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“…… The battlefield in the western section of the Middle East Road has formed a tug-of-war situation, and the main forces of the two sides have gathered, and it is difficult to find a good opportunity to break through. Summing up the experience of the tug-of-war on the Western Front in the European War, the main point of the tug-of-war lies in establishing a solid defensive position, striving for stability in the offensive, and advancing step by step. At present, the superior strength of our army has been successively sent out of the customs to fight, the military reserves are sufficient, and the morale of the officers and men is high. On the other hand, the Soviet Russian Red Army was already a tired division after a long battle, the battle front was too long, and the logistics supply was difficult, so it was really difficult to carry out a protracted war of attrition. Therefore, in the battle of the Middle Road, it is advisable to adopt the tactics of steady attack and steady attack, and avoid underestimating the enemy's rash advance and ruining the hard-won good situation! ”

The above passage was said by Bai Chongxi in the war room of the Middle East Route Army Headquarters after translating the secret telegram sent by Chang Ruiqing in the secret room.

Huang Xuchu, chief of staff of the Middle East Road Group Army in the war room, as well as Xia Wei, Liao Lei, Tang Shengzhi, and Han Chunlin (commander of the Sixth Army of the Northeast Army), are also human beings, so they naturally know that they are all instructions from the Standing Chairman, and they also understand what their commissioners are planning.

Xia Wei pressed his hand on the map table, leaned forward slightly, and asked with some hesitation: "Brother Jiansheng, the little devil and Lao Maozi are fighting in Manchuria right now, if the little devil wins, the shape of the western section of the Middle East Road will naturally be fine, in case Maozi wins, our 200,000 people will have to fight against the Red Army of about the same number!" He looked at Bai Chongxi: "This scale is not easy to grasp!" ”

Bai Chongxi said: "It doesn't matter if the Japanese are all wiped out, Guo Maochen's 5th Army of the Northeast Army has already fought with Maozi." Didn't you carry it for three days? Xia Wei snorted, and said to Huang Xuchu, who was frowning and contemplating: "Counselor, what do you think?" ”

Huang Xuchu had just returned from the front line of Harigantu Sumu, and he had seen the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Russian Red Army with his own eyes, he hugged his arms and slowly muttered: "The Red Army is indeed a strong soldier that we have never seen before, and the Northeast Army, that is, how did the eight slaves of the 294th Trapped Beast War become The Fifth Army brought out by Guo Maochen can withstand it." However, their losses were still extremely heavy, and if they did not receive timely reinforcements, they would have to endure for two more days at most. ”

"Guo Maochen's soldiers are strong. Our four armies are not weak either! We also have two heavy artillery brigades and five Japanese heavy artillery wings, which should be able to form superior firepower. Wang Junhao's First Army is also coming up, and there are still the Second Army, the Third Army, and the First Cavalry Army in the Guannai! Moreover, we have now established a national mobilization system in five provinces, including Fujian, Guangdong, Shanxi, Guangxi, and Jiangxi. Millions of reservists can be recruited at any time! More than 500 heavy artillery pieces that we purchased from France have also been shipped, and they will be in place by December at the latest. With such an overwhelming superiority in strength and firepower, how could we lose to Lao Maozi! Bai Chongxi's tone was like iron, and it seemed that he had made up his final mind. He looked at Xia Wei fiercely: "Xucang, the first army you are bringing now is our best army, and it has fought the Battle of Nenjiang!" Let them go up to reinforce Guo Maochen first! Remember, don't give our Central Army, don't embarrass the commission! ”

Xia Wei is the backbone general of Chang Ruiqing's system, and he is also the most capable general. Hearing this, there was no ambiguity, and one immediately said: "Brother Jiansheng, don't worry!" There's my First Army here. Lao Maozi doesn't want to step one step over Harigan Tusumu! Saying that, he turned around and walked out, and as soon as he arrived at the door, Bai Chongxi stopped him again: "Xucang, the three heavy artillery brigades are also pulled up together!" But when you get to the front, you have to be under the command of Guo Maochen! He is now the former enemy commander-in-chief! Do you understand? ”

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A strong north wind blew again in the evening, blowing up gusts of snow and fog. Almost obscured the entire battlefield. The Harigan Tusumu front line also seems to have calmed down because of this snowstorm. Only occasionally artillery shells exploded above the positions of the Chinese and Russian armies. The long-range heavy artillery of the Russian Red Army had stopped firing at the artillery positions behind the defense line of the Sumuhua army in Harigantu. In the afternoon of this day, their heavy artillery position suddenly encountered an accurate counterattack by the Chinese army's long-range heavy artillery! It is obvious that the Chinese army has already driven to the front line of Harigan Tusumu.

