Chapter 794: The Siege of Hadassan

Feng Jiwu's troops fought a brutal blocking battle for three days at the Kazadewu Pass, and the casualties of the three brigades responsible for defending the three lines of defense were close to one-half, with Zhu Dake's fourth brigade suffering the largest casualties. )

The attacking Soviet army suffered more casualties, Zhukov's plan for two days, and the plan to pass through the Guò Kazadeu Pass has been completely bankrupt, and in Feng Jiwu's hands, there are still six brigades of troops that have not been used, which is the capital he used to complete the next plan.

On the evening of the third day, after Chen Jishan's second brigade withdrew to the fourth line of defense, Feng Jiwu received an urgent telegram from the division commander Tang Qiuli, "Jiwu, the directly subordinate corps has completed the encirclement of the Soviet army in front of it, and will launch a general attack on the whole line at dawn tomorrow, and it is expected that the battle can be ended within two days.

Seeing the telegram from the division commander, a big stone in Feng Jiwu's heart fell to the ground with a "bang", the troops completed the blocking task ahead of schedule, they could fight or go, and they had the final say, and from here to Hadassan, even if the old man was all in a car, without eating, drinking, or sleeping, he would not be able to run without four days and four nights, unless Zhukov put all his soldiers on the plane.

Without the arduous task of blocking, Feng Jiwu's mind became lively, so he quietly withdrew, he was really unwilling, and paid more than 20,000 casualties, so that Zhukov was so swaggering to pass the Guò Kazadeu Pass, not Feng Jiwu's xìng grid, he still had to withdraw, and when he left, it was okay to punch the old man hard.

He immediately convened a meeting of the brigade commanders, read the telegram of the division commander, and announced the direction of the next troop action, the brigade commanders were stunned for a while, they thought that they would go back to participate in the battle of Hadassan, but they would continue to fight north, farther and farther, and further on, wouldn't it be the land of the Soviets? Is the division commander going to Moscow?

Feng Jiwu's mind was not on this, he knew that Tang Qiuli would have a good grasp of proportion, what he wanted was to give the Soviets a hard blow before the troops withdrew, after this idea was spoken, he was immediately attracted by the interest of the nine brigade commanders, especially Zhu Dake and Chen Jishan.

"Commander, you can arrange it, how to fight this battle before leaving, thinking of the soldiers who fell under the shells of the old máozi, I don't want to go, I will fight them to the end" Zhu Dake shouted loudly, and Chen Jishan tried his best to echo.

Feng Jiwu smiled, he liked the high will to fight of his subordinates, he fought for three days, and after so many casualties, everyone was still so eager to fight, this last battle must be fought.

Feng Jiwu immediately laid out the battle plan, "Okay, since everyone agrees to fight this battle, then fight, order, all the logistics troops and baggage, as well as the artillery brigade, immediately withdraw from the battlefield, transfer to the Zabul area in the Tangnu Mountains, and camp in concealment, and each brigade will have mortar troops, all chōu out, fifty mén as a group, to form a number of attack detachments, all light machine guns are also chōu out, one hundred tǐng as a group, to form an attack detachment." ”

"The engineer battalions of each brigade, at the final exit of the mountain pass, planted a bomb, the effect of the explosion, to be able to block the Soviet army for a day, the sixth brigade is responsible for receiving the night attack troops outside the mountain pass, prepare immediately, two hours later, the troops will set off" After Feng Jiwu gave the order, several brigade commanders gasped.

The commander is ruthless enough, they all know their family background, that brigade does not have more than 500 mén mortars, more than 1,000 tǐng light machine guns, six brigades, that is, more than 3,000 mén mortars, more than 6,000 tǐng light machine guns, how big a formation, the key is that this mortar is made by three people, light and dexterous, you can run after the fight, and more than 3,000 shells are smashed down at once, which is ruthless and desperate enough.

The brigade commanders were secretly surprised, Feng Jiwu continued: "The mortar is divided into three attack bōtimes, to ensure that the shelling is uninterrupted, each mén mortar shall not carry more than five rounds, after hitting a bō times, retreat one bō times, quickly decisive, don't be entangled by the old máo, the light machine gun is also divided into three attack bō times, the same as mortars." ”

The combat mission was thus determined, the brigade commanders were busy going back to arrange, Feng Jiwu sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli: "Division commander, before evacuating the battlefield of Kazadeu Pass, our unit plans to attack the Soviet army tonight, all preparations are ready, the battle time is expected to be about an hour, and we can also gain enough time for the Hadassan battlefield, please ask the division commander for approval." ”

Tang Qiuli looked at Feng Jiwu's telegram, a little difficult, he didn't want Feng Jiwu's troops to fight this battle before retreating, it would be difficult to be entangled by the Soviet army, but he could put himself in his shoes, if he was himself, the movement would be bigger than Feng Jiwu's, and he would be on the defensive for three days, and he should be absolutely sure of this unexpected blow.

"Jiwu, agree with your department's battle plan, you must grasp the time of withdrawal, don't fall in love with the battle, so as not to fall into a heavy encirclement," this is Tang Qiuli's call back to Feng Jiwu, there is no need to say too much, Feng Jiwu is a veteran who has been in battle for a long time, as long as he trusts him.

