Chapter 1: Guanshan Fit (1)

The two major groups of the People's Army began to fight back in full swing on January 29. However, at the beginning of the counterattack, the enemy troops attracted by the 7th Column commanded by Tian Guoqiang and the enemy in the Dihua area did not notice any abnormality. The Soviet army, the Provincial Defense Force, Yang Zhengzhong, Ma Zhongying and other troops even began to look forward to the upcoming victory. Only Ma Buqing, who had suffered from the People's Army many times, was hesitant and always felt something was wrong.

When Ma Buqing fought with the People's Army in the Hexi Corridor area, the other party also used landmines to block the area, and even gave up the area occupied. He even fought against Qingma with the advantage of fortifications. In the end, the People's Army was able to highlight the surprise troops and let Qingma suffer a series of defeats. Until now, Ma Buqing suffered under the People's Army in the past few years and almost re-exerted the Soviet army, Provincial Defense Forces and other departments. And it brought a hodgepodge to the hardship Ma Buqing suffered in several battles, and focused it on the current battle.

"Ma Lu, do you say that this 'ministered bandit' is really at the end of the way in Dihua? Will there be any help behind this? Why do I always feel that I am not satisfied?" Ma Buqing couldn't figure out what the problem was, so he frowned and asked Ma Lu, who had followed him for many years, for advice.

"Commander, I'm a little worried," Ma Lu scratched his head and said in confusion. "I don't understand anything else. But I always feel that the 'civilian bandit's strength should not be the only one in Dihua. So what are their other forces doing?"

At the pre-war combat meeting, Dalbut once judged that the People's Army in Xinjiang had a strength of 560,000, but the war had been going on for almost two months, but the People's Army in Dihua still had a strength of about 20,000, and no reinforcements were seen from the other troops on the other side.

"Dalbut also analyzed this issue." Ma Buqing explained, "The territory occupied by the 'civil bandits' in the south of the Tianshan Mountains must occupy part of the troops, and the area east of Dihua to Hami also needs to occupy troops. In addition, Dalbut also revealed that the 'civil bandits' had dispatched tens of thousands of troops to severely damage a cavalry division that the Mongolian army entered Xinjiang."

The encounter between the Mongolian Cavalry Division and Ningma ended with Ningma's victory. The matter of cleaning up the battlefield and interrogating the prisoners fell on Ningma's head. Therefore, Ningma understood that the Mongolian army was fighting against him, but the Mongolian army that was severely injured and fled after being fled all the time believed that it was the People's Army who fought against him. Influenced by the Mongolian army's combat situation report, Dalbut and others also thought that the People's Army had divided their troops to fight the Mongolian army.

After pausing, Ma Buqing added: "In addition, Ma Dunjing and Ma Quanliang led their troops to the east to the back trap. They should also attract a lot of troops from the 'civilian bandits'."

Ma Lu Yidao: "They got trapped after they got back? Are they leaving quietly?"

"I just found out a few days ago." Ma Buqing sighed with dissatisfaction, "Ma Hongkui had killed the Communist Party and fought the Red Army. After the Soviets entered Xinjiang, Ma Dunjing and Ma Quanliang were afraid of revenge, so they lost their contact with Ma Hongkui for half a month. Ma Hongkui panicked and asked Bu Fang to inquire about the news, and I just found out two days ago."

"They are all gone, won't we go?" Ma Lu reminded, "Even if the 'civilian bandits' forces have to take into account the garrison, they have fought with the Mongolian army and Ningma, but how long can such dispersion and restraint last?"

"This is what I'm worried about." Ma Buqing sighed, "But now that Dihua is so beaten like this, it's impossible to give up."

Since mid-January, Dalbut thought he had found a way to deal with the People's Army's ice-covered defense line, various armies poured firepower into the People's Army's defense line around Dihua under the command of Dalbut.

After the ground was covered with ice, the inclined ice surface formed, which was smooth and smooth. The personnel could not stand firmly on it, let alone invest in combat. However, after careful consideration, Dalbut found a way to deal with it. He decided to use artillery and aircraft to bombard it first, and then use tanks to attack. Even if the ice layer cannot be removed as soon as possible, at least it would destroy the inclination of the ice surface, then sprinkle cinders and dust, and then let the infantry approach the attack.

