As soon as the day dawned, Shi Ming ordered a company commander to leave a squad in each of the four directions on the top of the mountain, and the rest of the troops went back to the core fortifications to hurry up and eat, and at the same time pay attention to anti-artillery. He himself hurriedly ate a few bites in the headquarters of the first company, and then hurriedly observed the enemy situation around Zalainor.

The Soviets set up positions in the mountains to the north, east and south of Zhagano Ur. Except for the mountains to the north, which were about 3 kilometers away from the high ground where he was located, several Soviet positions in other directions were far away from him. Although the Soviet positions in the north were closer, the high ground was lower than his own, and there was not much threat to his position.

Judging from the scale of several positions of the Soviet army, the Soviet army placed the direction of attack in the northeast direction of Zalainor. Judging by the choice of this direction of attack, the Soviet army should have a good understanding of the deployment of the Zalainor.

When Shi Ming and Han Guangdi checked the defense situation of Zhainuoer, they knew that the northeast direction of Zhainuoer was the farthest place from the main position with the railway station as the core, and of course it was also the weakest place in defense. Although it was far from the core position, once the Soviet army broke through the position from there, the entire peripheral defense system of Zhalainor was completely ineffective, and if you wanted to hold Zarainuoer, it would only be a street battle.

The starting position of the Soviet army for the attack on the high ground where he was located should have been built behind the woods 1,000 meters to the north, and Shi Ming could even imagine that a large number of Soviet soldiers were gathering there at this moment, waiting for the order to attack.

It's just a pity that due to the time constraints, the machine gun company only had time to measure the firing of Zhuyuan within 500 meters around Zalainuoer and above the foot of the high mountain, otherwise the rapid fire of his dozens of mortars with one or three rounds would inevitably inflict huge casualties on the Soviet troops.

With a piercing scream, a loud "boom" came from the high ground, judging from the sound, the caliber of the shell should be above 100mm, and it was likely to be a 105mm howitzer, Shi Ming knew that this was the Soviet army doing a test firing. Massive shelling will soon begin.

After a few more test shots, the Soviet artillery group began to bombard Zalainorr and the heights.

As Shi Ming expected, the focus of the artillery bombardment on the heights was on the trenches on the ridgeline. The power of large-caliber artillery was truly extraordinary, and the frozen earth and gravel were blown everywhere, and the half-meter-thick breastwork was easily torn apart in front of it like papier-mâché. The pungent gunpowder smoke rolled over the position, and even poured into the shelter along the observation port of the shelter department, which not only blocked Shi Ming's sight, but also choked the people in the shelter department coughing constantly, making people breathless.

The Soviet shelling lasted for a short time, about ten minutes. As soon as the shelling stopped, Shi Ming immediately asked the companies to inquire about the casualties and the destruction of the positions. He himself immediately came to the observation port and observed the situation of the Soviet troops under the mountain through the smoke of gunpowder that had not yet dissipated.

High underground, at this time, a Soviet soldier in a gray overcoat had already appeared, and at the foot of the mountain was spreading out into a skirmish line and began to attack the mountain. Judging from the number of people, this should be a tentative attack by the Soviet army, and Shi Ming has no worries about dealing with these more than 100 Soviet troops. With their simple offensive organization, they were far inferior to the Fourth Route Army, and in such an offensive formation, they could only gain by paying huge casualties. And he believed that as the defending side in the fortifications, a platoon of a company could easily repel the attack of this company of the Soviet army.

Shi Ming was more concerned about the situation in Zha Lai Nuoer, listening to the cannon sound just now, the cannon sound in the northeast direction of Zha Lai Nuoer was much denser than on the high ground.

With the adjustment of the focal length of the telescope in his hand, Zalainuoer gradually became clear in the lens, only the headquarters in Zalainuoer City was full of smoke, and other places were not shelled. However, the position in the northeast outside the city was more damaged, where the deer in front of the first trench had been blown away, and the upper cover of a machine-gun bunker in the first trench had been lifted a corner, and more bullets fell near the anti-tank trench, and it seemed that the Soviets wanted to blow up the anti-tank trench and open a passage for their tanks. Unlike the Soviet troops who attacked the high ground, there was a battalion of Soviet troops, led by two tanks, and slaughtered violently towards the gap that was blown open.

The people sent out to understand the situation came back and reported that 'the three core fortifications did not suffer any losses, except that the trenches on the north side of the platform were greatly damaged, many of the trenches were blown up, and the sentries in charge of observing the enemy situation were killed and wounded. ’

At this time, the commander of the company who went out to check the position also got into the cover, although his face was red with excitement, Shi Ming could still feel that his emotions were a little nervous.

The company commander pointed to the Soviet troops who had rushed halfway up the mountain, and said in a hurried tone: "Battalion commander, do you want to let the machine gun bombard them first?" ”

Shi Ming shook his head, puffed up the company commander and said, "The Soviet army has only more than 100 people, and there are only two light machine guns. And you have four in a platoon, eight submachine guns, and fortifications, and one platoon is more than enough to deal with them. Judging by the shelling of the Soviet troops, the direction of their main attack on the heights is in the north, and you can draw one shift from the south and one from the east. Tell the soldiers that the Soviets are not three-headed and six-armed, they are all flesh and blood like us, everyone has a life, and they will be doomed if they encounter our bullets and bayonets. ”

The commander of the first company also felt a little nervous, and promised to rush out of the shelter to organize the troops.

