Chapter 458 Shanhaiguan (4)
After Qiu Yahui's report was reported to Tianjin, it was soon approved by the Military Commission, agreeing to set up positions at Jiumenkou and prepare to fight against the Russian army's attack. In fact, the Tianlai novel entered the inner abdomen from the northeast, and it was not the only way to enter the inner abdomen of China from the northeast. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Qing army detoured through Mongolia many times, broke through the Great Wall defense line, and entered China's inner abdomen of looting. However, as long as Shanhaiguan is present, it is impossible to gain a stable foothold in China from the northeast. Therefore, the Qing court eventually occupied Shanhaiguan due to Wu Sangui's surrender, so he drove straight into Beijing and established his capital.
Moreover, Shanhaiguan also has a railway that can directly connect to Tianjin and Beijing. At this time, the railway is of great significance to military operations, so the Russian army has no choice but to attack Shanhaiguan and open up a channel to enter Beijing. Both sides will definitely fight fiercely at Shanhaiguan.
At this time, Qin Zheng had returned from Beijing to Tianjin, and all three giants of the Military Commission of the Time-travel Group gathered together, so he immediately negotiated to discuss the overall arrangement of the Russian army. This was not only a tactic for warding the Russian army, but also included various material allocations, military, logistics personnel arrangements, diplomatic mediation and other aspects.
Of course, it is still military first. After all, if you cannot resist the Russian attack in military terms, the rest will be done in vain. According to Qiu Yahui's return, the Russian army has attacked Jinzhou. The distance from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan is about 18o kilometers. In this era, the marching distance of one day is about 2o-3o kilometers. Like in the old time and space, the Red Army seized the Huding Bridge and marched 24o kilometers a day and night. It is an impossible miracle in military history.
In this way, it is tentatively assumed that the Russian army has captured Jinzhou and immediately attacked from Jinzhou and arrived at Shanhaiguan. Considering that after the Russian army captured Jinzhou, it still takes a certain amount of time to repair and prepare, the People's Army has at least 10 days of preparation time, and can calmly arrange defense lines, dig trenches, and build fortifications.
Moreover, if there are not enough large and medium-caliber artillery in a strong city like Shanhaiguan, it is almost impossible to break through. It is not easy to transport large and medium-caliber artillery by livestock and manpower. The time traveler will naturally not give the Russian army the opportunity to march calmly. Therefore, the time left for the traveler should be about 15 days. This time is naturally quite sufficient. However, this is only the time expected by the traveler. It still needs to arrange secret sentries along the way, closely monitor the whereabouts of the Russian army, and then supplemented by a warship cruising in the bay to reconnaise the movements of the Russian army.
The general strategy to fight against the Russian army has long been formulated, which is to resist the Russian attack on the front battlefield of Shanhaiguan. At the same time, taking advantage of the naval advantages of the crossing group, it sent an elite unit and armored unit to board the Russian army, and with the armored units as the leader, it launched a raid on the Russian army, attacked both sides, and defeated the Russian army in one fell swoop.
After discussion by the Military Commission, a code name was also established for this combat plan, called "Operation Chunxiao", because it is the end of February 19o1, and the Spring Festival has just passed, and it is spring coming.
This combat plan is divided into two parts. First, it is necessary to resist the Russian attack at Shanhaiguan. Therefore, it is necessary to set up heavy defense at Shanhaiguan. Xiao Jianjun decided to arrange the second, fifth and seventh regiments in Shanhaiguan. Among them, the second and fifth regiments are the main force. The seventh regiment is a new regiment just formed. As a reserve force, Xiao Jianjun also decided to place the only howitzer battalion of the People's Army and the field artillery battalion of the first regiment on the battlefield of Shanhaiguan. At the same time, he ordered the commander of the 6th Army Zhu Yaping Xin to take charge of Shanhaiguan and command the battle.
When Fu Rendeng6 fights, attacks from behind the Russian army, all units except field artillery battalions, cavalry companies, special forces and armored units. Before this, Xiao Jianjun had also thought about whether to divide the armored troops into two, and use them for the frontal defense of the Shanhaiguan defense line respectively. Of course, Xiao Jianjun did not want to use armored troops for positional defense, but when attacking the Russian army, both sides could use armored troops as a guide to assault the Russian defense line.
