I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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In this regard, Zhukov, Budyonny, Vasilevsky, Rokossovsky and other high-level Soviet troops are full of confidence. They believe that defeating the opponent is a matter of charging.

On the battlefield in the northern part of Champion City, the earth became a sea, and soldiers were like a flood; gunpowder smoke became clouds, and bullets rained like rain.

Countless iron fist warheads, Molotov cocktails, grenades, dynamite packs, bullets, artillery shells... like a storm on a stormy sea, accompanied by pouring loyal and brave blood, thousands of arrows in the roaring Chinese roar The tank group and cavalry group of the Soviet army poured down like a volley, covering the sky and covering the earth, and the sun and the moon were dark.

The sounds of wind, thunder, and killing resounded through the sky; water of snow, water of blood, and molten iron flowed across the field.

Infantry and tanks battle!Infantry and cavalry clash!An extremely rare and vicious battle was formed, extremely fierce, tragic, and magnificent.

On the snowfield completely turned into black and red scorched earth, facing the overwhelming Soviet tank group and cavalry group, the Chinese soldiers had no fear, and used their flesh and blood to resist tenaciously like a Great Wall of flesh and blood, composing a song. The majestic and tear-jerking heroic battle song.

When the results of the battle were presented to Zhukov and other Soviet generals, Zhukov and others could not believe that the Chinese army, mainly infantry, had resisted the Soviet army, which was mainly armored and cavalry, in the wild.

"It's impossible!" Zhukov shook his head again and again, "Something must have happened that we didn't expect!"

"I have repeatedly investigated!" Vasilevsky said, "The anti-tank capabilities of the Chinese army are actually not strong. In addition to tanks and artillery, they only have anti-tank guns, Molotov cocktails, grenades, and explosives to attack our tanks. Bao, but they don't have many anti-tank guns. The Sanqi guns are not very powerful against our tanks. Although the [-] guns are powerful, they are small in number. They rely more on Molotov cocktails, grenades, and explosives. And they are equipped with a large number of German-made individual anti-tank weapons (iron fists)!" Vasilevsky's face was very ugly, "According to field reports, the iron fists of the Chinese army have spread to platoons and even squads, and the number is huge .

We have to admit that this new type of individual anti-tank weapon makes their infantry have very strong anti-tank capabilities!" He felt deeply saddened, "The invention of the machine gun made infantry no longer afraid of cavalry, and this iron fist Inventions make infantry no longer afraid of tanks!"

"Weapon is one of the important factors in war, but it is not the first element of war!" Zhukov still shook his head again and again, "People are the first element of war.

Comrade Vasilevsky, what is the range of that iron fist? "

Vasilevsky replied: "We tested it with the captured iron fist, and the result is that the range of the weapon is 30 meters, and it must be within 30 meters to effectively hit the tank!"

"30 meters?" Zhukov felt a kind of spiritual shock, "30 meters! It is completely within the attack range of the tank! How dare their infantry engage in battle with the tank at a distance of only 30 meters? Doing so, fighting against the infantry What's the difference between launching a confrontation with a tank? It's a narrow escape! It's the behavior of a desperado!"

Vasilevsky was silent for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "Yes, they are outlaws, and all of them are outlaws!"

Major General Rokossovsky, commander of the 16th Army of the Soviet Army, was a commander of the armored forces who was born in the cavalry. Therefore, he became one of the chief officers of the Soviet army in this battle, because the Soviet army's tactics in this battle were "combined cavalry and armored troops for joint assault", which required him to be an excellent general who knew both cavalry and armored combat. .

Rokossovsky once devoted himself to studying a military problem: under what circumstances would an army collapse?The so-called "collapse" means giving up fighting, including collective surrender or large-scale surrender, collective or large-scale defeat.

