Age of Rebirth

After analyzing the current battle situation, Tang Qiuli smiled self-consciously, and looked at the map of the situation of the enemy and us hanging on the wall. On the north bank of the Selenge River, a thick blue arrow pointed to the south, which represented the attack of the Soviet army. direction.

On the south bank of the Selenge River, a red line appeared much thinner. It represented Sun Zhenbang's troops and blocked the Soviet defense line. In the vast area further south, there were several thick red lines pointing to the target.It is the Selenge River area.

That is the direction of the ten mechanized infantry brigades directly under the corps, and the east refers to the three mechanized infantry brigades, the four artillery brigades, and the four tank brigades of Battle. From the situation map, these four huge encirclement circles are divided into left and right Tang Qiuli's overall battle layout was very clear. With an absolutely superior force, he surrounded and annihilated the troops of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military Region invading south in the Selenge River area. .

Of course, this campaign concept is still on the map, because the mobilization and deployment of troops takes time, and the first and second brigades closest to the Selenge River still have a day and a half to march. After all the troops are in place, it will be September 25th to 26th at the earliest. That is to say, it will take five or six days before the Soviet army is encircled. Swallow.

Tang Qiuli rubbed his swollen temples, and Colonel Wang Jun, chief of staff of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Defense Army, said: "Sun Zhenbang is under a lot of pressure. If his troops block the Soviet army on the Selenge River defense line for about three days, then the Our deployment will be much more calm, if the casualties are too large, the Soviet army will soon break through his blocking line, for us, it will be very passive, and we will have to fight a fierce battle around Kulun!" [

Wang Jun thought for a while, and suggested: "Master, as the chief of staff of the Outer Mongolia Border Army, I will state my opinion to you very frankly. I think you should cancel the frontier troops on the Selenge River. The order of defense. Instead, Commander Sun should be ordered to defend for more than five days. For the victory of the overall battle, our border guards, no matter how high the price is, is worth it. Commander Sun also agrees. I hope You can think about it!"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said with a heavy tone: "Chief of Staff Wang, I understand what you and Sun Zhenbang are thinking. However, if a victory in a battle requires me to pay the price of more than 5 soldiers killed in battle, such Victory is too heavy for me, besides, the development of the battle does not necessarily require such a sacrifice. Send another telegram to Sun Zhenbang and tell him clearly that the order of sexual defense cannot be changed!"

What else did Wang Jun say, but.Seeing the teacher's firm gaze, he swallowed the words that came to his lips, feeling emotional in his heart.It seems a little lost, but also a little moved.Went out to send a telegram.

Sun Zhenbang, who was under the heavy shelling of the Soviet army, didn't know what the commander was thinking at the moment. He kept making calls in the rickety shelter, but none of the calls to the troops at the front could get through. Sun Zhenbang fell angrily. I made the last phone call, and gasped for breath.

The director of the communications department in the headquarters stumbled up to Sun Zhenbang and shouted: "Commander, the artillery fire from the Soviet army must have been too violent. All the telephone lines leading to the front were blown up!"

Sun Zhenbang turned around abruptly, and roared angrily: "Director Liu, it's been five or six days since our troops have been stationed at the Selenge River defense line. Your communication department is full of dry food? The telephone line leading to the forward position, why? Not buried deeply?"

Director Liu of the Communications Department said aggrievedly: "Commander, I'm not a novice. All the telephone lines leading to the front are buried one and a half meters deep in the ground. Who would have known that the artillery fire of the Soviet army was so fierce. Don't worry, I will immediately order the communication battalion to send telephone soldiers to check the line, and within three to ten minutes, ensure that the telephone line is unblocked, and if the task cannot be completed, you will dismiss me!"

After finishing speaking, the lieutenant colonel, the head of the communications department, put a helmet on his head, grabbed his submachine gun, and led two guards, and was about to go outside the shelter.

Sun Zhenbang grabbed him and taught him a lesson: "You are looking for death! The old man's cannon fire is so powerful that it can tear you to pieces before you take two steps. Hey, forget it. The work is already in place, if you want to blame, blame the old Maozi soldiers who fired the cannon!"

Director Liu of the Communications Department is also stubborn. When the commander reprimanded him, it hurt his heart like a knife. He struggled and persisted. A large piece of mud fell from the roof of the shelter, splashing mud all over the heads and faces of the two of them. Sun Zhenbang spat out the mud in his mouth and cursed viciously, "What a fucking bad luck."

Then, he gave Director Liu a hard look, turned around and picked up the binoculars to observe the movement of the forward position. In the binoculars, there were everywhere the soil stirred up by the explosion of the cannon, the bursting flames, and the diffuse gunpowder smoke. A few meters away, nothing could be seen, Sun Zhenbang dropped the binoculars in frustration, full of worries.

