Lin Jun's conservative estimate was correct, and the 19th Division had already lost more than half of its size, and it was impossible to launch another attack, so all the Soviet army had to do was to shrink its position and consolidate its defense. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lin Jun had dinner with Blyuhel that day, and during the banquet, Lin Jun asked him: "Comrade Marshal, what do you think will be the next battle situation?" ”

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Blyukhel knew the meaning of Lin Jun's words: "Our army will have no battle to fight in a short period of time, at least there will be no major conflicts before the beginning of spring next year." The Japanese side will sum up the crushing defeat suffered, but it will be difficult to say next year, the Japanese may provoke trouble again, but not on this side. ”

Blyukher's estimate was very reasonable, the biggest reason for the defeat of the Japanese army was the lack of air support and the miscalculation of the assault force of the Soviet mechanized forces, and the price of underestimating the enemy was a crushing defeat. After this conflict, the Soviets will definitely build strong permanent fortifications in this area, and it will become even more impossible to save face here.

This time the Japanese army's losses exceeded the Battle of Hassan Lake in Lin Jun's known history, which means that the scale of the next Japanese tentative attack may be greater than the Battle of Normenhan, and it may be that the lesson of this time is enough to make little Japan dare not have any more attempts to "advance north". But in any case, prevention work must be done well, so as not to be caught off guard.

"Comrade Marshal, I really hope that next year I will be able to come to the Far East again to teach little Japan a lesson. This time, our army is just a small test, and it will be enjoyable to fight a big and beautiful battle. ”

Blyukherr knew what the top decision-making level meant: It was necessary to use tanks, artillery, and the sea of corpses and blood of the Japanese army to tell the top leadership of Japan that "advancing north" was self-defeating!

"Okay, next year I will definitely invite Comrade Andrei to come to the Far East again, and then we will teach little Japan a lesson together!" Blyukhel picked up the glass and said, "Cheers to victory!" ”

"When will Comrade Andrei return to Moscow?"

The person who asked him was Chief of Staff Stern, who said that the reason for "returning to Moscow" was that there were other officers on the side, and those higher-level commanders were not qualified to know Lin Jun's itinerary, so Stern could not directly say "when to go to China".

"I'll leave in two days, and everyone will worry about it here." Lin Jun was in a hurry to return to Nanjing, and besides, the overall situation here had been decided, and it was not interesting to stay.

After the meal, Blyukhel, Stenn and Lin Jun had a secret conversation, many of which covered the Soviet Union's strategy in the Far East and the finishing touches on the campaign.

"If my estimate is correct, there will be news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs soon, and now we will maintain the existing front and give Comrade Molotov some bargaining chips." Blyukhel said.

"Molotov will not let us suffer at the negotiating table, we can rest assured that he is not a fox and cunning, hehe. Comrade Marshal, I have here two documents that have just been drafted, do you see if they are submitted to the Central Executive Committee in the joint name of the three of us? Of course, you will have to wait until the finishing touches are over. ”

These two documents were drafted by Lin Jungang: the first is a proposal to establish a medal for the "Combat Participants of Lake Hassan"; The second, an undisclosed document, proposes to secretly award the comrade intelligence officer who provided important intelligence the title "Hero of the Soviet Union".

There will be a number of "Heroes of the Soviet Union" in this battle, and Lin Jun admires the red spy Sorge very much, and does not want him to receive the honor he deserves until twenty years after his sacrifice as in history, although there are very few people who can know his existence, and he may not have the opportunity to touch the Lenin medal that belongs to him in his life, and see the large award book with his name printed on it.

Blyukhel and Stenn knew the importance of these two documents, especially the fact that if the contents of the second document were leaked, except for Andrei in front of them, it would be enough for the two of them to go to the guillotine.

"Comrade Andrey, after the battle is over, I will go to Moscow to report to the Central Committee on the situation of this campaign, and I will personally hand over these two documents to Comrade Stalin, and you can rest assured that they are safe." Blyukhel said solemnly.

The establishment of the medal was of great significance for raising the position of the Special Army of the Red Banner in the Far East in the Soviet Army and rallying the combat effectiveness of the troops. The contribution of that comrade on the secret front was enough to earn him the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" - perhaps some political comrades would find this inappropriate, but the high-ranking officers who knew the inside story would have supported this proposal: without his contribution, the Soviet Union would have paid the price of countless soldiers' lives and blood.

Secrecy is the most important thing, and Lin Jun also knows that both people in the room know this, but he still needs to be reminded: "For the safety of this comrade on the secret front, I hope that our existence will always rot in our hearts, and in the Far East, except for the three of us, no fourth person will be allowed to know about this matter!" ”

"I guarantee with my party spirit that I will never leak half a sentence!" Blyukhel and Stern replied solemnly.