After repeated research, Rokossovsky believes that there are ten factors that lead to the collapse of the army:

First, the casualty rate. When the casualty rate of the army reaches a certain point, the army may collapse on its own (that is, soldiers who can still fight voluntarily give up fighting, choose to surrender or flee); second, the level of morale and The length of time to maintain morale, the army with high morale and can maintain high morale for a long time is naturally less likely to collapse. In addition, if there is something that greatly affects the morale of the army, such as the death of the chief officer, the arrival of enemy reinforcements, the enemy The army is also likely to collapse on its own if effective psychological tactics are used; third, the firmness of thoughts and beliefs; fourth, the tenacity of spirit and will; fifth, the strictness of military discipline; Seventh, the effectiveness of supervision means; eighth, the lack and adequacy of logistical materials; ninth, the exemplary role of officers; tenth, the ethnic groups of military members.

Rokossovsky first studied these ten factors with the Soviet Army itself. The first point alone made him feel bitter. The Soviet Army’s ability to withstand casualties is indeed not strong, and it is rare for a certain unit to reach the entire army. It is not uncommon for incidents of being overwhelmed and collective surrender after being severely injured. When the remaining nine points are idealized, the elite Soviet troops can withstand more than 50% casualties without collapsing, and ordinary troops can only withstand 20% to 30% of the casualties. % casualties, the recruit militia will collapse on its own after suffering 10% casualties, but in actual combat, the remaining nine points cannot be idealized, so if the Soviet elite troops can withstand 40% casualties without collapsing, it will be very rare (Take the former Kiev campaign as an example. The Soviet army suffered more than 19 casualties, more than 65 surrendered, and tens of thousands broke out and fled. completely collapsed).

On the battlefield north of the city at this time, Rokossovsky was deeply shocked, and he felt confused, because the Chinese army on the opposite side seemed completely inapplicable to his set of theories.

Facing the almost unstoppable Soviet tank group and cavalry group, the combat power and courage of the Nanjing Army officers and soldiers who participated in the battle shocked the Soviet Army.

No matter it was the tens of tons of Soviet tanks or the galloping Soviet cavalry, the Nanjing Army who fought against them showed no fear. Almost no one flinched and retreated.

With the invention of modern weapons, especially continuous firearms (submachine guns, machine guns, assault rifles) and light artillery such as grenades, mortars, and infantry guns that infantry can carry and use, cavalry is most beneficial to cavalry in field combat. Infantry is no longer advantageous. As for tanks, the situation is somewhat similar to that of cavalry. Infantry are not helpless when fighting tanks. Infantry has the ability to fight cavalry.

However, this is only a theoretical conclusion. This theory regards soldiers as robots. In fact, soldiers are human after all.

The impact of tanks and cavalry on infantry is not only firepower, but more importantly, psychological. The enemy's galloping tank group and galloping cavalry group will bring great visual and psychological impact. In most cases, the army that is facing it will be mentally defeated before the battle. To put it bluntly, it is frightened, and then frightened away, and there is no need to be frightened and frightened away. When the first deserter appears, the morale and will of the army will be like the first pinhole being poked in a balloon, and then it will lead to an uncontrollable collapse.

Theoretically speaking, an infantryman armed with a submachine gun or an iron fist is not guaranteed to be defeated against an enemy cavalry or tank, and there is a chance of winning. Fighting and fleeing, if you ask your heart, it is really extremely difficult for a person to remain calm when he sees an enemy riding a horse or a tank rushing towards him.

Through the telescope, Rokossovsky saw with his own eyes the shocking scenes that made him feel incredible:

A group of Chinese soldiers encountered several Soviet tanks, and the Soviet tanks charged at full power. None of the Chinese soldiers retreated, and they all ran towards the Soviet tanks, sprinting and fighting.

The infantrymen of the Nanjing Army who fought with the Soviet tanks kept falling in the firepower net of the Soviet tank machine guns, were constantly blown to pieces by the shells fired by the Soviet tank guns, and were even crushed into flesh by the tracks of the Soviet tanks. The rest of the Nanjing Army still fought to the death. They were indifferent to the tragic death of their companions and the tragic situation. They were not frightened at all. Go to the tank turret, get into the tank chassis, and use all methods to destroy the tank without considering your own safety;

A group of Chinese soldiers met a group of Soviet cavalry. The Soviet cavalry roared and galloped forward, launching a shock attack. None of the Chinese soldiers retreated. They ran to meet the Soviet cavalry and started sprinting and fighting.

