The wonderful use of air defense battalion

As the only way to Harbin to Jiamusi Yilan, the Soviet Far Eastern Army that had occupied Harbin had to pass by if it wanted to rescue the 50,000 Soviet Red Army trapped in Jiamusi.

Li Guosheng, the commander-in-chief of Jiamusi, who personally directed the decisive battle, knew very well how important Yilan was to him and the entire National Defense Force. The 19th Division of the National Defense Force, who had just completed the siege of 50,000 Russians in Jiamusi and won the first battle, had already rushed to Yilan under the command of the division commander Xiong Shaowen to build a steel defense line in Yilan to block all the Russian troops who wanted to reinforce Yilan.

Five hours ago, Zhang Guoqiang, chief of staff of the 19th Division, personally commanded the 55th National Defense Forces Regiment, which was completely lightly advanced, broke the tranquility of the small town of Yilan, and built civil fortifications on a ridge about five kilometers away from Yilan.

After baptism in Jiamusi, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang's evaluation of the Soviet army was in total four words, that is, "strong outside and strong at the same time". In Zhang Guoqiang's eyes, the Soviet Red Army looked very powerful on the surface. However, this strength is only reflected in the fact that he has an absolute advantage. Once he loses his advantage and falls into a disadvantage, this strength will disappear...

Just like the just-concluded Jiamusi siege, the Soviet Red Army, with the advantage of military strength, could not have been an opponent of the National Defense Forces equipped with heavy weapons such as cannons and tanks after losing heavy weapons such as heavy weapons. Under the attack of the National Defense Force, they could not organize any meaningful counterattack except for fleeing in a panic.

Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang all had this idea, not to mention the ordinary officers and soldiers who had just won a victory.

Looking around, the entire 55th regiment was filled with a sense of arrogance from top to bottom.

Chief of Staff of the 55th Regiment of the National Defense Forces. As the former battalion commander of the first main battalion of the Ninth Army, he was very aware of the strong combat effectiveness of the heavy mechanized troops on the battlefield. Because of this, he did not take the offensive battle in Jiamusi seriously.

If you have absolute firepower advantages, equipment advantages, or even local force advantages, if you are responsible for the attack, if you cannot win, then it would be a real waste to get such good equipment from the National Defense Forces on the 19th Division.

Therefore, Zeng Zhiyuan, as the chief of staff of the first regiment, did not take it too seriously. In Zeng Zhiyuan's words, the only gain of the battle last night was not how much result it achieved, but to let the Sichuan Army soldiers who had just left the customs to recognize the Soviet Far Eastern Red Army and not be afraid of the Russians on the battlefield. At the same time, they also allowed their subordinates to quickly understand the combat mode of the National Defense Forces and the advanced equipment in their hands through actual combat.

However, the upcoming blocking war in front of him was not so lucky for the newly formed 19th Division of the National Defense Forces. According to the intelligence sent by the special forces division before departure, the main force of the Soviet Red Army responsible for sending troops to reinforce Jiamusi not only included three infantry divisions, two heavy artillery brigades, but also an armored division with more than 300 various tanks and armored vehicles.

Such a powerful heavy mechanized unit is definitely not comparable to that of light infantry.

Thinking of the enemy he was about to face, thinking of the arrogant enemy emotions that were currently spread in the army, a look of worry slowly emerged on the face of Chief Zeng Zhiyuan.

At this moment, a battalion commander, who was the same as himself, walked towards him quickly with an anxious look on his face. Seeing Zeng Zhiyuan's face, the battalion commander quickly reported: "Chief of Staff, there are some emotions in the army. The trenches dug by the army cannot withstand the attack of heavy artillery by the Russians. In addition, the gang did not send troops to the front to build corresponding anti-tank fortifications. I am worried that the brothers will suffer a great loss in the next battle..."

