Chapter 792: Focus on the next step

The Outer Méng Ancient Battlefield is divided into two places, showing different battlefield situations, in the only passage into the ancient western region of the Outer Méng Mountains in the Tangnu Mountains, the Kazadeu Pass, Feng Jiwu with six light infantry brigades of more than 80,000 people, blocked the 200,000 heavily armored mechanized troops commanded by the commander and political commissar of the First Army of the Soviet Far East, Lieutenant General Zhukov.

In the area of Kulun, the capital of the ancient region of Waiméng, Tang Qiuli commanded 280,000 troops of the directly subordinate corps, adopted the tactics of outflanking and encircling on both flanks, and led the 120,000 Soviet troops from Ulan-Ude to the south and the main force of Tang Qiuli's main corps, step by step, to the area of Hadasan west of Kulun.

Both Zhukov and Tang Qiuli regard this battle as the most critical battle to solve the problem of the ancient region of Outer Méng, the intentions of both sides are obvious, and Zhukov's strategic development seems to have a slight upper hand, as long as he can break through the Kazadeu Pass, not only can he continue to march on his own, and the squadron in the western region of the ancient west of Outer Méng can be wiped out, but also can attack Tang Qiuli's main force from the flank and threaten Kulun.

Therefore, breaking through the blockade of the ** squadron of the Kazadeu Pass was a crucial battle for Zhukov's First Army in the Far East, and the commander Zhukov originally planned to pass through Guò here in two days, but after fighting for one day, he only occupied the first line of positions, and after dealing with the military affairs in the direction of Ulan-Ude, Zhukov transferred his forces to the battlefield of the Kazadeu Pass.

Zhukov observed the terrain in front of him, and had a trace of worry about his plan to pass through the Guò Kazadeu Pass within two days, he always felt that something was wrong with those places, but he couldn't say the specific situation, the defending squadron was desperately blocking, this is easy to understand, he and Tang Qiuli are not mediocre, and they both know this key node, which is important for both sides.

Was the Ulan-Ude direction bī near the Kulen troops? He has left enough room for the troops, and has repeatedly emphasized caution, just to avoid falling into the encirclement of the superior squadron, but he is still not sure in his heart, Tang Qiuli withdrew the ambush circle in the Hangai Mountains, and suddenly retreated, is it to advance westward, and fight with himself head-on at the Kazadeu Pass, or is there another attempt?

When Zhukov racked his brains to analyze the battlefield situation, Feng Jiwu also received a message from the division commander about the battle plan for encircling and annihilating 120,000 Soviet troops in the area of Hadasang west of Kulun.

For Feng Jiwu, who was under pressure, this was great news, with one less day of blocking time, the troops could reduce casualties by several thousand, but the division commander was a little puzzled in the telegram about the next move arrangements for his troops after the blocking battle was over.

Tang Qiuli deployed in the telegram as follows, "After your corps completes the blocking battle of the Kazadeu Pass, you can get out of the way, you don't have to follow and monitor the Soviet troops, you can pass through the Guò Pass, cross the Tangnu Mountains, enter the area of Tangnu Ulianghai and Lake Baikal, intercept the Soviet troops fleeing in this direction, and move quickly. ”

From Tang Qiuli's telegram, Feng Jiwu had a hunch that the division commander's appetite was not only in the outer méng ancient area, he wanted to advance the battle line to the current territory of the Soviet Union, but with his own troops after four days of resistance and consumption, could he undertake such a heavy task? Is it necessary to remind the division commander that the Soviet troops in the area of Shuangchengzi and Haishanwei will not sit idly by and watch the troops of the independent division enter the territory of the Soviet Union, or it is safer to mobilize some troops from North China?

"Division commander, my personal opinion is that the Niangziguan garrison corps, after the Kazadeu Pass blockade battle, should lose about one-third of its troops, intercept the fleeing Soviet army, and in the event of another big battle, it is difficult to support the troops, do you consider mobilizing five to eight brigades of troops from North China to join the ancient battlefield of Waiméng?" Feng Jiwu stated his actual situation and thoughts without reservation.

After Tang Qiuli received Feng Jiwu's telegram, he was sincerely happy, no longer blindly followed, he had his own independent thinking, and his focus was on the overall situation at once, Feng Jiwu was mature and could consider the problem from another angle, his worries were not unreasonable, and he needed to give him some information.

"Jiwu, just follow the plan, after your corps advances to the Tangnu-Ulianghai and Baikal areas, the situation in the ancient area of Waiméng will change, and the Soviet troops in the area of Shuangchengzi and Haishanwei are too busy to take care of themselves and are simply unable to attack your troops, so your troops can let go of the Soviet troops in that area and establish a Jiāo communication line from Lake Baikal to Kulen." This is Tang Qiuli's reply to Feng Jiwu.

After receiving the reply from the division commander, Feng Jiwu was greatly relieved, and the division commander had already taken this issue into consideration, and since there was one day less time for the blocking battle, he would keep at least four brigades of fully formed units to complete the combat mission after entering the Tangnu-Ulianghai and Baikal areas.

