449 Meat Grinder
As Vladivostok, which had been occupied by the Soviet Union for decades, its special political status as the headquarters of the Far East Military Region was not less prosperous than other cities in the Far East. Before being attacked by the National Defense Forces, the vast Vladivostok city was filled with concrete buildings with European style.
Therefore, in the face of naval artillery and the strikes of the National Defense Forces and the Air Force, although the entire Vladivostok was burned into a sea of fire. However, a large number of ruins built with concrete still stood firm in the city.
At this moment, in front of the land combat brigade position that was attacked by thousands of ships and cannon shells, the ruins that could be seen everywhere more than ten minutes ago have disappeared at this moment. Looking around, the entire battlefield seemed to have been plowed and turned into a flat ground without any obstruction.
In this flat ground, there were more than a thousand craters of different sizes scattered. When you glanced over, it looked like craters spread across the moon's surface. Thousands of Soviet soldiers in various postures were also scattered around these craters, with their feet facing inward and heads facing outward... The soldiers of the Land War Brigade couldn't help but feel creepy.
A sea breeze blew past the position, and a smell of smoke mixed with a strong bloody smell came directly to the position that the land war brigade was defending. As this pungent smell spread, various coughs and vomiting sounds sounded in the position.
Compared with the pale faces of the new recruits in the army, Zhou Feng, who has been through the battlefield for a long time, is obviously much better. At this moment, not only did he not see any panic on Zhou Feng's face, but he saw a hint of desire and passion for the battlefield in front of him.
After holding a telescope and carefully searching for the battlefield where craters and corpses of Soviet soldiers were everywhere in front of him. Brigade Commander Zhou Feng said to the Chief of Staff next to him: "Chief of Staff, there are many remnants of Russian soldiers in front of him... Immediately gather all the snipers and sharpshooters in our land brigade to snipe and kill all the exposed Russians."
"Yes, brigade commander..."
As the sound of scattered gunfire sounded on the battlefield, the three infantry regiments of the Soviet army's first round of attacks were approaching destruction step by step under the attack of hundreds of snipers and sharpshooters.
Zhou Feng of the Land War Brigade clearly saw the situation on the battlefield. The Chief of Staff of the Soviet Far East Military Region, about one kilometer away from the battlefield, also witnessed the battle that could be called a massacre.
The three infantry regiments can definitely be regarded as a drop in the bucket for the Far East Military Region with 200,000 troops, and are not worth mentioning at all. However, no matter how hard it is, he is still a living 6,000 Red Army soldiers. Such a huge force would be enough to occupy a large area in the three northeastern provinces of China.
Now, these 6,000 elite Red Army soldiers were defeated by the counterattack of the Chinese National Defense Forces for half an hour, no, twenty minutes... and the entire army was destroyed without holding on for twenty minutes.
Such a result is not only a huge blow to the Chief of Staff’s confidence, but also an unprecedented huge blow to the morale that had just recovered by the 200,000 Red Army soldiers under his command.
However, no matter how shocked the Chief of Staff did not forget his mission, nor did he forget the current difficulties and embarrassing situations facing the Far East Military Region. If the Far East Military Region cannot take Vladivostok within one day and obtain supplies from the sea, the 200,000 Red Army soldiers under his command, including the Far East Military Region General Command, will be ruined here.
Compared with the future of the entire Far East Military Region, the sacrifice of thousands of people is obviously nothing.
Thinking of this, the Chief of Staff once again dispatched a division, the Soviet Red Army with more than 10,000 people. Under the cover of all the remaining mortars in the Far East Military Region, he wanted to kill Vladivostok. At the same time, in order to make the soldiers determined to die, he directly gathered all the political commissaries of the company-level and above in the army to form a supervising team of thousands of people. While urging the troops to attack, he eliminated all the Red Army soldiers who dared to retreat.
"Ula...Ula..." The earth-shaking Russian shouts rang out on the battlefield, and quickly moved to hundreds of mortars about 800 meters away from the battlefield, as if they were going crazy, desperately pouring shells into the defensive positions just exposed by the land brigade. The first round of hundreds of mortar shells of different sizes exploded, and the front-line defensive positions that the land brigade defended was covered by the thick smoke produced by the artillery bombing.
However, because the ruins and walls everywhere in Vladivostok urban area are not very powerful, the ruins and walls block most of the shrapnel produced by the shell explosion did not achieve much results in killing the enemy.
Even so, Zhou Feng, as the commander of the Land War Brigade, was also angry. His soldiers were limited, and he didn't know how long this war would last. Even if the results of the Russian artillery can achieve, it would cause very heavy casualties to the Land War Brigade over time.
Thinking of this, Zhou Feng, the commander with a veritable face, did not hesitate at all and ordered decisively: "Chief of Staff, contact the First Squadron immediately, draw ten large-caliber naval guns to completely destroy the position of the Russian artillery..."
"Boom boom boom..." A series of truly deafening explosions sounded on the battlefield, because the Soviet artillery positions were far away from the land brigade, and it was impossible to accidentally be injured. The first squadron, who received the order for help, directly used ten main artillery of the warship to give the Soviet artillery positions a big gift.
