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Volume One: A Turbulent Era Volume Three: Cannons are firing Chapter 471: Battle of Serov 3

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    Perhaps it was our own artillery suppression that had an effect, or perhaps it was for other reasons. The Red Army's artillery disappeared after firing a few shots. The battlefield was filled with fierce Chinese artillery fire, and one shell after another roared towards the Red Army.  In the positions and rear artillery positions, the flames and thick smoke rising from the explosion were so heavy that the Red Army could not even lift their heads.

    But at this time, Bai Chongxi did not look happy at all. On the contrary, he frowned and sent the guards around him to the front line to inquire about the situation of the troops.  Because he knew that although the Red Army's artillery was not as fierce and lasting as his own, the shelling just now had probably caused a lot of losses to the attacking troops. Now he only hoped that the troops in front would retreat in time and the casualties would not be too great.  .

    "Report to the division commander! The chief of staff is back!"

    While Bai Chongxi was waiting impatiently, Zhang Zhizhong finally came back. Bai Chongxi hurriedly ran out of the bunker and walked north in two steps.

    After walking about ten meters, I turned around a traffic road and saw Zhang Zhizhong and several officers hurriedly approaching.

    "Wenbai, how are you? Where are you injured? Hygienist! Hygienist!"

    Seeing Zhang Zhizhong, Bai Chongxi suddenly felt nervous. He saw Zhang Zhizhong's face was black, his originally straight military uniform had become tattered, and there were blood stains on his body. He was supported by two officers, one foot high and one foot low.  .  Bai Chongxi hurriedly stepped forward to hold Zhang Zhizhong's arm, turned around and shouted behind him.

    "It's okay, it's just a sprain in my foot" Zhang Zhizhong replied calmly.

    "Then this blood?"

    "He was covering my guards on the way back, but it's a pity that he died"

    "As long as you're fine. Just as long as you're fine, let's go for a walk. Let's go back first." Bai Chongxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Zhang Zhizhong didn't hurt him, he would be relieved.  He personally helped Zhang Zhizhong back to the bunker and poured a glass of water for Zhang Zhizhong to drink. Bai Chongxi couldn't wait to ask about the situation of the attacking troops.

    "Fortunately, Jiansheng's order was quick. Most of our troops were able to withdraw safely. However, part of the rear section was damaged. About one battalion of infantry and six tanks failed to retreat smoothly. I'm afraid the situation is already in danger." Zhang Zhizhong was pleased.  Zhongdai replied sadly.  According to his description, when he rushed to the front line, the armored troops were covering the retreat of the infantry, but it took time to switch from attack to retreat. Moreover, on the opposite Red Army position, the enemy went crazy and organized small groups of desperate troops.  Fight back.  In order to ensure a smooth retreat, the frontline commander used a tank company and a battalion to block the Red Army's counterattack. However, a few minutes after the order was issued, his own troops were entangled with the Red Army's counterattack.  As they slowly retreated under the cover of tank fire, the cannons on the opposite side suddenly roared, covering all the troops on both sides.

    "You mean Lao Maozi fired the cannon when our retreating troops were entangled with the enemy?" Bai Chongxi asked in shock.

    "Yes, at that time, about one regiment of the Soviet Red Army was involved in the counterattack, otherwise we would not have left one battalion and one tank behind. The shelling came very suddenly, and the shells came when the two sides were fighting fiercely. I  The guard also died at this time. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would have confessed today." Zhang Zhizhong replied with lingering fear, his expression looking extremely angry and regretful.

    Bai Chongxi stood up immediately and walked around the room without saying a word.  At this moment, he felt unprecedented pressure since the beginning of the war.  This time the enemy on the opposite side was different from before. Not only had they made targeted arrangements for the offensive tactics of the Chinese National Defense Forces.  Moreover, he also resorted to the trick of attrition, and actually used the method of exchanging money to deal with this war.

    "Frunzhi, it's this bastard again!"

