The 122mm howitzer left a deep impression on the Russians as a squadron's heavy artillery, this howitzer was originally a weapon that the Americans supported to Italy, and after the end of World War I, Italy sold it to China, and then China intervened in the war against Russia, and the Americans gave China a part of this howitzer, with China's order for this weapon from the United States and the introduction of 122 howitzers and shells production technology for imitation, the 122mm howitzer became the standard heavy artillery of the Chinese National Defense Forces.

The 122-mm howitzer obviously did not belong to the heavy artillery in the original Russian Empire, but for the current Tsarist remnants, not to mention the 122-mm howitzer, even the 75-mm field gun is also a very dangerous thing.

"Whoa-whoa-"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The sand and gravel in the dry soil became the biggest killer, and people were constantly screaming when they were hit by shells or stones. Even at this time, it was difficult to breathe, and in addition to the smell of gunsmoke, a large amount of dust was inhaled into the mouths and noses of the soldiers, and some of them choked and coughed. But no one dared to stand up, and no one ran wildly, these people were veterans, and they knew that the chance of a shell falling on a person's head and killing a person directly was not great, but the chance of a person running being killed by flying shrapnel was almost 100 percent.

"Ah......" someone screamed, "my legs, my legs!" ”

"My eyes, I can't see, I can't see."

One of the officers immediately shouted: "Prepare for battle, prepare for battle, the yellow pigs are going to attack us, prepare for battle, Russian warriors - ah!" With a scream, the brave officer's entire head was severed off by shrapnel.

Lying trembling in the trenches, Vasilevsky holding the cross in his right hand, finally recited the Bible with a few words: "Blessed is the man who delights in the law of Jehovah and thinks day and night." He will be like a tree planted by a brook. The leaves bear fruit in due season, and the leaves do not wither. Everything he does, it is in order. It is not so with the wicked, but like chaff scattered by the wind. Therefore the wicked will not stand in judgment, so will the sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD knows the ways of the righteous. The way of the wicked. but they will perish...... "Something fell on his head, and then fell on him, and when he looked up and saw that it was a heart, a broken heart, Vasilevsky suddenly felt the urge to vomit, and he once again stuck his head on the ground and prayed for peace with the Bible in his mouth.

After three minutes, the shelling soon stopped. But the Russian soldiers still did not dare to raise their heads, did not dare to speak, did not dare to move, and the battlefield was deadly silent. The crackling sound of the burning material irritated everyone, and some people couldn't help but scream in pain. The three-minute shelling was as long as three centuries, and the soldiers of the remnants of Tsarist Russia, who were already desperate, were even more desolate at this time, so it was better to die like this. It's better than starvation.

The battlefield was mixed with the smell of blood, gunpowder smoke and sand, and when Vasilevsky heard someone shouting "Prepare for battle", he mechanically picked up his gun and lay on the earthen ramparts of the trench, seeing through the gap that there was no enemy in front of him.

After a false alarm, Vasilevsky sighed, sat down, and saw the broken heart that was still beating at his feet was getting slower and slower. Eventually, it stopped, and his mood got worse and worse.

"Alekseev, are you still alive?" He said.

"I'm alive, but I can't seem to move."

Vasilevsky hurriedly walked over and saw this comrade-in-arms, but the sight in front of him made him feel broken, and Alekseev lay on the ground. But he was nailed in the trench by a Mosina dry bayonet, and if he pulled out the bayonet, he would immediately die, so he remained motionless.

"I thought I was going to starve to death. I didn't expect to be nailed here with a bayonet and slowly bleed to death. Alekseev laughed at himself, "It hurts, I'm hungry and hurt." He emphasized.

"Alekseev, you ......" Vasilevsky didn't know what to say, this comrade-in-arms had been fighting with him for a year, but he didn't expect to die in Central Asia in such a way, "Do you want something to eat?" ”

"I want to have some caviar, the caviar for tuna is the best, and then I have a bite of vodka, vodka at 75 degrees, I don't like 55 degrees, it has no taste." Alekseev said.

Vasilevsky hurriedly took out his only slice of black bread, handed it over, and said: "This is the best and most delicious caviar, sir, the dish you called, one thousand gold rubles per ounce." ”

"Damn, I just lost too much blood, not an idiot." Alekseev was moved in his heart, but he scolded, "You stupid, you want to live - by the way, did you talk to Lilia?" ”

"What?"

