Age of Rebirth

Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the First Brigade of the Corps directly under the Independent Division and commander in chief of the "Se" Lengge River Campaign, commanded a counterattack. At the beginning, the counterattack was extremely smooth. Hundreds of mortars and hundreds of recoil guns were fired. The intensive artillery fired at the river beach, killing and injuring the Soviet troops that were gathering on the river beach with the greatest firepower, also disrupted the Soviet army's position.

After the infantry began to charge, the battle became fiercer. On the battlefield that was more than [-] kilometers long but only a few hundred meters wide, more than [-] soldiers from both sides were mixed together, and the gunfire was as dense as a summer rainstorm. There was no need to aim , Every shot will hit the target, and a large number of independent division soldiers equipped with submachine guns have taken advantage of this kind of close combat, causing the Soviet soldiers to stagger and suffer heavy casualties.

As the battle progressed, when they entered the depths of the Soviet army, they encountered tenacious resistance from the Soviet soldiers. All Soviet officers and soldiers, including the commander, Major General Vadkin, understood the situation they were facing. Behind is the choppy Selenge River, in front of them is the submachine gun in their hands, and the soldiers of the independent division who are constantly spouting flames, if they cannot withstand the attack, what awaits them is the fate of being completely wiped out on the river beach.

As the officers said, there was no sign of the assault boat that was evacuated to the north bank. Even if it came, the mortars from the Independent Division exploded like a boiling pot. The Chinese obviously wanted to cut their own backs. Lu, facing this kind of situation, the soldiers usually react in two ways, one is to panic, full of fighting spirit, obediently raise their hands and surrender, the other is to resist desperately, hold the beachhead, and wait for the assault boat from the other side Chance of survival.

According to the tradition of the Soviet Red Army, the punishment for troops and soldiers who surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield was extremely severe.The army's designation was revoked, and the supreme military commander and political commissar, if they were ordered to run back, would be shot. Soldiers were usually charged with treason, and their family members would also be implicated.The iron-blooded Stalin shot more than a Soviet marshal and general. [

Moreover, according to the Soviet Army's political work regulations, the political commissars of the troops can do so without authorization.Any supreme commander who is wavering on the battlefield and tends to surrender to the enemy can be relieved of his post.until execution.Under the huge pressure and blow of the independent division, facing the shaken and collapsed Soviet army, "chaos" arose, and the troops showed signs of losing control. This is also a normal reaction.

Unless it is a veteran team that has been fighting for a long time, it can remain relatively calm.However, the Soviet troops on the south bank were not. At this time, there were political commissars at all levels among the Soviet troops.It played a role. While shouting "For the Soviet! For Comrade Stalin, we will fight to the end!" While pulling out their pistols, they pointed at the retreating soldiers without hesitation and pulled the trigger.

This extreme approach had a great effect. The chaotic Soviet soldiers began to return to the organizational system and gathered to form one after another combat groups with political commissars as the core. The hedgehogs gathered together and died. Staring dead on the shore, they became scattered but tough bones. The two brigades directly under the Independent Division and the four reinforced regiments of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Defense Army had more than 4 troops. Momentum was curbed.

With a distance of less than 200 meters, you can stand by the "Selenge River", and more than 5 Soviet soldiers will become corpses or prisoners, but with such a short distance, the troops can no longer attack When the enemy moved, the Soviet soldiers went forward one after another, sticking to the last position regardless of casualties.

Colonel Fan Dezhi, head of the first regiment of the First Mechanized Brigade directly under the Corps, commanded the troops of the four battalions under his command and was responsible for a counterattack mission in a major direction. As soon as the battle began, Fan Dezhi rushed to the front under the protection of several guards. The commander of the regiment guard was sweating all over his face, and followed the regimental leader every step of the way. For this, he even kicked the regiment leader a few times, thinking he was in the way!

Like a sharp knife, the ball suddenly cut into the Soviet army. Fan Dezhi looked around and was amused at the time. Good guy, there were more than 5000 Soviet soldiers in one fell swoop. Scurrying around like flies, and the sound of returning gunfire was sparse and messy. Fan Dezhi immediately judged that this Soviet army was already in disarray. Many troops.

But Fan Dezhi had confidence in his heart and was not afraid of breaking his belly. Under such circumstances, the Soviet soldiers were like frightened birds, and their will to resist was extremely low. More than 5000 people were like a flock of sheep, and they might be able to fight. A regiment wiped out the most enemies.

Fan Dezhi turned his face and looked around. There were scuffles and fierce battles everywhere. Except for the commander of the guard company of the regiment headquarters and more than 150 soldiers from the whole company, who still maintained a complete organizational system and followed him, there were no other soldiers who formed their own regiments. .

Fan Dezhi smacked his teeth, "What the hell is this called? It's like herding sheep. There's a mess everywhere. A big lump of Soviet soldiers is not tasty, and they won't eat them in pieces. Is it? The four battalion commanders are also foolish, they don’t know how to keep in touch with the regiment headquarters, they only care about playing happily, and they don’t have the slightest view of the overall situation. When it’s critical, they can’t find anyone, so be anxious!”

