Age of Rebirth

The telephone lines leading to the frontier positions were blown up by the Soviet artillery fire. The orders from the headquarters had not yet been conveyed to the frontier troops. I was so anxious that I burst into flames.

However, Sun Zhenbang had a strict order. Without his order, no troops could go out of the artillery holes and shelters. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the frontier troops were in a hurry. However, these commanders followed Sun Zhenbang to fight the Japanese army from home. After many years of battles, it can be said that they have been battle-hardened, and their brains are very flexible. Before waiting for the order from the headquarters, they thought about it by themselves.

The surface of the Selenge River is more than 30 meters wide, and the Soviet engineers erected the pontoon bridge very quickly. In ten minutes, the pontoon bridge has extended to more than [-] meters on the river surface, just entering the mortar firing, almost by coincidence. The commanders of each forward position dispatched more than [-] mortars to quickly enter the fortifications that had been blown into ruins. The target was very clear. They used mortars to blow up the pontoon bridges of the Soviet army and kill the Soviet engineers by the way.

Sun Zhenbang saw all this clearly through the binoculars. He stomped his feet anxiously, and roared furiously: "Confused, who gave them the order? Go out of the artillery hole without authorization, the staff, the first and second artillery brigades Is the radio connected?"

The staff officer hurriedly replied: "Commander, we have already contacted you and are waiting for your order!"[

Sun Zhenbang said: "Order, the first artillery brigade will target the Soviet army's pontoon bridge, and the forward positions will be responsible for observation. The second artillery brigade will suppress the Soviet artillery positions when the Soviet army bombards again. Wait for my order to be issued. After that, the artillery was allowed to fire, reminding them to pay attention, after 15 minutes of shelling. Immediately transfer to the reserve position!"

Sun Zhenbang could only use the only two artillery brigades in this way. He didn't have the capital to fight an artillery battle with the Soviet artillery with the same number and caliber. , Watching the movement on the river with trepidation.

Soon, the mortars of the forward troops began shelling. More than 200 mortars rained down on the pontoon bridge and the Soviet engineers who were working hard to build the pontoon bridge.Constantly falling into the river, on the river.From time to time, a column of water is stirred up into the sky.The torrential river, carrying the corpses of Soviet engineers, quickly went away and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The shelling was very effective. The Soviet engineers spent more than ten minutes erecting twelve pontoon bridges.In an instant, it turned into a pile of wood chips, the shelling stopped, and Sun Zhenbang saw it through the telescope.The artillerymen at the front seemed to be cheering. He stomped his feet anxiously, regardless of whether the soldiers could hear him or not, and shouted loudly: "Quick! Quick! Enter the artillery hole!"

Then, he turned his head and yelled at the staff officer: "Is the telephone line leading to the front line connected?"

The staff officer replied: "Only three connections have been connected, and the communication battalion of the headquarters is rushing to repair the rest!"

Sun Zhenbang then roared: "Call quickly and order the mortar artillery to withdraw immediately and enter the artillery hole, hurry up!"

As soon as his words fell, there was the scream of a large-caliber cannon piercing the air in the sky, and Sun Zhenbang's face turned white suddenly. He knew that his bad premonition had become a reality. The cunning Soviet commander, kill the carbine, more than 200 mortars, and more than 400 soldiers are over, they will all be submerged in the Soviet artillery fire!

There was another jule explosion that shook the mountains, and several cannons immediately covered the position on the south bank of the Selenge River, and the earth fell into chaos in an instant. Sun Zhenbang sat on the cannon box slumped, as if his heart was torn apart. He couldn't blame the commander of the forward troops for the severe pain.

No matter who it is, they will adopt this method of combat. Destroying the pontoon bridge of the Soviet army can slow down the attack speed of the Soviet army to the greatest extent, that is, to ensure that the blocking time of the troops is longer, and the choice of tactics and the timing of the shelling are correct. However, The first major casualties of the troops occurred.

On the north bank of the Selenge River, General Kurykin put down his binoculars, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Lieutenant General Zirenenko, the chief of staff, said disapprovingly: "Comrade commander, I have seen it, what is called backing the carbine, your judgment That's right, our shelling did not inflict the greatest damage on the Independent Division troops. They still have so many mortars. The Chinese are incredible. How did they survive under such heavy shelling? of?"

When Chief of Staff Zirenenko said these words, he still reserved some, "It's a pity for those engineers and the pontoon bridge that has been erected one-third of the time. The price is a bit high, isn't it?"

General Kurygin was obviously in a good mood, and explained: "If my judgment is correct, the Chinese soldiers are hiding underground to avoid the damage of our artillery fire, convey my order, the artillery fire extends, and continue to build the pontoon bridge. At the same time, order the first , The 37rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 48th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Third Army, crossed the Selenge River in an assault boat, and the [-]th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Fifth Army, as a battle reserve team, joined the breakthrough battle at any time!"

