Chapter 348: Xinnuo Gate Threshold (2)
"Boom" "Boom" "Bang"
All kinds of explosions continued to sound on the Soviet positions, and the shock wave of the shell explosion made the tunnels in the Soviet defensive positions constantly tremble, and the Soviet troops hid in the fortifications, opened their mouths wide, closed their eyes tightly, and their hearts beat wildly with each explosion. The sand keeps shaking down from the surroundings, from time to time there are anti-artillery holes that are hit by heavy artillery and collapse, often the collapse of an anti-artillery hole represents the death of a squad of Soviet troops, looking at Xiao Matsubara, who has no power to fight back, said with a smile, "Yo Xi, let the cavalry attack, the Soviet army has no power to fight back." ”
"Tick, tick, tick." With the sound of the trumpet, a cavalry unit slowly walked out of the Japanese position, these cavalry were full of energy, their eyes were shining, and they knew at a glance that they were elite troops, which were the cavalry of more than three wings of the Japanese army and the puppet Manchurian ****, nearly 4,000 horses were lined up in 10 rows, with a cross-section of 1,300 meters wide, like a huge hammer pressed towards the Soviet position.
Choma was a soldier of the Soviet Red Army, who was born into a family of serfs and was not affected in the Great Purge, but because of his birth, he was promoted to squad leader, he held his head tightly, and while waiting for the end of the shelling, he kept cursing why Zhukov did not pull up the heavy artillery, and when and when the fruits of the growing Soviet industry, which were said in the propaganda, were not shown at this time.
"Hurry up and get ready to fight, the Japanese devils are coming up, get ready for battle!" The shouts of the commanders and fighters sounded, Qiao Ma tentatively let go of his head, and made sure that the shelling was indeed far away, so he stood up and looked in the direction of the Japanese army, and he saw a white light in horror, which was the flash of the saber of the Japanese cavalry.
"Shoot, machine gun fire!!" The frightened voice of the commander and fighter came, and the whole position immediately burst into gunfire, and Qiao Ma also shot, but his trembling hands couldn't even hold the gun, let alone hit the accurate, three shots, but they didn't hit the Japanese cavalry that was approaching quickly, eighty meters, fifty meters, thirty meters, Qiao Ma saw the cavalry accelerate suddenly, the saber flashed, and the Soviet soldiers in a trench in front of Qiao Ma stumbled and fell.
Qiao Ma saw the tall horse coming to him, and hurriedly lay down, holding his head, the Japanese cavalry looked at Qiao Ma who suddenly hid, laughed, and continued to move forward to kill.
Although the Soviet army resisted desperately, it was just bombarded by heavy artillery for more than an hour, and it was really unbearable, and soon two regiments of Soviet troops were defeated.
A telescope calmly looks at the battlefield, and his master is Frass, an old commander who fought in World War I and the old Soviet Red Army, who survived the Great Purge by relying on his identity as a sample of the uprising. He smiled slightly, touched his beard, and said, "Start shelling, cut off the retreat of the Japanese cavalry, order the Cossack cavalry to be the vanguard, and the Mongol cavalry to be the wings, and start a counterattack!" ”
Behind him were more than 300 heavy artillery pieces that had just been pulled up, and there were trucks carrying heavy artillery to the front line. What made it possible for the Soviet army to transport heavy artillery to the front so quickly was Zhukov's more than 5,000 trucks. At this time, the Japanese army only had 1,000 trucks as a logistical support for the Japanese army.
In the steppe of "Gollum", a group of cavalrymen wearing black cloaks, sitting on horses and drinking wine, these cavalrymen wore their military uniforms in a mess, and some cavalrymen also sang, these people are Cossack cavalry, Cossacks, a name that has an important position in the history of cavalry, after the establishment of the Soviet Union, most of the Cossack cavalry joined the White Russians, but a small number joined the Soviet Union, here is a Cossack cavalry division.
"Comrades, let's light up our sabers, sing war songs, and let's split the heads of imperialism like a field of vegetables! Use our blood to tell them who is the first cavalry in the world!! A Cossack cavalry officer in a black hat shouted loudly, waved his hand, waved his sword, and the cavalrymen behind him threw their wine bags and drew their sabers, shouting and charged.
"Mongolian warriors, we are the descendants of the blue wolf, the descendants of the eagle, let us destroy the invading Japanese devils, and tell them that the steppe belongs to us Mongolians! Kill!! "In the rear, there were nearly 10,000 Mongol cavalrymen, who were soldiers in the agricultural war, like their ancestors, brandishing sabers and bows and arrows and charging towards the Japanese army.
