Glorious Mission 1937

Due to the amazing performance of Chen Feng's troops, the Red Banner First Group Army Headquarters in charge of Saiyin Shanda's front line attached great importance to the Eighth War Zone Guard Division, an infantry division that dared to go deep alone.Therefore, Lieutenant General Vasilyev, commander-in-chief of the First Red Banner Army, deployed 2 infantry divisions and 2 tank divisions directly on the first line of defense, and also mobilized 4 artillery brigades for fire reinforcements.

On June 6, shortly after the Eighth War Zone Guard Division arrived in Saiyinshanda, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces led by two tank divisions and followed by an infantry division. The unsteady Guard Division launched an attack.

However, what frightened the senior leaders of the Mongolian Allied Forces was that from the very beginning of the battle they discovered that things were not as simple as they imagined. Although the Chinese division was only a division number, its strength was terrifying.Lieutenant General Vasiliev was furious when he saw the Chinese soldiers all over the mountains and the reserve team that had not yet entered the battle in the distance.Damn, this is not the Chinese division that the intelligence department said has only more than 1 troops. Although it is impossible to accurately count the number of Chinese troops on the front line, it is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than 3. Isn't this stupid?

Don't blame Lieutenant General Vasilyev for being angry, he has nothing to do. It is the biggest feature of the Soviet Red Army who makes the troops dissatisfied.Don't think that the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces have invested so many troops at the front line at one time. As far as this battle is concerned, the Soviet army has more than ten divisions and six or seven brigades on the front line. Then there were several divisions and brigades of the Mongolian People's Army participating in the battle, but in fact there were less than 7 people.

Even in the middle and late period of the Great Patriotic War.The Soviet Red Army basically withstood the attack of the German army, and has taken the initiative in the war on some battlefields, but the full staff rate of the Red Army is still very low.At the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Don River Front Army, which was responsible for annihilating the besieged German army, had 6 elite army groups and a large number of reinforced weapons, but a total of only 21 people, with an average of about 5000 people in each group army.

If it is in China, a group army must have at least two armies under its jurisdiction, and each army has two infantry divisions under its jurisdiction, even if it is the smallest type B division, plus the directly subordinate troops.A group army has at least about 2 troops.As far as the 4 group armies formed by the Nationalist Government during the Anti-Japanese War were concerned, few had less than 40 troops.

所以说一个集团军3万5千人即便是放到中国战场也只能说勉强过得去而已，但是要知道苏联红军是欧洲军队，它的一个集团军下辖的师旅级番号远比中国的要多得多。就拿这次战役的主力红旗第一集团军来说。红旗第一集团军辖有步兵4个师（第22、第39、第59、第231）坦克3个旅另1个团（第75、第77和第257旅、独立坦克第48团）。然后还有炮兵、高射炮兵、工程兵、辎重兵等部队。这样算下来就知道几个师几个旅的苏联红军实际就是挂了一张虎皮的肉馅饺子，皮薄馅大。

For example, in the Far East campaign at the end of the war, the 72nd Army, a greatly strengthened infantry army of the First Front Army in the Far East.In strengthening, there are 8 artillery brigades (including 2 heavy artillery brigades), 4 artillery regiments, 3 artillery companies (including 2 super-heavy artillery companies), 2 rocket artillery brigades, 2 rocket artillery regiments, and 2 mortar brigades , 2 tank brigades, 2 self-propelled artillery brigades, and 1 engineer brigade, there are only 14380 people in total! Marshal Chuikov once proudly recalled that in 1944, when the 8th Guards Army, the first-class main force of the army, ended its rest, it had 4 Guards infantry corps (12 divisions) and a large number of reinforced weapons, and these troops are considered to be very full in the eyes of the Red Army. But after calculation, there are only 76000 people in total.

According to the information obtained in advance, this time the vanguard of the northward movement was an infantry division under Chen Feng's command. The designation was the Eighth War Zone Guard Division. The division commander was Ma Cao. people.Regarding the strength of this mechanized infantry division, the intelligence department gave a conservative figure of 5, so Lieutenant General Vasilyev, commander-in-chief of the First Red Banner Army, used the figure of 1.2 as a reference.

After learning that the infantry division under Chen Feng had only 1 soldiers, Lieutenant General Vasilyev deployed 3 people on the first line of defense at one time just to be on the safe side. , 2.5 times the strength of Chen Feng's troops is enough to win this battle.

But when the battle started, it was discovered that the squadron's strength was more than 1.2, not counting those strange fighter planes flying in the sky, and the strength of the ground troops alone was not much less than them.But now it is already a potential to ride a tiger, and there is no other better way than to bite the bullet and push up.

