I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The commander-in-chief of the Soviet counterattack against Irkutsk was General Grigory Ivanovich Kulik, who was Stalin's confidant, old comrade-in-arms, and old subordinate, and he won Stalin's trust.

During the Soviet-Russian Civil War, Stalin did not have much influence in the Red Army. Only the First Cavalry Army of the Red Army really obeyed him. Kulik was the commander-in-chief of the artillery of the First Cavalry Army at that time. There is no doubt that Kulik belonged to Stalin’s direct line. After Stalin came to power, he rose step by step, all the way to the high position of the Minister of Ordnance Department of the Soviet Army, and led the military production and weapons development of the Soviet Army for a long time.

Generally speaking, Kulik's military ability is not very strong, he is brave and tenacious but does not have a far-sighted war vision. He was born in the artillery unit. Tanks are a new type of land warfare weapon, and he believes that the Soviet Union’s backward transportation, cold climate, and muddy land are not suitable for large-scale mechanized warfare, and the artillery should continue to be strengthened.

Based on Kulik's unmistakable but not advanced enough war thinking, the development of Soviet tanks was slow. The original Soviet main infantry division had an independent tank battalion, but it was abolished because of him. At the same time, the Soviet artillery force It has been greatly developed, making the Soviet army have a very powerful artillery force.

Now ordered to counterattack Irkutsk, Kulik's tactic is to gather as many large-caliber heavy artillery as possible, destroy the vital forces of the Nanjing Army in Irkutsk with the overwhelmingly powerful artillery force, and finally regain the city in one go.

The three major weapons of land warfare, tanks, Kulik did not pay attention to, aircraft, and snow and weather made it impossible to dispatch. Naturally, when the Soviet army wanted to have an absolute advantage in heavy firepower when it counterattacked Irkutsk, it must rely on cannons.

Thanks to Kulik's efforts, the Soviet army has mobilized more than 700 artillery pieces to the Irkutsk front, including more than [-] large-caliber heavy artillery pieces.

Needless to say, this is a very powerful heavy firepower, which can completely level the city.

In the city of Irkutsk, the 74th Division raced against the clock to carry out combat preparations. With the coming of the Soviet counterattack troops, the combat preparations became more and more tense. In fact, it is the Nanjing Army's responsibility to fight the city defense war. The advantage is that the Nanjing Army came out of the defense of Nanjing, and it is very handy for this combat mode. However, Irkutsk (hereinafter referred to as "Yicheng") is different from Nanjing. First of all, it is not China's In the city, the Nanjing army did not have the support of the compatriots in the city. Secondly, the Soviet army that counterattacked Yicheng greatly surpassed the Japanese army that attacked Nanjing in terms of artillery power. At that time, there were 74 Nanjing troops defending the city. At this time, there was only one [-]th division. However, the Yicheng Nanjing Army did not have the original "Paoshan" in Nanjing.

Once the Soviet army launched a large-scale bombardment, the battle was really not optimistic.

At the meeting, Jin Jingqing, head of the Heavy Artillery Regiment directly under the 74th Division, said: "After all, there are about [-] Soviet civilians in Yicheng. The Soviet army should be wary of launching a large-scale bombardment of the city, right?"

Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the 74th Brigade, shook his head: "It's unlikely.

First of all, we all know the virtues of the old man. They are also cruel to their own family members, and they don’t know how to control their own civilians. Secondly, the old man has been cornered by us on the battlefield in the Far East. Red-eyed, why would you care so much?The top priority of the Soviet army now is to recapture Yicheng as soon as possible, restore the smooth flow of the main Siberian railway, and rescue the main force of the Soviet army in the Far East besieged on the Black West battlefield. There is no time to dawdle, so the Soviet army may hesitate. But we won’t hesitate for too long, we will definitely bombard the whole city indiscriminately and indiscriminately!”

Qiu Qingquan looked dignified: "According to intelligence, there are 10,000+ Soviet troops counterattacking Yicheng. We are not very weak in the fight. We have built relatively complete fortifications, and there are sufficient ordnance, ammunition, and supplies. According to the city's offensive and defensive The ratio of battle losses between the two sides was four to one, and the entire army of our division's [-] brothers was wiped out, and the Soviet army who counterattacked Yicheng would also suffer almost the same casualties.

