Ulaanbaatar in the forties was more of a gathering place surrounded by herdsmen in tents than a city. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info There are basically no brick buildings here except for Ganden Temple and a few buildings, everything is still in a relatively primitive state, after all, the Mongolian people have been accustomed to living in the grass since ancient times, and it is difficult to settle down in a place, even the name Ulaanbaatar only appeared in 1924, and its original name was Kulen.

At the heart of Ulaanbaatar is the Monastery Ganden, a temple that used to be visited by herders all day long, but instead of a Mongolian soldier in military uniform and carrying a Mosingana rifle, if you look closely, you can see that these soldiers almost have a trace of nervousness and fear on their faces.

In a meditation room in the backyard of Ganden Monastery, Choibalsan, the ruler of Mongolia and known as the Generalissimo of Mongolia, is kneeling in front of a Buddha statue and praying sincerely. The blue smoke rising in front of the Buddha statue reflects a mysterious smell.

"Wow......"

A rush of footsteps sounded outside the meditation room, and then an anxious voice sounded in the doorway.

"Lord Marshal, our scouts lurking near Zonmod report that just over ten minutes ago, those Han troops began to march towards Ulaanbaatar!"

Hearing this, Choibalsan, who had been bowing his head and praying, finally raised his head and stood up. Choibalsan is not tall, only about 1.65 meters, with a flat nose and a large cake face typical of Mongolians, and a pair of small eyes flashing from time to time.

Choibalsan's eyes flashed and he looked at the colonel standing at the door: "Ilad, what about the Soviet side, haven't they called back yet?" ”

"They called back." Iled, who was standing at the door, looked annoyed: "Commander Apanashchenko has already called back, he told us to hold out for a while longer, and when the Soviet Red Army gathers, they will immediately wave their troops south to relieve the siege for us." ”

After Ilard's words fell, Choibalsan did not speak for a long time, but there was an imperceptible look of disappointment in his eyes.

Seeing Choibalshan's appearance, Ilad couldn't help but shout angrily: "Lord Marshal, the 116th Infantry Division and the 68th Artillery Brigade of the Soviets have obviously rushed to Darkhan, but they just don't move, what are they trying to do?" Do we have to wait until we are exterminated by those Han Chinese to be happy? What's in it for them? ”

"Benefits." Choibalshan smiled bitterly: "Can't you see it?" This is no longer a good thing, those Soviets felt that their troops in Darkhan could not defeat those Han Chinese, so they did not move in Darkhan, they were waiting for reinforcements. ”

"Waiting for reinforcements, what about our Mongolia, will they ignore our safety? You know, we have signed an agreement with the Soviet Union, and they have a responsibility to protect our security! Ilad felt sad in his heart, and only felt that his country had been abandoned.

"Ilad, forget it. There is an old saying among the Han people, which is called that husband and wife are supposed to fly separately when the disaster comes. This is true for husband and wife, let alone two countries? Choibalshan waved his hand in disappointment, "You must know that the Han people have never stopped snooping on our Mongolia, since the Manchu Qing Dynasty, we, the descendants of Genghis Khan, have lived under the butcher's knife and leather whip of the Manchus, and Kangxi, the Manchu Tartar, has carried out a massacre of humanity in my Mongolia, and the entire Dzungar tribe has almost been slaughtered by him. The Manchus perished, and now these Han people want to enslave us again, which we must never promise! ”

Speaking of this, Choibalsan's eyes were full of anger. Born into a poor herdsman family in the Chechen Khan of the Qing Dynasty, Choibalshan worked as a shepherd boy as a child, and at the age of 13, his mother sent him to a monastery to become a lama. In 1912, at the age of 17, Choibalshan resolutely escaped from the monastery with a companion. After a long journey and more than 1,000 kilometers of walking, we came to Kulen (Ulaanbaatar). Here Choibalsan became acquainted with some Russians, and under the guidance of these Russians, Choibalsan learned a lot of knowledge and gradually came up with the idea of making Mongolia stand on its own.

