The commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, General Kurygin, insisted on launching an attack on the positions of the independent divisions on the south bank of the Sesagoge River when the troops were not fully prepared.

After sending troops to Outer Mongolia for a few days, they lost their troops and lost their generals, and they were defeated again and again, but they could not cross a Sejingge River, and more than 300,000 troops were stranded on the north bank, unable to advance or retreat, which had already aroused the dissatisfaction of Marshal Petroshilov, chief of the General Staff, and sent several telegrams to reprimand him.

What worries him is Comrade Stalin's attitude, and in a recent telegram from Marshal Petroshilov, it was simply revealed that the supreme leader was quite dissatisfied with his attitude towards himself and the Transcaucasian Military District, and vaguely planned to change the commander on the spot, which made General Kurygin shudder, he knew too well the methods of this supreme leader, and that was not something that a ruthless and ruthless person could say.

Therefore, this battle cannot be fought, make a posture of active attack, show your heart, and then show Comrade Stalin that he is still working hard for the great cause of the Soviet Union, whether to fight or not, whether the attitude is positive, this is said, but it is big, compared with his own net worth, an inadequately prepared attack, the life of a soldier, what is the calculation?

Therefore, despite the words of the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Zirnenko, there are a thousand truths, and one truth cannot be avoided, what Comrade Stalin wants to see is that the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District are in the midst of a continuous offensive.

After Lieutenant General Zirnenko finished speaking, General Kurygin said indifferently: "These circumstances are all expected by me, difficulties are preserved, but they should not be a reason not to attack, convey my order to the troops, and at 3:30 p.m., the troops will attack on time!" Don't say anything more. Do your own thing! ”

The chief of staff of Zirnenko sighed secretly in his heart, and he also vaguely guessed the thoughts of the comrade commander, so he knew that he was not insisting, agreed, and left with staggering steps, full of helplessness, "This is another predictable failure!" He thought to himself.

An hour and a half later, from behind the Soviet positions, there was a loud thunderous sound, and shells flew over the Sejingge River. Falling on the positions of the troops of the separate division, clouds of black smoke and dirt were blown up, and the offensive of the Soviet troops officially began.

After the first shells fell, the land on the south bank. There was a violent tremor when I saw Liu Hongzhang shelled by the Soviet army. On the contrary, the mood relaxed. He grinned at the deputy commander-in-chief Ouyang Yishan and said, "Brother Ouyang, how is it?" The division commander, who has won all battles and made no mistakes, will also make mistakes, and I really want to see the expression of the division commander after receiving our telegram. Very rich for sure! ”

Ouyang Yishan replied helplessly: "Brother Hongzhang, your current appearance can be described in one sentence, get carried away!" ”

And then. Ouyang Yishan turned his head and said to Liu Chenglin, chief of staff of the First Mechanized Brigade: "Chenglin, immediately telegraph to the division headquarters that the Soviet army will shell our position at 3:30 p.m.!" The offensive of the Soviet army is about to begin! ”

Kulun, the headquarters of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, the division commander's office, the chief of staff, Colonel Wang Jun, took a telegram, hurried in, and said to Tang Qiuli and the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe: "The division commander and the chief of staff, I received a telegram from the front command of the Sejingge River, the Soviet army began to shell our positions a few minutes ago, and Commander Liu Hongzhang reported that the Soviet offensive is about to begin!" ”

Tang Qiuli was taken aback, dropped the text in his hand, stood up, and his telegram to Liu Hongzhang was to judge the attack of the Soviet army, which would be around tomorrow afternoon, but the Soviets ignored the actual situation and suddenly made a move, and if they arranged the troops according to their own orders, Liu Hongzhang would suffer a big loss!

Tang Qiuli hurriedly asked: "Chief of Staff Wang, didn't Liu Hongzhang's telegram say how to arrange the forward troops?" ”

Wang Jun replied: "Having said that, the two brigades directly under the corps are hidden in the anti-artillery holes and shelter departments of the forward positions, leaving only a few troops to monitor the movements of the Soviet troops on the opposite bank, and all the troops of the Outer Mongolian Border Guards will withdraw to the front line of the rocky mountains to rest and recuperate, and they will be engaged in the frontline battle at any time!" ”

Then, Wang Jun added, "Division commander, Commander Liu was prepared for a long time and did not follow the orders of the division headquarters, so that he won the first opportunity, and the troops would not lose anything." ”

Tang Qiuli sighed and said: "This is a lesson, being in the rear, how can it not be as good as a commander on the front line, understand and grasp the enemy's movements, blind command will cause big things, for all of us, it is a lesson!" ”

The Soviet artillery bombardment continued, but Lieutenant Colonel Meng Chaoxu, chief of the Operations Section of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army Headquarters, who had experienced the previous battles, clearly felt that the scale and formation of the Soviet artillery bombardment were far inferior to the previous ones, and not only did the area of the shelling be reduced to a few points, but the density of the shells was also much worse than before.

