Chapter 144: Bloody Charge
readx; "This bombing by the air force people, I'm afraid the Americans will panic!" Sitting next to him is Zhao Lindong's adjutant, this adjutant is still very young, he is a young man who has just graduated from the Wuhan military rank and has not been a few years old, he is still relatively young, he is different from Zhao Lindong, he does not have too much family pressure, at this age he still has undeserved illusions about the country and the nation, officers at this age are always too enthusiastic and stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info.
Zhao Lindong looked at the many planes whizzing in the sky: "The panic is probably panicked, but it also makes the Americans prepared!" ”
Looking at the time on the watch, it was almost the same time as the appointment, Zhao Lindong immediately said: "Order the artillery battalion, let them fire immediately!" ”
If the Chinese army wants to attack, it is natural that all kinds of preliminary preparations have been made, the aircraft bombing, the artillery bombardment is finished before the tanks, and the tanks have broken the enemy's positions, and finally the infantry carefully come out of the infantry fighting vehicles, looking around with 1944-style automatic rifles that have not been shot at all, and many recruits will even wonder: "This is the end of the fight?" ”
In the eyes of outsiders, the Chinese army is just a group of masters, who have eaten and drunk well after fighting, and a German infantry division only supplies about 200 tons of supplies a day, but a Chinese division, let alone a heavy mechanized unit, is an ordinary motorized infantry division that needs four or five hundred tons of supplies a day. That's not all, when the real fight started, one of the things that those army officers did the most was to ask for support, air support, rear artillery support. If it's an infantry officer, he'll ask for tank support, and if there's no tank to take the lead, don't expect those infantry guys to attack with guns.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be called a 'master soldier', which just happened to be matched with the U.S. Army's call 'young master soldier'.
For this accusation of outsiders, the generals of the army were not angry, on the contrary, they were complacent, shouting one by one, you can fight like this if you have the ability, Lao Tzu has many artillery, tanks, and there is no shortage of shells and bullets that can be fought casually, and the air force and navy are my little brothers, why don't you fight comfortably, is it possible that my brain has burned and you have launched a death charge without the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks!
If you want to lose a war, you have to have this capital! While the infantry masters of the army were sitting and playing cards with cigarettes in their mouths and waiting for the enemy's position to collapse by themselves, countless planes in the sky were bombing and bombing, and countless artillery pieces in the rear were firing shells without money.
Just when Lieutenant Colonel Zhao Lindong rushed to Kechakh with his troops, in a small valley a few kilometers away, dozens of vehicles of various types were lined up, the most conspicuous of which were six of the PJ12-155 automatic rocket launchers, PJ12-155 automatic rocket launchers, which are one of several full-tracked rocket launchers developed by the Chinese Army, using T9\12 series tanks as the chassis and carrying multi-barreled 155mm rocket launchers, which are self-propelled rocket launchers specially developed by the Army for heavy mechanized troops. Like the PZ6-105, PZ8-105, PZ6-155, PZ9-155 and other fully tracked self-propelled howitzers, it is also only equipped in heavily mechanized units.
In addition to tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the Chinese Army, other tracked equipment models are more complex, this is because these tracked equipment are modified using existing tank chassis, such as 105 mm caliber self-propelled guns, there are multiple chassis models, such as the Pz6-105 with T6 tank as the chassis, the PZ8-105 with the T8 tank chassis, the PZ9-105 with the T9\12 tank as the chassis, and the 155 mm ones are also various, such as PZ6-155, PZ9-155, PZ15-155, etc. The same is true for this rocket artillery, there are many models, including PJ8-135, PJ8-155, PJ8-200 with T8 tank chassis, and PJ9-155 and PJ-200 with T9 tank chassis. The above five are still specially developed and only equipped in the heavy mechanized troops, in addition to a large number of self-propelled rocket launchers modified by the troops, for example, many tank units like to set up a row of 135 mm rocket launchers directly above the head of the tank, especially during the European War, many Chinese tanks participating in the war are not temporarily erected on the hull of a row of 135 mm rocket launchers, and many people also put 200 mm rocket launchers on the tank, which can be called a demolition weapon in street fighting. A single artillery shot will be used to destroy a building, which is more effective than the 105-mm self-propelled assault guns that the troops are equipped with in large quantities, and it is also more effective than the direct demolition of buildings by tanks. However, these temporarily installed self-propelled rocket artillery can only be regarded as miscellaneous soldiers, and they are generally modified by the troops themselves, and in the official Chinese Army, there are only five types of tracked self-propelled rocket artillery.
