Chapter 795: Return to the carbine

The encirclement of the Soviet army has been completed, and at the Kazadeu Pass, which insisted on opening up the passage to attack the western region of the ancient region, Tang Qiuli, the first group in the Far East, was in the area of Hadassan west of Kulen, and the 200,000 motorized troops led by Lieutenant General Zhukov, commander and political commissar of the 120,000 Army led by Lieutenant General Vuchkov, were still trapped by the stubborn resistance of Feng Jiwu's troops, attacked for three days, paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties, and only advanced to the middle section of the valley pass.

General Zhukov, who could not predict what kind of battle he would face tomorrow, received a telegram from Lieutenant General Vuchkov, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, who had already advanced to the area around Hadassan, and finally realized that Tang Qiuli had set up a huge deception for the First Army in the Far East by leaving the ancient region of Méng, and the troops commanded by Lieutenant General Vochikov were finally deceived.

Zhukov did not have too many expectations, only hoped that after Lieutenant General Vochkov received the warning telegram, Tang Qiuli's encirclement had not yet been closed, and the Red Army could quickly get out of danger.

Feng Jiwu, who was fighting against him, did not intend to let go of the Soviet army, which had taken the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers, after careful planning and approval from division commander Tang Qiuli, he began to act at midnight.

The troops participating in the night attack, close to the strength of a multi-brigade, Qing Yi sè mortars and Czech light machine guns, the special operations detachment responsible for opening the way, wiped the necks of the two Soviet soldiers patrolling the outermost part, picked up their guns, at least on the surface, as usual, the fighters of the special operations detachment quietly approached the target, and the night was like ink, and the strong night wind in the steppe outside the Seychelles covered up the whereabouts of Yiqiē.

The Soviet soldiers who fought for three days were tired and lying in their clothes, not only them, but even the commander Lieutenant General Zhukov would not have expected that for three days, the squadron, which was only on the defensive, would launch a large-scale attack at night, and all the alerts were routinely configured, which brought great convenience to the troops' attacks.

In front of them were rows of tanks, a few swimming sentinels were casually pacing back and forth, several bonfires had burned out, the night wind was blowing, the embers of the bonfires flashed dark red light from time to time, a few black images were lifted from the earth, and after the cold wind, sharp daggers had pierced their hearts.

After passing through the tanks, the fighters of the special operations detachment found that the tanks and trucks, which stretched all the way to the mountain pass, were filled with Soviet soldiers, and behind them were more than 10,000 fighters armed with mortars and light machine guns.

The first mortar was placed in place, and with the commander's order, the shells whistled out of the chamber and smashed into the Soviet soldiers who were still asleep.

More than 1,000 mén mortars, within a few minutes, fired five shells, the explosions of fire one after another, more than 2,000 tǐng light machine guns, also roared together, in the night, the number of gunfire, the wind roared, the camp of the 7th Motorized Guards Division of the Soviet Far East was hit first, and it was immediately plunged into a húnluàn.

Taking advantage of the situation, the troops continued to attack and advance, rows of sleepy-eyed Soviet soldiers fell under the spitting machine guns, and the second bō mortar beat the mountain pass into a sea of fire everywhere, and in the dark night, the Soviet soldiers in Hún Luàn did not know how many Chinese soldiers came.

In the dense rain of bullets, running aimlessly, more than 15,000 mortar shells, starting from the garrison of the Motorized Guards Seventh Division, bombarded to the farthest attack distance, and the retreating fighters, not forgetting to give the neatly arranged Soviet tanks, trucks and artillery, stuffed a grenade, and the violent explosion shook the air in the night.

The detonated tanks and burning cars exacerbated the catastrophe, and in just one hour, the attack came and went like a hurricane like a summer storm, and by the time the Soviets had recovered from their initial panic and organized resistance under the command of the officers, the attackers had escaped unharmed.

This short-term attack caused a huge disaster to the Soviet army, thousands of tanks, trucks and artillery, became a raging fire, soldiers suffered casualties of nearly 10,000 people, from the air, in the Kazadeu Pass, more than 10 kilometers long, everywhere there were burning fires, thick smoke rising into the sky, and continuous explosions, but also to the night sè added jīdàng and uneasy bloody sè.

The baggage units of the 1st Army in the Far East, at the end of the marching sequence, were fortunately spared from being attacked, otherwise, Zhukov's mechanized troops would have been lame.

Feng Jiwu was at the exit of the pass of the Kazadewu Pass, anxiously waiting for the troops of the night attack, the continuous explosions in the mountain pass, the sound of gunfire and the fire reflecting the red sky, seeing that he was both moved and anxious, a group of figures flashed out, and Chen Jishan, the commander of the second brigade who led the night attack, lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Report to the commander, all the troops have been withdrawn, and the casualties will have time to be counted in the future." ”

Feng Jiwu waved his hand, the troops disappeared into the dark night, the Soviet army, according to Zhukov's order, did not pursue, the situation at night is unknown, who knows what else is ambushed in the mountain pass? It made Tang Qiu worry about it.

