Chapter Two Thousand and Ninety-Seven: Deserter

Newly formed units often have this characteristic: when the battle is fought smoothly, they are brave and fearless, believing that the enemy is nothing more than that; once they encounter a tough battle, or when they need to fight hard, they have never seen the baptism of artillery fire, the scene of artillery fire in the sky, the scene of flesh and blood flying, and the situation in which their comrades-in-arms are covered in blood and fall in front of their eyes, and their weaknesses will be exposed immediately.

The guns in the hands of the soldiers are still pointing forward, aiming at the Soviet soldiers who are getting closer and closer, but if you look closely, the hands of the vast majority of the soldiers who fought the positional resistance battle for the first time trembled slightly uncontrollably, and there was a slight panic and fear in their eyes, and an uneasy atmosphere spread silently on the position.

The officers at all levels of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, of course, noticed this abnormal situation, and they didn't care about themselves, and they would be hit by the Soviet soldiers who rushed up at any time, and they bent their waists and shouted back and forth in the trenches, "Brothers, don't panic, it's not the first time to fight with Lao Maozi, we have been chasing Lao Maozi for two days and two nights, they are just that little ability, don't rush to shoot first, wait for orders!" Hit it closer! ”

Not to mention, the shouts of the officers reassured these soldiers, although the hand holding the gun was still trembling slightly, at least the heart was not panicked, but this was only the beginning, Commander Hippoliv had already made up his mind, engaged in an uninterrupted group charge, even if he used the corpses of soldiers, he would drown the positions of his independent divisions, and the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the three infantry brigades that fought and blocked, had never seen the weaknesses of the big battle array, and they would always be exposed.

Soon. The charging Soviet death squad rushed to a distance of only 300 meters from the position, and with the orders of commanders at all levels, the position suddenly sounded like bursting gunfire, and after the Outer Mongolian border guards were upgraded to a field corps, the first thing to change was the weapons and equipment of the troops, the "Suomi" submachine guns of a piece of water, and each company. All have a platoon of machine guns, eight heavy machine guns and ten mortars.

Each platoon, there was a machine gun squad, and four light machine guns were enough to provide ample firepower. Plus two light machine guns per squad, an infantry company of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps. There were forty or fifty light machine guns alone. The three infantry brigades opened fire together, and the formation was really amazing, with a dense rain of bullets, which caused the ground to fly sand and rocks, and countless bullets. Spun at high speed, like a metal wall, head-on into the charging Soviet soldiers.

The bodies of the Soviet soldiers were splashed with blood. Sorghum stalks were like stalks, planted piece by piece, and the battle of Gurbansai Khan entered the white-hot Cheng dΓΉ at the beginning, and on the battlefield, the gunfire roared like a torrential rain, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, and the heavy smell of blood and gunpowder smoke diffused.

The Soviet soldiers also took out a posture of playing with their lives, the front row was knocked down, and the back stepped on the bloody corpses of their comrades, and continued to charge, but at a distance of several hundred meters, they could already be seen, and the faces of the soldiers of the independent division became an impassable death zone composed of countless light and heavy machine guns and submachine gun bullets, and less than 20 minutes after the battle began, more than 10,000 Soviet daredevils of the first assault wave fell in front of the blocking position of the independent division.

Commander Hippoliv, who was commanding in the back, although his face was blue and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, he did not blink his eyes, and sent more than 10,000 daredevils of the second assault wave.

The Soviet soldiers were red-eyed, and the corpses of their comrades in front of the position became their temporary shelters, and the corpses of Soviet soldiers were stacked up, and the living Soviet soldiers, gritting their teeth and not retreating, put their guns on the corpses of their comrades, and shot at the soldiers of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps from a distance of less than 300 meters.

The marksmanship of the Soviet soldiers is still good, the blocking troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps soon suffered casualties, the heads of their companions were opened by bullets, and the snow-white brains mixed with red blood splashed their bodies, and the comrades-in-arms who were still alive just now became half-pulled corpses with missing heads in the blink of an eye, and in the face of this situation, soldiers who have not experienced brutal bloody battles will have two reactions.

First, the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms aroused a strong desire for revenge in his heart, forgetting his fear, and only having the idea of killing the enemy and avenging his comrades.

On the other hand, it completely triggered the fear in his heart, the tragic death of his comrades-in-arms, which stimulated the cowardice in his heart, and he was afraid that the next one would become one of the countless corpses, and the instinct to survive would make him refuse to continue fighting, and even become a deserter.

