476 Wehrmacht Counterattack
The troops of a battalion under Liang Shaodong's troops not only did not pay too much casualties, but also destroyed thousands of Soviet troops and destroyed dozens of tanks, but less than fifty of them were killed or killed. Faced with this result, the battalion commander of the garrison battalion who had been following Liang Shaodong was stunned.
Of course, Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov, who was almost certain to win, was also stunned. After he reacted from the complex mood of shock and pain, he ignored his subordinates' persuasion and directly issued a "shooting" order to the troops retreating from the battlefield.
After more than a dozen old Russian commanders were shot by the Soviet law enforcement team, under the murderous command of Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov, one Soviet army after another was thrown into the battlefield. However, this round of seemingly fierce attacks, because the Soviet commanders copied textbooks too much and had no experience in fighting, they were shattered in the hands of the cunning Liang Shaodong.
As the sky became darker and darker, the mountain pass position that was still empty yesterday was covered with thick layers of old men's bodies, and the wreckage of tanks scattered in front of the position were still emitting thick smoke... without exception, telling everyone that there had just experienced an unprecedented bloody battle here, and the Soviet Red Army, who was responsible for the attack, paid a very heavy price in the attack.
Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov, with a solemn face, looked at the mountain pass position that had been bombed with gaps in a thousand meters away. Although he knew that he could use wheel tactics to exhaust the limited forces of the defenders, and finally occupy the mountain pass and open the gate to the Baikal area.
However, in the face of the increasingly lower temperatures in the Far East, Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov was unwilling to give up his troops and returned to the battalion. Because at night, at a temperature of more than ten degrees below zero or even at a temperature of less than ten degrees below zero, people could not stand it. Even weapons could not be used due to the low temperature.
Seeing the main force of the Soviet army who hurriedly retreated from the battlefield and camped five kilometers away, Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the first battalion, which had been here for six or seven hours, finally welcomed the main force of the army led by Xiong Shaowen, the commander of the 13th Army.
When the 13th Army's temporary frontier command, when the first time he heard the results of the first battalion, the commander Xiong Shaowen could hardly believe his ears. In Xiong Shaowen's eyes, no matter how unbearable the Soviet army had an absolute advantage in military strength and equipment. In this case, not only was one of his own battalions blocked the mountain pass for a day, but almost two infantry regiments and one tank regiment were eaten...
However, after repeated confirmation by the battalion commander of the garrison battalion and the entire battle described by the battalion commander Liang Shaodong, Xiong Shaowen finally believed that Liang Shaodong had once again created a miracle in the defense army against the Soviet Red Army.
Compared with Xiong Shaowen's shock, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang had already unknowingly had a huge idea in his mind. He asked in shock to Xiong Shaowen in front of him: "Military, if it was not my expectation, the commander-in-chief far away in Shenyang would have expected the result of this battle long before this battle..."
"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible?" Xiong Shaowen shook his head firmly and asked.
Zhang Guoqiang did not refute, but took out the combat order issued by the General Command to himself and replied to Xiong Shaowen in front of him: "Military Commander. Even if the General Commander does not know the result of today's battle, he also knows that the Soviet Red Army we are facing cannot be compared with half a year ago. No matter how well-equipped the weapons and equipment, they cannot be used. More importantly, the Soviet commanders who commanded these Red Army were all a group of political commissars and military academy students who had no command level..."
Seeing the deep confusion still revealed on Xiong Shaowen's face, Zhang Guoqiang continued to explain: "If the General Office did not understand this Soviet army, he would never give us any reinforcements without giving us any support when the Soviet army has absolute military strength and equipment advantages, and asked our troops to defeat the Soviet offensive troops as soon as possible, ensure the stability of the Baikal Military Control Zone, and complete the combat order for the reorganization of the 13th Army as soon as possible."
"It makes sense..." Xiong Shaowen finally showed a hint of recognition on his face.
