No matter how anxious Zhang Xueliang is caused by domestic public opinion, Song Zhewu is no longer in the mood or even has the energy to take care of it anymore.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the Soviet army and the indiscriminate bombardment of dense aircraft, the troops of the Fourth Route Army in North Mongolia suffered heavy casualties, and more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded in the first ten days of the war. Moreover, as the battle reports continued to come like snowflakes, the casualty number was still rising rapidly, which made Song Zhewu very anxious.

On the night he returned to Taiyuan from Beiping, Song Zhewu summoned Xiao Guodong, Jia Jingde, Jia Jiying, He Qigong, Zhao Pilian, Zhang Tao, Li Sichi, Pang Bingxun, and others overnight, and explained that after he left Taiyuan, Xiao Guodong was under full authority to take charge of all the affairs of the Northern Frontier Chief's Office, and that Jia Jingde was the main responsible for the relevant civil affairs, especially the work of relocating the victims, which was completely handled by Jia Jingde and He Qigong.

Then he explained some things to Xiao Guodong and Jia Jiying alone, and explained to Zhao Pilian about the preparation of Northeastern University and the placement of students and teachers in Northeast China, and it was not until midnight that he finished explaining everything.

Early the next morning, Song Zhewu flew to Northern Mongolia.

When the plane refueled at Baotou Airport, Song Zhewu did not get off the plane, but only met Jing Yuexiu on the plane.

In addition to encouraging Jing Yuexiu, Song Zhewu also asked Jing Yuexiu to seize the time to train the troops, not only to ensure the smooth logistics and transportation of Northern Mongolia, but also to be ready to enter Northern Mongolia at any time to fight.

Manlai is the largest permanent airport of the Fourth Route Army in Northern Mongolia, and it is also the largest logistics base of the Fourth Route Army in Northern Mongolia. In the plan of the Northern Development and Construction Committee, it is also an important town for the resettlement of the victims.

Although Manlai has exceeded the combat radius of Soviet aircraft, considering that with the advancement of aviation technology, this place will be covered by the flight radius of the Soviet air force sooner or later, so all military facilities here are built in accordance with the requirements of bearing the Soviet bombardment. Not only are the hangars, oil depots, ammunition depots, and maintenance facilities all underground reinforced concrete structures, but also the Beimeng Front Headquarters of Li Wentian at the southern end of the airport is also a three-story reinforced concrete building with a basement.

As soon as Song Zhewu's Daweimei landed at Manlai Airport, Wu Jin, Mike, and Gao Zhihang, who were already waiting at the airport, as well as several captains and deputy captains of the Fourth Route Army and the former Northeast Army Air Force headed by Chen Haihua, walked quickly onto the runway to meet Song Zhewu in front of the plane under the leadership of Wu Jin.

Tao Rong, who rushed to Beimeng in advance, did not come to greet Song Zhewu, he and Li Wentian took Mengxi to inspect the defense in Kulun at this time.

Standing on the gangway, Song Zhewu looked at the rows of majestic planes parked on the lawn and the dozens of majestic air force officers in front of him, Song Zhewu's confidence in the war in Northern Mongolia couldn't help but increase a lot.

Because considering the large number of pilots in the former Northeast Army, it was easier for Chen Haihua to maintain stability in the Air Force Corps, Wu Jin very much agreed with Chen Haihua taking over as chief of staff. Gao Zhihang, a master of air combat, was also very happy that he could concentrate on studying air combat and organizing wing training, and he had no problem with giving up the post of chief of staff to his old superiors.

Song Zhewu simply greeted Wu Jin, Mike, Gao Zhihang and others, and turned all his attention to Chen Haihua and the officers from the northeast. Under Gao Zhihang's introduction, Song Zhewu and these people asked for warmth one by one, and chatted on the runway.

Chen Haihua and these officers from the northeast are the first time to see this famous supreme commander of the Fourth Route Army, although Song Zhewu is as young as Zhang Xueliang, but Song Zhewu is more robust and handsome, and more approachable. Even Song Zhewu's slightly northeastern-flavored Tianjin dialect also made Chen Haihua and others feel closer.

It's just that Chen Haihua and other Northeast officers don't know that Song Zhewu has put some effort into the Northeast dialect. …,

Or Wu Jin came over to relieve the siege and told Song Zhewu that it was windy outside, so it was better to go to the officer's canteen first, where a banquet had been prepared for Song Zhewu, and it would not be too late to talk there. Chen Haihua and other officers hugged Song Zhewu and left the runway.

Wu Jin's Air Force Corps, with Chen Haihua and a large number of skilled pilots of the former Northeast Army joining, is now quite strong, and it is already the most powerful air force in China.

At present, the Air Force Corps has five wings, with Gao Zhihang as the commander of the fighter wing and Chen Honglu as the deputy commander; The bomber wing commander is Jiang Xingcheng, and the deputy wing commander Zhong Jihan; The captain of the Strike Aircraft Wing is concurrently served by Mike, and the deputy Wing Captain is Wang Fuheng.

