Fengxian Jiangshan

"Okay! Everyone, let me tell you another news. The commander told me before the war that these lands were originally ours, but now they are all occupied by the Russians and changed to Russian names. Wait until we successfully retake these lands. Afterwards, the city will be renamed, and at that time, whichever army, which individual, has made outstanding contributions, will have a city named according to his wishes!"

After Sun Anhu broke the news, all the officers present were excited. This kind of thing rarely happened in Chinese history, but it happened frequently in Western history. Many cities in the Far East were named after people.

The first colonists and pioneers established the city, and their names have been passed down through the ages along with the city.If China also follows the example of the Russians, naming cities with the names of meritorious soldiers will be more attractive than recording them in the annals of history.As long as the city is still there, their deeds will be passed down forever, and no one can erase them!

After learning the news, everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm, and they even felt like they were going to explode. They all clenched their fists tightly, and their fighting spirit was constantly burning.

Soon, with the third and sixth divisions as the main force, they also launched an attack from the southeast. The attack from this side was sharper and more terrifying than Li Jinglin's.The Feng army rushed to the Russian army's position under the cover of artillery fire like a tide.

The battle has been intensified from the very beginning, and the most intense battle is in the small town of Lahr, which is less than ten kilometers away from Aginskoye and is a hub for the defense of the entire Russian army's outer circle.

Most of the buildings in the town are made of local materials and made of stone blocks. In order to keep warm, the people built the houses low and thick. One wall is almost one meter thick, which is a natural fortress.

After the Russian army occupied this place, they worked hard and converted all the houses into fortresses, which became the most difficult bone to crack.

He Zhuguo left Baoding Military Academy and joined the Fengjun Army. Just after joining the army, he caught up with the Sino-Russian war, and He Zhuguo was immediately full of energy.Fighting the Russians is more attractive than fighting a civil war for power and profit, and it also makes people understand the mission of a soldier.

He has now been promoted to the company commander, leading the soldiers under him to undertake the task of attacking the small town of Laer. Lying behind the trench, He Zhuguo carefully observed the situation of the small town. He knew very well that this was definitely a tough nut to crack.

But how difficult it was, he had to chew on it. He waved his hand and asked a squad of soldiers to launch a tentative attack first. Ten soldiers jumped out of the trench one after another and rushed towards the Russians.They are very experienced, the team is very loose, and they can cover each other. This formation can minimize casualties.

When there were two or three hundred meters away from the Russian position, several tongues of fire suddenly shot out from the silent Russian position. The two soldiers who rushed to the front had no time to dodge and died on the spot. The others hurriedly lay on the ground. The bullets stirred up a cloud of dust, and the soldiers couldn't even raise their heads.

Through the firepower of the Russians, He Zhuguo could easily judge the strength of the opponent's firepower, but the more he judged, the more worried he was.

When they were worrying, suddenly another reinforcement came up from behind, and it was Wu Keren who came, and he and He Zhuguo were also Baoding's classmates.

"I'm bringing you baby!"

He Zhuguo also noticed Wu Keren. The soldiers following him were all carrying two tin cans, and they didn't know what new things they were.

Wu Keren said with a smile: "This is our new flamethrower. It is said that it uses German technology. It has amazing lethality. It is specially used against bunkers and can burn the enemies inside into carbon sticks!"

What Wu Keren said was not wrong. During World War I, Germany developed a flamethrower that used gasoline, rubber, and sulfur as combustion materials. Both the British and French armies suffered from this new weapon.So much so that once the flamethrower was found, they immediately used firepower to cover them. After being captured, they did not pay attention to international law and shot them directly. This shows that they are afraid of this weapon.

After hearing the introduction, He Zhuguo was overjoyed: "What are you waiting for, there are a lot of fortresses in front of you now, and it's time to show your skills!"

"Okay! You provide fire cover in the back, let's look at us in the front."

He Zhuguo hurriedly asked the soldiers to aim the only two mortars and all the light and heavy machine guns at the Russians. The dense gunfire sounded, setting off clouds of gunpowder smoke among the Russians.

These things don't have much effect on the tight bunker, at most they can only blow up some rocks, but they can play a role in covering the line of sight. The Russians lost their firepower and could only shoot blindly.

Wu Keren saw that the opportunity had finally come, and the two flamethrower teams quickly entered the Russian fortress, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to within 20 meters.

The soldiers aimed their nozzles at the Russian fortress, and instantly two streams of flames shot out, like two dragons from hell, rushing towards the Russian bunker.

In an instant, the solid building was engulfed by the fire. He Zhuguo and others who saw this scene for the first time were all dumbfounded. They couldn't believe that there was such a terrible weapon.

The fire burned, and even ignited the ammunition in a bunker, and a sudden explosion came from the inside, and instantly a solid fortress was shattered from the inside.Although the other bunker did not explode, the people inside had been charred.

The first time it was used in actual combat, the flamethrower showed terrible lethality. He Zhuguo was ecstatic. With this thing to clear the way, he no longer has to be afraid of the Russian army.

"Come on, brothers, destroy the Russians!"

Chapter 587 A Contest of Wills

He Zhuguo and the others successfully rushed into the town of Laer, but when they got to the town, there were more troubles.There are thick buildings everywhere in the town.Originally, these thick walls were used to keep warm, but now, they have all become the strongest fortress group.

The Russians hid behind the wall and fired at Fengjun from time to time, causing He Zhuguo and the others great casualties.But they didn't back down, He Zhuguo has quickly figured out the tactics to cooperate with the flamethrower.

They provided cover fire, mortars, grenades, and kept hitting the Russians to attract their attention, and then the flamethrower team approached the Russians covertly.As long as it enters within a range of 20 meters, a single spray can turn an area of ​​houses into a sea of ​​flames.