Then, he asked Zhang Guoqiang in front of him: "Since even the commander-in-chief who was far away in Shenyang knew that the Soviet army attacking us was low because the commander had no experience, then we would fight a big battle. Through a battle, the Soviet army outside the mountain pass was completely hurt, and they would no longer have the courage to attack us in a short period of time..."
After saying that, Xiong Shaowen, whose eyes slowly flashed with hot eyes, ordered to the men in front of him: "Brothers, think about it, is there any way to hurt more than 40,000 Soviet troops outside the mountain pass through a battle..."
All the dozen subordinates of all sizes frowned and fell into deep thought.
After five minutes of silence, Zeng Zhiyuan, who had already taken over as the commander of Zhang Guoqiang, asked Xiong Shaowen tentatively: "Military, do you want us to launch a night attack on the Russians... I think when we were dealing with the Central Army in Shandong, we used this method to defeat the Central Army with absolute superior forces in one fell swoop..."
Although Zhang Guoqiang had never participated in that night attack, Zeng Zhiyuan's reminder did not affect his thinking.
His eyes lit up and reminded Xiong Shaowen: "Military, I think this idea is very good... The old Russian commanders are all a group of military academy students who do not have much practical experience or military chiefs who have transformed from political commissars. They do not have much practical adaptability, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under their command are all new recruits who have just signed up. It can be seen that the old Russian commanders at all levels do not have much prestige among ordinary soldiers. This has been clearly reflected in today's day of battle."
"Under this situation, as long as we launch a night attack on the Soviet military camp, completely disrupt the Soviet military camp through all aspects of attacks, and put tens of thousands of Soviet troops in a chaotic situation where soldiers are not known and generals are not known. As long as our goal is achieved, I can be sure that even if these more than 40,000 Soviet troops have advanced equipment, they will become lambs that can be slaughtered by us when the establishment is disrupted, and they have no ability to counterattack."
"At that time, we can use thunder strikes under the cover of the tank battalion to defeat tens of thousands of Soviet troops who were completely in chaos in one fell swoop. It was like driving the tens of thousands of Russians into the vast Far East land. Then, we will destroy them one by one on the Far East land outside the mountain pass..."
Battalion Commander Liang Shaodong, who had just experienced a day of bloody battle, had not completely dissipated the smell of gunpowder on his body, raised a different opinion. He asked Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang: "It is good to have a night attack. However, under the low temperature of tens of degrees below zero, the troops could not fight at all. Otherwise, the Russian offensive troops would not stop attacking us at the last moment and withdraw their troops and return to the camp."
Xiong Shaowen nodded without comment and agreed: "Battleman Liang said it well. When it comes to night, the cold Far East is not suitable for combat because the temperature is too low. Think about it carefully, is there any solution to the cold? After all, the benefits brought to us after the successful night attack are too great..."
Commander Zeng Zhiyuan, who proposed this idea, replied: "Military seats, seats... The two biggest difficulties facing us are night and low temperatures. My idea is that night attacks do not have to be placed at night, we can put them in the morning when the Soviet army is having breakfast. At this time, an attack on them can also achieve the goal of turning the Soviet army into chaos."
"In terms of low temperature, as long as we maintain the weapons in advance, ensure that the weapon bolts are not frozen before the war, and make sufficient pre-war preparations. There are no many problems at all... In addition, we can attack the Soviet military camps with artillery as the main body and infantry as the auxiliary..."
As soon as the words fell, Chief of Staff Zhang Guoqiang agreed: "I agree with Lao Zeng's idea, mainly artillery and infantry as the auxiliary. Launch an assault on the Lao Maoist military camp..."
"Old Russians think that our National Wehrmacht is also unable to fight on the cold night. They copy textbooks directly. The arrogant general camp was deployed at the foot of a mountain five kilometers outside the mountain pass. Although it could play a certain role in blocking wind and cold. However, the entire military camp was completely within the range of our howitzer regiment, three field artillery battalions, and nine mountain artillery companies. Even the dozens of mortar platoons we equipped could move to the Fujin of the Russian military camp, and could cause devastating blows to them..."
