Chapter 827 The Chinese Are Trying to Scare Us!

Time passes the slowest when waiting, but when the decisive battle comes, you will find that time passed quickly before.

This is the case with the battle on the Kama River.

Wei Xiuzhi and Rumyantsev spent half a month, and it was already May. The Wehrmacht, whose logistics supply had been connected, was ready to completely devour the Russian army.

Although the logistics supply line was only a tube as thick as a finger, it was a good thing, wasn't it? The Wehrmacht's material reserves had income, which was much better than the Russian army that was eating up all the resources.

The traces of Russian cavalry traced around the battlefield often found the remains of wild vegetables and animal bones. In the wild, scouts can also find traces left by them when they hunted and dug wild vegetables.

Facts everywhere show that the old Russian cavalry units floating outside the battlefield are likely to be short of food.

The besieged Rumyantsev should still have a lot of food in his hands, but the Russian cavalry units that rushed out that day could not have too much. Besides, they have been floating outside for half a month now.

"There are only 20,000 Russian troops in the circle now. Without rockets, it will be easy for us to eat them up."

In a word, the Wehrmacht is still strong. All the Russian troops in the Ural River Basin were pinned down by the city on the Caspian Sea and the vassal cavalry, while the rest of the troops were surrounded in cities and fortresses. Without the support of the mobile forces at Rumyantsev's disposal, it was difficult for these surrounded Russian troops to even break out. The old Russians had no reinforcements or logistical supplies at all.

When the Wehrmacht cavalry began to run, the Russian cavalry did not dare to get too close to the battlefield, from the initial 20 miles, to 30 miles, and finally 50 miles.

This greatly increased the sense of security of the Wehrmacht on the battlefield.

"Wait until nightfall, use the flying thunder cannon to attack the Russian army for a while. Then send people to persuade them to surrender." Wei Xiuzhi's words did not take the 20,000 Russian troops into consideration at all. Without rockets and artillery, it would be a death wish to fight against the current National Defense Army.

In the confrontation these days, the Russians have indeed been constantly reinforcing their positions, which can be seen clearly from the hot air balloon. But their civil engineering is far behind that of the National Defense Army, not to mention the volunteers in the Korean battlefield.

The rabbits of that year, from horseshoe-shaped small tunnels to Y-shaped, H-shaped, chicken claw-shaped tunnels... The tunnels have developed from combat shelters to underground fortifications that integrate combat, command, and troop storage, and can defend, fight, and live. They are the crystallization of countless blood and wisdom.

From the beginning of the war, the rabbits were at a disadvantage in firepower, and they attached great importance to trench fortifications.

In the original space-time history, during the summer defense operations in 1951, some troops creatively connected two deepened anti-artillery holes together to form a horseshoe-shaped small tunnel, which was the prototype of a tunnel fortification. After the autumn defensive operations of that year, the Volunteer Army began to build tunnel fortifications on a large scale across the entire line.

This achievement is based on their decades of rich combat experience and accumulated tunnel operation skills, not a castle in the air that appeared out of nowhere. The Russians are still a long way from the realm of rabbits.

Fortunately, Wei Xiuzhi is not a time traveler, otherwise he would definitely use the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Korean War as an analogy. As for the current firepower advantage of the National Defense Army over the Russian Army, it is not as good as the American Van Fleet's ammunition, nor is it worse than the Japanese.

The Russians reinforced trench fortifications and only dug deeper, which is really a bad method.

And the National Defense Army? After the rockets were exposed, they themselves were also summarizing how to resist the close-range bombardment of such weapons.

It is impossible that they always have an advantage on the battlefield. It is not certain when the National Defense Army will fall into an absolute disadvantage in firepower.

So how to defend against rockets?

Of course, trenches were dug, curved and wavy trenches, and the depth was increased from the initial two meters to three meters, and new anti-artillery holes were also built.

Anti-artillery holes are not used only when encountering rocks and mountains, but also when it is on fertile plains.

In view of the previous defects, the newly built anti-artillery holes need to be further deepened downwards, and they must be as tortuous as trenches. There must also be top wood support, which has very strict requirements. And it is equipped with drainage ditches, hidden vents, toilets and other facilities.

When facing fierce battles on the plains, the National Defense Army needs to dig trenches vigorously when there is not enough time and it cannot construct a large number of permanent fortifications, so it needs to form a support point defense and offensive system with tunnels as the backbone and combined with various field fortifications.

Under the premise of the guidance and suggestions of Chen Ming, the time traveler, the National Defense Army's tunnel tactics progressed very quickly. This is also an improvement based on the National Defense Army's own original experience and foundation, while the Russian army can only stand still.

The sudden change in the war mode is bound to sweep some famous veterans in the European military into the garbage dump of history.

They have not suffered enough losses, and have not paid enough "tuition fees". If they want to summarize their own trench defense system, they still have a long way to go.

Of course, including the Wehrmacht, the transformation of war thinking in any army cannot be completed overnight. For example, the current Wehrmacht troops only need to change the impression that the anti-artillery holes formed in the previous battles are digging their own graves, which requires constant time.

