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Text Chapter 857 Sun Chuanfang¡¯s left hook

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    At 12 noon on April 3, 8 Type 25 tanks and 5 Hound armored vehicles arrived in the south of Bukhara.  The enemy that suddenly appeared in front of them surprised the Soviet 255th Infantry Division stationed here, because it was 230 kilometers away from the main battlefield in the east, and it was surrounded by desert and lacked occupation value.  So at first the division commander Kaski judged it to be a small force, but when he deployed the defense line, a complete armored regiment let him know why the opponent was here.  Because this is the end of the Turkestan Mountains, although it is far away from the central battlefield, if the opponent breaks into Navoi behind him, he can successfully cross the mountain chasm and form a left hook against Samarkand.

    But he wasn¡¯t too worried, because he already had a new trump card, which were the 6 Zis57 anti-tank guns that were urgently transported from Moscow before the Urgench railway was cut off, and the 6 latest T34/57 tanks.  Kafsky, who graduated from the Frunze Academy, was different from most Soviet generals who loved offense. He was very good at defense, so he immediately deployed six anti-tank guns in accordance with the armored breakthrough and infantry clearing tactics that the Wehrmacht was best at.  In the villages on the left and right wings, the T34/57 were then deployed in the blind spots in the city, covered with hay and camouflage, and then the remaining T26 were placed in front, trying to use the sacrifice of the T26 to lure the opponent into the ambush circle of the powerful 57-gun.  Finally, he placed the main infantry on the second line in the east of the city, so that when the enemy tanks rushed in, he could use the new tanks as arrows to catch the opponent off guard before throwing in the infantry.

    Opposite him, Ji Ming is different. The creed of the Wehrmacht Armored Division is to attack, to attack continuously.  If the 10th Armored Division and the 106th Infantry Division hadn't been marching for 10 consecutive hours and were already exhausted, Du Yuming's character would have directly flooded this small town with two divisions.  Therefore, Ji Ming's tactics were very simple. Two tank battalions made a pincer attack from the left and right to mobilize defensive forces, and the remaining three battalions covered the infantry for the main attack.  "Listen up! I know it's hard for everyone on the road. But because of the hard work, we need to rest, so we must capture Bukhara and seize the water source as soon as possible! Do you understand?" As Ji Ming prepares for mobilization before the war, he targets Samar  Han's left hook finally came out.

    "Fire!"

    Following Ji Ming¡¯s order, eight 85mm field howitzers took the lead in launching an artillery bombardment.  This lightweight field howitzer has replaced the old 70-mm infantry gun and 75-mm field gun and has become the standard weapon of the National Defense Forces.  Although the caliber is only increased by ten millimeters, the projectile power is 20% greater than that of the 75 gun.  Under the rumbling, rumbling artillery fire, only ten square kilometers of smoke billowed in the small town. The simple mud buildings continued to collapse, and from time to time Soviet soldiers who did not hide were killed.  Soon, 4 122mm howitzers and 10 76mm field guns deployed by Kaski behind began to return fire.  Cannonballs come and go, destroying the surface between the two sides.

    "Assault! Assault! Infantry follow!"

    The two armored battalions took the lead in breaking out of the covering hills. The 81 31 tanks split into two lines, crushing billowing dust on the sand and rushing towards the east and west sides of the city.  "Don't be anxious! Hold still and wait for the tank regiment to lure them over." Seeing the tanks dispatched, Kaski shouted excitedly into the phone. After stabilizing the anti-tank artillery position, he ordered the tank regiment's T26 to attack.

    After experiencing the chaos in the early stages of the war, the Soviet army has realized that there is a big gap between the weapons in its hands and its opponents.  No one thinks that the T26 can deal with several times the Type 31 tank.  Therefore, the Soviet tank soldiers knew their job very well, which was to lure their opponents to the anti-tank positions next to the village.  "Boom, boom, boom." The open sand became the best place for tank battles. The two tank battalions attacking the two wings cooperated very well. When they saw the T26, they immediately separated a company to stop and fire.  The remaining tank companies accelerated their pursuit to avoid slowing down due to artillery fire.  The design took into account the needs of future wars. Although the Type 31 tanks with margins have gradually given way to the Type 36, it does not mean that they have fallen behind.  Quite the opposite.  Even now they can still dominate the world, and even Britain and the United States have expressed their intention to buy them in bulk many times.

    With ample margin design ideas, the l56/70mm rifled gun is full of power.  Once it appeared, it led the world's long barrel revolution in tank guns.  Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and even the United States and Japan began to lengthen the barrels of new tanks to increase their power.  The rifled gun, which was powerful enough to penetrate the T34, and with the cooperation of the gunner's periscope, quickly destroyed 7 T26s. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining T26s immediately accelerated and fled towards the village.  "The gunners are in position! Prepare armor-piercing shells." Seeing the tank attracting the opponent, Captain Amov of the anti-tank company immediately gave an order loudly: "Aim due south, 1,500 meters away, reload. Machine guns pay attention to the escaping enemies."

