Pressure of the Soviet Far East Army

"Dudu...Dudu..." A string of sharp whistles sounded at an air defense position at the Jiamusi Temporary Field Airport. Hundreds of soldiers distributed throughout the position, like hunters who discovered prey, quickly drilled out of the position and gathered at the location where the whistle sounded.

Soon, a phalanx of infantry with more than 300 people was assembled.

The battalion commander of the first battalion of the Jiamusi Air Defense Regiment strode to the team. He raised the telegram he had just received in his hand. After his subordinates gathered all their eyes on him, he shouted loudly with an excited expression: "Brothers, I am not wrong. Since everyone entered the Air Defense Regiment, they have been holding back their resentment. Because the task of our Air Defense Regiment is to defend the rear and have no chance to fight head-on with the enemy on the battlefield and fight the Japanese."

Facing this strange opening remark, although everyone did not speak. However, from the silent eyes of hundreds of officers and soldiers, the first battalion commander was sure that his words had come to everyone's hearts. His eyes quickly swept through the three square formations in front of him and continued to speak: "So long has passed, I don't know if the sharpness in everyone's heart has been smoothed out by time."

After saying that, the battalion commander's eyes turned directly to the only anti-aircraft gun company commander in the battalion, and asked sternly: "Company Commander, you were the old man who followed me when I was the platoon leader. I don't know if your spirit is still there and if you can still go to the battlefield..."

"Please rest assured that as long as the battalion commander gives me a chance, I can still go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese..." The company commander seemed to realize something. He promised loudly with a hot expression on his face.

"Please rest assured, the battalion commander is still there..." The other two anti-aircraft machine gun company commanders answered immediately afterwards, unwilling to fall behind.

"Okay..." The first battalion commander nodded with satisfaction. Then he spoke in an astonishing voice.

"Since everyone is full of spirit, I will tell you here that the commander-in-chief has given us a battalion a chance to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy head-on. Now I order that the entire battalion will be below itself and immediately organize equipment and ammunition. In this hour, the headquarters will draw a car transportation battalion to transport us to the forefront of the battlefield, cooperate with the infantry, defend Yilan, and block the attack of the Russians..."

When Yilan 55th Regiment blocked the position, the regiment chief of staff Zeng Zhiyuan was leading a group of staff to check the construction level of the trenches. An operational staff quickly chased after him and reported to Zeng Zhiyuan: "Chief of Staff, here is here, an air defense battalion supported by the headquarters has arrived at the position and is dismantling relevant equipment and ammunition..."

"It seems that cars are transporting so quickly. It takes a day to travel by misfortune. The car only took less than two hours to reach the battlefield... Let's go together to welcome the air defense battalion and see what powerful weapons the air defense battalion is equipped with. Even the Russian medium tanks are not taken seriously..." After saying that, Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan quickly walked towards the rear of the position.

On the highway about 500 meters away from the frontier position, hundreds of heavy-load trucks were all parked on the side of the highway. A large number of air defense battalion soldiers were already corresponding to the baggage, shouting horns. They kept moving a double-barrel 20mm caliber anti-aircraft machine gun that was heavy and hundreds of kilograms out of the car.

Unlike the machine guns directly loaded in the truck compartment, a 50mm caliber anti-aircraft gun with a gun barrel of more than three meters was also pushed to the front of the position through manpower with the efforts of the soldiers.

A group of officers and soldiers of the 55th Regiment led by Zeng Zhiyuan had just appeared at the end of the convoy. The battalion commander of the first battalion, who was full of expectations for future battles, walked over with a serious look on his face.

Salute and report loudly: "Reporting Commander, the battalion commander of the First Battalion of the Air Defense Regiment of Jiamusi Field Airport, with all officers and soldiers and equipment, is ordered to report, please instruct..."

Zeng Zhiyuan was obviously a very practical intermediate officer of the National Defense Forces. After a brief salute, his eyes were already unknowingly shifting to the machine guns and anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns that were constantly unloading from the carriage.

