In October, the grassland of Outer Mongolia is already a scene of early winter, the cold north wind is whistling and blowing on both sides of the Onen River, blowing the withered yellow grass, grass blades and grass stalks are flying all over the sky, stirring the originally clear sky, stirring up a muddy scene, a puffy white grass and red willow, shivering in the wind.

I don't know when, in the northwest sky, a cluster of lead-gray dark clouds, rolling and pressing, obscuring the bright afternoon sun, the north wind is getting stronger and stronger, about to change the sky, the first snow on the grassland of Outer Mongolia, unexpectedly.

And on the west bank of the Onen River, where the north wind is howling and the grass is full of dry grass, behind a high post, there are neat cavalry queues, row by row, column by column, strict and solemn, the wind blows the corner of the soldiers' military uniforms, hunting in the wind, nearly 20,000 cavalry and the war horses under them, silent, standing still, as if integrated into this wind and whistling heaven and earth, one by one military flags, in the wind made a loud sound like cracking.

Major General He Zhuguo, the commander of the East Finger Cavalry Mixed Brigade, rode on a tall black horse, his stout body was as immobile as a mountain, letting the wind blow across his cheeks, his brows did not wrinkle, and in the distance, several cavalry flying horses galloped wildly.

In front of He Zhuguo, he suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, the two front hooves of the war horse rose off the ground, and fell heavily, a young captain officer, raised his hand on the horse and saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the brigade commander, the commander of the brigade reconnaissance company, Song Changfa, reported that the defeated Soviet troops, about eighty or ninety thousand people, divided into seven roads, are approaching the west bank of the Onen River, ten kilometers away from us, the report is complete, please give the brigade commander instructions!" ”

He Zhuguo's eyebrows were raised, and he said quietly: "Got it, continue to monitor!" By the way, did the Soviets have tanks and artillery? ”

Song Changfa replied affirmatively: "No." It's all infantry, our scouts, I didn't even see a single truck, brigade commander, you think, the troops of nine brigades under the command of the deputy division commander fought for five or six days, and everything that should be thrown was thrown away, and it was all taken care of by God to be able to run to the Onen River! ”

He Zhuguo's face was stiff. showed a smile and said: "As far as you kid is smart, if Lao Maozi appears with an artillery, I will peel your skin!" ”

Song Changfa shrank his neck and saluted. Hurriedly beat the horse and galloped away, He Zhuguo couldn't help laughing.

And then. Turning back to the brigade chief of staff, Colonel Jia Lianhai, he said, "Lianhai." It was in vain that we ran for a few days, and finally waited for the big fish, eighty or ninety thousand people, less than I estimated, and ordered the troops, one regiment to six regiments. Each was responsible for attacking the first road, the 7th and 8th regiments, following our assault on the middle of the Soviet army, ordering the brigade mortar battalion. The machine gun battalions of each regiment, after the Soviet troops entered the shelling range, disrupted the Soviet army's position with the most intense artillery bombardment.

"When the shelling began, after the cavalry began to charge, tell the commander of the artillery battalion to pay attention to the speed of the cavalry, if there is a shell that falls in the queue of our cavalry charge, I will skin him alive!"

"The action of the sortie should be fierce and fast, and the three battalions of each regiment should be deployed at the same time to scuttle through the Soviet army, and then, repeatedly rush and kill, tell several regiment commanders, pay attention to tactical coordination, and strive to completely disrupt the Soviet army when the deputy division commander commands the main force to catch up!"

Chief of Staff Jia Lianhai took a deep breath, hesitated, and said: "Brigade commander, the strength of the Soviet army is more than four times that of us, if we fight for a long time, I am afraid that the casualties of the troops will be very large, we might as well accept Brigade Commander Li's advice, after a surprise attack, immediately leave the battlefield, and then, according to the form of battle, carry out a new attack, so that it is more safe." ”

"Also, the cavalry charges first, and the mortars then carry out the shelling, which is a very dangerous tactical arrangement, the speed of the cavalry is too fast, and if you can't get it right, the shells will fall in our queue, then it's bad! Brigade commander, it's better to be safe, first shell, and then the cavalry begins to charge! ”

In fact, Chen Guozhu, commander of the 10th Brigade of the East Finger Commander, who served as the commander of the plugging sub-unit, adopted the method that the 10th Brigade was on the east bank of the Onen River to build a blocking position to block the Soviet army from crossing the river, and the cavalry mixed brigade was hidden on both sides of the Soviet army.

Unexpectedly, He Zhuguo refused, in his words, "What are the cavalry for?" It's a frontal assault, how can you hide behind the infantry to pick up the cheap, say it and make the big guys laugh, I'll beat up the sabers for 20,000 yuan, and you infantry will go up again! ”

Chen Guozhu knew He Zhuguo's temper, he was very stubborn, and he couldn't pull back ten old cows, and at that time in the battlefield of western Liaoning, the Dongzhi troops fought small-scale battles, at most the size of a regiment, and they were still mechanized troops.