The troops sent to Xinjiang by the Central Asian Military Region of the Soviet Union include infantry, artillery, tank troops, and air force, with a total force of about 6,000. The heavy firepower included field guns with meter caliber, T-26 tanks equipped with 37mm artillery, aircraft with 50 kilograms of aviation bombs, and heavy machine guns.

Such a force is naturally no problem to deal with other forces in Xinjiang, but it is difficult to achieve results when used to deal with the People's Army. With civil fortifications and ice coverage, the People's Army minimizes the destructive effects of Soviet field artillery and tank guns. Even the air defense forces also relied on the advantages of radar discovery and the maneuvering deployment of air defense firepower.

After half a month of continuous attack, although the Soviet army lost another 22 aircraft and 7 tanks were knocked off, Dalbut and others believed that victory was right in front of them and the loss was worth it. At least the inclined ice surface on the periphery of the People's Army's defense line had basically been destroyed, and tens of thousands of troops could launch direct attacks on the People's Army's positions.

"Order all regiments to abandon the existing defense line, withdraw to the outside of Dihua City to defend the troops in Dihua City, and prepare for counterattack." On January 29, Tian Guoqiang issued a new combat order at the command center of the Seventh Column in Dihua City.

Although other troops have launched counterattacks, Dihua will have to attract the enemy for a few more days. Only after the counterattack troops succeed elsewhere, especially after the enemy retreat outside the city is blocked, will the seventh column troops in the area of ​​Dihua City launch a counterattack.

News of the People's Army's retreat again was soon fed back to Dalbut's command.

"The real decisive battle is about to begin." Dalbut swept away the depression in his heart since the war started, and excitedly hit the table with his fists, "order all departments to launch an attack with all their might, and take down Dihua within three days."

The periphery obstacles were cleared, and the combat troops could also devote themselves to it. With the remaining aircraft, tanks, and no loss of artillery, plus more than 30,000 troops, Dalbut's confidence expanded again.

Dalbut also carefully considered the possibility of the People's Army's reinforcements to Dihua. However, he believed that the People's Army reinforcements were very likely to appear from Qiande in the southeast of Dihua, and the possibility of reinforcements from the north side of the Tianshan Mountains was extremely small.

In addition to the heavy snow on the north side of the Tianshan Mountain, a magnitude 6 earthquake occurred from the Beita Mountain in Xinjiang to Balikun Lake on January 28. Affected by this earthquake, the roads and bridges between Mulei River and Qitai collapsed, and the snow and frozen soil that had fallen from the mountain. If the People's Army wants to pass, it will take at least half a month to clean it up.

The road on the north side of the Tianshan Mountains is difficult to move, which basically eliminates the threat that may be encountered on the left side of the attack on Dihua troops. When Gande and Dihua are on the front line of the attack on Dihua troops, they are easily noticed even if there is a threat. It is precisely because of this that Dalbut dares to order all units to attack with all their strength.

After the news from Dihua front reached Hutubi, Jin Shuren, who was in charge, was even more excited than smoking big smoke and didn't close her mouth for a long time. For him, although he was unable to celebrate the New Year in Dihua, it might be good to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Dihua.

However, after Dalbut's order was transmitted to other troops, the reaction was different. The Soviet army and the Provincial Defense Forces naturally followed the implementation without discounts; Yang Zhengzhong, Ma Zhongying and other troops also wanted to take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the discounts were not much; but Ma Buqing had doubts and only invested half of the Qingma troops.

Dalbut, Sheng Shicai and others were determined, but the severe cold in winter in Xinjiang allowed the attack troops to fight during the day. In this way, the attack effect was greatly reduced by the daytime attack. This lack of coherence also allowed the People's Army, which was defending combat, to maintain sufficient physical strength through night rest, and further increased the difficulty of the enemy's attack.

The last three days at the end of January were the three days when the two sides had the most intense fight since the war began. Dalbut commanded more than 30,000 troops to launch attacks on Dihua City, just like a tide hitting the reefs on the coast, and it was shattered in front of the People's Army's defense line.

The three-day fierce battle was unprecedented, and the fierce battle on January 31 was even more prominent. Starting from dawn, Dalbut changed his previous approach to full-scale attacks and concentrated the remaining 20,000 troops in several directions and attacked in turn.