The artillery fire from the Soviet Army hit the depths with a "rumble". Sun Zhenbang's face was livid, and he lay on the observation port of the shelter with gritted teeth. The smoke from the forward position gradually dissipated. , On the river beach on the opposite bank, several Soviet infantrymen carried assault boats one after another, quickly put them into the river, and then, sliding the oars vigorously, rushed towards the south bank. The river surface was densely packed with Soviet troops' charges Boat.

Sun Zhenbang judged by visual inspection that there were at least two to three divisions of the Soviet army launching an attack, and he ordered without replying: "Order, the first artillery brigade, immediately bombard the Soviet army crossing the river, and the second artillery brigade, bombard the Soviet army." Artillery position, after 15 minutes, move to the reserve position!"

From behind the positions of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Guards, swarms of cannons whizzed and fell on the river like raindrops, stirring up several jets of water, and the cannons landed on the assault boats of the Soviet Army, splashing a pool of blood in an instant. The flower, the residual value of the Soviet soldier's broken arm, flew into the air, the cannon fell on the river, and the water column stirred up overturned the assault boat, and the Soviet soldier fell into the water. The Soviet soldiers went away in the blink of an eye, but they couldn't escape the tearing of the guns, and their bodies floated on the river.

More artillery flew across the Selenge River and flew to the rear of the Soviet army. The Soviet artillery artillery that was bombarding the depth of the independent division became chaotic in an instant, and adjusted their coordinates one after another to find new opponents.

As the cannons roared down, Sun Zhenbang clenched his fists tightly and relieved himself. Suddenly, he saw the figures of soldiers from his own army appearing on the forward positions. After erecting it, immediately, there was the howling sound of light and heavy machine guns. The dense bullets shot at the blocked river, hitting the river like a boiling pot. The Soviet assault boat was turned over by the quilt, and the Soviet soldiers on the assault boat Like dumplings, they fell into the water one after another.

The counterattack of the frontline troops also did not get the order of the commander Sun Zhenbang. However, the commanders at all levels chose not to wait for the order, but began to counterattack. Sun Zhenbang saw all this. He was proud of his troops. Rounds of shelling, still have such fighting spirit and fighting awareness. [

With only one artillery brigade, less than [-] artillery pieces, it is impossible to repel the Soviet army's cross-river offensive on a river that is more than [-] kilometers wide. The machine gun firepower made up for the lack of artillery fire.

As soon as the battle started, it developed to a feverish level. The Soviet soldiers were brave enough to brave the artillery fire and light and heavy machine guns of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Troops, and desperately attacked the south bank. The artillery battle of the Artillery Division also progressed to a more jerky level. The artillery of both sides staggered in the air, and above the battlefield, there were piercing screams of artillery piercing the air everywhere.

Fifteen minutes later, the shelling of the Outer Mongolia border guards suddenly stopped. Only the cannons fired by the Soviet artillery were still whizzing past without paying. The light and heavy machine guns of the army also began to spit out flames, hitting the positions on the south bank, and dust was flying.

Sun Zhenbang suddenly became nervous. He saw that a dozen or so Soviet assault boats were already approaching the south bank under heavy rain. The Soviet soldiers on the first few assault boats jumped down the river, dripping down to their waists. The deep river was rushing, and the guns in his hands began to shoot intensively, suppressing the firepower of the defenders on the other side.

Sun Zhenbang knew that it was the position of the [-]st Regiment of the [-]rd Infantry Brigade. He was so nervous that he dug his left hand tightly into the soil of the shelter, and kept shouting: "Come back, take advantage of the Soviet army's unstable foothold, and kill the enemy." Press down!"

At this moment, several grenades flew out of a group of positions, like black old ravens, and landed on the heads of about a company of Soviet soldiers, "Boom, boom, boom!" The Soviet soldiers who had already landed on the south bank were submerged, and then another batch of grenades flew over. The Soviet soldiers fell down screaming, and then there was the familiar sound of "Somi" submachine guns firing.

Ten minutes later, a small-scale landing and counterattack battle ended. The only Soviet army that had landed on the beach on the south bank and seemed to have grabbed the victory wreath, an infantry company with more than 100 soldiers, all fell away from the distance In front of the position of the First Regiment of the Third Infantry Brigade of the Mongolian Frontier Guard, he survived his life and turned into bloody corpses without even a wounded person.

Sun Zhenbang slammed the wall of the shelter and shouted loudly: "Good fight! I want to credit them!"

On the battlefield more than [-] kilometers wide, gunpowder smoke was everywhere, and the battle broke out in an all-round way, and the sound of guns and artillery was indistinguishable. As soon as the Soviet army's attack began, Sun Zhenbang devoted all his troops to counterattack and contained the Soviet army. crazy attack.

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