I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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When Fu Zuoyi learned that the Soviet army might launch a roundabout and counterattack to the north of Champion City, he did not dare to slack off, nor did he dare to take it lightly. However, he also doubted the accuracy of the information, so after repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, he adopted a compromise countermeasure , the 77th Army currently has 4 divisions in Champion City (77th, 74th, 201st, 202nd Division), and 1 division in Baku (180th Division). Fu Zuoyi ordered the 201st and 202nd Divisions to stick to the championship City, to prevent the Soviet army from playing the tricks of attacking the west or crossing the river in white clothes, and ordered the 77th Division, which has the strongest firepower and the highest mobility, to go north from Champion City and carry out "mobile defense" within the "range of two to three hundred kilometers" in the north of Champion City. , and ordered the 77th Division, which is second only to the 74th Division in terms of firepower and mobility, to stand ready in the northern suburbs of Champion City. He repaired the plank road to cover Chen Cang secretly, and immediately united with the 77st and 201nd divisions to defend the Champion City itself; in addition, Fu Zuoyi contacted Li Yutang, commander of the 202th Army, who was in the northwest of Kazakhstan, and asked Li Yutang to dispatch no less than one division of reinforcements to the champion city. The Kizilzal area in the southwest of the city is strictly guarded against the Soviet army breaking through from the south of the champion city.

Fu Zuoyi's deployment was quite satisfactory on the whole, even slightly rigid, but it was helpless, because the troops at hand were limited, so he could only "make peace" like this.

After all, Jiang Weiguo has limited banknotes, and raising an army of 100 million forced him to manufacture and sell drugs. He really couldn't afford to support more troops.

The Nanjing Army currently has 37 divisions, 1 honorary brigade, and 2 self-propelled heavy artillery regiments. The military expenses of 10 divisions do not need to be paid by Jiang Weiguo (the 1st to 10th divisions), and the rest of the troops are basically paid by Jiang Weiguo (also Chiang Kai-shek). Appropriation, after all, the Nanjing Army is part of the national army. It is reasonable to say that Chiang Kai-shek paid for it, but Chiang Kai-shek didn’t have that much money at all, so most of the military expenses were paid by Jiang Weiguo himself), 26 divisions, 1 honorary brigade, 2 self-propelled The heavy artillery regiment requires Jiang Weiguo to pay at least 3000 million U.S. dollars every month (so much in wartime, not so much in peacetime). Fu Zuoyi and other generals know Jiang Weiguo's situation. If you want troops, Jiang Weiguo must be forced to jump off the building.

Zhong Song and Hu Lian looked helplessly at the troops. Fu Zuoyi ordered the 77th Division to carry out "mobile defense" "within two to three hundred kilometers" in the northern part of Champion City. I greeted you eight hundred times in my heart.

Zhong Song and Hu Lian really wanted to ask Fu Zuoyi: How can they defend a range of two to three hundred kilometers with more than 7000 people?If you line up in a long snake formation, the average distance of 1 meter is 0.12 to 0.18 people. Isn't this nonsense?At the most critical time, the terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend.

According to military common sense, if there is a 100-meter-high hill, and a company is stationed on it, it can cover the surrounding area of ​​several kilometers. The key problem is that there are no hills within hundreds of kilometers.

After repeated discussions, Zhong Song and Hu Lian decided that "field warfare and positional warfare complement each other." The infantry troops built a defense line on the spot, and the mechanized troops rushed to help.

It is very difficult to build a defense line on the vast and flat wild snow, but the Nanjing Army has experience in this regard.

The officers and soldiers cut down trees in full swing. Anyway, there are trees here except for the snow. There are many trees. Thousands of towering trees that cannot be hugged by one person are constantly cut down by the officers and soldiers. Use it separately.

The branches are piled up in piles, poured with gasoline, lit a bonfire, boiled the ice and snow on the ground with iron pots and buckets, poured it on the frozen soil layer after boiling, and finally dug trenches. This process is very difficult, because even Boiled water at [-] degrees Celsius will freeze quickly after being poured out. We must grasp the time difference of tens or even tens of seconds, otherwise the boiling water will quickly turn into ice water, ice slag and ice layer.

