General Zhukov is still very confident in his own ice and snow defense line, especially at night, just surrounding the position, the ice surface more than 100 meters wide is enough for the Japanese soldiers to climb for a while, and the crossfire composed of various fire points will turn the ice surface into a slaughterhouse for Japanese soldiers, and it is not cheap to attack during the day, and the same is true at night.

In the headquarters, the telephone rang one after another, ringing from time to time, and it was the various units on the front line that reported the battle situation to the headquarters, all of which proved Zhukov's judgment, the Japanese soldiers' charges were beaten down again and again, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were scattered at the front of the position, and so far, not a single place in the position has been lost.

Zhukov was slightly relieved, he put down his binoculars, walked to the table made of shell boxes, picked up the cup of bitter coffee that was already cold, and drank it all, the cold liquid, with the bitterness and the strong aroma of coffee, slid into his stomach, stimulating his mind a little dizzy because of lack of sleep.

"Coupled with the daytime battle, this should be regarded as two large-scale attacks by the Japanese army, the position does not have to worry for the time being, but ammunition and supplies are a huge problem, if the frequency and intensity of the battle continues, the ammunition and supplies that can last for two weeks can be used up in about a week, ammunition ah!" Zhukov frowned, and the mood that had just been a little lighter became heavy again.

The telephone ringing in the headquarters gradually thinned out, the battle on the front line entered a stable state, Zhukov leaned back on the shell box, dozed off, his consciousness gradually became confused, and the rumbling explosion seemed to be far away from him, as if it was echoing in the distant sky. The battlefield where millions of soldiers are fighting seems to be in a dream, and the staff officers in the headquarters, seeing that the commander comrade has a rare rest, all signaled to each other, try to slow down their steps, and deliberately lower the sound of connecting the telephone.

"Jingle bell!" There was silence when the phone rang, and suddenly it rang urgently, a young staff officer. Picked up the phone and asked in a low voice: "I am the front army headquarters, where are you?" ”

"What?" The young staff officer's face changed drastically, and he suddenly shouted, his voice a little unusually loud. The other staff officers cast reproachful glances one after another. But the staff officer's voice still did not decrease. "Are you sure? - It's already occupied! Good! Don't hang up, report to Comrade Commander right away! ”

The shouts of the staff officer did not wake up Zhukov, the staff officer put down the phone and ran over in a few steps, "Comrade commander!" - Comrade Commander! Emergency calls. The first line of positions of the First Army, to which the Eleventh Army belonged, was broken through by the Japanese army! ”

Zhukov suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly jumped up, "What? Repeat! He roared with a glare.

"Our first line of defensive positions in the southern direction. Broken through by the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was the defense zone of the 11th Army, and the commander of their army group is still waiting for your call! The staff officer replied succinctly.

Zhukov took a few steps to the telephone, picked up the receiver, and shouted: "I'm Zhukov, what's the situation there?" ”

"What? The commanding heights are lost first, what are your sentinels for? Did you organize the troops to fight back? ――What? The counterattack failed, the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, and the troops could not rely on the front - don't make excuses, I will give you an hour, you must block the breakthrough for me, and take back the position, otherwise, you will bear the consequences! Zhukov roared with a thunderbolt and threw the phone down.

Zhukov knew what the small high ground of the defensive support point of the First Army of the Eleventh Army meant for the defense line of the First Army, if the Japanese army succeeded in opening a breakthrough somewhere, the firepower could threaten the positions on the left and right sides to a depth of several thousand meters, and if small-caliber artillery was erected, the surrounding area of several square kilometers would be under the control of the Japanese army.

If this is the case, the breakthrough is not just a few kilometers away, which means that the first line of defense in the southern direction will collapse on the whole line, and the worst will appear, and fine beads of sweat will ooze from Zhukov's forehead.

Lieutenant General Godayav, chief of staff of the Front Army, who rushed to hear the news, asked anxiously: "Comrade commander, has the position of the Eleventh Army been lost?" ”

Zhukov nodded heavily, and said: "Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, that direction is where the troops of the Kwantung Army are located, and from the beginning of the daytime battle, the offensive of the Kwantung Army is not violent, but more of a containment purpose. What's going on there? He shook his head in confusion, his expression pained.

The battle at the southern breakthrough of the Soviet defensive circle had reached a fever pitch at this time, and around a breakthrough that was only a few thousand meters wide, the Soviet commander and the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army were both red-eyed and filled the entire regiment and division of soldiers into this area with a radius of only a few tens of thousands of square meters.

Compared with the Japanese Kwantung Army, this time, the 11th Army of the Soviet Army fought more fiercely, and the order of the commander Comrade Zhukov weighed heavily on the hearts of officers at all levels, not only that, everyone knew that the position was broken through by the Japanese army, what did it mean for more than 100,000 soldiers of the Far Eastern Front, reinforcements had already begun to move, and the hope of breaking through was not long in the future, and if the position was lost, no one would be able to live.

