of various calibers.If you add up all the losses of the two days, the total loss of our forward troops has exceeded [-] people, more than a field infantry division.Lost two regiments of tanks, nearly one regiment of heavy artillery...."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General McKeess slammed his fists tightly on the table in front of him because of his anger.Afterwards, he said to himself unwillingly: "With air superiority and artillery superiority, it took a quarter of the total force to occupy the first line of defense of the National Defense Forces. According to the air force reconnaissance, the National Defense Forces were fully deployed in front of us. We have established three lines of defense, and one is stronger than the other. If we continue to fight like this, when we completely break through the three lines of defense of the National Defense Forces, our forward tens of thousands of troops will be completely lost. How can we deal with the National Defense Forces that may rush to Outer Mongolia at any time? Reinforcements...."

After finishing speaking, he ordered to the chief of staff: "If you don't want to find a way to crack the counterattack tactics and landmine tactics of the National Defense Forces, even if we succeed in occupying the three defense lines of the National Defense Forces in front of us, we who are in charge of the offensive will suffer heavy losses. Therefore, Today's attack will stop here for the time being..."

"Order: All troops in the army camp on the spot. In order to guard against a possible night attack by the squadron, the tank divisions are divided into regiments, separated by one kilometer, and guarded around the barracks. Artillery units must have one The Heavy Artillery Division maintains vigilance at night and counterattacks the possible artillery attacks of the Wehrmacht at any time..."

The Soviet army stopped attacking and began to set up the night cordon. Hearing this news, he was thinking about how to block the Soviet army's offensive with minimal casualties in the next few hours, and on the way to the Soviet army's offensive, all the more than 1 mines stored in the arsenal were all Luo Zhang, who was buried and troubled, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Not only that, a trace of joy from the heart also rushed to the face of Army Commander Luo Zhang.

The Soviet forward troops are now setting up their security positions at night, which undoubtedly gave the Ninth Army night attack troops more time to prepare.

Not only that, but Lieutenant General McKiss, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army, who is confident that there will be no accidents at night with the support of aircraft, heavy tanks, and even heavy artillery, directly ignores one thing: he is in broad daylight, and he is in the middle of the day. Such a defensive position at night, our opponent's National Defense Forces may not even need the most basic investigation, and they can see it clearly.

really.As the sky began to darken, the Soviet Air Force, which had been cruising over the battlefield, began to return one after another.A hand-drawn map marked with various marks was quickly thrown in front of Luo Zhang by Chief of Staff Wu Xin.Afterwards, several major generals located in the military headquarters quickly gathered around the map under the greeting of Luo Zhang.

"Chief of Staff. First, give everyone a brief introduction..." Luo Zhang, who was also looking forward to tonight's night attack, ordered decisively when he saw several subordinates gathered around the map with hot faces.

"Army seat, comrades, according to investigations, the deployment of the Soviet Red Army did not exceed our expectations. The remaining seven heavy tank regiments of the Soviet Red Army are all organized in regiments, separated by one kilometer from each other, and scattered in these few areas around the barracks. The location is clearly marked on the hand-drawn map in front of us."

"Except for the Soviet heavy tank unit that we are very afraid of. Their heavy artillery units are all arranged in the center of the barracks, and there is always a heavy artillery division in a state of combat readiness, which may counterattack our artillery units that launch artillery attacks at any time."

"In addition to the two arms of tanks and artillery, the remaining three field divisions of the Soviet Red Army also gathered in this camp in regiments. In addition, in order to prevent the sudden attack of our army's artillery from causing chaos to the barracks, In the Soviet barracks, the small barracks with regiments as units are still 100 meters apart from each other. And a certain number of sentries and patrols are arranged for vigilance."

Army commander Luo Zhang suddenly interrupted at this time: "It seems that Lao Maozi is quite vigilant. However, in my opinion, no matter how tight the defense is, it cannot escape the eyes of us hunters. Chief of Staff. You continue to introduce to everyone our battle plan tonight. After the introduction, everyone expresses their opinions and tries to improve the night attack as much as possible. Let us achieve the greatest results of the night attack at the lowest cost, so that the old man will be heartbroken because of our results .”

