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Volume 1: Songhua River Chapter 1932: Two Battlefields (Part 1)

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    Not long after Liu Tiehan's telegram was sent out, he received a reply from division commander Tang Qiuli. The content of the telegram was even bolder than Liu Tiehan's.

    "Brother Tiehan, I was told by phone that I would like to congratulate the East Point troops on their first battle, which ended with the annihilation of an entire Soviet army. Brother Tiehan will make a decision based on the actual situation on the battlefield whether to pursue the main force of the retreating Soviet army. My suggestion is,  It is disrespectful to come and go. The East Point troops can take the opportunity to capture the Soviet Union's important town of Chita outside the eastern border of Outer Mongolia and its surrounding areas. The battlefield situation is extremely favorable to us. The Soviet Far East Army will never dare to send another soldier. "

    "This move has two meanings. First, it can eliminate the biggest threat to our eastern border of Outer Mongolia. Second, it will cut off the nearest channel for the Soviet Army's Chenbing border. In this way, the Soviet Army will lose the ability to station troops outside our eastern border of Outer Mongolia.  The important gathering place also connects the eastern region of Outer Mongolia with the Ulan-Ude region and prevents it from being highlighted. This suggestion is for your consideration. If it is feasible, please call back and report the specific plan. "

    Looking at Tang Qiuli's call back, Liu Tiehan laughed up to the sky and said to Li Guangjin: "Guangjin, this is the difference between vision and appetite. I just want to eat this Soviet army. What the division commander wants is not only to kill  This Soviet army also needs to capture Chita and push the eastern border of Outer Mongolia to the Soviet territory. Well, call back to the division commander. This is a very good suggestion. Chasing and annihilating the Soviet army and capturing Chita can be carried out simultaneously. The specific plan is  , report it later!¡±

    "The Operations Department will immediately formulate a battle plan to capture Chita! Also, the headquarters will move forward and follow the troops!" Li Guangjin responded loudly: "Yes! The Operations Department will start immediately!" Then, he whispered in a low voice: "Okay,  The war is getting bigger and bigger!¡±

    After Li Guangjin left, Liu Tiehan said to a staff officer beside him: "Order, the troops in frontal pursuit should not press the Soviet army too tightly. The troops on the left and right wings should carry out continuous and maximum blows along the retreat of the Soviet army to continuously weaken the Soviet Union.  The strength of the army is to reduce the pressure on the blocking troops.¡±

    "Order, the Tenth Brigade Chen Guozhu's Department and the Cavalry Mixed Brigade He Zhuguo's Department have changed their original mission and must be on the Nerchinsk line. Block the Soviet army!"

    "Order, the aircraft fleet of the Northern Flying Group of the aviation force assigned to combat operations is dispatched to bomb the retreating Soviet troops and destroy all roads! Tell the commander of the fleet, don't be stingy with bombs. Blast them hard!"

    An unprecedented large-scale pursuit began, and the Soviet army's retreat was not smooth.  It's like being stuck in a muddy swamp.  Every step you take will cost you a lot. On both sides of the road, independent division troops are constantly coming out, and the methods are exactly the same.  First, they blasted the Soviet army with fierce artillery fire for a while, then a dense rain of bullets poured over them, and the infantry began to attack.  After eating part of the Soviet troops, they stopped pursuing and returned to their original positions to welcome the next wave of Soviet troops, and then repeated the previous actions.

    Liu Tiehan's style of play was a typical wolf pack tactic. Six brigades with hundreds of thousands of people lined up on both sides, with battalions as units, each responsible for a section, took advantage of the Soviet army's eagerness to retreat and unwillingness to get entangled, and constantly flanked.  , instead of desperately intercepting and killing the Soviet troops, they made full use of artillery firepower, light and heavy machine gun firepower, and let go after one bite. The casualties of the troops were not large, but the gains were not small. Just like sharp knives, the Soviet troops retreated.  cut flesh from his body.

    Lieutenant General Yemenchenko has become numb. From the beginning of the retreat, the sound of gunfire has not stopped in his ears. The sound of gunfire behind him is normal. Are the troops of the Independent Division chasing him? But the guns on both sides  The sound was no less than that from behind, and the loudest ones were mortar shells like raindrops, whizzing and hitting everyone. I really couldn¡¯t figure out how many troops Tang Qiuli had used to deal with him?

    There are more than 100,000 people in his three armies, and the marching queue is at least more than 100 kilometers long. There are sounds of gunfire and shouts of killing everywhere. How come there are troops of the independent division along the line? Could it be that he has got into Tang Qiuli's army?  In your pocket?  Along the way, I dropped countless bloody corpses of soldiers!

    Seeing his hundreds of thousands of troops, like snowballs under the blazing sun, gradually melting, shrinking, and disappearing on the vast grasslands of eastern Outer Mongolia, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko had a premonition that he and his ten  With tens of thousands of soldiers, the chance of returning the front army's organizational structure is very slim.

    To be fair, whether it was Marshal Petroshilov, the Chief of the Soviet General Staff, or Lieutenant General Yemenchenko, the commander of the team, their decision to rush to retreat after learning about the siege of Liu Tiehan's East Command troops is questionable.

    If the Soviet army sticks to its original position and fights head-on, with slightly more troops than the East Point troops, it will take a lot of effort for Liu Tiehan to defeat this Soviet army. He won't be able to do so within a week or so.  Solve the battle, and the casualties of the troops will increase several times.

