Chapter 164: Pursuit
In the face of calls for help from all over the country, the commander-in-chief of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic, Blyukher, is now trapped in the city of Chita, unable to take care of the White Russian bandits outside the city! How can he have the ability to come to the rescue, in fact, the real object of Pisarev's request for help is the assistant commander-in-chief of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic, that is, Shaolin, who is in charge of the Siberian region, and he still has a Siberian Military District in his hand!
As a result, Shaolin did not send a single soldier, but only gave an order to move closer to the Tangnu-Ulianghai area when the situation of the enemy and us was unclear, and strive for the support of the Siberian Military District of Soviet Russia. Because the Siberian Military District can no longer withstand the loss of a single division. The Far East is now like a big quagmire, and the space that the Japanese had already compressed by the Russians suddenly launched a new offensive after the Soviet Russia transferred troops back to Chita, and the Far Eastern Army, which had no troops in its hands, was defeated and retreated one after another. Shaolin is no longer worried about the problem of the black yarn hat, but worried about his own life.
The Tangnu Ulianghai was originally a part of Outer Mongolia, but it was annexed by Soviet Russia when Outer Mongolia became independent. Later, the Tannu-Ulianghai remained part of the Russian Federation and was incorporated into the Siberian Federal District.
The entire Tangnu-Ulianghai area is located in the northwest of Outer Mongolia, south of Siberia, north of the Sayan Mountains, south of the Tangnu Mountains, is a narrow strip between the two mountains, with a total area of about 170,000 square kilometers.
Tuvans make up 77 per cent of the population. The Tuvans are a branch of the Mongolian ethnic group, known as the Uliangha people in the Ming Dynasty, and later migrated to the Tangnu-Ulianghai region and changed their name to the Tuvans or Tuwa. But the Tuvan language they speak belongs to the Turkic language family, not the Mongolian language family.
After the annexation of the Sea by the Russians, it was planned to divide it into three parts: the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation, the part west of the Republic of Tuva that belonged to the Altai Republic, and the Mongolian province of Kusugul. However, due to the fact that there are no traces of the Tangnu-Ulianghai in the latter two parts, the area of the Tangnu-Ulianghai that is usually referred to in later generations is essentially the Republic of Tuva of the Russian Federation.
But after Xu Shuzheng's withdrawal, in 1920, Tangnu Ulianghai fell into the hands of the Russians again. In 1921, Soviet Russia established the "Tuva People's Republic" in Tangnu and Ulianghai, which was not recognized by the Jixian government. Later, in 1941, Soviet Russia instructed the "Dawei People's Republic" to participate in the Soviet-German war. In October 1944, the "Dawei People's Republic" passed a resolution to "join the Soviet Russia" and changed its name to the "Tuva Soviet Autonomous Socialist Republic", and Tangnu Ulianghai was officially annexed by Soviet Russia.
In 1921, although Soviet Russia formally abandoned its occupation of Tuva, on August 14 of that year, the Tangnu-Tuva People's Republic was proclaimed. At this time, the Mongolian People's Army in Outer Mongolia had already suffered a devastating blow, but the People's Army in the Tangnu-Ulianghai area did not suffer any losses, so they swaggered to the territory of Mongolia to meet the 5th Division Pisarev and them.
Such a big movement, of course, can't hide from the Mongolian princes who are pursuing from all directions. You must know that pursuit is also a science, Zhao Yun never expected these princes to really fight the Russians, and the fact is just as Zhao Yun expected, these Mongolian princes have been escorting Pisarev and they turned around and went to Kulen when they left Mongolia. As a result, the division Pisarev played a trick gun, saw that the pursuers behind him had retreated, and re-entered, occupied Lake Kharwusu, Lake Kyrgyz and other places, and peeped into Uriya Sutai.
Pisarev even personally led his troops to the city of Kobdo, which can be described as arrogant.
The city of Kobdo, also known as "Gilgrandtu". It is bordered by the Khalkha Mongolian Zasaktu Khan Department in the east, there is a post road to Uriya Sutai, in the west it leads to Tarbagatai (now Tacheng), Ili, in the south to Dihua and Balikun, in the north to Tangnu Wulianghai, and to the northwest with Russia. It has a population of 18,000.
In the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731), the city of Kobudo was built on the bank of the Buyantu River. It was expanded in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong (1759). In the twenty-sixth year, he set up a counselor here, under the control of the deputy general of the left deputy general of Uriya Sutai Dingbian, and governed the northern and southern parts of the Altai Mountains, the Mongolian tribes of Erut, and the departments of the Altai Ulianghai and Altai Nuoer Ulianghai. In the city of Kobdo, there are Karen soldiers and Taiwanese soldiers sent by the three divisions of Saiyin Noyan, Zasaktu Khan and Tushetu Khan, who are responsible for patrolling the border. There are schools that recruit official students, and they are selected by the flags of Dulbert, Mingat, and Zahaqin. Local merchants traveled to and from the Mongolian ministries and Balikun and other places.
