Having said that, the judgment of the two chiefs of staff, Zhao Yuhe and Wang Jun, illustrates an unavoidable fact that the Soviet Union will inevitably increase its troops on the battlefield in Outer Mongolia.

In fact, Tang Qiuli also agreed with the judgment of the two chiefs of staff, for Stalin, Tang Qiuli can be said to have a deep understanding of the two generations, the red tsar of the Soviet Union, the greed and desire for territory, reached a pathological Cheng dù, lost Outer Mongolia, and will definitely even dream of getting it back.

The choice of the time to send troops to Outer Mongolia again is to see the opportunity of the German army, busy in the British Isles, and the United States and Britain allied forces, in a short period of time, there is no time to look east, in other words, Stalin is trying to fight a time difference, but he in the European direction, for the defense of the German army, but he does not dare to slack off, more than 80 percent of the Soviet military strength is deployed in the European part, Tang Qiuli can't think of where Stalin transferred troops from to join the battlefield in Outer Mongolia.

The only possibility is that Zhukov's Far Eastern Front will transfer troops from the Far East, on the line of the Outer Khingan Mountains, to confront more than 100,000 Japanese Kwantung Army, but will the Japanese Kwantung Army not take the opportunity to launch an attack and bite the Soviets fiercely? In order to break the deadlock of more than two years, the territory occupied by the Soviet Union during the period of Tsarist Russia was also a piece of fat in the eyes of the Japanese.

On the one hand, if the Soviet army continued to increase its troops, the scale of the campaign would become bigger and bigger, forcing Stalin, like a gambler with a red eye, to constantly increase his chips, exceeding his strategic expectations, and this was not the situation he most hoped for.

The main corps of the independent division, which was consumed in the war against the Soviet Union, will inevitably have most of its strength. Caught in the Outer Mongolian battlefield, in April and May of next year, once the Germans take action against the Soviet Union and the international situation changes, they will take advantage of the opportunity of the Soviet Union to deal with the German attack with all their might, and have no time to take into account the territory of the Far East, and force the Soviets to agree to their demands, and attack the Japanese Kwantung Army on the condition of returning the territory of the Far East, so as to solve Stalin's plan to solve the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. There will be great difficulties.

Therefore, in Tang Qiu's eyes, the most ideal Outer Mongolia campaign was to completely annihilate the troops of the Soviet Transcaucasian Military District at the fastest speed. Give the Soviets a slap in the face and interrupt Stalin's attempt to get his hands on Outer Mongolia again. And not a protracted war of attrition with the Soviets. The forces that were used against the Japanese Kwantung Army were consumed in the war with the Soviets, and some of them were sacrificed.

There is a difference between the Soviets, who are greedy neighbors, and the Japanese, who are indeed bitter enemies.

But if Stalin insisted on continuing to fight. Then you can only accompany you to the end, this is not wishful thinking, the same reason, the rhythm of the battlefield. It should not be controlled by the Soviets, with the gradual clarification of ideas, Tang Qiuli no longer has any concerns, from the perspective of long-term changes in the situation, there is not much time left for Stalin, and he does not have such worries, then fight, no matter how many troops Stalin invests.

Of course, Tang Qiuli hoped that the Japanese Kwantung Army would seize the opportunity to oppress Zhukov and not be able to withdraw from the Far Eastern battlefield to support the Outer Mongolia battlefield, so that Stalin would have no troops to adjust, and the scale of the battle was still in his own plan, but those Japanese who could not judge with normal thinking, would they pick up this cheap?

Tang Qiuli was not sure, when he raised his head, he saw Zhao Yuhe and Wang Jun, looking at him directly, with a posture of wanting to say and stopping, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "The established campaign deployment remains unchanged, whether the Soviet army increases its troops or not, the battle still has to be fought, we don't want to fight, Stalin is not willing to stop, and ordered Liu Hongzhang to be prepared to prevent the Soviet army from increasing troops, and once he receives the order to retreat, immediately withdraw the existing defense line." ”

Zhao Yuhe said jokingly: "Division commander, give Brigade Commander Liu complete command, when he is enjoying the fight, can he be willing to withdraw from the battlefield?" Don't come out when the time comes, the king's order will not be affected. ”

Tang Qiuli said nonchalantly: "Then add such a message to the telegram to him, and resolutely carry out the orders of the division commander, otherwise, the post of division commander's combat staff officer is still lacking, and the position is vacant, and Major General Liu is willing to be with Wang Qingshan?" Keep Liu Hongzhang obedient and obedient! ”

The three of them laughed, they all knew that this was a few jokes, in the whole army of the independent division, there was no commander of any unit who dared to disobey the order of the division commander, especially in the directly subordinate corps, as bold as Liu Hongzhang, Chu Ziye and others, in front of the division commander, they did not dare to breathe, it was a kind of awe from the heart.

