mtl008 Chapter 237 A Marshal Almost Died
Chapter 237 A Marshal Almost Died
Timoshenko was still shouting at her soldiers to hide quickly, but she really underestimated the enemy's artillery capabilities!
The firing speed of the mortar is far superior to that of the howitzer. The mortar can fire at least three shells in the time it takes the howitzer to fire one shell. Moreover, this indiscriminate attack is even faster. There is no need to aim at all. Just throw the shells into the barrel as hard as you can. Anyway, every jeep is equipped with a lot of shells.
Marshal Timoshenko's guards were relatively competent and they pulled him under a tank. Although the tank's skin was relatively thin, it was much better than standing in the open air. If he stood in the open air, a piece of shrapnel might have killed this famous Soviet marshal!
This kind of war is more in line with Mao Yuanshan's character. It is impossible to wait for the enemy to take the initiative to launch an attack. We are here to launch an attack. We must seize the initiative in the war. How can we let the Soviet army seize the initiative? This is not my style of doing things, Mao Yuanshan.
Dozens of jeeps carried 100mm mortars. The shells they fired in a short period of time were almost equivalent to the shells fired by hundreds of 150mm howitzers. Thousands of shells exploded at the frontline positions of the Soviet army, directly blowing the Soviets to pieces.
Five minutes ago, Marshal Temujin was still thinking about how to rush to the Chinese position to eat their canned beef. Five minutes later, the entire Soviet ship was a sea of fire.
The firing speed of these mortars was so fast, and the power was so great that after each shell was fired, there was almost nothing left within a radius of 20 to 30 meters.
Many Soviet people were wondering how many heavy artillery the Chinese had. They didn't believe that the Chinese could install mortars on jeeps, and they didn't believe that mortar shells could be so powerful. In their opinion, the only way to have such power was with a 150mm howitzer.
But according to reconnaissance, aren't the Chinese incapable of producing 150mm howitzers? Didn't they just buy a few from the Germans? How come there are so many now?
However, even if someone answered their question now, they were in no mood to listen. Artillery shells kept exploding around them, and the sky was gradually getting white. They knew very well that as soon as day broke, the Chinese Air Force would definitely arrive as soon as possible. If it was the original situation, with all the anti-aircraft weapons deployed, the Chinese Air Force would not be able to gain any advantage here. But now, after the attack of these mortars, the anti-aircraft weapons had been disrupted, and many personnel had also been lost.
If the Chinese Air Force rushed over at this time, they would definitely gain a great advantage, as the air defense weapons would not be able to exert even half of their capabilities.
People say that what you fear will come to you. The sky was just getting light, but the Chinese Air Force was already less than 5000 meters away from them. If it were on land, it would take some time to reach 5000 meters, but in the air it was just a blink of an eye and the Chinese Stuka bombers were already over. It can be said that this Stuka bomber made the Soviets suffer enough in advance.
When the Germans attacked the Soviet Union, the Stuka bombers eliminated a large number of Soviet troops. Now the Chinese are using them again. Moreover, one of these 500-kilogram aerial bombs can destroy several surrounding tanks. Now the Soviet armored forces have not dispersed yet. Originally, they were thinking of waiting for the artillery shells to cover the area before the armored forces would rush forward with their men. Now they are all gathered together.
When the Air Force saw the neatly arranged armored forces below, they found the target. They didn't need any orders from their superiors. They just flew their planes over. The 500-kilogram aerial bomb was only used to bomb such a large target. If they used 500-kilogram aerial bombs to bomb some infantry, that would be an overkill.
The soldiers below were dumbfounded. They wanted to activate the air defense equipment, but they had to run over. Those damn shells were still exploding around them, so there was no way they could activate the air defense equipment.
If you don't open it, the planes will surely drop bombs after a few minutes, and you will still be dead. It's really depressing. When attacking, the shells don't distinguish your identity. They won't go around you just because you are a marshal. When the shells fall, everyone will have only one result, and that is death.
Some officers in the Soviet army had already died, and many soldiers were new recruits who had never been to the battlefield. Even the veterans had never been to the battlefield and had never seen such a scene. They only heard their superiors talk about it, such as artillery fire! Those were just in their impressions, which were different from the actual situation.
Every day he imagined that he could be bolder. In the past, he laughed at the cowardly soldiers described in books. Now they finally understood. With each shell falling, their legs trembled, as if their legs were not their own. Not to mention picking up their guns and going into battle to kill the enemy, being able to move and avoid the shells was another matter.
They finally understood the cruelty of the battlefield, but what was the use of understanding this on the battlefield now? You can only gain more insights before you die, and you can't leave anything for people. Marshal Timoshenko was now pinned down by his guards under the tank. To be honest, there were really no shells falling around the tank, but the air force would definitely attack the tank troops later.
Marshal Timoshenko will not be so lucky by then. The Air Force has already arrived at the designated attack position. All they are carrying are bombs and nothing else. They originally wanted to carry some napalm bombs.
However, due to transportation reasons, the napalm bombs were not delivered. Unexpectedly, carrying bombs did bring benefits. It would be better to use these bombs. If we carried napalm bombs, we would not be able to cause any damage to the armored units. Only bombs can cause the greatest damage to the armored units.
"Hurry up and take the marshal away from here. We can't let the Chinese kill one of our marshals at the beginning of the war."