Irpin, 189 heights.

Peng Shusen hadn't drunk a sip of water for a day, his lips had cracked with thirst, his throat seemed to be smoking, for the past few hours, he had been feeling a little dizzy, sometimes muscle spasms, some heart palpitations, feeling very tired, this is a symptom of lack of water in the body, and it has been very strict.

As the commander of the 189 Heights, Peng Shusen had priority over others in the right to food and water, but he gave his share to a few Nepalese soldiers, and even he could barely hold on, let alone other officers and soldiers.

In his opinion, these Nepalese soldiers are really very good, in the 189 heights, weapons, ammunition, food and other daily necessities are not short for the time being, only the lack of water, it has not rained for ten days and half a month, and there is no water source on this mountain, after the defense line of Visnev defended by the Russians was broken by the Germans, Irpin and Bucha were surrounded by the Germans, and the way down the mountain to get water was also cut off by the Germans.

Peng Shusen knew that if he couldn't replenish water within a day, not only him, but all the defenders of Irpin and Bucha would die of thirst, so he cheered up and asked the dispatcher to send a report to Shangfeng, report the situation here, and ask Shangfeng to find a way to help solve the drinking water problem.

The situation is very bad, if it is a European army, it will basically choose to surrender at this point, because in this situation only surrender is the only way out, otherwise you can only wait for death, this situation is allowed to surrender in the armies of European countries, but not in the East, surrender will be regarded as rebellion.

This was the case not only here for Peng Shusen, but also for some of the defenders on other hills. Many people can't hold on anymore and have begun to go into shock due to lack of water. If there is no drinking water for another day or half a day, someone will die of thirst.

The situation was quickly reported to Dao Wang Zhanyuan here. The veteran was now in a hurry, and when the Japanese troops were changing guards with the Russian army, his command also withdrew to the city of Kiev. After receiving several telegrams from Irping and Bucha in succession, he really couldn't think of a way, so he could only ask the dispatcher to reply to the past, and let the defenders of Ilping and Bucha hold on, and the above would try their best to solve the problem of drinking water, and when he couldn't think of a way, he could only go to Zhang Xiaozhun.

In the headquarters of the Second Army Corps, Zhang Xiaozhun immediately sent someone to find Yang Jie to discuss after listening to Wang Zhanyuan's report. In the end, it was decided to send transport planes to airdrop drinking water to the defenders' positions in Irpin and Bucha, only in this way could the water be sent over, and there was no other way, fortunately, the airfield had been built in the past two days, and the Chinese fighters had arrived one after another, and several transport planes had arrived at the same time, which happened to be able to use these transport planes to airdrop drinking water.

In the evening of the same day, the battle ended and the German-Austrian troops retreated. Several transport planes flew over and dropped some boxes, and after a few parachutes fluttered in the sky, they either landed on the position, or on the halfway up the mountain, or on the top of the mountain. This water was brought in to solve the problem of lack of water in the body of the defenders in time. This water is also only for drinking, and it is not enough if it is necessary to wash and bathe, according to the current number of defenders. The attack had to be airdropped once a day, in order to prevent the Germans from discovering the pattern of the airdrop and sending fighters back to intercept the transport. Therefore, the timing of the airdrop is also not fixed.

The problem of drinking water for the defenders of Ilping and Bucha was temporarily solved, which reassured Zhang Xiaozhun, Yang Jie, Wang Zhanyuan and others. Now it is mainly to withstand the German attack on the outlying positions outside Kiev. However, due to the existence of the defenders of Irpin and Bucha, the Germans could not devote all their forces to the attack on Kiev, and on the one hand they had to continue to strengthen the offensive against Irpin and Bucha or dedicate a part of their forces to defend against the defenders in the direction of Irpin and Bucha, so that these defenders would not come out from behind and threaten the back of the German army attacking Kiev.

At the military meeting of the Second Army Corps, Zhang Xiaozhun said: "The commander of the Russian army, Petrov, has asked me to fight, asking to bring the remaining remnants of the Russian army more than 20,000 people to guard the outer defense line outside the city, I am worried that they will still not be able to withstand the rout in two days, and if they are defeated, we must not let the rout troops enter the city, and the supervising team will block the passage into the city in the back, and all the Russian troops who want to enter the city will be shot and killed." General Wu Peifu called two hours ago, and it will take three days for his unit to reach the vicinity of Zhytomyr, and now Zhytomyr is the headquarters of the German veteran Markensen, and it is also the logistics and material hoarding place of the German 11th Army and the German-Austrian 4th Army, as well as field hospitals and ammunition depots are all in Zhytomyr, if we take Zhytomyr and control Zhytomyr, and then send troops to Kolosteviv, occupy this place as quickly as possible, Then most of the forces of the German 11th Army and the German-Austrian 4th Army will be caught in the middle by us, as long as we quickly launch a fierce attack with a rapid offensive, the German army will definitely collapse when the rear road is cut off, even if they don't want to lose, it is impossible, so we must delay for two days, I am worried that in these two days, the combat effectiveness of the Korean army guarding Xicheng District is too poor, and even the Tsarist Russian army will not be able to withstand it for a few days, I am worried that they will not be able to complete our tactical deployment! ”

