When Major General Ren Zhaoquan, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Corps directly under him, rushed to the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, his large-caliber howitzer regiment had already turned the Soviet army's assembly site into a place of death where every inch of space was crushed by metal fragments.

Ren Zhaoquan remembered the wounded of Colonel Rao Zhonghan, the commander of the Third Brigade, and from the bottom of his heart, Ren Zhaoquan was still very shocked, with millions of troops in the independent division, all over the country and overseas, and it was very rare for a senior commander at the brigade commander level to be seriously injured on the battlefield, only in Kaifeng, eastern Henan, when the Japanese Third Army was blocking the attack on Xuzhou, Major General Su Jingfeng, who was then the commander of the garrison corps of the Yellow River Henan Defense Line, was killed in this battle.

And the death of Major General Su Jingfeng has become an eternal pain in the heart of the division commander, every time he thinks of this, he sighs and sighs, and the meaning of self-blame is beyond words, for this reason, the division commander also issued a special order, strictly prohibiting commanders above the brigade level from participating in the battle on the front line, and now, Rao Zhonghan is seriously injured, listening to Fu Dechun's words, it is difficult to rescue, is it that the division commander has to suffer again?

When entering the headquarters of the Third Brigade, Ren Zhaoquan's footsteps were very heavy, and his mood was extremely depressed, this brigade headquarters was still personally commanded and excavated by himself, spacious and sturdy, carrying the Soviet Army's large-caliber artillery shells for continuous bombardment, and it was not a problem, Ren Zhaoquan saw at a glance that Rao Zhonghan was lying motionless on an operating bed, and the director of his brigade field hospital, a colonel and military doctor in his forties, stood in front of the operating bed with a solemn face.

The other officers of the 3rd Brigade Headquarters had sad faces and red circles. Surrounded by Zhonghan, there were several military doctors in white coats, all of whom also had sad faces, and the director of the field hospital of the 11th Brigade saw his brigade commander coming in, and hurriedly greeted him, without waiting for Ren Zhaoquan to ask, he lowered his voice and said: "Brigade commander, we have done our best!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan's head was "buzzing". Although he was not very familiar with Rao Zhonghan, when he heard the dean's words, his body shook a few times violently, and his eyes were paired. Braving the cold light, staring at the dean. His voice was hoarse, "What's the matter?" Give me a reasonable explanation! ”

Ren Zhaoquan didn't believe it. Listening to his chief of staff, Colonel Fu Dechun, he simply said that he was injured by the Chinese Han, and he was stabbed with a bayonet by a Soviet soldier in the waist, and he was not shot in the vital part. How-? He didn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it.

The colonel's eyes drooped, as if avoiding the aggressive gaze of the brigade commander, and his lips twitched a few times. explained: "Brigade Commander, the situation is like this, Brigade Commander Rao's injuries are very strict, the bayonet pierced too deeply, piercing many organs in the body, plus it was a melee situation at that time, the rescue was not timely, when we arrived, the person was already dead, despite all the efforts to rescue, there was still no power to return to the sky!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan's face was pale, and once again there was the death of the brigade commander, gritting his teeth and asking: "Sue me, if you rescue in time, will Brigade Commander Rao not be killed?" The tone was full of murderous intent, and his eyes were cold, which made the dean's heart tremble.

Ren Zhaoquan will never forgive, the military doctors of the Third Brigade, although the battle was chaotic, but the field hospitals of each brigade of the Independent Division are set up in the rear of the position, unless the Soviet army breaks through the blocking line, otherwise, it will not be affected, that is to say, the director of the field hospital of the Third Brigade is at a loss, and the rescue is not timely, which will cause Rao Zhonghan to die, although he is not their direct superior, but this does not prevent him from exercising the power of military law.

If you don't shoot that bastard dean, Ren Zhaoquan is afraid that he will be mad, the director of the field hospital of the 11th Brigade, of course, heard the murderous intention from the brigade commander's tone, shook his head, and said: "Brigade commander, it's not a question of whether the rescue is timely, even if it is rescued immediately, Brigade Commander Rao ......!" He didn't say the next words, but the meaning was obvious, I am afraid that when Rao Zhonghan was injured, he would already be dead, and the most ruthless bayonet of the Soviet soldier directly killed Rao Zhonghan.

When the two were talking, the director of the field hospital of the Third Brigade, who was also a colonel and military doctor, was slightly older, in his fifties, staggered to Ren Zhaoquan, with self-blame and pain that could not be concealed, looked at Ren Zhaoquan calmly, and said: "You are the brigade commander Ren, I am the director of the field hospital of the third brigade, and it is my dereliction of duty to fail to save the life of the brigade commander, please let the brigade commander shoot me, so that my heart will feel better!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan waved his hand silently, it was obviously not a dereliction of duty on the part of the military doctor, and he couldn't kill innocents indiscriminately, at this time, the chief of staff of the third brigade came over, and said in a hoarse voice: "Brigade Commander Ren, our third brigade is under your command, just now, I have reported the death of Brigade Commander Rao to Commander Sun of the Corps, and the Corps Department has not yet called back!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan took a deep breath, he understood that he was no longer a problem of violating the division commander's military order and participating in the war without authorization, but he had to take on the responsibility of commanding the battlefield of Gurbansai Khan, and the eighty or ninety thousand Soviet troops who were eager to break through were not without the strength to fight again, and with one of their own heavy artillery regiments, they could not completely stop the Soviet army's attack again, at least, they had to hold on to the position until the arrival of other units of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps.

