Chapter 540: Stubborn Resistance to the End

readx; Hong Xiangzhi also sighed in his heart when he heard this, on June 29th, Hong Xiangzhi and the commander of the remnants of the Russian army all wanted to break through while the Soviet encirclement had not yet completed the formation, and the breakthrough battle started in the first half of the night on the 29th, but after a night of hard fighting, it was not able to break out, but because of the breakthrough and strong attack, both parts suffered a lot of casualties, the Chinese army suffered more than 100 casualties, and the Russian army also suffered more than 500 casualties. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and when they were ready to break through for the second time, they already found that the enemy's main force had already surrounded them, and after they could not break through, they could only hold on to the spot and wait for reinforcements.

As for surrender, they never thought that the Chinese side would not surrender because the Nationalist Army had never had a tradition of surrendering, no matter how bad the situation was, but Hong Xiangzhi and other officers knew that once they wanted to surrender, then those members of the National Socialist Party around them would immediately arrest them and take over the command, although Hong Xiangzhi was also a member of the National Socialist Party, but he knew that his members of the National Socialist Party and those members of the National Socialist Party were two different things, and like all the officers in the Central [***] team, they were all professional officers, He joined the Kuomintang because only by joining the Kuomintang could he become an officer, and he could be promoted and trusted by Chen Jingyun. As for those members of the National Socialist Party, they are all professional political officers, who are usually responsible for publicizing the National Socialist Party in the army, and their job is to mingle with the soldiers and tell every soldier the benefits of the National Socialist Party and Chen Jingyun.

During the civil war, although there were occasional officers who tried to surrender, almost all of them were arrested by the political commissars of the National Socialist Party, and then sentenced for treason.

No matter what the Western armies think about surrender, but among the Nationalist Army, especially among the Nationalist Army, surrender is definitely a forbidden topic to think about and talk about, let alone to do. It has been very obvious in the military regulations that surrender is not allowed under any circumstances, and those who die in battle are martyrs, and surrendering is not only a personal treason, but also the immediate family members are not allowed to hold any public office, and all the property of the individual and his immediate family members will be confiscated.

Treason committed by a soldier is the most severe punishment of all the crimes of the Republic of China, and it violates the principle of democratic justice that crimes are not committed to the family.

In the face of the night attack of tens of thousands of Soviet troops, the thousands of Russian troops will surrender Hong Xiangzhi does not know, but he Hong Xiangzhi knows that he will not surrender, he does not think about himself but also for the family, in addition to his own service in the army, there is also an elder brother who serves as the director of the Shandong Provincial Government, and his father is the deputy director of the Supervision Department in Zhejiang, once he surrenders, the whole family will be reduced to a miserable situation worse than beggars overnight!

Hong Xiangzhi pondered for a while and said, "Captain Li doesn't have to worry too much, the reinforcements from the regimental headquarters can arrive in three days!" ”

"There are only 2,000 people on the regiment headquarters, not to mention saving us with reinforcements, maybe they can even put themselves in!" Captain Lee was still a little worried.

"In addition to the regimental headquarters, the division headquarters has also begun to set off, and it will definitely arrive in five days, so as long as we keep it for five days, as long as we keep it for five days!" Hong Xiangzhi said to Captain Li, and even more to himself

And with the strength of less than 1,000 people in an infantry battalion and the 100 or so men of the air force, can they hold out for five days in the attack of tens of thousands of troops? Hong Xiangzhi himself doesn't know!

On July 2nd, it seems that in order to deal with the large-scale war between China and the Soviet Union, the Western Front in Europe once again broke out in the history of the largest number of tanks in the history of the battle, although the battle was not carefully prepared by both sides, the initial reason was that a regiment of the British army on the front line temporarily broke through the German defense line, and then the British, French and American coalition forces quickly seized this opportunity to invest in the main force to expand the breakthrough, Germany naturally also transferred many troops to gamble on the gap, from the beginning of June slowly gathered forces and waited until July, On July 2nd, when the Allied tanks led the infantry to break through the German defense line, they encountered the German tank forces, so the two sides combined more than 200 tanks engaged in a small area, and with the support of the infantry's anti-tank fire, a tank duel began, which was the first large-scale battle between tanks in World War I, but it was tragic. Since the Battle of the Marne last year, the tanks of Britain, France, Germany and the United States have been developing into thick-armored heavy tanks in an all-round way, all of which are dozens of tons of armor with 80 millimeters or even more than 100 millimeters, and compared to their thick armor, the tank guns equipped with them can only be regarded as toothpick guns, and these tank guns were previously in the need to support infantry, most of them were short-barreled howitzers, which could not penetrate the thick armor of the other side at all. And last year's 37mm anti-tank guns, which were in the limelight, did not do much in the face of these thickly armored monsters, so after a day of melee between the two sides, both sides failed to take advantage of the situation and hastily withdrew from the battlefield.

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Also on the same day, Major Hong Xiangzhi's 1812 Battalion and 26th Wing were besieged by the Soviet Army on a large scale.

And this is the most tragic street battle that the Soviet Army has fought since its formation, and it is also the most tragic street battle that the National Army has fought since its formation!

In the face of the covert fire organized by the squadron, when the Soviet army thought that it had broken through the defense line of the city and entered the city, the Soviet army had suffered more than 300 casualties in the first three hours of entering the city. It also gained the most valuable time for Hong Xiangzhi, and because of the results of the previous street fighting, Hong Xiangzhi actively deployed and began to use the buildings in the city to conduct street battles.