Ten large-caliber naval artillery shells with a diameter of more than 200 mm exploded, and ten thick smoke columns with a height of more than 50 meters quickly rose from the Soviet artillery positions. Not only that, ten huge craters with a depth of more than 10 meters and a radius of astonishing twenty meters were like bloody mouths, appearing very ferociously in the Soviet artillery positions.
Ten large-caliber naval guns, with just one round of shooting, sent the Soviet mortar positions that gathered the Russian gunners to the sky, and it was difficult to find even an intact mortar.
"Okay, well-fighted... The power of the large caliber naval gun is indeed not a cover, it explodes a lot. Today, our land brigade will turn Vladivostok into a meat grinder to ruin the Soviet Far East Military Region under the cover of naval naval guns. Is it true that the flesh and blood of the Russians are powerful or our steel shells are powerful...." Brigade Commander Zhou Feng, holding a telescope, had a smile on his face and said with excitement.
Then, facing the Chief of Staff, who was also stunned by his face, continued to order: "Chief of Staff, why are you still standing there? Contact the naval gun immediately. Use small caliber naval guns to shoot a death zone two hundred to three hundred meters in front of our position. At the same time, he ordered the brothers of the Land War Brigade that the Russian offensive troops are now our best target for combat. All the Russian soldiers who rushed out of this death zone will be killed by me without exception. I will use the Russian corpse to pile up a wall of corpses in front of the position, a wall of corpses that the Russian offensive troops will never be able to cross."
"Yes, brigade commander..."
Facing Zhou Feng, who looked fanatical in front of him, the Chief of Staff responded with a passionate face.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." The unique screams of the shells passing through the sky did not make Zhou Feng wait for too long, but began to sound over the battlefield. At the same time, a death zone composed of gunpowder, artillery fire, smoke and dust, bricks and stones that kept splashing from the ground, soldiers' broken limbs and arms..., began to appear on the battlefield as the sound of shell explosions continued to sound.
The Soviet army, who had just rushed into this area, attacked the formation in a dense manner. Before they could react, the Russian soldiers weighing more than 150 kilograms were easily thrown into the sky like toys by the huge air waves generated by the explosion of naval artillery shells. Then, those with better luck were torn into pieces by the air waves and shrapnel in the air, turning into a bloody storm full of blood. Those with better luck would hit the ground heavily and turn into a dead body that could not be killed anymore.
As the sound of shell explosion continued, more and more Russian soldiers were thrown into the sky and turned into corpses. Soon, thousands of Soviet Red Army soldiers who entered this death zone were torn to pieces by dense rain-like ship artillery shells and blew up completely.
Faced with the tragic massacre scene in front of him, the charge of the Soviet army's subsequent offensive troops stopped invisibly. The faces of the Red Army soldiers also turned pale because of the tragic shelling scene in front of him.
Just as these Red Army soldiers were hesitating, a harsh sound of machine gun fire suddenly sounded behind the attacking troops of the Russians. More than a hundred light and heavy machine guns in the hands of the Russians' supervisor team quickly sprayed hot flames on the backs of these Red Army soldiers. Looking down from the air, these flames were like death scythes that specialize in harvesting lives, sweeping the hesitant Red Army soldiers to the ground at the end of the attacking queue.
Faced with the sudden fire strike behind him, roars quickly rang out in the Soviet attack formation: "The great Red Army warriors, moving forward is death, retreat is death... Since they can't escape death, for the honor of the Red Army, for our families in the rear, we will not be treated unfairly because of our retreat, continue to attack forward, Ula..."
“Ula…Ula….”
A series of heart-wrenching roars before leaving came from the Soviet army's subsequent attacking troops. The Red Army soldiers, who were still pale and hesitant just now, were like crazy gamblers and leopards, holding their rifles tightly, and roaring into the death zone that was blocking everyone's face.
Although the powerful naval artillery shells exploded and large pieces, this death zone used to block the Soviet offensive route was too long. There seemed to be a lot of more than a hundred naval artillery shells in each round, but it was impossible to cover everything after being scattered into this death zone.
In addition, at this moment, tens of thousands of Soviet Red Army soldiers were completely in a state of madness and were not afraid of death at all. As more and more Red Army soldiers rushed into this death zone, finally scattered Red Army soldiers were covered in smoke, and rushed out of this death zone filled with murderous intent with incredible ideas, and appeared in front of the soldiers of the land brigade.
The pungent smell of gunpowder suddenly disappeared, and the violent explosion quickly moved from beside him to behind him. Faced with the sudden change in front of him, these old Russian soldiers subconsciously took a breath of fresh air, and a hint of joyful smile that had survived the disaster unknowingly flashed on their faces full of despair.
However, just when these smiles were not kept on their faces for even five seconds, a crisp gunshot suddenly reached the Russian's ears.
Immediately afterwards, the Russian, who had not yet reacted from the surprise, felt a sting of pain suddenly spread from his chest to his whole body. Not only that, a stream of hot streams also quickly poured out of his body, wetting the thick cotton military uniform he was wearing.
