On the battlefield of Gurban Saihan in southern Outer Mongolia, the Outer Mongolian Field Corps of the Independent Division, the strength of three infantry brigades, built a blocking line to block the remnants of the 37th Soviet Army that had retreated from the defeat of Saiyinshanda, and the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic for the troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, because on the key position, several deserters were dispatched, and the position was torn open by the Soviet army.

Although the mouth is not large, it is only a class-sized defensive position, but it gives the Soviet army a chance to break through the blocking position, as the saying goes, "a thousand miles of embankment, destroyed in an anthill," Lieutenant General Hippoliv, the commander of the 37th Soviet Army who was eager to flee for his life, immediately seized the opportunity and invested almost all his troops, and attacked frantically, and the third brigade of the defensive force in this area, from the brigade commander Colonel Rao Zhonghan, to the ordinary handymen, were all involved in this fight.

The Third Brigade, even in the combat sequence of the Mongolian Field Corps, which has just been formed for less than half a year, is also a newly formed unit, except for some companies, platoon commanders and other combat backbones who have been on the battlefield and smelled the smell of gunpowder, the vast majority of soldiers are novices, if it is a few other veteran regiments of the independent division, not only will they not be attacked by the Soviet army, but they may also play a few beautiful counter-assaults, completely suppressing the arrogance of the Soviet army!

But this is just a good wish, from the position of the commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, the transferred Zhonghan, still carrying the rank of colonel, at the moment when the submachine gun ran out of bullets, these thoughts flashed in his mind, whether it was regret, or hatred of iron and steel, or self-blame, he had no time to think about it, and before he had time to change the magazine, there was an exclamation from behind him, "Brigade commander be careful!" ”

Rao Zhonghan, who is already extremely tired. I could only barely twist my body, and before I could turn around, a sharp pain spread from the back to the whole body, and the strength of my body was almost withdrawn in an instant, "! I was shot in the end! Rao Zhonghan burst out in his heart, and a tall Soviet soldier with a full face pulled out a bloody bayonet from his body. Let then, the bayonet was withdrawn, ready to make up for it again, and completely settle the life of this colonel of the Chinese army.

Rao Zhonghan turned his head with great difficulty, the bayonet of the Soviet soldier. In the southern Outer Mongolian sun, there was a blinding cold light. In the blink of an eye, it was to his chest. "Smack!" At the sound of a gunshot, the Soviet soldier's bayonet was almost pierced in the chest, but his head bloomed, and scarlet blood splashed several feet high. The bayonet grazed his body, and Rao Zhonghan's eyes were darkened, and he saw several guards pounce up, far ahead of the position. Crowds of Soviet soldiers poured up like a tide.

"It's over, the position is lost! Shame on you! Before Rao Zhonghan lost consciousness, he muttered a word, and then, the boundless darkness flooded him like a tide.

Rao Zhonghan was not mistaken, the Soviet army was frantically rushing towards the breakthrough, in addition to continuing the offensive in other directions, in order to contain the troops of the other two brigades of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, so that it could not divide troops to reinforce the breakthrough, Lieutenant General Hippoliv, commander of the 37th Group Army of the Soviet Army, in the direction of the breakthrough, put all the troops, opportunities, this is a desperate opportunity.

With extreme fear and excitement, Lieutenant General Hippoliv ordered the troops to stand at the breakthrough at no cost, even if the soldiers wanted blood, stained the ground under their feet red, and the corpses filled the trenches of the independent division, they must break through the resistance of the Chinese, otherwise, the 37th Group Army will not escape the fate of the total annihilation.

There are countless possibilities for turning the tide of the war, one of which is because of a person and a veteran unit that has been fighting through the rain of bullets, or in other words, because of the character of its commander, Major General Ren Zhaoquan, commander of the 11th Brigade of the Corps, after handing over the fortifications built to several brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, really didn't feel good in his heart, and even his words had a sour taste.

Ren Zhaoquan was full of thoughts, and said to several brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps who came to hand over the fortifications: "A few brigade seats, please check and accept the fortifications, the division commander has given me a death order, and the fortifications built for the troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps must meet the standard of being able to withstand the uninterrupted bombardment of the Soviet army's large-caliber artillery, and must meet the minimum standard of blocking the Soviet army for more than eight hours, and the casualties of the troops!" ”

The three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, accompanied by a careful smile, all heard the brigade commander of the directly subordinate corps, and his words were sour, but they all understood that the fortifications were built by others, no matter what they said, there were ready-made fortifications that could be used, and what a big advantage it was, among them, there was Rao Zhonghan, the commander of the third brigade.

