After Japan announced its surrender, Lao Chiang ordered Du Yuming's Central Army to be transferred from the Liaodong Peninsula to Beiping for garrison. The Chen Cheng Department of the 4th Corps www.biquge.info Pen & Fun & Pavilion was transferred to Baoding and Zhangjiakou to garrison. The 8th Corps Wei Lihuang was ordered to guard the first line of Liaoxi and Jinzhou, and the 9th Corps Bai Chongxi was ordered to guard the first line of Fengtian and Yalu River. On the surface, this seems to be nothing, but in fact, Lao Jiang's purpose is self-evident. The uncertainty of the attitude of the United States made him worried.

Obviously, the Americans did not want to intervene in the dispute between China and the Soviet Union, but the US government promised to provide some additional military assistance and provide all the American-style equipment of 15 divisions. It stands to reason that the Americans should be happy when they suddenly change their attitude, but Lao Chiang just can't be happy. Presumably, the Americans hoped for a big fight between China and the Soviet Union, and their intention to benefit from the fishermen was very obvious. The Communist Party is extremely sensitive to the Outer Mongolia issue and has a clear-cut attitude. The Northwest Group Army of the Eighth Route Army was still stationed in Outer Mongolia without any intention of compromise.

Lao Chiang told his principal military officers that we should avoid military conflicts with Soviet Russia to the greatest extent, refrain from agitation or propaganda, and make use of the international community to do our utmost to resolve the contradictions between China and the Soviet Union. As for what the Communist Party thinks, he can't do it, and says that this is the current situation in China. The implication is that the Nationalist Government has no binding force on the Communist Party. However, the discerning person analyzed it in place, and Lao Chiang wanted to take advantage of the Sino-Soviet contradictions, which was suspected of weakening the power of the Communist Party.

A special plane landed at Harbin's Majiagou Airport, which has lost its busy scene. After Japan announced its defeat and surrender, the follow-up troops of the 1st Corps were continuously transported to Kurokudo Province by rail, and the military deployment of the 1st Corps was also carried out in an intense and orderly manner. The special plane landed on the side of the running and was very stable, and Ouyang Jian stepped off the plane.

On the tarmac, Su Yu, commander of the 1st Corps, Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, Peng Xuelan, chief of staff, Mu Shixiong, commander of special forces, and Xiao Hua, political commissar, greeted him. Ouyang Jian exchanged a few words with everyone, and then boarded Mu Shixiong's jeep. On the way, Mu Shixiong asked: "Chief of the General Staff, you came back suddenly, are you going to fight?" "The headquarters judged that Soviet Russia was likely to make a move in late July. The situation is urgent, and the headquarters ordered me to sit in Harbin! ”

"Chief of the General Staff, Political Commissar Xiao Hua, and Chief of Staff Deng Guangming led two mountain combat brigades to the Mudanjiang River. After a month of suppressing bandits, the special operations brigade eliminated dozens of bandits. As you said, bandits are very cunning. The two larger bandits active in the Mudanjiang area and the Jiamusi area often break into pieces, which is a headache. At present, the situation is tense, and I have only arranged for two small detachments to continue to suppress the bandits, while the other anti-bandit detachments are concentrated on standby to prepare for the war against the Soviet Union. ”

The convoy entered the city and stopped in front of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. The generals flocked into the headquarters, and the huge military map on the wall was clear at a glance. Su Yu understood Ouyang Jian's character and said bluntly: "Chief of the General Staff, I am relieved that you are in charge personally." "Don't try to liberate yourself, I don't interfere with your overall command, but I'm focused on special operations, and this time we have to make them work wonders."

"The Chief of the General Staff said well, the Soviet army knows very little about the operations of our special forces, and we can completely take them by surprise and attack them unprepared." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan agreed. "Chief of the General Staff, the basic deployment has been completed, and the defense of Changchun and Jilin has been handed over to the 8th Corps. Zhao Liang's 1st Army, Zhang Shiying's 2nd Army, and the 1st Artillery Division were deployed on the front line of the Mudanjiang River. The 4th Army, the 5th Army, the 2nd Artillery Division, the Anti-Tank Regiment and the Independent Tank Regiment were deployed on the Qiqihar front. ”

Su Yu continued: "The new **** is stationed in Jiamusi, the 1st Independent Division of the Corps is stationed in Yilan, and the Independent Cavalry Division is stationed in Suihua. The 3rd Army and the newly formed 45th Army served as the general reserve. In addition, the newly formed 48th Army remained in Tianjin and was transferred north at any time as needed. ”

"Very good, as for how the special forces will use it, I'll plan it!" "Chief of the General Staff, you want to put special forces into operations on the Eastern Front? Do you want to plan Vladivostok? Su Yu was surprised. "It's just that there is this kind of thinking, in short, to cooperate with the development of the overall situation, if necessary, we will take Vladivostok."

