February 18, 1937, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China.
The 400,000-strong Kiev Front Army led by Timoshenko finally reached Chita, and met the 370,000-strong army of the Thirty-seventh Army led by Su Tong, who was well-positioned in Chita, and a great battle began.
This war is not only of concern to China, but also the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and many other countries have sent observers to Chita.
In order to eliminate the pressure of Western public opinion over the capture of 300,000 Russian troops some time ago and to demonstrate its military strength, the Russian government also agreed to the request of observers from various countries to arrive at the front line for observation.
The next day, Timoshenko began to launch a probing attack on Chita's first line of defense.
As soon as the battle began, the First Infantry Division stationed on the first line of defense got a taste of the power of Lao Maozi's artillery doctrine. More than 300 cannons blasted the first line of defense. Not to be outdone, the Chinese army deployed behind the line of defense.
Under the guidance of the artillery ranging radar, the 1st Artillery Division also began to counterattack against the Russian artillery positions. For a while, the artillery fire from both sides was in darkness.
At this time, at an observation post of the Russian army, two officers wearing gray German military uniforms were holding telescopes to observe. "Hans, the artillery fire here has just started, and the counterattack fire over there will immediately follow the trajectory here.
"It lasted less than eight minutes. I have never seen such an excellent artillery commander. Even the artillerymen of our empire don't have this quality." A man was about thirty years old and had a typical Germanic square face.
The blond German lieutenant colonel said in surprise.
"No, Paul, look, the opponent's artillery fired many times off target in the first salvo, and it wasn't until the third salvo that they recovered. This kind of quality is only barely qualified compared to the imperial artillery. It can be seen that the opponent's artillery has just
The fact that they were able to find the Slavic artillery firing positions so quickly must have used some kind of instrument or some means that we don't know about. It's not because of how good their artillery is." Another German colonel named Paul was older than the one next to him.
The seat is much bigger, and the hair is a little gray. Since there is no one around, when the Russians are mentioned, they are replaced by Slavs with disdain.
Colonel Hans put down the telescope, and a smile of affirmation appeared on his wrinkled face, "It seems that this artillery battle will be over soon, and those Slavs will definitely not be able to hold on for long."
Sure enough, shortly after the artillery battle began, under the guidance of the artillery range-finding radar, the 1st Artillery Division became more and more courageous as the battle progressed. On the other hand, the Russian army was retreating steadily, and soon the sound of Russian artillery was no longer heard from the position.
In a hidden forward command, Timoshenko put down his telescope expressionlessly and said, "Order the 136th Division to start attacking."
"Ula!" Following the order, the Russian infantry began to charge. From the sky, infantrymen in gray military uniforms were everywhere pouring towards the position like a tide.
"Oh God, are these Slavs rushing to die?" Lieutenant Colonel Paul, a German observer, exclaimed when he saw the Russian soldiers charging crazily against the position with barbed wire, bunkers and crisscrossing trenches.
At the same time, observers from various countries scattered at the Russian army's observation posts all let out the same exclamation.
As observers from various countries said, shortly after the Russian army launched its charge, overwhelming artillery fire covered the Chinese army's first line of defense within a range of 100 to 400 meters.
"It's incredible that the Chinese have eight-inch heavy artillery." This was the voice coming from an observation post.
"God, the artillery fire here is so crazy. Have these Chinese people transported all their heavy artillery here?" With the exclamations one after another, originally, the Thirty-seventh Army was able to capture the 300,000 Russian troops in the Far East Military Region.
Skeptical observers from various countries all exclaimed in unison.
The result of the two artillery divisions' volleys of more than 500 cannons was that more than half of the Russian 136th Division, which had launched an attack ten minutes ago, was already lying in front of the position, and most of the people could not even find their intact bodies.
.By the time the Russian artillery fire was hurriedly calibrated to the position of the Chinese artillery, they had already moved their positions.
"If we follow this strategy, let alone capture Kiev, it's doubtful whether General Timoshenko will be able to return to Moscow." Colonel Hans put down his telescope and shook his head and sighed.
"Comrade Timoshenko, our attack failed." General Maksalev looked very unhappy. In just over ten minutes, half of the troops of a division stayed in front of the position. This time
A total of thirty-two divisions came from the Kiev Front. The 165th Infantry Division was blown up by planes as soon as they got off the train. Today's 136th Division was even more decisive. Half of them were killed after only ten minutes on the scene, and they immediately lost their combat effectiveness.
.If the war continues like this, the number of troops on the Kiev Front will not be enough to fill this bottomless pit.
"We all underestimated this Su Tong. It seems that we need to adjust the combat plan and order the troops to stop the attack." Although Timoshenko's face did not change, his heart was bleeding. An infantry division with all its personnel could not arrive.
He lost most of it in just over ten minutes. How could he not feel distressed? This was the hard work of his training for several years.
On the first day, the Russian army's attack ended in an anticlimactic manner, and no new attack was launched until the evening. This shocked observers from various countries. They had the impression that the Russian army was invincible, and the Chinese army was not retreating steadily.
On the contrary, the Russian army was beaten to the head without even touching the Chinese army's position. This was the first personal appearance of the Thirty-seventh Army led by Su Tong in front of all the countries in the world, and it also made all countries
It more intuitively deepens the understanding of Chahar's political and military strength.
At the same time, the lights were brightly lit in the underground headquarters of the Chita Municipal Government, and staff were busy deducing various plans. Su Tong was also studying how to launch a counterattack in his office."
"I have a headache, I'm so annoyed." Chief Su stood up upset after studying for an entire afternoon but couldn't come up with any plan.
He still lacks excellent staff personnel. Although Jiang Baili is great, the Japanese are eyeing his home, and Chahar cannot do without him. So much so that he doesn't even have anyone to discuss with him now.
I have to rely on my skills with the two swords to hold on. It seems that I will be working hard all my life. Damn it, if you piss me off, I will learn from the beauties of later generations. I don’t care what conspiracy you have.
Just walk straight over and do a ten-level fight.
Oh, yes, Su Tong recalled that in the later World War II, the US military did not use any complicated conspiracies and tricks. Everything relied on strength. Whether it was fighting Hitler or Japan, it was all bombing by planes, bombing by artillery, and charging by infantry.
.With these three axes, the United States could still defeat Hitler and Hideki Tojo.
Isn’t there a famous saying among Americans, if strategy can kill an elephant, then why do you need a shotgun?
Well, yes, I will do the same thing tomorrow. I will also give him a straight ride.
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