Therefore, we are not afraid of fighting a regular urban offensive and defensive battle. Ladies and gentlemen, don’t forget our purpose of fighting. Our purpose is not to hold Yicheng permanently, but to delay time. A month is enough. As long as delay In one month, the Soviet army will undoubtedly die on the Black West battlefield, and our mission is completed.

A month later, our entire army was wiped out, and many people who were still alive could break out and evacuate with ease.

However, the old man got so many big guns, it was difficult to say, there were more than [-] large-caliber heavy guns, and the lethality was too great! "Although he was fearless, he also showed anxiety and worry. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of not being able to complete the task of "sticking to Yicheng for one month" issued by the Nanjing Army Headquarters.

Deputy division commander Qi Xueqi said: "For the current plan, there is only one way, which is to deploy a capable force, detour to the rear of the Soviet army, and take advantage of its unpreparedness to surprise its heavy artillery position.

We have used this trick many times on the Nanjing battlefield, and now we can do it again! "

Gao Jiren, the commander of the 75th Brigade, felt doubts: "That being said, Yicheng is different from Nanjing.

First of all, Nanjing is surrounded by flat land, which is suitable for the impact of our tank group. Yicheng is surrounded by glaciers, snowfields, and virgin forests, and it is difficult for our tanks to attack; second, the Soviet army has so many heavy artillery. Including the guard infantry, if it is fully counted, there will be no less than 1 people.

We mobilized capable troops to launch a roundabout raid, so how many people do we need for this capable force?A regiment is too small, at least a brigade, and the problem arises. One brigade, with [-] people, detours, the movement is too great, and the possibility of exposure and alarm is too great! "

Qi Xueqi said: "Zuo Gao Lu, your doubts can be resolved.

First of all, Yicheng is surrounded by glaciers, snowfields, virgin forests, and now there are continuous blizzards, the right time and place are on our side, because the complicated geographical environment and dangerous weather conditions can just cover our roundabout raid troops ;Secondly, you are right, the scale of the Soviet Army's heavy artillery force is too large, and we dispatched too few regiments, at least one brigade, and the only way to hide a brigade quietly is-the radius of the detour Bigger!If the Soviet heavy artillery position is ten kilometers away from us, our brigade will directly detour to more than 100 kilometers away, making a big oval!" He drew a long and flat "d" on the map, "If this d's The bottom point is Yicheng, which is us, and the top point is the heavy artillery unit of the Soviet army. Our roundabout assault troops took the half-circle arc of this d, circled a hundred kilometers away, and appeared near the rear of the Soviet army. Launch a surprise attack!Don't forget that Siberia is extremely sparsely populated, hundreds of thousands of millions of square kilometers are uninhabited areas, and the north of Yicheng is the hinterland of Siberia, thousands of kilometers are desolate, without a single person.

Our brigade, even if there are tens of thousands of people, is mighty and mighty, as long as we go far and sideways, we will never be discovered!"

Peng Bisheng, commander of the 76th brigade, said in surprise: "Senior, although your idea is theoretically sound, there is still a huge hidden danger, which is the terrain.

We don't know anything about the geographical environment, mountains, glaciers, snowfields and cliffs within a few hundred kilometers north of Yicheng!Our detour troops are completely walking in a place they have never set foot in or explored!The danger is too great!Do you still remember the so-called "Long March" by the Chinese Communist Red Army?Under the pursuit of the national army, they had to climb snow-capped mountains and cross grasslands, and they walked through uninhabited and unknown poor mountains and rivers. How many people died! "

"Yes!" Qi Xueqi nodded, "It's dangerous to take this route, but it's our only way.

