General Kurygin opened his eyes miserably, smiled silently bitterly, and said: "Comrade Zirnianko, look at the current situation, can my order still be conveyed to the troops?" Or, order the troops, fight on their own, and resist on the spot! ”

After a pause, as if making the most difficult decision, General Kurygin's voice, empty without a trace of life, said: "Also, make it clear to officers at all levels that the military district command does not prevent the commanders of various units from surrendering to the Chinese without taking into account the casualties of the soldiers!" ”

The chief of staff of Zirnenko was shocked and hurriedly said: "Comrade commander, don't! Your words will break the hearts of the army! Also, have you considered that as soon as we give such an order, Moscow will look at us in any way? Surrendering on the battlefield is an unforgivable crime."

Lieutenant General Zirnenko, who still had hidden worries in his heart, did not explicitly say that with the all-Soviet anti-rebellion committee's treatment of the families of the surrendered enemy generals, I am afraid that after this order is issued, Beria, the murderous demon king, will definitely arrest General Kurygin and his relatives and family members into prison, kill them all, and cut the grass to the roots.

Even if you want to surrender, you don't have to say it explicitly, if you don't stop it, General Kurygin smiled dryly and said: "Zirnianko, I understand what you mean, even if there is no such order, the Suppression Committee will not spare our relatives!" Whether it is captured, or killed in battle, the crime of losing a teacher and humiliating the country, we can't escape, and you know a little bit about the means of punishing defeated generals at home, in this case, why not give the soldiers a way out? ”

Yang Ketian put all the forces in his hands, and more than an hour after launching an attack on the Soviet army, the three tank brigades of the Batel armored corps in pursuit were pursued behind. The three mechanized infantry brigades directly under the corps, Liu Hongzhang on the left and right flanks, and the Qiaomanshan Combat Group also arrived one after another, with more than 200,000 troops, and immediately threw themselves into the encirclement and annihilation of the Soviet army.

Surrounded on all sides, the Soviet army was surrounded like an iron bucket, and by dawn on October 1, more than 50,000 Soviet troops were divided into countless small pieces that were not connected to each other, and the strong north wind was strong. With the cold air of Siberia, it swept the entire steppe of northern Outer Mongolia, the temperature plummeted by more than ten degrees, and the sun rose, shining brightly. It could not dispel the gloom in the hearts of Soviet soldiers.

Colder than the weather, it was the hearts of Soviet soldiers. In the flurry of shells. In the rain of bullets, they ran aimlessly, left and right all night, and there were flames spewed from the muzzles of the soldiers of the independent division, and at dawn, the Soviet soldiers who were dizzy were sadly discovered. He was still in the encirclement of the independent division, and the Soviet soldiers, who no longer had the slightest fighting spirit, wisely chose to raise their hands and surrender.

The north of Outer Mongolia is south of the Sesoge River. In the early morning of October 1, Tang Qiuli had just woken up from his sleep, this night, with the sound of guns and cannons on the battlefield, he slept very peacefully and steadily, there was no suspense in the battle, and the destruction of the remnants of the Soviet Transcaucasian Military District was only a matter of time, and there would be no more accidents to disturb him.

What should be done, he has already done it, the rest is the business of commanders at all levels, on the battlefield, the sound of fierce battles and gunfire, has become the best lullaby, in the haze of falling asleep, he also secretly thought: "Without the sound of the battlefield, maybe I can't sleep!" ”

Sure enough, this night, no one came to disturb him, and after Tang Qiu got up, he stretched out comfortably, and after a simple wash, he arrived at the headquarters.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe seemed to have not slept all night, his face was a little tired, his eyes flashed with joy, when he saw Tang Qiu leaving, he stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Seeing that the division commander is sleeping soundly, he didn't bother, I got up so early, I thought you would sleep for a while!" ”

Tang Qiuli said with concern: "I haven't slept all night again, pay attention to my body, Yuhe, is there any situation on the battlefield?" ”

Zhao Yuhe said: "I received a telegram from Chief of Staff Yang that the commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, General Kulygin, has decided to surrender to our army, but he has made a request. ”

Tang Qiuli's eyebrows raised, and he said coldly: "Request? The general of the defeated army, what are the requirements to talk about, what are the requirements? ”

Zhao Yuhe also smiled and said: "Kurygin proposed that although he ordered the troops to surrender, he must ensure that he will not mistreat the Soviet soldiers who laid down their arms, and also, in order to embody the principle of reciprocity, he must negotiate the specific matters of surrender with the highest military commander of the independent division, that is, the division commander, in person, and the officers of other independent divisions are not qualified!" ”

