Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

The strength of a battalion under Liang Shaodong not only did not suffer too many casualties, but also wiped out thousands of Soviet troops, destroyed dozens of tanks, and suffered less than 50 casualties.Facing this result, the commander of the garrison battalion who had been following Liang Shaodong was stunned.

Of course, the commander-in-chief Voroshilov, who was full of confidence in this attack and was almost certain to win, was also stunned.After he reacted from the complex emotions of shock and pain, he ignored the persuasion of his subordinates and directly issued a series of "shoot" orders to the troops retreating from the battlefield.

After more than a dozen old Maozi commanders were shot dead by the Soviet law enforcement team, one after another Soviet troops were thrown into the battlefield under the murderous order of Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov.However, this round followed a series of seemingly violent attacks, because the Soviet commander copied textbooks too much and had no experience in combat, so he was crushed by the cunning Liang Shaodong without any accident.

As the sky got darker and darker, yesterday was still an empty mountain pass position, already covered with a thick layer of old Maozi's corpses, plus the wreckage of tanks scattered in front of the position still billowing thick smoke... without exception He told everyone that this place had just experienced an unprecedented bloody battle, and the Soviet Red Army in charge of the attack paid a very heavy price in the attack.

Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov with a dignified face looked at the mountain pass position that had been bombed a thousand meters away.Although I know that if I insist on attacking a few more times, I can use the wheel tactics to exhaust the limited forces of the defenders, and finally occupy the mountain pass and open the gate to the Lake Baikal area.

However, in the face of the increasingly low temperature in the Far East, Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov was unwilling to do so.He also had to issue an order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp.Because, at night, it is minus ten degrees.Even at a low temperature of tens of degrees below zero, let alone people can't bear it.Even weapons are rendered useless due to the low temperature.

Seeing the main force of the Soviet army hastily withdrawing from the battlefield and camping five kilometers away, Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

And at this moment, the first battalion, which had stood here for six or seven hours, finally ushered in the main force led by Xiong Shaowen, the commander of the [-]th Army.

When the [-]th Army's temporary forward headquarters first heard the results of the First Battalion, Army Commander Xiong Shaowen could hardly believe his ears.In Xiong Shaowen's eyes, no matter how unbearable the Soviet army was, it had an absolute superiority in strength and equipment.In this case.Not only was a battalion of our own side blocked in the mountain pass for a day, but also almost two infantry regiments and a tank regiment were eaten up...

However, after repeated confirmation by the commander of the garrison battalion, and after the entire battle described by the battalion commander Liang Shaodong, Xiong Shaowen finally believed that Liang Shaodong had once again created a miracle of the National Defense Forces against the Soviet Red Army.

Compared with Xiong Shaowen's shock, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang's mind had already unknowingly presented a huge idea.Facing Xiong Shaowen in front of him.Shocked, he asked back: "Army, if I don't expect it, the commander-in-chief far away in Shenyang has already predicted the outcome of this battle long before this battle..."

"Impossible...Is this absolutely impossible?" Xiong Shaowen shook his head firmly and asked back.

Zhang Guoqiang did not refute, but took out the combat order issued to him by the general headquarters, and replied to Xiong Shaowen in front of him: "The military seat. Even if the general seat does not know the result of today's battle, he also knows that the Soviet Red Army we are facing is fundamentally It can’t be compared with what it was half a year ago. Even with the best weapons and equipment, they can’t perform well. More importantly, the Soviet commanders who commanded the Red Army are all political commissars and military students who have no command level. …”

Seeing the deep puzzlement still on Xiong Shaowen's face, Zhang Guoqiang continued to explain: "If the chief doesn't understand the Soviet army, he will never make a decision not to give it to the Soviet army when it has absolute strength and equipment superiority. Any reinforcements from us require our department to defeat the Soviet offensive forces as soon as possible, ensure the stability of the Baikal military area, and complete the combat order for the reorganization of the Thirteenth Army as soon as possible."

"It makes sense..." Xiong Shaowen finally showed a hint of approval on his face.