"One more thing I want to say hello to you in advance, that Ryushikov has some problems with loyalty to the party and the state, and I hope you don't get too close to him. Especially Comrade Stenn, it is said that you have a good relationship with him, so you need to pay more attention! Comrade Alexander in Moscow does not want to see you get too close to him. ”

Lin Jun's understatement made the other two people in the room suddenly feel a chill in their hearts, and Blyukhel knew that the "Butcher II" in front of him and the "Executioner II" in Moscow were going to do something to the people of the Yenov family in the Far Eastern Anti-Counter Department!

But Blyukhel and Stenn had a different mentality: Blyukhel was a little happy and worried, because he was very unaccustomed to what Ryushkov had done after he came to the Far East, and he knew that Ryushchikov might have come to work in the Far East for himself. And Comrade Andrei's words are so clear, it should be a sign of trust in himself, so he will not be in danger.

A marshal would be glad at the trust of a division-level commander, and it has to be said that it is a sad and strange phenomenon caused by the "suppression of rebellion." Fortunately, Comrade Marshal analyzed from various sources and situations: Although this Andrei did not blink an eye in the eradication of dissidents, he had a very good grasp of the starting point and the scale, otherwise Comrade Tukhachevsky would not have had the opportunity to come to the Far East to serve as his deputy head of the logistics department -- Andrei was a good comrade, and Blyukherr decided on this.

Although Sturn's face did not change, Lin Jun's words kicked himself into the position of "suspect of the enemy's ally", fortunately, now Comrade Andrei is clearly reminding himself in private, that is to say, he still has a chance, at least at the moment, Moscow trusts himself.

"Comrade Andrei, I know it's time to do this." Stern hurriedly spoke.

"Don't worry too much, you also know that Comrade Alexander doesn't do things like Yenov's, and he won't wronged people. You are a high-ranking officer with outstanding commanding qualities, far from politics, and perhaps a future marshal, a commander like you whom the Soviets need. Lin Jun simply told him in Stalin's tone.

"Yes, Comrade Andrey!"

The words of Comrade Andrei in front of him are the best guarantee, everyone knows that the NKVD is his person, and the comrades trusted by Comrade Andrei will not be in danger, and the senior commander of the level of Stenn knows what Lin Jun has done for the "suppression of the rebellion", and he is trying to protect the cornerstone of the Soviet Union from too much destruction. Since Alexander came to power, even the "suppression" work in the Far East has tended to ease from terror, and this is obvious to all.

"Tomorrow I want to go to Novokievskoye, and then go to the front to inspect it, it is rare to come to the Far East to study once, it would be a pity not to see the battlefield after the war."

"Then I'll go with you tomorrow." Blyukhel said.

"That's not necessary, you still need to be in command here, I'll go by myself, and there won't be any danger." Lin Junke couldn't afford such courtesy, and it was a bit too much to let Comrade Marshal accompany him to see the excitement.

Now that Lin Jun has already expressed his position, it is not easy for Blyukher to insist, "Stenn, you go and arrange Comrade Andrei's guards." Also, let Antonov go and prepare Comrade Andrei's plane to China. Be sure to put safety first! “

"Yes, Comrade Commander!"

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"Zhang Gufeng just finished fighting, I don't know how the battle will be after returning to Nanjing?" Lin Jun returned to his room and thought alone.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the fact that the Chinese battlefield has made it impossible for the Japanese army to fight on two fronts, so will the next large-scale conflict appear as Blyukhel predicted? Lin Jun very much hopes that little Japan will not have a long memory, and come again next summer, and then beat them so that his grandmother doesn't know them, so as to ensure the safety behind them after the outbreak of the war on the Western Front.

At this time, Captain Snornik walked in with coffee: "Comrade Andrey, your coffee. ”

"Oh, Snornick, get my uniform ready, I'm going to the front again tomorrow."

"Is it your own uniform?"

"Well, this time it's brighter, and there is no threat from Japanese snipers."

"Yes, Comrade Andrei."

"Tell Fekochinov that he will leave for Nanjing, China, at the latest, and let him get ready. Also, I have a new assignment for you. After Lin Jun finished speaking, he took out an envelope from his jacket pocket, "You don't go to Nanjing first, I will send you to Moscow, and I will leave tomorrow to personally hand over this letter to Comrade Alexander of the NKVD, and you must hand it over to him personally, and no third person can know about the existence of this letter!" ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrey, I will protect the safety of this letter with my own life!"

