Age of Rebirth

In Liu Hongzhang's tone, there was a meaning of discussion, but also an unquestionable order. The commander of the security battalion who had followed him for a short time did not understand his temper. He did not blame too much. The battalion commander of the security battalion was transferred to the fourth regiment as the chief of staff of the regiment. If that kid was still there, he would have lighted up his eyes and geared up for a fight when he heard this.

The battalion commander of the guard battalion hesitated for a while, and it was not enough to stop him, and it would not work if he did not stop him. The chief of staff personally issued the death order to the guard battalion. The long words were repeated, and at the end, he looked at Liu Chenglin in embarrassment.

Liu Chenglin was happy, and said: "Then follow the orders of the brigade commander. By the way, send more soldiers, and a few armored command vehicles. If you feel danger, you can force the brigade commander to be sent to the armored command vehicle." , if the brigade commander blames it, you can find me!"

After receiving the instruction from the chief of staff, the battalion commander of the guard looked relaxed and prepared cheerfully. Liu Chenglin understood the temper of the brigade commander too well. The battle had already begun. It would be better to let him stay in the armored command vehicle honestly. Killing him, you can't stop it, if you force it, he will curse!

Under the protection of soldiers from two companies and several armored command vehicles, Liu Hongzhang boarded a highland about seven or eight kilometers away from the temporary headquarters of the brigade. The highland is not high above sea level, but the location is very good. On the high ground, you can have a panoramic view of the situation on the battlefield.

On the twilight grassland, the explosion point of the cannon.Groups of flames burst out, dragging dark red roads.Flying chaotically in the night sky, with a huge roar, rushing toward the face, no matter how you look at it, it is a messy night battle scene, but in Liu Hongzhang's mind, it is as clear as a three-dimensional picture, the first ball and the fourth regiment.Side by side, they launched a fierce attack on the positions of the two Soviet divisions that were half disabled.

The second and third regiments, after breaking through the weakly defended two-wing positions of the Soviet army, were like two sharp knives and ruthlessly inserted into the marching queue of the main Soviet army, within a radius of tens of kilometers.Fierce battles were happening everywhere, and the sound of gunfire was as dense as a summer rainstorm hitting leaves. In one area, red smoke flashed from time to time. It was his own large-caliber howitzer regiment, which was violently bombarding the Soviet positions.

Liu Hongzhang will telescopic lens.Looking further away on the right wing, on the desert field, a series of car lights form a strip of light, twisting and twisting.Running in the direction of the Ural Mountains, that is the location of the main force of the Soviet army that is retreating at full speed.The distance to the battlefield where the fierce fighting was taking place was only more than twenty kilometers away. However, the light belt did not mean to turn to the battlefield, and it continued to flow forward. The situation on the battlefield was as judged by Tang Qiuli and Liu Hongzhang. The main force of the army never wants to get entangled with the pursuing independent division troops.

There was a sneering smile on the corner of Liu Hongzhang's mouth, "That Vasilevsky, faced with this situation, must be devastated. The pursuit troops of the five brigades are tearing from the large Soviet troops every day. Play a few pieces of meat, but what can he do? The division commander only used five brigades directly under the regiment to pursue the retreating Soviet army of more than one million troops. This move is really wonderful!" While observing the battlefield situation, On the one hand, he secretly admired in his heart. [

At this moment, General Vasilevsky, the commander of the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army, who was commanding the troops to retreat towards the Ural Mountains at the fastest speed, was so tired of it. , Even if he coughed violently, he couldn't spit it out, and couldn't swallow it. The independent division troops that chased the troops of the Outer Mongolian Front for several days and nights were the phlegm in the throat of General Vasilevsky.

According to the reports of the various attacked troops, General Vasilevsky and Lieutenant General Pozhnev, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, came to the same conclusion that the pursuit of their own independent divisions was at best five divisions with less than 9 people. The troops, divided into five groups, followed behind the troops lingeringly, with a stalking posture, like a mad dog, chasing and biting all the way, not only General Vasilevsky was very upset.

The commanders at all levels of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army were terribly annoyed, especially the independent division on the left wing, which was even more extreme. They cut into the depths of the retreating troops without knowing life or death, biting two divisions and beating them hard. General Vasilevsky, who received the report, was very angry.

According to common sense, for the Outer Mongolia Front Army with more than 100 million troops, the strength of the independent division is not a threat at all. Sending out a group army at random can drive the Chinese everywhere. Before the launch of the attack on Sayinshanda, General Vasilevsky would not hesitate to order his troops to swallow tens of thousands of Chinese troops in one go, and he would not even hiccup.

