Chapter ninety-three Thunder and lightning (1)
"It’s incredible that these Eastern Jews have accumulated so much wealth in just over ten years!"
Tieli city is busy, and Saha, the logistics department minister of the 45th regiment, is nervously directing helicopters, trains and military trucks. They got all the vehicles from the occupied areas and transported the war profits in large quantities. The food is the most important thing. He couldn’t help sighing when he watched the cars and materials being transported away.
The emperor is so eccentric that he gave the most fertile land in the world, the most pleasant climate and the most abundant products to the despicable yellow people instead of the hardworking and brave Slavs. When Moscow was still cold, the ice and snow here had melted and the wheat seedlings began to spit green. Needless to say, it would be a good harvest in a few months! And the Soviet Union? Ukraine, the largest granary, is plagued by nuclear pollution, and agricultural production is greatly affected. Even if that land can grow food, everyone may not dare to eat it. It is unfair that the grain output of a mere Heilongjiang exceeds that of Ukraine. Fortunately, the Soviet Union has enough force. If the emperor refuses to give it to them, he can always get it by force!
"This batch of grain should be able to breathe a sigh of relief when it is shipped back to the country?" The vice minister came over sweating and gasped, saying that he had just helped to load a car full of wheat, and he was so tired that he was panting. After all, he was a man in his fifties, not like a boy.
Saha said with a smile, "We can’t really breathe a sigh of relief until we take the whole northeast. This land is the most fertile in China, and it can produce hundreds of millions of tons of grain every year. If we can get half of it, the Soviet food crisis will be solved." He waved his arm and said, "China’s military strength is far weaker than we thought. They have been fooling people with a few high-tech weapons over the years. After we smashed those high-tech weapons, their weakness was exposed! Their border guards are indeed tenacious and numerous, but so what? In just a few days, we crushed their defense line and rushed to Tieli. If there were not too many war profits to be transported here, we might have rushed into Harbin by now! We must not only take the Northeast, but also take the Yellow River in Beijing and Shandong to embrace this land in the embrace of the Soviet Union! "
After all, the deputy minister was a little older and laughed at such wild talk. China’s military strength was not as weak as they thought. The 16th regiment of Daqing held down the 79th division drop and forced the 45th division drop to enter the frog leaping base in China to reinforce the 79th division drop. The most powerful two iron fists of Shenyang Corps-the 39th regiment and the A regiment-have not moved yet. The three-headed dog in hell, the digital infantry division, the rapid response division and the middle assault division, has not moved yet. In other words, the military potential of the Chinese army is still very strong.
If the logistics is not good, it will be difficult for the army to fight again. If the Soviet army cannot improve the logistics, it will be submerged by the Chinese army sooner or later.
Woo-hoo-hoo-
As if to confirm the vice minister’s judgment that he had just flashed in his mind, heavy artillery shells broke and screamed. A row of 155 mm rocket extended-range shells flew overhead and fell into the urban area like fireball, and then rushed over and several buildings collapsed in a huge explosion. This was just a prelude, followed by more fireball, such as radar, anti-missile company, airstrip, communication, intelligence, command center, logistics department, Warehouses, highways … Whether it’s the Soviet Union or China itself, anyway, the artillery of the Chinese army seems that the enemy’s targets may be flying down, and the shells hit the flames. The grain depot has become the hardest hit area. More than a dozen shells fell in the dense convoy, and the missile pieces exploded, tearing the driver and the soldiers who helped load the car into a bitter rain. The shock wave overturned dozens of tons and dozens of major trucks one by one and threw them into the sky. For the Soviet Union, it was more precious than life, and the food was scattered like rain, which made people want to cry!
The helicopter landing zone also started to rain with fire, which was the key target of the Chinese army. First, several 155 heavy artillery shells smashed a Mi -17 and a Mi-17, and his helicopter was in a blaze, no matter whether it was full or not, it was too late to take off! Several rounds of 43 mm ultra-long-range rocket artillery shells rushed from high school and the ground of the shells was smashed. Four splashes of cold liquid quickly gasified. Clouds of milky white fuel expanded rapidly and crawled to devour everything, and then boom! ! ! The thunderous explosion shattered the glass windows of all buildings in tieli city, and a flat mushroom cloud rolled up and rushed to all directions like a tsunami. The speed was faster than the speed of sound, just like a hurricane of 6,000 kilometers per hour swept everything! The difference is that hurricane or cold will bring rain, but it will burn violently, and everything in front of it will be destroyed at a temperature of 3 thousand degrees! It’s either carbonization or instantaneous evaporation. Anyway, born to die! Several Mi-helicopters struggled to take off. During the hurricane roar, they turned into pieces of burning iron balls. A Mi -17 barely flew, but was caught by the shock wave and threw it at the building 300 meters away.
