Chapter 779: Conquering Kulen

The battle of the general attack on Kulen began at about 4 o'clock in the morning on August 17, Tang Qiuli chose the direction of the assault, which was the only backbone defense unit of the ancient army outside Kulen, the Capital Guard Division, which chose tanks as the main assault force, and the terrain was very suitable for the deployment of armored forces.

At the same time, the artillery group of the corps, which was responsible for the fire support of the campaign, also carried out a covered suppression artillery bombardment on the artillery positions of the ancient army outside Méng, which was less than a hundred mén light artillery, where was the opponent of thousands of mén large-caliber artillery, a hail of shells fell, the fire flashed, shrapnel flew sideways, in less than 20 minutes, the artillery position of the ancient army outside Méng, has become a ruin, scattered artillery parts everywhere, The mutilated corpses of the soldiers of the ancient army outside méng.

The defensive position of the capital guard division of the ancient army of Waimung was smashed open a few openings in an instant, worthy of the Royal Forest Army of Choibalshan, the combat effectiveness is quite strong, and the position has been divided into several pieces.

There were also many soldiers, holding bundles of grenades, shouting the slogan "Long live the ancient people's Republic of Méng", fearless to the death of the Chinese tanks, a loud bang, the ancient soldiers outside the méng turned into a rain of blood, this suicidal style of fighting, achieved a certain effect, more than 40 tanks ignited a raging fire.

The infantry attached to the attack hurriedly adopted the tactics of infantry coordination, and more soldiers of the ancient army who tried to take a suicidal attack and destroy the Chinese tank fell halfway, but in the trenches and half-collapsed bunkers, from time to time, the soldiers of the ancient army of the outer méng holding bombs or cluster grenades, as well as the soldiers of the ancient army of the outer méng who were seriously wounded, rolled in front of the tank and pulled the grenades wrapped around their bodies.

More and more tanks were blown up, and the soldiers of the ancient army of Wai Méng, and then used their bloody bodies to block the torrent of steel of the directly subordinate corps, Tang Qiuli, who had been observing the direction of the main attack, frowned slightly, the fighting will of the soldiers of the ancient army outside the méng was somewhat beyond his expectations, these soldiers were all loyal defenders who were poisoned by Choibalsan and divided the government, even if they were given a chance, they would not surrender, but would make the troops suffer greater losses, and the burning tanks made Tang Qiuli extremely painful.

Since there is no need to surrender, let you completely destroy miè, and also for the future of the ancient land of Méng, to eradicate the unstable factors in advance, he issued an order, the tank troops and infantry units, temporarily retreat to the starting point of the attack, and the artillery group of the corps, indiscriminately covering the defensive positions of the guard division of the ancient capital of Méng, tanks and infantry, retreated back in an instant.

Repelled the attack of more than 1,000 tanks of the squadron, on the position of the ancient capital guard division of the outer méng, there was a burst of cheers, and red flags were played out, facing the morning breeze of the grassland, indescribable arrogance and pride, despite this attack, the capital guard division suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and was able to repel the joint attack of the tank cluster and a large number of infantry of the squadron, and destroyed more than 60 vehicles, which is enough to go down in the history of the ancient army of the outer méng.

Division Commander Ji Lantai and Political Commissar Bayarhu, looking at the cheering soldiers, looked at each other with satisfaction, needless to say, a great achievement of Comrade Choibalshan was waiting for them, Bayalhu grabbed the phone and reported to the leader the victory he had just achieved, Choibalshan was overjoyed, the combat effectiveness of the capital guard division was beyond his imagination, and he urgently needed a victory to boost the morale of the army and the people.

"Quick, immediately inform the citizens of the city and all units of the achievements of the capital guard division, and encourage the morale of our soldiers to pay attention to the propaganda effect," Choibalshan is worthy of being a master of agitation, and does not miss any opportunity, and the loudspeakers in the city of Kulun, all over the streets and alleys, immediately sounded, and a defensive battle, by the propagandists of Choibalshan, was touted as annihilating more than 30,000 people in the squadron and destroying more than 900 Chinese tanks, a great victory, an unprecedented victory.

Looking at the red flag raised from the defensive position of the ancient army outside, Tang Qiuli had even more irony from the corner of his mouth, and there was such a fight, for fear of not violating the position of the defensive forces, and said to the artillery commander Zheng Yong beside him: "Zheng Yong, the other party has already indicated the target to your artillery, and the following is for you, just a request, before entering the city, there is no living soldier of the ancient army outside the city in this direction of attack." ”

Zheng Yong, who couldn't bear it for a long time, grinned and said: "Division commander, look at it, my artillery has long been in a hurry" Zheng Yong grabbed the phone and ordered: "The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd artillery brigades, indiscriminately cover the shelling, in front of the defensive position of the ancient army, open a ten-kilometer-wide passage for tanks and infantry, and open artillery."

As soon as Zheng Yong's words fell, the earth suddenly trembled, and a loud thunderous sound suddenly exploded in the early morning air, and countless large-caliber shells swept through the air like a meteor shower, with a scream that tore through the air, and smashed into the defensive position of the capital guard division of the ancient army outside the méng.

