Chapter 19 West Asia (4)

It was completely dark, and Chenyang ordered the troops to speed up the march. At this time, the vanguard troops in front came to the news that it was only 1 kilometer away from Elazade. Chenyang looked at the watch and it was 9 pm.

Chen Yang listened carefully and could vaguely hear the sound of gunfire from afar. Chen Yang was delighted and finally caught up.

"Order the troops and stop advancing. Launch the battle formation!" After giving the order, Chen Yang rushed forward immediately. After arriving at the vanguard, Chen Yang realized that the vanguard was the artillery unit of the 66th Division, and they were pulled behind.

Although the troops had a long journey and the officers and soldiers worked very hard, sitting in a car to marching was still limited in physical strength.

"Article all troops to complete combat preparations within half an hour, and the vanguard troops immediately enter the city to reinforce the 66th Division." Chen Yang issued another combat order, and the artillery of the 66th Division was now directly under the command of Chen Yang. Chen Yang ordered them to launch outside the city and prepare for fire support.

Elazze, Lin Moran had fewer and fewer people around him. After dark, the Russian army continued to attack wildly, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the 66th Division were still fighting desperately. Lin Moran knew that this might be his last moment.

Hiding behind the broken wall, Lin Moran led several staff members of the division to hold on. At this time, the Russian attack temporarily stopped. Lin Moran believed that such a pause would not last long.

A group of black shadows touched from behind. As they walked, they whispered: "Where is Commander Lin? Are we from the mixed brigade?"

A huge warm current hit Lin Moran's body. He had been fighting alone for three days and finally waited for his reinforcements. Lin Moran shouted a little out of control: "I'm here!" Thinking of the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who died in the past three days, Lin Moran's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

The black shadow quickly ran to Lin Moran and saluted: "Report to Commander Lin, Zhang Debiao, the first battalion commander of the Mixed Brigade's vanguard regiment, was ordered to come for reinforcement. Our brigade commander said that when he found you, please immediately ask you to lead the 66th brothers down, and we will leave this here to us."

After returning the gift, Lin Moran said sadly: "Okay, please give me everything! Send the order and tell the brothers that our mission has been completed." Lin Moran seemed to be speaking to all the brothers who died in Elazer.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was fate that the Russian army, which had been attacking for more than a day, had been paused for a long time this time, and it had been almost an hour, and the Russian army had not yet begun a new attack.

At the Russian command center, Grand Duke Nun Laevich was completely impressed by the tenacity of the Chinese army. In three days, the troops at his hand suffered as many as 20,000 casualties. Although the troops were still continuing to attack, their spirits had been exhausted. The Chinese army is still standing within a radius of less than 200 meters west of the city. Nun Laevich ordered the troops to rest for two hours, let the soldiers who fought for one day eat something, drink some water, and then eliminate the final enemy in one go.

When Chen Yang heard that Lin Moran came down, he immediately went forward to meet him. When he saw Lin Moran from afar, Chen Yang ran over quickly and saluted, "Senior, I'm late for reinforcements, please forgive me!" Speaking of which, Lin Moran had also studied at the CSKA in Germany and was the senior of Chen Yang. Lin Moran looked at Chen Yang, who was full of dust and said with emotion: "If you come later, the 66th Division will be completely finished."

Chen Yang looked at Lin Moran and didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Lin Moran quickly recovered and said, "Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's quickly inform each other of the situation. The next attack of the Russian army will begin soon."

Chen Yang didn't talk much nonsense, so he immediately took out the map and pointed to the map with the light of the flashlight and said: "Here, according to the headquarters' notice, the 68th Division of the 67th Division has arrived in Diabalk, and it will take up to six hours. Our unit has a total of 13,000 people, plus an international Allied Army of a division, with a force of 15,000. He did not bring all the heavy artillery troops, but the heavy artillery regiment and heavy mortar regiment of the 66th Division have reached it."

At this time, after deploying the troops, Radik, the commander of the International Allied Army, rushed to the front. Seeing Chen Yang, he said, "Chen, my troops are all ready for battle, and I am waiting for your order. The superiors ask me to listen to your command. Please rest assured, I will definitely cooperate with you."

After Chen Yang introduced Lin Moran to him, Chen Yang and Radik wanted to hear about Lin Moran's division. Lin Moran pointed to Elazze on the map and said, "At present, Elazze has basically fallen into the hands of the Russian army. The remaining 66th Division is less than 300 people. Now the positions in the city have been taken over by the vanguard of the Mixed Brigade. Should we do the next step? Let's discuss it?"

Lin Moran seemed to have a simple introduction, but listened to Chen Yang and Radick's hearts shocked. One division, it was like this for three days, and the hardships were imaginable. Chen Yang looked at the map for a long time and suddenly said, "Look at this, do you want to order all the internal teams in the city to withdraw first!"

