Chapter 775: The Bloody Battle of Helenboburg (2)

On 11 August, after two consecutive days of large-scale artillery bombardment, Tang Qiuli issued an order to the troops to attack the fortress of Helenboburg; after a fierce artillery bombardment, two tank regiments and one infantry brigade of the First Assault Group rushed into the fortress like a torrent along the opening opened by artillery fire.

A regiment and a battalion of the 1st Field Infantry Brigade of the Corps directly under the Independent Division, as the vanguard force, were the first to rush into the fortress full of ruins, and the tanks responsible for covering could only send the infantry here, and further on, they could only rely on the infantry to fight on their own.

After the first battalion rushed in, it was found that the two days of shelling only destroyed a section of the fortress, and it was the first layer, this fortress is a two-story structure, full of solid rocks, shè holes all over, the first battalion commander Duan Shude is very strange, the first layer of the outer méng ancient soldiers must not be killed, the soldiers of the second layer, why don't they shoot shè? Could it be that the shelling also killed the ancient soldiers on the next floor?

Duan Shude is a grassroots commander with a lot of combat experience, through the smoke and stone chips, he found that there are not many soldiers behind him, the main battalion of more than 1,000 people, followed by his own, less than a company of troops, the fortress like a palace-like terrain, so that the troops are unconsciously dispersed, this and that, Duan Shude's heart suddenly tightened, the troops are so unorganized and scattered, there is no purpose to break through, will be broken by the soldiers of the ancient army who are familiar with the terrain.

Calling with a walkie-talkie, probably because there were too many obstacles, he couldn't be contacted, he immediately sent a number of communicators, ordered the troops to move closer to the battalion headquarters, not long after the correspondents set off, the second layer under his feet began to resurrect, the sound of gunfire rang out, Duan Shude climbed to the gap where the fortress was blown up, and looked out through the gunsmoke, the gunfire became clear, but it was not the familiar sound of the Suomi submachine gun, he saw a scene that he will never forget.

The follow-up troops, on the unobstructed gravel slope, were knocked down by the dense bullets of the ancient defenders of the outer méng, row by row, the corpses of the soldiers rolled down the hillside, Yin Hong's blood, sprinkled on the gravel-covered hillside, the remaining soldiers, forced to lie on the spot, the bullets of the ancient soldiers of the outer méng, so that they could not raise their heads, the tanks in charge of covering desperately shè, but could not suppress the fire of the defenders.

The situation of the follow-up troops, extremely dangerous, continued to attack, the dense rain of bullets smashed into a metal wall of death, retreated, and was also under the fire of the defenders, although it was only a few hundred meters away from the tanks covering the attack, it was an insurmountable place of death, although there were many light and heavy machine guns from time to time, and the frontal firepower was also weak, but the firepower on the flanks was very fast, at this time, the advantage of more troops was fully expressed.

After a grenade exploded, the bodies of several fighters were torn to pieces, and the grenades were thrown one after another, and the casualties of the follow-up troops continued to increase, the bullets of death whistled overhead, and the soldiers could only lie on the spot passively and helplessly, Duan Shude's eyes were so anxious that his eyes were on fire, and he only heard the sound of gunfire under his feet, but he couldn't find the entrance.

Duan Shude hurriedly communicated with the regiment headquarters and reported the situation of the first battalion and the resistance encountered by the follow-up troops to the regiment commander, in fact, there was no need for him to report, Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the first brigade under the front-line command, including Tang Qiuli, all saw the dangerous situation faced by the follow-up troops, and the news that the regiment commander informed him surprised Duan Shude, the whole brigade participating in the attack, only one or more regiments of troops, broke into the inside of the fortress, and they also belonged to different formations, most of them were companies, that is, Duan Shude was a force that broke into the fortress of Helenboburg, Commander of the highest rank.

"**, this is worse, there are more than 50,000 people in the ancient garrison, artillery and tanks can't help, the terrain is not familiar, the troops are scattered, and they are not subordinate to each other, there are only more than 100 people around them, these thousands of people don't let the ancient army of Waiméng make dumplings, this battle is a mess," Duan Shude muttered secretly in his heart.

Tang Qiuli had already found out that he had made a fatal mistake, underestimating the fortification and complexity of the fortress, and the two days of shelling only destroyed the fortifications of the upper layer of the fortress, and a huge part of the entire fortress did not suffer losses, and this only breakthrough had not been completely destroyed, and the follow-up troops were suppressed in the middle of the hill, and he had no time to blame himself, so he hurried to the headquarters of the first brigade.