The infantrymen of the Nanjing Army who fought with the Soviet cavalry were constantly knocked into the air and trampled to death by the horses, knocked down and killed by the bullets and grenades of the Soviet cavalry, and chopped over and chopped to death by the sabers of the Soviet cavalry. The army still did not flinch, they fired at the Soviet cavalry who roared towards them, strafed each other with machine guns on the spot, and threw grenades frantically, blowing the opponent and themselves into flesh and blood.

Rokossovsky's heart felt cold, and cold sweat seeped out of every pore of his body: "My God! What's going on with these Chinese people? Don't they know how to be afraid? Don't they know how to back off? Don't they know how to die? "

Major General Bagramian, commander of the 16th Tank Corps of the 9th Army of the Soviet Army, reported to Rokossovsky: "...the soldiers did not fail the motherland and the leader of Stalin. After the baptism of the Moscow campaign, they are all The best soldiers of the Soviet Union, they showed a high degree of patriotism and a determination to die without fear of sacrifice, but the enemy Chinese soldiers were deeply brainwashed by reactionary ideas, and they were extremely tenacious. They were not afraid of our tanks and cavalry at all. On the contrary, they almost always take the initiative to rush forward after encountering a narrow road. In addition, we must face it squarely. Their tactics are not desperate. They are not afraid of death, but they do not take the initiative to die. They have sufficient light weapons and powerful firepower. The members of a combat team have a clear division of labor. Some use machine guns or submachine guns to provide fire reinforcements, some specialize in throwing grenades for cover, and some specialize in destroying tanks with iron fists or Molotov cocktails. The most difficult thing is that they do not retreat at all. Their machine guns can shoot our cavalry calmly and calmly at a distance of more than ten meters, until they are knocked down by the corpses of our cavalry horses that continue to roll forward after being shot due to inertia, and their infantry Even dared to climb onto our tanks and attack them with various anti-tank weapons.

...According to preliminary statistics, about 30% of the tanks lost by our side were destroyed by enemy artillery and tanks, and about 70% were destroyed by their infantry, and their infantry fully assumed the blow to our tanks main force!"

After reporting to Rokossovsky, Bagramian suddenly showed a mixed expression of powerlessness, helplessness, and bewilderment: "Comrade commander, I can't understand, they are infantry, how can they stand in front of our tanks, Are you not afraid of cavalry?"

Rokossovsky was also powerless, helpless, and at a loss: "I don't know, didn't you analyze it? They are deeply brainwashed by reactionary ideas!"

Baghramyan shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't believe it, I don't believe that the brainwashing of reactionary ideas can make these Chinese people look at death as home as the Red Army soldiers with lofty beliefs.

It must be something else, it must be something else..." He murmured, looking a little confused and in a trance.

Rokossovsky has discovered that the Nanjing Army on the battlefield has never had a real "collapse", that is, there has been a collective surrender or large-scale surrender, collective defeat or large-scale defeat.

Combined with his own theory, Rokossovsky found that the Nanjing Army's ability to withstand casualties is amazing, and there is no collapse when the casualty rate reaches a very high percentage. The army was wiped out and did not surrender or flee.

In fact, the morale of the Nanjing Army is also very high, because they are firm in their thinking, know why they are fighting, and know that they have no regrets or things to worry about after they die in battle. Moreover, the officers, from the division commander to the squad leader, are setting an example.

Seeing their squad leaders, platoon leaders, company commanders, battalion commanders, regimental commanders, and even brigade and division commanders charging in person, how could the soldiers of the Nanjing Army shrink back?

Zhong Song, the commander of the 77th Division, and Qiu Qingquan, the commander of the 74th Division, are both fierce and brave soldiers in battle, but they are slightly different. Zhong Song is not only brave in fighting tough battles, but also good at mobile warfare, similar to Xia Houyuan in the Three Kingdoms period. Xia Houyuan is good at running for thousands of miles), while Qiu Qingquan is similar to Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms period. He is violent, arrogant, rude, and desperate to fight. He was nicknamed "Qiu Crazy".

