After smoking a cigarette, Liu Hongzhang lost his mania, but he still stiffened his neck and said to Ouyang Yishan: "I don't think there is anything wrong with Jianyi, save your strength, and destroy the enemy to the greatest extent, is what the division commander often talks about, we are directly under the two brigades of the Corps, and it is nothing to fight and fight out, if I put Lao Sun's troops into it again, what is the matter with me Liu Hongzhang?" ”

"When I see Lao Sun again, why should I tell others, if Lao Sun asks such a sentence, Liu Hongzhang, I handed over more than 50,000 people in four brigades to you, how did you command, and there were only so many people left for me to fight? Ouyang, you say, do I have to die headbutain? ”

Ouyang Yishan completely understood Liu Hongzhang's mind this time, or else, when he saw the telegram sent to the division, he was still strange, Liu Hongzhang had never experienced what kind of big battles and bad battles, he was a master whose eyes were red when he heard the gunshots, and the troops had losses, so he hurriedly asked to retreat, not his style, it turned out that the root was here, he was afraid that Sun Zhenbang's troops would be wiped out, and he had no face to see his old friends!

Ouyang Yishan was angry, and said angrily: "You, then make it clear to the teacher, and save the teacher from not understanding your true purpose, losing his temper, and being disciplined, I think, you are self-inflicted, you deserve it!" ”

Liu Hongzhang stared at the beads of his eyes and said very seriously: "Hey, then how can it be, the telegram was sent to the division headquarters, Wang Jun, the chief of staff of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, is now the deputy chief of staff of the division commander, can you feel comfortable after reading it?" ”

"Before you think about it, why do you look down on the Outer Mongolian border guards? The troops directly under your corps can work hard, but we can't, and if we don't make a good fuss, we will be accused of looking down on our brother troops, and it will reach the ears of Lao Sun. When he recovers from his injury, he doesn't settle accounts with me, even if the division commander sees it, he has to say that I am proud and complacent, and there is no one in my eyes, as far as your Liu Hongzhang's troops can fight, the other troops are not as good as you, in the end, it is not a training! ”

"Unexpectedly, in the end, I still didn't hide from it, not only was I trained. also let the division commander underestimate the troops directly under our corps, this matter is neat, disturbing! After speaking, Liu Hongzhang slapped his head with remorse.

Holding his head and thinking for a while, Liu Hongzhang looked a little depressed and said, "Brother Ouyang." I know why the division commander lost his temper, our troops on the front line of the Seshuge River. It's just a nail. Tripping the feet of Lao Maozi's troops, buying time for the division commander to complete the campaign deployment, so the division commander issued an order to stay here even if he did not hesitate to kill all the troops. ”

"Two days. You look at the posture of the Soviet army, there are planes in the sky to help, how fierce the fight is, these two days are the most difficult. I still can't get over the hurdle in my heart, I can't let Lao Sun's troops follow us to fight together, I have to think of a way, you have a lot of ghost ideas, give me a staff officer, come up with a perfect plan! ”

Ouyang Yishan rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "What do you mean I have a lot of ghost ideas?" Is that a taulie? ”

Liu Hongzhang nodded again and again and said, "Okay!" It's a strategy, it's not a ghost idea, we're grasshoppers on a rope now, I'm uncomfortable with you, it's not easy for you, it's the second half of the night, there's no good way, as soon as the day dawns, Lao Maozi will do it, and there will be no time! ”

Ouyang Yishan said slowly: "There is a way, let's do this, we will report to the division headquarters Jianyi, modify it, and change it into two parts, two brigades directly under the corps, continue to hold the position on the south bank of the Sejingge River, the troops of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, withdraw to the first line of the rocky mountain, build the second line of defense, when we withdraw according to the order, the second line of defense, and then give the Soviet army a guy, at least we can grab a small half a day, and then, alternately cover the southern retreat, so as not to be chased and beaten by the Soviet army, It is also in line with the division commander's plan for flexible defense! ”

Liu Hongzhang applauded and laughed, praised again and again, and said: "It's still your ghost idea, just do it, the number of troops in the forward position is reduced, and you can avoid the troops gathering together and being killed and injured by Soviet bombers, mentioning Lao Maozi's bomber, I hate it so much, the Northern Flying Group can't control the air supremacy, we can't wait to be bombed, and if there are no planes, we will do it according to our way of fighting,"

"It's better to do this, our two brigades, all the anti-tank guns and heavy machine guns are concentrated to form a number of anti-aircraft fire points, specifically to deal with Soviet bombers, as for the infantry of the Soviet army, learn from the previous old Sun's style of play, Meng Zhaoxu introduced, close combat, put the Soviet army closer, greeted with grenades and submachine guns! Their planes will be useless, Brother Ouyang, what do you think? ”

