Age of Rebirth

Saiyinshanda, located more than 800 kilometers south of Kulun, is the only gateway from Outer Mongolia to China's Inner Mongolia. There is a railway and a road connected to Kulun. It is also the only area not currently occupied by the Soviet army. To the south is Erenhot, a border city in China's Inner Mongolia. The distance between the two is less than [-] kilometers. The commander of the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army stationed in Kulun, Vasilevsky, must be Sai Yinshanda in his next move. .

The problem facing Tang Qiuli lies in a decision, which is to stick to Saiyinshanda and keep the Soviet army out of Saiyinshanda's door, and to fight a few times with the Soviet army in Saiyinshanda to contain the Soviet army Continue to go south.

Still in the face of the Soviet attack, they gave up Saiyinshanda and continued to retreat to the border area. However, the distance from Saiyinshan to Erenhot was less than [-] kilometers, and there was very little room for maneuver in the battle. After occupying Saiyinshanda, within a few days, Chen Bing will be in the border area. In addition, the Soviet army occupied Saiyinshanda, which is tantamount to strangling the throat of the independent division troops to return to Outer Mongolia. It will definitely take a lot of trouble to hold back all the Soviet troops entering the Far East.

Faced with two choices, Tang Qiuli hesitated and weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, making it difficult to make a decision at the moment. From the heart, the situation in the Far East is about to undergo major changes. There is no need for the Soviet army to face head-to-head.

However, the strategic maneuvering space in the southern part of Outer Mongolia is only so large. If the strategic space is sufficient, Tang Qiuli will definitely keep retreating and lure the Soviet army to continue to penetrate. At that time, once the Germans make a move, it will be too late to turn back.

I racked my brains and thought about it for two days.Tang Qiuli was still hesitating, unable to make up his mind to choose a method of combat. During this period, he also consulted the deputy commander Liu Tiehan. Liu Tiehan's answer was very simple, "Master, from the south of Kulun, only Sai Yinshan is a front line. It can be used as a line of defense to stop the Soviet army. If it is abandoned, whether the Soviet army will enter Inner Mongolia is not necessarily known. Therefore, my opinion is that Sai Yinshan must be defended!" Liu Tiehan said in the telegram.So said.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe's suggestion.It is another way of thinking, "Master, our military strength in Outer Mongolia is only more than 100, while the Soviet Army, although there is only one Outer Mongolian Front Army, has a strength of more than [-] million. The strength is very different. Our weapons Equipment, the combat effectiveness of the troops. It can make up for some of the shortcomings, but it can't change the disadvantage of the comparison between the enemy and the enemy."

"At Saiyinshanda's front line, blocking the Soviet army, the troops will definitely pay a huge price in casualties. If we stick to the Saiyinshanda line of defense, the Soviet army will definitely be unable to move an inch, but are the casualties we can bear?"

"Didn't you say that in ten days' time, the Soviets and Germany will inevitably go to war. My personal opinion is that we try to avoid confronting the Soviet army with superior forces, and deal with them. In ten days' time, it is very difficult to fight against the Soviet army." It will pass soon, and you are also warning the troops not to confront the Soviet army head-on."

"However, if the division commander's judgment is wrong, the Germans did not attack the Soviet Union on time, and more than 100 million Soviet troops are stationed on the border line, then our troops in Outer Mongolia will be in a very difficult situation. From this perspective, Sai Yin Shanda must defend!" Zhao Yuhe said half-jokingly, of course, he did not doubt the judgment of the teacher, but felt that Su De would go to war in more than ten days, which was a bit unbelievable!

Tang Qiuli also laughed. Although he knew that Hitler would definitely attack the Soviet Union, whether it was the history in the memory brought by later generations or the real world, there was no reason why the homework he had done for Hitler should not happen. A major event that shocked the world, changed the final outcome of World War II, and the new pattern of the post-war world.

There is no doubt that Hitler will attack the Soviet Union. However, there is an accident in everything. If Hitler postpones the attack on the Soviet Union, even if it is postponed for half a month, it will have a major impact on the situation in Outer Mongolia. It is not that Hitler did not want to fight, but that he was not prepared enough and had to postpone it. This was not what Hitler wanted, but he had to.

Among them, the most obvious is the war between the Soviet Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army. There is no doubt that within a month or so of the communication, the Japanese Kwantung Army will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of more than 400 million Soviet troops. The only way out is to spit out the Soviet Union. The Far East region, back to the hinterland of the Northeast, but can Stalin give up?

The Soviet army that defeated the Kwantung Army has enough troops to attack the Northeast. If you take out a front army to participate in the attack on yourself, I am afraid that you will have to mobilize all the troops in the north to be able to compete with the Soviet army. Next, recover In the Northeast, instead of fighting the Japanese Kwantung Army, it was a direct face-to-face fight with the Soviet Army, which did not conform to its own strategic conception.