    Under Amov¡¯s order, three slender 57mm gun barrels quietly poked out from behind the mud house.  The Zis2/57mm anti-tank gun is a forced weapon. The Soviet Union learned the hard way from its poor anti-tank methods in the Battle of Ahvaz and the Battle of East Kazakhstan. Even though they knew that this kind of gun was difficult to process, the breech of 30 rounds would be  Due to the wear and tear, the accuracy has decreased, the 40-round shells have rotated, and other disadvantages, but we still grit our teeth and concentrate on the few precision manufacturing capabilities in the country toThe 100-gun speed armed force in October was just to stop the powerful sea of ??Type 31 and Type 36 tanks before the new tanks appeared.  Although it has just been equipped, Captain Amov is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of this gun. After using the 76mm shell's launching cartridge, it can produce a muzzle velocity of 1000 meters per second, which is enough to ensure the penetration of 107mm/35 at a distance of 1000 meters.  degree of homogeneous steel plate.  However, to be on the safe side, he did not attack rashly and still chose to continue to close the distance.

    Boom!  Only after another T26 was caught up and exploded not far away did Amov order the attack.  "Boom, boom, boom!" Three armor-piercing projectiles made of hard high-carbon steel exchanged from Germany suddenly hit three unsuspecting 31 tanks 650 meters away.  At this distance, the penetration depth of the 57 gun is as high as 130 mm, which is far beyond the frontal protection level of the 31 tank, so two of the three tanks suddenly emitted black smoke, and the remaining one was hit by the side transmission and stopped.  .

    After winning the first battle, Amov was immediately confident and immediately pointed the muzzle at the tank behind him.  "Boom, boom, boom!" The anti-tank company was extremely fast. Less than ten seconds after destroying three 31s, the second round of shells was fired.  Although two rounds missed this time due to short aiming time, one shot still hit the turret of the 31 tank.  The scattering flow formed after the shell penetrated the armor directly killed the gunner and loader.  "Anti-tank guns! Everyone reverse. Pay attention to the search!" Four tanks were destroyed in just two consecutive rounds. This was something that had never happened since the war began. Company commander Chang Gui immediately realized that he had been hit by new anti-tank weapons.  attack.  After more than two years of training in the mountains of Afghanistan, although the officers and soldiers of the 10th Armored Division have almost changed, the combat effectiveness and adaptability of the unit are very fast, even better than those of the ace armored divisions in the front, so tanks  The company immediately changed from advancing to retreating, and the tank soldiers used various means to search for the mysterious enemy.

    Seeing that his opponent was about to run away, Amov was unwilling to let go of such a good opportunity, so he gritted his teeth and ordered the ammunition hand to move first.  Lead the anti-tank gun yourself to fight another round.  But it was this round that completely exposed Sanmenzis2/57.  The moment three shells rushed out of the muzzle, at least three 31 tanks caught the muzzle flames.  Although one vehicle was still destroyed, the remaining seven vehicles of the tank company transferred all their muzzles.  "Grenade! Fire at full speed! Kill them!" Chang Gui, furious, shouted a concentrated fire attack. Seven tank guns used grenades and fired continuously in Amov's direction, constantly knocking down the building.  A moment later, the two tank companies trailing behind also caught up. After learning of the situation, the battalion commander ordered everyone to open fire and put in infantry to find this new anti-tank gun.

    News that the left and right wings were suddenly attacked by new anti-tank weapons quickly reached Ji Ming's ears.  He also immediately gave up the tactic of tanks covering the infantry. Instead, he used the infantry lead tactic to protect the armored battalion as it went deeper.  This change caught Kaski off guard.  Because since the beginning of the war, the offensive tactics of the National Defense Forces have always been that the air force takes the lead, the armored forces break through, and the infantry finally follows up and clears up.  Now it's suddenly disrupted.  It made him very uncomfortable.

    After Du Yuming and Lin Xunnan at the back of the company learned the news, they also realized that there were extremely valuable things hidden in the small town that was originally just a circuitous plank road, so they immediately sent a complete infantry regiment by truck to participate in the attack.  "Fire. Suppress fire!" He lost more than a dozen tanks in one attack, which made Ji Ming's eyes red. He stood on the tank with cold eyes and directed the tank guns to continuously bombard Bukhara.  Under the cover of fierce firepower, the infantry, which was increased to five battalions, took on the main offensive task. Covered by 60 and 80 mm mortars, the infantry continued to advance alternately, and machine gun bullets rained down on the enemy.

    The Soviet army's defense was very tenacious, constantly using buildings and various bunkers to block the Wehrmacht's progress, but Kaski's formation and lagging response caused the troops to suffer a lot.  Since most of the infantry were placed on the second line east of the city, when Ji Ming changed his tactics and let the infantry take the lead, the Soviet infantry who had just taken cover had to crawl out of the trenches and bunkers, exposing themselves to the superior firepower of the 10th Armored Division.  Down.

