Night is the best cover for military operations, especially in this era when military reconnaissance technology still relies on the naked eye. Both the attackers and the defenders will use the night to adjust their deployment after the fierce battles during the day. On this night, the warring sides under Chita City were also like this, while hurrying to adjust their personnel and weapons, and replenish supplies and ammunition in place. While nervously listening to any movement on the opposite front, he mentally speculated in his heart what kind of terrible scene he would encounter tomorrow. At the same time, the super heavy artillery of the squadron was still rumbling and firing, and such shots were used to attack the core area of the Chita Fortress.

The battle lasted for a day and two nights, although it became more and more brutal, but on this night, both sides had a tacit understanding to stop most of the firepower, as if they were accumulating energy for the next fierce battle. In a way, tonight is a rare night of peace since the beginning of the war.

However, for the officers and men of the Second Army of the Chinese National Defense Forces, which were about to enter the battlefield, this night was a mixture of nervousness, excitement, and excitement. They are finally going to throw themselves into this furnace of blood and fire! The subconscious fear of death, the excitement of making achievements, and the excitement of fighting a thousand empires with their own hands are strangely mixed in the hearts of these soldiers. Since yesterday morning, the Second Army has been preparing for the offensive to be launched at 1 a.m. on 23 October. The goal is to seize the entire Tiger Mountain Heights, the gateway southwest of Chita. The plan of attack was entirely arranged by themselves. In the end, the command of the 2nd Army decided to form an assault force with the infantry of the three infantry regiments of the 6th Division, the 2nd Battalion of Combat Engineers, to spread out on the front of the wide Soviet defensive line. Focused infiltration raids. The front of their attack should have been the front of two infantry divisions in a conventional operation. But now there was a mixed assault force of less than four infantry engineers. Although there are not many of them, their attack power does not appear to be weak. Although the current Wehrmacht infantry is expanding rapidly, its training and equipment have not been relaxed, especially the training, which has become even more rigorous. During the years of fighting in the Far East. And the Chinese Wehrmacht also learned from their Japanese "allies" a set of tactics for infantry night raid infiltration. Infantry was also equipped with weapons suitable for tactical operations in small groups - submachine guns, 60mm mortars, explosive blocks, the MG-37 general-purpose machine gun (an improved version of the MG-34). Coupled with the indomitable offensive spirit that has gradually formed. In 1937, they were undoubtedly one of the most attacking infantry groups in the world, and they were supported by the most powerful artillery and tank groups in the world!

Huang Shi, commander of the 54th Battalion of the 18th Infantry Regiment of the Army, led his battalion through the trench more than one person deep and zigzagged into the position where their attack was launched. Unlike his brothers who wore warm leather hats and thick wool scarves, he still wore an M-35 steel helmet with a bare head, and he grew up in the icy and snowy Heilongjiang, where he was more hardy than most of the people in this Guangdong division, and although the temperature was already very cold, he was not afraid at all. Two medals pinned to his uniform. They are the Mongolian Liberation Medal, and the second-class Meritorious Service Medal, which represents his military experience. Major Huang Shi is 31 years old this year, and he is not from a Whampoa class. Rather, it was Wang Zhongyi's fake Red Army that he participated in -- it can be regarded as a mistake. In the past eleven years in the army, he has followed Wang Zhongyi to fight in the south and the north, and he has already fought the battlefield! After Wang Zhongyi's team was merged into the National Defense Forces, veterans of the battlefield like him were promoted and sent to lead troops in grassroots units. Luo Yaoguo knew that these veterans were a valuable asset, and they could teach their soldiers the experience they had summed up with their blood, so that the time for the troops to adapt to the war environment could be minimized.

A whole battalion, six or seven hundred strong men, under the leadership of Huangshi. Carrying a variety of weapons with him, he moved silently and quickly in the night. Yellowstone's steel helmet underneath the forehead. It was already a thin layer of sweat, and I didn't know if I was nervous or excited. By the light of a Soviet-made flare. He clearly saw that the trench where the attack was launched was in front of him! A staff officer of a division headquarters with a few small soldiers was already waiting there, and when he saw Huangshi's brigade enter the position, he smiled and waved at him.

"Big guy Huang, you arrived too fucking early, an hour early! What if the Soviets come under fire in this hour! "This young staff officer is a double high-achieving student of the eighth phase of Huangpu and the seventh phase of Lu University, but the battlefield experience is blank, although he is joking with Huangshi in a low voice at this time, but his face is a nervous face that cannot be hidden. In contrast, this battalion in Huangshi has battlefield experience, and they were sent to the Far East battlefield last year to "fight in turns" for half a year, and they have long been accustomed to the smell of gunpowder. So now that they had all regained their composure, they were all leaning against the wall of the trenches, drinking the water from the kettle in moderation, and there was no movement except the sound of low panting.

