Since this tank battle, Lao Maozi has been very calm, basically standing still, obviously, the Soviet army is reassessing the strength of the 36th Army.

A whole tank division, a total of nearly 200 tanks were destroyed, and several high-ranking members of the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia obviously did not dare to act rashly; this time a tank division was completely wiped out, although all of them were light tanks, but such losses were very heavy for the entire 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia.

In fact, the Soviet army at this time was still very strong, and the industrial base was also very strong, otherwise, it would not have been possible to stalemate with the German army for so long, but obviously the 1st Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia was not the elite of the Soviet army, at most it could only be regarded as second-rate, and the entire tank division did not even have a medium or heavy tank.

If this tank division of the Soviet army had been equipped with a certain number of medium or heavy tanks, the result might have been different, and the caliber of the main guns of Soviet heavy tanks at this time had reached 88 mm, and even some models of heavy tank guns had reached more than 100 mm.

With such a large main gun, the power is naturally huge, even if it is a Type 39 tank, if it is hit by a shot, it will definitely not be comfortable, and if it is not good, it will be directly destroyed or seriously damaged.

However, as a second-rate unit in the Soviet army, the 1st Army of the Soviet Army in Mongolia was obviously not equipped with such medium tanks or heavy tanks.

A tank division was completely wiped out, and a motorized infantry division that followed up by this tank division also suffered considerable losses, and such losses allowed the 1st Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia to completely settle down, and it was only a distant confrontation with the 36th Army.

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The crushing defeat of the 1st Soviet Army in Mongolia soon spread back to the Soviet Union. The Soviet leader immediately sent a telegram to Yan'an, strongly condemning the actions of the 36th Army and demanding that the first side hand over the murderer.

After receiving the telegram from the Soviet Union, Yan'an immediately summoned Zhang Yunfei, and on the same day, Zhang Yunfei flew to Yan'an, and talked secretly with the chairman and Vice Chairman Wu in that cave for more than two hours.

What the three of them talked about, no one to outsiders knew. This is a top secret at the top level, but the guards who were guarding outside the cave still saw Zhang Yunfei walking out of the cave with a smile on his face, and these guards also found a detail, the chairman and Vice Chairman Wu personally sent Zhang Yunfei to the door of the cave with a smile on their faces.

After Zhang Yunfei returned from Yan'an, he did not mention the situation in Yan'an to several high-ranking members of the 36th Group Army, but everyone could see from Zhang Yunfei's face that after Commander-in-Chief Zhang returned from Yan'an. In a good mood, the problem should be solved.

The guess was right. Zhang Yunfei and Chairman Wu discussed in detail for so long that not only did the central authorities no longer investigate the conflict between the 36th Group Army and the Soviet Army in Mongolia, but the central authorities also acquiesced to Zhang Yunfei's plan to recover the whole of Mongolia in the future.

The trip to Yan'an was very successful for Zhang Yunfei, not only did the problem be solved, but also. Next, Zhang Yunfei can let go of his hands and feet and carry out the plan to recover the whole of Mongolia.

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Outer Mongolia.

On the second day of the Sino-Soviet tank battle, the main forces of the 1st Column also rushed over one after another, knowing that the 1st Column was coming, the commanders of the 2nd Column and the 4th Column were even more happy to greet each other in person.

The commanders of the three columns met. Naturally, they were overjoyed, and the three of them exchanged a few words, and then the three of them walked together to the inconspicuous joint command headquarters, starting from today. The headquarters of the three columns will work together, command in a unified manner, and coordinate operations with each other.

Not long after the first column arrived here, Zhang Yunfei personally sent a telegram from Datong, in which he asked the three columns to let go of their hands and feet, defeat the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces as quickly as possible, and wait for an opportunity to occupy Ulaanbaatar.

These are just suggestions, not orders, and the situation on the front line Zhang Yunfei naturally does not know more clearly than the three columns, and Zhang Yunfei only grasps the general direction of the battle on the front line, and the specific details are naturally formulated by the three columns themselves, so that the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops can be brought into full play.

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's telegram, seeing that the commander-in-chief ordered him to let go of his hands and feet, not to have any worries, and clearly proposed to defeat the Soviet army, the commanders of the three major columns felt light in their hearts and appeared full of confidence.

In the telegram, Zhang Yunfei suggested that the three columns first issue an ultimatum, declaring that Mongolia has been Chinese territory since ancient times, and demanding that the Soviet troops begin to retreat within 24 hours and withdraw from Mongolia within a week.

Of course, the Soviet army will definitely not pay attention to such an ultimatum, and Zhang Yunfei is not prepared to ask the Soviet army to pay attention to it.

Since you don't retreat, then I'm going to beat you.

Next, the three major columns are about to start, and the three columns have more than 100,000 people, occupying an absolute advantage in numbers, and defeating the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia head-on, which is no problem at all.

