Babrov is a small town adjacent to the Amur Bay in the Russian Far East. When the Japanese-Soviet War broke out, there were less than a hundred residents here. A few months ago, the Japanese army surrounded Shuangchengzi and advanced to Vladivostok. Although Balabash was still far beyond the range of the Japanese artillery, the atmosphere of war had already enveloped this peaceful and beautiful town. This time, the Japanese army launched a large-scale counterattack by sea and land. They quickly won the Battle of Qingjin, surrounded tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and annihilated most of them, and then entered the Russian Far East again. When the Japanese joint fleet arrived in the southern waters of Peter the Great Bay, the 7th Division, which served as the Japanese vanguard, entered the Russian territory for dozens of kilometers. Babrov thus became the frontier area for the Soviet army to gather defense...

"Yes, that's right! That's the Vickers-40, manufactured by the Ryder Vickers factory in Scotland. The Scottish military calls the 'St Andrew' chariot. According to the information we have, the combat weight of this chariot is about 32 tons, equipped with a 17-pound cannon with a long tube. The thickest part of the front armor may reach 70 mm, the thinnest part is 40-50 mm, and the off-road speed is about 30 kilometers per hour. The main performance should not be worse than your C-35."

South of Babrov, Captain Eden Hendrik from Ireland introduced the Soviet officers beside him about the enemy tanks he observed through a telescope. This active-duty officer of the Irish Army is a military observer sent by the Kingdom of Ireland. With the approval of the Soviet military, he came to the front line of combat in the Russian Far Eastern War Zone. His mission is to observe and record the fighting situation between the two sides and evaluate the combat performance of Irish aided equipment.

Standing next to Captain Hendrik was a staff officer at the Marshal Tukhachevsky Military Region Command. He was burly and about forty years old and was wearing the gold medal of merit obtained from fighting in the Caucasus and Persia.

"Sure enough... Captain, judging from the information you have, how many Vix-40? 200? 300? 500?" The Soviet staff officer asked in a muffled voice.

The Irish Captain shrugged: "Sorry, I can't get access to such information with my position. If you want to know the conclusive data, it is recommended to take a higher level route and there may be a satisfactory reply."

The Soviet staff officer nodded and continued to focus on the battlefield. In front of his sight, about two regiments of Japanese infantry were attacking the positions of the Soviet army under the cover of thirty or forty tanks. There were less than ten of these tanks, namely the distinctive Vix-40s, and the rest were common Type 97 and Type 94, facing the Soviet army's chariot guns and anti-chariot guns. Their performance was always unsatisfactory.

After a moment, another Soviet officer who used the artillery mirror to observe told the correspondents: "Send a report to our support fleet, the enemy's coordinate is 102-094-056, and request a round of artillery fire support!"

The communications soldier carried out the order without hesitation. About five minutes later, the sound of artillery shells burst into the air sounded on the battlefield. Then, the ground trembled with a violent explosion, but lasted for less than three minutes.

When the smoke in his sight spread a little, Captain Hendrick shook his head with regret, while the Soviet staff officer beside him frowned directly.

The officer who calculated the coordinates of the artillery was not very good. After re-measurement, he ordered the correspondents: "Please support the fleet to re-tune the parameters and cover the coordinates 102-093-055 with the landing point of the artillery fire just now 500 meters eastward."

A few minutes later, another round of artillery fire came from the sea, but the shelling effect was still not ideal. In fact, Babrov was not a coastal town, it was about 5 kilometers away from the nearest coastline. The support fleet sent from Vladivostok was obviously afraid of the deterrence of Japanese ships and carrier-based aircraft. It did not drive to the waters near Babrov, but cruised in the bay about 16 kilometers away. While supporting land operations, it was ready to retreat into Amur Bay at any time.

Furthermore, the largest ships sent to support army operations are destroyers. Compared with long-distance fire cover, they are better at direct aiming and lightning strikes and sea lightning strikes. It is tantamount to asking warriors to do embroidery work...

The two rounds of rapid shooting of Soviet ships caused some obstacles to the Japanese troops that were put into the attack. However, the Japanese army was able to eliminate the Soviet troops that invaded the northern part of the Korean Peninsula in less than half a month, relying on the traditional sea of ​​people and sea tactics. There were both strong support from naval artillery fire and powerful assault from the land forces, as well as the close cooperation and precise bombing of bombers. Although the Japanese troops on the ground were blocked from the attack, not long after, a group of black spots appeared in the south sky. Seeing this scene, everyone in the Soviet observation post was tense.

