Chapter 800: Jī Battles Uriya Sutai

Zhukov, who led the main force of the First Army of the Soviet Far East and was rushing to Hadassan day and night, concluded that Lieutenant General Vochkov's troops had been annihilated by Tang Qiuli, and that there was no point in continuing to march towards Hadassan, and that they would fall into new dangers.

At this time, the Soviet troops had already crossed the area of Uriya Sutai, and the forward had already reached the line of Ukchao.

He ordered the troops to immediately turn around and return to the area around the Kazadeu Pass, and wait and see what happens, this decision was very correct, once Tang Qiuli's main army rushed over, he could organize troops to block the Kazadeu Pass, which was dangerous, and he could also retreat to Minusinsk.

The troops have great room for maneuver, and they can also regroup and make a comeback, as long as they can keep the seeds of the group army, Zhukov will not hesitate to disobey, although he also knows how big the cost of doing so is.

The Soviet forward unit of the Soviet Army, the 6th Motorized Guards Infantry Division, which received an order from the headquarters of the group army, immediately changed the direction of the march, and the troops were busy making a U-turn, and the vanguard units directly under the corps, two tank brigades and three mechanized infantry brigades, had already rushed to the Ukzhao line south of Uriya Sutai.

The forward troops of the directly subordinate corps collided headlong with the retreating Soviet troops, and the troops did not hesitate at all, and immediately launched an attack, and more than 500 tanks of the two tank brigades formed two parallel attack arrows, directly attacking the Soviet army, and suddenly rushed into the Soviet formation, and the subsequent three infantry brigade units also rushed in with the tank troops.

Tang Qiuli, who was in the rear guard of the corps, received a report from the forward troops: "Division commander, our troops have been under fire with the Soviet army, and they are now in formation and are attacking in depth, and the Soviet advance guard troops have been trapped in húnluàn, and the battle is progressing smoothly." ”

Tang Qiuli was overjoyed, so he bit Zhukov's troops, so he couldn't let go, these guys, they were bold enough to fight, with the strength of two tank brigades and three infantry brigades, they dared to attack Zhukov's hundreds of thousands of troops? In fact, the forward troops have the main force as the backing, otherwise, if they are given a few guts, they will not dare to rush into the large force of hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops.

Tang Qiuli immediately issued an order: "The 3rd and 4th Tank Brigades, the 1st and 2nd Artillery Brigades, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Brigades will make a detour to the left flank of the Soviet Army, the 1st and 2nd Tank Brigades, the 3rd and 4th Artillery Brigades, the 4th, 5th, and 6th Infantry Brigades will make a detour to the right flank of the Soviet Army, and the rest of the troops will press on the entire front line. ”

The battle broke out unexpectedly, and under the fierce attack of the forward troops of the directly subordinate corps, the Soviet 6th Motorized Guards Infantry Division was quickly defeated, and the Soviet soldiers turned around and ran back.

Zhukov looked at the telegram of the avant-garde troops asking for help, and sighed, after all, he still did not escape the fate of a head-on decisive battle with Tang Qiuli's main army, and the troops could not retreat again, if it evolved into a scene pursued by Tang Qiuli's main force, the entire group army would be defeated and chased by Chinese soldiers.

"Order, all troops, immediately build fortifications on the spot, the 1st and 2nd tank divisions, adopt a wedge-shaped attack formation, immediately attack the enemy troops in front, all artillery, set up artillery positions on the spot, forty minutes later, start shelling the attacking squadron, all units must hold their positions, and those who retreat without an order will be shot on the spot." Zhukov also let go, and here he was, fighting to the death with Tang Qiu.

His intention was to use the tank force as a shock force to carry out a counter-assault, block the Chinese troops attacking from the front, buy time for the infantry and artillery to build fortifications, and if the effect is good, he can also defeat the squadron that came from a long march and rushed into battle.

Tang Qiuli, who was on the command car, saw through the telescope that the armored units of the two divisions of the Soviet Army, more than 800 tanks, formed four attack formations, and rushed over.

"Order, the forward troops immediately retreat, the 5th Tank Brigade, immediately go forward to the frontal attack force 3 kilometers to standby, after the Soviet tank attack, immediately retreat, the 5th and 6th Artillery Brigades, immediately prepare to shell the Soviet tank group, all the anti-tank gun detachments, enter the attack position, to leave all these Soviet tanks." Tang Qiuli issued a series of orders.

Knocking out Zhukov's attack fist and seeing what he still used to carry out a counter-assault, the sudden outbreak of the battle is a comprehensive consideration of the command art of the commanders of both sides, the adaptability of the battle and the judgment of the battlefield, and it is also a test of the training level, fighting will, and individual soldier quality of the soldiers on both sides.

The battlefield situation was unbearable, Tang Qiuli and Zhukov both realized that whoever attacked first would be able to gain the initiative and fight the other side's deployment, and Zhukov bet all his hopes on the two tank divisions.

