When the armored vehicles bypassed the advancing Russian army and crashed into the artillery unit of the Russian army, the Russian army didn't realize that their annihilation had been confirmed. They were puzzled by the strange vehicles.
Russia's trains were quite common, so the Russians who had seen trains before couldn't understand how a vehicle that was only a fraction of the size of a train could move on its own. Even though the vehicles were emitting black smoke, the small chimneys and the thin black smoke made it impossible for them to associate the armored vehicles with trains.
But the Hungarian army didn't care what the Russians thought. After destroying the Russian artillery, the drivers of the armored vehicles that were only 20 mm thick breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't even need 105 cannons. The shells of the 75 cannons could hit the armored vehicles. Neither the armored vehicles nor the IFVs could resist.
The following battle was fierce, but nothing new. When the Russian army couldn't destroy the armored vehicles, their fate was decided. The light machine guns were like the scythe of the Grim Reaper, harvesting the exposed enemies in front of the armored vehicles. The Hungarian army found something interesting. Because they had never been trained, the Russians couldn't understand the advantage of the armored vehicles. They thought that they would be able to avoid the sight of the armored vehicles just because they couldn't see them, but this was a ridiculous way of thinking.
After two battles in one day, the tank infantry also had their own feelings. The more outstanding infantrymen understood the key point of their cooperation with the tanks. The key point was not to confuse the pressure of the tanks with the pressure they had to bear. If the infantrymen were supposed to resist bullets, what was the point of building these armored vehicles? The infantrymen only had to deal with the enemies that the tanks couldn't handle. Although this had been said before, it still needed to be tempered by the flames of war to make it into their own experience.
After only two days of fighting, the Russian army was completely stunned. They couldn't understand why six divisions of the Russian army were suddenly annihilated. These six divisions either had strong positions, or were openly launching a frontal attack on the Hungarian army, and after encountering the enemy, they quickly moved into field operations. From the bits and pieces of the telegram, the Russians learned that the Hungarians were using 'strange carriages'. Some Russians who were lucky enough to escape claimed that the carriages were made of extremely strong iron pear wood and could resist bullets. He could also run as if he was flying.
The army commander in charge of the Romanian theatre immediately adjusted his deployment. Instead of pursuing the Hungarian cavalry, he set up a defensive line in northern Romania. Surprisingly, the Hungarians did not come to attack the Russians.
In the frontline headquarters in Hungary, all the commanders expressed that they could let the Russians off for the time being. After all, they were still foolishly waiting there. As accomplices of Russia, the Romanians had crossed the border into Hungary several times in the past decade, massacring both Hungarians and Romanians. In particular, the Romanian people who cooperated with the Hungarian government were brutally murdered. The victims were hanged or nailed to a tree. They were cruelly abused before they died. Their families were also implicated. This practice had indeed made the local Romanian community afraid to cooperate with the central government, and it had made it much more difficult to carry out local work.
In the past, whenever Hungary attacked the Romanian gangs, Russia would take sides. Russia was not even a threat to Hungary, let alone the Romanians.
"Now the Romanian army is divided into two groups. It's the perfect opportunity for us to annihilate them in one fell swoop and avenge the innocent people and comrades who died tragically!" The chief of staff expressed his opinion in a straightforward and encouraging manner, contrary to his usual caution.
This made the advisers of the Liberation Army in the headquarters frown slightly. The Liberation Army did not advocate using such inflammatory words. Of course, this could also be because there were no other countries in the world that owed the people of China a blood debt. As soon as the chief of staff said this, the commanders in the General Staff Department immediately responded enthusiastically. "Blood for blood!" "Don't let the Romanian gangs live!" "Clean up those bastards who are hostile to the revolution!"
Under such intense emotions, there was no special plan. The battle plan was just two paragraphs of orders. "Advance along XXX, surround XXX area, and annihilate the enemy." The comrades of the Liberation Army did not object to this. The power of the armored forces was far beyond their imagination. Even if it was a very "underarmored" force, as long as they could continuously fight, they could achieve great results. If they fought with ordinary infantry or motorized infantry, they would not be able to achieve such results.
Therefore, the Romanian army was suddenly attacked. At this time, the population of Romania was about seven million. According to the investigation, the troops of the Northern Group were about seventy to eighty thousand. Because the Southern Group had gathered a lot of militias, there were about one hundred thousand troops in a large area. In other words, two percent of the military age population of Romania had been gathered.
"Kill them all!" The commander of the Hungarian frontline headquarters coldly gave the order. This firm attitude made the advisers of the Min dynasty feel a chill on their backs.