When everyone's eyes once again focused on the hand-painted map in front of them.Chief of Staff Wu Xin has drawn three big arrows on the map from three different directions with a pencil.Then, pointing to the three arrows, he introduced: "Comrades. The plan formulated by the staff department is that our troops participating in the night attack will be directly divided into three, and according to the specific positions of the three field divisions of the Soviet army barracks, send troops to the Soviet army respectively. Three field divisions launched an attack to kill as much as possible of the Soviet Red Army's vital forces."

"The three night attack units consisted of an infantry regiment, a medium tank battalion, an armored battalion, and a car transport battalion. During the attack, in order to ensure the entire assault speed and avoid being chased and surrounded by Soviet tank units, all infantry were The armored battalion and the car transport battalion carried out the load, followed the tank battalion all the way to the Soviet barracks, and finally broke out from the other direction of the Soviet barracks."

"The Soviet Red Army is equipped with heavy tanks with slow assault speeds. Therefore, in terms of speed, the Soviet heavy tanks are definitely not our army's medium tanks, or even armored vehicles and transport vehicles. As long as everyone does not stop after breaking into the Soviet barracks, a large number While killing the active forces of the Soviet army, at the same time charge to the other direction of the barracks at the fastest speed, you will never be caught up by the Soviet heavy tanks. Without the deadly threat of the Soviet heavy tanks, the medium tanks equipped by our army can completely beat the Soviet army. The barracks went on a rampage, breaking through all obstacles and breaking out from the other side of the barracks."

"Before the specific launch of the night attack, the three commandos detoured their troops to a position three kilometers away from the Soviet barracks under the cover of night. Then, under the cover of three heavy artillery battalions, they approached the Soviet barracks and headed towards the Soviet barracks. Launch an attack and break into the Soviet barracks with lightning speed..."

"In order to allow the three heavy artillery battalions to survive the counterattack of the Soviet heavy artillery for a longer period of time, the artillery positions of the three heavy artillery battalions must be re-deployed. All heavy artillery are deployed in squads and platoons at intervals of 500 meters from each other to avoid being attacked by the Soviets. The army's counterattack artillery fire is a pot..."

"During the attack on the Soviet barracks by the heavy artillery unit, the first 5 minutes used ordinary artillery shells mainly for damage, the main target of the attack was the Soviet artillery position, and the shell explosions were used to cover the various noises produced by the commando approaching the Soviet barracks .”

"After the commando approached the Soviet barracks, the heavy artillery unit immediately switched to napalm bombs, and used napalm bombs on the Soviet tank defense line to burn an attack gap for the commando team. After the commando team entered the Soviet barracks, the heavy artillery unit immediately stopped shelling And carry out the transfer, as much artillery as can be transferred...."

After the introduction, Chief of Staff Wu Xin quickly shifted his gaze to Army Commander Luo Zhang, and asked Luo Zhang, "Army seat. That's all for the specific battle plan. I don't know if you and your comrades have anything else to add..... "

"I have a question..." Luo Zhang answered bluntly.

Under the gaze of the Chief of Staff's puzzled eyes.Luo Zhang opened his mouth and analyzed: "In your introduction just now, the location where the commando raided the Soviet barracks was a full three kilometers away from the Soviet barracks. Even if there are heavy artillery units covering the subsequent assault with the sound of cannons, it may make the Soviet army The army has noticed and made preparations in advance. Therefore, we must find a way to shorten this assault distance, and it is best to send the commando to a position one kilometer outside the Soviet army camp."

Wu Xin replied with a puzzled face: "Sir, I also know about this situation... However, the roar of the tanks is so loud, and more than a dozen people in our staff have racked their brains and never thought of sending the commando to a place without a sound. The method of kilometers away is really too difficult, it is almost impossible to do it..."

Just when the headquarters fell into silence because of this, Shen Kaiyun, the commander of the 091 Division, suddenly said: "No. Chief of Staff, there is a way, there is a way to cover up the sound of our army's medium tanks marching..."