A pair of eyes kept looking at the first battalion commander who would become his direct boss in the next time. He immediately reacted and said, "Sir, this is a 20mm caliber double-barrel machine gun that our air defense force just equipped half a year ago."

After seeing Zeng Zhiyuan nodding without comment and showing an interesting expression on his face, the first battalion commander Wang Hong continued to speak and said: "Sir, this dual-barrel machine gun can not only be used as a 20mm high-explosive bomb in the magic god, but also can fire 20mm armor-breaking bombs. The machine gun's effective range to air is 6,000 meters, and the effective range to flat fire is 5,000 meters. The rate of fire is 300 rounds per minute, and the speed of the cannon ejection is 6,000 minutes per second..."

Although the power of the machine gun sounds very great, this time the enemy these dozens of machine guns are not the air force, but the Russian tank cluster. Thinking of this, a faint expression of worry still did not escape the eyes of the first battalion commander Wang Hong. After a brief contemplation, he continued to explain: "Sir, the two-barrel machine guns we equipped can not only destroy all air fighters within range. They also have huge power in flat shooting... According to theory, when the machine gun is flat shooting and uses armor-piercing bombs, a distance of one thousand meters can easily penetrate twenty mm of rear armor, and a distance of five hundred meters can easily penetrate forty mm thick armor. If the distance is placed to two hundred meters, it can completely penetrate fifty mm of rear armor..."

"Of course, if the front armor thickness of the old Russian tank exceeds fifty millimeters, we don't have to worry. This time, we were ordered to reinforce Yilan, and we not only brought two companies of anti-aircraft machine guns, but also had one company of anti-aircraft guns. When these anti-aircraft guns were flat-fired and used armor-piercing bombs, they could easily penetrate 50 mm thick armor at a distance of one thousand meters, and 500 meters could easily penetrate 100 mm thick armor... As far as we know, the thickness of the front armor of active tanks equipped by various countries is now not more than 100 mm..."

"Uh.... Commander Wang, the data you said are true..." Zeng Zhiyuan, who reacted from the shock, asked back with a look of shock.

Wang Hong promised loudly: "Please rest assured, all the things that Beizhi said just now are true. As for the specific battle situation, the commander can see it when he arrives on the battlefield. However, Beizhi can guarantee here. As long as there is one person in my air defense battalion, a Russian tank will not be allowed to enter the two hundred meters in front of our blocking position..."

"Okay..." Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan, who had been worried about the Russian tank for several hours, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Wang Hong with a relaxed look on his face. Then, he said with gratitude to Wang Hong: "Captain Wang, as long as the air defense battalion can block the Russian tank, I, Zeng Zhiyuan, will personally ask you for credit from the headquarters. In addition, Battalion Commander Wang, I don't know if your headquarters has any difficulties to need our help. As long as we can do it, we will definitely do it..."

Seeing Zeng Zhiyuan's sincere smile on his face, Wang Hong no longer hesitated and said bluntly: "Thank you, sir... However, we really have a problem that we hope to get help from the chief... Because our air defense battalion has too few personnel, and these air defense equipment can only be transported to the position by manpower. Therefore, I hope the chief can draw some of the troops to help us transport weapons to the position earlier..."

"No problem..." Zeng Zhiyuan, in a good mood, responded with a cheerful face. Then he ordered a subordinate behind him, "Captain Liang, now I order your first battalion to withdraw from the position immediately and help the brothers of the air defense battalion transport equipment."

Although Liang Shaodong was unwilling to do so, he also knew that the air defense battalion in front of him was related to whether the entire 55th Regiment could defend the position and block the reinforcements sent by the Soviet Far Eastern Red Army. Zeng Zhiyuan's order had just been issued. Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong replied very readily: "Please rest assured, the First Battalion must cooperate with the brothers of the air defense battalion.

The Soviet Red Army is worthy of being a unit that advocates heavy firepower. As soon as the battle began, a heavy artillery brigade and more than a hundred large-caliber artillery pieces began to pour shells into the 55th Regiment's blocking position.