"Smack" "Smack"
The Japanese cavalry was slashing and killing, suddenly heard a burst of gunshots, hurriedly looked, and found a huge smoke and dust coming towards them, the Japanese cavalry did not understand what was going on, and heard a huge explosion behind him, this Japanese army understood, the huge fireball and vibration, must be heavy artillery.
Komatsubara was surprised to see that a group of demons seemed to appear between his cavalry and the main formation, and they turned the earth up with their teeth and claws, black smoke and earth and rocks. Countless shrapnel from artillery shells turned a range of one or two hundred meters wide into a place of death, and the Japanese cavalry, who had not yet entered the Soviet positions, were torn apart by the shock wave and shrunnel of the shells. The latest M1938 122 mm howitzer gave the Japanese army an incomparable shock when it first appeared, more than 200 M1938 and more than 100 1910 122 mm howitzers and a few 150 howitzers made the Japanese cavalry line suddenly tear a hole.
The Japanese cavalry saw such a scene, and panicked, at this time, the Cossack cavalry also rushed to the front, the snow-white "eagle's claws" like an eagle spreading its wings, rushing to the prey, the Cossack cavalry's saber did not have a gauntlet, the center of gravity was behind to facilitate the fierce movement to wave, the Japanese cavalry could not change direction for a while, and was cut into two sections by the Cossack cavalry, plus the Mongolian cavalry and the counterattacking Soviet Red Army infantry, the Japanese cavalry was attacked from three sides, completely unable to parry, just want to retreat, However, the retreating route was blocked by artillery fire, and it was a dilemma, and it is not known how many Japanese soldiers were killed in the confusion.
"Damn it! Order the artillery to counterattack, attack their artillery positions, the Soviets have no more aviation, quick, call the aviation, send a telegram to the cavalry units, let them immediately withdraw from the south! Komatsubara shouted loudly, accompanied by the wails of the Japanese cavalrymen who did not read the dismounts.
"Fire! Fire!! Aim at the Soviet artillery positions and open fire!! "On the Japanese artillery position, the signal corps continued to shout loudly, and one heavy artillery after another began to change direction, and began to measure the elements against the Soviet artillery position.
"Report, the Soviet artillery position is set up ten kilometers away from us, and the firing range of our Taisho four-year 150 field guns is only 8,800 meters, which is completely out of reach, only our 96 howitzers can reach it, but our latest artillery only has 93 pieces." A staff officer hurriedly came to Komatsubara and said.
"What? This Soviets did it on purpose, can they advance 1,500 meters? Komatsubara asked.
"That's fine, but in this case, we will have to abandon the fortifications that we have worked so hard to build, and the artillery will be in an uncovered position with the Soviet artillery, and the Soviet heavy artillery will have at least three hundred, and we will probably lose." The staff officer said worriedly.
"Then the new artillery shoots at the original position, and the other old artillery pushes forward to fight!!" Komatsubara said.
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On the Soviet artillery positions, the Soviet artillerymen desperately fired shells. Trucks after trucks brought in shells and newly arrived artillery, and Frass nodded, the Soviets were poorly trained due to the Great Purge, but such artillery group operations covered up this shortcoming.
"Huh?"
Seeing a Soviet howitzer as if it had been lifted by something, Frass jumped suddenly, and then flew up, and then, one after another fire regiments appeared on the Soviet artillery position, Frass calculated carefully, and smiled slightly, such artillery shelling was only more than a hundred guns at most. The three-to-one advantage put him in control.
"Give up the truncation of the Japanese cavalry and give me all the Japanese artillery!" Furas exclaimed.
More than 300 heavy guns above 100 mm quickly adjusted their positions and began to return fire.
Just when the artillery on both sides was inseparable, on the Mongolian steppe, which was more than 1,000 kilometers away, Takeda Takeo was advancing towards Kulen with more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
"It's snowing?" Takeda said as he looked at the white snowflakes floating in the dim sky.
"The territory of China is really too big, and the Mongolian steppe is beginning to snow, and on the side of General Okamura in the south, it is said that he is still wearing a single shirt and short sleeves." Toji Anai said next to Takeda Takeo.
"Report, a small Mongolian tribe was found ahead, about 300 people, how to deal with it?" A Japanese soldier came running on horseback and asked.
"Didn't you make it clear before you left? In order to ensure the foolproof nature of this operation, anyone found around must be killed! Chang'an Jing Fujiji said dissatisfiedly.
