September 13, 1943. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOuter Mongolia, a few dozen kilometers northwest of Ulaanbaatar. A concentration of Japanese troops.

After going through many difficulties and dangers, after nearly two months, the Japanese army finally reached the vicinity of Ulaanbaatar. I have to say that this is a Japanese army unit with excellent combat effectiveness, willpower, physical strength and other qualities, and it is quite rare to walk so many distances in such a short time. Maybe it's a miracle that they abandoned the captives, not signposted.

Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara was born in 1889 and is now 54 years old. As a soldier, although he could still endure such a difficult march, he was saddened by the continuous losses of 350,000 troops in the Soviet Union and in Mongolia.

Now, his army has not only lost almost all of its heavy weapons, but also its transports.

When he first arrived in the Soviet Union, he lost hope in the German army, because he knew that his Kwantung Army and the German army were all alone, although the Japanese army slaughtered a large number of Soviets along the way, and the logistics supply line was too long, which could not be changed.

When I went to Manchuria or China from Japan, I felt that China was huge. But when I arrived in the Far East, I realized what a vast land was. I looked at the map and planned the route of the march, walked for a few days, and when I looked at the map, I was almost still in place.

The USSR was too big to occupy and defeat the USSR without exterminating people. But now, the Soviets are taking advantage of this vast territory and moving around. The rapid occupation of the USSR was almost impossible.

So, according to his suggestion, the Japanese army in the Soviet Union actively raised food in the local area and solved a big problem. It was precisely because of this that he was ordered to be sent over to find a way out for this large army.

So, while urging the Germans to step up their attack, he prepared to flee for his life. The flight of his army to the south was a policy that had been set a long time ago. Because he had been the commander of Chahar for a long time, he had a certain understanding of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, and it was feasible for a large army to enter Chahar through Outer Mongolia.

It's just that being attacked by too many advanced weapons on the territory of the USSR and the losses are simply too great.

When the Soviets and Germans were at war, the Japanese inquired about the state of the war. The Germans always said that the Germans had an overwhelming advantage and victory was in sight, urging the Japanese army to advance. As the Japanese army marched, they received constant telegrams of German victories. But not far from the battlefield, a telegram of the defeat of the German army came.

After confirming the defeat of the German army, the Japanese army hurriedly asked the Kwantung Army headquarters and the Tokyo base camp, but the telegram could not be sent or received, and all channels were noise.

If you don't retreat, it will be too late, and Lieutenant General Yukio Kasawara immediately decided to withdraw his troops.

Later, the telegram was restored, and then I learned that I had been fooled and that the time of the defeat of the German army was not right. This shows that the password of the German army was leaked, and someone used the password call sign of the German army to send false information to the Japanese army.

In addition to ordering him to track down the leaked password, Tokyo also acquiesced that his retreat was correct.

At this time, new information arrived, more Soviet infantry and partisans had arrived, they had annihilated all the German vanguard, a few German troops had surrendered, and the German army had retreated. Zhukov's army had advanced westward, quickly recovering the territory of the Soviet Union, and the German army was crushed.

The Soviet troops, who pursued the Japanese army, were judged not to be a large force.

The retreat of the Japanese army was very orderly, leaving 10,000 men to block the pursuers, and the rest slowly marched south. The blocking troops fought for two days in the repaired positions and the pursuing Chinese-Soviet coalition forces. In the past two days, all the Chinese troops were on the line, some frontal attacks and some roundabout attacks, plus the attack of the Soviet army on the west side, and the Japanese blocking troops suffered huge casualties.

Later, a telegram was received saying that the large army was moving south, and that they were to catch up.

The blocking force had been out of position for less than two hours before it was hit again. This was a standard Eighth Route Army mountain resistance battle. The Japanese army understood, and the other side made a detour to ambush here, waiting for themselves to take the bait.

It was a super-massive ambush battle. There were 50,000 troops in ambush, and the scope of the ambush was very considerable. Some troops fought two ambushes in succession, and some troops did not fight at all because the Japanese army temporarily changed their path.

The Northeast Coalition Army fought more and less, and was prepared to fight unintentionally, there were still planes in the sky, there was air superiority to fight without air superiority, and the Japanese drama that continued to retreat after counterattacking was constantly ambushed again by the Northeast Coalition Army that was ambushed. Some units were ambushed three times in one day. In the end, of the blocking force of several thousand people, only a little more than a thousand escaped. On the way to escape, there was another ambush, and half of the people were annihilated by the ambush. The rest escaped with the response of the large army and caught up with the large army.

