Chapter 560 Anti-Japanese War Northern Mongolia and Siege of Kulun

On the second day after Song Zhewu returned to Manlai, Zhou Yaoming's 48th Army, which had been resisting and retreating step by step, suddenly became extremely tenacious.

Originally, according to the speed at which the 48th Army resisted and retreated in the previous period, in about three or four days, the main force of the Soviet Army on the Eastern Road, which came from the Shilka River Valley, would rush out of the mountains and enter the flat Krulun River Valley. As long as they enter the river valley, the Soviet troops on the eastern route can give full play to their firepower superiority and mobility, and there will no longer be any force that can stop them from advancing towards Kulen. Therefore, in the face of the 48th Army, which was fighting to the death and not retreating, the generals of the Soviet Army on the Eastern Route held back their strength, firing shells frantically regardless of the cost, and each attack would first bombard for about an hour, and then there would be aircraft bombing, and then the battalion-sized troops would launch onslaught in turn.

Although the Soviet army's attack was much more fierce than some time ago, what made the Soviet army feel very strange was that the Fourth Route Army in front of them seemed to have suddenly become stronger, no longer resisting step by step, but resolutely not retreating, and all the positions occupied by the Soviet army, the Fourth Route Army was fighting to the last man. Moreover, every position occupied by the Soviets was counterattacked, and many positions changed hands several times in a day before they were finally occupied by the Soviets.

In the face of the extremely tenacious Fourth Route Army, which disregarded casualties, the Soviet generals were surprised. They even began to suspect that some time ago the Fourth Route Army was retreating, most likely because they were far away from the Shilka valley and were going to surround and attack them in the mountains.

Blyukhel, who had received the report, also believed that attacking the Soviet Army on the Eastern Route in the mountainous area, where the terrain was too narrow to deploy forces to give full play to the superiority of firepower, was likely to be an opportunity for the Fourth Route Army.

Although Blyukhel also believed that even if the Soviet army was besieged in the mountains, his opponent would pay a heavy price, but for the sake of caution, he ordered the Soviet army on the eastern route to stop the attack and begin to occupy the surrounding favorable terrain and prepare for it.

There were three Soviet armies on the eastern route, and only the third and fourth armies of the Far East were the Soviet troops that crossed the Shilka valley this time, and the purpose of the campaign was to break out of the mountains by surprise and occupy Wendu and Khan. Then, together with the First Army of the Far East Infantry, which carried a large number of tanks and heavy artillery, they encircled the 446th Army of the Fourth Route Army stationed at Krulen.

Because the Soviet army was subjected to constant resistance from the Chinese army as soon as it came out of the Shilka River valley, and Ma Fa Wu took the initiative to abandon Krulun, the Soviet army's attempt to encircle Ma Fa Wu failed. Also because after the start of the war, Ma Fa V had already carried out serious damage to the mountain road from Dauri to Krulun, and the Soviet heavy weapons and vehicles could not pass quickly, so the 1st Army of the Soviet Far East Infantry had to rush to repair the road while advancing. Therefore, a lightly armed division of the 1st Army in the Far East, which the Soviet troops had set out from Bolshauri, did not immediately pursue the 46th Army of Marfa 5 after occupying the deserted Krulen, but held on to the spot and waited for the main forces of the 1st Army to arrive.

Now the 1st Army in the Far East has reached Kruren and will soon advance west along the Kruren Valley.

The Soviets believed that an army equipped with more than 200 tanks could fight the Fourth Route Army in a flat river valley. At that time, the Soviet army could also encircle Zhou Yaoming's army from Wendu Khan again. Therefore, the two Soviet armies that were blocked in the mountains were not in a hurry to attack after receiving a call back from Blyukhel.

On the night when the First Soviet Army in the Far East began its westward advance at Krulen, the Third and Fourth Armies of the Soviet Army in the Far East on the East Road were suddenly attacked by the Chinese army in an unprecedented way, not only on the front, but also on the left and right flanks, and even Chinese in the rear. In the dark, the Soviet troops, who were not good at night fighting, could not discern how many Chinese troops there were, so they had to hold on to their positions, desperately firing shells and bullets at the surrounding dark mountains.

