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Volume 2: Three Pillars Chapter 44: Breakthrough across the board

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    August 5th, 2 o'clock in the morning.

    At the Soviet position in Kyakhta, some Soviet soldiers were leaning on the trenches and some were lying on the ground.  Some were covered with a blanket, while others were covered with nothing and just fell asleep.

    Yesterday¡¯s attack was blocked. The soldiers were tired all day and didn¡¯t have dinner until after 8 p.m.  Now is the time when sleep is the deadliest, and snoring can be heard one after another on the battlefield.

    Several sentries patrolled the battlefield, and Jevsky was one of them.  He was laughing and chatting with his comrades when suddenly he seemed to hear the roar of an engine in the distance.

    ¡°What¡¯s that sound?¡± Jevsky asked his comrades on patrol.

    "Haha, what's the sound? I think you were frightened by the plane during the day. In the morning, a bomb exploded dozens of meters away from me. With a bang, I couldn't hear anything for a while. Until now, I  My ears are still buzzing." The comrade's voice was very loud, and it seemed that there was indeed something wrong with his ears.

    "No, it sounds like the sound of an engine to me. Camille, do you think it's the sound of an engine?" Jevsky turned to another comrade.

    The person called Camille was a young man in his early twenties. He stopped and listened carefully.  There was indeed a rumbling sound, so he replied: "I heard the sound, but I don't know if it was the sound of the engine."

    "Oh no, the enemy is probably coming for a sneak attack! Quick, report to the regiment commander!" When Jevsky heard Kamil say the same thing, he knew that what he had expected was right, and he hurriedly ran to the regiment command post.

    At this time, the roar of the engine was getting closer and closer.

    "The regiment commander is in trouble. The enemy is coming!" Jevsky couldn't help but quicken his pace and almost rushed into the regiment command post, shouting loudly.

    The political commissar, who had not slept, suddenly stood up: "What did you say? The enemy is attacking?"

    The regiment leader Monokav was also woken up. Just when he was about to ask what happened, he heard the political commissar say this.  All of a sudden, his sleepiness disappeared, and he got up, got out of bed and ran outside.

    Jevsky followed Monokav outside.  The roar that was still faint just now has become clearer now.

    "This is a tank!" Monokav, who had participated in World War I, changed his expression quickly. "Get them up quickly and prepare to fight!" Monokav shouted loudly.

    The bugler blew the wake-up call.  All the soldiers opened their eyes in a daze.

    "Get up quickly and prepare to fight, the enemy is coming!" Monokav's loud voice was particularly loud in this silent night.  The entire camp heard his voice.

    "Send a telegram to the division headquarters and tell them that an unknown number of enemy tanks are attacking my position!" Monokav gave instructions to the political commissar and walked towards the front position.

    He was right, it was the tank that came.

    After the armored division was divided into three, Fu Zuoyi personally led the second regiment to focus on defending the Central Army.  On the first day of the battle, they were not put to use, and the enemy was eliminated before they even got close to the position.  Last night, he received a telegram from Zhang Anle, ordering them to launch a counterattack at one o'clock in the morning.  His armored division took the lead, followed by the 11th Division.  Try to capture the enemy's position in one go!

    The armored division can finally make its official debut. As far as he knows, tanks have never been used in such a large-scale attack before. They are going to make history today.

    At 1 o'clock, all the tanks have been overhauled and filled with oil.  Ammo is replenished.

    At 1:30, all the drivers got into the tanks and made final inspections.

    At 1:50, except for 5 of the 107 tanks of the second regiment, which had some problems, they were not approved to participate in the battle.  The remaining 102 tanks were all allowed to participate in the battle.

    At 2 o'clock sharp, the commander of the Second Group Army Ji Yasaiyin issued the order to start the battle.

    102 tanks were organized into a line formation.  A row of 20 tanks launched an attack on the enemy's position.  Behind them were nearly 10,000 soldiers of the 11th Division, who set out with the tanks.

    After passing through the positions of the National Defense Forces, the tank suddenly began to accelerate, and the roar of the engine became louder.

    "Boom!" The tank at the front opened fire at the Soviet position a few hundred meters away from them.

    Even after experiencing a battle, Monokav was still shocked by the sight before him.  Dozens of bright lights in the distance made them unable to open their eyes, the huge roar was testing their eardrums, and shells kept falling around them.

    "Don't panic, everyone, get your grenades ready! When the tanks come up, throw grenades to blow them up. These guys have very thin skin."?Monokav shouted as loud as he could, but his voice was far less than the roar of the tanks that were rushing up.

    Many soldiers and tanks rushed up. They suddenly forgot the regimental leader's instructions and instinctively grabbed their guns and shot at the tanks.  The bullets hit the tank's armor, making a clanging sound, but had no effect at all.

    Of course, some soldiers followed the regiment leader's instructions and threw the prepared grenades.  But this still didn't work, and the tanks continued to rush towards the position.

