I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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There is no general who can protect his subordinates from harm with tenderness and win battles, general, you must have a heart of stone!"

Jiang Weiguo was completely speechless.

Yang Jie comforted Jiang Weiguo: "We must rescue the [-]th Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade. It is impossible for our troops to be besieged by the enemy and leave them alone. In that case, the Soviets will definitely be suspicious!" He said in a very difficult tone, "At the very least, so many people won't really die!"

Xiao Yao also comforted Jiang Weiguo very bluntly: "We just have to prepare for the worst possible annihilation of those two brigades. In fact, it may not be true that the entire army is annihilated!"

Jiang Weiguo's nose was sour.

Xue Yue let out a long sigh: "In war, there is no one who will not die! If you lose a battle, you will die, and if you win a battle, you will die!"

In a state of unspeakable heaviness and anxiety, Jiang Weiguo acquiesced in the measure supported by Xiao Yao and not opposed by Xue Yue and Yang Jie, that is, the troops would not do their best to rescue the [-]th and [-]nd Brigades, and continue the original plan for a decisive retreat.

After redeployment, the 88th Division and the 99th Division broke away from the original front line, retreated while fighting, and tried their best to get closer to the besieged troops. The 180th Division stubbornly resisted the Soviet encirclement, and the 150th Division launched an attack on Anbei.

This series of measures is the "instinctive reaction" of the army when it encounters a major crisis. Although the Nanjing army is ulterior motives, it is actually a fake show.

The Soviet army immediately confronted each other. Kuznetsov was responsible for commanding four divisions to defend in Anbei and cooperate with the suppression of the besieged troops of the Nanjing Army. Commanding the follow-up troops of the Soviet Army to comprehensively suppress the Nanjing Army's front line from the Checheng area, Konev's intention is very clear. The troops acted as bait to lure other units of the Nanjing Army to throw themselves into the trap. At the same time, Konev was very careful to maintain the favorable situation of the Soviet Army to prevent the Soviet Army from being defeated.

In the torrential rain, the two sides fought desperately.

Yang Jie said that "the Soviet army is neither easy to fight nor difficult to fight." This seems to be contradictory, but it is actually correct.

The armies of various countries have their own characteristics, and the Soviet army is no exception. The characteristics of the Soviet army are very weird. Compared with the Nanjing army, the Soviet army has many advantages. Because the Soviet Union has strong national strength and advanced industry, the Soviet army’s weapons and equipment are relatively The Nanjing army is much stronger. In terms of light weapons, the two sides are almost the same. In terms of heavy weapons, the Nanjing army is far inferior to the Soviet army, especially the artillery, which is simply the Soviet Union's signature weapon, even though more than [-]% of the Soviet army's military strength is dealing with it The German army, but the remaining [-]% also put the Nanjing army under very heavy pressure; when the battle is defeated or the situation is obviously unfavorable, the Soviet army can easily become a mess, and then lose all fighting spirit and surrender everywhere. However, if the battle is won or the situation is very favorable At that time, if there were clever commanders to organize and command, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army would be very strong, like a flood.

The Japanese army is like fire, a large fire will burn people, and a small fire will also burn people, the Soviet army is like water, a small stream of water is nothing to worry about, but if it forms a billowing flood, it will be overwhelming and unstoppable.

"Comrades! The Chinese invading army is in full retreat! Commander Kuznetsov has recovered Irkutsk! Commander Vatutin has surrounded a division of the Chinese invading army! Their end is coming!"

In the attacking Soviet army, the officers and political commissars shouted with joy, which greatly boosted the morale of the Soviet army.

The only thing that made Jiang Weiguo feel moved and proud was that in the face of the large-scale offensive of the Soviet army, although the Nanjing Army was at a great disadvantage, all the ministries faced the battle calmly, without panic, let alone the slightest sign of being defeated.

The Nanjing Army is not only "bullying the weak and fearing the hard". Facing a strong enemy, the Nanjing Army still has no fear and fights tenaciously.

