Age of Rebirth

In the small town of Delun in the southern part of Outer Mongolia, at the temporary headquarters of the Reading Force Division, on the night of April 28, the division commander Tang Qiuli was listening to a report from Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff of the division command. The report was about the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, The upcoming battle to recapture Kulun.

Zhao Yuhe looked at the telegram in his hand and said, "Master, according to the report from the reconnaissance unit of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, the rest of the No. 30 Fifth Army of the Soviet Army in Kulun City showed signs of withdrawing from Kulun. , The Soviet army, logistics and supply units in Kulun City are leaving the city one after another, and the remaining army unit is also nervously packing up.

"And there are about two divisions of Soviet troops, which have already left the city one after another! According to the direction of the Soviet withdrawal, they want to retreat westward, towards the Ural Mountains. The intention is obvious, that is, to the main force of the Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Move closer!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuhe couldn't help but feel worried, "Master, the troops of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, and the armored troops of Commander Battelle, the vanguard will not be able to reach the outskirts of Kulun at 30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the earliest, but, With the strength of the vanguard, the law will surround Kulun on all sides, and I am worried that once the rest of the No.[-] Fifth Army of the Soviet Army flees, the plan for the Battle of Kulun will fail!"

Looking at the commander with a calm expression, Zhao Yuhe suggested: "Master, shall we order the Northern Flying Group to send bombers to bomb the rest of the retreating Soviet No. Corps, abandoned the Kulun battle plan, and instead annihilated the rest of the No.30 Fifth Army of the Soviet Army during the pursuit, and ran away with a mouthful of meat, what a pity!"

Tang Qiuli shook his head slowly, and asked, "Yuhe, what is the purpose of our Kulun Battle?"

Zhao Yuhe replied without hesitation: "According to the division commander's deployment, with the purpose of recovering Kulun, the main thing is to eliminate the 30-odd Soviet No. Kulun is a nail wedged between the five pursuit troops of the directly subordinate corps and the troops commanded by Deputy Division Commander Liu, he must be pulled out!"

"Since the Soviet army voluntarily withdrew from Kulun, isn't the purpose of our campaign achieved?" Tang Qiuli said leisurely, "There is no need to pursue, the Soviet army with more than [-] soldiers is not worth my use of a field corps to let them go." Let's go, Yuhe, order Sun Zhenbang to enter Kulun immediately, give his troops a day's rest, and then gather in Kulun and stand by!"

Zhao Yuhe wrote down the order on the telegram and handed it over to a staff officer, then turned to Tang Qiuli with a smile and said, "Master, I can be sure now that you gave the Outer Mongolian Field Corps less than five days to complete the It is an impossible task to regain Kulun without destroying the city of Kulun, you must have anticipated this situation in advance, and it was just to put pressure on the Outer Mongolian Field Corps!" [

Tang Qiuli did not laugh, but instead sighed, and said slowly: "Yuhe, this is war, and there are unpredictable changes at any time. I am not a god. I did not expect the Soviet army to withdraw from Kulun on its own initiative. , there must be a reason, but we don’t know that’s all!”

"However, this is the best result. It doesn't cost a single shot, and Sun Zhenbang's troops don't need to suffer casualties. I don't pursue, the Soviet army can escape safely, and Cullen changed hands without any damage. My worries for the future are solved. Everyone is happy. huh!" At the end, he laughed, like a breeze blowing on his face.

Zhao Yuhe's eyes jumped a few times, and he very much agreed with the teacher's statement, "It's just that I just think that the [-]-odd Soviet troops are like turtles in a urn, and it's a pity to let them go!" He added.

"It's a pity—?" Tang Qiuli asked back with a smile, and without waiting for Zhao Yuhe to answer, he said, "It's not a pity. In ten days or so, millions of Soviet troops will cross the border. By then , I'm afraid our appetite is not big enough!"

The two were talking, and the division pointed to Chen Feng, the director of the communications department, to come in, "Report to the division commander and the chief of staff. We have received a telegram from Liu Hongzhang, the brigade commander of the [-]st Brigade directly under the Corps. From now on, the [-]st Brigade will stop pursuing the Soviet army. The purpose is to wait for other troops to catch up, and in the current position, the purpose is to annihilate the Soviet troops of the two divisions." He enunciated clearly.

Zhao Yuhe became nervous, and asked eagerly: "Director Chen, did Brigadier Commander Liu say in the telegram that the reason for stopping the pursuit of the Soviet army? Could it be that the First Brigade was threatened by the Soviet army's counterattack? The brigade commander had a premonition of danger and had to stop the pursuit?"

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, read it once, and said: "Yuhe, don't be nervous, it's not as dangerous as you think, but I am impressed by Liu Hongzhang, and for a few days and nights he rushed into the Soviet army like crazy. The fight stopped abruptly when it was going well, considering Liu Hongzhang's character, it is very rare, he knows that it is not easy to stop the attack just right and withstand the temptation of consecutive success!"

