The history of this time and space has embarked on a completely unknown different track, and the original inertia seems to be still working, but the historical events that have evolved have made Luo Yaoguo, a "traveler", a little ridiculous. For example, in this World War II, he and the German Führer Adolf. Hitler was undoubtedly the culprit! But it was Stalin who eventually ignited the flames of war. In the latest issue of Time magazine, photos of him and Hitler, Anastasia, and the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who had just announced a massive military surge to aid Poland, appeared on the cover at the same time. I don't know if it's really completely ignorant? The editors of Time magazine did not use vicious language such as warmongers, demons, and fascist bandits to describe these four men. Rather, they were called the four leaders of the world war of aggression against the Bolsheviks! The great defender of human civilization......

And the great leader of GCISM, Joseph. Stalin was on the other hand before the four of them, and the Americans wrote in bold and black font under his photo: "Stalin is invincible!" Poland is on the verge of extinction!! ”。 This is how Western newspapers and the public evaluate the performance of the Soviet Union on the battlefield on the Western Front in October 1937.

The so-called Stalin assault is actually the popular name of "large-depth offensive tactics" summed up by Tukhachevsky and other high-ranking Soviet military officials after summing up the tactics of large-scale use of tanks in the Middle East Road War, the Sino-Japanese Shandong War, and the Sino-Japanese September 18 War. Concentrate on the use of artillery and cannon fodder on a large scale, open a gap in the weak point of the enemy's defense, and then throw in armored troops, cavalry units, motorized infantry and other fast corps to turn the enemy's rear upside down! This style of play is similar to the "blitzkrieg" of Germany in another time and space. It's just that the Germans broke through enemy lines with tanks, and the Soviets with cannon fodder.

Although this tactic of the Soviets caused a large number of casualties on their own side, it was undoubtedly a great success in terms of strategy and tactics. In just one month, two rounds of the huge "Stalin Assault" knocked out more than one million Polish troops and almost disarmed the country. At the same time, the proletariat of the whole world is eagerly hoping that the third round of the Red Army's "Stalinist assault" will highlight a red-hot GC Poland!

But the international proletariat may be disappointed this time. Because the "Stalin assault" stopped under the city of Warsaw. This event was called a great turning point in the world anti-Bolshevik war by the media of various countries at that time! Under the brilliant pen of those Western journalists, countless brave Poles have been completely united. Ready to defend their capital and their homeland with their blood and lives, motivated citizens were digging trenches and anti-tank trenches everywhere outside Warsaw, and barricades were being laid in all the streets of the city. All the men in the prime of life are being trained. It was as if they were the ones who held back the millions of Soviet Red Army, armed with tanks and artillery!

And actually. The real reason why Zhukov stopped his advance was that he was waiting for the follow-up infantry corps, with which he was going to surround the city and use horse-drawn howitzers to destroy Warsaw's will to resist! But at this moment, the underground personnel of the Polish GCD, who cooperated with the Soviet Red Army to liberate their motherland, found that another torrent of steel had also reached the vicinity of Lazimin, a small city not far north of the Soviet position, and they were a Chinese armored unit flying the blue sky and white sun flag!

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The night of November 6, 1937. A loud and sustained roar suddenly alarmed the small Polish city of Razimin, almost waking up the entire city. When the curious Polish populace. When I opened the window of my house with trepidation and looked out into the street by the moonlight, I was stunned by what I saw. Colosses of steel staggered through the night. The streets have been sprinkled with white ash. Every 10 meters, a Polish gendarme in a white steel helmet directs traffic. Maintain order. Most of the town's inhabitants already recognize the iron guys who move, roar, and kill people as tanks! Of course, they also knew that Poland's powerful army was defeated by the Soviets with this tank!

However, it seems that these tanks that are now driving into their homes do not belong to the Soviet Union. These tanks do not have a red star marking, but a white sun insignia. They were supposed to belong to China, an ally of Poland. The turret hatches of these tanks were wide open, as were the cockpit doors. The captain and driver poked their heads out, pointing the way with the help of the faint headlight lights, and moved slowly forward. Behind the long tank line, there are more bizarre-looking half-track armored vehicles, and the armored vehicles are also full of medium-sized people wearing M-35 steel helmets! A huge armored force has come to the rescue at the most critical moment in Warsaw, the capital of Poland! The Soviet devils are going to eat these iron guys! That's what all the Poles thought at this time......

The half-track armored vehicles in which Hu Lian, Wu Ruohao, and the staff of the Eighth Armored Division were riding drove to a small hill outside the city. Look at the long steel dragon rolling forward under your feet. In the dark night, those faint headlights dotted with stars constitute the most spectacular picture. The sound of steel tracks rolling against the ground. The low roar of the engines of tanks and armored vehicles has gathered into the most magnificent march of war in the world. This is more than 400 tanks, high-hitting artillery, and for the Soviet Red Army, more than 400 moving disasters, which in the coming days will completely crush the Soviet dream of "liberating Poland"! will put an end to the myth of the invincibility of Soviet tanks once and for all!

