The commander of the Russian 17th Group Army, Kovalev, was in Coulomb at this time. Due to sufficient preparation, the Russian army in Coulomb quickly reached two independent divisions.
Lieutenant General Kovalev frowned as he listened to the roar of enemy planes and the gunfire of the air defense forces outside the window.
As far as he knew, the distance from Guisui to Kulun must be 1,000 kilometers, right? But the enemy's planes were flying naked overhead, and Kovalev lost faith in winning the war as soon as it started.
As an early senior Russian military officer, Kovalev came from the battlefield and he understood it very well.
Enemy aircraft flew over 1,000 kilometers above the 17th Army, but the Russian army had little resistance.
At this time, the I-3 fighter jets equipped by the Russian army had a combat radius of only a pitiful 250 kilometers! If this is the case for Chinese aircraft, then I am afraid that the bomber's range is not weaker than this.
Kovalev immediately ordered the troops to dig fortifications and prepare for defense. It was not that he was too cowardly, but as a group army commander, he knew that since the Chinese army had such advanced fighter jets, there were basically no secrets for his side in the open grasslands. Yan said that at this time, he could only rely on Cullen's city for defense.
What's more, the scouts they sent reported that the enemy used tens of thousands of vehicles, which was terrifying in such a flat area like the grassland. In addition, the Chinese 6th Group Army had nearly 200,000 troops.
Only then did Kovalev discover that Zhang Yunhan from Jincheng had made adequate preparations for the grassland.
But when the First Far East Army arrived, relying on its superior strength, Kovalev believed that with the outstanding abilities of the Russian Red Army commanders, this group of cowardly Chinese people could definitely be eliminated.
Although Kovalev discriminates against the Chinese army, it does not mean that he is stupid. What's more, he is an early Russian commander and has not yet been purged.
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On May 21, the main force of the 6th Army arrived at Joyel, which was only a few dozen kilometers away from Cullen. Yue Zhen ordered all units to rest, build a field airport, and establish a field hospital.
The Sixth Army Engineering Corps unloaded construction machinery from trucks and built two earthen runways in just half a day. The runways are 1,200 meters long and 300 meters wide.
Construction will continue next, because there are 4 flying regiments and nearly 600 aircraft of various types accompanying the Sixth Army. Of course, the field airport here will definitely be abandoned after the capture of Cullen.
In the evening, the first batch of 50 aircraft from a P51 fighter group entered the airport.
The next day, 50 Il-2 and Tu-2 medium-range bombers began to be stationed.
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On May 23, 2033, the rising sun shed its light on the grassland. The blue sky and green wilderness were like a fairyland in a painting.
However, this scene was quickly shattered. Hundreds of Tigers led a group of Wolf tanks and rushed towards Cullen under the cover of aircraft.
Behind them are larger marching trucks, some towing mountain artillery behind them, and some towing heavy howitzers. The roar of the engine basically never stopped.
Beep beep beep~!
A quick whistle sounded, and the soldiers on the Type 32 armored personnel carrier checked the ammunition one after another. Some were so nervous that they couldn't load the magazine.
The advancing group did not stop, but began to accelerate forward. Dozens of fighter jets covering the sky began to spread around, preparing to intercept the Russian aircraft.
Behind them were the Il-2 ground attack aircraft that caught up. The bombers did not take action. Firstly, the city of Kulun was not large. Secondly, they did not want to turn the city into ruins. There were still many civilians in the city.
With the impact of the Tiger cluster, the 105mm self-propelled howitzers behind them began to attack some exposed bunkers of the Russian army. They could quickly be put into use. At this time, the role of the self-propelled howitzers was seen. The towed howitzers had not yet got off the vehicle. , the self-propelled howitzer has opened fire.
Wang Yong, commander of the 5th Armored Corps, looked at the advancing Tiger tanks from the rear, and his heart was full of excitement.
boom! !
A bunker was hit by a 105mm howitzer, and the bunker turned directly into a crater. There were no corpses of Russian soldiers inside. They were all green pieces of cloth and some body fragments.
Kovalev, who was lying at the observation entrance, opened his mouth in shock. What did he see?
Large swaths of metal monsters rushed towards Coulun. Coulun was actually a city without walls, so when he saw hundreds of tanks rushing towards him, he panicked.
"Quick! Anti-tank guns! Attack!! Don't let them get close to the position!"
Kovalev kept shouting into the phone, spraying spittle in the face of the phone operator nearby.
"Let the artillery fire! Don't let those tanks rush into the city!!"
As Kovalev's order was issued, the Russian army's hidden 45mm anti-tank gun began to fire at the tank group.
boom!
A running Tiger suddenly shook its body!
"We've been shot!!" the commander shouted.
"They didn't penetrate it! Hurry! Do you see the foreign-style building at one o'clock?"
"Saw it!"
"One grenade! Fire!"
"emission!"
Following an explosion, an anti-tank gun hidden on the second floor of a bungalow outside Cullen was blown over. However, because rocks blocked the explosion fragments, the anti-tank gun was not injured. Only one of the gunners behind was hit by a log on the roof. When the head fell off the first floor, it looked like the fall was serious.
"Grovsky! Reload! It must have hit the turret just now! Let's fire it again!!"
The Tiger tank just now was indeed hit, but the 120mm sloped armor is equivalent to 200mm. The front armor plate of the tank only lost a layer of paint and had some dents. What is the use of a mere 45mm anti-tank gun?
Is it possible that you can still take cephalosporins?
boom!
Another 45mm armor-piercing round, but it was still of no use. It couldn't penetrate. It couldn't penetrate at all. If a few tanks hadn't been unlucky and had their tracks broken by Russian artillery, some were overturned. The anti-tank crew almost committed suicide out of grief and anger.
What kind of thing is so resistant? How to fight this?
"Commander! That anti-tank gun is not dead! It is still attacking us!"
"Armor-piercing bullets!!"
"yes!"
The loader took out the shells from behind and loaded them.
"fire!!"
boom!
This time Głowski and his comrades did not have that kind of luck. The armor-piercing projectile directly penetrated the wall and hit the anti-tank gun. The powerful impact caused the anti-tank gun to disintegrate, and the scattered shrapnel directly killed Several lives.
The battle continued. As the Russian anti-tank guns continued to emerge, the IL-2 ground attack aircraft that had just arrived from the rear began to join the battlefield.
As long as the Russian anti-tank gun position or bunker is discovered, the ground attack aircraft will quickly rush forward and use its 20mm to straf it. With only a dozen or so shells, the enemy position will be reduced to a mass. Bloody water.