As the rumbling cannons began to move forward in the position, the blocking position that stretched for several kilometers, in a blink of an eye, it was shrouded by the smoke from the explosion of various shells. It began to tremble and moan in the unprecedented fierce artillery fire...

How could pure civil fortifications built solely on logs withstand such a blow? In order to avoid a devastating blow to the position, the Soviet artillery troops had just fired three rounds of artillery shells, and four heavy artillery regiments assigned to the 19th Division, and then began to launch a fire counterattack. Not only that, a telegram asking for air force support quickly spread to the Jiamusi Field Airport with the radio waves.

The artillery between the two sides was coming and going, fighting happily. A bomber brigade that rushed to the battlefield quickly, and from time to time, he took advantage of the air defense of the Russians to throw high-explosive aviation bombs into the Russians' artillery positions, and set off fireballs several meters high.

Faced with the joint counterattack of the Wehrmacht artillery and the Air Force, Major General Stav, who was confident in the battle a few minutes ago, had to send a telegram to Lieutenant General Yev, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements.

At the temporary command center of 50,000 old Russians, a major communications staff member rushed into the disguised tent with horror. Before he could breathe, he reported to Lieutenant General Yev: "Report to the commander of the army, artillery, our artillery position was counterattacked by the Chinese army, and suffered heavy losses and could no longer provide artillery support to the infantry..."

Lieutenant General Yev, who had already known in advance that the Air Force of the National Defense Force, waved his hand impatiently and said, "I understand, you go out first. In addition, I ordered Major General Starf, the artillery commander-in-chief, to protect the vitality of our artillery as much as possible during the artillery battle. Because, in the next battle, tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers could not do without the support of artillery."

"Yes, Comrade Commander..."

As soon as the major communications officer left, Lieutenant General Yev's face began to become gloomy. Because, through this battle that had just begun, Lieutenant General Yev, who had been through the battlefield, had already vaguely felt that the battle in front of him was definitely not as simple as he imagined. The combat power of the Chinese National Defense Forces was not as fragile as boasted by the Far East Intelligence Department...

Sure enough, at this moment, another communications officer quickly walked into the command room and walked to Lieutenant General Yev.

"Report to the commander of the army, the Far East Army General Command urgently: Because the Northeast Defense Force is equipped with a new fighter with very powerful performance, the Far East Air Force has lost an air division in the hands of the opponent. The Far East Army General Command decided that the Far East Air Force will not cross the Sino-Soviet border to fight before the new Moscow reinforcement aircraft arrives in the Far East... The Commander-in-Chief asked us to resolve the threat of the Defense Force Air Force to our Soviet Red Army on its own..."

"Fighter jets that are more advanced than the Red Army can solve the air threat by themselves... How could this happen? When will the backward Chinese army be equipped with such advanced aircraft... Without the support of the air force, can we repel the threats from the Air Force of the National Defense Force on our behalf by the limited air defense forces?..." At this moment, Lieutenant General Yev was like an angry lion. He roared in anger at the command room and his subordinates.

Just when Lieutenant General Yev wanted to continue to say something, the Major General Chief of Staff spoke very promptly: "Captain, although we cannot repel the Air Force of the National Welfare Force. However, with the superior forces in our hands, we can find a way to disperse the threat of its Air Force to our Red Army soldiers..."

At the warning of Lieutenant General Yev, the Major General Chief of Staff continued to speak: "Although the artillery group cannot provide firepower support to the infantry, we still have a huge number of tank troops in our hands. According to the intelligence, the National Defense Forces that stood in front of us were not equipped with heavy weapons such as tanks..."

"As long as we suddenly launch an attack on the defense line with a width of more than one kilometer on the front, we will exert the powerful assault capabilities of the tank troops. I believe that in the face of ubiquitous wars, even if the fighter jets with excellent equipment in the Defense Forces Air Force will not pose too much threat to us under a limited number..."

