The northern battlefield of Saiyinshanda, which had been silent for dozens of minutes, was broken by a tight burst of artillery sound, and began to make noise, rain-like shells fell, and on the Soviet position, a dark red cloud and mist rose, and the fire that exploded, and the explosion of clusters reflected half of the sky.

"Boom! Rumble! - Boom! "In the sky, the cannonballs with dark red tail flames screamed, smashed to the ground, from a distance, the explosion points were blown up one after another, and on the ground, from time to time there were clouds of dust and smoke, like flowers blooming in the night, the terrible earth flowers, the earth flowers exploded, countless steel fragments, whistling, spinning, flying around aimlessly, cutting into the bodies of Soviet soldiers, a puff of blood mist dispersed, on the ground, there were more stumps and broken arms.

The artillery bombardment of this scale, the firepower is not intensive, and the Soviet troops in the trenches still have some safety blind spots that can be used, but ten minutes later, a bigger blow came, and the howitzer group and rocket artillery group commanded by Zheng Yong joined the artillery attack, and the Soviet army's position was hit like a boiling molten iron by thousands of howitzers, self-propelled guns and rocket artillery.

In particular, the scene of the "Thunder" 32-barrel rocket launcher salvo was brutally spectacular, with rows of rockets, flying like meteors, the rockets tearing through the air and the piercing scream, almost piercing the eardrums, even in the shelling of other artillery groups, countless shells came and went, and the earth-shaking explosions were still clear and piercing, and the rockets fell to the ground, and a sea of fire like the morning sun erupted and rose, illuminating the dust and smoke clouds all over the battlefield.

The headquarters of the 37th Army of the Soviet Army, which was also within the coverage of the artillery fire of the independent division, more than a dozen large-caliber grenades, exploded near the headquarters, and the huge shock wave put the horse lanterns hanging in the headquarters. All of a sudden, the oil in the lamp ignited the ground in the headquarters, and the soil above the head fell "with a bang", if it wasn't for a few guards rushing over and extinguishing the flames, the dignified lieutenant general commander comrade would probably have been ignited.

Lieutenant General Hippoliv, who was staggered by the shock wave, was supported by the guards. Finally stood firm, his face, "swish", became pale, his worries. All the incomprehension, at the moment when the shells fell. It's all unraveled. This is the conspiracy of the Chinese, large-scale shelling, in order to kill and injure their own soldiers in large numbers, and the soldiers hiding in improvised fortifications simply cannot withstand such a fierce shelling, the hand of the Chinese. Insidious enough, vicious enough!

There is a point, Lieutenant General Hippoliv is still confused, when organizing the defense. It has been fully considered that the distance between the two lines of defense can effectively avoid being covered by enemy artillery fire at one time, which is the most basic common sense of a commander, but how can the Chinese's shells hit the second line of defense? Could it be that the artillery of the independent division, equipped with new artillery with a longer range?

There was no time to solve the doubts in his heart, Lieutenant General Hippoliv hurriedly picked up the phone in the dark, what he was most concerned about now was the casualties of the forward troops, "Hey, hey! The Third Army? Hey, hey! Second Army? ……？ Although he shouted at the top of his voice, there was no sound on the phone, and the telephone line leading to the forward position was blown off by the fierce artillery fire of the independent division!

Angry and fell off the phone, Lieutenant General Hippoliv hurriedly rushed to the lookout hole, raised the binoculars, and saw countless explosion points, tumbling, surging like waves and dissipating, it was the firelight everywhere, the purple-red dust and disgust, what he heard was the indistinguishable number of explosions, and a burst of shock waves came, which shook his heart, and he was beating wildly uncontrollably, almost rushing out of his chest!

The telescope slipped from his hand, Lieutenant General Hippoliv's eyes straightened, his mind was muddy, the attack of the independent division was completely unroutine, the infantry did not move, he actually used large-scale artillery twice in a row, rummaged through his memory, and he had never seen such a despicable way of fighting, two fierce shelling, his own troops, more than half of the casualties were lucky, and the two shells were bombed, and the troops were in the trenches, almost like a live target.

When the battle reached this point, Lieutenant General Hippoliv understood that he would cover the withdrawal of the main forces of the front army, and then, if the 37th Army wanted to retreat in its entirety, it was a delusion, and the troops on the forward positions that were beaten by artillery fire could still withstand the charge of the infantry of the independent division?