At present, there are about 30 transport planes in the Air Force, mainly the Junckers, Dorniers, and Davime, and it is necessary to form a wing. The wing commander was Wang Weixiang, the former deputy captain of the Feipeng Brigade of the Northeast Army. Although the number of reconnaissance planes is still small for the time being, Gao Zhihang and Mike believe that aerial reconnaissance is very important in war, and that it is necessary to have a wing of reconnaissance strength to be sufficient, so a wing was also set up, with Ming Shigong as the wing leader.

Because of the expansion of the establishment, many officers of the former Northeast Army have been promoted, and the Air Force Corps of the Fourth Route Army has not excluded those who came after them, which makes the people of the former Northeast Army very happy, and they really regard the Fourth Route Army as their home.

Song Zhewu came this time to personally confer titles on these people who were promoted.

After the award ceremony, a grand banquet was held, during which Song Zhewu inevitably encouraged the jubilant Chen Haihua and others one by one. He also announced in public that all officers of the Northeast Army could write down their home addresses as long as they wished, and the Fourth Route Army would send someone to assist them in moving their homes to Taiyuan, and the Northern Frontier Governor's Office would be responsible for solving the problem of housing.

Song Zhewu's decision made the officers of the Northeast Army who had families grateful.

It was already evening after all this, Song Zhewu couldn't take a break, and Wu Jin took a company of guards, sat on a tiger cub, and hurried to Kulun overnight.

Because the area within 100 kilometers of Kulen was within the combat radius of Soviet aircraft, Soviet planes continued to reconnaisance and patrol during the day, attacking and bombing all the targets of the Fourth Route Army that they found.

However, Song Zhewu had previously strictly ordered Wu Jin not to send planes to expel Soviet planes, so Soviet planes were very rampant, and now they can only go to Kulen at night, including the materials transported to Kulen and the wounded transported by Kulun to the rear, which must also be carried out at night.

There is only one road that has been completed this year for about 400 kilometers from Manto to Kulen, but because the Soviets bombed the road every day, although there were engineers to protect the road and repair it every day, the road was repaired at night. Therefore, the road conditions were not very good, and along the way I met many people from the engineering corps who were nervously rushing to repair the road.

In addition, there were many trucks transporting the wounded from Kulen to the rear, and Song Zhewu's convoy often had to give way to these convoys, stopping and stopping along the way, and the speed of the vehicles could not be increased.

In order to prevent the infiltration of puppet Mongolian soldiers, the herdsmen south of Kulen have temporarily moved to the southern part of North Mongolia.

This trick really worked, a few days ago, there were really a few small groups of unknown pseudo-Mongolian troops, disguised as herdsmen and businessmen, to sneak into the south of Kulun, but there were no herdsmen and ordinary people here for a long time, so they were found and eliminated as soon as they entered.

This highway is the lifeline of Kulun, and it is extremely important for the troops of the Fourth Route Army stationed in Kulun, so there is now a division of Wei Guanghui's First Cavalry Army, guarding the road along the way.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Song Zhewu came to the military headquarters of Liang Zhongjia's 53rd Army on Bogda Mountain. As soon as Tao Rong, Li Wentian, and Liang Zhongjia welcomed Song Zhewu into the military headquarters set up in the dense forest, an air raid siren sounded outside. …,

Hearing the alarm, Wu Jin hurriedly grabbed a telescope and ran out. Liang Zhongjia knew that Wu Jin was going to observe the Soviet plane, so he hurriedly called over two staff officers to protect Wu Jin.

Song Zhewu, who had been in a daze for half a night in the car, just washed up, and while eating breakfast, he began to listen to Tao Rong and Li Wentian's report on the battle situation in Northern Mongolia.

The Soviet troops in the center, harassed by Gao Zongbao's special brigade of the 39th Army along the way, took a week to reach Kulen. As Song Zhewu expected, the Soviet army did not attack Kulen from the north of Kulun through the lofty mountains, but drove west along the river valley to the No. 1 fortress group west of Kulen.

Although the time was tight, the Soviets, under the strict orders of Blyukher, were very careful, and only after the vanguard occupied the favorable terrain around the fortress and established defensive positions, did the main force begin to advance along the improvised road built during the Choibalsan period to reach the big turn.

The Soviet army's troops of more than 100,000 people and a large number of large vehicles, trucks, and tanks crowded this not wide road in a chaotic manner.

Because the vanguard troops had already occupied the surrounding positions, and there were Soviet planes circling in the sky to cover it, and it was more than ten kilometers away from the fortress group of the Fourth Route Army, which had long exceeded the range of the artillery of the Fourth Route Army, the Soviet troops were very relaxed from top to bottom, and only thought about arranging the garrison as soon as possible, resting for one night, and launching an attack the next day.

Just then, a scream came. Although the Soviets knew that this was the sound of high-speed shells, they did not react, and some even thought that their own artillery began to bombard the Chinese's positions.

It was not until the deafening huge explosion sounded on the highway and the Soviet soldiers were blown up and their limbs and arms were scattered in all directions, that the Soviet troops understood that they were shelled by the Chinese, and judging from the huge craters from the shells, they were still huge cannons with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters.

The panicked Soviet troops began to scatter like headless flies to avoid the road. Frightened horses dragged carts full of supplies into the crowd, adding to the confusion of the Soviet troops.

Trucks and tanks could not move in the crowd unless they dared to drive their vehicles into the crowd and kill their own people......

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