Liu Hongzhang's telescope, chasing the last group of Soviet soldiers, boarded the assault boat, sailed away from the south bank, he put down the binoculars, and said succinctly: "Order the mortar troops, start shelling!" ”

In the sky above the battlefield that had fallen silent, there was a sudden sound of high-speed flying metal projectiles, a scream that pierced the air, and moreover, falling from a high altitude, countless ballistics drew a graceful and hideous curve in the night sky.

As soon as the cannon sounded, Major General Wadkin's troubled thinking, full of doubts, suddenly became clear, and he finally understood what the Chinese conspiracy and tricks he suspected were, but unfortunately, he used his life to understand the wisdom of the Chinese.

A meteor composed of a row of mortar shells fell from the sky and landed accurately in the formation of Soviet assault boats that had just left the south bank. The loud sound that shook the sky echoed in the dark night sky again, and the white and bright water column rose into the sky, mixed with the broken limbs of the Soviet soldiers.

A few mortar shells hit the assault boat in which Major General Wadkin was riding, and where the water column rose, he, together with several senior officers of the command, turned into a rain of blood and fell back into the raging Sejingge River, and Major General Wadkin became the first senior officer of the rank of major general to be killed in the Soviet army's attack on Outer Mongolia, and it was definitely not the last.

Liu Hongzhang's tail pinching tactic was very successful, looking at the mortar shells blowing up the sky and flooding the last group of evacuated Soviet assault boats, he said proudly: "Can't you leave more than 50,000 Soviet troops, and can't you leave thousands of Soviet soldiers!" The battle has to be fought like this, and we won't do the business that suffers losses! ”

If Liu Hongzhang knew that the tail pinching artillery bombardment arranged by him killed a major general officer of the Soviet army, he must be very proud at this moment. Looking at the luminous watch, at about three o'clock in the morning on September 22, the entire counterattack took less than two hours, about an hour earlier than expected, according to his own estimates, the artillery bombardment began, then the infantry assault, and finally the tail of the Soviet army, the three estimates combined. You have to kill more than 10,000 Soviet soldiers!

The most important thing was to achieve the goal of the battle, to drive the Soviet troops back to the north bank, and to restore a favorable battlefield situation, this result. It is more profound than killing more than 10,000 Soviet soldiers. The next blockade battle. There is no such imminent danger.

Liu Hongzhang took out a cigarette, lit it beautifully, took a deep breath, and said to Liu Chenglin, chief of staff of the brigade: "Chief of staff, immediately report the results of the battle to the division commander, I am stunned by the front-line troops of Gehe." At 1:30 a.m. today, a counterattack was launched against the Soviet troops occupying the beachhead on the south bank, and the battle lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The Soviet army was successfully driven back to the north bank, and the number of enemy annihilation and troop casualties are being counted, and then reported! ”

Liu Hongzhang was relaxed, after this battle, the troops won at least four hours of rest and recuperation, speaking of which, the two brigades directly under the corps were also hard enough, the long-distance rapid march of hundreds of kilometers, less than an hour after entering the position, and then a big battle, he was just about to order Liu Chenglin, the chief of staff, to give the troops an order to rest, covering the phone in the department, and rang urgently.

Liu Chenglin picked up the phone, and after listening to less than two sentences, he covered the microphone and said to Liu Hongzhang: "Brigade commander, it's the phone of Deputy Commander Ouyang, saying that he is looking for you in an emergency!" ”

Liu Hongzhang was confused, took the phone suspiciously, and thought to himself: "The battle is over, what urgent matter can there be, the battle situation telegram reported to the division commander has not been sent yet, the division commander cannot give an order at this time, what about this Ouyang Yishan, what is so mysterious?" ”

Liu Hongzhang first conveyed to Liu Chenglin the order to let the troops rest immediately, and then shouted into the phone: "I said Brother Ouyang, what is the matter so urgent, the sky is falling?" Do I have to call the regimental headquarters, I will go back to the headquarters immediately, and say it to my face? ”

Ouyang Yishan, who was on the other end of the phone, obviously lowered his voice and said: "My commander-in-chief Liu, the sky has not fallen, but the people are on fire, Wang Qingshan, the commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolia Frontier Army, I have to look for you, I want to ask you face to face, why did you withdraw when the troops were fighting well?" If you don't give an explanation, people won't let go, and you will make trouble with the division commander, I said, after you come back, you are not allowed to be angry with Brigade Commander Wang! ”

"As far as your brother's fiery temper is concerned, when you meet Brigade Commander Wang, who is also hot-tempered, don't turn the headquarters upside down, pay attention to the feelings, don't forget, we are the big brother troops, your brother is the brigade commander of Tianzi No. 1, or the commander of the campaign, tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of officers in the two troops, but they all look at it!"

