The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Chapter 573 Bloody battle with no way out

This is a war in which there is no way out for both sides, and whoever loses will face immeasurable strategic dangers! The Japanese army will be attacked by the north and the south and lose all the aggressive achievements since the Meiji era. Soviet Russia will at least lose Mongolia, the forward bridgehead, and the power in the Far East will be greatly weakened.

Zhukov's strategic vision is quite good. At the beginning of his order, he quickly analyzed the difficulties he was about to face. Before he traveled, he seized the opportunity and asked for as many conditions as possible. The first army strikers have set off!

I really saw the tragic appearance of the 57th Army that was tossed and collapsed with my own eyes. It was as powerful as Zhukov and couldn't help but gasp. At the same time, I couldn't help but wondered when those Japanese fishermen whose heads were stuffed with dead fish became so powerful?

In terms of tactics, the Japanese army, which was inherited from the special Western countries of Germany and France, is better at cooperating with small groups of troops. The cavalry advances, and uses small, fast, and smart means to make local breakthroughs quickly, and then coerce and lure them to achieve strategic goals. Taking the initiative, "deterrence", "defeat", and "forced into an alliance under the city", I feel incredible about the concept of "total annihilation" implemented by the Soviet army.Therefore, in several conflicts on the Chinese battlefield, they dispersed the armored weapons and artillery with extremely high combat effectiveness among the infantry, as a force for assaulting fortifications and assisting the infantry.

The Soviet army is different. From the commander-in-chief, Mr. Stalin, one principle has been resolutely implemented: we have more soldiers than the enemy, and we have more aircraft and cannons than the enemy. Destroy the enemy's fighting spirit and resistance, once and for all!

In the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are jokes!

Zhukov originally thought that in the battle at Nuomenkan, there would not be much trouble due to the different ideologies of the two sides. Hundreds of armored vehicles, hundreds of cannons, and hundreds of fighter planes frenziedly attacked when did they become so rich? !

Soon he understood that the Japanese had finally made progress under the beating of the Chinese battlefield, and they were forced to change their combat thinking, which was one of them.Second, Ri himself's determination and goals for this war are much greater than those summed up by the Far East intelligence department before!

Japan not only wants to take advantage of the situation to force the Soviet Union to sign a non-aggression leap, the last goal is that they also want to win the dominance of Mongolia, so as to occupy the active position in the military strategy of the Far East!

Even going one step further, these oriental dwarves who also have endless desires for expansion may plan to plot the vast land of more than 100 million square kilometers in the entire Far East!It is not impossible to change the direction and carry out its "Northward Advance" strategy when it cannot realize its invasion of China!

Thinking of this, Zhukov couldn't relax at all.He did not hesitate to use his tricks. First, he cleaned up the senior officers of the 57th Army who were disadvantaged in combat and were timid and incompetent. He promoted those deputy officers who dared to work hard and resolutely carried out orders. The defensive front, especially the relatively intact artillery units, was withdrawn to form an arc array pointing to the central battlefield.

At the same time, he personally participated in the evaluation of Japanese armored weapons, artillery, and air force weapons, and intuitively judged the combat performance of the weapons and equipment possessed by the Japanese army. The result was not optimistic.

But this is not enough to make Zhukov feel discouraged. He is still preparing calmly and steadily, even if the Japanese army is attacked in the back. The attack on the Halaha River was delayed for two full days!

In particular, the big explosion in Hailar not only destroyed part of the army and supplies, but also disrupted a large number of strategic deployments of the Kwantung Army. As wise as the staff led by Ishihara Wanji, the plan was not included in the plan. The conditions under which the key points are irresistibly attacked were unimaginable before!

As a result, the Soviet Russian army gained an extremely precious few days of buffer period, allowing Zhukov to complete the adjustment and deployment calmly. More than 100 cannons were transported to re-establish the second line of defense, and then decisively took the initiative to attack the aggressive positions set up by the Japanese army on the river bank!

An unprecedented tank battle and artillery bombardment kicked off!

苏军总数280辆各se坦克，包括t-26、5、7和ba-6、ba-10等装甲车一起，组成的庞大攻击集群分成南北两路如铁钳一般夹攻。

The Japanese army is not to be outdone. The 100st Armored Brigade has more than 23 220th and [-]th tanks as the main force. Together with the [-]rd Division, an armored brigade has a total of more than [-] tanks of the same type. Pushing forward flatly on the [-]-kilometer position, it was clearly an arrogant look that did not take the opponent seriously.

In the previous battles, the Japanese army discovered that the tanks and chariots they equipped were more than one grade better than the Soviet army!If the tonnage of the Bajiu-type and other old gadgets in the past few years is about the same, and the firepower is completely unable to support the long-barreled tank guns of the Soviet army, then the current medium tanks of all colors have more than ten tons. Especially the Type [-], which strengthens the front armor, is unmatched in terms of firepower, speed, and armor thickness. It can't deal with those monsters in China, but it is more than enough to deal with the thin-skinned things of the Soviet army!