The changes in the enemy's offensive naturally cannot escape the eyes of the People's Army. The enemy changed and we changed. The command of the Seventh Column immediately strengthened the 18 75 artillery pieces that had been hidden but were not used to strengthen the enemy's firepower, and the air defense forces also opened fire with nearly 100 diameters of anti-aircraft machine guns. Of course, in order to make the counterattack stronger in the future, the 37 anti-aircraft guns were still sealed.

In previous battles, the People's Army put into use heavy firepower of more than 50 mortars, 60 large-caliber machine guns, and 75 artillery has never appeared. But now, not only artillery and mortars have appeared, but the number of large-caliber machine guns seems to have doubled. This really made Dalbut, Sheng Shicai and others feel in their hearts.

"Order the troops, air force, artillery, tanks, and all heavy firepower to be put into attack." After measuring his mind, Dalbut gritted his teeth and issued an order.

"Comrade Dalbut, it's better to leave some room," suggested Bortala, the chief of staff of the Soviet army.

"We have no need to keep it to this level." Dalbut shook his head and sighed, and said slowly with a serious expression: "Under international pressure, it is impossible for the domestic side to provide us with more troops and equipment support. Now, we must test the enemy's true strength limit. If our army's heavy firepower is fully invested and the enemy's firepower is increased again, then we must consider retreating."

"Retreat? As it is now, it will not take long to take down Dihua. It is difficult to explain to the soldiers because the enemy's firepower is increased." After listening to the translator, Sheng Shicai was very puzzled and raised objections.

In order to dispel Dalbut's idea, Sheng Shicai thought about it and further said: "There is an old saying in China that is 'returning back', which refers to the flash-like excitement before the end. Although the enemy's firepower is increasing now, it is actually just a rewind."

"Sheng, my judgment is exactly the opposite." Dalbut shook his head, walked back and forth at the command center a few steps, sorted out his thoughts, and then spoke: "We all know that in addition to Dihua, the enemy has other troops in Xinjiang. In the face of our continuous attacks, the enemies in Dihua area did not use so much firepower, which can only be two reasons. First, the enemy has arrived, and the new firepower is brought by reinforcements; second, the enemy originally had these heavy firepower, but for some reason, they have been hiding and not using it before."

It seemed to be to convince Sheng Shicai and to firm up his own judgment. Dalbut's voice seemed to be slower and more ethereal: "If it is the first reason, then we will face the enemy's new force later, which is very unfavorable; if it is the second reason, then the enemy's reason for doing this is to be able to attack our army more seriously, and our annoyance will come."

Dalbut's heart is now full of regrets. It is a bit presumptuous to intervene in the Xinjiang civil war before fully understanding the enemy's true strength. The troops sent seem strong, but in fact, due to serious command problems in the troops under the Xinjiang authorities, the effective combat force is insufficient. In addition, the Soviet Union was affected by international pressure, and the Soviet combat troops entering Xinjiang were not effectively supplemented after losing their troops and equipment, which greatly reduced the overall combat capability.

"If the more than 40,000 troops commanded at the beginning were all elite Soviet troops, such as artillery, tanks, aircraft, etc., they could have won the Dihua now. But now..." Dalbut sighed long, feeling helpless.

Bortala and Sheng Shicai were not clear about what Dalbut was thinking, but they were shocked by the meaning of Dalbut's words. If Dalbut said that the People's Army intended to hide the heavy firepower from the beginning, and even did not use it all when the enemy and us fought fiercely, then there was only one explanation, that is, the People's Army had made great plans and even had the intention to take the Soviet army, provincial defense force and other attack troops in one fell swoop.

Sheng Shicai looked at Bortala and found that the other party's eyes were full of anxiety, so he tried to calm himself down and asked, "Is the situation really corrupted to such a level?"

"It's not easy to say now. Let's just look at the battle situation this afternoon." Dalbut sighed and said quietly: "We have not prepared enough for fighting in the severe cold of winter. This battle has been a bit hasty since the beginning. We underestimated the enemy too much."

In fact, what really underestimated the enemy was the big men who decided to intervene in the Xinjiang civil war and urged and limited the combat time limit. Without understanding the real situation of the enemy and not listening to the opinions of the commanders in the front, the adults' behavior of intervening in the combat process based on political considerations is the root cause of the current dilemma of the Soviet army and the Provincial Defense Forces.

Although Dalbut now understands it, he cannot, and dare not blame the great men of the Central Asian Military Region and Moscow. He is even now sighing for his future destiny. He has not achieved breakthrough results for a long time. If he suffers major losses, even if Dalbut can return, he will definitely face strict scrutiny from the military region and the Soviet security departments.

