Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

"Da da da..." A Soviet-made light machine gun under the control of two soldiers had just shot down a few Soviet soldiers. The machine gun was on it.

The thick tongue of flame gushing from the muzzle of the machine gun just swept past the machine gunners, and the several large-caliber bullets that roared easily penetrated the trench wall in front of the machine gunners, puncturing two machine gunners in the chest. There is a thick and thin blood hole at the mouth of a bowl.

Of course, the light machine gun that was making roaring noises suddenly went out, and along with the soldiers manipulating it, fell sideways in the dilapidated trench.

Killing five or six Soviet soldiers at the cost of two machine gunners seemed like a good deal, but it was not.

Relying on the strong comprehensive national strength of the Soviet government, the Soviet government can make up for the loss of equipment or troops in a short period of time.However, the Defense Forces that are defending do not have this strength.....

Take the attack in front of us as an example, Wu Keren deployed only one infantry regiment of 3000 troops at full strength.As for the Soviet Red Army, there were only 3000 offensive troops that appeared directly on the battlefield.With the increasing losses of the attacking troops, Wu Keren had already seen through the telescope that another Soviet infantry regiment was gradually approaching the battlefield and attacking his own position.

Seeing this, the chief of staff standing next to Wu Keren frowned, and said worriedly: "Master, it took less than 15 minutes to fight, and the 011 Regiment has already lost almost an infantry battalion... and the old Maozi's offensive troops sent another Going up to an infantry regiment, it is obvious that they plan to consume all the 011 regiment on the battlefield through wheel battles...."

"We must find a way to provide reinforcements to the 011 regiment. Otherwise, the old Maozi's goal will be achieved..."

Pointing to the battlefield above the consumption of two air defense battalions.There are still dozens of old Maozi bombers left.

Wu Keren shook his head resolutely and said: "I saw the old Maozi plane... I can be sure: as long as our army's reinforcements walk out of the artillery hole, the old Maozi plane will attack our reinforcements like crazy."

The chief of staff, whose face was getting more and more solemn, asked back with a face full of reluctance: "Could it be that... are we just watching the 011 regiment be completely lost under the attack of the old Maozi... the division seat. Thousands of brothers on the battlefield can't bear it." They are all our old brothers who have been trained single-handedly since the Northeast, and they are the real elite of our new First Division..."

Hearing this, Wu Keren's dignified face finally showed slight changes, and he said in a heavy tone: "You are right... The tragedy of this blocking battle is far beyond our imagination. It is very likely that our new first The division will be buried here. But no matter what, we have to leave some seeds for ourselves. Leave some seeds for each regiment..."

"We absolutely cannot let the thousands of elites of the 011 Regiment be consumed on the battlefield like this..."

When Wu Keren said the last sentence, besides firmness, there was also a hint of determination on Wu Keren's face.

After only five seconds of contemplation, he ordered to the chief of staff: "As the saying goes, if we run out of equipment, we can capture it from the enemy and get supplements from the rear. However, once there is no man, there is no hope." gone."

"Order the 011 Regiment to stay in all the field artillery battalions in the rear. The mountain artillery company, the mortar company... Immediately use your fastest speed to cover the Soviet offensive troops with artillery fire, and smash their attack with shells... When the combat order is issued Don’t forget to remind these troops that during the shelling process, except for the gunners who need to shell, the rest of the soldiers must stay away from the artillery positions, so as not to be caught by the retaliatory artillery fire of the Soviet army. There are no seeds for reorganizing the artillery in the future....."

A string of sharp shells whizzed past everyone's heads, and more than a hundred shells that drew various flight trajectories in the sky smashed steadily into the Soviet attacking troops.

When clusters of orange fireballs rose from the middle of the Soviet attacking troops.Finally, mushroom clouds of different sizes are formed.Gaps with a radius of several meters or even more than ten meters appeared in the middle of the densely packed Soviet attacking troops in an instant.

