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Erjikurgan (excerpted from Denikin's "Memoirs of World War I"

The battle of Tarjikurgan was expected. The frequent Chinese fleet suddenly fell silent, which proved that the Chinese were about to take action. After talking to the respected General Kolchak, I became more deeply concerned about the attack that the Chinese were about to launch. General Kolchak also agreed with this point. Unfortunately, Moscow did not agree with this point. Given the tense situation in Tarjikurgan, General Kolchak repeatedly issued electricity to Moscow, asking the troops to retreat so that they could be more convenient for supply. His telegrams fell to the sea.

When the battle broke out, our disposal was still intermittent. In addition, hunger began to appear, and people fell down every day, resulting in a lack of a pound of black bread. (Chinese translator's note: Denikin's memory was obviously wrong here. According to the Russian documents after the war, before the Battle of Tarjikurgan, the Russian army's food reserves were enough for them to persevere until spring. Obviously, some people cunnedly stole some of the food reserves and then converted them into golden rubles.)

In December, the Chinese reconnaissance troops came more frequently, and unknown radio wave activities began to occur frequently. Although General De Kolchak organized several searches, he never caught a hidden spy. The atmosphere at the headquarters of the Tarjikurgan Fortress District was getting tense. I visited various positions every day and heard them.

Yes, the Chinese are about to attack, and the "sleeping lion" predicted by the French king has woken up. Their army is well-trained and can pull up an army of millions at any time. They can put troops into any corner of the world like the waves of the sea. Such enemies are really discouraged by thinking about it. Russia has 70 million people, which can be considered a large population in Europe. However, compared with China, it is estimated that China can pull out 70 million troops, which is really a result of no victory. We can only achieve some small victory, such as annihilation of more than one million people, and then we will be trampled by tens of millions of troops, so we should retreat in a big way. Thousands of years ago, the Huns did that, and the effect is good.

The victory or defeat of the battle is determined by the military forces before the exchange of fire. After losing control of Central Asia, the isolated Tarjikurgan was unable to obtain the supplies needed, while the Chinese continued to obtain everything they wanted, weapons, ammunition, fuel, food, tents, equipment, water. Nothing would make the Chinese feel headache, but for us. This was the opposite. There was a very shortage of fuel, and the fuel of the tanks was frozen, so we lost the last weapon. German ·

Although General Kolchak sincerely requested and argued with reason in order to get more supplies, he even got furious, but everything he did was ineffective in the end. The consequences of lack of available fuel were reflected in future battles. I will focus on this later. ((Chinese translator's note: Regarding the issue of fuel, Denikin was a little extreme. Even if there was no problem with fuel, the Russian army had less than one hundred tanks, and they were used separately, so it would not have any impact on the battle situation)

At night, my frontal position was brutally bombed by Chinese artillery. An ancient castle with a history of 300 years. Zalkent, which my ancestors had worked hard to manage, was destroyed in front of modern weapons (Chinese translator's note: Here are hundreds of words deleted. Denikin viewed his barbaric invasion from the perspective of Western colonists. Russian colonists destroyed countless civilizations on the way toward the east by barbarism. These ancient castles were blasphemous against human civilization and naturally had to be completely erased. Mr. Denikin not only did not regret this, but on the contrary, he believed that this was a transformation of backward civilization by advanced civilizations.)

...The Chinese targeted Zalkent, which was beyond everyone's expectations. Countless tanks and armored vehicles came from the northeast. The Chinese artillery fire suffered by our northern line was much more violent than the southern line... Zalkent lost in the morning and freed up his hands to attack Zalkent's artillery positions and material reserve bases, among which the reserve team in the western part of Zalkent Highlands suffered a greater blow.

It is obvious that the Chinese will launch an offensive battle after dawn the next day, and the attack location will be selected in Qingshui River. For this reason, I suggest that General De Kolchak draws some troops from places that have not been attacked to reinforce Qingshui River, and pay special attention to the Zalkent Heights. I think that if the Zalkent Heights are lost, the Chinese will cut off Tarjikurgan from it, which will have irreversible serious consequences for future operations. It is a privilege that General De Kolchak fully accepted my opinion after listening carefully...

...The battle was extremely fierce. As an observer, facing the Chinese tanks chasing soldiers everywhere on the wasteland, I personally manipulated a 37mm rapid-fire cannon and destroyed one about to rush to the position. However, there were too many Chinese people. They kept attacking our positions with human sea tactics. Finally, I and the infantry company stationed in Qingshui River fought hard to the end. In the end, I gave up the position, but finally gave up the position due to the huge gap in strength, retreated to the Zalkent Highlands, met with the highland defenders, and tenaciously resisted the Chinese people's sea tactics...False, the caliber of the 37mm rapid-fire cannon was not paid attention to the armor of the tank. Obviously, I mistakenly thought of an ordinary car as a tank)

...Before the sun rose, the Chinese launched a more crazier attack on the Zalkent Heights. The artillery barrels on the battlefield were already red due to excessive firing of shells. The gunners had to pee at the barrels and cool them down. The rifle was worn seriously and the range of the shells was greatly shortened. Many machine gun positions were destroyed under the extremely fierce artillery fire of the Chinese, and many positions had reached the last one. In order to repel the endless crazy attacks of the Chinese, everyone on the high ground was put into battle. My deputy, Walter Ubrich, and Goebbels, formed a team and controlled a machine gun to guard the door of the command post. After the Chinese attack was repelled, the shell casings piled up in front of us were about to swallow people.