The shape of the battlefield, not to be diverted by personal will, the soldiers of the 6th Motorized Guards Infantry Division who retreated from the defeat brought panic to all the troops, running all the way and talking all the way, all kinds of rumors, like a long tuǐ, quickly spread throughout the Soviet troops, especially when I heard that the squadron had countless tanks, for this kind of attack weapon that the Soviet army often relied on, all Soviet soldiers knew the power of tanks.

Soviet troops, who are accustomed to attacking others with tank clusters, are more likely to panic when faced with enemy tank attacks, although this psychology does not erupt, it is like a poisonous mushroom in the dark corner of yīn, which spreads irrepressibly in the hearts of Soviet soldiers.

Two divisions of Soviet tanks soon appeared on the horizon of the steppe, the roar of the sky, the black smoke from the engine, a dark cloud, straight over, Chinese tanks appeared in front, the number is much less, about five hundred, is this all the tanks of the squadron?

The commanders of the two tank divisions of the Soviet Army, after changing their opinions, decided to resolutely fulfill the order of the comrade commander, crush the frontal attacking squadron, and even if the whole army is annihilated, it is necessary to buy enough time for the infantry and artillery.

The tanks of the squadron ** have approached the distance of shè, all the Soviet tank crews, have received orders, at any cost, to completely annihilate the Chinese tank troops, strange things happened, the Chinese tanks, turned around and ran back, the Soviet tanks fired shè shells, all fell behind the Chinese tanks.

The "Idou" series of tanks equipped with high-power engines ran much faster than the "T-31" tanks in service in the Soviet army, and seeing the Chinese tanks disappear under a hillside, all the Soviet tanks were chasing at full speed.

Zhukov, who paid close attention to the shape of the battlefield, had noticed the attacking tank troops, and encountered an abnormal situation, and he immediately communicated to the commanders of the two tank divisions, "Order you, get out of the battle, immediately retreat, and strictly guard against the Chinese's plots." "Zhukov is smart and quick to react.

When the Soviet tanks were busy turning around, the artillery group of the directly subordinate corps, which had been prepared, under the order of Commander Zheng Yong, carried out a covered artillery bombardment on the Soviet tank group, splitting the sky and overwhelming the shells, and shrouded the Soviet tanks in a cloud of gunsmoke.

The anti-tank gun detachment that went out took this opportunity to launch a hunt, and these anti-tank gun shè fighters, tricky and specialized in hitting the tracks of Soviet tanks, anyway, with the help of artillery, they were not afraid of the Soviet tanks rushing over, and one Soviet tank after another lost their ability to move.

In a round of tanks and artillery and anti-tank guns, the Soviet tank units of the two divisions, leaving behind more than 600 tanks, were defeated and retreated, and more than 200 were blown into fireballs by heavy artillery fire, and the rest were hit by anti-tank guns on the tracks and collapsed in place.

Zhukov closed his eyes in pain, his armored assault force, after the Kazadeu blocking battle and the losses just now, has been exhausted, there are less than seven hundred tanks in his hand, what else can he use to counter the Chinese attack? Artillery, judging from the intensity of the artillery fire of the squadron just now, Tang Qiuli has more artillery than himself.

"Order, the troops of the 1st Guards Army, immediately seize the Kazadeu Pass, ready to cover the retreat of the troops of the army group at any time," Zhukov had not yet luàn an inch, he was afraid that the retreat would be cut off, and decisively gave the order.

"Report to Comrade Commander, on the left and right flanks of our troops, a large number of squadrons were found to be moving rapidly," a staff officer eagerly reported, this was another bad news, Zhukov was taken aback, "what? The squadron outflanked my two wings, Tang Qiuli's appetite is not small, and if he wants to surround me, I'm afraid it's not so easy. ”

"Order, the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Corps of the Red Banner of the Far East immediately carry out a counter-assault on the squadron that detoured to our left flank, and the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Motorized Guards Divisions immediately carry out a counter-assault on the squadron that detoured to our right flank, and the 5th Motorized Guards Division and all tank units and all artillery units immediately counterattack the squadron that is attacking frontally, and tell the comrades of the commanders of all units that this is a battle related to the life and death of our group army, and resolutely break the squadron's attempt to encircle us, let's fight, Heroic Red Army soldiers," Zhukov gave a series of orders with a crisp voice.

Tang Qiuli commanded the 280,000 troops of the Corps directly under Tang Qiuli to encircle the 160,000 troops commanded by Zhukov and annihilate the main force of the First Army in the Far East in one fell swoop.

The two sides invested more than 400,000 troops in a desperate fight, and when night fell, the artillery fire of both sides was red in the Sutai steppe of Uriya under the shroud of darkness, and Zhukov put the remaining tanks into the anti-encirclement battle, and the Chinese tank troops, which had absolute superiority in numbers, soon drowned these Soviet tanks in the torrent of armor.