Then, facing Zhang Guoqiang in front of him, he asked: "Since even the commander-in-chief in Shenyang knows that the Soviet army attacking us has low combat effectiveness because the commander is inexperienced, then if we want to fight this battle, we will fight a big one. This battle completely beat the Soviet army outside the mountain pass, so that they no longer had the courage to attack us in a short period of time..."

After finishing speaking, Xiong Shaowen, whose eyes slowly flashed fiery eyes, ordered to the subordinates in front of him: "Brothers, think about it for me. Is there any way to get rid of more than 4 sou outside the mountain pass through a battle?" The army hurts once..."

More than a dozen subordinates, big and small, all frowned and fell into deep thought.

After the entire headquarters was silent for 5 minutes, Zeng Zhiyuan, who had taken over the post of head of Zhang Guoqiang, tentatively asked Xiong Shaowen: "Military seat, do you want us to launch a night attack on Lao Maozi... I think we used to deal with the central government in Shandong. When we were in the army, we used this method to defeat the central army with an absolutely superior force in one fell swoop..."

Although Zhang Guoqiang had not participated in the night raid, Zeng Zhiyuan's reminder did not affect his thinking.

His eyes lit up, and he reminded Xiong Shaowen: "Mr. Commander, I think this idea is very good.... The old Maozi commanders are all a group of military students without much actual combat experience or military chiefs converted from political commissars. , does not have much actual combat adaptability, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command are all recruits who have just signed up for the army. It can be seen that the commanders of Lao Maozi at all levels do not have much prestige among ordinary soldiers. This is from today's In the battle, it has been clearly reflected."

"Under such circumstances, as long as we launch a night attack on the Soviet barracks and completely disrupt the Soviet barracks through attacks from all directions, tens of thousands of Soviet troops will fall into chaos. I can be sure that no matter how advanced the equipment these 4 Soviet troops have, they will be reduced to lambs at our disposal if the organizational system is disrupted, without the slightest ability to fight back."

"At that time, under the cover of the tank battalion, we will be able to defeat tens of thousands of completely chaotic Soviet troops in one fell swoop under the cover of the tank battalion. It is like driving ducks, driving these tens of thousands of old men into the vast land of the Far East. Then, wipe them out one by one on the land of the Far East outside the mountain pass..."

Just had a bloody day.Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong, who had not completely dissipated the smell of gunpowder on his body, raised a different opinion.Facing the chief of staff Zhang Guoqiang, he asked back: "It is good to participate in the night attack. However, at the low temperature of tens of degrees below zero, the troops cannot fight at all. Otherwise, the old Maozi's attacking troops would not stop launching at the last moment. Attack, withdraw troops and return to camp."

Xiong Shaowen nodded noncommittally and agreed: "Commander Liang is right. At night, the cold Far East is not suitable for combat because the temperature is too low. Think about it again, everyone. Is there a way to solve the cold? After all, The benefits brought to us by the success of this night attack are really too great..."

Zeng Zhiyuan, who proposed this idea, replied: "Military seat, attend seat... The two biggest difficulties facing us in night raids are night and low temperature. My idea is that night raids don't have to be at night, we can Put it in the morning when the Soviet army is eating breakfast. Attacking them at this time can also achieve the purpose of turning the Soviet army barracks into chaos."

"In terms of low temperature, as long as we maintain the weapons in our hands well in advance, ensure that the bolts of the weapons will not be frozen before the battle, and make sufficient preparations before the battle. There are not many problems at all... In addition, we can use artillery as the basis for the entire raid. The main force, with the infantry as the auxiliary, launched an attack on the Soviet barracks...."

The voice just fell.Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang agreed: "I agree with Lao Zeng's idea. Artillery is the main force and infantry is the supplement. Launch an assault on Lao Maozi's barracks..."

"Old Maozi thinks that on cold nights, our National Defense Forces are also unable to fight. Just copy the textbook. The arrogant general camp is deployed at the foot of a mountain five kilometers away from the mountain pass, although it can play a certain role in keeping out the wind and cold. But. The entire barracks is completely within the firing range of our howitzer regiment, three field artillery battalions, and nine mountain artillery companies. Even the dozens of mortar platoons we equipped can cause damage to Lao Maozi's barracks Fujin after they move to Fujin. A devastating blow...."