Two shells directly hit the grain depot. Fortunately, the thick concrete isolation layer withstood this test. After the smoke dispersed, Soviet soldiers were pleasantly surprised to find that the grain depot still stood there. Although it looked a little shabby, the food inside was fine!
The thunderstorm-like shelling frightened the soldiers of the Soviet logistics force and shocked the 45th regiment troops stationed in Tieli city. The military department almost got a shell, and the commander of the regiment army, Major General Jovi, was furious.
Drink "What the hell is going on here? Are our patrol aircraft, artillery radar and battlefield radar asleep? How could the Chinese artillery touch the bottom of our eyelids and launch such a large-scale shelling! ？”
The staff officers made a lot of sweat on their foreheads, and kept asking questions like water. It took two minutes for the staff officers to report that "the patrol plane was shot down by the Chinese anti-missile radar forces three minutes ago, and they reported that they had not found the trajectory of the Chinese artillery shells!"
"No trajectory of Chinese artillery shells was found?" Major-General Jovi is stupefied. When a shell leaves the chamber, it will have a trajectory that will be captured by the artillery radar. This is common sense. The Soviet artillery radar is quite advanced in the world. The 45th Regiment has three sets of such radars (darling, there were only two sets of artillery radars in China during the two-mountain war! ) There are still several sets of car battlefield radars so tight that the radar network failed to find the trajectory of Chinese artillery shells. Don’t so many radar departments fail!
Boom Boom Boom
Crowds of fireball rowed in, shrapnel, rubble, falling, smoke and flames flying, and Soviet soldiers threw them into the semi-shelling like dolls, which was extremely fierce. Even so, the artillery radar failed to find the trajectory of Chinese artillery shells, which also meant that the powerful artillery force of the 45th regiment suppressed enemy artillery fire!
Major General Jovi suddenly kicked the wall "stealth shells! Damn and invisible shells! "
Sixty kilometers away, in a fairly dense forest, there are more than 60 vehicles with low bodies and strange appearance, which minimizes the infrared characteristics of radar reflection area. The 77d-type 155 self-propelled artillery is bombarding distant cities in a row. The 77d-type self-propelled artillery was finalized two years ago, and the first batch of artillery should have been given to the 12 th digital artillery brigade. Due to the adoption of a lot of stealth technology, its battlefield productivity is greatly improved, and of course, the ex-factory price of each vehicle is close to 10 million yuan. It is the same as that of the 77-type self-propelled artillery. The most obvious difference of the gun is that the muzzle is also equipped with a lotus root-shaped thing, which looks a bit like a silencer-of course, it is impractical to install a silencer for a 155 mm self-propelled gun. It is played by a coil accelerator, just like a magnetic catapult. When the shell is launched into the coil accelerator, the coil accelerator generates a strong magnetic field to accelerate the shell twice, which makes the muzzle velocity of the shell increase by 30%, and the range reaches an astonishing 77 kilometers. The extremely high muzzle velocity also brings powerful lethality. Plus, the shell is charged. A little metal hydrogen was also added. The 155-mm cannonball just hit the power of 23 mm heavy artillery. Every round of shooting means that one important target is missing!
Many staff members watched the strike effect nervously through the screen from time to time.
The pen crossed out the targets that had been destroyed from the hit list. Although it was a long distance away, they could still feel the destructive power when the digital artillery brigade fired. The shelling had been going on for five minutes, and nearly a thousand shells were fired. The powerful Soviet artillery unit and tactical missile unit failed to respond. The 12th digital artillery brigade bombed the stealth artillery car one by one according to the long hit list. The powerful data link and the powerful combat troops all added up to form a very strong fighting capacity, which made the fighting capacity of an artillery brigade surpass that of two or three artillery divisions. Anyway, it is hard to say who won or lost the battle.