The attacking Soviet troops did not charge quickly, and maintained their formation without hurrying, and their two light machine guns had already chosen a firing position halfway up the mountain, ready to cover the attacking troops.

The Soviet troops attacking the high ground soon came to a distance of 100 meters from the top of the mountain, and in Shi Ming's meaning, they had to put the Soviet troops closer, and they should fire again at a distance of 50 meters, not only four machine guns, but also those submachine guns were just at the best range, and after a strafing shot, they would give the Soviet troops dozens of grenades, and the more than 100 Soviet troops would have to leave at least half of the corpses.

However, the machine guns of the first company went off at a distance of 100 meters, and at the same time, nearly 100 rifles began to fire, and the attacking Soviet troops were immediately knocked down by about 20 people. The ferocity of the Soviet army was undoubtedly revealed at this time, and in the dense gunfire, the Soviet troops did not lie down and take cover, but on the contrary, shouted "Ula" in unison, and suddenly accelerated the pace of the attack. Although people continued to fall in the charge, the attacking Soviet troops were not affected in the slightest and showed great discipline. They quickly rushed to a distance of 30 meters from the trenches.

Dozens of grenades suddenly flew out of the trenches, dozens of grenades exploded almost simultaneously, and the attacking Soviet troops were killed and wounded, and the formation of the attack was completely disrupted. The Soviet troops, who had just rushed into the smoke of the grenade explosion, had not yet caught their breath, and immediately came under intense fire from submachine guns and machine guns at close range. More than a dozen people fell at once. The Soviets, who had suffered heavy casualties, could no longer attack, and retreated in embarrassment amid the shouts of the officers.

At this time, the two machine guns covering the Soviet attack on the mountainside fired frantically again, covering the retreat of the Soviet army. However, soon in a burst of accurate rifle fire, after several shooters fell in succession, the rest of the men also dragged the machine guns and crawled down the hill.

This very short offensive and defensive battle allowed the Soviet army to drop more than 60 corpses on the hillside. Although it was not a big result, Shi Ming believed that this small victory was of great significance to his troops, because his troops would no longer have a sense of fear of the Soviet army. This can be seen from the dozen or so bodies of Soviet troops that fell 100 meters away, all of which were hit by accurate fire as the Soviet troops retreated. In other words, his warriors have regained their previous invincible feelings. This also made Shi Ming, who was also fighting with the foreign [***] team for the first time, increase his confidence in defeating the Soviet army.

However, it can also be seen from this battle that the Soviet army is indeed a well-trained and disciplined army, not only brave and tenacious when attacking, but also very organized when retreating, and it is rare to find that half of the people killed in the attack did not leave a single wounded, and the wounded were all taken away by them. In the civil war in the country, the vast majority of troops could not do this.

Checking the results of the battle, treating the wounded, and counting the casualties were naturally done by someone, and Shi Ming had already turned his attention to the offensive and defensive battles of Zarai Nuoer at this time.

It's just that the battle situation there surprised him! In this moment alone, the Soviet troops attacking the northeast corner of Zalainuoer had broken through the first trench of the Northeast Army, and the two tanks were using machine guns and tank guns to destroy the Northeast Army in the trenches section by section with the cooperation of the infantry, and the first trench had opened a large gap more than 100 meters long. Already soldiers of the Northeast Army jumped out of the first line of trenches and fled back. Hundreds of Soviet troops poured in like a gray tide from this breakthrough.

At this time, the two tanks also handed over the task of expanding the breakthrough to the infantry, turning the body left and right, leading the infantry to rush to the tank trench.

From Shi Ming's point of view, a section of the anti-tank trench facing the Soviet charge has been blown up, but because of the perspective, it is impossible to see what the situation of the trench wall opposite the collapsed anti-tank trench is. However, in his telescope's field of vision, the Northeast Army there was already a little chaotic, and streams of white smoke from firing were constantly rising from several battle defense artillery bunkers. Although the distance between the tank and these anti-aircraft guns was only a few tens of meters, it could not hit the tank. However, among the Soviet soldiers who attacked behind the tank, the upper half of the body of someone was beaten from time to time and flew out, which was obviously the masterpiece of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun of the Northeast Army.

Shi Ming was so angry that he couldn't wait to go up and kill the gunners of these battle defense guns, he couldn't hit them at such a close distance, I really don't know how they usually train.

At this time, under the cover of the infantry's machine guns, the two tanks had stopped, and by turning the turret, the two anti-aircraft artillery bunkers were easily lifted into the sky, and one of the bunkers even had a larger explosion, and the damaged anti-aircraft guns were thrown by the shock wave generated by the explosion at a distance of more than ten meters.

Shi Ming knew that this must be the shell inside that had been detonated. Otherwise, the 37mm caliber shells on Soviet tanks would definitely not be so powerful.

(To be continued)