However, after careful consideration, Xiao Jianjun decided to use all the armored troops for the 6th battle, because all the armored troops crossed this time were zbd-o5 type two-chariot chariots. The 6th battle was originally the strength of this type of combat vehicle, and the long-term short-term ones cannot be abandoned. Moreover, the concentrated use of armored vehicles is one of the core principles of armored combat. There are not many armored vehicles crossing, and there are only 28 of them. Except for 4 command vehicles, 6 repairs
There are only 18 real combat vehicles, of which only 9 are equipped with 1o5mm main guns, and the other 9 are equipped with 3omm machine guns. Of course, the command vehicle is also equipped with 3omm machine guns, which can be used for combat, but if the armored troops are dispersed, it is obvious that the full strength of the armored troops cannot be leveraged. Moreover, as long as the armored troops can disrupt the Russian army's front, the troops defending Shanhaiguan can attack the Russian army even if there is no armored troops.
At the same time, since it is on the 6th battle, the navy cannot be idle. Naturally, in addition to the Changbaishan ship, it also has to dispatch combat ships to assist the 6th Army in combat. At this time, good news came from Qingdao. The Brandenburg battleship, the ironclad ship Saxony, the protective cruisers Orlando, the Lufthansa, and the Akashi have been repaired. It turns out that these warships were captured by the crossers or sat in the shallows. Although the upper structure of the hull was damaged to varying degrees, the main damage was ship-based weapons. The hull below the waterline was basically intact, and the power system was not damaged. Such a warship was relatively difficult to repair and did not take too long.
The positioning of the shipbuilding built by Germany in Qingdao was actually to repair warships, and some maintenance materials were also prepared, mainly steel plates. Although there were not many ship-based weapons and parts prepared, they could be removed from other salvaged warships. Therefore, the east wall was demolished and the west wall was repaired, and the five warships were repaired. Moreover, the Crossing Group also captured a group of German workers from shipyards in Qingdao. He was all skilled in the workplace and could ensure that these warships were repaired as soon as possible.
Of course, there is still a certain reduction in ship-based weapons. After all, they can only be removed from other warships, and it may not be possible to find a completely suitable one. The main guns of the Brandenburg battleship and the ironclad ship Saxony are all 6 28o mm caliber naval guns, but there are not so many substitutes, so they all shrink to only 4 main guns.
Although several other warships sunk by crossers were flooded, the damaged parts were all below the waterline. After salvaging, they were simply blocked with wooden boards and wax. To be completely repaired, they had to be repaired. Now the dry dock of Qingdao Shipyard is under construction and naturally cannot be repaired. In addition, after the ship sinks, the motivation and boiler are soaked in seawater and are subjected to certain corrosion. Now the Qingdao Shipyard has neither the repair motivation, the boiler capacity, nor the replacement finished products, so the salvaged warships cannot be repaired.
However, despite this, the additional five repair warships can still greatly increase the strength of the Crossover Navy. Although the five modern warships that cross over all have strong combat power, the number is too small, and it is difficult to invest troops in several directions at the same time. Moreover, since they do not have the logistics and maintenance capabilities of these five modern warships, Crossovers are very careful when using them. All battles are outside the range of the enemy's main gun. For fear that any warship will be damaged, it will be a big loss.
Although in the previous battles, the Crossover also captured more than ten warships that were basically intact and could be used immediately, they were all destroyers or shallow water gunboats less than 1,000 tons, which did not improve the naval strength of the Crossover. Among these five repair warships, the Brandenburg battleship exceeded 10,000 tons, the Iron Craft Saxon was close to 8ooo tons, the Orlando and the Lufthansa all exceeded 5ooo tons, and the tonnage of Akashi was smaller, only 27o tons, but it was also considered a cruiser, much stronger than the destroyer or shallow water gunboat.
In fact, the destroyers or shallow water gunboats captured by the traversers are mainly used to train naval crews. Over the past period, about 16oo naval crews have been trained for the People's Army Navy, so these five warships have been repaired, and the People's Army also has enough personnel to use them.
Although these five repair warships have not improved the actual combat capability of the Crossing Group Navy to a large extent. In real naval battles, the role of these five warships can be considered a great addition, because this gives the Crossing Group Navy much more room for maneuver. If one or two modern warships are the core and these five repair warships form a fleet, the radar of modern warships can provide shooting elements for these five repair warships. This can greatly increase their combat effectiveness for the Brandenburg and Saxony, which have a 280 mm caliber main gun, and these five repair warships can provide escort for modern warships. They must be used as meat pads and even perform more dangerous tasks. Therefore, the role played by the two sides in cooperation is naturally much stronger than a single ship type. After the other salvage warships are restored, the scale of the People's Army's navy will be quite considerable.
In this battle, Xiao Jianjun also decided to use the Changbaishan ship and Yueyang ship as the core to all five repair warships to go to battle. When necessary, the radar of the Yueyang ship can be used to guide the main artillery of the Brandenburg and Saxon to strike the Russian army. At the same time, it will also increase the trial sailing and combat experience of the People's Army's naval crew. After the restoration of other salvage warships, use this group of crew as the backbone to establish a large-scale naval force as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!