Jin Chongyin, the commander of the 180th Division, was not in the encirclement of the Soviet army. When he received the order earlier, he hurriedly led the 180st Brigade, which was one step ahead, and quickly advanced towards Anbei. Unexpectedly, Vatutin led his troops to cut across the front of the 180th Division. The tanks in Vatutin's army moved slowly in the rainy mud and missed the scheduled time. Instead of intercepting the [-]th Division head-on, they inserted into the front of the division, so they intercepted the [-]th and [-]nd Brigades behind , Although the [-]st Brigade was also entangled by the Soviet army, after a hard fight, it shook off the Soviet army.

The officers and soldiers of the whole brigade looked back and saw that the sky was filled with red artillery fire under the rain curtain and the night.

Huimin, the commander of the [-]st Brigade, looked at Jin Chongyin anxiously: "Master, the next two brigades were intercepted by Lao Maozi! What should we do?"

Jin Chongyin hurriedly contacted Shi Zuoheng, the deputy division commander who was commanding the troops behind: "Zuoheng, how is the army?"

Shi Zuoheng said in a hurry on the intercom: "A large number of old men are besieging us! I don't know how they assembled! There are still many tanks. The brothers are rushing desperately, but they are bitten by them..."

Jin Chongyin broke out in a cold sweat. Realizing that something was wrong, he hurriedly ordered the [-]th Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade to break through, and at the same time mobilized the [-]st Brigade to carry out the rescue. The officers and soldiers fought hard in the heavy rain of lightning and thunder. , Molotov cocktails were difficult to ignite, and the officers and soldiers attacked the Soviet tanks with grenades and explosives amidst angry roars, causing heavy casualties.

Neither side could see clearly, and a rainy night scuffle started.

The officers took the lead and led the soldiers to rush to kill the Soviet army. Dark clouds rolled in the sky, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and the ground was also like clouds of gunpowder smoke and thunder and lightning. The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army fought in a melee with the Soviet army.

The dark night and heavy rain made it difficult for both sides to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. The sound of thunder, rain, and explosions drowned out the shouts of the soldiers on both sides. Chinese and Russian could not be heard clearly. , can only be fired at close range.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who participated in the war were all tenacious and courageous. After seeing the Soviet tanks, they touched them silently (basically did not light Molotov cocktails, firstly, they could not be lit, and secondly, lighting Molotov cocktails at night is equivalent to exposing themselves), and packed grenades or explosives Going under the tracks of the Soviet tanks, even climbing onto the Soviet tanks and throwing grenades into the Soviet tanks, groups of thunderbolts exploded in the rainy night, and the bombed Soviet tanks ignited raging fires; Regardless of their own safety, after seeing clearly that it was the enemy army, they had already arrived in front of the opponent, and hand-to-hand combat broke out continuously, blood splattered and the blade was completely red.

Since the Soviet army outnumbered the Nanjing army, and the rainy night melee made it difficult for the Nanjing army to take advantage of the slight advantage over the Soviet army in light weapons, the besieged [-]th and [-]nd brigades were still unable to break through the Soviet army despite repeated assaults. The blocking line, although the [-]st brigade rescued tore through the blocking line of the Soviet army many times, it was quickly blocked by more Soviet troops pouring in.

During the fierce battle, the Soviet troops from Anbei also entered the battle. Jin Chongyin found that the [-]st Brigade might also be in danger of being surrounded by the enemy and surrounded, so he had to order the [-]st Brigade to give up the rescue temporarily.

In the early hours of the morning, the 88th Division of the Nanjing Army came to reinforce the 180th Division. The 99th Division was in charge of the rear, retreating while fighting, resisting the Soviet army that was three times its size, and at the same time ensuring the safety of the two wings, so that the Soviet army would not make a bigger detour surrounded.

When the 77th Army was here, the number of the Nanjing Army was only half that of the Soviet Army. After the 77th Army left, the number of the Nanjing Army dropped to a quarter of the Soviet Army. There is no doubt that the Soviet Army has an overwhelming number The advantages.

The 88th Division joined forces with the 88st Brigade to attack the blocking line of the Soviet Army again and again, but it was still unable to break through, and more Soviet troops were constantly being thrown into the battlefield. Both the 99th and [-]th Divisions may be attacked by the Soviet Army Big surround.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the sky was dim, and the Nanjing Army started rescue again.

