Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Corps directly under the Independent Division and commander-in-chief of the Battle of the Sejingge River, commanded the counterattack battle, which was fought extremely smoothly at the beginning, with hundreds of mortars and hundreds of recoilless guns firing dense shells to the Soviet troops on the river beach, killing and wounding the Soviet troops who were assembling on the river beach with maximum firepower, and also disrupting the Soviet army's position.

After the infantry began to assault, the battle entered a white-hot Cheng dù, more than 20 kilometers long, but a few hundred meters wide battlefield, more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides mixed together, the guns were as dense as a summer rainstorm, there was no need to aim at all, every bullet, will hit the target, a large number of independent division soldiers equipped with submachine guns, in this kind of close combat, took a great advantage, the Soviet soldiers staggered, heavy casualties.

As the battle progressed, when they broke into the depth of the Soviet troops, they encountered the stubborn resistance of the Soviet soldiers, including the commander Major General Wadkin, all the Soviet officers and soldiers understood that the situation they were facing was the turbulent Sejingge River behind them, the submachine guns in their hands in front of them, and the soldiers of the independent division who were constantly spitting out tongues of fire.

And what the officers said, the assault boat that should withdraw to the north bank, there is no trace, even if it comes, the mortar of the independent division, the river is like an open pot, the Chinese obviously want to cut off their own back road, in the face of this situation, the soldiers usually have two reactions, one is panicked, no fighting spirit, obediently raise their hands to surrender, the other is desperate resistance, hold the beachhead, wait for the arrival of the assault boat on the opposite bank, and have a chance to live.

The tradition of the Soviet Red Army was to punish extremely harsh units and soldiers who surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield. The number of the troops was revoked, the supreme military commander and the political commissar, if they ran back, they were shot, and the soldiers were usually punished for treason, and the family was also implicated, historically, during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, because of the defeat in the war. Stalin, who was iron-blooded and ruthless, shot more than one Soviet marshal and general.

Moreover, according to the regulations on the political work of the Soviet army, the political committee members of the army can do so without authorization. It is possible to remove from the post of any supreme commander who is vacillating on the battlefield and has a tendency to surrender to the enemy. Until execution. Under the tremendous pressure and blows of the troops of the independent division, the Soviet army, which was facing vacillation and collapse, was in chaos, and the troops showed signs of losing control, which was also a normal reaction.

Unless it is a veteran powerhouse that has been fighting for a long time, it can maintain relative calm. However, the Soviet troops on the south bank were not, and at this time, the Soviet troops were political commissars at all levels. Playing its part, they shouted "For the Soviets!" For the sake of Comrade Stalin, we fought to the end! While pulling out his pistol, he did not hesitate to aim at the soldiers who were beginning to retreat, and pulled the trigger.

This extreme approach has had a great effect, and the Soviet soldiers, who were in a state of confusion, began to return to their formations, assembled, and formed one after another fighting groups with the political committee members as the core, and the hedgehogs gathered together and stared at the shore to the death, becoming pieces of scattered but difficult bones, and the two brigades of the corps directly under the independent division and the four reinforced regiments of the Outer Mongolian border defense army had more than 40,000 troops, and they encountered opponents who dared to fight hard, and the sharp momentum of the offensive was contained.

With a distance of less than 200 meters, you can stand on the side of the Sejingge River, and more than 50,000 Soviet soldiers will become corpses or prisoners, but in such a short distance, the troops can no longer attack, and the Soviet soldiers go forward one after another, regardless of casualties, and hold the last line of positions.

Colonel Fan Dezhi, commander of the first regiment of the first mechanized brigade of the directly subordinate corps, commanded the strength of the four battalions under his command, and undertook the counterattack task in one main direction.

A group like a sharp knife, suddenly cut into the Soviet troops, Fan Dezhi looked around, and was happy, good guy, there were more than 5,000 Soviet soldiers at once, all of them scurrying around like headless flies, and the gunfire of the return fire was sparse and messy, Fan Dezhi immediately judged that this Soviet army had been in chaos, it was a good opportunity, don't look at a regiment of only more than 3,500 troops.

But Fan Dezhi has the bottom in his heart, he is not afraid of breaking his belly, in this case, the Soviet soldiers are like frightened birds, the will to resist is extremely low, more than 5,000 people are a flock of sheep, a group of round, maybe they can fight a participating unit, a regiment to destroy the most enemies.

Fan Dezhi turned his face to look around, there was scuffle and fierce fighting everywhere, except for the commander of the regimental headquarters guard company with more than 150 soldiers in the company, who still maintained a complete organization and followed him, there were no other soldiers who formed their own regiment.