"So, I think that as long as we deploy properly, we can use the limited heavy firepower in our hands as much as possible. It is enough to use artillery shells to cause the greatest chaos in the Soviet barracks in a short period of time..."

"The barracks are in chaos, the command system is in chaos, no matter how many troops the old man has, he will become a group of lambs without any ability to fight back, let us slaughter..."

Half an hour later, when more than a dozen military officers walked out of the forward command post one after another, each of them showed a trace of enthusiasm from the heart.After returning to the army, the first thing to get busy was undoubtedly the major artillery units currently equipped by the Thirteenth Army.

In the wild sight of the bitter cold wind, hundreds of thousands of artillerymen, with the help of cars, sent a heavy 105mm howitzer to the nearest position to the Soviet barracks.Then, take off the cannon coat, use hot charcoal over and over again to heat the cannon tirelessly to prevent the cannon from being frozen.

Of course, among all the artillery, the most risky is undoubtedly the mortar platoon equipped by each company.

A mortar platoon is equipped with six mortars, and more than 30 mortar platoons in the whole division are equipped with almost two hundred mortars. In addition, no mortar is equipped with one hundred rounds of shells. If you want to keep it secret Transporting it to the mountain col about one kilometer away from the Soviet army camp is definitely a very large amount of work, especially at the low temperature of dozens of degrees.

However, even so, more than 1000 gunners still risked being frostbitten by low temperatures, and took the trouble to transport boxes of shells to their destinations.Then, in the wilderness without any tents, the cold wind was blowing, waiting for the time to attack.

That night, not only the busy tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the [-]th Army did not fall asleep, but all the commanders of the [-]th Army Command, including Army Commander Xiong Shaowen, stood guard in front of the huge battle map, checking over and over again. Combat plan, confirm that the entire combat plan is foolproof.

When a glimmer of light began to appear in the dark night of the Far East, and a glimmer of life began to appear in the Soviet barracks that had been silent all night.Regardless of the objections of his subordinates, Army Commander Xiong Shaowen rushed out of the headquarters with the binoculars and rushed to the mountain ridge not far away.Want to be condescending and master the entire battle process at any time.

As the sky became brighter, thick black smoke rose into the sky from the Soviet barracks with a radius of several kilometers.Needless to say, the Soviet logistics personnel were preparing breakfast for their soldiers.

Under Xiong Shaowen's anxious waiting, it took less than half an hour.The Soviet soldiers who spent the night in the cold wind began to curse at the chief.Take the lunch box and start to gather in the temporary dining hall.

For a time, the entire Soviet barracks.Slowly from the silence half an hour ago, it became lively.Countless streams of people, like rivers rushing to the sea, began to converge to the temporary dining halls scattered among the Soviet barracks.

Seeing this, a sneer quickly disappeared from Xiong Shaowen's face.Facing the subordinates behind him, he ordered solemnly: "Notify the mortar troops at the front, aim at Lao Maozi's temporary dining hall, and bombard with high-explosive bombs... other artillery units use incendiary bombs and have no specific targets. .... Each artillery unit has 5 minutes to prepare. After 5 minutes, the artillery will be fired immediately..."

"All the infantry and tank units involved in the attack, after the bombardment started, quickly advanced towards the Soviet barracks... Once the counterattack signal was received, they must attack the Soviet barracks at all costs and defeat the Soviet army in one fell swoop... "

After a series of orders came from Xiong Shaowen's mouth, with the efforts of the communication soldiers behind him.It is quickly converted into radio waves and conveyed to the ears of all officers and soldiers participating in the battle.Soon, a tense atmosphere before the battle began to spread on the battlefield.And the old Maozi soldiers gathered around the dining hall.I didn't realize that death had come to my head, and the breakfast I was about to eat in front of me might become the last breakfast I had in this life...

"Bang bang bang..." on the land of the Far East that is still not fully lit.Three colored flares exploded in the air, dazzlingly displayed in the eyes of everyone on the battlefield.See the flare.The artillery positions of the Wehrmacht Army scattered around the battlefield roared with the roar of "fire..."

