Chapter 276: Landing on the beach

"There are many hole-like landforms on the high ground. Many muzzles and machine guns of our scouts have emerged from different locations. It is certain that they are Russian artillery and heavy machine guns. They are all hidden in caves and rocks. It is difficult for air bombing to play a substantial role. Only ground troops can be sent to clear obstacles."

"This beachhead is very suitable for landing in our armored troops. The armored troops can take the lead. The troops can reduce a large number of casualties. It is an ideal landing location. If we land from the other two places, our armored troops will not be of great use. We can only rely on infantry to force the landing to attack the enemy's positions, and there will definitely be a large number of casualties. After comprehensive consideration, I think it is more appropriate to attack from the position on the right." Sa Zhenbing touched his chin, thought for a moment and said.

"But one thing we must note is that although this position is convenient for armored vehicles to land, the elevation angle of armored vehicles is very small and cannot deal with the enemies on the high ground. If this complex terrain is not occupied, the Russian artillery fire and heavy machine guns located in the high ground will have a huge lethal force on our infantry. When our army forcibly passes through the high ground, it will be severely hit by them, and the casualties will definitely be very heavy." The officer continued.

"So we must take this position before we can make a large-scale landing, so that our army's casualties will be greatly reduced."

"However, according to the scout report, the position is covered with cliffs on all sides, and the roads are extremely steep. It is obviously inappropriate to attack by large troops. It is necessary to rely on a small group of special forces soldiers to climb up the cliff, engage in close combat with the Russian defenders, and then occupy their high ground to win." The officer explained again.

"Since this highland has become a huge obstacle to our army's advance, we must take it down, inform the Marines, and order the special forces to prepare to prepare to approach the highland after our army occupied the beachhead in front of the Russian army, and then attack the highland. We must take this highland within a few hours, otherwise it will be detrimental to our army's landing.

"Order the troops to prepare for landing, and send air forces to sweep away the anti-aircraft artillery and other artillery and fortresses on the Russian beachhead positions to eliminate obstacles for infantry landing."

"yes"

At around seven o'clock, a flight brigade took off from the Zhen** aircraft carrier, and the plane began to fly over the Russian position. The beach of the Russian position consists of a trench, several low hills, and the highlands behind it form three lines of defense. It is necessary to break through the two defense lines in front before it can approach the highlands behind. The trench is about 150 meters away from the beach, the hills behind are about 500 meters away from the beach, and the highland is about 700 meters away from the beach.

There are about five or six hundred Russian soldiers on the two defense lines. The trench in the front stretches about one kilometer and is guarded by a company of Russian troops. The hills behind have two companies of troops, and the forces on the high ground are unknown.

There were about 30 exposed rear guns in the Russian army, about half of which were anti-aircraft artillery fire. It seemed that they were prepared for the victorious air force.

Russian soldiers had already seen the Zhen** ships moving on the sea. They were lined up on the positions and prepared for battle. Soon they saw Zhen**’s fighter fleet appear above their heads.

"Chinese planes, fire guns." The Russian general let out a strange cry, and then the dense sound of anti-aircraft artillery fired into the sky, and a shell flew past with a whistling sound.

The bombers and fighters of the three squadrons were divided into three routes and began to bomb the beachhead positions violently.

"Boom boom boom..." A shell landed on the Russian trenches and hilly positions. The Russian positions on the hills were soon attacked by incendiary bombs. The raging fire burned everywhere. Russian soldiers began to scream and set guns in the sky, but the effect was obviously not great.

"Boom" a shell hit the Russian anti-aircraft gunner who was shooting towards the sky, and shot his body high into the air. The anti-aircraft gun was blown into several scattered parts.

There were whizzing throbbing planes everywhere in the sky. The Russian army had never been hit by the air before. Fear spread among the Russian soldiers. Some Russian soldiers began to abandon their positions and ran backwards, while others lay in the signs and did not dare to move. They could no longer withstand this crazy blow. The first trench was quickly torn apart, and a large number of Russian soldiers' bodies lay down in the trench. Almost all of the troops in a company were killed in ruthless artillery fire.

"The Chinese plane bombing is too fierce, we can't stand it." A Russian battalion commander on the hilly position behind was communicating with the troops behind him on radio, and he shouted loudly.

"You must not retreat. You must block the enemy's attack, delay the enemy's landing time, and cause certain casualties to the enemy's landing troops. This is your mission, and I will defend my position to death." The response received made the Russian officer very disappointed. He knew that their resistance would not last long.

"Bang" A vibrator was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, and the Russian soldiers on the position cheered.

