Since the failure of the first Jifu Battle, the situation in the Mao Xiong Civil War has gradually tilted towards Mao Xiong.
After transferring Tukhachevsky to the Western Front, the Soviet army gradually stabilized its defense lines and began to gain advantages over the Allied forces on local battlefields.
On the other hand, Mao Xiong has not slackened off the White Army in the country during this period, and has been adopting a proactive strategy of eradication.
In 192, Denikin, who retreated to the Caucasus, was fiercely attacked by the Soviet army. He retreated into the Crimean Peninsula, hoping to get assistance from the British army, and then used the Crimean Peninsula as a base to continue harassing and attacking the Mao Xiong.
But the Soviet army did not give Denikin this opportunity. After Denikin entered the Crimean Peninsula, the Soviet army immediately sent troops there.
Denikin, who had retreated all the way, did not have enough troops to resist the Soviet attack, and the British army did not have many troops on the Crimean Peninsula at this time.
Originally, the British army was prepared to resist, but it turned out that the troops sent by the Soviet army had been surpassed by a group army. In addition, the Soviet army in the Ermao area, under the leadership of Tukhachevsky, also began to move towards the Crimean Peninsula. Get closer this way.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Sun Never Sets man immediately wiped the soles of his feet with oil and escaped.
They have control of the sea, so it is very convenient to attack and retreat, but Denikin's White Guards do not have such good treatment.
Realizing that he was desperate, Denikin did not choose to surrender to the Soviet army, but chose to make a final resistance in the Savastopol Fortress!
Sevastopol Fortress was built during the Crimean War in 1854. In this war, in order to compete for the Crimean Peninsula, Russia and Turkey, as well as the Sun Never Set and the Gauls who were subsequently involved in the war, launched a war in Eastern Europe. Fierce fighting!
In order to prevent the mainland from being attacked, Mao Xiong, who lacked a navy, built a large number of fortresses on the Crimean Peninsula. Among them, the Sevastopol area in the southernmost part of the island had the most important strategic location, so there were particularly many fortresses built.!
Before the fall of Tsarist Russia, this place was originally the home port of the Black Sea Fleet. After the fall of Tsarist Russia, it fell into the hands of those who never set the sun.
After the people retreated before the sun set, seeing that the situation was not going well, the place was again controlled by Denikin's White Guards.
After obtaining the Sevastopol Fortress, Denikin breathed a sigh of relief.
There are a large amount of supplies stored in this fortress, which were previously transported from Europe by the Allied Powers to support him!
This supply includes food, weapons, ammunition, medicines, and even some daily necessities!
And there is another thing that is very beneficial to him, that is, there is a port behind the Sevastopol Fortress, and the fleets of the Allied Powers can come to support him at any time!
As long as he can firmly hold on here, then he will be able to receive a steady stream of support, and with the solid fortifications of Sevastopol, Denikin is confident that he can hold on for a year and a half!
The Soviet army obviously saw Denikin's intention, so after they invaded the Crimean Peninsula, they did not bother with other places at all. The main force of the Soviet army went straight to the Sevastopol Fortress!
In June 192, the Battle of Sevatopol Fortress broke out.
In the first wave of offensive, the Soviet army mobilized three divisions to launch a strong attack.
Denikin still had about two corps of troops, more or less, and more than 20,000 of them were his trusted troops.
Because the White Guards came all the way from the Caucasus, the morale and morale of the White Guards were at a low ebb at this time.
Denikin did not dare to hand over the important fortresses on the front line to these broken troops, so he sent his trusted troops to the front line, intending to let them stand for a period of time. After integrating these broken troops, Denikin would then replace them with these troops. Elite troops at the front!
Denikin planned well. As long as the 20,000 elite troops can withstand for a month, he is confident that he can integrate this scattered army!
However, Denikin overestimated the combat effectiveness of his troops and underestimated the Soviet army's determination to capture this place!
On June 2, during the battle, three Soviet divisions launched a fierce attack on the positions guarded by the White Guards.
Due to the lack of heavy artillery, the Soviet attacking troops almost used explosive packs to blast fortifications one after another along the way!
This method of combat gave the White Guards the opportunity to kill a large number of Soviet troops.
Under the fierce attack of the White Army's machine guns and artillery fire, the Soviet army paid the price of at least 20,000 casualties in just one day, of which more than 10,000 were killed on the spot!
After the battle on the 12th, the White troops who came out of the position were surprised to find that in front of their position, the entire battlefield was almost covered with corpses of Soviet soldiers. Many of the corpses were blown to pieces by artillery fire and became mutilated. It looks very shocking!
However, what shocked them even more was yet to come!
The Soviet army found that the enemy's artillery fire and machine gun fire caused too much damage to them during the daytime battle, so they temporarily stopped the attack and chose to launch the attack at night!
In the early morning, when the White Army had just fallen asleep, the Soviet Army touched it.
A fierce battle broke out again between the two sides, but the darkness at night hindered the White Army's performance. Although the White Army's artillerymen and machine gunners worked hard to fire, because they did not know the specific location and number of the target, their strike effect was very poor. not ideal!
On the other hand, the Soviet army often conducted night battles due to insufficient weapons and equipment. This made them have much more experience in night combat than the White army!
After a night of fierce fighting, the sound of gunfire and explosions was heard endlessly. On the morning of the next day, the White troops were shocked to find that a large number of Soviet corpses had fallen in front of their position again, and there was almost no place to stand on the ground.!
And the price they paid was also heavy. One-third of the fortifications were destroyed by the Soviet army!
However, the nightmare of the White Army was not over yet. The next day, the Soviet Army seemed to have gone crazy. No matter it was during the day or at night, they launched a desperate attack on the White Army. Such a fierce attack overwhelmed the White Army. Angry and hesitant, they had no reserve troops to support them, so after holding on for three days, the White Army finally collapsed!
The outer defense line of Sevastopol Fortress was broken through by the Soviet army on June 15. At this time, Denikin not only failed to rectify the defeated troops in his hands, but also because the front line was defeated too quickly, which made the morale of the army even worse. With the turmoil, the soldiers' fighting will has become even worse!
And what's even worse is that after the Soviet army captured the outer fortress, they obtained two very critical forts. These forts can not only attack targets on the sea, but also attack the core area of the White Army!
Therefore, the Soviet army, which had heavy weapons, finally did not have to trade human lives for the enemy's bunkers this time. They used the forts on both sides of the fortress to blast the White army!
The embattled White Guards mutinied, and a large number of soldiers rushed to surrender to the Soviet army. Denikin realized that something was wrong and quickly prepared to flee.
Fortunately, the Sun Never Sets fleet was at sea, so he was lucky enough to be rescued by the Sun Never Sets people, and escaped on the Sun Never Sets warship!
Although Denikin escaped, more than 70,000 troops under his command were completely destroyed, and the Sevastopol Fortress and the entire Crimean Peninsula also fell into the hands of the Soviet army!
The Battle of Sevastopol Fortress did not last long. It only took 5 days from the Soviet army's attack to the complete occupation of Sevastopol!
However, within five days, the Soviet army paid a price of more than 120,000 casualties, of which more than 80,000 were directly killed. During the attack on June 13, the Soviet army suffered more than 50,000 casualties that day, almost setting a new record. The highest single-day casualty record in World War II!
During the German-Japanese War, the goal that the Foot Basin Army failed to achieve in the battle to attack the Brigadier Fortress was finally achieved in the hands of the Soviet army with firmer willpower and stronger combat effectiveness!
This battle completely rewritten the battle pattern in the Black Sea region and even became a turning point in the entire war!