After hearing Dalbut's words, Sheng Shicai was not a fool, so he naturally understood the pros and cons. He tried his best to make the Soviet army and Mongolian army fight in Xinjiang, but ended up like this. Sheng Shicai's heart was now full of bitterness. Bortala, on the other hand, was also full of worries about the fate of himself and the Soviet army.

However, what made Dalbut, Bortala, Shengshi feel a little relieved was that until the evening, the People's Army in Dihua did not show more heavy firepower. This gave them a glimmer of hope, and it seemed that the result was not as bad as imagined?

On the evening of January 31, Tian Guoqiang, deputy captain of the 7th Column, and Shao Wenbin, convened a meeting of the regiment-level chief officers of the participating troops to deploy the combat operations the next day.

"It has been three days since the headquarters and the group launched a counterattack. When the brothers were interspersed and detoured, we dragged more than 30,000 enemies under Dihua City for three days. During these three days, the troops fought very resolutely and hardly, and the headquarters and the group had powered to commend them. Of course, we paid a lot of price in these three days, many combatants died, and many injured."

After looking at the leaders present, Tian Guoqiang could feel the sadness in their expressions caused by the loss of the troops. It has been more than a year since the establishment of the Seventh Column. In the past year, everyone has struggled together and the brotherly relationship has become increasingly deeper. However, in this battle, many good brothers who were active in the past have sacrificed their lives. It is fake to say that they are not sad.

However, it is not a sad time now. After a moment of pause, Tian Guoqiang raised his voice and said, "But all this is worth it. The three days we have to hold the enemy back, not only won the precious time for the brothers to intersperse, detour, and advance thousands of miles, but also created conditions for us to annihilate the enemies in the Dihua area.

Tomorrow, our department will also join the ranks of comprehensive counterattacks. But the first thing we need to solve is the 30,000 enemies gathered around Dihua. For this reason, I ordered: "Hellfire" operation to be fully launched, all departments will strictly implement the combat plan issued by the department, and be sure to annihilate the enemy around Dihua, and do not let one person escape."

With Tian Guoqiang's murderous words, the Seventh Column also began to make preparations for the counterattack, opening the prelude to the battle of annihilation.

The 7th Column chose to launch another action on the fourth day after the start of the major counterattack, and it was agreed by the Xijin Group Command. The counterattack began on January 29. Although the 49th weather was over and the coldest period was basically over, the solar term was still very cold at this time. Moreover, this winter is colder than in previous years. Not only did the Bohai Bay have a large area of ​​freezing, but even the outside of Qingdao Port, known as the unfreezing port, also appeared, and Xinjiang is naturally colder.

In the severe cold wind and snow, in addition to Bole and Tacheng, the roads from both places through Wusu to Dihua, were maintained for transporting combat materials by the Soviet army, provincial defense force and other departments, and could be used, and the roads from Hami to Turpan to Dihua and Luntai can also be used due to the maintenance of the People's Army. In addition to these roads, most of the roads in the northern Xinjiang are covered with snow. Although there is less snow in the southern Xinjiang, like most areas in the northern Xinjiang, the existing roads can only be transported by rubber wheel trucks or trucks below 3 tons. These constraints have increased the difficulties of the People's Army in counterattack.

The journey from Hami to Chenghua, Burjin and other places in the northern Xinjiang Altay region is more than 1,000 kilometers. Even the journey from Dihua to Chenghua is more than 700 kilometers. On this long route, it is not easy to clean the road covered with snow, which can be passed through rubber wheel trucks or lightweight trucks. Even if the car equipped with the fourth column is equipped with a special snow-pick shovel, you can't reach your destination without about 10 days.

From these aspects, it seems that the longer the seventh throne drags the enemy in the Dihua area, the better, but in fact it is not the case.

After the Xijin Group launched a counterattack, Chen Zhiyuan would lead the assault troops hidden in the mountains to attack Yili and Tacheng for a long distance. If the assault troops successfully occupy Wusu on the 29th, it would be possible to seize the empty Yili in 3 or 4 days with the conditions of transporting troops by car. And the Anhaiji, Ulan Wusu, Suilai and other places east of Wusu, thus cutting off the enemy's retreat route in Dihua. In other words, even if the 7th Column does not launch a counterattack, the news that the assault troops cut off the enemy's retreat route will not be concealed for long. It is precisely because of these factors that the Xijin Group agreed to Tian Guoqiang to set the counterattack time of the 7th Column on February 1.