Otherwise, we will quickly lose Yicheng under the violent bombardment of the Soviet heavy artillery group!Speaking of which, how can we retreat and be deterred from what the CCP’s Red Army can do?After we finish this road, we only need three things, one is a map, the starting point and destination are marked on the map, the second is a compass, and the third is perseverance! He looked at Qiu Qingquan, "Master, let me lead this roundabout raid force!" "

Qiu Qingquan looked at the resolute Qi Xueqi, his eyes were moved and pleased, and then he patted him on the shoulder heavily: "Okay! I'll leave it to you!"

After finalizing the plan, everyone intensively perfected the plan and made preparations.

The 74th Brigade serves as the backbone of the roundabout raid force. The brigade's engineers, transport troops and other auxiliary units and more than 4000 recruits were transferred, and more than 75 veterans from the 76th and 2000th Brigades were recruited into the 74th Brigade. , and assigned the main force of the division's 74th Cavalry Brigade to the 74th Brigade, making the roundabout raid force have 1 troops, including more than 6000 elite infantry and more than 3500 cavalry, more than 200 vehicles, and more than 1000 pack animals. The commander-in-chief of the troops, Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the 74th Brigade, Liu Yaohuan, deputy commander of the brigade, and He Guangqian, commander of the 74th Cavalry Brigade, served as deputy commanders.

Starting from Yicheng, this unit first marched more than 50 kilometers to the north-east, then advanced more than 80 kilometers to the west, and finally advanced more than 40 kilometers to the southwest, and killed the Soviet army's rear. The target was the heavy artillery of the Soviet army. Group positions, the whole journey is more than 180 kilometers, and the places they pass are glaciers, snowfields and virgin forests with unknown conditions.

"There is one more question!" the Goji man asked, "What about the more than 30 Soviet civilians in the city?"

Qiu Qingquan snorted coldly: "Nonsense!"

On October 10, the roundabout raid troops of the 31th Division set off. At the same time, the Soviet troops who counterattacked Yicheng also approached the city one after another.

The Soviet army who arrived near Yicheng was surprised and angrily found that a large number of civilians from their own country, whose number was several times that of them, were running towards them, crying. , these civilians are all residents of Yicheng, and they really rushed towards the soldiers of their own country who drove near Yicheng with tears in their faces, because they were suffering from hunger and cold.

The 74th Division is preparing to launch a fierce battle. Controlling more than 30 enemy civilians is a big problem. Before the war, they can be recruited as labor coolies. When the war breaks out, the hidden dangers brought by these enemy civilians will outweigh the convenience. First, they need to be detained. There are a lot of troops, if they relax, they will cooperate with the Soviet army outside the city and launch a riot to resist, which will inevitably be a bad thing; secondly, raising them will consume a lot of food. Yicheng, like most Soviet towns in Siberia, suffers from mining, It was built for railways and industries. There is no farmland or agriculture, so there is basically no food in the local area, and the food in the city is getting less and less. The more than 30 Soviet civilians have more than 30 mouths, which will inevitably become a burden and burden for the 74th Division; Thirdly, by driving them to the Soviet Army, you can naturally turn your burdens and burdens into those of the Soviet Army. .

Before the war, the 74th Division drove out more than 30 Soviet civilians in the city except for less than 74 technicians (such as doctors), and drove the rest out of the city. Not only that, the 74th Division was also very despicable. God, the 74th Division will not distribute food to the civilians, let them all be hungry, the logic is ready-made: your own army is coming soon, you go and ask them for food, we will No more wasting food; more than that, the 30th Division also stripped the more than [-] Soviet civilians naked, because the temperature in Yicheng had reached minus [-] to [-] degrees at this time, and the Nanjing Army needed warm clothes and blankets, so it was They used local materials and stripped all the clothes of the Soviet civilians. The logic is ready-made: your own army is coming soon, so go ask them for clothes yourself.

Of course, the Nanjing Army has not been particularly ruthless. For male Soviet civilians, at least one pair of pants is left, for female Soviet civilians, at least one pair of pants and vest shirts are left, and for children among Soviet civilians, they are merciless , did not strip the children's clothes (the 74th Division did not strip the Soviet children's clothes, not because the children's clothes could not be worn, children's clothes can be cut into pieces and made into padded jackets, the 74th Division did not do this out of humanitarian spirit).

