The Third Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, such heavy casualties, Ren Zhaoquan was very shocked and annoyed, with his experience, the casualties were estimated to be at least more than 10,000 people, looking at the wounded who were carried away, he knew the result, he knew more in his heart, there must be an important link, there was a problem, otherwise, the fortifications built under his own command would never be attacked by the Soviet army.

But what the specific problem is, Ren Zhaoquan didn't know, he held back a fire in his heart, turned around, and almost tripped over the corpse of a Soviet soldier, "Chief of Staff, order the troops, throw the corpses of these old Mao soldiers outside the trench for me, so as not to dirty this place!" ”

In fact, without the brigade commander's order, the soldiers of the 11th Brigade had already thrown the corpses of the Soviet soldiers outside the trenches, and hurried to repair the fortifications and build fire points, "Dechun, tell the director of the field hospital that Brigade Commander Rao must be rescued, otherwise, with his medical skills, he still has the face to stay in the 11th Brigade?" Go to other units and find another job! Ren Zhaoquan's face was cloudy, and he said.

Chief of Staff Fu Dechun's mouth opened a few times, and he wanted to say something, but looking at the brigade commander's pot-like face, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, "Actually, the brigade commander is a strong word, Rao the brigade commander's injury, I have seen it with my own eyes, I am afraid that no matter how skilled a doctor is, he is also weak, how can he complain about the head of the brigade field hospital?" He muttered to himself.

However, Fu Dechun knew better in his heart that at this time, it was irrational to fight with the brigade commander, and no problem could be solved except for a violent training that cut his head and covered his brain, "Okay brigade commander, I will arrange a field hospital immediately." Operate on Brigadier Rao immediately! ”

After giving the order, Ren Zhaoquan asked clearly where the headquarters of the Third Brigade was located, turned around and left, just walked a few steps, stopped, stared at the beads of his eyes, and said viciously: "Chief of Staff, call Qu Xinhe again, what's going on, hasn't started shelling yet?" Grinding. He, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, doesn't want to do it? Ten minutes later, if I don't see a shell on the head of the Soviets, come to me and give me a reason to be satisfied! ”

Fu Dechun smiled bitterly. Agreed again and again, and took a few steps. Report to: "Brigade Commander. I just received a call from the other two brigades of the field corps, because we appeared on the battlefield in time, and the Soviet troops attacking in that direction had already retreated, and their brigade commander sent a thank you to our 11th Brigade for making timely moves and saving the tide of the war! ”

"Hmm!" Ren Zhaoquan agreed sullenly. And I was not glad about these things, the 3rd Brigade fought like this, and suffered so many casualties. How could he be happy, and Ren Zhaoquan was still wondering if the trenches he built did not achieve the satisfactory effect of blocking the Soviet army, otherwise, why did the Third Brigade have such large casualties, all the questions can only be understood after meeting Rao Zhonghan.

I wondered. Ren Zhaoquan, who was sullen, walked along the trench with a breezy footsteps, just turned a corner of the trench, and met several regiment commanders of the third brigade, as soon as he saw Ren Zhaoquan with the epaulettes of the major general, he immediately hurried to meet him, and when he handed over the position, several regiment commanders of the third brigade met, "Brigade commander Ren, thank you for coming in time, otherwise, what you see is probably the corpses of the third brigade everywhere!" Several regiment commanders saluted and said with tears in their eyes.

Ren Zhaoquan waved his hand, he didn't want to listen to these words of thanks, "Why did you get together, the Soviet army's offensive has not stopped, there is no need to command the troops?" He asked, puzzled.

The colonel of the first regiment of the third brigade wiped the corners of his eyes and said in a low voice: "Brigade commander, we also received a call from the chief of staff, ordering all the regiment commanders to go to the brigade headquarters, I'm afraid we can't spare the brigade commander!" ”

The corners of Ren Zhaoquan's mouth twitched a few times, and he snorted, "Go!" "When he strode towards the headquarters, although he didn't have much intersection with Rao Zhonghan, and he hadn't been in contact with him before, a brigade commander was seriously injured and his life was in danger, but his heart was very heavy, "A blocking battle, shouldn't be so passive, even the brigade commander personally went into battle and fought with a bayonet, how could this be?" ”

With doubts, Ren Zhaoquan asked, "Why is this happening?" Relying on the ready-made blocking positions, the weapons and equipment of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, although there is no artillery support, should not allow the Soviet troops to break through to the positions, I also noticed that the Soviet army also has no artillery, pure infantry attacks, the Soviet army is not so powerful, let's say, what is going on? ”

The commander of the first regiment said with shame and hatred: "Ren brigade commander, don't mention it, it's a shame, there are more than a dozen scum on the position of our first regiment and two battalions, and at the critical time, they became deserters, and that area is the fire support point of the entire defense line, the Soviet army took advantage of this opportunity to break through our position, and our brigade commander was also wounded at that time, damn it, the company of our Outer Mongolia Field Corps was lost!" ”

"Deserters? ――？ Ren Zhaoquan suddenly stopped, so surprised that he almost shouted, "Deserter!" "What an unfamiliar word, in all the troops of the independent division, the occurrence of desertion is very small, at least, among the twelve mechanized infantry brigades of the directly subordinate corps, Ren Zhaoquan has never heard of deserters, there have been deserters in that brigade, so Ren Zhaoquan was unbelievably surprised!

