Chapter 566: The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Burning Kruren (3)

The burning gasoline instantly ignited the withered grass within a radius of more than ten meters, and this small piece of vigorous fire suddenly swelled under the fierce and dry north wind, and suddenly rose two meters high, and the fire also turned bright orange at the same time, and with the help of a strong north wind, like a wild horse, it rushed towards the south at a rapid pace.

A well-planned fire offensive began.

While the wildfire was rapidly rushing southward, it was also rapidly spreading on both sides.

The fire is driven by the howling north wind, dozens of flames not only become bigger and bigger, and quickly connected into a line, the fire borrows the wind, the wind helps the fire, the line of wildfire is like a scorching wall of fire, and like a group of galloping fire horses, under the impetus of the north wind, with the momentum of ten thousand jun, rushing to the south.

The tongue of fire, which moves more than 10 meters south every second and has a temperature of hundreds of degrees, sweeps away the dry grass and all other combustibles in its pass.

Three green flares rose into the sky, which was the signal for the attack.

Zhao Yi waved the submachine gun in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, kill Lao Maozi, rush" After speaking, his feet knocked on the horse's belly, and the war horse under him suddenly rushed forward and rushed out first.

"Kill Lao Maozi Kill Lao Maozi ......"

Amid the roar of the mountains and a tsunami, the soldiers of the second company, together with the soldiers of more than 100,000 other units waiting to charge, rushed towards the fast-moving wall of fire.

The two armies and more than 100,000 war horses that let go of their hooves and galloped wildly were very impressive.

Although in the darkness you could only see your comrades-in-arms and horses, the hooves of more than 500,000 horses wrapped in water-soaked cotton cloth made the entire Kruren River Valley feel the whole Krulun River Valley, and the dull sound of hooves was like a string of thunder ringing in the sky, and it was like rumbling war drums, and the rhythm of this drum became faster and faster, and soon it was no longer audible.

The wall of fire moved fast, and the galloping horses galloped faster and faster. Zhao Yi, who was rushing on his horse, suddenly found that in the wall of fire about a kilometer away in front of him, four burning fires more than two meters high suddenly flashed, as well as hundreds of small pillars of fire that collided around irregularly.

As the wildfire moved forward rapidly, the grassland burned by the wildfire fell into darkness again, and these fires and pillars of fire were very conspicuous and strange in the dark grassland. After only a few moments, these small pillars of fire twitched and fell to the ground.

Zhao Yi knew that these were tanks and soldiers at the Soviet army's guard post. They were too far away from the Krulun River to escape the "catastrophe" before the wildfires arrived. And the Soviet tanks were too slow to escape.

Zhao Yi controlled his horse and rushed to the left, and he was going to lead his company to rush over from the side of the four tanks that had already been on fire.

A burning Soviet tank could be destroyed at any time, and if the tank exploded while his company was passing by, his company would suffer a lot of losses.

Zhao Yi slapped the butt of the submachine gun in his hand on the horse's buttocks, and his war horse suddenly exerted his strength in pain, and in the disgusting smell of barbecue, he led his company like a gust of wind from the side of the Soviet army's burning tank.

All the troops involved in the battle had to keep up with the fire, dismount and charge on foot when approaching the Soviet barracks, and set up improvised blocking positions between 200 and 300 meters from the river beach before the fire was extinguished on the north bank of the Krulun River. Only in this way can it be guaranteed that the Soviet troops will be suppressed in the depressions of the river beach, or that the Soviet troops will be forced to cross the river and flee.

The silence of the Soviet camp was broken by the warning shots of the panicked Soviet sentinels who moved forward when the fire first ignited, and then the sentries in the camp also spotted the rapidly spreading fire, and they shouted in panic while firing their guns.

However, in the haze, most of the exhausted Soviet soldiers did not immediately understand that they were facing an extremely dangerous situation, nor did they immediately rush out of the tent. Because when they were in the mountains, they were often attacked by the Chinese at night, and the Chinese often fired a burst of guns, put a few shots, and then ran away without a trace, and they were used to these tricks of the cunning Chinese.

They hurried around all day, already very tired, and they did not want to be disturbed by the harassing Chinese.

Although some of them heard the panicked shouts outside in the dimness and knew that it was a fire, most of them thought that some daredevils in the camp had accidentally started the fire by smoking. Moreover, the vast majority of Soviet officers and soldiers did not have a good understanding of the power of the grassland wildfires, and they thought that fire escapes had been dug in the camp, and as long as they were put out in time, the fire would not spread. …,

It was not until they felt the obvious shaking of the earth and a large amount of smoke rushed into the tent by the northerly wind, that they were kicked and beaten by the angry officers, and by the time they rushed out of the tent in disheveled clothes, the fire was less than four kilometers from the camp, and the fierce grassland fire had already dyed the northern sky red, and the camp was already in chaos.

