Not long after Liu Tiehan's telegram was sent, he received a reply from the division commander Tang Qiuli, and the content of the telegram was even bolder than Liu Tiehan.

"Brother Tie Han, I learned from the call, first congratulate the Dongzhi troops on the first battle, which ended with the annihilation of a whole army of the Soviet army, whether to pursue the retreating main force of the Soviet army, Brother Tie Han made a decision according to the actual situation of the battlefield, my construction is yes, come and not be rude, the Dongzhi troops can take the opportunity to conquer the Soviet Union's important town of Chita outside the eastern border of Outer Mongolia, extremely surrounding areas, the battlefield situation is extremely favorable to me, and the Soviet Far Eastern Front will never dare to send another soldier."

"This move has two significance, first, it can remove the biggest threat to the eastern border of Outer Mongolia, and second, cut off the nearest passage of the border of the Soviet army's Chen soldiers, so that the Soviet army can lose the important assembly place outside the eastern border line of our Outer Mongolia, and also make the eastern region of Outer Mongolia and the Ulan-Ude region become one piece, so as to avoid prominence.

Looking at Tang Qiuli's callback, Liu Tiehan looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to Li Guangjin: "Guangjin, this is the difference between vision and appetite, I just want to eat this Soviet army, the division commander thinks, not only to kill this Soviet army, but also to lay down Chita, push the eastern border of Outer Mongolia forward to the territory of the Soviet Union, okay, call back to the division commander, this construction is very good, the pursuit of the Soviet army and the capture of Chita can be carried out simultaneously, the specific plan, report later!" ”

"The Operations Department immediately drew up an operational plan for the capture of Chita! Also, the command moved forward and followed the troops! Li Guangjin replied loudly: "Yes!" The War Division will start now! Then, in a low voice, he muttered, "Well, the battle is getting bigger and bigger!" ”

After Li Guangjin went out, Liu Tiehan said to a staff officer beside him: "Order, the troops pursuing head-on, don't press the Soviet army too tightly." The troops on the left and right flanks, along the way of the retreat of the Soviet troops, carried out continuous, maximum blows, constantly weakening the strength of the Soviet troops, in order to reduce the pressure on the blocking sub-troops. ”

"Order, the 10th Brigade Chen Guozhu Division, and the cavalry mixed brigade He Zhu Guobu Division, change the original mission, and be sure to be on the front line of Nebuchu. Block the Soviet troops! ”

"Order, the Northern Flying Group of the Aviation Forces attached to the operation will be dispatched to bomb the retreating Soviet troops and destroy all the roads! Tell the Fleet Commander, don't skimp on bombs. up! ”

An unprecedented pursuit began, and the Soviet retreat was very unsmooth. It's like being stuck in a muddy swamp. Every step you take, you have to pay a great price, on both sides of the road, constantly kill the independent division troops, and the methods are the same. First, with heavy artillery fire, the Soviets were bombarded for a while, and then a dense rain of bullets poured over, and the infantry began to assault. After eating a part of the Soviet troops, he did not pursue, but returned to his original position to meet the arrival of the next wave of Soviet troops, and repeated the action just now.

Liu Tiehan's style of play is a typical wolf pack tactic, six brigades of more than 100,000 people, lined up on both sides, with battalions as units, each responsible for a section, taking advantage of the Soviet army's eagerness to retreat, unwilling to entangle, constantly flanking, and not desperately intercepting Soviet troops, making full use of artillery firepower, light and heavy machine gun fire, biting and letting go, the casualties of the troops are not large, but the harvest is not small, just like a boning knife, cutting meat on the body of the retreating Soviet troops.

Lieutenant General Yemenchenko has been numb, since the retreat, he has not stopped the sound of gunfire in his ears, the sound of gunfire in the back is a normal situation, is the troops of the independent division chasing him, but the sound of guns on both sides is no less than that in the back, and the most is a raindrop of mortar shells, whistling, smashing down the head, I really don't know, how many troops Tang Qiuli took out to deal with himself?

There are more than 100,000 people in his three armies, and the marching queue is at least more than 100 kilometers long, and there are guns and cannons everywhere, shouting and killing, how come there are troops of independent divisions along the line, could it be that he got into Tang Qiuli's pocket? Along the way, countless bloody corpses of soldiers were left behind!

Seeing that his more than 100,000 horses were like snowballs under the blazing sun, from the initial behemoth, to gradually melting and shrinking, and disappearing into the vast grasslands of eastern Outer Mongolia, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko had a hunch that the chances of himself and his 100,000 soldiers returning to the formation of the front army were very slim.

In all fairness, both Marshal Petroshilov, chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, and Lieutenant General Yemenchenko, who led the troops, knew that Liu Tiehandong had commanded the siege of the troops, and their decision to haste to retreat was debatable.

If the Soviet army sticks to the spot and fights hard, in the case of slightly more troops than the Dongzhi troops, Liu Tiehan will need to take a lot of effort if he wants to eat this Soviet army, and there will be no time for a week or so, the battle cannot be resolved, and the casualties of the troops will increase several times.

