"Enough, Chief of Staff Zhao! In the current situation, any point of short-sightedness and indecision will put more than 200,000 soldiers of the Independent Division in an extremely dangerous situation, and what I need now is not anything to build, but to immediately carry out the order! Tang Qiuli suddenly changed color, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe with a fierce voice, his eyes were sharp and his tone was sharp.

Zhao Yuhe was really taken aback, this was the first time he had seen it, the division commander was angry with himself, and his eyes seemed to kill, but he was just a little stunned, and immediately replied loudly: "Yes, division commander!" Execute your orders now! ”

Zhao Yuhe turned around and left in a hurry, Tang Qiuli's face turned pale, and he said to Shanhu: "Huzi, immediately organize the division to evacuate all personnel, hurry up!" ”

"Chen Feng! Chen Feng! Tang Qiuli shouted loudly again, and Chen Feng, director of the Communications Department, hurriedly ran over, "Division commander, what orders do you have?" He asked.

"Send a report to Ouyang Yishan of the Second Brigade and Chu Ziye of the Fourth Brigade, the blocking of your department is really necessary, for other troops to get out of the battlefield and win time, but the time for blocking should not be too long, the specific situation should be grasped separately, but not more than two hours, after the blocking is completed, turn to the direction of Kulen, and join the main force of the corps, remember one point, you must not fall in love with the battle, and the evacuation of the battlefield must be decisive and fast, with the primary purpose of getting rid of the entanglement of the Soviet army!" Tang Qiuli dictated.

Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers, like sitting on a small boat in the middle of the storm, were in danger of sinking at any time, Lieutenant General Bamiyanov's face turned pale, he never thought that even with the fighters and bombers of the Air Force, even if there were 60,000 reinforcements close at hand. Tang Qiuli was still determined to encircle and annihilate himself, and the 43rd Group Army could not escape the fate of annihilation in the end.

The sound of the explosion roared through the air, and the bodies of the Soviet soldiers became torn apart in the columns of smoke that rose into the air, and the sky was full of stumps and broken arms, black smoke balls, such a fierce shelling, every inch of land. Almost all of them were shrouded in shards of steel.

Lieutenant General Bamiyanov, knowing that he would not be spared, would be under volcanic eruption fire from the independent division along with the tens of thousands of surviving soldiers before reinforcements arrived. Tearing into shreds, Mi curled up in the cover, and took out a paper and pen with a blank face. Prepare to write a suicide note.

Suddenly. The sound of the cannon stopped suddenly, like a summer rainstorm, coming and going, caught off guard when it came, and like the wind when it went, "What's the situation?" Why did the shelling of the Chinese suddenly stop? It's their tanks and infantry. Started attacking? But how is it that fierce gunfire is not heard? Lieutenant General Bamiyanov raised his head blankly, staring blankly at the battlefield still shrouded in gunsmoke and fireworks. There is a temporary blank in thinking.

Major General Khabarovsky, chief of staff of the group army, his face was covered with dust, his uniform was torn several openings, and under the protection of several guards, he stumbled into the shelter, "Comrade division and commander, the Chinese have withdrawn, we are saved!" - Yes, saved! It's over! He shouted incoherently with excitement.

"The Chinese withdrew? - Saved! Two days and two nights like purgatory have passed! Lieutenant General Bamiyanov, as if he could not believe this fact, muttered and repeated, and suddenly felt that his whole body was weak, and all his strength was withdrawn, and he fell to the ground limply.

The order of the division commander was issued, and Ouyang Yishan's second brigade and Chu Ziye's fourth brigade immediately withdrew from the battlefield and rushed forward to meet the 60,000 Soviet reinforcements, while the other six brigade troops, taking advantage of the fact that the Soviet troops in the encirclement were dizzy, quickly left the battlefield and headed for Kulen.

The second brigade and the fourth brigade also appeared suddenly, and the Soviet soldiers of the Fourth Route who were hurrying away were suddenly attacked more than 20 kilometers away from Barekcha, and groups of mortar shells roared down in the Soviet army's marching columns, causing the Soviet soldiers to turn over on their backs and burn trucks and armored vehicles.

The artillery of the Soviet army, hastily unloaded the artillery pulled by the trucks, and built a position on the spot, the Soviet tanks, covering the infantry of the entire regiment and division, began a ferocious attack, and the tracks of the tanks, rolled up the dust in the sky, and swooped down on the improvised fortifications built in a hurry between the second and fourth brigades.

Almost as soon as the battle was fought, the battle reached a fever pitch, and the Soviet tanks and infantry swarmed in, and shells rained down on the positions of the independent division's troops, and the frozen soil and smoke and dust that were blown up flew all over the sky and covered the positions.

