Daode Town, about fifty kilometers away from Tonghua, is located in Inner Mongolia, only forty kilometers away from Kailu County, Inner Mongolia, acting as the western gate for Inner Mongolia to enter Tonghua. In order to prevent attacks from Inner Mongolia's cavalry troops, the 082nd Division of the 8th Army of the National Defense Forces stationed in Tonghua has deployed an infantry battalion in this inconspicuous town.

According to Zhou Xingguo, the commander of the Eighth Army of the National Defense Forces, a well-equipped infantry battalion can block the attack of a cavalry division in Inner Mongolia even on a grassland without any cover.

Therefore, the entire infantry battalion had never thought from top to bottom that the poorly equipped Inner Mongolia cavalry would attack itself as if it were to die.

When night shrouded the Inner Mongolia grassland again, this town located on the edge of the Inner Mongolia grassland was also shrouded by thick night. As the night became darker, the entire town was left with only two searchlights that shot out two white lights at the entrance of the 1st Battalion of the 081st Regiment, which were soldiers in the town, and there were still two searchlights that shot out two white lights.

Under the illumination of searchlights, about an infantry platoon of defense troops, the troops were used as a combat team, and the patrol patrol... and performed their duties in an orderly manner.

However, even with the help of two searchlights, a platoon of guards could only see two hundred meters away from the barracks.

In a valley about five kilometers away from the first battalion, a Mongolian cavalry unit that had marched for several days seemed to gather in the sea and began to pour into the depression from all directions. Not only that, there were not only thousands of Mongolian cavalry, but also dozens of mountain cannons covered by large chariots.

As more and more people gathered in the valley, a Soviet officer with the rank of colonel was also slowly entered a huge tent in the center of the depression surrounded by several Mongolian cavalry generals.

A bowl of steaming bowls of horse milk wine were sent to the front and back of the officers. A Mongolian cavalry commander who also shouldered the rank of colonel stood up, clasped his fists at the Soviet colonel and reported: "Comrade Consultant, the three cavalry regiments gathered here according to the order have reached 60%. At the latest, the three cavalry regiments will all arrive here..."

"In addition, your army has just supported the First Artillery Regiment we formed. A total of 36 mountain artillery pieces have all been in place. Hundreds of artillery soldiers are building artillery positions with the help of Soviet instructors. According to the report, the artillery regiment can launch artillery bombardment to the National Defense Forces stationed in Daode Town at the latest three hours..."

If this matter was not allowed to arrive at the battlefield at the prescribed time, if this matter was placed in the Soviet Red Army, the highest commander of the army would definitely be sent to the military court. However, the army in front of him did not belong to the Soviet Red Army. Even if the colonel adviser was dissatisfied, he did not show it. After all, he still needed the foreign team in front of him to work hard and the Soviet government.

After nodding with a smile, the colonel adviser encouraged: "The comrades in Outer Mongolia work very hard, I believe that under the attack of three cavalry regiments and one artillery regiment of your army, the Daodezhen National Welfare Army camp will definitely be trampled by your army under the horse's hooves. In addition, in order to make the comrades of Outer Mongolia and the fighter of the Far East Military Region of the Soviet Union, I promise to everyone that as long as everyone can take over Daodezhen and wipe out all the garrisons of the Daodezhen National Welfare Army of the Soviet Union, the Far East Military Region of the Soviet Union will immediately reinforce the army to form a large howitzer regiment to further increase your army's strength to build a country."

Under the temptation of the heavy artillery regiment, several Mongolian cavalry generals were quickly covered with strong smiles, and they shouted to the Soviet adviser in front of them: "Reply to the peace of mind, our Mongolian cavalry are all heroes, and we guarantee to take over the Daode Town and wipe out all the national defense forces stationed in Daode Town."

Then, he continued to speak: "Please give orders to comrade consultant..."

