Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the Independent Division and commander of the Eastern Command, finally started the battle on the west bank of the Ulez River to ambush the Third Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front on the west bank of the Ulez River, more than an hour later than originally planned.

The Soviet soldiers who were marching sat on the bumpy trucks like boats in the wind and rain, and in a drowsy state, the shells of large-caliber howitzers smashed down their heads, and the trucks in which the avant-garde troops were riding were hit by dense light and heavy machine gun bullets, and the partners around them, covered in bloody holes, fell under their feet, and the trucks not far away, with a loud bang, a firelight, together with the soldiers, flew into the sky.

Only then did the Soviet soldiers react, and the battle broke out inadvertently, and the troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front were worthy of being the troops that had been entangled with the Japanese Kwantung Army for several years in the Outer Khingan Mountains, and the Third Army was a unit that repeatedly fought with the 18th Division of the Kwantung Army and did not fall behind.

After the explosion of the first wave of shells, the soldiers were very experienced in combat, and from the initial panic, they immediately reacted, and without the order of the commander, the infantry jumped out of the truck, lay down nearby, took out the sapper shovels, and dug the fortifications with their lives, the artillery unloaded the artillery from the artillery trucks, and built positions on the spot, and the artillery observers, braving the whistling shells, had already begun to determine the coordinates and orientation of the artillery positions of the independent division.

The order of the commander of the army, in the shortest possible time, was also conveyed to the various units, and his order was undoubtedly correct, the place near the west bank of the Ulez River had been turned into a sea of fire by the artillery shells of the independent division, and if the troops were ordered to retreat at this time, it would undoubtedly send groups of live targets to the artillery of the independent division, and before their own artillery had no ability to fight back, they could only be bombed!

It's even worse to stay put. The artillery of the independent division will not let go of every corner of the battlefield, now it is to hit its own rearguard troops, and after a while, the shells will fall on their own positions, this is a matter of common sense, the only thing that can be done is to attack, and the infantry of the independent division will be mixed together, so as to minimize the damage of artillery fire to the troops. In his own hands is a full army of more than 40,000 people.

Artillery and tanks are complete, it's not that there is no power to fight back, if you want to eat yourself in one bite, the Chinese still have to make a lot of effort, they don't believe it. That Tang Qiuli will take out more than 100,000 people to beat himself, not to mention. Tens of kilometers behind. Also followed by more than 100,000 horses from the three armies, thinking of this, Commander Aslanov calmed down.

Holding a telescope, after observing the battle situation for a while, he said to a staff officer beside him: "Send a telegram to the command headquarters and report to the commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Yemenchenko." Our Third Army was ambushed by the troops of the Separate Division in an area about fifteen kilometers deep on the west bank of the Ulez River, and the fighting was raging, and I had already ordered the troops to attack. In order to break through the ambush circle of the enemy army! ”

After thinking about it, he continued: "Judging from the fierce fire of the enemy's artillery, this is Tang Qiuli's main army, please ask the intelligence department to quickly verify the number of the unit, the name of the commander, etc." The telegram was sent to the General Staff at the same time. ”

On the west bank of the Ulez River, in the east of the headquarters, Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division, reported to Liu Tiehan: "Report to the deputy division commander, the front troops called, the Soviet infantry dug fortifications on the spot, and the lethality of the firepower of our forward troops was reduced, in addition, the Soviet army dispatched about a brigade of tanks to cover the infantry to assault our forward positions!" ”

Liu Tiehan snorted coldly and said, "The reaction is quite fast!" This is a counterattack, a veteran, order the rocket artillery group, cover the Soviet tank columns, blow up these iron turtles, blow up scrap metal, order the forward troops, use mortars, shell the temporary positions of the Soviet army, I want to see, how the Soviet army holds in the field! You can hold a few shells from me, tell the artillery group, continue to intercept the retreat of the Soviet troops, and at the same time, pay attention to the return fire of the Soviet artillery, and don't give them a chance to fire shells! ”

More than 200 Soviet "T-34" tanks were divided into three echelons and lined up in a wedge-shaped formation, and behind each tank, a squad of Soviet infantry swooped down on the front more than 10 kilometers wide toward the position of the east-pointing troops.

At this time, the gunfire on the forward position of the Dongzhi troops suddenly stopped, and the Soviet soldiers who were so pressed by the rain of bullets that they could not raise their heads, and could only lie down in a shallow ditch, poked their heads out of the temporary trenches suspiciously, and looked at the light and heavy machine guns that were still howling like a storm just now, why were they dumb?

The ground behind him was trembling, the Soviet soldiers turned their heads, in the darkness, the "rolling" sound of the tracks crushing the soil came, and the tank guns "knocked" and fired shells, listening to the ears of the Soviet soldiers, it was so kind, "It's our tanks coming up!" "The Soviet soldiers cheered and excited, and here came these invulnerable steel monsters, the light and heavy machine guns of the Chinese army, what else is there to be proud of?