"Wait!" Takeda Takeo stopped and said, "Your Excellency General, it suddenly occurred to me that many Mongolians have the habit of grazing, and it is very likely that there will be fish that slip through the net, and if any herdsmen come back from going out to find out about the situation and come to chase us, we will be discovered, so I suggest that we should take a detour." ”
Chang'an Itoji laughed and said, "Takeda-kun, General Tada Jun said before that you are more cautious than courageous, today I see that this is the case, order, the sweeping troops are dressed as Mongolian horse bandits, they are not allowed to speak Japanese, only Mongolian, and the broken troops are also dressed like this, once someone chases and kills, all of them are shot, so it's okay, isn't it?" ”
Takeda Yixiong was stunned for a moment, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Your Excellency the General is wise!" ”
Watching the group of Japanese cavalry who took off their military uniforms and changed into tattered Mongolian clothes went away, Takeda Yixiong's heart was extremely uncomfortable, he finally did not pass on this information to the Soviet Union, in his heart, those Mongols were not killed by the Japanese army, but killed by him, he sighed and continued, "Now there are traces of the Mongols, we better walk by night." ”
Chang'an Jing Fujiji nodded and said, "This is a good idea, starting tomorrow, I will rest during the day and march at night." ”
-- Chongqing
"Bench, great joy, great joy." Bai Chongxi hurriedly ran into Jiang Agent's office, and in the office, Jiang Agent and Dai Li were talking and laughing.
"Oh? Where is the great joy? Jiang Zhong and Dai Li looked at each other and smiled.
Bai Chongxi saw the two of them, and said hehe, "I knew that the commission would know before me, the Japanese are greedy, we in China have not eaten it yet, and we have provoked the Soviets, and now Japan and the Soviet Union are fighting in Mongolia, and the two sides have invested more than 100,000 troops, and there are 500 heavy artillery pieces alone." ”
Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, this time the Soviet Union will definitely go to war with Japan, and the boulder of the Kwantung Army can be removed from our hearts." ”
Dai Li smiled and said, "I don't understand, are the Japanese so confident?" The Soviet Union was an industrial country, and even European powers such as Germany and Britain were afraid of it, so how could Japan dare to provoke this red bear again and again? ”
"Because they're a bunch of gamblers!" Jiang Zhong slowly stood up and said, "From the First Sino-Japanese War to the Russo-Japanese War and today's Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese-Soviet War, which time did Japan not use small to make a big deal?" In the First Sino-Japanese War, they won the victory of Korea and Taiwan, and the victory of Japan and Russia almost got the three eastern provinces, but they also got the status of a great power, and such a victory made the whole country of Japan sick, and they forgot the old Chinese saying that although the country is big, it will perish if it is belligerent! ”
Bai Chongxi said with a smile: "In this way, we can pull the Soviet Union together to deal with Japan, and the material problem that we have been bothering us will also be solved." ”
Jiang Zhong snorted and said, "Contact the Soviets immediately and ask for military aid again, well, this time you are not allowed to go to the northwest again, Sheng Shicai and the Red Party have colluded together and taken the sea route!" ”
"Will the Soviets say yes?" Bai Chongxi asked.
Jiang Zhong waved his hand and said, "Of course it will, why do you think the Soviets came to help us, that is, in order for us to contain Japan, it is better for Japan to attack the Soviet Union, but now Japan is still attacking the Soviet Union, which means that we are not well contained, indicating that our strength is insufficient, hehe, the Soviet Union is probably in a hurry to give us supplies now." ”
"Commission, call from Ganzhou." Chen Bui walked in at this time and said.
Chiang took it and looked at it for a while, but it was a telegram from ******, thinking that the Soviet Union and Japan exchanged fire, and Japan's attention would be drawn to the northeast, and it was a good time to launch a counteroffensive.
Jiang Zheng shook his head and said, "My son, he has courage, but he is still too young, ignore him, what is the movement of the Red Party now?" ”
Dai Li replied, "The Battle of Taihang Mountain suffered great losses to the Red Party's troops in Hebei, and they are now recovering. ”
Jiang Intermediary smiled, "They won't wait long, Dad was beaten, and my son didn't have to jump in a hurry?" ”
-- Ganzhou
"Smack! It's not the time, when is the time? Now that our army has recovered, Okamura Ningji in the south has not moved, but the troops in the north have been weakened a lot by the Red Party, and the Kwantung Army cannot move, so we can completely recover the lost territory in Henan. ****** said incomprehensibly as he patted the table
"The commissioner probably has his own ideas." Wang Sheng lowered his head and said.
He sighed and said, "Let the troops be demoted to second-level alert, let's go to the fields and have a look, it's autumn." It's another autumn. (To be continued.) )