It has the Khal-Usu Lake in the east, and the 4,362-meter-high Monkh Khairhan Mountain in the south. The city has a warm climate, abundant water and grass, and nearby farms produce grains, milk, wool and potatoes. The handicraft industry is relatively well developed, and there are also wood processing factories. It is an important place for Mongolia to Xinjiang. It was also the center of Mongolian trade with Soviet Russia.
Wait for Pisarev to capture the city of Kobdo.
By this time, it was March 1922!
In fact, when Timur was at war with the Russians, there was also a war going on in Fareltak in Europe. However, the difference with Timur is that Falel Tak does not have to show his head, he only needs to exchange materials for gold coins.
That's Operation Hamster!
The prelude to this action began with the war between Greece and Turkey.
Two wars between Greece and Turkey (Ottoman Empire) in 1897 and 1919-1922. The First War is also known as the Thirty Days War. The Second World War took place after World War I, when the Turkish government accepted the humiliating treaties imposed by the Entente powers. But the Turkish people refused to admit it and rose up to fight under Kemal's leadership.
The two wars can be called the Greco-Turkish War, and the second Greco-Turkish War is related to Operation Hamster.
During the period of 1919~1922, in order to suppress the popular revolt and prevent the Italian occupation of Smyrna, Turkey, the Entente supported Greece's territorial claims to Asia Minor, and Greece occupied Smyrna on May 15, 1919, leading to the beginning of the Second Greco-Turkish War.
On June 25, 1921, the Greek government rejected the peace mediation of the Entente. On July 10, 1921, the Battle of Eskisehir-Kütahya began. The Greek army captured three important cities, including Kütahya and Öskisehir. The Turkish army suffered one defeat after another, and the front line was in disarray.
At the time of crisis, Kemal resolutely ordered all the Turkish troops on the Western Front to retreat to the east bank of the Sakarya River. This decision saved the Turkish troops on the Western Front, because under the circumstances of the time, continuing to hold on would inevitably have more severe consequences for the troops. However, the large-scale retreat has also caused great unease in Ankara, with panic within the Loya Jirga and government offices beginning to move partially eastward.
The situation is extremely serious, the Sakarya River has become the last barrier for Ankara, and Turkey is going through an existential test. On 5 August, the Loya Jirga passed a special decree by Kemal as commander-in-chief of the whole army. At the same time, Kemal appointed General Riffet Bailay as Minister of Defense and Fevzi Chakmak as Chief of the General Staff, and asked them to reorganize the army in the shortest possible time, and do a good job in replenishing troops, allocating military supplies, and raising food. On August 15, Kemal personally went to the front and set up a general headquarters at the Boratler station. At the same time, the Greek army, which had won the battle of Eskisehir and Kuttahya, was also planning the next stage of the campaign, and King Constantine rushed to Kuttahya to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Greek army.
It was at this time that the Finns and Turks began to approach Faleltak's arms company and ask for the purchase of ordnance. However, because of the Entente behind Greece, Farel Tak chose to wait and see.
On August 23, 1921, the Greek army of 75,000 men, armed with 300 cannons, 3,000 machine guns and a small number of cavalry, under the direct command of Constantine, launched an attack on the forward positions of the Turkish army east of the Sakarya River.
At this time, although the Turkish army had been rested and strengthened, it only concentrated 55,000 people, 160 cannons and 280 machine guns in a hurry, but the number of cavalry was several times that of the Greek army, with more than 5,000 people, and it was supported by the defense of the Sakarya River.
With no retreat on one side and victory in sight, the soldiers on both sides plunged into the fight with almost equal determination.
The Turks fought to the death for the survival of their nation, and the Greeks fought for the realization of centuries of dreams.
The geographical scope of ancient Greece, in addition to the present-day Greek peninsula, included the entire Aegean Sea region and Macedonia and Thrace to the north, the Apennine Peninsula and Asia Minor. In the 5th and 6th centuries B.C., especially after the Greco-Persian Wars, economic life was highly prosperous, resulting in a splendid Greek culture that had a profound impact on later generations. The ancient Greeks had deep attainments in literature, drama, sculpture, architecture, philosophy, and many other aspects. After the fall of ancient Greece, this civilizational heritage was destructively perpetuated by the ancient Romans, thus becoming the spiritual source of the entire Western civilization. At this time, the Greeks wanted to revive the wind of ancient Greece.
The campaign was fought in an open area 1000 kilometers long from north to south. At the beginning of the battle, the Turkish army soon found that the Greeks had an advantage in numbers, so the southern flank was extremely strong, and realized that their numbers were insufficient, if they were the same as the Greeks, it must be that the battle line was too long, resulting in an unfavorable situation of insufficient troops, so the Turkish army took the initiative to shrink the left flank, and the troops withdrew to the position of only 50 kilometers south of Ankara to defend, at this time Ankara was already the capital of Turkey, it can be said that this move was very risky.
At the same time as the Turkish army was shrinking, it drew part of its forces from the western line of defense to support the left flank that had become the southern front.
Although the strategic intentions of the Greek army were discovered, they quickly seized the initiative on the battlefield by virtue of their numerical superiority.
One side is the victorious army, the other is a long-tired division, after all, there is a gap between the two sides, the Turkish army in the face of the powerful offensive of the Greek army, soon unable to support, the defense line was broken one after another, and the connection between many positions was also cut off.