In order to ensure the greatest success rate, Li Yutang ordered the 99th Division to deploy two brigades to fight together, leaving only one brigade to block the Soviet army.

Li Yutang's move is completely an empty plan, and the Soviet army will soon pursue it. Therefore, the Nanjing army has only one chance to rescue. Coming up, the Nanjing Army had to retreat in an all-round way.

"Never leave a brother behind!" "Brothers, rush over and rescue the [-]th and [-]nd brigades!" Amid the officers' shouts and calls, the officers and soldiers of the rescue force, who were both anxious and red-eyed, shouted angrily Attack the Soviet Army again.

Fortunately, the rain has dropped a lot at this time. Dozens of planes of the Chinese Air Force braved the light rain and forcibly dispatched, most of them were "Sparrow" attack planes (German hs-123 planes).

This aircraft, which in the eyes of the Luftwaffe was just an obsolete product, has shined brilliantly in the hands of the Chinese Air Force and has been fully utilized.

A sparrow can carry four 4kg bombs and hundreds of cannon shells. Although the bombing ability is not as good as that of a real bomber, it has a very strong ground attack power, especially against tanks, because the defense on the top of the tank is relatively weak. It is very effective when launching an open-ground attack condescendingly, known as the "tank corkscrew".

The sparrows who participated in the battle fought hard, and the bombs and machine guns bombarded the densely populated Soviet army with wolves and blood, which must have disturbed the Soviet army and bought some precious time for the Nanjing army on the ground.

The Nanjing Army that rescued the besieged troops was led by a special unit that had already made its mark on the battlefield in Central Asia. It was the "Yellow Russian Army" of the Nanjing Army.

More than 2000 Yellow Russian troops disguised as Soviet troops participating in the war swaggered into the see-saw area between the Nanjing Army and the Soviet Army, and then encountered a certain Soviet Army.

Seeing what appeared to be the Yellow Russian Army, the Soviet Army had no doubts, thinking that it was a new force from its own side that joined the attack on the besieged troops of the Nanjing Army, but was caught off guard by the Yellow Russian Army who walked up to the nose without warning.

The officers and soldiers of the Yellow Russian Army did not disappoint Jiang Weiguo, Xue Yue, Yang Jie and other high-ranking officials of the Nanjing Army. Because of their deep-seated hatred for the Bolsheviks, they attacked fiercely and defeated a main tank regiment of the Soviet Army in just half an hour. .

It was Li Yutang's order to choose to attack the Soviet tank units. In his opinion, the Yellow Russian Army can only achieve miraculous results in the first battle of a certain battle, and it will not work the second time. Therefore, it is necessary to make full use of the first battle. Surprise, inflicted heavy damage on the Soviet army in one breath.

Facts proved that Li Yutang's decision was correct. The officers and soldiers of the Yellow Russian Army who approached the main tank regiment of the Soviet Army suddenly turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone, killing the Soviet tank soldiers at a loss.

The officers and soldiers of the Yellow Russian Army rushed into the crowd of Soviet troops and tanks while strafing the Soviet tank soldiers and infantry, while throwing grenades under the chassis of the Soviet tanks or into the tank cabins.

"It's a mistake! It's a mistake!" Some Soviet soldiers who were confused and thought that an incident of accidental injury yelled at the Yellow Russian army, "We are our own people!"

"It's you Bolshevik bastards who are going to be killed!" the officers and soldiers of the Yellow Russian Army roared, killing without mercy.

Hundreds of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles were blown up by the Yellow Russian Army. Thick smoke billowed in the area of ​​​​the Soviet Army. The Soviet tank soldiers who came back to their senses desperately drove their tanks to leave or participate in the battle, but they could not participate in the battle at all. It was useless in a dogfight, and the Soviet tank soldiers driving the tanks watched helplessly as their white-skinned, yellow-haired, blue-eyed enemies of the same race climbed up the tanks fiercely and threw grenades into the tanks or shot them down. Kill and capture the tank.