In the afternoon of this fierce battle, Liao Yaoxiang, the deputy commander of the 74th Division, came back from his inspection tour and found that Qiu Qingquan was not in the division headquarters, and the 100 million US dollars and [-] gold bars sent by the Soviet envoys were gone. On the desk is a magnificent military poem written with splashes of ink:

The great cold fights against the snowfields, the flags are frozen and cannot be turned over, the sky opens to the northern wilderness, and the spirit of the Rakshasa is captured;

The flames of war connect the wild forest, and the sword shines on the bullet marks, but with the blood of the man, the Hulu can be satisfied.

"Where's the teacher's seat?" Liao Yaoxiang was taken aback and asked the guards.

"The master's seat has gone to the battlefield!" The guards replied, "We persuaded him not to go, he put a gun on our heads!"

Liao Yaoxiang kept complaining: "This Qiu lunatic!"

On the frontline battlefield of the 74th Division, an "incredibly ostentatious" No. 74 tank was running fast, with the "Hu Ben" battle flag of the [-]th Division fluttering on the tank turret, and four or five No. [-] and No. [-] tanks were beside it. The stars are protecting it.

Under the battle flag, Qiu Qingquan completely ignored the hail of bullets around him, holding the battle flag with his left hand, and holding a tweeter in his right hand. His face was full of oil, and his whole body fell into an abnormally excited or even crazy mood. He shouted hoarsely: : "Brothers! Give me a hard hit! Serve the country! Be loyal to the country! Die for the country! Kill these old men! As a teacher, I will never treat you badly! Look at what this is!" He kicked the large box on the armor of the tank, which contained dollars and gold bars brought by the Soviet envoys.

Qiu Qingquan vigorously grabbed a handful of US dollars and gold bars, and howled loudly: "I have a lot of rewards! One gold bar for one tank! One gold bar for ten cavalrymen! If you don't have enough gold bars, there are banknotes! Hit me hard! I have plenty of money." Reward you!"

The officers and soldiers of the 74th Division quickly recognized their division commander, because Qiu Qingquan's tank number was "74-001", and the "Hu Ben Battle Flag" of the 74th Division was flying on it. Who is the dignified man waving the military flag if not his teacher?Seeing their division commander rushing to the frontline battlefield in a tank, the officers and soldiers of the 74th Division were all cheering, and many officers and soldiers even burst into tears with excitement.

Gao Jiren, the brigade commander of the 75th brigade, saw Qiu Qingquan and shouted: "The master is mighty! You are a man! I am convinced! Brothers, kill the thief!" He also climbed on the tank and drove out of the trench.

"The master's seat is mighty!" The officers and soldiers shouted, "Kill the thief!"

The Gaoji people were also riding a No. 300 tank. After driving out of the trench, it suddenly blasted out, smashing a Soviet T-34 more than [-] meters away into a ball of fire.

"Good fight!" Qiu Qingquan saw it clearly, he laughed loudly, grabbed a gold bar and threw it out, "Go on, Lao Gao! I will reward those armored soldiers in your tank!"

The Gaoji people also laughed loudly: "I'm not impolite! I would like to thank the master seat for the brothers!"

The two generals were fearless and laughed loudly on the battlefield full of murderous threats, because they really had no fear of death.

Qiu Qingquan's tank galloped among the tank wreckage, fireballs, blood, and corpses all over the place. Wherever the fighting was fierce, the tank would go there, and the gold bars would be thrown there by Qiu Qingquan.

In the cannonballs like flying fire and shooting stars, Qiu Qingquan sprinkled gold bars like a "good fortune boy". He didn't know that his appearance at this time was quite ferocious: his eyes were red like coal fire, his face was full of fanatical laughter, and he was alive and well. Like a mentally ill patient with a high fever.

However, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the 74th Division, their commander had never made them cry so much, and made them swear to serve them to the death, because Qiu Qingquan was risking his life to cheer them up.