Chen Ming clearly conveyed instructions to the Grand Commander-in-Chief's Office: Tunnel operations are not only for self-preservation, but more importantly for better elimination of the enemy. In the future, our tunnel operations will develop in the direction of tactical tunnels that can both hide and fight. Tunnels must be combined with field fortifications, must be adapted to defensive forces, must have combat and living equipment, and have unified specifications and standards. In this way, "tunnel fortifications" become a complete system that can fight, defend, maneuver, and live.

In response to the shortcomings and deficiencies of anti-artillery holes and various trenches on the battlefield in the past, Chen Ming also learned from the "Zhisi" on the Korean battlefield in those days and proposed that tunnel fortifications must achieve "six defenses", namely, anti-artillery, anti-smoke, anti-rain, anti-moisture, anti-fire, and anti-cold.

The ground fortifications exposed on the surface must be as strong as possible, and camouflage fortifications must be set up. At the same time, the management and maintenance of the fortifications are also very important, and they must be damaged and repaired at any time.

However, the Russian army's method is only to deepen the depth of the tunnel, although this can more or less play a defensive role.

Wei Xiuzhi's current problem is no longer the 20,000 Russian troops on the plate. He is more thinking about the Russian cavalry units, Cossacks and Russian regular cavalry regiments, which are about 4,000 people. This is a big piece of fat meat. These days, these Russian cavalry have been circling around the periphery of the battlefield, and it is obviously impossible to abandon Rumyantsev.

These people really tied up a lot of energy of the Wehrmacht cavalry and also tied up part of the energy of the infantry. If they are always like this behind their own family, it will be unfriendly. Wei Xiuzhi wants to make a trap and lead them all into the encirclement, and eat them all in one pot.

Wei Xiuzhi doesn't need to worry about a series of arrangements. The military staff will plan according to his instructions, and now they have all been planned. Wei Xiuzhi was very satisfied when he heard it. When the large army is eating the main force of the Russian army, it is indeed the best time to lead the Russian cavalry into the trap.

With the rockets running out, the besieged Russian army was like a dog that had lost its courage. Even if they saw the Wehrmacht "openly" making trouble not far from their position, they would only use rifles to shoot a few cold shots from a distance. But a few bullets could not stop the burrowing of the flying thunder cannon. By nine o'clock in the evening, it was dark and you couldn't see your fingers.

"Boom boom boom..." The muffled sound suddenly echoed between the positions.

The besieged Russian army was suddenly bombarded so fiercely that they were all shocked. The range of the flying thunder cannon now exceeded 200 meters. It almost covered the four trenches at the front of the Russian position.

Rumyantsev thought that the Wehrmacht was going to take the opportunity to fight at night. As a result, he saw a moment later that the explosion points of those shells were all at the front positions of the Russian army, which was still some distance away from the defense line where the troops were actually stationed, and he was confused again.

"If the range of this powerful artillery can be like that of a normal twelve-pounder, the Chinese will be invincible." Rumyantsev had long known that China had a powerful artillery with a short range. When Potemkin returned to St. Petersburg, he introduced two Chinese weapons, one of which was rockets and the other was thunder cannons. But as far as Rumyantsev knew, the Chinese army had gradually abandoned the thunder cannon. The main focus was shifted to rockets.

But now it seems that the Chinese have picked it up again.

The sound of the thunder cannon is very different from that of a rocket, and the shooting curve is all projectiles, the landing points are scattered, and the accuracy is not high. Many rockets are aimed directly, a bit like archery, and the accuracy is higher in the hands of experienced people. There is a big gap in the power of the two weapons, but for the Russian army hiding in deep trenches, the thunder cannon is likely to be a greater threat than rockets.

The Russian army has dug deeper trenches these days, but the tops are not completely covered with wood. If a rocket falls into the trench, it will be really lively.

Of course, everything is still Rumyantsev's fantasy. The range of the rocket is too short.

In the Russian command, many senior officers do not think much of the "flying thunder cannon". The Chinese have already taken out the flying thunder cannon, and the combat effect is not very good. Compared with the simpler and more convenient rockets, they are really not good.

They just fire one shot and move to another place. Many senior Russian officers look down on it.

In the eyes of the Russian army, since they already have a powerful, fast-moving, and fast-firing rocket in their hands, this backward "projectile" does not need to be considered.

Otherwise, the Russians may not be able to make such a thing.

Russia still has capable people. Just based on the narration of the bannermen, they are likely to come up with a preliminary product.

But the Russians never bothered about this, just like the European powers such as Britain and France never set their sights on the flying thunder cannon.

"Are the Chinese demonstrating?!" Rumyantsev was silent for a long time, frowning tightly. What on earth do the Chinese want to do? So many shells only hit the frontline positions, which is basically a useless effort. And if a rocket is fired at the front position, even if the Russian trenches are dug deeper, a group of people will die.

The explosion of rockets is very unpleasant. The continuous bombing explosions can shake the ground, making people feel like they are riding a small boat on the turbulent sea. The strong shock wave agitates everyone. Even if they are properly protected, many people are shaken like drunkards and can't even stand steadily.

"The Chinese are scaring us, they are intimidating us and making us feel afraid."

"I'm afraid the Chinese general on the other side wants us to surrender!" Rumyantsev is not stupid, and he quickly came up with a plan. The Chinese army is forcing us to surrender. They are now showing off their muscles and scaring the Russian army.