In the sky above the retreating Japanese army, two planes circled every day. The Japanese knew that it was a reconnaissance plane, and it is conceivable that soon a large number of photos were placed on the table of the headquarters of the Northeast Coalition Army in Ulaanbaatar. The Japanese knew that the high command of the Northeast Coalition Army had been moved to Ulaanbaatar.

Unbeknownst to the Japanese army, there was a huge map on the wall of the headquarters of the Northeast Coalition Army, marking the movements of the Japanese army. Orders were constantly issued from the headquarters, and a large number of Mongolian cadres were dropped on the steppe by plane to organize the evacuation of the Mongols on the way of the Japanese army. Aircraft are constantly attacking to create opportunities for ambushes by ground forces.

Small ambushes several times a day, large ambushes once a few days. The Northeast Coalition Army began an extremely difficult pursuit battle.

At the same time, the large forces of the Northeast Coalition in the north took a train and assembled in Ulaanbaatar. At this point, Yukio Kasahara judged it. He even realized that the other party would ambush a large army on his way to retreat, waiting to annihilate him.

At the same time, he foresaw that a battle with the other party was inevitable, because his every move was clear to the other party. What you can do is to change the route of the march and make it not so smooth for the other side to arrange ambush troops. It's a blessing to be able to make the opponent's abs have fewer troops.

Along the way, the Soviet army defeated the blocking forces and advanced westward, which shows that the Soviet army and the northeastern coalition forces have established great mutual trust.

It was thought that the small forces of the Northeast Coalition Army were harassing along the way, the air force was attacking, and the Japanese army was having a difficult march. The Northeast Coalition was able to withdraw the Mongols along the way, making it even more difficult for the Japanese to march

The Japanese army was unfamiliar with the terrain and had to march on maps. Japanese spies did not operate in the Mongolian wilderness and mountains, so there was no new map here. On the way, the baggage was constantly thrown away, and when it was difficult to climb over the mountain, all the baggage was discarded, and only the grain was kept.

After walking through the mountains, the food ran out, and the Japanese army was even more difficult.

For such a difficult march, Yukio Kasahara was mentally prepared. However, the tenacious combat strength of the Northeast Coalition Army surprised him. The other party was able to run to the front to ambush when he was pursuing.

The Japanese army crossed the mountains and entered the territory of Mongolia, the losses gradually increased, and the lives of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were left on the road, because there were few Mongolians on the road, there was no food, and the Japanese army basically relied on hunting and fighting to barely reach Ulaanbaatar. You can't do without the river, because there are fish in the river.

rivers, brought them to Ulaanbaatar.

Yukio Kasahara felt helpless. He felt that his troops were like a flock of birds, eating along the grain sprinkled by the birdcatchers, all the way to the birdcatcher's net. If you don't fight here, you will never be able to get rid of the pursuit of the other side. Die so quickly.

Yukio Kasahara is halfway up the slope of the Tula River North, looking through a telescope at the city of Ulaanbaatar in the east. Although the distance is relatively far, you can still see the city in the valley between the mountains in the north and south, the airport on the south bank of the south bank of the city west of the river, and the ruins of the temple halfway up the Bogdo mountain in the south of the Tula River.

The team is gathering, and no matter what, he will attack Ulaanbaatar, and only then can he get the supplies to survive.

Yukio Kasawara was thinking about it, and a guard held a lunch box and said, "General, please drink a bowl of fish soup." ”

Yukio Kasawara said: "Do the troops have fish soup to drink?" ”

The guard said, "All the fish in the river have been caught." We were blown up with dynamite with the experience of Hylar. Logistics troops are catching frogs in the swamp. The quartermaster said that everyone would get a bowl of soup. ”

Yukio Kasawara said: "Very good, tell the troops that if we break through Ulaanbaatar City, we will have something to eat." With supplies, and then destroying the Mongol command sector, the Mongols would lose their organization, so that it would be easier for us to get food when we marched south. ”

The guard said, "Yes! Spread it right away. ”

Yukio Kasahara said to a staff officer: "Did Beiping call back?" ”

The staff officer said: "The telegram has just arrived. Beiping has already dispatched planes and will soon provide us with air support. According to them, the plane will arrive in forty minutes. ”

Yukio Kasawara said to the staff officer, "We can't wait for the planes to reconnoiter the enemy's situation before attacking. As soon as the planes arrived, they attracted the enemy's planes, and we immediately attacked. Look at what's on top of Mount Bogdor to the south? ”

The staff officer took the binoculars, looked at them for a long time, and said, "It seems to be an antenna." How did the radio station in Ulaanbaatar use such a strange antenna. The strangest thing about this antenna is the ability to turn. It should be the radar, the most advanced equipment at the moment. General, we are too close to the front line, you should pay attention to concealment. ”

Yukio Kasahara said: "The 200,000 army under my feet can't guarantee my safety?" ”

After more than half an hour, the planes at the opposite airfield scrambled into the air, and more than a dozen planes all took off in just a few minutes and flew south.

