Major General Vadkin, the supreme commander of the troops on the south bank of the Sege River in the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, found a problem that made him creepy, the troops of the independent division that had been pressed and fought for two days came reinforcements, otherwise, it is impossible to explain that after two days of attrition and battle damage, the Chinese can still come up with so many mortars and direct-aim artillery, moreover, direct-aim artillery has never appeared in the previous battle.

This alone is enough to prove their judgment, their own troops, have been attacking the south bank for a whole day, not to mention the heavy casualties, whether it is the sharp spirit and morale of the soldiers, they have fallen to a low point, while the opponent has a new force, the intention of the Chinese is obvious, use a large number of small-caliber artillery, kill and injure their own effective forces, and then, using the new troops, launch a counterattack.

Exhausted and exhausted troops, it is impossible to resist the counterattack of the Chinese, waiting for their own results, the best is to lose the troops and be driven back to the north bank, the worst is to be wiped out all on the south bank, or jump into the icy and choppy Sejingge River, there is no other way to go.

If it weren't for the fear of Commander Kurekin's fiery temper and ruthless character, Major General Wadkin unceremoniously added these words to the telegram, "If the troops on the south bank are not allowed to retreat, Lao Tzu will have a desperate mind, and it will also be the end of the annihilation of the whole army!" ”

The sound of artillery on the south bank of the Sejingge River reflected the fire in half the sky, and woke up the sleeping commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, General Kulygin, who hurriedly got up in his clothes, walked quickly to the outside of the tent, frowned, raised his binoculars, and observed the situation on the south bank.

Except for the firelight and the firelight, the flickering firelight. It was a violent explosion of artillery shells, and countless judgments flashed in his mind, "Is it the troops of the Independent Division that launched a counterattack against Vadkin?" Is it Wadkin's troops, attacking the positions of the Separate Division overnight? However, that kind of judgment did not have a good reason to convince itself, and it was untenable, but the battle really happened.

Himself as the Supreme Commander. But he was kept in the dark, and he didn't know exactly what was going on, "That Wadkin is such a fool that he didn't know how to report the situation to the command in the first place." General Kurygin thought dissatisfied.

Fortunately, it didn't make him anxious for long. Behind. There was a rush of footsteps, and the chief of staff of the military district, Lieutenant General Zirnenko, came over in a hurry and said: "Comrade commander, I have received an urgent telegram from Comrade Wadkin, our troops on the south bank. Suddenly shelled by the units of the Independent Division, according to Comrade Wadkin's judgment, it was the newly reinforced units of the Independent Division, in order to recapture the beachhead on the south bank. And take action! ”

"According to the situation in the telegram, the troops on the south bank are in danger, and Major General Wadkin requests your approval from the commander that the troops withdraw to the north bank, otherwise, they will suffer great losses and will not be able to launch another attack on the positions of the independent division!"

General Kurygin frowned and asked: "On what basis does Vadkin judge that the troops of the independent division came to reinforcements, and our intelligence department did not send any warning, the Chinese fell from the sky, or did they fly over with wings?" ”

Lieutenant General Zirnenko replied expressionlessly: "According to the number and density of small-caliber artillery used by the troops of the Independent Division, Comrade Vadkin believes that after several days of war attrition, the defenders of the Independent Division no longer have so many small-caliber artillery, and moreover, they also use new direct-aim artillery, which is a great threat to our firepower points, and if it were not for the reinforcements of the defenders of the Independent Division, this would not be explained!" ”

As a matter of fact, Lieutenant General Zirnenko was very dissatisfied with Commander Kuregin's rhetorical question, and just from the position where the two of them were standing, they looked at the opposite bank, and the shells flying in the sky, the continuous firelight, and the continuous sound of explosions, all of which showed that Vadkin's troops were being heavily shelled, and he still had many doubts about this move.

In fact, General Kuregin did not disbelieve it, Major General Wadekin's telegram, as a senior general, his judgment of the density of firepower on the battlefield was still very accurate, according to his own judgment, the defenders of the independent division, for this artillery bombardment, at least prepared more than 1,000 small-caliber artillery, that is, mortars that made their first attack, they suffered a lot, as for the so-called new weapons, it is pure nonsense.

Probably Wadkin was blown away by a shell, so that he hallucinated, do the stupid Chinese have the ability to develop new weapons? General Kurygin was just unwilling, and if the troops that had managed to gain a foothold on the south bank were withdrawn to the north bank, it would mean that after two days of hard fighting, the air force units of the military region would be almost completely wiped out, the tank units would suffer huge losses, the infantry would be beaten to the point of incompleteness, and the results achieved by the loss of tens of thousands of people would be reduced to nothing, and all the results achieved by the losses of tens of thousands of people would be reduced to nothing, and all of them would return to the original point.