The planes of Zhenzhao did not stop bombing because the Russian artillery poses a great threat to the landing ships and they must be removed. One plane after another continued to rage over the beach, whizzing past and dropping an angry bomb.

After about half an hour of fierce bombing, almost all 30 Russian artillery were scrapped. Zhenzhan was shot down two planes. Russian soldiers saved most of their strength with the cover of rocks and mounds. There were still about 300 Russian soldiers who were left to hold their positions, but now they could only fight with Zhenzhan with guns in their hands.

However, they then saw a 10,000-ton giant ship approaching the beach on the sea.

"Fire the gun and aim the gun at the warship." The Russian commander roared in panic.

However, he then saw the soldiers looking at him in surprise, because all the Russian artillery had been scrapped and he was unable to attack.

Next, when the Russian army saw a door suddenly opened on the hull under the front deck of the armored ship, they were shocked. The Russian army had never seen such an amphibious landing ship. Ten armored vehicles began to drive from the landing ship along a large iron plate to the beach. This time the Russian army recognized it. This was the world-famous Zhen** Iron Armor 1 combat chariot. Many Russian soldiers' eyes suddenly turned green.

Ten taels of armored vehicles began to fire on the hills ahead, and a rumbling sound of cannons sounded, and more than a dozen light cannons on the Russian high ground gradually fired. However, the Russian army moved to the high ground all had light cannons, which had weak firepower and had no effect on the armored vehicles. Then, when the amphibious ship's artillery fired towards the high ground, part of the Russian firepower was immediately suppressed, and some gunners hid in caves and other bunkers.

After the fierce armored torrent, the Zhenzhan Marine Corps, with the firepower of armored vehicles, began to board the beach from the amphibious ships and rushed forward under the armored vehicles. However, the enemy's artillery fire and heavy machine guns still caused some casualties, and the Zhenzhan soldiers began to fall down on the beach.

The armored vehicles began to rush towards the position like ten mad bulls. Russian soldiers began to fire at the armored vehicles with grenades and rifles, but then they realized in surprise that these weapons did not work for the armored vehicles at all. The armored vehicles were still rushing forward and directly crossing the trench and crushing them towards their bodies.

"Ah, ah" the screams of the Russian army were everywhere.

"Boom..." The sound of armored vehicles were everywhere, and Russian soldiers began to flee everywhere. They could not resist the crazy attack of the steel giant beasts, and the corpses of Russian soldiers were everywhere on the positions.

The Zhen** Infantry Battalion began to charge forward fiercely under the enemy's artillery fire, and soon rushed to the hilly position and began to shoot at the Russian troops who were fleeing in front. One by one, Russian soldiers were hit by rifles and fell to the ground.

Three hundred Russian soldiers were quickly cleaned up, and the corpses were everywhere. The Zhen** soldiers roared and hid behind the armored vehicles to avoid the bombardment of the Russian highland light artillery and swarmed towards the highland. However, when they reached the bottom of the highland, they were now in front of them, which could not be climbed up at all. The Zhen** soldiers began to divide into two routes and rushed toward both sides. The special forces of one company began to look for places to climb along the cliff from the left, but except for the soldiers who died just now, they were less than a hundred soldiers left.

Company commander Sun Zhigang led his team to the side of the cliff and hid in the blind spot of Russian artillery fire with the cover of the cliff. The armored vehicles had lost their function at this time and began to drive to the right. There was a passage on the right that could pass through the high ground and enter the Russian position in the rear. However, the large army did not continue to land, and the amphibious ships began to retreat. They did not dare to go deeper rashly. The armored vehicles were just blocking the intersection to prevent the Russian army from coming out.

"Damn it, there are cliffs everywhere in this place. How can we get up? The Russians are hiding on it. We must take this position, otherwise our army will not be able to land smoothly." Sun Zhigang looked around the highland anxiously. On the left was a vast bay, and on the other side of the bay was a mountain, about dozens of kilometers away.

The special forces company walked a few dozen meters further and reached the sea.

"Scatter all of them for me to find out where to climb up." Sun Zhigang issued an order.

"Yes" the team members began to search forward, and a group of people jumped into the sea and swam forward along the cliff.

More than ten minutes later, the team members returned one after another.

"How is it? Is there any place to climb?" Sun Zhigang asked.

"Report to the captain, we have a cliff on the sea that we can climb up, but it is quite steep here, with a hole on it, and Russian soldiers guarding it. It is easy to be blocked by Russian gunmen when they go up." A squad leader reported.
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