The battle to forcibly cross the Amu Darya River is ongoing.
On the west bank of Karasar, Lieutenant Colonel Ding Guanying and his commando team are undergoing the most severe test. The rain of bullets coming from all directions has made them unable to raise their heads. Soldiers are constantly being overturned by bullets or mortar shells.
Seeing this situation, Ding Guanying knew that it was now a critical moment of life and death, and immediately said to the communications soldier following him:
"Tell the artillerymen to use heavy artillery to suppress Highland 091 in front of us!"
A minute later, the artillery shells hit the small high ground opposite the commando team like hail, instantly turning the place into a red furnace.
After another five minutes, the artillery fire began to slowly cross the high ground.
Seeing this situation, Ding Guanying waved his hand heavily: "Brothers, charge and capture the high ground on the opposite side!" After saying that, he took the lead and rushed forward with his automatic rifle in hand.
Seeing Ding Guanying, deputy captain of the division's special forces brigade in charge of this mission, rushing in front, other soldiers immediately rushed forward with shouts.
Soon the officers and soldiers rushed to the enemy's position like a pack of wolves. Those Soviet soldiers who were hiding in the trenches and artillery holes had just arrived at the position. They did not expect that the Chinese army came up so fast, let alone the heavy artillery just now.
The bombing made the surviving Soviet soldiers dizzy, so when Ding Guanying and others rushed forward, they encountered no strong resistance at all.
"Da da——"
Accompanied by violent fire from automatic rifles, a Soviet soldier who had just stood up with a look of horror on his face fell to the ground. He was still holding a Mosin-Nagant rifle that had not yet been loaded.
Almost immediately, Ding Guanying's comrades rushed forward. Automatic rifles, submachine guns and general-purpose machine guns began to spray out bullets as ruthless as the scythe of death, harvesting the lives of the remaining Soviet soldiers.
In just five minutes, Ding Guanying and his commando team took control of the 91-meter-high hill and successfully drove a nail into the Soviet defense system.
At this time, on the east bank of the river, the engineers and soldiers of the Anjia Army were busy working hard. Planks and wooden posts were pushed into the river one after another. Then the engineers used rubber boats and wooden posts to secure them firmly.
The wires were tied together, and soon most of the construction of a pontoon bridge was completed.
"I wonder what our commander wants to do? Build a bridge under enemy fire?"
Seeing this inexplicable pontoon bridge, Major General Li Li, commander of the 22nd Motorized Infantry Division, shook his head heavily. Then he looked across the river, and gunshots continued to ring out.
"I hope they can hold on until tomorrow morning!" Li Li muttered silently.
In the headquarters of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Soviet Stilt Army, not far from the Amu Darya River, Major Egonor, the internal affairs committee member of the 9th Soviet Regiment, was holding a phone and getting angry with his four battalion commanders, threatening to
Send them to the internal affairs department for review. Because the commando led by Ding Guanying captured the 091 Highland
The regiment's defense area greatly shaken the Soviet defense in this area. Therefore, as the internal affairs committee member of the ninth regiment, he was under great pressure. The political commissar of the ninth regiment, Major Yelovsky, and the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Volodya, came together
They discussed how to regain the position, but when they heard the shaking shelling outside, they felt uncertain.
"Report! Urgent report from the front line: The searchlight just shone on the river surface, indicating that the Chinese army is erecting a pontoon bridge!" A communications soldier reported loudly.
Yelovsky looked shocked: "To stump the enemy, they want to open a gap through our regiment in one go?"
"It should be!"
Volodya nodded: "The river here is the narrowest, and engineering operations are easiest...Comrade Political Commissar and Internal Affairs Comrade, I suggest that we ask for help from the division headquarters immediately! Now our defense task is very arduous. We not only have to defend the river, but also
To recapture Highland 091, our troops are stretched thin, so we can only ask for guidance from our superiors!"
Yegonor discussed with Yelovsky and felt that the loss of the position was a heavy responsibility. He agreed with the regiment leader Volodya, so the news of the forced crossing of the main force of the Chinese army in Karasar was reported to the division headquarters.
The Soviet command center responded quickly and mobilized two regiments of troops from both wings of the entire front, concentrated them on Karasar, and ordered that Highland 091 must be recovered before dawn. At the same time, the artillery also moved closer to the area, trying to destroy the enemy's pontoon bridges as much as possible.
Never allow the opponent's superior force to cross the river.
Just when the Soviet army was determined to retake the high ground at all costs, Ding Guanying organized another platoon of troops. Under the cover of heavy artillery on the east coast, they launched an assault on the 082 highland on the flank of the 091 highland. Although the Soviet army
The defenses there had been strengthened, but they were still caught off guard. After a quarter of an hour of exchange of fire, the Soviet army lost about 300 people and basically lost its offensive capabilities. The commandos retreated with fruitful results.
