Age of Conquest Reborn

General Zhukov is still very confident in his ice and snow defense line, especially at night. The ice surface more than a hundred meters wide just surrounding the position is enough for the Japanese soldiers to crawl for a while, and the firepower points composed of

Crossfire will turn that ice surface into a slaughterhouse for Japanese soldiers. Attacking during the day will not be cheap, and the same is true at night.

In the headquarters, the phone rings kept ringing from time to time. It was the troops at the front reporting the battle situation to the headquarters. All of them proved Zhukov's judgment. The Japanese soldiers were beaten down again and again in the charge. The frontier of the position, said

The corpses of the soldiers are scattered everywhere, but so far, not a single part of the position has been lost.

Zhukov was slightly relieved. He put down the telescope, walked to the table made of piles of shell boxes, picked up the cup of cold bitter coffee, and drank it in one gulp. The cold liquid, with the strong aroma of bitterness and coffee, slid into his stomach.

It was so exciting that his mind, which was a little dazed due to lack of sleep, became clear.

"Including the battles during the day, these should be regarded as two large-scale attacks by the Japanese army. There is no need to worry about the positions for the time being. Just ammunition and supplies are a huge problem. If the frequency and intensity of the battles continue like this,

, The ammunition and supplies that could last for two weeks will probably be used up in about a week. Ammunition!" Zhukov frowned, and his mood, which had been somewhat relaxed just now, became heavy again.

The ringing of the phones in the headquarters gradually became sparse, and the battle on the front line entered a stable state. Zhukov leaned on the shell box and dozed off. His consciousness gradually became blurred. The rumbling explosions seemed to be far away from him, as if

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The distant horizon echoed, and millions of soldiers were fighting on the battlefield, as if they were in a dream. When the staff officers in the headquarters saw the commander comrade taking a rare break, they all signaled to each other, walked as lightly as possible, and connected to the sound of the phone.

Also deliberately kept low.

"Ding-ding-ding--!" The phone rang silently, then suddenly rang rapidly. A young staff officer picked up the phone and asked in a low voice: "I am the front army headquarters, where are you?"

"What?" The young staff officer's face changed drastically, and he suddenly shouted, his voice was a little abnormally loud. The other staff officers cast reproachful looks, but the staff officer's voice remained unabated, "Are you sure?——

Already occupied! OK! Don’t hang up the phone and report it to comrade commander immediately!”

The shouts of the staff officer did not wake up Zhukov. The staff officer put down the phone and ran over in a few steps, "Comrade Commander! - Comrade Commander! Emergency call, the first position of the First Army to which the Eleventh Group Army belongs is called.

The army has broken through!"

Zhukov suddenly woke up and jumped up hastily, "What? Repeat it again!" he shouted with his eyes wide open.

"Our first defensive position in the south was broken through by the Japanese Kwantung Army. It was the defense zone of the Eleventh Army. Their army commander is still waiting for your call!" the staff officer replied succinctly.

Zhukov rushed to the phone in a few steps, picked up the receiver, and shouted: "I am Zhukov, what is the specific situation there?"

"What? The commanding heights were lost first. What did your sentries do? Did you organize the troops to counterattack? - What? The counterattack failed. The Japanese army's artillery fire was too fierce and the troops could not move forward. - Don't make excuses, I'll give you one

Within hours, I must block the breach and recapture the position, otherwise, you will bear all the consequences!" Zhukov roared like thunder and threw down the phone.

The defensive positions of all the troops of the front army were designed by himself. Zhukov knew what the small high ground of the defensive support point of the First Army of the Eleventh Army meant to the First Army's defense line. If the Japanese army succeeded in opening it,

Once a breakthrough is reached, the firepower can threaten the left and right positions to a depth of several thousand meters. If small-caliber artillery is mounted, the surrounding area of ​​several square kilometers will be under the control of the Japanese army.

If this is true, the breakthrough is not just a few kilometers away, which means that the first line of defense in the southern direction has completely collapsed. The worst-case scenario has occurred. Zhukov's forehead has fine beads of sweat.

Lieutenant General Godaev, the chief of staff of the front army who came after hearing the news, asked urgently: "Comrade Commander, has the position of the 11th Group Army been lost?"

Zhukov nodded heavily and said: "Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, that direction is where the Kwantung Army troops are located. Starting from the day's battle, the Kwantung Army's attack was not violent, but more of a containment function. How come -

-How did you suddenly break through the Eleventh Army's defense line? What exactly happened there?" He shook his head in confusion, his expression very painful.

The battle at the breach in the southern part of the Soviet defense circle had now reached a fever pitch. Surrounding a breach that was only a few kilometers wide, both the Soviet commanders and the Japanese Kwantung Army commanders became red-eyed and ordered

The entire regiment and the entire division of soldiers filled in this area, which was only tens of thousands of square meters in radius.

