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Volume One: On the Songhua River Chapter 1820: The Second Platoon Written into the History of War

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    Captain Paslov had a gloomy face and ordered to the communications soldiers beside him: "Call Major General Galosov, the commander of the 1st Mechanized Division immediately!" He pondered for a moment and then said: "The Paslov reconnaissance team is in Ulagenaur.  A small Chinese force was discovered more than 20 kilometers to the south. The move of this force was intended to plant explosives on the main road for our main mechanized corps to move south. "

    "The fundamental purpose is to slow down the advance of our army. However, the strength of the small Chinese force is about a reinforced company, with strong firepower. There was a fierce exchange of fire for more than an hour. Our reconnaissance team suffered heavy casualties. I request the division commander to send a tank.  The strength of the battalion will be deployed to cover the hills guarded by the small Chinese troops, in order to completely annihilate the enemy and ensure the smooth advance of our main force. "

    Major General Galosov, commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division of the Transcaucasus Military District of the Soviet Union who received the telegram, had no doubt that this Captain Paslov was his favorite general. He had repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and contributed a lot to him.  , a reinforced platoon can still entangle the enemy against a reinforced company, which is amazing!

    General Love asked for help, so there was no reason not to send troops, and to send more troops. Major General Galosov ordered: "The second battalion of the 1st Tank Regiment, plus a mortar company, immediately followed the instructions provided by Captain Paslov."  Location, provide strong support, and fight quickly. We don¡¯t have time to waste on a small group of enemy troops!¡±

    On the hill, there were a few more wounds on Siri Guleng's body. There were less than fifteen soldiers who could still fight, and all of them were injured. However, the Soviet scouts at the foot of the hill did not occupy the area.  At the end of the day, Signal Corpsman Liu Suozhu's right leg was cut with several long cuts by fragments from a grenade explosion. The blood had stained his trousers. The platoon carried a first aid kit and all the bandages were used up. They just barely gave it to him.  Stopped the bleeding.

    Liu Suozhu's face was pale and he was lying next to Si Riguleng.  While loading bullets into the platoon leader's magazine, he said: "Platoon leader, it really hurts. I guess we won't be able to go back this time. Platoon leader, you are all beating up old men, what should I do?"  ?¡±

    Siri Gureng aimed at the muzzle of the opposite gun and fired a long burst at a Soviet scout.  Half of his head disappeared and he fell on his back. Immediately, this firepower point was wildly shot by the Soviet light machine gun.

    Si Ri Guleng pressed Liu Suozhu under him.  He said loudly: "Zhuzi, you don't have to do anything else. Did you see the Soviet mechanized troops passing by on our right? Report everything you observed to the headquarters. As much as you can report!"

    Taking advantage of the moment when the Soviet machine guns paused, Siriguleng rolled sideways.  When he reached a small rock, he poked his head out and saw a string of lights branching out from the long line of Soviet mechanized troops.  Coming in his own direction, getting closer and closer.

    "What was supposed to come, has finally come," Siriguleng thought to himself, looking at the Soviet scouts who were beaten to death and wounded heavily.  Fire support was called for the second platoon's final moments.  Finally arrived, he no longer saved bullets, the muzzle of the submachine gun burst out with blazing flames, and the scorching bullet casings flew in front of his eyes, creating a fan-shaped firepower killing range.

    Twenty minutes later, in the sky, there was the sound of mortar shells piercing the air, screaming and falling, and the low-trajectory shells of tank artillery, with tail flames, also fell at the same time.

    "Boom, boom, boom!" There was an earth-shaking loud noise, and the small hill was filled with explosions of fire, whizzing shrapnel, splashing soil, low bushes, and under the explosion of fire and air waves.  Under the impact, the roots were uprooted, and shrapnel cut them into pieces. The small hill suddenly became blazing like a volcano erupting.

    Ten minutes later, the bombardment stopped. Captain Paslov, with the remaining dozen soldiers, walked up the hill where the soil was still hot. There were craters everywhere and scattered bushes everywhere.  , Also, among the corpses of the Chinese scouts that were torn apart by shells, there was no living person. Captain Paslov¡¯s idea of ????killing people to silence them was completely realized.

    But there was no feeling of relaxation in his heart. Next to a radio station that had been blown into parts, there was a young Chinese soldier. The lower half of his body was blown away by the shell, and his bloodless right hand was still tight.  Holding the key of the transmitter, he maintained the posture before his death.

    Captain Paslov looked at the battlefield where the gunpowder smoke had been blown away by the night wind. There was not a single intact body of a Chinese soldier. He remained silent for a long time, his eyes complex and confused. After a long time, he said to the communications soldier beside him.  : "Send a telegram to Division Commander Garosov. The small group of squadron soldiers has been wiped out. No one survived, and no prisoners were captured. The battle is over. Paslov Reconnaissance Team, please return to the team!"

    The Soviet reconnaissance troops left. On the hill, the bodies of more than 20 soldiers from the second platoon of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard Army of the ** Division and the brigade's reconnaissance battalion were left on this land, on the right.  More than ten kilometers to the side, the marching column of Soviet mechanized troops surged southward like a tide. However, the suddenness and concealment hoped by General Kulykin, commander of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military Region, no longer existed.  Got it!

