Age of Conquest Reborn

After smoking a cigarette, Liu Hongzhang became less manic, but still stiffened his neck and said to Ouyang Yishan: "I don't think there is anything wrong with the suggestion. Preserve your own strength and destroy the enemy as much as possible. This is what the division commander often thinks about. What you are saying is that if we defeat the two brigades directly under the corps, it won’t matter if we all fight them off. If we bring in Lao Sun’s troops again, what will happen to me, Liu Hongzhang?”

"What should I tell you when I see Lao Sun again? If Lao Sun asks this question, Liu Hongzhang, I gave you four brigades with more than 50,000 people. How did you command them? I only had this little left. My dear? Ouyang, do you think I have to hit my head to death?"

Ouyang Yishan finally understood Liu Hongzhang's thoughts this time. Otherwise, when he saw the telegram sent to the teacher's command, he was still surprised. Liu Hongzhang had never experienced any big or bad battles. He is a master whose eyes turn red as soon as he hears the sound of gunfire. When his troops suffer losses, he hurriedly asks to retreat. This is not his style. It turns out that the root cause is here. Too embarrassed to meet old friends?br />

Ouyang Yishan was furious and said angrily: "You, please speak clearly to the teacher, so that the teacher will not understand your true purpose, lose your temper, and be punished. I think, You brought it on yourself and deserve it!"

Liu Hongzhang stared at his eyes and said very seriously: "Hey, how can it be possible? The telegram was sent to the division headquarters. Chief of Staff Wang Jun of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard Force is now the deputy chief of staff of the division. I feel comfortable after reading it. ?”

"If you haven't thought about it yet, why do you look down on the troops of the Outer Mongolia Border Guards? The troops directly under your corps can work hard, but we can't. If there is no trouble, the accusation of looking down on the brothers' troops will spread to Lao Sun's ears. Wait for him Even after the injury is healed, you still want to settle the score with me. Even if the division commander sees it, he will say that I am proud, complacent and arrogant. Only your army, Liu Hongzhang's, can fight, and the other armies are not as good as yours. In the end, it is not a training!"

"I didn't expect that I didn't hide in the end. Not only did I get punished, but I also had the division commander look down on the troops directly under our corps. This is so serious and disturbing!" After saying this, Liu Hongzhang slapped his forehead with regret.

After holding his head and thinking for a while, Liu Hongzhang looked a little depressed and said: "Brother Ouyang, I know why the division commander lost his temper. Our troops on the front line of the Selenge River are just a nail that hindered Lao Maozi's troops. , to buy time for the division commander to complete the battle deployment, so the division commander issued the order to stay here without risking all the troops."

"Two days. Look at the posture of the Soviet army. There are planes in the sky to support the battle. How fierce the fighting is. These two days are the most difficult. I still can't get over the hurdle in my heart. I can't let Lao Sun's troops follow us and fight them all. , I have to think of a way, you have a lot of bad ideas, give me some advice and come up with a perfect plan!"

Ouyang Yishan rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "What do you mean I have many evil ideas? Is that Tao Lue?"

Liu Hongzhang nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay! It's a strategy, not a ghost idea. We are like grasshoppers on a rope now. It makes me feel bad and you feel bad too. It's already late at night and there is no good way. As soon as dawn comes , if I take action, I won’t have time!”

Ouyang Yishan said slowly: "There is one way. Let's revise the suggestion reported to the division headquarters and divide it into two parts, directly under the two brigades of the corps, and continue to hold on to the south bank of the Selenge River.

positions, the troops of the Outer Mongolia Border Guards retreated to Chaos

On the front line of Shishan, build a second line of defense. When we withdraw according to the order, if the second line of defense is given to the Soviet army, we can buy at least half a day. Then, we can alternately cover the southward retreat, so that we will not be

Chasing the military butts and beating them is also in line with the division commander’s flexible defense plan!”

Liu Hongzhang clapped and laughed, praised him again and again, and said: "You still have more evil ideas, so just do it this way. The number of troops in the forward position will be reduced, and it can also prevent the troops from gathering together and being killed by Soviet bombers. Speaking of Lao Maozi's bombers

, I hate it so much that the Northern Flying Group cannot control the air, and we can’t just wait to be bombed. If we don’t have planes, we will do what we do,”

"How about this. All the anti-tank guns and heavy machine guns in our two brigades are concentrated to form several anti-aircraft firepower points to deal with Soviet bombers. As for the Soviet infantry, let's learn from the old Sun's fighting style. Meng Zhaoxu

I have introduced the close combat, bringing the Soviet troops closer to fight, and greeting them with grenades and submachine guns! Their planes will be useless. Brother Ouyang, what do you think?"

Ouyang Yishan said jokingly: "Which one of us has more evil ideas, everyone is listening. Mine is a conspiracy, and yours is a dirty trick. I think it's okay. Chief of Staff Liu will immediately put forward the new battle plan.

Report to the division headquarters and request approval!"

The call back from the division commander arrived in less than an hour. The division commander Tang Qiuli greatly appreciated the fighting style of Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan, and said in the telegram: "With this fighting method, we will be able to complete the two tasks at the minimum cost."

