Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.!

Since it was decided to confront the Soviet army, it was necessary to let several high-level personnel know, and today, Zhang Yunfei discussed this matter with everyone in the small conference room of the command headquarters.

First of all, Zhang Yunfei briefly talked to everyone about the situation in Mongolia, as well as the confrontation between the 2nd column and the Soviet army.

In the end, Zhang Yunfei said his decision, Zhang Yunfei was ready to fight a few battles with the Soviet army in Outer Mongolia and take the entire Outer Mongolia into his pocket, according to Zhang Yunfei's point of view, Outer Mongolia has been China's territory since ancient times, and now that he has this ability, he must take it back.

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, there was silence in the conference room, because everyone knows that the Soviet Union is very strong, and it is definitely not easy to provoke.

However, since it was Zhang Yunfei's decision, everyone could only firmly support it, not only did Zhang Yunfei have supreme authority in the entire 36th Group Army, but also everyone had deep admiration for Zhang Yunfei, and facts proved that Zhang Yunfei's decision had never been wrong, and everyone had confidence in Zhang Yunfei.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, to take the lead in supporting Zhang Yunfei, "Commander-in-Chief! Although the Soviet Union was very strong, our 36th Army was not weak, and we must fight this battle, not only to fight, but also to win the battle and recover the whole of Outer Mongolia. ”

The strength of the USSR, I believe that the left chief of staff also knew. The Far Eastern Army of the entire Soviet Union numbered more than one million, and in terms of equipment, there were nearly 10,000 artillery pieces, more than 5,000 tanks, and 3 or 4,000 aircraft.

With the statement of the Chief of Staff Zuo, the rest of the high-ranking people, like Deng Wenping. Fangzheng, Liu Dazhu and others naturally unswervingly supported Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone had no objections, Zhang Yunfei was ready to fight first and then talk about it, and he would not report to the central authorities for the time being, because if the central authorities knew that they were going to the Soviet Union, there might be a lot of variables.

Some time ago, when the two major columns penetrated deep into Outer Mongolia, the central authorities had already sent a telegram. It was recommended that the 36th Army suspend its operations, since entering Outer Mongolia would be contrary to the interests of the Soviet Union.

Received a telegram from the central government. Zhang Yunfei personally sent a report to the chairman, explaining various interests, and finally persuaded the chairman that this time, Zhang Yunfei was going to openly confront the Soviet Union, and Zhang Yunfei was going to keep the central authorities from knowing for the time being, and wait for the raw rice to be cooked and cooked.

As the 36th Group Army became stronger and stronger, Zhang Yunfei gradually showed his tough side, and he made some unreasonable decisions above. Zhang Yunfei will execute selectively.

Whether it is said that Zhang Yunfei is getting fuller, or that Zhang Yunfei wants to be a warlord, Zhang Yunfei will not pay attention to these, Zhang Yunfei believes that as long as it is beneficial to the Chinese nation, he will resolutely do it, as for political matters. Zhang Yunfei has already seen it very lightly.

Now, seeing that everyone was unanimous, Zhang Yunfei began to give orders, ordering the 2nd column to temporarily confront the Soviet army. For the time being, he did not move first, and in addition, he ordered the 4th Column, which had entered Mongolia, to move closer to the 2nd Column.

In the end, in order to win this battle, Zhang Yunfei transferred the first column back from Korea and marched towards Mongolia.

At present, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 North Korean devils left, and two-thirds of North Korea is already controlled by the fighters, and it is completely enough to leave the 6th column and independent division in North Korea.

Now, the weather conditions are gradually improving, the grass grows everywhere and eagles fly, and the first column has all been mechanized or motorized, and it is estimated that it will take about a week to reach the Mongolian steppe from the vicinity of Suwon City in North Korea.

Everyone saw that Zhang Yunfei was preparing to transfer the 1st column to Mongolia, and everyone was a little relieved, when the 1st column reached Mongolia, then there would be three columns on the Mongolian steppe, namely the 1st column, the 2nd column, and the 4th column.

Since he was ready to fight with Lao Maozi this time, he naturally had to win, and Lao Maozi's Far Eastern Army numbered more than one million, and it was much stronger than the 36th Group Army in terms of equipment and numbers.

However, in this conflict with Lao Maozi in Outer Mongolia, Lao Maozi could not suppress the entire Far Eastern Army, which was responsible for the defense of a vast area of nearly 10 million square kilometers from Siberia to the Pacific coast.

In addition, the German army has penetrated deep into the territory of the Soviet Union, the main force of Lao Maozi's Far Eastern Army has been gathered on the Western Front, the Far Eastern Army has transferred troops to the Soviet-German battlefield five times, and the elite of the Soviet Army in the Far East basically no longer exists, although the number of the Far Eastern Army has not decreased, most of the recruits who have been added to it are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is not the same as that of two or three years ago.

