Age of Rebirth

On the battlefield of Outer Mongolia, an infantry army of the No.30 Fifth Army left by the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front was encircled by the Independent Division Outer Mongolian Field Corps in the south of Delun. Major General Kinski chose a very sensible approach and ordered the troops to lay down their weapons and surrender to Sun Zhenbang's troops.

This incident aroused the infinite emotion of Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the independent division commander, and Major General Zhao Yu. During the three Outer Mongolia Wars with the Soviet Union, for the first time, he was also the chief of staff at the East Command Headquarters. I didn't participate in the military fighting method. I experienced it personally in the next two times. It can be said that I was a participant in the whole process, so I had a lot of feelings.

"Teacher, can the division refer to the news office to make a big article on this matter, and spread it widely, so as to undermine the morale of the Soviet army?" Zhao Yuhe suggested.

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "Yuhe, it's not necessary, it's not very useful. Vasilevsky's entire army is eager to retreat, and the two remaining group armies, with a strength of only more than [-] troops, are facing us in Outer Mongolia. He is also very clear about the strength of the troops in the area, and it will not be a big deal. In the end, this is likely to be his strategy of abandoning his pawns to save his chariot. It’s all about delaying our harassment of the withdrawal of his main force as much as possible!”

Zhao Yuhe thinks about it carefully. Also, the distance from Kulun to Saiyinshanda is hundreds of kilometers long. The two remaining Soviet army armies cannot look at each other head to tail. Moreover, they were ordered to block the Outer Mongolia Field Corps and the direct subordinate Corps on the spot. The No.30 Seventh Army of the Soviet Army, Vasilevsky did not expect to be able to come back in one piece.The Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army could not get out of Outer Mongolia for about a few months.

However, Zhao Yuhe couldn't help laughing when he thought of the commander's deployment in the Tannu Mountains and the Ural Mountains, "Master, the five brigades directly under the Corps in the Tannu Mountains and the Ural Mountains should also be discovered by the Soviet army. Now, it’s strange that no information about this has been received yet?”

Tang Qiuli was also puzzled. He had already ordered the troops directly under the corps to rush to the Tangnu Mountains and the Ural Mountains.The construction of fortifications with great fanfare is not afraid of being discovered by the Soviet army. Moreover, the strength of the troops must be exaggerated, with five brigades disguised as a formation of fifteen brigades.After this dose of strong medicine, Vasilevsky must be in a cold sweat.Stalin would also be restless.But seven or eight days passed, and the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army did not make any abnormal moves.

Faced with the stalking of the five brigades of the directly subordinate corps who were chasing after them, Vasilevsky's countermeasure was very simple. He left enough troops to resist the attack, blocked them layer by layer, and retreated while fighting.The main force will never be entangled. Even so, the retreat speed of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army is not fast.Prior to this, Chutian's special warfare detachment destroyed the roads and bridges along the Soviet retreat, which greatly restricted the speed of the Soviet march.

The five mechanized infantry brigades of the directly subordinate corps that followed and pursued reported battle reports every day. Without exception, they all reported minor casualties and a lot of gains. Hongzhang, reported the most battle reports to the division commander, and also achieved the greatest results.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe speculated that this brigade commander Liu probably spent all his anger on the Soviet army when he was the deputy battalion commander for a while at the supply chain, commanding the first brigade to fight The most vicious and ruthless, judging from the current positions of the chasing brigades, Liu Hongzhang's first brigade had already advanced a considerable distance from the other troops. This really worried Zhao Yuhe for a long time.

There are more than 100 troops in the five brigades directly under the Corps, and more than [-] million troops chasing the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army. As long as Vasilevsky is willing, he can turn his head around at any time and bite back. It is not difficult to encircle any brigade directly under the Corps Moreover, the average gap between the five mechanized infantry brigades of the pursuing corps was about a hundred kilometers, which provided favorable conditions for the Soviet army to counterattack.

A staff officer walked in lightly and handed Zhao Yuhe a telegram. Zhao Yuhe read it quickly, smiled wryly, and said, "Master, it's still Brigadier Commander Liu's battle report. These are the six telegrams I received today. Oh, the first brigade is now chasing at the forefront, commander, the pursuit is too fierce and fast, the position is quite prominent, and it belongs to the situation of a lone army going deep, which is very dangerous. After all, we only have five brigades. It is more than 100 million Soviet troops!"

"I am very worried. If Vasilevsky turns around and bites back, the first brigade will be in danger! In the name of the division, should we order the first brigade to slow down the pursuit and wait for other troops to come up? It's safer that way!"

But Tang Qiuli said: "Leave him alone, don't worry, Liu Hongzhang naturally has a sense of proportion. He has been a veteran of the battlefield for many years, so he can measure well. What's more, the way he pursued was the farthest part of the Soviet army's flank. The most fringe troops of the Soviet army are not afraid of being surrounded, and Liu Hongzhang's intention is obvious, to bite off a large piece of meat from the more than 100 million retreating Soviet troops!"