The officers and soldiers did this: pots and buckets of boiling water were boiling. The officers and soldiers only scooped up a little with lunch boxes or helmets, quickly poured it on the ground, and then quickly dug a few shovels, and then repeated the process, because the boiling water was too much. Too many will not be fully used.

The difficulty for the officers and soldiers to do this is no less than that of chiseling stones, because the temperature is too low, and the engineering picks, engineering shovels, and engineering shovels will break if they are used too many times.

The officers and soldiers tried their best to dig out a few trenches, the deepest of which was only one meter deep, and most of them were only half a meter deep.

At this time, the trunks of those big trees played a role. The officers and soldiers placed them horizontally in front of the ditch, one by one, and then paste them with mud to form a fortification.

The half-meter-deep trench and the one-meter-high log became the field defense line for officers and soldiers.

"The defense zone is too long and the number of people is limited!" Hu Lian was worried, "I had to disperse the brothers in company units, and each company built a field defense line on the spot. The distance between the two companies was 300 meters or even half a kilometer. The density of troops on the defense line is too thin! The Soviet army can still block the charge with the crowd tactics, in case the Soviet army uses tank groups to charge..."

"I'm more worried about Lao Maozi's artillery group!" Zhong Song was also very worried, "Actually, it is beneficial for us to disperse our troops. The density of troops is thin, and the loss caused by the Soviet artillery group's salvo will be greatly reduced." will also drop.

No way, you can't have it both ways! "

"If the Soviet army really launches a big roundabout and counterattack from the north of Champion City, and we sit back and watch it cross Champion City, what will happen next?" Hu Lian thought.

"If we stand on the sidelines in the champion city, the Soviet army will go all the way east and kill the west of the four cities in North Asia!"

"Actually, we can do this. When the time comes, the Soviet army will cross the Champion City, and if we make a decisive assault, won't we be able to cut off its logistics supply line and follow-up troops in one fell swoop? The Soviet army that crosses the Champion City will become a source of water!"

"Having said that, you have overlooked one thing, that is, the national army surrounding the four cities in North Asia is the central army from the south. The Soviet army in the encirclement of the four cities in Asia may also launch a breakthrough at the same time. At that time, the troops of Chief Luo (Luo Zhuoying) will be attacked by the enemy, and we may be beaten by chickens.

I guess, Commander Fu (Fu Zuoyi) didn’t dare to take this risk, so he deployed the troops to be comprehensive and insufficient!”

"Master, I'm thinking about one thing. If the Soviet army really wants to launch a big counterattack against us, what is the purpose of the Soviet army's combat? Is it to capture a few key points, or to annihilate a certain part of our army? I think, This is the crux of the matter.

If we could figure out the purpose of the Soviet army's operations, we wouldn't be so passive!"

"Boyu, you are quite right. I think the top priority of the Soviet Army is to recover the Champion City. This place is too critical. To the Soviet Army, the value and significance of recovering the Champion City is no less than eating our army, but , the Soviet army must know that Champion City is an extremely hard nut to crack. Our army has four divisions and 14 first-class soldiers. But there are 14 elite soldiers! Even if the Soviet army dispatched 50 main forces, it would be difficult to move.

Therefore, I think the Soviet army wants to eat one of our units!"

"Master, your opinion is also very reasonable! If the Soviet army's target is our army in Champion City, then the Soviet army should try every means to lure our army out of the city. Attacking our army in the field is better than attacking and defending in the city." It is easier to hit our army in battle!"

"That's right, that's right!"

The two of them were discussing, when the cries of the cooking soldiers sounded from the fiery battlefield:

"Brothers! Take a break and eat!"

Groups of cooking soldiers carried heavy iron buckets one by one, and walked to the location of their respective troops in charge of cooking in an orderly manner.

