Chapter 567: The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Burning Kruren in Northern Mongolia (4)

Strings of bombs exploded on the river beach, and thousands of sharp shrapnel of various sizes ruthlessly penetrated the bodies of Soviet officers and soldiers, tearing apart the flesh and limbs of Soviet officers and soldiers, and taking their lives.

The violent shock wave generated by the explosion instantly cleared up a piece of open space with a radius of more than ten meters in the dense crowd of Soviet troops, like dark red flowers suddenly blooming on the earthy yellow river beach. The Soviet officers and soldiers who were originally in this open space were all blown to pieces in this furious fire, scattering blood rain in the sky.

These "flowers" that had just bloomed were immediately filled with the earthy yellow of the Soviet uniforms that were constantly crowded, as if nothing had ever happened there. Then, with the explosion of the bomb that fell again, the dark red flowers bloomed again, and then they were covered again.

In contrast, the bombs that fell on the river looked as if they were not as powerful as the bombs that exploded on the river beach, but they were actually more lethal to the Soviet troops.

Every bomb that explodes in the river will not only have thousands of shrapnel that will take the lives of the Soviet troops, killing and injuring a large number of Soviet troops, but also the powerful shock wave set off by the explosion will violently stir up the river and wash down a large part of the Soviet troops in the surrounding river water, and the Soviet troops who fell in the waistless deep river will immediately be trampled on the bottom of the river and drowned by the Soviet troops who swarmed and "bravely" rushed to the south bank of the river.

With the continuous increase in the corpses of the Soviet troops at the bottom of the river, and the desperate struggle of the Soviet troops dying at the bottom of the river, more and more Soviet troops were tripped and fell into the river, which greatly increased the difficulty of the Soviet troops who desperately crossed the river. Even the large number of floating Soviet corpses seriously slowed down the speed of the Soviet troops on the south bank.

More than 100,000 chaotic Soviet troops were concentrated in the narrow river beach and riverbed about 15 kilometers long at this time, which gave the Fourth Route Army's more than 200 bombers and attack planes an excellent opportunity to bomb and strafe. In a very short period of time, tens of thousands of Soviet officers and soldiers returned to the West.

However, what puzzled the Soviet officers and men was that these damned Chinese planes were just staring at the riverbed and the river beach on the north bank of the river frantically bombing and strafing, but they turned a blind eye to the tens of thousands of Soviet officers and soldiers who had already landed on the south bank of the river one after another, as if they were afraid that they would accidentally drop bombs on the south bank and hurt the Soviet troops who had worked hard to escape to the south bank.

Behind the wall of fire caused by the wildfire, which was already very close to the river bank, a dense explosion of grenades and gunfire could be heard at this moment, indicating that the Chinese had rushed into their camp and were destroying the Soviet troops who had remained on more than a dozen artillery positions to set fire.

The Soviet troops who were still on the river beach knew that if they did not flee to the south bank quickly, they would become the guns of the swarming Chinese. In order to survive, tens of thousands of Soviet troops braved the dense rain of bullets and flying shrapnel to rush into the icy water of the Krulen River and rush to the south bank.

When the rushing steppe fires on the north bank finally approached the river beach, only 20,000 or 30,000 Soviet troops remained on the north bank and the riverbed, and nearly 70,000 Soviet troops had already landed on the south bank of the Krulen River.

The vast majority of the Soviet troops who had just landed on the south bank did not dare to stay on the bank of the river, they knew very well that the Krulun River during the dry period could not stop the Chinese who rushed over with full of anger, and the Soviet officers and men spread their two long legs and ran lifelessly to the south, and a few kilometers to the south, there was a whole division of them guarding the flank of the large army, and it was relatively safer to get there.

At this moment, the Chinese pilots, who had been trying to avoid letting the bombs fall on the south bank of the river, suddenly remembered that they should also fairly take care of the Soviet troops who fled to the south bank, and a group of bombers that had been circling in the air for a long time and had not participated in the massacre of the Soviet army, finally swooped down on the south bank of the Krulun River.

Dozens of black bombs fell on the grass on the south bank of the Krulen River, the sound of these bombs not being very loud, but bursting out with dots of flames, each bomb burst out hundreds of small flames, this flame fell on the grass and on the bodies of Soviet officers and soldiers, and when they saw the wind, they rose, and the flames burned bigger and bigger.

The Soviet officers and soldiers on fire hurriedly fought with their hands, but these flames not only did not go out, but also sticky to their hands, and began to burn on their skin, and even the flames on their wet uniforms did not go out, stubbornly flashing blue flames, and with the continuous evaporation of the moisture on the uniforms, the uniforms began to burn gradually, and hundreds of Soviet officers and soldiers who were so panicked that they were caught in flames hurriedly rolled on the grass in an attempt to extinguish the strange flames that stuck to them. …,

The flames that fell on the grass burned very quickly, and if it weren't for the tens of thousands of wet Soviet troops who brought a lot of muddy water to the grass from the Krulun River, the grass by the river would be wet and difficult to burn quickly, and these small flames would soon burn in patches. However, although these flames did not spread quickly, under the fierce north wind, it was only a matter of time before the wildfire like the one on the north bank of the river was repeated on the south bank of the river, and there was only a dead end away from the river bank.

