The location of Liu Tiehan's headquarters is a high ground that can overlook the entire Ulez River bridge, because it is 15 kilometers away from the river, and the specific movements of the Soviet army cannot be seen clearly, only a white car light can be seen, which illuminates half of the sky somewhere on the west bank of the Ulez River, and the faint sound of the car engine can be faintly heard.

At three o'clock in the morning of September 29, Liu Tiehan put down his binoculars and said to Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division: "Guangjin, order all troops to prepare for battle, the Soviet army should act!" ”

Li Guangjin agreed, and went to call, and suddenly, Liu Tiehan hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute!" ”

Li Guangjin turned around in surprise, and saw that the deputy division commander was engrossed in observing the direction of the Ulez River, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Deputy division commander, what happened?" ”

Liu Tiehan turned his head, his teeth clenched, the muscles of his cheeks bulged, and he said angrily: "Something is wrong, I observed it again just now, the car lights by the river, there is no sign of moving, and the Soviet army is not moving!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, no one could understand what was going on, what Liu Tiehan was most worried about was that the commander of the Soviet army smelled an abnormal smell, on the battlefield, the commander who rolled in blood and fire had such an intuition, Liu Tiehan himself was like this, and he had an almost instinctive premonition of danger.

Otherwise, it cannot be explained that after the Soviet army crossed the Ulez River, it stayed for thirty minutes and did not have the intention of continuing the march, which is not normal, if you feel that the bridge over the Ulez River is very important and is the only way to attack Kulen, you can leave a regiment of troops to guard, and not a single army looks at the reason of a bridge.

What's more, the Soviet troops stayed on the west bank of the river, and it was not the meaning of guarding the bridge, besides. Since there is a plan to attack Kulen, what is the matter with staying by the Ulez River, the speed of the soldiers is the least reason.

Liu Tiehan's heart suddenly became anxious, and he thought nervously: "Could it be that the Soviet army is waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive, and then march together?"

If this is the case, it will be difficult to fight their own battles, and the difference in strength between the three brigades in front of them is too great to withstand the advance of the four Soviet armies in any case. Even if the Soviet army can be blocked from surrounding the troops on the left and right flanks, the casualties of the three brigades will exceed two-thirds.

3:05 a.m. Colonel Li Guangjin, chief of the Operations Division, put down the phone. said to Liu Tiehan: "Deputy division commander." I received a call from the brigade commanders of the forward troops, it has been five minutes since the scheduled attack time, the troops are ready to attack, and the brigade commanders ask for your approval to attack immediately! ”

After a pause, Li Guangjin said, "Deputy division commander." The timing of the attack has been repeatedly postponed, and after a long time, I am afraid that the situation will change. More than 50,000 people in three brigades are lying in ambush on the position, and if you are not careful, the target will be exposed, and it is much better to fight now than to wait passively, therefore, my opinion is, immediately attack! ”

Liu Tiehan gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Wait! If I don't put the leading Soviet army in my pocket, I'd rather wait, Lao Tzu wants to see, what kind of medicine is sold in Lao Maozi's gourd? In a hurry, Liu Tiehan also spoke violently.

No accidents happened, and the Soviet army did not find out, not far ahead, there were more than 50,000 horses in ambush, and the reason why the Soviet army did not leave is simple and ridiculous.

The time for a short rest was about to come, and Commander Aslanov was about to order the troops to continue to advance, when the chief of staff of the army came over, handed him a telegram with an expressionless face, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Comrade commander, the telegram of the deputy chief of staff of Yemenchenko, asking us, why did the troops stop without asking for instructions?" ”

When Commander Aslanov heard this, he was furious, his hands and feet were cold, and he cursed in his heart, "What a fuck! The villain who makes a small report behind his back, a big fart, if you don't poke the command, who can know? Besides, I, a military commander, don't even have the authority to order the troops to rest for thirty minutes? After returning the formation of the front army, if you don't raise you a son of a bitch, get out of the Third Army, my army commander will not do it! ”

Without looking at the smug chief of staff, let alone reaching out to answer the telegram, Commander Aslanov yelled at a staff officer beside him: "What are you doing in a daze? Tell the division commanders, give them another thirty minutes, hurry up and refuel the tanks and trucks, repair the damaged vehicles, and if you can't leave on time, don't mix with the Third Army, and go wherever you like! ”

This staff officer is also a clever person, and when he heard the roar of the army commander, he was stunned at first, but immediately reacted, and replied loudly: "Yes, Comrade Army Commander, I will convey your order immediately!" After speaking, without waiting for the chief of staff to react, he ran away, muttering to himself in his heart, "I'm afraid that the chief of staff will catch me and ask carefully, if I show my stuff, the army commander and the chief of staff can't afford to offend me, so it's the best policy!" ”

Just because of a small report by the chief of staff, the Third Army of the Soviet Army stayed on the west bank of the Ulez River for an extra thirty minutes, whether it was angry and demonstrated, or did not take Lieutenant General Yemenchenko as a commander in his eyes, anyway, Commander Aslanov did just that, what do you like, you have the ability to make a small report?