    "Three o'clock, step 873. There is a T34 behind the earth wall! Machine gun, aim at the earth wall to guide the artillery!" A platoon leader who discovered T34/57 ran back under the cover of the machine gun and shouted to the individual radio station  No matter how many steps he ran, he used the simplest way to alert the tank following him.  After hearing the specific information needed, he dropped the microphone and directed the machine gun to aim at the hidden information of T34.  After the two H32 general-purpose machine guns fired a trail of dust on the earth wall, the gunner immediately aimed at the direction where the bullets were aimed, and decisively selected the distributed high-speed tungsten bullets.  "Boom!" Although the 1935-style L56/70mm rifled gun is not as good as the Zis2/57, it can still penetrate the 100mm/30-degree homogeneous steel plate within 1000 meters. When using high-speed tungsten bullets, the penetration depth can reach 110mm.  /30 degrees.  Therefore, the high-speed tungsten bullet easily penetrated the earth wall, and then rushed into the ammunition compartment from the side under the tail of the T34 turret.  After a loud boom, the detonated shells not only lifted off the entire earth wall, but also lifted the T34 turret directly up to a height of more than ten meters.

    The infantry lead tactics were effective, and six vehicles were hidden by Kaski in preparation.The T34/57 of the Qi soldiers did not work at all. They only destroyed two 31 tanks and were surrounded and killed by a larger tank battalion led by the infantry.  Seeing that his trump card was destroyed, Kaski had no choice but to order all the infantry to attack, trying to fight a bad urban battle.  The sound of Ula'ula's charge resounded through the small town, and the small place instantly turned into a bloody hell. Soldiers from both sides surrounded the earthen walls and buildings and strangled them repeatedly, with corpses scattered everywhere.  Although the number of the National Defense Forces is small, their firepower is more dominant. The HJ32 machine gun is more powerful than the DP. Each squad is issued with grenade guns and submachine guns. The battalion level is even issued with four 84mm recoilless rifles. Even as individual weapons,  The h32 semi-automatic rifle with a 10-round magazine is also faster than the Soviet Mosingana hand-operated bolt.

    Facing the Wehrmacht forces surrounding them from three sides, Kaski had to lead more than a thousand remaining soldiers to withdraw from the battle by 5 p.m.  A second-line infantry division blocked the opponent's four-hour fierce attack by an armored regiment and an infantry regiment, and destroyed 21 Type 31 tanks. It was considered to have overfulfilled the task, but this success was eclipsed by a strategic failure.  Losing Bukharin meant a huge hole to the west of Samarkand.  On the contrary, after realizing that the new anti-tank gun could cause fatal damage to the Type 31 tank, Du Yuming reacted faster, decisively shortened the rest time, and with a continuous left hook, he occupied Navo, 70 kilometers away, in the early morning of the next day.  Yi, completely opened the road to Samarkand.

    "Great! Sun Chuanfang has been holding back in Afghanistan for two years, and finally he can have a good fight. This left hook is good!" In Shymkent's Tashkent battle frontline headquarters, Du Yuming defeated Bukharin and Na  After Wo Yi, Xu Shuzheng also shouted several times excitedly.  Even Dai Jintang and his staff were very happy, because the road from Bukharin and Navoi to Samarkand was smooth and there was no danger at all.

    "With Navoy captured, the west of Samarkand is open. With Xie Ruyi and Sun Chuanfang's 15 main divisions attacking from the north and the south, Samarkand is basically certain." Yue Peng, who stayed to inspect, also nodded and picked up his teacup.  He moved his hands and looked around in a circle before landing on Tashkent: "Looking at this place now, this turtle shell is really nerve-wracking."

    Seeing his worried look, Xu Shuzheng comforted him: "Don't worry. After Samarkand is eaten, Apanashenko's final retreat route is also cut off, leaving only a turtle formation, which can still fly into the sky.  Can you go?" Yue Peng nodded after hearing this, thinking of the new anti-tank gun reported by Du Yuming, and said with concern: "By the way, the new anti-tank gun Du Yuming mentioned should be sent to Zhengzhou immediately. I will arrange for manpower to test it and see.  What new thing did Stalin come up with?"

    "Don't worry, I've already arranged a flight." After Xu Shuzheng finished speaking, and just as he was about to continue arranging reinforcements for Du Yuming to expand the power of his left hook, the communications staff hurried in.  After saluting him and Yue Peng, he reported: "Report, urgent call from Beijing. Ask the Chief of General Staff and Commander Xu to go back for a meeting immediately."

    "Oh? What happened?"

    "Reporting to the Chief of General Staff, I just received news that the German troops have landed in Norway!" (To be continued)
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