Rebirth of the National Marshal

During the Second World War, what the Soviets advocated most was artilleryism. No matter where they attacked, their shells would rain down like raindrops. But now they don’t have such powerful artillery, so let the artillery unit of the security regiment teach them and give you a lesson about artillery attack in advance.

Li Qiang had never seen 36 howitzers firing at the same time before. To be honest, not to mention him, even some people in the US Army had never seen it before.

The soldiers of the security corps could all feel the ground shaking. If you looked closely, you would see that some tiny grains of sand on the ground were floating up.

"Hide, it's heavy artillery." The commander of the Soviet army advance regiment said this, and then their position was hit by a storm.

600 artillery shells fell on the Soviet troops in five minutes, and they called the surrounding area hell.

Of the more than 1890 people in the regiment, only 105 escaped alive without building defensive positions, and the rest all died here. This was also the battle with the heaviest losses inflicted on the Soviet army before the start of World War II.

There is one advantage of fighting on the prairie: you don't have to worry about these things being blown up. It's best to just bomb them directly with large-caliber heavy artillery. If you fight the Japanese devils in the inland areas, you still have to worry about this and that.

After firing 600 rounds of artillery shells, all the artillery units immediately began to relocate. Although the Soviets had no heavy artillery units, their air force still existed. According to the intelligence sent by the headquarters, the first wave of attacks on the airports on the Mongolian steppes only achieved 70% of the success, and the remaining 30% of the aircraft had already taken off.

We cannot be so harsh on the newly established Chinese Air Force. After all, they are all new pilots, and it is inevitable that some combat mistakes will occur. Mao Yuanshan feels very satisfied with this result.

In order to prevent air force bombing, the artillery regiments have to move their positions quickly. If they are discovered by the enemy in one place for a long time, it will be very dangerous. If they are in inland areas, they don’t have to worry about the loss of these artillery pieces, but now they are hundreds of kilometers away. If there is any loss, it will take time to replenish them.

The traffic conditions in China's inland areas are already very bad, but compared to the prairie, at least there are roads and you don't have to walk through mud. The situation on the prairie is even worse, as there are almost no roads and cars can only run at a speed of 20km per hour.

The 3rd Infantry Division was stunned when it received the news that the advance regiment had been completely defeated, because they had already prepared for an attack.

If the advance team had made good progress, they could have rushed over directly, but now the advance team had failed, what could we do if we rushed over? The Chinese army was on high alert, and if we rushed over, the entire army might disappear as a whole.

Colonel Seryukov, commander of the 3rd Division, did not believe this at all. In his opinion, the previous report must be wrong. How could our great Soviet army fail, especially to these Chinese troops? This was absolutely impossible. The Far Eastern Military District had already said that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was far behind theirs.

The first time she heard that the Chinese army opened fire on the Soviet army, she felt how ridiculous it was. Now that she heard that the advance group was completely wiped out, her first feeling was that God had played a joke on her. What kind of combat effectiveness is this Chinese army? What kind of combat effectiveness is our army? Even if our army's combat effectiveness is reduced, it can't be destroyed by the Chinese army.

"Comrade Division Commander, we should not advance now. We should stay where we are and wait for our reinforcements to arrive, or let the aviation force go over to investigate. We know nothing about the situation ahead of us." The commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment gave a correct suggestion.

Xie Liukov looked at this guy with contempt. This was obviously a form of escapism. If I had listened to you, I would probably have to go to a penance camp when I go back. Penance camps are a popular thing in the Soviet Union. All the people imprisoned there are officials who were dismissed during the Great Purge. Life in there is definitely worse than death. It's your fault for not knowing how to follow the pace of the supreme leader. Otherwise, you would still be living a good life now.

This regiment commander definitely has bad intentions. If he were to stop moving forward, it would be a disgrace to the Soviet army. How could our great Soviet army stand still in front of the Chinese army?

"The advance group must have been careless and fell into their ambush. They have more troops than others. We should not make such a mistake, nor should we stand still. Nothing can stop the advance of our great Soviet army. Now order all the troops to charge forward and tear them apart. Tell our boys that as long as they flatten this place, I will allow them to move freely for three days." They all knew very well what the free movement meant. Anyway, the land under their feet belonged to China, and these ordinary people had nothing to do with them.

"But..." When the regiment commander was about to say something, he was stopped by his chief of staff. The two of them were the few officers left in the purge. The rest were all promoted by political commissars. These people would never consider purely military issues. All they considered were the ideas of their superiors. If they could not quickly deal a heavy blow to the Chinese, they would most likely lose their positions.

In their minds, their own position is definitely much more important than the lives of these soldiers. The Soviet Union has a large population, so what is the importance of these soldiers' lives? As long as they can rush up and kill the Chinese and let them know what a big mistake it is to provoke the Soviet Union, the Chinese will not dare to provoke the Soviets in the future, and they will become national heroes. What are those dead soldiers?

The Soviet army was in a rush, and no one thought about why their air force hadn't come to support them, and why their advance group was wiped out in such a short time. If a senior officer had thought about it, they wouldn't have failed so quickly.