Ever since, the Soviet officers and soldiers who arrived in Yicheng were very annoyed to see: 30 civilians who were crumbling from hunger and shivering from the cold were crying and pounced on themselves, and many civilians ran and fell down. rise up, and die of cold and hunger.

The civilians in Yicheng who ran in front of the Soviet army were all blue, their lips were purple, their faces were full of tears and their noses were frozen into ice crystals.

The Soviet army had to feed these civilians with their own food, and had to use their own clothes to protect these civilians from the cold.

About 15 Soviet troops fought back against Yicheng, but there were 74 civilians in Yicheng who were driven to the Soviet army by the 30th Division, which was twice as many as the Soviet army. There were 30 more mouths, which undoubtedly greatly increased the number of Soviet troops. Army's logistical burden.

"These despicable, shameless and cunning Chinese!" Kulik was furious after learning about the incident.

On the one hand, because of Stalin's death order, and on the other hand, because of his growing hatred for the Nanjing Army, Kulik couldn't wait for all the follow-up troops to arrive, and angrily issued an order to siege the city.

On the morning of November 11, the Battle of Yicheng broke out.

The attack of the Soviet army is very Soviet-style. Thousands of artillery pieces (in addition to hundreds of heavy artillery pieces, there are more small and medium-caliber artillery pieces, mortars, etc.) are furious at the same time, and the sound of thunderous shelling completely overwhelms the enemy. The blizzard was earth-shattering, and the mountains and rivers changed color. Yicheng, which was dimly lit due to the dense haze in the sky, was instantly shrouded in terrifying red flames. The Soviet army's position was filled with flames, ice and snow rolling, and the sky of Yicheng was immediately covered by countless roads. The lightning-like bullet trails were densely covered like a sky net, the entire sky was dark red, the haze turned into faintly glowing fire clouds, and the dark clouds were torn apart. In an instant, Yicheng was turned upside down, with thousands of shells per wave. The powerful artillery fire ravaged the urban area with thunderous momentum, and the whole city was almost spun. The sound was like rolling thunder, and the whole city collapsed and fell apart. Countless fireballs sprung up everywhere in the city, boiling, rolling, surging, and burning. Falling, falling apart, or collapsing in the tsunami-like air waves, countless smoke and dust whizzed up like a black tornado, covering the whole city in groups, the ground trembled violently like a magnitude [-] earthquake, and a raging fire ignited in the city at the same time.

Yicheng is located in Siberia, like most towns in Siberia, because of the lack of building materials (building materials are basically not produced locally, they need to be transported from Eastern Europe through the main railway line, so they are very scarce), and the surroundings are boundless forests, plus The local climate is cold, rain and snow are frequent, and it is not easy to catch fire, so most of the buildings and houses in the city are made of wood. The weather was a blizzard, but the heavy snow basically couldn't suppress the fire, and the strong wind fueled the fire, which eventually caused the entire city of Yi to burn ragingly in the fire.

Thunder and fire billowed in the sky, meteors danced in mid-air, and flames raged on the ground. Yicheng was like a purgatory.

"Calm down! Don't panic!" "Hold on! Hold on!" "Come on!" On the Nanjing Army's position, the officers set an example and desperately shouted slogans to stabilize the morale of the army.

The positions of the 74th Division in Yicheng are basically semi-underground. The whole city is full of criss-cross and dense trench tunnels, as well as many basements and air-raid shelters. Despite the best preparations for the Soviet bombardment, a large number of officers and soldiers were killed or injured. Some officers and soldiers were directly hit by Soviet artillery shells, and their bodies were smashed to pieces. Bengkai was directly buried alive inside. Some officers and soldiers were killed by the shell fragments in the sandstorm-like shell shock wave, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere. They became stupid, and some officers and soldiers were even killed by the earthquake. The seven orifices bleed, and the five internal organs were ruptured. Most of the living officers and soldiers had blood in their mouths, because the shock wave was too strong and endless, which made the officers and soldiers tremble and their teeth bit their tongues. , Knock broken lips.