On the one hand, Lieutenant General Vasilyev ordered the frontline troops to attack according to the original plan, and on the other hand, he ordered the deployment of troops from the rear lines of defense, which completely destroyed the previous strategic deployment.

However, the combat power of the guard division under Chen Feng's command is too strong, especially the power of the strange small fighters combined with tanks is too great. During the battle on June 6, Chen Feng's troops only invested in one tank regiment and one army aviation brigade, and also sent out an infantry regiment, but the offensive composed of 9 Soviet and Mongolian allied forces was disintegrated.

On June 6, the battle on the front line of Saiyinshanda continued. After the strength of the first line of defense reached 10, Lieutenant General Vasilyev ordered the troops to attack the guard division, but today's battle still makes Wa Lieutenant General Siliyev was extremely frustrated.After fighting hard for a whole day, the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces suffered heavy losses, but they caused very limited casualties to Chen Feng's troops, let alone wiped out or defeated Chen Feng's guards.

On the 11th, after finding out the real situation of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on the front line, Ma Cao formulated an offensive plan and launched a fierce attack on the first line of defense of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on the morning of June 6.This time the guard division changed its previous "good temper", all tanks, artillery, and helicopters were dispatched, and the entire army went into battle except for a reserve force of an infantry brigade.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and the battle was extremely fierce. During this period, the two sides engaged in artillery battles, armored battles, and more brutal and bloody hand-to-hand battles.At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces collapsed completely. More than 5 of the 2-odd army deployed on the first line of defense were wiped out, and all the rest retreated to the fourth line of defense before stopping.

In this battle, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces not only lost more than 2 people, but more importantly, the two tank divisions were almost wiped out, and only more than 180 of the more than [-] tanks escaped.Troops such as infantry and artillery suffered even more heavy losses.

However, Ma Cao was so unreasonable that he did not give the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces a chance to rest. Starting from the evening of the 11th, they launched an attack on the fourth line of defense of the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces overnight. It took only four hours to destroy the tile. The line of defense that Lieutenant General Siliyev had placed high hopes on was defeated, and then the army came to the city of Saiyin Shanda.

On the 12th, the troops of the Ma Cao Institute attacked the city. With the cooperation of the Northern Air Force and the Army Aviation Unit, the guard division successfully entered the city.However, what made Ma Cao feel depressed was that the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces did not retreat, but instead relied on the residential houses and commanding heights in Saiyinshanda City to start street fighting with the guards.

Lieutenant General Vasilyev is a general with a high level of command. Through these two days of fighting, he found that the powerful firepower that the Soviet Army is proud of is nothing compared to the Chinese army on the opposite side, especially in Saiyin. After the loss of more than a hundred tanks on the Shanda front line, Lieutenant General Vasiliev knew that fighting Chen Feng's troops in the field would only make the troops perish faster. The advanced weapons and equipment at home can be used effectively, and only street fighting can provide such a battlefield environment.

Sure enough, the squadron that broke into the city was caught off guard, and was driven out of Saiyin Shanda after leaving behind a large number of corpses. Street fighting wiped out more than [-] people from the squadron.

But before Lieutenant General Vasilyev was happy, the guard division launched an attack again. This time the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces were not so lucky. The prepared guard division only sent less than two regiments into the city to fight. In addition to 4 infantry battalions equipped with AK assault rifles, these two regiments also have 2 battalions equipped with submachine guns. In addition, Ma Cao also lost the only special force in his hand, the Sword Reconnaissance Company. Saiyin Shanda City.

At 13 o'clock in the morning on the 3th, the Battle of Saiyinshanda came to an end. Except for a few troops of the Soviet-Mongolian Allied Forces who broke out, the rest were all wiped out. The sword reconnaissance company was handed over, and 5 generals from Lieutenant General Vasilyev and 16 school officers became prisoners.

The Battle of Saiyinshanda lasted for 4 days and 5 nights, and finally ended with the disastrous defeat of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces. In this battle, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces lost more than 6 people, and more importantly, they threw half of the armored troops in the hands of the Far East Front Army. .The losses of Chen Feng's troops were also extremely heavy this time. A total of 2769 people were killed and 7611 were injured. The casualty rate reached one-third.

The battle of Saiyinshanda was also the biggest loss since Chen Feng's troops started the war. Although the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces were wiped out in the previous battles, Chen Feng's troops suffered very little loss. Lieutenant General Husband's excellent command, the losses of the Ma Cao Department were unprecedentedly serious.

The most important thing is that after the battle of Saiyinshanda, Ma Cao's troops had to stop the attack due to heavy casualties.The army was stationed at Saiyinshanda and waited for Chen Feng's follow-up reinforcements, which gave the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army more time to mobilize their troops. (to be continued..)