After the telegram was sent, Dong Ku explained his intention to Liu Zhong and others, that is, within a month, to eliminate most of the troops in Hebei, eat the Japanese army in Xuzhou, besiege Shandong, hand over the Japanese army in Shandong to Lao Zhao, and hand over the defense of Shanhaiguan to Lao Jiang, so that the recovered lost territory would be safe, and he could also ensure that he could spare his energy to deal with the famous general who would become the attention of the world in a few years, Zhukov.

After the telegram was sent, the first to react was Junko's troops, who were in charge of the defense of the entire Heilongjiang border, and after receiving the order, carried out a devastating artillery bombardment of the Japanese troops attacking Heilongjiang.

The shells flew like rain towards the attacking Japanese troops, and when the opponent's artillery could only bombard the forward positions, they not only bombarded their artillery positions, but also directly bombarded the depth of their defenses.

At the front line, all kinds of obsolete Japanese artillery guns were fired in unison, and the shells covered the open space in several directions of the Japanese attack, and in the sea of fire, the damage of the Japanese army was quite huge.

Hulin, all the new 150 and 200 artillery roars that have changed the angle of shelling and increased the firing range, directly bombarding the river, and all the Japanese artillery that has been eliminated have also joined the ranks of bombardment.

The cannonballs, tearing through the night sky, made the tiger forest, which had been silent for months, noisy again. As the shells flew, the surface of the river was filled with dense fires. Ice chips flew and turned into mist in the scorching waves, enveloping the entire surface of the river.

By this time, most of the tanks had moved under the embankment of the frontal attack and stopped on the slope. Wait for the cavalry to assemble along the river bank. The overwhelming artillery bombardment, the other side had already thought that before the charge, they all took a detour to the river and approached the embankment before rushing up. Therefore, I didn't pay much attention to the shelling of the other side. And the direction of their detour is blocked by mountains, and the shells cannot fall.

However, they did not expect that the fortress artillery of the advance army had changed the firing angle and range. Shells, misjudgment will eventually lead to supply setbacks, and losses will be heavy.

The attacking Russian generals, who were standing in the hidden place on the riverbank to watch, saw a fiery red point of light flying up from behind the fortress hill in front. Flying in the direction of Izbesk, he couldn't help frowning. There, it has been attacked twice, the storage base is no longer located there, the enemy is said to be infiltrating and reconnaissance, there are no bombardment targets there, why shell there?

Puzzled, he shook his head and looked at the situation on the other side. As for the shelling of the river in front of the frontal positions, he did not give a damn about it.

That section of the river and Darenevchensk have no strategic value, and Darenevchensk is not used for offensive purposes. The enemy also followed the strategy of opening spring to block the river, which was purely a waste of artillery shells, and could not threaten within 200 meters of the embankment at all.

The booming roar didn't stop because of his thoughts. The attacking troops continued to pass under the embankment and gather along the far line.

Rumble!

A loud bang accompanied by a clicking sound rose on the surface of the river. In the firelight. The water column rose to the sky, and the river gushed out of the hole. Flowing down the collapsed Jiang Xinbing Facing the Lower Ground.

At this time, if the Soviet Russian tanks or cavalry are in the middle of the river, they will be eroded by the river, even if they are not submerged in the river, they will not wait for the attack. The horses' hooves were also all icy, making it difficult to move. After all, the temperature is already more than minus 20 degrees, and if it gets wet, it will be fatal trouble in the second half of the night.

But this did not affect the ranks at the root of the embankment, thousands of kilometers downstream. The river spreads along the ice, but it is only four or five hundred meters away from the embankment, so it will not be affected at all.

The Russian troops are still gathering, and the tanks are all in place, far exceeding the previous judgment of the scouts, reaching more than 1,000. The cavalry, more than five divisions, and the follow-up were constantly coming in a roundabout way along the evasive and sheltered river.

Attack, with a maximum of half an hour, can be launched. The commander of the Russian unit believed that under the dense sortie of tanks, three thousand meters, no matter how accurate the enemy's anti-tank guns were, could not destroy all the tanks. Moreover, the movement of the cavalry was not slow, and in the face of a swift charge, the Tiger Head Fortress was able to break through with a single blow.

But at this moment, the cavalry who were marching on the river suddenly saw the river flowing on the ice upstream. The waves rolled and crashed down the smooth ice. In the dark night, I couldn't see the depth, but in the firelight, I could already see that it was flowing down the entire river.

"Not good! The river is full of ice! ”

"The ice has collapsed!!"

