Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Rebirth of the war years

Volume One: On the Songhua River Chapter 1944: Pursuit Battle on the Eastern Battlefield

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Just when Stalin was distressed by the annihilation of the troops of the Transcaucasus Military Region, and when the troops of the Far Eastern Front were being chased and beaten by Liu Tiehan's East Command troops, Shihou, who was worried and at a loss what to do, at about ten o'clock in the morning on October 1  , a telegram from the Northern Outer Mongolia Campaign Headquarters, signed Tang Qiuli, flew to Liu Tiehan's headquarters.

    "Brother Tiehan, the battle to encircle and annihilate the troops of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military District ended at about 8 o'clock this morning. The Supreme Commander of the Soviet Army, General Kulykin, and the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Zernenko, and more than 40,000 Soviet soldiers surrendered.  , War in northern Outer Mongolia ww." "Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!.  /'>It is advisable to completely annihilate this Soviet army west of the Onen River and on the Nerchinsk line. "

    "In this way, we can ensure that the East Point captures Chita and other places and fights in the pocket without interference. After this battle is over, the Soviets will be severely beaten, and the Outer Mongolia region can be guaranteed to be war-free for ten years. It is also Outer Mongolia.  What a blessing to the people of the area!¡±

    Soon, Liu Tiehan's reply came, "I am pleased with the great victory in the northern battlefield. I am overjoyed. It also boosts the morale of all my soldiers in the Eastern Command. It's embarrassing to say that I thought I could end the battle before the division commander did. Who knows, God failed.  The whole army was lagging behind again, and I felt a little embarrassed. The Soviet troops I chased and annihilated were quite powerful in combat. I didn¡¯t dare to be careless. I worked step by step and gradually depleted myself. The time to end the battle is expected to be five days later. At that time, I will report the results.  !¡±

    Looking at Liu Tiehan's call back, Tang Qiuli was overjoyed and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, look at Deputy Commander Liu's call back. Why do I smell a sour smell? Call him back and let it simmer."  , Don¡¯t be impatient, it will come naturally, and it will be consumed gradually. I look forward to Cullen¡¯s talk!¡±

    The smoke from the battlefield in northern Outer Mongolia has cleared, and the battlefield in the east is on.  However, a fierce battle was going on. Originally, according to Liu Tiehan's intention, after two days of continuous consumption of the Soviet army, the troops would attack across the board and fight a beautiful battle of annihilation. But now it seems that it may be difficult to achieve.

    The troops of the Soviet Far East Front are indeed an elite division that fought against the Japanese Kwantung Army for two or three years under the training of the famous Soviet general Zhukov.  During the battle, the psychological quality of the soldiers was extremely stable, except for the confusion for a while at the beginning of the sudden attack.  The position was quickly adjusted, under the command of Lieutenant General Yemenchenko.  Soviet troops of three armies.  Huddled into a ball, like a hedgehog with its spines spread out.

    Ignoring the East Point troops that pounced on the two wings from time to time, Liu Tiehan retreated quickly without hesitation. In this way, Liu Tiehan's two flanks flanked the troops.  It's hard to say. In addition to using intensive artillery fire to kill and injure the Soviet troops as much as possible, they went through several deep assaults with considerable casualties.  The infantry did not dare to attack the retreating Soviet troops too deeply. Fortunately, the Soviet troops were still under attack from three sides, and the East Point troops still had the initiative to occupy the battlefield.

    Liu Tiehan did not have a good solution to this problem. If the Soviet army of more than 130,000 troops of the three armies were to be forcibly encircled, it would not be impossible. However, the troops he had on hand, except for Chen Guozhu's tenth brigade and the  In addition to He Zhuguo's mixed cavalry brigade, there are only seven brigades with about 110,000 people left. Originally, the enemy was to fight with less, so even if the Soviet army was surrounded, the battle would be quite fierce, and the casualties of the troops would not be small.

    What's more, Liu Tiehan believed that this Soviet army had not yet been exhausted to the point of exhaustion. Therefore, his orders to the flanking troops and the pursuit troops were still four words: "Exhausted, exhausted!"

    To the area where the 10th Brigade and the Cavalry Mixed Brigade set up their ambush, along the Onen River, there was still more than a hundred kilometers to go. Under the constant entanglement and struggle of the Soviet troops, the Soviet army could not reach there for four or five days.  Liu Tiehan was confident that if he could kill another 30,000 to 50,000 Soviet troops and change the balance of forces on the battlefield, the next battle would be easier to fight.

    Looking away from the military map, Liu Tiehan said with regret to Colonel Li Guangjin, the director of the East Point Operations Division: "Alas, there are still not enough troops. Otherwise, we will be surrounded on the spot and I will not even think about leaving. In the beginning,  , If we follow the division commander's advice and mobilize five or six brigades from the Niangziguan garrison, and the strength is more than one-third of the Soviet army, then we will be in trouble today! I am too confident!"