It would be irrational for the Red Army, which had failed to succeed in the onslaught for four days, to use its limited strength and firepower to ram the revisionist steel defense line. After consulting Stalin, Voroshilov ordered the Eastern Road Campaign Cluster to begin to adjust its posture, and the large army that had been in a state of attack began to build fortifications on the frozen ground. Artillery positions were also moved back along the entire front. All that remained was some 76.2mm field guns engaged in harassing shelling. Their cavalry also gave up the attack and ceded the steppe to the opponent, but only made every effort to ensure the communication between the Eastern Road Campaign Cluster and the Manchuria Campaign Cluster in the west, and maintained a retreat route for the army.

Now the offensive and defensive posture of the Harigantu Sumu front has changed, and all 20 infantry regiments of the five infantry divisions of the Russian Red Army, together with five mountain artillery battalions, four cavalry artillery battalions, six heavy artillery regiments, and dozens of mortar batteries, have been put into place. The logistics and baggage units of the Red Army's Eastern Front also urgently brought in a large amount of ammunition, which basically allowed each cannon and mortar to be divided into two bases of ammunition, and machine rifle ammunition could also last for seven days. According to the estimates of the Eastern Front Command, the Battle of Manchuria will be won in five to six days! At that time, China's Middle East Road Army will definitely abandon the offensive and withdraw to Hailar......

But what if they don't retreat? Can the Middle Road Campaign Cluster hold on to the main forces of the Eastern Front? Besides, after the main force of the Eastern Front Army has finished fighting the Japanese devils in Manchuria, how much strength can be left to fight again? This time, the use of troops by the front army is really a little too nervous! These questions were in the minds of Voroshilov, Budyonny, and Yaquir, but none of them said them. Because such a deployment is probably the most reasonable choice at present, it now depends on whether Harigan Tusumu can hold it here! Voroshilov has already given a death order, all the officers and men of the Red Army must hold to the end and not retreat a single step until the main forces of the Eastern Front complete the task of destroying the enemy!

The GCIST fighters who were given the order were all working like crazy - digging trenches and repairing fortifications in the frozen hard earth, and when hungry they nibbled on a few mouthfuls of black bread as hard as a stone. When you are thirsty, grab a handful of ice and snow and put it in your mouth. It was really hard to the extreme, but the morale of the Red Army soldiers was still extremely high.

Later, the famous Soviet writer, for the book "How Slaves Became Slaves" won the Nobel Prize. Alexievich. Ostofsky described it this way in his book: "...... The only thing we feel about the frustration of the attack on Harigan Tusumu in the past few days is shame and guilt, that we have failed Lenin's trust and the expectations of Soviet Russia, Mongolia, and the working people of China. We have all made up our minds in our hearts to teach the Chinese invaders a hard lesson in the next battle! According to our commissar (divisional commissar), who later became a general, Konev. We are fighting on the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic against the Chinese revisionists who invaded Mongolia!

However, the 20 or so officers and men of the former Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army who were assigned to our company obviously did not agree with this statement. Each of them looked at us with resentment and did not want to fight. I want to run away at every opportunity. Our company instructor Zaitsev had to declare them traitors to the Mongols and have them tied together with ropes, but the Mongols began to chant again, and in the end the quarrel was so bad that Zaitsev asked us to get some rags and gagged them...... At that time, I only thought it was a very interesting thing, and I did not even think that I, a staunch supporter of Comrade Lenin, would also be tied up with a rope and thrown into a truck bound for the Solovetsky Monastery (labor camp)! Only then did I realize I was a slave! From the moment I watched the innocent Mongols being tied with ropes in Harigan Tusumu more than ten years ago. I'm a slave to GC doctrine! All the people of the Eastern Front of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army are slaves of the GC system......"