Seeing them like this, with a sense of taking advantage, Ren Zhaoquan was even more touched in his heart, "The division commander has given a death order, we don't dare to cut corners and make trouble, alas!" What kind of people and what lives, you tell me, we ran more than 100 kilometers from Delun, nearly 20,000 people, tired and tired for six or seven hours, digging fortifications, hey, the division commander ordered us to withdraw to Delen, yes, seeing a big battle, there is nothing to do with our 11th Brigade, where to reason! ”

Ren Zhaoquan spat and flew wildly, complaining, the three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, with a smile on their faces, did not say a word, anyway, the battle is fought by us, too, the 11th Brigade is the old main field brigade, and the division commander is regarded as a sapper, digging trenches for other troops, but not allowing the war, it is inevitable that he will feel uncomfortable, it is normal to say a few words of complaining, understand, long live understanding!

Ren Zhaoquan complained, and his heart was a little more relaxed, knowing that he couldn't talk to the three brigade commanders of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, and it wasn't that they didn't let him fight, it was the order of the division commander, and then he briefly explained a few words, and then, with the troops listlessly returned to Delun, because they were not active, the troops were not moving fast, and compared with when they came, it was more than half a little slower!

The march was more than an hour, and Ren Zhaoquan, who was sitting in the armored command car, had been pondering about this matter, and suddenly patted his head and came up with an excellent idea.

Ren Zhaoquan's idea is to temporarily assign the heavy artillery regiment of his brigade to the command of the blocking force of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, friendly and neighboring troops, they are all a family, support a heavy artillery regiment, that is the duty, when starting from Delun, Ren Zhaoquan himself has more eyes, in case when the fortifications are being excavated, the defeated troops of the Soviet army suddenly arrive in advance to Gurbansai Khan, then their own troops, do you still need to return to Delun?

Definitely don't need it, it's all hit, and the division commander can still order himself to withdraw from the battlefield, so Ren Zhaoquan received the order to pursue the troops and dig fortifications for the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, in fact, what is the idea of participating in the war in his heart, the brigade belongs to the heavy artillery regiment, of course, he has to bring it, a heavy artillery regiment, return to the front line, that is not a trivial matter, you have to be escorted by heavy troops, there are fewer troops, what if there is an accident?

Ren Zhaoquan found a very reasonable reason for himself, and the brigade commander gave an order, so the strength of the 11th Brigade, which was originally not so active in returning to Delun, was nearly 20,000 people, turned his head, and rushed to Gurbansai Khan with a hundred times the wind and spirit on the soles of his feet.

Ren Zhaoquan also carefully weighed whether his actions could be regarded as disobeying the division commander's military order, pondered for a long time, and reassured himself, "The division commander's order does not stipulate at what specific time the 11th Brigade must return to Delun, that is to say, there is not much difference between a few hours in advance and a few hours later!" He thought to himself that the next question was much simpler, the troops were about to return, and the defeated troops of the Soviet army suddenly came.

Then, in order to provide fire support to the lightly armed pursuing troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the heavy artillery regiment had to stay, and it could not watch the brother troops suffer losses, the heavy artillery regiment stayed, and the other four infantry regiments, of course, could not stand idly by, and it was the most basic way to go into battle, "Hehe! Ren Zhaoquan smiled proudly, all the conditions were put together, the 11th Brigade also had to go into battle, and the division commander could still punish himself?

There was no disobedience to the military order, and besides, it took a few hours, and when the follow-up troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps arrived, it was not too late to withdraw to Delun, Ren Zhaoquan was quite proud of his whimsy, and with the bumps of the armored command vehicle, he shook his head and shook his head, and he still had words in his mouth, and he was very intoxicated.

Seeing the triumphant appearance of the brigade commander, Colonel Fu Dechun, the brigade chief of staff on the side, was "fluttering" and happy, "Brigade commander, don't be complacent yet, you didn't return to Delun according to the order, and participated in the battle without authorization, thinking about how to deal with the division commander, the division commander is not easy to fool!" He reminded.

Ren Zhaoquan smiled mysteriously, "Chief of Staff, don't worry about this, the mountain people have their own tricks, besides, we don't always finish fighting, the whole brigade goes up, hit him for two or three hours, that is, it's close to noon, and then it's not too late to withdraw to Delun, just rush back this evening, if you go back like this, don't you panic in your heart?" ”

Fu Dechun smiled bitterly and shook his head, he didn't think that the brigade commander's reasons could convince the division commander, after all, the eleventh brigade's return to the Gurban Saihan battlefield, no matter how you say it, was against the division commander's order.

Seeing his chief of staff, with a worried look on his face, Ren Zhaoquan cheered up: "Dechun, it's not a big deal, you say, is there a loophole in the order given to us by the division commander?" Hey, if there is a loophole, we have to take advantage of it, if we wait for the other troops of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps to pounce, will we still have a chance to fight? Pick up the bargain, you have to pick it up early! ”

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