Lieutenant General Asilov, commander of the 15th Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, knew very well that without the natural barrier of the Aldan River, the group army would have no advantage in the face of the strength of a battle cluster of the Japanese army.

The disparity in strength and the comparison in the morale of the troops all show without exception that the 15th Army is at an absolute disadvantage, its own troops, which have been fighting for a long time, have withdrawn all the way from the Far Eastern battlefield here, and the Japanese army is a cutting-edge unit, and the idea of occupying Aldan and the east bank and establishing a defensive position by means of a surprise attack has come to naught.

"Order, the troops of the group army should retreat on all fronts and re-establish the defensive line on the Gedakar line!" Lieutenant General Asilov immediately made a decisive decision and gave an absolutely correct order, and the most important thing to do now is to disengage the troops of the group army from contact with the Japanese army, and strive for a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps, to withstand the Japanese army for a while, and he is not too optimistic about his decision.

There is no doubt that Lieutenant General Asilov took the correct countermeasures, but before the worst of the worst cases, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, commander of the Third Army of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, was determined to win an unprecedented victory and establish the military prestige of the Third Army.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, the Soviet units that were attacked by our artillery did not take offensive actions, but retreated along all fronts!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko, whose face was calm and his eyes were closed, suddenly opened his eyes after hearing a staff officer's report, and a fierce light swept by.

"Want to leave? ――It's too late! Lieutenant General Haruhiko muttered to himself. Immediately, the voice turned cold, "Order, the troops on the left and right flanks will immediately attack on all fronts, cut off the Soviet army into several pieces, and annihilate them!" He said hurriedly.

On the frontal position, Lieutenant General Haruhiko assembled all the artillery units of the Third Army, hundreds of large-caliber guns, and lined up on a front of several tens of kilometers. The muzzle of the cannon continued to pour out, spraying hot metal projectiles, sweeping the night sky, enveloping the First Army of the 15th Group Army in a cloud of war smoke.

The shelling came so suddenly. The troops of the First Army of the Fifteenth Army have not yet had time to deploy. Japanese artillery shells. It fell on the head, and the flames shone brightly, and the broken shrapnel screamed and swirled, cutting into the bodies of Soviet soldiers, blood and limbs, scattered on the snow-covered ground. As soon as the battle began, the Soviets suffered heavy casualties, so many troops were huddled together, and a single shell fell. All of them have to blow up a few soldiers.

The Japanese troops on both flanks suddenly came out like ghosts, and the Soviet troops, who were busy retreating, could not imagine that they would be attacked from the direction of the two flanks, and immediately fell into a chaotic situation, and were in an unfavorable situation by the enemy on the left and right, and in the dark night, it was not clear how many Japanese troops were killed, just as Lieutenant General Haruhiko ordered, the three armies of the Soviet 15th Army plus the troops directly under the group army were cut off by the Japanese army into disconnected numbers.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko's killer move, launched at the right time, the left and right flanks, the two commanders of the Japanese division who commanded the attack on the whole line, at this time, I also have to admire the strength of Lieutenant General Haruhiko, the Soviet army is busy dealing with the frontal position, the sudden shelling of the imperial artillery, when it is eager to get out of the battlefield, it is also the most vulnerable moment, the order is issued just right, under the cover of the night, the troops of the two divisions and regiments have played the prestige of four or five divisions.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I received a telegram from the attacking divisions on the left and right flanks, the attack is very smooth, the Soviet army has been cut in sections, and the encirclement and annihilation are underway in sections!" A staff officer's face lit up, and he hurried in, with joy, and reported loudly.

"Whew!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko exhaled a long breath, until this moment, he completely relieved his heart, the initiative on the battlefield has been manipulated in his own hands, take a risk, the benefit is also the greatest, he dare not have the extravagance, with the strength of the Third Army, can eat more than 100,000 people in a group army of the Soviet army in one bite, but it is still certain to kill more than half of the Soviet troops, if from the approach of Lieutenant General Haruhiko, in fact, he somewhat violated the orders of the dispatch army headquarters.

The task of the Third Army was to block the Soviet army on the west bank of the Aldan River, and the headquarters of the dispatch army did not give the order to take the initiative to attack the Soviet army, in other words, it would be good if the Third Army could hold the west bank of the Aldan River, and the task of attacking the Soviet 15th Army was completed by the First Army of the Dispatch Army, which was the backbone of a first-class division that had been withdrawn from the battlefield, with the main force of the three divisions with veterans accounting for the majority.

The task of the Third Army is to block the Soviet Army and give the First Army a chance to annihilate the enemy, as soon as he thinks of this, Lieutenant General Haruhiko's heart is a little indignant, and his adventurous move is also based on this thought, "It's the time, order, the two divisions and regiments in the frontal position, attack on all fronts!" He gave the order decisively.