Just because of a dozen deserters, the Gurban Sai Khan blocking line almost collapsed on the whole line, so that the Third Brigade fell into a precarious hand-to-hand combat, and paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties, in a sense, the Third Brigade, which has only more than 15,000 soldiers, has been disabled, and even, the entire Gurban Sai Khan battlefield, the three infantry brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, will be wiped out.

He also knew the importance of that firepower support point, but something went wrong, "Deserter-!" Ren Zhaoquan repeated, "What about the dozen deserters?" The tone was cold, with a thick murderous intent, the cold glint in his eyes flashed, and he stared at the head of the regiment and asked.

The regiment commander gritted his teeth and replied hatefully: "Brigade Commander Ren, with a dozen bastards and scum, he didn't please him, and when he fled to the rear of the position, he let the Soviet machine guns turn into sieve eyes, otherwise, I would have to shoot these scum with my own hands now!" Then, go to the corps headquarters and ask for punishment! ”

Ren Zhaoquan didn't speak again, but there was a fire in his heart, and when he was still a few hundred meters away from the headquarters of the Third Brigade, there was a dull loud noise in the sky, and then, one shell after another with a piercing scream swept over their heads, "Brigade commander, our heavy artillery regiment has begun to shell the Soviet army's stormtrooping formation!" Chief of Staff Fu Dechun shouted in surprise.

Ren Zhaoquan glared at him, looked at his watch, thirty-two minutes, "Qu Xinhe's movements are quite fast!" He thought to himself, "What are you yelling about, I saw it, it took more than 30 minutes to start shelling, how does Qu Xinhe usually train his troops?" Satisfied, Ren Zhaoquan said.

Shells continued to pass over the position, the Soviet assembly site, a fire flashed, gunpowder smoke filled, shrouded in lead-gray smoke, by the Soviet army regardless of casualties of the group charge, exhausted by the Soviet army regardless of casualties The soldiers of the three infantry brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps cheered, and their hearts were relieved!

A mere heavy artillery regiment and dozens of large-caliber howitzers, if the defensive front of Gurban Sai Khan is evenly distributed, I am afraid that a few shells will not be spread out in one kilometer, let alone charge the Soviet army, form an effective artillery strike, and still less be able to stop the Soviet army's attack on all fronts.

However, everything was an accident, seeing that the daredevils had already torn a big hole in the position of the independent division's blocking troops, and the opportunity could not be lost, this was the only chance to break through the resistance of the independent division's troops and withdraw to Kulen, therefore, the commander of the Soviet Army's 37th Army, Lieutenant General Hippoliv, ordered most of the troops, to concentrate in this direction, to prepare for successive assaults, expand the breakthrough, and ensure that all the troops of the group army were connected from this direction.

In this way, the 37th Group Army retreated all the way from Seyinshanda, and the remaining 80,000 or 90,000 troops, more than 70,000 people, concentrated in this direction, Ren Zhaoquan, who had a vicious and sophisticated vision, of course, saw the Soviet commander's intention at a glance, so he ordered the brigade heavy artillery regiment to concentrate all the artillery fire and bombard the assembly area of the Soviet army.

The shells fell one after another, and the Soviet troops gathered together suffered a lot at that time, shrenching shrapnel, flashing fire, and the explosion points were next to each other, and the bodies of the Soviet soldiers were thrown high into the air by the shock wave, and when they landed, they had become a bloodied and lifeless corpse, which was directly hit by the shells, and the end was even worse, the cold metal shrapnel tore the body apart, and the blood soared!

A burst of artillery shells, exploded so that the Soviet troops who were assembling and preparing for the final attack scattered and fled, unable to organize even the most basic formation, let alone attacking again, it was just a brigade large-caliber howitzer regiment with dozens of artillery pieces, but it played an extremely important role in the most critical battle, in which more than 100,000 troops on both sides were put into battle.

Lieutenant General Hippoliv, commander of the 37th Army of the Soviet Army, put down the binoculars weakly, his face was once again as difficult to look as dead ashes, and in his blue-gray eyes, there was a desperate death, and the only opportunity and possibility to break through the resistance of the troops of the independent division was lost, and it would never appear again.

What is the point of redeploying troops to attack again, not counting the Chinese in front of them, the artillery group that is full of fireworks, that is, the independent division troops that are chasing after reluctantly, can they give themselves time to adjust their deployment again, already in Gurbansai Khan, delayed for more than an hour, already smelled, the tanks of the independent division that caught up behind, the smell of diesel exuded, Lieutenant General Hippoliv felt a desperate dazed heart.

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