After three days of hard fighting in the city, the Soviet army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and failed to capture Karachinsk, in the face of a large number of machine guns and mortars in the middle [***] team to carry out street fighting defense, the Soviet army is also at a loss, and finally had to rely on large-caliber artillery to carry out a wide range of coverage bombing to clear the enemy, this indiscriminate bombardment made Hong Xiangzhi's troops casualties began to increase, and plus the losses in the street battles in the past few days, more than 1,000 people under his command have been killed and injured half, Except for more than 300 killed and seriously injured who could not be treated, the rest of the people who were slightly injured and could move around were still fighting with guns.

After rubbing his face with a wet towel, Hong Xiangzhi took out a razor and began to shave the beard that was already covered with his chin, and after a while, he finished finishing and put on a military uniform, and swept away the embarrassed appearance of the previous few days and returned to the previous clean appearance, the tradition of emphasizing and grooming of the central [***] officers spread from the Third Division, and after many years of circulation, it has formed an unwritten rule, and senior officers usually wear officer uniforms, and even Hong Xiangzhi, these middle-level officers, if they are not during the war, they rarely wear combat uniforms.

Hong Xiangzhi, who had changed into clothes, looked much cleaner and tidy, but the dark circles under his eyes showed that he hadn't slept well in the past few days.

"Our army on the other side of the telegraph office now has less than one platoon of troops, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it, so I suggest that they be withdrawn!" Captain Li also changed his clothes like Hong Xiangzhi, and then these people just looked at the military map to discuss the military deployment.

Hong Xiangzhi said: "No, the building over there of the telegraph office is solid and intact, and if it has a heavy machine gun defense, it is enough to deploy it as a fortress, and it is impossible for the Soviet army to take it without paying the price of a few hundred people!" Not only will they not withdraw their troops, but they will also increase their troops, send them an additional platoon, well, and send another heavy machine gun over! ”

When Hong Xiangzhi said this, the Karachinsk Telegraph Office, in this stone house, more than a dozen Chinese army soldiers wearing brown and green military uniforms were shooting with guns in their hands, and a 1916 heavy machine gun controlled by several of them was intermittently splashing bullets, and looking out along the trajectory of the bullets, you could see several Soviet soldiers charging towards this side, and then they were hit by machine gun bullets one after another and turned to the ground, becoming one of the dozens of Soviet soldiers on the ground.

"Come on, stop first, save the bullets!" The machine-gun commander, who had the rank of sergeant on his shoulder, saw that the last few Soviet soldiers in this charge had fallen, and hurriedly let the machine gun shooter stand up.

After the machine gun shooter wearing the rank of first class released the trigger, his face was full of excitement: "It's really enjoyable, those hairs fell in rows after this beat!" ”

The sergeant's machine gun commander said: "Don't lie down quickly, it's hard to wait for their bullets to hit you!" ”

The machine gun shooter also thought about how his two former machine gun shooters died at this time, and when he was also cold, he hurriedly prepared to lie down, and after a whoosh at this time, a blood hole appeared on his head, and the sergeant next to him saw this and scolded: "Grass Niang's blocker, this is my last fucking shooter!" ”

The standard of the heavy machine gun crew of the Chinese army is five people, a sergeant commander, a corporal machine gunner, a secondary shooter, and two ammunition men, but the two ammunition men have also received heavy machine gun shooting training, and when necessary, they are also the third and fourth marksmen, after all, in the fierce battle, the heavy machine gun is the enemy's priority target, and the casualty rate of machine gun shooters is very high, and the collective death of the first shooter and the second shooter often happens, so it is logical that the ammunition man also becomes the third and fourth shooter.

After the sergeant scolded, he looked at the other dozen or so comrades around him, and then shouted: "Who can shoot a heavy machine gun?" ”

No one started shouting, the other few people are ordinary riflemen, let them play light machine guns is okay, but it is a little difficult to let them control the heavy machine guns, if you want to make a heavy machine gun become the main force of defense in the whole direction, it is not just to pull the trigger on the enemy, it takes at least more than a month to train a qualified heavy machine gun shooter, and the Chinese army now trains heavy machine gun shooters from the recruit period, After three months of basic training, and after many years of training in the army, it is not something that ordinary riflemen can be pulled into the battlefield with casual training.

The sergeant cursed Mao Zi again in a low voice and said, "Yang Xiong, you come over to be an ammunition player for me, and Lao Tzu will fight in person!" I don't believe that those Lao Tzu can really be willing to take out hundreds of surnames to fill here! ”

"Damn, lower your head, you want to be killed like everyone else, it doesn't matter if you die, but Lao Tzu will find an ammunition hand from there!" The sergeant continued to curse, they originally had more than 60 people here, but after several days of hard fighting, they were killed one after another, yesterday, the last officer of this small unit, the deputy platoon commander and the second lieutenant were also killed, the lieutenant platoon commander had been killed two days ago, and the other three infantry squad sergeants and squad leaders were also killed one after another, and he, the machine gun commander sergeant who was originally only here to support, became the highest rank of these dozen people.

These dozen people still relied on this heavy machine gun to hold on to the telegraph office, and similar telegraph offices here are all over Karachinsk, and only the squadron of less than 8 million is struggling to resist and wait for reinforcements from hundreds of miles, if not thousands of kilometers away!