Two days later, the Russians received a telegram from the Romanians asking for help. This made the Russian Army completely unable to understand how many "sturdy carriages" the Hungarians had. Why was there news of such carriages appearing everywhere in the entire Romanian territory?
In the next two days, the advisory group of the Liberation Army sent many telegrams to introduce the course of the battle. Qi Rui was also a little surprised by the cruelty of the Hungarians. He even felt a little guilty. Even though it was the Japanese who personally killed the prisoners, it was Qi Rui who gave the order. When he was young, Qi Rui's heart was boiling with a sense of responsibility for the country, or at least a sense of responsibility that he thought he had. Therefore, Qi Rui, who was stimulated by the war, put the responsibility of killing the prisoners on the country. "I eliminated the enemy for the country."
Now, Qi Rui was no longer at the age of hormones. He sadly found that he actually had no other choice at that time. The reason why he felt pain now was not because he had to make a choice at that time. It was because he had made a choice with joy at that time. Qi Rui felt a deep sense of regret when he thought of himself who was passionate about killing.
Qi Rui did not mention the torture he felt in his heart to anyone. He talked about the loss of the vehicles with his comrades. In just six or seven days, the armored vehicles of the Hungarians ran thousands of kilometers. About 20 percent of the vehicles broke down. The technicians of the Liberation Army and the Hungarian technicians worked day and night to repair the vehicles. The intensity of the battle was far beyond the initial imagination of the Liberation Army. If the future war was fought at this intensity for a month, what percentage of the usable equipment could the Liberation Army retain?
"Normally, the loss of 30 percent of the troops is considered a loss of combat effectiveness. But we probably have to consider the possibility of losing 40 percent of the armored vehicles in a long-term battle. In that situation, what kind of combat effectiveness do our troops have? "Qi Rui asked the senior commander of the theater of operations.
No one answered immediately. This question was beyond everyone's imagination. It was just like how no one could understand that the more than 100,000 Hungarian armored troops could kill 70,000 to 80,000 enemies in seven or eight days. In the great war history of the Liberation Army, there was no such glorious result.
Even more horrifying news came two days later. The Hungarian armored soldiers and motorized infantry had surrounded about 180,000 Romanian soldiers in two encirclements. After three days of fierce fighting, the Hungarians wiped out the enemy. The Romanians in the encirclement of 70,000 to 80,000 had sent a telegram asking their superiors to allow them to surrender. In the end, they were mercilessly rejected by their superiors. In the end, only 4,000 to 5,000 Romanians survived in the encirclement.
As for the encirclement of 100,000 people, there was a headquarters led by a senior officer. The headquarters saw that things were not going well and decisively surrendered. In the end, less than 10,000 Romanian soldiers survived as prisoners.
"How many casualties did the Hungarian Red Army suffer?" Qi Rui did not ask about the results of the battle. He only cared about whether the Hungarian Red Army had the ability to fight continuously.
"They said they need a week to rest and reorganize before continuing the attack." The communications staff officer relayed the information provided by the Liberation Army's adviser.
"That's the limit!" Qi Rui sighed. Not only did he not feel uneasy, but he also felt that he had a plan.
The chief of staff of the theater of operations sighed. "I thought the Hungarians were going to drive armored vehicles into the sky!"
"Haha!" "Haha!" "Hehe!" The senior soldiers' laughter was unique, but their mood was unexpectedly the same. This made Qi Rui feel a lot more relaxed. If he was the only one who was afraid of armored combat, it would be too embarrassing.
"Who do you think will be the first among the European countries to contact us?" Qi Rui asked with a smile. He hoped to use this question to ease the mood of his comrades.
"It's definitely not Russia." The chief of staff joked.
The comrades in the headquarters couldn't help but laugh. In fact, the ones who should be contacting the Liberation Army the most were the Russians. After being beaten up like this, if they did not seek an explanation immediately, would those soldiers have died in vain? However, the chief of staff was right. With the speed of Russia's reaction, they were the least likely to be the first to contact.
"I think it's the British." The commander voiced his opinion. After that, no one said anything else. The war in North America proved that the British's reaction speed was indeed admirable. The reputation of being the world's hegemon for the last century was not just for show. It was just that in the face of such an opponent, it was inevitable that they would feel more pressure, but no one was willing to admit it.
"I think it probably depends on which country has more spies in the Hungarian Red Army," the division chief in charge of the equipment replied a little timidly. He had been so busy in the past few months that his feet could not touch the ground, and now it proved that his work was effective. Otherwise, when a senior colonel faced a group of lieutenant generals and generals, other than answering every question, there was really no need for him to take the initiative to speak.
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