"After handing over the letter to Alexander, he will arrange your trip to Nanjing. This trip back to Moscow is nominally saying that I have sent you to report to the Military Council on the state of the war. ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrei."

Snornik is reliable, and his dual status as an officer and a Cheka, coupled with being his own envoy, can definitely guarantee the security and confidentiality of the letters. What exactly is written in Lin Jun's letter? It was the matter of the rectification of the Far East that he had just said to Blyukhel.

At noon on October 5, Lin Jun arrived at the headquarters of Berzarin and saw that the commander of the 40th Division, Colonel Bazarov, and the commander of the 2nd Mechanized Brigade, Colonel Panfilov, were also there. The three colonels had all welcomed Lin Jun after receiving news that he was coming—and now that they had all given command of the troops to the chief of staff and their deputies, some follow-up work had allowed them to come back.

Lin Jun praised all the troops participating in the battle, and also told to prevent the Japanese dogs from jumping over the wall.

"Comrade Andrei, this time we have captured a large amount of Japanese supplies, do you want to go and see." Belzarin said with a smile.

"Hehe, of course." As soon as he heard Belzarin's words, Lin Jun knew that these three guys must have something special to give themselves when they came so diligently.

Glancing at Landscoch on the side, this guy was not squinting, feeling that his chief was looking at him, and smiled unconsciously.

What kind of supplies do these three colonels need to specially remind? Of course, it's something that Lin Jun likes - now there are mountains of Japanese sabers on the long wooden table in front of Lin Jun's eyes and on the ground!

The three colonels, after learning of Comrade Andrei's special hobby, specially instructed the troops participating in the war that other captures could be postponed, and if the situation did not allow them to be blown up, they could bring back all the sabers of Little Japan. Of course, they will not say that it is because someone likes it, but to say that this is the most devastating to the morale of the Japanese army. Of course, this is also true: if a Japanese officer loses his command sword, he loses his command and the honor of the imperial soldiers, and it will be glorious to hold an exhibition of the captured Japanese command knife when the time comes.

Lin Jun was embarrassed to carefully select them, so he let the Cossacks look at them, and he chatted with the three colonels to learn about the details of the battle.

"Did you find the body of a high-ranking Japanese commander?" Lin Jun asked.

"We only had a general look before the contraction, and we didn't find any Japanese generals who were killed, but we found a lot of corpses of colonel-level officers. According to the original plan, all the bodies of the Japanese military officers and above were brought back. "said Colonel Panfilov.

Colonel Bazarov took over the topic: "The corpses of the Japanese soldiers in the encirclement are basically in tatters, and only one Japanese soldier Dazuo, that is, half of the corpse of a colonel, was found. This Osa, the commander of the 73rd Infantry Wing of the 37th Brigade of the 19th Division of the Japanese Army, and captured its command knife. ”

"It's a pity that we didn't capture the complete flag of the Japanese troops, only the comrades of the 40th Division snatched the flag of the 74th Wing of the Japanese Army from the fire, but it has been burned to only two-thirds." It was Colonel Berzarin who spoke.

"It's already good, little Japan's military flags are not easy to get, they usually burn them at the end of the battle."

At this time, Landscoch handed Lin Jun a beautiful Japanese saber, and Lin Jun took it and said to the officers on the side: "Comrades, it is very likely that we have killed a Japanese general-level officer. ”

Lin Jun's words made everyone a little strange: Why did Comrade Andrei suddenly come to such a conclusion, is it related to the Japanese saber in his hand?

"This is a Japanese general-level officer's saber, because the color of the inner side of the ribbon on both sides of the handle is gold, and the Japanese army's saber is gold, red, and blue to distinguish the ranks of general, adjutant, and lieutenant officers. Moreover, there are shrapnel scratches on the paint and metal surface of the scabbard of this saber (the scabbard of the Japanese saber is generally made of steel), the link ring on the scabbard has also been cut by shrapnel, and there is blood residue on the hilt. Most likely, the original owner of this saber was blown to pieces by our shells, and as a result, the comrades found only this saber. ”

As soon as they heard Lin Jun's words, the officers all understood: it turned out that there was such a way. All the Japanese sabers that were brought to Comrade Andrei were officers' sabers, and the three colonels had deliberately seen them, and now they went to look at the color under the ribbon on the handles of all the captured sabers, and sure enough, in the middle of the pile of blue and red, only this saber was golden.

"There are only four generals in the 19th Division of the Japanese Army, and I don't know which one it is." Lin Jun deliberately said this: There are not many Soviet officers who know that Otaka Kamizo and Yoshida have long since returned to heaven, and even if they do, they still think that it is information provided by comrades from the secret front on the Korean side.