One by one, the earth huā rises, the smoke of gunpowder hún is combined with the dust, and in an instant, the number of earth huā can be seen clearly, and later, the explosion point is one after another, the firelight is next to the firelight, rows of soil làng rise, the soil rolls up, Tang Qiuli saw in the telescope, a red flag was washed into the air by the gas làng, and then it was torn apart by dense and flying shrapnel, torn into countless small pieces, and then rushed farther and higher by the gas làng, and was soon drowned in the volcanic eruption-like artillery fire.

After an hour and twenty minutes of rapid artillery fire, the defensive position of the capital guard division of the ancient army outside Méng had completely changed its original appearance, and the division commander Jilantai and political commissar Bayarhu had just grabbed the phone to report the battle situation to the leader Choibalsan, when more than a dozen large-caliber shells flew in, and the division headquarters and all the people disappeared into a cloud of black smoke.

Tanks and infantry, once again attacked, stepping on the soft and slightly scorching soil, a foot down, the soft soil, can not reach the surface of the feet, no signs of life can be seen, the soldiers of the directly subordinate corps, are veterans of war, in the face of such an artillery effect, still can't help but smack their tongues.

Following behind the tanks, the attacking troops poured into the city of Kulun, Zheng Yong fulfilled his promise, and in the direction of the main attack, there was not a single living soldier of the ancient army of Wai Méng, more than 14,000 people of the capital guard division, all disappeared in the artillery fire, the backbone of Choibalsan had been broken, and the large méndòng of Kulen was opened.

The main direction of attack progressed smoothly, and the other three directions were also attacked, and the troops responsible for attacking the western direction of Kulen were the troops of the 4th Tank Brigade and the 6th, 7th, and 9th Infantry Brigades of the directly subordinate corps, more than 40,000 soldiers, and rushed to the front of the defensive position of the ancient army outside the army without effort.

Rushing to the front of the attacking troops, it was the troops of the second battalion and the second company of the fourth regiment of the ninth brigade, after the tank crossed a trench, rushed into the rows of low houses, and the company commander Liu Zhihao, who followed closely, looked around, startled him, all around him were foreign méng ancient soldiers, saying that the soldiers were not like them, the clothes were disorganized, and the guys in their hands were even more five, to the point that they looked like a group of unorganized armed civilians, hurriedly pulling the bolt of the gun.

His eyes were full of frightened looks, Liu Zhihao's muzzle was down, he couldn't bear to shoot at these civilians, as soon as he stopped, a company of soldiers immediately surrounded him, and shouted loudly: "Put down your arms, raise your hands" The language is incomprehensible, these foreign armed civilians can't understand what the Chinese soldiers shout at all.

A few gunshots rang out, and five or six soldiers fell down with blood on their bodies, including Liu Zhihao's communicator, who was a big child who had just turned nineteen years old, Liu Zhihao's eyes were red at that time, and the Suomi submachine gun roared wildly, and the other party fell down, and the soldiers also opened fire, thinking that the Chinese soldiers would not shoot the ancient armed civilians, howled, and the bloody scene had already destroyed their nerves, leaving the guy in their hands, and running in all directions.

Liu Zhihao's company, closely chasing down, similar situations, in all directions of attack, are being staged, the troops encountered, the vast majority of them are unorganized armed civilians, about to collapse at the first touch, everywhere are disarmed Kulun citizens, piles of squatting together, with frightened eyes, peeking at the Chinese soldiers who are constantly rushing in, Qiao Bashan painstakingly agitated, more than 100,000 city guardians, under the fierce offensive of the direct corps, in an instant, collapsed, collapsed into an army.

There are too many armed civilians who have disarmed, and the troops have to divide a part of their forces to guard these fooled citizens who still don't understand the truth, but fortunately, the Tong Batu Brigade came with the strength of a regiment, which came in handy.

There was a battalion, and a large group of armed civilians were caught, all of whom were young fùnv, with ** hundred people, and some troops, surrounded several courtyards, "crackling" and fighting for a while, and when they hit it, they were all underage children, and similar situations occurred in all corners of Kulun, and the situation was quickly reported to where the division commander Tang Qiu left.

Tang Qiuli ordered the troops to adopt the method of encircling and not attacking the armed civilians who were still resisting or the regular army outside the city, and the rest of the troops, not to entangle, according to the original battle plan, to continue to go deep and fierce in the city, to meet at the specified place, the peripheral troops, tighten the encirclement, not to let go of a single resident of Kulun, change the mode of operation, and the speed of the troops' attack was significantly accelerated.

One by one, the attack arrows attacked towards the final meeting point, the location of the ancient separatist government outside Méng, and the headquarters building of the ancient People's ** Party, and along the way, they ignored the sporadic bullets that came in at all, divided the strength of a platoon, immediately surrounded it, and the rest of the troops continued to attack and advance.

At about 8 o'clock in the evening of 17 August, after 16 hours of fighting, the attacking troops triumphantly joined and surrounded the building in front of the headquarters of the ancient People's ** Party in Méng, and the largest city in Méng, Kulun, where the separatist government was located, returned to the hands of the Chinese after 26 years of leaving the embrace of the motherland, and at this time, the whole city was already under the control of the troops.