Chapter 352: Xinnuo Gate Threshold (6)
On the Arshan Mountain, which is more than 100 kilometers away from Nomenkan, there is the logistics base of the Japanese army at Nomenkan at this time, the terrain here has changed, in the west of Arshan is the plain desert, and the east is the mountains and forests, the Japanese army stationed a brigade here, one is to guard the rear base, and the other is also just in case, once there is an accident on the front line, it can also become a line of defense to block. Of course, most of this brigade is composed of auxiliary units such as automobile troops.
In the sky, more than one hundred and fifty DB-3 bombers flew from Arshan in three directions, and the DB-3 bomber was later the Il-4 bomber, a behemoth that could carry 2,700 kilograms, and at this time it was stuffed with soldiers, all of whom were carrying a bag, which was the 212th Airborne Brigade, which was regarded as the treasure of the Red Army. Since they were bombed by Japanese planes, Zhukov had these planes scattered in various airfields, calculated the time and then attacked together, and they were escorted by more than 40 I-16 fighters.
Suddenly, a burst of gunfire and explosions woke up the paratroopers who had closed their eyes and recuperated, looked out the window, on the periphery of the group, there were dozens of Japanese planes trying their best to attack the group, the bombers and fighters of this era are not much different in terms of weapons and equipment, they are all machine guns, but the fighters are flexible, but in front of such a large group, the Japanese planes seem to be a group of hungry wolves facing a herd of bison, it is okay to knock out a few, it is basically impossible to destroy them all. What's more, there are Tibetan mastiffs guarding this herd of bison that are more ferocious than hungry wolves.
"Comrades, below is the rear base of the evil Japanese imperialist aggressors, let us go down and destroy them!" The Red Army commander patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "Hold on one more time, start jumping from the deputy squad leader, I am the last, everyone prepare!" β
Everyone reconfirmed each other's equipment to see if they were properly dressed, and then checked themselves, the cabin door opened with a bang, and the cold wind poured into the cabin, and the soldiers couldn't help but shrink their necks.
"Let's go! Remember that we are the fearless Red Army! For the sake of redism, jump! β
The Japanese army in Arshan raised their heads, looking at this extremely shocking scene, one after another white flowers bloomed in the sky, Arshan's anti-aircraft machine guns stopped, this was the first large-scale airborne operation in history, more than 2,000 Soviet Red Army fell from the sky, such an offensive method of stimulation to the Japanese army is incomparably huge, looking at the Soviet army as if the heavenly soldiers and generals, many Japanese troops have not yet started the war, and their hearts have been timid.
"Don't stop! Shoot! Shoot!! The Japanese soldiers who reacted hurriedly shouted, and the machine guns and rifles rang out again, but it was not easy to shoot at the paratroopers at a height of 1,000 meters, although many Soviet officers and soldiers died in mid-air, but more Soviet officers and soldiers successfully landed in and around the Japanese logistics base.
Due to the different understanding of the paratroopers, in the Soviet army at this time, the paratroopers are more like an elite infantry, after these paratroopers fell to the ground, they immediately began to assemble close to each other, in addition to a small part of the troops to destroy the bridge and railway, the rest of the troops desperately attacked and destroyed the Japanese logistics base, in the sky, the bombers began to turn, the Japanese aircraft and the Soviet fighters were inseparable, when the battle report flew in front of Komatsubara, he couldn't believe his eyes, there were two or three thousand elite Soviet troops on his logistics line at this time? is still attacking its own logistics base, well, how is its own logistics base exposed?
Not to mention these, the front line is fighting so fiercely, and the supply of logistics is already a little unable to keep up, if there is no ammunition and materials for a few days, these 100,000 imperial troops will not be wiped out?
Komatsubara didn't dare to think about it anymore, and immediately ordered: "The whole army immediately stops the offensive and turns to defense on the spot, the 26th Brigade immediately returns to the Arshan base, and the aviation force will do its best to help Arshan defend, we must not let our logistics base fall, and the logistics supply line must be opened within two days!" β
After speaking, Komatsubara looked to the west and sighed, "Now, the only thing we can do is to wait for a miracle to happen." β
- Mongolian steppe
Takeda Yixiong tightened his cotton clothes, looking at the stars in the sky, the stars on the grassland seemed to be particularly bright, even if there were no lights and torches, he could clearly see the surrounding scene.