The Soviet adviser did not shirk responsibility and decisively took over the command of the cavalry unit and said, "Now I order the First Cavalry Regiment to launch an attack from the front to the National Defense Force barracks. The Second Cavalry Regiment was divided into two and launched an attack from both wings to the National Defense Force barracks. The Third Cavalry Regiment immediately attacked and headed to Tonghua, and the camera wiped out or blocked the National Defense Force reinforcements and artillery regiments from the direction of Tonghua. After three hours, the artillery regiments will launch an artillery bombardment on time. All cavalry units involved in the attack must arrive at the pre-determined attack position within three and a half hours. After three and a half hours, they will immediately launch an attack on the National Defense Force barracks, striving to lift the battle before dawn and withdraw from the battlefield."

Thousands of war horses wrapped their feet on their faces, and under the guidance of the cavalry, there was no sound. In this way, nearly two thousand cavalrymen pressed towards the base of the First Battalion of the 081st Regiment of the National Defense Force from three different directions.

At the same time, dozens of mountain running runs were carried separately with war horses, and parts weighing dozens or hundreds of kilograms were quickly assembled into mountain running runs that emitted faint blue light in the hands of Soviet artillery instructors, just like toys. At the same time, boxes of shells were also sent to the cannon under the carry of the gunner, and the shell fuses were loaded one after another.

Under the dark and silent night, time passed by minute by minute.

As the attack time came, three colorful signal flares quickly rose from the artillery position, and then three colorful fireworks burst out above the artillery position. Under the reflection of the three fireworks, hundreds of Mongolian gunners seemed to suddenly wind up the machine, pulling the cannon tightly in their hands to pull the fuse rope.

As a roar sounded in the valley, more than 30 artillery shells dragging orange-red tail flames quickly flew out of the cannon chamber and flew into the sky. Then, after drawing a beautiful arc in the air, it steadily smashed into the defense force camps several kilometers away.

Under the guidance of the Soviet artillery, the Artillery Regiment achieved unprecedented results in the first round of artillery fire. Half of the more than 30 shells fell into the National Defense Forces barracks accurately.

The moment the shell explosion sounded, balls of orange-red fireballs also began to rise from the National Wehrmacht barracks.

In the two barracks that were unfortunately killed by shells, dozens of National Defense Forces soldiers were buried in the ruins caused by the collapse of the two barracks before they woke up from their dreams...

In a blink of an eye, the Nuoda military camp was covered with smoke from the explosion of artillery shells. Located at the site of the battalion at the last side of the military camp, although it was not ordered by the shells, the explosion sounds caused by the explosion of the shells and the fragments of the shells still baptized many battalion rooms.

The room where the battalion commander Xiao Yusheng was located was no exception. The shell exploded, and a piece of shell was broken accurately and the glass was smashed to pieces.

Xiao Yusheng, who was sleeping, was like training. He suddenly grabbed the pistol he used to put on his pillow, loaded the bullet, rolled on one side, and landed under the bed and was on alert.

Seeing that there was no enemy attacking him, Xiao Yusheng gradually felt relieved. However, the second round of shells that sounded again in the military camp made his heart that had just relaxed become nervous again. As an intermediate officer of the National Defense Forces who came step by step from a grassroots officer, Xiao Yusheng's combat qualities are definitely not exaggerated.

He was not an artilleryman and clearly judged the scale of the artillery attacking him by just one round of explosions of artillery shells.

"There is enough of a regiment of mountain cannons. Who is it? It actually draws a regiment of cannons against one of my battalions..." Battalion Commander Xiao Yusheng raised his eyebrows and said to himself.

Just before Xiao Yusheng could react from his meditation, the closed door was suddenly pushed open. When Xiao Yusheng subconsciously raised his pistol and aimed at the door, the deputy battalion commander suddenly appeared at the door and appeared under Xiao Yusheng's muzzle.

Putting away the pistol, Xiao Yusheng quickly asked: "Deputy Battalion Commander, what happened outside? Where did these shells come from."

"Report to the battalion... I don't know where these shells came from. However, the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce. With just two rounds of shells, we lost two platoons of troops. If the enemy's artillery fire continued to attack like this, at the latest half an hour, our military camp would be razed to the ground by artillery fire..." The deputy battalion commander reported with a nervous look on his face.