    Colonel Li Guangjin thought for a moment and said puzzledly: "Deputy division commander, I don't understand. Since the strength of our troops has just met the requirements of the campaign, for your sake, you have also mobilized Wan Fulin's 7th Brigade from the frontal pursuit troops.  Chang Enduo's Eighth Brigade made a long-distance attack on Chita. After the battle to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army was over, wouldn't there be more troops? It wouldn't be a problem to mobilize five or six brigades, let alone two brigades!  "

    Liu Tiehan shook his head and said: "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. It is safe to eat the Soviet army in front of you first, and then capture Chita. However, have you ever thought about meiyou? The area south of Chita is the only place for the Soviet army to retreat.  , in order to rescue this Soviet army, in case the Soviets came from the Far East again,The army mobilized troops to support them near Chita. Chita became a place where heavy troops were hoarded, making it difficult to fight. This was not Meiyou's case.  "

    "The division commander commanded the corps directly under his command and ate up more than 300,000 troops in the Transcaucasus Military Region in one go. How could that Stalin watch helplessly and let us eat hundreds of thousands more troops? Moreover, I have a deeper consideration.  If Chen Guozhu's 10th brigade and He Zhuguo's mixed cavalry brigade were still on the line at the Enen River and were unable to stop more than 100,000 Soviet troops, and the Soviet troops took the road and fled, the 7th and 8th brigades would  There is a second line of resistance in the southern region, are you prepared?"

    Li Guangjin¡¯s face darkened and he said, ¡°Deputy division commander, do you think we can¡¯t block the Soviet army¡¯s retreat?¡±

    Liu Tiehan looked into the distance, and then said after a while: "I believe in Chen Guozhu and He Zhuguo, and I also believe in the combat effectiveness of the 10th Brigade and the Cavalry Mixed Brigade. However, it was a bijing and a blocking battle with a disparity in strength. There were more than 36,000  People, there is a huge difference in the strength of the 100,000 Soviet troops who are eager to seize the road and escape. If we can withstand the arrival of our main force, we will suffer heavy casualties! "

    In the next few days of fighting, Liu Tiehan commanded the troops of the seven brigades of the East Command, using all his strength to hold back the Soviet troops and fight them hard, without giving the Soviet troops a chance to breathe. On the grasslands of eastern Outer Mongolia, all day long,  There was continuous artillery fire, gunshots and gunpowder smoke. The Soviet army forced its troops to use men to form a bloody alley and seize the road to retreat eastward.

    Walking all the way, fighting all the way, they fought bloody battles for three days and three nights. By October 3, the three armies commanded by Yemenchenko had less than 100,000 people left. Moreover, they were retreating rapidly and suffered repeated blows.  On the way, all the tanks, artillery, and vehicles were lost. At this point, the pursuing East Point troops were exhausted and the Soviet army, which was bent on retreating, was even more embarrassed, suffered heavy casualties, and was on the verge of collapse in physical strength and energy.

    During this period, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko did not request the headquarters to order Zhukov's Far Eastern Front to send no less than three corps of 100,000 troops eastward to the Chita line to assist  Ziji's troops retreated.

    However, the response from the headquarters was without exception, and the Chief of General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov, also clearly told him, "In view of the fact that the Japanese Kwantung Army on the front line of the Outer Khingan Mountains has signs of large-scale military operations  , the Far East Front has entered a state of full war preparation and cannot mobilize any troops to meet you. Therefore, we can only rely on our own strength to retreat as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded by independent divisions! "

    In the telegram, the General Staff never revealed any information about the troops of the Transcaucasus Military District. Obviously, this was Stalin's instruction, and the information was strictly blocked for Lieutenant General Yemenchenko's troops to avoid damaging military morale.

    After reading the last call back from the General Staff, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko finally gave up. Don't expect anyone to save Ziji. In fact, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko was not even a member of the Transcaucasus Military District troops, and was on the battlefield in northern Outer Mongolia.  Yes, the news of the annihilation of the Yijing army, otherwise, with a sigh of relief in my heart, I will be beaten black and blue by the troops of the East Point, maybe I will follow the example of General Kulykin and simply lead the team to surrender!

    On the afternoon of October 5, the Soviet Far Eastern Front troops, reduced to just over 80,000 people, finally arrived near the west bank of the Onen River.

    Lieutenant General Yemenchenko almost shed tears when he looked at the crooked white line appearing in the distance on the vast grassland with the north wind whistling against the backdrop of the sky-long dry grass. The nightmare-like seven days and seven nights haunted him.  The independent division troops were like bone-gnawing maggots, biting and refusing to let go, almost draining the blood of the troops. The four armies had nearly 180,000 troops, and more than 100,000 troops were lost. Many divisions were beaten to nothing.  .

    After crossing the Onen River, you can get rid of the endless pursuit of the independent division troops. Moreover, you can also use this river to establish a blocking line to give the main force a breather and win some shijian. "Order the troops not to stop and cross quickly."  Crossing the Onen River, the Fifth Army established a blocking position on the east bank to cover other troops crossing the river! "Meiyou crossing the bridge, all officers and soldiers starting from me, waded across the river!" Lieutenant General Yemenchenko ordered without hesitation!  road.

    A colonel staff officer reminded: "Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff, the telegram from the headquarters reminds us to be careful to guard against the independent division troops. Is there an ambush on the east bank of the Onen River? For the sake of the safety of the troops, should we send a small force?"  Forces, make tentative moves? The rest of the troops will wait until the situation is determined before crossing the river? "

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of distant artillery came, "Damn the Chinese, they came up so quickly," Lieutenant General Yemenchenko muttered.

    Then, staring at his eyes that were dim and full of red bloodshot eyes due to lack of rest, he roared: "Stupid! The Chinese who are chasing after us, give us a shijian? Listen, the sound of artillery is far away from our current weizhi, at most  It¡¯s only about twenty kilometers away, even if there is an ambush from the Independent Division ahead, we have to rush over!¡±

    More than 80,000 sousArmy soldiers, like a turbid tide, rushed to the bank of the Onen River.

    (To be continued) (To be continued)
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report