Feng Jiwu still followed the established tactics of a brigade to block a day, and facts have proved that this style of play is extremely clever, in a narrow valley, placing more troops at a time can only become a live target for the Soviet artillery group, as for the only artillery brigade, he is not willing to use it on the battlefield at all, if it is a few rounds, in front of thousands of Soviet large-caliber howitzers, the artillery brigade will be withdrawn.

The terrain of the Kazadeu Pass battlefield also made Zhukov extremely distressed, he could only put in a maximum of one and a half regiments of tanks and four regiments of infantry at a time, and not only could not swing away, but also affected the flexibility of the attacking troops, and the Chinese artillery unit that flashed like a ghost made him even more vigilant.

The Fifth Motorized Guards Division of the First Army in the Far East has been disabled, and Zhukov has been replaced by the Seventh Motorized Guards Division, this cutting-edge unit, which also gnawed at the positions of the squadron, and after feeling the overwhelming power of the Soviet army's artillery fire, there was no need to mobilize, and the officers and soldiers of the First Brigade defending the second line of defense consciously dug the anti-artillery dòng deep and strong.

The Soviet army's style of play is still the same, first the artillery fire destroys the mièxìng shelling, and then the tanks cover the infantry to charge, and after being repulsed, repeat it again, to be honest, Zhukov's style of play, there is nothing new, but the positional breakthrough battle is such a way of playing, and the ghost place does not even have the direction of a roundabout breakthrough, so it can only gnaw forward little by little.

The two sides fought for the soldiers' will to fight and the number of shells, the fortifications and the advantage of the attacking side's weapons, which was a typical battle of attrition in the position, the first brigade of Feng Jiwu's corps held out for a day, and at more than eleven o'clock in the night, the troops quietly withdrew.

Feng Jiwu was at the forefront of the next line of defense as usual, to greet these soldiers who had returned from hard fighting, the situation of the First Brigade was much better than that of Zhu Dake's Fourth Brigade, at the end of the day, more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and more than 4,000 wounded, basically wounded in the battle with Soviet soldiers, the casualty rate was far lower than that of the Fourth Brigade, and the number of enemy destroyed and the number of Soviet tanks destroyed were basically the same as those of the Fourth Brigade.

This made Zhu Dake, who was resting in the last line of defense, very unconvinced, the first brigade can fight better than the fourth brigade? He absolutely didn't believe it, and angrily called Feng Jiwu's headquarters, "Commander, I'm Zhu Dake, please approve to pull our fourth brigade up and fight with the old man, just the few thousand people left in our brigade can withstand a day, and the number of soldiers and tanks killed by the old máo will definitely not be less than the first brigade."

Feng Jiwu, who received the call, was angry, "Zhu Dake, you honestly stay in the rear hospital, just for this little thing, look at your little interest, you have to fight, we have to fight north, when the time comes, your fourth brigade will not be able to take it, see how I clean you up, by the way, I can't replenish the soldiers for the time being, according to the situation of the battle, I will temporarily reorganize the several brigades that have been reduced in strict zhòng, whether your brigade commander can be regarded as a little psychological preparation, however, you Zhu Dake still has a little contribution, The first brigade suffered far fewer casualties according to your style of play. ”

didn't wait for him to come back to his senses, "Let's go" Feng Jiwu hung up the phone, Zhu Dake felt a pang in his heart, he had long forgotten his indignant thoughts, the Fourth Brigade suffered the greatest casualties, but don't reorganize to other brigades, if you can keep the number, you can burn high incense, no, you have to quickly write a letter to the commander, for the sake of the Fourth Brigade providing experience to other troops, you can't revoke the number of the Fourth Brigade.

Feng Jiwu put down the phone, and the third line of position defense troops around him, the commander of the second brigade Chen Jishan looked at each other and laughed, Feng Jiwu said: "Brigade Commander Chen, after two days of fighting, it has been proved that the tactics adopted by the fourth brigade and the first brigade are correct and effective, our troops can't be opened, and the same is true for the Soviet army, as long as you can reduce the damage of Soviet artillery fire, you can bring more soldiers back." ”

Immediately, he said to Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the corps: "Chief of Staff Zhang, inform the Joint Logistics Department to allocate 40,000 anti-tank grenades to the Second Brigade overnight, and in addition, strengthen two anti-tank gun detachments for the Second Brigade. Chen Jishan, the commander of the Second Brigade, was overjoyed, these were all good things, and hurriedly pulled Zhang Hansheng's sleeve and hurriedly implemented it.

Another dawn came, as usual was the overwhelming explosion of shells of the Soviet army, which woke up the sleeping earth, and in the air of dawn, the roar of artillery echoed, Feng Jiwu, who observed the movement of the Soviet army, secretly smacked his tongue, the Soviets fought with arrogance, and in the past two days, I am afraid that more than 200,000 shells have fallen on their positions.

The special operations detachment sent out to sabotage the Soviet army's transport and supply lines sent a report that it had been lurking along the Tangnu Mountains for two days, and no Soviet logistics units were found transporting supplies and ammunition to the battlefield of the Kazadeu Pass.

Feng Jiwu was suddenly stunned, did he discover a characteristic of the Soviet army's large corps of operations?