Ren Zhaoquan said to the chief of staff of the Third Brigade: "Okay, I will temporarily take the command, the first thing to do is to immediately escort the body of Brigade Commander Rao to Saiyin Shanda, this matter, you personally arrange, and then there is, to report the situation of the battlefield of Gurbansai Khan to the division headquarters, and add a sentence, Ren Zhaoquan, the commander of the 11th Brigade, temporarily serves as the commander-in-chief of the battlefield and commands all units in a unified manner!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan was right, Lieutenant General Hippoliv, commander of the 37th Soviet Army, may be facing a desperate situation after despair and confusion, but he has the idea of desperate betting, and a fierce feeling is in his heart.

Since the breakthrough that has been reached is once again blocked by the troops of the independent division, the death squad has suffered all casualties, and before the pursuing troops behind the independent division arrive, it is definitely hopeless to break through the line of Gurbansai Khan, then fight to the death, to be precise, the trapped beast is still fighting, in short, can not be tied up as a prisoner of the Chinese, as a prisoner, can Comrade Stalin spare his own relatives? It also involved other officers.

Lieutenant General Hippoliv, whose eyes flashed with iron-gray light, desperate and fierce, said viciously: "Order, all troops, to the Chinese blocking positions, carry out an all-round, uninterrupted attack, at any cost, if that unit commander cowers, I will personally shoot him!" No matter which unit, once it breaks through the blocking line of the independent division, leave the other troops alone, and immediately leave the battlefield as fast as possible and move closer to Delun! ”

Lieutenant General Hippoliv's order did not stipulate that the troops attacked in a certain direction, but swarmed up, and finally fought together, which was the way in which the armies broke through on their own, and the implication was that this was a breakthrough in which the fish and the net were broken, and how many people could run out, even if there were many people, depending on luck, it was much better than being dumpled by the Chinese, of course, Comrade Commander would not let himself play a single gang, and transferred an army with a relatively complete formation and put it on his own side.

This is a typical chaotic battle, Lieutenant General Hippoliv is crazy, the remaining tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers are also crazy, knowing that the opponent who is desperate is often the craziest, tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers, lined up in a straggler line, rushing towards the Gurban Sai Khan blocking line all over the mountains, if there is no Ren Zhaoquan's 11th Brigade, join the battlefield, in the face of such a desperate charge of the Soviet army, the position will immediately fall into danger.

However, the 11th Brigade of the Corps directly under the Corps is an old unit that has been in battle for a long time, and knows how to fight such a battle, and the brigade belongs to the heavy artillery regiment, which is mainly a follow-up unit of the shelling Soviet army, although the number of artillery is less, but it also poses a great threat to the Soviet army, so that it cannot form a continuous attack wave, and the mortar unit focuses on shelling Soviet soldiers within two or three kilometers close to the position.

Light and heavy machine guns mainly hit the Soviet stormtroop formation within a range of 1,000 meters, and finally, the range of rifles, submachine guns and grenades, after layers of weakening, the Soviet soldiers who can rush to the front of the position within 1,200 meters, there is very little left, under the dense rain of bullets from submachine guns, the Soviet soldiers have fallen to the ground, the 11th Brigade of all kinds of weapons and equipment, division of labor and coordination, very orderly, nervous but not busy.

Many soldiers, when the Soviet soldiers rushed to less than 50 meters away from the position, even the Soviet soldiers, the yellow hairs on their faces, were very clear, they still did not shoot, held the guns with both hands steadily, and there was a casual sneer on the corners of their mouths.

The Soviet soldiers entered the range of 30 meters, and the soldiers of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps were eye-opener, and they saw how to be able to fight, dare to fight, the company and platoon commanders, with a low shout, in the trenches, raised countless arms, a group of grenades, like black eagles, flew towards the Soviet army, just within 30 meters of the position, tens of thousands of grenades exploded together, the momentum was shocking, shrapnel flew, black smoke was filled, that scene was not much inferior to a salvo of several large-caliber artillery regiments!

After the grenade exploded, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the roar of submachine guns sounded, and the soldiers of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps were stunned and their blood was boiling, and after reacting, they immediately pulled the trigger, and the Soviet soldiers who were lucky enough to survive poured a rain of bullets.

The 11th Brigade of the Corps directly under the Corps has become the pillar and backbone of the Gurban Sai Khan blocking line, and the Soviet army has made two lifeless charges in succession, without taking advantage of the slightest advantage, except for leaving corpses everywhere, and retreating again empty-handed.

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