Lin Moran and Radick looked at Chen Yang in surprise and said, "Oh? What do you think?" The two of them spoke in unison, but one spoke in English and the other spoke in Chinese.

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Retreat all the troops and create an illusion for the Russian army, that is, our army has completely retreated, and then concentrate all artillery fire. When the Russian army is relieved and bold, we will catch him off guard and then launch a general attack."

Lin Moran thought for a while and said, "Didn't you say you didn't bring your heavy artillery with you?"

Chen Yang said: "The heavy artillery regiment of the 66th Division, plus the heavy artillery running regiment of our brigade and alliance division, I calculated that all the artillery fire was concentrated, at least 200, which was enough for the Russians to drink a pot."

"Yes, in the current situation, we are just entering the city, and it is difficult for so many troops to fully launch. It is better to prepare and fight back." Radick also decided that the plan to hunger Chenyang was feasible.

"Okay, as long as we launch a counterattack at night, the Russian army will definitely not be able to withstand it. When two reinforcements from the divisions arrive tomorrow, we will have to make good calculations with the Russians." Lin Moran cursed fiercely.

Sure enough, after the Russian army found that the Chinese army was retreating, they were ecstatic. The Russian army, who had been nervous for three days, even had no energy to pursue the fleeing Chinese army. Grand Duke Laevich took out the vodka he had collected for many years, poured a glass of him and Chief of Staff Dragevich, and drank the glass of wine in one gulp and said, "I finally took it down, these damn Chinese."

At 3 a.m., most of the Russian troops had just found a place to go to bed. They were so tired. The Russian troops did not notice the crisis that was so close to each other.

After a brief rest, the Chinese army outside the city had basically recovered its vitality. After 3 o'clock, more than 200 light and heavy artillery guns aimed at the city of Elazze. The officers and soldiers of the mixed brigade and the Jewish division officers and soldiers were also ready for all combat.

At 3:10, three red signal flares appeared particularly dazzling in the night sky. For a moment, the entire Elazze was flooded by the artillery fire of the Chinese army. Elazze, who had been quiet for several hours, was boiling again.

The Russian army in their sleep was dizzy by the fierce artillery fire. Before they could fully wake up, the assault troops had already entered the city like a whirlwind. The mixed brigade and the Jewish division advanced in two directions, rushing hard towards the depths of the city.

"Avenge your brothers in the 66th Division!" Every time the artillery members of the 66th Division fired a shell, they would shout.

"Avenge the brothers of the 66th Division." The soldiers of the mixed brigade also shouted slogans and rushed towards the Russian army.

"Avenge the Chinese brothers of the 66th Division, the Chinese nation and the Jewish nation will always be friends!" The officers and soldiers of the Jewish Division also shouted and bravely advanced.

The Russian army, which was suddenly hit by a sudden blow, was immediately in chaos and had no way to organize effective resistance. The panicked Russian soldiers were everywhere in Elazze. They threw their weapons and fled everywhere.

The nun Laevich was quickly awakened by the sound of cannons. He did not expect that the Chinese army's reinforcements were so fast. You should know how difficult it is to march in the desert. The nun Laevich was not panicked, after all, he still had about 4 divisions of troops.

The nun Laevich immediately ordered that the two divisions that came to reinforce immediately organized a line of defense. The city's internal team should not panic and gather the troops as soon as possible to organize a counterattack.

The chaos of the Russian army lasted for about two hours. The troops behind quickly organized simple defenses, and the Russian army began to show weak resistance. Nun Laevich still overestimated the combat effectiveness of his troops, or in other words, he underestimated the determination of the Chinese army to win.

The temporary defense line cannot stop the Chinese army from advancing. The well-equipped mixed brigade and Jewish troops can be said to be the elite among the elites. How could the Russian army, which is not good at night wars, be the opponent? Our army recovered three-quarters of Elazade's urban area in just one hour in a counterattack with an unstoppable momentum and continued to advance.

The Russian army, which had been fighting for three consecutive days, was exhausted, and the ammunition supply of the troops also had problems. The Mixed Brigade and the Jewish Division were completely new forces. With the gap in equipment, the disadvantages of the two attacks were obvious at a glance. Although there were still 60,000 people in the Hunger Bureau, most of them were unable to fight now. The Russian soldiers who were unwilling to fight either flee or surrender. Two hours later, the Russian army was completely driven out of Elazade. If it weren't for the nun Laevich organizing troops to defend in time, even his command would have been taken down.

After re-occupating Elazade, Shenyang and Lin Moran Ladick discussed and decided to stop pursuing the troops and first eliminate the remaining enemies in the city.

When it was dawn, another good news came. The 67th Division and the 68th Division were fully equipped to Elazze. Now it was only two kilometers away from Elazze. A brigade of the 69th Division was also approaching Elazze. Now it was less than 10 kilometers away from Elazze.

The sacrifice of the 66th Division was not in vain, and the war began to develop in a direction that was conducive to the Allies.
Chapter completed!