Age of Rebirth

Chapter 770: Overcoming Cullen

The battle to attack Kulun started at [-] o'clock in the morning on August [-]th. Tang Qiuli chose the direction of attack, which was the only defensive backbone unit of the Kulun Foreign Army. The Capital Guard Division chose tanks as the main assault force. The terrain is very suitable for the deployment of armored forces. A deep anti-tank trench was quickly filled up to create several passages. The tanks of the brigade continued to attack the defenders to defend and attack in depth.

At the same time, the corps artillery group responsible for the fire support of the battle also carried out cover-type suppressive bombardment of the artillery positions of the foreign army that exposed their positions. How many foreign army artillery with less than a hundred light artillery pieces were there? The opponent of thousands of large-caliber artillery, a hail of artillery smashed down, the flames were shining, and the pieces flew across. In less than 10 minutes, the artillery positions of the foreign army had become ruins, and artillery pieces were scattered everywhere. Parts, fragmented corpses of foreign army soldiers.

The defense position of the Capital Guard Division of the Foreign Army was smashed open several times in an instant. As expected of the Imperial Forest Army of Choibalsan, the combat effectiveness is quite strong, and the position has been divided into several parts. Foreign soldiers who are independent and free from Chinese ruling ideology, relying on simple fortifications, resist desperately.

Many soldiers, holding bundles of grenades, shouted the slogan "Long Live the People's Republic of China", and bravely rushed at the Chinese tanks. With a loud bang, foreign soldiers turned into a crowd all over the sky. Blood Rain, this suicide style of play, achieved certain results, and more than 40 tanks ignited raging fire. [

The infantry attached to the attack quickly adopted infantry-tank coordinated tactics to shoot down more foreign soldiers who attempted suicide attacks and destroyed Chinese tanks on the way. However, in the dotted trenches and half-collapsed bunkers , From time to time, foreign army soldiers holding explosive packs or cluster grenades, as well as seriously injured foreign army soldiers, rolled to the tank and slammed the grenades wrapped around their bodies.

More and more tanks were blown up. The soldiers of the Foreign Revolutionary Army used their flesh and blood to block the torrent of steel directly under the Corps. Tang Qiuli, who had been observing the main attack direction, frowned slightly. The soldiers of the Foreign Revolutionary Army His fighting will somewhat exceeded his expectations. These soldiers were deeply poisoned by Choibalsan and loyal defenders of the split government. Even if they were given a chance, they would not surrender. Instead, the troops would suffer even greater losses. The burning tanks made Tang Qiuli's heart ache.

Since there is no need to surrender, then let you be completely destroyed, and for the future foreign invasion of the land, to eradicate instabilities early. He issued an order that the tank troops and infantry troops temporarily retreat to the starting point of the attack. The artillery group belonging to the corps, The tanks and infantry that covered the defensive positions of the capital guard division of the foreign army retreated in an instant.

After repelling the attack of more than 1000 tanks of the Chinese Army, there was a round of cheers on the ground of the Capital Guard Division of the Chinese Communist Party, and red flags were unfurled, facing the morning wind of the grassland, with indescribable arrogance and pride, Despite this attack, the Capital Guard Division suffered more than 4000 casualties, was able to repel the joint attack of the squadron's tank group and a large number of infantry, and destroyed more than 60 vehicles, which is enough to be recorded in the history of the foreign army.

The division commander Ji Lantai and the political commissar Bayarhu looked at the cheering soldiers and looked at each other with satisfaction. Needless to say, Comrade Qiaobasan's great achievement was waiting for them. Bayarhu grabbed the phone and reported to the leader that he had just achieved Choibalsan was overjoyed with the victory. The combat effectiveness of the Capital Guard Division was beyond his imagination. He urgently needed a victory to inspire the hearts of the army and the people.

"Quickly, immediately inform the citizens of the city and each unit about the achievements of the Capital Guard Division, so as to boost the morale of our soldiers! Pay attention to the effect of propaganda," Choibalsan is indeed a master of agitation, and he does not miss any opportunity. In the city of Kulun, there are The tweeters in the streets and alleys immediately sounded. A defensive battle was advocated by Choibalsan propagandists as annihilating more than [-] Chinese troops and destroying more than [-] Chinese tanks. It was a great victory, an unprecedented victory.

Looking at the red flags raised by the foreign army's defensive positions, Tang Qiuli's sarcasm became even stronger. For fear of not revealing the position of the defensive troops, Tang Qiuli said to the artillery commander beside him, "Zheng Yong." Yong, the other party has already indicated the target for your artillery, and I will leave it to you, just one request, before entering the urban area, there is not a single foreign army soldier alive in this direction of attack."

Zheng Yong, who couldn't bear it for a long time, grinned and said: "Master, just look at it, my cannons are already in a hurry!" Zheng Yong picked up the phone and ordered: "The first, second, and third artillery brigades, Cover shelling differently, open a ten-kilometer-wide channel for tanks and infantry on the front of the foreign army's defensive positions, and fire!"