Huang Shi snorted: "Big boss, your battlefield experience is still lacking!" The artillery of the Soviet Red Army was severely suppressed during the day today, and they had no backup, destroying one door and one less class, so they did not dare to easily open fire to expose their positions. Only when we are sure that we will start the offensive will there be a large-scale artillery bombardment. What's so bad about arriving an hour early, on the one hand, to observe the terrain earlier, and on the other hand, to allow the brothers to adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield early? He took out a six-fold Zeiss military telescope and took a closer look at his target with the help of the faint light.

The staff officer of the division headquarters chattered beside him to introduce the situation, and he said: "I have been here for ten hours during the day, and the Japanese have launched seven attacks, all of which have been repulsed by the Soviet troops guarding there...... Don't talk about that. Do you see the position on the other side? There was probably an infantry battalion of the Soviet Red Army that was not fully manned, and on the whole, they probably had seven or eight Maxim M1910 machine guns. There are also two 60mm mortars and one 37mm battle defense gun, the exact location is not yet known, they are also constantly shifting positions, very cunning, at first glance they are veterans from the Far Eastern battlefield. Their position is the key to frontal cover of the main peak of Tiger Mountain, and there is a communication trench behind it that is connected to the main peak of Tiger Mountain, and there is also a reserve trench behind this trench...... There should be artillery observation posts of the Soviets on the main peak of Tiger Mountain, if we take there. It will be used to guide our artillery to block the west gate of Chita! So this location is very critical. If you can make a hole in the enemy's trenches, the division headquarters will throw all the reserves into it and take Tiger Mountain in one fell swoop! Fight the majesty of our sixth division! ”

Staff officers are always silent about battle plans, but for a battalion commander like Huangshi. While completing the task, it is important to save the lives of your brothers as much as possible. Huangshi found that there had been fierce and brutal battles in front of the Soviet trenches, and the battlefield was full of broken weapons, scattered ammunition, and stumps and broken arms of Japanese soldiers and Soviet soldiers who had died in battle. In the telescope, the Soviets' front was dark and dreary. The lot between the two armies. It has been beaten into a crater for a cartridge case. There were also sporadic ghostly fires scattered among the corpses of soldiers of the two armies who had died in battle. In the darkness of the night, this is a place like a place like Shura.

Yellowstone was used to all this, and without any fear, he turned the telescope. Leng asked coldly, "What about the enemy's obstacles?" The staff officer smiled: "The Japanese have already cleaned it up, and now there are still divisional artillery regiments watching, as long as there is movement, it will be beaten by a shell." So there are no obstacles anymore, and as you can see, minefields don't exist, but it's always inevitable that a mine will slip through the net, and that's the case, Big Guy Yellow. Do a good job, the whole of China is watching us! ”

Yellowstone glanced at him. snorted: "It doesn't matter if the whole of China sees me or not, the key is that you, the big staff officer, have to be optimistic." You are here. It is also necessary to take into account the coordination of firepower. Keep your phone on it! Seeing that fire support is needed there, quickly shake your phone. And also...... Don't report the wrong data, the lives of more than 700 brothers are in your hands! While he was talking, the two 120mm mortars directly assigned to the 54th Infantry Battalion also moved, and they began to prepare the firing positions and ammunition here in advance. When the arrangement was almost done, the artillery platoon leader sweated profusely and squeezed to the two of them: "Battalion Commander Huang, Staff Officer Liu, let's be in place." When will the offensive begin? ”

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"Comrade Commander, Comrade Zhukov's 27th Special Army reports: everything is ready. They asked: when can the offensive begin? ”

"Another half an hour!" Marshal Ullebovich looked at his watch with a little agitation. The corners of his mouth pursed into a resolute line. Although he was 100% sure of the battle that was about to begin, he was extremely nervous, not because of the white Polish ...... But for Germany! Because the Soviet Union, after defeating White Poland, was going to have a showdown with Germany! You must know that the Soviet Red Army in the Far East is being repaired by the Chinese Wehrmacht, a student of the Germans! The student can't beat it, but now he has to challenge the teacher directly! It's not reliable to think about. But the problem is that now the Soviet Union seems to have no choice, except to use the rain and snow weather to launch a decisive attack on Germany with a sea of people + fire, it can only wait for death! Today's general offensive was launched in order to accept the Soviet-Polish war before November. Now in the Brest salient on the eastern bank of the Bouag River, 30 infantry corps, four tank corps and more than 10,000 artillery pieces have been delivered. As long as you wait until dark, you can launch an assault on the roots of the Brest salient from the north and south! Once this hole was opened, the entire Brest Polish army group would flee in panic, and its own cavalry corps and tank army would be able to defeat them by pursuing them with their tail ranks, and thus completely remove the Polish threat to the Soviet Union. In the future, you can concentrate your forces against the Germans!

General Shaposhnikov was also in this war room, he was the representative of the Soviet High Command, and he personally came to convey to him the supreme instructions of Comrade Stalin, and at the same time to supervise the operations of the Polish Front. The chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army sat upright in a chair with his eyes closed. There were sand tables and maps in front of him, as well as information on the deployment of Poland and Germany, which he had read many times and could almost memorize. As soon as you close your eyes, you can see blood and fire spreading throughout Eastern Europe...... Yes, take the initiative to attack Germany! This is something that no European military expert dares to imagine! But it was the only way for the Soviet Motherland to survive. If this offensive fails, then the sacrifice of a million to two million Red Army fighters will be worthless......