The blocking troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the vast majority of fighters, have withstood the test of the battlefield, and the death of their comrades can only inspire them to have greater courage, forget their fears, and only leave instinctive shooting, therefore, under the uninterrupted assault of the two waves of death squads of the Soviet army and nearly 30,000 people, the position is still in the hands of the independent division troops, if this situation continues, hold on for about two hours, and the other three brigade troops will catch up, surpassing the Soviet army, the thirty-seventh group army, that is, all of them have fought out the old bottom, Don't even think about taking half a step past Gurbansai Khan.

However, an unexpected situation still occurred, the blocking position of the third battalion and six companies of the third brigade of the third brigade of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, which was in a prominent position on the entire front, was a small hill with an altitude of less than 100 meters.

According to his idea, on this fire support point, two heavy machine guns, or four light machine guns, can be controlled over a large area, and the commander of the third brigade who accepted the position also took a fancy to this place at a glance, ordered the three battalions and six companies to defend here, and transferred four heavy machine guns from other companies as an important fire point, in addition to holding the position of the company, but also to provide fire support for the five and seven companies on the left and right flanks.

At the beginning of the battle, this small high ground became the focus of the Soviet army's attack, and the Soviet commander was not an idiot, but also saw the importance of this commanding height.

Groups of Soviet daredevils, regardless of casualties, rushed up one after another, the corpses covered the slopes under the high ground, the soldiers of the sixth company on the defensive, also blood-stained trenches, the hands were soft, with the Soviet army's indomitable attack on the position of the third company, there were large casualties, the wounded covered in blood, the corpses that had no breath, were carried on stretchers, passed through the trenches, passed in front of the red-eyed soldiers, the scene was real and cruel, the comrades-in-arms who were still by their side just now became a corpse in the blink of an eye.

The vast majority of fighters, gritting their teeth fiercely, desperately poured out the bullets, with only one thought in their hearts, to avenge the dead comrades, relying on the human fortifications piled up by corpses, there were about three or four hundred Soviet troops, less than 100 meters away from the blocking position, barely standing on their feet, several machine guns of the Soviet army, got the opportunity to fight back, bullets rained down, taking advantage of the firepower of the sixth company, the opportunity to temporarily suppress, the Soviet daredevils, frantically rushed up.

Finally, the soldiers of the second squad of the third platoon of the sixth company couldn't stand it, a soldier who joined the army in Suiyuan, his face was pale, looking at the tall and tall people, the Soviet soldiers who rushed up desperately, howled miserably, dropped the gun in his hand, turned around and ran, just climbed up the trench, was beaten into a hornet's nest by the dense bullets, his actions suddenly shook the confidence of the other soldiers in the second squad, and the other soldiers also threw away their guns and fled backwards.

The squad leader was so anxious that his eyes were on fire, he just stood up and stopped the soldiers who had escaped, a string of bullets entered his body, shook a few times, the squad leader fell into the trench, his eyes lost the color of life, and he was unwillingly staring at the northern part of Outer Mongolia, the ice blue sky covered by gunsmoke, and the position of the second company, because of the rout of the second squad, a big gap immediately appeared.

The Soviet soldiers are also experienced, seeing this opportunity, they immediately concentrated their forces and rushed to this breakthrough, the voice of the commander of the sixth company was hoarse, the strength of the position was originally Ding Kemao, and it was the key offensive area of the Soviet army, with the increase in casualties, other directions could not draw troops at all, strengthen the key defense line, and he did not expect that in his company, there would be deserters, and it was still at this most critical time!

Looking at the deserters who climbed up the trench and were knocked down by the bullets of the Soviet army, the remaining few deserters who were holding their heads and gradually running away, the sixth company commander had a blue face, the submachine gun in his hand had been raised, and he was powerless to put it down, they were all his own soldiers, although it was when the troops withdrew to North China, the new soldiers who joined the army, but after all, under their own hands, they had been trained for several months, and everyone could call out their names.

Although they escaped from the battle, they were deserters, and they should have been shot on the spot, but how could they do it, the first time they fought such a cruel positional blockade battle, their panic was also reasonable, gritted their teeth, and the sixth company commander roared angrily: "The company guard squad and communication squad immediately follow me and block the mouth of the second squad, and they will keep an eye on me there!" ”

Dozens of people from the company headquarters rushed to the position abandoned by the second squad at the top of their heads, and it was the time when the battlefield situation was the most tense, because the escape of the soldiers of one squad immediately brought tremendous pressure to several other squads on the left and right flanks.

When the commander of the sixth company arrived, a force of about 100 Soviet troops had already rushed to a place less than 30 meters from the position.

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