Dozens of slender, black-skinned, weird shells have been blown out everywhere. Xiao Hua Lieutenant General will "withdraw the 12th digital artillery brigade from the battlefield, and the 11th artillery division will fire and suppress the storm brigade of the assault division, ready to attack!"
Denser and more violent guns spread like an avalanche and kept silent. The 11th Artillery Division fired 155mm self-propelled guns, 23mm self-propelled guns and 31mm self-propelled rockets, all of which spoke in succession. During the day, Soviet fighters were surprised to see that Fang suddenly set off a chain-shaped flash-flame heavy artillery shell with a length of 20 kilometers, which was like a flurry coming towards the whole 45th regiment! Thankfully, the Chinese army finally got tired of changing ordinary artillery shells. Fortunately, an artillery radar horse captured the flight trajectory of these artillery shells. Some hidden artillery positions in the Soviet Union removed the camouflage rumbling guns. The iron force sounded dull near the urban area. Even if the carelessness was destroyed by the 12 th digital artillery brigade, the artillery of the 45 th regiment of the 3 artillery battalions was still very fierce. The blazing flames kept shining with 152 mm heavy artillery shells. Thirteen-millimeter cannon shells hit one after another, and then the fire rained down. At the same time, the artillery of the 11th artillery division was overturned, and the traction artillery and the slow-moving 79b 23mm long-range heavy artillery became the key blows. The artillery battles were extremely fierce and fierce, as one after another was blown apart by the rocket extended-range shells that arrived accurately.
The 12th Artillery Brigade has to stop to inspect and maintain the coil accelerator. Is this thing good or not? But like the barrel, it has a short launch life. Theoretically, there are 200 rounds, but it’s only a theoretical figure. You should be thankful that the huge pressure and high temperature will burn the shell when it leaves the chamber, which will affect its life. Every 20 rounds must be stopped to let it cool down for inspection, otherwise it will be easy to go wrong. Who calls this a test? However, the df-11 tactical missile brigade and 43 mm in the far rear also developed a formidable crazy roar tactical ballistic missile, which rose from the ground with hot smoke and tsunami in the huge roar.
Jumping at their respective targets, bomb warheads, gas explosive bomb warheads, and metal hydrogen bomb heads … I poured out my anger at the 45th regiment and the 243rd motorized infantry division of the 29th regiment adjacent to the 45th regiment.
The 45th regiment was overwhelmed by the emergency call to the Rocket Army and the frontline air force. A large number of MIG -29 and Su -22 covered Su -24 and Su -25, and a gust of wind roared to cover the sky. There were enough bombs to destroy the targets they found three times! However, these aerial bombs have not been cast for the time being. Because of the same scale, Pang Dahua’s national army fleet has also appeared in a cloudy day, including J -12, J-10, and Flying Wolf. Xiaolong No.1 Army is said to be an elite. The center of this huge fleet is a large triangular monoplane with a 5-degree sweepback front edge and a large sweepback angle. The air inlets on both sides of the vertical tail are semicircular and have a central semi-conical air inlet. The rear fuselage is equipped with a winglet that can interfere with the main wing. There is a bubble-shaped fuel pipe in front of the cockpit cover … Its personality is so rare that there are few third-generation advanced fighters in the world who do not imitate Citigroup or Soviet fighters. It comes from a famous family and has a resounding name EF-.
Throughout Asia, there are also Taiwan Province and Indra Asan, who are equipped with such fighters in large quantities. Asan has become history. This group of Hawk can also come from Taiwan Province. The bitter and bitter lovers who have been entangled for decades are not willing to completely forgive each other’s bitter rivals. Once again, they have blocked this roaring with the Siberian cold current, which is very likely to drown the front of the flood of death.