Just when Ouyang Jian arrived in Harbin, the Soviet Russian Far East intelligence agency received accurate information and immediately fed back to the Khabarovsk Eastern Front Command. After the defeat of Germany in early May, the Soviet army began to massively move troops to the Far East, especially elite units. The Soviet High Command originally planned to invest about 1.5 million troops in fighting against Japan, but the situation changed dramatically, and the war against Japan came to naught. Subsequently, the Soviet High Command readjusted its military deployment in accordance with the military strength of China and the Soviet Union.

Stalin believed that if China was to be brought to its knees in a short period of time and the Mongolian problem to be quickly resolved, a military strike by a large army was inevitable. Outer Mongolia's strategy involves the security of the entire Far East and the core interests of Soviet Russia. Therefore, the Russian high command decided to invest 2 million troops in the Far East and adopt blitzkrieg tactics to lay the foundation for Outer Mongolia in one fell swoop. In light of operational needs, the Soviet High Command decided to invest mainly armored units, artillery units, and air force units in Outer Mongolia to form a three-dimensional strike pattern.

Since May, the Soviets have been transporting troops day and night. Due to the butterfly effect of Ouyang Jian, the form of the Chinese battlefield has changed dramatically. For this reason, the Soviet High Command changed its strategic deployment from the new and formed a two-front combat system in the east and west. On the Western Front, Marshal Zhukov commanded one tank army, two battle clusters, two aviation armies, two air defense armies, four independent aviation armies, and four composite armies, with a total strength of about 1.2 million people, mainly engaged in operations in Outer Mongolia.

The Eastern Front Command was headed by Marshal Vasilev, and the headquarters was located in Khabarovsk. Vasilev commanded 10 composite armies, one air defense arm, and one aviation arm, with a total strength of about 800,000 troops, mainly serving as defensive tasks on the Eastern Front. According to the strategic deployment of the Soviet High Command, the total strength of the Far East is 2.05 million, with more than 3,000 combat aircraft, more than 5,000 combat tanks, and nearly 30,000 artillery pieces of various types.

On the day Ouyang Jian arrived in Harbin, the headquarters in Habarossk, the commander of the Eastern Front, Commander Vasilev, received information and was somewhat unimpressed. He did not take the Chinese military into account at all, and he believed that the Chinese government must have fantasized about US intervention, but in fact the United States had already stated that it would not interfere in the military conflict between China and the Soviet Union. The Soviet side felt the pulse of the United States, and naturally did not care about anything.

Marshal Vasilev is 50 years old, tall, burly, and has an angular face that is not angry and arrogant. He graduated from the Alexei Accelerated Military School in 1915 and fought in the First World War, serving as a company commander and acting battalion commander. After the October Revolution, Vasilev joined the Red Army of Soviet Russia and successively served as deputy platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander. In 36 years, he entered the military academy for further study, and after graduation, he was transferred to the General Staff to work. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Vasilev began to emerge.

After the start of the Great Patriotic War, Vasilev served as Deputy Chief of Operations of the General Staff and participated in the development of strategic plans for the northern, western and northwestern directions of the Soviet army. In 41 Vasilev was promoted to Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Head of the Operations Department of the Soviet Army, in 42 he was qualified to be Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, and in the same year he was appointed Deputy People's Commissar of Defense. During this period, Vasilev presided over the formulation of a series of major campaign plans, and participated in leading and solving major problems such as the support of personnel, materials and technical equipment required by the armies in all aspects, and the preparation of reserves for the front.

As a member of the base camp of the Supreme Command, Vasilev often went to the front line as a representative of the High Command in the most complicated situations, directly conveyed combat missions and guided work, and supervised the implementation of the campaign plan. Due to Vasilev's outstanding performance, he was promoted to Marshal of Soviet Russia in 43. In the summer of the same year, Vasilev organized the Voronezh Front and the Steppe Front to fight together, and in the autumn of the same year, he led the development and organization of the Southern Front and the Southwestern Front for the liberation of Donbass, as well as the operational plan for the offensive of the 4th Ukrainian Front in the Northern Tavria region.

In the spring of 44, Vasilev took part in the operational plan for the liberation of the Crimea. In the summer of the same year, he participated in the organization and conduct of the Belarusian campaign and was responsible for coordinating the combat operations of the 1st and 2nd Fronts on the Baltic Sea. During this period, Vasilev, together with Zhukov, the Russian god of war, made significant contributions to the crushing of the central cluster of the German army and the liberation of Belarus. After the defeat of Germany, Vasilev was appointed commander of the defense of the Eastern Front in the Far East by the High Command. The Irmu River Fleet, the Russian Pacific Fleet, were under his command.

Vasilev was known for his steadiness, so he was the best candidate to sit on the Eastern Front. But Vasilev never imagined that when the smoke of the Second World War cleared, his military career in the Far East would come to an end, because he had met a terrible opponent, an opponent who ruined his life's honor.

At this time, Vasilev heard a report from his subordinates: "That legendary Chinese general came to Harbin because he was worried that Marshal Zhukov would launch an attack from the front line of Manchuria to the east, so there is no need to make a fuss!" “