The Soviet army on the march, the heavy firepower can not play a role at all, the artillery can not open fire in the runaway, and the east refers to the troops, is to wait for work, in advance on both sides of the area through the Soviet army, the artillery has already built a position, set the direction and coordinates, as long as you see the Soviet troops passing by, just open the artillery, when the shells did not miss, one is to retreat in a hurry, although it did not reach the panic Cheng dù, but also unintentionally fighting.

One side has long been prepared, artillery, mortars, light and heavy machine guns form an all-round covering firepower, all the Soviet troops that pass by, do not leave hundreds of corpses, don't think about the past, one is like this, more than 100 kilometers long route, everywhere, how many troops of the Soviet army can withstand attrition?

This is the cleverness of Liu Tiehan's style of play, deliberately leaving a hole for the Soviet army, so that the Soviet commander always has hope, after this period is good, it will not be trapped in the beast fighting, fighting the whole army to be annihilated, but also to fight hard, more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers, once they reach the point of despair, they know that they cannot break through, and they have the idea of fighting to the death, even if the Dongzhi troops win a big victory, the price paid is extremely heavy.

The battlefield spread more than 100 kilometers long, in the steppe of eastern Outer Mongolia, guns roared, forming a casualty fire network composed of steel fragments, constantly devouring the lives of Soviet soldiers, Liu Tiehan accurately controlled the attack rhythm of the troops, little by little to drain the blood of the Soviet army, consumed its vital strength, until it fell to the ground with a bang, and deployed on the front line of Nebuchu, ready to intercept the Soviet army's 10th Chen Guozhu Brigade, He Zhuguo's cavalry mixed brigade, was the last killer of the Soviet army.

Liu Tiehan's mood was very comfortable, such a battle, not to mention, but also a lot of gains, the Soviet army just put on a beaten posture, sitting in the armored command car, he kept giving various orders, "Zhou Fucheng, your second brigade is stuck too tight, the infantry should not attack too deeply, make more use of artillery fire, if after the battle, the casualties of your brigade are greater than those of other brigades, you give me a reasonable explanation!" ”

"Wu Keren, your Fifth Brigade has several positions, which are too prominent, be careful of the hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops who are in a hurry to retreat, drown you, retreat three kilometers, get out of the way, and flank! Interception! Like a wolf, take a bite and leave, this is not a blocking war, no one will let you block the Soviet army with your life, and then bite and don't save, be careful that I withdraw you! ”

Liu Tiehan was in the armored command car, shouting, the staff officers in the car, couldn't help but steal fun, for a few years, I haven't seen such a posture of the deputy division commander, it's really weird, and the commander who is afraid that the troops will fight too hard!

In the eastern battlefield of Outer Mongolia, under the command of Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy division commander and commander, the nine brigades of the East Command Army fought vigorously against the Soviet troops who were eager to retreat.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning of 29 September, the atmosphere in the Outer Mongolia campaign headquarters appeared to be very calm, the staff officers were busy with their own affairs, the Soviet troops of the Transcaucasian Military Region in the encirclement continued to gather together, and there was no attempt to break through the encirclement, and the brigades directly under the corps did not receive the order of the division headquarters and the general attack, and the battlefield looked a little dull, and only the Soviet troops in the encirclement knew their suffering.

The artillery of the independent division, tirelessly fighting from dark to dawn, poured thousands of rounds of large-caliber grenades on the position, and the Soviet soldiers were numb, and when they saw their companions, the bodies that were still alive just now, with an explosion, a ball of fire and gunpowder smoke rose, and immediately became torn apart, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and their hearts were no longer afraid, they knew very well that maybe in the next moment, they would become a fragmented corpse like their companions.

Division Commander Tang Qiuli, holding a cigarette in his left hand, was looking at a telegram sent by Major General Yang Ketian, chief of staff of Dongzhi, who commanded three brigades to go to the south bank of the Sejingge River, "Division commander, our division is progressing smoothly, and according to the current pace of marching, we can reach the south bank of the Sejingge River before 10 o'clock on the night of 30 September to deploy defenses, and complete the task assigned by the division commander to block the retreat of the Soviet army." ”

"In view of the fact that the division commander mentioned in the report on the enemy situation that a division of Soviet troops had already moved south from Ulanwood and Irkutsk, and it seemed that they were fighting with us for the crossing of the Sejingge River, I had already transferred the strength of two reinforced regiments to form a fast column, advance lightly, and reach the north bank of the Sejingge River before the main force, and build a position, and at the same time, ordered the 3rd Cavalry Brigade Zeng Shiqiang to seek an opportunity to delay the speed of the Soviet army's southward movement."

Tang Qiuli smiled slightly, and secretly thought to himself: "Yang Ketian is good, he knows how to be flexible, two reinforced regiments plus Zeng Shiqiang's cavalry brigade are enough to deal with a second-rate Soviet division, no matter what Stalin's intentions are, this Soviet army division will never be able to reach the Sejingge River!" ”

Putting down Yang Ketian's telegram, he picked up the telegram from the cavalry commander Liu Chun and the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade Tong Batu, and before he could read it, the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe hurriedly came in and said: "Division commander, the commander of the aviation force has called, and the ground radar station reports that the Soviet planes have been dispatched, and they are still a large group!" ”

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