The Gilgalan Pass under the wind and rain completely turned into a world of water. The small water flows on the mountain gradually gathered together, and became more powerful as they went to the bottom of the mountain. By the time they reached the mountain pass, they had turned into a huge torrent.
The floodwater poured down from the steep slope with an angle of more than 40 degrees, forming an unstoppable tide, sweeping down branches, vegetation, and huge rocks, and threw them into the muddy grassland below.
The Soviet troops on the mountain were suffering terribly. This heavy rain would destroy the positions built in the mountains. In desperation, the Soviet commander had no choice but to order to temporarily abandon the position and abandon some of the bunkers that were seriously flooded.
Withdraw all to
In the cave high up, listening to the deafening sound of water hitting the rocks and water outside, and gnawing on moldy pieces of bread, many Soviet officers and soldiers were so upset that they simply picked up their wet marching quilts, covered their heads, and fell asleep.
At the entrance of a cave halfway up the mountain, two sentries posted by the Soviet army slowly lowered their heads, listening to the noisy sound of water, as if they were listening to a lullaby.
All the Soviet troops in the cave were sleeping with their heads covered.
There is a serious shortage of food now. Only sleep can reduce physical exertion. Moreover, in such bad weather, it is difficult to even walk, let alone march and fight. Therefore, the Soviet commander did not even bother to check the checkpoints and leaned weakly on the rock wall.
Go up and fall into a drowsy sleep.
No one realized that at this moment, on the ridges on both sides of the mountain pass, the soldiers of the Anjia Army in camouflage waterproof uniforms had slowly moved up. Under the cover of the sound of the flood, they gradually approached the cave and quickly pulled out the two dozing Sus at the door.
Kill the military guards, then follow the cave and go inside.
Although the Soviet officers and soldiers vaguely felt someone passing by them, they only thought it was one of their own and covered their heads tighter. When the Anjiajun controlled all the key points in the cave, they shouted in simple Russian, "Hand your guns and don't kill."
, the Soviet army only reacted when "treating prisoners preferentially", but at this time it was too late to resist. Seeing the dark gun muzzles all around, the Soviet army, who was dying of hunger and tortured, obediently became prisoners.
In this way, one cave after another was recovered, and by noon on the 15th, the entire Gilgaran Pass was under the control of the Anjia Army.
After receiving the good news from the front line, Hu Jiyang was very happy. The road to the south had been opened. From now on, as long as the weather improved, the troops could move south at high speed. Soon the news was reported to Tatarsk. The theater commander Hu Jialin calmly reported to the Eastern Front
The Corps' victory report was forwarded to Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong.
Prior to this, Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong had received an order from the General Staff to launch an offensive against Andijan and end the war in the south as soon as possible. Now they received a meaningful telegram from Hu Jialin, and they felt huge pressure. After a little discussion,
Finally, I made up my mind to detach a regiment from the four infantry divisions that arrived at the front line. First, I would assault the iron barrel array set up by the enemy, detect the Soviet firepower, and decide whether to launch a full-scale attack based on their reaction.
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In the dense rain, Major General Zhou Zhenfang, commander of the 19th Motorized Infantry Division, stood under a shed made of plastic sheeting, holding up a telescope to view the Soviet positions in the distance.
Andijan is located in the east of the Karakalpak grassland and on the west bank of the Kara River. To the west is the piedmont plain with an altitude of 400 to 500 meters. To the east is the foothills of the Fergana Mountains and the Alai Mountains. It is the most important natural gas and oil producing area in Uzbekistan.
It is the third largest oil producer in Central Asia. In addition, it also has a large textile complex, including cotton ginning, silk reeling, oil refining, fertilizers, chemical fibers, oils, canneries and thermal power plants.
In order to block the eastward advance of the Anjia Army, the Soviet army built three trenches and dozens of large bunker groups in the eastern part of the gentle grassland. The mother and sub-forts were staggered and connected with each other by communication trenches with drainage ditches.
Can support back and forth.
The strong wind whipped up dense raindrops, making it blinding. The sound of gunfire, mortars, and the explosion of grenades were all heard.
The attack of the 77th Infantry Regiment finally began, and the attack arrow was directed at the large group of bunkers in the middle with the most intense firepower.
Listening to the fierce shouts of the attacking troops and the red flags that appeared and disappeared in the wind and rain, Zhou Zhenfang felt his blood boiling all over, but he knew in his heart that this battle was not easy to fight. Now his army was almost a light infantry division and an artillery unit.
Being blocked in Fergana, coupled with the bad weather that prevented fighter planes from taking off, it was very difficult to attack the enemy's heavily guarded solid positions. Everything could only depend on the Soviet army's will to resist.
Due to heavy rain, the trenches were filled with water. The Soviet army withdrew the troops in the front trenches and all retreated to the bunkers in the rear. The infantry waded into the water and rushed to a place more than 300 meters away from the enemy bunkers. The enemy's machine guns fired wildly.
The ground rang, and the attacking troops were immediately suppressed by the firepower fired by the bunker group and were unable to raise their heads on the muddy grassland.
The location of the Soviet bunker was well chosen. The terrain was not very high, but it blocked the advancing route of the attacking troops. Cross fire was formed between the bunkers, and fire snakes were constantly spitting out from the shooting holes. Because of this
The first attack was a skirmish line attack. Generally, a platoon had to deal with several bunkers in the front, so the attack seemed a bit inadequate.
Zhou Zhenfang frowned, but he did not interfere with the command below. He also wanted to see how the middle-level and grass-roots commanders responded to this situation.
Soon, the follow-up troops arrived. The officers and soldiers did not care about the chest-deep water in the Soviet trenches. They stood in the trenches, set up general machine guns one after another, and opened fire quickly.
