Chapter 1146 Crossing the Border (Part 2)

The village has been abandoned and the villagers don’t know where they go. Two dirt roads pass through the village. This is the road here. The mud is its enemy, and heavy vehicles are also its enemy.

Several hours of rainfall made the two simple roads crossing near the village muddy, and the muddy roads were crushed by tracks and wheels, and they could hardly see what they were like. Several Soviet military vehicles overturned on the side of the road, one of which was only a pair of burnt skeletons, and several equally charred corpses were scattered by the car. It was no longer obvious that they were wearing military uniforms. However, from the analysis of the "Mosin-Nagan" rifles scattered by the corpse, these dead men were obviously soldiers of the Soviet Army.

A huge bullet crater was near these overturned Soviet cars, only a dozen meters away from the road. Obviously, the reason why those military vehicles overturned or even burned was due to the explosion of the bomb or shell. You can also hear the sound of cannons and gunshots, as well as the sound of rockets when they swept across the sky. The battle continued, but for these Soviet fallen soldiers, their war was over.

Accompanied by the roar of the huge engine, a heavy tank of the Chinese Army, rushed out of the village, rushed onto the muddy road with the roar of the engine, appeared on the right side of the overturned Soviet cars, and then stopped.

Then several "wild boars" rushed out of the village and stopped with the heavy tank that led to the lead.

A total of six "wild boar" heavy tanks stopped at the forks of the two simple roads in front of the village, but the engine did not turn off, but was running at idle speed, and could yell at any time to drive the tank forward.

The leading tank number is "559", and Zhang Mingzhi was its direct commander. Just after the tank stopped, Zhang Mingzhi opened the top cover of the turret and poked the tank out of the upper body, watching the heavy tanks following behind stopping on the side of the road.

"map"

Zhang Mingzhi stretched his right hand down and shouted at the tank at the same time. The ammunition hand immediately handed the military map to the company commander.

Zhang Mingzhi took the map and studied it carefully for a moment, and then he finally confirmed a fact: he was lost.

According to the map, there should be only one road here, but now, there are two roads in front of you, and it seems that both roads lead to the north, only one is east and the other is west. As for which road to take, Zhang Mingzhi is a little worried.

This cannot be blamed for Zhang Mingzhi for his poor military qualities, nor for his lack of meticulous reconnaissance.

The road situation in the Soviet Union was extremely bad, with many dirt roads. The farther away from the city, the more it is, the more difficult it is to see a real modern road. This cannot be blamed on the Soviet government for being lazy. In fact, this is very related to the local climate. The Soviet territory is basically in high-latitude areas. It is severely cold in winter and the permafrost area is vast. Building roads and railways here are not only expensive, but also cost high maintenance. The Russian government almost went bankrupt when it built the Siberian Railway. As for highways, since the Tsarist era, this has always been the most troublesome thing for the Russian rulers. After finally building a concrete road. If you don’t care about maintenance, it may be completely scrapped in a few years due to changes in the temperature of the permafrost layer. Therefore, most of the roads in the Soviet Union were dirt roads because it was easy to build.

It is precisely because the dirt road is simple and convenient to build, and it is a national border, the Soviet government deliberately built many roads here to confuse the enemy's reconnaissance. The air force reconnaissance forces may be able to determine which road leads to where, but the ground forces cannot clearly grasp the direction of the road.

Obviously, either the Air Force was negligent when drawing maps, or one of the two roads in front of him was a fake road built by the Soviet army to confuse the Chinese team.

Zhang Mingzhi was a little worried when he held the map. Half an hour ago, he received a reinforcement order from his superiors. However, until now, he is still here. He is still in his internship period. If this delays the combat operation, he will become a platoon leader or even a private. The demotion is small, and delays the operation of the troops will be a negligent task.

Zhang Mingzhi originally thought that his troops would continue to follow the Armored Division, but he was not told until the battle started that in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Mechanical Infantry Division, the superiors decided to let his troops advance with the 106 Mechanical Infantry Division to open the way for the Mechanical Infantry Division. Since the Mechanical Infantry Division only carried out flanking roundabout missions, not frontal attack troops, after the war started today, Zhang Mingzhi's tank troops had not fought a strong battle. However, the support mission is likely to compete with Soviet heavy tanks at present, but now they cannot find the right path. Zhang Mingzhi was very anxious.

"Company Commander, are we lost? Which of the two roads should we take?"

A tank commander asked Zhang Mingzhi through the radio, which obviously attracted the attention of several other tank commanders. So, soon all the tanks opened the turret cover, and the commander and the gunner both poked the tank out of the upper body and looked around curiously.

A tank leader jumped off the tank, stood at the intersection and studied for a while, then ran back to the No. 559 tank commanded by Zhang Mingzhi, raised his neck and gave a suggestion.

"Company Commander, in my opinion, the ruts on the road east side were left by our army's trucks, and the ruts on the road west side were left by Soviet troops. Since the superior asked us to support our MoB Division, then, I think, go to the road east side."

"Go to the east? What if I can't find it? Let's turn it back? I'm afraid there is not enough fuel."

Zhang Mingzhi was hesitant. When he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a three-wheeled motorcycle coming from the south of the road to the east. The driver was wearing a Chinese Defense Force helmet and a bundle of street signs were piled on the truck. Obviously, it should be a motorcycle of the baggage unit. The task was to set up Chinese street signs at various intersections to facilitate the traffic of the troops.

"Company Commander, there is a motorcycle over there. Why don't I go and ask?" The tank commander volunteered.

"Forget it, I'll ask. Go back to the car and ask them to pay attention to the movements around them."