At this time, Yang Jie said: "The commander's concern is not unreasonable, the reason why Irpin and Bucha can be as stable as a rock, on the one hand, is because we have used a defensive tactic that has never been used before, dividing the open space in front of the position into many square areas, so that the defenders can shoot the enemy troops entering the square area like a target, this situation cannot be replicated, and there must be corresponding terrain to implement this defensive tactic, on the other hand, because the Nepalese and Bhutanese soldiers have lived in the mountains for a long time, and their character is tough and loyal, And the North Korean soldiers do not have these conditions, want to rely on them to hold the west city of Kyiv, even I don't have too much confidence, I have a simple, if the Russian army can not withstand the periphery, we will transfer the North Korean soldiers to the underground of the city, anyway, the West city has been emptied by us, there are no civilians, leave an empty city for the German army, if the German army is suspicious, only send a small number of troops into the city, then we will launch an attack, the small force of German troops into the city will be transferred, on the one hand, train the North Korean soldiers, let him adapt to the war, Wouldn't it be better for us to practice their courage to engage the Germans, and on the other hand, to destroy small groups of German troops, which could also confuse the German leadership, if the Germans sent large forces into the city? We give them an urn to catch turtles, we are familiar with the terrain in the city, and the Germans are not familiar with the terrain, as long as the German army enters the city, we will close the door and fight the dogs, when the German army and our army are mixed together, the German army's artillery superiority and air superiority will no longer exist, unless they carry out indiscriminate attacks against the enemy and the enemy, I think this situation is impossible! ”

Zhang Xiaozhun thought about the feasibility after listening to Yang Jie's construction, and other generals also thought about it, Xu Shuzheng said: "Commander, the Korean army is under my command, I think my words still have a certain right to speak, I think Chief of Staff Yang's construction is very good, although I am the commander of the Korean army, but I still tell the truth, the combat effectiveness of the Korean army is really not good, not to mention that it is slightly inferior to the Japanese, even compared with the Vietnamese soldiers, let them fight the German army head-on, I am afraid that it will collapse soon, But if they are allowed to fight a sneak attack war as Chief of Staff Yang said, using urban houses, buildings and sewers to play hide-and-seek and engage in sneak attacks with the German army, I think they will still be able to do it, and I agree with Chief of Staff Yang's proposal."

Zhang Xiaozhun asked Wang Zhanyuan, Xu Shuzheng, and Chen Shufan: "What do you think?" ”

"I think Chief of Staff Yang's construction is feasible!"

"I agree!"

"Agreed!"

Seeing that several people agreed, Zhang Xiaozhun actually agreed with Yang Jie's opinion in his heart, and immediately said: "Okay, just follow the advice of Chief of Staff Yang, General Xu, specific tactical command, you must do it yourself, you have to keep an eye on everything, if the Germans find a sewer entrance, they may use smoke, and when the time comes, the passage must be blocked as quickly as possible, so as not to spread the smoke to the entire sewer system, or they send troops into the sewer to clean up us, At the key passage intersections, heavy defense must be arranged, in short, the Germans will certainly find all kinds of ways to deal with us, and you must think in advance of all possible situations and make appropriate countermeasures, so as not to be caught off guard at that time."

Xu Shuzheng nodded: "Understood, Legion Commander!" ”

On August 16, the German 11th Army launched a fierce attack on the outer defensive positions outside Kiev defended by more than 20,000 Russian troops, and thousands of artillery pieces carried out plough-field artillery bombardment on the three positions, and 50 fighters of the German Air Force flew to the Russian defensive requisition ground for bombing, but then 30 fighters of the Chinese Army took off from the rear and rushed to engage in an air battle with the German fighters, this casualty ratio is within the normal range.

After the air battle, the fighters on both sides ran out of ammunition and fuel, and flew back to the airfield, but the ground fighting did not stop, and the Germans still launched a continuous onslaught on the positions defended by the Russian army.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, it was not yet dark, under the overwhelming artillery fire of the German army, the Russian defenders lost more than 7,000 people, and the German army also lost more than 2,000 people.

The commander of the Russian army, Petrov, committed suicide by drinking bullets on the position, all the Russian troops who were still alive were also captured, none of the Russian soldiers who fled to the rear were able to escape, they were frantically blocked by the North Korean army when they entered the city, a large number of machine guns were deployed at the entrance to the city, a large number of deserters died there, and the later deserters saw that they could not enter the city, so they could only return to their positions and surrender to the Germans. (To be continued......)