Kasawara Yukio's heart sank, and he said, "The enemy's plane is in the air? Could it be that our plane was discovered? They deciphered our telegrams? Unlikely. Why? ”

Soon, the air battle in the southern sky began.

The aircraft lifted into the air by the Northeast Coalition Forces was a Japanese Zero, which must have been recently captured. Yukio Kasahara was extremely angry and helpless at the Northeast Coalition's behavior of snatching his plane at any cost. Now, these latest planes are engaged in battle with the planes of the Imperial Army.

Soon, the air battle was clear, although the Northeast Coalition Army fought more and less, it was still annihilated two, and the Imperial Army's planes suffered great losses, two fighters also lost, three transport planes shot down, three were injured and forced to land, and the remaining two transport planes fled under the cover of the remaining two fighters.

Yukio Kasahara said: "No matter, order the troops, attack Ulaanbaatar!" ”

The Japanese army was outnumbered, with 30,000 men scattered over a two-kilometer wide area and rushed towards Ulaanbaatar. The Japanese army has now lost all its heavy equipment, and only the infantry has attacked.

At this critical moment, dozens of bombers flew over the mountains north of Ulaanbaatar. The plane soon flew over the battlefield, and the devil's bomb was dropped again.

This time, each plane of the Northeast Coalition Army carried several cluster bombs and carried out intensive bombing of the attacking Japanese troops.

After the bombardment, the artillery of the Northeast Coalition Army on the ground began to bombard the attacking Japanese troops.

As soon as the artillery fire on the ground stopped, the Japanese troops who rushed to the front got up and rushed up to the positions of the Northeast Coalition Army.

The positions in front were clearly visible, with zigzag trenches and machine-gun positions scattered in a staggered manner.

Although Yukio Kasawara was still two kilometers away from the frontline position, the fierce gunfire in front was still very clear, and the explosions were heard one after another.

In less than half an hour, the Japanese attacking forces were repulsed.

The brigade commander, who had just retreated, came to Kasawara Yukio's headquarters and demanded to concentrate weapons and ammunition, otherwise he would not be able to break through the resistance of the opponent's advanced weapons.

Yukio Kasawara yelled at the brigade commander who came to obey the order: "I don't care about this! I didn't have artillery, just a few dozen mortars, and I took them all. I just want results. If we breach the city, we can still survive, or we will be wiped out! ”

At the same time, Zhao Shangzhi of the Ulaanbaatar command shouted into the phone: "I don't care about the details, I just ask you to fight tenaciously and wait for the next train to bring supplies and ammunition!" Are you muddy?! I can't hold on for four hours! ”

The army entered Outer Mongolia, and there were also problems with the transportation of the anti-Japanese coalition forces. Supplies needed to be transported from the northeast to the Trans-Siberian Railway, and then transported by car to Outer Mongolia. There is now only one railway in Outer Mongolia, on the northeast side, which was built in 1939 for the campaign. Outer Mongolia's famous longitudinal railway is now just an idea.

Guan Xiangying, who was next to him, took the phone and said, "I'm Guan Xiangying." Hold out for another twenty minutes, and reinforcements will arrive. In addition, the plane has already departed, and the devil's bomb is to be dropped in front of the position, and you must do a good job of guiding it. Your task is glorious. Whether the large army can arrange the pockets of the 250,000 Japanese troops to be annihilated depends on you! ”

Putting down this phone, Zhao Shangzhi picked up another phone and shouted, "Logistics Department?" How long will it take for the ammunition truck to arrive? What the? Something went wrong? How many people rush to repair? The ox cart convoy has already set off? Very good! Be quick! The front line is tight, just waiting for your ammunition. ”

Half an hour later, the car convoy ammunition arrived. In another hour, the bullock cart arrived.

Wave after wave of Japanese attacks began. Wave after wave of attacks were repulsed again and again, and the two troops, totaling hundreds of thousands of people, fought repeatedly within a radius of more than ten miles.

In the evening, the Japanese offensive stopped.

During the night, the deployment of Japanese forces began to change. In the course of the offensive, it had already been reconnoitred that the best position to build near the river was that of the Mongol troops, and the combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Northeast Coalition Army, so Kasawara Yukio focused the attack on the riverside.