Zeng Zhiyuan nodded without comment and replied: "I can see it too. In this way, you go back immediately and first urge your second battalion to build and improve the blocking position to ensure that each infantry platoon has an anti-aircraft hole that can be used to avoid artillery fire. I will immediately find the other two battalions and let the staff coordinate. It is necessary to adjust the emotions of the brothers in a short period of time and treat the upcoming blocking battle with caution.

Yilan Frontier Command, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang, was studying the combat map with a high spirit, and was completely unaware that the entire army was moving towards crisis step by step under its own influence and leadership.

Zeng Zhiyuan, the chief of staff of the 55th Regiment, reminded with a tactful look: "I don't know if you are a Buddhist, you have studied the medium-sized tank equipped by our defense force. How effective is this tank..."

Although I didn't know the reason why Zeng Zhiyuan asked this question, thinking that he saw the entire car body completely wrapped in steel plates in the Jiamusi battlefield, which emitted a chill and a long cannon barrel stretched out. Zhang Guoqiang subconsciously showed a shocking expression on his face. He replied to Zeng Zhiyuan.

"Of course I've seen it... As for the combat effectiveness of medium-sized tanks, I haven't seen it with my own eyes. However, based on the appearance of the entire tank body, I can feel that as long as the number of such tanks reaches a certain level, it can break through all blocking positions that infantry cannot break through..."

A meaningful smile quickly appeared on Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan's face. With Zhang Guoqiang's confused eyes, Zeng Zhiyuan continued to ask: "Then.....Seat, if there are a hundred such tanks, we will attack the blocking position we are currently building, can our 55th Regiment block the enemy's attack with its flesh and blood..."

"One hundred tanks, Chief of Staff Zeng, what are you kidding? How could the enemy have one hundred tanks..." Hearing this, Zeng Zhiyuan suddenly understood why Zhang Guoqiang, who was cautious a few days ago, made such a mistake of underestimating the enemy at this moment. It turned out that since the victory of the Jiamusi battlefield, Zhang Guoqiang has looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Russians from the bottom of his heart. Faced with the information forwarded by the special forces division, Zhang Guoqiang did not go to browse it seriously.

At this moment, Zhang Guoqiang only knew that the total strength of the Soviet Union's Russian troops that were about to attack him in a day had reached an astonishing 50,000. He was completely unsure of what kind of troops these 50,000 people were divided into and how many heavy weapons configurations were...

Thinking of this, Zeng Zhiyuan's face gradually became serious. He said to Zhang Guoqiang with a heavy tone: "Seat. You should take a look carefully. This is the specific force configuration of the 50,000 Russian troops. The Russians who came to attack ours this time not only had three infantry divisions, but also two heavy artillery brigades and one armored division..."

"According to the special combat division's reconnaissance, 50,000 Russians equipped with a total of about 250 heavy artillery pieces with caliber of more than 100 mm, a total of 150 medium tanks, a total of 200 light tanks and armored vehicles..."

Zhang Guoqiang's face was still full of energy just now, and was replaced by solemnity at the first time. After a brief contemplation, he spoke: "Chief Zeng, are you wrong... How could these 50,000 Russians be equipped with such a large number of heavy weapons? However, the Russian Russians in Jiamusi did not even see a large caliber heavy artillery."

With Zhang Guoqiang's confused eyes, Zeng Zhiyuan only took half a minute to explain the whole story of how the Special Forces Division forced the Soviet Red Army of Jiamusi to give up all its heavy weapons. Then, Zhang Guoqiang's face showed a look of glory for surviving the disaster, and asked Zeng Zhiyuan with a lucky look.

"In other words, our 19th Division has picked up the advantage of the Special Forces Division on the Jiamusi battlefield. On the Jiamusi battlefield, what we encountered was at most a low morale and an old light infantry with no heavy weapons. And the blocking battle in front of us is the real elite of the Soviet Far Eastern Red Army..."

"Yes, I'll sit down..." Zeng Zhiyuan nodded without comment.

