Volume Three, Cannons, Bombing His Mother Chapter 475: The Battle of Serov 7
The Central Regiment in the south of Serov quickly adjusted its tactics after the attack was set on the first day. According to the headquarters' meeting decision, the Central Regiment in the Battle of Serov changed from the original plan to quickly annihilate the enemy to the use of long-range artillery fire and air strikes to maximize the consumption of the enemy's living power to reduce casualties on its own.
In this way, the main attack direction will be changed from ground to artillery and air strikes. The ground troops only need to prevent Serov's defenders from counterattacking and breaking through, and wait for work. Although this tactic is a bit bullying, and the end of the entire battle will definitely be longer than expected. But now it is only mid-year, and the land of Russia is in the season of spring and flowers blooming. It is still far from the arrival of the severe cold in November. Even if Serov spends some time, it will not hinder the progress of the entire war. Moreover, if Serov's Red Army troops can be completely eliminated, it will be beneficial or harmful to the subsequent Battle of Moscow.
Due to the tactical adjustments of the Chinese, the entire Red Army unit of Serov was subjected to the bombing of the Chinese in the following days. From frontier positions to Serov city areas, and even the rear of Serov, as long as the weather is normal, the Chinese air force will be dispatched. The dense bombers and fighter planes roared from the air unscrupulously, splashing thousands of bombs and bullets onto the ground.
This tactic brought great trouble to Serov's defenders, and casualties everywhere remained high all at once. Especially the frontier positions were almost completely destroyed under the repeated attacks of thousands of cannons and air forces of the Central ** Regiment. The fortifications of the positions were almost destroyed. The black soil seemed to have been plowed several times. The originally hard land had turned into fluffy sand and mud. The troops guarding the positions were seriously injured without seeing the enemy, although Serov's defenders prepared air defense in advance in various parts of the positions.
However, under such a blow, any preparation was useless. On the first day after the Central ** Regiment adjusted its tactics, a position guarded by a battalion was repeatedly bombed and trampled, resulting in all the soldiers of the entire battalion being sacrificed. In order to avoid this, the defenders also adjusted their defense tactics and no longer concentrated their efforts to defend, but dispersed the troops. One person guarded the front line of nearly ten meters, and the other troops were all withdrawn from the traffic trench to a relatively safe place.
In order to break the deadlock, Serov's defenders also thought of other solutions, such as night attacks and counterattacks, which did not play a big role. In the city, although the damage caused by the Chinese was not worse than the frontline positions, the main casualties of the defenders were not too many because of the role of buildings and underground facilities. However, this does not mean that civilian casualties were the same. After several days of bombing, there were ruins everywhere in the city, and homeless civilians were everywhere. Moreover, the Chinese tactics also greatly affected the morale of the defenders. Faced with the artillery fire and bombing that seemed to never stop, many Red Army soldiers felt sad that the victory of the war was extremely slim.
"I suggest evacuating the large army to the rear and evacuate all civilians in the city immediately." In the command center, General Yakiel's eyes were deep, his eyes were red, his beard was unshaven, and he had long lost his gentle and kind appearance before. He discussed with General Ubolevich in a hoarse voice.
General Ubolevic was not much better than General Yakir, and he lowered his head and smoked violently. He could not come up with a better way to do this tactic of the Chinese, which was like a modern army siegeing medieval troops in the center with machine guns and cannons, and unscrupulously bullying the legion of cold weapons with hot weapons.
"How is the situation in the troops these two days?"
"The casualties of the troops have improved after adjustment, but the casualties on the front line are still high. Just yesterday, the position was sacrificed by two regiments, and the enemy's bombing in the city and plane strafing, and there is still a multi-battalion loss."
"The Chinese devils who have changed their lives!" General Ubolevic cursed angrily: "They hide behind the cannons of the plane and look like turtles. Is this a man's behavior? A capable battle with pride is simply an insult to the glory of the soldiers!"
"Yes! The Chinese devils are too cunning. Who knew they would do this? Do they have to use up their shells and bombs?" General Yakir echoed and nodded repeatedly. Although he said so, he and General Ubolevic knew in his heart that the Chinese were completely in line with tactical ideas. When the Red Army was preparing to use their lives to consume the enemy's power, would the Chinese still foolishly fight with you to consume face to face? If the Chinese commander was of this level, I'm afraid the Chinese would not have fought Serov in such a short time.