On grasslands without shelter.No matter what shell exploded in the middle of the Soviet attacking force, it would set off a bloody storm.

Seeing soldiers flying around with broken limbs and broken arms, facing the shells above their heads that may fall on them at any time.It never occurred to me that under the watchful eyes of our superior artillery unit, the Soviet offensive troops of the Wehrmacht artillery unit dared to show their heads like frosted eggplants, and their high morale disappeared quickly, as if death might come to them at any time .

The political commissars at all levels of the Soviet army scattered among the attacking troops tried their best to boost morale among the troops and keep the troops stable.However, when more and more soldiers were torn to pieces by the fragments produced by the shell explosion, and their lives began to be threatened, the confidence of these political commissars could not help but began to shake.

However, these political commissars who had already blindly trusted Stalin still suppressed the constant fear in their hearts and roared loudly to their subordinates: "Great Red Army warriors, victory must belong to us. As long as the great Soviet Red Army The artillery starts to counterattack, and the Chinese artillery units will be wiped out... Hold on, hold on is victory...."

What these political commissars said was not wrong. The commander-in-chief of the Soviet offensive force directly deployed two heavy artillery divisions from the limited artillery to counterattack.However, because the hundreds of artillery pieces under the 011 Regiment are all arranged in scattered units.Although the Soviet artillery's counterattack firepower was fierce, it could not deal a devastating blow to the artillery units under the 011 regiment in a short time.

Therefore, although the shells that kept falling on the side of the Soviet offensive troops have decreased, they have not completely stopped.

Thousands of attacking troops gathered together are still being consumed at an unprecedented rate of loss.....

In particular, the 011 mortars equipped by the 54 regiment fired shells at a rate of [-] shots per minute like rain, harvesting the lives of the Soviet attacking troops at their fastest speed.

When the defense line of the Soviet army was still 100 meters away from the position, there were only 3000 people left in the attacking force of more than 1000 people.And the raindrops of shells continued to explode among the troops at a rate of several rounds per second.

"We can't continue to attack. According to the current loss rate, even if all the troops are wiped out, we can't rush to the Wehrmacht's position..." Among the already sparse Soviet offensive troops, a regiment commander shouted at the political commissar beside him growled.

Maybe it's the feeling that your life is being threatened more and more.The political commissar who was still moving forward unexpectedly did not express any objection, and replied loudly: "Comrade commander, I agree that the troops will retreat immediately. However, when retreating, the heavy artillery must be ordered to cover the positions of the National Defense Forces and cover us..... "

After the heavy artillery shells whizzing past everyone's heads were transferred to the Wehrmacht's position, the Soviet offensive troops with only a thousand people left once again withdrew from the battlefield like a tide, leaving behind densely packed corpses of soldiers.

"Old Maozi has finally retreated..." Chief of Staff Chang Song, who was lying on the lookout of the headquarters, said with a sigh of relief.

Wu Keren looked up at the sky that was slowly dimming.The tense facial expression finally relaxed.He replied to the chief of staff: "No accident, this attack is already the last attack of the Soviets today..."

"Order the 012 Regiment to immediately replace the 011 Regiment. At the same time, order Zhou Xinfa, the head of the regiment, to immediately count the losses of the troops. I want to know how much we will have to pay to repel the Soviets' attack once."

Soon, the chief of staff came to Wu Keren with a slightly heavy figure, and reported to Wu Keren: "Master, the result has come out..."

"Except for the artillery left behind, there are a total of more than 011 officers and soldiers of the 1000 Regiment entering the position. The battle has been fought so far. Only more than [-] officers and soldiers have successfully withdrawn from the position, including [-] There are only [-] or [-] wounded... However, the only thing that makes people feel lucky is that there are more than [-] people left. All of them are veterans with more than three years of service in the army."

"That's good..." Wu Keren said happily.

"As long as there are 1000 or 011 veterans, plus the hundreds of artillerymen who survived in the rear, the [-] regiment will not be defeated."