Because these tracked self-propelled rocket launchers are only assigned to mechanized troops in batches, and rocket artillery in World War II has been used on a large scale in various countries, among which the Soviet Russian Army is the most famous, and the number of equipment is also the largest, and the Chinese Army attaches more importance to traditional artillery, and is not too concerned about the development of rocket artillery, until the middle of World War II, it began to be equipped with rocket artillery on a large scale, in addition to the tracked self-propelled rocket artillery of mechanized troops, there are also a large number of wheeled self-propelled rocket launchers with trucks as vehicles, due to the simple technology, the price is not expensive, Therefore, although the military top brass still doesn't like this thing, it is still large-scale equipment, and it can basically be equipped with a rocket artillery battalion for each division, and a lot of reading rocket artillery battalions have also been established, and the rocket artillery used by these trucks used by motorized infantry divisions is mainly 135 mm, which is different from the rocket artillery used by mechanized troops is mainly 155 mm.
In addition to its own four self-propelled artillery battalions, the 3rd Division was assigned a read-track self-propelled rocket artillery battalion during its participation in the European War, and today a rocket artillery company under this battalion is deployed here as a support force for Battle Group B. Of course, the command fire of Battle Group B is not them, and not far away, more than a dozen self-propelled long-range howitzers belonging to the 32nd Artillery Battalion of Battle Group B are preparing to fire support.
As Zhao Lindong's order was issued, the captain and company commander of this PJ9-155 artillery company put down the wireless phone, and then immediately stood up and said loudly: "Order, immediately fire according to the scheduled Zhuyuan!" ”
With the order of the captain of the artillery company, it did not take half a minute for the small valley to suddenly burst into flames, almost at the same time, countless rocket artillery dragged the tail flame straight to the sky, and the dense gunpowder smoke emitted during the intensive firing made this artillery position full of gunpowder smoke, even the captain of the artillery company was choked with tears, although it was very uncomfortable, he still shouted loudly: "Hurry up and transfer the position!" ”
Due to the huge movement of rocket artillery when launched, not only the sound of the sky and the earth, but also the fire is dazzling, the smoke of gunpowder is thick, and the general range of rocket artillery in this year is not far, the range of this PJ-155 rocket artillery is only about eight kilometers, and in order to achieve hit accuracy, it is often necessary to deploy in front of the battle, and after this launch, you basically have to flee quickly, otherwise the enemy's retaliatory artillery fire will hit after a while, as for the salvo after the in-situ loading and then fighting, it is basically the act of looking for death.
Despite having only six rocket launchers, the PJ9-155 has a 36-track launch slot, and a salvo of one PJ9-155 artillery battery is enough to fire 216 155mm rocket launchers.
Almost instantly, after a whistling sound in the sky, Kchakh, not far away, was instantly plunged into a sea of fire, more powerful than the previous air raid.
Zhao Lindong looked at Kechahe, who had almost turned into a sea of fire not far away, he didn't know the specific situation inside, and he didn't have time to wait for him to analyze what happened to the U.S. troops inside, and now that fifteen minutes had passed since the air force launched an air strike, he didn't have much time to waste.
So he faced Kechahe, who had turned into a sea of fire and whose situation was unknown, standing on the jeep and waving forward with his white-gloved hand: "For the revival of China, kill!" ”
In the next moment, dozens of armored vehicles of various types poured out in front of him, those T18 tanks rushing to the front, followed by 1943-style infantry fighting vehicles, and finally those wheeled vehicles. The 332nd Infantry Battalion and the 13th Tank Battalion led by Zhao Lindong did not go through the fire test, did not pause, did not leave reserves, and now they are all charging towards Kechahe!
Zhao Lindong needs to win, he needs a victory that must be won in an hour! In this case, any spending arrangement is redundant, and Zhao Lindong only needs to crush and defeat the enemy in the simplest, most brutal, and rude way!
When anyone who was under intense air raids and rocket artillery within fifteen minutes, looking at the situation of Zhao Lindong's troops outside the town launching a charge, he would have the illusion that this was not just an attack of more than a thousand people, as if it was a dense charge of tens of thousands of large corps, and in a short period of time, it was as if the enemy who was charging was all over the mountains and fields.