(Chinese translator's note: This description is also false. The battle was not so fierce at that time. Most of the artillery did not fire the first shell, and some ammunition boxes had not opened the seal. It was obvious that Comrade Denikin calculated the heroic spirit of his dream to himself)

But the enemy's attack was still defeated by us, I have to say, when you face this

When I was in the air, the only thing I could do was persevere! But when I saw that it was not ten thousand, I suddenly knew that this attack was just a feint. The real attack of the Chinese was imminent, and the target was definitely not on the southern line.

...It is disappointing to meet with General German Kolchak. General German Kolchak was frightened by the enemy's terrible offensive and had lost his judgment. Although I repeatedly suggested to General German Kolchak to give up all positions and the entire army alternately covers the retreat to Almaty, so that it can last longer. However, General German Kolchak believed that he was unable to bring the army back. For this reason, he believed that the troops should stick to their positions at all costs and never take a step back. Although the Chinese were successfully interspersed, as long as we kept consuming them, we could waste the Chinese to death. At dawn, I sued in disappointment

Farewell to General De Kolchak. The last glimmer of hope for changing the war was lost because of General De Kolchak's stubbornness. (Chinese translator's note: Facts prove that Denikin's plan was not very clever. Countless battles later proved that General Denikin gave up Mount Zalkent at that time. The Russian army would be defeated thousands of miles away when retreating. Under the pursuit of brave and fearless Chinese soldiers, the Russian army in the Tarjikkurgan would no longer exist. Mr. Denikin overheavaled here to estimate the fighting will of the Russian army, and at the same time he deliberately belittled the Chinese army's offensive capabilities.)

I was stationed in Kritika with my army, ready to give the Chinese a surprise at any time, but what I didn't expect was that the Chinese gave me a bigger surprise...

...I heard the Chinese tanks suddenly appear in Kritika and were rushing towards Tarjikurgan from Kritika. I ran out of my residence and stood on the roof to look south. The situation was irreversible. On the beach and in the orchard, groups of tanks lined up in dense queues, firing machine gun bullets while rushing forward at an incredible speed. Rifles and machine gun bullets hit the tank in vain, except for knocking sounds, it was useless. A 37mm shell immediately attracted dozens of shrapnel rounds, and the artillery fell down with blood. The attacked tanks only dropped some paint, paused for a moment and started moving forward again.

Behind the tank, there was also an eye to the armored vehicles on the edge, and more cars with steel plates installed behind them. The bullets had no effect on the cars. The machine guns on the roof of the car killed any Russian soldiers who tried to approach them one by one. The earth was trembling, and the rumbling sound was mixed with the sound of machine guns and cannons firing. The cannons were crushed into waste by tracks. The trembling machine gun positions were bombarded by tanks, providing hidden trenches, rushed up and along the battle

The trench was scattered and became the tomb of the soldiers. Countless Chinese people jumped out of the cars installed with steel plates on the position. They wore rubber-soled shoes, held bayonet rifles, and made scary screams to drive the unkilled Russian soldiers out of the position. After leveling the trenches, they took the car and followed the tanks to advance towards Tarjikurgan. Faced with the torrent of steel sweeping over, the Russian army collapsed. They lost their fighting spirit, abandoned their weapons, and fled in all directions.

There was no force to stop this steel monster. The Russians had lost their determination to resist, although Tarjikurgan had a strong fortress. In a short while, the Chinese tanks had broken through the defense line.

...The Russian army lost its combat power and was in chaos. All the cars that could be driven, motorcycles and some people had fled the city. The soldiers who retreated to this point and the local residents who escaped from their homes were at a loss. They shouted at the people who left, but no one dared to come back and take them away, fearing that the Chinese army would catch up. In fact, I think if they had half the speed of escaping during the attack, then we would definitely defeat the Chinese.

The sound of Chinese tank tracks crushing the streets outside was clearly heard. Facing the pursuers behind, I was powerless. At the critical moment, someone in the crowd called me. A small convoy came to find me and took me away from this place that was about to become hell. Thank God, my prayers were not in vain (Chinese translator's note: Mr. Denikin started talking nonsense again. According to the later captured fortress commander confessed that the convoy sent a convoy to rescue Denikin because Denikin secretly stuffed a thousand gold rubles to him. From this we can see how hypocritical Mr. Denikin was).

...I am very happy to meet some old acquaintances again, including the commander of the fortress area, the commander of the artillery, and the famous Russian patriots. In addition to these acquaintances, there are Mayor Tarjikurgan, Mayor's lover 1, Mayor's lover 2, one of the mayor's lovers, and the mayor's lovers of the car drove away at high speed. The fire-lit Tarjikurgan gradually disappeared behind us. Everyone in the car looked at Tarjikurgan who was trapped in hell, silent.

The battle of Tarjikurgan was not very large in the entire world war, and the battle was not that bloody and cruel. As for the duration, it was very short, but this battle reflected the trend of future wars. That was the armored cluster assault. Last night, they were still confronting the Russian army in the Zalkent Heights 100 kilometers away.

However, one night, the infantry took an armored car and under the cover of tanks, and did not stop at the strongholds along the way. They rushed to Tarjikurgan at lightning speed, completely destroying the Russian army's command system in Tarjikurgan. After the fall of Tarjikurgan, the Russian army, which was bloody resistance in the strong Zarkurgan Heights, lost its value of resistance, and their heroic battles were all futile.

From the Battle of Tarjikurgan, it can be seen that in the future wars, the battle will not be entangled and the front line. Tanks and armored cars will be combined into powerful fists, and will make an enemy's expectation to cross the enemy's weak points and advance towards important command, transportation and logistics hubs behind the enemy. Whoever can achieve this will win the war.

Because it is as fast as lightning, people call this battle a blitzkrieg. As the first advocate of this battle, Batel was called General Lightning. After defeating the Russian command center, the armored group did not stop. After a brief rest, the new target was waving to the armored legion again!
Chapter completed!