Hearing this, Zhang Guoqiang's solemn expression just now, and at this moment, he turned pale due to concern. In his military history, it was the first time he encountered large-scale tanks and heavy artillery battles. The power of large-scale heavy artillery was on the battlefield of Jiamusi just now. Zhang Guoqiang had already experienced his own experience. Although he was worried, he did not feel afraid.

However, Zhang Guoqiang not only hasn't experienced the attack on large-scale tank troops, but he hasn't even seen it. The only thing he knows about this is the little he saw in the textbooks of the National Defense Forces Military Academy in a few days.

So, a serious problem was suddenly placed in front of Zhang Guoqiang: "How should I use infantry to fight tanks? With the line of defense in front of me, I will block the attack of so many tanks..."

"What should I do, how to block the attack of the Russians..." Zhang Guoqiang, who was standing in front of the map, couldn't help but murmur. At the same time, beads of sweat were already flowing out of his pale forehead due to tension.

At this moment, Zeng Zhiyuan, who had been standing in front of him with a calm expression, suddenly flashed into his vision. His eyes lit up and he asked Zeng Zhiyuan with anticipation: "Lao Zeng, you are from the Ninth Army and you must have a lot of knowledge about large-scale tank cluster attacks. Tell me, how should we defend our positions and block the tank cluster attacks that the Russians might launch..."

Zeng Zhiyuan nodded and replied: "Associate, what I know is only from the National Defense Forces Military Academy... If you want to block the attack of the Russian tanks, you must start from two aspects. On the one hand, strengthen the position and build a large number of anti-tank fortifications in front of the position, so that the Russian tanks cannot easily approach our blocking position."

"On the other hand, increase the configuration of anti-tank weapons in the army. Through anti-tank weapons, destroy all the old Russian tanks that dare to attack us on the battlefield..."

Seeing Zeng Zhiyuan with a strong face in front of him, Zhang Guoqiang's pale face finally turned bloody. After a brief thought, he decisively opened his order and said, "Okay, Lao Zeng, looking at our entire regiment, you only have this experience. Now I decided to hand over the command of the entire regiment to you, lead the brothers to build positions, and make full preparations for the next blocking battle."

The construction of anti-tank fortifications is not unfamiliar to Zeng Zhiyuan, who was originally from the Ninth Army. Because Li Guosheng, who came from later generations, knew very well the great role of perfect civil fortifications in the entire World War II process. Therefore, since Li Guosheng began to lead the first army, he attached great importance to the civil engineering operations of the troops and required commanders at the platoon level or above to understand all civil fortifications and to learn to build civil fortifications.

The previous problem is easy to solve. If you add a sufficient number of anti-tank weapons to the troops, it is not something that Zeng Zhiyuan, a regiment chief of staff, can decide.

According to Zeng Zhiyuan's understanding through textbooks, the most effective weapon against tanks is undoubtedly the 37mm caliber anti-tank gun that has begun to be equipped in a small number of units in the national army. However, this weapon is not common in the National Defense Forces.

In the words of Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, although anti-tank guns are very powerful in anti-tanks, they are rarely touched on the Chinese battlefield. Even if some tanks can be encountered during combat against the Japanese army, this evil tank can easily destroy them with only a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun... In this case, a large number of anti-tank guns that do not have much other functions will be invisibly useless.

However, everything is unexpected. Faced with the large-scale tank cluster equipped by the Soviet Red Army, Zeng Zhiyuan suddenly discovered that anti-tank guns, which seemed to be in the eyes of the National Defense Force, had become the weapon he wanted to equip most.

"Without anti-tank guns, can we block the Russian tank cluster with the light machine guns in our hands..." Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan said to himself.

However, just as his voice fell, a smile full of self-deprecating immediately appeared on Zeng Zhiyuan's face.

Because although the large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by their own troops are powerful, they are tantamount to using bullets to itch the other party when dealing with medium-sized tanks with armor thicknesses exceeding 20 mm...

