Age of Conquest Reborn

The telephone lines leading to the front positions were cut off by Soviet artillery fire. The orders from the command headquarters had not yet been conveyed to the front units. The actions of the Soviet engineers to erect pontoon bridges were seen by commanders at all levels.

He was so anxious that he was on fire.

However, Sun Zhenbang had strict orders. Without his order, no troops were allowed to enter the artillery holes and shelters. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the frontline troops were anxious. However, these commanders all started from home and followed Sun Zhenbang to fight the Japanese army.

After years of fighting, it can be said that they have been on the battlefield for a long time, and their minds are very flexible. They did not wait for orders from the headquarters and thought about it themselves.

The Selenge River is more than a hundred meters wide. The Soviet engineers set up the pontoon bridge very quickly. Within ten minutes, the pontoon bridge had extended to more than 30 meters above the river, just in time for the mortars to shoot out. It almost happened by chance.

Yes, the commanders of each forward position dispatched more than twenty mortars and quickly entered the fortifications that were bombed into ruins. The goal was very clear. They used mortars to blow up the Soviet pontoon bridge and kill the Soviet army.

Engineer.

Sun Zhenbang saw all this clearly through the telescope. He stamped his feet in a hurry and shouted angrily: "You fool, who gave them the order? They left the artillery hole without authorization. The staff, the first and second artillery brigades,

Have you contacted the radio station?"

The staff officer hurriedly replied: "Commander, we have been contacted and are waiting for your orders!"

Sun Zhenbang said: "Order, the first artillery brigade, use the Soviet pontoon bridge as the bombardment target, and the forward position will be responsible for observation. When the Soviet army shells again, the second artillery brigade will conduct fire suppression on the Soviet artillery position, waiting for my order.

After that, they were allowed to fire artillery, and they were reminded to pay attention to the fact that after fifteen minutes of artillery fire, they would immediately move to the reserve position!"

Sun Zhenbang could only use the two artillery brigades in this way. He had no capital to engage in an artillery battle with the Soviet artillery with equal numbers and calibers. After giving the order, Sun Zhenbang rushed to the observation port of the shelter and held up his telescope.

, carefully observing the movements on the river.

Soon, the mortars from the frontline troops began bombarding. More than two hundred mortars rained down shells on the pontoon bridge and the Soviet engineers who were hard at work erecting the pontoon bridge. Planks flew everywhere, and the Soviet engineers

The bodies of the Soviet engineers kept falling into the river, and water columns rose up from time to time on the river. The rushing river water carried the bodies of the Soviet engineers away quickly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The shelling was very effective. The Soviet engineers spent more than ten minutes erecting twelve pontoon bridges. In an instant, they turned into a pile of wood chips. The shelling stopped. Sun Zhenbang saw in the telescope that the artillerymen at the front seemed to be cheering.

He was so anxious that he stamped his feet, regardless of whether the soldiers could hear him or not, and shouted loudly: "Quick! Quick! Get into the bombproof hole quickly!"

Then, he turned back and yelled at the staff officer: "Is the phone line leading to the front connected?"

The staff officer replied: "Only three lines have been connected, and the headquarters communications battalion is repairing the rest!"

Sun Zhenbang then shouted: "Quickly call and order the mortar soldiers to withdraw immediately and enter the anti-gun cave, quick!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scream of large-caliber artillery shells piercing the air came from the sky. Sun Zhenbang's face suddenly turned white. He knew that his bad premonition had become a reality.

The cunning Soviet commander, with one quick turn, more than 200 mortars and more than 400 soldiers are finished, they will be drowned in the Soviet artillery fire!

There was another violent explosion that shook the ground and the mountains. Countless artillery shells immediately covered the positions on the south bank of the Selenge River. The earth fell into chaos in an instant. Sun Zhenbang sat slumped on the shell box, with his heart torn apart.

The pain was so severe that he couldn't blame the commander of the forward troops.

No matter who it is, they will adopt such a combat method. Destroying the Soviet pontoon bridge can slow down the Soviet attack speed to the maximum extent, which means ensuring that the troops can block the attack for a longer time. The choice of tactics and the timing of the bombardment are all correct. However,

The first major casualty of the troops occurred.

On the north bank of the Selenge River, General Kulykin put down his telescope with a confident smile on his lips. Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Zernenko said with admiration: "Comrade Commander, I have seen what a carbine is. Yours

The judgment is correct. Our shelling did not cause the maximum damage to the ** division troops. They actually had so many mortars. It is incredible for the Chinese. How did they do under such a fierce shelling?

Survived?"

Chief of Staff Zernenko still had some reservations when he said these words, "It's a pity for those engineers and one-third of the pontoon bridge that has been erected. Isn't the price too high?"

General Kulykin was obviously in a good mood and explained: "If my judgment is correct, the Chinese soldiers are hiding underground to avoid the damage of our artillery fire. I conveyed my order to extend the artillery fire and continue to erect the pontoon bridge. At the same time, the order came first

, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 37th Mechanized Infantry Division of the 3rd Army, took an assault boat to forcefully cross the Selenga River, and the 48th Mechanized Infantry Division of the 5th Army, as a battle reserve, will join the battle at the breakthrough at any time!"