At this time, if you have a battalion of troops in your hand, if you concentrate your firepower and attack in depth, you can divide the big group of Soviet soldiers in front of you into two pieces, and it will be very easy to eat them all. Fan Dezhi hurriedly dispatched The four guard soldiers went to contact the four battalion commanders, and then, with the guard company, they went to kill the Soviet army in depth.

The submachine gun in Fan Dezhi's hand was firing happily. Suddenly, the commander of the guard company beside him threw him to the ground. Immediately, a long string of bullets flew towards his scalp, knocking his head into the air. Fan Dezhi saw with his own eyes that more than a dozen soldiers from the guard company in front fell to the ground. At some point, a firepower point of the Soviet army suddenly appeared, a heavy machine gun, spitting out flames, and blocked the the open space ahead.

A sticky, warm liquid flowed down his forehead. Fan Dezhi wiped it with his hand, and the blood was all over his hand. Although the heavy machine gun missed him, the helmet hit by the bullet was broken. As the gunfire from the Soviet army returned more and more intensively, the charge of the guard company was suppressed in place, unable to move on. Fortunately, the pits everywhere provided cover for the soldiers.

Otherwise, on the unobstructed river beach, a company of fighters, including Fan Dezhi, would become a live target for the Soviet army's heavy machine guns, because the two armies were mixed together, and the recoil guns in the rear position could do nothing, stare blankly. !

Fan Dezhi was furious. He fought for XX years, and he was injured a few times, but they were all hit by cannon shells or guns, which can be regarded as wounded, but he was injured by his own steel helmet, which is considered a wound. what happened?

If it spreads out, it won't be laughed at by the second regiment leader and his fellows!Later, when they held meetings at the brigade headquarters, it became the butt of their talk and jokes.

Although he was angry, he didn't lose his mind. The soldiers of the Soviet Army flew over his head screaming, which made people get goosebumps. Lying on the cold and wet river beach, Fan Dezhi's mind was very calm. After observing the surrounding situation, he found that the battlefield he was on was no longer chaotic, and Soviet soldiers began to stabilize their positions and began to fight back in an organized manner.

Fan Dezhi slammed the ground fiercely. With rich experience in the battlefield, he knew that today's counterattack can only be fought to this extent. The Soviet army has already reacted. If they are attacking forcefully, although they can win in the end, the troops The price to be paid would be extremely heavy, and his vitality would be hurt. In the next few days, he also believed that the brigade commander would not be so reckless as to what he would use to stop the follow-up troops of the Soviet army.

Fan Dezhi pulled over the communicator who followed him closely, carrying a walkie-talkie on his back, and under the deafening gunshots, he lay next to his ear and shouted loudly: "Report to the brigade commander immediately, the Soviet army has stabilized its position and started to attack The organization launched a counterattack, and a regiment's attack was blocked, and the regiment leader Fan Dezhi suggested to the headquarters to stop the attack immediately!"

Liu Hongzhang, who was always in command of the front line, not only received a report from the regiment commander Fan Dezhi, but also successively received reports from other counterattack troops. The content was basically the same. Over jle, the troops began to suffer casualties. In several main counterattack areas, the troops were suppressed by the firepower of the Soviet army and could not continue to attack. The commanders of the troops were adjusting their firepower to try to defeat the resistance of the Soviet army in one fell swoop! [

Liu Hongzhang really wanted to continue the fight. More than 5 Soviet troops are an attractive piece of fat. If you swallow it in one bite, your mouth will be full of oil. However, forty thousand versus fifty thousand is thin-skinned and stuffed. If it's not good, it will break the belly, and it will hurt both sides. Liu Hongzhang's concerns are the same as Fan Dezhi's. He is afraid that the troops will lose too much, and it will be difficult to hold the "Se" Lengge River position for four days under the attack of the follow-up Soviet troops.

Therefore, Liu Hongzhang strongly resisted this temptation, and said to Chief of Staff Liu Chenglin: "Chief of Staff, immediately issue an order to the counterattack troops to immediately withdraw to their original positions. The mortar troops should stop blocking the river and bombard those crossing the river." The Soviet troops, since they can’t eat enough, will spend tens of thousands of cannons before leaving, so give them a good farewell!”

In Liu Hongzhang's heart, although he felt very sorry for not being able to wipe out more than 5 Soviet troops, judging from the effect of the counterattack, the goal of the battle has been achieved, and even exceeded expectations. According to his own observations, half of the Soviet troops Hours of bombardment, coupled with infantry assaults, killed at least ten thousand Soviet troops. The Soviet troops guarded the river tightly in order to be able to withdraw to the north bank. How many Soviet assault boats.

It was obviously to meet the withdrawal of the Soviet soldiers, and finally pulled out the nails wedged into the position, and drove the Soviet troops occupying the beachhead back to the north bank. Apart from regret, Liu Hongzhang was also quite relieved.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)

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