Lieutenant General Yev's eyes lit up and he immediately decided: "Chief of Staff, you are right. As long as you disperse the Air Force of the National Defense Force, you will not pose too much threat to us. After all, the air defense forces in our hands are not vegetarian..."

After saying that, Lieutenant General Yev's excited face was covered with seriousness. He decisively ordered the Chief of Staff in front of him: "Now I order: the First Tank Regiment of the Armored Division, under the cover of two infantry regiments, quickly assemble to the battlefield. Ten minutes later, launch an attack on the Wehrmacht position and take it down..."

"Yes. Comrade Commander..."

"Boom..." A deafening engine roar suddenly penetrated the cannons that resounded throughout the battlefield. It faintly reached the ears of thousands of officers and soldiers of the National Defense Forces headed by Zeng Zhiyuan. The roar just sounded, and the trenches where everyone was in also began to tremble slightly without realizing it.

Raising the telescope, a steel torrent of hundreds of tanks, and a yellow wave composed of thousands of Soviet Red Army behind the tanks suddenly appeared in front of Zeng Zhiyuan.

As the Soviet tank clusters got closer to the position, the tremors of the entire earth became more and more intense.

"The Russian tank cluster is a damn thing. He didn't even conduct a tentative attack, so he dispatched so many tanks. It seems that the Russians on the opposite side were forced by our air force and artillery. They are bound to win the blocking position we hold..." Chief of Staff Zeng Zhiyuan, who looked shocked, subconsciously sighed.

Then, he asked Wang Hong, the commander of the air defense battalion who was also lying beside him: "Battleman Wang, you have also seen the situation in front of him... More than 100 Russian tanks will there be any problems with the air defense battalion..."

Putting down the telescope, Wang Hong's face immediately showed a confident smile. He answered proudly at Zeng Zhiyuan, who was full of expectations around him, and said: "Please rest assured, the Russian tank troops look down on our National Defense Forces too much. More than one hundred tanks lined up, isn't this just a live target for our air defense battalion? These more than one hundred tanks were handed over to our air defense battalion..."

After saying that, he said to the several communication soldiers behind him who were responsible for delivering orders, and said with a serious order: "Send the order, all officers and soldiers of the Air Defense Battalion are prohibited from launching attacks in advance... With my gunshots as the signal, after the Russian tank cluster entered the best range of 500 meters, they launched a counterattack together. Try to eat more than 100 Russian tanks within three minutes..."

Rows of twenty-mm caliber armor-piercing bombs, fifty-mm caliber high-fired armor-piercing bombs were quickly stuffed into the gun bore or bullet cabin by the officers and soldiers of the air defense battalion. Then, the black muzzles began to slowly extend out of the trench and aim at the torrent of the Russian steel that was getting closer and closer to him in front of the position...

Without the blocking of the National Defense Force, the arrogant and arrogant Russian tank regiment commander not only did not realize the arrival of danger, but instead kept ordering the tank regiment to speed up the assault speed and launch an attack on the blocking position.

A distance of hundreds of meters was fleeting for the tank regiment. Soon, a torrent of steel composed of hundreds of tanks approached the first five hundred meters of the position.

Although Wang Hong's order had not been waited for Wang Hong's order, the 18 double-bar anti-aircraft machine guns and nine anti-aircraft cannons under the Air Defense Battalion were unknowingly aimed at the Russian tank directly in front of him, quietly waiting for the signal gun to sound.

"Bang bang bang bang..." It was not for everyone to wait too long. Hundreds of air defense battalion officers and soldiers held the trigger's hands tightly. When the Russian tank cluster was getting closer and closer to him, the long-lost signal flares finally rang out.

"Fight... da da da da... all..." More than forty gun barrels stretched out from the position quickly sprayed a few feet of flames forward. Armored bombs, with a hurry and harsh whistling sound, quickly flew towards the front armor of the Russian tank five hundred meters away.

In a blink of an eye, the air defense battalion shot an unprecedented steel storm in front of the blocking position.
Chapter completed!