What is the casualty situation of the troops in the bomb defense holes and shelters under such fierce and intensive shelling?Although the cannon couldn't directly kill the soldiers, if it couldn't stand the shelling and collapsed, wouldn't the soldiers inside be buried alive?There are at least two squads or more of soldiers in every bunker and bomb defense hole. After this round of shelling, the troops are casualties. Isn't it more than halfway through, how can the next battle be fought?

General Kurygin, standing on a high ground, holding a telescope, observing the effect of the shelling, beside him, followed a large number of senior Soviet generals, he looked at his watch, and the shelling had been going on for 45 minutes. Judging from the superficial effect, all The targets are all shrouded in gunpowder smoke, but this is not enough. If the cunning Chinese soldiers hide underground, the killing effect of the shelling will be greatly reduced.

General Kurykin called the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Zirenenko, and ordered: "Chief of staff, order the artillery unit. After the scheduled shelling is over, at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes, shell again on the original target for [-] minutes, and then fire. Further extension, the order of the engineering troops to erect the pontoon bridge remains unchanged!"

Lieutenant General Zirenenko was a little puzzled, and asked: "Comrade commander, what is your intention? The engineering unit erected the pontoon bridge according to the original plan. At such a short distance, if the artillery fires again, it will cause accidental injury!"

General Kurykin smiled reservedly, and said in a teaching tone: "My chief of staff, in the ancient Chinese art of war, there is such a strategy called returning the carbine. I will use nearly a thousand of our cannons to stage a modern version of returning the carbine. Give these Chinese a profound lesson, don't you think it is very interesting to use Chinese wisdom to attack Chinese people?"

"As for the accidental injury you are worried about, it doesn't exist. The Selenge River is more than [-] meters wide. The training level of our artillery is not so low, right?"

Lieutenant General Zirenenko shrugged and didn't say anything else. As the chief of staff, he had fulfilled his responsibilities. As for whether he was accepted by his superiors, that was another matter. curious!

At [-] o'clock in the morning on September [-]th, the Soviet army's violent shelling came to an abrupt end, just as suddenly as it had started. This transition from extremely loud noise and vibration to extremely quiet made people Law to adapt. [

Sun Zhenbang felt that the ground under his feet was no longer trembling, and the sky above his head was no longer filled with the sound of huge explosions. He froze for a moment, and a huge roar still echoed in his ears, "The Soviet bombardment stopped!" He responded immediately come over.

A few minutes later, the wind at dawn on the Outer Mongolia grasslands blew away the diffuse gunpowder smoke, and everything on the front line of the Selenge River was clearly displayed in the field of vision. Sun Zhenbang grabbed the binoculars and looked across the river.

He saw groups of Soviet soldiers and trucks rushing out from behind the high ground on the other side of the river. When they reached the river, the Soviet soldiers unloaded a lot of equipment from the trucks. On the beach head on the north bank of the Selenge River, the first pontoon bridge was built. The Soviet engineers moved very fast, almost at a speed visible to the naked eye. The pontoon bridge was extending to the south bank. Under observation, there were more than a dozen places.

"Understood, the Soviet army is building a pontoon bridge for their tanks to cross the river!" Sun Zhenbang turned his head and ordered: "Immediately send correspondents to the various positions in the front and order the front troops to bombard the Soviet army with mortars. Floating bridge, heavy machine guns shoot at Soviet engineers!"

More than a dozen correspondents from the headquarters agreed, and just about to run out, they were stopped by Sun Zhenbang, "Wait!" Director Liu of the communications department, with two guard battalions, got out of the shelter. He knew that it was the critical moment when the commander was about to issue orders to the forward position, and the only way to not delay the matter was to repair the telephone line as soon as possible.

The correspondents looked at the commander in disbelief. At this moment, Sun Zhenbang, for some reason, had a bad feeling in his heart. In the first Outer Mongolian War, he fought against the Soviet army and knew their routines. After the Soviet army's shelling of its forward positions is over, the artillery fire should be extended in depth to prevent its follow-up troops from counterattacking and cover their infantry's attack.

However, the artillery fire stopped suddenly, and the engineers were sent to erect the pontoon bridge. On the surface, it was normal. The Soviet commander wanted to use tanks as the first round of assault force, but the Soviet engineers were like this without the cover of artillery fire. Are you not afraid of being killed by fierce firepower from your own frontline troops when you swagger to erect the pontoon bridge?

In other words, the Soviet commander believed that during the hour-long bombardment, the troops of the independent division at the front were all wiped out by artillery fire?In any case, Sun Zhenbang's bad feeling became stronger and stronger, and he ordered: "The radio room, contact the First Artillery Brigade and the Second Artillery Brigade immediately, I have important tasks for them!"

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