The corners of Tang Qiuli's mouth showed a smile of extreme contempt, but his tone was cold, and he said, "Equal? Qualification? It's really ridiculous, surrounded by my army of more than 200,000 people, what qualifications do you have to talk about, just let Yang Ketian represent me, accept the surrender of the Soviet army, and tell that Kuregin, I have no time and no interest in negotiating with him, if you want to surrender, it is unconditional, if you want to bargain, ask him, if you have this capital, I don't mind accompanying him again, fight to the end! ”

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of 1 October, about 40,000 troops of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, which were surrounded in the area on the south bank of the Sejingge River, under the leadership of Commander General Kurygin and Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Zirnenko, climbed out of hiding places one by one, lined up with blank expressions, walked to the designated place with their bare hands, and surrendered to the troops of the independent division.

General Kulygin and Chief of Staff Zirnenko, escorted by several fighters, arrived in front of Yanketian.

Yang Ketian stood in front of the armored command vehicle, looked up and down, the two supreme commanders of the Soviet army, and asked: "You are Kurygin and Zirnianko?" ”

General Kurygin opened his empty eyes and looked at the young major general in disbelief, his eyes were full of complicated feelings, and he asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency is General Tang Qiuli?" ”

Yang Ketian laughed and replied: "You recognize the wrong person, our division commander doesn't have time to see you, I am Yang Ketian, the chief of staff of the East Commander of the Independent Division, and I am ordered to accept your surrender!" I also want to tell you that the one who blocks your retreat is the army under my command! ”

So far, the campaign in northern Outer Mongolia, which lasted more than 20 days, ended with the annihilation of more than 300,000 troops of the Soviet Outer Caucasus Military District.

A cold wind blew, lifting the corner of his army's coat, dancing in the wind, Tang Qiuli's deep gaze, crossed the vast grassland, and looked to the east, where Liu Tiehan commanded the Dongzhi troops and was engaged in another battle.

At about 8:30 a.m. on October 1, in Moscow, the Kremlin, in the office of the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, Marshal Petroshilov, the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, Marshal Petroshilov, with an empty voice, read a telegram to Stalin, which was sent to the General Staff by General Kulygin before he decided to surrender to the troops of the independent division.

"As mentioned above, the troops of our Transcaucasian Military District, in the area south of the Sejingge River, were surrounded by the troops of the independent division on all sides, and there was no hope of breaking through; after three days and three nights of fierce fighting, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and there were less than 50,000 left, but the troops of the independent division surrounding us reached more than 200,000, and they had no strength to fight again; for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, I decided to order the troops to lay down their arms and surrender to the Chinese!"

"When laying down the arms to the Chinese, there are some words in our hearts, not to vomit unpleasantly, launching the Outer Mongolian War is the biggest mistake done by the high command, and it is also the direct cause of burying more than 300,000 troops of the Transcaucasian Military District, including Comrade Stalin, all of us have misjudged the form, underestimated Tang Qiuli's strength and ability, and only then will there be today's fiasco, as far as I am concerned, I do not want to fight against that Chinese Tang Qiuli in this life!"

Marshal Petroshilov read it for a long time, Stalin sat like a sculpture in a high-backed chair, motionless and silent, and the atmosphere in the office was chilling and depressing.

After a long time, Stalin said dreamily: "Kurygin surrendered? More than 300,000 troops, in more than 20 days, they were all gone? ”

Marshal Petroshilov sweated in his head, trembled his lips and replied: "Yes, Comrade Stalin, the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District have been completely wiped out!" ”

"Phew!" Stalin slammed his palm on the wide desk, "Which of you can sue me, why is this happening?" Why? The roaring roar echoed in the empty office, and the members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union stood up in unison, silent.

Stalin looked at these members of the Political Bureau, who were usually talking loudly, pulling theories, and gushing endlessly, with angry flames in their eyes, their fists clenched tightly, and their hearts tingled.

If you seriously investigate it, I am afraid that I am the first person to be responsible for the annihilation of the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District and the lives of 300,000 soldiers, because it is my own decision, and then, the people in the office, one counts as one, and they cannot shirk their responsibility.

If there had been a member of the Political Bureau who was resolutely opposed, he would have considered it carefully, but Stalin himself forgot about this fact.

After the anti-rebellion movement in the whole Soviet Union, in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the veterans of the party and the army who could wrestle with themselves and sing the opposite tune all went to follow the martyrs.

(To be continued)(To be continued......