Chapter 570: The Siege of Northern Mongolia (2)

However, whether or not Blyukhel and the senior officers of the Soviet army could figure it out, the collective disappearance of the Soviet troops on the eastern route had to be reported to Moscow, and the annihilation of more than 100,000 troops of the three armies could not be extricated from it in any way. [Read and see if the novel network updates our speed first]

Moreover, the most important thing is that due to the reasons of the Soviet army on the eastern route, not only is this attack on North Mongolia doomed to failure, but now there is also the question of how to keep the Soviet army on the western route. The Soviet army on the western route is suffering from heavy bombardment and ground attacks by the Chinese, and without air support and rescue by ground troops, the destruction of the Soviet army on the western route is also certain.

The anxious Blyukher, while reporting the situation to Moscow, ordered the Soviet troops on the western route to turn around and break through to the west.

Now to let the Soviet troops on the western route advance eastward and enter the unclear and terrifying Kruren River valley is tantamount to letting the Soviet troops on the western route kill themselves.

In the fierce bombardment of the air force headquarters, all kinds of vehicles and artillery of the Soviet army on the western route were lost, and only a small amount of food and ammunition were salvaged. Although they were already very close to the Kruren Valley, the Kruren Valley, where more than 100,000 Soviet troops disappeared overnight, had now made the Soviet generals change their countenance, and they did not dare to enter the valley again.

Therefore, after receiving the telegram from Blyukhel, the Soviet troops on the western route, as if they had received amnesty, immediately turned to the west and began to break through without saying a word.

However, the Soviet troops on the western route soon found that it was impossible for them to move west and converge with the main forces of the Soviet army in the middle with their own strength, because they were surrounded by Chinese.

On the way west of the Soviet army, two new units suddenly appeared, one was the 35th Army and the other was the 17th Division. What surprised them even more was that, judging from the color of the uniforms, these two troops were not the troops of the Fourth Route Army, but the troops belonging to other warlords in Chinese mainland.

Just one Fourth Route Army had already made it difficult for them to deal with, and now that they had reinforcements joining, the Soviet Army on the Western Route knew that they would definitely not be able to break through without a strong rescue.

On the one hand, the Soviet troops on the western route reported the situation to Blyukhel, and on the other hand, driven by a hint of luck, organized troops to launch a desperate onslaught on the squadron blocking their way.

However, the Soviet troops on the western route, lacking heavy weapons and no air cover, no matter how they stormed the Chinese's blocking positions, they retreated in embarrassment under the fierce fire and bombardment of the other side. What's even worse is that the 42nd Army and the 46th Army of the Fourth Route Army, which were originally blocked in the east, also killed from behind them, and the Soviet Army had to divide their troops to resist, so that the offensive force was even weaker.

Blyucher, who received the report, could not help but be surprised to learn that the Chinese had reinforcements and that the firepower was not weak, and despite Moscow's severe accusations, he once again asked Moscow to increase troops to Northern Mongolia and provide air support as soon as possible. At the same time, the Soviet troops on the western route were ordered to stop the breakout operation, defend on the spot, and wait for rescue.

Because of the lack of food and ammunition, the Soviet troops on the western route could not hold out for a few days even if they switched to the defensive. However, if you still insist on breaking through at this moment, it can only be a fool's dream, or even a suicide.

Fortunately, the Chinese did not seem to be willing to pay large casualties to destroy the Soviet troops on the western route, but only surrounded them and kept shelling them, apparently trying to trap and starve them. This made the generals of the Soviet Army on the Western Road a little relieved in their hearts.

A week later, two aviation divisions urgently dispatched by the Soviet army finally arrived in Ulan-Ude and Veliky Uri. On the night of the arrival of these two aviation divisions, the Soviet Army in the Center, commanded by Blyukher, began to move.

A lightly armed division of the Soviet army, which only carried mountain artillery, marched eastward overnight under the escort of vehicles, and rushed 100 kilometers in one night, seizing a pass more than 70 kilometers away from Zonmod.

The next day, Blyukhel left a corps at the turn to monitor the Gojong Treasure in the fortress, and more importantly, to preserve a reliable retreat for Blyukhel. Blyukhel personally commanded the remaining three armies to the east to rescue the Soviet troops on the western route.

As for the rescue of the Soviet troops on the western route, Blyukhel considered it very dangerous.

What made Blyukhel feel dangerous was not the inexplicable disappearance of the Soviet troops on the eastern route. He believed that the Soviet troops on the eastern road must have entered a trap carefully designed by the Chinese and were ambushed by a strange one. As long as he is careful, with the current strength of this warlord Song Zhewu, he will definitely not be able to eat his remaining 200,000 people. …,

To his dismay, the Soviet Army on the Western Route had now discovered that a new number had appeared in the squadron besieging them, indicating that the Fourth Route Army had the strong support of his old friend.