The chief of staff standing beside Wu Keren was not so optimistic.

Take a deep breath.As if pouring cold water on Wu Keren, he analyzed: "Master, we will lose a thousand elite infantry and hundreds of artillery pieces in one attack by repelling the old Maozi. The mission of the new First Division given by the chief is to stick to it here. Two days. Calculated based on the fact that the Soviet Red Army launches six attacks a day, the remaining troops of our division are simply not enough to last for the remaining two days. Therefore, we must find a way to change the current battle situation, and we cannot continue to carry out passive defense."

"You mean to change from passive to active..." Wu Keren frowned and asked in a deep voice.

The chief of staff affirmed: "Yes, Commander... If we continue to defend passively like this, all the more than 1 soldiers under our command will be wiped out, and we will not be able to complete the mission..."

"It makes sense..." After listening to the analysis, Wu Keren affirmed to the Chief of Staff with a thoughtful expression.

However, this expression was quickly replaced by seriousness again.Because, in just a few seconds, Wu Keren couldn't think of any way to get rid of the passive situation in front of him.

Without air support, it means that the air supremacy on the battlefield in the next battle will be completely in the hands of the Soviets.Correspondingly, the artillery superiority of both the enemy and ourselves was also replaced by the Soviet Red Army.

Losing air superiority and artillery superiority, even if the Wehrmacht has heavy tanks that are more powerful than the Soviets, there is no way to fight the Soviet Red Army during the day.Because, as long as the Wehrmacht exposes its heavy tanks to the Soviets, it will be dealt a devastating blow by the Soviet Air Force, and there will be no chance to return the phone.

The only advantage was gone, and Wu Keren really couldn't think of any other way to help him reduce the casualties of his troops.

Wu Keren frowned, and when he recalled his experience and what he had learned in his mind, a bold idea came directly to Wu Keren's mind.

If you want to change from active to passive, you must disrupt the order of the Soviet Red Army's offensive.Coupled with the fact that all the advantages I have are gone, the only way I can do it is to come up with a trick.

To come up with a trick, that is, to play one's own cards, which the Soviet Red Army did not expect...

Counting the hole cards in my hand, the only one that can make the Soviets feel afraid, and it is beyond the expectations of all the Soviets is only one, a Soviet-made heavy tank regiment temporarily assigned to him by the former enemy headquarters.

In the case of losing air superiority and artillery superiority.Everyone, including the Soviets, knows that as long as they dispatch the tanks themselves.Those tanks exposed to the Soviets will become living targets for the Soviet artillery and air force.

Therefore, none of the Soviets would think that they would dare to dispatch tank troops at this time.

Since the Soviets couldn't think of it.For the Soviets, this idea was an unexpected conspiracy.

Thinking of this, a sneer quickly passed from the corner of Wu Keren's mouth.At the same time, Wu Keren's frowning face slowly revealed a confident expression from the heart.

Facing the chief of staff in front of him, he shouted firmly: "Let's do it like this... Instead of letting the tank regiment hide behind and sleep, it's better to take it out. Anyway, these tanks are captured old men, even if they are all taken I don't feel sorry for being blown up to scrap iron. It's just that the hundreds of tank soldiers who operate these tanks have suffered..."

In Wu Keren.Under the order, the two infantry regiments of the new First Division who had not yet participated in the battle transformed into engineers carrying engineering shovels on their shoulders.Then, with the company as the unit, they began to build underground caves for hiding soldiers in the frontline positions...

Of course, this so-called 'Cave of Tibetan Soldiers' is not really for Tibetans.It is to hide the Soviet-made heavy tanks weighing dozens of tons, and to allow the heavy tanks to rush along the tunnel entrance to the surface position at the first time, and fight with the Soviet offensive forces.

The next day dawned, by the looks of it.The position of the new First Division standing in front of the Soviets has not changed at all.