The Yellow Russian Army that attacked the Soviet tank regiment not only successfully destroyed the Soviet army, but also captured dozens of tanks, armored vehicles and hundreds of vehicles.

The Yellow Russian Army, which got the Soviet tanks and vehicles, drove the tanks, disguised as the Soviet Army, and rushed to the nearby Soviet-controlled area, tearing a gap for the follow-up Nanjing Army.

The follow-up Nanjing Army poured into the encirclement along the gap torn by the Yellow Russian Army.

"Master seat!" After seeing Jin Chongyin coming, the deputy division commander Shi Zuoheng, the chief of staff Chen Shaotang, the [-]th brigade commander Huang Qidong, the [-]nd brigade commander Wang Jun and other officers wept with joy.

Due to the urgency of time, the Soviet army, whose number of soldiers is several times that of the Nanjing army, will soon encircle and encircle them. Therefore, the evacuation work is in full swing, and the officers and soldiers are racing against time.

The Soviet army's encirclement circle was torn open by the Nanjing army into an "ω"-shaped gap, but more Soviet troops continued to pour in on both sides of the gap. Time was running out and there was no time to evacuate everyone.

The officers and soldiers gave priority to loading the bodies of the seriously wounded and dead brothers into cars, carriages, and even strapped to the outer armor of tanks and armored vehicles, but time was running out. The 180th Brigade was the backbone of the [-]th Division, so it was responsible for breaking the rear. The [-]st Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade evacuated first.

Thunderous artillery shells began to continuously fall on the heads of the Nanjing Army. The bullets fell into flames and wreckage flew. The heavy artillery group of the Soviet Army had moved forward to the vicinity of the encirclement and began to violently bombard the Nanjing Army's breakthrough area.

More and more sinister news kept coming. Zheng Dongguo, the commander of the 99th Division, sent a telegram to Jin Chongyin: "Our division has abandoned the fourth blocking line. There are too many Soviet troops and the artillery fire is too fierce. Our division has tried its best!"

Du Yuming, the commander of the 88th Division, also sent a telegram to Jin Chongyin: "A large number of Soviet troops have appeared on the flanks of our division. The troops are about to fail, and they can hold on for half an hour at most!"

Jin Chongyin sighed.

Guan Huimin hurried over like sparks: "Master seat! Get in the car quickly, the cover force has already started a large-scale exchange of fire with the Soviet army! If you don't leave, it will be too late!"

"The [-]th Brigade hasn't withdrawn yet..." Jin Chongyin looked behind him and shook his head lightly, "How can I, the division commander, abandon the troops and go first?" He strode back without hesitation.

Guan Huimin burst into tears immediately, he knew what Jin Chongyin meant: "Master, I will stay too!"

"Don't be arrogant!" Jin Chongyin scolded Guan Huimin, "Your task is to bring the troops that have broken through to a safe area, and you have your responsibility!"

When the Soviet army was about to re-encircle, the 180th Division Commander Jin Chongyin, Deputy Division Commander Shi Zuoheng, Chief of Staff Chen Shaokuan and other senior officers chose to stay with the most dangerous [-]th Brigade. If they did not abandon it, they would fall into the Soviet encirclement again. The [-]th Brigade here, because they know it is their responsibility.

Huimin, the commander of the [-]st Brigade, and Wang Jun, the commander of the [-]nd Brigade, had to leave with tears in their eyes, taking the troops and all the wounded soldiers of the whole division, as well as the remains of all the dead officers and soldiers that could be collected.

"Who wants to fight side by side with the brothers of the [-]th Brigade until the last moment?" Guan Huimin and Wang Jun asked their subordinates loudly.

With an order, those who responded gathered.

Thousands of "I do" burst out together into a soul-stirring roar.

More than [-] officers and soldiers of the [-]st Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade followed the footsteps of the division commander Jin Chongyin. Instead of leaving, they turned around and returned to the control area of ​​the [-]th Brigade, which was basically encircled by the Soviet army. .

Before leaving, Guan Huimin and Wang Jun left many inconvenient heavy weapons and a large amount of ammunition from the headquarters to the [-]th Brigade.

The reason why Guan Huimin and Wang Jun did this was out of a simple desire, hoping that the commander and the [-]th Brigade could last a little longer and increase hope.