The scene of hundreds of general-purpose machine guns firing volleys is very spectacular. Every three machine guns fire continuously at a shooting hole.
The three-hundred-round bullet chain used by the general-purpose machine gun has almost no interruption time when shooting. After a round of salvo fire, a waterfall-like bullets continue to drill through the shooting holes of the bunker, and a wave of bullets rises around the shooting holes.
There was a puff of blue smoke, and the machine gun fire in the bunkers suddenly stopped.
The Soviet commander in the bunker hurriedly changed shooters, but the one who went up quickly had his head smashed by a bullet, and the next one who went up had his head smashed again before he could fire a few shots. They changed several shooters in a row, and then there was no one left.
If you dare to go up, the soldiers will push and push others to go up. At this time, even the political
It was useless for the workers and cadres to say harsh words. No one was willing to do a job that was obviously going to lead to death. In desperation, in accordance with the good tradition of leading by example, the political workers and cadres in these bunkers came to the firing holes and served as machine gunners. Who knew?
They only fired a few shots, and they were all beaten into pieces.
Just as the Soviet officers and soldiers in each bunker were looking at each other, the Anjia army infantry rushed forward quickly, using rocket launchers at close range, aiming at the bunker's shooting holes to bomb, and as the rockets rushed into the bunker one after another in the rain curtain
Inside, bursts of earth-shattering explosions sounded one after another.
One by one, the bunkers blocking the Anjia Army's path went up to the sky amidst violent explosions. The guns and human bodies inside also flew into the air with the smoke, and the attacking troops rushed forward with shouts.
When the Soviet troops behind the bunker saw that even the solid fortress had been blown up, An's army charged at them with bayonets in their hands, screaming wildly and running back.
The junior officers of the Anjia Army followed closely behind with their troops. From time to time, fleeing Soviet soldiers were knocked down by bullets.
The Soviet troops who were responsible for intercepting the rear were all hungry and had extremely weak fighting will. They had even less combat effectiveness after running away. Soon the charge troops broke into the city of Andiyan.
Zhou Zhenfang could hardly believe his eyes. He had broken through so easily. Where were the Soviet reinforcements? And where were the overwhelming artillery? After fighting the Soviet army for so long, he would be ravaged by Soviet artillery of various calibers almost every time.
Where are there such relaxing battle scenes as today?
Zhou Zhenfang quickly reported the situation to the headquarters. Li Jinlong and Ye Cheng looked at each other and immediately realized that maybe as the headquarters said, the main force of the Soviet army had been transferred, and what was left here now was just a small force to contain them.
It seemed that he might have been deceived by the Soviet army's tenacious style of fighting to the death.
Therefore, Li Jinlong and Ye Cheng immediately issued an order to send two more infantry regiments to join the offensive. If the Soviet army really retreated, then the strength of the three regiments would be enough to defeat the opponent. If this was a trap deliberately set by the Soviets, then they
There are also sufficient reserve troops to deal with the Soviet counterattack.
In the west city of Andiyan, Lieutenant Company Commander Gao Shangbin led his company and drove the Soviet troops into several independent large courtyards. After entering the courtyards, these Soviet officers and soldiers quickly closed the gates, then climbed up the wall, under the cover of the rain curtain.
Next, keep shooting and throwing grenades outside.
Gao Shangbin saw that these Soviet troops had a strong will to fight and had no intention of surrender. He quickly called the troops to suspend the attack, and then ordered the mortar team of the heavy firepower platoon to suppress the enemy.
An infantry company of the Anjia Army has four infantry platoons and one heavy firepower platoon. The heavy firepower platoon has four squads. Each squad is equipped with a general-purpose machine gun and two mortar groups. Each mortar group contains a
60 mortar, one 50 mortar, plus a rocket launcher.
The soldiers of the heavy firepower platoon quickly adjusted their gun positions. Taking the squad as a unit, four mortars from two mortar groups were aimed at a yard and fired continuously. Each shell made a sharp scream, and in a very short time
Within a short period of time, it smashed into each courtyard. Amidst the continuous explosions, fireworks shot into the sky in these courtyards, houses collapsed, and broken guns and corpse fragments flew everywhere.
After the bombardment ended, the infantrymen quickly rushed into the yard, leaving a mess everywhere. The Soviet troops who resisted were basically blown up by the shells. The few who were lucky enough to survive raised their hands in a hurry, fearing that they would be too slow to follow in the footsteps of their companions.
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The battle lasted for half a day. After the close cooperation of the three infantry regiments, the soldiers compressed the Soviet troops into three Z-shaped bunkers in the east of the city. They were soon attacked by extraordinary rocket launchers and it took less than an hour.
, and all the enemies were eliminated.
At this point, Andiyan fell into the hands of the Anjia army without any danger.
Through interrogation of prisoners, it was found that the main force of the Soviet army had withdrawn eastward along the Kara River three days ago and met up with Chuikov's troops in the Osh area. It is estimated that it has now moved south through the Tardyk Pass and entered the Kizersu Valley, preparing to climb over the Pamir.
Plateau.
Ye Cheng and Li Jinlong were greatly ashamed. While sending troops to continue eastward and occupy Zalal Abad, Osh and Uzgen, they reported the latest situation to the theater headquarters and Nanhua headquarters and reviewed their mistakes.
Hu Jialin and Yang Fei called back one after another, asking Ye and Li to command the troops to move eastward as soon as possible. If it is confirmed that the Soviet army has really moved south to the Pamir Plateau, Hu Jiyang's troops will no longer go south and will be transferred to the northern front to fight in the near future.