As the engineers and communications men nervously set up their temporary command posts, Hu Lian ordered his Eighth Panzer Division to rest for half a day in this quiet and peaceful Polish town, and then attack the Soviet positions in the southeast by noon on November 7. Fight the first tank Armageddon in human history! The Chinese armored forces have been preparing for this day for many years.

At this time, in the headquarters on the other side, Zhukov, the god of war of the Red Army and commander of the 27th Special Army, habitually locked himself in a small office. And all the commanders and staff officers who were full of big talk and empty talk were driven outside. In Zhukov's view, these people have been carried away by successive victories, completely forgetting the mission of the 27th Special Army and the current general situation in which the enemy is strong and we are weak, and even more forgetting that the powerful Far Eastern Front of the Soviet Union has been beaten by the Chinese during this time! The Chita Fortress is in jeopardy. At the same time, Krasnoyarsk, an important town in Eastern Siberia, was captured by the Chinese airborne forces, and the 29th Special Army, which was sent to recover there, was unable to conquer it for a long time and lost a lot of troops! In the face of such a fierce opponent, I really dare not be negligent.

Inside his office, Zhukov was staring intently at the map on the wall. On the map, several large blue arrows are rushing straight towards Warsaw from East Prussia, Prussia and Pomerania. However, these arrows were still some distance away from Warsaw, and what really caused trouble for their diversionary offensive was a small blue arrow not far from their own 27th Special Army - a Chinese armored division that was rapidly approaching! Zhukov knew that those huge blue arrows were Germany's Army Group South! It is believed to be as many as 1 million people. That's four times more than the total number of troops under your command! And his task is to disguise himself as the main strategic force of the Soviet army to contain and attract this army group...... The trouble now is this Chinese armored division, which is clearly looking for its own trouble. Now, of course, the 27th Special Army can escape, and the other side may not come to chase it. But the question is, how could the "main force of the Soviet army" be scared away by a mere Chinese armored division? But if you don't run your own 27th Special Army, you can't defeat the other party at once. And let yourself be entangled by the other party. Wouldn't that be a dish for the German Army Group South, which came later?

I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly there was a sharp knock at the door. Then, a voice came in from outside. "Comrade commander, the Chinese have dispatched! The Polish personnel reported that all the Chinese had come out of the city of Lazimin and were coming towards us! ”

"What ?!!" Hearing what the other party said, Zhukov exclaimed, and he quickly came to the door. Asked through the door: "Have the Poles in Warsaw moved?" ”

"Not yet." The voice spoke quickly: "The 35th Infantry Army, which confronted the Polish army on the west bank of the Vistula, reported that there was calm on the other side of the Vistula at present, and the Polish army did not move. No more shells were fired at them. Estimated ......"

With a bang, the wooden door of the office was kicked open from the inside. Zhukov came out of it. Everyone in the headquarters involuntarily put down their work. Then he quickly stood up. Salute your heroes. And Zhukov just waved his hand slightly. It's a return of the favor. He glanced majestically at all the soldiers present, and said slowly: "Everyone, the first battle to decide the fate of our Soviet Motherland is about to begin. Fight like a GCD person! "Finished. He jerked a different tone. With all the strength of his body, he commanded loudly: "I command." All armored units and cavalry units must be assembled within two hours! Prepare to take on the enemy. The 35th Infantry Corps had to hand over its positions to the 36th and 37th Infantry Corps within three hours, and then it had to rush to the front line of Vovomin at the speed of a rapid march to assist in the battle. The 36th and 37th armies were responsible for monitoring the Polish army in Warsaw. ”

"Comrade Commander!" At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Rokossovsky, suddenly appeared next to Zhukov, and then quietly reminded: "Is it too little to spy on the enemy in Warsaw with 2 armies?" And Chinese it's just 1 armored division, and we don't need 3 armies to deal with ......"

Zhukov looked solemn and shook his head slowly: "No! The Chinese will not attack alone, and the Poles must have quietly drawn troops from Warsaw to cooperate with them! Otherwise Warsaw would not be so quiet. ”

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At 11 p.m. on November 7, 1937, a mixed unit consisting of the 8th Armored Division of the Chinese National Defense Forces and the 1st Infantry Corps of the Polish Army encountered a tank corps and a cavalry corps of the 27th Special Army of the Soviet Red Army in the north on the outskirts of the small city of Vovomin, about 25 kilometers northeast of Warsaw. After a short but intense exchange of fire, there was a brief silence on the battlefield, at which point the warring sides began to deploy their armoured units, lines and positions. Due to the low visibility at this time, the Chinese and Polish armies did not find that the opponent was insufficient, so they missed the opportunity to attack before the Soviet 35th Army did not feel the battlefield.

