A short artillery bombardment, still using mortars, but the effect was surprisingly good, the light and heavy machine guns that posed the greatest threat to the cavalry were destroyed, and the Soviet commander never expected that the artillery of the independent division would dare to open fire when their own cavalry charged, could it be that these Chinese were crazy, they were not afraid of shells to blow up their cavalry and turn people on their backs?

He Zhuguo is not crazy, but he is adventurous enough, this kind of fighting, if you are a timid person, you will tremble when you think about it, how fast the cavalry charges, the distance of three or four kilometers, it will take a few minutes, and the time of the shelling is not good, a few minutes away, that is the result of the shells falling in the formation of their own cavalry charge.

After the battle ended, Liu Tiehan, the deputy division commander, was so angry that he specially called He Zhuguo to the headquarters for a violent training, according to the staff officers of the headquarters, the deputy division commander roared with thunderous anger and shouted for more than half an hour, but when Brigade Commander He came out, he was proud, as if he had been rewarded, so that everyone could not guess what was going on?

The shelling stopped abruptly, as suddenly as it began, the smoke had not completely spread, He Zhuguo's cavalry had already rushed into the pile of Soviet soldiers, and then, there were bursts of snowy knife flashes, the sound of horses' hooves, the "clanging" sound of knives and guns colliding, the "pop" sound of the blade entering the body, the screams of the dying people, and the whistling wind, intertwined.

Seventeen or eight thousand cavalrymen, like a sharp machete, slashed into the columns of the Soviet army, the impact was unprecedentedly fierce, and under the sudden blow, the Soviet army immediately fell into disarray, sabers flew, and horses' hooves trampled on blood and corpses. flew by, and when the Soviet soldiers came back to their senses, they fell with pieces of corpses of their comrades.

He Zhuguo reined in the horse's head, the blood on the battle knife dripped on the withered yellow grass, and his body and face were splashed with bloodstains, like a killing god from hell, "Send a signal and order each regiment to start a second charge!" The tone was cold. Without a hint of emotion, it is as if the Soviet soldier who had just fallen under his own knife was like a lifeless tree.

The East Finger cavalry mixed into eight regiments of the brigade, slightly reorganized the formation, and began to fight back. He Zhuguo commanded the troops, on the west bank of the Onen River. Fight lively. On the east bank of the river, Major General Chen Guozhu, the commander of the 10th Brigade, who was observing the battlefield situation, was frightened into a cold sweat and couldn't stop muttering: "This old He, it's a matter of concern!" How can there be a cavalry charge before the artillery attack begins! ”

But. Looks like it works well! Chen Guozhu put down the binoculars, and his heart itched, if at this time, the 10th Brigade attacked on all fronts. Crossing the river and joining the battlefield will definitely be able to have a good time, but he still gave up this tempting idea, what his mission is, he knows very well in his heart!

The four regiment commanders of the 10th Brigade gathered around Chen Guozhu, raised their binoculars from time to time, looked at the battlefield on the other side of the river with a greedy expression, and couldn't stop agitating in their mouths, "Brigade commander, look at the cavalry, how lively the fight is, the Soviet army has been chaotic, and it can't organize effective resistance at all, let's attack with the whole brigade, we can still fight with it, otherwise, when the deputy division commander catches up, we won't even be able to get a mouthful of leftovers, so it's thanks to panic!" ”

"Brigade commander, even if the whole brigade doesn't attack, I and Lao Jiang's regiment can attack!" The four regiment commanders were so anxious that they stomped their feet.

Chen Guozhu was angry, his face was tense, and he said: "It's a shame that you have such an idea, you just want to have a good time, the order of the deputy division commander is to let our brigade block the retreat of the Soviet army, and no one can let go, the cavalry is suitable for the current battlefield situation, and they all run across the river, what if some of the Soviet troops slip over?" The encirclement battle turned into a pursuit battle, can the 10th Brigade still raise its head? ”

More than 15,000 soldiers of the 10th Brigade did not have a long time to see, and the Soviet troops, who had escaped the cavalry sabers, rushed to the east bank regardless of a single qiē, and they were greeted by a roar of light and heavy machine guns, as dense as a rain of bullets like flying locusts, and they were beaten back at once.

He Zhuguo's cavalry brigade was not very enjoyable, and as soon as the second charge was over, the seven brigades commanded by Liu Tiehan surrounded the left and right flanks and the rear, and surrounded the remaining more than 70,000 Soviet soldiers on the west bank of the Onen River.

At this point, the remnants of the three armies of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which had come to the battlefield in Outer Mongolia for thousands of miles, finally came to a dead end, and on the evening of 5 October, an encirclement was formed, and the Soviet army, which had been repeatedly attacked and was in turmoil, had no possibility of breaking through the encirclement.

Liu Tiehan led the command organ of the East Finger, followed the frontal pursuit troops to the front line at the same time, standing on a hill that was not high, Liu Tiehan looked around the vast land, the north wind at dusk, blowing the placket of his army's coat, looking at the battlefield where the sound of guns and cannons had thinned out, and his chest suddenly became arrogant.