"Don't pretend, Lilia, that bitch who can talk to anyone for bread, I gave her bread, she's fucking fun."

"I didn't ...... No. ”

"You're not going to fall in love with that bitch, are you?"

"No, it won't."

"It's okay, it's this time, it's the most important thing to live, who cares what your identity is, you ascetic, stupid...... If you really fall in love with her, as long as you offer to protect her, I think she will always be free to you, and you don't need to provide bread yet......" Alekseev's voice grew lower and smaller, and finally lost his voice.

Vasilevsky watched with grief in his heart as he died in battle but could not do anything, he could only bite his dry thin lip, he tested Alekseev's breathing, there was no more, and the dead body was slowly getting cold. He sighed, drew his bayonet, scoured the corpse with ten bullets and put them in his arms, walked back to his original post, and said to himself, "You bastard, God will kick your ass." Chinese, come on, Master Vasilevsky fights with you, God bless me, the Virgin Mary bless me. ”

However, the Chinese did not attack, this wave of heavy artillery attacks was only a warning to warn the 1st Tsar Guards Brigade to surrender as soon as possible, and twelve hours had passed, and the Chinese could not wait. After the Russians suffered this heavy artillery attack, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and nearly a thousand wounded, everyone at the airport was angry and wanted to fight the Chinese, but even the army without the motherland could only be a ghost, they could only curse the Chinese loudly, but did not dare to retaliate. The paramedics rushed to the rescue of the wounded and the bodies were removed.

Vasilevsky muttered to himself: "Chinese, untrustworthy, untrustable, attack us now, when we really surrender to them, we will definitely be persecuted, no, I want to go, I can't go to China." He watched as the paramedic carried away Alekseev's body, hurriedly walked over and said, "Wait a minute." ”

"What's the matter, Sergeant?"

"I'll look at my friend."

"He's dead."

Vasilevsky smiled bitterly and said: "I know, damn the Chinese. ”

"Sergeant, they threw stones on stray dogs in the water (idiom: falling into a well)."

"What do you think of defecting to the Chinese?"

One of the medics shrugged his shoulders and said, "Do you need to talk about that?" Oops, I think I might as well be a gypsy. We're lost dogs, don't expect the Chinese to treat us well. ”

"yes, we're going to be mistreated." Vasilevsky said with emotion.

The headquarters of the commander of the 1st Tsar's Guards Brigade, Lieutenant General Nikolai Rodesky, was also shelled, but only one shell fell around, which only frightened the horses of the command, and with the pacification of the grooms, the horses gradually calmed down. Nikolai Rodsky constantly asked the telegrapher: "Is there no news yet?" No news yet? What do we do, what do we do? ”

"No, Your Excellency."

"Damn, is it a fight or a peace?" In anger, he slammed his military hat on the table, grabbed his golden curls and shouted, "God, are all the people in the headquarters dead?" ”

Deputy Brigade Commander Vlajmirech walked into the command and reported: "The Chinese carried out this shelling of us ten kilometers away, and they did not even do correction, so it can be seen that they have already measured the distance and corrected the position of the artillery." We now have to say that we have been surrounded by the Chinese. The estimated losses in this shelling were at least two hundred, and we lost another two hundred young men, Your Excellency General. ”

"I see." Nikolai Rodesky said dejectedly.

"Twelve hours have passed, what are we going to do? Is it to fight to the death with the opposing cavalry? Vlajmi Reich asked.

Nikolai Rodsky raised his head, looked at the deputy brigade commander with his bloodshot eyes, and said: "How much damage can we inflict on each other?" How many people can these 6,000 lads fight? ”

Vlajmirech smiled bitterly in disappointment, and said with an ugly face: "Three minutes, after three minutes, we ran out of ammunition and food, and had to fight with bayonets - but the other side is cavalry, and we can only become the souls of the cavalry under the knife." ”

"yes, it's good now that the lads haven't broken down." Nikolai Rodsky said with a wry smile, "Wait, wait for the final order, I am sure that there will be an order, and even if we surrender, we cannot lose the glory of the Slavs." ”

Vlajmi Reich said gloomily: "What is the glory of surrender, we are a group of homeless wanderers, and the gypsies we once discriminated against are our future role models." ”

"What do you mean?"

Vlajmirech looked left and right to see that there was no one else, and then he whispered: "Moscow ordered the pardon of all political criminals and prisoners of war of the civil war, as well as soldiers, you should know this news, right?" (To be continued.) )