"The people are innocent. I agree with your opinion and let them all evacuate Serov. However, the large army must stick to this place and not retreat. You must know that this is the order before Comrade Fu Longzhi left."
General Yakiel sighed and nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange for the citizens' retreat immediately, but I still recommend informing Comrade Fu Longzhi about the situation here, and also asking him how his preparations are going on? If we can defeat the enemy in the east, the pressure here will be reduced a lot and we will be more relaxed in defense."
"Well, I hope Comrade Fu Longzhi's tactics will be successful. I think about the Chinese devils who changed their lives, why did our troops who attacked the capital of China not kill all these Chinese people during the Qing Dynasty? If that were the case, there would be no such trouble now."
When General Ubolevic sighed that the Eight-Nation Alliance failed to completely destroy the Chinese, Kant, east of Serov, went to the plains of Mansisk, in a forest, Fulongzhi was patiently waiting for the opportunity to come.
As he imagined, he was eager to win across the Ob River. He followed the broken troops all the way with light-fitting equipment. According to intelligence, the Far East government vanguard troops were chasing, with more than 40,000 people, with four infantry divisions and one brigade. Judging from the number of people, the enemy being pursued was the elite of these troops. He did not bring logistics and supplies, let alone cannons and some heavy weapons. Except for a very small number of machine guns, he was basically light-fitting.
"Report to Comrade Commander! Our troops have just passed. According to time, the enemy will pass in an hour!"
Fu Longzhi nodded with satisfaction, raised his wrist and looked at the watch: "Notify the Air Force to prepare for takeoff, tanks, artillery units and infantry divisions to prepare for attack."
"yes!"
After the order was issued, Fu Longzhi walked towards the edge of the forest. His preset location was in the open area in the south of the forest. This was the main road to Hante. To the north is a forest, to the south is a plain, to the south is a hill, and to the east and northeast is the Ob River. Once the battle started, the enemy could only retreat south or from the way to the south. When the hills crossed the plain, Fu Longzhi had arranged a division of troops and purchased positions. As long as the enemy retreated south, he would be sure to attack the north and south and swallow all the enemies in one breath. As for the way to escape east or northeast, you should know that the Ob River is not so easy to cross, even if the enemy built a pontoon bridge? Can a few pontoon bridges allow the enemy to pass quickly? The Ob River bank may be their burial place.
Fu Longzhi's air force was placed in Hante, his tank was hidden in the forest, and the large army was on high alert, waiting quietly for the enemy to fall into the trap.
An hour later, the sound of the marching sounds of the team gradually came from afar. The scouts observed in front of him had already arrived. It seemed that they were not prepared for the surrounding area, and they were not even sent out the guards. They hurried on the road in a hurry. It seemed that the other commander would never have thought that when the opponent fled in a panic, they would set up a pocket here for them to drill.
"Hurry up, young men! You are the heroes of the revival of the empire! When Kant is taken down, Serov will be in front of us. Our Chinese friends are attacking Serov. The victory of this war belongs to Her Majesty the Queen! It belongs to Russia! It also belongs to you! Go forward and the handsome horse! Let us march towards Moscow!"
"Wula!Wula!"
The officer riding a tall horse was wearing the uniform of the guards and running on both sides of the troops to boost morale. His face was full of smiles. In his opinion, as long as he chased the escaped enemy and took Hant in one breath, victory was in front of him. In fact, it was not only because of him that, but also the soldiers of the Far East government army felt that with the victory of Chinese allies, the day of reviving Russia had arrived.
“Buzz…buzz….”
Just as the troops entered the plains and were chasing quickly in the direction of Hant, a buzzing sound came from afar. Some soldiers couldn't help but slow down and couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the sound.
"Young men! Look! The plane of Chinese allies! This must be the air force of our Chinese allies! It seems that our allies already know the direction of our march, so they specially sent the air force to support us. Work harder, boys! Let us make another contribution to Russia!"
"Wula!Wula!"
The officer's explanation made the morale of the troops boil. Everyone had heard that the Chinese Air Force was powerful, but they did not expect that before they arrived in Serov, the Chinese allies sent the air force to support them. Now, the fleeing enemy had nowhere to hide with the support of the Air Force, and they might not be able to destroy them all in a long time.
Chapter completed!