With a bang, an artillery shell fell on the Soviet position, stirring up a cloud of dust. There seemed to be no reaction in the trenches. Sun Liren looked at the calm Soviet position with his binoculars, and felt that something was not right. This was too

A little quieter.

"Ten minutes after preparing the artillery fire, go up to the next regiment to see what's going on. Be careful not to fall in." Sun Liren had limited troops and was not sure of encircling and annihilating this Soviet army, but he was not willing to wait for the troops behind him to come up and divide them.

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The division artillery regiment's 155 howitzers and 75 mountain guns fired. The artillery fire was fast and urgent. A basic number of shells were fired quickly. The Soviet army still did not move at all. The infantry jumped out of the trenches.

The skirmishers pressed forward cautiously in formation. When they were less than three hundred meters away from the Soviet position, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the sky.

"Get down!" As everyone shouted, raindrops of artillery shells had already fallen. It must be said that Sun Liren led the troops well. When the advancing troops were bombarded, they seemed very calm and looked for bunkers.

When I got to the bunker, I lay down on the ground, held my head and prayed to God.

The dismounted pilot desperately called for air support with a broken throat. The previous reconnaissance plane had not flown far and soon came back. The Soviet artillery was hidden in a forest. This was the reason why it was not discovered before aerial reconnaissance.

When the division artillery regiment wanted to fire to suppress it, it was surprised to find that the range was not as good as the Soviet 122 howitzer. This was in big trouble, because the Soviet howitzer rushed towards the artillery position. Caught off guard, the 138th Division's too forward

One of the 155 Howitzer Batteries was lost. This was a big loss.

Before the furious Sun Liren could fully react, a new change occurred on the battlefield. More than thirty tanks suddenly rushed out of a forest, spitting black smoke and rushed towards the advancing infantry regiment. At the same time, there were also tanks behind the tanks.

Following the numerous infantrymen, they rushed forward shouting "Ula".

Seeing this scene, Sun Liren was not angry but happy. Why doesn't this old man have a long memory? Fortunately, he had prepared a position before, otherwise he would really have suffered a loss. "Inform the artillery. Give me a hard hit on his infantry." He gave the order.

, the 75th Mountain Artillery Battalion became busy. It was most suitable for fighting infantry. The artillerymen who had undergone hard training could shoot 25 rounds of artillery shells a minute with the Bofors Mountain Artillery.

Sun Liren was quickly escorted down by the commander of the vanguard. Although Lao Maozi's T26 was not very powerful, it was always very dangerous on the front line. Don't miss Maozi. The division commander was wiped out by the 122 howitzer first.

Soon Sun Liren discovered that he was very wrong. The Soviet army's counterattack was bold and resolute. The spirit of not fearing death despite the artillery fire was heart-stopping. Moreover, the Soviet army's artillery fire did not stop, and the attacking troops stepped on and exploded.

Click to rush forward. This is a premeditated counterattack. The Soviet army advanced so fast that before the probing troops of the leading group had time to enter the position, the Soviet army appeared in front of the position. Especially the Soviet T26 tanks,

He threw away the infantry and charged wildly, rushing through the first trench in one breath.

Standing in the cathedral, the only high-rise building in the town, Koninev, commander of the 280th Soviet Infantry Division, excitedly waved his fist and shouted: "You guys did a great job!" Koninev was a determined man.

A proletarian revolutionary, at the beginning of the Soviet revolution, his family life was extremely difficult as he was born into a poor family. Because he came from a good family background, he was not purged during the purge of counterrevolutionaries.

In this battle of East Kazakhstan, the 280th Division had been in reserve. After Lukin's counterattack order was issued, due to the distance of the station and the bombing on the road, Koninev's marching speed was affected. When he approached,

The order to retreat had been issued on the battlefield. Koninev also wanted to retreat. The question was where to retreat. Before he could think about it, the Chinese mechanized troops had already rushed forward during the day, and the 280th Division was hiding in a nearby forest.

They were not discovered. In fact, even if they were discovered, the Eleventh Mechanized Army would not pay much attention to it. At most, it would be broken up by a charge, and the troops would have to continue to move forward.

When Koninev saw the formation, he knew that the battle situation had deteriorated, but he refused to give up and decided to buy time for the troops behind him. So he ordered an attack on Zhansugurov. Unexpectedly, he encountered no resistance at all, and instead gathered a group of soldiers.

The remnants of the Soviet tank battalion. After discovering Sun Liren's troops, the Soviet army, which advocates attack, decided to launch a local counterattack. At this time, they are considered to be behind enemy lines. They can't defeat the mechanized troops, and they can't defeat your infantry?

Koninev decided to use his own counterattack to disrupt the rhythm of the Chinese attack. So, amid the sounds of retreat in East Kazakhstan, the most outstanding unit of the Soviet army appeared.

Despite heavy casualties, the officers and soldiers of the 280th Division still moved forward bravely. After an hour of fierce fighting, the Chinese Army retreated. Sun Liren's leading regiment suffered more than half casualties, and the division's artillery regiment also suffered a heavy blow from the Soviet artillery.

, the terrible thing is that the air support was delayed, and the follow-up troops did not follow up. The anxious Sun Liren shot and killed the leading battalion commander who was the first to retreat. He originally planned to shoot the leading regiment commander, but this guy was injured and fainted during the battle, and was killed by his subordinates.