From the commander of the front army to the commander of the group army, layers of orders were pressed, and the first army of the 11th group army of the Soviet army came up with a fighting method that had never been used, and the Soviet soldiers, holding up the rifles with bayonets, carried out a white-knuckle charge of tens of thousands of people, which was the usual way of playing in the Japanese army, and now, the Soviet army was also forced to use it, which shows that the breakthrough of this commanding height, for the Soviet army, life is critical.

And, what is even more strict is that as more and more Japanese troops rush up along this breakthrough and advance to attack the positions on both sides, encroaching on each other, the breakthrough is getting bigger and bigger, and at this rate, when the day is almost dawn, all the first line of defense positions of the Eleventh Army will fall into the hands of the Japanese army, and thus affect the defense lines in other directions, and it is time to fight hard.

The wind howled, rolling up the snow everywhere, the dark night, illuminated by artillery fire, flashing fire, in the flash of fire, it was the figure of the Soviet soldiers on the ice and snow, fearless of death, all the artillery of the Japanese Kwantung Army, concentrated in this direction, raindrops of shells, howling, falling into the Soviet army's stormtroop formation, a shell fell, it was a broken arm flying in the wind, a puff of blood.

The Japanese artillery group, strictly carrying out the orders of the commander-in-chief, General Minamijiro, dug a wall of fire around the breakthrough, and the Soviet soldiers rushed into the wall of fire full of metal fragments without fear of death, and were torn to pieces by the metal fragments, turning into flesh and blood everywhere.

Just a charge, tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers, fell under the rain of bullets from the Kwantung Army artillery group, and the Japanese troops who occupied the breakthrough, with the advantage of the terrain, poured the bullets as dense as flying locusts on the Soviet soldiers, on the one hand, to strengthen the fortifications, on the other hand, with a large number of troops, to the left and right flanks, expanded to the breakthrough, the attack was also fierce, Soviet soldiers and Japanese soldiers, in the ice and snow trenches, in a ball, with all kinds of weapons that could be used, fiercely hit each other's bodies.

The scene of blood splashing and bullets flying everywhere aroused the ferocity in the heart of the first unit to rush to the breakthrough, Lieutenant General Asamizu Aoki, the commander of the 107th Division, who saw the blood of the beast boiling, ignoring the bullets whistling and flying around him, he stood in the trench without cover, ignoring the loud reminders of the guards with white faces, and screaming in his mouth, "Yo Xi! - Yo Xi! Greatly good! ”

After watching for a while, Lieutenant General Aoki put down his binoculars, waited for his fierce eyes to shine, and shouted at the radio signal soldier on his back: "Yours - come here for work!" The signal corps hurriedly ran in front of the commander of the runway division, "I will immediately go to the headquarters and talk directly to the commander-in-chief!" He commanded fiercely.

The contact with the headquarters of the Kwantung Army was immediately communicated, and Lieutenant General Aoki Asamizu picked up the microphone, "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, I am Aoki Asamizu, Your Excellency, the Soviet Army actually adopted a group-style white-knuckle charge, and the arrogance is really too arrogant, please approve it, my 107th Division immediately launched a counter-charge, and completely defeated the Soviet Army with bayonets, so that these Soviets can understand what is the spirit of bushido of the Imperial Japanese Army, fighting bayonets, the Soviets are still far behind!" Lieutenant General Aoki said conceitedly.

On the other end of the phone, General Minamijiro's face immediately became stern, "Asasui Jun, as a qualified general, you must keep a cool head at all times, the spirit of bushido, it depends on what kind of environment it is, now, the combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army does not need a soldier's bayonet to prove, and you are a great achievement to hold the current breakthrough, understand?" Well! The last word, General Minamijiro, squeezed out of his throat, with coercion.

Lieutenant General Shallow Water was not convinced, and replied: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I will strictly follow your orders, but seeing that the Soviet soldiers are so arrogant and do not beat their arrogance, I am afraid that it will have an adverse impact on the morale of our soldiers, and the soldiers will talk behind their backs, the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army dare not fight with the Soviet army with bayonets!" ”

"Yaga! - The work of the pig's head! General Minamijiro was furious, and shouted loudly, there is such a stupid and unenlightened guy, they all say it very clearly, and they are still obsessed with fighting bayonets, what a head full of muscles, you know that the brave guy of the horseman, in the current battle, do you still need to order the soldiers to fight bayonets?

"Shallow water Aoki, I warn you, hold on to the current breakthrough, and don't make any moves other than that, otherwise, I don't mind removing you from your post and investigating it!" General Minamijiro said viciously, "Bang Bang", and hung up the phone.

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