The old Russian soldier who was still surprised just now showed a desperate expression before parting again on his face. He looked at the military uniform that had been dyed red on his chest with a dull look, feeling the passing physical strength in his body. He fell softly to the ground, waiting for death to slowly descend on him.
Gunshots are commands. As the crisp gunshots sounded, all kinds of gunshots sounded like symphony, under the cover of cannons, they rang out at the defensive positions of the land brigade.
Tens of thousands of Soviet attacking troops, less than 4,000 people actually rushed out of this death zone. What's more important is that these 4,000 Soviet troops did not surge out, but rushed to the land brigade bit by bit like squeezing toothpaste.
Faced with these military achievements that were delivered to you, the soldiers of the land brigade led by Zhou Feng would certainly not let go. As the battle continued, under the cover of artillery fire, the officers and soldiers of the land brigade who had gradually become accustomed to the tense atmosphere on the battlefield were becoming more and more brave. The dense bullets, as dense as rain, were directly like eyes. As long as the Russians showed their figure from the smoke, several bullets would fly towards him with a slight whistling sound...
Not beyond the expectations of Zhou Feng, the commander of the Land War Brigade, under the baptism of raindrops, the four thousand old men who were constructed of ship gun shells formed into a death zone were killed in front of the line of positions about two hundred meters away from the defensive position.
Four thousand old Russian corpses were piled up in this area layer by layer. With this round of attacking troops of the Soviet army all fell on the charge road. A corpse wall with a height of half a meter suddenly appeared in front of the land combat brigade.
A main division of the Soviet army, with more than 10,000 soldiers from nine infantry regiments, was destroyed in less than an hour of attack. Looking at the battlefield where the bloody smell was already everywhere, the corpses of our soldiers were already spread. The eyes of the chief of staff of the Far East Military Region had changed from full of confidence to the redness of the present.
And at this moment, we witnessed that more than 10,000 soldiers under our command had lost the division commander on the battlefield without any meaning. He almost roared and said, "Chief of Staff, this is not an attack. This is a massacre, a massacre of our heroic Red Army soldiers. We cannot continue to fight like this. As long as the Chinese team has sufficient ammunition, even if we have a 200,000 army, we will be cleanly eliminated by the Chinese defenders on the battlefield in front of us. At that time, Vladivostok, Vladivostok in front of us will be the meat grinder that ruined our Soviet Far East Military Region. Everyone who stands here will die under the enemy's guns... "
Faced with the roar of the major general, the chief of staff finally began to calm down slowly. After a deep look at the major general who seemed to have said enough in front of him, he asked back sternly: "Since that's the case, then my question, what should we do next? Where is the final way out for the remaining more than 100,000 troops in the Far East Military Region..."
"This..." When the troops were completely out of food, what else could they do besides continuing to attack Vladivostok and obtain supplies from the sea? Facing the Chief of Staff's eyes that could almost see through the hearts of the people, the major general who was still full of anger just now had to close his eyes and answered in a low tone.
"Please forgive me for the Chief of Staff. I was too reckless just now... For the Far East Military Region and for the remaining hundreds of thousands of soldiers, it is worth it even if the price is paid... But, I was unwilling to see the soldiers dying meaninglessly under the enemy's shells. You must know that most of these soldiers are veterans who have experienced civil war..."
Hearing this, the Chief of Staff simply nodded by default and did not give any answer.
And at this moment, a gleam suddenly flashed across the Chief of Staff’s face. He asked thoughtfully at the angry Major General Division Commander, "What Major General Jacks said just now may be correct. As long as the Chinese team has sufficient ammunition, Vladivostok in front of him will become a meat grinder that specifically devours our Red Army soldiers..."
Speaking of this, the Chief of Staff changed his tone while everyone was confused and continued to speak: "However, in addition to considering whether the ammunition of the China Team is sufficient, we seem to have forgotten another question, that is, the service life of various weapons of the China Team, especially the service life of warships and naval guns..."
"For more than an hour of continuous attack, the naval guns on the Chinese ship have been fired continuously for an hour... As long as an excellent naval officer, it will be clear that the life of the naval gun barrel is very limited. After several hours of continuous shooting, the barrel must be replaced. Otherwise, the entire naval gun will be damaged..."
"As long as we launch continuous attacks on Vladivostok, forcing their naval guns to carry out continuous shooting. As long as the time is enough to reach the service life of the Chinese naval guns, they have to replace the barrels. At that time, the Vladivostok defenders will have to face the situation of losing the support for ship guns and artillery fire. And our brave Red Army soldiers can make good use of this period to quickly rush to the defending positions, occupy Vladivostok, and gradually occupy Vladivostok military port..."
As the Chief of Staff finished speaking, a tempting scene of war quickly emerged into the minds of the division commanders around him.
After a brief thought, the major general who was still angry just now spoke up and said, "Comrade Chief of Staff, I fully agree with this idea... According to the combat situation just now, as long as we do our best to pay the price of two main divisions, the naval guns in the hands of the Zhong** team have to stop shooting."
Chapter completed!