Ouyang Yishan, commander of the Second Mechanized Brigade of the Corps directly under the Independent Division, also had a feeling, this Brother Liu, every time before the battle, he has such a restless expression, especially when rushing for tasks, it is like eating gunpowder, and he will shout at whoever he catches, and now he is fighting side by side with the first and second brigades, and there is no such thing as fighting for tasks, otherwise, he is the best target at this moment.

However, once he entered the battle, Liu Hongzhang was extremely calm, patient like a hunting tiger, his accurate grasp of the battlefield situation, and the changes in the battle situation reached an amazing Cheng dù, at least Ouyang Yishan thought that he was inferior, so he half-jokingly stimulated Liu Hongzhang a few words, which could be regarded as revenge for being bullied before.

Liu Hongzhang stopped, rolled his eyes and said: "Do you think I'm willing to do this, aren't you in a hurry, do you think, our counterattack plan this time has a great adventurous nature, first of all, in terms of troops, it will not have an advantage, the heavy equipment is still left behind, the troops do not have an advantage, and the firepower does not have an advantage, which is inconsistent with the purpose of the division commander's consistent advocacy that we must concentrate superior forces and firepower in every battle and fight a war of annihilation. ”

"I'm worried that if the division commander doesn't approve our counterattack plan, then we will miss a good opportunity, alas, if the heavy artillery regiments of our two brigades keep up, it will not be so difficult at all, and the forward troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards will not be so difficult at all. Quietly retreated to a safe place, two heavy artillery regiments bombarded for an hour, all problems were solved, and they were used to fighting battles with superior fire support, and they were really not used to fighting such battles coldly! ”

"I don't know how many years the First Brigade has not had the support of heavy artillery and tanks, relying on mortars, light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns to solve the battle, I don't believe it, can you Brother Ouyang get used to it? Don't look at you as if you're fine, in fact, you're more anxious than me. Right? ”

Ouyang Yishan was just about to refute, but Colonel Liu Chenglin, chief of staff of the First Brigade, hurriedly came in, "Report to the two commanders-in-chief, I just received a call back from the division commander!" ”

Liu Hongzhang asked eagerly: "Chief of Staff, how did the division commander reply?" ”

Liu Chenglin said with a smile: "Brigade commander, the division commander agreed to our counterattack plan and put forward two requirements!" ”

Without waiting for Liu Chenglin to finish speaking, Liu Hongzhang snatched the telegram and looked at it quickly. Liu Chenglin knew the temper of the brigade commander, and looked at Ouyang Yishan helplessly, Ouyang Yishan smiled kindly and expressed his understanding.

After reading the telegram, Liu Hongzhang said: "Okay. The division commander thought of going with us, Brigadier Ouyang. The requirements of the division commander are in line with our expectations. Fighting a war of annihilation or the price of all the Soviet troops rushing back to the north shore, I think that under the condition of equal forces and no superiority in firepower, it is not certain to fight a war of annihilation, and it is not good. It will be a sandwich battle, which will break the belly, and forty or fifty thousand Soviet troops will not be able to eat one bite. My old Liu is not greedy enough to be so good! ”

"If the battle can't be resolved before dawn, and the Soviet troops on the north bank come up with reinforcements, we will be in trouble! It's not good, I was made dumplings by the Soviet army, so my opinion is to drive the Soviet army back to the north bank, so sure, Brigadier Ouyang, what is your opinion? ”

After speaking, he handed the telegram to Ouyang Yishan, waiting for the opinion of the deputy commander-in-chief, Ouyang Yishan read the telegram and replied: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, I completely agree with your opinion, in fact, driving the Soviet troops back to the north bank is exactly the goal we want to achieve in this counterattack. ”

"Chief of Staff Liu, just call back to the division commander like this," Then, Ouyang Yishan looked at Liu Hongzhang, and then said: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, do you think it's okay to call back like this?" ”

Liu Hongzhang scolded with a smile: "You have finished what you should say, and you still ask for my opinion!" Then, he said to Liu Chenglin: "Chief of Staff, immediately issue a combat order to the troops, at two o'clock in the morning, launch a counterattack, the troops of the Outer Mongolian Border Guards, must send someone to carry a written order, convey it in person, can't call to inform, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Of course, Liu Chenglin understood what the brigade commander meant, nodded with a smile and left, Ouyang Yishan looked at Liu Hongzhang and said teasingly: "I didn't see it, your brother Liu is quite careful!" ”

Liu Hongzhang said a little proudly: "That is, my old Liu has always been meticulous in thinking about the problem, the two troops, the first joint operation, don't let Sun Zhenbang's subordinates think that we are putting on the boss's face and pointing fingers, this is not better than grabbing tasks between you and me, no matter how noisy, I can't turn over the cauldron of the directly subordinate corps!" ”

Outer Mongolia Kulun, Outer Mongolia Campaign Headquarters, Tang Qiuli looked at the telegram sent by Liu Hongzhang, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "This Liu Hongzhang is good, very smart, and calm enough, it seems that I am a little uncalm, Yuhe, call Liu Hongzhang back and agree with their battle plan!" ”

The northwest wind became stronger and stronger, blowing the cold water vapor of the Sejingge River to the south bank, and in the dark night, the roar of the river water set off the intensity of the night more and more, and the commander of the Soviet Transcaucasian Military District on the south bank, Major General Wadkin, wrapped his coat and looked at the position of the independent division only a few hundred meters away from him.