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Master Shen Kaiyun explained: "As long as the medium-sized tanks equipped by our army drive at a constant speed and keep a certain distance from each other, the sound is not particularly loud. Under such circumstances, we can deploy an infantry regiment to Squads and platoons spread out as units, using grenades, machine guns, and even mortars around the Soviet barracks to launch small-scale sneak attacks on the Soviet barracks. Of course, the purpose of the sneak attack is not to harass the Soviet army. Kill their vital forces .But to let the sound of guns attacking the Soviet army cover up the sound of tanks marching."

Although I don't know whether this method is really feasible, Luo Zhang, who has the attitude of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, still ordered to Chief of Staff Wu Xin: "This method is very feasible... Chief of Staff. You should arrange someone immediately. Let's do an experiment. Under the cover of gunfire, how far can the roar produced by our army's medium-sized tanks be transmitted. You know, the shock effect will be greater when the commando leaps forward from the Soviet barracks. Correspondingly, The greater the damage done to the Soviet infantry."

"Yes, the military seat..."

"Bang bang bang..." A burst of dense and crisp gunfire sounded on the grassland, a Soviet patrol less than 100 meters away from the Soviet barracks.A whole squad of old-haired patrol soldiers had no time to react when the gunshot rang out, and they all turned into corpses in this sudden rain of bullets.

Facing the sudden provocations around the barracks, three heavy tanks not far from the patrol quickly turned on their front searchlights.At the same time, the three high-level and flat-purpose machine guns on the top of the turret quickly heard the crisp impact of bullets being loaded.

Then, dull gunfire sounded on the battlefield.Under the guidance of the searchlight, the thick and hot flames of the three days quickly shot towards the grassland where the bullet had just been fired.

However, when the Soviet army began to counterattack, the four Wehrmacht soldiers who carried out the sneak attack had disappeared into the vast grassland with two general-purpose machine guns.The thick bullets fired by the Soviet heavy tank machine gunners did not achieve any results except for leaving a trace of green smoke on the wet grassland ground.

The gunfire that happened here seemed to be the general signal for the Wehrmacht to attack.

As soon as the Soviet tankers' counterattack shots stopped, various intensive gunshots began to sound from all over the barracks.More importantly, in this dense and messy gunfire, there are also a lot of grenade explosions and even mortar shell explosions.

Facing the despicable night attack launched by the Wehrmacht, the Soviet tank units scattered around the barracks certainly would not be passively beaten.Whether it was a heavy machine gun or a tank gun with a caliber of 75mm, they all joined the ranks of counterattacks against the sneak attack troops without an order.

In this way, the small-scale sneak attack caused by an infantry regiment of the National Defense Forces became larger and larger because of the old Maozi's revenge psychology, and the sound of various guns became more and more intensive and more intense .

"It's time, order the three commandos to approach the Soviet barracks immediately. After approaching the position of 800 meters, they will hide. Without orders, any commando is prohibited from exposing the target. Otherwise, the military law will engage in..." About three miles away from the Soviet barracks On a small high ground a kilometer away, listening to the more and more lively gunfire around the Soviet barracks, a trace of excitement from the heart quickly leaped to Luo Zhang's cheeks, and decisively ordered to the equally excited Chief of Staff Wu Xin behind him.

Under the cover of gunfire, the three commandos quickly moved around the Soviet barracks as if entering no one's land.Until this time, several tank regiments deployed by the Soviet Red Army around the barracks were still panicking to counterattack various sneak attacks of the Wehrmacht.Unaware of it at all, the three commandos armed to the teeth have already sharpened their fangs, ready to deal a fatal blow to themselves at any time.

Under the anxious waiting of Army Commander Luo Zhang, a report directly put most of Luo Zhang's anxious and nervous heart down.

"Report to the military seat, the first commando reported that the troops have arrived at the designated location...."

"Report to the military seat, the second commando, and the third commando report that the troops have arrived at the designated location and may launch an assault on the Soviet barracks at any time..."

"Reporting to the military seat, the artillery commander Wang reported that the three heavy artillery battalions have been dispersed according to the order, and can immediately launch artillery strikes on the predetermined target, opening a breakthrough for the commando..."

Hearing this, the expression on Luo Zhang's face was quickly covered by excitement and anticipation, and he said loudly: "Okay, our chance has finally come..." (To be continued...)