The cavalry were well aware of this situation, and they shouted in panic, urging their horses to run towards the riverbank. The latter stopped advancing, turned around and squeezed back, and the scene was immediately chaotic.

The cavalry behind didn't know what was happening in the road, and in the loud bang, they couldn't hear what they were shouting in the noise, and at the moment when the cavalry in front of them squeezed back, the follow-up was still advancing, which also made the team unable to advance or retreat, and the horses were neighing, and it was chaotic.

The water and fire are ruthless, the moment the cavalry of Soviet Russia is chaotic, the river is surging, in just a few seconds, the cavalry at the front end is flooded by the river to the belly of the horse, and then, the upstream wave crest rushes, wrapped in huge ice, rumbling down.

At this time, it is impossible to leave the river again, and the first to escape to the other side of the river, desperately beating the horses and galloping, splashing in all directions, running to the position where the river bank can be reached in the distance, and the latter is ruthlessly swallowed by the surging river, in the ice impact, screams, neighing of war horses, and cries for help resounded in the night sky.

How could it be......

The Soviet and Russian commanders who were there to check the battle situation heard something strange and turned their heads to watch and were shocked. Immediately, I understood what the purpose of the shell just now flew towards Izbesk, which had no bombardment value, and it turned out to be to blow up the river upstream.

"Not good!"

The moment he understood, he was even more panicked and shouted: "The signal to attack!!" ”

At this time, he can no longer take care of the hundreds of horses and soldiers swallowed by the river, and the thousands of tanks and nearly five divisions of cavalry that have crossed the river will become a lone army, with no supplies, no backup, and if they do not take advantage of the river to cover all the ice surface downstream to attack, find a foothold on the shore, and wait for support, then these people who cross the river will become fat meat in the enemy's mouth, and may be eaten at any time.

As the flares lifted into the air, the panicked horses approached the gaps between the tanks and poured out their feet for their comrades on the ice. Tanks, roaring, rushed up the embankment. The offensive was launched in advance.

But before they could make their heads, there was a loud roar in the sky, and shells from mortars and 92 infantry guns poured down, and the flames illuminated the entire vicinity of the river bank in the sound of explosions.

The violent explosion could not help the tank, but the cavalry could not withstand such destruction. The war horse immediately lost control, kicked and jumped horizontally, and messed up the formation in the shrapnel and firelight. The restless horses tore off countless cavalry, and the cavalry continued to howl under the crushing of the horses' tank chain rails.

"Control the horses, let's charge!!"

One by one shouts rang out in a panic, at the moment when the tank went up to the embankment. The horses were controlled by the skilled cavalry, which did not cause uncontrollable chaos, and then, in a minute or two, under the roar of artillery fire, rushed towards the fortress more than 3,000 meters ahead.

Tanks popped up one by one, and soon, a patch appeared on the tidal flats. With this, the war horse followed closely behind the tank. Also stepped on the river bank under artillery fire.

But the oncoming artillery shells, patches of mortars, shells of the 92 infantry guns rained down, and the horses and cavalry charged in the screams of shrapnel and the violent shock waves. It's a joke, it's already a luxury to be able to set foot on the riverbank and live.

Tanks, moving forward under artillery fire. The T33 tank, which has been modified, is much more powerful than the T24, and in the rain of bullets, it advances forward without any damage.

But at this moment, a cloud of fire rose up from a hundred meters away from the tank, and then one by one the iron fists dragged the tail wing, pounced on the moving tank, and then, in the loud roar, hundreds of tanks charging in the front row were hit, igniting a fire, exploding violently, and blooming like fireworks.

The Russian soldiers already knew that there was no way to retreat, and if they did not rush into the fortress group in front of them, engage in close combat, and occupy the fortress, they would face an embarrassing crisis of not having food, drink, and supplies. Therefore, no matter how fierce the firepower of the opposite side is, they are still a crazy impact.

Ahead, a one-meter-wide trench crisscrosses, and only one person can run in the trench, but this is enough, in the trench, the fighters hold the iron fist, at the moment when the tank is close to a hundred meters, quickly aim, and then shoot, and at the moment when the iron fist flies out, turn around and lie low, and retreat along the trench.

Within a kilometer, thousands of soldiers were running in the trenches, and the bullets could not hit, and it was difficult to damage the trenches that were one meter wide and one meter five deep, and it was difficult to hurt the soldiers in the trenches, so that the power of the iron fist was exerted to the maximum.

Tanks became torches, making it difficult for tanks to pass through the sea of fire, and there were tanks burning everywhere, blocking the way, so they had no choice but to push the wreckage straight away and continue to charge.