Opposite these slaves who are fighting for the liberation of all mankind. The revisionist officers and men of the Middle East Route Army were also told that they were fighting against the invaders who had invaded China! Their country has reached the most dangerous moment, and if they take a step back, China risks becoming a colony of Soviet Russian imperialism! All Chinese will become slaves of Soviet Russian pseudo-GCISM! The high-spirited infantry of the brigade entered the position of Harigan Tusumu singing patriotic songs. Artillery cannons lined up on both sides of the Eastern Railway, with long barrels raised, and the ammunition on the battle station was also piled full, some were high-explosive shells filled with explosives, and some were poison gas bombs from the Japanese munitions warehouse in Hailar!

The positions of the Russian Red Army spread about 30 kilometers across the steppe, and on the flanks of their line there were the remnants of the Red Cavalry Corps on guard. But because the time was too rushed. Their defenses were not deep enough, and the fortifications were not strong at all. In the eyes of the White Russian military advisers in the Middle East Road Army, such a defensive position built on a steppe without danger is simply a joke with the lives of officers and soldiers, and if it is the German Army that attacks, it is a miracle that the Soviet Russian Red Army can resist for more than three hours. Even against the squadron that has not been baptized in Europe, they only have points for being beaten. Because they have neither a solid position, but also completely overwhelmed by the squadron in terms of firepower, the only thing they can rely on is some experienced cannon fodder.

The revisionist offensive began with shelling. At the darkest hour before dawn on November 3, 1919, just after the blizzard, a storm suddenly flashed behind the position of the Chinese army in Harigantusumu! Hundreds of flashes of light completely dispelled the thick darkness in an instant, followed by a violent shaking of the earth, and a dense burst of screams and roars!

Under the command of Lieutenant General Xu Zuyi, director of the artillery of the Middle East Road Army, 96 155mm howitzers, 36 105mm howitzers, 12 155mm cannons, 12 203mm heavy howitzers, and 144 75mm mountain guns/cavalry guns are now assembled. The main artillery forces of the entire army group are already concentrated here! The total offensive had 300 cannons of various calibers. At dawn, with his command. The artillerymen who had been waiting on the gun position for a long time suddenly filled the barrels of the shiny shells into the barrels and fired them at the head of the Soviet Russian Red Army!

The Red Army was stunned almost instantly by such a powerful firepower. The Red officers and soldiers who were sleeping in the hastily constructed field fortifications were awakened by the loud explosion of the shells, and their flesh and blood were scattered. Scattered metal shards swept across the Red Army positions like a wind, tearing everything that was exposed to shreds! The shells fired from the 203mm and 155mm guns were even more powerful, blowing up one huge gap after another in the Red Army front, erasing everything that had been stored there from the face of the earth. The GCIST fighters, of course, were brave, and they all gritted their teeth and prostrate themselves in the trenches under such shelling, with only one thought in their hearts: "We must hold on, and we must not let the revisionist aggressors succeed!" ”

Ostovsky and his comrades-in-arms were now on the front line, not only being bombarded, but also enduring the mustard gas of revisionism. Moreover, they did not even have enough gas masks, so they could only be used by officers and a small number of soldiers, and most of them could only cover their mouths with masks and wrap their heads with cloths. Ostovsky, because he was still a big boy, was also given a gas mask. But having a gas mask doesn't mean you won't be gassed! In particular, mustard gas, the king of poisonous gases, can cause damage just by contaminating the skin. And the attack of gas bombs tends to last for several hours! There will always be a lot of poisonous smoke infiltrating gas masks and causing casualties, and in history, Hitler's regiment was blinded by 6 hours of gas bombing (of course, temporarily blind, otherwise the Führer would have to learn fortune telling or massage). However, Ostrovsky's luck is obviously better than that of the Führer, the Chinese do not have as much poison gas as the Germans, nor so many shells, otherwise these Russian GCists would not have been attacked by the revisionist infantry at all, and they would all have been poisoned to death.

The shelling lasted only about 20 minutes before it came to an abrupt halt. After a while, when the smoke had almost cleared, Ostrovsky heard the cheering shouts of the officers and political workers!!