Xiao Yusheng frowned and ordered with a serious face: "Since that's the case, why are you still standing there? Order the troops to withdraw from the barracks immediately and enter the preset position... The enemy dispatched so many artillery positions at one time, which is definitely not just to destroy our barracks. To my surprise, the enemy's purpose must be to take over the Daode Town and to wipe out us..."

"Quickly, order the troops to withdraw from the camp immediately and enter the preset defensive position..."

"Yes, camp, I'll give orders right away..."

A rapid alarm sounded in the military camp. Hundreds of National Defense Forces officers and soldiers who were not sure what to do were like wolves smelling blood. They rushed out of the barracks. Then, they quickly rushed to the defensive positions built around the military camps in squads as units.

When a machine gun was mounted on the edge of the trench and only two searchlights were left on the barracks toward the grassland, the enemy's dense figures of cavalry finally appeared in front of the first battalion.

"The cavalry is actually a cavalry... The superiors are indeed not wrong. The Mongolian cavalry will come back one day to attack us... and order my brothers to prepare for battle immediately. As long as the Mongolian cavalry attacks us, I will concentrate all my firepower, tear them apart completely, and taste the power of our National Defense Forces." Battalion Commander Xiao Yusheng, who hurried to the position, ordered to the murderous intent of the platoon leader beside him.

After several company platoon leaders hurriedly returned to their positions, the confidence and disdainful smile on Battalion Commander Xiao Yusheng's face was quickly covered by worries. As the battalion commander, although Xiao Yusheng was confident about the combat effectiveness of his subordinates, the enemy's strength was there. If the enemy had only two cavalry regiments, Xiao Yusheng could confidently say that with one battalion under his command, he could definitely defeat the two cavalry regiments of the Mongolian army.

However, after the Mongolian Army had an artillery regiment, this comparison changed drastically. Although the firepower advantage in his hands could tear apart the Mongolian cavalry, no matter how much automatic firepower was, it could not withstand the bombardment of a heavy artillery regiment of the Mongolian Army.

Therefore, just a single infantry battalion that was not equipped with too many heavy weapons could not block the attacks of two cavalry regiments of the Mongolian army and an artillery regiment. Thinking of this, in order to ensure the safety of the west gate of Tonghua City and to prevent the entire army from being destroyed, Xiao Yusheng had to ask Tonghua for help.

Without any hesitation, looking at the Mongolian cavalry getting closer and closer to the battlefield, Xiao Yusheng decisively ordered the communications soldiers behind him: "Xiao Wang, please send a report to the division seat in Tonghua City immediately. Our troops were attacked by at least two Mongolian cavalry regiments and one artillery regiment. They were in danger and asked for reinforcements..."

Sure enough, the "Dididi..." walkie-talkie had just finished the rumbling cannons that kept ringing in the military camp behind him had gradually approached everyone. The Mongolian cavalry troops, which were moving quickly to 500 meters away from the military camp, also stopped. Then, the cavalry straits quickly dispersed, forming an offensive formation in units of companies.

"No, please order your brothers to hide immediately..." The moment the battalion commander Xiao Yusheng's face suddenly changed, he shouted to his subordinates. Not only that, Xiao Yusheng himself was lying in the trenches like a dog nibbling to death, avoiding the shells that were about to land beside him.

While hundreds of officers and soldiers under Xiao Yusheng were hiding in the trenches and constantly enduring rounds of artillery fire, the commander of the 081st Division, who was far away in Tonghua, also received a telegram for help from Xiao Yusheng. Not only that, an information from the division search company was also sent to the commander of the 081st Division who was carrying the rank of major general.

Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Tao Xing'an, seeing the increasingly solemn expression of the commander, first spoke: "Teacher seat. Judging from the current situation, the Mongolian army dispatched at least one cavalry division and one artillery regiment. Moreover, from the current situation, the Mongolian army is bound to win an infantry battalion stationed in Daode Town..."

"I can see it too..." The major general and commander with a serious expression finally spoke.