Chapter ninety-four Thunder and lightning (2)
After the fierce shelling of the A regiment and the 4 th regiment, there was no gap. The waves were higher than the waves, as if shells were going to erase the whole of tieli city and the 45 th regiment of the Soviet Union from the map. Even the Soviet army, which has always admired big artillery, was secretly frightened. The sequela caused by the fierce shelling of the 12 th artillery brigade that lasted for five minutes was just emerging. More than 1,000 stealth shells not only blew up many artillery positions of the 45 th regiment, but also killed two artillery radars of the 45 th regiment and a temporary helicopter airport for Sue. The most fatal loss in the heavy losses of the army is the destruction of artillery radars. It is said that a regiment is equipped with three sets of artillery radars, which is super luxurious. However, the speed of computer operation is far behind that of the same generation in Europe and America, and the trajectory of artillery shells is slow. Of course, there is no problem that three radars are destroyed and two are equivalent to crushing three people into one person. Who the fuck can afford it? Soon, the artillery units of the 45th Regiment suffered. As soon as they fired, groups of artillery shells flew over here, blowing them up with people and guns. Every time the Chinese army fired their artillery radar, it took a long time to give an accurate trajectory, and the efficiency was greatly reduced. This artillery battle was really unfair!
Boom boom!
It is a dense, Two artillery divisions burst into flames, and the flat ground seemed to be blowing hot and windy. Through the telescope, you can see the Soviet positions in the distance, and they rushed to the sky like huge towers of orange smoke and flames. The shrapnel and gravel collapsed one after another, which was denser than sandstorms. In the sky, hundreds of fighter planes twisted together with a missile and left a nearly straight trail. The roar of the engine almost collapsed every day. A large fireball exploded, which means that another fighter plane was shattered by missiles. It is difficult to tell whether it was a Soviet fighter plane or a ground shot down. The Chinese fighter plane just pulled off the camouflage net and prepared to attack. The Chinese soldiers stared at the soaring flames in the distance, and their facial muscles twitched slightly. After fighting for so long, it was the first time for the Chinese army to taste the taste of artillery fire suppressing the enemy and ravaging their opponents. The Soviet front-line aviation soldiers also knew that the heavy artillery group of the Chinese army must be destroyed as soon as possible, otherwise the 45 th regiment would be in big trouble. However, the positions of the Chinese fighter plane’s scorching missile artillery blocked them and their roots could not be rushed past!
The shelling lasted for a whole hour.
Tieli city has been shrouded in billowing smoke and flames and turned into a scorched earth.
Lieutenant General Xiao Hua looked at the burning screen, and the city’s face flashed a trace of sympathy. After all, this is our city. No matter how cruel he is, it is impossible for him to destroy his city with artillery fire. It is a moment when that trace of sympathy has been replaced by decisive action. His big order is "Storm Brigade Attacks the Fourth Temporary Army Air Corps Trailing Attack and Destroying."
Every Soviet chariot you can find shoots every Soviet soldier who exposes your guns! The fifth tank division assault! "
A storm brigade dozens of armed helicopters hung with rockets and anti-tank missiles, just like a black storm swept toward the Soviet positions that had been plowed again. The 4th regiment of the A regiment was made up of two armies directly under the Army Aviation Brigade. The 4th provisional Army Aviation Regiment was followed by their cooperation, which was inferior to that of the storm brigade. It was a correct choice to put them behind to clean up the defeated Soviet troops, while the helicopter short wings, the fifth tank division and steel behemoths roared out from the attack starting point and pounced on that one. The 11th Infantry Division of Chengpurgatory City launched two regiments at the same time towards the 243rd Motorized Infantry Division of the 29th Regiment on the left side of the 45th Regiment, and the two ace regiments just shook the earth and shook the mountains with great momentum!
The Soviet army’s broken positions sprang up a group of fireballs and rushed at the missiles in a short distance. The helicopters roared with smoke and fire and rushed at these vultures with red eyes, followed by Gao Ping’s two heavy machine guns and individual shoulder-fired anti-missile missiles. Anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers rushed to the low fire, covering the sky with a large fire net. Although the shelling was extremely fierce, the ground attack was also extremely sharp, but it failed to defeat the Soviet will. These polar bears have an unshakable will as steel. Since their founding, they have experienced several battles in the long 70 years. The Soviet Red Army soldiers lost their fighting spirit and fled. There are really too few cases, and the fire prevention power is extremely fierce. Dense almost every helicopter was wrapped in a fire net. Orange fireballs exploded one after another in the helicopter group. They were hit by missiles, swept by anti-aircraft guns, and the body fragments collapsed and ignited a fire. They were unwilling to fall, but the helicopter group poured out more fierce firepower. The screaming of heavy machine guns was often a defensive position. Just after a helicopter was shot down, it was covered with dozens of flying rockets. Some Soviet soldiers carrying individual soldiers fired anti-missile missiles were even more unlucky. They didn’t even come to the transmitter. The heavy machine guns swept out the bombs and tore their bodies into rags! Storm Brigade directly throws incendiary bombs against those tenacious self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. Helicopters drill through the dead angle of the self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and throw them. After throwing them, they try their best to escape. Because in a few seconds, a black dragon will soar and stop running. The self-propelled anti-aircraft guns must be dead or alive. The pilot is not kidding at all. Is there any life around when a incendiary bomb is thrown?
