Chapter Two Thousand and Ninety-One: The Brigade Commanders' Worries
Ren Zhaoquan, the commander of the 11th Brigade of the Corps directly under Delun, and Chen Han, the commander of the 12th Brigade, were under great pressure for the upcoming battle, and the strength of the Soviet Army exceeded their own by more than ten times.
Therefore, in the construction of their respective positions, in the deployment and allocation of troops, they have racked their brains, the two forces have fought together, not only once or twice, from the Indochina Peninsula to the West Indies, they are all familiar with each other's fighting style, Ren Zhaoquan's mention yì, Chen Han very much agreed, but what he was worried about was another thing.
Hearing Chen Han say this, Ren Zhaoquan was stunned, glared at Chen Han, and asked anxiously: "Old Chen, you are this temper, what do you have to say, what are the problems, let's solve them together, I don't believe it, Lao Maozi can still chew up our 40,000 people?" Don't be afraid to break your teeth! - Fuck it! Desperately, who is afraid of whom! β
Chen Han looked at Ren Zhaoquan, whose face was flushed, pointed to Delun Town, and said coldly: "Old Ren, I'm not afraid of the Soviet army with superior forces, I want to eat our two brigades in one bite, Lao Maozi doesn't have such a good appetite, you see, Delun is in the middle of our two brigade positions, the Soviet army in that direction, large-caliber artillery, can be hit effortlessly, and the buildings in the town can withstand a few large-caliber shells, you know what I'm worried about!" β
Ren Zhaoquan was shocked, and a fine sweat broke out in his head at that time, "My God, the division commander's headquarters is located in Delun, isn't it within the range of the Soviet army's artillery fire!" He exclaimed.
Chen Han's face turned dark, and his mouth was full of bitterness, "It's no problem if we hit Cheng DΓΉ, but the division commander is in such a dangerous area." Lao Ren, you say, how can we fight with confidence, and don't worry about death! β
Ren Zhaoquan said distressedly: "That's right, I heard the chief of staff say that he also opposed the division commander moving the headquarters to Delun, but he didn't persuade him, I think so, when the division commander arrives in Delun, the battle should not start yet, let's see the division commander together." In any case, let him return to Seyinshanda, the reason, that is, you are here, and we can't fight! β
Chen Han nodded, he could only do this. It is necessary to let the division commander leave Delen, otherwise. I and Ren Zhaoquan don't want to fight. Just worrying about it can kill him, and just as he was about to speak, Colonel Fu Dechun, chief of staff of the 11th Brigade, ran over panting, "Brigade commander." Brigade Commander Chen received an urgent telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao, and the division was south of Delun and was surrounded by six or seven thousand Soviet stragglers. Order us to send troops to the rescue! β
"What!" Ren Zhaoquan exclaimed, grabbed the telegram, read it quickly, and handed it to Chen Han, his eyes were red, "What am I talking about, the battlefield is like a pot of porridge, unpredictable situations happen everywhere, no, before you get to Delun, there will be an accident, Chief of Staff, order the first regiment and the second regiment to set off immediately!" I'll lead the team myself! He yelled.
Chen Han grabbed Ren Zhaoquan, who was running wildly, "Old Ren, the six or seven thousand Soviet stragglers, there is no need for two regiments, in case the Soviet army in the direction of Saiyin Shanda is defeated, and the number of troops is less and it can't be stopped, you forget, didn't we leave the two guard battalions to the division commander, plus the guard brigade of Captain Huang, it should be able to last for a few hours, take a reinforced regiment to go, to be light, what we need is time, the two troops will be handed over to me for temporary unified command!" β
Ren Zhaoquan and Chen Han saluted each other, and said in unison, "Please!" The words are the same, but the meaning is the opposite, but in each other's hearts, they both understand what the other means!
Ren Zhaoquan, who was anxious, with the strength of a reinforced regiment, marched lightly and mechanized, like a torrent, when he left Delun for less than an hour, he happened to run into the convoy of the transferred division command organ, seeing this, Ren Zhaoquan was even more anxious, and the division commander ordered the organ to transfer first, which shows how critical the situation is, and Ge Zhenzhuang briefly talked a few words, and after a general understanding of the situation, the troops continued to march rapidly.
Ren Zhaoquan was in the armored command car, holding a walkie-talkie, and shouted: "Attention of all battalions, all vehicles, drive me as fast as possible, as long as I don't overturn, give me a run with my life!" "Good guy, the brigade commander gave an order, the convoy galloped wildly, on the grassland, immediately smoke and dust billowed out, and it took more than three hours to complete the road, and it only took a little more than two hours to rush to the battlefield,
For a field brigade, advancing lightly is nothing more than heavy artillery not carrying, and other weapons and equipment, just like a lot, close to the battlefield, and still on the armored command vehicle, Ren Zhaoquan saw the battlefield situation clearly, did not get out of the car, and directly ordered: "Immediately surround the Soviet army, each battalion mortar company, each company machine gun platoon, immediately bombard the hill for me, Lao Tzu has no time to capture prisoners!" β
Then, pick up the intercom in the car, "Captain Huang?" I'm Ren Zhaoquan, the reinforcements of the troops have come up, is the division commander okay? There he is? I'm going to see the teacher right away! β
Shanhu saw the reinforcements and heard Ren Zhaoquan's voice again, so he was relieved at that time, "Brigade Commander Ren, he came in time, the division commander is very safe, and he didn't even hurt a single hair, you can rest assured, he is on the hill in front!" β
In the end, it was a field unit, and the tactical movements were extremely skillful, and when Ren Zhaoquan was talking to the mountain tiger, the troops had already surrounded the small hill that the Soviet army was holding on, and nearly 100 mortars were immediately set up, and the muzzles were aimed at the Soviet positions, and boxes of swarthy mortar shells revealed a hideous metallic texture.
