Age of Conquest Reborn

Liu Tiehan's headquarters is located on a high ground overlooking the entire Urez River Bridge. Because it is fifteen kilometers away from the river, the specific movements of the Soviet army cannot be seen clearly. Only the white car lights can be seen. Somewhere on the west bank of the Urez River, it illuminated half of the sky, and the faint sound of a car engine could be faintly heard.

At three o'clock in the morning on September 29th, Liu Tiehan put down his telescope and said to Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division: "Guangjin, order all troops to prepare for battle. The Soviet army should take action!"

Li Guangjin agreed and went to make a call. Suddenly, Liu Tiehan hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute!"

Li Guangjin turned around in surprise and saw the deputy division commander concentrating on observing the direction of the Urez River. He couldn't help but asked strangely: "Deputy division commander, what happened?"

Liu Tiehan turned around, gritted his teeth, the muscles of his cheeks bulged, and said angrily: "Something's wrong. I just looked at the lights of the cars on the riverside, and there were no signs of movement by the soldiers." move!"

Everyone looked at each other, no one could figure out what happened. What Liu Tiehan was most worried about was that the Soviet commander smelled an abnormal smell. Who was the commander rolling over on the battlefield, covered in blood, and covered in fire? Those who have such intuition are Liu Tiehan himself, who has an almost instinctive premonition of danger.

Otherwise, it is unexplainable that the Soviet army stayed for thirty minutes after crossing the Urez River and had no intention of continuing the march. This is abnormal. If you think the Urez River Bridge is very important, it is the assault on Kullen. It is the only road that must be passed, and a regiment of troops can be left to guard it, but there is no reason for every army to guard a bridge.

What's more, the Soviet troops are staying on the west bank of the river, which is not the purpose of guarding the bridge. Furthermore, since they have plans to attack Kulun, what's the point of staying on the Urez River? The minimum is to have soldiers with high speed. reason.

Liu Tiehan suddenly became anxious and thought nervously: "Could it be that the Soviet army is waiting for the follow-up troops to arrive before moving in together?

If this is the case, it will be difficult to fight our own battle. The three brigades on the front are too disparate in strength and cannot withstand the advance of the four Soviet armies. Even if we can block the Soviet army, the troops on the left and right wings will surround us. , the three brigades that blocked the attack would suffer more than two-thirds of the casualties. Should we fight a battle that is not worth the gain?

At 3:05 in the morning, Colonel Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division, put down the phone and said to Liu Tiehan: "Deputy Division Commander, I received a call from the brigade commanders of the forward troops. It has been five minutes past the scheduled attack time. The troops are ready. In preparation for the attack, the brigade commanders request your approval to launch the attack immediately!"

After a pause, Li Guangjin suggested: "Deputy division commander, the time of the attack has been postponed again and again. As time goes by, I'm afraid the situation has changed. There are more than 50,000 people in three brigades ambushing the position. If you are not careful, the target will be exposed. It is much better to attack now than to wait passively, so my opinion is to launch an attack immediately!"

Liu Tiehan gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Wait! I would rather wait than putting the leading Soviet troops in my pockets. I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in Lao Maozi's gourd?" In desperation, Liu Tiehan The tough man also cursed.

Nothing unexpected happened, and the Soviet army did not notice that not far ahead, more than 50,000 Dongzhi troops were ambushing. The reason why the Soviet army delayed leaving is simple and ridiculous.

The time for a short rest was coming soon, and Commander Aslanov was about to order the troops to move forward. At this time, the Army Chief of Staff came over and handed him a telegram with an expressionless face, saying in a nonchalant manner: "

Comrade Army Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Yemenchenko sent a telegram asking us why the troops stopped without permission."

When Commander Aslanov heard this, he was so furious that his hands and feet became cold with anger. He cursed in his heart, "Damn it! You are a snitch behind the scenes. It's a big deal. Why don't you bring it to the headquarters?"

, who knows? Besides, I am a military commander, and I don’t even have the power to order the troops to rest for thirty minutes. After the front army is returned to the organizational structure, if I don’t get you, son of a bitch, out of the Third Army, then I, the military commander

I won’t do it anymore!”

Without looking at the proud-looking chief of staff, and without reaching out to pick up the telegram, Commander Aslanov shouted at a staff officer next to him: "What are you doing standing still? Tell a few division commanders and give them another thirty minutes."

, hurry up and refuel the tanks and trucks, repair the damaged vehicles, if you still can't set off on time, don't join the Third Army, just go wherever you like!"

This staff officer is also a smart person. Hearing the commander's roar, he was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, stood up at attention, and replied loudly: "Yes, comrade commander, I will convey your order immediately!"

After saying that, he ran away without waiting for the chief of staff to react, muttering to himself, "I'm afraid that the chief of staff will catch me and question me closely. If the secret is exposed, the army commander and chief of staff can't afford to offend themselves, so it's best to take action!"