Ouyang Yishan said teasingly: "Which of us has more ghost ideas, the big guys can listen to it, mine is a yang scheme, yours is a yin trick, I think it's okay, Chief of Staff Liu, immediately report the new battle plan to the division headquarters and ask for approval!" ”

The division commander Tang Qiuli greatly appreciated Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan's fighting style, and also said in the telegram: "According to this method of fighting, we will be able to complete the two-day blocking mission at the minimum cost, and we can also ensure the minimum casualties of the troops. ”

After reading the division commander's reply, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan were very excited, without the threat of Soviet bombers, in the face of the Soviet attack, there was basically no pressure, however, before that, there was still a vicious battle to be fought, and the two held a military meeting overnight to adjust the deployment according to the plan.

Although the commanders of the Outer Mongolian frontier troops were very reluctant to withdraw to the second-line position, Liu Hongzhang took out a telegram from the division commander Tang Qiuli, and everyone reluctantly obeyed.

There is no change in the position, but the density of the defensive forces has been reduced by two-thirds, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan are also full of tension, the weakness of the troops is an unavoidable problem, and the battle line of more than 20 kilometers long, evenly distributing the troops is the most stupid way.

After carefully studying the characteristics of the Soviet army's many offsets, the two came up with the tactics of key defense, concentrated most of the troops in the main offensive areas of the Soviet army, and other secondary areas, leaving only a small number of troops for surveillance defense, and transferred two regiments as mobile forces to reinforce the tight direction at any time, and worked until more than five o'clock in the morning.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The sound of an explosion that shook the mountains resounded in the dawn sky on the south bank of the Sesagoge River, shaking the mud on the walls of the shelter and falling "in a swoop."

Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan, who had just passed in a hazy past, woke up suddenly, lifted the military coat covering their bodies, jumped up, and the two exchanged glances, and they both understood that the Soviet army's offensive had begun again.

At six o'clock in the morning on 25 September, the Soviet army dispatched more than 500 fighters and bombers to carry out large-scale bombing and strafing on the positions of the independent division on the south bank of the Sejingge River.

Thick black plumes of smoke rose and earth splashed, followed by the sound of earth-shaking explosions, which shook the open field and caused a series of echoes, which were shocking.

At the same time, the commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, General Kulygin, concentrated the artillery fire of three and a half artillery divisions, and carried out dense artillery fire coverage in several main offensive directions.

General Kulykin, who had tasted the sweetness of yesterday's attack, obviously wanted to make a difference in today's offensive, and took out all the firepower that could be used for the attack, and with the cooperation of ground and air, he poured tons and tons of scorching metal, artillery shells and aerial bombs, and turned the positions on the south bank into a sea of fire, and the aerial bombardment and artillery bombardment were carried out at the same time, which was also a great initiative of the Soviets!

In the deafening explosion, Liu Hongzhang shouted: "Chenglin! Into the forest! Immediately report to the division headquarters that the Soviet army dispatched a large number of aircraft, with ground artillery fire, to carry out a fierce bombardment of our positions! ”

After speaking, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan sat silently in the corner of the shelter department, both of them knew very well in their hearts that the Soviet army was not good at coming today, and later, there would be a fierce battle.

At the same time, the Kulen ground air command of the Northern Flight Group of the Independent Division's Aviation Corps looked at the radar screen, the small black dots representing the Soviet planes were densely packed, and Colonel Meng Qingpeng, the acting commander of the air combat in Outer Mongolia, gritted his teeth, picked up the phone, and issued an order to all the fighter units to attack, "Attention to all fighter regiments, I am the acting commander Meng Qingpeng, and now I order, all fighters will take to the air to fight." ”

"The focus of the attack is the bombers of the Soviet army, the first to the sixth regiments, responsible for containing the Soviet fighter group, covering other fighter regiments to attack the Soviet bomber group, to show an indomitable momentum, the Soviet bombers that are frantically bombing our infantry positions, all down, for this, we will do whatever it takes! We are gone, and the comrades-in-arms of the Southern Flying Group, attack! ”

The last two words, Meng Qingpeng roared out with all his strength, with a trace of blood, and then, Meng Qingpeng ran out of the command headquarters and ran towards the fighter under the glow.

A round of morning sun erupted, and ten thousand rays of light sprinkled on the land of northern Outer Mongolia, dyeing the grass swaying in ridicule into patches of dazzling golden yellow, and the fighter groups of the Northern Flying Group took off from various airfields, with a resolute and murderous aura, and pounced on the Soviet planes.

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