I have to say that Choibalsan is still very capable, and with the support of the Soviets, Choibalsan finally led a group of Mongols to declare the establishment of Mongolia. Choibalsan's move was naturally happy to see the Soviets happen, they not only supported a large number of weapons, but also sent instructors to help Choibalshan form an army, for the Soviets' move Choibalshan was naturally grateful, and soon signed a military mutual assistance agreement with the Soviet government, the Soviets thus obtained the qualification to be stationed in Mongolia in the name of justice, and with Choibalshan's efforts, Mongolia finally became a puppet of the Soviet Union.

It's just that Choibalshan, who has always been loyal to the Soviet Union, never expected that it would be good, but at a critical juncture, he was released by a pigeon, and this feeling of abandonment really made him feel cold, but he could only say a few words in a place where there was no one, after all, when a lackey is to have the consciousness of a lackey, the owner will not risk his life to save a lackey.

Just as Choibalsan was jumping to his feet in the meditation room, a faint whistling sound swept by, and then the whole earth trembled, and it was a second or two before the explosion reached their ears.

"It's not good, the Han people are coming!" At first hearing the sound of cannons, Choibalsan jumped up almost at the same time.

Iled was also a little panicked, although Mongolia has been established for nearly 20 years, but the Mongolian army has little combat experience, the only actual battle was the battle of Nomenkan two years ago, but at that time it was the Soviet army that acted as the main force, and the Mongols were at best on the side to assist, although Choibalsan himself was known as the marshal of Mongolia, but he never went to the battlefield, to say that he was a good hand at engaging in personality cult and totalitarian rule, but when it came to fighting he was an out-and-out newcomer.

"Marshal, what should we do now?"

Choibalshan gritted his teeth and said, "What else can I do?" The 1st and 2nd divisions were immediately ordered to defend in place, and the cavalry brigade was ready to attack, and today it was either fish dead or the net was broken! ”

"Boom ......"

A 155-caliber howitzer exploded in front of a defensive position of the 1st Mongolian Division, and when the smoke cleared, the machine-gun position that had been pouring tongues of fire was long gone, leaving only a huge crater.

After three rounds of shelling, the dense explosions came to an abrupt halt, replaced by a muffled roar of engines and the grinding of metal tracks.

"Oh no, the tanks of the Han people are up!"

In a panicked voice, the surviving Mongol soldiers on the position saw countless figures rushing towards their position.

The vast steppes of Mongolia are the natural battlefields of mechanized troops, and the vast and flat terrain gives tanks plenty of room to move, so this time the armored division attacking Fred is the absolute main force.

As the first armored unit established by the Third Group Army, after several years of tempering, the First Armored Division has been top-notch in terms of weaponry and personnel quality, and now the whole division includes three armored regiments, one self-propelled artillery regiment, one self-propelled air defense regiment, two infantry regiments, a search battalion, a maintenance battalion, a field hospital, and a logistics department machine battalion, totaling more than 18,000 people.

The first armored regiment led by Adele has been in the lead, since the replacement of a large number of Tiger heavy tanks, the armored regiment has been greatly improved in both attack power and armor protection, as the number one main force of the first armored division, they are naturally the best, the first is the first battalion of tanks that have all been replaced with Tiger heavy tanks, only to see the 27 Tiger tanks led by 30 kilometers per hour rushing towards the position of the Mongolian First Division, Behind these Tiger tanks were billowing clouds of dust and armored vehicles and infantry following the attacking troops.

As a unit that rarely experienced actual combat, the soldiers of the 1st Mongolian Division were already so frightened that their legs trembled when they saw the overwhelming torrent of steel, and many soldiers threw down the Mosingana rifles in their hands almost immediately.

"Stop...... Stop, don't run, don't run! Whoever runs away again will shoot! ”

As the Mongolian army, which is in the same vein as the Soviet army, naturally did not forget to set up a wartime supervision team, I saw an officer wearing a major's military uniform brandishing a Tokarev pistol in one hand and a horn in the other hand yelling at the soldiers running back.