Nearly [-] tanks and armored vehicles collided together like a torrent of steel!The [-]-kilometer-wide battlefield was filled with dust from clusters of fighting groups, the rumble of guns, explosions and fireworks created a refreshing shock that made people secrete too much hormone!

The Japanese army believed with great certainty that this would be another undoubted victory!But the truth immediately slapped them in the face!

Zhukov's commanding art is shown to the world for the first time!He fully estimated the gap between the weapons and equipment of the two sides, and wisely chose to form an attack front with an exaggerated regiment as a unit, completely letting go of the vast central hinterland, leaving only the artillery and infantry to rely on deep trenches and barriers to guard against death.

In contrast, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, who were certain that they were sure of victory, were released like flowers, in a cluster of twenty or thirty vehicles, and the distance between them was much farther.

Between Pingchuan and Woye, the tanks of the two sides collided violently. A group of 75 or 32 tanks of the Soviet army and the Japanese tanks that lacked about a dozen vehicles of the Soviet army once slashed at each other, and were immediately killed by the opponent's 22mm caliber [-] times. Even though the artillery bombarded it to the scum, the thin [-]mm armor was like paper, and it was almost useless to fight back.

However, they are not completely without results. They take the initiative to use their mobility, especially the 5 and 7 models. One is 72 kilometers long, and the other is 53 kilometers long, which is almost twice that of the Japanese army. They are sensitive and active on the flanks of the battlefield. The 45mm special tank gun attacked its weak side armor, almost tried and tested!

After one battle, the Soviet tank group was almost completely wiped out, and the Japanese army lost only one-third. It seemed that the results of the battle were brilliant.

But before the Japanese army could recover, the second batch of Soviet tanks swarmed in!The number of matches suddenly became two against one!And this time the Soviet army adopted a circuitous combat strategy, avoiding the front and not fighting head-on, the soldiers were divided into two groups to interfere with each other, and gradually pushed into hundreds of meters and fired at the same time. After a few rounds, nearly [-] casualties were paid. After that, they wiped out a main force of the Japanese armor in one go.

The third group arrived immediately after, gathered together, and then staggered back and forth and pounced on the next group of enemy troops!

The Soviet tank troops, which were divided into at least three or four waves, hit the same target one wave after another like a tide. They paid a higher price than the opponent, but they were able to completely wipe out the opponent's main attack force. Two rounds When they came down, the Japanese army suddenly discovered that the powerful forces on their two wings had been completely eaten up, and the main force, which had stretched tens of kilometers across the front, was flanked by the opponent's north and south, surrounded by a position with nearly [-] cannons deployed in front!

The poor tactics of mutual cooperation between Japanese army divisions are fully exposed!The coordination between the armored forces and the artillery is even more messy. The air force's joint attack force is more like dealing with errands, each doing its own thing. When the crisis on the two wings breaks out, the support force dispatched in a hurry from the rear is still on the east bank of the river. The Soviet army has been waiting for a long time The heavy artillery unit suddenly opened fire!

More than 200 cannons!It is not the standard of the Japanese army that even counts 70mm infantry guns, but all long-range cannons with a caliber greater than 100mm, and most of them are 122mm and 152mm field howitzers with longer range and greater power. Type 70 75mm, Type 105 150mm, Type 150 [-]mm field guns, Type [-] [-]mm howitzers, etc., the Japanese army’s longest-range Bajiu type and Type [-] [-]mm field cannons are far enough and powerful enough, But they are heavy and clumsy, they can't pull the river at all, and they are all expensive, so they are reluctant to send them to the front for adventure!

Moreover, the Soviet army had already understood the data of these big killers, and deliberately retreated to give way to the battlefield in order to weaken the threat of their long-range weapons!

Caught in the midst of a huge battlefield, the Japanese armored forces suddenly panicked!I thought that they could break through the opponent's position directly to bloom in the center, and then the two wings swept through to break through, annihilating in one fell swoop and resulting in an unprecedented victory. I didn't expect that their running speed of [-] to [-] kilometers could reach the central yang prominent position, and they were immediately attacked. A head-on attack from hundreds of cannons!

Before they could recover, the Soviet tank units on both sides, which used their speed advantage to kill their opponents, completed a detour, surrounded them tightly in the center, and forcibly mixed with the opponent before the Japanese fighter planes flew in to support them. Then start a life-and-death melee!

An eye for an eye, casualties for casualties!When the tank units on the regional battlefield were defeated, Zhukov ordered the heavy artillery to cover all firepower regardless of the enemy or us!

Such a scene made Zhu Bin, who was peeping at the screen, gasp and exclaimed, "This guy is cruel enough!"