Chapter 683: Battle of Novosibirsk (Part I)
"People all over Soviet Russia are watching you. Hold on for three months, and you will be the heroes of the Alliance! "Sent to Novosibirsk with Stalin's personal instructions, there were also 100,000 Russian troops. At this time, most of the Soviet and Russian troops north of Lake Baikal had been concentrated, and even many temporarily recruited recruits were directly pushed to the front line of the tug-of-war between the two sides before they had time to train.
Opposite them was Li Tiexia's 24th Army, which was underarmed.
Even though the transport planes were busy day and night, the 24 Corps brought only three divisions. Other transport forces are concentrated in the Urals.
The shadow troops of Soviet Russia are not only emerging on the Western Front, but also in the Urals like mushrooms.
Although Stalin focused his deployment on the Western Front, in recent years, hundreds of factories have been relocated to the vicinity of the Urals, and with nearby resources, even if Soviet Russia abandons the Far East, the Urals will not be reluctant to give up in vain. Moreover, it was necessary to prevent the Chinese army from continuing to the west to protect the industrial areas west of the Urals, so the Soviet Russian army on the Urals front had rapidly grown to 600,000 people.
No matter how many of them were rookies who had just picked up guns, these armies put a lot of pressure on the vanguard. The air transport corridor of the vanguard army constantly moved troops to the Ural region, and even the defense line along the Ural River to the south required a large number of troops to support it.
Of the 270,000 troops now deployed west of Novosibirsk, 100,000 are concentrated in the Urals, two divisions defending against the incoming enemy in Central Asia, one division defending against the enemy farther north, and three specially drawn strategic maneuvers to combat resistance in various regions. At this time, the Chinese army was suddenly parachuted into the air and scattered the fleeing Soviet Russian army. In the Urals and Western Siberia, however, there are at least 200,000 more.
Although they lacked heavy weapons and sufficient ammunition supplies, this resistance force slowly gathered under the involvement of the Red Organizations after surviving the initial chaos, which caused some headaches for the vanguard troops stationed there.
The remaining three divisions of less than 60,000 troops controlled the area from Omsk to Novosibirsk. The garrison first consumed a division, and he had only two divisions in his hands to attack eastward, but when he encountered the frantic resistance of the heavy troops in Novosibirsk. Li Tiexia, who has always sought victory in stability, chose defense.
This is the strategic policy formulated by the General Staff of the Vanguard Army, which does not require Li Tiexia to fight all the way to Lake Baikal, but to guard against the reinforcements of Soviet Russia in the east and wait for the support of the vanguard army in the north on the eastern front.
Behind him was not quiet, and the army of the four legions of the vanguard army in the north saw the hope of victory step by step, Li Tiexia naturally chose the most secure way, and the Soviet Russians consumed in Novosibirsk City.
Li Tiexia, who sent another half division to Jing'an, personally led one and a half divisions, but he could continue to maintain his strength against the Soviet Russian army, all thanks to the powerful heavy artillery weapons provided by the second sub-base.
Li Tiexia, who has successively received more than 200 heavy guns of more than 150 mm, is still conservative. With a small number of troops and unwilling to consume troops, he only relied on the heavy firepower that overwhelmed the Soviet Russians and adopted a flat push method. More than 200 heavy artillery pieces were unfurled, and the artillery fire was eating away at the Soviet Russian defense system of Novosibirsk City little by little.
He didn't ask for more than he wanted, and when the shells of heavy artillery blew up an area into rubble, the infantry of the vanguard army pushed it up and cleared the ruins.
It's a pity that the busy Meng Xiang didn't care about this, maybe he would tell him that this approach was not too good. Historically, Stalingrad and Leningrad were also bombed to rubble by German artillery and aircraft, but the ruins did not mean that they were wiped off the face of the earth, and a large number of ruins became better hiding and ambush places for enemy troops. In modern street fighting. Remnants in intact buildings are easier to clean up than ruins with complex terrain.
But it is clear that Li Tiexia believes more in the power of heavy artillery. The bombardment of heavy artillery also lived up to his expectations, and the destruction of the irascible artillery fire directly caused great damage to the defending Soviet troops.
As soon as the shell hits past, even the soldiers near the crater who escaped the fate of the shell will be severely injured by the shock wave. Or even directly shocked to death.
"Fool, don't just crawl on the ground!" Crouching under a chest-high concrete wall, Timenev shouted at a recruit crawling on the ground not far from his feet, but his shout was quickly interrupted by the screech of a 230-mm shell overhead.
The shells that smashed into the ground made a loud detonation from the ground, and the recruit who was lying on the ground in strict accordance with the instructor's anti-artillery instructions was suddenly bounced off the ground, spurted out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs, and fell back into a pool of blood.