"This is the last warning, if you go any further back, we'll shoot!"

It's a pity that the officer's voice has long been drowned out in the overwhelming artillery fire, and soon dozens of deserters rushed to a place less than a hundred meters away from the warlord.

"Fire ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

On the position that had been erected long ago, three M1910 heavy machine guns opened fire, and tongues of fire and 7.62 caliber machine gun bullets poured out of the barrels, and the dense bullets instantly poured more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers who were running in the front into a pool of blood.

The bloody reality stunned these Mongolian soldiers, they have only seen such bloody scenes from behind the butts of the Soviet army on weekdays, we just want to find a way to live, do you want to be so ruthless?

"Go back to your combat posts now, or these people will be your role models!" The Major of the Overseer with a tin horn in his hand shouted murderously.

Under the threat of machine guns and death, the Mongol soldiers who originally wanted to escape had to obediently return to their positions, but when they returned to the position, the tanks of the Chinese were already less than 300 meters away from them.

"Fire ......"

"Shoot, shoot those Han people back!"

The voices of the officers rang out everywhere on the position, and soon bursts of gunfire rang out, and the originally sparse gunfire gradually became dense, and countless bullets clanged on the charging tanks.

However, the efforts of the Mongol soldiers were in vain, and as a unit equipped with only light weapons and basically no heavy weapons, their resistance in the face of such an armored force armed to the teeth could only be futile. Enraged by the resistance of the Mongol soldiers, the charging panzers opened fire from the side-by-side machine guns installed near the tank turrets, and the flames swept towards the Mongol positions, and with the flickering of fire, one Mongolian soldier was knocked to the ground.

"Fire...... Kill them! ”

Dong Hongyun, who was commanding a Tiger heavy tank, shouted loudly, Feng Ziqiang, who was serving as a gunner next to him, was holding an MG34 machine gun and firing straight ahead, and Jiang Nengyun, the loader, was doing his old job, loading ammunition for Feng Ziqiang.

Under the assault of the 1st Panzer Division, the soldiers of the 1st Mongol Division quickly collapsed, and these descendants of Genghis Khan had long since lost the bravery of their ancestors, and under the threat of death, many soldiers turned around and ran desperately towards the back. At first, the Overseers were machine-gunned, but the soldiers, who had been frightened by the tanks, were so enraged that they even opened fire on the Overseers and their officers in droves.

Once the fire rush was formed, the defense line that had been in chaos collapsed in an instant, and the 1st Panzer Regiment led by Adele took less than 40 minutes to penetrate the position of the 1st Mongol Division, and then the Jibu Regiment that arrived quickly expanded the results of the battle, and soon cleared the remaining enemy on the position, and it took less than an hour and a half from the launch of the attack to the occupation of the position, such an attack speed stunned many generals who were watching the battle behind.

"My good ...... Did Fred's father and daughter take chicken blood or strong pills, this speed is too fast, how long has it been? A division of the enemy was routed by them, and this is more than 10,000 people! Sun Liren, who stood on a high ground and watched the battle, couldn't help but be amazed, although he also boasted that he was well-informed, and even his 350th Division had an armored regiment under his command, but this armored regiment was all equipped with No. 4 tanks and some Bobcat reconnaissance tanks and some armored vehicles, and its function was mainly used for raids or to open the way for infantry.

Huang Baitao is not much better, he rarely deals with armored forces, he didn't expect that an armored force with hundreds of tanks would be so terrifying once it launched a charge, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a thunderous ball.

"Could it be that we were wrong about the positioning of the armored forces? Shouldn't the tank be a support weapon for the infantry, but should be assembled to be at its most powerful? At this time, Huang Baitao couldn't help but have doubts about his previous use of armored forces.

Although Su Jin has always emphasized to them over the years that armored troops must be used in a centralized manner in order to exert their power, there are always some generals who think that infantry is the main force on land, and the best role of tanks is to cooperate with infantry to occupy enemy positions, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case......