In the 40s, Manchuria was just a small border town, and the population of the whole town was less than 3,000, most of whom were merchants who traveled back and forth between China, Russia and Mongolia. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the middle of the town there is an inn called Tong Sihai, which can only accommodate hundreds of people from the perspective of a big city, but this inn with three two-story buildings is already the largest building in the town, and now it is also the joint headquarters of the 1st Armored Division and the 5th National Armed Division.

Time rewind to 7:15 a.m. on September 19, 1942, the sky has begun to brighten at this time, and the bright water vapor that has accumulated overnight slowly evaporates into the air with the sunlight to form a piece of fog, and it is impossible to see things more than 100 meters away.

Huang Jianguo, commander of the 5th Division of the National Guard, stood next to a large table and pointed to the large map placed on the table and said to Fred Morse, commander of the 1st Armored Division sitting in a chair: "General Morse, the Soviets have more and more troops on the border, and it is observed that a Mongolian regiment and the 139th Infantry Division of the Soviet Union have gathered a total of 20,000 troops in the Hulbatar Banner to the west, and the Soviets in Borja to the north have also transferred two infantry divisions, according to reconnaissance, the 268th and 244th Infantry Divisions of the Soviet Army. That's not all, according to intelligence, the Soviets also sent a large number of artillery to these two places, but we don't know much about the artillery situation of the Soviet army, and we can only expect the efforts of the front-line reconnaissance troops. ”

Fred shook his head and said in Chinese, which was already quite fluent: "Commander Huang, according to common sense, your judgment is correct, but don't forget that the Soviets did not transfer their armored forces, so this is their biggest weakness." You must know that the wide steppe is a paradise for armored troops, and if the war starts, my armored division can quickly divide and surround the Soviet army, so as to quickly cut them into several pieces, so that their collapse is only a matter of time. ”

"Well, that's true." Huang Jianguo nodded, but he immediately worried: "But what worries me the most is that our air force is not yet capable of coming to support us, once the Soviet air force flies to the battlefield, we will be very passive, you must know that now our two divisions combined only have two air defense regiments, and we cannot deploy in such a wide area, once the Soviet aircraft join the war, we will be very passive." ”

"yes!" Fred also sighed, the plane is the world of armored forces, once the Soviet planes participate in the war, his armored forces will have no way to participate in the war, but he still comforted: "Huang, don't worry too much, a few days ago the Soviet Union has transferred most of the planes in the Far East to the European battlefield, even if there are planes participating in the war, it is estimated that the scale will not be too much, and we should be able to cope with it with our air defense forces." ”

"I hope so!" Fred's words didn't give Huang Jianguo much comfort, he sighed lightly and stopped talking......

Just as they were talking, time began to pass slowly, as the sky brightened and filled the town with the thick fog began to slowly become thinner, in Hulbatar, less than 20 kilometers away from Manchuria, there is a small red Russian-style minaret, this red building is the current Soviet Army Garrison Headquarters in Mongolia, at this time the atmosphere in the headquarters conference room is much more relaxed than Manchuria, if it were not for the walls and conference tables are full of military maps or spread out, just look at these dressed in Tsar green military uniform, Soviet officers with wine glasses in hand could easily be mistaken for a cocktail party.

The commander-in-chief of the Soviet army in this battle, the commander of the 139th Infantry Division, Lopushev, raised his glass with a smile and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we must teach the Chinese people a profound lesson at this stop, and let them know that the consequences of daring to provoke the great Soviet Red Army are very serious, so we must wipe out all the Chinese troops in Manchuria, and then occupy Manchuria, and now include the whole of Inner Mongolia in the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union, this is Comrade Stalin's order, and at the same time, we must complete the task!" ”

"Comrade division commander, I assure you that it only takes one charge to capture Manchuria!" The commander of the 768th regiment, Colonel Ryubunov, spoke.

Listening to Ryubnov's words, everyone in the conference room laughed. In the eyes of the Soviets, the Chinese are still no different from the Hailan Pao tragedy 42 years ago, although they no longer have the pig's tail behind their heads, but it is just a change in appearance, and the combat effectiveness of the current Chinese army is no different from that of the previous Qing army. In this regard, there is no difference between the views of the former Russian Imperial Army and the current Soviet Red Army.

Originally, he planned to transfer him to a vacant post in a few days, but now that the Supreme Command has instructions, he will not be able to say anything, but he still warns: "Commander Ryubnov, since you have this determination, then I will hand over the task of attacking to you, but you should not be too careless, after all, being able to follow the Japanese to snatch Mukden is enough to show that their combat effectiveness is quite good." ”

"Don't worry, comrade division commander, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." Ryubnov thumped his chest.