Although there is intelligence that with the destruction of a large number of Soviet tanks yesterday, the Soviet Union was taken by surprise, and now, the 2nd Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia is also rushing to Ulaanbaatar, but Zhang Yunfei still did not take it to heart, even if the Soviet army is two group armies, the three columns can confront him head-on.

In the telegram, Zhang Yunfei also pointed out that although most of the tanks of the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia had been destroyed, they still had a lot of artillery, and before the large-scale attack of the three columns, Zhang Yunfei suggested that the three columns should first take measures to destroy these artillery groups of the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia.

Although Zhang Yunfei's suggestions were made to this point, the commanders of the three major columns were still ready to carry them out firmly, and now Zhang Yunfei has a high prestige in the minds of the commanders of the various columns.

On the same day, the joint ultimatum of the three columns was sent out in a clear code, and the 1st Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia would definitely receive it.

However, after the telegram was sent, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on the opposite side did not reflect at all, and seeing this, the commanders of the three major columns sneered in their hearts, since they toasted and did not eat and drink, it is no wonder that we are not fed.

The three columns have selected quite a number of outstanding scouts to go deep into the positions of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces, with the aim of ascertaining the location of the artillery division of the 1st Group Army of the Soviet Army stationed in Mongolia, and before the three columns launch a large-scale attack, everyone is ready to destroy the artillery positions of the Soviet army according to Zhang Yunfei's suggestion.

Now, both sides have a lot of artillery, and neither of the cannons on either side dares to be the first to fire, and once they are the first to fire, the position will be exposed, and they will be covered by the retaliatory fire of the other side.

Therefore, although the three columns had hundreds of heavy artillery, considering that the Soviet army also had a lot of heavy artillery, everyone felt that their artillery was tied to their hands and feet, and they had many concerns.

In the evening, several scout squads that had gone to reconnoiter returned one after another, and one of them was more fortunate and finally figured out the location of the Soviet artillery division.

According to the reconnaissance and description of these returnees, the position of the Soviet artillery division has at least 100 heavy guns of more than 100 mm caliber, and a huge position has been built, and many trucks full of shells have been parked on the position.

Hearing this, the commanders of the three columns were all overjoyed, and finally figured out the artillery positions of the Soviet army, and the artillery positions of the Soviet artillery divisions were still concentrated together and were not dispersed into several positions, which saved everyone a lot of effort.

In the joint headquarters of the three columns, there was a huge sand table, and an operational staff officer was carefully planting a small flag at the position of the Soviet artillery division.

This huge tactical sand table was made by dozens of operational staff officers in the past two days, and it took a lot of effort to do it, and the sand table reflected the general terrain of nearly 100 kilometers in a radius of nearly 100 kilometers, and there were many small flags on the sand table, and the flags of these two colors represented the two sides of the war.

Now, now that we have figured out the location of the positions of the Soviet artillery divisions, we must start immediately, and the soldiers are very fast, and if they are slow, there may be a lot of accidents.

Comrade Wang Haiyang, commander of the 1st Column, looked at the position of the Soviet artillery division marked on the sand table, and said slowly: "Lao Chen! Lao Luo! How about we move overnight and send the Soviet artillery division to the west tonight? ”

"Good!" The two immediately agreed, and the two said in unison: "Lao Wang, this time it will depend on your rocket artillery regiment to go out, I wish you success." ”

Wang Haiyang grinned, with a pride on his face, of the three major columns, only the 1st column was equipped with a rocket artillery regiment, and this time, it would be up to this rocket artillery regiment to defeat the artillery positions of the Soviet army.

The artillery positions of the Soviet army were not only located relatively far behind, but also, for the sake of safety, they had to run after the battle, and such a task, whether it was a 105-mm howitzer regiment or a heavy artillery brigade, was inappropriate.

The position of the Soviet artillery division is far away from here, obviously outside the range of everyone's heavy artillery, and the Soviet army is too cautious, and the position of the artillery position is so far back, before, everyone thought that the position of the Soviet artillery position was relatively high, and it may be within the range of everyone's 155 mm howitzers.

The three of them agreed that the commander of the 1st Column issued an order overnight to the 3rd Artillery Regiment of his heavy artillery brigade, which was equipped with 60 rocket launchers, which would be a lethal force for the Soviet artillery division.

Receiving the order, 60 rocket launchers of the 3rd Artillery Regiment, loaded with 200-mm rocket artillery, led by dozens of off-road vehicles and armored vehicles of a mechanized infantry battalion, took advantage of the darkness of the night to go to the designated position.

In order to be safe and prevent accidents, Wang Haiyang also arranged a mechanized infantry battalion, the task of this battalion is to escort and protect the third artillery regiment, in case of encountering a small group of Soviet or Mongolian troops, it can protect the safety of the third artillery regiment, after all, the field combat ability of the third artillery regiment is relatively poor.

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