Repeat the routine of crossing the river and attacking again, damn the time, do you still allow yourself to repeat it again? In two days, the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District fought hard and hard, and the only result was that tens of thousands of people gained a foothold on the south bank, and because of a sudden artillery bombardment, they would give up the results they had won, which would affect the course of the battle in the future!

However, if it is really as Wadkin reported, the defenders of the independent division come with reinforcements, then the troops on the south bank will be more than lucky, and the scale of the shelling in front of them alone will cause heavy casualties to the troops, and it will be difficult to withstand the counterattack of the reinforcements of the independent division, and the result is likely to be completely annihilated, and the foothold on the south bank will also be lost, and more than one-fifth of the troops will be lost.

If we take advantage of the opportunity of the melee between Wadkin's troops and the defenders of the independent division to send troops to cross the Sejingge River at night, relying on the superiority in strength to annihilate the reinforcements of the independent division, will it have unexpected results?

General Kurygin was attracted by this tempting idea, but he thought about it calmly and felt that this idea was very dangerous, and the organization of tens of thousands of troops crossing the river at night was a very complicated matter, and it was impossible to implement it without a few hours of preparation time.

What's more, the troops of the independent division on the opposite bank, the mortars that hit half the sky red, will bury all the troops crossing the river into the river, and, after a few hours, will Vadekin's troops be able to hold out until the follow-up troops land? No one knows for sure.

Forget it, give up this tempting but dangerous idea, General Kurygin asked unwillingly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what is your opinion?" ”

Lieutenant General Zirnenko replied very dryly: "Immediately send all the assault boats to receive the troops from the south bank and withdraw to the north bank, otherwise, Comrade Vadkin's troops will be in danger!" ”

General Kurygin sighed and said in a low voice: "Comrade Chief of Staff, send all the assault boats to meet the withdrawal of the troops on the south bank, and you will be responsible for the specific actions!" With that, he turned and went into the tent.

In the eyes of the chief of staff of Zirnianko, the back of the comrade commander at this moment is so depressed and lonely, and there is a deep sense of frustration.

Major General Wadkin, who received the order, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately adjusted the troops that were blown up by the shells, and gradually retreated to the shore based on the area where the troops are now located, and tried to get out of the coverage of the mortar fire of the independent division troops.

Vadkin wanted to leave, but Liu Hongzhang refused to let it go, the shelling effect of mortars and recoilless guns far exceeded his expectations, the killing and wounding of Soviet troops, the removal of firepower points, beyond his pre-war plan, originally wanted to drive the Soviet army away from the south bank, and achieved the purpose of the battle, now it seems that he is a little timid, in other words, his appetite is not big enough, and it is completely possible to annihilate the Soviet troops in whole or in part!

As soon as the Soviet troops moved, Liu Hongzhang immediately noticed that judging from the muzzles of the Soviet soldiers returning fire and the spurting fire, the Soviet troops were retreating to the river, he smiled coldly and said to himself: "Want to run? It's late! Then, he said to the chief of staff, Liu Chenglin: "Chief of staff, convey my order, mortars block the river, block the retreat of the Soviet army, and the counterattacking troops will attack immediately!" ”

Three red signal flares, in the dark night sky, rising, after rising to the highest place, drawing three graceful arcs to fall, gorgeous and eye-catching, on the position of the independent division troops, suddenly jumped out of countless figures, with skillful tactical movements, rushed to the Soviet troops on the river beach, followed by countless figures, jumped out of the trenches, directly under the corps and more than 40,000 troops of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, the counterattack war, officially began!

There was no deafening shouting and killing, only a torrent of attacks, like arrows, shot at the Soviet troops, and the soldiers of the directly subordinate corps who had been in battle for a long time knew that shouting on the battlefield, exposing the target, not to mention, but also wasting their strength, and clearly setting the direction of a Soviet soldier's shooting, therefore, these veterans, in groups of six or seven people, with companies and battalions as units, formed countless attack arrows and cut into the pile of Soviet soldiers.

As soon as the counterattacking troops attacked, it was a fierce battle of hand-to-hand combat, a distance of several hundred meters, a charge arrived, and the firepower point of the Soviet army's blocking troops, just a few bullets, was captured by the recoilless guns on the position, and a few shells hit the past, and the Soviet army's firepower point was dumb at that time!

Like two frenzies in the dark night, the soldiers on both sides soon collided together, all kinds of weapons erupted scorching flames, from time to time there were soldiers on both sides, screaming and falling to the ground, hand-to-hand combat, not only to test the courage and technical and tactical level of the soldiers, but also to test the quality of infantry weapons and equipment.

The two field brigades of the directly subordinate corps are equipped with "Suomi" submachine guns, fighting such a battle, these veterans are all fine, the submachine guns swept wildly, the same group of soldiers in front, after a magazine was fired, immediately took a few steps back to change the magazine, the comrades in the back followed, keeping the fire uninterrupted, dense bullets, rained over, so that the Soviet soldiers were covered in blood, and the wind blew through the wheat field, falling one by one.

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