He sat there and suddenly stood up suddenly, and the staff officers, who were working intensely, watched in amazement at his sudden movements. The general opened his eyes, his eyes had regained a firm color, no matter what, Poland must be defeated first! He looked at Marshal Ulebovich: "Comrade commander, can we start?" ”

The marshal nodded and stood up as well. He commanded loudly: "Notify the key points of the assault on the front line and the artillery groups in the rear to test the communication lines." The assault cluster begins to prepare, waiting for orders! ”

The artillery group in the rear slowly raised the muzzle of the gun. The artillery that cooperated with the assault operations of the Soviet Red Army was divided into two levels. The first level is the artillery group that directly supports the infantry and tank attacks, mainly composed of the artillery of the divisions and regiments of the Soviet Red Army, mainly equipped with 122mm and 76.2mm guns. There were also a small number of 37mm and 57mm anti-tank guns. These artillery groups now have a wired communication network with the assault group. Artillery support is directed directly by artillery observers at the front. The second level of artillery groups is the suppression artillery group directly under the military family and the headquarters, including 30 heavy artillery regiments and 10 heavy artillery divisions. They are responsible for long-range shooting, blocking out the battlefield, and conducting artillery battles. At present, the Soviet Union's tanks and planes may be inferior in quantity and quality, but their heavy artillery is still one of the most powerful in the world, and perhaps only the two military machines of China and Germany can compete with them. Poland...... It's not worth mentioning at all!

One by one, polished shells have been shipped out of the ammunition storage warehouse, loaded with different fuses. All quietly ready to go! With an order from above, these shells would bring destruction to White Poland.

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Liu Ziming, a staff officer of the 6th Division of the Chinese National Defense Forces, was covering the receiver of the telephone with his hand at this time, listening intently to the brief orders issued by the division headquarters. He half-turned. He raised his hand towards Yellowstone. Huang Shi took a deep breath, squatted in the trench and raised his left hand, and said in a low voice: "All of them, look at my gestures, prepare!" All the officers and soldiers stood up at the same moment, bowed their waists and began to check the equipment on their bodies. Their thick coats were covered with a layer of black mud, and so were their weapons and helmets, which were used to hide the reflection of the steel. The stars dim tonight. Although flares rose from time to time on the Soviet positions, there were so many craters for cover. With a little care, it is still possible to achieve the maximum sudden effect.

Seeing that his subordinates were ready. Liu Ziming and General Staff Officer Liu waved at Huang Shi. "Let's go! Carry out an infiltration raid first, and if you don't achieve it, you will change it to a strong attack, and all units will carry it out according to the original plan! ”

Huang Shi nodded, and looked left and right in a low tone: "Brothers, the time has come for us to work hard, as mentioned above, this is to open up a living space for future generations, even if it is sacrificed, it is worth it!" I won't say much more, act now, everyone remember, I'm always the first! ”

After saying this, Battalion Commander Huang Shi Huang took the lead in turning out of the trench, and his agile tactical movements did not make the slightest noise. He climbed a few steps forward, holding up the telescope in his hand, and looked back at the brothers climbing out of the trenches while observing the positions of the Soviets opposite. Under the cover of night, countless figures quietly crawled out, and suddenly rushed into the no-man's land full of corpses between the two armies, but these corpses have now become the best cover.

There were five assault points along the line, each with a battalion, carrying enough ammunition and equipment, almost wriggling slowly approaching the Soviet position. The darkest hours before dawn obscured their figures, and their movements were so light that they didn't seem to make any sound. The follow-up troops in the trenches all watched with bated breath as they watched, success or failure, in one fell swoop!

The front of the Soviet Red Army remained silent, and occasionally a flare was raised, illuminating the ground in a miserable white. The Chinese who squirmed all over the ground bowed their heads deeply, disguising themselves as a slowly decomposing corpse! At this time, the officers and soldiers who were crawling forward in front were okay, they had already put aside all distracting thoughts, and even put life and death out of the way! But those who stayed behind were so nervous that they couldn't breathe. Once these small forces are discovered, there is a good chance that tonight's raid will fail.

That is a sneak attack that will turn into a strong attack, and the cost of casualties will be unimaginable! Hundreds of mortars, anti-aircraft guns, infantry guns and mountain guns of various calibers in the trenches are ready, and the ammunition men hold the shells with slightly trembling hands, so close distance, so many artillery, as long as they give an order, they can turn the opponent's position into a sea of fire!

At this time, thousands of miles away around the Brest salient in Belarus, there was already a sea of fire, and with the order of Marshal Ubolevich, more than 10,000 Soviet light and heavy artillery began to pour shells on the heads of the Polish troops who were preparing to retreat without money! The fate of White Poland completely slipped into the abyss at this moment.

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