Chapter 35: Return My Rivers and Mountains
Vladivostok shuddered, looking helpless under the attacks of planes that swooped down from time to time in the air to drop bombs. Except for the batteries on the coast that were attacked, after shooting down a few planes, there was no way to stop them from attacking like wasps.
If you dare to stand on the shore at this time, you can see it. Far away on the sea, is the opponent's huge fleet. The 406, 352, and 152 mm guns became a nightmare for anti-aircraft artillery and other army artillery fire.
The airships overhead reported their position in detail to the warships in the sea from dozens of kilometers away from the sky. The battleship's heavy artillery blew up all the opponent's usable guns and their positions in the first place.
As for the group of planes in the sky, which the Russian soldiers called "vicious wasps", they threw nightmare-like bombs from the sky in piles to every place where the Russian troops were concentrated.
Smoke and fire rose into the air with the sound of violent explosions, and the earth shook violently with the sound of the explosions, making it impossible to stand still. The fire unfurls a fiery serpent full of evil, tightening every person or object it catches.
Subsequently, the place where it was hit will be filled with the smell of blood and the smell of human being burned. Both the sailors in the harbor and the infantry in the barracks outside the city were all blurred in the midst of this endless blow, and gradually, almost every Russian soldier felt that they could no longer endure such abuse.
One, two, they threw down their weapons and ignored the loud shouts of the political commissars of the workers sent from Moscow or elsewhere, who had been workers a few days before. Groups of them rushed out of the city, out of the barracks, and into the lush forests of the nearby hills, where they might have been able to escape the slaughter of such heavy artillery fire.
Naval guns at sea pushed one-tonne shells toward the shore, followed by a dull, loud explosion from the harbor. The dust and other debris that rose up like a poisonous snake quickly lifted its body in the air. No, not a viper, one salvo of the fleet, just more than 350 mm heavy guns, amounted to more than 50 guns.
So it was not the neck of a venomous snake that rose into the air, they resembled a group of cobras dancing under the snake flutes of the Indians, and their bewitching and terrifying bodies shook over Vladivostok.
At this time, the figures of "Sea Hurricane" and "Swift" appeared on the sea. They were either hoisted into the sea from other warships or directly from the bottom of the "amphibious assault ship". The powerful engines make a "boom" sound, and they take off in the sea, flying towards the city against the waves of the sea.
Of course, they weren't meant to rush straight into the city, so how could they land on those narrow streets? So they're targeting the coastal roads behind the beach. There they can easily land and return to the sky again.
However, these two types of carriers, which are mainly used for personnel transportation, will not be able to do this kind of extra work for a long time, and the "hovercraft" that are more suitable for landing are also being studied.
They were preceded by the armored fighting vehicles of the Marine Corps, including those used by the Marine Corps, which were speeding towards the coast. The point to be made here is that it is not the tanks and armored vehicles of the Marine Corps that have any great function of crossing the sea.
Those are still under development, and the replacement of light weapons does not mean that tanks and armored vehicles have entered another era. Therefore, their so-called amphibious function can cross gentle rivers, but they are absolutely unable to cross the wide ocean surface between the warship and the sea.
So, they went ashore in "straw sandals".
Of course, the "straw sandals" are not real straw sandals, but they are just a kind of gadget to assist the landing of armored troops. Think of this thing as two torpedoes without explosives, if you will.
They were fastened to the sides of the chariot, their large bodies almost the same length as the chariot, and they contained some fuel inside, and a snorkel protruded high. They are tightly attached to the vehicle by fixing bolts, which not only provide more buoyancy, but also more power.
As for the direction, it is achieved by the different differential speeds of the two propeller thrusters of the vehicle itself. Such "straw sandals" are cheap and easy to use. Once the tanks are ashore, the armorer only needs to loosen the bolts from the inside and abandon them. Naturally, it can be recovered by the fleet logistics personnel after the war and used for the next time.
They took advantage of the artillery fire on the coast to approach the shore, and the speed of the "straw sandals" was not so slow. Armoured vehicles and tanks propped up the wave plates at the front of their bodies and rushed to the shore in a formation dragging their white trails.
The armored regiment, which was the main assault force of the Marine Division, was the only unit that landed from the sea. If we want to discuss the future landing method, these amphibious assault ships will be equipped with helicopters and hovercraft for three-dimensional landing. It's just that that's still in the future, and as for now, it's just a matter of simplicity.