When he was brought down, his life or death was uncertain. Sun Liren issued a death order and was not allowed to take a step back. He firmly withstood it.

When it came time to fight, Sun Liren ignored the obstruction of his subordinates and personally led a battalion to launch a counterattack. Before Koninev could rejoice for too long, the remnants of Sun Liren's divisional artillery regiment and all the artillery of each unit fired. In just ten seconds,

After minutes of shelling, Sun Liren raised his submachine gun and was the first to jump out of the trench, shouting: "Follow me and charge!"

Generals have a will to die, and soldiers have no desire to live! This is a battle of courage. Every officer of the National Defense Force will be indoctrinated with similar concepts after entering the military academy. There are no useless soldiers, only incompetent generals!

At this moment, the vitality of the Wehrmacht reached a peak! Also stepping on the explosion point, the 138th Division Assault Battalion of the Wehrmacht marched forward indomitably. Of course, the necessary tactical actions must be carried out. The fire support ignored the suppression of Soviet artillery fire and fired wildly.

There were several Soviet tanks in the position that became the biggest stumbling block. Six rocket launcher teams risked being hit by machine guns and crawled to around 300 meters. With a few booms and booms, the Soviet tanks were detonated.

But in the end, only three of these bazooka operators were left. The battle became fierce, and the shortcomings of the Soviet army's backward equipment were fully exposed. A firepower network composed of general-purpose machine guns and semi-automatic rifles, and mortars at various distances kept tilting the shells.

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In less than an hour, the position occupied by the Soviet army was defeated by a powerful counterattack by the 138th Division. All 33 T26 vehicles were destroyed in less than four hours of fighting. In fact, during the battle, the Soviet Army

Ninev sent troops for reinforcements, but at this time the four Eagle IIIs of the Chinese Air Force arrived just in time. A regiment sent by Koninev was dive-bombed by the Y3s as soon as it appeared, and then it was strafed wildly.

As soon as the four Eagle Sans had exhausted their ammunition, the four Mustang fighter jets rushed to the battlefield, once again stabilizing the situation for Sun Liren.

Koninev witnessed the rampage of the Chinese Air Force, and he did not notice that the skin of his palm was pricked by nails despite his fists. Helpless, Koninev could only order a retreat and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to fight back. In this battle of courage

, Koninev had to admit that the courage of the Chinese soldiers was no less than that of the Soviet army.

It must be said that Koninev was very lucky. He had just withdrawn his troops into the city when Sun Liren's reinforcements arrived. Facing the transportation hub of Zhansugurov, the reinforcements of an army had to stop and prepare for the attack.

The 30th Infantry Corps of the National Defense Force, commander Wang Yaowu, graduated from the advanced class of the Infantry Department of Baoding Army University.

When Wang Yaowu found Sun Liren, the guy was crouching in front of an officer, his assault battalion commander. Three holes were opened in his stomach by machine guns during the battle, and his intestines spilled out. He struggled forward for five or six meters.

, holding the military flag tightly in his hand, leaning forward to prevent it from falling.

Wang Yaowu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Life and death are ordinary things on the battlefield. Don't blame yourself too much."

Sun Liren sighed: "It's my fault for underestimating the enemy. I didn't expect that the Soviet army still has a troop hiding here, and there are actually tanks."

The loss of more than half of the 138th Division in this battle can be regarded as a wake-up call for the entire army. Sun Liren himself did not receive much criticism in the battle report because he made quick decisions and counterattacked decisively during the battle. Wang Yaowu brought an order to let

Sun Liren left the troops to the deputy division commander and went to Dihua to report to Shang Zhen, deputy chief of staff of the Central Asian Front Army.

A two-wing, two-seater reconnaissance plane flew to the battlefield and landed on a random piece of grass. The pilot said that he came to pick up Sun Liren on the order of Zhang Zhizhong, the chief of staff of the front army. Shang Zhen, the deputy chief of staff, is mainly responsible for coordinating the overall situation. What?

They manage everything, but they don’t specifically control anything.

Sun Liren got on the plane, first stopped at Yili Airport to refuel, and then flew to Dihua. When he arrived at Dihua, he found the front army headquarters and found that he was not the only one who had been ordered to come back from the front. Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Mingren were the first to arrive. The two of them turned out to be

They are all division commanders. Chen Mingren is the commander of the 87th Infantry Division of the A Division, unlike Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, who are the commanders of the B Division one hundred years later.

Shang Zhen has a very senior qualification, but he has never been a chief military officer, and has always been a deputy. When he saw the three people, he told them with some envy that the reserve forces of Shandong, Jiangsu, and Henan provinces had established three new infantry corps, and the General Staff

Three of them were named as army commanders. They are the 70th, 71st and 72nd corps respectively. The troops will arrive in Dihua tomorrow and they will have half a month to get familiar with the troops.

These three people did not know that the strength of the Central Asian Front Army at this time had been continuously enhanced. Because it was determined that Japan was going south, forty new infantry divisions were transferred from Southeast and Central China and handed over to the Central Asian Front Army. The purpose was to

At this time, Liu Mingzhao also received an order from the Ministry of National Defense and was promoted to a three-star general of the Army, commanding three mechanized corps and 100 infantry divisions under the Central Asian Front Army. The total strength was close to 150

million, which is the second largest military group after the Far East Front. Not counting the cooperating air force, the air force is 1.7 million. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian
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