The Soviet officers, who did not have a good understanding of the grassland wildfires, did not lead the Soviet troops to withdraw to the Krulen River beach or the opposite bank with weapons at the first time, but took it for granted that they desperately urged the Soviet soldiers to urgently widen the fire escapes, and some Soviet officers and men desperately ran to the artillery positions where all the wild grass had been cut.

The indecision of the senior officers of the Soviet army completely destroyed the last hope of the Soviet army on the eastern route to escape and completely annihilate.

The smoke from the wind became thicker and thicker, and it became more and more choking, irritating the Soviet officers and men to cough incessantly, have difficulty breathing, and even unable to open their eyes. In the face of the grassland fires that were rapidly pounced on and getting closer and closer, some Soviet soldiers who had lived in the steppe knew the power of such wildfires, and also understood that such a hastily widened fire escape would not play a role in such a violent and windy weather.

At such a critical time, as soon as someone began to flee, there was immediately a demonstration effect, and more and more Soviet officers and soldiers began to understand that the only way to avoid being burned to death by fire was to run to the beach of the Kruren River or to the opposite bank as soon as possible, and there was no grass on the riverbank, and the fire would not burn there, and of course it was impossible to burn to the opposite bank. So a large number of Soviet officers and soldiers began to throw down the bayonets in their hands to mow the grass, turned around and began to run wildly towards the Krulun River.

Soon, the entire Soviet camp, with the exception of a small number of Soviet troops who crowded into the artillery position, more than 100,000 people began to cough loudly and rush towards the Krulun River like a tide.

From time to time in the darkness, panicked Soviet officers and soldiers were tripped or pushed down by those behind them, and if they fell, they would never have a chance to get up again, because immediately hundreds of pairs of big feet in leather boots would be struck by them mercilessly.

Although the Soviet army knew very well that this fire must have been set by the cunning and hateful Chinese, this can be judged from the muffled sound of horses' hooves behind the wall of fire, at this time, if they do not run to the river beach or the other side of the river as soon as possible, they will not be burned to death by the wildfire, but will also be killed by the Chinese who come later.

Only a small number of Soviet soldiers who fled for their lives were holding their own weapons, others grabbed weapons that could be seen around them, and nearly half of the Soviet soldiers did not have time to return to their tents to get weapons.

Even so, the Soviets with weapons were armed only with rifles and a small number of light machine guns, and the heavy Soviet imitations of Mark heavy machine guns and mortars with shields were not carried at all, let alone artillery. Even Soviet officers and soldiers with weapons carried very little ammunition.

Fortunately, the Soviet tanks and vehicles carrying ammunition and materials were parked by the river, and the Soviet automobile and tank crews stationed near the river still had time to drive most of the trucks and tanks to the river beach.

However, the way of Soviet tanks and trucks full of ammunition and supplies was quickly blocked by the rushing crowd, no matter how hoarse the Soviet car and tank crews shouted and even fired threats, but no one gave way to them, and the fleeing Soviet infantry had only one thought, that is, to run to the place where the fire could not be burned on the river beach as soon as possible.

Seeing that the fire behind him was getting closer and closer, the Soviet officers who were standing on the tanks and trucks commanding had no choice but to reluctantly and ruthlessly order the tanks and trucks to break into the crowd.

Therefore, in the miserable howl of the Soviet army, the cold and hard steel tracks of the tank were immediately wrapped in a thick layer of Soviet flesh and blood. Soviet trucks also forced their way onto the river beach along this bloody road.

At this time, the river beach and the river water were already crowded with Soviet officers and soldiers who had lost their souls, and there were still tens of thousands of people desperately rushing to the river beach, all trying to squeeze into the river beach covered with sand and stones, under the crowding of the Soviet army, some Soviet officers who were still sober wanted to organize a defensive position on the river beach The attempt to organize a defensive position on the river beach completely failed, and under the push of the Soviet army, the Soviet army was squeezed down the river one by one, and the wide Krulun River was soon crowded by the Soviet army, and the Soviet troops who were full of riverbeds began to rush to the other side of the river.

At this moment, the sound of a roaring motor sounded in the air, and before the Soviet troops could understand, the sky was instantly reflected as bright as day by dozens of dazzling white flares hanging on small parachutes.

Amid the whirring of planes dive, strings of black bombs rained down from the sky and exploded violently in the riverbed and on the beach on the north bank. Although these bombs were small 50-kilogram bombs with limited power, they were enough to deal with the unprotected Soviet infantry.

The strings of bombs that exploded on the river beach, with thousands of sharp shrapnel of different sizes, ruthlessly penetrated the flesh and blood of the Soviet officers and soldiers, tore the limbs of the Soviet officers and soldiers, and took their lives.......