On the night of 3 May, the east bank of the Aldan River in the Far East became a battlefield of melee, with more than 100,000 troops from three divisions of the Third Army of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army and more than 200,000 troops from the 15th Army of the Soviet Far East Front, totaling more than 200,000 soldiers on both sides, in a dark night and on a land radius of several tens of square kilometers.

There are gunshots like bursting beans everywhere, the grenades are not a ball of fire, the soldiers on both sides are mixed together, the artillery has lost its effect, if you carefully observe the battlefield, the two sides of the melee are not in the same situation.

The Japanese army was attacking in a purposeful and orderly manner, the four divisions fought very orderly and rhythmically, the two divisions attacked head-on, and the two divisions attacked from the left and right flanks, holding the initiative on the battlefield, and the Soviet army was passive and hastily responding, at the beginning, it fell into disadvantage, and the intelligence was also asymmetrical, and the situation of the 15th Army, Lieutenant General Haruhiko grasped it very clearly, and Lieutenant General Asilov, after the left and right flanks were suddenly attacked, he mistakenly thought that the 15th Army was attacked by the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army.

Moreover, judging from the intensity of the battle and the scope of the battlefield, the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army had an intention to encircle the 15th Army, so Lieutenant General Asilov gave almost the same order to the troops of the group army, "As far as possible, we should break away from contact with the Japanese army, quickly retreat, avoid the danger of being surrounded by the Japanese army, and establish a position on the front line of Godaka!" ”

One side was bent on retreating, the other side took advantage of the advantage to fight hard, the outcome of the battle can be imagined, fought until dawn the next day, a night of melee, the Soviet 15th Army, paid a great price of casualties, finally got rid of the Japanese attack, retreated in a hurry, more than 120,000 troops, able to withdraw to the first line of Godaka, but one and a half troops, more than 70,000 people, the rest of the more than 50,000 soldiers, killed more than 30,000 on the spot, the rest, captured by the Japanese army.

The four division commanders who were on the front line, commanding their subordinate units and taking advantage of them, did not bother to wash away the smoke of gunpowder, so they rushed to the army headquarters in unison.

On the way to the military headquarters, the commanders of the four divisions met together and couldn't help but sigh to each other, "Although Commander Haruhiko took risks, after all, he was successful, among them, there may be an element of luck, for example, the Soviet army was defenseless, and for example, the imperial army was well concealed, but no matter what you say, the command of the people fought a big victory, defeated a group army of the Soviet army, and killed tens of thousands of people. ”

When I arrived at the army headquarters, the four division commanders who had been convinced deliberately sorted out their military uniforms, and changed them to the past, but they didn't have this respectful heart, and after shouting a report, they walked into the headquarters with the steps of a soldier, and were just about to speak, but they saw Commander Haruhiko, standing in the middle of the ground with an ugly face, and there seemed to be anger in his eyes?

What's going on? Without waiting for the commanders of the four divisions to figure out the situation, Lieutenant General Haruhiko said slowly: "Gentlemen, you have just arrived at the right time, I just received a telegram from the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Mio Kikuchi, take a look!" After speaking, he shook his head and motioned to the staff officer.

The four division commanders who were full of confusion took the telegram and looked at it, the telegram was from Lieutenant General Mitsuo Kikuchi, commander of the First Army of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, and Lieutenant General Haruhiko, commander of the Third Army, "Commander Haruhiko, I am shocked to hear that your unit has not yet arrived at the battlefield of our First Army, and it has the courage to launch an attack on the 15th Army of the Soviet Army. ”

"Remind Commander Haruhiko that in the order of the headquarters of the dispatch army, your unit is to cooperate with the First Army in combat, therefore, I order your department to immediately stop the attack and hold the position on the west bank of the Aldan River, in addition, the troops of our First Army will arrive at the battlefield in five hours, during this period, your unit must not make any rash moves, so as not to destroy the unified campaign plan of the headquarters of the dispatch army, otherwise, it will bear the consequences brought about by this, the commander of the First Army, Miao Kikuchi."

After reading the telegram, the four division commanders who were in a hurry exploded their lungs in anger at that time. With contempt, our Third Army has already killed more than half of the strength of the 15th Army of the Soviet Army, at this time, your First Army came up to pick peaches, and without much effort, you grabbed the credit and didn't let us move, your First Army will take five hours to arrive, fuck, by that time, the Soviets would have run away long ago!

You, Mio Kikuchi, are also a battlefield veteran, and you can say such, me! I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless, the four Japanese division commanders scolded angrily without words!

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