"Report to Comrade Division Commander, our troops have all entered the total position!" While everyone was talking, a communications soldier ran over and reported loudly.

Lopshev nodded: "Okay, Comrade Lyubnov, it's up to you next!" ”

Ryubnov gave a military salute and said loudly: "I understand Comrade Division Commander, now please give the order to attack!" ”

"Okay, convey my order, and the troops will start attacking, but in order to show our mercy, we still have to ask the Huaxia people on the opposite side before attacking, are they ready to surrender?" Lopushev said, and his words caused another burst of laughter.

On a hillside a mile off the border with Mongolia, Qiu Zesheng, who had eaten breakfast, was reinforcing a trench with a group of companions.

"Dig deeper into the breastwork and foxholes, don't be afraid to waste your strength, you know that if the fight starts, you can point to this thing to save your life!" On the position, several figures are walking around in the trenches and pointing something, these people are the platoon commanders of the first battalion of the 17th Regiment of the Fifth Division of the National People's Guard, due to the increasing number of Soviet troops and the situation is becoming more and more tense, so the division headquarters has also issued the highest combat readiness, and these officers have supervised and inspected how well the trenches under their subordinates are dug early in the morning.

Qiu Zesheng's battalion position happened to be the only hillside leading to Hulbatar, the height of this hillside was not high, only about seventy or eighty meters, but after occupying this place, it could overlook the surrounding area of several square kilometers, so if the battle started, it would become a battleground for both sides, and everyone could not be careful.

"The anti-artillery hole should be deepened a little more, Lao Maozi's cannon is notoriously ruthless, and if you don't thicken it, you will end the game after a cannon." The battalion commander, Major Song Yingjie, kept reminding the soldiers that for some reason he felt a sense of panic since this morning. This is not a physical problem, but a kind of intuition that has made him pick up a small life more than once in his more than ten years of military life.

Having fought in the civil war and the Japanese, he became a battalion commander after being dug into a corner by the Third Army because of his rich combat experience. Today he always felt that something was wrong, he ordered the whole battalion to get up and strengthen the trenches before dawn, although the soldiers under this order were full of complaints, but the military order was like a mountain, even if the soldiers were reluctant, they still had to carry it out.

As the soldiers struggled to reinforce their positions, several fast-moving black dots appeared on the horizon in the distance.

"Sir, there's someone over there. I saw it, it's the cavalry of Lao Maozi! A sentry soldier pointed ahead and shouted.

"Cavalry?" Song Yingjie hurriedly took out the binoculars from the leather bag on his waist and looked ahead, and in the frame, the figures of the two cavalrymen were running towards this side.

A few minutes later, two cavalrymen in dark uniforms and carrying white flags came to the front of the position, and a bearded major officer jumped off his horse, followed by another lieutenant who looked like a translator.

The major muttered a few words, and the lieutenant, who looked like an interpreter, puffed up his chest and translated loudly: "Where is your commander, let your commander speak!" ”

Song Yingjie walked up and said coldly: "I am the commander here, if I have something to say, I will let it go!" ”

"Hahaha......" The surrounding soldiers burst into laughter.

The Soviet major showed a coldness in his eyes, and said coldly: "In view of the current chaotic situation in Suhuameng, in order to maintain the security and order in this area, according to the relevant content of the Kyakhta Treaty signed by the three parties of Suhua and Mongolia in 1915, from now on, the Soviet army will begin to take over the security and defense in Inner Mongolia, and order you to surrender to the Soviet army within half an hour, otherwise the great Soviet Red Army will wipe you out immediately!" ”

When the swaggering Soviet interpreter translated the words of the Soviet major, all the soldiers of the first battalion fell silent.

Song Yingjie raised his head and laughed, and after a long time, he sneered and said to the Soviet major: "Listen, please go back and tell your commander, my answer is only one word!" ”

"Let's talk about it!" The translator asked with a cold face.

Song Yingjie spat on the ground, and then said loudly: "Bah......"

The major of the Soviet army stared at Song Yingjie coldly and said slowly: "Major, I appreciate your courage, but you and your soldiers will die because of your stupidity!" ”

"Then let's see you on the battlefield!" Song Yingjie said proudly.

Soon, Song Yingjie, who watched the Soviet major leave, shouted: "Brothers, all move, Lao Maozi is going to attack......"

More than ten minutes later, a mournful whistling sound began to resound in mid-air......