It was as if countless armored vehicles of all kinds rushed towards Kechakh, and then at this moment, Kechahe, who was still in the smoke of the explosion, suddenly suddenly freed up dozens of flames, and the whistling sound could be known to any experienced soldier that this was definitely not a howitzer or mortar fire, but a rocket launch.
Just after the U.S. troops in Khachakh were attacked by fierce rocket artillery from the Chinese Army, they did not collapse directly as Zhao Lindong imagined and turned around and fled, when Zhao Lindong led the troops to charge, the Americans' counterattack came, and the first to appear was also rocket artillery, dozens of rocket artillery roared, crossed the sky, and then fell directly into Zhao Lindong's troops who were charging at high speed.
Zhao Lindong was still sitting in his jeep, through the telescope in his hand, he clearly saw that his troops lined up a cluster of explosive fire, a 1943 infantry fighting vehicle was directly hit, the infantry fighting vehicle is not a tank, can not block the direct hit of these shells, after being hit, the whole car exploded, and then the flames were raised in the car Soon a few soldiers crawled out, covered in blood and their clothes were on fire, they were not able to struggle for too long, Soon fell next to the wreckage of this 1943-style infantry fighting vehicle.
And Zhao Lindong, who was looking at this, did not frown at all, and after a while, he put down the binoculars, and then said to the communication soldiers beside him: "Immediately order the 324th Artillery Company to fire three rapid shots at the junction of Area 45 and Area 46 of the scheduled party!" ”
The signal corps from the news agency next to him urgently communicated directly with the 32nd Artillery Battalion by wireless telephone, and within more than ten seconds, another whistling sound came from the northern sky, which was different from the sound of rocket launches, which was the sound of 155-mm artillery shells flying. After the whistling, a certain area south of Kerchakh was freed up with bursts of fire and smoke. Zhao Lindong, who continued to observe the battle situation with a telescope, still did not show any emotion, and continued to give combat instructions in his mouth: "Order the 321st and 322nd artillery companies to carry out three rapid shells to the No. 57 area in the predetermined direction, and after three rounds, extend the coverage to the No. 58 and No. 59 areas and continue to shell!" ”
Not long after these words fell, Zhao Lindong said again: "Call the 'Little Red Riding Hood' squadron of the Air Force and let them attack the southeast of Kechahe, where there is a suspected enemy artillery position!" ”
When Zhao Lindong gave the order, a command car next to him and a communication non-commissioned officer on the news agency were nervously contacting various units and conveying various units in real time, and at this time, many other units were also transmitted.
After one of the communication sergeants put down the phone, he immediately said: "Lieutenant Colonel Chen of the 13th Tank Battalion has called, and his subordinate tank company 4 has been suppressed, and there are about 200 enemy infantry in front of him, requesting infantry support!" ”
Zhao Lindong just looked at the sketch in his hand slightly, and then said, "Call back: I know." Then order the 322nd Battalion to send a company to the southeast to attack the enemy's flank and cover the fourth tank company! ”
When Zhao Lindong was nervously commanding the entire battle group to fight in real time, he pulled his eyes out, and he could find that with Quechach as the center, thousands of soldiers from China and the United States were fighting, the sound of machine guns and rifles was constantly ringing, and the sound of explosions and the roar of tanks never stopped, and looking up and out, the two infantry regiments of the Sixth Division of the Austrian Wehrmacht were nervously building positions a few kilometers away, and the other infantry regiment was behind Zhao Lindong's troops, and their speed of marching on foot was too slow. He had long been left behind by Zhao Lindong's troops, and now he was urgently running forward to reinforce Zhao Lindong's troops.
In the south, the regimental headquarters of the 47th Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Division of the United States Army was in a panic, and all kinds of chaotic English filled the entire regimental headquarters, and a few minutes later, a large number of soldiers were called urgently, and then took their rifles and began to line up. Not far away, the 751st Tank Battalion, those American tank crews were also urgently concentrated, and then swayed and launched their M4 tanks.
Don't look at the Americans swaying and messing, but in fact their reaction speed was not at all satisfied, and in less than half an hour, reinforcements from the 47th Infantry Regiment and the 751st Tank Battalion of the Ninth Division of the US Army had already set off, and then went straight to Quechach.
This battle has just begun!