    This extremely small-scale battle was an inconsequential battle in the later large-scale battle between Tang Qiuli's ** division, an army of more than 200,000, and the Soviet army of more than 200,000.A small wave of water could not even make a ripple on the battlefield where five or six hundred thousand troops from both sides were fighting fiercely. However, this small-scale battle at the expense of the entire second platoon ended in the Second Battle of Outer Mongolia.  After that, it was recorded in the war history of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard Army.

    The names of twenty-five soldiers, headed by Second Lieutenant Platoon Commander Siri Guleng, were written on the first page of the history of the Second Outer Mongolia Campaign. It is said that this was a special instruction from the division commander Tang Qiuli. Later people translated it.  When looking at this period of history, the first thing I see are the names of the twenty-five heroes.

    At about 3:30 in the morning on September 20, the north bank of the Selenge River suddenly became noisy. The lights of countless trucks, armored vehicles, and tanks illuminated the north bank. Major General Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard, stood  In the shelter of the command headquarters on the south bank, looking at the menacing Soviet lineup on the other bank, my heart sank. According to my own observations, the size of the Soviet mechanized troops was probably no less than four divisions and at least three tank brigades.

    On the south bank of the Selenge River, the front line is more than 20 kilometers long, which means that the defensive front of each of the four infantry brigades is about five kilometers wide. The infantry brigades of the Outer Mongolia Border Guards are not like that  Each of the several main field corps brigades has more than 15,000 soldiers. Even at full strength, there are only more than 9,500 soldiers. In other words, the one-kilometer-wide defensive front has less than 2,000 soldiers.  .

    It is a blocking battle with a huge disparity in strength. I am afraid that in a few days, each brigade will be crippled. However, if it can block the Soviet army for four or five days, even if all the troops in hand are wiped out, it is still worth it. Sun Zhenbang secretly thought  think.

    Putting down the telescope, Sun Zhenbang asked the staff officer behind him, "Have you found it? Which reconnaissance unit was the first to discover the enemy's situation? What is their current location and situation? Order them not to move closer to the main force, avoid the Soviet troops, and hide themselves  !¡±

    The staff officer replied: "Commander, we have found out that it is the second platoon of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade. The platoon leader is named Siriguleng. The location of the second platoon is still where the Soviet army was found. However, the headquarters radio station  , after receiving specific information from the Soviet troops one after another, we suddenly lost contact with the second platoon. Now, the situation of the second platoon is unknown! "

    "The situation is unknown!" Sun Zhenbang muttered to himself. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops surged past like a flood. On the battlefield, the situation is unknown. It probably means that the second platoon has disappeared into the whirlpool of the war. Perhaps, their radio station  It was damaged, perhaps because it was on the way to transfer and was not turned on. Sun Zhenbang hoped for the latter two results. Although he knew that the hope was slim, there was still a trace of illusion.

    Sun Zhenbang put aside his thoughts and said to his staff: "Convey my order. All troops on the front line should immediately enter the shelter to avoid the Soviet artillery bombardment. The 1st Artillery Brigade and the 2nd Artillery Brigade should prepare for counterattack artillery fire and report to the division commander on September 20th."  At 3:30 in the morning, about four divisions of Soviet mechanized troops arrived at the front line on the north bank of the Selenge River. Outside the range of our artillery fire, the Soviet army was making preparations for the attack! "

    Cullen, at 3:40 in the morning on September 20th, Colonel Wang Jun, Chief of Staff of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard Army, handed Tang Qiuli a telegram. After reading it, Tang Qiuli said: "Call Sun Zhenbang and ask for flexibility."  Focus on defense, supplemented by positional defense. After inflicting a certain amount of damage on the Soviet army, you can decide whether to retreat based on the situation. In addition, pay attention to the movements of the 3rd and 5th Cavalry Brigades behind enemy lines."

    On the north bank of the Selenge River, at 3:45 a.m. on September 20, General Kulykin, the commander of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military Region who had just arrived at the front line, the commander and political commissar of the Recapture of Outer Mongolia Campaign, was sitting  Sitting on a canvas marching chair, smoking a thick cigar, he listened carefully to Lieutenant General Zernenko, the chief of staff of the military region, reporting on the troop strength and firepower preparations for the attack.

    Lieutenant General Zernenko said: "Comrade Commander, before we launch the first wave of attacks, we will first use the strength of four artillery divisions and more than 900 large-caliber howitzers to conduct a forty-minute sudden artillery attack.  Covering the positions of the ** division's defense forces in all directions, artillery fire then extended. The engineering troops erected twelve pontoon bridges on the Selenge River. Four tank brigades took the lead in launching a cross-river attack. The 1st and 3rd mechanized infantry divisions of the military region cooperated with  Tank attack."

    "After occupying the beachhead position, the main offensive force will continue to advance in depth. All remaining troops will be used in the second wave of attacks. In addition, the air force assigned to us will send some bombers to cooperate with the attack."

    General Kulykin nodded with satisfaction and said: "Comrade Zernenko, you have done a very good job in preparing for the attack. Let's start the attack according to this plan at four o'clock! However, the offensive force is slightly insufficient. In addition,  All the 37th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Third Army will give the Chinese Army a fatal blow in their first attack!"

    (To be continued)
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