Age of Rebirth

Everything is proceeding according to the predetermined plan. The Japanese Kwantung Army counterattacked again and again, with one exception, all were repelled. After seven or eight days of fierce fighting, even Zhukov had to admire the tenacity of the Japanese. Sticky, the Far East Front Army still has a strength of more than 130 million, while the Japanese Kwantung Army has suffered heavy losses. After a fierce battle, its strength has dropped from the original 180 million to less than 80.

With such a huge disparity in military strength, the Kwantung Army actually took the initiative to attack. For a while, Zhukov believed that the Kwantung Army's counterattack was just for the sake of the so-called face. , thinking that there is an opportunity to take advantage of, and want to avenge one arrow, maybe, in another two or three days, the Kwantung Army will no longer have the ability to counterattack, and will naturally retreat back to Manchuria.

However, after fighting for a few days, Zhukov noticed something abnormal and blocked the Kwantung Army's main retreat route. The Baikal Front Army in Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk had already withdrawn, and the gate to Manchuria was already open. According to common sense, the Japanese Kwantung Army, which has been covered in bruises, lost too much blood, and is dying, should take advantage of this opportunity to leave the battlefield without hesitation. If the fight continues, it will only be detrimental to the Japanese.

The Kwantung Army's active retreat was in line with Zhukov's wishes, and his own troops could also withdraw without any worries. However, the development of the battle situation was not as Zhukov judged. It had no effect, but General Nanjiro, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, seemed to have spent all his money, launching fierce attacks on the Soviet army with no less than five divisions every day.

The abnormal behavior of the Kwantung Army.Zhukov had an illusion that the initiative on the battlefield had changed hands. In order to deal with the counterattack of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army had to spend about one-third of its troops to deal with the Kwantung Army's attack. This gave Zhukov quite a headache. The General Staff gave him an order that the entire Far East Front Army should return to the European battlefield.

However, the Japanese Kwantung Army stalked.The Far East Front Army wanted to leave, which was also a big trouble. I couldn't leave more than [-] troops to fight with the Kwantung Army. Zhukov never thought of a safer way.The battle is still going on, however.the last few days.Zhukov's feeling of uneasiness in his heart became more and more serious, not only because of the Kwantung Army's abnormal behavior, but also because of the other two front army units, the evacuation operation was so smooth, and he felt uneasy.

The sound of artillery on the Far Eastern Front.Even at night, it never stopped. The Japanese Kwantung Army was full of energy and launched attacks day and night.Zhukov walked out of the tent of the headquarters alone without a staff officer or guard, and took a breath of the cool air full of gunpowder smoke. Some melancholy.

Looking from Zhukov's current position, the fierce battle on the front line was in full swing. The fierce artillery fire reflected half of the night sky red, and there were faint roars. The night sky screamed and passed by, "The Japanese really persevere! This nation has a gambler-like madness in its bones!" He shook his head, thinking to himself.

However, Zhukov's thoughts immediately turned from the battle in front of him to other things, "It's not my turn to worry about the affairs of the Outer Mongolian Front Army. That Vasilevsky is quite a bit competitive with himself." Meaning, I also know that his life is not easy right now, that Chinese Tang Qiuli will bring endless troubles to the Outer Mongolian Front Army, he will definitely!" He thought to himself. [

Zhukov knows very well the Chinese who once defeated him and let him taste the taste of being a prisoner for the first time in his life. Was it possible for Vasilevsky's troops to severely damage the independent division troops in Outer Mongolia? Great future trouble, I believe that the orders Vasilevsky received are as strict as his own. If Vasilevsky cannot correctly view Tang Qiuli's cruelty and cunning, he will definitely suffer from this Chinese. A big loss, although the Outer Mongolian Front Army has more than one million troops.

Originally, the position of the Outer Mongolian Front Army should have been close to the vicinity of Minusinsk by now, ready to cross the Ural Mountains. It should be the fastest army to rush back to Europe. With more than 100 million troops, it is obviously unrealistic to repel the German army. Yes, but at the very least, an effective blocking line of defense can be established on the front line of Moscow to temporarily block the crazy momentum of the German attack. If so, Zhukov can also breathe a sigh of relief and retreat without chasing his life.

