Chapter 787: Five Bloody Days (1)

Feng Jiwu, who was the vanguard of the First Army of the Soviet Far East and the Fifth Motorized Guards Division, had already arrived at the outskirts of the Kazadeu Pass, and Feng Jiwu, who was observing the enemy's situation, was still pondering the matter of division commander Tang Qiuli and negating the combat plan he proposed.

According to Feng Jiwu's experience, the battle will start around dawn tomorrow, who knows, he guessed wrong, the Soviet army did not do any rest, immediately launched an attack, from the time he saw the old máo soldiers to the present, but in forty minutes, the first batch of shells fell on their positions.

Feng Jiwu was stunned for a while, the old man was anxious enough, marched from afar, traveled a long distance, didn't even take a breath, launched an attack overnight, and fought when he arrived, did he rely on it or despise the ** squadron? He was secretly surprised by the ability of the Soviet army to launch a quick attack, and during the march, he turned to an attack, even if he unloaded the artillery from the car, it would take a while, and the artillery could be shelled in such a short time.

Feng Jiwu did not judge accurately, he should have arrived at his destination in three days, but he walked for five days, Zhukov was very dissatisfied, everyone in the group army headquarters thought that Comrade Commander would give the order to rest in place, and the troops would start attacking tomorrow, marching day and night, and the troops were already very tired.

To everyone's surprise, Zhukov gave an order, and the 5th Motorized Guards Division, the vanguard of the army, immediately launched an attack on the Zadeu Pass, everyone was puzzled, and secretly complained about this commander who did not understand people and did not know mercy for the soldiers, Zhukov knew in his heart that he had been delayed for two days, and in a war, an hour would decide the victory or defeat of a battle.

What's more, he was not at ease with the troops in the direction of Ulan-Ude, facing Tang Qiuli, who had made a name for himself, if there was any mistake, the plan to hit the ** team would not be counted, and the purpose of the campaign would not be completed, and the main force led by himself would become a head-on fight with Tang Qiuli's main army, and the result would be difficult to predict.

It had to be snatched back in two days, and the commander of the squadron on the opposite side would never have expected it, and ordered the troops to attack immediately, which also had the effect of surprise, so what Zhukov used to carry out the first round of artillery bombardment was not the artillery group of the group army, but the tank artillery fire.

The tank used to carry out the armored breakthrough force of the defensive position, the shelling effect is naturally not as powerful as the large-caliber howitzer, it seems to be a lively fight, the fire is shining, the smoke is filled, and the destruction of the position on the first line of defense is very slight, Feng Jiwu also reacted, and thought that the old máozi's artillery was so powerful.

However, he was not happy for long, and more than an hour later, the real artillery group of the Soviet army began to exert its might, and more than 2,000 mén large-caliber howitzers hit half of the sky red, extending from the periphery of the Kazadeu Pass to a range of more than ten kilometers, all of which were covered by the Soviet artillery group.

Moreover, the artillery strikes of the Soviet army are very methodical, from the nearest to the distance, what is required is the intensity of artillery fire and the coverage of the range, Zhukov as soon as he shot, it is a ruthless move, concentrate all the artillery, intensively bombard the Kazadeu Pass to the depth, all the squadron defensive positions, even if the squadron builds fortifications here in advance, such density and fierce artillery bombardment are enough to destroy the fortifications of any civil structure.

After the saturation shelling, concentrate all the tanks for a assault, the blocking line of the squadron should be before dawn, all pictures, Zhukov did not want to spend more time in the area of the Kazadeu Pass, his goal was to leave the main army of Tang Qiu in the area of the Hangai Mountain Area, and all the land of Wai Ménggu, moreover, after the First World War, the Chinese no longer dared to fight the idea of Wai Ménggu, and for the Soviets to fight for permanent tranquility on the southern border.

The overwhelming artillery fire blew up the area of the outer part of the Kazadeu Pass to more than ten kilometers into a sea of fire, and the eruption-like artillery fire enveloped all the space, and the earth boiled, like a furnace of boiling molten iron, in a range of no more than four or five kilometers wide and more than ten kilometers long, violently tumbling and surging, and the smoke and dust rising from the gunpowder were reflected by the explosion of fire, and the earth trembled, the night was burning, and the sky was burning.

Looking at the scene of the shelling, Zhukov's face became peaceful, under such artillery fire, no creature on the surface has no possibility of survival, this is already a piece of land without grass, those Chinese soldiers who are lying on the field fortifications, waiting for their infantry to attack, at this moment, have disappeared in the artillery fire, the sudden xìng of the battle and the intensity of the fire strike, is where Zhukov is full of confidence in his command, this steel torrent.

The soldiers of the Niangziguan garrison corps, this time really saw what artillery bombardment is, hidden in the anti-artillery dòng, like sitting in a storm, violently turbulent boat, there is a possibility of capsizing at any time, the mud on the top of the dòng "boom" straight down, as if it is about to collapse at any time.