"So, I think that as long as we deploy properly and exert all the limited heavy firepower in our hands as much as possible, it will be enough to use shells to cause the greatest chaos in the Soviet military camp in a short period of time..."
"The military camp is in chaos and the command system is in chaos. No matter how many Russians have, they will become a group of lambs without any ability to counterattack and let us slaughter..."
Half an hour later, when more than a dozen officers walked out of the frontier command center one after another, a hint of heat from the heart appeared on each face. After returning to the army, the first thing that began to be busy was undoubtedly the major artillery units currently equipped by the 13th Army.
With the biting ambition of the cold wind, hundreds or thousands of artillery soldiers, with the help of cars, sent heavy 105mm caliber howitzers to the nearest position to the Soviet military camp. Then, they took off their cannon coats and used scorching charcoal to heat the cannons over and over again, and never tire of getting tired of preventing the cannon from being frozen.
Of course, among all the artillery, the most adventurous one is undoubtedly the mortar platoons equipped by each company.
A mortar platoon is equipped with six mortars, and more than 30 mortar platoons in the division are equipped with about 200 mortars. In addition, there is a hundred shells equipped with no mortars. If you want to secretly transport them to a valley about one kilometer away from the Soviet military camp, it is definitely a very large project volume, especially at a low temperature of dozens of degrees.
However, even so, more than a thousand gunners still risked the risk of being frostbite in low temperatures and transported boxes of shells to their destinations without getting tired of. Then, they blew cold winds in the wilderness without any tents, waiting for the attack moment to arrive.
That night, not only did the busy tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the 13th Army not fall asleep, but all the commanders of the 13th Army, including commander Xiong Shaowen, guarded in front of the huge combat map, checked the combat plan over and over again to confirm that the entire combat plan was foolproof.
When a ray of light began to appear in the dark night in the Far East, and a trace of anger began to appear in the Soviet military camp that had been silent all night. The commander Xiong Shaowen, despite the opposition of his subordinates, picked up the telescope and rushed out of the command center, rushing to the ridge not far away. He wanted to be condescending and grasp the entire battle process at any time.
As the sky became brighter and brighter, the Soviet military camps that were several kilometers in a radius of black smoke had risen. Needless to say, the Soviet logistics personnel were preparing breakfast for their soldiers.
With Xiong Shaowen's anxious waiting, the Soviet soldiers who had spent the night in the cold wind began to gather at the temporary canteen with their lunch boxes.
For a moment, the entire Soviet military camp gradually became lively from the silence half an hour ago. Countless people, like rivers rushing to the sea, began to meet in the temporary canteen scattered in the middle of the Soviet military camp.
Seeing this, a sneer quickly flashed from Xiong Shaowen's face. He looked at his lower body and ordered with a solemn face: "Notify the frontier mortar troops to target the target at the temporary canteen of the old men and use high-explosive bombs to bombard... Other artillery units use incendiary bombs, but no specific targets... Each artillery unit has five minutes to prepare. Five minutes later, fire the artillery immediately..."
"All infantry and tank troops involved in the attack quickly advance to the Soviet military camp after the artillery attack begins... Once the counterattack signal is received, they must attack the Soviet military camp at all costs and defeat the Soviet military...."
After orders were sent out from Xiong Shaowen's mouth, they quickly turned into radio waves with the efforts of the communication soldiers behind him, and reached the ears of all the officers and soldiers participating in the war. Soon, a tense atmosphere before the war began to spread on the battlefield. The Russian soldiers gathered around the canteen were completely unaware that death had come to their heads, and the breakfast they were about to eat in front of them might become the last breakfast they had in their lifetime...
"Bang bang bang..." On the Far East land that had not yet been completely bright, three colorful signal flares that exploded in the air appeared very dazzlingly in the eyes of everyone on the battlefield. Seeing the signal flares, the National Wehrmacht artillery positions scattered all over the battlefield, the roars of "fire artillery..." sounded...