Draw the knife out of the sheath, "Good knife!" Lin Jun couldn't help but admire, and had to admit that the handmade products in the Japanese sword deserved to be a good knife. It's an ancestral, age-old play, with the pattern of the blade flowing like flowing water in the sunlight.

"This is a completely handmade Japanese sword, and when the handle is removed, it usually has the name of a craftsman, hehe, it's a good thing."

"Since Comrade Andrei likes it, then make it a souvenir, so as not to say that our Far Eastern Red Banner Special Group Army is petty." Berzarin spoke "the truth" on behalf of the three colonels.

"Hehe, this is a general-level saber, it's better to send it to Moscow for display, otherwise there is no evidence that we may have killed a Japanese general-level officer. You can tell Comrade Alexander that I like this knife and that he will deal with it. Lin Jun could not "embezzle" the results of the comrades, this saber still needed to be sent to Moscow along with the flag of the 74th Wing of the Japanese Army and other captures, of course, Alexander would have a suitable way to keep it for himself after the exhibition - since he had already said that he liked this, then he simply did not need to hide it, and said that he wanted it.

Among the bunch of sabers, Lin Jun selected a few good knives as "souvenirs", and told the other officers: The saber of the Japanese army is a good souvenir - since I took it, I will drag you into the water, anyway, men love knives, of course, it is enough to report the merits of the six.

"Comrade Berzarin, how many prisoners did we take this time?"

"37, but it is estimated that it will decrease, and those Japanese soldiers are stubborn."

"If we go back, we will kill ourselves, and it will be troublesome for us to stay. Since they don't want to live, let them be, lest someone say that we are inhumane. ”

Lin Jun's tone was cold, like a cold wind blowing from Siberia.

You said you need to say a few things. Bazarov asked.

"If you want to live, keep it, and if you don't want to live, you can kill yourself with them. We just have to keep the captives from escaping, and no army in the world has a way to keep them from committing suicide. ”

"Understood, Comrade Andrey."

"The truth, try to see if this Japanese command knife is as effortless as the legend says, but unfortunately discipline does not allow it." Lin Jun pulled the Japanese knife in his hand and said lightly.

"Sure enough, it's a butcher, it's just that Comrade Andrei likes to do it himself, and Yenov wants others to kill people." The officers thought.

At Lin Jun's suggestion, the people who walked out of the "saber room" went to see the captured Japanese army's other supplies, but the equipment of the small Japanese army was not very eye-catching-the performance of the military vehicles was extremely backward, the machine guns were not as good as the Makqin, and the 38 cover was even more eye-catching, but the bayonet equipped with the 38 cover was unanimously welcomed by the officers and soldiers.

"The quality of the Japanese army's bayonets is okay, and it can also be used as an auxiliary tool, if the soldiers keep it with their hands, at least they can cut wood." Lin Jun used the most inappropriate reason of "cutting wood" to acquiesce to the soldiers to keep some souvenirs, and besides, if these bayonets were handed in, they would also be pulled to steelmaking, which was a pity.

Since Comrade Andrei has expressed his opinion, the three colonels, of course, agree - if the soldiers can have a good knife for their work, they can save some rubles to buy knives for cutting things, and the use of waste will kill two birds with one stone, and the bayonet will not be of much value anyway. Although it was a bit of a violation of discipline, the officers acquiesced.

"Of course, we must seriously enforce discipline, but we must also think like this: How little can we do if we turn these bayonets into molten steel to make railroad tracks? How many rubles is it worth? How many rubles do we need to equip the fighters with a good portable knife? In this way, it is not good to waste resources and labor. This is Lin Jun's high-sounding explanation.

If you think about Lin Jun's words carefully, what he said also has some truth - the manpower and energy consumed by coming and going are national resources, and capture is the simplest, most effective and fastest way to improve the combat effectiveness and equipment of the army, any army in the world will do this in a big war, but now Lin Jun is just advancing this habit a little bit - all seizures will be returned to the public? Of course, tanks, artillery and automobiles have to do this, but the small bayonet handling also requires manpower and material resources, and the Soviet army will not use the 38 big cover to equip the troops, and this bayonet is not kept to go to the molten steel, then it is sorry to produce.

Lin Jun knows some of the situation in the Soviet Union thirty or forty years later, when the Soviet Union was very wasteful of resources (when people were rich in resources, it was also the reason), many scrapped cars and machines were piled up in warehouses and left to rust, and they were not wasted or returned to the furnace - because they were all public property, and the recycling procedures were cumbersome! It's like handing over the seizure now, because it's not a war time, it's likely to be a bunch in a big warehouse, or simply rotten in the field, and it won't be returned to the furnace immediately, so it's better to choose and use it yourself.

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