Chapter 960: The Attack Begins
Street fighting is the battlefield that can best offset the advantage of equipment, if it can be avoided, no one will choose street fighting watermark advertising test Watermark advertising test Denikin naturally knows this, he believes that the other party can also recognize a point, so the defenders in the entire Kurgan city are not too much, the focus is still on the positions on the two wings, and in order to prevent the suppression of the opponent's long-range firepower, Denikin also specially relies on hills, woods and other terrain to deploy artillery positions. At the same time, a large number of bunkers and minefields were built to hinder and wear down opponents. Under normal circumstances, even if the opponent has the dual advantage of firepower and troops, it will be quite difficult to take down this fortress.
After some research, Peng Yi and others formulated a new strategy specifically for the defense of Kurgan, the core of which lies in two words, control, control of the battlefield, control of the opponent's long-range firepower, and control of the opponent's troop movement. And this requires the close cooperation of the whole army. From the point of view of an army commander...... At present, the greatest role of the Air Force is to indicate targets to artillery. To this end, the Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft detachment and artillery experts have specially studied a set of operational regulations. In order to make artillery attacks more time-sensitive. In addition, for the Russians' key points, due to the problems of time, resources and manpower, it was impossible for Denikin to build the entire offensive with reinforced concrete, which made some key points underdefended, and the task of space was to destroy these support points in case the artillery was not caught. The final step was to delay the movement of the Russian army and suppress the opposing long-range artillery..........
As for ground operations, there is not much change, basically it is still the same old-fashioned, long-range artillery destroys minefields and obstacles at the front, and then the armored forces and infantry attack under the cover of the barrage. And for this tactic, which was also often used by the Germans. Denikin's solution was to throw it directly after the first line of defense was breached, and wait until the opponent was out of most of the long-range artillery support before fighting back. Self-propelled guns though are a good solution. However, because of the high price, the number of these guns is scarce, considering that the number of Chinese troops on the opposite side is not large. So throw out those towed guns. The sparse number of self-propelled guns did not have any advantage over the Russian army. Denikin was right, but this attack came from the air!
In this engagement. The Chinese Army introduced a new version of the Tiger Cat heavy tank, a 20-ton Tiger Cat with a 75mmL24 main gun, and both anti-armor (with tungsten wire bullets) and anti-infantry. Unlike other tanks, this tank has better side armor protection. Considering the angle, sometimes it is as difficult to hit the side armor as it is to hit the front armor. This greatly increased the survival rate of the tank, and at the same time, the infantry fighting vehicles that accompanied the armored forces suddenly could provide fire cover with mortars, 20mm machine guns or machine guns, and this fully mechanized configuration made Russia feel ......... at a loss.
"The other party's equipment is really luxurious. Almost all of their combat crews are protected by armored vehicles, especially their tanks, which have better side protection. It was difficult for our 57mm guns to penetrate them, and another tactic commonly used, which first cut off the rear infantry and then turned close to the anti-tank, was also ineffective due to the presence of opposing infantry fighting vehicles. The opponent's attack was slow and deadly, and the coordination between the artillery and the attacking troops was more skillful," a Russian ** officer recalled after the battle, and the short-barreled artillery continued to highlight dark yellow flames. Knock out the opposite fire points one by one, and if you encounter an offensive that cannot be easily destroyed, you will hand it over to the accompanying heavy mortar, this shorter range of artillery is an indispensable heavy hammer for the attacking force, 45kg of special reinforced concrete armor-piercing projectiles with a higher trajectory, with more power than howitzers, is an out-and-out cover killer. The muffled sound of artillery continued to come from the rear of the attacking troops, blowing up the 75mm cannons and the attached artillery squad to pieces. In this head-on collision without any fancy, the Chinese Army, which had the dual superiority of equipment and quality, achieved an overwhelming advantage. …。
But all this is not important, Denikin's first line of defense is just to test the waters, the second line of defense is the real core position, Denikin is waiting, waiting for the Huaxia attacking forces to break away from the support of long-range artillery, he is launching a counterattack. The Huaxia Army did not stop after breaking through the first line of defense, but immediately launched an attack on the second line of defense, Denikin estimated well, with the deepening of the attack, the support firepower of the Huaxia Army was indeed a lot worse, but in the air, all kinds of aircraft covered the entire battlefield, this change made Denikin hesitate. Counterattack or defense? That's a problem! …。
These planes hovering in the air are definitely not soy sauce, and he has also heard of the bombing of the German Army by the British Royal Air Force, but fortunately, China did not send 4 bombers. But the bombers alone made him hesitate, he was worried about his artillery. If the artillery continues to be silent, the sharp armored spearhead of the opponent can continue to penetrate his main position...... The opponent has a superiority in strength per unit area and a greater superiority in firepower. Once the defense line is torn apart, the entire defense system will be shaken, but if the artillery counterattacks to cover the counter-charge, the threat of these bombers of the opposing side cannot be ignored, and Denikin lacks sufficient anti-aircraft firepower.