After three days of heavy casualties in a positional assault, Zhukov was also physically and mentally exhausted, and tomorrow, repeating this again, at this rate, in three more days, he could pass the damned Kazadeu Pass, four full days longer than he expected, and then there was the outer Méng Paleowestern region of the Yima Pingchuan, and the great Mén leading to Kulen, which seemed to be open.

But Zhukov does not understand that the Chinese clearly know that they cannot hold the Kazadeu Pass, and they still have to desperately block their own troops, why? Are they buying time, and for whom? Zhukov walked up to the large military map and fell into deep thought.

As long as the Guò Kazadeu Pass is passed, it is only a matter of time to occupy Kulun, Tang Qiuli's main army has withdrawn to the vicinity of Kulen, and the troops commanded by Vuchikov are clinging to him tightly, but Tang Qiuli neither reinforces the Kazadeu Pass, nor attacks Vucchikov's troops, does he think that under the combined attack of the two troops, he can hold Kulen? What an inscrutable Chinese.

Outside Kulen, there will be a bloody battle, after this battle, the power of the Chinese will be forever expelled from the ancient land of Méng, the sphere of influence of the Soviets, never allow other countries to get involved, burying the lives of countless soldiers, or a result of failure, the Chinese are a little self-defeating, Zhukov's heart, can't help but have a sense of pity, of course, including Tang Qiuli, who he thinks can be called an opponent.

Poor national strength, decades of civil war, coupled with the Japanese invasion, even if he has the military talent to come out again, he is powerless to return to the sky, Tang Qiuli chose the wrong opponent, should not be the enemy of the powerful Soviet Union, just for the barren land of Wai Méng, the Soviet Red Army, even with steel, can smash the squadron out of the land of Wai Méng, and block his own squadron, even the artillery does not dare to use it openly on the battlefield.

If it weren't for the terrain here, Zhukov believed that this battle against the squadron would be a massacre without suspense, even if it was against the Japanese, the result would be like this, although Japan's national strength was much stronger than that of China, which was poor and weak, and at night when the smell of gunpowder and blood had not yet dissipated, Zhukov thought about it.

His interest was in Europe, on the battlefield in Europe, and the sound of hurried footsteps interrupted the association of the famous Soviet general, and the staff officer sent a telegram from Lieutenant General Vuchkov.

"Comrade commander, our department has advanced to the Hadassan line west of Kulun, kept a safe distance from Tang Qiu's main force of the army, and is ready to attack Kulun, at present, the squadron has no abnormal movements, according to the air force reconnaissance report, Kulun is normal, there are no large-scale city fortifications, and preparations for war."

Lieutenant General Vuchkov also did not understand that the squadron was near Kulen, and if it was to defend Kulen, at least it would have to establish various defense systems, and when he received the air force reconnaissance report, he did not dare to imagine it, and he could not figure it out, and this was the result of the air force's three reconnaissance of Kulen, and he reported it to the commander of the group army.

Zhukov walked back to the military map, and he was surprised by the speed of advance of Lieutenant General Vuchkov's troops, and as for whether the Chinese built fortifications in Kulen, he did not pay attention, with the terrain conditions of Kulen, unless Kulen was surrounded with reinforced concrete, it was still an easy place to attack and difficult to defend.

"Hadassan," Zhukov muttered the name of the place, found its location on the map, and after thinking carefully for a while, his face changed greatly, "Quick, immediately in my name, order Lieutenant General Vochikov to withdraw the troops to the line of the Onen River, at least to the line of Hangai Mountain, and disengage from Tang Qiuli's main army," Zhukov ordered the staff officer loudly, his tone hurried and slightly panicked.

Zhukov all understood that Tang Qiuli's retreat from Hangai Mountain, creating the illusion of westward reinforcement of the Kazadeu Pass, was to attract Lieutenant General Vochkov's troops, follow them to the area of Hadassan, encircle and annihilate him, Zhukov was convinced that Tang Qiuli's encirclement was about to form, and the rapid advance of Vuchkov's troops objectively shortened the time to enter the encirclement of the squadron, which was equivalent to crashing into it.

The blockade of the Kazadeu Pass was necessary and also to buy time for Tang Qiuli to ambush the Ambush Achkov troops, "Order the air force to immediately take off at night and reconnoiter the 50-kilometer-wide range of the left and right flanks of the Vuchekov troops, and whether there are a large number of squadrons making a detour to his two flanks." Zhukov hurriedly ordered another staff officer.

"Boom boom", in the middle of the night, a fierce cannon suddenly sounded, and then, there was the continuous shè of automatic weapons, and the originally silent night suddenly revived and erupted, and the fire of the explosion lit up the night sky from time to time.

Zhukov rushed out of the tent in a few steps, the sound of gunfire came from the Kazadeu Pass, jī fierce and dense, and gradually moved outside the pass, in the air, the impact bō shook the night, revealing an uneasy atmosphere, Feng Jiwu moved.