In many cases, the flames do not really need to burn on the Russians. Due to the intense combustion, a large amount of oxygen will be consumed. Many Russians hide in houses or fortresses, and pass out due to suffocation.

When He Zhuguo and the others were following up, once they encountered Russians, except for those who had been burned to charcoal, the rest had to be shot again to ensure that they were dead.All the way to set fire and advance all the way, the fortress that the Russians painstakingly managed turned out to be their grave, which is definitely a great irony.

However, the Russians who were in charge of defense were also extremely tenacious. Although the flamethrowers posed a fatal threat to them, they still fought desperately and never retreated.

Every house is a battlefield, and there are desperately resisting Russians everywhere. It is not easy to serve the army, especially those soldiers who use flamethrowers. The weapons in their hands can not only bring the enemy the flames in the depths of hell, but also They are also a huge threat to themselves.

After all, these flamethrowers are not mature enough, and even in World War II.There are also a large number of soldiers who caused heavy casualties to their own side because of the quality problems of the flamethrowers.

In more than two hours after the attack was launched, five soldiers were severely burned, and another injector was hit by the Russians, causing violent combustion and explosion.Two soldiers from a jet squad were engulfed in flames and burned alive.

Seeing the soldiers wailing in the fire, watching their bodies rolling and twisting continuously, Wu Keren's eyes almost burst open, and his big hands pressed on the edge of the trench were dug into the mud.

The battlefield is so cruel, not just the death of the enemy.One's own people will continue to sacrifice.But everyone knows that you must not give up using flamethrowers just because of the danger, on the contrary, you need to use them more.Because from the calculation of efficiency, a flamethrower is equipped with a fuse that can be ignited multiple times, which doubles the number of attacks.

It usually takes more than a dozen lives.Even a fortress that can only be conquered by dozens of lives can be solved with just a flamethrower.No matter how dangerous the sprayer is, it is worth it. This is the cruel battlefield philosophy. The only thing everyone cares about is how to win a bigger victory with the least effort.

The soldiers of the Feng army continued to move forward.Just at dusk, two-thirds of the entire town was taken down, and the remaining Russians huddled around a brick factory. Stacks of red bricks and long brick kilns became The best fortifications of the Russians, they hid behind and kept playing hide-and-seek with Fengjun.

He Zhuguo and the others could only use blasting tubes, grenades, and flamethrowers.To eliminate the Russians little by little, every step forward has to pay a considerable price.

Boom!There was a loud noise, and a big hole was blown open in a brick kiln, revealing the Russians hiding inside.He Zhuguo personally mounted a machine gun and fired dense bullets at them.

With the help of the light of the moon, one could clearly see that the Russians were just lying on the ground, and occasionally shells exploded, and the fire that appeared could reflect their terrified faces.

They let out a final roar, but He Zhuguo and the others could no longer hear it. The dense shells on the battlefield had almost deafened their ears, and there was only a continuous hum.

After clearing these Russians, they finally opened a loophole in the maze. Other Russians hidden in the brick factory were continuously shot to death, and their bodies were everywhere.

After successfully capturing the small town of Laer, the situation on the entire southeastern front suddenly turned around, and large troops of the Feng army poured in through this gap.The main force of the third division and the sixth division were completely connected, and they pressed towards the Russian army in Aginskoye from the southeast.

Feng Jun's soldiers approached the city, and the encirclement was tightened a bit, Budyonny and others became more and more trembling. The 240mm cannon has been able to hit the city.In the face of this level of heavy artillery, any building is like paper, vulnerable to a single blow.

More and more buildings were destroyed, not only the explosion, but also the fire continued to spread in the city, swallowing more and more buildings, and the people and soldiers in the city continued to die.

"Comrade Budyonny, we are surrounded, what should we do?" Rokossovsky couldn't help asking. He is a very tenacious commander, but since he commanded the cavalry last time, he and Zhang Tingshu After the armored forces collided with each other, he understood a cruel fact that the Chinese had already surpassed the Russian army in terms of military thinking and equipment.

The geography of Russia is very interesting. If you attack Russia from the European direction, you have to rush across the long front. The Russians with the vast Far East as their strategic depth are basically invincible.

But once the Russians are attacked from the direction of Asia, the long land becomes a problem instead, making it extremely difficult for the Russians to supply logistics, and they basically cannot do without the railway line.It is precisely because of this that they lost the victory in the Russo-Japanese War. In the Battle of Nomonhan, even if they won, they did not dare to continue to expand the results of the war, and could only accept it as soon as it was good.

Today, Russia, which has been devastated by war, is becoming more and more powerless to fight Fengjun in the Far East.

"What is your opinion, Comrade Rokossovsky?"

Facing Budyonny's rhetorical question, Rokossovsky was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "According to my idea, it is best to temporarily abandon Aginskoye, retreat to Chita, and even push it to Irkutsk. This will not only shorten the front line and concentrate forces, but also put the Chinese under greater logistical pressure..."

While listening, Budyonny fell into deep thought. Maybe this proposal is not bad.But before Rokossovsky could finish speaking, Voroshilov interrupted him roughly.

"Absolutely impossible. The heroic Red Army cannot retreat to the Chinese. I firmly oppose any form of giving up the territory, otherwise we will be sent to Cheka!"

Hearing the word Cheka, everyone felt chills on the back of their necks. This is a creepy name. Even if all the generals present are high-ranking generals, once they are labeled as counter-revolutionaries, what is waiting for them? It is also a tragic end, and no one can escape.

Budyonny thought for a while, and could only say: "Give Blyukher an order to send another division from Chita to break through the blockade of the squadron as soon as possible and increase the number of Aginskoye."