Zhang Mingzhi jumped off the tank, stood in the middle of the road, waiting for the motorcycle to come.

Maybe I thought these six heavy tanks had fallen out, but it was more likely to set up street signs at this fork, and the motorcycle stopped the car in front of Zhang Mingzhi and turned off the engine.

The person driving the motorcycle was an army sergeant, and the person sitting in the back seat was an army corporal. Both of them were carrying submachine guns. After stopping, the sergeant was still riding on the bicycle. The corporal carried a street sign and a hammer to the fork in the road. He took a map and a compass and thought for a few seconds, and then he used a hammer to nail the half-person-high street sign at the intersection.

"What's wrong? Left behind? Lost?" The sergeant took off his goggles and asked Zhang Mingzhi, who was a little embarrassed.

Zhang Mingzhi glanced at the street sign and said, "The superior asked us to support the 190 Mobu Division, but I don't know where they drove. The road here is really weird, I'm afraid the Soviet army will get lost."

The sergeant smiled and said, "So, you are lost. Well, we are about to go to the 190 Mobu Division headquarters, so you can follow us."

Before he finished speaking, the sergeant had already started the motorcycle, and the corporal in charge of nailing the street sign also returned to the back seat of the motorcycle with the two "Mosin-Nagan" rifles he had picked up.

Someone took the initiative to lead the way, but Zhang Mingzhi was reluctant to ask for it. He quickly turned around and boarded his No. 559 tank and issued new orders to all tank commanders.

"Follow this motorcycle"

So, six "wild boar" heavy tanks roared like this, followed a "tumbling" three-wheeled motorcycle on the road, and arrived at the destination fifteen minutes later.

When he arrived at the 190th Mojian Division headquarters, the division commander did not interrogate Zhang Mingzhi for being late. He just hurriedly called a lieutenant colonel staff officer and took Zhang Mingzhi's six heavy tanks to the eastern battlefield to support an infantry brigade.

Waiting for tank support was the 501st Infantry Brigade under the 190th Motor Infantry Division. Although this brigade was also a motorized unit, the officers and soldiers were maneuvering in cars, they lacked heavy weapons. The brigade commander only had a few wheeled air defense armored vehicles and some 75mm anti-tank guns, and could not nibble the heavy Soviet tanks that blocked them. So he had to ask for help from his superiors. The division headquarters received a telegram for assistance from the brigade commander, asking for air support from the air force first. However, the air force was busy eliminating a Soviet tank column that was in the direction of the battlefield. He did not care about this "small deal" in front of the 501st Infantry Brigade. As a result, the 190th Motor Infantry Division had to ask for help from friendly and neighboring troops. Just as a tank unit of the 106th Mechanical Infantry Division passed by nearby. So at the command of the 106th Division, Zhang Mingzhi led six "wild boar" heavy tanks to come over.

Wang Jintang, the brigade commander of the 501st Infantry Brigade, finally waited for the tank to come. Without saying a word, he stood beside Zhang Mingzhi, raised his arm, pointed at a village a kilometer away, and pointed the obstacle that blocked the troops' advance to Zhang Mingzhi.

"See? There are at least four Soviet heavy tanks in the village, very solid. My 75 guns can't do anything to them at all. They have been blocked here for almost an hour. If we don't solve them, we can only take a detour."

"You don't have anti-tank bazooka? Just send infantry to touch it?"

Zhang Mingzhi was a little strange. The Soviet army in the village was obviously an isolated army that was responsible for the blocking mission. Otherwise, the Soviet army's counterattack would have been fought long ago. How could the 501 Infantry Brigade soaked mushrooms here to deal with the isolated tanks? As long as the tactics were used properly, the infantry could easily destroy the enemy's tanks with a bazooka. Now, the 60mm caliber anti-tank rocket launcher is the standard equipment for front-line infantry. The lighter the troops, the more equipment the rocket launcher is. For troops like the 501 Infantry Brigade, each company has at least two anti-tank rocket launchers.

"It was a minefield, and the Soviet army also had infantry cooperation, so they were guarding the village. We launched two attacks and were both repelled. Even my staff stepped on landmines, and the mine demining troops were suppressed by Soviet tanks, causing heavy casualties. Originally, we wanted to ask the air force to send dive bombers to level the village, but they can't draw out their troops now, so we had to ask you to take action."

"Sign up the minefield to me."

Zhang Mingzhi did not dare to be careless, for fear that the Soviet army would bury anti-tank reefs near the village. The weakness of the heavy tank lies in the tracks, for fear that anti-tank mines, the anti-tank reefs that the infantry could not suppress could be easily detonated by the tank, causing the tank to fall into vain and affect combat effectiveness.

"The farmland from the other side is a minefield, and mines are buried on both sides of the road. We have raised some mines, and there are indeed anti-tankres inside. You must be careful. If you are ready, you will launch an attack in five minutes, with your tanks in front and our infantry following."

Wang Jintang was not vague and discussed with Zhang Mingzhi and the combat staff for a while, determined the attack plan, and then at the order, he launched a new round of attack on the village guarded by the Soviet army.

According to the attack plan, heavy tanks are in front, air defense armored vehicles are immediately behind, infantry guards are guarding the left and right, and several half-track armored vehicles equipped with heavy mortars provide artillery support. The offensive troops will slowly approach the village, and then the heavy tanks will charge, first deal with the heavy tanks of the Soviet army.

Zhang Mingzhi commanded the No. 559 tank to rush forward and slowly approached the village at the foot of infantry along the road. When he approached less than 500 meters away from the village, he found a Soviet heavy tank in the captain's periscope. It was the kind of KV-1 heavy tank he had met on the Iranian battlefield, and he was considered an old opponent.

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