Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-] Can't Give Up

Because Zhukov's First Far East Army, commanded by Tang Qiuli's squadron, was tightly besieged in the Uliasutai area outside the country, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union once again held an emergency meeting to discuss the Soviet Far East Red Army. , the grim situation we are facing.

Stalin did not speak, which means that the meeting did not set the tone. The members of the Politburo of the CPSU had their own ideas. Most of them were guessing about Zhukov's future fate. Among them, there were many gloating people.

Stalin smoked his pipe silently. He knew best in his heart that the root cause of Zhukov's siege today was the order of the General Staff to rescue Vuchkov's troops, which put the First Army in the Far East into a desperate situation, and the Soviet army was outside. In the region, Stalin had to think about the reasons for the repeated defeats in the battles with the squadron.

Before the meeting, he had carefully read the telegram sent by Zhukov from the Uliasutai battlefield. The telegram was filled with thousands of words. Zhukov explained in detail all the battles and the development of the situation. Stalin had clearly grasped it. Everything that happened on the foreign battlefield. [

Zhukov was right, including the combat deployment he had given to the Far Eastern Military Region, which was in line with the actual situation on the battlefield. Unfortunately, no one in the Far Eastern Military Region and the General Staff could understand Zhukov's intentions. Those people in the General Staff, They are all mediocre. Of course, the great leader, Comrade Stalin, cannot be wrong. Those who are wrong are those below.

Stalin put down his pipe and said in a calm tone: "Okay, comrades of the Politburo, let's discuss the issue of the First Army in the Far East. Comrade Zhukov is a rare and outstanding general in the Red Army. We will not allow such an excellent general to disappear. On the battlefield against the Chinese."

"The military actions taken by Comrade Zhukov are undoubtedly correct. It's just that some senior generals in our General Staff have no strategic mind and command skills. Comrade Zhukov is different from Mikovsky. He and his soldiers are still fighting. We must find a way to rescue, everyone share your views, how to form a new army as quickly as possible, go overseas, and who will command this army."

Stalin opened his mouth, that is, he set the tone for the meeting. Although Zhukov suffered a disastrous defeat, in Comrade Stalin's mind, he still had a very high evaluation. The members of the Politburo already knew what to say. Only a few members of the Soviet Army's General Staff The senior generals looked at each other with a "boom" in their heads.

It seems that the responsibility for the failure of the First Army in the Far East rests with the General Staff. The senior generals of the General Staff present did not know which one would be unlucky. Only then did they have that order, but do they dare to say this? They can only cheer up with anxiety and study how to send troops to rescue Zhukov.

Finally, the Politburo meeting of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union made a decision to immediately form the Second Army of the Soviet Far East Military Region, with a total strength of 27 troops and a large number of tanks and aircraft. Admiral Xin Ge served.

The unit must be formed within a week. In order to speed up the formation, the three mechanized infantry armies of the Transcaucasus Military Region were transferred to the Far East Military Region. At present, the rescue of the besieged Zhukov is a top priority.

Timoshenko, another hero of the Soviet Red Army, during World War II, on the Soviet battlefield, Zhukov's best partner, a Tang Qiuli, mobilized two famous generals of the Soviet Red Army, Stalin also regarded Tang Qiuli highly and regarded him as the most threatening opponent to the interests of the Soviet Union in Siberia.

In addition, according to information from the General Intelligence Bureau of the Far East Military Region, about six squadrons of squadrons crossed the Tannu Mountains and entered the Tannu Urian Sea in West Siberia via the Kazadwu Pass in the west of the Outlaws. The area and the Kovd area, and continue to the area north of Lake Baikal.

Along the way, there were several battles with the local troops of the Transcaucasus Military Region. They were deported back to foreign countries and wiped out by the First and Second Far East Armies.

Tang Qiuli sent the Sun Zhenbang Corps to go deep into Lake Baikal, which increased Stalin's fear of Tang Qiuli. In a broad sense, Tangnu Ulianghai, Kovd and the area north of Lake Baikal belonged to the The original territory of the six Khalkha tribes, plus the existing territory of the Outlanders, has a total area of ​​more than 260 million square kilometers, but Choibalsan is splitting up in the Outerlands in order to seek the Soviets' strong support. Support, hand over this part of the country to the Soviets.

Tang Qiuli sent Sun Zhenbang Corps to recover the original territory north of Lake Baikal. In a sense, he is still optimistic about the oil, coal, iron ore resources, and abundant fresh water resources in this area. This is a rare and natural The treasure basin, the fresh water in Lake Baikal alone accounts for more than one-tenth of the world's fresh water resources, and it must not fall into the hands of the Soviets, otherwise, Tang Qiuli will be so distressed that he will not be able to sleep.

