Glorious Mission 1937

Just as Chen Feng expected, the performance of the Soviet Army on the battlefield could be called childish, not even a star and a half behind those hundred-fighting lions in the eighth war zone.Nearly 8 troops lasted less than 4 hours before being wiped out, and the rest did not retreat, but set up defenses along a low hill that was not very high, which was extremely stupid.

Seeing the performance of the Soviet army, the corners of Chen Feng's mouth couldn't help but rise. He wanted to fight against his subordinate Tiger Ben just because of this rubbish. The Soviets were really stupid and naive.

At 6 o'clock in the morning on June 1, the Soviet reconnaissance plane went to the battlefield to conduct reconnaissance, but was shot down by the air defense force of the eighth theater, and the pilot and the fighter plane were directly blown up in the air.

At this time, after a night of rest, Major General Isov also roughly figured out how much combat power he still has in his hands. There are still more than 2 infantrymen, including more than 800 wounded.There are still more than 270 cavalrymen, but all their horses have been lost. At this time, these cavalry can only be regarded as ordinary infantry, not even infantry, because their weapons and equipment are almost lost.In addition, he has more than [-] tanks in his hands, which is also Major General Isov's biggest reliance.

However, Isov also discovered an extremely serious problem, that is, his army is seriously short of officers, especially senior officers. His army lost a large number of senior officers in the battle last night, and the mechanized No.30 Fifth Army Almost all the headquarters were wiped out, from the army commander, political commissar, and chief of staff to the infantry division commanders, deputy division commanders, and division political commissars. The officers at the brigade commander level also suffered heavy casualties.It can be seen that the Chinese in the battle last night were obviously premeditated, and they hit the Soviet army's weakness all at once.

At this time, he had only Shabelev, who had just been promoted to deputy division commander, under him, and there were 4 regiment commanders and 11 battalion commanders.Speaking of this, I have to mention the Soviet military rank system. The Soviet Red Army is a professional army, so it also has its own set of military ranks. However, in order to maintain the equality of officers and soldiers, before 1935, the military ranks of the Soviet Union were generally equal to their positions. , that is, from New Year's Day in 1918, the Soviet People's Committee and its subordinate Military Committee ordered the establishment of a "job rank" different from the military rank system in the Soviet Red Army, which was divided into commanders and Red Army soldiers according to the relationship between superiors and subordinates.Commanders are divided into senior, intermediate, and junior.A total of 4 levels such as 12.Specifically: senior commanders: army commander, army commander, division commander, brigade commander; intermediate commanders: regiment commander, battalion commander, company commander, platoon leader; junior commanders: division chief, deputy platoon leader, squad leader; Red Army soldiers: Red Army warrior.

Although such a military rank system has played a role in maintaining the equality of officers and soldiers, regulating the order of soldiers, and marking the identity of the military.However, due to the shackles of the "job rank" itself, it cannot "clearly demonstrate the military and professional level, service age and achievements, rights and prestige of the commanders and chiefs."

In view of this, after in-depth research.Approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Comrade Stalin. September 1935, 9.The "Resolution on Establishing the Military Rank System in the Soviet Red Army" was issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Soviet People's Committee. The resolution stated: "The military rank is an important condition for correctly organizing the service of the entire army, deploying and rationally using cadres. The implementation of the military rank is a fixed soldier. The legal position of the law has created the necessary prerequisites. In the armed forces. According to the military rank, the relationship between the subordinates and the subordinates of the soldiers is determined, the positions corresponding to the military rank are determined, and the period of active service and reserve service is stipulated. Specific rights to material supplies, salaries, state guarantees, and preferential treatment for family members are of great significance.”

According to this resolution, in the Red Army and the Red Navy of the Soviet Union, the ranks of soldiers were established respectively: army and air force commanders and soldiers, navy commanders and soldiers, army political workers, army and air force technicians, and naval engineers and technicians , The ranks of military economic and administrative personnel of each service and service department, the military rank of military medical personnel of each service and service department, the military rank of veterinary personnel of each service and service department, and military judicial personnel.

At the same time, it was decided to establish the military rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union", as the highest military rank of the Soviet Army, awarded to "senior commanders who have made outstanding achievements in national defense construction, army building, and anti-aggression wars, and have outstanding military ideas."Accordingly, on November 1935, 11, the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the People's Commissar of the USSR awarded В-k-Blyuchel, cm-Budyonny, ke-Voroshilov, А-n-Egolo Five comrades, including Hufu, MH-Tukhachevsky, took the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

这时的苏联除了元帅之外，陆军和空军指挥员和士兵军衔共5等14级：1、高级指挥员：一级集团军级（2）、二级集团军级（3）、军级（4）、师级（5）、旅级（6）；2、上级指挥员：上校（7）、少校（9）； 3、中级指挥员：大尉（10）、上尉（11）、中尉（12）； 4、初级指挥员：大士（15）、副排级（16）、班级（17）；5、红军战士：红军战士（19）。

Therefore, according to the current military rank system implemented by the Soviet Union, only Isov and Shabelev can barely be regarded as senior commanders, and the others can only be regarded as superior or even intermediate commanders at all. Such a large-scale battle depends on these few It is obviously unrealistic to crook melons and crack dates.