The scale of the Soviet army's artillery group greatly exceeded that of the Japanese army, and the number and density of shells far surpassed that of the Japanese army. This is the embodiment of national power and industry.

The heavy artillery regiment of the 74th Division did not engage in confrontation with the Soviet artillery group or suppress artillery fire against the Soviet army at all, because doing so was basically tantamount to death. The number of heavy artillery of the Soviet army was seven or eight times that of the 74th Division. It's no less than the Nanjing Army's pistols shooting at the Soviet Army's machine guns.

The heavy artillery regiment of the 74th Division did not form the same artillery group positions, but dispersed into pieces, and launched a harassing counterattack against the Soviet army with sparse and weak firepower that was quickly transferred after a single shot.

"Fuck it! Lao Maozi's industry is so powerful!" Qiu Qingquan and other senior officers were annoyed and jealous, "It's like squandering shells like bullets! Much richer than the little devil! When will we be so powerful? Artillery!"

During the two-hour bombardment, the Soviet artillery poured more than 5000 shells of various types into Yicheng, of which large-caliber shells accounted for a quarter. Yicheng was almost razed to the ground at once. Four-fifths of the buildings in this small city were destroyed after the bombardment. The whole city was devastated, full of ruined walls and raging fires. Black smoke billowed, covering the sky and the sun. make any resistance.

In fact, not all of the 74th Division's defenders are in the urban area. In addition to the roundabout raid troops that have already set off, the 74th Division still has two brigades on the battlefield in Yicheng. In the forest and snow field, so that the troops will not be bombed in vain in the city.

Qiu Qingquan's order proved to be very correct, at least reducing the casualties of the troops in the Soviet artillery by half.

Looking at the scorched city of Yi, Kulik smiled with satisfaction. On the one hand, he was satisfied with the effect of the shelling, and on the other hand, he was satisfied with the correctness of his war thinking. Artillery is still the god of war, even if the "king of land warfare" "The tank has been born, and the status of artillery has not been shaken. It is correct for the Soviet Red Army to continue to develop artillery.

At this time, Kulik believed that the Nanjing Army in the city must have suffered heavy casualties, and those who were still alive had their livers broken, their spirits scattered, and their fighting spirit sluggish. Next, the Soviet Army only needs one infantry charge to regain Yicheng.

"Hula!" Russian slogans sounded in the blizzard, and more than [-] Soviet infantry swarmed towards Yicheng. Soon, the edge of Yicheng was flooded, and there was no counterattack from the Nanjing army. The facts seemed to prove Kulik's judgment , The Soviet infantry who poured into the city continued to advance, and soon they continued to enter the city like water being sucked into a sponge.

"It seems that the battle can be ended today!" Kulik watched this scene with increasing satisfaction.

In the next second, the city of Yi, which fell into dead silence after the Soviet artillery bombardment, suddenly burst into a gun explosion that caught Kulik off guard. He who was lighting a cigarette trembled unpreparedly, and the cigarette fell to the ground. .

Kulik eagerly looked up, and he was stunned to see countless clusters of scorching white lights shining in the city of Yi, which was already riddled with holes. At the same time, deafening Chinese roars came from the wind and snow.

The Nanjing army in the city officially launched a counterattack. The reason why they had to wait for a large number of Soviet troops to enter the city was to form a staggered situation of "the enemy has me, and I have the enemy", forcing the Soviet artillery group to dare not easily cover the area with artillery fire. .

Seeing that tens of thousands of Soviet infantry had entered the city, Qiu Qingquan decisively issued an order to counterattack.

Amidst the earth-shattering Chinese shouts of killing, Yicheng, which seemed to be killed by the Soviet artillery group in the last moment, suddenly revived at this moment. The officers and soldiers roared, and launched a counterattack in the trenches and the blown-up fortifications. Tens of thousands of rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns made sky-shattering screams together. Cannons also fired one after another, and lightning rippled all over the city in an instant, and then Russian ghosts and wolves howled. Clusters of Soviet soldiers who were caught off guard were shot and fell into a pool of blood.