Dimenev, who was opening his mouth wide to adjust to the air vibration and the massive tremor in his chest, paid no attention to the crumbling earth and stones above his head, and just wiped the blood from under his nostrils. The last pitiful gaze was cast on the corpse of the recruit, who was already motionless.
Even if he survived with the cushioning of his posture, his internal organs were damaged, and the only effective way to survive under heavy artillery was to be lucky enough to measure the distance.
Knowing that his body had already stepped into hell with one foot, Timenev did not have time to be sad, and continued to pick up the Mosin-Nagan rifle, leaned on the base of the wall, and aimed at a place where the smoke was thick. His dizzy head still clearly remembered that that direction was the direction of the Huaxia infantry attack.
A figure quickly burst out of the smoke. Dimenev, who had been staring in that direction, reflexively pulled the trigger.
His bleeding ears could no longer hear the sound of gunfire in the air, but his blood-soaked eyes could see the figure fall in front of the blood-red background.
But soon two other figures rose from the smoke of gunpowder. Soon Suomi's unique rhythm burst out to this side.
"It's a pity!" Dimenev, who shrank his head, finally fell under the rain of Suomy's bullets after returning two shots, and he could not help but feel a little regret in his heart when he saw the fallen soldier being carried on his back for the last time.
"Shoko, Shoko! Wake up! Don't sleep! Wake up! Chen Tiedan bent down and ran backwards with Li Xiang on his back. He shouted loudly backwards.
"Die, no!" Li Xiang, who had fainted just now under the tremendous force in his chest and the pain of his heart, woke up again. The strength of his whole body seemed to flow away with the blood from a gunshot wound in his chest. It's hard to even speak.
"The instructor has long said that this kind of body armor can only protect against shrapnel from artillery shells, and Lao Maozi's rifle can't carry it. But you don't listen, and you rush to the forefront every time. Now those old hairy people have learned well, hiding aside and putting cold guns. No, you've been tricked, right? Chen Tiedan bent down as much as he could, slowing down his movements, and complained distressedly.
The high cost of body armor means that even the vanguard army that relies on the base cannot be fully popularized, and can only be used in special teams.
Among the units involved in street fighting and front-line charges in the vanguard army, a large number of American M12 infantry body armor were equipped. This bulletproof vest, which is a combination of high-strength nylon and aluminum alloy, can enjoy a cheap supply from the base because it was produced before June 45. This is more cost-effective than the expensive T52 and M1951 models after World War II, and it can also allow the vanguard army to be equipped in large quantities.
Although it cannot resist rifle bullets, it still has some resistance to submachine gun and pistol bullets, and the biggest effect is similar to that of bulletproof helmets, which is to prevent fragment damage from artillery shells.
"Chen Zidan, what about the first aid knowledge you learned? It's all in the dog's belly. Forgot about the emergency bandage? A bearded sergeant who braved the artillery fire looked at Li Shen, who was carried on a stretcher by the hygienist, and yelled at Chen Tiedan.
"I used white medicine and bandages, but I can't stop the bleeding!" Chen Tiedan argued in a low voice. All Vanguard troops are trained in emergency care, and everyone carries a first-aid kit with them. White medicine and bandages, cotton wool, band-aids, etc. are indispensable.
"That's what you learned to bandage? Is your instructor the one, a veterinarian? The sergeant continued to yell as he re-bandaged Li Xiang's wounds.
Chen Tiedan was suddenly ashamed, when he studied before, he was a little careless, this battlefield emergency treatment subject was qualified, but now he has almost forgotten it. Just now, he just randomly stuffed the things in the first-aid kit into the wound, and he himself knew that his level was poor, so he hurriedly carried Li Shen to find the field health team.
The soldier's hands kept moving, and it took a while to be proficient and it was properly handled.
"His injuries are serious and he must be taken to the rear hospital immediately." He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and commanded in a low voice.
He is just a hygienist who belongs to the health team, and he is okay for emergency treatment, but he is not a qualified field doctor.
Even though the training center of the base continues to produce doctors, and more than 30 medical schools of various kinds have sprung up in China, the newly opened stalls simply cannot meet the huge needs of the military and civilian localities, especially now that the medical security system is still being implemented in China, and there is a great shortage of doctors. It can only rely on non-commissioned officers with a little basic knowledge to carry out primary assistance first, distinguish light ones, and deal with them separately.
A multi-purpose armored infantry vehicle was already waiting not far away, but the logo on it was not a red cross, but a somewhat similar symbol, but a pattern of needles, red and black taiji, gourds, and medicinal herbs.
Like the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, the logo of China's own unique medical aid system is increasingly recognized by the world.
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