Chapter 276 Tremble, Chicken in a Foot Basin

No country in the world can withstand the Soviet Union's armored torrent! Over the years, the Soviet Union's achievements in the army are absolutely incomparable to those cowardly guys in Western Europe.

One of the biggest characteristics of the Soviet Army is artilleryism! In the Soviet Union's counterattack in the late World War II, the intensive artillery fire was far beyond the reach of the German army on the opposite side. In a campaign-level counterattack, the artillery support was simply astronomical.

Now, the Red Soviet God of War is angry again!

Just behind the front line, a large flame appeared. It was definitely brighter than the fireworks during the New Year. The entire sky was lit up!

The first thing that rose up like a rain of arrows in ancient times was the Soviet Union’s long-range attack weapon, the multiple rocket launcher!

On the 6*6 all-wheel drive off-road truck of ZIL 131, the forty-barreled rocket launcher was roaring continuously, and one rocket after another flew out at an interval of one second.

During World War II, the Soviet Union's god of war, the Katyusha rocket launcher, made the Germans terrified. What the Germans feared most was the overwhelming attack of this thing, which they could not bear psychologically.

Now, this BM-21 rocket launcher is the basic equipment of the Soviet Army. This 122mm 40-tube self-propelled rocket launcher began to be equipped with the Army artillery units in 1964. Each motorized infantry division and tank division's artillery regiment has a BM-21 rocket launcher battalion equipped with 24 of the guns.

Therefore, the defenders of Kushiro originally had more than fifty such rocket launchers. Now, in order to achieve their own strategic goals, two battalions were transferred from the Far East Military Region. Four battalions of 122mm rocket launchers were fired together, and the scene was quite spectacular.

This type of rocket launcher is usually deployed within a range of 2 to 6 kilometers behind the front line, with a suppression depth of 14 to 18 kilometers. Now, it is just right to carry out covering fire on the rear of the islanders' armored cluster!

The rapid attack of tanks is a common way of fighting, and tank fighting is definitely not just a matter of a few tanks rushing forward. The tank troops are definitely the ones rushing in the front, and behind the tank troops, there must be various accompanying troops, such as howitzers that provide fire suppression, and accompanying logistics fuel supply convoys.

And now, the multiple rocket launchers are aiming at these targets!

The charge of the entire armored group will stretch for several kilometers, and the wide attack surface will be thousands of meters. At this time, the tank troops attacking in the front will suddenly fall into a desperate situation.

The side was attacked by the Soviet armored cluster, and the rear was blocked by multiple rocket launchers!

"Boom! Boom, boom!" 122mm rockets exploded in the logistics supply convoy. In an instant, there was fire and death everywhere!

The Japanese have never seen such a big battle! The loyalty to the emperor and the belief in fighting to the death that was in the bones of the former Japanese army have long gone. Many of the current Japanese Self-Defense Forces joined in just to have a job and money to spend, especially this second-line force!

The rockets flying all over the sky rushed into their midst with the howling of death, and the entire army was instantly scattered!

Not only the troops in the rear, but even some of the tanks charging in the front put them into reverse gear and moved directly backwards.

"Boom, boom!" In the violent explosion, the accompanying howitzers were destroyed. The division artillery, which was most likely to take on the counterattack mission, lost its combat capability amid the roar of rocket launchers.

Tanks charge, firepower support strikes the front! The Japanese didn't use this big guy for a sneak attack, which was the biggest miscalculation!

The land south of Kushiro was already illuminated by flames. The scale of the battle was so large that even Baikang in the rear could see it clearly.

"Damn, what's going on ahead?" In Baikang's headquarters, Kawaki Kotaro, who was in charge of commanding this battle, couldn't help but get angry.

The 9th Division is the vanguard, and there are three more divisions following behind. Now, the last division is still waiting to be deployed in the white chaff. The first 9th Division has already exchanged fire with the defenders of Kushiro, but the situation now seems to be disadvantageous to their side!

"Report, the vanguard of the 9th Division has suffered a setback. The 91st Tank Regiment at the front has been collectively destroyed. The 9th Division is retreating." The staff officer hurriedly ran in and reported.

"How is it possible?" Kawaki Kotaro absolutely did not believe this result. The 91st Tank Regiment was composed entirely of American-made M1 tanks, the most advanced tanks! How could they all be destroyed?

"Now, the 2nd Division and the 11th Division in the second echelon can no longer withstand the Soviet attack and are retreating." The staff officer continued to report the unfavorable news.

Not only the 9th Division in the vanguard, but also the 2nd and 11th Divisions in the rear were frightened.

The flying multiple rockets instantly covered almost the entire position of the 9th Division! The 9th Division suffered heavy casualties!

The officers and soldiers of the 9th Division who escaped from that hellish scene brought the shocking news to the troops behind them while retreating.

The Soviet army in front of them had a total of 100,000 troops! They had tens of thousands of multiple rocket launchers! With one charge, they could wipe out all of their own troops!

The scene of arrow rain in the sky just now made the islanders who escaped with their lives dazed. When they found that the Soviets on the opposite side were extremely powerful, the 2nd Division wisely chose to retreat.

The sneak attack failed, what else is there to do? The M1 tank is no match for them, let alone the Type 74 tank!

Just when the 2nd Division was preparing to retreat, the 11th Division still wanted to rush forward to fight. As a result, the Soviet multiple rocket launchers, which had been reloaded and moved at the same time, covered the vanguard of the 11th Division with artillery fire. The hellish scene frightened the 11th Division. They lost the courage to fight and began to retreat!

"No retreat, charge forward!" Kawaki Kotaro said, "In the name of the supreme commander of Shirakura, I order the 2nd and 11th divisions to attack immediately! Even if we have to fight to the last tank, we must charge to Kushiro!"

"Boom!" At this moment, a huge explosion suddenly came from outside. With the explosion, the entire building was shaking.

Large-caliber howitzers? The headquarters here is at least sixty kilometers away from the Kushiro front! Even the largest-caliber 152mm howitzers, such as the M1973 self-propelled howitzer, have a range of only twenty-four kilometers when firing rocket-assisted projectiles!