The Soviet staff officer said hatefully: "The first-style land attack type B. The fast bomber introduced by the Japanese Army from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1941 was better than that of the German Ju-33. It is said that 400 were manufactured by the Phoenix factory in Austria and 800 were manufactured by Japan's Mitsubishi and Nakajima. The large number of bombers appeared can cause us a lot of trouble!"

Captain Hendrick from Ireland turned his head and looked at him: "The Phoenix 37 bomber you mentioned was at least four years later than the Juncker 33, and it is a twin-engine bomber. It is not surprising that it has advantages in all performance. In fact, in terms of the strength of European countries' aviation industry, Austria ranks behind Germany, Ireland and Italy. The aircraft they designed and manufactured are rarely first-class. The Phoenix 37 is their most outstanding work in recent years."

"So the sanctions of the League of Nations are simply a bluff. If you have a few members of the board of directors really have the determination to stop the military transaction between the two countries of Italy and Austria and Japan?"

Captain Hendrick smiled casually: "International issues are something that big men worry about. A small army captain like me doesn't need to care so much."

The Soviet staff officer snorted coldly, not expressing his dissatisfaction with the Irish captain's perfunctory behavior. Ireland's national strength has flourished over the years, but it is only a small European country with a population of less than 10 million. The rulings focus on building a solid social foundation and developing economic and trade, deliberately suppressing the development of their own military equipment. In addition, the government and the people have a peaceful mind, so their influence and voice on the international stage are very limited. Whether to put pressure on countries that violate the decision of the League of Nations mainly depends on the attitude of the Germans.

After all, this is a real world where interests are paramount!

In a blink of an eye, dozens of Japanese bombers flew to the battlefield under the cover of a group of fighters. In addition to its excellent flight performance, the one-level land attack type B, which has a strong European style, is also equipped with European first-class Eagle bombing sights. The accuracy of horizontal bombing has been greatly improved compared to the past. In the case of insufficient ground air defense firepower, this fast bomber is also suitable for small-angle bombing and horizontal strafing, which is effective.

Very strong ground suppression weapons. In this time, the aviation troops in the Russian Far East War Zone were exhausted from dealing with the naval and air offensive of the Japanese joint fleet. They rarely intercepted the combat aircraft sent by the Japanese Army Air Force as long as they did not fly to the Vladivostok fortress port for bombing. As a result, these Japanese fighter jets bombed the Soviet positions around Babrov, and their killing and damage to the defenders were obviously more efficient than the soft and weak artillery bombardment of the Soviet support fleet.

Under the continuous attacks of Japanese army and air forces, two brigades of the Soviet army stood in Babrov for only 30 hours before retreating. Babrov, Balabash, Philipvka, Zanadevzłovka, Karatsovka, these villages and towns were far away from Vladivostok across Amur Bay, and the straight-line distance between them and Vladivostok was no more than 50 kilometers. The Soviet army attacked the Korean Peninsula south, and they were land supply stations for the Soviet army. When the Japanese army launched a large counterattack, they became the frontier positions for the Soviet army to defend Vladivostok. Without these towns, the Soviet army had to rely on them.

The Wono Naddiskoye defense line at the northern end of the Mur Peninsula is used to defend. Once the Japanese troops heading north arrive at this line of defense, it means that the land connection between Vladivostok and the outside world has been cut off. The combat situation seems bad. However, the huge Amur Peninsula has assembled more than 200,000 Soviet troops. Although there are tens of thousands of wounded and sick people who have not yet retreated, under the command of Soviet meritorious marshal Tukhachevsky, this is still a reusable combat force. As long as they rely on the Amur Peninsula and Vladivostok to continuously consume Japanese troops, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops gathered on the front line of the Middle East Railway will have the opportunity to bring in a big dumpling for the Japanese.

The Japanese were determined to win, and the Russians united, and the two armies confronted each other and the confrontation was fierce. However, on August 22, the sound of gunfire on the battlefield stopped completely. This was not because the two sides intended to cease war, but because Emperor William II, who had ruled the German Empire for more than half a century, passed away. At the call of the German royal family and the government, Japan and the Soviet Union jointly cease war for two days to express their condolences.
Chapter completed!