In the deep night, Tang Qiuli talked and laughed with the two chiefs of staff, and was very relaxed, but in the Soviet General Staff in Moscow, because of the telegram of the commander of the Transcaucasian Military District, General Kulygin, he made chickens and dogs jump and people turned on their backs.

Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff, was so angry that he almost scolded the eight generations of General Kulykin's ancestors, and if General Kurygin was right in front of him, he would definitely suffer a thunderous rage, scolded and scolded, and his temper was over, but the problem still had to be solved.

As Tang Qiuli judged, General Kulykin's telegram asking for help did not make the Chief of the General Staff Marshal Petroshilov to death, the Soviet Red Army, the only troops that could free their hands, were handed over to Kurygin which fool, the current Soviet army is ten fingers pressing fleas, none of which can be released, in the European direction, the Germans may kill at any time, and the troops deployed on the Soviet-Polish border dare not move.

In the Far East, the only military group, Zhukov's Far Eastern Front, has more than 1.5 million men, and it stands to reason that it will not be a problem to transfer more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, but it has been crushed to death by the more than 1 million troops of the Japanese Kwantung Army, and they cannot move.

Even if Zhukov can draw out some troops, the Japanese Kwantung Army will not take the opportunity to make trouble, from the Far East to Outer Mongolia, there is no more than a month, it is impossible to reach at all, through the eastern region of Outer Mongolia, straight into Kulen, it is a shortcut, can save about half of the distance, but also in Tang Qiuli's heart, a fierce knife, but, what about the difficulty?

Marshal Petroshilov, who is the chief of the General Staff, knows that this shortcut is not easy to take, and Tang Qiuli's troops deployed in the eastern region of Outer Mongolia can allow Zhukov's reinforcements to stop the stop-and-go march?

The ghost believes in such a judgment, and he attacks, blocks, and pins down along the way, I am afraid that before he reaches Kulen, Zhukov's reinforcements will become a tired division, and there is another military group of independent divisions in Manchuria, Liu Tiehan's east-finger troops, which can go north out of Manchuria at any time, and give the reinforcements a few swords from the flank, if it is not good, Zhukov's reinforcements will fall into a big war in the eastern part of Outer Mongolia, and there will be no way to talk about reinforcing Kulykin's troops.

Thinking about it, Marshal Petroshilov was helpless, so he had to rush to the Kremlin to see Comrade Stalin, and now he can only truthfully report the situation of the Outer Mongolian campaign, as for how the leader thunderously angered and dealt with Kulygin, he was also powerless, it depended on Kulygin's luck?

Marshal Petroshilov, when he arrived at the Kremlin, Stalin's office, which he had to visit several times a day, although it was late at night, was still brightly lit, he took a deep breath, and with trepidation, pushed open the heavy oak door of the office.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Marshal Petroshilov's report, Stalin was not furious, but only frowned slightly, looked at Marshal Petroshilov with deep eyes, and asked lightly, "Petroshilov, do you think Kurygin can still shoulder the heavy task of recovering Outer Mongolia?" ”

If Kulygin is incompetent and disappoints Comrade Stalin, then what he is, at least he is entrusted to a non-person, but if Comrade Stalin's question is answered in the affirmative, once Kulygin puts himself in an embarrassing situation and does not make any achievements, this problem will be great.

In an instant, Marshal Petroshilov's mind turned countless thoughts, therefore, his answer was also quite skillful, "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Kurykin and his troops, are actively fighting, but, because part of Tang Qiuli's reinforcements, have already reached the line of the Selenga River, making the battle very difficult, and the report from the front also confirms this!" ”

Stalin was silent for a moment, smoking a fierce pipe, pale blue smoke, enveloping his face that could not see any mental activity, and the silence of the iron-fisted leader, in itself, was a huge pressure, pressing on Marshal Petroshilov's back, and a layer of fine sweat appeared.

Stalin raised his head and said very simply: "In that case, then give him, meet all Kulygin's requirements, give him enough artillery, tanks and planes, and transfer two full-fledged infantry corps from Zhukov's troops to join the Outer Mongolian battlefield, the specific plan, your General Staff will do it, my only request is to hope to end the Outer Mongolian campaign before the beginning of October, Comrade Petroshilov, convey my words to Kurygin as they are!" ”

Marshal Petroshilov hesitated, and he could not help but remind: "Comrade Stalin, the Far Eastern Front does have troops to reinforce the Outer Mongolian battlefield, but we should also see that the Japanese Kwantung Army is eyeing the enemy, and once the troops are transferred from the Far Eastern Front, will it break the current equilibrium, lead the Japanese to make a wrong judgment, take the initiative to launch an offensive, and change the pattern of the Far East. ”

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