So, Meng Zhaoxu reported the doubts in his heart to Liu Hongzhang, Liu Hongzhang's eyes rolled a few times, and said: "It can only prove one point, the division commander's judgment is still correct, the Soviet army's offensive preparations are not sufficient, it is a reluctant effort, or if we fight a few more battles like this, we can be much easier!" Anyway, if the Soviet army is blocked for more than three days, the division commander will have another campaign deployment! ”

More than 40 minutes later, the Soviet artillery fire began to extend, under the sunset that had been slanting westward, the north wind rose again, the Soviet soldiers on the north bank began to assemble by the river, after several battles, the Soviet engineering troops, heavy losses, General Kurygin no longer had the intention of erecting pontoon bridges, one by one rubber assault boats, were pushed into the river, Soviet soldiers jumped on the assault boats, began to row to the south bank.

Liu Hongzhang smiled mockingly and muttered, "Old-fashioned!" He said to Liu Chenglin: "Chenglin, order the forward troops, enter the position, and prepare to fight back against the attack of the Soviet army!" Order the troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards on the front line of the rocky mountains to prepare for reinforcements of the front-line positions! ”

At this moment, Meng Zhaoxu, who was observing the offensive operations of the Soviet army, shouted loudly: "Commander-in-Chief Liu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ouyang, come and see, the tanks of the Soviet army appeared on the beachhead on the north bank, and it is still this trick!" ”

Liu Hongzhang picked up the binoculars and observed carefully, he listened to Meng Zhaoxu's introduction of the situation of the previous battles, the Soviet tanks lined up on the beachhead on the north bank, and used tank artillery fire to suppress and clear the firepower points on the forward positions of the Outer Mongolian border guards, causing severe losses to the troops, and also leading the battle of Sun Zhenbang, which was extremely passive, and the infantry was almost completely lost in heavy firepower.

I have to say that this tactic of the Soviet commander is very invasive, and it plays a role that cannot be obtained by heavy artillery, and it can suppress the firepower of the defenders at a very close distance to the enemy's position, and most of the light and heavy machine gun fire points of the Outer Mongolian border guard troops were knocked out in this way, Meng Zhaoxu's face became nervous.

He looked at Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan, who had a calm face, and thought that these two commanders did not take this tactic of the Soviet army in their eyes, and couldn't help but remind: "The two commanders, I built yì, immediately asked for help from the aviation unit, the troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards, under the tactics of the Soviets, suffered a big loss, we had no artillery fire, and we were helpless against the Soviet tanks, so we could only use infantry light weapons to counterattack after the Soviet infantry landed on the beachhead!" The battle was extremely aggrieved! ”

Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan looked at each other and smiled, they didn't see how powerful the Soviet army's tactics were, they had weapons in their hands to restrain Soviet tanks, in other words, Soviet tanks that were used as fixed batteries, that is, piles of live targets.

Liu Hongzhang said to Meng Zhaoxu: "Section Chief Meng, let me let you see, our windfall today, Cheng Lin, change the order, the infantry will continue to hide for the time being, the bazooka and recoilless artillery troops, immediately enter the surface position, tell them, those old hairy iron bumps, just hand them over, to fight until the Soviets dare not use this trick again!" ”

After Liu Chenglin went out, Liu Hongzhang then said to Meng Zhaoxu: "Section Chief Meng, there is another point, the Soviet army chose to attack in the afternoon, that is, to prevent the bombers of our air force, and when our planes arrived at the battlefield, it was already dark, and it was impossible to accurately distinguish ground targets from the air. ”

At this time, the assault boat of the attacking Soviet infantry had already rowed across the middle of the river and was approaching the south bank, and was within the range of light and heavy machine gun fire of the independent division.

General Kurygin put down his binoculars suspiciously, he couldn't understand what tricks the commander of the independent division was playing, but he never believed that with only one-third of the normal firepower density, the shelling could blow up those stubborn Chinese soldiers.

Could it be that after receiving the lessons of the previous times, after their own infantry has landed on the beachhead, they are returning fire, and the infantry on both sides are mixed together to minimize the impact and casualties of tank artillery fire on them? General Kurygin thought puzzled and expectant.

If this is the case, it is not impossible to seize the beachhead on the south bank again, and General Kurygin has already secretly made up his mind that if this goal is really achieved, he will spare no effort to launch an uninterrupted attack overnight, even if it costs heavy casualties, it is a rare opportunity!

The Soviet infantry attack was very smooth, and so far there has not been a slight counterattack, the Soviet tanks on the beachhead on the north bank began to turn their muzzles, looking for possible points of fire, on the battlefield, there was no gunfire, only the sound of shell explosions from deep shelling, and the battlefield was suffocatingly silent.

Suddenly, from the dead silence of the troops on the south bank of the independent division, countless tongues of fire suddenly flew out, and General Kurygin relaxed on the contrary, as long as the soldiers of the independent division fought back.

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