Age of Rebirth

Zhukov's cautiousness is derived from his own personal experience and lessons. For more than two years, he has witnessed the combat effectiveness of Kwantung Army soldiers. Outbursts, opponents who don't take their own lives seriously, are often the scariest!

The cunning and ruthlessness of General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, and the cleverness of the Eastern style also made Zhukov quite headache and fearful. During the more than two years in the Far Eastern Front Army, Zhukov himself often summed up and reflected.

In the Outer Mongolia region and the Far East region, at different times and places, I have fought against generals from two Asian countries. One is Tang Qiuli, the commander of the reading division during the first Outer Mongolia War, and the other is the current Far East region. General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.

The first time he fought against the Easterners, Zhukov was defeated, and he himself became a prisoner. The defeat was unwilling and inexplicable. The second time, it was a tie, an undefeated stalemate. Jiro made a comparison and concluded that the Chinese Tang Qiuli was a thousand times more difficult to deal with than the Japanese Nanjiro, and fighting against him was definitely the most terrifying nightmare.

The second conclusion drawn is that Nanjiro is not Tang Qiuli's opponent, and the Kwantung Army is not the opponent of Duli Division. Therefore, at the beginning of the third Outer Mongolian campaign, Zhukov was appointed by the General Staff as the Soviet Union Commander in the Far East. When he was in command of the army, he was inexplicably relieved, as if subconsciously, it was something to be happy not to confront that terrifying Chinese Tang Qiuli. [

Paying attention to Tang Qiuli does not mean despising Nanjiro. In Zhukov's eyes, the more than one million Kwantung Army soldiers who were blocked and chased are monsters that can still hurt people. Although they are in a desperate situation, their destructive power is still there. When you have an absolute advantage in all aspects, you still have to deploy carefully. Otherwise, even if you win and eat the Kwantung Army, the Soviet troops in the Far East will be covered with bruises and bruises. My original intention does not match!

Therefore, when he learned that the troops commanded by General Gregarif had occupied Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk and blocked the retreat of the Kwantung Army, Zhukov immediately acted and ordered the pursuing troops to slow down their pursuit and steadily For the blocking troops of the Kwantung Army of the Soviet Union, one should be found and one should be wiped out on the spot, because the tank and artillery units that fell behind after entering the swamp must catch up as quickly as possible.

As for the suggestion made by the staff officers that it should be safer to send some troops to the two wings of the Kwantung Army to form a situation of encirclement on all sides, Zhukov rejected it without hesitation.

This move is unnecessary and a waste of time, crossing the Brea Mountains and the Kukan Mountains, within 20 days, it is impossible for the detour troops to reach the designated position, and in these [-] days, the Far East campaign is over, Zhukov The time I set for myself to end the Far East campaign was ten days. Within ten days, the Kwantung Army troops in the encirclement must be wiped out. Comrade Stalin did not want to delay the war, and he was also afraid of other changes.

As for the question raised by the Lieutenant General Director of the Political Department of the Front Army with a Cheka background, he was worried about whether the Kwantung Army would bypass the blocking line of General Gregarif's troops and cross the Brea Mountains and At the suggestion of fleeing in the Kukan Mountains, Zhukov could only respond with a wry smile, and then shook his head secretly. It was just a common-sense question raised by an idiot.

Not to mention the insurmountable difficulties faced by crossing the Brea Mountains and the Kukan Mountains. The mountains stretch for hundreds of kilometers and are covered with snow. What's more, General Gregariff's troops can maneuver laterally at any time, and can intercept and kill the Kwantung Army troops at any point on the Manchurian border. Even the exhausted Kwantung Army troops have withdrawn to the Manchurian border. What awaits them is Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army waiting for battle.

This is why Zhukov is not afraid of the Kwantung Army breaking out from the two wings. On the contrary, he also hopes that Nanjiro will do so, and the troops in the Far East will reduce many casualties.

After adjusting the deployment, Zhukov sent a telegram to Stalin, carefully reporting the battle situation in the Far East, showing his own timetable for completely destroying the Kwantung Army, and explaining the reasons.

Stalin's reply was quick, "Comrade Zhukov, I don't have too many instructions on the campaign to encircle and annihilate the Kwantung Army in the Far East. Everything is up to you to decide according to the actual situation on the battlefield. I only make one request, that it be clean and thorough." Completely and completely wipe out the Japanese Kwantung Army troops, and then march into Manchuria!"

In early April 100, Stalin was in a very happy mood. The war in the Far East was smoother than he expected. More than [-] million Kwantung Army troops fell into the encirclement of Zhukov. It was only a matter of time before the entire army was wiped out. The problem is that the fertile and vast black land in Manchuria will be included in the territory of the Soviet Union, and a Yellow Russia administrative region will be set up, which is not a far-fetched dream.