Fan Dezhi smacked his teeth, "What the hell is this called fighting?" It's like herding sheep, there is a lot of chaos everywhere, and a big lump of Soviet soldiers is not delicious, won't it be eaten in several pieces? The four battalion commanders are also confused, they don't know how to keep in touch with the regiment headquarters, they patronize themselves and fight happily, they don't have the overall situation at all, and when it is critical, they can't find anyone, so they are in a hurry! ”

At this time, if there is a battalion of troops in his hand, concentrate his firepower and hit in depth, he can immediately divide the big lump of Soviet soldiers in front of him into two pieces, and it will be very easy to eat them all, Fan Dezhi hurriedly sent four guard soldiers to contact the four battalion commanders, and then, with his guard company, he went to the depth of the Soviet army.

The submachine gun in Fan Dezhi's hand was fighting happily, and suddenly, the commander of the guard company next to him suddenly threw him to the ground, and then, a long string of bullets flew over almost against his scalp, knocking away the steel helmet on his head, Fan Dezhi saw with his own eyes that more than a dozen soldiers of the guard company in front fell to the ground, I don't know when, suddenly a Soviet fire point, a heavy machine gun, spitting tongues of fire, blocked the open space in front.

A slimy, warm liquid flowed down his forehead, Fan Dezhi wiped it with his hand, his hands were full of blood, heavy machine gun bullets, although they did not hit him, but the steel helmet that was hit by the bullet broke his forehead, as the guns of the Soviet army returned fire became more and more intensive, the charge of the guard company was suppressed in place, unable to continue to advance, fortunately, the craters everywhere provided cover for the soldiers.

Otherwise, on the unobstructed river beach, the soldiers of a company, including Fan Dezhi, will become a live target for the heavy machine guns of the Soviet army, because the two armies are mixed together, and the recoilless guns on the rear positions have nothing to do, dry eyes!

Fan Dezhi was furious, he fought for eight or nine years, and he was injured a few times, but he was hit by a cannonball or a bullet, and it was also regarded as a hanging flower in the line of fire, but he was injured by his own steel helmet, what happened?

Spread it out, and they won't be laughed at by the second head of the regiment and their guys! Later, when they held meetings at the brigade headquarters, they became their talking point and laughing stock.

Although he was angry, he did not lose his mind, the bullets of the Soviet army flew screaming overhead, stimulating people with goosebumps all over their bodies, lying on the cold and damp river beach, Fan Dezhi's mind was very calm, and he observed the surrounding situation, and he found that the battlefield where he was no longer chaotic, the Soviet soldiers began to stabilize their positions, and began to fight back in an organized manner.

Fan Dezhi slammed the ground, he knew that today's counterattack could only hit this kind of Cheng dù, the Soviet army had already reacted, if it was a forced attack, although it could be won in the end, but the price paid by the troops would be extremely heavy, and it would hurt the vitality, and in the next few days, what to use to block the follow-up troops of the Soviet army, he also believed that the brigade commander would not do it so brutally.

Fan Dezhi pulled over the communication soldier who was closely following him and carrying a walkie-talkie on his back, picked up the deafening gunshots, and shouted loudly in his ear: "Report to the brigade commander immediately, the Soviet army has stabilized its position and began to fight back in an organized manner, a regimental attack is blocked, the regiment commander Fan Dezhi has built a command center, stop the attack immediately!" ”

Liu Hongzhang, who has always been in the front line to command the operation, not only received a report from the commander of a regiment, Fan Dezhi, but also received a report from the troops in other counterattack directions, the content is basically the same, with the in-depth attack of the Soviet army, the resistance encountered, more and more intense, the troops began to appear casualties, in several major counterattack sections, the troops were suppressed by the Soviet firepower, unable to continue the attack and advance, the commanders of the troops, are adjusting the firepower, and strive to break the resistance of the Soviet army in one fell swoop!

Liu Hongzhang really wanted to continue fighting, more than 50,000 Soviet troops were a piece of tempting fat, swallowing it in one bite, it would definitely be full of oil, but 40,000 against 50,000 was originally thin skin and big stuffing, and if it was not done well, it would break the belly, and it would be a defeat for both sides.

Therefore, Liu Hongzhang forcibly resisted this temptation and said to Liu Chenglin, chief of staff: "Chief of staff, immediately issue an order to the counterattacking troops, immediately withdraw to their original positions, mortar troops, stop blocking the river, and shell the Soviet troops crossing the river instead. ”

In Liu Hongzhang's heart, although he felt very sorry that he could not completely annihilate more than 50,000 Soviet troops, but judging from the effect of the counterattack, the purpose of the battle had been achieved, and even, beyond expectations, according to his own observation, more than half an hour of shelling, coupled with infantry assault, at least killed 10,000 Soviet troops, and the Soviet army tightly guarded the riverside, in order to be able to withdraw to the north bank, and the shelling of the mortar unit, it was impossible to count how many Soviet assault boats were blown up in the dark night.

It was obviously to pick up the evacuation of the Soviet soldiers, and finally pulled out the nails that had been wedged into the position, and drove the Soviet troops occupying the beachhead back to the north bank.

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