Obviously, Wang Qingshan arrived at the headquarters in a rage, and did not see Liu Hongzhang, so he sprinkled his anger on Ouyang Yishan's body, too, Ouyang Yishan is the deputy commander-in-chief, and he can't run away from him if he gives such an order, and Ouyang Yishan obviously did a persuasion work, but it didn't have much effect, and it didn't calm Wang Qingshan's anger.

With Liu Hongzhang's understanding of Ouyang Yishan, he is not a person who shirks responsibility, it can be seen how Wang Qingshan lost his temper at the command headquarters, and even shouted at his father and scolded his mother, so that the good-tempered Ouyang Yishan couldn't stand it.

Liu Hongzhang's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, you can tell Brigade Commander Wang Qingshan that if you have any opinions on my Liu Hongzhang's command of the operation, or that I have made a mistake in command, so that I have caused casualties among the troops and failed to complete the intended combat purpose, it can be reflected to the division commander, and that is his power, or even that I am incompetent and blind in command!" ”

"However, as a high-ranking officer, because he has opinions about the course of the battle, he disregards the image of the command headquarters, what kind of system has he become, and who gave him the power? In the name of the commander-in-chief, I announce that Wang Qingshan will be dismissed from his post as commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, and that the chief of staff of the brigade will be temporarily deputized, and at the same time, the decision will be reported to the division commander! ”

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, you immediately convey my decision to Wang Qingshan, if he has any opinions, you can respond to the division commander!"

Liu Hongzhang was really angry, before the troops left the battle, Wang Qingshan's actions can be regarded as a sign of earnestness for war and brave killing of the enemy, on the battlefield, such a fierce general is needed, but the battle has ended, and it has been proved that there is no mistake in his command.

If, in a small-scale battle, or in other words, when taking up a strategic direction alone, this kind of character, concealed in the brave and fierce fighting style, will win one victory after another, but in a large-scale battle, such a character, if at a critical moment, refuses to carry out orders, does what he wants, and fights according to his own ideas, it will lead to unpredictable consequences, and the price to pay is the defeat of the battle and the lives of countless soldiers.

Liu Hongzhang will never allow that on the front line of the Sejingge River, still in a situation where the enemy is strong and I am weak, there is an unruly commander like Wang Qingshan, who seems to be brave and fierce, but in fact lacks a sense of the overall situation, and the specific expression is to insist on going his own way and disobeying orders, if Wang Qingshan's practice is allowed to develop, it will be a great hidden danger to him and the Outer Mongolian border defense troops, and in a certain specific situation, it will be a big deal!

For example, if Wang Qingshan refuses to carry out the order he just made, firstly, the reinforced regiment of the First Infantry Brigade will fight to the point where there are not a few people left, although more Soviet troops can be annihilated, but such a battle is by no means a qualified commander's style of play, and secondly, his subsequent tail pinching tactics cannot be implemented, and he saw thousands of Soviet soldiers fleeing back to the north bank.

Liu Hongzhang, who has been following the division commander Tang Qiuli's southern expedition to the north, was deeply influenced by Tang Qiuli's command style and means of acting, once the combat plan was determined, the supreme commander on the battlefield had absolute authority, Liu Hongzhang had seen it many times, and the division commander's order made all the front-line commanders incomprehensible and difficult to accept, but in the face of a voice of doubt, the division commander was unmoved, and there was also a change of general.

In all fairness, Liu Hongzhang made the decision to remove Wang Qingshan from his post as brigade commander, and he did not mix any personal selfishness, nor did he make a big fuss about Wang Qingshan's command, accusing himself of improper command and despising his authority and being annoyed.

Because Liu Hongzhang kept saying into the phone, Colonel Liu Chenglin, the chief of staff of the brigade, never interjected, and when Liu Hongzhang put down the phone with a gloomy face, Liu Chenglin said with a worried face: "Please also ask the brigade commander to think twice and take back his order, involving the appointment and dismissal of brigade-level officers of the Outer Mongolia Frontier Army, after all, we belong to two combat systems, which will cause unnecessary turmoil among the Outer Mongolian Border Guard Troops, which is not conducive to the next battle!" ”

Meng Zhaoxu on the side, dumbfounded, in the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army for a few years, he has also seen the commander Major General Sun Zhenbang, dealing with officers, usually reprimanded and criticized, but the dismissal has never been the case, let alone a brigade commander-level officer, even the regiment commander has no precedent for dismissal.

It's good now, in a word, Wang Qingshan's position as brigade commander is gone, and the generals of these main field regiments have a ruthless style of action, revealing a ruthlessness of killing and decisiveness, and he has the heart to defend Wang Qingshan a few words, but he doesn't know where to start, thinking of his identity, he can't help but be suspected of mountainism, so he can only shut up.

Liu Hongzhang glanced at Liu Chenglin coldly and said, "Chenglin, you know my temper, don't talk nonsense, go back to the headquarters immediately!" After saying that, he left alone.

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