Kulik's guess was correct, but not entirely correct. The artillery group he was proud of indeed caused great casualties to the Nanjing Army in Yicheng, but it did not destroy the vital strength of the Nanjing Army. The battle is based on the weak against the strong. At this time, it is much stronger than before, but the battle against the Soviet army is still weak against the strong. The Nanjing army has a lot of experience in how to avoid the enemy's powerful firepower. It just digs holes everywhere and hides in trenches , The artillery bombardment of the Soviet army killed and injured more than 74 people from the 1th Division, but there are still [-] to [-] officers and soldiers in the city who can continue to fight, and there are more than [-] officers and soldiers who are basically intact in the forest and snow outside the city. Time to fight back together.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Amidst the frightening and trembling Chinese roar, the ruined city of Yi was full of fire and blood.

In the darkness of the gunpowder and dust, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army, who seemed to be inexhaustible and dying, were scrambling to fight back against the Soviet troops entering the city as if they were dying. The blizzard-like firepower net killed the Soviet troops who entered the city.

Fire and bombs were shooting everywhere between the ruined walls, and on the hot and pitch-black scorched earth, where the snow was melted by the Soviet artillery shells, there were officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army strangling the Soviet army angrily and bravely everywhere.

The sound of "Kill" suddenly overwhelmed the sound of "Ulla", and Russian screams and wailing replaced Russian slogans.

Kulik watched in disbelief from outside the city.

Chapter 446

The battle between the Nanjing Army and the Soviet Army was undoubtedly a weak enemy and a strong one. After all, the national power gap between China and the Soviet Union was too great at this time. However, the Nanjing Army achieved brilliant results on the Far East battlefield. Tangnu Wulianghai and Xinjiang regained a large area of ​​land in one fell swoop, and then defeated the Soviet army on the Manchuria battlefield, and blocked the Soviet army in the Heixi encirclement. Soviet counterattack troops.

These three victories of the Nanjing Army were not achieved by luck. The sweep of Mengjiang was because the Nanjing Army took advantage of the situation and entered. The Soviet Army was caught off guard by the Nanjing Army. The defensive battle is more of a manifestation of the advanced military thinking of the Nanjing Army.

The number of Soviet troops who counterattacked Yicheng was four times that of the Nanjing army defending the city, and their artillery power was ten times that of the Nanjing army defending the city. Undoubtedly, for the 74th Division who was ordered to defend Yicheng to the death, this was a great victory. A very nasty battle.

Senior military officers such as Qiu Qingquan, Qi Xueqi, and Liao Yaoxiang did not adopt desperate tactics. The tactics they used were flexible, ingenious, and brilliant.

Of the three main brigades of the 74th Division, one brigade detoured to the rear of the Soviet army, one brigade held its position in the urban area, and the other brigade was broken up into pieces, using a high-tech weapon called "Sparrow War" by the Nanjing Army. Density, high-intensity, and high-strength guerrilla harassment tactics.

Sparrows basically do not fly in groups when they are looking for food. Most of them are a few or a dozen. They come here and there, gather and disperse. The guerrilla attack and harassment warfare method is called "Sparrow Warfare".

In fact, the 74th Division had already made full preparations before launching the Yicheng Defense War. More than 5000 officers and soldiers launched this guerrilla attack. Ten people, less than a dozen or even a few people, the division of labor among the members is clear, and each small unit is composed of "although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs", including scouts, snipers, observers, shooters (using submachine guns or machine guns), Gunners (using grenades or light mortars), infantry, etc., used vehicles instead of cars, but pack animals (horses, donkeys, mules) and sleds, on which soldiers were pulled by pack animals on skis Because of the icy, snowy and howling wind and snow surrounding Yicheng, the car could not move in the knee-deep or even chest-deep snow, but the sled was uniquely blessed with speed, convenience and flexibility.

Soldiers wear white military uniforms or white cloaks, weapons and helmets are also painted white, and pack animals also wear white cotton clothes (the pack animals must be clothed, otherwise the pack animals will freeze to death), thus appearing and disappearing in the snowy forest and sea.

