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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 332: No way out until the end of the road

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    ~Date:~November 04~

    But what happened next made Chief of Staff of the Soviet Fifth Army Eh's heart sink suddenly. He saw that after his artillery group adjusted its firing range, before the second wave of artillery shells had time to be released, a thunderous blast suddenly sounded from behind the enemy's position on the opposite side.  With the sound of artillery, artillery from at least 15 artillery companies opened fire 2 kilometers behind the position. Nearly a hundred artillery shells roared over his head, and then exploded on the artillery position of his six artillery companies three kilometers away.  In such a face-to-face encounter, Ehe's Northern Route Army's six artillery companies no longer existed. On average, each gun received at least three artillery shells from the opponent.

    This is not over yet. The heavy machine gun battalion on our side has not finished firing half of the ammunition chain. The stormy rain of bullets from the large-caliber heavy machine gun fired back by the opponent has almost plowed the heavy machine gun battalion, including its men and carriages, into pieces.  The rain of Maxim bullets from one's own was filled with crackling sparks near the fire point of the opponent's heavy machine gun, and then the opponent's mortar shells followed closely and sent the remaining Maxim machine guns of the Red Army into the sky.

    At this time, the sound of gunfire like fried beans came from the left and right wings behind the Ehe position. After a while, several panting messengers galloped over on their horses. After jumping off their horses, they said in horror,

    "Report to the Chief of Staff, our troops outflanking from both wings encountered machine gun fire from the other side. The firepower was so fierce that they couldn't get through! The entire division has been repulsed by the enemy. The division commander asked the Chief of Staff if he should retreat quickly and leave the battlefield!" At this time, the wired call was in no hurry.  Before they could fight each other, the order was sent by the messengers riding back and forth on the firing line.

    At this time, the artillery group of at least 15 artillery batteries behind the opponent's position, after completely killing Ehe's artillery group with two waves of bullets, actually began to extend their firing, and the artillery shells fell like rain on both sides of the road three kilometers behind.  There was a bloody storm in the ranks of the 1st Erlensk Infantry Division and the 24th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army. The troops of the two divisions were in chaos under the long-range artillery fire from the other side.

    At the same time, blazing fires suddenly ignited one kilometer to the left and right behind the opponent's position. Because the terrain happened to be on a shallow hillside, the Soviet Red Army could see three fires forming three huge giants.  The arrows composed of flames point to the road and both sides respectively.

    "Chief of Staff! Give the order to withdraw quickly. The enemy on the opposite side has obviously been ambushing here for a long time. The firepower on both sides is no worse than the front. We may have encountered at least one group army of the other side! This battle cannot be fought like this again!" Ke Ji  Qi and Zenievsky both persuaded their chief of staff.

    "Pass my order! The Petrograd Division remains behind, and the Smolensk Division and Simbirsk Division retreat to the northwest. Retreat quickly!" Ehe was also panicked at this time. The opponent's firepower was so fierce, and the artillery was so large.  It was so huge that the cannonballs ravaged the infantry group as if they had eyes. This battle was indeed unwinnable!

    Before the man ordered the retreat, the rumble of aircraft engines was heard in the air. Under the misty moonlight, nearly thirty bombers from two squadrons rumbled over Ehe's head, and the screaming bombs began to pour down.  Next, each D4 reconnaissance bomber dropped 8 25-kilogram aerial bombs, and each Handley Page 0/400 dropped 32 25-kilogram aerial bombs. 512 25-kilogram aerial bombs fell from the sky.  The three infantry divisions of the Soviet Red Army were completely enveloped in bloody winds and massacres!

    The damage and power caused by an aerial bomb of less than 13 tons is so astonishing. On the one hand, because the battlefield is small, the troops of the three divisions are running back and forth in a panic, and the obstruction of the three small rivers in the rear makes people instinctively rush to the main road.  Many people were pushed directly into the river when they wanted to cross the bridge. The river, which was two and a half meters deep and more than 20 meters wide, posed a greater threat to the Soviet Red Army soldiers who knew nothing about water than aerial bombs dropped from the sky.

    It should be said that this bombing by the Allied Air Force achieved huge and brilliant results. The three Soviet infantry divisions collapsed completely under such a huge and powerful blow. All the people who were not killed evacuated to the rear in a swarm.  Bodies and wounded were left everywhere.

    Ahe was wrapped up by his own guard battalion and ran wildly, trampling to death and injuring countless of his own people along the way. However, Jiang Hongyu was slightly hesitant in his pursuit because his air force bombed and accidentally injured his own ground troops.  After the planes overhead had dropped their bombs and pulled up, he ordered an all-out attack.

    Such a delay, coupled with the fact that there were bomb craters everywhere on the Black Lantern Blind Fire position, delayed the pursuit of the wheeled armored vehicles of the three armored regiments.  The enemy's corpses were everywhere and there were pits everywhere, so he simply ordered a group to give up the pursuit and stay to clean up the battlefield.

