At half past three in the morning of the 26th of the month, Yuan Xu was woken up by someone in his sleep.

"Sir, the front army is in a hurry."

Before falling asleep, Yuan Xu instructed the adjutant that as long as there was a telegram, no matter how long he had been asleep, he must be woken up, and it was obvious that the adjutant had strictly implemented the commander's orders. Yuan Xu, who had only been lying down for less than two hours, really couldn't open his eyes at the moment, so he had to rub his eyes vigorously while instructing the adjutant to read out the message.

"Turning the general order of the base camp, the enemy is determined to blow up the entire east of the target and the railway facilities after 8 p.m. on the 26th, and hopes that your troops will advance as quickly as possible before this deadline, and at all costs seize at least two more iron bridges and advance between Nizhny Udinsk and Tyshet. Above, the Command of the Front. ”

After listening to the telegram, Yuan Xu hurriedly looked at his watch: "There are still 16 hours and 30 minutes...... Quick, go and call the commander of the tank 2 Qin.

After a cigarette, a square-faced major lifted the curtain and approached Yuan Xu, who had already washed his face and was making coffee.

"The commander of the 2nd Tank Battalion, Qin Chuan, came to report."

"Sit."

In a moment, two enamel cups were placed on the map table in the middle of the tent, the smell of coffee was permeating, and the eyes of both were as red as rabbits.

"The enemy can't stand it, they are not fools, it is impossible to watch us rush to Kecheng." Yuan Xu opened his mouth and said, "At eight o'clock tonight, the enemy will give the order to blow up the bridge." ”

"They don't care about the allies of the city anymore?" Qin Chuan asked with a twisted eyebrow.

"If you lose Kecheng, Yicheng will be even more hopeless, and the enemy knows this better than us." Yuan Xu picked up the cup and took a sip, the water was not hot enough, and the sugar was less, which was not the effect he wanted.

The brothers were so tired that they rushed and beat for three days and three nights. Even if it's steel, it's time to soften it when the shaft is turned down. Qin Chuan scratched his head and sighed.

"This is a general order for the front army to transfer to the base camp, presumably the base camp intercepted and declassified the wireless telegraph of the Russian army, so even the specific time - since it is an order from the base camp, we cannot bargain."

After hearing this, Qin Chuan's eyes lit up, and his upper body leaned forward: "Understood, sir, you can give an order, what do you want me Qin Chuan to do." Go to the soup and go to the fire, don't give up! ”

"It's not that serious," Yuan Xu smiled at his temples, "I want you to bring the best tank and half-track vehicle of the whole detachment, try to fill it with enough fuel for a whole day, don't worry about supplies, falling behind, or whatever, in any case, before the deadline for the enemy to blow up the bridge, rush another two hundred kilometers, and take down the iron bridges between Tulun and Nizhne-Udinsk." Is there confidence? ”

Qin Chuan immediately straightened his chest: "Please rest assured, sir." Before eight o'clock tonight, the iron bridge in Nizhny Udinsk will not be captured. I, Qin Chuan, came to see me! ”

After the rhetoric, immediately follow up to ask for benefits: "It's just ...... I have a small request, and I hope that Chief Yuan will definitely approve it. ”

Yuan Xu forgave him for not being able to play any tricks, so he put on a generous appearance: "If you have any requirements, you just say it." ”

"Please transfer Fu Liang, the commander of the 1st Company, to me as a deputy."

Yuan Xu didn't think about it, and nodded directly: "Yes, what's the problem?" ”

"No problem, when am I leaving?"

"Take my warrant and go gather your troops now, first to the train station. The half of the chariots that were originally mounted on the train are our most powerful core combat power. ”

When Yuan Xu's detachment set out from Angarsk in the early hours of yesterday morning, it confirmed that there were 96 combat vehicles in the establishment, of which 45 were loaded on captured flatbed wagons. Towed by a locomotive, the core combat force of the detachment at its immediate disposal was fifty-one combat vehicles, eighteen armored vehicles, eight self-propelled guns, and one hundred and forty-five half-tracks. As of 1 a.m. today. After 200 kilometers of continuous forced march, 29 combat vehicles, 5 armored vehicles, 2 self-propelled guns, and 41 half-tracks have been left behind or assigned to stay at key points in the rear, which means that the core combat strength of the detachment has been weakened by more than 30 percent, and half of the 150 trucks of the detachment's baggage detachment have been rendered unusable when they are moving on the roads that have been crushed by tracks.

In less than an hour, Qin Chuan selected 47 chariots, 70 half-tracked vehicles and 4 self-propelled artillery that were still capable of long-distance running, all of which were tied to large and small oil pots and oil drums outside the car as much as possible, and only 30 of the half-track vehicles carried infantry as usual, and the remaining 40 were all used as fuel vehicles. Only one carrying base was available, cigarettes were distributed for a week at a time, refreshing items such as cool oil and dried chili peppers were urgently collected and distributed to various carts, and the cooking team was driven to cook a hot meal, and a pot of precious coffee, which was usually enjoyed only by senior officers, urging the officers and men to eat and drink to their heart's content. Finally, everything was ready, and the Qinchuan advance team left the camp of the Jimadi detachment before five o'clock, turned on the headlights, and began another day's long journey towards the darkness on the other side of the railway......

At dawn, on the two pontoon bridges west of Shelikhov, a seemingly unsightly stream of traffic was surging from east to west.

Overnight, 4 repaired the first pontoon bridge damaged in yesterday's battle, and urgently erected a second standard vehicle pontoon bridge with the help of boat bridge equipment brought from Lake Baikal, and the three armored brigades under the command of the army (equipped with 10, 12, U

On a small flat-roofed mound on the west bank, the "Zhi Leopard" of the army commander Xing Xiaoqiang commanded the tail compartment of the chariot, and the three brigade commanders surrounded a semicircle and listened to the commander's instructions.

“…… The 10th Brigade was in the center, the 12th Brigade was on the southern flank, and the 10th Brigade and the 12th Brigade were under control) wasting time to destroy the enemy's core as much as possible during the day, when there was air support. The most priority task is to destroy and capture the enemy's artillery and baggage, followed by the vitality of the group, as for the scattered small forces of the rout, or the troops hiding in the jungle, leave it to the friendly infantry to slowly search and kill, our sledgehammer is used to smash big rocks, not to knock small heads! Got it? ”

"Yes! Sir! ”

"Let's go."

Xing Xiaoqiang clapped his hands, turned around and returned to the map, with a hint of the old hunter's indifference before aiming at the prey on the corner of his mouth.