"Boom..." A series of roars of shaking mountains sounded at the mountain pass position. Highly raised artillery barrels quickly ejected a ball of white smoke and orange-red flames. Under the cover of orange-red flames, shells weighing more than ten kilograms quickly flew out of the cannon chamber, mixed with a hurry and harsh whistling sound, smashing towards the Soviet military camp five kilometers away.
Of course, the shells that first fell into the Soviet military camp were not these large-caliber incendiary bombs, but mortar shells known for their fast firing speed.
Seeing three signal flares that suddenly took off, more than 200 mortar gunners quickly let go of the mortar shells they were holding tightly. Along with a dull sound of mortar shells coming out of the bore, they reached the ears of the gunners. More than 200 mortar shells were not available, and they drew a beautiful arc in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then landed steadily in the temporary canteen of the Soviet military camp where the dense soldiers gathered.
A dense explosion sounded in the Soviet army camp. More than two hundred orange-red fireballs mixed with a large amount of blood mist and soldiers' broken limbs and broken arms quickly soared into the air among the dense Soviet soldiers.
The densely packed Soviet soldiers had not yet reacted from the sudden shock. The second round of shells fired by two hundred mortars had already arrived and appeared above their heads. Not only that, the more than 100 incendiary bombs fired by howitzers, field guns, and mountain guns with a longer range happened to collide with these mortar shells, and an explosion occurred in the Soviet military camp.
When the mortar shells exploded with blood mist and soldiers' broken limbs and arms again among the dense Soviet soldiers, more than 100 incendiary bombs exploded in the middle of the Soviet military camp, and more than 100 fires in the radius of dozens of meters. Anyone who was within the range of these fires, whether it was tents or military supplies... were shrouded in the first place, and there was no chance to extinguish them.
In one of the largest military tents in the middle of the Soviet military camp, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Army Voroshilov was enjoying a special breakfast with the Chief of Staff. The sudden explosion of artillery shells directly caused the terrified political commissar to overturn the lunch box in front of him.
Seeing the panicked political commissar, Voroshilov roared at the door and said, "Guard, what happened outside, where did the explosion come from..."
Just when Voroshilov had not received any response, the second round of more violent explosions had already reached his ears. At the same time, the tent, which was still motionless in the biting cold wind, began to tremble slightly in the explosion just now.
Voroshilov, whose face suddenly changed, finally realized something was wrong. When he threw down the lunch box and wanted to get out of the tent to understand it on the spot, the commander of the Far East Red Army Guard, who was carrying the rank of colonel, rushed in with horror: "Commander-in-Chief, something happened to the military camp... Our military camp was bombarded on a large scale, and the Chinese concentrated at least 300 artillery pieces to launch artillery bombardment at our military camp..."
"Now the entire military camp is in chaos, and fires are lit everywhere. If the Guard Corps had not stopped them, the soldiers who were bombed by the Wehrmacht shells had rushed to the headquarters... For the safety of the headquarters, I ask the Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, and Chief of Staff to transfer immediately. The Guard Corps will protect everyone from transferring at all costs."
Although Voroshilov, who had experienced a defeat, had no change in his face, the political commissar of the Far East Red Army, who had just been transferred from the Moscow Political Department to the Far East Army and had never had practical experience, did not have such a good attitude.
Hearing the sound of artillery shells constantly sounding around, especially after the explosions, the continuous screams of Soviet soldiers. The young political commissar, who had already expressed his expression of fear and fear on his face, shouted in advance without Commander-in-Chief Voroshilov's words.
"Why are you still standing there? Protect the General Command immediately for transfer... The Chinese team is just launching artillery fire strikes on us. As long as the General Command is present and the command system of the entire Far Eastern Red Army is present, it will not take long before the chaos will be calmed down..."
After saying that, he reminded Voroshilov, who still had not spoken, with a fearful look on his face: "Comrade Commander-in-Chief, once the command system of the Far East Army is disrupted, we will never have the opportunity to counterattack again. Therefore, please consider carefully and immediately order the commander-in-Chief to transfer...."
Chapter completed!