This surprise attack, Ben did not divert Zhukov's attention from Hadassan, the telegram to Vuchkov has been sent for an hour, and he has not received a call back, Zhukov sat anxiously in his chair, his brows were tightly locked, Vochkov's ability was clear, he was a loyal member of the Bolshevik Party, but his ability was average, he was cautious, he lacked assertiveness, and was indecisive.

Because of this, Zhukov chose him to be the commander of the Central Route Army, taking that he did not dare to attack rashly, and it was better to ensure the safety of the troops than those impatient generals, and Vuchkov finally called back, "Comrade commander, so far, no squadron has been found around our department, and after arriving at Hadassan, I have sent small units to both flanks, and the search range is twenty kilometers, but none have been found. ”

"Because the reconnaissance plane could not take off at night, it did not conduct reconnaissance, and after receiving the telegram, the troops immediately made preparations to withdraw to the front line of the Onon River, and it is expected that they will be able to move in the early morning of tomorrow, and they will report to the commander if there is a situation." Zhukov sighed, he couldn't wait for Vuchkov's troops to withdraw immediately, but the 120,000 troops, just packing up the baggage, was a matter of effort and time.

The measures taken by Vuchkov made Zhukov feel a little reassured, what he needed now was time, and the more danger Vuchkov's troops would be if they stayed in Hadasando for a minute, and he would do his best to break through the Kazadeu Pass and get close to Kulen, so as to reduce this danger.

Neither Zhukov nor Vochkov thought that the small unit of the Soviet army sent out had become prisoners of the reconnaissance unit of the directly subordinate corps, and all the safe telegrams sent were done in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese soldiers, and within more than 10 kilometers around Hadassan, more than 200,000 Chinese soldiers were ready, and the commander of the single division, Tang Qiuli, gave the order and immediately pounced out like a tiger, and the lives of Vochkov and the 120,000 Soviet troops under his command had begun to count down.

"Division commander, our unit has completed the attack mission, basically achieved the operational purpose, destroyed nearly 1,000 Soviet tanks and various vehicles and artillery, killed and wounded about 20,000 Soviet soldiers, and our unit suffered more than 370 casualties.

When dawn came, Zhukov, who had not slept all night, was not at all interested in the chief of staff's chattering reports on the casualties and equipment losses of the attack last night, and today he broke through the Kazadeu Pass, which he gave himself a deadline that he could not afford to procrastinate.

Zhukov interrupted the chief of staff, and gave a brief order: "Immediately order the 1st Guards Army to attack and advance to the south of the Kazadeu Pass, at any cost, before eleven o'clock at noon today, I will set foot on the steppes of the ancient western part of the outer méng, and if the task cannot be completed, the army commander and political commissar will be removed from their posts on the spot and sent to the military tribunal." ”

As usual, there was an overwhelming and fierce artillery bombardment, and more Soviet tanks and soldiers than that time formed several continuous attacks, and the Soviet army, which had always boasted of fighting with steel, also engaged in the tactics of group charge.

Advance, did not receive any resistance, and then advanced, still without a big knife in hand, all of them wanted to desperately Chinese soldiers, until the southern end of the Kazadeu Pass, the Soviet troops did not receive any resistance, Zhukov, who received the report, only then woke up to the fact that the Chinese had all retreated last night.

Zhukov gathered all his strength to make a punch, hit the cotton huā bag, soft and without strength, nòng Zhukov was so depressed that he almost vomited blood, he didn't have time to think about it, he immediately ordered the troops to cross the Guò Kazadeu Pass at full speed and advance in the direction of Kulen, but the Chinese soldiers who had blocked their troops for three days disappeared without a trace, where were they hiding? What was the intention of the sudden evacuation? Throughout the ancient battle of Transméng, this was a question that had always plagued Zhukov.

The Soviet armored group and mechanized troops, the rumbling Tongguò Kazadeu Pass, rolled southward, the marching army column stretched for more than 30 kilometers, the vanguard armored troops, had already left the mountain pass, set foot on the land of the ancient western part of the outer Méng, and the rear guard was still moving slowly at the northern end of the mountain pass.

"Boom" There was a loud sound of the sky collapsing and the earth cracking, and the mountain bags on both sides of the southern end of the mountain pass suddenly cracked as a whole, and thousands of tons of soil and gravel first flew up in the sky, and then poured down overwhelmingly, filling the mountain pass in an instant, and the Soviet army's vanguard armored cluster troops were cut off by the waist and buried under the soil and rocks.

Feng Jiwu ordered the hundreds of tons of bombs planted by the engineering troops, displacing the hills on both sides as a whole, and the violent explosion caused the surviving Soviet tanks to jump up on the spot and fall heavily to the ground, and all the Soviet tank soldiers were stunned to look at their companions buried in the mountains.