Age of Rebirth

On the Gurban Sai Khan battlefield in southern Outer Mongolia, the Outer Mongolian Field Corps of the Independent Division and three infantry brigades built a blocking line to block the remnants of the No.30 Seventh Army of the Soviet Army that retreated from Saiyinshanda. The situation on the ground is not optimistic for the troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, because several deserters appeared in the key positions, which caused the position to be torn open by the Soviet army.

Although the opening was not big, it was only a class-sized defensive position, but it gave the Soviet army a chance to break through the blocking position. As the saying goes, "A dike of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant's nest," the Soviet army No. Lieutenant General Hipporif, the commander of the 30th Seventh Army, immediately seized the opportunity and invested almost all his troops in a crazy attack. The third brigade of the defensive force in this area, from the brigade commander, Colonel Rao Zhonghan, to ordinary staff , have thrown themselves into this fight.

The third brigade, even in the battle order of the Mongolian Field Corps, which was just established less than half a year ago, is also a newly formed unit. Except for some company and platoon leaders who have been on the battlefield and smelled the smoke, there is absolutely no Most of the soldiers are novices. If it is a few other veteran regiments of the Independent Division, not only will they not be attacked by the Soviet army, but they may even launch a few beautiful counter-assaults, completely suppressing the arrogance of the Soviet army. !

But this is just a good wish. From the position of the commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Hua Zhonghan, who was transferred over, was still carrying the rank of colonel. At the moment when the submachine gun ran out of bullets, these thoughts flashed in his mind It flashed by, whether it was regret, or hating iron for not making steel, or self-blame, he had no time to think about it, and before he had time to change the magazine, an exclamation came from behind, "Brigade Commander, be careful!"

Rao Zhonghan was extremely exhausted.He could only forcefully twist his body, and before he could turn around, a sharp pain spread from his lower back to his whole body, and all the strength in his body was taken away almost instantly, "Fuck! I was shot after all!" Rao Zhong A swear word burst out in Han's heart, and a tall Soviet soldier with a swollen face pulled out a bloody bayonet from his body.After that, the bayonet was withdrawn, and he was about to add it again to completely end the life of the squadron colonel.

Rao Zhonghan turned his head with difficulty, the Soviet soldier's bayonet.Under the sunshine in the southern part of Outer Mongolia, there was a dazzling cold light.In the blink of an eye, he reached his chest. "Crack!" There was a gunshot, and the Soviet soldier's bayonet almost pierced his chest, but his head blossomed, and scarlet blood splashed several feet high.As the bayonet brushed across his body, Rao Zhonghan's eyes darkened, and he saw several guards rushing forward, the position was far ahead.Crowds of Soviet soldiers rushed up like a tide.

"It's over, the position is lost! What a shame!" Rao Zhonghan murmured before losing consciousness, and then, the boundless darkness submerged him like a tide.

Rao Zhonghan read it right, the Soviet army was frantically rushing towards the breakthrough. In addition to continuing to attack in other directions to contain the troops of the other two brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, so that they could not divide their troops to reinforce the breakthrough, the Soviet army Lieutenant General Hipporif, commander of the No.30 Seventh Army, invested all his troops in the direction of the breakthrough. Opportunity, this is a desperate opportunity.

With extreme fear and excitement, Lieutenant General Hipporif ordered the troops not to pay any price, but to stand still at the breakthrough, even if the soldiers wanted blood, the ground under their feet was stained red, and the trenches of the independent division were filled with corpses. It is also necessary to break through the blocking of the Chinese, otherwise, the No.30 Seventh Army will not escape the fate of the entire army being wiped out.

There are countless possibilities to turn the tide of the battle. One of them is because of one person and an old-fashioned army that came from the hail of bullets, or because of the character of its commander, who is directly under the regiment. Major General Ren Zhaoquan, commander of the No.11 Brigade, after handing over the completed fortifications to several brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, felt really bad, and even spoke with a sour taste.

Ren Zhaoquan was not thinking, and said to the brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps who came to hand over the fortifications: "Several brigades, please check and accept the fortifications. , must meet the standard of uninterrupted bombardment that can withstand the Soviet army's large-caliber artillery, and must meet the standard of blocking the Soviet army for more than eight hours, and the casualties of the troops are the lowest standard!"

The three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, accompanied by cautious smiles, all recognized the sourness in the words of the directly subordinate brigade commander, but they all understood that the fortifications were built by others, no matter what you say, there are ready-made The fortifications can be used, what an advantage that is, among them, there is Rao Zhonghan, the commander of the third brigade.

Seeing them like this, with the intention of taking advantage of them, Ren Zhaoquan was even more upset, "The teacher has issued a death order, we dare not cut corners and fool things, alas! What kind of life is your life? Tell me, we follow the rules of morality. Lun ran more than 100 kilometers, with nearly [-] people, and worked tirelessly for six or seven hours. The fortifications were dug. Hey, the teacher ordered us to withdraw to Deren. Well, seeing a big battle Battle, nothing to do with our Eleventh Brigade, where can we go to reason!"

