Age of Rebirth

After reading the reply from Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the first brigade, Zhao Yuhe's heart was filled with a kind of blood churning. He fully believed that Liu Hongzhang and all the soldiers of the first brigade could do this. Before dying in battle, make it difficult for the Soviet army going south!

Putting down Liu Hongzhang's telegram, Zhao Yuhe picked up the reply telegram from Ouyang Yishan, the commander of the second brigade. This is a commander with a completely different personality from Liu Hongzhang. There is nothing similar between the two brigades, but this does not prevent the second brigade from becoming the number one brigade of the entire team.

Ouyang Yishan, the brigade commander of the second brigade, replied in a different style, which was quite satisfactory, "Chief of staff, I have received the call and understand the situation of the battle. The second brigade will rush to Kulun overnight to replenish fuel and supplies there. The equipment and non-combat casualties were left in Kulun, and then proceeded lightly, according to the order of the chief of staff, to the Selenge River area to prevent the Soviet army from going south."

After receiving the call back from the two brigade commanders, Zhao Yuhe felt a little relieved. He originally wanted to report the situation to the division commander immediately so that the division commander's anxiety could be relieved. Excuse me, I had no choice but to suppress my impulse, without even taking off my clothes, lay down on the kang, and fell into a deep sleep. Of course, it was impossible to sleep without any worries. The scene of thousands of troops marching in a hurry appeared in dreams from time to time.

On the morning of September [-]th, just at dawn, Tang Qiuli, who had slept for more than three hours with Mei Xue's lap on his pillow, turned over. After venting last night, his emotions had basically returned to normal. In the cooking class, a light and delicious breakfast was prepared, but facing the breakfast carefully prepared by his wife, he still had no appetite. [

Mei Xue thoughtfully served Tang Qiuli a bowl of porridge.Put it in front of him, and said softly: "Eat, your body is important, there are many things waiting for you to deal with!"

In order not to worry Mei Xue, Tang Qiuli, who had no appetite, forced himself to swallow a bowl of porridge. Mei Xue quickly served another bowl. Tang Qiuli smiled bitterly, and said, "Xue, I really can't eat any more!"

Mei Xue glared pretentiously, put her hips on her hips and said, "Eat, who doesn't know your Master Tang's appetite, you can eat half a cow, the last bowl!"

Just put down my job.Zhao Yuhe came, and he reported to the first and second brigades.Will be a day earlier.When they arrived at Selenge River, they showed the reply calls of Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan to the teacher.

Tang Qiuli took the telegram and didn't read it right away. He put it on the Kang table and looked at Zhao Yuhe, who was pale.Some dissatisfied said: "Yuhe, I didn't sleep all night last night. Your health is important. It is very good that the first and second brigades can move so fast. You and them have worked hard. I will order the border guards of Outer Mongolia The Army Logistics Department will provide the two brigades with all the fuel and supplies they need, come, this is Mei Xue's porridge, eat it quickly!"

Seeing the complexion and expression of the teacher, it was much more normal. Zhao Yuhe let go of most of his heart, and he was not polite. When he was in Yangon, the Indochina Peninsula, he often ate at the teacher's house, and he was used to it. During this period, Outer Mongolia Wang Jun, chief of staff of the border guards, came in.

Wang Jun took a telegram and said: "Commander, Chief of Staff Zhao, Commander Sun just called. I scouted the troops and went deep to the north bank of the Selenge River, about [-] kilometers away. Everything is normal at present, and no Soviet troops have been found. , The reconnaissance troops continue to reconnaissance in the direction of Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, and report any abnormalities immediately!"

Tang Qiuli's face was obviously relaxed, he nodded again and again, and said: "Okay, the Soviets have not moved for the time being. For us, it is a great thing. Tell Zhenbang to closely monitor the movements of the Soviet army and find out the situation. No matter when it is, report it immediately, and you must not be careless!"

"In addition, Chief of Staff Wang, go to the Logistics Department of the Border Defense Army to convey my order. The first and second brigades directly under the Corps will immediately replenish fuel and supplies in Kulun. Some wounded and damaged equipment will also stay in Kulun. Tell me The logistics department, their current task is to ensure the operations of the brigades directly under the regiment, the division logistics department will make unified arrangements, and the deputy director, Major General Zhou Yushan, will lead the logistics system of all troops in Outer Mongolia."

Wang Jun understands that the entire Outer Mongolia region will be transferred to a wartime state. The logistics department of the border defense army will be incorporated into a unified logistics command system. The scale is definitely not small, he thought to himself.

Together, Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe arrived at the temporary headquarters. As soon as they sat down, Zhao Yuhe was about to report the progress of the other brigades except the first and second brigades. Hastily broke in.

Looking at Liu Cuigang, who is usually careless and doesn't care about anything, with a nervous expression on his face, Tang Qiuli's heart skipped a beat. He had a bad premonition. Could it be that the reconnaissance plane sent out by Liu Cuigang according to his order found out The abnormal situation of the Soviet army?The biggest possibility is that the Soviet army has started to attack, but there is nothing unusual in the telegram from Sun Zhenbang just now. What's going on?