The "Eagle Eye" in the sky observed the ground very carefully, and under its guidance, these combat vehicles landing from the sea drove directly to the weakest point of the Russian army's defense along the entire coast. They will then cooperate with the landing marines to pounce on the port of Vladivostok. After the occupation there, it was time for the entire Marine Division to complete the landing.
Now it is clear that the absence of landing ships and the impact of landing craft on the Marine Corps. As mentioned earlier, these effects are being addressed one by one. And when it will be equipped, it will depend on whether the Russians and Europeans will give face.
When the tanks and armored vehicles reached the beach where the tracks could reach them, they immediately moved quickly, and the tanks were followed by tank "nannies". Two 7.62 mm 6-barreled rotary machine guns "glanced" around, and sitting in front of the shooter in the turret was a large-diameter, zoomed-in large field of view sight.
To put it bluntly, it was nothing more than a simple sight marked by a ring and a reticle on the thick bulletproof glass between the two machine guns. No matter what target it is dealing with, this weapon has only one strong point, which is to use tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition loaded in the car to smash the opponent to death with a dense rain of bullets. Even for multi-loading bullets, such a combat vehicle with a tank chassis did not carry a single infantryman.
Such a weapon, whether it is an airplane or infantry, is an absolute nightmare. The amount of equipment in a tank platoon is enough to arrange a relatively safe sky for this tank platoon.
As in the usual training, the "nanny" opened the way in front, and behind it was a tank ready for fire support at any time. In the face of these things, the original intention of the Russian army to resist by relying on fortifications was completely shattered.
The civil pillboxes were either pierced by the armor-piercing projectiles of the 37-mm guns, or the firing ports were firmly sealed by the "Death Scythe". The bullets, which are denser than a storm, seem to be a non-stop piece of metal, and under continuous fire, they can break the bunker more than a fishing net.
Many Russian infantrymen had never heard of such a machine gun at all, after all, it appeared a little earlier. The first heyday of the Gatling gun appeared in the American Civil War. Then, with the end of the war, they soon disappeared, and no one could have imagined that they would be here after so many looks.
As mentioned earlier, the barrels of these machine guns were actually nothing more than reversions of a large number of captured Mauser rifles. Therefore, the Chinese National Defense Forces did not feel sorry to use the barrel badly, anyway, it was all refurnace materials. As for the bullets, they come from stockpiles of arms that are often frowned upon by European countries.
When these things were bought, the governments of Britain, France, and the United States were grateful. After all, China bought it, and it saved them from sending a ship to the sea to dump it. This was a common occurrence after the end of the two wars.
In particular, the Russians found that the last thing they could do in the face of such fire was to leave the trenches. The kind of gun with two big pipes will tear everyone to shreds.
Regardless of the artillery position, the machine gunner, or anyone else who intended to poke their heads out to shoot, they were all suppressed by such fire. For example, the heavy Makmi machine gun, when fired by this machine gun, will be directly knocked over a few times, and then turned into a pile of scrap metal.
The Russian soldiers also wanted to take advantage of the fact that the armored fighting vehicles were behind and attack them from behind. But when they roared past, behind them were groups of marines, M2 assault rifles in their hands, spewing out tongues of fire, so that the Russian soldiers knew that the only thing they could do now was to surrender.
None of this could prevent the two panzer regiments from advancing from two directions, and the bloodiest scene of the war broke out. Crowds of Russian soldiers and civilians hauling the city's possessions mingled with each other, apparently intending to leave.
It's a pity that they didn't understand that the current Chinese Defense Forces are not Qing soldiers, not the Beiyang Army. This is not allowed because of Tang Yunyang's order.
"Those who invade our territory must surrender unconditionally, there are no conditions to talk about, and if they plan to escape, then use the 'Death Scythe' against them......
As a result, a number of infantry fighting vehicles and tank nannies were called up to deal with the convoy that was planning to leave the city.
"Hoo ......"
The sound of shooting sounded together, as if a whirlwind of metal had just been blown. If it is said that the US military used bombs to create a "road of death" during the Gulf War, then it can only be called a "road of flesh and blood."
When the Death Scythe was wielded, the hordes of people, horses, vehicles, and everything were torn into small pieces in the metal storm that blew up.
Although it is said that to kill a Russian soldier, it takes two bullets and a push. But when the other side tore them directly to pieces with a thousand bullets, and did not need them to fall, the resilient Russian army surrendered.