Two groups of troops of more than 50,000 men from 15 regiments have been hanging alone on the south bank for more than a day, during which they have launched countless attacks on the positions of the independent divisions, but each time they have been bleeding head-to-head, and it cannot be said that the troops have not done their best, however, the defensive line composed of submachine guns, rifles, and grenades has remained immovable, and every time they attack, their troops are greeted by an endless rain of bullets and grenades like black eagles.

Before going south to recover Outer Mongolia this time, Major General Wadkin learned from the guò intelligence department that the opponent of the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District was the second-rate unit of the Chinese Tang Qiuli, and what is the concept of the second-rate troops, Major General Wadkin, who was born in the old army, naturally understood that it meant that the opponent's combat effectiveness was absolutely not strong enough, which also showed the weakness of the opponent's weapons and equipment.

Moreover, it is still dominated by cavalry troops, cavalry, Major General Wadkin once scoffed at this, perhaps, going back more than ten years, the cavalry unit will become the master of the battlefield and become the nightmare of the infantry, but now, in the face of the ironclad torrent of the mechanized corps, the cavalry can only be drowned in the whirlpool of war, crushed by tanks and armored vehicles, cavalry, should be a branch of the army eliminated by the battlefield.

But after the battle of crossing the river began, Major General Wadkin found that he was wrong, very wrong, under the cover of tank fire, he commanded the troops to force the crossing of the Sejingge River, and after paying the casualties, he finally stood on the south bank, did not see a single cavalry, not a single war horse, faced with strong fortifications, is a fire net composed of too many automatic weapons, the troops were forced to stop here, no longer arch half a step.

Moreover, the battlefield situation is extremely unfavorable to themselves, and the troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards are condescending, and their firepower can suppress their own troops lightly, even if there is a soldier. Exposed to the improvised fortifications, will attract a burst of bullets, if now, in front of their own face, say that the Chinese army blocking the passage on the south bank is a second-rate army, a cavalry unit, Major General Wadkin will definitely dare to spray his face saliva, and scold "Fart!" ”

In this afternoon's attack, the tank troops, which played a decisive role in the cover of firepower, were blown up by the bombers of the independent division and disappeared without a trace.

Without the cover and suppression of tank artillery fire, the bullets of the independent division troops can press tens of thousands of soldiers to the point of being passively beaten, and their own troops cannot break through the positions of the independent division troops, but those Chinese cannot counterattack their own troops, and the battlefield is in a temporary stalemate, but who knows what will happen, "It is really a chore to stay alone on the south bank for a long night," Major General Wadkin thought dissatisfied.

At one o'clock in the morning of 21 September, when the night was at its thickest, more than 30,000 men from the two main field brigades of the Corps directly under the Corps, plus more than 15,000 troops from the four reinforced regiments of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, quietly entered the position an hour in advance.

In the second trench, the mortar units of the first and second brigades, plus all the mortar units of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, had a total of more than 600 mortars.

This is a big killer weapon against the Soviet army's firepower point, for this counterattack, Liu Hongzhang can be said to have made all his cards, took out all his family resources, and without large-caliber heavy artillery, he used more than 1,000 mortars and recoilless guns to give the Soviet army a rapid artillery attack, several hundred meters, which is the best distance for these small-caliber artillery to exert their power, and in the front of the counterattack, the density of small-caliber artillery has reached more than 45 guns per kilometer.

At about one o'clock in the morning, Liu Hongzhang looked at his watch and said to Ouyang Yishan: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, I will go to the front and command from the front, you are in charge of the headquarters, if within thirty minutes of the start of the battle, we have not disrupted the position of the Soviet army, we will activate the backup plan and put all the troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards into it!" ”

Ouyang Yishan couldn't agree, he was anxious, and said loudly: "No!" No way! Brigade Commander Liu, you are the commander-in-chief of the campaign, how can you come to the front line in person, if you want to go, it should be me, this is not in accordance with the rules! ”

Liu Hongzhang looked at Ouyang Yishan, who was so anxious that his eyes were on fire, grabbed a steel helmet and buckled it on his head, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Chenglin, chief of staff of the brigade, and Meng Zhaoxu, chief of the combat section of the Outer Mongolia Border Army, hurriedly came in with a cold air.

(To be continued)(To be continued......