Age of Rebirth

Chapter 843

The successive disastrous defeats of the Japanese navy forced Emperor Hirohito to reorganize the navy. This is indeed the case. Compared with the smooth sailing of the army in the Far East, the performance of the navy is not satisfactory. In other words, it disappointed the fanatical citizens of Japan. .

When Tang Qiuli took away the Soviet Pacific Fleet from Haishanwei, with more than 100 warships, the Far East was in full swing. General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Kwantung Army, commanded the forces of the three armies to besiege the defeated with all their strength. Trapped on the front line of Arsenyev, the troops of General Timoshenko of the Soviet Far East Second Army.

Since late September, General Timoshenko has been in a state of comprehensive defense. His main assault force, four armored brigades equipped with Type 28ˉ[-] tanks, fell into Ussuriysk ( The swampy area around Shuangchengzi gave the Japanese a big deal.

Those Izu series light tanks, which were originally vulnerable to the Army's seventh-type tanks, with the cooperation of the Kwantung Army's artillery units, let out a bad breath in their hearts, and abused a Soviet tank happily. Xin Ge's fist was knocked out.

The troops of the Transcaucasus Front Army who came to the rescue were blocked by the First Kwantung Army Army on the narrow mountain road between Kukan Mountain and Buleya Mountain on the front line of Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk). The favorable terrain and continuous resistance made the Transcaucasus Front Army pay a heavy price for every step forward. [

Breaking through the blocking of the Kwantung Army was a matter of time, but it was just a matter of time, and it was precisely time that became the most fatal factor for Timoshenko. His defensive positions in the Arsenyev area were being compressed every day. The Kwantung Army broke out with unprecedented combat effectiveness.

The whole division is often dispatched to carry out uninterrupted attacks. Arsenyev area is full of gunfire and smoke every day. There are more than 60 soldiers from both Japan and the Soviet Union. However, on the land of more than a few hundred square kilometers, they fought desperately.

Arsenyev City, the Second Far East Army Headquarters, Timoshenko stood in front of the military map like a sculpture, outside, the sound of intensive guns from far and near, and the strong sea wind from the Sea of ​​Japan led the heavy The smell of gunpowder, he no longer knows how many times he has received telegrams for help from the frontline commanders.

Fighting uninterruptedly until now, the casualties of the Second Army have exceeded half, and Timoshenko does not have a single reserve team that can be used. The commander's telegram is the word "persevere", and he gritted his teeth and persisted until the reinforcements from the Transcaucasus direction arrived.

The Second Army of the Soviet Far East relied on one breath to support it. Timoshenko was not like this. As the commander of the army, he knew more news than anyone else. The Kwantung Army blocked in the mountains around Khabarovsk, and it was impossible to reach here in the shortest time.

Regarding this news that can be called bad news, Timoshenko took absolute sympathy, but absolutely necessary measures to block the news from all troops. All the hopes of the Second Army rested on the reinforcements of the Transcaucasian Front. Let the grassroots officers and soldiers understand the actual situation, and the Second Army, which has lost too much blood, will crash to the ground. Timoshenko himself will also end up being captured or killed.

A staff officer hurried in: "Report to Comrade Commander, the Far East Red Banner Third Army defending the Anigai area requested support. In front of their defensive positions, at least three Japanese divisions are attacking. The army's casualties have exceeded Two-thirds of the army commander, Lieutenant General Nikolayubshchenk, was seriously wounded, and the troops were commanded by the political commissar."

Timoshenko did not look back. The area defended by the Third Red Banner Army was the most prominent part of the Arsenyev line of defense in the west. Its strategic position was very important. If the Kwantung Army occupied the Anigai area, the overall line of defense would be forced to retreat ten miles. Five kilometers. If so, Timoshenko would have no room for maneuver.

"Order, the Third Army of the Far East Red Banner, at any cost, must hold the Anigai line of defense, even if it is the last person to fight. In addition, tell Nikolai and Comrade Lyushink that the group army has no troops and can go for reinforcements He, everything can only depend on himself," Timoshenko ordered almost cruelly.

Seeing that the staff officer hesitated for a moment, then turned around and left, Brother Timoshen felt a sharp pain in his heart like a knife being twisted. This order is suspected to kill the Red Banner Third Army, but what can be done?Lieutenant General Nizhan Labryushchenk, the commander of the army, was his old comrade-in-arms for many years. For him, the pain in his heart was greater than anyone else's when he gave such an order.

Timoshenko pondered for a while, and asked the correspondent to call the head of the army guard regiment, and said in a hoarse voice: "I order you, immediately lead the entire guard regiment to the Anigai defense line, and obey the command of the army commander Nikolai Bryushenko. The lieutenant general's command, in addition, has given you a special task, once the Japanese break through the Anigai line of defense, you must bring Lieutenant General Nikolai Hryushenk back alive."