After receiving the news that Ding Guanying's commando had established a foothold on the north bank, Sun Desheng immediately revised the plan. The second wave of reinforcements immediately took assault boats and forcibly landed in the 091 highland area controlled by Ding Guanying's department. This force was led by the second wave of reinforcements.
Twelve Motorized Infantry Division
A team of 500 officers and soldiers from the special brigade and the teaching regiment were equipped with a large number of mortars and rocket launchers and carried a large amount of ammunition. After they successfully landed and joined Ding Guanying's troops, they greatly increased the defensive strength of the area. The Soviet army
Feeling more and more uncomfortable.
Therefore, the Soviet army decided to take a preemptive strike, organized a fierce attack, and sent a reinforced battalion to attack the 091 Highland from the front. However, it encountered stubborn resistance from the Anjia Army.
Under the dense rain of bullets from automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns, the Soviet army suffered heavy casualties in an instant and had to retreat to its original position. However, the Soviet commander was not depressed. Half an hour later, the counterattack force composed of two regiments began a new attack.
A round of offensive, for which the Soviet army once again concentrated three artillery battalions to carry out violent bombing on Highland 091.
When the first artillery shell fell on the commando position, Ding Guanying immediately realized that the Soviet army was preparing to launch an attack, and the scale must be large, so he only left a few observation posts on the position, and the rest all withdrew to the defense dug by the Soviets.
In the artillery hole, at the same time, he used a personal radio to call his own artillery to counter-suppress the enemy, and informed the artillery on the east bank of the enemy's bullet impact point through the radio.
Ten minutes later, fierce shelling sounded again on the east bank of the Amu Darya River. At the beginning, only two shells landed on the Soviet artillery position one after another. The Soviet artillery panicked for a while, but after that
After three or four minutes, I saw no subsequent artillery shells falling. I thought it was an aimless shelling by the Anjia Army, so I continued to attack Highland 091.
Five minutes later, after an earth-shaking earthquake, shells fired from various artillery pieces at the Anjia Army artillery position on the east bank of the Amu Darya River flew towards the intended target. The explosion of fire instantly turned half of the sky red, and then almost
Every two minutes, the artillery shells would cover the intended target again, causing huge casualties to the Soviet artillery.
Obviously, the Soviet artillery that had just undergone a major purge could not compare with the war-torn Anjia Army in terms of the quantity, quality, caliber, or even the quality of the artillery itself. So it didn't take long for those Soviet artillery that had been wreaking havoc.
Became mute.
But on the front line, the Soviet offensive was not affected by the failure of their artillery. After slightly adjusting their formation, the Soviet army began their attack.
Two regiments of nearly 4,000 troops rushed like a tide towards the position guarded by Ding Guanying and his commandos. Faced with the overwhelming firepower from all directions, the commandos withstood a great test. The enemy was forced to do so.
Artillery shells and shells from mountain artillery kept falling on Highland 091.
The battle was fierce. As the Soviet soldiers slowly approached, many of the commando soldiers fell in a pool of blood. What was even more terrible was that due to the need for continuous shooting to resist the opponent's fierce attack, the commando team carried
Ammunition has begun to be scarce, and most machine guns have less than three bases of ammunition.
In the dark night, the Soviet army, with its large numbers and good individual soldiers, had a decisive advantage. They quickly surrounded Highland 091 like an iron barrel formation. Seeing that the opponent could not escape, the Soviet commander actually used a psychological offensive.
Two people who knew Chinese were sent to continue shouting to Highland 091 through the microphone, hoping that the soldiers on the high ground would surrender.
You must know that this area was originally the ancient Silk Road, and Chinese culture spread widely here, so it is very easy to find a few people who can speak Chinese.
"Surrender? Just because of you unevolved soldiers?"
"If you can, just step on our corpses and come up..."
"Old Maozi, throw away the gun and come up and lick my asshole obediently. It makes me happy to serve you, and you said you might not think about it..."
Bursts of laughter echoed from Highland 091, and the warriors of the Anjia Army clearly rejected the Soviet army's surrender through all kinds of jokes.
The Soviet army became angry and launched another attack. The warriors of the Anjia Army, who had experienced hundreds of battles, used their precise marksmanship to block the Soviet army's crazy assaults again and again.
At this time, all kinds of weapons in the hands of these soldiers played an extremely important role. Whether it was an automatic rifle or a semi-automatic rifle, whether it was a general machine gun or a sniper rifle, every soldier on the high ground became a majestic sniper.