"Takeda-kun, we just captured a few prisoners, we are already less than two hundred miles away from Kulun, there are more and more herdsmen, it is difficult to go forward so quietly." Toji Yasui walked over and said.
Takeda Yixiong hurriedly bowed and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, this is indeed the case, Kulen was originally the political and religious center of Mongolia, and Kulen is surrounded by mountains in the north and south, grasslands in the east and west, and the Tula River flows from east to west from the foot of the Bogdo Mountain in the south of the city. If we want to hide from others, my suggestion is to divert the course. β
Fujiji Yasui's eyes lit up and asked, "How to change the route?" β
Takeda Yoshio drew a circle and said, "If we want to raid Kulen, we must fight down, the soldiers are extremely tired after a long climb, and we must not fight a protracted battle, so I suggest that we go along the mountain range, the Mongols rarely go up the mountain, especially at this time, there is no material on the mountain, we can occupy the mountains such as Bayanjiruhe, Bogda Khan, and Qingletai, and form a flanking attack on Kulen." β
Fujiji Yasui nodded approvingly and said, "Okay, let's do it!" β
"Your Excellency, General, urgent telegram." The communications soldier took the translated telegram and handed it to Toji Yasui and said.
Yasui Fujiji took the telegram, glanced at it a few times, and said, "The battle situation in Nomenkan is not good for us, the Soviet army is really powerful, maybe we should really listen to your teacher's words, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity." β
Takeda Yixiong lowered his head and said, "The teacher is absolutely not wrong, but it is difficult for anyone in the empire to understand him. β
Yasui Fujiji nodded, put away the telegram and said, "Now there is one more, just act according to your ideas, I hope we can really succeed in the raid, otherwise, the dream of the empire going north may be shattered at Nomenkan." βββ
Mount Hamardaba
Zhukov looked at the telegram sent by the airborne brigade, nodded with a smile and said, "The logistics of the Japanese army have been cut off by the 202 brigade, and the victory is already half in hand, immediately order all artillery units to bombard the Japanese positions with all their might, and the tank armored units and cavalry units are ready to charge the best, I want to completely defeat the three divisions of the Japanese army with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves!" β
- Nomenkan
"That's what it's for today's meal? Damn, don't you know we're at war? A Japanese soldier Cao looked at a rice ball handed over by the cook and said angrily, the rice ball was yellow and white, and he didn't know what was added.
"There is still white rice today, maybe tomorrow it will be all soybeans!" The cook said helplessly.
"What about water? Why is there only half of the water? One of the soldiers looked at the bucket of water and shouted angrily.
Nomenkan is a grassland, the only river was occupied by the Soviet army, the Japanese army could only dig wells on the spot to get water, under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Soviet army, many wells were blown down, and they had to be dug again.
"Did you hear that? Staff Officer Masanobu Tsuji has come to the front. "The food doesn't fit the mouth, and you have to eat it, a Japanese soldier said while chatting with the people around him.
"Oh!! It's Masanobu Tsuji, he must be sharing weal and butter with us, he was like this when he was training, others didn't have water to drink, so he poured out the water and didn't drink it. When a young Japanese soldier heard Masanobu Tsuji's name, he couldn't help but stand up excitedly and said.
"Humph! That guy had already flown back to Shenyang, and he came to the front to scold the wing commander, saying that our attack was not resolute, but it happened to be the shelling on the opposite side in the afternoon, and it is said that he was so frightened that he left after the shelling was over. A slightly older Japanese soldier shook his head and said disdainfully.
"What? I misjudged him, I didn't expect Masanobu Tsuji to be such a person, and I still treat him as an idol. The Japanese soldier who stood up sat down in disappointment and ate the rice balls sullenly.
"If you want me to say, among the younger generation of officers, the only one who is really worthy of our followers is Takeda Yoshio." A Japanese soldier with a scar on his face said with a smile.
"I know that you were originally in the Third Army in North China, and I have also heard the name of Staff Officer Takeda Takeo, what kind of person is he?" The young soldier asked curiously.
The Japanese soldier with a scar on his face pointed to the scar on his face and said, "I went out of Shanxi with Staff Officer Takeda, the Soviet artillery fire is powerful, but in terms of fierceness, I still think that the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi is powerful, but it should also be a Soviet weapon, the words are wrong." Staff Officer Takeda, he's a good guy, he won't give up anyone who is wounded on the battlefield and fight him, you can rest assured that you will hand over your back to him. The Japanese soldier sighed and said, "Unlike now, behind us, I heard that there are a lot of Soviet troops." β
"Bang" "Bang" "Boom"
Suddenly, explosions were heard, and the Japanese soldiers who were eating hurriedly took the food and bent over and ran into the bunker, and the Soviet artillery bombardment began again.