"Moreover, to encircle a brigade of ours, Vasilevsky must mobilize at least five times more troops. 10,000+ people are almost the strength of a group army. Do you think that the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army has several group armies that can Consumed on the Outer Mongolia battlefield? Can it be pulled out?"

"More importantly, once one of our troops is surrounded by the Soviet army, Vasilevsky will also think that I will not sit idly by, and will definitely do my best to rescue, and the Soviet army will completely wipe out our surrounded troops. In order to achieve this goal, the troops will inevitably be increased again, so that as snowballs, more and more troops are fighting, and in the end, the entire Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army will be involved, so, can the Soviet army, which is eager to retreat, still be able to leave?"

"Liu Hongzhang saw that Vasilevsky was most worried about this, so he dared to use a brigade of soldiers to cut into the depths of the Soviet army and fight freely. He was not afraid of being surrounded. Maybe this restless guy, Can't wait for the Soviet army to surround his troops!"

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli was very emotional, "Among the twelve brigade commanders directly under the Corps, no one can surpass Liu in terms of precise grasp of the battlefield situation, keen insight, bold and fierce command style, and belligerence. Around Hongzhang, even Chu Ziye, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, known for his bravery and daring to fight all kinds of tough battles, can't compare with him. Such a chaotic battlefield is just right for him. Can he win in chaos? This worry, maybe Liu Hongzhang is having a good time?"

Zhao Yuhe smiled. He took the division commander's analysis and judgment very seriously. His eagerness to withdraw from the Outer Mongolia battlefield was Vasilevsky's biggest weakness. Obviously, Liu Hongzhang grasped this point, so his gains compared with the other four A trip, much more!

"Report, Battelle, Commander of the Armored Forces of the Independent Division, is ordered to report!" There was a clear report from outside, and Battelle had arrived.

In Tang Qiuli's eyes, joy flashed, "Come in!" He said softly.

Dressed in a straight military uniform, with Zhengchen all over his body, the heroic Battelle strode in with a standard soldier's posture. When he saw Tang Qiuli's face, he grinned and showed his white teeth, "Master, Chief of Staff !” he greeted.

Tang Qiuli didn't speak, but stood up, poured a cup of steaming milk tea himself, and handed it to Battelle, "I haven't had time to eat, I'll let the cooking class do the preparations, and let you come to the master, don't be in a hurry, Do you come back after eating? It's not good for your health, remember!" There was reproach in the tone, and even Zhao Yuhe, who was beside him, could feel the kindness from the heart.

Battelle's heart warmed, he smiled honestly, and said, "Brother, it's all right, I've had marching rations on the road, and the field rations you personally designated taste really good, you'll never tire of eating them!"

Hearing this "Brother!" Tang Qiuli felt a strange emotion in his heart, as if he had returned to the Sanchahe town by the Songhua River in the northeast, where the streets were covered with snow and ice under the winter sunset. On the road, in the bitter cold wind, the little Mongolian boy who was only in rags and was only ** years old, after he bought him a big bag of food, his stubborn eyes showed infinite gratitude , the same is true, the first time I called myself "Brother!"

That scene was forever engraved in Tang Qiuli's heart. From then on, there was a younger brother with a different surname in his life. Warm tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't help raising his hand, as if he was in Tang Qiuli's life. When Battelle was a teenager, every time he ran back from the outside, he would throw himself into his arms, and as for himself, he would always gently stroke his hard and disheveled black hair, and the words rang in his ears again, "Brother, Is there anything delicious?"

He stretched out his hand halfway, and he suddenly came back to his senses. His younger brother has grown up and grown into a heroic young man. He is no longer the little boy who always threw himself into his arms a few years ago, but A commander who commands thousands of tanks and has the rank of major general across the battlefield is an indomitable man!

This kind of intimate behavior is obviously inappropriate for Battelle now. Tang Qiuli smiled a little awkwardly, his arms stiffened a little, and then he lowered it, and picked an inconspicuous grass from Battelle's military uniform. The stick was lightly thrown on the ground, and the whole process was covered up very skillfully.

But Battelle felt it and saw it, and felt a pain in his heart, "Could it be that the relationship between my brother and myself is alienated? Or is it because of years of fighting, the smell of blood is too thick and heavy, and the warmth in my heart has been wiped out, or is it the years The distance left behind, the inseparability of youth, a thin gap has appeared, maybe, on the surface, I no longer have the attachment to my brother before, are we strangers to each other?"

In an instant, a trace of pain flashed through Battelle's heart, and it suddenly spread all over his body, and his nose felt a little sore.

(to be continued) (to be continued..)