As soon as Liu Cui entered the door, he said loudly: "Master, the situation is serious. I sent two brigades of reconnaissance planes to carry out dragnet reconnaissance in the area around Lake Baikal, especially for Barnur, Irkutsk, The reconnaissance in Ulan-Ude, Chita and other places found that the Soviet army went to the Lake Baikal area to increase its troops on a large scale, including tank units, artillery units and mechanized units.”

"The pilot of the reconnaissance plane reported that on all the roads leading to the Baikal area, there were Soviet troops marching. According to preliminary estimates, the Soviet army assembled in the Baikal area will reach the strength of eleven infantry divisions, of which , Most of them are mechanized infantry divisions. In addition, the Soviet aviation force has also increased its strength, and all field airports on the front line of Lake Baikal have landed Soviet fighter jets and bombers.”

"My two brigades of reconnaissance planes were intercepted and chased by Soviet fighter jets during in-depth reconnaissance, and a squadron of reconnaissance planes was lost. According to the returning pilots, these Soviet fighter jets were unfamiliar designation, not the fighter jets of the Air Force of the Transcaucasus Military District of the USSR!"

Tang Qiuli sat heavily on the chair, and his premonition became reality. In two days, the Soviet army did not launch a southward attack. The reason is that they are constantly increasing troops and adjusting their deployment. According to Liu Cuigang, Eleven infantry divisions, most of which are mechanized units, the total strength of the Soviet army will reach 16 to 18. The number of tanks and artillery units is unknown, but it will not be small.

The increase in the Soviet fighter force also shows that Stalin mobilized all the troops he could use, spared no expense, and was so determined to reoccupy Outer Mongolia. Take the opportunity?

It was still Stalin who believed that Hitler’s German army was busy occupying the British mainland, and was busy looking at the Soviet Union. His main corps were all in the Indochina Peninsula and western Liaoning. In a short period of time, they could not quickly reinforce them. This is a rare use of troops in Outer Mongolia. Opportunity, no matter what idea Stalin was playing, the pressure faced by Sun Zhenbang's troops on the front line of the Selenge River was not seven divisions of the Soviet Army, but eleven infantry divisions mainly composed of mechanized troops, and a large number of tanks and artillery units, as well as aviation units.

Tang Qiuli woke up from the state of shock, and hurriedly said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, you should immediately meet up with the first and second brigades and master the marching speed of the troops. Without my order, you are not allowed to carry out any form of battle, be quick!" [

Zhao Yuhe hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Master, do we still need to defend the Selenge River defense line?"

Tang Qiuli said with a gloomy face, "We will decide according to the situation. Yuhe, please remember that you must not take risks. If the Soviet army launches a southward attack today, will the first and second brigades arrive at the Selenge River as scheduled?" At the first line, it becomes meaningless, and the two brigades can't stop the Soviet army from going south no matter what."

Zhao Yuhe left in a hurry, Tang Qiuli called a staff officer over, and said: "Record the order, the Sun Zhenbang Department of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army on the Selenge River line, your department's original task of defending the line of defense here has changed. Army attack, do not need to stick to the blocking line, can adopt the method of aggressive combat, block every step, gradually withdraw to the direction of Kulun, mainly to slow down the speed of the Soviet army's southward march, and report the situation on the battlefield to me every hour."

The Soviet army has more than doubled its strength, and there are also a large number of heavy equipment and aircraft. The originally planned encirclement and annihilation plan is obviously not enough. He said to another staff officer: Record the order, "The direct corps that was originally scheduled to gather in Kulun The assembly point of the third brigade was changed to the Segeleng River area. The eighth and ninth brigades were originally scheduled to use Uliasutai as the assembly point. The assembly point was changed to the Selenge River area. They were originally scheduled to gather in Khobdo The Seventh Brigade, headed for the Uliasutai area."

"Yang Ketian, Chief of Staff of the Eastern Finger, after receiving the telegram, transfer your troops currently in the southeastern region of Outer Mongolia, two mechanized brigades, and one mechanized brigade stationed in Saiyinshanda, from the current place of residence to the Selenge River area to fight The sequence is placed under the direct command of the corps."

After taking a breath, Tang Qiuli said to Liu Cuigang: "Cuigang, your troops are in the western Liaoning area. You only need to keep two fighter regiments and one bomber regiment. The rest of the troops should be transferred to Outer Mongolia. In the air and on the ground, what we are facing will be a fierce battle. The increase in the Soviet aviation force is unknown. We must be prepared. Without air supremacy, it will be a devastating disaster for us. !"

Liu Cuigang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said overjoyed: "It's the division commander. The Northern Flying Group, except for the troops left behind, is heading to the Outer Mongolia battlefield!"

Tang Qiuli turned to Mei Xue and said, "Mei Xue, call Yu Deshui and Shen Jun, the special warfare detachment leader Chu Tian, ​​and order them to come to the headquarters immediately!"

(To be continued) (To be continued. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)