However, when you really crossed the first-line position, you will find dozens of huge holes supported by logs and various steel plates in a huge area only 50 meters wide between the first-line land acquisition and the second-line position.It's like a black hole that devours life, lined up right behind the front line.

Not only that, in this huge cave with a depth of ten meters.A total of 36 Soviet-made heavy tanks are like cheetahs ready to go.Quietly accumulate energy in the cave of Tibetan soldiers, and wait in concealment.

After taking a deep breath of fresh air that is rarely seen on the battlefield.Knowing that the attack would last at least several months, even half a year, Tukhachevsky could not arouse any interest at all on his calm face, and ordered indifferently to his subordinates: "Everyone who participated in the attack today Assault troops, start attacking...."

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When several artillery groups poured shells into the position of the newly formed 012 regiment regardless of consumption.More than 30 Soviet-made bombers escorted by more than [-] fighter jets, like a black cloud, pressed towards the battlefield with a roar.

Aircraft bombing, ground artillery shelling, under the repeated attacks of these modern weapons.The position held by the new 012 regiment once again had dozens of tons of steel fragments, and the floating soil, which was already as thick as [-] centimeters, also thickened several centimeters accordingly.

The sound of the explosion stopped, and the sound of "squeak, squeak, squeak" tanks slowly spread to the ears of the soldiers of the new 012 regiment from far and near.

When the gunpowder smoke hanging over the battlefield slowly dissipated under the breeze, the figures of the Soviet attacking troops slowly appeared in everyone's sight.Under the cover of more than 30 Soviet heavy tanks, at least [-] Soviet infantrymen were like a khaki wave.Under the cover of the torrent of steel, the mighty want to press down.

Like yesterday's attack, after more than 150 tanks entered the 012-meter position, they all stopped in place without exception to serve as fixed firepower points.The shells and bullets will continue to pour into the position of the new [-] regiment...

The thousands of Soviet infantry following the tanks, like a flood breaking a levee, quickly crossed the iron wall formed by the tanks, exposing their bodies to the counterattack firepower of the Wehrmacht.

In accordance with the layout principle of "heaviest firepower before the rear, light weight before the rear", the new 012 regiment began its first blocking battle since the formation of the troops.

However, the seemingly tragic battlefield was under the deliberate control of Wu Keren, and the losses of the newly formed 012 regiment were not particularly large.Because the main force of this blocking battle is not the 012 Regiment, the [-] soldiers of the whole regiment directly take battalions as units and take turns to fight.

Only one field infantry battalion is deployed on the defense line that stretches for several kilometers, which means that only one Wehrmacht soldier can be allocated every few meters on this defense line.Under such circumstances, no matter how powerful the firepower of the Soviet offensive troops is, the damage to the defenders is very limited.

Of course, although the troops dispatched by the 012 regiment were limited, almost all the infantry battalions dispatched carried all the light machine guns of the regiment.On the surface, the National Defense Forces defending the position seem to have very few troops, but the counterattack firepower fired by the National Defense Forces is extremely powerful.

With the killing speed of hundreds of people per minute, the strength of the Soviet offensive troops was continuously weakened.

However, when the new offensive troops of the Soviet army joined the battlefield one after another, the replenishment speed of the Soviet army began to exceed its loss speed.The yellow wave composed of Soviet infantry finally began to slowly advance towards the Wehrmacht position at a speed of 20 meters per minute.

Seeing that the Soviet army had advanced 50 meters away from the front of the position, many Soviets had subconsciously pulled out grenades and prepared for the final charge.

At this moment, a murderous smile finally appeared on Wu Keren's always calm face.

He ordered decisively to the chief of staff next to him: "The first-line defenders will retreat immediately... The first tank battalion will attack immediately and completely defeat Lao Maozi... In addition, all the tank commanders of comrades, after rushing out of the position for 50 meters, All tanks must retreat unconditionally. If the tanks cannot retreat, they should abandon the tanks and come back on foot. I will order the 012 regiment to provide fire cover for all attacking tanks and tankers..." (to be continued..)