After breakfast on February 1, Dalbut commanded his troops to launch an attack on Dihua like a few days ago with the cooperation of the remaining artillery, tanks and aircraft. This began. However, when the remaining 20,000 troops entered the frontier and entered the frontier to fight, and the remaining 29 aircraft also flew over Dihua, and more than 20 artillery bombarded the People's Army's defense line one after another, the disaster of the attacking troops came.

A firepower far exceeding the previous one suddenly broke out in the People's Army's defense line. 29 aircraft were hit by an unprecedented intensive firepower as soon as they flew over Dihua. In addition to the 100 anti-aircraft machine guns exposed yesterday, the Seventh Column used two anti-aircraft artillery battalions, a total of 36 dual-equipped 37 anti-aircraft artillery guns.

Under such intensive firepower, except for 4 of the 29 Soviet aircraft who escaped by luck because they were on the edge of the firepower range, all 25 of the other 25 were torn to pieces.

Just as the air defense forces showed their power, more than 40 fire snakes suddenly emerged from the front positions of the People's Army and rushed towards the 21 T-26 tanks. In an instant, 21 tanks were hit one after another, exploded one after another, and caught fire.

Before the Soviet attacking troops could understand what was going on, they were equipped with the 105 artillery used by the Seventh Column, and the 75 artillery also began to cover and strike the attacking troops.

After the strengthening of troops and equipment in October 2015, in addition to the mortar, Xijin Group had a total of 160 towing artillery pieces of more than 75 caliber. Among them, there were 36 old 75 artillery pieces, 16 old 105 artillery pieces, 72 new 105 artillery pieces, and 36 new 155 artillery pieces. In addition, there are two 107 rocket artillery battalions.

Among these artillery, the assault troops led by Chen Zhiyuan took away 24 artillery pieces of two new 105 artillery battalions and two 107 rocket artillery battalions. The rest were assigned to the Seventh Column and the Ninth Column by the West Rise Group. Due to the heavy combat mission, the West Rise Group Command specially assigned 18 75 artillery pieces and 40 new and old 105 artillery pieces of the Seventh Column.

When he saw the plane from the telescope, the tank was destroyed by the People's Army, and dozens of light and heavy artillery from the other party covered and attacked the attacking troops, Dalbut's heart suddenly tightened, as if it was swept into the abyss by a powerful force. He murmured in a daze: "It's over, it's completely over."

On the one hand, Bortala, Sheng Shicai and others had pale faces, and the mantra that Dalbut said echoed in his heart: "It's over"

It seems that such a blow is not enough to vent the anger of the People's Army. It seems that Dalbut and others are about to sink their hearts to the bottom of the valley and then crush them a few times, and they are trampled to pieces. Suddenly, a continuous explosion broke out on the attacking force's position. The entire attacking force's ground was almost completely lifted into the sky. Before the explosion was swept into the soil of the explosion air waves, the attacking force's forces fell to the ground, and the gasoline, kerosene and other oil mixed in it were attracted and exploded.

The result of these consecutive explosions was that the position of the attacking troops was almost completely wiped out. Among the more than 20,000 offensive forces, except for the Ma Buqing who had planned to preserve about 4,000 troops on the periphery, the established troops no longer existed. Looking at the mushroom clouds that soared straight into the sky and fragmented limbs, internal organs, and various equipment that were twisted into scrap iron, the warring sides stood in shock and completely forgot that they were still in the battle at this time.

However, the artillery soldiers behind the People's Army could not see the tragic scene of the frontier battlefield like Avici Hell, and still carried out artillery according to the pre-caliberated range. The continuous artillery sound reminded that the war between the two sides of the war had not ended, but now the survivors of the attacking side and the officers and soldiers near the frontier of the People's Army did not re-enter the battle at the first time, but turned around and vomited loudly. Even Nie Hui, the chief and deputy commander of the 704th Regiment who had followed Zhao Zhenzhong to fight north and south since the war, and Meng Qingxi, who had been accustomed to life and death, could not help but feel nauseous when he saw the scene near the frontier positions.

"Hell is Hell" In the command center behind the attacking force, Dalbut sat on the ground in a daze, repeatedly defining the scene of the battle scene at this time...

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