Compared with the Japanese Kwantung Army, this time, the Soviet Eleventh Army fought more fiercely. Commander Comrade Zhukov's order weighed heavily on the minds of officers at all levels. Not only that, everyone knew that the position was occupied.

What does the Japanese army's breakthrough mean to the more than one million soldiers of the Far East Front? Reinforcements have begun to move, and the hope of a breakthrough is not long. If the position is lost, no one will survive.

From the commander of the front army to the commander of the group army, orders were suppressed at all levels. The First Army of the 11th Soviet Army came up with a fighting method that had never been used. The Soviet soldiers held their rifles with bayonets and carried out several rounds.

A hand-to-hand charge involving tens of thousands of people was a common fighting method used by the Japanese army. Now, the Soviet army was forced to use it. It can be seen that the breakthrough from this commanding height was life-threatening for the Soviet army.

What's more serious is that as more and more Japanese troops surge up along the breach and attack the positions on both sides, encroaching one by one, the breach becomes bigger and bigger. At this speed, it's reached

When daybreak is about to break, all the first line of defense positions of the Eleventh Army will fall into the hands of the Japanese army, and this will affect the defense lines in other directions. It is time to fight hard.

The strong wind howled, rolling up the snow everywhere, and the dark night was illuminated by artillery fire. In the flashes of fire, there were the figures of Soviet soldiers charging fearlessly on the ice and snow, the figures of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

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There were artillery, all concentrated in this direction. Raindrop-like shells, howling, fell into the Soviet charge formation. When a shell fell, it was the broken arm flying in the strong wind, and a shower of blood.

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The Japanese artillery group strictly implemented the orders of the commander-in-chief, General Nanjiro, and fired a wall of death fire around the breach. The Soviet soldiers bravely rushed into the wall of fire covered with metal fragments without fear of death.

, and was torn to pieces by metal fragments, turning into flesh and blood everywhere, and pools of blood.

In just one charge, tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers fell under the hail of bullets from the Kwantung Army's artillery batteries. The Japanese troops who occupied the breakthrough took advantage of the terrain and fired bullets as dense as locusts.

Pour on the Soviet soldiers, on the one hand to strengthen the fortifications,

On the other hand, with a large number of troops, they expanded to the left and right wings and reached the breakthrough point. The attack was equally fierce. Soviet soldiers and Japanese soldiers fought together in the trenches of ice and snow, using all kinds of weapons at their disposal.

With his weapon, he hit the opponent hard.

The sight of blood splattering and bullets flying aroused the fierceness in the heart of Lieutenant General Asami Aoki, the commander of the 107th Division, who was the first unit to rush to the breach. His blood boiled when he saw it, and he ignored the roar around him.

The flying bullets stood in the trench without any cover, ignoring the loud reminders from the guards with pale faces, and kept shouting strangely, "Yo Xi! --Yo Xi! Great!"

After watching for a while, Lieutenant General Asamizu Aoki put down his telescope, waited for the fierce eyes, and shouted at the communications soldier carrying the radio: "Your - come here to work!" The communications soldier hurriedly ran to the division commander.

In front of him, "Call the headquarters immediately and speak directly to the Commander-in-Chief!" He ordered fiercely.

The contact with the Kwantung Army headquarters was immediately communicated. Lieutenant General Asami Aoki picked up the microphone and said, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I am Asami Aoki. Your Excellency, the Soviet army actually adopted a group-style hand-to-hand charge. The arrogance is really too arrogant.

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The 107th Division immediately launched a counterattack and completely defeated the Soviet army with bayonets, letting these Soviets understand what the Bushido spirit of the Japanese Imperial Army was. Even with bayonets, the Soviets were still far behind!" Shallow Water

Lieutenant General Aoki said proudly.

On the other end of the phone, General Nanjiro's face immediately became serious, "Asamizu-kun, as a qualified general, you must maintain a calm mind and bushido spirit at all times. It depends on what kind of environment you are in. Now, Kanto

The combat effectiveness of the army does not need the bayonets of soldiers to prove it. If you hold the current breakthrough, you have done a great job. Do you understand? Well!" General Nanjiro squeezed out the last word from his throat with authority.

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General Qian Shui was not convinced and replied: "Yes, Commander, I will strictly follow your orders. However, seeing how arrogant the Soviet soldiers are, if I don't knock down their arrogance, I'm afraid,

It will have a negative impact on the morale of our soldiers, and the soldiers will talk behind their backs that the soldiers of the Japanese Empire dare not fight with the Soviet army on the bayonet!"

"Baga! - Pig-headed work!" General Nanjiro was angry and shouted loudly. There is such a stupid, ignorant guy. He made it very clear and insisted on fighting with the bayonet. He is really a head full of muscles.

, you know how brave a man is, do you still need to order soldiers to fight with bayonets in the current battle?

"Asamizu Aoki, I'm warning you, hold on to the current breakthrough point, and don't make any other moves. Otherwise, I don't mind dismissing you and investigating!" General Nanjiro said viciously, and hung up the phone with a "bang" sound.

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