Chapter 169: Iron Wall Encircled (12)
After the crazy legion resettled the wounded, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division began to retreat. Hundreds of medical soldiers and military officers voluntarily stayed to take care of these wounded people. For them, the division commander could only give blessings. At the commander's order, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division gathered all the remaining self-propelled artillery and large-caliber mortars of the entire division, and opened fire violently at the positions of the 54th Army, setting off a fire wall. The 54th Army's digital artillery brigade immediately opened fire and suppressed, and both sides launched fiercely.
In the artillery battle, we fought back and forth, and the sky collapsed. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the digital artillery brigade was dragged by its own artillery group, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division gathered 150 m1a1 main battle tanks, and took a gamble and carried out full-strength assault backwards in the heavy rain. That's right, it was a backward assault. They were surrounded by groups, and no matter which direction they were fighting, they would attack. In this direction, the two regiments of the 160th Motorized Infantry Division were suddenly attacked by such a huge tank group. They could not help but be attacked.
The m1a1 is in the top three in the world's comprehensive performance. More than 100 such tanks rushed over, and the impact can be imagined. These two infantry regiments urgently called the digital artillery brigade to guide passive guided shells to carry out attack-top attack strikes. From time to time in the rain, large groups of orange-red flames burst out, and the main battle tank turret hit by the shells was broken, and the infantry following behind were killed and injured. This still doesn't work. The Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division has already sacrificed its fortune and has completely ignored it.
The loss came, and one was destroyed. The one behind was immediately filled. The 105mm howitzer and 120mm self-propelled mortar shells were as rained. The trenches were smashed into a quagmire with boiling sewage. The whistling shrapnel tore the bodies of the soldiers carrying anti-tank missiles and anti-tank rocket launchers to shoot at the tanks. The trenches were thrown away. The defense line of the 160th MoF Division was broken through. The Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division flocked to the gap, tearing the gap even wider and siege out!
However, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division, which successfully broke out of the encirclement, immediately hit a wall of iron: the 11th Armored Division had already been fast and unfolded smoothly. There was nothing to say. When the sweaty m1a1 driver stepped on the accelerator, the steel giant beast weighing dozens of tons roared up. The 68 main battle and the 69a main battle tank also rushed over, and the two sides broke out the most tragic armored battle since the war started. Each vehicle was dying.
The tank's main gun muzzles were squirting scorching smoke. The tail wing stable shell-piercing armor-piercing missile flew out at several times the speed of sound with boiling air waves. With amazing kinetic energy, it penetrated the armor, used copper liquid with temperatures of several thousand degrees, and used vaporized depleted uranium warhead materials and armor fragments to spread death in the narrow interior space. Tanks kept getting fired and exploded, and armored vehicles were constantly knocked over, and then rolled into an ugly discus by the main battle tank.
Rows of fire-rolling stars passed through the sky. The Wingshock turboprop fighter, which had just won a big victory, also carried anti-tank missiles to catch this bustling trip. The flying gods of death were not afraid of the bad sky, whistling over the battlefield, and fired the Red Arrow Anti-tank missiles to the tops of m1a1 armor. Under the wing knife, large groups of fires exploded one after another. The lethality of the Red Arrow Anti-tank missiles is obvious to all. If they are caught, they will be in the same place and injured? The Huajun said they were not interested. But the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division is not easy to mess with. All anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft machine guns fired violently at the sky, and anti-aircraft missiles.
turboprop fighters launching at a very close distance, chasing low-altitude flights, once they are shot, the pilots often have no chance to parachute, and even the man-carrying plane turns into a ball of fireballs. The firepower net woven by anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns makes people feel numb. When flying the fighter jets through the middle of this death net, no fighter jets will not be hit. In the roar of all officers and soldiers of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division, turboprop fighters are constantly being beaten into a ball of fireballs, or they are covered with bullet holes and smoke. However, before they are planted, at least two or three m1a1s or even a dozen armored vehicles have become their burial objects.
After paying the heavy price of forty or fifty tanks being destroyed, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division broke through the iron wall of the 11th Armored Division and collapsed again. However, most of the tanks were entangled, and more and more 68 main battles rushed from all directions and beat them up, unable to escape. The division commander did not hesitate and decisively ordered the abandonment of these entangled tank troops. The main force quickly retreated towards the Dnieper River. Their retreat was extremely resolute. When they encountered the defense lines of the Chinese or Soviet troops, they used tanks to fill them with armored vehicles. The digital infantry rushed forward with cold rain and artillery shells that were denser than raindrops, exploded the tank trenches, blasted the concrete triangle piles used to block tanks, destroy the minefield, and
The scouts of the Chinese army launched a desperate attempt. When they were shot, they used daggers or even punches. Once they were entangled by the Chinese army, they would never have a chance to go back. The main force would not stop and wait for them. Every time they broke through a line of defense, they had to pay a lot of price, but the attacks were more resolute and more rapid. The 54th Army never could block their main force, and could only adopt the tactic of cutting radish to weaken them bit by bit. To be fair, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division is a mechanized and digitalized ground combat force in the world. Its combat power is beyond everyone's imagination. If they insist on breaking through, it would be very difficult to keep them without the support of the air force.
