The marching path of the 18th Infantry Corps was full of explosions, cars burning with flames and billowing smoke, and occasionally the sound of ammunition exploding.
Avnin hid behind a stone on the side, watching his troops being bombed and strafed, and the Yugoslav warriors being beaten to pieces.
When the Northwest Army's plane left, Afnin only felt that he had been greatly ironized.
A few years ago, my country was like a charity and sold old aircraft to Jinling at a high price, but now, the other side is massacring its own troops! !
boom!
A burning truck exploded, leaving only parts of the small truck on the ground. How could you tell it was a car?
Afnin looked at the dead bodies of wounded soldiers, vehicle wreckage, and the blazing flames of the bent gun barrels all over the place, and his whole heart froze.
When Afnin gathered his troops to count the casualties, he almost fainted when he saw "7,493 casualties, almost all vehicles lost, 13 tanks, and more than 20 heavy artillery remaining."
Haven't you had a head-on battle with the enemy yet? So many people and materials were lost! beat? Beat the ass! !
Pang Zhanfeng, who was waiting for news in the rear, learned that the Russian 18th Infantry Corps had suffered heavy losses under the bombing of the 3rd Air Division. Pang Zhanfeng and Guman quickly decided to rush forward! Eat it! !
Following Guman's order, the 3rd Armored Division and the 4th Armored Division quickly started their engines. More than 700 Type 29 light tanks from the two armored divisions rushed towards the 18th Infantry Corps over the mountains and plains, followed closely by 3 infantrymen. division, riding on military trucks, was constantly following behind the tank division.
Looking at the mighty torrent of steel chariots, Wang Fugui couldn't help but feel a little envious.
"Company commander, when can we also drive a tank?"
Harrick looked at Wang Fugui curiously.
"Want to drive a tank? Just you?"
"You'd better pass the cultural class first. Tank divisions are all people who need knowledge. Do you think this iron bastard is so easy to drive?"
Wang Fugui glared at this young man from the Western Regions angrily.
"However, we don't have no chance. You kid, study hard and get an Army driver's license. When we expand into a mechanized infantry division, you kid might be able to drive a tank!"
Upon hearing the news, Harik looked at Wang Fugui with bright eyes: "Company commander, what is a mechanized infantry division?"
"This, the mechanized infantry division, is mechanized, do you understand?"
Harrick:. . . . .
Looking at Wang Fugui's dawdling, Harik knew that he didn't understand either, so he gave Wang Fugui a middle finger when he looked in other directions. By coincidence, Wang Fugui happened to turn around and saw him. .
Harrick:. . .
"Then what, listen to my quibbles..."
At this time, Afnin was in a dilemma. Should he advance to attack? What a joke, this is still 70 kilometers away from the Altai Pass! By the time the past comes, people will have already prepared it.
Back off? It’s a joke. The trucks are gone. Can two legs outrun a plane or a truck? ? ? When the time comes, people will drive a truck around to capture prisoners.
What a joke, Afnin actually had no choice! ! !
I nm! !
The troubled Afnin directly chose to stay on the spot and wait for help, and at the same time asked Marshal Blucher for help.
In the 2nd Army Headquarters, Pang Zhanfeng is anxiously waiting for news from the front.
Afnin continued to set up positions around the road, using truck wreckage and other usable objects to build positions. He really has no confidence in defense.
On the evening of January 24th, densely packed Chinese military aircraft emerged from the clouds. Bombs kept falling on the Russian military positions. The ground shook and the mountains shook, which are relatively implicit descriptions. At this time, winter was not over yet, the ground was hard, and the Russian military The positions were extremely difficult to build, and the trenches were often less than one meter deep. These were the only trenches they dug out with the shovels that were smoking.
However, under the attack of aerial bombs, the land that could not be dug was instantly blown into a state of softness that could sink even if you stepped on it.
Of course, because fortifications were difficult to build, the losses of the Russian army were also very serious.
Half an hour later, except for the 2 regiments who were on alert in the sky, the other flight groups left one after another.
What followed was an earth-shaking roar. The 4 howitzer regiments of the 2nd Army Artillery Division cooperated with the mountain artillery of each regiment of each division. A total of 612 cannons continued to bombard the Russian positions.
boom!
boom!
While Afnin was still considering whether the Northwestern Army would persuade them to surrender, the artillery of all divisions and armored divisions of the Second Army opened fire.
Nearly 500 artillery pieces with a caliber of 100 mm or more opened fire together, violently bombarding the Russian positions with extremely dense artillery on both sides of the narrow road.
In an instant, the Russian army felt that the ground was shaking, the sky was falling, and the positions of countless temporary civil structures were torn into pieces in an instant.
In the Tibetan Soldier Cave built on the foundation left by the first wave of bombings, dozens of soldiers were avoiding artillery fire. The flames of explosions occasionally illuminated the faces of the soldiers at the entrance of the cave and the ground. If the anti-bomb cave had not been reinforced with civil engineering, I am afraid they would have lost their lives. Already buried inside.
Even the instructor turned pale under the fierce fire.
However, he still bravely started ideological work.
"Brave Russian Red Army soldiers! Evil imperialism is invading our territory! For our parents, wives and children! For our motherland, for our people! We must not bow our heads! The bearded comrade will protect us! The great Long live Russia! Long live the brave Russian Red Army! Hurrah!!”
"Ur~"
boom! ! !
A 203mmb4 howitzer shell accidentally hit two meters away from the entrance of the hole. The power of the explosion directly collapsed the anti-cannon hole, and the 23 old men inside were never able to climb out.
In another shell-proof cave, a soldier staggered back and crawled back: "Company Commander! Company Commander! The instructor and the others are buried underneath!"
Mayorov had long since given up the idea of continuing the fight. He said without raising his head: "Just die, war will always kill people, not to mention we are still the aggressors."
"This is a war that should not have been fought."
When several Russian soldiers in the cave heard what the company commander said, they all had wild thoughts in their minds. They didn't know why there was such a battle above, and they were not prepared for anything. The soldiers couldn't even keep warm.
About ten minutes later, the artillery fire began to spread, and the soldiers in the cave began to walk toward the trenches in a sparse manner. There was no desire to fight on their faces, but they looked calm.
The soldiers carried machine guns, mortars, and ammunition boxes quickly arrived in the trenches. After setting up the weapons, they began to wait for the enemy to move forward.
"Company Commander! Look!!!!"
Mayorov heard the sound and quietly showed his head. With just one glance, his mouth opened wide in shock! ! !