After careful weighing, Tang Qiuli finally made up his mind to stick to the front line of Saiyinshan and prevent the Soviet army from continuing to go south. This determination was undoubtedly a heavy decision for Tang Qiuli, which meant that it was used to attack The troops of the Japanese Kwantung Army will consume a large part of it in the battle with the Soviet army, and they have to do it as a last resort, which can explain Tang Qiuli's mood at the moment.

Tang Qiuli walked back to the headquarters in Saiyinshanda City, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, record the following order, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan guards the corps, leaving four brigades of troops, and the commander of the corps Commander Feng Jiwu, guarding the Jinzhou defense line in western Liaoning, and the rest of the troops, under the command of Chief of Staff Zhang Hansheng, immediately rushed to Saiyinshanda in Outer Mongolia, and the battle sequence was placed under the command of the directly subordinate corps."

"Sun Zhenbang's Outer Mongolia Field Corps will immediately go to the Saiyinshanda area to participate in the battle against the Soviet army. The above two units must arrive at the designated location as quickly as possible and wait for the next order from the division headquarters!"

Zhao Yuhe said calmly, "Master, you are going to fight the Soviet army at Saiyinshanda!"

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "It's not that I want to fight, but Vasilevsky refuses to give up. In less than three days, the vanguard of the Soviet army will come to Saiyinshanda. If possible, I don't want to fight this battle. The two corps plus most of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps have more than 70 troops, which is enough to compete with the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army. Yuhe, send a telegram to Liu Cuigang, the Northern Flying Group, Participating in the Battle of Saiyinshanda, Battelle immediately commanded the armored troops in the Pingjin area and marched to Saiyinshanda, since he wants to fight, he must use all his wealth!"

At Tang Qiuli's order, all the participating corps and armored units of the Independent Division immediately set off from their respective stations, and rushed to the front line of Saiyinshanda. On the Inner Mongolia prairie in winter, there was a lot of noise. Everywhere, the convoys and infantry marches of the independent division troops rushed in. In the sky, from time to time, formations of fighter jets and bombers were seen rumbling past and landing at the field airport around Erenhot.

The corps of the Independent Division were waiting for the Soviet army to come to the door. According to Tang Qiuli's judgment, Vasilevsky's vanguard would arrive at the city of Saiyinshanda in no more than three days, which was the beginning of the battle.

However, on April [-], the Soviet army still did not take any action. The intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance troops sent out was basically the same, "Our reconnaissance team has arrived at the outskirts of Kulun. signs, but rest at the current station!"

Tang Qiuli was confused, he couldn't figure it out, what was Vasilevsky doing, why hadn't he taken any action after five days, what was he waiting for?

The battlefield in southern Outer Mongolia fell into an abnormal silence. The Soviet army stood still in the Kulun area, and Tang Qiuli was on the front line of Saiyinshanda, but the battle did not happen as expected.

But in the Far East, there were fireworks, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and gunpowder smoke everywhere.

On March 31, the Soviet Baikal Front Army arrived at the front line of Chita and joined the Soviet Outer Xing'anling Front Army that arrived earlier. Then, the troops were divided into two groups to form the Eastern Attack Group. Ta and Nerchensk were the starting points for the attack, and two knives were stabbed fiercely at the Japanese Kwantung Army on the outer Xing'an Mountains. The Soviet army's attack on the Japanese Kwantung Army began!

Just when General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, was in a hurry to mobilize troops and arrange a counterattack against the attack from the side and back. Four hours later, General Zhukov commanded more than two million troops belonging to the Soviet Far East Front Army. On the frontal front, which had been confronted with the Japanese Kwantung Army for two years, a full-line attack was launched. More than 180 million Japanese Kwantung Army troops immediately fell into a dangerous situation of three-way attack and the enemy.

General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, is really in a state of distress this time. There are more than 450 million Soviet troops attacking from three directions. It can't last for a week, and this is still without being cut off by the Soviet army to return to Manchuria. If the Soviet army divides its troops all the way and goes straight to Khabarovsk, even if the Kwantung Army wants to return to Manchuria, it will be impossible.

In the face of 200 million Soviet troops, with the well-trained Kwantung Army and the bushido spirit of imperial soldiers who are not afraid of death, General Nanjiro is fearless and confident to win the battle. If the Soviet army has a strength of about 300 million, Relying on his commanding ability and the elite Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro dared to fight, blocking the Soviet army to the north of the Waixing'an Mountains, making it difficult to move an inch.

However, what they were facing was more than 450 million Soviet troops, divided into three groups, and rushed towards them like a tide. The comparison of the strength of the troops has more than doubled. , It was also unable to make up for the inferiority of troops, so an urgent telegram from the Kwantung Army General Headquarters flew to the Japanese mainland as quickly as a spark.

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