Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the Serigge River front, received reports that the attacks of the various counterattacking units had been blocked, although he was still unsatisfied, he also knew that the truth was that he would accept when he saw a good situation, and the current battlefield situation had become impossible to eat all the more than 50,000 Soviet troops.

If it is forcibly attacked, it will only increase the casualties of the troops, and the Soviet army, which is facing the catastrophe of annihilation, will inevitably resist desperately, injuring 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of its own losses.

The order was given to the various counterattack units, which caused an uproar among the commanders of the various units, and although the attack of the troops was blocked at the moment, the situation on the battlefield was absolutely favorable to the troops of the independent division. Although the Soviet troops fought back desperately and achieved the goal of temporarily blocking the offensive rhythm of the independent division, after all, they were in the point of being passively beaten, and it did not take too long, two or three hours were enough.

The various units adjusted their troop strength and firepower deployment, and gradually gnawed away the Soviet army's outer defense line, so as not to worry about not being able to eat meat, and the opportunity to destroy the enemy in hand, should they just give up?

Major General Wang Qingshan, commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, jumped up first, he was having a good time, and a reinforced regiment at the command post surrounded the Soviet army, which had three regiments.

Wang Qingshan mobilized the light and heavy machine guns of a reinforced regiment together to form two fire groups, ready to open the passage from both sides, divide the Soviet troops on the opposite side into two, and then eat them separately. Wang Qingshan didn't believe it, and fired tens of thousands of bullets, which could not penetrate the Soviet army's position.

When the brigade communications staff handed him the order of the headquarters, after reading it, Wang Qingshan's eyebrows rose up, and he asked the communications staff officer sharply: "Are you sure that this is an order personally issued by Commander-in-Chief Liu of the headquarters?" If it's wrong, I'll kill you with my own hands! ”

The major staff officer grinned and replied loudly: "Brigade commander." I'm sure it's the order from the command, and if you make a mistake, you kill my head! When he said this, he muttered in his heart: "The brigade commander is crazy about fighting." Military aircraft big event, do I dare to lie? ”

Wang Qingshan looked at the Soviet position no more than 100 meters away. The muzzle of the gun spat out tongues of fire. The bullets flying randomly in the night sky were intertwined into a net of death, and he said to the combat staff officer with a blue face: "Give an order to the whole regiment, all light and heavy machine guns fire together, and don't come back until that machine gun finishes firing two shuttle bullets!" And then. All withdraw to their original positions! ”

Wang Qingshan's heart was holding back a fire, according to his temper, for such an order. If it was his old boss Sun Zhenbang who gave such an order, he would have to run to the headquarters and ask face to face why he let the troops withdraw when the battle was going well?

However, the current commander of the campaign is Liu Hongzhang, although he is familiar with it, he has not reached the same deep affection as Commander Sun, not to mention, the discipline of the troops is there, no matter how hard he can't figure it out in his heart, he has to carry it out, and it is the duty of a soldier to unconditionally carry out orders, and Wang Qingshan is still very clear about this.

On the front of the counterattack of the 1st Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, the density of gunfire suddenly increased several times, and the dense rain of bullets hit the Soviet positions on the opposite side, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and the soil splashed, so that the Soviet soldiers could not raise their heads.

The face of the Soviet commander turned pale, he thought that this was the prelude to the final attack of the troops of the independent division, under the cover of such ferocious machine-gun fire, at a distance of more than 100 meters, the soldiers of the independent division could rush up within two or three minutes, and only God knows what the next result would be, he gave an order: "All bayonets and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!" "There's no way around it, but to fight to the death.

The Soviet soldiers installed bayonets on their guns, and then, nervously, lying in the simple trenches, waiting for the torrent on the opposite side to drown themselves, despite the rain of bullets flying over their heads, the screams that tore through the air, like thousands of pieces of cloth being torn at the same time, the Soviet soldiers could clearly hear their heartbeats.

Liu Hongzhang, who was in the forward shelter department, naturally did not ignore the direction of the counterattack, and the extremely fierce machine gun sound appeared, he turned around and asked Liu Chenglin, the chief of staff: "Chenglin, the sudden dense gunfire is the direction of the counterattack of that unit?" ”

Liu Chenglin glanced at Meng Zhaoxu and replied, "Brigade commander, it's the First Infantry Brigade of Brigade Commander Wang Qingshan!" ”

Liu Hongzhang put down the binoculars, laughed and said: "I understand, it's that madman Wang, who is dissatisfied with my order to withdraw from the battle, and is angry, you listen, there are hundreds of light and heavy machine guns firing in a salvo, and the madman Wang is so angry!" ”

Meng Zhaoxu hesitated for a moment and explained: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, Brigade Commander Wang has also been pressed and beaten by the Soviet army for so many days, holding back the fire in his belly, and before he left the battle, it is reasonable to beat the Soviet army hard, I hope the commander-in-chief will not take it to heart!" ”

Liu Hongzhang glanced at Meng Zhaoxu, smiled slightly, and did not explain anything, he knew the meaning of Meng Zhaoxu's words.