At 1 a.m. on November 8, the 35th Infantry Corps of the Soviet Red Army finally arrived at the Vovomin front, at this time Zhukov had a tank corps, a cavalry corps and an elite motorized rifle corps, with a total strength of about 75,000 men. It has about 300 tanks (part of it has been repaired and replenished, 100 more than on November 3), 288 artillery pieces, of which 70 are 152mm howitzers, 75 are 122mm howitzers, 75 anti-tank guns, and the rest are field guns / mountain guns. The total strength of the Sino-Polish coalition is about 68,000 and has 406 tanks and artillery pieces (the standard configuration is 452 vehicles. However, 46 of them broke down during the march and have not yet been repaired), 225 cannons. Among them, 70 are 150mm howitzers, 6 howitzers, 66 37mm anti-tank guns, and the rest are 75mm mountain / field guns.

The two sides may seem evenly matched in terms of strength, but the Chinese 8th Panzer Division has 406 tanks and assault guns, all of which are 20-ton and 30-ton medium tanks or self-propelled guns. The opponents, the Soviets, had only T-26 tanks and tank No. 1 captured from the Polish army, which were simply vulnerable in front of No. 2 and No. 3! Not to mention that the 8th Panzer Division also had 15 No. 3 assault guns armed with an 88mm anti-aircraft gun! However, the Soviet artillery had a clear advantage, and their infantry was not as strong as the Polish army, which had been defeated repeatedly! And they also have dozens of powerful ZIS-1 57mm anti-tank guns. In addition, the Soviet army had an overwhelming advantage in terms of commanders, and Zhukov, the god of war of the Red Army, was the commander of the group army and the commander of the Fourth Tank Army. The Chief of Staff Rokossovsky was also a famous Marshal of the Soviet Union in history, and the commander of the 35th Infantry Army was Major General Konev! So they are not without the strength to fight.

And the three famous commanders of the Soviet army in history, after a little analysis of the enemy situation, quickly made the most correct choice. The Soviets will attack first! The target was the 1st Army of the Polish Army, which had already suffered from tank phobia. Just defeat the 48,000-strong Polish 1st Army. It will be difficult to turn the tide with one Chinese armored division left!

Moreover, unlike the three armies of the Soviet Union, which had already cooperated for many days, the Chinese and Polish armies had never fought side by side in the past. The two sides lack the experience of cooperating. Therefore, in terms of formation, the Polish 1st Army and the Chinese 8th Armored Division were simply divided into left and right wings, and the Polish artillery was deployed behind the battle line, and the Chinese 8th Armored Division also sent the 8th Assault Artillery Battalion to cover their rear in a forest behind the Polish 1st Army. Besides, there is no cooperation.

According to the Soviet plan, the bombardment before the tank attack would begin at 6:15 a.m. on November 8 and the shelling would last for 30 minutes, consisting of 10 minutes of forward fire, followed by 10 minutes of shallow, close and deep fire, and finally 10 minutes of second forward fire.

As a flash of light swept over the Soviet positions on the opposite side, the Chinese and Polish officers and soldiers who were also preparing for the attack trembled under their feet, and the Soviet army's artillery bombardment on all fronts suddenly began! Artillery fire swept across the plain of Vovomin like a whirlwind. In an instant, high and low pillars of fire and smoke soared into the sky at the same time above the front of the Chinese and Polish armies. The response of the Chinese and Polish armies was also very timely. The artillery group reacted almost immediately and began a rumbling return fire. More than 400 cannons on both sides fired at the same time, and the entire sky turned red. Shrapnel flying in the sky wantonly harvested lives on the forward positions of the two armies! The battle between the two sides entered a white-hot state at the first time!

At 6:45, Soviet artillery fire was ready to end. At the same time, the command of the 27th Special Army of the Red Army gave the order to the entire army to begin the offensive! The sound of artillery, which had gradually subsided, was soon replaced by the rumbling roar of Soviet tanks. The Polish 1st Army had realized by this time that it would fall victim to tanks! Because the focus of the Soviet artillery just now was themselves.

Therefore, the military headquarters of the 1st Polish Army hurriedly ordered the 8th Assault Artillery Battalion of the Chinese National Defense Forces, which was assigned to it, to issue an order to "advance and support the infantry positions". The battalion's commander, Major Hobly, wrote in his later memoirs: "The Soviets eventually attacked ahead of us. Our battalion at that time had 15 assault guns No. 3, which was the main combat power. In addition, there are 5 anti-aircraft combat vehicles equipped with twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 half-track armored vehicles for transporting ammunition, and a number of light armored vehicles. We were placed in a grove on the Polish front and waited for the arrival of Soviet tanks. At that time we realized that a real armored war was coming! It didn't take long for the Soviet tank cluster to appear before our eyes, these tanks were mainly T-26 type, but also some of our No. 1 tanks, and some strangely shaped armored vehicles. The total number of tanks plus armored vehicles is about hundreds, and the black pressure is overwhelming, and it looks very spectacular! The tanks and armored vehicles were accompanied by about 10,000 infantrymen, all shouting 'Ula! 'Rush to the Polish positions ahead of us!' (To be continued)