As soon as Zheng Yong's words fell, the ground suddenly trembled, and there was a loud noise like heavy thunder, which suddenly exploded in the early morning air. It smashed hard on the defensive position of the Capital Guard Division of the Foreign Revolutionary Army.

The earth flowers rise up one by one, the gunpowder smoke mixes with the dust, and it is instantly blurred. At first, the number of earth flowers can be seen clearly. Turning around, Tang Qiuli saw in the binoculars that a red flag was rushed into the air by the air wave, and then it was torn apart by dense and flying pieces, torn into several small pieces, and was carried further and higher by the air wave. Almost submerged in the artillery fire like a volcanic eruption.

After one hour, two and 10 minutes of artillery fire, the defensive position of the Capital Guard Division of the Foreign Revolutionary Army has completely changed its original appearance. When Bashan reported the battle situation, more than a dozen large-caliber cannons flew in, and the division headquarters, together with all the people, disappeared in a cloud of black smoke.

The tanks and infantry attacked again, stepping on the soft and slightly scorching soil, stepping down, the soft soil could cover the feet, and no signs of life could be seen. The soldiers directly under the regiment, all He is a battle-hardened veteran, but he couldn't help but click his tongue in the face of such shelling effects.

Following the tanks, the attacking troops poured into the urban area of ​​Kulun like a tide. Zheng Yong fulfilled his promise. In the direction of the main attack, there was not a single living foreign army soldier. More than 4000 people from the Capital Guard Division all disappeared under the artillery fire. In the middle, Choibalsan's backbone has been broken, and Cullen's door is open.

The main attack direction is progressing smoothly, and attacks in the other three directions are also smooth. The one responsible for attacking the western direction of Kulun is the 4th Tank Brigade directly under the Corps and the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th Infantry Brigades. There are more than [-] soldiers. They rushed to the front of the foreign army's defensive positions, and the sparse rain was blocked by tanks. Such a density of firepower made the soldiers of the directly affiliated regiment who were accustomed to fighting big battles feel unmotivated.

The troops rushing to the forefront of the attacking troops were the troops of the second battalion and second company of the fourth regiment of the ninth brigade. After the tanks crossed a trench, they rushed into rows of low houses. The company commander Liu Zhihao followed closely and looked around. , he was startled, surrounded by foreign soldiers, who said they didn't look like soldiers, their clothes were messy, and the guys in their hands were even more varied, so that they looked like a group of unorganized armed civilians, pulling around in a hurry. bolt.

His eyes were full of horror, Liu Zhihao's gun came down, he couldn't bear to shoot at these civilians, as soon as he stopped, a company of soldiers immediately surrounded them, shouting loudly: "Put down your weapons, raise your hands! "Language barrier, these foreign armed civilians can't understand what the Chinese soldiers are shouting at all.

Several gunshots were fired, and five or six soldiers fell down with blood pouring out of their bodies. Among them was Liu Zhihao's correspondent, a boy who had just turned 19 years old. , The soldiers also opened fire one after another, thinking that the Chinese soldiers would not shoot the armed civilians from outside the country, howled, the bloody scene had already destroyed their nerves, dropped the guys in their hands, and fled in all directions.

Liu Zhihao's company chased after them. Similar situations were happening in every direction of attack. Most of the troops encountered were armed civilians with no organization. Squatting together in piles, peeking at the Chinese soldiers rushing in with eyes full of panic, Choibalsan tried his best to agitate, the guardian of the city with 10,000+ people, under the fierce offensive of the directly subordinate corps, instantly In a short time, the land collapsed and the army was disintegrated.

There were too many armed civilians who disarmed, and the army had to allocate part of its troops to guard these duped citizens who didn't understand the truth. Fortunately, the Tong Batu Brigade came with a regiment of troops, which came in handy now. The soldiers exhausted their explanations, and the emotions of these disarmed armed civilians calmed down a little, and they obeyed the soldiers' management. [

In one battalion, a large group of armed civilians were captured, all of them were young women. There were over [-] people. Some troops surrounded several courtyards and beat them for a while. For minor children, similar situations happened in every corner of Kulun, and the situation was quickly reported to the teacher Tang Qiuli.

Tang Qiuli ordered that the troops adopt the method of encircling the armed civilians who are still resisting or the foreign regular army, and the rest of the troops should not be entangled, and continue to march deep into the urban area according to the original combat plan. Rendezvous at the specified location, the peripheral troops, tighten the encirclement, do not let a Kulun resident go, change the combat method, and the attack speed of the troops is significantly accelerated.

Attacking arrows one by one, heading towards the final meeting point, the seat of the foreign government's split government, and the headquarters building of the People's Revolutionary Party of the Communist Party of China. The troops immediately surrounded, and the rest of the troops continued to attack and advance.

At 26 o'clock in the evening on August [-]th, after [-] hours of fighting, the various attacking forces successfully joined forces in front of the headquarters of the People's Revolutionary Party of the People's Republic of China and surrounded the building. Outside Kulun, the largest city in the Communist Party of China, the government was split. The location, [-] years after leaving the embrace of the motherland, returned to the hands of the Chinese. At this time, the whole city was under the control of the army.

(To be continued)