Stalin, who was in a good mood, was very satisfied with Zhukov. Then, he turned his attention to the southern part of Outer Mongolia. As long as Vasilevsky can capture Saiyinshanda and open the passage to Inner Mongolia, China, from the Chinese, It is not impossible to cut a large piece of meat, but Vasilevsky's actions are too cautious, and the speed of the advance of more than 100 million troops is not satisfactory!

Comrade Stalin was dissatisfied, and soon, General Vasilevsky, the commander of the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army who was commanding the troops and advancing cautiously to Saiyinshan, received a telegram from the General Staff.

The content was very simple, urging his troops not to be timid, but to speed up their advance, and strive to capture Saiyinshanda as soon as possible, and approach the border of Inner Mongolia. In the telegram, he also stated bluntly that this was Comrade Stalin's opinion.

Stalin wanted Vasilevsky's troops to speed up, and he wanted to speed up, but the method was faster. From the early morning of April [-], the troops of the Outer Mongolia Front Army that went south were met with fighter jets from the Northern Flying Group of the Reading Division Aviation Force. Formation and bomber formation, strikes from the air.

Nearly a thousand fighter jets and bombers from the aviation division of the Lili Division took turns to go into battle, pouring heavy air bombs and machine guns on the heads of the soldiers of their own troops, blowing up the trucks of the supply troops, and detonating " The medicine” tore apart the soldiers’ bodies, and gunpowder smoke and soldiers’ corpses could be seen everywhere on the grasslands and Gobi Desert in southern Outer Mongolia.

Although strict air defense measures have been taken, there is little effect. More than 100 million troops marched southward at the same time. There are too many air strike targets to choose from. The combat aircraft of the Reading Division can appear in any place at any time. Before the air defense force has time Before reacting, there was a burst of shooting and indiscriminate bombing, and then they quickly slipped away. What's even more hateful is that such air strikes continuously penetrated all the marching ranks of the troops.

During the whole day, in the sky above the Soviet soldiers, the planes of the Liberian appeared at any time, and then there were rainstorms, bombs falling from the sky, and at night, wherever there was light, there would be Chinese fighter jets appearing like ghosts , "Shot" shot, and later, the Soviet soldiers were all nervous, and the roar of combat aircraft passing by was constantly echoing in their ears.

The air strikes by the Northern Flying Group seriously slowed down the marching speed of the Soviet army. If this continues, let alone five days, even a month, they will not be able to catch up with Sai Yinshanda, and they will not be able to bear it. casualties.

General Vasilevsky was furious and furious. To deal with the enemy's planes, he only had his own plane. A telegram was sent to the air force assigned to him, ordering the air force to send fighter jets to all ground troops of the front army. Marching airspace, eliminate the threat of reading division aviation, to ensure the marching speed of the troops. [

The air force commander who received the telegram could only smile wryly. According to the current marching method of the Outer Mongolian Front Army, more than 100 million troops are distributed over a width of several hundred kilometers. To ensure the safety of all airspace, there are no more than [-] aircraft There is no way to do it with a fighter jet, and that's where the problem lies.

Fighters and pilots are not a problem. In order to ensure the victory of the Eastern War, the Air Force Command can replenish the losses of the Far Eastern Air Force in the shortest possible time. The key to the problem is the airport.

The airport that was destroyed by a small force of reading divisions can be used normally after repairing, but only five seats. The other field airports are still in a semi-paralyzed state. All of them will be put into use, and it will take a month at the earliest.

The field airports that can be used are all small airports near the Ural Mountains, including the two that have not been attacked. Based on full-load operation calculations, these five airports can take off and land more than [-] fighter jets. How many fighter jets are there in the Air Force of the Reading Division? Six or seven hundred, more than two to one.

The commander of the air force has tried his best to use the most euphemistic tone and the most cooperative attitude to answer the orders of the commander of the front army and explain his difficulties. It is not that he does not want to provide air cover for the ground troops, but that he has the heart. The air force is doing this job. , Is the Red Army a family, but difficulties do exist. Comrade Commander, please understand the difficulties of the Air Force. I can guarantee that after two weeks, the Air Force will be able to dispatch at least a thousand fighter jets.

After reading the telegram, General Vasilevsky was so angry and furious that he scolded the bastards of the Air Force for enjoying the best treatment and the highest allowance. At critical moments, they are useless at all. In his opinion Well, the air force is deliberately disobeying their own orders, which is a typical performance of fear of war, and the excuse is so clumsy!

Wouldn't three hundred fighter jets gather together to provide air cover for the four leading armies?

So, a complaint telegram flew to Moscow and to Stalin's desk.

(To be continued.

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