"Boom..." A series of earth-shaking roars sounded from the mountain pass position.The high-raised artillery barrels quickly ejected a cloud of white smoke and orange-red flames.Under the envelope of orange-red flames, shells weighing more than ten kilograms quickly flew out of the barrel, mixed with a rapid and piercing whistling sound, and smashed towards the Soviet barracks five kilometers away.

Of course, the first shells to fall into the Soviet barracks were not these large-caliber incendiary shells, but mortar shells known for their fast rate of fire.

Seeing the three signal flares suddenly lifted into the air, more than 200 mortar gunners quickly let go of the mortar shells they were holding tightly in their hands.Accompanied by a dull sound of mortar shells ejected, it reached the ears of these gunners.More than two hundred mortar shells drew a beautiful arc in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye, and landed steadily in the temporary dining hall where densely packed soldiers gathered in the Soviet barracks.

A burst of dense explosions sounded in the Soviet barracks, and more than two hundred orange-red fireballs mixed with a lot of blood mist and soldiers' stumps and arms quickly rose into the air from among the densely packed Soviet soldiers.

Before the densely packed Soviet soldiers could react from the sudden shock, the second round of shells fired by two hundred mortars had followed and appeared above their heads.Not only that, the first round of more than 100 incendiary bombs fired by howitzers, field artillery, and mountain artillery with longer ranges happened to collide with these mortar shells and exploded in the Soviet barracks at the same time.

When the mortar shells once again exploded blood mist and soldiers' limbs and arms among the densely packed Soviet soldiers, more than 100 incendiary bombs exploded more than 100 fire fields with a radius of tens of meters in the middle of the Soviet barracks.Anyone within the scope of these fire scenes, whether it was tents or military supplies... were immediately shrouded in raging fires, without even a chance to extinguish them.

In the largest military tent in the middle of the Soviet barracks, Voroshilov, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Army, was enjoying a special breakfast with the political commissar of the Chief of Staff.The sudden explosion of shells directly caused the terrified political commissar to overturn the lunch box in front of him.

Seeing the panic-stricken political commissar, Voroshilov yelled at the guard at the door while secretly contemptuous: "Guard, what happened outside, where did the explosion come from..."

Before Voroshilov received any response, the second round of more violent explosions had already reached his ears.At the same time, the tent, which was motionless in the biting cold wind, began to tremble slightly amid the sound of the explosion just now.

Voroshilov, whose complexion suddenly changed, finally realized that something was wrong. When he dropped the lunch box and wanted to get out of the tent, he wanted to know it on the ground.The head of the Far East Red Army Guard Corps, who carried the rank of colonel on his shoulders, rushed in with a look of horror on his face: "Commander-in-Chief, something happened to the barracks... Our barracks was bombarded on a large scale, and the Chinese concentrated at least [-] artillery pieces on our barracks... .”

"Now the entire barracks is in chaos, and there are fires everywhere. If it wasn't for the guards to stop, the disorderly soldiers bombed by the Wehrmacht shells would have rushed to the headquarters... For the safety of the headquarters, I invite the commander-in-chief, political commissar, and staff The commander will transfer immediately, and the guard group will protect everyone's transfer at all costs."

Although Voroshilov, who had experienced a defeat once, did not change at all, but the political commissar of the Far Eastern Red Army, who had just been transferred from the Moscow Political Department and had never had actual combat experience, did not have such a good attitude.

Hearing the continuous sound of shell explosions around him, especially after the continuous screams of Soviet soldiers amidst the explosions.The young political commissar, who already had an expression of horror and fear on his face, shouted before Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov had yet to speak.

"Then what are you doing in a daze, protect the general headquarters and transfer immediately... The squadron is only attacking us with artillery fire. As long as the general headquarters is there, and the command system of the entire Far East Red Army is there, it won't be long before the chaos pacified..."

After finishing speaking, he reminded Voroshilov, who was still silent, with a look of fear on his face: "Comrade Commander-in-Chief, once the headquarters is attacked and the command system of the Far Eastern Army is disrupted, we will no longer be able to fight back." Therefore, please consider carefully the commander-in-chief and immediately order the headquarters to transfer..."

Under the watchful eyes of the political commissar, he always felt that something was wrong, and the unwilling commander-in-chief Voroshilov had to nod in agreement. (To be continued..)