    Bai Chongxi gritted his teeth and cursed. Bai Chongxi had fought against Frunze in the Siberian battlefield before. This terrible opponent would do anything to win.  At the beginning, he was training troops in actual combat on the battlefield, treating human life as nothing, and causing the Far East government troops to complain endlessly. If it were not for the later assistance of the Chinese troops in defense, I am afraid that the front line would have been broken through by Frunze.

    And now, Frunze, who had fled all the way to Serov, actually used this trick again.  His intention is obvious, which is to use attrition for attrition and use his own troops to fight against the Chinese National Defense Forces, so as to achieve the goal of causing battle losses to the Chinese National Defense Forces at all costs.

    We must know that the troops assembled by both sides in the Serov area are approximately 750,000, and the total number of troops participating in the war is as high as 1.5 million.  Compared with the Soviet cannon fodder troops, the Chinese Communist Regiment is the elite of the National Defense Forces. If it suffers a large number of losses in the Serov area, China will win one battle but lose the entire war against the Soviet Union.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­how?  As long as it can cause heavy losses to the Chinese Army at a ratio of two to one, or even three to one, or four to one, it will be worthwhile for Frunze.

    "Order all troops to retreat 3 kilometers and postpone the attack. Wen Bai, I will leave the matter here to you first. I have to go to the rear headquarters immediately."

    Bai Chongxi roughly understood Frunze¡¯s tactical thinking. According to the current situation, I am afraid that this battle cannot be fought like before.  He must get in touch with the headquarters as soon as possible and adjust the previous tactics, otherwise if he suffers huge losses in Serov, let alone fight in Moscow, it may lead to the failure of the entire war.

    "That's no problem, but where is the infantry division?"

    "I will go and coordinate it myself, and then go back to the headquarters with the Jingfu brothers."

    After saying that, Bai Chongxi went to prepare. Half an hour later, he rushed to the infantry division and found Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui. When he arrived at Liu Zhi's division headquarters, an angry Liu Zhi was yelling at his subordinates.  It was Liu Zhi's troops who were responsible for the infantry attack today. The Chinese Regiment, which had been attacking smoothly, actually lost more than an infantry battalion in just over an hour of fighting. This was an unprecedented situation since the war began. For this reason  Liu Zhi flew into a rage and scolded the commander of the offensive regiment bloody, but for Xiong Shihui's persuasion.  Liu Zhi almost pulled out his gun.

    "It's not their fault, it's our fault." amid the curses.  Bai Chongxi entered the door and said.

    "Brother Jiansheng, why are you here?" Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui were both stunned.

    "How can I still sit still after the attack is like this?" Bai Chongxi said with a wry smile: "Our opponent is not simple, not so easy to deal with. Let me tell you that I have temporarily stopped the all-out attack and the troops have retreated.  I¡¯ll rest for 3 kilometers, and I¡¯m going to ask you two to go to the headquarters with me as soon as possible.¡±

    "What! What did you say? Retreat?" Liu Zhi jumped up when he heard this and shouted loudly: "It is a fact that the attack was frustrated. But where can there be undead people in a war? Yes, my troops were attacked in the first attack  It's not a small loss, but the opponent's losses are far greater than ours. In my opinion, we should organize another attack as soon as possible, directly use artillery fire and aircraft to completely suppress the opponent, and win the position in one go. If it doesn't work once, do it twice.  Three times. I don¡¯t believe it. With the combat effectiveness of our National Defense Force, we can¡¯t defeat Serov on the opposite side?¡±

    "This is not how battles are fought! If you win this battle with brute force alone, you will lose the entire war!" Bai Chongxi's face suddenly darkened, and he criticized Liu Zhi unceremoniously.