Although the busy officers and soldiers were exhausted, they gathered around them with bright eyes and refreshed spirits, swearing while queuing up for food:

"How come now? I'm starving to death!"

"It's cutting down trees and digging up frozen soil, and my stomach is already bulging!"

"Why are the noodles sticky? Why are there no steamed buns?"

The cooking soldiers were also cursing while cooking:

"Idiot! Can you make steamed buns? After eating two bites, it will freeze like a rock! Don't want teeth?"

"Drink it while it's hot! If you drink it slowly, it will freeze into ice cubes!"

"Lots of peppers! Refreshing and warming up!"

The food of the Nanjing Army is still very good, because the Nanjing Army is not only the strongest army in China, but also the most luxurious army. On the other hand, the food is different from the bullets. The food comes from agriculture, and the bullets come from industry. The level of China's industry is low. The level of agriculture is not low. After all, China is a big agricultural country, and the animal husbandry in Mongolia also provided a lot of meat for the Nanjing Army.

The 77th Division’s dinner today is gnocchi broth. The cooking soldiers stewed gnocchi and large pieces of pork and mutton in large pots and buckets, and put a lot of chili, which made the officers and soldiers sweat all over.

Zhong Song and Hu Lian also picked up their lunch boxes, and the scorching hot noodle soup quickly cooled down in the cold wind. They raced against time to eat together with the officers and soldiers.

When Hu Lian was about to pour the last bit of noodle soup in the lunch box into his mouth, out of the corner of his eye he suddenly saw a few dazzling red flames shining in the distance ahead.

"Twelve o'clock direction! Four! Four red flares! The visual distance...is about ten kilometers!" The division chief of staff Liu Fengling shouted hoarsely. The reason why he was hoarse was not entirely because of nervousness, but because of the wind. Xue Huhao, if you don't speak at the loudest, the people next to you can't hear you clearly.

"There are also three o'clock directions! Three ... troops, also four red flares! The visual distance is about [-] kilometers!" A staff officer immediately shouted.

"There are also ten o'clock directions! Four red flares! Fifteen kilometers!" Another officer shouted.

"Eight o'clock direction! Four red flares! Fourteen kilometers!"

"Four o'clock direction! Four red flares! Sixteen miles!"

More and more officers shouted one after another.

Zhong Song quickly rushed into the division headquarters and picked up the phone.

Standing in place, Hu Lian looked at the front of the army's defense line, that is, the due west direction, a string of red signal flares rising one after another in the distant snowy forest, and the positions of these red signal flares formed a very wide "丨", and the 77th Division's line of defense formed two "丨丨" that are constantly shrinking.

Those red signal flares were signals sent by the special forces and scouts of the Nanjing Army who were conducting search and reconnaissance deep in the west of the defense line. It is not enough to allow search teams and reconnaissance teams with dozens or even a dozen people to also be equipped with radio stations, so signal flares are more used to call the police.

A red signal flare means: Enemy troops at the company and battalion level have been found;

Two red signal flares indicate: brigade-level enemy troops are found;

Three red flares indicate: division-level enemy troops are found;

Four red flares indicate: Army-level enemy forces have been found.

When Zhong Song hissed, "A large number of enemy troops are coming! Prepare to fight", Hu Lian realized that the little noodle soup left in his lunch box had frozen into ice cubes.

Five minutes later, Hu Lian talked with Fu Zuoyi on the phone, and the two sides had a brief conversation like this:

"Report to the chief! A large number of Soviet troops are rushing towards our defense line! There will be a firefight soon!"

"A large amount? How many are there?"

"It's impossible to estimate, there are so many!"

"How much is 'extremely many'?"

Hu Lian thought for a while, and then answered Fu Zuoyi in this way: "The Soviet army is coming across a length of about [-] kilometers. On the horizon!"

Fu Zuoyi on the other end of the phone suddenly gasped.