Ren Zhaoquan didn't talk nonsense, and immediately drove to the hill where the division commander was, behind him, there was an earth-shattering explosion, he didn't have to look back, the result of the battle, as expected, nearly a hundred mortars fired a salvo, and in less than twenty minutes, on the big hill, not even a complete grass could be found.
Tang Qiuli looked at the clouds of fireworks and dust, blowing up the hill that blew up the sky, and said to Zhao Yuhe with a smile: "Yuhe, shouldn't it be in Delun's troops that you transferred over?" I'm afraid that there is a reinforced regiment, look at the formation, as soon as it comes up, it will be a cannonball, it should be Ren Zhaoquan's technique! β
Originally, he also wanted to say that it was inappropriate, and the transfer of troops from Deren was just to rescue himself, in case the Soviet army that had retreated in the direction of Saiyinshanda reached the front line of Delen, how could the troops be enough? The 11th and 12th Brigades, against the Soviet troops in either direction, were inherently insufficient!
But he thought about it, the matter had come to this point, the troops were coming, and it was useless to blame Zhao Yuhe, and Tang Qiuli believed that even if he knew at the time, he would not be able to stop Zhao Yuhe from giving this order, even if he removed him from the post of chief of staff, so he said the latter words wittily.
Zhao Yuhe's heart was so relaxed that he was about to fly, the danger in front of him was no longer enough to worry about, and the reinforcements arrived for the safety of the division commander before he arrived at Delun, "Division commander, either the brigade commander Ren or Brigade Commander Chen led the team, you see, an armored command vehicle is coming, how about we make a bet?" I guess it's Brigadier Chen! Zhao Yuhe said with a smile.
Tang Qiuli smiled slightly, he could hear it, Zhao Yuhe was going to change the topic and transfer troops for reinforcements, but he didn't agree with him, he felt a little uncomfortable, "Okay!" Yuhe, I took it, what's the bet? Why don't you take out a month's allowance, and I'll pay a month's worth too, how about it? β
Zhao Yuhe said with a smile: "Commander, your allowance is more than 200 yuan more than me a month, don't you suffer?" β
Tang Qiuli laughed, at this time, the armored command car approached quickly, and with a "sudden" sound, it stopped in front of it, bringing up a burst of dust, and before the dust dissipated, Ren Zhaoquan carried a submachine gun in his right hand and jumped out of the car in a hurry.
Ran in front of Tang Qiuli in a few steps, stood up and saluted, "Report to the division commander, Ren Zhaoquan, the commander of the 11th Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, was ordered to come to protect the division commander, please give the division commander instructions!" The matter on the official face was over, Ren Zhaoquan's eyes quickly observed Tang Qiuli a few times, and there was worry in his eyes, "Commander, are you okay?" I heard Director Ge say, you are surrounded, but you are worried about me and Chen Han! Probably because Qing XΓΉ was a little excited, his voice was trembling and choking.
Tang Qiuli's heart was filled with a strange heat flow, but his face was calm and said, "Didn't you see it, what could be the matter!" This group of Soviet stragglers can't help me, there is a guard brigade, by the way, and you and Chen Han left the guard battalion, can't protect the hundreds of people in the division? β
Ren Zhaoquan looked at Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, and in his heart, he greatly disagreed with the words of the division commander, taking today's incident as an example, what if more Soviet stragglers were encountered? But the chief of staff's expression was very helpless, and he couldn't say anything.
Standing on the high ground, Tang Qiuli saw that the battle over there had ended, and the troops were not even in the mood to clean up the battlefield, they were gathering, preparing to wait for the car, too, more than 20 minutes of shelling, thousands of mortar shells smashed down, and there was not even a single intact stone left on the hill that the Soviet army was clinging to, as for the thousands of Soviet soldiers, I am afraid that they could not even find a corpse, besides, the soldiers of the Soviet army's broken guns and independent divisions really couldn't look down on them!
An armored command vehicle, in this direction, drove quickly, "It should be the mountain tiger coming." Tang Qiuli secretly thought to himself, "Ren Zhaoquan, the battle is over, you don't need to delay time here, the Soviet army that has retreated from the direction of Saiyin Shanda will soon reach the front line of Delun, you immediately take the troops back, for the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, block the Soviet army for a few hours, I will follow the division to direct the convoy, and we will set off later, and arrive at Delun later!" β
Ren Zhaoquan hesitated for a while, looked at the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe, Zhao Yuhe glanced at him, Ren Zhaoquan's courage grew, "Division commander, that's not what you said, when I came, Chen Han told me that I must protect the safety of the division commander, and there is still ......!" He said with some slurring.
(To be continued)(To be continued......