At dawn, the banks of the Ishim River are filled with mist, and the clear river water flows slowly. On the railway bridge, which is only two hundred meters long, a train transporting supplies is speeding past, filled with distant North American munitions and sent to the Omsk front line.
.*,, There is a semicircular defense line made of sandbags at both ends of the bridge. Behind the defense line are ring-shaped anti-aircraft gun emplacements. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns point their heads towards the sky, like a group of
Like a hedgehog, it is always ready to face enemies from the sky. In fact, China's Army Air Forces bombers had bombed this railway bridge twice before. Not only did they not achieve any results, but they lost two Thunder bombers. One of them has been lost so far.
The wreckage is still in the mud on the river beach.
A few hundred meters downstream, Cai E, the commander of the 1st Parachute Regiment, was lying behind a bush, using binoculars to carefully observe the Russian air defense position in the mist at the south end of the bridge. As the first battle of the airborne division, he wanted to win more beautifully.
, but judging from the current situation, this mission will not be easy. The east end of the Ishim River Railway Bridge is protected by the city of Petropavl. It is impossible to attack from the east bank, while the west end is protected by a large river beach swamp.
, although it is not impossible to pass, it is very difficult to approach the target silently on the open and unobstructed river beach. Once discovered, the Russians will casually release the muzzles of the anti-aircraft machine guns. If their own regiment cannot be dealt with, they will have to fight all the enemies.
The army was destroyed here.
His paratrooper regiment is well-equipped only in terms of individual weapons, such as automatic rifles, real automatic rifles, not the semi-automatic used by the Marine Corps. In addition, rocket launchers, 82mm recoilless rifles, 82mm mortars, and grenades
Launchers and flamethrowers are all standard equipment, but there are no heavy artillery that can suppress them. Trying to attack by force is no different than committing suicide.
"Commander, you can swim across from the water. Pick a few of our brothers who are good at swimming and swim directly under the water. The river is now obscured by fog. It is difficult for the Russians to find it." An officer next to him came up to him.
Said in a low voice.
"Then what?" Cai E said with a thought.
"It's very simple, use this." The officer smiled and took out an 82 mortar shell loaded with shalin.
"Can I use this without touching it? As soon as we fire, the Russians will immediately put on gas masks if they find out it is a poison gas bomb. These are veterans who have been smoked by poison gas for five years in Europe. They are very vigilant about this."
, it’s not like they have never been used in Omsk. As long as they react and put on protective gear in the shortest time, even if we can kill half of the Russians, the remaining half can still use anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns to easily kill us.
." Cai E said angrily.
"What if it doesn't explode?" The officer smiled more sinisterly.
"Very good, let's do it!" Cai E instantly understood his intention. He immediately said without hesitation, and then the two of them retreated to the hiding place. This was a small forest near the river, with two thousand soldiers of a paratrooper regiment.
They are all hidden in the dense grass and covered with green camouflage. Even if you walk into the woods, it is difficult to find them unless you pay special attention.
Selecting commandos is very simple. The airborne divisions are all trained as special forces. They can be said to be all-round talents. Some are good at water skills and are familiar with the operation of all weapons in the army, from cannons to tanks to flying airplanes.
, dismantling the artillery shells was out of the question. Forty commandos were quickly selected and connected with ropes. Each of them had two unfused shrapnel shells on their waists, and they directly went into the water with reed pipes in their mouths.
The Ishim River swam quietly towards the railway bridge. The mist and water plants on the river hid their whereabouts very well.
In fact, even if there was no fog, it would be impossible for the Russians to detect it. It was just dawn at this time, and those guys were sleeping soundly. The sentries who had been guarding for most of the night were all drowsy at their posts, not to mention the dozens of sticks on the water surface.
Even if you touch the reed pipe directly from the swamp, it's hard to say whether these guys in front of them can be detected, because I have never imagined that there will be enemies attacking from the ground in the rear of this kind of front. The vigilance of these Russian troops is very low, so-called standing guard.
It's just a formality.
Forty commandos carefully reached behind the Russian defense circle from underwater, and emerged from the water one by one in the reeds near the river bank. After confirming the wind, they dived back into the water and swam all the way to the north of the railway bridge.
After resurfacing one by one, they put on gas masks and protective clothing and hid in the reeds and began to quickly dismantle the shrapnel shells they carried. This small task only took a minute or two for them. After completing it, one
One of them carried the cannonball and began to pour out the deadly oily poison as fast as possible. When the cannonball was almost poured, he threw the cannonball out and dived directly into the water, holding his breath and diving downstream. If he couldn't hold it in any longer, he risked coming up to the surface to take a deep breath.
Tongqi continued to swim at the fastest speed until he felt that the distance was safe enough, then he slowly sneaked back to his hiding place with the reed tube in his mouth.