After a brief contemplation, he analyzed to the deputy division commander in front of him: "Lao Tao. The Mongolian army dispatched so many troops at one time, definitely not just for our infantry battalion. Also, for our infantry battalion, the Mongolian cavalry dispatched an artillery regiment. As an inland force, where did the Mongolians get so many heavy weapons? If it was not as expected, there must be the shadow of the Russians behind the Mongolians. This battle was instructed by the Russians."

"Since it was instructed by the Russians, it is definitely not just a battalion of our 081st Division... Report to our superiors immediately that we have received the main attack of the Mongolian army, but our division is confident of defending the position and repelling the Mongolian army's attack. However, our unit is worried that this attack was a premeditated attack by the Mongolian army, and there is a shadow of the Soviet Red Army behind it. Please pay attention to it..."

Looking at the communications staff who were leaving quickly, the Major General Division Commander continued to order: "Old Tao, we must rescue the first battalion attacked by the Mongolian army, and we must also defend the Daode Town in the west of Tonghua City. Therefore, we must also draw the reinforcement troops... Now I order: the armored battalion directly under the division headquarters, and the remaining troops of the 081st Regiment will form a rescue force. The commander of the 081st Regiment will serve as the commander-in-chief of the rescue force, and immediately reinforce the first battalion..."

“Yes, teacher….”

After half an hour of bombardment by the Mongolian Artillery Regiment, the entire barracks had been razed to the ground, and even the defensive positions scattered around the first battalion were destroyed. If the first battalion had not been hidden in the trenches, the more than 800 people under Xiao Yusheng's command had already been lost. Of course, even with the cover of the trenches, the officers and soldiers of the battalion who were standing on the position had suffered heavy losses.

The sound of cannons stopped, and the Mongolian cavalry that had been waiting for a long time was like hungry wolves, beginning to slowly press towards the position, and the raid speed became faster and faster. As the earth began to tremble, the battalion commander Xiao Yusheng, who was climbing up from the trench in a mess, regardless of the pain on his body, picked up a semi-automatic rifle, loaded the bullets, and began to pull the trigger at the Mongolian cavalry that were getting closer and closer outside the position.

On the battlefield of life and death, any command except gunfire is useless. Therefore, as soon as Xiao Yusheng's gunfire sounded, the gunfire of general machine guns, semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns... began to sound one after another.

Under the fire-raising attack of dozens of general-purpose machine guns and hundreds of semi-automatic rifles in the first battalion, more than two hundred cavalry fell on the attack road in less than ten seconds.

After the cavalry in front fell to the ground, it quickly turned into obstacles. Although it could not completely block the cavalry in the rear, the attack speed of the cavalry in the rear was still very good. If the cavalry loses the attack speed, they will be even worse than infantry in the offensive battlefield.

Therefore, as the cavalry's attack slowed down, under the attack of the same counterattack firepower of the National Defense Force, the number of cavalry fell on the charge road became more and more.

After the two regiments of cavalry left behind more than 300 cavalry corpses, they were like frightened rabbits, evacuated from the battlefield in a mess.

"Order the troops to hide immediately, the enemy's artillery will begin again, hide immediately..." When the remnants of the battalion endured the Mongolian army's artillery fire again, two Mongolian cavalry commanders were having a very fierce quarrel at the temporary command center of the Mongolian army about one kilometer away from the battlefield.

"We can't continue to attack like this. The firepower of these Han people is too fierce. Only one battalion has so much automatic firepower, almost reaching a machine gun for each person... Such powerful firepower can be said to be something I have never seen in my life. No wonder even the Soviet Red Army was defeated by these Han people."

Another regiment commander beside him shook his head like a rattle, and he retorted loudly: "No, you must continue to fight and take over Daode Town... Only by taking over Daode Town can we get the heavy artillery regiment supported by the Soviet Red Army. With the heavy artillery regiment, we have the strength to build a country. In order for our Outer Mongolia to officially establish a country, it is worth it even if it pays a lot of money."

"My idea is to take advantage of the shelling of the Han people, take advantage of our cavalry speed to quickly approach the Han people's positions, use the grenades supported by the Soviets to attack the Han people's positions, and take the positions..."
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