Chapter 38: Desperate Defense of Manzhouli (Second Update, Seeking Collection and Votes)

  The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, with changes happening all the time, and even earth-shaking changes can occur. Less than an hour after Chen Feicheng led his troops out, the defenders of Manzhouli finally clashed fiercely with a regiment of Soviet vanguard troops! After fighting for an hour, the defending forces were vastly outnumbered and had to retreat! Before retreating, they blew up the railway, destroying more than 30 meters of track.

  Twenty minutes later, the Soviet army advanced to the suburbs of Manzhouli. Haworth looked at the three battalion commanders in front of him, this old subordinate who had gone through the rain of bullets with himself, he was shocked! Looking at his subordinates covered in wounds, lying on a stretcher and struggling to breathe, Haworth's eyes immediately became moist.

  "Commander, the enemy, those old devils, have launched a surprise attack! I was unable to hold them off, I've failed in my duty, punish me! I've brought shame upon you!"

  "Comrade, old comrade, you've done your best, don't have any regrets, you haven't lost face, I'm proud of you. You were able to hold off the Soviet attack for an hour, that's great, that's great!"

  "Is that so? Really? That's great! I really wish I could go up and kill the old devil! What a pity! What a pity!"

  His voice grew fainter and fainter, then his head slumped to one side, and there was no more sound. Haur's tears flowed silently! He choked back his grief and said: "You go first, I'll be right behind you! Let me kill a few more of those old devils."

  "Order the First and Second Battalions to start attacking, they are in charge of the specifics, only one requirement, that is to kill for me, don't take prisoners! Killing one is breaking even, killing two is making a profit!"

  Hao Er's order is already an exception! He has gone all out and disregarded life and death!

  The 1st Guards Regiment of the Soviet 11th Guards Division has established an attacking position, their plan is simple, that is to establish artillery positions and launch a group charge with infantry! The smooth progress of the battle made the guards regiment look down on the Chinese army more and more from the heart. This was not a fight at all levels.

  But their first attack failed, and after paying the price of more than 30 casualties, they still ended up back where they started! How could they accept that? So, ten minutes later, they launched another attack!

  Manzhouli was not surrounded on all sides, the Soviets seemed very confident, they only launched a wave-like offensive against the north. The sound of "Ura" echoed in the sky above Manzhouli amidst explosions and gunfire.

  Haul personally led the guardsmen to the front line, where they put up a desperate resistance from buildings on either side of the street and from sandbagged positions in the streets. It was a desperate resistance because the Soviets had an artillery battery while the Guards Brigade didn't have a single gun! Soviet tanks were once again within Haul's sight.

  The buildings are not reinforced concrete structures, but simple houses. This is Inner Mongolia, not a major city in the country! The tanks seem to be having an easy time, row after row of buildings being pushed down by the tanks, but this also gave the guard troops an opportunity, the blasting team has boarded, holding bundles of hand grenades and explosive packs, risking their lives to carry out the demolition operation.

  At this time, the warriors' eyes only had the destruction of tanks, only completing the task, bullets or life were no longer their focus, what was left at this time was only loyalty, only mission! Because they are warriors, are soldiers!

  Eighteen warriors! Eighteen lives were exchanged for the destruction of a Soviet tank tread! How can Hauer accept this price? Hauer clenched his fists and roared: "These bastards! I'll make them all go see Yama! I'll let them die without a burial!"

  The shells arrived on schedule, and the ground shook with explosion after explosion. Dust and smoke instantly engulfed the defensive position of the guard regiment. Before the smoke had cleared, Soviet infantrymen were already advancing rapidly forward under the cover of two tanks! The shells continued to pour down on the position without stopping!

  After an hour of fierce battle, Haur had retreated to his own battalion. He was making a last stand by relying on the buildings around the battalion's position. There were less than 20 men left beside him, this was all the strength he had left.

  At this moment, Hauer discovered that the Soviets had retreated! This situation left him stunned, and soon he knew what was happening - his own 1st and 2nd battalions had launched an attack. On the flat open terrain, cavalry indeed possessed immense power! The Guard Regiment was a bit too arrogant, most of its troops had already entered Manzhouli, leaving insufficient forces to form firepower to counterattack the suddenly attacking cavalry battalion!

  "Kill!" The cavalrymen wielded their sabers and charged at the Soviet soldiers standing on the ground! At close range, the infantry was slaughtered by the cavalry! The cavalry charge was unstoppable for the infantry!

  The Imperial Guard soon found itself surrounded, the command post left behind was wiped out, fortunately the commander of the Imperial Guard personally directed on the front line, otherwise it would have been a corpse.

  When the situation was inclined towards the Guard Corps, the Soviet reinforcements finally arrived, another regiment, and it was a motorized unit, tanks, armored vehicles, firepower all opened! Shells and machine gun bullets rained down on the cavalry troops, and the cavalry fell off their horses one after another.