    The heavy firepower of the advancing Soviet army cannot be used at all. The artillery cannot fire on the run, but the troops in the East Point are waiting for work and ambush in advance.?On both sides of the area where the Soviet army passed, the artillery had already established positions and determined the orientation and coordinates. As long as they saw the Soviet troops passing by, they just fired. When the artillery shells did not miss, one would retreat in a hurry, although it did not reach the target.  To the extent of being in a panic and not choosing a path, he is also unwilling to fight.

    One side has been prepared for a long time. Artillery, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns form all-round firepower. Any Soviet troops passing by will not leave hundreds of corpses behind. Don't even think about passing by. One place is like this, more than a hundred kilometers long.  This is the case everywhere along the route. How many troops can the Soviet army withstand the consumption?

    This is the brilliance of Liu Tiehan's style of play. He deliberately left a gap for the Soviet army, so that the Soviet commander always had hope. After this period, it would be fine, and he would not be trapped and still fighting, trying to annihilate the entire army.  After a fierce fight, once the more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers reached the point of despair and knew that they could not break out, they had the idea of ????fighting to the death. Even if the East Point troops won a complete victory, the price paid would be extremely heavy.  of.

    The battlefield spread for more than a hundred kilometers. On the prairie in eastern Outer Mongolia, guns and artillery roared, creating a fire net of casualties composed of steel fragments, constantly devouring the lives of Soviet soldiers. Liu Tiehan accurately controlled the rhythm of the troops' attack, little by little.  Let the Soviet army dry up their blood and consume their vitality until they fall to the ground. Chen Guozhu's 10th brigade and He Zhuguo's cavalry mixed brigade, which were deployed on the Nerchinsk front line to intercept the Soviet army, were the last fatal blow to the Soviet army.  Killer.

    Liu Tiehan was in a very comfortable mood. Such a battle was fought smoothly, and he also achieved a lot of gains. The Soviet army just put on a posture of being beaten, sitting in the armored command vehicle, and he kept giving various orders.  , "Zhou Fucheng, your second brigade is too stuck. The infantry should not attack too deeply and use artillery fire more. If after the battle, your brigade's casualties are greater than those of other brigades, please give me a reasonable explanation!"

    "Wu Keren, your fifth brigade has several positions that are too prominent. Be careful of the hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops eager to retreat. They will drown you. Move back three kilometers and get out of the way. Attack from the side! Intercept! Like a wolf, bite  Just leave at once. This is not to stop the war. No one will let you block the Soviet army at your own risk. If you don't let it go, be careful and I will withdraw you! "

    Liu Tiehan was shouting in the armored command vehicle. The staff officers in the vehicle couldn't help but secretly laugh. They haven't seen the deputy division commander in such a posture for several years. It was really strange. He was also afraid of the troops.  Commander who hit you too hard!

    On the battlefield in eastern Outer Mongolia, the nine brigades of the East Point Force, under the command of deputy division commander and commander Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, fought hard against the Soviet troops who were eager to retreat.  On the Baiyinchagan battlefield, a big battle was also going on in full swing.

    At around seven o'clock in the morning on September 29, the atmosphere in the Outer Mongolia Campaign Headquarters seemed very calm. The staff officers were busy with their own affairs. The troops of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military District in the encirclement circle continued to gather together, without any  In an attempt to break out, the brigades directly under the corps did not receive orders from the division headquarters to conduct a general attack. The battlefield seemed a bit dull. Only the Soviet troops in the encirclement knew their suffering.

    The artillery of the Independent Division worked tirelessly from dusk to dawn, pouring thousands of large-caliber grenades on the position. The Soviet soldiers were already numb. When they saw the bodies of their companions, who were still alive just now, with an explosion  , a ball of fire and gunpowder smoke rose up, and immediately became torn into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere, and there was no longer fear in their hearts. They knew very well that maybe in the next moment, they would become a fragmented corpse like their companions.

    Division Commander Tang Qiuli, holding a cigarette in his left hand, was reading a telegram. The telegram was sent by Major General Yang Ketian, Chief of Staff of the East Point, who was commanding three brigades heading to the south bank of the Selenge River. "Division Commander, the progress of our division is  It goes well. According to the current marching speed, we can reach the south bank of the Selenge River and set up defenses before ten o'clock on the night of September 30th, completing the task assigned by the division commander to block the Soviet army's retreat. "

    "In view of the fact that the division commander mentioned in the enemy situation report that a division of Soviet troops had moved south from Ulanwood and Irkutsk, and seemed to be trying to compete with me for the Selenga River crossing, I have already dispatched two troops.  The troops of the reinforced regiment formed a fast column and advanced lightly. They arrived at the north bank of the Selenge River ahead of the main force and established a position. At the same time, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was ordered to strengthen its troops and look for opportunities to slow down the Soviet army's southward movement. "

    Tang Qiuli smiled slightly and thought to himself: "Yang Ketian is good and knows how to adapt. Two reinforced regiments plus Zeng Shiqiang's cavalry brigade are enough to deal with a second-rate Soviet military division. No matter what Stalin's intentions are, this Soviet military division will always be  You can¡¯t even reach the Selenge River!¡±

    Putting down the telegram from Yang Ketian, he picked up the telegram from the cavalry commander Liu Chun and the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade Tong Batu. Before he had time to read it, the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe hurried in and said: "Division commander, commander of the Aviation Corps."  Incoming call, ground radar station report, Soviet aircraft dispatched?, or a large fleet!  "

    (To be continued) (To be continued)
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