Two hours later, Ouyang Yishan and Chu Ziye talked, "Brigade Commander Chu, the time stipulated by the division commander has arrived, and the second brigade is ready to withdraw from the battlefield, we must withdraw immediately, otherwise, we will be entangled by the Soviet army, and when the main force of the Soviet army behind catches up, it will be difficult to get out!" ”

The muscles on Chu Ziye's cheeks twitched incessantly, but in the two-hour blocking battle, the Fourth Brigade was filled with more than 4,000 people, and they were pressed and beaten by the Soviet artillery fire, and the battle was aggrieved, "Brigade Commander Ouyang, I'm ready to retreat, let's go immediately!" This account, let's settle it later! Gritting his teeth, Chu Ziye said viciously.

Ouyang Yishan, who put down the phone, felt the same severe pain in his heart as a knife cut, the direction of the second brigade's blocking was the key breakthrough area of the Soviet army, and the casualties of the troops were even greater than those of the fourth brigade, and more than 7,000 people were killed and wounded in the two-hour blocking battle.

The reinforced Soviet soldiers, carefully stepping through the battlefield that was still full of gunsmoke and craters, except for the rudimentary trenches, a thick layer of bullet casings, there was nothing, and when the Chinese retreated, not even the bodies of the dead soldiers remained, let alone the wounded!

The four Soviet commanders briefly discussed, and in front of them, there were two options, one was to immediately pursue the evacuated units of the independent division, and the other was to continue to rush to Barekcha and turn with the 43rd Army in accordance with the orders of the Front Command and the Army Group Command.

The first choice, undoubtedly correct, is very likely to bite the tail of the independent division troops and entangle until the arrival of the follow-up troops, but it also contains dangers that cannot be judged, in case, this is another trap of the Chinese, somewhere, waiting for their own 60,000 troops, in the process of several battles with the independent division, have already learned the cunning and fierceness of the Chinese, and the follow-up troops are still nearly a day away from themselves.

With a strength of 60,000 troops alone, compared with the independent division troops that can encircle the 43rd Group Army with more than 100,000 people, it is still not enough; once it is really a trap for the Chinese, not only can it not save the 43rd Group Army, but even it has to take it into it; the 43rd Group Army, which has more than 100,000 people, was beaten to pieces and almost completely wiped out in two days.

The second option is the safest, because the order received is to reinforce the 43rd Army as quickly as possible, to avoid the annihilation of its entire army, and also to save itself from the fate of being shot and the fate of the family being captured by the Cheka, as for the deeper considerations of the front army headquarters, it is not within the scope of its own concern, and moreover, after being blocked here for two hours, the main force of the independent division has long been withdrawn to a safe distance.

If it is a pursuit, whether it can catch up, is still an ambiguous question, the most important thing, the blocking battle just now, the flesh and blood are flying, the strength of the independent division blocking troops, obviously less than their own, but they can block for two hours, and cause great casualties to the reinforcements, its combat effectiveness, frightening, after weighing the pros and cons, the commander of the reinforcements of the four Soviet troops, reached a unanimous opinion, resolutely carry out the order of the commander of the front, General Vasilevsky.

So, 60,000 Soviet reinforcements, stepping on the traces left on the battlefield, burying the corpses, taking the wounded, continued to advance rapidly in the direction of Barekcha, where the unlucky 43rd Army was waiting for rescue!

More than an hour after leaving the blocking battlefield, Major General Chu Ziye, the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, who was sitting in the armored command car, did not say a word, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were murderous, "Stop!" Chu Ziye shouted at the driver, the armored command car stopped abruptly, rolled up a puff of smoke and dust, and the retreating troops, like a torrent, walked quickly past the side.

"Chengguang, the Soviet army didn't catch up either?" He asked Colonel Wu Chengguang, chief of staff of the brigade.

Wu Chengguang replied: "Brigade commander, the 4th Regiment that served as the rear guard reported that the Soviet troops continued in the direction of Barekcha and did not pursue us, and the reconnaissance troops also confirmed this, and in front, the troops had completely left the battlefield. ”

"Damn, it's really boring, I'm still going to kill a horse pistol!" Chu Ziye muttered dissatisfiedly, with a look of regret, according to Chu Ziye's thoughts, he really had the intention of killing the Soviet army back to the carbine, he judged that the reinforced Soviet army could not all be used to pursue himself and the second brigade, so there was a chance to catch up with one or two hundred thousand people, which was just the dish that was sent to the mouth, and continued to keep away from the pursuing Soviet army, and after a day or two, find a suitable area, suddenly turn around, and eat the pursuing Soviet army.

Unexpectedly, the Soviet army did not cooperate and did not dare to catch up, which made Chu Ziye feel frustrated, "Chengguang, order the fourth regiment of the rear guard, speed up the march, and catch up with the main force of the brigade!" He said to Wu Chengguang.

Jumping out of the armored command vehicle, Chu Ziye lit a cigarette, took a hard breath, looked at the troops passing by like a torrent, his eyes rolled around a few times, and began to ponder, "If there is no Soviet army chasing after him, then in the direction of the second brigade, are there any pursuers?" If so, it's a good opportunity too! ”

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