The storm brigade swept by, and the flames were everywhere, and the corpses were everywhere. It really made the fourth tentative Luhang regiment behind me see the domineering and murderous spirit of the "East Asian Flash Division" fist troops. In just half an hour, the Soviet army arranged positions outside the city and let this group of flying death give it.
The fifth tank division took advantage of the fire and robbed it. 6. The main battle directly ran over the tattered and blackened body, and the wind was like machine gun fire, clearing away the remnants of the position. Although the Soviet soldiers were tenacious, some tanks were destroyed and injured during the anti-tank fire attack, but the ending of this battle has lost suspense.
Two hours later, the peripheral positions of the 45th Regiment Army Tieli urban area were swept away by the 5th Tank Division and Storm Brigade, and the main force of the Regiment Army was compressed. In the urban area, the Chinese army tried to rush out of the city to have a passionate armored battle against the tank, and one was destroyed by the Chinese armed helicopter. Almost every intersection was blocked by the wreckage of Soviet tanks. The 11th Infantry Division’s attack on the 243rd motorized infantry division was not smooth. At first, the 243rd motorized infantry division was beaten back, but then the division lost several positions in succession. The artillery regiment and the Su -24 fighter-bomber vigorously supported and began to fight back. More than 70 -72 tanks formed a powerful fist. The offensive was fierce and regardless of the loss. The 11th Infantry Division’s tanks were not enough, and they were beaten back. The commander flew into a rage and strengthened an armored regiment for the 11th Infantry Division and called for military support to attract four ef-2 s to drive away the hated Su -24 s. More than 100 tanks were attacked again. Twenty or thirty tanks were destroyed in the open plains for a whole hour. The loss caused by the injury made the 11th Infantry Division teachers feel distressed and want to shed tears. The 243rd motorized infantry division lost more, but it was not at all. The Soviet Union had a total of nearly 60,000 tanks. This loss was really nothing to them. However, after tossing the peripheral positions of the 45th regiment, the Chinese assault division pointed the hot guns at the 243rd motorized infantry division. A dozen heavy armed helicopters jumped over the trees and slammed them with red arrows and anti-tank missiles. -72 tanks, the crown of which was connected in series, and the narrow part of the warhead exploded. -72 tank turrets exploded one after another.Put up smoke and organize fire prevention, fight and retreat. The 11th Infantry Division took the opportunity to press the muzzle of the tank and fire at the back of the 243rd motorized infantry division, and destroyed more than a dozen tanks and dozens of military vehicles of various types. At one breath, the 243rd motorized infantry division was driven out of 20 kilometers away and the periphery of the iron force was completely cleared.
At the same time, a division of the A Regiment also had a fierce battle with the main force of the 29th Regiment. Missiles were flying, rockets roared, armor roared, and the iron power center in Fiona Fang was full of rumbling guns everywhere, and the situation became increasingly hot.
So far, everything is going well, and the two commanders can’t help but show a little joy. They have made great efforts in this battle. Do the Soviets think it is possible to make local hardships through local governments and the Soviet Union?
They know that all their efforts have paid off now. They hit the Soviet Union by surprise, and the hardships were all worth it. The two captains made a few offensive jokes in the line, but Lieutenant General Xiao Hua was not so optimistic. He whispered, "I’ll be happy for a while. The real hard battle is yet to come." He studied at the Fu Longzhi Military Academy in the Soviet Union. He knows better than anyone how terrible the Soviet army is. This army is not afraid of its opponents, but it will build up thousands of tanks and thousands of fighters at every turn. Iron will and a huge number of advantages to launch a wave of tsunami-like offensives, each time in an undead posture until Pojun kills the enemy’s bodies all over the battlefield! He knew the Soviet army well and gave the 45th regiment a good beating, which really gave the Soviet army a surprise. If the 45th regiment can be driven out of the iron force, I dare not say that the war situation will be reversed, but the situation will be improved. Harbin will get more time to evacuate residents and property and minimize losses. The 16th regiment can also slow down its offensive slightly and crush the 79th division! But can the Soviets tolerate all this happening under their noses?