The 54th Army was also red-eyed. The main force of the entire army was chasing behind him. Passively guided artillery shells and 403mm rocket artillery shells chased the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division, killing and injured them all. However, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division was always attacking and advancing, and did not stop to fight with them. The angry commander of the 54th Army asked the Soviet front-line air force to take off the attack aircraft and bomb the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division, but the Soviet side replied that the rain was too heavy and the attack aircraft could not take off. This was not an excuse. The weather was too bad. The rain was falling and it was mixed with hail. Even the strong and durable Soviet attack aircraft could not bear it. It was like forcing them to take off to commit suicide. When the rain stopped, the attack aircraft could finally take off. NATO aircraft group also hit a long shot and killed thousands of miles. The air strikes quickly evolved into air combat.
Five o'clock in the morning.
The closer it is to winter, the longer the night in Eastern Europe is. In other regions, it is already dawn. However, in Ukraine, at five o'clock, the cold night still envelopes the earth and there is no trace of light. The sky is constantly reflected by the fire of the explosion of bombs and explosions, and then it is stubbornly pulled back to the darkness by God. The Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division fought and retreated, and the 54th Army chased each other, and the two sides were hard to separate. There were continuous successive companies and even camps.
The troops were surrounded and even eaten by the Chinese army, and there were fewer and fewer tanks, but the division commander still had no intention of stopping and waiting for the troops behind. Besides, they could not wait. After a lot of hard battles, they finally saw the Dnieper River, and at the same time they also saw the floating bridges standing across the river and the Second Infantry Division guarding the bridgehead. All the officers and soldiers of the division looked at each other, unable to believe their eyes, and bit their tongues hard, which hurts so much! It’s not dreaming!
Boom boom boom boom boom boom ———
The east bank's smoke and magma erupted from rows of muzzles like rows of muzzles. Groups of heavy artillery shells flew over the Dnieper River, flew over their heads, and smashed towards the Chinese army chasing them. Until now, these soldiers who were already exhausted were sure that they really stood out and they succeeded!
The division commander roared: "What are you calling nonsense? Calling Chun? Hurry up and crossing the bridge! Stay behind the tanks and cooperate with brothers to guard the bridge. Everyone throws away all useless things and try to be as light as possible! Hurry up and fast, fast, fast! The enemy will not give us much time. You have seen the power of their artillery, and you will never have the chance to cross the bridge when their self-propelled artillery comes up!"
The hoarse roar reminded the soldiers that they threw away the heavy machine guns that had been fired, the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns that had been fired, and the anti-tank missile launchers were thrown away. Trucks were loaded with soldiers and drove past the pontoon bridges, while more people were covered in mud, helping their injured comrades to quickly walk over the sides of the bridge. The vehicle losses were too great, and many wounded soldiers could not get on the car at all, and they were all carried by them. Even so, it was still too slow. The capacity of the floating bridges was limited, and the time given to them was limited. The second infantry division's boat bridge troops were so tired that they vomited blood. Only guaranteed that they could do it.
Most of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division retreated, and those tanks had no chance to cross the bridge. The division commander took the lead in walking down the cold Dnieper River, grabbed the steel cables and rushed to the other side step by step. Many soldiers who were relatively physically sufficient and uninjured had voluntarily given up the opportunity to cross the bridge and followed the division commander to grab the steel cables and wad across the river. The cold river water made every cell in their bodies tremble, and their lips quickly turned blue and white, and their blood was like ice. Everyone gritted their teeth and persevered. They finally got here, and they were only a few steps away. There was no reason to give up. If they wanted to give up, they would not wait until now.
Facts proved that the division commander was indeed foresighted: the 54th Army could not tolerate them crossing the bridge calmly. Not long after, the 155mm heavy artillery shells came from the sky, which made people's calves twitch when flying through the sky. Rows of shells fell from the sky, and clusters of water columns exploded in the river. In the thunder-like roar and rising water mist, many soldiers who were very cold were lifted up by the explosion air waves, and many of them loosened their hands and disappeared from the river surface. A large area of blood slowly spread on the water surface. A floating bridge was hit by the shells, and broke into two pieces of steel components and vehicles that were burning red. The soldiers flew all over the sky, and the cracked limbs fell on the bridge surface like raindrops, falling into the river. A large area of blood rain fell from the sky, splashing the river surface and the broken bridge into blood.