"Three divisions of the Soviet Army were annihilated one after another, and two more were bitten. Liu Hongzhang felt that it was enough! He judged that if the first brigade continued to pursue in-depth, it might be met with a strong counterattack by the Soviet Army. He alone The strength of the brigade is not enough for Vasilevsky. It seems that Liu Hongzhang has been the deputy battalion commander in the baggage department for more than a month. I took it myself—hahaha!" Tang Qiuli laughed heartily.

Zhao Yuhe also laughed and said, "Master, how do we call back the first brigade? Master should have an attitude?"

Tang Qiuli asked back: "What are you doing calling back? Being on the front line, the brigade commanders know the situation much more carefully than we do. It's the same sentence. For the chasing troops, the division commanders only require to report the location of the troops at any time." , As for how to fight, that is their business, and I will not interfere!"

"Yuhe, the pursuit battle has been going on for more than ten days, and Shizhi has never intervened in the specific battle command. Didn't Liu Hongzhang and the others fight very well? Don't worry about it and save your energy. What are you doing with your mind, okay? Well, after Cullen's nails were pulled out, a big part of my heart disease went away, and the rest depends on how the Japanese and the Soviet army fought in the Far East! Send a telegram to Deputy Commander Liu, and the war in the Far East will be serious Changes, pay close attention to them!"

The situation in the Far East is still unclear, as if it was dull before the storm. Except for the Kwantung Army and the Soviet Far East Front Army, who were fighting inextricably, they quietly rushed to the battlefield between the Brea Mountains and the Kukan Mountains. , Japan’s Far East Dispatch Army troops, Japan’s North Korean Resident Army troops, like two hungry wolves sneaking in the dark night, marched covertly towards their destination day and night.

In order to achieve the goal of suddenly encircling the Soviet Far Eastern Front in the current fighting area, Prince Zairen, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Headquarters and Commander in Chief of the Far Eastern Campaign, did not know how much painstaking efforts were spent. Apart from minimizing the radio contact with the two troops, only At the specified time of the day, except for the notification with the campaign headquarters, the rest of the time, the wires are kept silent. Regarding the issuance of temporary orders, Prince Zairen found a unique way, abandoning modern communication equipment and adopting the original method of manpower delivery. .

Prince Zairen was not at ease with such caution. He fought with the Kwantung Army on the Outer Xing'an Mountains for two or three years. He knew Zhukov's strengths. If there is any trouble, the Soviet Far East Front Army will immediately slip away. Zhukov did not have any difficulty in doing so. As long as there are enough troops left to resist the counterattack of the Kwantung Army, the main force can still withdraw calmly.

This is what Prince Zairen is most afraid of. The big net that he has worked so hard to create cannot yield nothing at all. In addition to adopting high-level confidentiality measures in communication, Prince Zairen will not hesitate to give The two troops issued an order that all rural and urban residents who might expose the marching target on the way, pass or pass by, will be beheaded, and no dog or dog will be spared! [

The Japanese Far East Dispatched Army and the North Korean Army stationed in India, with more than one million troops, were divided into two groups. After receiving the order from the commander-in-chief, they completely released the bloodthirsty killing intent in their hearts, like two hungry wolves baring their fangs, Burning and killing all the way, wherever they went, the villages and towns were ten rooms and ten empty, corpses littered the fields, blood flowed like rivers, and everyone was killed. After the Japanese army passed, the empty villages and towns, even in broad daylight, were The wolves howled, and at night, the bones everywhere were as terrifying as hell.

There were not many residents in the Far East of the Soviet Union, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and it was not like the Outer Mongolia area. Tang Qiuli ordered that almost all the residents evacuated to the interior, leaving only empty, empty Villages and towns with one person, according to an order of Prince Zai Ren, the Far East of the Soviet Union has been desolate for more than ten years.

General Zhukov, the commander who commanded more than one million troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front Army and repelled the Japanese Kwantung Army's crazy counterattacks, has been a little restless recently. On the surface, the Far Eastern Front Army definitely occupies the initiative on the battlefield, and has been defeated by the three front armies. Together, the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was dying and lost most of its troops, is fighting back at this moment, which is more reflected in the madness before dying.

No matter how you look at it, Zhukov's plan was successful. The Far East Army overwhelmed the Japanese Kwantung Army and made it impossible for them. Under any obstruction by the Japanese army, in another four or five days, they can pass through the Chita-Irkutsk line and enter the Outer Mongolia region, and then cross the Ural Mountains, which is tantamount to entering the European part of the Soviet Union.

As for our own troops, according to the plan, after completing the cover mission, we will deal the heaviest blow to the Kwantung Army, then immediately leave the battlefield, and quickly withdraw from the Far East along the road opened by the two front armies.

To this end, Zhukov has already started to prepare for the evacuation.

((To be continued.)