This time, the advantage of the cavalry was completely lost, and all the tanks in front blocked the way, and in the shelling, they wailed helplessly, but they did not even have a chance to shoot. They are all destined to stay on the other side of the tiger's head, and none of them can go back.

At the same time, fierce battles also broke out in Raohe, Mohe and other places, and Soviet Russia has developed and installed 81 caliber mortars on its own for mountain attack and fire support. It is much more powerful than the Japanese mortars of the 60, 50, and 90, and the firing range is also remote, reaching a distance of 4,000 meters.

In the summer, Ke Shunzi had already built a dense artillery group at these points, and sent the decomposed 75 mountain guns and field artillery to the areas where transportation was inconvenient.

Heilongjiang's defense can already be seen in the battle of less than 20 minutes, not to mention impregnable, but it is not something that can be broken through casually. As for the three forks, that is, the Suifen River, it was just thunder and rain, and the Soviet and Russian troops there charged, which only showed that there were large forces here, and under the interception of heavy artillery fire, they retreated very cooperatively and put on a formation.

But Mongolia is different here, the Soviet Russian attack is unusually fierce, the horses neigh, the tanks are galloping, in the mountains and forests, in various positions that can pass through tanks and cavalry, uninterrupted fierce attacks on the defense line, so that the dog's army of nearly 300,000 people everywhere plugged holes, and all the troops were scattered, spreading to more than 200 kilometers along the line.

When the Soviet Russia attacked on all fronts, in addition to defense and artillery, he directly bombarded Baikalsk, including railways and towns, and carried out a devastating effective shot, and in less than half an hour, he razed it to the ground and cut off the transportation artery in the direction of Hulin.

The range of the artillery of the advance army was so long that Zhukov, who personally commanded it, was not a small surprise. The range of the enemy's artillery is obviously more than 30 kilometers, and his line of communication is close to Lake Baikal.

Under the fierce artillery bombardment of the other side, he did not protect and ordered the army there to retreat, attack along the Rao River and even the Mohe River, and give up attacking the tiger head. The river collapsed, and even the gods could not pose a threat to the tiger head, and he was powerless to rescue the tanks and cavalry struggling on the other side.

At the same time, he ordered the troops to intensify the offensive, attacking from multiple points in all directions, preparing for the last blow. He will not blindly use the tactic of adding oil, this move is to mobilize the troops in Mengunei, mobilize the strength of Mongolia's air defense, and make a breakthrough at the last point

Heilongjiang is safe for the time being, but the troops still dare not withdraw to support Mongolia, and Mongolia has been nervous. The enemy's attack has no primary and secondary, and many points are fierce attacks, and each place is like the direction of the enemy's main attack, and no point dares to be careless. Airplanes also appeared in the sky from time to time, fortunately, the lights have been controlled, and in the city, those who may be inside have also been cleaned up in the summer, and there has not been a phenomenon of guiding the position of the plane in the sky. Coupled with the role of the phone, anti-aircraft artillery, the airspace is temporarily safe.

While the flames of war between Mongolia and Heilongjiang were ignited and fierce battles were raging, the siege of Xuzhou was completed.

Before Nakajima's troops arrived, the assault convoy sent by Qu's army joined Yu Lei's division, and then launched defenses on both sides, built artillery positions, and prepared to attack Xuzhou.

At this time, Yu Ke's army also completed the encirclement of Taierzhuang, and Lao Zhao completed the encirclement of Zaozhuang, and exchanged fire with the Japanese reinforcements in Linyi.

Dong Ku's original plan was to slowly eat these troops, reduce casualties at the same time, but also reduce the consumption of ammunition, but worried about changes in Heilongjiang and Mongolia, he discussed with Zuo Boyang, and decided to start strangling overnight, breaking through the effective defense of the Japanese army, leaving the Japanese army alone, leaving Xuzhou and Taierzhuang alone

The forces around Taierzhuang and Xuzhou have shrunk, and the Tsukada attack has received a telegram that it must hold on and wait for the change of the battle situation, and the Japanese army just wants Dong Ku to worry about Heilongjiang and Mongolia, so that the two-way battle will drag down the advance army, and there will be no chance to recuperate.

And the Xuzhou battlefield may be relieved because of this. But the Japanese army ignored that the supply of the advance army was not a unilateral supply from Heilongjiang, but a two-way supply, and his move to encircle Wei to save Zhao not to mention the supply of the northern Huazhong team that could not touch Dong Ku, was beyond the reach of the whip, and Dong Ku would not abandon Xuzhou to kill back to Heilongjiang, and underestimated Dong Ku's belief in destroying his main force. (To be continued......)