"This is the roster and military flag of our brigade!" Huang Qidong, commander of the [-]th brigade, handed the two heavy things to Guan Huimin and Wang Jun, and begged tearfully, "Please, please! In case my brigade really Yes... with these two things, my brigade can rebuild!"

Both Guan Huimin and Wang Jun burst into tears.

When Guan Huimin and Wang Jun led the officers and soldiers to escape from the fierce Soviet artillery fire, everyone looked back frequently. They saw that the Soviet army, which was as dense as a swarm of locusts and ants, had completely blocked the breakthrough and firmly held the ground. Surrounded the [-]th Brigade.

"What a pity!" Vatutin and Kuznetsov were both annoyed and remorseful looking at the large number of Nanjing troops who had escaped.

Kuznetsov immediately called Konev on the phone, urging: "Comrade commander! Please make up your mind and launch a comprehensive counterattack! The opportunity has come! We can no longer hesitate!"

Konev remained silent, he remained cautious and composed at this time.

Chapter 484 Strategizing (4)

Since Checheng (Cheremkhovo), Anton (Irkutsk) and the wider battle area are all in the southwest and west of Beihai Lake (Baikal Lake), the battle between the Nanjing Army and the Soviet Army broke out. The war was called the "Battle of Lake West".

From the fighting until August 8, the Soviet army had basically gained the initiative on the battlefield in the west of the lake. The 22th Army of the 15th Army of the Soviet Army led by Vatutin and several other troops temporarily under Vatutin's command successfully Surrounding the 64th Brigade of the 180th Division of the Nanjing Army on the field between Checheng and Anton, the 180th Army of the 17th Army of the Soviet Army led by Kuznetsov and several other units were temporarily led by Kuznetsov The commanded troops first successfully recovered Anton, and then cooperated with Vatutin to conduct a comprehensive blockade against the main force of the Nanjing Army, thus forming an "o)"-shaped attack posture as a whole. The encirclement of the 66th Brigade, ")" is the Soviet army's comprehensive suppression of the Nanjing Army.

Under Konev's deployment, Vatutin was responsible for annihilating the besieged Nanjing Army, and Kuznetsov was responsible for launching a "high-intensity and large-scale counterattack" against the Nanjing Army, but it was not a "comprehensive counterattack" because Koni Nev's cautious and calm character, he kept about two-fifths of the troops not participating in the war, and used them to defend the rear and reinforce the Novosibirsk hinterland in the rear of the Eastern Military Region at any time.

Vatutin supports this, while Kuznetsov is very opposed to it. He is quite critical of Konev, thinking that Konev is too "intimidating and worrying about gains and losses", and it will be difficult to achieve greater results in the end.

The Nanjing Army was completely suppressed and beaten by the Soviet Army.

At present, about 16 troops of the Nanjing Army are participating in the battle, while about 40 troops of the Soviet Army are participating in the battle, and about 20 troops are on standby in the rear.

Facing the besieged 88th Brigade, the Nanjing Army launched an active rescue, but because the Soviet Army's strength was two and a half times that of the Nanjing Army, and its heavy firepower (mainly artillery) was three times that of the Nanjing Army, it was impossible to launch a rescue, and even Even the 99th and [-]th Divisions, which were carrying out rescue operations, faced the danger of being outflanked by the Soviet army, and became prey in the encirclement of the Soviet army together.

Song Xilian said sadly: "We are like fighting a fire. Seeing the [-]th brigade surrounded by fire, we are very anxious, but we may be surrounded by fire at any time!"

A very important reason why the rescue force of the Nanjing Army also faced the danger of being surrounded by the Soviet army was Kuznetsov's "unauthorized actions".

Konev's order to Kuznetsov was to "block the Nanjing Army and pursue the Nanjing Army" instead of "surround the follow-up troops of the Nanjing Army", but Kuznetsov more or less violated this order, he did not block , Pursue the Nanjing Army, but "adopted an active encirclement offensive", trying to bring the 88th Division, the 99th Division and even the 150th Division of the Nanjing Army into a larger encirclement.