Chapter 523 The Battle of Molensk-Brest
Brest, Litauvsk.
The Soviet army commanded by Tukhachevsky launched a large-scale attack on the China-Bo coalition forces on July 3!
It is known in history as the "Battle of Molensk-Brest".
Regarding this battle, it is mentioned in most books that Tukhachevsky took the initiative to launch an attack, and even a large number of books in China, the history of war, and the biography of characters. However, in fact, the first shot of this battle was the 2nd Division of Rao Guohua, the First Legion of the National Revolutionary Army.
The 2nd Division, which completed the tentative attack mission in Lechinxt, quickly retreated to its inherent defense line and entered the blocking mission.
〖Chinese planes flew into the sky hard, and fought nine times in two days with the Soviet Red Army Air Force. While fighting on the ground, fierce fighting in the sky was also underway.
The cannons were bombarded by the pair, and the position was shaken by the sound of cannons.
Since the invention and mass use of hot weapons, war has become the most terrible thing.
A war often means thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people’s casualties!
Tukhachevsky, the front-line commander who was highly anticipated by Trotsky and Lenin, is the first time he has confronted the Chinese.
At first he did not take the Chinese as a matter of fact. According to intelligence, only more than 20,000 troops could be deployed on the front line. It was good to be able to barely launch an attack in Lechinkster in advance. Once the Red Army launched a general attack on the whole line, the defeat of the Chinese and the Bolans was only a matter of time.
But Tukhachevsky soon found out that he was wrong.
Although the Chinese were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they were not inferior to the Red Army in terms of weapons, and even far surpassed their enemies in terms of quality.
Cannons, machine guns, submachine guns, all of which constitute the superior firepower of the Chinese team!
The density of machine gun equipment in their army is shocking. The Piaotianyi Network strictly blocks every road ahead.
Every step forward, the Red Army has to pay an extremely heavy price!
In two days, the Red Army did not make any breakthrough except for occupying some sporadic positions.
Not only the Chinese army also performed very well.
They know the important xing of the "Molensk-Brest Battle" and also know that once this battle is lost, Bolan, including their capital Warsaw, will be subject to the most direct threat!
They defended their positions as tightly as the Chinese, and refused to lose an inch of land.
〖Chinese planes flew over the sky from time to time and threw bombs at the attacking Red Army desperately. The fires ignited by the bombs and the smoke of gunpowder made the attacking Red Army completely lose their place. Bolan's army, which had lost several wars in succession, had morale and confidence recovered greatly in the past two days of combat. They found that the Red Army was not as terrifying as they imagined.
Originally, in Tukhachevsky's overall plan, the attack launched on July 3 had occupied all the enemy's front-line positions by July 5, and a general attack should have been launched on the 6th.
But the course of the war was completely different from what he imagined!
When the 6th came, the Red Army was still struggling.
Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin sent telegrams one after another to inquire about the situation of the front line. Tukhachevsky did not tell them all the truth. In the reply, he just said, "The heroic Red Army soldiers are carrying out a firm and brave attack. Victory will definitely belong to the great Soviet!"
At the urging of the leader, Tukhachevsky seemed a little anxious.
On the 6th, Tukhachevsky was forced to use the 16th Army as a support force in advance.
The sudden increase in enemies did not make Liu Zhaocheng, commander of the First Army of China, feel too much pressure. He just told his staff members: "The Russians began to panic!"
A simple sentence.
Liu Zhaocheng did not add one soldier to the front line, nor did he ask the second reinforcement troops to quickly arrive at the battlefield. In his opinion, the 20,000 people in his hands were enough under the current situation.
War is no longer an era when anyone with more people can win.
And an excellent commander is enough to stand up to tens of thousands of soldiers!
The 2nd Division commanded by Rao Guohua was at the forefront of the battlefield. In the past few days, even he himself forgot how many attacks the Russians had repelled.
He was full of curiosity about the Red Army who always liked to shout "Ula" when attacking.
From the first confrontation with the Russians to the present, Rao Guohua discovered that the Russians, or to be more precise, the Soviet Red Army likes to organize large armies to fight, and their spiritual strength is far stronger than tactical use.
It was the first time that I and my troops faced such a test.