In addition, Lao Maozi's garrison in Mongolia was two group armies, namely the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army in Mongolia and the 2nd Group Army of the Soviet Army in Mongolia, with less than 200,000 people.

In view of this, Zhang Yunfei dared to make a move against Lao Maozi, and Zhang Yunfei also sent three columns, a total of 150,000 or 60,000 people, and there should be a great chance of winning the first battle.

In the next few days, Zhang Yunfei focused on the north, preparing for the first battle with the Soviet Union, but in southern China, the war has been raging.

** More than 80 infantry divisions, plus several independent brigades, several artillery regiments, and a large number of auxiliary arms, a total of about 1.5 million troops, were mobilized to attack the South China Front of the little devils.

In addition, the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army, a total of 300,000 or 400,000 people, plus about 100,000 people of the main force of the New Fourth Army, also moved south and attacked the little devils together with **.

The fighting in South China has been going on for more than a month, and now, the squadron has firmly gained the upper hand.

In order to support the southward operation, Zhang Yunfei also provided 20 million rounds of rifle ammunition, 10,000 boxes of grenades, and some artillery shells to the Kuomintang free of charge in March.

Zhang Yunfei's move made many ** high-level executives grateful to Zhang Yunfei, even Lao Jiang personally sent a letter of thanks to Zhang Yunfei.

The South China Front is one of the seven major fronts of the Little Devil Army, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, there were a total of seven divisions and regiments, a total of 250,000 people, and now, the South China Front Army of the Little Devil is 16 divisions and regiments, with a total of nearly 500,000 people.

However, in the past month or so, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the little devils have carried out dozens of battles, and more than 100,000 little devils have been annihilated.

Zhang Yunfei also pays attention to the war in South China, and sees that the first team in the squadron is basically winning and recovering the whole of South China, it is only a matter of time, and Zhang Yunfei is also very pleased.

At the beginning of May, after a long journey, the 1st Column finally entered Outer Mongolia and began to make peace with the 2nd and 4th Columns.

In the vast grasslands of Outer Mongolia or on the Gobi Desert, groups of troops are marching, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, kicking up dust, and behind these combat vehicles, there are also a large number of trucks.

On the truck, a large number of soldiers were carried, and all the infantry regiments had been motorized, and everyone no longer had to rely on their own legs to march, and everyone marched in large trucks.

In two days, the 1st Column will reach the designated position, and as soon as the 1st Column reaches the designated position, the big battle will start immediately.

At present, the 2nd column and the 4th column have converged, and everyone is confronting the Soviet army and the Mongolian army, the two sides have been facing each other for nearly ten days, and Lao Maozi has obviously increased his troops, which was only a few thousand Soviet troops before, and now, the number of Soviet troops has reached tens of thousands.

In addition, tens of thousands of troops came over from the Mongol side, and the two sides reached a stalemate in this land of hundreds of square kilometers.

However, looking at the posture of the Soviet army, the Soviet army may move within these two days.

Chen Erwa, commander of the 2nd Column, and Luo Jihua, commander of the 4th Column, had personally observed the forward positions several times and saw that the Soviet troops seemed to be ready for battle.

Sure enough, the next day, before the 1st Column reached the designated position, the Soviets first attacked the 2nd and 4th Columns.

Some time ago, the Soviet army was small in number, even with the addition of the Mongol army, the number was superior, and now, with the arrival of a large number of reinforcements, the number of Soviet troops has increased dramatically, from the previous thousands to tens of thousands, and the Soviet army believes that the time has come.

The first to attack the soldiers' positions was the Mongol army, and at least tens of thousands of Mongol troops attacked several positions of the fighters.

Obviously, the Soviet army wanted to use these Mongolian troops to test the strength of the 36th Group Army, and the Soviet Army and the 36th Army had never fought each other, and their understanding of the 36th Army was also very limited.

A position of the 2nd Column.

The fighters were on guard on the position, and the fighters had been building their positions for several days, but the order from above did not come down, and everyone did not take the initiative to attack the Soviet troops in the distance.

It was a large position, with an infantry regiment of the 1st Infantry Division of the 2nd Column stationed, and not far away, a position of the same size.

The surrounding area is basically undulating Gobi, you can see sand and gravel everywhere, there is relatively little grass and trees, it is such a Gobi desert, the soldiers dug a lot of trenches, built a lot of fortifications.

On the battlefield, many soldiers were on the alert, and suddenly, several fighters shouted: "Comrades! The enemy is coming! ”

The commander of this infantry regiment also saw the front, a large number of enemies were coming this way, the number of enemies was at least thousands, it looked like a large area, but through the telescope, it can be seen that the enemies who came up were all Mongolian troops, at this time, tens of thousands of Mongolian troops began to attack several positions of the 2nd or 4th column.

When the regimental commander saw the enemy coming, he immediately ordered: "Comrades! Prepare for battle. ”

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