Hundreds of such small units of the Nanjing Army were active on both sides of the railway line and the two wings of the Soviet Army, ambushing and attacking everywhere, separating the Soviet Army from the main force part by part, forming a small encirclement, and finally annihilating them.

When encountering a small number of Soviet troops, the small units of the Nanjing Army attacked and wiped them out. When encountering a large number of Soviet troops, the small units of the Nanjing Army might carry out a surprise attack, killing some of the Soviet troops and then quickly fled. Or contact nearby friendly forces to encircle and destroy the Soviet army.

The sniper is an arm that the Nanjing Army has focused on developing long ago. Although this arm has not been valued by the major powers in the world (including Germany, which has the most advanced war thinking, the Soviet Union at this time did not pay much attention to snipers. Until Germany and the Soviet Union It was only paid attention to in the early and mid-term of the war when it was in a bitter battle), and this unit was extremely "burning money" (conservatively estimated, the bullets consumed to train a sniper are at least the number of training [-] elite infantry), but Jiang Weiguo still spared no expense. The sniper school of the National Army was established, so that the Nanjing Army at this time had many snipers, just like scouts, and it was popularized to the regiment level or even the battalion level.

During the Sino-Japanese War, the snipers of the Nanjing Army had proved their worth. During the Far East War at this time, the snipers of the Nanjing Army were even more brilliant and became a nightmare for the Soviet Army.

These Nanjing Army snipers in white uniforms and white cloaks sneaked around like white ghosts in the Siberian forests and snowfields. A live target for the Nanjing Army snipers (the main line of the Siberian Railway was not only destroyed by the railway, but also many bridges and tunnels were blown up by the Nanjing Army's strategic bombers before the blizzard came).

The cold guns shot from the snow, the forest, and the dark night without warning, shooting stones and drinking feathers, and hitting every shot caused great casualties to the Soviet army, and even more psychologically, the Soviet army was frightened and morale was low.

It is conservatively estimated that among the more than 5000 Nanjing troops who participated in the guerrilla raids, 1000 were snipers or infantry with good marksmanship who acted temporarily as snipers. They not only caused a major blow to the Soviet army, but also contained several times their number The Soviet army provided extremely powerful assistance to Yicheng on the frontal battlefield.

Colonel Ea Motilyovchek, commander of the 130th Infantry Division of the Soviet Army who participated in the Battle of Yicheng, said painfully: "...The Chinese tactics have made us extremely passive. On the battlefield, they also appeared on our two wings, and they were extremely numerous and well-equipped. At first, we didn't pay attention to them, thinking that they were just Chinese stragglers making harmless harassment, but we were totally wrong. Those Chinese were not stragglers, but elite regular troops. They ate us little by little, and caused us heavy losses.

In my division alone, a whole battalion was lost in one night, and the supplies were also severely damaged. The convoy was often attacked. They found our convoy beforehand, and then planted mines where the convoy was about to pass. Those mines were painted as If it is white, there is no need to bury it, just put it in the snow nest, and you won’t be able to find it at all. They will destroy our entire convoy, take away the supplies that can be taken away, and set them on fire if they can’t take them away.

When platoon-level troops encounter them, they will basically be wiped out. When battalion-level troops encounter them, they will be ambushed suddenly. When the troops want to fight back, they have already run without a trace on their skis and quickly disappeared In the snowfields and forests, it is impossible to pursue them, but regardless of them, they will turn around and follow up again, launching a second attack.

The troops were exhausted and battered, and there was no way to deal with these Chinese commandos.

The most terrifying thing is their snipers. The battle is usually like this: one of our troops is advancing. Suddenly, gunshots sound from the depths of the forest. In the midst of the chaos their snipers generally go after the officers or machine gunners and then their strike force goes on the attack and the snipers are still lurking, shooting our officers, machine gunners, gunners one by one in the middle of the battle , correspondents and other important personnel.

A shot without warning is psychologically frightening, because there is no sign at all, and the bullet flew over, killing people.

The activities of Chinese snipers were very rampant and caused us great losses and troubles.