The interdiction mission for 3 days can also ensure the minimum casualties of the troops. In addition, I would like to report a situation. The Southern Flying Group troops will arrive at the battlefield in Outer Mongolia tomorrow morning. By then, the air pressure you have received will no longer exist. The most difficult task is

The time has passed!"

After reading the reply from the division commander, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan were very excited. Without the threat of Soviet bombers, there was basically no pressure in the face of the Soviet attack. However, before that, there was still a fierce battle.

The two men held a military meeting overnight to adjust their deployment according to the plan.

Although the commanders of the Outer Mongolia Border Guard were very reluctant to withdraw to the second-line positions, Liu Hongzhang took out the telegram from the division commander Tang Qiuli, and everyone reluctantly obeyed. In the dark night, on the south bank of the Selenge River,

The troops began to mobilize quietly. By three o'clock in the morning, the redeployment had been completed. On the forward position, only two brigades directly under the corps were left.

The position has not changed much, but the density of defensive troops has been reduced by two-thirds. Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan are also full of tension. Weak troops are an unavoidable problem. On a front more than 20 kilometers long, even distribution of troops is the most important thing.

Stupid approach.

After carefully studying the characteristics of the Soviet army's repeated attacks, the two came up with focused defense tactics, concentrating most of their forces on the Soviet army's main offensive areas, leaving only a small number of troops in other secondary areas for surveillance defense.

Two regiments were mobilized as mobile forces to reinforce the tightest areas at any time. They worked until about five o'clock in the morning, when the two men slept in their clothes and took a nap on the shell box at the headquarters!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!", a burst of explosions that shook the earth and mountains, resounded in the dawn sky on the south bank of the Selenge River, and made the soil on the wall of the shelter fall with a "rustle".

Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan, who had just passed out, woke up suddenly, lifted up the military coats covering their bodies, and jumped up. They exchanged glances and both understood that the Soviet attack had begun again.

At six o'clock in the morning on September 25th, the Soviet army dispatched more than 500 fighter jets and bombers to carry out large-scale bombing and strafing on the independent division positions on the south bank of the Selenge River. In the sky at dawn,

Soviet fighter jets circled at high altitude, and bombers dropped heavy aerial bombs on the independent division's positions.

Thick black smoke pillars rose up one after another, and soil splashed everywhere. Then, there was an explosion that shook the earth, sending a series of echoes across the open field, shocking the heart.

At the same time, General Kulykin, commander of the Soviet Transcaucasus Military District, concentrated the artillery firepower of three and a half artillery divisions, and carried out intensive artillery fire coverage in several main offensive directions. Artillery shells whizzed past the color.

The surface of the Gehe River cuts through the early morning in northern Outer Mongolia. The crisp air falls on the south bank, bursting into flames. As a result, this morning can no longer be peaceful. The air is full of the choking smell of gunpowder smoke!

General Kulykin, who had tasted the sweetness of yesterday's attack, obviously wanted to make some achievements in today's attack. He used all the firepower available for the attack, cooperated with the ground and air, and poured tons of hot metal and artillery shells over.

and aerial bombs, blowing up the positions on the south bank into a sea of ​​flames. Aerial bombing and artillery bombardment were carried out at the same time. This was also a major initiative of the Soviets!

Amidst the deafening explosions, Liu Hongzhang shouted: "Cheng Lin! Cheng Lin! Immediately report to the division headquarters. The Soviet army dispatched a large number of aircraft to cooperate with ground artillery fire to carry out violent bombing on our army's positions!"

After saying that, Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan sat silently in the corner of the shelter. They both knew in their hearts that the Soviet army was coming with bad intentions today, and there would be a fierce battle later.

At the same time, the Kulun ground air commander of the Independent Division Aviation Northern Flying Group looked at the dense black dots representing Soviet aircraft on the radar screen. Colonel Meng Qingpeng, the acting commander of the air combat in Outer Mongolia, gritted his teeth and picked up the phone.

An order to attack was issued to all fighter units, "Attention all fighter regiments, I am acting commander Meng Qingpeng. Now I order all fighter planes to take off for combat."

"The focus of the attack is the Soviet bombers. The 1st to 6th regiments are responsible for containing the Soviet fighter groups and covering other fighter groups to attack the Soviet bomber groups. They must show an indomitable momentum and attack our infantry positions that are being frantically bombarded.

All Soviet bombers have been shot down. For this, we will do it at any cost! We have shot them all down, and our comrades from the Southern Flying Group will attack!"

Meng Qingpeng yelled the last two words with all his strength, with a trace of blood. Then, Meng Qingpeng ran out of the headquarters and ran towards the fighter plane hidden in the glow.

A rising sun burst out, and thousands of rays of rays of rays of light shone on the land of northern Outer Mongolia, turning the swaying grass into dazzling golden yellow. The fighter groups of the Northern Flying Group took off from various airports, with determination

With murderous intent, they pounced on the Soviet aircraft group.

(To be continued)(To be continued...)