The head of the guard stood at attention and saluted. He knew the danger of going here. He had followed the general for many years. Perhaps this was the last time he met. Seeing the groups of Red Army soldiers from abroad rushing to the front in order, Timoshenko sighed from his heart. It was his last bit of troops, all of which were used.

From September 20 to the present, over 10,000 days of fighting, more than half of the troops were killed or injured. In such a small area, it is impossible to even retreat, unless [-]+ Red Army soldiers jump into the Sea of ​​Japan. The chief of staff of the group army is worried He said: "Comrade Commander, according to the current situation, the group army can last for a few more days. If the troops of the Transcaucasus Front Army cannot open the passage in time, we will have to sacrifice all of them."

Why didn't Timoshenko know, and he also believed that, based on his personal friendship with the commander of the Transcaucasus Front, General Paulpilyusky, the Transcaucasus Front would spare no effort to rescue them, but the Kwantung Army used A large part of the troops are blocking the attack, and there are still a few days to open the passage, so no one can accurately judge.

Continuing to send a telegram to Moscow asking for help, Timoshenko said in a slow and heavy tone: "Moscow, the General Staff has transferred to Comrade Stalin, the fighting in the Arsenyev area is becoming increasingly fierce, and the Japanese Kwantung Army has put most of its troops into On the battlefield in the Far East, our army suffered more than half of the casualties, and the medicine was almost exhausted. The situation is extremely critical, and we request the General Staff to send additional reinforcements immediately, without any delay, otherwise, the final fate of the Second Far East Army will be annihilated.”

In the late autumn of [-], the grass and trees were withered and yellow. In this season full of fallen leaves, there was a gloomy scene everywhere. The mood of Stalin, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, became more and more depressed and irritable. It was terrible. I don't understand how the current situation in the Far East is so unfavorable to the great Soviet.

First, Tang Qiuli, the villainous Chinese, cut off such a large piece of fat in the Soviet Union in the area of ​​Outer Mongolia and Lake Baikal. Then, the Japanese launched an unprecedented offensive in the Far East. The Pacific Fleet Falling into the hands of the Japanese, Timoshenko was in danger again.

Fleeing time is unfavorable, there can only be this one explanation, and he also thought about it more than once in his mind, a question that made his hair stand on end, the Japanese and Tang Qiuli reached some kind of secret agreement, so the Japanese dared to let go to attack the Far East, this agreement The fundamental essence is that the Japanese and Tang Qiuli carve up the territory of the Asian part of the Soviet Union.

If there was no such big temptation, according to Tang Qiuli's usual style, he would have taken advantage of this rare opportunity to launch a large-scale offensive against the Kwantung Army and regain the Manchuria area. With Tang Qiuli's strength, it would not be difficult to do this. In addition, there is no way to explain Tang Qiuli's current practice of standing still. [

If Stalin's prediction becomes a reality, the Soviet Union will lose more than half of its territory and become a purely European country, instead of the current huge empire spanning Eurasia. Every time he thinks of this, Stalin can't help but break out in a cold sweat. The taboo is to fight on two fronts. In Europe, Hitler in Germany is also a guy who is unwilling to be lonely. He is more greedy for territory than himself.

For this reason, he strictly ordered the Soviet Far East Intelligence Agency to find out whether such a secret agreement had been reached between Tang Qiuli and the Japanese. Once his test was confirmed, Stalin had to consider the Soviet Union's strategic focus. In Asia or Europe.

The mainstream opinion in the Soviet military circles is that the sparks of war that come and go from time to time on the European continent will not affect the Soviet Union for the time being. Solving the problems in the Far East is the top priority. Asians dare to provoke the Soviet Union. This is a very bad start. Therefore, the strategic concept of the Soviet General Staff is to first defeat the Japanese in the Far East, and then regain Outer Mongolia and Lake Baikal, and drive Tang Qiuli's forces back to the mainland of China.

But there is one biggest problem. The main force of the Soviet Union in Europe must be transferred to the Far East. This involves a fundamental change in the basic national policy and strategic focus of the Soviet Union. Stalin had to think carefully. Europe, The Führer who drove the whole of Germany into a state of madness always made him feel at ease.

Stalin was anxious and almost lost sleep all night. He said to his most intimate friends in private: "The Soviet is already at the most dangerous moment. Any mistake in decision-making will lead to disastrous consequences. The Soviet created by Comrade Lenin cannot be destroyed. In my own hands."

This is Stalin's truest thoughts. Hesitating, hesitant, and indecisive, the news from the Soviet Far East Intelligence Bureau made him slightly relieved, "Supreme Commander, according to our intelligence personnel's multiple investigations, we have not found that Tang Qiuli and the Japanese Signs of any secret agreement by the government."

As Timoshenko delivered another urgent telegram to him, Stalin's sunny mood just now was covered with dark clouds.

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