General Kulygin, commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, commander of the Command of the Campaign for the Reconquest of Outer Mongolia and member of the political committee, had no choice but to attack, a Sejingge River, and more than 50,000 independent divisions of the second-line troops of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, blocking the 300,000-strong army of the Transcaucasian Military District.

These situations are clear to General Kulykin, who has been commanding at the front, but is it possible not to attack? Obviously not, the General Staff would not agree, Comrade Stalin would not let himself go, the ruthless and ruthless leader made him shudder.

The chief of staff of Zirnenko is in a hurry, Comrade Commander is crazy, he wants to gamble with the lives of soldiers, is it possible that the blood of the soldiers of the Soviet Red Army will stain the river in front of him red?

As the chief of staff of the military district, Lieutenant General Zirnenko had to put forward his own opinion, he pondered for a while, and said earnestly: "Comrade commander, I hope you can take into account the consequences, the destruction ability of our artillery fire obviously cannot achieve an effective purpose, and if the enemy's fortifications are basically intact, if the attack is launched, the casualties of the troops will be unbearable. ”

He hesitated for a moment, looked at Commander Kulygin, whose face was becoming more and more gloomy, and then said: "What's more, the threat of the enemy's mortars to our troops crossing the river is too great, and it is irrational to launch an attack until this problem is resolved, Comrade Commander, please consider it carefully!" ”

In all fairness, Lieutenant General Zirnianko's advice is all the words of the old man seeking the country, which is absolutely reasonable, but his words have just fallen. Senior General Kurygin suddenly became furious and shouted: "My comrade chief of staff, then you tell me that the reinforced air force units will arrive in a few days?" A day, a week, or more? Do we have time to wait? ”

Lieutenant General Zirnenko was dumbfounded, yes, the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District, the biggest enemy at the moment, may not be the troops of the separate division on the other side of the river. It's time, after the roar, looking at the chief of staff with an ugly face, General Kulygin slowed down and said, "I understand your feelings. However, I had no choice. One more command. The only way to mobilize the tanks of two tank brigades, to the river beach, to evenly distribute them to the attacking troops, and to use tank guns against the mortars of the troops of the separate division! ”

At 9:30 a.m. on September 21, there was a loud thunderous bang. Raindrops of shells, whistling across the wide surface of the Seguge River, fell on the land on the opposite bank, and the shelling of the defensive positions of the Outer Mongolian border guards by Soviet artillery began.

Sun Zhenbang smiled disdainfully. I thought to myself: "It's still the same old thing, after repelling the first attack of the Soviet army, most of the troops in the front line have withdrawn to the rocky mountain, in order to guard against the Soviet army's hand, the mortar troops, also entered the anti-artillery hole, if the Soviet army comes to the same attack again, it would be the best, and let the old Mao soldiers taste the taste of mortar shells." ”

However, braving the smoke and dust of the shells, after observing for a while, Sun Zhenbang discovered that the shelling of the Soviet army this time was not quite the same as the previous ones, and it was an indiscriminate and all-round shelling in the past, and the area of more than 20 kilometers long on the south bank of the Sejingge River was all the target of shelling, but this time, it was a key shelling, which was confined to more than 10 places, and although it did not have the overwhelming momentum before, the density of bombs in the area had greatly increased.

Sun Zhenbang was not worried about the Soviet army's shelling method, the reinforced anti-artillery hole was enough to offset the long-term shelling of large-caliber howitzers, and he also judged that the Soviet army's shelling area was the key breakthrough direction, but no matter what, he was still sure that the Soviet army's advance and attack would retreat, "Lao Maozi has renovated his tricks, and he can gnaw his position with a single shell?" Sun Zhenbang didn't believe it.

But what happened next, Sun Zhenbang couldn't understand it, after the Soviet artillery fire began to extend, the first to appear on the beachhead on the other side of the river was not infantry, but tanks, and then groups of infantry.

Soon, the infantry of the Soviet army pushed the rubber assault boat into the river as they did in the first attack, and then began to rush towards the south bank, Sun Zhenbang sneered at the corner of his mouth, picked up the phone, and ordered: "Attention to the forward troops, the mortar is prepared, or according to the way of shooting last time, and give the Soviet army a little more color, the troops in the rocky mountains, each brigade sends two regiments of troops, immediately move to the front line, ready to counterattack the Soviet attack!" ”

The mortar unit that received the order quickly entered the position, began to repair the fortifications nervously, and made preparations for the shelling, the Soviet infantry assault boat, getting closer and closer, entered the range of the mortar, with the commander's order, the first wave of shells, smashed fiercely at the Soviet army, the water of the Sejingge River, began to churn, as in the first attack, the Soviet assault boat, was blown apart.