As the sky gradually brightened, Major General Isov discovered another extremely serious matter, that is, it seems that his troops are now surrounded by the Chinese. Looking through the binoculars, there are Chinese troops everywhere in the east, west, north and south. , and his troops were tightly suppressed within a radius of less than ten kilometers near the hills, and the situation was precarious.

What made Major General Isov even more worried was that he saw that there were a large number of tanks in the squadron, tanks that he had never seen before?Could it be that the Chinese can already make their own tanks?

The only thing Major General Isov can do now is to pray that the Chinese tanks are not as powerful as they appear on the surface, and rely on the bt7 fast tank produced by the great Soviet Union to completely suppress the Chinese tanks in terms of performance.

After observing the entire battlefield, Major General Isov immediately sent a report to his superior Far Eastern Military Region in the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Republic and the Irkutsk Region of the Siberian Border Region, requesting that troops be sent south to reinforce the mechanization No.30 Fifth Army and the 59th Tank Division.

In view of the fact that the reinforcements could not arrive in a short period of time, Major General Isov requested the Far East Military Region to immediately send the air force to cooperate with his troops to fight. Otherwise, the defeated soldiers under his command might not be able to last for three days.

After receiving the telegram from Major General Isov, the leadership of the Soviet Far East Front army group panicked. Although they knew that the situation on the front line was not good, they did not expect it to be so corrupt.The commander of the Far Eastern Front, Gr. M. Stern, was restless. He couldn't imagine how the Chinese defeated the [-] Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in one night, and even surrounded the remaining coalition forces.

At the same time, Г.m. Stern also had a doubt in his mind. Logically speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army should be weaker than that of the Japanese army. Otherwise, it would not be Japan that is invading China, but China that is attacking Japan.After the Battle of Nomenkan a few months ago, it turned out that the Japanese army was no match for the great Soviet Red Army at all. In such an equivalent substitution, the Chinese army should not be stronger than the great Soviet Red Army.

But it turns out that the troops under that Chinese general not only won, but also won beautifully. The great Soviet Red Army is now completely passive.

But worry is nothing to worry about, Г.m. Stern is not afraid, he believes that the great Soviet Red Army will be able to defeat the Chinese army, and his confidence comes from the Soviet army's psychological superiority over the Chinese army for a long time , and this psychological advantage comes from the continuous oppression, erosion and exploitation of China by Tsarist Russia in the past century, and also from the Middle East Road War a few years ago.

In July 1929, due to the ownership of the right of way of the Middle East Railway between China and the Soviet Union, the "Middle East Road Incident" broke out, causing armed conflicts.The cause was that the authorities in Northeast China took back the telegraph and phone calls of the Middle East Railway and sent the Soviet staff back home.After the armed conflict between the Soviet Army and the Northeast Army, the Nationalist Government declared war on the Soviet Union.The fighting took place mainly in the Manzhouli and Zhalainuoer regions of China.From the end of July to November, dozens of battles were fought.

In November, the Soviet army successively captured Zhalainuoer, Manzhouli, and Hailar.Among them, more than 11 people were killed, injured, and captured (9000 casualties, and more than 2000 captured).According to Soviet statistics, the Soviet army was killed 7000 people, 143 people were missing, and 4 people were injured. The Soviet army won. On December 665, Zhang Xueliang sent representatives to sign the Khabarovsk Agreement with Su. On December 12, the "Middle East Road Incident" came to an end when the Chinese side accepted the Soviet side's proposal to restore the original status of Sino-Soviet joint management of the Middle East Railway, and the two sides released the captured personnel.

The Soviet Union faced the most powerful Northeast Army in China at that time in the Middle East War. Compared with the Soviet Army, the Northeast Army at that time was not much worse than the Soviet Army in terms of weapons and equipment, and it still had a huge advantage in military strength.But the result was a disastrous defeat for the Northeast Army, which was beaten 10:1 by the Soviet army. It was precisely because of this understanding that the Soviet army always believed that the Chinese army's combat effectiveness was scum below 5.

After deliberation, Г.m. Stern decided to adopt Major General Isov's suggestion, and immediately dispatched 4 of the 2 aviation divisions under the command of the Air Force of the Front Army to the Sino-Mongolian border to assist Major General Isov in combat. At the same time, 3 infantry divisions, 1 tank division, and 2 artillery divisions were dispatched to the border between China and Mongolia. (To be continued..)