Behind them, the poison of eighty shalin shells slowly evaporated in the air, drifting silently in the wind towards the Russian air defense positions, and got into the nostrils of the sleeping Russian soldiers. The killing efficiency of this thing was astonishing.
Very high. After those Russian soldiers who were sleeping soundly woke up from the pain of suffocation, they had no time to react or even warn those who were not poisoned. They twitched and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and went to hell.
, it wasn’t until he was almost half dead that a soldier struggled to sound the air defense siren.
The shrill siren woke up all the Russian troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and at the same time it also sent an attack notice to Cai E.
"Charge, charge as fast as you can!" Cai E, who had quietly moved to less than 300 meters away from the Russian defense line, jumped up, raised his submachine gun and shouted, and in the dense grass next to him, everyone was wearing a gas mask.
Paratroopers wearing transparent protective clothing and camouflage cloaks also jumped up, holding automatic rifles and sprinting towards the Russian air defense position at a speed of 100 meters.
On the Russian position opposite them, the surviving Russian soldiers who were awakened did not understand what was going on. By the time they realized that they were attacked by poison gas, less than one-third of them were left. These guys
Everyone was busy looking for their own gas masks and protective clothing. At this moment, the fastest Chinese soldiers had arrived outside the defense line, followed by a barrage of grenades, and then the violent rain of bullets from automatic rifles. Poor.
The Russians, guarding a bunch of big guns, failed to make any counterattack. In just two minutes, they were broken through the defense line. After the Chinese paratroopers rushed to their position, there was no one among the Russian troops.
Those who were able to stand up and resist would either be poisoned to death or beaten to death by intensive firepower.
"Quick, turn the muzzle!" Cai E roared as he personally rushed towards the nearest 37mm anti-aircraft gun. Although this British-made anti-aircraft gun has a huge performance gap with the Chinese Army's standard anti-aircraft gun, it can't deal with aircraft.
If it can't be used against the ground, it can be a huge weapon. Cai E, who is familiar with the operation of these things, with the help of several soldiers, was the first to point the muzzle at the Russian army on the other side.
The latter was also in chaos at this time. After the initial alarm sounded, they were also awakened. However, the Russian troops here had no idea what was happening on the West Bank. They thought there was an air raid, and the gunfire that followed
The sound and explosions confused them. When they woke up, they were under ground attack. Cai E had already led his men into the Russian positions on the west bank. The Russian commander on the east bank also responded quickly, although he did not know that the Russian army on the west bank
No matter what the situation was, he still issued the order to turn the muzzle of the gun to his subordinates as quickly as possible.
But unfortunately, they were a step too late. Just when the Russian anti-aircraft artillerymen were desperately turning their handles to turn around and fire flatly, Cai E's Sanqi artillery was the first to spurt out flames. Almost at the same time, a dozen other anti-aircraft guns also followed suit.
Open fire, and the flames of the explosion immediately enveloped the Russian positions on the east coast. There was no suspense in the ensuing battle. Twenty anti-aircraft guns and a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns, plus ordinary light and heavy machine guns, automatic rifles, and even
There were mortars and recoilless guns that poured fire towards the east coast for more than ten minutes, directly beating the Russian army into slag.
After almost all the shells of the Russian anti-aircraft guns on the west bank were consumed, Cai E ordered to stop shooting. At this time, there were no counterattack shells coming from the opposite side. Then the engineers began to place explosives on the railway bridge to prepare for the attack.
This bridge was completely blown up, with half a ton of antimony and antimony piled on various piers. As the detonator was pressed, the entire railway bridge disappeared without a trace in the flames of the explosion, and even the piers were destroyed.
Those that were not exposed to the water were so completely blown up that it took Wang Shizhen a full month to rebuild them in order to pass through.
After completing the mission, Cai E's battle is not over yet, because they cannot go back. There are four Russian armies between them and the Siberian Front. Trying to fight back is no different from committing suicide, and the transport plane cannot go back without an airport.
When they came back to pick them up, Aunt Juncker was indeed resistant, but she was not so resistant that she could take off without finding a place at the airport, and it was impossible for the Russian army to give them time to build a field airport.
Therefore, Cai E must lead his men to sneak northward into the vast forest and wait for the main force from the southern front to attack, or if he is willing, he can fight guerrillas nearby and continue to attack the Russian army. No one will care about them. Anyway, if they need supplies, it is nothing more than
They just sent a telegram to have the transport plane airdropped, and they didn’t have to wait too long. Once the railway was cut off, the Russian army would not be able to continue the fight. They did not have as strong a vehicle transportation capability as the Chinese Army. The nearly one million-strong army would be completely useless without the railway.
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