"Whatever! How much bomb can a twin-engine bomber have? What's more, my artillery positions are mainly deployed in the woodland, and it will take a lot of effort for the other side to find and attack! "In the end, Denikin still gave this order that his army would never recover, and with the start of the first salvo of Russian long-range artillery, the real slaughter began, not against the Chinese troops, but against the Russian army! The loud noise of long-range artillery seemed to blow the horn of the attack, and for this counterattack Denikin specially prepared a battalion of armored units and a small number of self-propelled guns. It can be said that it has been a bloody ..........
In the face of the sudden artillery strike, the attacking Chinese troops immediately began to retreat. At the same time, smoke grenades were released with various throwing weapons to cover the withdrawal of troops, and soon the attack front was enveloped in smoke screens, and the Russian troops who had just rushed out of the trenches and the Russian tanks from the flank woods were immediately blocked by the smoke screen in front of them, continue to rush or wait? Rushing over and not being able to see anything, let the other party be sullen and violently beaten? Wait a minute? The fighter plane is fleeting, standing outside the trench and letting the opponent shoot the target? The Russians hesitated, but Huaxia did not hesitate, and two artillery school planes equipped with transmitters accurately informed the accompanying self-propelled guns of the other side's position, and soon, sparse but unusually accurate shelling fell on the heads of the panicked Russians.
"With a shrapnel, shoot at full speed!" There is no need to shoot at all, the smoke on the ground does not cause much trouble to the artillery school plane, and the artillery can accurately tell the artillery that the other party is near the marker, and the infantry who cannot advance or retreat from the bunker is the favorite target of the shrapnel! The shrill howls of cannonballs across the air were terrifying. After the bullet body shattered, the countless steel balls released flew towards the Russian infantry on the ground like a demon's egg, and these dense shrapnel quickly harvested the lives of the opponent like the scythe of death, and the Russian infantry was smashed into a sieve or blown to pieces. You can't hesitate any longer, staying where you are in place in this case is looking for death, and now that the long-range artillery in the rear has begun to extend, following the footsteps of the artillery to defeat the opponent is the only .........way to survive.
After a short pause, the Russian counterattack forces, already on the line, launched a counter-charge, and they had no choice but to die or win! At least they still have the advantage of long-range firepower! At this time, in the opposite position that they could not see, two squadrons of Shicha Falcon twin-engine bombers were already loaded with gasoline incendiary bombs and flew to the woods behind the Russian position. The Russians chose a good place, covered by a lot of woods, the flames and smoke screens of artillery fire were well covered, if you look from the ground, it is difficult to determine the position of the opponent's artillery, but the problem is that this time the search and attack came from the air! And the Ishika falcons carried the most suitable bombs for this situation! …。
A round of gasoline incendiary bombs was thrown from the pylons, and one by one the round things flew towards the target area below, and the Huaxia Air Force bombed horizontally at an altitude of 400 meters, and there was no need to think about accuracy at all, because soon, the spreading fire would solve all problems, boom! A giant flower of flame exploded through the forest, and countless flaming droplets of viscous liquid flew in all directions, clinging to everything they could touch, never extinguishing until the combustible material was exhausted! A Russian soldier watched in horror as a drop of liquid fell on his arm and quickly ignited his clothes...... He slapped and even rolled on the ground, but the liquid quickly spread all over his body, and in just a few breaths, the whole person turned into a burning man! He survived the hardest and last minutes of his life, eventually turning into a charred corpse ..........
The same situation was played out on almost all the artillery positions that were attacked. The forest was set ablaze by a rain of flames from the sky, and the rapidly spreading fire consumed everything that stood in his way, and at first the Russians tried to extinguish the fire, but soon the brave officers and soldiers were consumed by the fire demons, and the shells piled up in the semi-sheltered bunkers did not escape the pervasive liquid flames. Finally, the ammunition stack of an artillery position equipped with 8 guns was ignited, and a huge mushroom cloud rose in the woods with a series of explosions, and the shock wave from the explosion quickly spread in all directions, tearing the surrounding trees, people, and artillery to pieces. Explosions continued to sound throughout the woodland, and in just a few dozen minutes, the artillery position deployed by Denikin in the woodland on the left flank was completely finished.
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