If the Soviet government increased its troops around Lake Baikal in order to prevent itself from continuing to advance north because of its failure in the outer regions, it would not be able to win without a few vicious battles. Since the Sulu Mobile Corps joined the foreign battlefield, Tang Qiuli can use at least six to nine brigades of mobile troops to reinforce Sun Zhenbang's troops.

At worst, let Brother Qiusheng command the troops and fight a few more battles with the Soviet army at Lake Baikal. If I get anxious, there will be another Uliasu table-style encirclement war, wipe out the Soviet army in Transcaucasus, and completely beat Stalin He has no temper. After all, he dare not transfer some European troops to Siberia, Tang Qiuli thought viciously.

On the second day of the siege of Uliasutai, Zhukov had received a telegram from Stalin himself about the formation of the Second Far East Army and asked the troops of the First Army to stand firm for seven to ten days. Son, I have deep gratitude to Comrade Stalin.

This is a kind of kindness, and it may be Zhukov's initial motivation to fight for the Soviet Union and Stalin in the European battlefield in the future. It is just the situation faced by the troops that makes him worry. Supplies and drinking water are realistic problems beyond the Soviet military law.

The food is easy to arrange. All the troops, including himself, implement a food rationing system, from the original three meals a day to one meal a day. It will not be a problem for more than ten days. For this reason, he also specially appointed the group army The chief of staff is the temporary supply director, who plans the food ration of the troops in a unified manner.

The problem of drinking water is really difficult to solve, coupled with the dry sun in the early autumn of foreign countries, the damn weather, the scorching sun during the day, like a big fireball hanging above the head, roasting the Soviet soldiers' throats and eyes Smoke, eyes straight, at night, shivering with cold.

Zhukov had no choice but to order the troops to dig the well on the spot. It was really good. The water came out after the dug was not deep. After the Soviet soldiers drank the cow and drank it happily, something bad happened at night. The water may be alkaline. It was too big, or it might be because there were too many minerals. More than half of the Soviet soldiers had collective diarrhea and ran more than a dozen times a night. [

If you don’t drink this water, you will die of thirst. After drinking this water, you will have diarrhea. , 10,000+ Soviet soldiers lay down in a large area, losing more than two-thirds of their combat effectiveness, not to mention breaking out, even when they got up and walked.

Zhukov doesn't think that Tang Qiuli's siege and no attack is absolutely humanitarian. He vaguely guessed Tang Qiuli's intentions. He and the 10,000+ Red Army soldiers have become hostages or bait. He didn't know about the Soviet government, but the soldier's self-esteem in his bones made it impossible for him to bear being like a clown, allowing the Chinese to manipulate and suffer, so don't let Tang Qiuli calm down.

On the fourth day of the siege, Zhukov coordinated the Air Force of the Far Eastern Military Region, and at once greeted the Soviet army with 230 fighter jets, 63 bombers, and a large fleet of nearly [-] aircraft.

Tang Qiuli, who had been guarding against the Soviets for a long time, commanded all 180 seven fighter jets of the Air Force of the Independent Division, and cooperated with the ground air defense firepower. Six air defense brigades, more than 1000 anti-aircraft guns equipped with "Sky Eye" gun sight radar, 2000 Many anti-aircraft machine guns, plus thousands of heavy machine guns, formed a tight anti-aircraft fire net.

Over the Uliasu platform, a large-scale air and ground massacre took place. Nearly [-] aircraft filled the sky. The blue sky was covered by black clouds, and the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire With an impenetrable fire net, the Soviet planes that hit each other were all smashed to pieces.

From then on, the sky in Uliasutai was no longer calm, and the sky was filled with the roar of planes. The pilots of both sides chased each other and sent the hot air into the body of the other plane. From time to time, the planes would drag long black smoke , whining, fell to the ground, and exploded into a ball of fire.

Anti-aircraft guns exploded into clouds of smoke, anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns fired tongues of flames. The air battle lasted for two full days. My fortune in the Far East is almost exhausted.

And Le Yiqin's aviation unit also lost 21 fighter jets. This is the independent division aviation unit, another country's regional air force that was crippled. Tang Qiuli is proud enough. After several years of training, Le Yiqin submitted the An answer sheet that satisfies him.

Following the disastrous defeat of the Soviet Far East Air Force, Zhukov stopped. Since then, he has not made any further moves, only struggling. Timoshenko's Second Army is his only hope.

(To be continued)