After the bullets popped out of the barrels of their guns, it was like they had eyes. As long as any Soviet soldier dared to reveal his body, there would be an extra hole in his body.
No matter how much effort the Soviet army spent and how many troops they invested, they just couldn't do anything to this small 091 Highland.
However, this battle also greatly consumed the strength of the commando team. During the battle, the officers and soldiers who stood firm suffered losses to varying degrees, including Captain Zhong Zaiwu, the commander of the Special Brigade of the 22nd Motorized Infantry Division who was later reinforced, and the Second Company of the Teaching Regiment.
Lieutenant Chang Huangjing was shot and killed by Soviet bullets.
However, the commandos did not collapse because of this. They were stuck there as firmly as nails and faithfully performed their duties.
"Commander, all the main forces of the Soviet army have been restrained by our army and reached Karasar. The river-crossing operation can proceed as scheduled!" Sun Desheng, who had been commanding the operation for a whole night, reported to the front army commander Li Jinlong.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, soldiers. On behalf of the Front Army Headquarters, please pay a high salute to the frontline soldiers. Please hold on. Once we successfully cross the river at the second crossing point, their pressure will be greatly reduced!" Li Jinlong
Encouragement on the phone.
"Thank you, Commander, for your concern. I will always look after this area and use the artillery to suppress the enemy. I will definitely support you until the main force arrives!" Sun Desheng said into the microphone.
Another hour later, a bright color appeared in the eastern sky. On the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River, five kilometers away from Karasal, Li Jinlong's front army invested six heavy artillery regiments here and began to cover the other side of the river with artillery fire.
"Boom boom——"
More than 400 artillery pieces of various calibers ravaged the Soviet positions on the other side for half an hour, consuming tens of thousands of artillery shells in total. The observation posts responsible for observing the impact points of the bombs unanimously believed that the other side would not be able to survive under the suppression of their powerful artillery fire.
Room for counterattack.
However, Li Jinlong did not think so. After a day and night of fighting, he had clearly realized that the enemy on the opposite side was not easy to deal with. The Soviet army's tight defense and clever position construction were far beyond imagination. The enemy must be resolutely defeated.
Only by crushing the stubbornness can the troops break through as quickly as possible.
Another quarter of an hour later, a terrifying roar sounded in the sky. This was the B2 dive bomber of the Anjia Army Air Force coming for reinforcements. Hundreds of fighter planes surrounded the entire sky tightly, accompanied by bursts of sharp roars.
With roaring sounds, planes began to dive at high angles, and soon the newly calm river bank fortifications on the west bank were once again plunged into a sea of flames.
Li Jinlong looked at his watch, turned to Chief of Staff Wu Xianwei and said:
"Order the troops to cross the river immediately and occupy the bridgehead! The artillery fire begins to extend. Don't let the opponent's reinforcements add one more soldier here. The engineers immediately begin to splice the pontoon bridge. In short, within half an hour, I want to see our armored troops step on
The land on the other side!”
Li Jinlong pointed to the other side and said loudly.
After the last B2 dive bomber dropped its bombs, a thousand assault troops selected from all armies based on Sun Desheng's suggestion began to cross the river. In order to achieve a surprise effect, the assault troops gave up using rubber boats and assault boats.
Instead of using the tactics of crossing the river, they simply carried out armed crossing.
The soldiers wore inflated rubber vests, put their boots on both sides of their shoulders, raised their weapons high, and began to swim toward the other side of the river under the cover of infantry artillery and mortars.
This strange move had an unexpected effect. Under the cover of artillery smoke, a team of thousands of people arrived on the west bank of the Amu Darya River silently. Many Soviet soldiers were knocked down before they could even open the bolts of their guns.
On the bank of the river, Su
The defensive positions behind the army were mostly muted due to the double blow of artillery and B2 bombers. The remaining ones were quickly sent into the sky by the commando's rocket launchers and grenades. In just ten minutes, the river bank fortifications were destroyed.
Changed hands.
Taking advantage of their troops' advantage, the engineering troops began to build bridges. They first knocked down wooden piles on both sides of the river, and then connected sections of the pontoon bridge they had built overnight to the other side of the river, and then used rubber to
Boats and zodiacs were used to strengthen the connection points, and finally wooden stakes were knocked on the connection points. Soon a wooden bridge connected the two sides of the Amu Darya River.
Ten minutes later, after the two tanks were crushed and proved safe, the Wolf and Panther tanks of the Armored Brigade of the Guards Corps directly under the Front Army, and the Armored Regiments directly under the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Army began to drive onto the pontoon in a steady stream.
The balance quickly tipped towards An Jiajun.
By two o'clock in the afternoon, the Soviet army began to retreat under the attack of the armored units of Li Jinlong's front, and then it evolved into a major rout.