Niyazov felt only a stream of hot air slamming across his forehead, followed by a hot liquid splashing onto the back of his neck.

Although he is nearly forty years old, his excellent military qualities and long military career have allowed Niyazov to maintain his physical flexibility and agility.

With a leap of fish, Niyazov had already plunged forward to the nearest tank, and the moment he touched the ground, he rolled on his side to the back of the tank. During this time, the pistol in Niyazov's waist was already in his hands.

Just as he was hiding behind the tank, a small puff of smoke and dust suddenly splashed on the ground where he slammed into the ground.

Niyazov couldn't help but secretly say: "It's dangerous! He knew it was a rifle bullet.

At this time, a dense burst of gunfire and grenade explosions rang out on the hillside, mixed with the howls of Soviet soldiers.

Niyazov could hear that the gunfire on the hillside was the sound of German MP-18 submachine guns and light machine guns, and judging by the intensity of the gunfire, at least a dozen submachine guns and one light machine gun were needed. The explosion was obviously caused by a grenade, but the explosion was loud and significantly more powerful than the Type 1914 grenade equipped by the Soviet army.

For light machine guns, Niyazov did not have much contact, this is because although after World War I, all countries have developed light machine guns for individual use, but the Soviet military top brass does not attach much importance to light machine guns, they have always stubbornly believed that for infantry, its leading role can only be heavy machine guns.

Fortunately, there are many discerning people among the high-ranking generals of the Soviet army. Since 23, the Soviet sapper lieutenant general Vasily? In 1927, it was finalized and manufactured, and in 1928 it was officially equipped with the Soviet Red Army, and the army was named DP machine gun, which is generally known as the Deggalev light machine gun in the international light weapons community.

Because the ammunition feed of the Degtyalev DP-1927 machine gun is a large disc-shaped cartridge, and the surname of Degtyalev is abbreviated as DP, it is also colloquially called "turntable machine gun" and "Depp" light machine gun.

DP-1927, muzzle velocity 840 m / s, maximum firing range 3000 meters, gauge range 1500 meters, effective firing range 800 meters, theoretical rate of fire 600 rounds / min, combat rate of fire 80 ~ 90 rounds / min DP-27 light machine gun excellent tactical technology surname Neng, quickly attracted the attention of European and American countries. European and American gunsmiths called this genius designer "the Russian Maxim". It's just that the Far Eastern Special Army was the last to be equipped with this light machine gun, and it was not until three months ago that the Far Eastern troops completed their rearmament.

Niyazov took the pistol and tilted his head sideways and looked up the hill under the tail pry of the tank.

A Chinese soldier in a grass-green uniform, carrying a rifle and like a bobcat, sprang out of the sheltered bushes, and with a few ups and downs he disappeared behind the hillside. And in the platoon of Soviet troops on the hillside, there were only a dozen or so wounded soldiers, who rolled and crawled down the hillside.

At the same time, three mortar shells flew out of nowhere in succession, screaming and falling into the chaotic Soviet ranks on the road, and the casualties and smoke caused by the explosion made the recruits even more confused, and in order to avoid possible fire from the Chinese on the hillside, the chaotic soldiers behind the trucks and tanks were already crowded together.

However, there were no more gunshots on the hillside, and it was clear that the Chinese did not love war, but just left with one blow.

"Cunning Chinese." Niyazov muttered fiercely.

The Chinese first set up a mine array here, and after detonating it on the left side, they attracted the Soviet troops to intensify a careful search in the mountains and forests on the left, and inevitably neglected the right side, while their snipers and receiving troops risked their lives to lurk and wait to shoot the senior Soviet officers.

Without waiting for Niyazov to give the order, the head battalion commander, a Cossack who seemed to have Mongol blood, had already given the order loudly with a rough brandishing of his pistol, and a battalion reconnaissance platoon, composed entirely of experienced veterans, quickly stood up from the sheltered area, and under the command of the platoon commander, shouted and rushed up the hillside with a Mosin Nagant rifle.

More than a dozen mortars of the vanguard battalion were also shouted and cursed by the company commanders, and the gunners hurriedly set up mortars and fired aimlessly at the hillside a few hundred meters away on the right.

The Soviet reconnaissance platoon, which rushed up the hillside, did not stop on the hillside, but while shooting, rushed behind the mountain, apparently they had already found traces of the Chinese.

Under the orders of the officers, a large number of Soviet troops on the slopes on both sides were again on alert and searching, and after confirming that there would be no more Chinese snipers, Niyazov stood up. Without the shelter of the tank, as soon as the cool breeze blew, Niyazov felt a chill in the back of his neck, and then remembered that he might have been injured. He touched the back of his neck with his hand and stained it with blood.

However, Niyazov quickly calmed down, because in addition to the bright red viscous blood on his hands, there was something white in between. Niyazov, who has many years of experience on the battlefield, knows that this is brain, and this obviously will not be his. That is, he was not injured, and the bullet clearly hit someone else.

When Niyazov turned around, he saw his political commissar Alyosha lying where they had just stood, half of his head had disappeared, and there was a lot of blood flowing around him.

Alyosha was shot a total of two times, one in the head and one in the neck artery, both of which were fatal.

Niyazov knew very well that the target of the Chinese's two shots was him, the regiment commander, only because of his quick reaction and saved his own life, which hit Alyosha behind him.

After a routine check-up, the hygienist who came to hear the news announced that Alyosha had died.

Niyazov did not gloat over Alyosha's death, because soon someone would come to take over Alyosha's post, and as long as the Ministry of Internal Affairs came, whoever would be the political commissar would be the same for Niyazov.

Now Niyazov's only concern is how to get through the minefields of the Chinese as quickly as possible.

With an indifferent expression, Niyazov ordered Alyosha's body to be carried down, and at the same time ordered the chief of staff, who had heard the news, to report Alyosha's death to the division headquarters.

Then Niyazov ordered the commander of the engineer company directly under the regiment, who had just arrived, to "organize demining at once, at any cost." ”

This time the demining went smoothly, 3 anti-infantry mines and 2 anti-tank mines were raised. It's just that these mines are ordinary metal mines, and no new mines of the Chinese have been found.

Although it was already noon, Konyazov ordered the troops to cancel lunch and move on. His vanguard had advanced less than ten kilometres in the morning, and at such a rate it was not until the beginning of October when it reached Kulen.

(To be continued)