    Just when the Soviet army didn't know what to do, the machine guns on the tanks began to fire.  Bullets flew like a storm towards the Soviet positions, and even the bravest soldier would feel weak in his legs at this time.

    Finally, some people began to run away. Many people who stood up were hit by bullets flying from behind before they could even take two steps.  But more and more people choose to run backward, because they know that if they run, they may have a way to survive, but if they don't, they will definitely die.

    Soon the first tank crossed the Soviet defense line, followed by more and more tanks.  The infantry following them quickly occupied the Soviet position and tore a hole in the Soviet position.  The tanks that had rushed forward turned around and attacked from both sides, tearing the gap wider and wider.

    When Kristoff heard Monokav¡¯s report: A large number of enemy tanks were rushing towards our position, he knew that the mission to capture Cullen had failed.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that the Chinese National Defense Forces actually still had a tank division. Without artillery, the Soviet army was no match for the National Defense Forces! After thinking about the situation on the battlefield, he sent a telegram to Blucher again.  But this time it was not a solicitation of opinions, but more of a briefing.  As the enemy used a large number of tanks, our defense line was breached, so we decided to retreat first and then make plans.

    At this time, it was already dawn, and the cavalry division, the last strength of the Second Army, began to pursue the fleeing enemies!

    The soldiers of the Soviet Fifth Cavalry Division saw their own soldiers retreating and realized that the enemy had captured the position.  The advantage of the cavalry lies in assault and sprint. They cannot fight positional warfare. In desperation, they have no choice but to follow the infantry and run backward.  The pursuing Mongolian cavalry division quickly caught up with the fleeing Soviet army.  Different from the cavalry that followed Temujin across the Asian continent, they now use modern weapons and equipment.  The m1918 without the bipod became the new scimitar in their hands, constantly harvesting the lives of the enemy.

    The shouts of his companions kept coming to his ears, and the Soviet army wished he had more legs to run faster.  The soldiers of the 5th Cavalry Division were able to turn back to engage the Mongolian cavalry, and perhaps their infantry companions would be in a much better position.  However, they ran very fast, leaving their comrades to the cavalry chasing after them.

    By 5 o'clock in the morning, all the Soviet positions stretching for several kilometers were occupied, and the cavalry pursued them for more than ten kilometers.  Kyakhta was occupied, and more than two-thirds of the nearly 30,000 Soviet troops deployed near Kyakhta were killed or injured.

    The Soviet West Route Army was also suddenly attacked by the Chinese Communist Party at Tangnu Ulianghai. The position was broken through by enemy tanks and the troops fled.

    The troops attacking Manchuria from the east were even more miserable.  After a burst of indiscriminate bombardment by Chinese artillery.  The tanks of the National Defense Force and the five cavalry brigades borrowed by Zhang Anle from Zhang Xueliang all attacked. They were like a huge wave hitting the weak Soviet defense line embankment.  The huge impact caused the embankment to collapse in one fell swoop.  The Soviet army retreated all the way to Chita and was pursued by the Chinese army for 30 kilometers!

    At 3 o'clock in the morning, the Fengjun position on the south bank of Heilongjiang suddenly opened fire on the north bank.  A dozen Fengjun warships appeared on the river, and they fired fiercely at the Soviet army. Under the cover of artillery fire, a Fengjun division crossed the Heilongjiang River on warships and captured the Soviet defensive positions.

    The Feng army assembled in Dongning County and Hunchun County crossed Changbai Mountain at 2 o'clock in the morning and attacked the city of Nikolisk Ussurisky.  After the tenacious resistance of the Red Army, although the enemy's offensive was temporarily blocked, the Red Army suffered heavy casualties.

    Telegrams from various places were sent to Blucher's desk. The Chinese army launched an all-out attack, and he quickly came to a conclusion.  However, what made him despair was that no good news came.  Either the position was occupied or there were heavy casualties.  When did the Chinese ** team become so powerful?

    ?Bluukher knew that the current situation was no longer under his control. In addition to strengthening Vladivostok's defenses, all he could do was to let the troops gather the remaining troops.  Then it was time to send a telegram to Moscow to report the situation.

    At this time, it was 10 o'clock in the evening in the Soviet Union.  Stalin, who had been depressed all day, was about to go to bed when his secretary knocked on the door of his office.

    "If calculated according to the eight-hour work system, I would have already got off work." Stalin said with a smile after receiving the telegram handed over by his secretary.

      Stalin almost fainted when he opened the telegram. At 2 o'clock this morning, the Chinese *** team suddenly launched a fierce attack on our army.  Our army suffered heavy casualties and all positions were breached.

    Is this really a battle with the Chinese army?  Yesterday the Soviet army attacked China for more than ten hours without a breakthrough. In just a few hours this morning, the Soviet army suffered nearly half casualties and lost all its positions.  .  .  )¡ª¡ª

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