Chapter 525 Big Avalanche (5)

Zhong Song tried to light a cigarette with slightly trembling hands, but at this moment, the wind was so heavy that he couldn't light a cigarette even though he was using a zippo windproof lighter imported from the United States. After 3 minutes of hard work, He gave up the idea of ​​smoking, put the cigarette directly into his mouth, and picked up the phone at the same time: "Hello! Head Cai, Head Peng!"

Cai Zhonghu, head of the 77st Heavy Artillery Regiment under the 1th Division, and Peng Mengji, head of the Independent 1st Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery Regiment, answered the phone: "Master seat! Please order!"

Zhong Song ordered: "Fire!"

The two regiment leaders were very surprised: "The enemy army hasn't arrived yet! We don't even know where the enemy army is! Where are we going to shoot? Should we contact the reconnaissance team in front and ask them to report the enemy's precise location to us by radio?" Position coordinates?"

Zhong Song's tone was urgent and severe: "It will be too late when the enemy army is in front of you! You use all the large-caliber artillery to shoot far away! Shoot as far as you can, the artillery is scattered, the artillery shells are fired in bursts, and incendiary bombs are used! "

Both Cai Zhonghu and Peng Mengji understood that Zhong Song asked them to shell, not to attack the Soviet army, but to set fire to it, because it was already dark at this time, and the wind and snow were howling, and the visibility was extremely low. Without seeing five fingers and no lighting, the officers and soldiers cannot see ten meters away (the snow has a certain reflection). If the officers and soldiers light a bonfire on the position, it is simply telling the Soviets, "We are here, fire here." , although the Nanjing Army is relatively rich, and the 77th Division is the richest unit in the Nanjing Army, but there are not so many flares that can be fired continuously, so Zhong Song asked the artillery to fire incendiary bombs far away, igniting the trees, Generate light, so that the officers and soldiers can see the Soviet army coming.

After figuring this out, Peng Mengji immediately led the self-propelled artillery regiment to prepare to fire, while Cai Zhonghu hesitated a bit, and replied to Zhong Song: "Master, this is a primeval forest, full of trees, although the snow is heavy, But the wind is also very strong, if too many incendiary bombs are fired, what if there is a forest fire?"

Zhong Song was furious: "You can't fucking burn your brows, shit is on your ass, and you still want to engage in environmental protection? Fire me!"

Cai Zhonghu, who was scolded, hurriedly ordered the heavy artillery regiment to prepare to fire.

The 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment has more than 180 artillery pieces, all of which have a caliber of 105mm and above. The firepower is extremely powerful. It can be said that the 105st Heavy Artillery Regiment is not far behind.

In order to prevent the artillery position from being exposed after firing, and then being suppressed by the firepower of the Soviet artillery group, the 1st Self-propelled Heavy Artillery Regiment was mainly responsible for firing.

Following Peng Mengji's order, the artillery positions behind the infantry and armored positions immediately flashed and thundered. It sprayed out in the night, and then quickly cut waves of flying fire meteors in mid-air, and finally landed in the vast forest about [-] kilometers away. When it rises, the ground shakes and the thunder rumbles in an instant.

The Japanese 240mm heavy howitzer can hit [-] kilometers away, and after the first wave of shells is fired, all the self-propelled heavy artillery gallops together and quickly changes their positions, because these heavy artillery are installed on the tank chassis .

Feixue walked between the ice, and the self-propelled heavy artillery "fired a cannon to change a place", and successfully blasted hundreds of shells into a strip of area [-] kilometers away and [-] kilometers wide.

The performance of these self-propelled heavy guns is still very good, especially the tank chassis.