Ignoring the chief of staff who was frozen in the field, Commander Aslanov turned around and left, an unexpected episode, but Liu Tiehan's anxious heart was like frying and burning, and he almost didn't do it in advance!

At about 3:40 a.m., on the west bank of the Ulez River, the Third Army of the Soviet Army, which had been staying for more than an hour, finally moved, the motors of cars and artillery trucks roared, the sound of tank tracks "rolling", and the bright lights cut the night sky, and they came in a daze and ignorance towards the preset ambush position of Dongzhi.

"Thank goodness! It's finally moving! Liu Tiehan threw away the binoculars, sat down on the shell box, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said.

Colonel Li Guangjin, head of the Operations Division, did not wait for Liu Tiehan's orders, and immediately grabbed the phone, "All troops, the Soviet army has begun to move, and the deputy division commander ordered, prepare for battle!" ”

Putting down the phone, Li Guangjin asked: "Deputy division commander, how can you conclude that the Soviet army has not discovered our position and will continue to advance, but I am sweating!" ”

Liu Tiehan smiled bitterly and said with a weak heart: "What a conclusion, I'm gambling, betting that we weren't discovered by the Soviet army!" The commander of the Soviet army on this road believed that our main forces, under the command of the division commander, were besieging the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District, and there were no our troops on this route, fortunately the bet was right! ”

At about 4 o'clock in the morning of September 29, the vanguard of the Third Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front approached the position of the East Command troops, and the telephone of the forward troops was always reporting the distance of the Soviet troops.

Li Guangjin took the phone and said to Liu Tiehan: "Deputy division commander, the forward troops report that the Soviet army has entered the range of infantry firing!" ”

Liu Tiehan clenched his fists violently and yelled: "Fight!" ”

In front of the vanguard of the Soviet army, countless fires suddenly flashed, like lightning in the night sky, suddenly splitting out, a group of shells, dragging a dark red tail flame, swept through the night sky above the head of the Soviet vanguard, and flew behind, and then, with a muffled thunderous sound, rolling in, the two artillery brigades in the east, hundreds of large-caliber howitzers, began to shell the Soviet army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Hordes of shells fell from the sky and plunged headlong into the marching columns of the Soviet army, loud noises, firelight, gunsmoke, dirt, rubble, shrapnel, limbs, flesh, broken guns, and burning cars, rendering the night into a terrible hell.

The Soviet troops in the rearguard were hit by artillery shells, and the Soviet troops in front were hit by countless bullets, as if the electric current was suddenly turned on, and on the dark wilderness, a little spark suddenly erupted, and the sparks were densely connected, stretching for dozens of kilometers, and the bullets like raindrops pierced the night sky, like a wall, and slammed into the Soviet army's marching column, which was thousands of light and heavy machine guns, and the metal jets fired in a salvo.

The first wave of artillery shells, that is, effective shooting, almost covered the rear guard units of the Third Army, stunned the Soviet troops at once, and blew people upside down, and the first wave of bullets beat the Soviet advance guard troops to the ground.

While the shells were still whistling in the sky, the battle-seasoned commander Aslanov, with unprecedented agility, jumped out of the car that was still moving, and lay down in standard motion, he was in the middle of the marching column, and fortunately, the first wave of artillery shelling from the east finger did not fall on him.

Lying on the cold and damp ground, Commander Aslanov turned around and saw his own rearguard troops, which had been shrouded in the flames and smoke of shell explosions, "ambushed by the troops of the independent division!" "This was his first reaction, however, it is strange how the shells could have fallen in the rear, and not shelled the troops in front?

A communications soldier with a radio on his back ran to Commander Aslanov and said breathlessly: "Report to the commander, the avant-garde troops report that they were blocked by the infantry weapons of the independent division!" ”

Commander Aslanov, who has rich experience on the battlefield, quickly reacted, the troops of the independent division have long been ambushed in front, ridiculous, the command also thought that the gods unknowingly rushed to Kulen, listening to the density of gunfire, it was definitely not a small group of independent division troops, and there were so many large-caliber howitzers that turned the banks of the Ulez River into a sea of fire, and the whereabouts of their own troops had long been mastered by the Chinese.

No wonder along the way, there was no form of resistance, it turned out that the cunning Chinese, waiting for themselves here, a wave of fear, oil hit their hearts, looking at the battlefield full of fire and explosions, as if to engulf all living creatures on the ground.

After the initial panic, Commander Aslanov calmed down and ordered: "Convey the order of the army headquarters to the divisions, disperse in place, immediately return fire, the avant-garde tank brigade, cover the infantry to assault the enemy positions!" Open the gap! ”

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