Seven days and seven nights of non-stop bloody fighting, finally this force of the Soviet army, which is quite strong in combat, rushed to a desperate situation, the east refers to the brigades, in this battle of the expression, remarkable, "Guangjin, immediately send a report to the division commander, report the battle situation, at the same time, order the troops to stop the offensive, rest on the battlefield, recuperate, and end the life of the Soviet troops in the encirclement tomorrow!" Liu Tiehan said loudly to Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division.

"The division pointed out that the remnants of the three armies of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, numbering about 70,000 people, were surrounded by our troops in the area on the west bank of the Onon River at dusk today, and by the time of the telegram, the Soviet army had been compressed within a narrow radius of less than 100 miles, and there was absolutely no possibility of breaking through the encirclement."

"In the past few days, the troops have been in pursuit of the battle, and the troops are extremely tired, so our troops have suspended the offensive, rested on the battlefield, adjusted the deployment, and planned to launch a general attack on the Soviet troops encircled in the north at 5 o'clock in the morning of 6 October, until they are completely annihilated!"

"Good! In a sense, the impact of annihilating the four corps of the Soviet Far Eastern Front is far greater than the record of annihilating the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District. Holding Liu Tiehan's telegram, Tang Qiuli said with a big smile.

All the officers in the command headquarters had smiles on their faces, and the joy of the division commander infected everyone.

Tang Qiuli comfortably lit a cigarette, spewed out light blue smoke, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, call back to Deputy Division Commander Liu, call back, I am overjoyed by my brother's victory, and launch a general attack in the early morning of tomorrow to completely annihilate the Soviet army in this department, it is really necessary, the East Finger Army can free up its hands, and the troops will enter the first line of Chita, then the eastern region of Outer Mongolia, and then there will be no worries!" ”

Zhao Yuhe finished recording the telegram and handed it to a staff officer of the staff office to shoot it, and then said to Tang Qiuli: "Division commander, can the next move of the directly subordinate corps be clarified?" ”

Tang Qiuli said quite relaxedly: "The East Finger has solved the arm stretched out by the Soviet Far East Front, and we will have no worries, and we will order the first and second brigades of the directly subordinate corps to immediately march north to seize Irkutsk, the third and fourth brigades, to capture Ulan-Ude, the fifth and eighth brigades, to capture Barnaoer, and the above divisions, in order to control the area around Lake Baikal and clear the scattered troops of the Soviet army for the purpose of operation." ”

"The 9th and 10th Brigades, immediately marched westward, rushed to the Uriya Sutai area, joined the 6th and 8th Brigades, as well as Li Changjiang's 5th Cavalry Brigade, and surrounded and annihilated the 3rd Army of the Soviet Army in this place.

Zhao Yuhe shook his head with a smile and said: "Division commander, I can't figure it out, if it's a surprise soldier, the purpose is to attack Kulen, and the direction of the march is wrong, if it is to contain our attack on the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District, the number of troops is too small, two infantry divisions, but about 30,000 people, what can be done, if there is a chance to meet that Kulygin, I must ask him!" ”

Tang Qiuli couldn't stop laughing, and then, looking at Zhao Yuhe with blazing eyes, said: "Yuhe, give you a task, together with Yang Ketian, command the eleventh and twelfth brigades of the directly subordinate corps, the three mechanized brigades in the east, and the troops of the two tank brigades of the armored corps, immediately march north, sweep all the bases and strongholds of the Soviet Outer Caucasus Military District, I want to stretch Stalin's arm to Outer Mongolia and completely abolish it!" This Transcaucasian Military District should also be removed! ”

Zhao Yuhe's eyes lit up, and he said solemnly: "Please rest assured, the division commander, Yuhe will live up to his trust and uproot the remnants of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union!" As the division commander said, after this battle, there were no Soviet troops in the north of Outer Mongolia that could threaten us! ”

Tang Qiuli looked approvingly at the high-spirited young chief of staff, and advised: "This time to go deep into Mobei, we must be cautious step by step, steady and steady, steady progress, not seeking speed, but seeking quality, in this area, the foundation and influence of the Soviets are deep-rooted, you have to take this into account, if necessary, you can take extraordinary measures, don't be afraid of killing, sometimes, blood will make some people sober-minded!" ”

Sighing slightly, Tang Qiuli continued: "I'm not a person who loves to kill, but I can't let go of the butcher's knife, don't talk about this issue, Yuhe, the current situation is unprecedentedly beneficial to us, the military strength of the Soviet army in the surrounding areas of Outer Mongolia has been completely lost, and it is the best time to enter the surrounding areas of Outer Mongolia, the original sphere of influence of the Soviet Union!" ”

"Sun Zhenbang has recovered and been discharged from the hospital, I am ready to let him go to the unified command of the Uriya Sutai Campaign, during this time, he is choking enough in the hospital, and it is time to release it to fight, and then, with the troops of the Uriya Sutai Campaign, form a westward marching corps, go out of western Outer Mongolia, occupy the Yenisei River Valley, take Minusinsk, and defeat Stalin's other important army assembly in western Outer Mongolia, so that the surrounding areas of Outer Mongolia can be regarded as truly safe!"

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli sighed, "With the troops of Deputy Division Commander Liu, the three-way attack is another protracted battle!" ”

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