In the Northern Expedition, they and their troops actually faced few severe tests, and some "wars" were far from being strong. But in the Russian battlefield, the troops were truly tested.
Some new recruits who had added to the army were still a little scared at the enemies who shouted "Ula", but as the war progressed, a large number of casualties and injuries of the Soviet Red Army began to gradually let go of their fear and fear.
The "Ula" will also die, and there will be many casualties. The number of people they killed far exceeds that of the Zhong** team.
However, such a country must not allow them to develop. Rao Guohua thought in his heart.
Once the Bolsheviks unified the entire Russia and defeated Bolan, it would be an extremely important threat to China.
At this time, Rao Guohua began to understand why the president had to firmly enter Russia to fight!
A new enemy attack has begun!
Judging from the dense enemies on the opposite side, the Soviet Red Army had at least two divisions or more of its strength. This is also the old habit of the Russians, hoping to overwhelm the enemy in terms of numbers and momentum from the beginning of the attack!
The veterans and new recruits of the 2nd Division all showed their calmness. When the Russians launched an attack, they did not shoot randomly, but waited patiently until the enemy entered the range range, and then the light and heavy firepower roared together.
The overwhelming fire net woven into a trap of death, causing enemies to jump down helplessly.
The earth chants there, and the mountains and rivers wail. Brest is destined to be a place that Tukhachevsky and his soldiers will never forget in their lives.
Those terrible machine guns, those terrible rifles, those terrible submachine guns, those terrible grenades, those terrible planes, those terrible cannons,
And those terrible Chinese people!
Ten or twenty attacks, no matter how many attacks, the Red Army returned in vain again and again, except for the bodies all over the ground.
〖Chinese people seemed to be just trying to defend here. When the Russians began to retreat, they did not jump out of the position to pursue, but just watched the Russians retreat calmly.
This kind of calm is very terrible.
On the 7th, under the continuous unfavorable attack, Tukhachevsky began to change his strategy. He transferred back some of the troops attacking the Bolan position and joined the Brest battlefield.
Attacks on both sides at the same time become one-line restraint and one-line main attack.
The main target is the Chinese!
After making this decision, Tukhachevsky did not know whether he had done it right or wrong. In his vision, the Chinese team was stronger than the Bolan people in terms of armed equipment and combat quality. As long as it could defeat the Chinese, then attack the Bolan people again and the battle could be carried out in the direction of victory.
But all this is based on a premise: the opponent's mid-range team must be defeated as soon as possible!
Can Tukhachevsky do this?
Liu Zhaocheng soon discovered the tactical changes of the Russians, but this terrifyingly calm young commander did not make any adjustments to the battlefield.
"Although the Russians have increased their troops, they have not improved the attack at all!" Liu Zhaocheng put down his telescope and smiled calmly: "Tukachevsky has more than 700 cannons in his hand, but he has not concentrated to give full play to their greatest advantage. He still tries to win with the human sea tactics, and such a result will still make them gain nothing."
Li Zongren also seemed not worried at all. According to the current battlefield situation, the Russians would not be able to gain the upper hand for a few days after the attack: "The forces of our new reinforcements of the three divisions have arrived on the battlefield. Should we devote ourselves to the battle?"
Liu Zhaocheng thought about it for a while, then shook his head: "It's not time yet, let them all serve as the general reserve team. The Russians still have the spirit of attacking now. Wait a little longer and wait patiently for a while."
Since the battle has gone on, Liu Zhaocheng is sure to win.
The Russians didn't know that the number of troops Liu Zhaocheng currently has a small gap with the Russians. The Chinese team even had counterattack power!
The only difference is that Liu Zhaocheng did not show all his strength. He was still waiting, waiting for the moment to give the Russians a fatal blow!
The shells rumbled on the battlefield, and the entire land was plunged into thick smoke. The fighting and shouts of tens of thousands of soldiers kept coming, as if telling the terrible disaster on the battlefield.
Unless one party suffers a complete failure, such a disaster can finally end, but no one is willing to give up everything about himself.
〖Chinese, Russian, and Bolan people all have their own beliefs. No matter which side thinks they represent justice, and no matter which side thinks they are the only master.
Chapter completed!