The soldiers of Feng Jiwu's corps are also veterans who have seen big scenes, and they have fought countless battles with little devils in North China and Northeast China, and the shelling of little devils is similar to that of old máozi, and the power of artillery shells alone cannot be compared with the artillery units of independent divisions.

The soldiers muttered and cursed the hateful old máozi artilleryman, and secretly rejoiced that the commander had the foresight to let us sweat more and dig the anti-artillery dòng deeper, and at the beginning they secretly complained, but now it seems that the sweat at that time was not in vain, otherwise, this shell alone would be enough for everyone to drink a pot.

Not only the soldiers, but Feng Jiwu, who was in the corps headquarters, was also unbelievable, no one thought that the Soviet army would launch an attack overnight, and as soon as it struck, it was the main attack.

How can there be any first-line and second-line positions, the whole line is suffering from saturated artillery bombardment, Feng Jiwu has never seen such a way of fighting, he tirelessly called each battalion commander of the army, asked about the casualties, and the report he got made him immediately relieved, the anti-artillery dòng that the soldiers had worked hard to dig out, this time it worked, he ordered all troops, without his order, not to enter the surface position, so as not to be killed by Soviet artillery fire.

As for the artillery brigade, Feng Jiwu didn't take it out at all, and he had the intention of fighting with the Soviet artillery, he was self-aware, and once he fired hundreds of artillery of different calibers, it would take less than ten minutes to keep the old man's cannon and blow up the hillside and fly the cannon wheels, so that he would not touch this moldy head.

Therefore, although the artillery brigade commander asked for battle several times, Feng Jiwu did not agree, and finally he got annoyed, split his head and covered his brain, and finally warned the artillery brigade commander: "You listen to me, when the shelling is over later, when the infantry charges, you have to turn over the artillery position of the old máozi for me with shells, pay attention, leave after the fight, don't let the old máozi bite back, this is called artillery guerrilla warfare." ”

The volcanic eruption-like artillery fire lasted for an hour and a half, and the Soviet artillery group poured thousands of tons of shells into the target area, and the money was abundant, and the battle was in pursuit of firepower superiority, and the first line of the Kazadeu Pass was filled with gunsmoke, clouds were rolling, and the shelling stopped, and Zhukov lightly ordered the chief of staff: "Let's start"

On the Soviet position, the lights of more than 1,000 tanks suddenly lit up together, like a wall of light appeared out of thin air, illuminating the offensive area that was still smoking smoke, as bright as day, and the momentum was amazing, with these thousands of tank lights alone, it was enough to cause huge psychological pressure on the defending troops, and all the actions of the defenders would be violent under the lights, and there was no concealment at all.

It's a pity that limited by the terrain of the Kazadeu Pass, the Soviet army's tank cluster can only deploy a small part of the force at a time, and the scale of more than 200 tanks is only one of them.

"Pay attention to the front-line blocking troops, cut off the connection between the Soviet infantry and the tanks, block the mountain pass, the anti-tank gun detachment try to kill the Soviet tanks, and the artillery brigade pay attention, wait for the order to shell," Feng Jiwu gave an order, and he knew that from this moment on, the brutal blocking battle would officially begin.

Along with the tank cluster, the infantry of the 5th Motorized Guards Division of the 1st Army of the Soviet Far East poured into the Kazadeu Pass like water, Zhukov was engrossed in observing the movement of the battlefield, the tank cluster and the infantry had advanced for three kilometers, and the squadron guarding did not let out a single shot in return,

Zhukov does not have the optimism of other senior officers in the group army headquarters, he never believes that with more than an hour of artillery bombardment, he can wipe out all the squadrons, it is certain that the defenders' counterattack will not be fierce, but there is no gunfire at all, this is abnormal, the whole battlefield, revealing a kind of weirdness.

As if to prove Zhukov's fear, the dead Chinese defenders' positions suddenly revived, and in the lights, one by one, as if they suddenly emerged from the ground, and then, the dense rain of bullets drowned out the sound of the tank's engine, and the Soviet 5th Guards Division, which followed the tank attack, only two regiments entered the Kazadeu Pass, and the infantry of the other regiment was blocked outside by the dense fire of the mountain pass.

Dense bullets, with dark red ballistics, flew towards the Soviet soldiers, the Soviet soldiers fell down screaming in rows, red blood came out of their bodies, and in the trenches behind the Soviet tanks, groups of Chinese soldiers stood up, and the Suomi submachine guns in their hands spewed out flames, instantly isolating the Soviet tanks from the attacking infantry.

This is the most effective typical tactic in the positional defensive battle, which can be played to the extreme by Feng Jiwu's troops, and the first round of the Soviet army, the first team of soldiers, will give the Soviet army a dismount.