    "It's a joke! If you don't fight with all your strength, how can you win by shaking a goose feather fan like someone else? Don't think that just because you have fought a few battles in the Far East is great, I also crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood!" I was already in a bad mood!  Okay, Liu Zhi exploded when he heard this. What do you mean, Bai Chongxi?  Are you the only one who knows how to fight?  Regardless of qualifications or leading troops, I am not inferior to him.  When we were fighting against the Revolutionary Party and the Braided Army in Nanjing, you, Xiaobai, were still in class, and you actually came out to teach me a lesson?  Yes, you are now the commander of the armored force. From this point of view, you are half a level higher than the infantry division, but in terms of qualifications and military rank, no one is inferior to the other.  If you want to teach me a lesson, you should wait until you become the commander-in-chief.

    Bai Chongxi has a nickname called Xiao Zhuge.  Isn't Zhuge Liang on the stage shaking a goose feather fan?  Liu Zhi was obviously ridiculing Bai Chongxi for his rhetoric, and was frightened whenever there was a setback.

    "Brother Jingfu! Do you know who Frunze is on the opposite side? What tactics is he best at? What is he planning now? If you know this and understand the real reason why the attack was frustrated just now, I'm afraid you  You won't say these words!" Bai Chongxi asked with suppressed anger. Liu Zhi looked unconcerned. He rolled his eyes and hummed in his nostrils: "So what if you know? So what if you don't know? I fought all the way from Mongolia.  It¡¯s not like we¡¯re just for food here, what? Only your armored unit can fight? Don¡¯t forget that without our infantry division, your armored unit is just a pile of scrap metal.¡±

    "you¡­¡­!"

    "Don't quarrel! Don't quarrel!" Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Xiong Shihui hurriedly advised from the side: "I said Jingfu, can you say a few words less? This is a fact that the army's attack was frustrated and some were lost. Is there any anger?  Go attack the enemy, why are you shouting with your brother? Besides, as far as I know, brother Jiansheng's tank unit also suffered a lot in order to cover the retreat of your infantry. It's okay if you don't accept others' favor. Isn't this a bit too much?  "

    With that said, Xiong Shihui persuaded Bai Chongxi: "Brother Jiansheng, Jing Fu is in a bad mood today. Please be considerate of him. After all, so much has been lost in such a short period of time since the war started. Who can blame this matter?"  It¡¯s all very uncomfortable, you have to know that the attacking regiment was trained by Fu personally, and he has deep feelings for those soldiers, and now ugh"

    Bai Chongxi¡¯s expression gradually softenedAfter all, as Xiong Shihui said, the setback in today's attack was not only the loss of the infantry, but also his tank unit.  Everyone was in a bad mood, and it was understandable that they spoke with anger. Thinking of this, Xiong Shihui first slowed down his tone and made self-criticism.

    Liu Zhi is a docile donkey, so Bai Chongxi apologized to him first. He felt a little embarrassed at this time, and quickly apologized a few times, and the atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed.

    "By the way, Brother Jiansheng, what on earth are you talking about about the commander on the other side, tactics and so on? And why are you coming to find us at the headquarters now?" Xiong Shihui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone was calm, and greeted the two  The man sat down and asked curiously.

    Seeing Xiong Shihui asking himself, and Liu Zhi on the side also looking at him, Bai Chongxi immediately introduced to them the situation of Frunze, and focused on what Frunze did on the Siberian battlefield.  , and the response to today¡¯s attack.  It is precisely because of this that Bai Chongxi quickly understood Frunze's combat thinking, quickly stopped the attack and asked the troops to temporarily retreat. At the same time, he rushed to the infantry division to discuss with Liu and Xiong, and then went to the commander together.  Ministry report.

    After listening to Bai Chongxi's words, Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui looked at each other. They never expected that there was such a commander in the world.  You must know that in the previous domestic civil wars, each warlord's army also had settings such as supervising teams to ensure that the troops worked for themselves.  But this method has its limits, and officials will never really spend all their troops.  But for Frunze, the troops are just a number in his hands, and he will use any means to achieve his goals.  If the two sides really fight hard, as Bai Chongxi said, even if five Chinese are replaced by one Red Army, the Chinese regiment will be severely weakened after this battle and will no longer be able to launch an attack on Moscow.
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