But now and then, the situation is different. The only task of the Outer Mongolian Front Army now is not to destroy the troops of the independent division, but to rush to the European battlefield as quickly as possible. Just this afternoon, Vasilevsky The general received an urgent telegram from Comrade Stalin again. It has been six or seven days since he evacuated from the Saiyinshanda battlefield.

The content of the telegram made General Vasilevsky both anxious and helpless. Stalin emphasized in the telegram, "The speed with which the Outer Mongolian Front troops withdrew disappointed me. They were still wandering in Outer Mongolia for more than a week. According to this speed , I feel that the European battlefield may take a few months, but the form of the European battlefield does not allow the retreat of the Outer Mongolia Front Army to be so slow!"

General Vasilevsky felt very aggrieved and wronged. He had tried his best to get the Outer Mongolian Front Army to leave the battlefield as soon as possible. made a cruel but necessary decision,

On the northern battlefield of Saiyinshanda, the No.30 Seventh Army was left for the hateful and cunning Chinese Tang Qiuli, and the No.30 Fifth Army was left around Kulun, with two entire armies of nearly 30 people. The big bait is to let the troops of the independent division be busy fighting the two armies, and ignore the pursuit and entanglement of the main force of the retreating front army. It is said that the No. , waiting for a comeback, but I knew in my heart that the two armies had no chance of surviving.

The 150 million troops of the Outer Mongolia Front Army have been rampaging in the Outer Mongolia area for nearly a month, so it didn't hurt a single hair of Tang Qiuli. Whether a strong man cuts his wrist or throws his pawn to save the car, this cruel decision must be made Vasilevsky knew very well in his heart that if he didn't give that Chinese Tang Qiuli some sweetness, he wouldn't want to get out of Outer Mongolia as soon as possible.

In addition to the one group army that was set up on the outskirts of Minusinsk before, the Outer Mongolian Front Army has already brought out three group armies. Although it has made huge sacrifices, the development of the battlefield situation is not satisfactory Regardless of the chasing troops of the independent division who are stalking like mad dogs, all the roads leading to the Ural Mountains in Outer Mongolia alone make General Vasilevsky helpless.

All the bridges on the main rivers, with one exception, were bombed to the point that there were no bridge piers left, and all the key areas of the roads were completely destroyed, while the Outer Mongolian Front Army adopted mechanized marching methods, Leave the roads and bridges and let the soldiers walk back to the battlefields of Europe on their feet?

I'm afraid it will take more than half a year, but can Comrade Stalin afford to wait? There is no good news in the war report sent by the General Staff. The situation in the Soviet Union is not optimistic. The German army is in the Soviet Union. It was astonishing, as if entering the territory of the people, the troops of the Soviet Red Army in the direction of Europe were beaten to pieces, and it took only [-] days to start the war. The troops of the various military regions in the west were almost defeated in the face of the German attack.

Following the fall of Kiev, the Soviet Red Army has lost more than 170 million troops on the western battlefield. Among them, more than [-] people were captured by the German army. Seeing this figure, General Vasilevsky, How can I not believe that the troops of the Front Army, which is more than myself, will be gone in twenty days?

Of course, in a similar situation, according to Comrade Stalin's order, the General Staff Headquarters will only communicate the situation to the commander of the Front Army, and not even the Chief of Staff of the Front Army. In addition to myself, there are General Zhukov, the commander and political commissar of the Far East Front Army, General Kilganin, the commander and political commissar of the Outer Xing'anling Front Army, and General Gregarif, the commander and political commissar of the Baikal Front Army.

What shocked Vasilevsky even more was that in the briefing on the battle situation of the General Staff Headquarters, a situation was specifically mentioned. Comrade Stalin was very annoyed by the unfavorable situation of the military regions in the west. Severe measures were taken and the killing spree. [

On April 23, an order was issued to set up the Supreme Military Tribunal, General Pavlov, Commander of the Northwest Military Region, Major General Klimovskikh, Chief of Staff of the Northwest Military Region, Major General Grigory Yav, Director of Communications of the Northwest Military Region, and Lieutenant General Korobkov, commander of the Fourth Army, was sentenced to death in court and executed immediately.

As for the crimes, of course they were related to the disadvantages of the battle, and the collapse of the Soviet Red Army. One, is enough to shoot the conditions.

(to be continued...)