Ren Zhaoquan spitting and whining, the three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, with smiles on their faces, didn't agree with each other. Anyway, we are fighting the battle, yes, the No. 11 Brigade is an old brand The main field brigade was treated as an engineer by the division commander, digging trenches for other troops, but not allowed to fight, it is inevitable that I feel uncomfortable, and it is normal to say a few complaints, understand, understand, long live!

Ren Zhaoquan complained, and felt a little more at ease, knowing that he had nothing to do with the three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, and it wasn't that they didn't let him fight, it was the commander's order, and then he briefly explained a few words, and then , led the troops back to Deren listlessly, because they were not active, the troops did not go fast, compared with when they came, it was more than half slower!

After marching for more than an hour, Ren Zhaoquan, who was sitting in the armored command vehicle, had been thinking about this matter. Suddenly he slapped his head and came up with an excellent idea. On the ground, he noticed that the Outer Mongolian Field Corps The three infantry brigades in the army pursued the Soviet army lightly, marched quickly over long distances, and heavy weapons such as artillery fell behind. In such a large-scale blocking battle, how could it be possible without artillery? Why don't you suffer from the Soviet army?

Ren Zhaoquan's idea was to temporarily assign the heavy artillery regiment belonging to his brigade to the command of the blocking troops of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps. The neighboring troops are all family members. It is their duty to support a heavy artillery regiment. They set off from Delun At that time, Ren Zhaoquan himself was more thoughtful. If the retreating troops of the Soviet army suddenly arrived at Gurban Sai Khan in advance when the fortifications were being excavated, would his own troops still have to return to Delun?

Definitely not, it’s all marked, and the division commander can just order him to withdraw from the battlefield. Therefore, Ren Zhaoquan received the order to pursue the troops and dig fortifications for the Outer Mongolia Field Corps on the surface. , The brigade belongs to the heavy artillery regiment, of course we have to bring it with us. It is not a trivial matter for a heavy artillery regiment to return to the front line. It needs a heavy escort. The number of troops is small. What if there is an accident?

Ren Zhaoquan found a very reasonable reason for himself, and the brigade commander gave an order, so the No. 11 Brigade, which was not so active in returning to Deren, with nearly 2 troops, turned around and felt the wind on the soles of its feet. , Going to Gurban Sai Khan with a lot of energy, for these old-fashioned strong troops, it is very exciting to fight a battle. This trip completely changed the situation of the battle and saved the three An infantry brigade, close to the lives of more than [-] soldiers.

Ren Zhaoquan also carefully weighed whether his actions were disobedience to the commander's military order. After pondering for a long time, he gave himself a reassurance, "The commander's order does not stipulate that the No. 11 Brigade must Returning to Dren, that is to say, there is not much difference between a few hours in advance and a few hours behind!" He thought to himself that the next problem would be much simpler. to.

Then, the Heavy Artillery Regiment had to stay in order to provide fire support to the light-armed Outer Mongolian Field Corps that was chasing after them. We couldn’t see the brotherly troops suffer, right? Fighting is the most basic method, "Hey!" Ren Zhaoquan smiled proudly, all the conditions were put together, the No.11 brigade had to go into battle, how could the commander punish himself?

He didn't disobey the military order. Besides, he fought for a few hours, and it would not be too late to withdraw back to Delun when the follow-up troops of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps arrived. The bumps of the car, the shaking of the head, and the chanting of words, looked very intoxicated.

Seeing the brigade commander's complacent appearance, Colonel Fu Dechun, the chief of staff of the brigade, laughed, "Brigade commander, it's better not to be complacent. He didn't follow the order to return to Deren and participated in the battle without authorization. Thinking about how to deal with it Teacher, teacher is not easy to fool!" He reminded.

Ren Zhaoquan smiled mysteriously, "Chief of Staff, don't worry about that. Shanren has his own tricks. Besides, we don't have to fight all the time. We go up with the whole brigade and fight him for two or three hours, that is, close to noon, and then withdraw. It's not too late for De Lun, just hurry back this evening, if you just go back like this, don't you feel panicked?"

Fu Dechun shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't think the brigade commander's reason could convince the division commander. After all, the No. 11 brigade returned to the Gurban Sai Khan battlefield. No matter what, it was against the division commander's order.

Seeing his chief of staff with a worried look on his face, Ren Zhaoquan cheered up: "Dechun, it's no big deal. Tell me, is there a loophole in the order given to us by the division commander? Hey, if there is a loophole, we have to take advantage of it. If we wait for the other troops of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps to pounce on us, will we still have a chance to fight? It’s time to grab a bargain, get it early!”

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