Those carrying iron fists, those holding Molotov cocktails, those holding grenades, and those holding explosives... The officers and soldiers charged, ran, and fought frantically, even if they were hit by locust-like bullets and spurted blood all over their bodies. The hornet's nest, even if it will be blown to pieces by shells in an instant, even if it will be chopped off, it will continue to advance, and there will be no retreat. A group of Soviet cavalry was beaten into a mess of dead people and dead horses.

Iron fists screamed, Molotov cocktails flew across the sky, and the Soviet tank burst into flames. The Soviet tank soldiers inside were covered in flames, screaming and screaming, and rolled desperately until they were burned to coke;

Machine guns fired, grenades danced wildly, the Soviet cavalry fell to the ground in the firepower net of splashing wind, rain, lightning and thunder, and the flesh and blood of people and horses flew everywhere;

"Good fight! You deserve to be my soldier!" Qiu Qingquan stood on top of the tank dancing, hissing and shouting, "I have soldiers like you, and death is worth it! If I die with you, I will die if I go to hell!" Master! At that time, we will make a big disturbance in the palace of the king of hell, slaughter the king of hell, and Lao Tzu Qiu Qingquan will be the king of hell!" He was already a little incoherent because of the extreme excitement.

"Master seat! I just destroyed an old Maozi tank!" An anti-tank soldier happily ran to the side of Qiu Qingquan's tank with an iron fist that had already fired warheads, and pointed to a Su that was already enveloped in fireballs not far away. army tank.

Qiu Qingquan laughed loudly: "Good job! The teacher keeps his word!" He threw a gold bar over, "Keep fighting! Don't be afraid that the teacher has no money for you!"

"Master seat! We just killed a large group of old hairy cavalry! There must be more than ten!" Several machine gunners ran over.

"Good job!" Qiu Qingquan laughed again, and then took the gold bars, but there were no more gold bars, "There are no more gold bars! Master will give you banknotes!" He threw a wad of dollars over.

"Drinking and singing to the sky, who is the hero!" Qiu Qingquan yelled loudly, "I'm laughing at the sky, and I'm going to leave Kunlun!"

The huge explosion that shook the ground almost knocked Qiu Qingquan off the tank, and a ball of flames exploded around him, and one of the several tanks protecting him was suddenly shot, and instantly the stone was shattered, and the flesh and blood were all shattered. Flying, the shock wave lifted up the banknotes in the suitcase beside Qiu Qingquan, and hundreds of thousands of dollars flew all over the sky.

"Damn! What's going on?" Qiu Qingquan looked angrily.

A group of Soviet tanks was rushing towards Qiu Qingquan's position. There were forty or fifty of them. Qiu Qingquan's tanks were too obvious.

"Master seat! We are being targeted by Lao Maozi! Retreat!" An armored officer beside Qiu Qingquan reported.

"Fart!" Qiu Qingquan was furious, "How can a soldier run away? Give it to me!" He let out a long howl, "Fengtian kills the thief!"

When Liao Yaoxiang saw Qiu Qingquan again, he was brought back bloody and bloody by his scarred No. [-] tank. None of the tanks that escorted him came back, and the tank he was riding in was almost completely destroyed. If it weren't for a large number of officers and soldiers rushing forward to resist desperately, Qiu Qingquan wouldn't be able to come back at all.

"Yu'an (Qiu Qingquan's name)!" Liao Yaoxiang couldn't help himself, weeping, his voice choked up, "Military doctor! Let the military doctor come here!"

Qiu Qingquan's body was completely shattered. His tank was hit by five shells from the Soviet tank and was almost smashed to pieces. Hundreds of fragments of large and small shells killed Qiu Qingquan, leaving shocking wounds, internal organs and bones all over his body. can be seen through the wound.

Qiu Qingquan's face was as white as paper, and his anger was as thin as silk: "Don't... feel sorry for me. As a soldier... you should have a shroud in horse leather... The principal... must reward me with a blue sky and white sun medal. I am a student. Didn't embarrass him..." He laughed with blood gushing from his mouth, and then died suddenly with his eyes closed.

Liao Yaoxiang and others all burst into tears.