Fierce fighting continued until midnight, when the sound of gunfire gradually subsided.

What made the Soviet army strange was that the next day, there was not a single Chinese shadow on the entire battlefield.

The Soviet troops on the Eastern Route only woke up from a dream at this time, and understood that this was the 48th Army blocking them, and they were afraid that the Soviet First Army in the Far East would take the back road, and that last night's attack was a smokescreen aimed at confusing them, and the real intention was to escape.

After sending a search force, their judgment was further confirmed. Not only were the troops of the 48th Army no longer found in front of them, but many mines were planted along the roads.

On the one hand, the Soviet troops on the eastern road reported the situation to Blyukhel, and on the other hand, they hurried to clear the mines on the road. ,

Soon, the Soviet army on the eastern route received a telegram from Blyukhel, ordering them to enter the Khulun valley as soon as possible, occupy Wendu and Khan, and after the arrival of the first army carrying a large number of baggage, they must rush to Kulen within five days, echo with the Soviet army on the western route advancing eastward, complete the encirclement of Kulen, and supply the Soviet army on the western route.

The Soviet army on the western route did not cross the Orkhon River to join the Soviet army on the central route, but turned southeast more than 50 kilometers away from the Orkhon River. The purpose of the Soviet army on the western route in doing this is self-evident, it is obvious that it is to go around to the south of Kulen, so as to form a complete strategic encirclement of Kulen.

The actions of the Soviet army on the western road made Song Zhewu not only secretly relieved.

Although in terms of military common sense, the Soviet army on the western route should not converge with the Soviet army on the central route, so that the Soviet army's superiority in strength and firepower cannot be brought into play. However, after the great victory in Manchuria, it was difficult for him to guarantee that Blyukhel would not have a new understanding of the Fourth Route Army, and it was not known whether he would become cautious. After meeting Fu Zuoyi and listening to Fu Zuoyi's detailed analysis, Song Zhewu finally strengthened his view that the Soviet army on the West Road would definitely go south. At the same time, Song Zhewu not only agreed to Fu Zuoyi's proposal to change the location of the Soviet army on the west road, but also put forward his plan to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army on the east road. And Zhou Yaoming's 48th Army took the initiative to withdraw, which was part of the new plan.

The No. 1 fortress guarded by the 39th Army took the initiative to abandon the first and second outer tunnel fortifications, and in order to fear that these fortifications would be used by the Soviet army, a large number of explosives were placed on both fortifications and blown up one by one when they were evacuated.

After occupying these two lines of fortifications that were quite well defended, the Soviet troops in the center greatly increased their confidence, and not only continued to storm the No. 1 fortress group with full strength, but also strictly ordered the Soviet troops on the eastern route and the Soviet troops on the western route to the south to speed up their march, complete the encirclement of Kulen as soon as possible, and achieve the campaign goal of completely occupying Kulen before the end of October.

The Soviet army on the western route to the south has not encountered resistance along the way since it crossed Tangnu Mountain, so it does not have any perceptual understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Route Army, and despises the Fourth Route Army very much. On their way south, they began to encounter resistance.

The blocking troops encountered by the Soviet troops on the western route were not very tenacious, and they often drove the blocking troops away after two attacks. In the end, the Soviet troops on the western route successfully reached the southern foot of the Bogda Mountain, south of Kulen, five days later.

The Soviet troops on the eastern route in the flat Kruren Valley, because they had to wait for the First Army carrying a large number of supplies from Krulen, advanced slower than the Soviet army on the western route, and they had to reach the end of the Krulun valley east of Kulen in the evening of the next day.

I'm sorry for all of you.,Some playthings have lost their minds these days.,Tomorrow it's starting to be released.。

Chapter 560 Anti-Japanese War Northern Mongolia and Siege of Kulun.

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