It can also be solved calmly. The current Japanese Kwantung Army is too crazy. However, according to the recent report of the general staff, the Outer Mongolian Front Army is still wandering in the western part of Outer Mongolia. The troops were chasing after each other and were in a situation of retreating while fighting. In other words, Vasilevsky's troops were in big trouble.

Zhukov believed in his own judgment. Although the bulletin from the General Staff Headquarters did not explicitly say so, it must be so. Originally, based on Zhukov’s understanding of Tang Qiuli and his personal experience of the combat style of the Independent Division, he really wanted to use it in his own name. , to put forward some pertinent suggestions to Vasilevsky, but after hesitating for a long time, he did not make this move. It is not clear why, but Zhukov himself knows, maybe he will cause big trouble for himself?

In fact, from Zhukov’s strategic perspective, although the Outer Mongolia region and the Far East region belong to two different battlefields and have different combat objectives, they are definitely a whole. No matter what happens in one battlefield, it will affect the other. On the battlefield, a unified command organization should be established instead of artificially divided as it is now, but this idea, let alone say, can't even reveal a word,

Zhukov believes that even if Comrade Stalin agrees and the Politburo meeting passes it all, the first person to jump out to oppose it is guaranteed to be General Vasilevsky, and even he will use the most violent words to oppose and attack himself. Ideas can only be buried deep in my heart.

However, Zhukov vaguely felt that Vasilevsky’s evacuation in Outer Mongolia was not enough trouble. Under the opponent's gunpoint, there was no room for reconciliation between the Soviet Union and Tang Qiuli. With Tang Qiuli's style and personality, there was no reason to just cause Vasilevsky this little trouble?

Also, before the Politburo decided to increase troops to the east, where did the independent division unit that formed a triangle confrontation with its own troops and the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Far East go now?That is the main force of the independent division, with the strength of 60 to [-] people!

Since it is impossible for Tang Qiuli to make the army go smoothly to the front of Outer Mongolia, there is no reason to only invest no more than a dozen divisions. Could it be that the powerful independent division army is ambushing in an unknown area. Targeting the Outer Xing'an Mountains Front Army and Lake Baikal Front Army?

Zhukov couldn't help shivering. If there were really an independent division with a strength of 10 troops, the two front armies waiting to retreat halfway would definitely be a big trouble. He also had no reliable channels to confirm this judgment. In the region and the Far East, the Soviet army did not establish an effective intelligence network, which is Zhukov's weakness.

Strictly speaking, it's not that the Soviet army's reconnaissance system is capable, but that after Liu Tiehan commanded the troops to enter the line from Chita to Irkutsk, he adopted strict secrecy measures. Conducive to the concealment of nearly a million troops, and the capture of Chita and other key points, they were all done with lightning speed. After eliminating a small number of Soviet troops left behind, they immediately blocked the news tightly. Therefore, the East Finger and North China Field Corps, As well as a part of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, the Soviet Army Command has not received any news since it entered the Chita area for more than ten days.

Zhukov pondered for a while, and then he was relieved. In any case, the combined strength of the Lake Baikal Front Army and the Outer Xing'an Mountains Front Army exceeds 200 million. If Tang Qiuli really deploys troops to intercept, it will not be so easy. It's just that it will slow down the speed of the troops' retreat, but this is something that can't be helped, and the General Staff can answer it when they ask.

However, Zhukov still decided to send a telegram to Generals Kilganin and Gregarif to remind them of this. Reduced, and his thoughts turned back to the current battle. After thinking about it, he had to come to a conclusion that the behavior of the Japanese Kwantung Army was abnormal, very abnormal!

And behind the abnormality, what kind of purpose is hidden by the Japanese? No matter how you analyze it, the Japanese Kwantung Army should not have such a crazy counterattack. In the eyes of other commanders of the Soviet army, the behavior of the Japanese is almost courting death!

Although Zhukov also thought so, he thought a little deeper. The commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, fought against him for two or three years, and the two sides fought many times. He was not a fool. A guy as cunning as a fox and as fierce as a poisonous snake, Zhukov couldn't believe that Nanjiro would do such a stupid thing! [

Thinking of this, Zhukov became even more uneasy. He seemed to feel that a large net was enveloping the Far East Army. He hurriedly walked back to the direction of the headquarters tent, thinking to himself: "Some measures should be taken. !"