  At this time, the Imperial Guard seized the opportunity to launch a two-pronged attack! Suddenly, they launched a counter-encirclement, and now the Imperial Guard was in danger.

  "Charge!"

  At this time, both sides were fired up, and both were fighting for their own honor. The Soviets did not want to lose to the Chinese, while the cavalry regiment was unwilling to surrender, as one regiment commander put it: "Even if we die, we must take down a few with us!"

  The situation was reversed at the end of the battle, and it was no longer a cavalry regiment slaughtering Soviets, but rather the Soviets slaughtering the cavalry regiment. The second battalion commander saw that the situation was unfavorable, and he had to order a retreat, as in his view, fighting to the death would mean the destruction of the entire army. It's better to leave some trees on the mountain so they can be used for firewood later! Also, it was necessary to leave some sparks for the Guards Cavalry Regiment!

  And the regimental commander is...

  He was out of strength, he now had his head buried in the horse's back, his left hand had been shot, fresh blood had soaked through the left sleeve of his uniform, and fresh blood was flowing down from his fingers.

  With the help of his subordinates, he finally managed to sit up straight again. Panting heavily, he said: "Everyone stand at attention! Put in all your strength and raise your sabers! The target is ahead!"

  As he spoke, his eyes burst out with fierce killing intent, and he roared: "Advance!" His right hand waved the military saber, advancing on horseback! At this time, he had no hands to hold onto the reins, and could only rely on his foundation to steady his body.

  The First Battalion, now only a dozen or so silhouettes are left, but the aura they emit makes the Soviet soldiers opposite them stare in amazement. In their hearts, an intangible sense of reverence rises, and such fearless opponents are worthy of respect! This reminds them that during the War of Resistance against Japan, weren't their own soldiers resisting the Nazi invasion in the same way?

  The second battalion commander heard the intense gunfire and artillery explosions on the battlefield, followed by an eerie calmness. He knew that the first battalion was done for, the first battalion commander and his men were all gone. He felt a tightness in his chest, he didn't know what was wrong with him, he didn't know if this was sorrow? How could he bear to let his close comrades leave him like this? Weren't they always drinking and arguing together, weren't they always talking about marrying each other's children?

  When he couldn't see the road ahead, he wiped his hand and only then did he realize that his fingers were wet. He had actually cried! He growled: "Let's go!" Their direction was to enter the city from the east, which would take them directly to the Rapid Reinforcement Brigade Commander.

  They met Chen Feichen when they entered the city, and Chen Feichen also led his troops into the city. He had received intelligence that he must hold off the enemy in Manzhouli, or everything he had done before would be ruined! Manzhouli had Soviet supplies, not to mention the huge political influence, the Soviets had a complete advantage.

  "Captain Chen, nice to meet you. I'm Dordon, the second battalion commander of the Guard Corps!"

  Chen Feichen warmly patted Du Dang on the back and then got straight to the point, saying: "This isn't the time for introductions or chatting. Now, take me to see your squad leader immediately, we'll defend Manzhouli together!"

  "Yes!" Tudor's eyes were filled with gratitude, and he immediately took the lead to guide Chen Feicheng's troops to the regimental headquarters.

  The Soviets are about to go crazy, they're just about to capture the enemy's command center, but then, a large number of enemy troops appear, how did so many Communist Party forces suddenly emerge?

  The Soviets swarmed into the city, and then swarmed out again. In the process of withdrawal, Soviet soldiers were constantly being shot down. Slowly, the Soviets withdrew from the firing range and retreated to their original attacking position.

  In the dead of night, the temperature had dropped to minus thirty degrees. On the Soviet front line, bonfires were lit to warm up the soldiers. But what about Chen Fei and his men? They didn't dare light a fire, fearing exposure! Then they would become living targets for the Soviet artillery to cover. Also, they were worried that Soviet snipers would pick them off one by one.

  They can only drink some hot wine and add some cotton quilts to keep warm. Chen Feicheng listened to the report from his subordinates, the Soviet Union had already surrounded them on all sides. It seems that the Soviet army's strength is no longer just one or two regiments, at least a division, and even two divisions, and the enemy troops are still coming in continuously.

  Chen Feichen didn't know if the Soviets had launched an attack elsewhere, but in his view, they wouldn't! The Soviets must have encountered problems somewhere and went to find them somewhere else! In Chinese, it's called "falling from where you got up"!

  Chen Fei Chen is now worried that the central government has not yet sent any news, there must be some plan, right? Has no decision been made yet? Impossible! According to his understanding of the chairman, the chairman is not a hesitant leader! Among the strongest leaders of New China, apart from him, who else could it be? He wouldn't be so weak!

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