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    Chapter 168 Highlights

    With a bang, a shell fell on the Soviet position, stirring up a cloud of dust.  There seemed to be no reaction at all in the trenches. Sun Liren looked at the calm Soviet position with his binoculars and felt that something was wrong. It was a little too quiet.

    "After preparing the artillery fire for ten minutes, 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 unwilling to wait for the troops behind him to come up and divide them.  credit.

    The 155 howitzers and 75 mountain guns of the division artillery regiment fired. The artillery fire was fast and urgent. A basic number of shells were fired quickly. The Soviet army still made no movement at all. The infantry jumped out of the trenches.  The skirmishers formed a formation and pressed forward cautiously.  Less than three hundred meters away from the Soviet position, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the sky.

    "Lie down!" As everyone shouted, a rain of shells had already fallen.  It cannot but be said that Sun Liren led his troops well. When the advancing troops were bombarded, they looked very calm and looked for bunkers. If they couldn't find bunkers, they would lie down on the ground, hold their heads and pray to God.

    The pilot on foot was desperately calling for air support with his torn 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 time there was big trouble, because the Soviet howitzers came towards the artillery position.  Caught off guard, one of the 155th Howitzer Company of the 138th Division, which was too forward, was taken away.  This is a huge loss of face.

    Before the furious Sun Liren could fully react, new changes occurred on the battlefield.  More than thirty tanks suddenly rushed out of a forest, blowing black smoke and rushing towards the advancing infantry regiment. At the same time, there were numerous infantrymen following behind the tanks, shouting "Ula" and rushing forward.

    Seeing this scene, Sun Liren was not angry but happy. Why doesn't this old man have a long memory?  Fortunately, the position was preset beforehand, otherwise we would really suffer a loss.  "Inform the artillery. Give me a hard hit on his infantry." With the order, the 75th Mountain Artillery Battalion got busy. It is the most suitable thing to fight the infantry. The artillerymen who have undergone hard training can fire 25 rounds a minute with the Bofors Mountain Cannon.  Cannonballs.

    Sun Liren was quickly escorted down by the leader. 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 killed by the 122 howitzer first.

    Soon Sun Liren realized how wrong he was. The Soviet army's counterattack was bold and resolute.  The spirit of not fearing death despite the artillery fire was heart-stopping, and the Soviet artillery fire never stopped, and the attacking troops stepped on the explosive spots and rushed forward.  This was 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 tank, which 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, waved his fist excitedly.  Shouting loudly: "Well done, boys!" Koninev was a staunch proletarian revolutionary at the beginning of the Soviet revolution.  Born into a poor family, his family life was extremely difficult.  Because of his good background, he was not purged during the purge of counter-revolutionaries.

    In this battle of East Kazakhstan, the 280th Division had been in reserve. After Lukin's counterattack order was issued, because the station was far away and the road was bombed, Koninev's marching speed was affected. When he approached,  The order to retreat has been issued on the battlefield.  Koninev also wanted to retreat, but the question was where to retreat. Before he could think more, the Chinese mechanized troops had already rushed forward during the day, and the 280th Division hidden in a nearby forest was not discovered.  In fact, even if it is discovered, the Eleventh Mechanized Army will not pay much attention to it. At most, it will be broken up with a charge, and the troops will have to continue to move forward.

    When Koninev saw this 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. Instead, he gathered the remnants of a Soviet tank battalion.  After discovering Sun Liren's troops, the Soviet army, which advocated offense, decided to launch a local counterattack.  At this time, they are considered 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 Chinese offensive rhythm.  So, amid the sounds of retreat in East Kazakhstan, the most outstanding unit of the Soviet army appeared.

    Despite the heavy casualties, the officers and soldiers of the 280th Division still moved forward bravely. After an hour of fierce fighting, the Chinese *** team 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. What was terrible was that air support was delayed, and the follow-up troops did not keep up.  The anxious Sun Liren shot the first retreater to death.The head battalion commander originally planned to shoot the head regiment commander, but this guy was injured and fainted during the battle, and his life or death was uncertain when he was carried down by his subordinates.  Sun Liren issued a death order and was not allowed to retreat even one step, and 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 be happy for too long, the remnants of Sun Liren's divisional artillery regiment and all the artillery in each unit fired.  After just ten minutes of shelling, Sun Liren raised his submachine gun and was the first to jump out of the trench, shouting: "Follow me and charge!"

    The general will have the heart to die, but the scholar will not be greedy for life!  This is a battle of courage. Every officer of the National Defense Force will be instilled with similar concepts after entering the military academy.  There are no useless soldiers, only incompetent generals!

    At this moment, the vitality of the National Defense Force reached a peak!  Also stepping on explosive spots, the assault battalion of the 138th Division of the National Defense Forces moved forward indomitably.  Of course, the appropriate 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, the Soviet tanks were detonated.  But in the end there were only three of these bazooka operators left.  When the battle became intense, 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 their shells.

    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, Koninev 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 swooped by the Eagle III as soon as it appeared.  Bombing, followed by crazy strafing.  Just as the four Ying 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 raging of the Chinese Air Force. He didn¡¯t even notice that the skin of his palms was pricked by nails despite his fists.  The helpless Koninev could only order a retreat and gave up the idea of ??continuing to counterattack.  In this contest 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 reinforcements from Sun Liren arrived.  Facing the transportation hub of Zhansugurov, the reinforcements of an army had to stop and prepare for the attack.  Wang Yaowu, commander of the 30th Infantry Corps of the National Defense Force, graduated from the advanced class of the Infantry Department of Baoding Army University.

    When Wang Yaowu found Sun Liren, the guy was squatting 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, so don't blame yourself too much."

    Sun Liren sighed: "It's my fault, I underestimated 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 during the battle and counterattacked decisively.  Wang Yaowu brought an order, asking Sun Liren to leave the troops to the deputy division commander and go 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. He is in charge of everything but not in detail.

    Sun Liren got on the plane and stopped at Yili Airport to refuel before flying to Dihua.  When he arrived in Dihua and found the front army headquarters, he discovered that he was not the only one who had been ordered to come back from the front line. Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Mingren were the first to arrive.  Both of them turned out to be division commanders. Chen Mingren was the commander of the 87th Infantry Division of the A Division. Unlike Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, he was the commander of the B Division after one hundred years.

    Shang Zhen¡¯s qualifications are very old, but he has never been a military officer and has always been a deputy.  When I saw the three of them, I told them somewhat enviously that the reserve forces of Shandong, Jiangsu, and Henan provinces had formed three new infantry corps, and the General Staff named them as corps commanders.  There are three armies: 70, 71 and 72. The troops will arrive in Dihua tomorrow. They have half a month to get familiar with the troops.

    These three 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, and forty new infantry divisions drawn from Southeast and Central China were handed over to the Central Asian Front Army.  The purpose was a comprehensive counterattack in Central Asia. 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 one hundred infantry divisions under the Central Asian Front Army.  The total strength of the troops is close to??1.5 million, the second largest military group after the Far East Front.  This does not include the cooperating air force. Including the air force, the cost is 1.7 million.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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