Seeing Liu Hongzhang talking on the phone with the commander who broke into the fortress, after briefly inquiring about the situation, he asked for the microphone and said: "I am Tang Qiuli, you are the commander of the first battalion Duan Shude, listen, I now announce the order, appoint you as the commander of the attack force in the fortress, and unify the command of all the troops attacking the fortress, you can dispose of it according to the specific situation, you don't need to ask for instructions, please tell the soldiers, I believe in your ability and combat effectiveness, now your only task is to cover the troops suppressed by the firepower of the ancient army outside the fortress and withdraw safely." and you, hold fast to the fortress. ”

Duan Shude was suddenly startled, God, the No. 1 commander of the independent division personally called him and announced the appointment in person, this is more than a regiment, he had a feeling in a dream, he calmed down a little, and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the division commander, all the soldiers of my brigade attacking the fortress will definitely complete the task given by the division commander, cover the withdrawal of the main force of the brigade, and nail it into the fortress of Herenbo like a nail," Tang Qiuli nodded with satisfaction, he was slightly relieved to have such a battalion commander in the fortress.

Duan Shude knew the weight of his guarantee, the difficulties and dangers he would face, just covering the withdrawal of the main force of the brigade, he was at a loss, and none of the correspondents who went out to contact came back, but several companies of the third and fourth regiments stumbled here by mistake, and the troops gathered around him had more than 1,300 troops, Duan Shude simply conveyed the order of the division commander.

There is no disagreement, Duan Shude, the commander of the division with the highest rank here, obeys unconditionally according to the orders of the independent division, Duan Shude observes the gap for a while, and gradually sees a little mén. The side firepower and shè holes on both flanks were all opened in the middle of the mountain, and the artillery fire and tank guns could not be concentrated at all, but the firepower of the defenders under his feet was close to the ground, and Duan Shude had an idea.

Each unit of the independent division has no shortage of sharpshooters, each company has a special sniper squad, equipped with a scope of the Huangya dòng arsenal special sniper rifle, high-power sniper rifle bullets, Duan Shude arranged it this way, all the snipers, divided into two teams, respectively jīng sure shè shè shî shè snir sniper snir sniper sniper snir sniper

Subsequently, he communicated with the brigade commander and reported the plan, the two wings and the second layer of the fortress outside the méng ancient soldiers, were fighting vigorously, the gun hole spewed out a tongue of fire, with Duan Shude's order, more than a hundred sniper rifles, aimed at the shè together, the bullet drilled into the shè hole like a long eye, and a bloody hole appeared on the forehead and eye socket of the outer méng ancient soldiers, and a metal bullet that rotated at high speed not only exploded their heads, but also took their corpses and fell backwards, marking a bloody arrow.

At the same time, more than 600 grenades, within a minute, were all thrown under their feet, and the smoke from the explosion obscured the sight of the ancient soldiers, and the shrapnel that shattered the rocks made sparks, and the unlucky ancient soldiers, shrapnel from the narrow square hole in the hole of the gun, went straight into their cheeks, and when they fell, they were already a bloody corpse.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the troops who were suppressed by the firepower and could not raise their heads retreated like water, and even the tanks reversed and retreated, and in five minutes, in just five minutes, more than 8,000 soldiers of the first brigade were all withdrawn to safety, and the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, except for the corpses of the dead soldiers everywhere, there was no longer a shadow of a Chinese soldier.

The first brigade that withdrew counted the casualties, which made the brigade commander Liu Hongzhang so distressed that he almost jumped up, just one attack, the casualties of the whole brigade reached more than 1,800 people, of which, more than 1,200 were killed. Having lost most of the regiment's troops, Liu Hongzhang was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he didn't know who to be angry at, so he felt a burst of fire in his heart, and his eyes were blood-red staring at the fortress.

Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Corps directly under the Independent Division, was holding back his anger here, and the commander of the Outer Méng Ancient Army, the commander of the Second Group Army and the political commissar of the Second Army, who was guarding the fortress of Helenboburg, was a staunch member of the Méng Ancient ** Party, a loyal supporter and confidant of Choibalsan, and he was also scolding.

Fort Helenbob withstood the fierce shelling of the squadron for two consecutive days, so that he saw the hope of holding the fortress, in order to strengthen the control of the soldiers of the troops, he secretly issued an order to the political commissars at all levels, for those who wavered in the battle, tried to escape, or had a tendency to surrender, whether they were officers or soldiers, the political commissars at all levels had the power to deal with them on the spot.

Today, he was sure that more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers, all of whom were left in the open field outside the breach, turned into corpses, but in the blink of an eye, the Chinese soldiers withdrew, and the results were far from what Subalt expected, and the order given to him by Comrade Choibalsan, the general secretary, was that it was a difficult task to hold the Helenboburg defense line for fifteen days, and if today's battle was ideal, he was confident, but let him down.

The commander of the 1st Guards Division, Major General Dekrusha, became the object of the commander's disappointment, and his division happened to defend the defensive line of the breakthrough section, and the result of the comrade commander's anger was that the division commander was removed from his post and demoted to regimental commander, and the division's political commissar Hangda Dorji took over the post of division commander, and the order given by the comrade commander to the new division commander was that a small part of the squadron in the fortress must be completely cleared tonight.