The commander of the artillery group of the Second Division shouted: "The shells were fired from beyond the range of our artillery. We cannot suppress their artillery fire! Cross the river quickly, otherwise you will all die!" Before he finished speaking, another pontoon bridge was cut in half by a 203mm heavy artillery shell. The worst thing was that it was blown up an ammunition truck. In a huge and dazzling flame, hundreds of soldiers flew up like grass swept by a hurricane, and the cracks and minced flesh almost buried the troops guarding the pontoon bridge alive. The last dozen self-propelled artillery of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division quickly dispersed, and fired at the self-propelled artillery group of the Chinese army away from the bridge to attract the Chinese army's
Artillery fire. The artillery groups deployed on the west bank could not hit the artillery positions of the Chinese army, but they could fight! In the brutal bombardment, these self-propelled artillery were destroyed. Even so, shells continued to fall into the river, and rows of drainage columns were blown up in the river. Each group of shells fell, and a blood rain splashed in the river. The screams almost overwhelmed the roar of the shell explosion. I don’t know how many people were killed on the spot, and how many were injured and then swept away by the torrents. This was the most tragic scene of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division in the entire war. At least eight hundred soldiers disappeared into the turbid waves of the Dnieper River and never came back.
The 54th Army not only used gunfire, but also used the flames of the shell explosion, the troops guarding the pontoon bridge could even see their tank groups roaring towards them. The kind of ruthlessness that they wanted to leave you on the east coast to serve weeds as fertilizer was frightening. The last dozens of tanks of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division met without saying a word, and the armored troops of the Second Infantry Division followed closely behind. So many people died on the east coast, so they didn't care about dying any more!
The Chinese army's artillery fire became more and more fierce, and more tanks appeared in the view of the Second Division. One by one, the m1a1 were shot and caught fire. The Chinese army tanks bypassed the wreckage and rushed to the pontoon bridge. There were two pontoon bridges that were not damaged, so that the tanks could cross the river. Now the m1a1 tank group had to retreat. If they did not retreat, they would be finished! The wet division commander passed the radio and ordered the soldiers to give up the tank and run over as fast as possible. There was no way, and the armored soldiers used pistols to destroy the key instruments inside the tank, and even threw a high-explosive grenade, and then flew up and down to the opposite shore. The tanks left at the bridge head were one by one, forming a huge obstacle. It was difficult for the Chinese army tanks to break the obstacle and rushed over in a short time.
Every time an armored soldier came, a burst of cheers came from the other side.
But everything has two sides. Although the tanks left on the east coast blocked the impact of the Chinese armored troops, they also caused great trouble for their own people to escape. The division commander saw that small groups of troops were constantly retreating, climbing and jumping hard in the tank cemetery, trying to jump onto the floating bridge. The Chinese army's bullets shot accurately, knocking them down from the tank turret one by one. He clenched his fists and squeezed out a word from the cracks of his teeth: "Detonate!"
The battalion commander of the engineering battalion said: "Can't explode! There are still hundreds of people who haven't come!"
The division commander drew out his pistol, pressed against the battalion commander's head, and shouted hysterically: "They can't get through! I order you to explode! Blast these two floating bridges!"
Facing the blood-red eyes of the division commander, the battalion commander sighed helplessly and issued an order to explode the bridge. The explosion hand pressed the explosion launcher, boom! Boom! A huge ball of fireballs rose up in the center of the two floating bridges. The seemingly heavy steel components were raised high by the explosion shock wave, and they were thrown dozens of meters away! When the fireworks balls disappeared, the two floating bridges also disappeared from the river surface, leaving only a little bit, with a big fire on them, crackling. The soldiers who were still struggling between the tank cemeteries stopped all movements like a demon, staring at the floating bridge that was blown away, making a desperate cry. Someone jumped into the river desperately, trying to grab the steel cable and walked over, and more people sat on the ground, like a stone Buddha, until the Type 90 automatic rifle surrounded them for a while and they were too lazy to move.
The teacher fell to the ground like an empty pocket, his shoulders trembling constantly, his hands covered his face, tears seeped out from his fingers, and he opened his mouth again and again, wanting to cry, wanting to shout, wanting to shout, wanting to scream, but he couldn't make any sound.
The retreat operation of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division ended here. Only about 40% of the soldiers who could stand beside the division commander at this moment. More than 10,000 elite soldiers and hundreds of tanks remained on the east coast. This night was black for the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division and the entire NATO.
The ambulance drove over, and everyone lifted the wet division commander into the car, covered the blanket, and drove to the field hospital as fast as possible. The soft blanket dispelled the chill on his body, but could not dispel the coldness in his heart. The division commander looked at the sky gradually white outside the window, his lips moved, and repeated a word in a voice that only he could hear clearly: "Poltava, Poltava·····"
Chapter completed!