The cheers had not yet dissipated, and in the sky overhead, suddenly a fire burned, so bright that you could see the stunned faces of your companions, and then, the strange screams of "chirping" were endless, making people's hearts tighten, and the firelight, lined up in strings, split the face, and the experienced veterans of the Soviet Army dared to swear in the name of Comrade Stalin, it was by no means any kind of shell, God knows, what kind of weapon was it of the independent division?

The firelight fell, like a boiling molten iron, poured head-on, enveloping the Soviet tank column, raising a sea of fire, and the Soviet tanks, in the sea of fire, burned into a ball of fire, "Boom! With a bang, the ammunition inside the tank exploded, blowing the tank apart, and the fire was wrapped in black smoke and rushed straight into the sky, and the Soviet infantry that accompanied the tank attack turned into a puff of ashes in the sea of fire!

The Soviet soldiers looked at this qiē in amazement, more than two hundred tanks, and it was over in the blink of an eye?

However, the Soviet soldiers didn't have time to be surprised, swarms of mortar shells, like black eagles, smashed down on the head, that was the east refers to the forward troops, the power of thousands of mortar salvos, a ball of fire flashed, shrouded in the open grassland, shrapnel whistling, irregular metal shrapnel, swirling, wantonly cutting the body of the Soviet soldiers, a shallow temporary trench, how can it withstand the dense mortar shells.

There were no safety blind spots at all, mortar shells were whizzing everywhere, and in an area more than 3,000 meters away from the forward position, a wall of death composed of metal shrapnel was formed, and the bodies of Soviet soldiers were shattered and thrown into the air in the sound of explosions.

The scene of mortar shelling is far less shocking and spectacular than the scene of howitzer and rocket artillery shelling, but it is better than intensive, and the actual lethal effect is no worse than that of large-caliber howitzers and dense rocket artillery.

Large-caliber howitzers shelled the depth of the Soviet army, rocket artillery hit Soviet tanks and group targets, mortars bombarded the infantry of the Soviet army close to the position, various types, different calibers, different ranges of artillery, organically configured together, like a clever boxer, to the Soviet army a beautiful combination punch! Punch to the flesh, remember the flying blood!

In the Dingbian Military Academy, there is a research room that specializes in the study of various types of artillery of different calibers, explosive powers, and firing ranges, and how to cooperate with them to achieve the best artillery strike effect, thus forming a complete set of artillery fire strike system, which has been put into practice in various field regiments.

This is inseparable from Tang Qiuli, the supreme military and political commander of the Independent Division, who felt that the Chinese army had always been at a disadvantage in firepower when fighting foreign armies in history, and was determined to change this situation, attach importance to the heavy weaponry and equipment of the troops, and be willing to invest a large amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

"Well played!" Seeing more than 200 Soviet tanks, after more than ten minutes of effort, they turned into piles of scrap iron, and while marveling at the power of rocket artillery, Liu Tiehan shouted, excitedly slamming a wooden pillar in the command center, shaking the soil on the roof, "booming" and falling, splashing his own head all over his face.

Shaking his head, shaking off the soil on his head, probably feeling that he was a little out of shape, Liu Tiehan smiled, and ordered: "Guangjin, order the rocket artillery group, cover the depth of the Soviet position, the first artillery brigade, continue to block the west bank of the Ulez River bridge, the second artillery brigade, fight back, do not kill more than half of the Soviet army, without my order, the infantry is not allowed to attack, we have artillery and rocket artillery, as well as mortars, we can't fight with Lao Maozi with bayonets, or the division commander said it is reasonable, there are cannons without guns!" ”

"Comrade Army Commander, the Advance Guard Division called, and the tank brigade that attacked was covered by the troops of the independent division, unknown firepower, and the whole army was annihilated! More than two hundred tanks, not a single one was withdrawn! The avant-garde division was shelled by mortars and suffered heavy casualties, "a staff officer, lying in the ear of Commander Aslanov, shouted loudly, the artillery was deafening, not shouting, nothing could be heard.

"What?" Commander Aslanov's expression was sluggish, and the cold sweat on his face came out involuntarily, and he was wondering what was going on with the sea of fire ahead, it turned out that it was the cemetery where one of his tank brigades was buried,

"Unidentified firepower? My God! How many hole cards are still out of the cunning Chinese? He lamented in his heart that the tank was his only assault force, and if he lost this fist, what could he do to break through the ambush circle of the troops of the independent division?

Mortar? The Chinese even played a role in this kind of weapon, which had long been eliminated in the units of the Soviet Red Army, and here and now, the effect of fighting the infantry exposed in the field without the protection of fortifications and trenches is undoubtedly the greatest and the most vicious.

The commander of the independent division on the opposite side was a cunning and insidious opponent, controlling the rhythm of the battlefield and the combination of weapons and equipment.

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