The answer is no, of course.
Chapter ninety-five Thunder and lightning (3)
The 45th Regiment and 29th Regiment were violently attacked by elite troops from shenyang military area command, China. When the news was shortest, they reported to the Far East Army Command of the Soviet Union for war. All regiments in the Soviet Union had a smooth journey, and the blood and life of millions of Chinese border guards made up of flesh and blood. The impact of the armored flood of the Great Wall failed to be too great. It was just when they were wildly victorious that a regiment was suddenly struck by the sound of madness and discord that the Far East Army Command was surprised. Although the 45th Regiment was a synthetic regiment, it was far less than the Guards and Commandos. It is also a serious battle effectiveness. Now, the Chinese army has suffered such a big loss. Ogarkov can’t help but be vigilant. However, the old marshal didn’t rush to make the troops near Tieli go to the rescue, but ordered the front-line aviation soldiers and homeland defense soldiers to take a stronger blow to drive an army out of the battlefield first. Besides, he is not sure whether the Chinese army is playing the old trick of encircling the point and signing up again. If he rashly sends reinforcements, the situation will be even worse.
As time went on, more information was placed on the old marshal’s desk.
-A large number of ef-2 fighters were found on the front line, and they were suspected to be the elite of the Taiwan Army;
——— The siege of the 45 th Regiment Army Huajun has been found to be the number one main force in shenyang military area command, the first to modernize the A Regiment Army and the 4 th Regiment Army;
-The Chinese army launched a large number of tactical ballistic missiles, which destroyed the front-line air force, four airports, and more than 100 fighter planes were blown to pieces in the future.
-China’s 2nd Regiment Army and 24th Regiment Army have been transferred northward to join the battle sequence in shenyang military area command;
——— The carrier battle group of Pioneer, the most powerful South China Sea Fleet of the Chinese navy, has been transferred northward and will soon join the battle sequence of the North Sea Fleet;
-China has sent more troops to Mongolia in a big way, and hulun buir grassland is building multiple lines of defense;
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After reading this information carefully, Ogarkov tapped his finger on the desktop and said, "It seems that the Chinese army is going to shake us hard in the Three North Areas."
Milevschi’s chief of staff looked up from the pile of files and smiled. "Isn’t that right for us? The northeast and the north are the most suitable battlefields for our mechanized troops. It is ideal to fight the Chinese army here! "
Ogarkov frowned. "No, it’s not that simple. I don’t know if you have found that the Chinese army knows that the decisive battle here will be beneficial to us, but they won’t give in even if they know that they will lose." This is not normal. China people are the most strategic. They won’t do such stupid things. There must be a great conspiracy hidden here! "
A man in his fifties,
Everywhere, the lean senior colonel staff blurted out that "the Chinese army is desperate for time!" At all costs, they will stop us from advancing, and the main groups of the country will fight for it! "
Milevschi snorted. "Even if we let them successfully tie up the main regiments, they are not our opponents!"
Ogarkov said, "Everyone knows this. Of course, it is impossible for the Chinese army not to know what they want to do if they don’t know."? At the expense of several regiments and troops, we will expand our troops to fight a war of attrition with us when we fight for the offensive. When do military enterprises, scientific research institutions and institutions of higher learning evacuate? Or do you want to build a defense line to defend the capital during this period? " The more you twist your brows, the more you tap your fingers on the desktop. Obviously, this wise old marshal is also confused.
Milevschi said with a smile, "It is said that the Chinese army has a genius defense plan. When the Northeast and Mongolia fell, they moved a number of bulldozers and militiamen to dig and pile up in the North China Plain to build a mountain range as high as tens of meters to block our mechanized troops! It’s not time for the Chinese army to fight so hard to repair the earth for the central government, is it? "
Everyone burst into laughter at the bombing site, which has always made the headquarters more relaxed-I have to say that such a genius plan is a bit funny. If the Yinshan defense line, Yanshan defense line and Daxing’ anling defense line can’t stop the Soviet armored torrent, what can we do with a few heaped-up mountains? It’s just a sand dam to stop the flood!