At the beginning, when the deputy division commander let himself and He Zhuguo build a team, he complained bitterly in his heart, this Brother He is not an ordinary disobedient, he has been holding back for two or three years, but he has been sent out, and he is not happy?

Now, according to these words, they all say that they are the commander-in-chief, but it is clear that the cavalry mixed brigade does not listen to them, especially after the telegram from the deputy division commander ordering the troops to change the original battle plan, He Zhuguo is even more confident.

"Seeing that there is no Brother Chen, the deputy division commander is asking us to desperately block this group of old Maozi, passively block, we will definitely suffer, only by taking the initiative to attack, can we complete the task, our cavalry is the most suitable for doing this kind of work!" He Zhuguo said.

Now, seeing that his chief of staff brought up this topic again, He Zhuguo was surprisingly not angry, but said in a heavy tone: "Lian Hai, I understand what you mean, on the east bank of the river, it is much safer than facing the enemy against the water, how to fight, there is also a way to retreat, but it is useless to think about it, the strength of the Soviet army is more than four times that of us, how can this battle be fought?" ”

"Relying on Brigade Commander Chen's more than 15,000 people, it will definitely not be able to plug the gap, if the Soviet army breaks through the blocking line, we just can't complete the task assigned by the deputy division commander, even if our cavalry brigade is exhausted, at least we can kill more than two or three times the old Maozi soldiers, and the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 people, Brigade Commander Chen's tenth brigade, will definitely be able to deal with it, and it will be worth it if we fight it out!"

Speaking of this, He Zhuguo smiled coldly, and then said: "What's more, we are waiting for work with ease, the Soviet army is a wolf bèi retreating, and the morale is not the same, I put the troops by the river where there is no way to retreat, just to break the kettle and sink the boat, and if the fight starts, it may not be known who will eat whom!" ”

"And Lianhai, my tactical arrangement, it seems dangerous, in fact, there is a doorway, the first artillery bombardment, it must be the light infantry of the Soviet army running in the front, seeing our cavalry start to charge, Lao Maozi's first reaction will be to set up light and heavy machine guns, don't look at the Soviet army without tanks and artillery, but hundreds of light and heavy machine guns can be strafed, that's not a joke, at least we can beat our first wave of cavalry, all under the horse, you say, casualties can be small?"

"So, I'm going to wait for the Soviets to mount the light and heavy machine guns, and then, the shells will be smashed through, and then, those rifles in the hands of the Soviet infantry can stop the cavalry? Well, the battle is surprisingly won! ”

Jia Lianhai sighed silently, he admitted that the brigade commander's words were right, but just looking at a cavalry mixed brigade, more than 19,000 cavalry, and dying on the battlefield, he couldn't help but feel a little unacceptable, and the brigade commander's tactical arrangements were a little hanging, no matter how he looked at it, but he couldn't say anything, it could be seen that the brigade commander was already determined to die.

At this time, a cavalry communicator, riding a horse, galloped over, "Report to the brigade commander, the reconnaissance unit reports that the Soviet army is approaching the range of our sortie!" ”

He Zhuguo shouted: "Okay! Chief of Staff, give flags to all regiments and attack immediately, it's time for our Northeast gentlemen to go into battle and kill the enemy! After speaking, with a "swish", he drew his saber, pointed diagonally at the front, and shouted "Kill!" like a thunderbolt! The first to fly out, behind him, more than 4,000 cavalry of two cavalry regiments, rolled up the dust, like a wild race, facing the strong north wind, towards the Soviet army!

The Soviet soldiers, who were urged by the sound of guns behind them and left and right, did not dare to stop, were running with their heads bored, and suddenly, the ground under their feet began to tremble, and there was a faint sound like a drum, looking up, behind a long hill, rolling up a piece of gray smoke and dust, the smoke and dust became higher and higher, thicker and thicker, and then, a snowy sword light appeared on the horizon where the dark clouds gathered.

Then, there were war horses galloping all over the mountains, appearing on the hills more than ten kilometers away, like a rising tide of the waves, boundless and surging, "The enemy's cavalry!" I don't know if it was the officer who shouted.

After a short period of panic, the well-trained Soviet soldiers, under the shouting of commanders at all levels, the lightly armed infantry immediately lay down on the spot, a very light and heavy machine gun stepped forward, the machine gunners, quickly dug the fire point, the muzzle of the black hole, aimed at the cavalry that swept over, although the Soviet soldiers were nervous, but against the cavalry, they were still familiar with the road.

Closer, closer, three or four kilometers away, the cavalry of those independent divisions will fall in pieces under the dense rain of bullets, at this moment, in the sky with dark clouds, there was a sudden scream, and the experienced Soviet veterans turned pale at that time, and they could hear the sound of a group of mortar shells falling from the top of their heads.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”――――！ Although the artillery fire was not very dense, the area covered by the artillery fire was thin, and it did not reach the depth of the Soviet army's columns, but for the temporary light and heavy machine gun positions of the Soviet army, it was a fatal shelling!

The Soviet machine gunners, along with their light and heavy machine guns, were thrown high by the exploding shells, and by the time they landed, they were already broken corpses and parts everywhere.

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