Chapter 544 Warriors (4)

The infantry of the Nanjing army can fight against the tanks and cavalry of the Soviet army. Iron fist is undoubtedly the most important weapon. This epoch-making individual anti-tank weapon allows infantry to have real anti-tank capabilities. However, no matter how good a weapon is, it needs to be used by humans. And it needs the most effective tactical means to maximize its power.

Before participating in the Soviet war, the Nanjing Army had already made psychological preparations to face the torrent of Soviet tanks (naturally because of Jiang Weiguo), and China's military industry was too weak to use tanks to deal with tanks, so infantry fighting tanks became the Nanjing Army A tactical issue to focus on before entering the war.

In this matter, Qiu Qingquan has made a great contribution. Qiu Qingquan loves learning and has read poetry and books. When he read ancient military history books, he discovered that the army of the Ming Dynasty used the method created by Tang Shunzhi and developed by Qi Jiguang when fighting Japanese pirates. Everbright's "Mandarin Duck Formation" tactic is of great value in learning from the past.

Before Qi Jiguang's Qi family army rose up, the Ming army fought against the Japanese pirates repeatedly and suffered horrific defeats. There was such a shameful thing for the Han people: a group of Japanese pirates with only 70 people landed on the coast of Zhejiang Province. It went deep into the hinterland of mainland China for more than a thousand miles, burned, killed and looted all the way from the eastern part of Zhejiang Province to the southern part of Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province, and made a big circle around Nanjing City. At that time, the Ming army stationed 12 soldiers and horses in Nanjing City. But he dared not go to battle. In the end, although this group of Japanese pirates was wiped out, the casualties of the Ming army reached 4000. However, after the Qi's army joined the war, the ratio of battle losses between the two sides was suddenly reversed to an astonishing level. In the first battle in Taizhou, the Qi's army wiped out There were more than 500 Japanese pirates, more than 20 heads were beheaded, and only [-] of them died in battle. They fought bloody battles with Japanese pirates for more than ten years. The Qi family army was victorious and killed more than [-] enemies. The strongest army in East Asia".

Why can the Qi family army be so brave?There are four reasons. First, advanced equipment. Second, the training is strict, standardized, systematic and professional. Third, the military discipline is strict and treats the common people kindly. Wherever they go, they are deeply supported and supported by the common people. Not only Han people, but also ethnic minorities The fourth is advanced military thinking, which comes from the commander Qi Jiguang himself.

At that time, when the Ming army fought with the Japanese pirates, they basically "had no rules" and did not pay attention to tactical battle formations. They swarmed up to fight hand-to-hand. The samurai swords used by the Japanese pirates greatly surpassed the weapons of the Ming army, while the Ming army has been comfortable and lazy for a long time. The army collapsed, and then was chased and killed by Japanese pirates who had only one tenth or even one percent of his own number (this situation was very similar to the situation when the national army and the Japanese army fought during the Anti-Japanese War), but the Qi family army was different. Qi Jiguang first tried his best to let the officers and soldiers under his command Equipped with the most powerful firearms, at the same time strict training and strict military discipline, and to prevent the troops from "fighting alone" with Japanese pirates in battle, but to pay attention to the coordination of arms. This is why the Qi's army's mandarin duck formation, a mandarin duck formation consists of more than ten The soldiers are composed of different arms, some are musketeers, some are spearmen, some are short swordsmen, and some are shield soldiers. The division of labor is different, the division of labor is clear and each performs its duties. With the overall cooperation, the combat effectiveness of the army has increased rapidly.

When Qi's army fought Japanese pirates, when Japanese pirates wielding samurai swords screamed and rushed forward, the musketeers in the Qi's mandarin duck formation fired intently, and the spearmen took over when the musketeers were loading bullets. Protecting the musketeers and spearmen, the Japanese pirates' advantages in hand-to-hand combat could not be brought into play at all, and then they were killed by Qi's army, leaving corpses everywhere.

Qi Jiguang's military thinking was extremely advanced at the time, and Qiu Qingquan was also deeply inspired. He approached Jiang Weiguo and said, "Second son, will we be equipped with an individual anti-tank weapon? How about the quantity?"

Jiang Weiguo replied: "A lot, enough to spread to the platoon or even shift!"