And this shelling was accompanied by countless squeaky Soviet armored vehicles and tanks, as well as Soviet units following the tanks.
The Japanese soldiers touched the grenades, ******, and even explosives packets around them, which they relied on to deal with Soviet tanks.
- Cullen
Choibalsan was writing a report in his room. The total population of Mongolia at this time was only more than 1 million, while the Soviet army participated in the war at this time, and the cavalry and logistics troops provided by Choibalsan also had 30,000 or 40,000, accounting for half of Choibalsan's troops.
Choibalsan's efforts were recognized by Stalin, who, for the purpose of guarding against the Japanese army, decided to give Choibalshan a certain amount of military aid, and Choibalsan is now writing a letter of thanks.
After Choibalsan finished writing a paragraph, he walked out of the room, he looked at the stars in the sky, and couldn't help but recall that from 1931 when he completely obtained the military and political power of Mongolia to the present, he disbanded the collective ranch, restored the economy, trained the troops, and made the country prosperous, and he felt more and more that he was the person sent by God to save Mongolia.
Well, I can't say that I am a god, I am an atheist, and there are 30,000 monks who have been executed by myself, and these scum who do not produce must be completely eradicated!
"Bang", "Dada", "Boom! β
Suddenly, a huge explosion and gunshots and shouts broke out to the south of Cullen, and Choibalsan suddenly nervously asked, "What happened?" Could it be Tenzin's remnants? β
Tenzin was the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Army, and in 1924 he was about to prepare an armed coup d'Γ©tat, but was arrested and executed by Choibalsan.
"Comrade Choibalshan, I don't know where the troops came from, they came down from the mountain, there were a lot of people, and the cavalry also rushed into the city, killing people everywhere and setting fires!" A communications soldier ran up to Choibalsan and saluted.
Choibalsan did not return the salute to him, and looked through the telescopes of the signal soldiers, and it was difficult to see anything clearly in the darkness, and finally, in the light of the fire, he saw the flag of the attacking enemy.
"Sun Flag !!" Choibalsan's telescope fell in fright. He never imagined how the Japanese army, who was supposed to fight at Nomenkan, would have come to his capital.
"Chairman, hurry up and retreat, if you don't leave, it's too late, the Japanese army is menacing, we can't resist it at all." Choibalsan's younger brother ran over and shouted loudly, pulling Choibalsan to leave as he spoke.
"Smack!" As soon as a gunshot rang out, Choibalshan only felt a pain in his legs and feet, and knew that he had been shot.
"Capture Choibalsan alive! Catch Choibalsan alive!! The loud cry was getting closer and closer, and the footsteps were getting faster and faster, and Choibalshan hurriedly got on his horse with the support of his younger brother, preparing to escape.
"That's it! Choibalsan, dismount and surrender. Takeda Yixiong led a team of Japanese soldiers to the front of Choibalsan, looking at Takeda Yixiong dressed as a herdsman, Choibalshan suddenly understood why his city fell so quickly.
"What do you want to do? The great Soviet Red Army will not let you go. Chopper said with a fierce face.
"You don't need to worry about this matter, the Soviet Union has hoarded a lot of supplies in Kulen, we have 50,000 people, enough to hold out for a month, and we can also cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway, with such a bargaining chip, I don't believe Stalin will not talk to us." Takeda Takeo said disdainfully.
"Take it down! Strictly guarded, immediately send a power headquarters, our army has occupied Kulen! Yasui Fujiji also rushed over at this time, smiled at Takeda Yixiong, and waved his hand.
Takeda Yixiong smiled at him and said, "We'd better send a team to attack the Trans-Siberian Railway immediately and give the Soviet army a bigger shock." β
- Tokyo
"Wow, Ishihara-kun, your good apprentice has successfully taken down Kulen, now you can find a way to end this war that shouldn't have happened." Seishiro Itagaki said to Ishihara Waner with the battle report.
Ishihara glanced at Seishiro Itagaki in a complicated manner and said, "We have to end the fighting, Europe has changed. (To be continued.) )