Although the two new units were only one corps and one division, according to the number of squadrons he controlled, the maximum number of these two units was only 40,000 to 50,000. Judging from the strange troop establishment of his opponent Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army, it is only equivalent to the Chinese adding another army of troops.

These tens of thousands of reinforcements will not completely change the situation on the battlefield. But the question is, how many reinforcements did his old friend send to Song Zhewu? Are these two forces the only ones? If there are other troops, how many of these reinforcements are there? Where are they hiding now?

However, now that Blyukhel was unable to help himself, the tone of the call from Moscow became more and more severe each time, and the string of characters on the draft of the telegram seemed to make him shudder with the cold gaze of the irascible and irritable Supreme Commander of Georgian descent in the Moscow Kremlin, thousands of miles away.

Not to mention that it was only a danger he had guessed, that the abyss lay in front of him, and that he had to jump in order for his beautiful wife and lovely children to continue to enjoy the warm and warm Mediterranean sunshine and to breathe freely in the fresh air filled with the fragrance of birch trees.

There were also two circumstances that made Blyukhel have a glimmer of hope for a fluke in being able to pick up the Soviet troops on the western route.

The first is that after aerial reconnaissance, he already knew that a fierce grassland wildfire had broken out in the Krulun River Valley a few days ago, and there were still obvious traces of fighting on the Krulun River beach and on the south bank, and the disappearance of the Soviet troops on the east road must be related to this wildfire, and this wildfire must have been deliberately set by the Chinese.

Although he still does not know the details of the battle that night, this shows that the Chinese are not strong enough and have to cheer with fire.

The second situation is that these days the Chinese did not take advantage of his lack of air cover to bombard his central troops, but only bombarded the Soviet troops on the western route. This created an illusion for the senior generals of the Soviet army in Blyukhel and the center. They believe that this shows that Song Zhewu's strength is insufficient, and at least the annihilation of the Soviet army on the east route must have caused heavy losses to the squadron, and Song Zhewu is now concentrating on destroying the Soviet army on the west road first, and he is no longer able to fight their idea of 200,000 people. Therefore, there was a good chance of success in rescuing the Soviet troops on the western route.

The senior generals of the Soviet army believed that since they wanted to rescue, they should act as soon as possible and not let the Chinese have sufficient time to prepare. However, Blyukhel remained unmoved and insisted on waiting until the arrival of the two aviation divisions before giving the order to act.

The next day, the main force of the Soviet army in the center advanced all the way along the path taken by the forward troops, and after a day and a half it joined up with the forward division, and then turned northeast and went straight to the area west of Zonmod to relieve the besieged Soviet army on the western route.

Although they were stubbornly blocked by two divisions of Chinese troops along the way, under the personal supervision of Blyukhel and the heavy bombardment of Soviet aircraft, the Chinese blocking positions collapsed within half a day.

The Chinese were so vulnerable, not only did not make Blyukhel feel a little happy, but made Blyukhel even more uneasy, and he, who was experienced and knew the Chinese's combat methods very well, smelled a strong smell of danger.

He has seen the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Route Army, and he will definitely not be unable to hold on for even a day, there must be a conspiracy in this.

However, other Soviet generals did not think so, believing that this showed that the Chinese had suffered great losses in the process of fighting the Soviet troops on the eastern and western roads, and the troops were very tired, and the rescue operation would be successful.

The political commissar even bypassed him and sent a direct telegram to Moscow to report that he had war-phobia.

After receiving a telegram from Moscow that almost froze Blyukhel, Blyukhel gritted his teeth and ordered to continue eastward. However, he called Ulan-Ude airfield and asked the Air Force to step up an aerial search around the road where he had returned to the big turn.

A day later, under the onslaught of the main forces of the Soviet army in the center, the 35th Army and the 17th Division of the Chinese who blocked the way of the Soviet army on the western route "had to" retreat at night, and the Soviet army on the western route, which had run out of ammunition and food, was finally successfully rescued.

The worried Blyukhel, ignoring the cynicism of the political commissars, ordered all the troops to prepare at once and retreat as quickly as possible in a big turn as soon as dawn came.

At 2 o'clock in the morning the next day, two urgent telegrams woke Blyukhel and all the senior officers of the Soviet army from their sleep, and the contents of the telegrams stunned everyone. During the day, the political commissar, who was still cheerfully sarcastic and ridiculed Blyukhel, turned pale and stunned.

These two telegrams were sent by the Soviet troops who remained at the turn and the Soviet units who remained in the rear to occupy the passes, who reported to Blyukhel that they had been fiercely attacked by the squadron.

At the big turn, the remaining Soviet troops were besieged by nearly 200,000 troops of Gao Zongbao's 39th, 45th, 49th and mountain divisions.

The Soviet division that remained at the pass reported that they were besieged by more than 100,000 Chinese, and the other side was called the 38th Army. This squadron of heavy fire, armed with repeating rifles and a large number of 150mm heavy guns, had already rushed into their positions, hoping that the main force would come to the rescue quickly