Just because of a small report from the chief of staff, the Soviet Third Army stayed on the west bank of the Urez River for an extra thirty minutes. Whether it was out of anger or a demonstration, it still did not place Lieutenant General Yemenchenko as its commander.

It doesn’t matter in the eyes, anyway, that’s what Commander Aslanov did. Do whatever you want, why don’t you tell the truth again if you have the ability?

Ignoring the chief of staff who was frozen in the field, Commander Aslanov turned around and left. An unexpected episode made Liu Tiehan's heart so anxious that he almost didn't take action in advance!

At about 3:40 in the morning, the Soviet Third Army, which had stayed on the west bank of the Urez River for more than an hour, finally moved. The motors of cars and artillery carriages roared, and the tracks of tanks "crowned", and the sound was bright.

The car lights cut through the night sky, and they headed towards the preset ambush position in the east direction in a daze.

"Thank God! It finally moved!" Liu Tiehan threw away the telescope, sat down on the shell box, and said with a long sigh of relief.

Colonel Li Guangjin, director of the Operations Division, immediately picked up the phone without waiting for Liu Tiehan's instructions, "Are the units? The Soviet army has begun to move. The deputy division commander ordered to prepare for battle!"

Putting down the phone, Li Guangjin asked: "Deputy division commander, how could you conclude that the Soviet army has not discovered our position and will continue to advance? I am really nervous!"

Liu Tiehan smiled bitterly and said with a guilty conscience: "What judgment? I was betting that we would not be discovered by the Soviet army! The commander of the Soviet army on this road believed that our main force was under the command of the division commander and was under siege.

The troops of the Transcaucasus Military District do not have our troops on this route. Fortunately, the bet was right!"

At about four o'clock in the morning on September 29, the leading troops of the Third Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front approached the position of the East Point troops. The phones of the forward troops were reporting the distance of the Soviet troops at all times.

Li Guangjin took the phone and said to Liu Tiehan: "Deputy division commander, the forward troops report that the Soviet army has entered the infantry shooting range!"

Liu Tiehan suddenly clenched his fist and shouted: "Hit!"

In front of the leading Soviet troops, countless firelights suddenly flashed, like lightning suddenly striking out in the night sky. Groups of artillery shells, dragging dark red tail flames, swept across the night sky above the leading Soviet troops, heading towards

It flew behind, and then, with a muffled sound like heavy thunder, the two artillery brigades pointing east and hundreds of large-caliber howitzers began to bombard the Soviet army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!", groups of artillery shells fell from the sky and plunged into the Soviet army's marching column. Loud noises, firelight, gunpowder smoke, soil, gravel, shrapnel, limbs, flesh and blood, broken guns, burning

The cars turned the night into a terrifying hell.

The Soviet troops at the rear were hit by artillery shells, but the Soviet troops in front were hit by countless bullets. It was like an electric current was suddenly switched on. Sparks suddenly burst out in the dark wilderness, and the sparks were dense.

They were connected together, stretching for dozens of kilometers, and bullets as dense as raindrops pierced the night sky. Like a wall, they slammed into the Soviet marching column. It was thousands of light and heavy machine guns, firing metal volleys.

Jet.

The first wave of artillery shells, which were effective fire, almost covered the rearguard of the Third Army. It stunned the Soviet army and knocked them upside down. The first wave of bullets beat the Soviet advance guard to pieces.

When the shells were still roaring in the sky, the battle-hardened Commander Aslanov jumped out of the moving car with unprecedented agility, and lay down with standard movements.

In the middle of the marching column, fortunately, the first wave of shelling from the East Point artillery did not fall on him.

Lying on the cold and wet ground, Commander Aslanov turned around and saw his rearguard, which had been shrouded in flames and smoke from exploding shells. "They were ambushed by the Independent Division!"

This was his first reaction, but the strange thing is, why did the artillery shells fall in the rear instead of shelling the troops in front?

A communications soldier carrying a radio on his back ran up to Commander Aslanov and said breathlessly: "Report to the commander, the vanguard reported that they were blocked by the infantry weapons of the independent division!"

Commander Aslanov, who is experienced in the battlefield, quickly realized that the troops of the Independent Division had already ambushed in front. It was ridiculous. The high command thought that they were rushing to Kulun without anyone noticing. Judging from the density of gunfire,

, it is definitely not a small independent division unit, but there are so many large-caliber howitzers, which turned the bank of the Urez River into a sea of ​​​​fire. The whereabouts of his troops have long been grasped by the Chinese.

No wonder he didn't encounter any form of resistance along the way. It turned out that the cunning Chinese were waiting for him here. A burst of fear came over him, looking at the battlefield with flames and thunderous explosions, which seemed to be swallowing up the ground.

All living creatures.

After the initial panic, Commander Aslanov calmed down and ordered: "Convey the orders from the military headquarters to all divisions, spread out on the spot, and fight back immediately. The vanguard tank brigade will cover the infantry to assault the enemy's position! Open the gap.

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