As we all know, during World War II in the original history, German tanks were the best and Japanese tanks were the worst (it is estimated that they are not as good as Italian tanks), but Japanese tanks also have an advantage, such as the Japanese main tank Type 89 medium tank (it is said to be a medium tank, but actually It weighs only [-] or [-] tons, which is equal to the light tanks of Germany, Soviet Union, the United States and Britain). Although its performance is poor, this tank is the first tank in the world to use an air-cooled diesel engine. Mature. In addition, later generations know that diesel engines were better than gasoline engines for tanks during World War II, but Germany, which had the best tank technology, chose to use gasoline engines for tanks. This was because German gasoline engine technology was already very advanced It is mature, but the diesel engine technology is not very mature. Right now, due to Jiang Weiguo's "pointing the maze", German tank experts are seriously developing tank engines that use diesel according to Hitler's instructions. In addition, Germany, China, Japan and Italy have formed an alliance, so Germany Obtained Japanese tank diesel engine technology and improved it. Therefore, the No. [-], No. [-], and No. [-] tanks used by the German and Nanjing Army used gasoline engines, and No. [-] and No. [-] (Panther) used diesel engines. , It can also be regarded as one of the important contributions made by the Japanese to the Allied Powers.

On the defense line made of ditches and logs, the officers and soldiers of the 77th Division stared wide-eyed.

Twenty kilometers away, groups of fireballs were slowly burning, like a series of intermittent and crooked street lamps, hundreds in number, emitting flickering light diluted by the night, hundreds of incendiary bombs fired at the primitive Hundreds of fires exploded in the forest. Because the wind was too strong and there were a lot of snowflakes in the wind, those fireballs did not spread for a while, maintaining a balance that neither extinguished nor expanded.

Slowly, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army heard a roar that became more and more obvious and deeper. Some experienced veterans leaned over and put their ears on the permafrost under the snow to hear the roar more clearly. The soul-stirring sound: people, countless people, are moving over a huge area, and the footsteps that are extremely dense like raindrops converge into a roar that shakes mountains and mountains.

Along with the sound, what the officers and soldiers saw with their eyes was a more shocking picture: clouds of black smoke rose from the burning forest, and the black smoke was reflected by the fire, turning black and red, like a black cloth stained with blood. In the cold wind, it diffused, gathered, and pervaded, forming an upright curtain. Under the curtain, some large and small black line segments appeared. Soon, these line segments were connected with each other and became a line that filled the field of vision. The long line in the far left and the rightmost part of the field of vision seems to have a black border on the horizon, and the black border keeps approaching. Wherever it goes, the snow is completely submerged, like a roll of carpet is heading towards the Nanjing Army. The direction of is spread out, covering more and more land.

"It's really like an ocean wave... no, it's a tsunami... seawater with high tide..." Fang Xianjue, deputy brigade commander of the 78th Brigade, said in a daze.

"It's almost like a flash flood...a mudslide..." Wang Geng, the commander of the 79th Brigade, was stunned.

"A black avalanche..." Dai Anlan, deputy brigade commander of the 79th Brigade, subconsciously thought of this metaphor.

"Damn it! Why are there so many Soviets? Like locusts!" Zhong Song kept chewing the cigarette in his mouth.

If Jiang Weiguo was on the front line of Tara, he would definitely think of the later movie "Resident Evil" when he saw the huge crowd of Soviet soldiers, because the Soviet army in front of him was just like the army of zombies in the movie, there were countless and creepy , and the Soviet officers and soldiers, like zombies, seem to have no self-awareness, they are completely surrounded by the collective, and they move forward instinctively in a daze.

Jiang Weiguo said afterwards: "If God saw this crowd charge of the Soviet army, maybe he would not be shocked, because his first feeling was that he had a mass phobia!"

The officers and soldiers of the 77th Division are desperately lighting and smoking cigarettes to relieve their anxiety and tension, because there are too many Soviet troops, covering the sky and covering the mountains and plains, densely packed and mighty. The multi-kilometer front is like a galloping horse, sweeping towards the 70th Division's defense line.

In the battle area, there is only the sound of wind and footsteps, and there is no "Ula" slogan, because shouting slogans in the snowy night at minus [-] or [-] degrees is a waste of energy and will fill your mouth with wind, and you can't shout. , The shouting was also covered by the wind. In order to launch a sprint charge at close range, the Soviet army must maintain physical strength at long distances.