flstandardbreds Chapter 138 This is China's territory 2
Chapter 138 This is China's territory 2
After Shangyue Liangfu and his cavalry of more than 2,000 people entered the outer grassland, they were still discovered by the Soviet border guards stationed there.
But this was just a Soviet border outpost, with only one squad of Soviet soldiers and a platoon of foreign steppe soldiers.
Faced with more than 2,000 Japanese cavalrymen, they thought that these Japanese troops were attempting to launch a surprise attack on them.
At this time in the Far East, the Soviet garrison troops had become worryingly small, and a large number of manpower were withdrawn to the European battlefield to fight a bloody battle with Nazi Germany.
At this moment in the Kursk region of Eastern Europe, both the Soviet Union and Germany had already stationed millions of troops, especially the Soviet army, which was trying every means to send more troops.
Among them, Germany had about 78 troops, 2928 tanks, 9966 artillery pieces, and 2110 aircraft.
The Soviet army had about 191 million troops, 5128 tanks, 2792 artillery pieces, and aircraft.
However, the Soviet command structure headed by General Georgy Zhukov and General Konstantin Rokossovsky felt that these troops were not safe enough.
Once again, 20 troops were transferred back from the Far East, mainly from the garrisons in the outer grasslands.
Now there are only less than 20,000 Soviet troops stationed in the entire Outer Steppe area, and the rest are some "puppet government border guards" established by the Outer Steppe itself!
When the Japanese army rushed into the area controlled by this border outpost, the troops stationed at the outpost did not dare to come out to stop them.
Fortunately, the Japanese cavalry did not kill them indiscriminately, but only robbed some cattle, sheep and horses from local herdsmen's homes around the outpost.
Then, these Japanese cavalrymen disappeared from these people's sight as quickly as a gust of wind.
When these Soviet troops and puppet border guards tried to leave the outpost, they suddenly found that the place in the south where the Japanese had just passed was once again raising a cloud of dust.
At first, they thought it was the follow-up troops of the Japanese army, but when the smoke got closer, the Soviet soldiers all had strange expressions on their faces, because what appeared in front of them was a figure that every Soviet soldier was extremely familiar with - a group of T34 tanks!
However, what is surprising is that the flag flying on these tanks is China's blue sky, white sun flag!
At this moment, the soldiers of the Outer Grassland Border Guard, who had been timid and afraid to act rashly when facing the Japanese, suddenly seemed like a different person.
When they saw the flags flying on the tanks, their eyes were instantly filled with hatred and anger.
These people seemed to have found their target at once. They acted quickly and without hesitation set up the water-cooled Maxim heavy machine guns on the outpost and pointed the muzzles directly at the tanks not far away.
Then, they pulled the trigger without hesitation, and a series of dense bullets shot out from the gun barrel, rushing towards the tanks like a torrent.
The Soviet soldiers nearby seemed to be watching a big show as well. They knew that the tanks in front of them belonged to the Chinese because they had seen such tanks before.
They also knew to some extent that the Soviet Union had provided some Soviet equipment to China before signing a non-aggression treaty with Japan.
But there were no tanks among these equipment, and as for where these tanks came from, this was not something that these soldiers could understand.
"Da da da……"
"Bang bang bang..."
The Mosin-Nagant rifle bullets and Maxim heavy machine gun bullets hit the tank armor, making a clanging sound.
Some tank commanders who had popped their heads out of the hatches were frightened pale by this sudden scene. They quickly retracted their heads, their hearts full of confusion.
No one expected that these guys on the opposite side were so ferocious. They opened fire without even saying hello.
"Commander! We are under attack. The grassland border guards in that outpost are shooting at us!"
Hearing the urgent voice coming from the communicator, Zhang Jiaqi couldn't help but curse: "Fuck! You idiots, what are you still standing there for! Fight back!"
I was a little surprised by the sudden swearing of my teacher. After all, my teacher has always been a gentle person. I didn't know why he suddenly changed today.
"Yan Dabiao! Are you fucking made of wood? Now that they're shooting, why the fuck don't you shoot back!"
Zhang Jiaqi yelled into the communicator, his tone filled with anger and dissatisfaction.
He couldn't understand why his troops were so sluggish and failed to respond to the enemy's attacks.
Yan Dabiao's voice came from the communicator: "Commander, they are our own people, we cannot open fire..."
Zhang Jiaqi's expression became even darker. "Bullshit! How can they be considered friendly forces? They are now enemies! A bunch of bastards who are trying to sell out the country. Beat them up!"
Yan Dabiao hesitated for a moment, but still gave the order: "Everyone pay attention, aim at the target, and fire!"
Following his order, dozens of tanks opened fire at the same time, and the shells whizzed towards the enemy's outpost.
For a moment, flames shot up into the sky, smoke filled the air, and the entire outpost instantly turned into a sea of fire.
Zhang Jiaqi looked at the sentry post in front of him that was covered by artillery fire, turned around and asked a guy next to him who was sorting out his photographic equipment.
"How's it going? Did you film all the scenes of those grassland people shooting?"
When the man heard the question, he immediately replied, "Don't worry! Commander Zhang, I have filmed everything. I will take the footage back to the army headquarters and report it to you!"
Several armored vehicles escorted the photography team back to Zhangjia K, and the pictures they brought back appeared on the front pages of most Chinese newspapers the next day.
Even newspapers in the United States and Britain made the breaking news their headlines.
With the evidence that these grassland people took the initiative, the Second Armored Division could finally act with justification.
Under the pretext of pursuing the remnants of the Japanese army, they drove tanks and armored vehicles across the vast land of the outer grasslands.
Their goal was clear and firm: to capture as many places as possible, preferably Ulan Bator, which was the capital.
Now, this city has become the target of the 2nd Armored Division, and they want to bring this land back into the embrace of the motherland.
However, at this time Ulan Bator had lost the protection of the Soviet garrison.
Due to the tense situation of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet army had long been transferred from here to the European battlefield to participate in the battle.
This left the Outer Steppe area in a state of emptiness, giving the 2nd Armored Division an excellent opportunity.
At this moment, the Soviet Union and Germany are in the midst of another decisive battle to determine their fate. The Soviet Union is also unwilling to have any conflict or dispute with China at this critical moment.
After all, they needed to concentrate on dealing with the German attack.
In addition, from a legal and moral perspective, the Chinese army did nothing wrong.
They are just performing their duties and safeguarding the interests of the country.