The Soviet artillery fired "rumblingly" in depth. Sun Zhenbang's face was ashen, and he was lying on the observation port of the shelter with gnashing teeth. The smoke from the forward position gradually dissipated. He saw that the Soviet engineers continued to erect the pontoon bridge.

At the same time, on the river beach on the other side, countless Soviet infantrymen carried assault boats and quickly lowered them into the river. Then, they struggled to slide the oars and rushed towards the south bank. The river was densely packed with Soviet troops.

Assault boat.

Leader Sun Zhenbang judged by visual inspection that at least two to three divisions of Soviet troops had launched an attack. He ordered without replying: "Order, the 1st Artillery Brigade to immediately bombard the Soviet troops crossing the river, and the 2nd Artillery Brigade to bombard the Soviet troops."

The artillery position will be moved to the reserve position in fifteen minutes!"

From behind the positions of the Outer Mongolian border guards, groups of artillery shells roared in and fell on the river like raindrops, stirring up countless water columns. The artillery shells landed on the Soviet assault boat, and in an instant, a cloud of blood was splashed.

Flowers, broken arms of Soviet soldiers,

Flying into the air, the shell landed on the river. The water column stirred up overturned the assault boat. The Soviet soldiers fell into the water. The rushing river water took the Soviet soldiers who were sinking and floating away in the blink of an eye.

But he couldn't escape the torn shells, and his body floated on the river.

More artillery shells passed over the Selenge River and flew towards the rear of the Soviet army. The Soviet artillery that was shelling the depths of the ** Division troops suddenly became confused and adjusted their coordinates to look for new opponents.

The shells whizzed down. Sun Zhenbang clenched his fists tightly and secretly relieved himself. Suddenly, he saw the figures of his own soldiers appearing on the forward position. In the flattened trenches, one by one, light and heavy machine gun fire points were fired rapidly.

Set it up, horse

On the river, there was a roar of light and heavy machine guns, and dense bullets were fired at the unobstructed river. The river was like a boiling pot. The Soviet assault boat was turned over by the bullets. The Soviet soldiers on the assault boat

, like dumplings, falling into the water one after another.

The frontline troops' counterattack also did not receive orders from Commander Sun Zhenbang. However, commanders at all levels chose to start counterattacks without waiting for orders. Sun Zhenbang saw all this and was proud of his troops. Facing the two sides of the Soviet army,

Despite the rounds of bombardment, they still have such fighting spirit and fighting consciousness.

An artillery brigade alone with less than 200 artillery pieces cannot repel the Soviet cross-river offensive on a river more than 20 kilometers wide. As long as the position is breached at one point, the entire line will be shaken. The importance of timely counterattacks

The machine gun firepower made up for the lack of artillery fire.

As soon as the battle began, it became fierce. The Soviet soldiers were not afraid of death. They braved artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun bullets from the Outer Mongolian border guards and desperately attacked the south bank. An artillery brigade attacked four Soviet troops.

The artillery battle of the artillery division also progressed to an even more intense level. The artillery shells from both sides crisscrossed in the air. The sky above the battlefield was filled with the ear-piercing screams of artillery shells piercing the air.

Fifteen minutes later, the shelling by the Outer Mongolian border guards suddenly stopped. Only the shells fired by the Soviet artillery were still roaring past for free. The pressure on the Soviet army, which was crossing the river to attack, was suddenly greatly reduced.

The light and heavy machine guns on board also began to spit out tongues of fire, causing dust to fly in the positions on the south bank.

Sun Zhenbang suddenly became nervous. He saw a dozen Soviet assault boats approaching the south bank, braving heavy bullets. The Soviet soldiers on the first few assault boats jumped into the river, dripping waist-deep.

The deep river water was rushing fiercely, and the guns in hand began to fire intensively to suppress the firepower of the defenders on the other side.

Sun Zhenbang knew that it was the position of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Brigade. He was so nervous that he dug his left hand tightly into the soil of the shelter and kept shouting: "Counterattack quickly, take advantage of the Soviet army's unsteady foothold to defeat the enemy."

Press it down!"

At this moment, countless grenades suddenly flew out of the regiment's position, like black storks, and landed on the heads of about a company of Soviet soldiers. "Boom, boom, boom!" The explosion of fire and gunpowder smoke destroyed these grenades.

The Soviet soldiers who had boarded the south bank were overwhelmed, and then another batch of grenades flew over. The Soviet soldiers screamed and fell down, and then there was the familiar shooting sound of the "Somi" submachine gun.

Ten minutes later, a small-scale landing and counterattack battle ended. The only Soviet army that landed on the beach on the south bank and seemed to have grabbed the victory wreath, an infantry company with more than a hundred soldiers, all fell in the distance.

In front of the position of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard, no one survived, they were just bloody corpses, not even a single wounded person.

Sun Zhenbang slammed the wall of the shelter and shouted: "Well done! I will give them credit!"

On a battlefield more than 20 kilometers wide, gunpowder smoke was everywhere. The battle broke out in full force, and the number of guns and artillery could not be distinguished. As soon as the Soviet attack began, Sun Zhenbang devoted all his troops to counterattack and contained the Soviet army.

Crazy attack.

(To be continued) (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to read.)