The army sent out for a tentative attack, and a tank division, were the first to be hit by artillery fire from the independent division, and now, I am afraid that the whole army has been annihilated, "Tanks! Thinking of the tank, Lieutenant General Hippoliv's heart rose with a hope, as long as the tank troops were saved, and when they retreated, they would be pursued by the troops of the independent division, and they would not be powerless to fight back, "Quick, use the radio, order the tank troops, try to be as concealed as possible, and preserve strength!" ”

Lieutenant General Hippoliv can do only this, I hope that the tank troops will not be overwhelmed by the artillery fire of the independent division, and then, just wait for the infantry of the independent division to charge, look at the watch, at about 11 o'clock on the night of April 10, the task of covering the withdrawal of the main forces of the front army, only more than four hours have passed, and the remaining eight hours, can you survive it?

Even if he survived, how the army group should get out and withdraw to Kulen, Lieutenant General Hippoliv did not know, he sat weakly on the canvas chair, called an officer, and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Shevarchenko, commander of the 35th Army, requesting the 35th Army to send troops to receive the withdrawal of our army to Kulen, and tell Lieutenant General Sù Sevarchenko that our situation is very dangerous!" ”

"I have to call for help, otherwise, I and more than 100,000 soldiers will have to be buried by the independent division troops in the north of Seyinshanda, this land!" Lieutenant General Hippoliv thought helplessly, and as for asking the commander of the Front, Vasilevsky, for help, he did not even think about it.

The other units of the Front Army, busy breaking away from the battlefield in Outer Mongolia and rushing to the western battlefield to fight the fire, will not send back the troops that have managed to escape with great difficulty because they are a group army, and replace them with themselves, and will not do so, only to ask for help from the 35th Group Army is the only way out, "Probably, when ordering their own troops to take on the task of covering, General Vasilevsky of the Front Army will treat the 37th Group Army as a pawn that must be sacrificed!" Lieutenant General Hippoliv guessed with some whimsy.

Dense as hail shells, smashed on the Soviet position, Sun Zhenbang was in the command headquarters, rubbing his hands excitedly, and said to Battle: "Commander Ba, this time, the artillery has helped us a lot, two rounds of artillery shelling, the Soviet army has become a dying sick cat, the next battle, much better, Zheng Yong, this guy, really has two hits, especially the 'back to the pot meat' to solve the big problem!" ”

The artillery bombardment lasted for a whole hour, and the Soviet army's position was almost overturned by artillery fire, and at 0:00 on the night of April 11, the intensive artillery fire stopped abruptly, just as suddenly at the beginning, Sun Zhenbang said to Wang Jun, chief of staff: "The shelling has stopped, order the troops, start the assault immediately, Zheng Yong's work is done, and then, it is time for our Outer Mongolia Field Corps to show its skills!" ”

With an order, the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the six infantry brigades of the frontal assault, under the cover of the two tank brigades of the Batel armored corps, divided into two roads and launched an ordered attack on the Soviet army.

The tanks and infantry of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, when they rushed to the front of the Soviet position, they encountered a counterattack, which was much weaker than expected, and under the crossfire of the tanks and infantry, the weak resistance of the Soviet army soon disappeared on the battlefield, which made the brigade commanders who were preparing for a bloody battle a little stunned, and the two attack arrows quickly penetrated the Soviet position and advanced to the depth attack.

Zheng Yong's artillery, with nearly 100,000 shells, blew up two passages for the six infantry brigades and more than 100,000 troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps.

What I smelled was the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, even if it was a strong northwest wind, it could not be blown away, many soldiers who experienced such a cruel scene for the first time, their stomachs were churning, and they couldn't help vomiting, and the officers and veterans around them shouted without looking back: "What are you rubbing, keep up with the troops, and you will get used to it after seeing it a few more times!" After spitting out, the warrior wiped the corners of his mouth, gritted his teeth, and rushed forward after the figure in front of him.

More than forty minutes later, Chief of Staff Wang Jun put down the phone, and the excited Sun Zhenbang and Batel said: "Commander, Commander Ba, I have received a report from the frontal assault force that both roads are advancing to attack in depth by breaking through the second line of positions of the Soviet army, but according to their report, the Soviet army is retreating in the direction of Kulun!" ”

Sun Zhenbang applauded again and again, and instructed Wang Jun: "Immediately report to the division commander that our Outer Mongolia Field Corps launched a frontal attack on the 37th Group Army of the Soviet Army at 0:00 o'clock on 11 April. ”

Wang Jun hurriedly went out and reported the good news to the division commander Tang Qiuli, Sun Zhenbang was still excited, and said to Battle: "Commander Ba, this is the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, since its formation, the first big battle, I didn't expect it to be so smooth, the troops did not have many casualties, and they broke through the two positions of more than 100,000 people in a group army of the Soviet army one after another, and it got off to a good start!" ”

Seeing that there was a faint smile on Battle's face, and he couldn't see the fluctuation of his expression, Sun Zhenbang continued: "However, Lao Zheng's artillery has played a decisive role, no, I will personally send a telegram to the division commander to ask for credit for Lao Zheng's artillery!" ”

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