The Soviets now finally understand that the reason why these cunning and damned Chinese did not bomb the south bank was to drive them to the south bank of the river, and then set off a real grassland wildfire, completely burying more than 100,000 of them in the sea of fire.

At this time, the Soviet army no longer dared to flee south, and the Soviet troops who landed on the south bank had no choice but to turn around and run to the river beach on the south bank of the Krulun River. However, only more than 50,000 Soviet troops had this opportunity, and they ran back to the river beach through the cracks in the fire before it spread. The remaining nearly 20,000 Soviet troops who had run too far were blocked by the spreading fire, and the 20,000 Soviet troops had no choice but to turn around and flee south desperately, to compete with the burning and vigorous wildfire.

The Soviet troops who fled back to the river beach were again bombed and strafed by planes, and the dense Soviet troops, who were desperately squeezing into the river beach, once again paid huge casualties under the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of hundreds of planes.

However, this time, the Soviet troops who returned to the south bank of the river did not flee to the north bank, but began to chase the wall of fire moving rapidly south, rushed out of the river beach, and disappeared into darkness, just like the Fourth Route Army. It's just that after a thrilling accident just now, the Soviet troops, who had not had time to run to the south bank in the river, turned back to the north bank.

For the Soviet troops on the steppe after running on the south bank, the planes in the sky have lost interest in them. First, there are not many bombs left, and second, the use of bombs to blow up the skirmishers is not obvious. So they turned their attention to the north bank of the river again.

This time they began to concentrate on bombing Soviet troops on the river beaches.

In order not to mistakenly drop bombs on their own heads, both bombers and attack planes should reduce the dive height to the lowest possible level with the help of non-stop flares, so that the bombs can be accurately dropped on the river beach.

"Boom"

There was a loud bang, and a large fire suddenly broke out on the river beach, followed by a huge explosion that kept ringing in people's ears. It was the ammunition truck that the Soviet troops drove to the river beach was hit, causing the detonation of the shells.

As the ammunition trucks continued to explode, more than 200 trucks and hundreds of large trucks were continuously detonated and ignited on the river beach.

Such an explosion was definitely much more violent than the suicide bombs of later generations, and the Soviet troops hiding near these vehicles suffered many casualties, and even a T-18 tank, which was more than 20 meters away from a truck full of shells, was thrown far into the river by the shock wave generated by the explosion.

Because the explosion was so violent, even the planes did not dare to dive and drop bombs at low altitudes, but now that the two sides are too close, they may injure their own people by dropping bombs at high altitudes. Helplessly, after circling in the air a few times, they began to return as a group. They also have to rush back to the airport as soon as possible to reload and refuel, and as soon as the morning dawns, they have more important tasks to complete.

When approaching the camp of the Soviet army, the 100,000 charging troops of the Fourth Route Army were only more than 100 meters away from the wildfire, and in accordance with the requirements stipulated in advance, Zhao Yi restrained the sweaty war horse, jumped off the horse, and loudly ordered the troops to immediately dismount and charge on foot.

The main purpose of this is to fear that after the battle starts, the horses will be frightened and will mess around on the battlefield, which will not only disrupt their own positions, but also may hurt their own people. The horses left behind will be collected by the cooks and taken to a safe place.

Zhao Yi led a platoon of submachine guns and more than a dozen ZB-26s, and rushed to the Soviet camp first after the fire. The heavy machine guns on horseback were unloaded by a platoon of able-bodied fighters, who had to carry them for a distance of almost 500 meters. The deputy company commander led the other platoons to follow closely. Mortars were followed at the back of the line by a dozen fighters carrying disassembled barrels, gun mounts and ammunition boxes.

Zhao Yi, who was charging, saw a section of wildfire in front of him that suddenly flashed a gap, more than 50 meters wide, and the wildfire burned quickly from both sides of the gap.

By the light of the fire, you can see more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces standing in the clearing, as well as a large area of black pressure and constantly coughing loudly and painfully Soviet troops.

"Da da da", several strings of fire shot out from the artillery positions of the Soviet troops. However, judging from the trajectory, it seems that the Soviet troops shooting are shooting with their eyes closed, and the bullets are either hitting the ground or shooting into the air, and there is no accuracy at all.

That gap was the front of the first company, and it did not hinder Zhao Yi from the charge of the second company. To destroy these Soviet troops, who were almost choked to death, one company was enough. However, Zhao Yi still shouted loudly to the second platoon following behind him, asking them to rush over from the side and assist the first company to eliminate these Soviet ...... as soon as possible.