    Ehe was a tough guy, and the guard battalion next to him almost suffered all casualties, but he finally rushed out on horseback desperately. After running for almost ten kilometers, the guy stopped to organize the troops, and Petrograd was cut off.  The division was almost completely wiped out, and political commissar ZenivSki was killed and division commander Kodich was captured.

    The Smolensk Infantry Division suffered more than half of its casualties, and the Simbirsk Infantry Division suffered more than half of its casualties. The total number of remnants that were withdrawn from the three divisions was less than 10,000. Almost all the lightly and seriously wounded were left on the battlefield. Many people ran away empty-handed and panicked.  .

    In fact, the small river at the intersection of the three rivers drowned many Soviet Red Army soldiers who were squeezed into the river to swim in the dark night. It also objectively blocked the pursuit of Jiang Hongyu's armored brigade. Because the bridge on the main road was blocked at the last moment.  Ehe commanded the engineer company to blast and destroy them. In the dark night, they took a long way to cross the river on a pontoon bridge and wasted time. Only then did the remnants of Ehe's three divisions that had retreated across the river be able to breathe and cross the bridge and run for more than ten kilometers.

    Although Jiang Hongyu was a little annoyed, in order to avoid accidental damage during the bombing by the Allied Air Force, it was still a correct decision to outflank the armored battalion from both wings and stay outside the bombing range of the aircraft. In his opinion, the defeated Soviet infantry on the opposite side was still a correct decision.  The division, which suffered such a disastrous defeat, lost almost all its artillery and heavy machine gun battalions. How could it outrun its own four-wheeled armored vehicle with just two feet? Not to mention that there were the 2nd Ural Cavalry Division and the Japanese Cavalry Regiment waiting behind it.  Making dumplings.

    The cavalry is more limited in night battles in the wild. Unless they are on the main road, they will be detoured in the wilderness crisscrossed by swamps and rivers. If they are not careful, they will stumble. This is why the 2nd Ural Cavalry Division arrived an hour later than scheduled.  The reason for specifying the location.  Fortunately, the outflanking position designated by Jiang Hongyu was 20 kilometers northwest of the battlefield, so at least the Ural Cavalry Division and the 15,000 cavalry of the Japanese Cavalry Regiment were able to capture the depleted remnants of the Ehe Northern Route Army.

    At 4 o'clock in the morning, when the sky was dark, the remnants of Ehe, who were too tired to walk any longer, had to stop and rest. From the early morning of yesterday to the early morning of this morning, in the 24 hours, the team only rested for more than 3 hours yesterday afternoon.  At this moment, it is not an exaggeration to describe the remnants of Aihe's army as abandoning their armor and being defeated.

    "Chief of Staff, the soldiers can no longer run. They can only stop and fight with each other. We still have one division of troops. It will not be easy to kill us!" The division commander of the Smolensk Infantry Division has been killed.  The person speaking now was the division political commissar Botchikov, who had a head injury and was wrapped in gauze.

    "Chief of Staff, I really can't run anymore. Stop and fight! This is a small highland with a river on the side. I can withstand it for a while!" Pinsky, commander of the 25th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, sat down.  In the tunnel.

    Aihe¡¯s mount died of exhaustion a few miles away. At this moment, the three division-level cadres were all on foot, and there were not many guards left around them. They were all in a smoky and miserable state.

    "Hey - some water ¡â Fight c's a fucking coward Pass my order, the entire army is on alert, and rest on the spot for twenty minutes!" Ehe sat down on the ground, feeling sad.  Incomparably, if it weren't for the remnants of these tens of thousands of people who were counting on him to provide a way out, I'm afraid this guy would even have the intention of committing suicide.

    After the team stopped, all the soldiers fell to the ground as if their bones were falling apart. Many people were stunned, and some even began to whimper and cry. The battle in the middle of the night was simply hell. They couldn't even see clearly what the enemy looked like.  The division collapsed!

    After a while, Shomolov, commander of the first brigade of the 25th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, who was responsible for the rear break, caught up and said breathlessly,

    "Chief of Staff, you must not stop. Enemy armored forces have appeared on the road three kilometers behind. It seems that they have crossed the river and are chasing them. We have to keep running! We are waiting to die!"  As he said this, he wiped his sweat, grabbed a ladle of water from the guard at the edge, and drank it. This guy's brigade had relatively more strength, with more than one regiment of troops left.

    "Run? Run there? Can two legs run more than 4 wheels! The cockroaches are gone, it's almost dawn, and the opponent's air force may come again soon. Comrade Brigade Commander, I order, your brigade is here  Establish blocking positions in the rear! Protect the rear wing of the entire army! We will fight to the death! I tell the soldiers that it is better to die in battle than to die from exhaustion!  Two thousand people!" Ehe said through gritted teeth.
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