After carefully clearing all the weapons equipped by the troops in my mind, Zeng Zhiyuan had to admit a fact. With the existing strength of the 55th Regiment, it was impossible to stop the Russian offensive troops equipped with a large number of heavy artillery and tanks.

As a last resort, Zeng Zhiyuan had to send a telegram to Commander Xiong Shaowen who was on the way. Commander Xiong Shaowen, who also did not have an anti-tank gun in his hand. After a brief contemplation, he forwarded the original text of the telegram to Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, who was still located at the Jiamusi Field Airport.

"What a mistake... I didn't equip my brothers with anti-tank guns. How could I forget that such an important thing as letting the arsenal produce rocket launchers..." After reading the telegram sent by Zeng Zhiyuan, Li Guosheng said with pain.

Because, after reading the telegram, Li Guosheng seemed to have seen the tragic scene of heavy losses due to the lack of anti-tank weapons in the Soviet Red Army's superior artillery and tank attacks.

After a brief shock, he quickly turned his eyes to Yilan's position on the sand table, and asked a staff officer in front of him: "Staff Officer Wang, Special Forces Division, has there been reports, how long will the Russian reinforcements be able to contact the 55th Regiment..."

"Because the ground is covered with snow and very muddy all year round, there will be twelve hours left before the reinforcements of the Soviet Red Army will arrive at Yilan and launch an attack on the 19th Division that defended Yilan..." The combat staff who quickly dug out a telegram and quickly reported it.

"Twelve hours are the arsenal working overtime to carry out the rush, and it's too late to go..." Li Guosheng shook his head and said negatively.

At this moment, the combat staff who had just answered suddenly spoke: "Report to the General Officer, according to the report of the Special Forces Division, this Soviet Red Army is equipped with a large number of heavy weapons. If we can seriously damage this section of the road, the time when the Soviet Red Army arrived in Yilan might be able to delay for more than twenty hours..."

"Twenty hours..." Li Guosheng thought secretly.

Although I have drawings for producing individual bazooka, even so, it will take more than ten hours to shape and produce them. Then, according to the samples, it will take more than ten hours to produce them. Then, according to the samples, it will take more than ten hours to be quickly airlifted to Jiamusi. In other words, even if I order the Arsenal Group to produce individual bazooka, it will take at least twenty-five to thirty hours to be delivered to the battlefield for use by the troops.

"If the Russian marching can be delayed for twenty hours and then find a way to make the troops last for five to ten hours, these individual rocket launchers can be sent to the battlefield and give the Soviet Red Army tank troops a fatal blow... But how can we make the troops last for five to ten hours under the attack of the Soviet Red Army tank troops?" Li Guosheng said to himself.

Immediately, I fell into deep thought and began to think about various classic battle examples that can be used to deal with tanks in later generations.

Not to mention, in less than a minute, Li Guosheng really thought of a solution...

"Put the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to level the fire... The super-fire magic armor-piercing projectiles of the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns can definitely easily penetrate the frontal armor of the Soviet Red Army medium tanks..." Li Guosheng, who looked excited and happy, said to himself.

He did what he said, and several different telegrams were quickly transmitted through radio waves to Xiong Shaowen, the commander of the 19th Division, and the commander of the Jiamusi Temporary Field Airport Air Defense Corps...

"Is this OK to use anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns from the Air Defense Regiment to attack the old Russian tanks..." The command center of the 19th Division of Yilan, facing the hurried division commander Xiong Shaowen, asked the telegram that completely subverted his thoughts. Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang asked with confusion.

When the division commander Xiong Shaowen first saw this telegram, he was also full of doubts. However, after thinking about the case where large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns could easily penetrate Japanese light tanks on the battlefield against Japan, this doubt was immediately replaced by firmly. He said to Zhang Guoqiang with a confident look: "Old Zhang, you will know if it is possible or not on the battlefield. However, I believe in the judgment of the commander-in-chief, because the commander-in-chief has never disappointed us... When passing the order, when the troops build trenches, be careful to reserve a launch position for anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns..."
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