On the north bank of the Sejingge River, General Kulygin, who was standing on a high platform, watched the situation on the battlefield intently, and when the mortar shells of the troops of the independent division began to shell, he ordered the staff officers beside him: "Order, tanks at the front, immediately destroy the mortar positions of the enemy!" ”

The Soviet tanks squatting silently on the opposite bank, as if suddenly resurrected monsters, the stubby barrel moved slowly, and then, the muzzle spewed out a burst of flames, low-trajectory shells, flying over the river more than 100 meters wide, roaring and falling on the positions of the Outer Mongolian border guards, the first round of shelling, the effect was not very obvious, the mortars on the position, there was no damage, with the Soviet tanks, once again adjusted the shooting coordinates, one shell, fell in the trenches.

"Boom, boom!" There was a violent explosion, and flames and smoke rose from the forward position of the Outer Mongolian border guards, and Sun Zhenbang clearly saw from the telescope lens that several tank shells fell one after another from a mortar position of a few hundred meters away from his shelter, and with the loud noise and the flash of fire, five or six mortars and gunners together turned into scattered parts, turned into the residual value of the soldiers' broken arms, and a rain of blood, flying in the air.

The sweat on Sun Zhenbang's face came down, and he finally understood what those Soviet tanks were for, they were specially designed to deal with their own mortars, he grabbed the phone and ordered angrily: "All mortar troops, immediately withdraw into the anti-artillery holes, and the troops immediately enter the fortifications!" ”

From the order to the execution of the troops, it took only 20 minutes, but the report received by Sun Zhenbang made his heart bleed, the mortar unit, under the shelling of the Soviet tanks, the loss of personnel and mortars exceeded one-tenth, the direct consequence was that the suppression of artillery fire was lost, the speed of the Soviet attack was significantly accelerated, and the first batch of assault boats had approached the south bank.

The troops who came up from the traffic trench movement immediately entered the position, and the light and heavy machine guns began to roar, but the targets of the Soviet tanks immediately shifted to these firing points, and as the smoke and flames rose up, the firing points of the forward troops gradually became sparse, and the intensity of the fire was immediately reduced by more than half.

Sun Zhenbang's anxious eyes were on fire, and he shouted loudly to the staff officer: "Order the 1st Artillery Brigade and the 2nd Artillery Brigade to immediately shell the tanks of the Soviet army, and tell the artillerymen that if you don't blow up those turtle shells for me, don't stop the shelling!" ”

Sun Zhenbang went out and took out the only two artillery brigades, of course he knew the consequences of doing so, he would be retaliated by the superior artillery fire of the Soviet army, perhaps, after repelling the attack of the Soviet army, the two artillery brigades, there would be only a few artillery pieces left.

But he had to do this, otherwise, in the case of the Soviet tanks approaching the shelling, the firing points were cleared one by one, and the fire suppression was lost, once a large number of Soviet troops landed on the river bank, the next thing was a hand-to-hand battle, in case it was impossible to repel the Soviet attack, so that the Soviet army gained a foothold, and when the second wave of Soviet troops followed, the position was difficult to hold, and hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers would drown their more than 50,000 people.

"Boom, boom!" The fire flashed, shrapnel flew horizontally, from the rear of the position on the south bank of the Sesagoge River, a group of shells flew in, fell in the Soviet tank queue, and exploded a cloud of black smoke, some Soviet tanks caught fire, but more, trapped the two artillery brigades of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, the bombardment of the first wave of shells, continued to suppress the firepower of the independent division troops, and covered the Soviet army's forced crossing of the Sesagoge River.

Looking at the shells of the artillery of the independent division, falling in his tank group, General Kurygin smiled coldly and said to the staff officer: "Convey my order, all artillery groups, quickly determine the coordinates, immediately with the most fierce artillery fire, destroy the artillery of the independent division, hum, after looking for you for a few days, it finally shows up!" ”

On the north bank of the Sejingge River, more dense shells whistled across the sky and landed on the artillery positions of the Outer Mongolian border guards, Sun Zhenbang's eyes followed the Soviet shells, his face was pale, he knew that his artillery was not the opponent of the Soviet artillery, and the order just now would put the artillery in the most dangerous situation, but he had no choice.

The artillery of the Outer Mongolian border guards was completely suppressed, but they still worked hard to pour the shells into the Soviet tank group, but the shells became more and more sparse, and the phone in the "jingle bell" command headquarters rang urgently, and a staff officer picked up the phone, listened to a sentence, his face changed greatly, and he turned back and said: "Commander, it is the commander of the first brigade who is looking for you!" ”

Sun Zhenbang took the phone, "Commander, the situation is very critical, the firepower point on the position of our brigade has been suppressed by the Soviet tank fire, and the losses are very large, in front of our position, the Soviet army has landed on the river beach, I ask for an immediate counterattack!" ”

Sun Zhenbang yelled and said: "Wang Qingshan, listen to me, don't be confused, at this time to counterattack, isn't it exposed to the artillery fire of the Soviet army, put the Soviet army closer, and your grenades are kept for cubs?" ”

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