And Wang Qingshan, who gave the order, came towards the battle headquarters angrily with a guard platoon, he wanted to find Liu Hongzhang and theorize, otherwise, it was really uncomfortable, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates was true, but such an order, I, Wang Qingshan, did not accept it.

Colonel Fan Dezhi, the commander of the first regiment of the first mechanized brigade of the directly subordinate corps, was greatly relieved after receiving the order, he believed that the brigade commander would definitely do this, and if he continued to fight, he would not take advantage, but before Fan Dezhi withdrew from the battle, the order he issued was almost the same as Wang Qingshan's order, "All the light and heavy machine guns, after the bullets carried, that thing is quite heavy, it is better to give them to the Soviet soldiers!" ”

Without the interception of mortar fire from the troops of the independent division, the assault boats that responded to the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, after losing nearly one-fifth, quickly approached the south bank, and the heart of Major General Wadkin fell into his stomach with a "click", and the order was given to the troops to retreat in batches according to the battle sequence.

The Soviet soldiers who received the order, like a ghost gate turned around, scrambling to squeeze together, everyone wanted to be the first to escape from the hellish battlefield on the south bank, in the face of the attack of the independent division troops, there were still Soviet soldiers who had to fight, at this moment, exposed their original foundation, the blood in their hearts, they had already been completely discharged, and even in order to seize a position, soldiers from different units fought by the river.

However, the gendarmerie, which was composed of political commissars and officers, was not vegetarian, and after pulling out their pistols and knocking down dozens of people, they finally stabilized order, and the Soviet troops began to board the assault boats in an orderly manner, and the first batch of assault boats full of Soviet soldiers left the south bank and headed for the north bank.

In the shelter department of the forward position, Liu Chenglin, chief of staff of the brigade, after answering a phone call, said to Liu Hongzhang: "Brigade commander, the last counterattack force, the reinforced regiment of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, has withdrawn from its position, and all our counterattack troops are out of battle with the Soviet army!" ”

Liu Hongzhang held a telescope and observed the first batch of Soviet assault boats on the river, which had disappeared into the night, and ordered without looking back: "Order, all mortar troops, extend the artillery fire, don't be stingy with shells, and hit the last group of Soviet assault boats to evacuate!" ”

The Soviet assault boat, the speed of the round trip is very fast, the second group of Soviet soldiers, has left the south bank, with the independent division counterattack troops, one after another out of the battle, the dense gunfire on the battlefield, gradually thinned out, but still stay on the south bank beachhead, as a cover task, but the Soviet soldiers, but not at all relaxed, including Major General Wadkin, who insisted on refusing to evacuate first, all had questions in his head.

Why did the troops of the independent division, in the situation of dominance, suddenly stop the offensive and leave the battle, if the attack continues like this, the troops on the south bank, although they will not be eaten by the Chinese immediately, but it is a matter of time before the follow-up troops on the north bank do not come up, and the lone army on the south bank is left to hold out for long, according to Major General Wadkin's estimate, it will not exceed six hours.

Of course, before the total annihilation of their own troops, the Chinese do not pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties, don't think about easy success, the determination to fight to the end, Major General Wadkin still has, but the troops of the independent division waved their hands like this, even at the beginning, the ferocious mortar fire stopped, is it abnormal, there must be some conspiracy here, the scheming Chinese, accustomed to using conspiracy.

But what the conspiracy is, Major General Wadkin can't guess and can't guess, he can't use the thinking of a Soviet, to guess the thoughts of the Chinese, as the soldiers on the south bank leave in batches, the troops around him are getting fewer and fewer, Major General Wadkin's mood is becoming more and more nervous, if at this time, the independent division troops come to a second attack, with less than 5,000 troops left on the south bank, it will not be able to withstand the attack in any way.

Major General Wadkin, faintly repenting for himself as a good man and refusing to be the first to evacuate, turned out that heroes are not so easy to be, fortunately, nothing happened, until Major General Wadkin, with dozens of officers in the command, boarded the assault boat, left the position of the troops of the independent division on the south bank of the Sejingge River, and was still in a state of silence, not even a single bullet or mortar shell.

Hearing the river rushing against the assault boat, Major General Wadkin's tense nerves completely relaxed, and he leaned weakly on the edge of the assault boat, letting the turbulent river water, swaying his body from side to side, and the idea of escaping death or picking up a life is not enough to describe the mood of this senior Soviet general who commanded more than 50,000 troops, fought all day on the south bank, hit his head and bled blood, and worked in vain.

However, Major General Wadkin will soon have no need to worry, because the countdown to his life has begun!

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