In fact, as far as the actual situation of the western battlefield of the Soviet Union at that time is concerned, there were no troops of that military region that could organize a battle decently, and the losses were almost the same, and in the face of the fierce attack of the German army, they could not support even a round, and the troops transferred up were basically collapsed at the first touch, except for giving more prisoners to the German army and leaving corpses everywhere, they could not stop the pace of the German armored torrent advance.

It's just that General Pavlov's Northwest Military District, geographically at the front, on the Soviet-Polish border, bears the brunt of the attack, is at the forefront of the German offensive spearhead, and is naturally the first military district to be defeated.

The weight of a military district commander, a senior officer at the rank of general, is heavy enough to deter the commanders and political committee members of other military regions, and he can also express Stalin's determination to die on the front line.

I and General Pavlov, there was a period of incense fate, the two are classmates of the senior command department of the Frunze Military Academy, although they are not in the same class, but after two years, they have become old acquaintances with each other, and the relationship is not ironclad, but they are also people who are familiar with each other. A heavy general on the side of the army.

However, now there are only a few crimes, a bullet ends his life, and the commander of a large military district, how many people in the entire Soviet military circle, have not been shot by Comrade Stalin's words, and General Vasilevsky thought of himself, and secretly guessed the meaning of this secret document that the General Staff had transferred to him, which was only known to four people. Is this a hint that if the Outer Mongolian Front does not arrive on time to the European battlefield, its own fate will be the same as that of General Pavlov?

One bullet, several counts. End of life, General Vasilevsky. Because of this secret message. Restless, he was tempted to send a telegram asking Zhukov, or either of them Kilganin or Gregarif, if they had the same premonition as himself?

But after hesitating and weighing for a long time, he still dispelled this impulsive thought. This is a secret secret, and the commander of the other three armies who is qualified to see this secret telegram, that person does not have a little bit of Jiujiu in his heart, once he sends a telegram. On the contrary, he seemed timid, in any case, his own troops were still the closest to the Ural Mountains, unlike the troops in the Far East, which had to cross this Outer Mongolia region.

No matter what, in his heart, General Vasilevsky, for Zhukov and the other three people's troops, still a little envious, speaking of which, in the Far East three sides of the army is easy to get out, after all, the strength is there, the Kwantung Army was beaten and can't get up, it is easier to say that it is easier to go, but he has encountered a lot of trouble, not only from the independent division of the pursuit of the troops sleepless entanglement, said that it hurts or not, but the ghost does not disperse, like a maggot attached to the bone.

There is also a terrible road situation, the original engineering units of the front army are simply not enough, and the road to the Ural Mountains is like a broken bottle, which needs to be repaired everywhere, for this reason, General Vasilevsky had to temporarily change part of the field troops to be used as an engineer unit, and even so, the fastest speed of the troops is only thirty or forty kilometers a day.

At such a pace, it would have taken at least three weeks to reach the Ural Mountains, and now, the Outer Mongolian Front is fighting and withdrawing at the same time, and it took more than ten days to complete less than a third of the distance.

The consequences of not being able to arrive on time are very strict, and the fate of General Pavlov, commander of the Northwest Military District, is a living example, "Damn Chinese, what are they doing on these roads!" General Vasilevsky muttered an expletive.

"Comrade Stalin is also forced to take such harsh measures, the German army has already occupied Kiev, if the troops in the eastern region cannot arrive at the battlefield on time, before the Germans attack on a large scale, set up several blocking lines, then, the German soldiers under the city of Moscow, it is an instant thing, once Moscow is surrounded by the German army, for the morale of the Soviet army, the confidence of the Soviet people, will be a severe blow, to put it mildly, I am afraid, the Soviet Union will be in danger of annihilation!" General Vasilevsky, stepping out of the tent, took a deep breath of dusty air, and found a self-comforting explanation for the leader's approach.

The artillery fire in the distance flickered brightly against his worried face, "That damned Chinese Tang Qiuli's troops are attacking again, and they have already taken out two divisions of troops, how, haven't they satisfied the appetite of the Chinese?" General Vasilevsky thought with hatred.

If it were not for Comrade Stalin, who had given strict orders like a noose around his neck, General Vasilevsky would have absolutely encircled the independent divisions of the five roads that were chasing and biting like mad dogs, with an average strength of no more than one infantry division, encircled in the western region of Outer Mongolia, were not in a hurry to annihilate, and besieged for several months, so that the Chinese would have experienced the horror of being under siege and running out of ammunition and food, and then slowly tortured to death.

"But, no, all the ones are not allowed to do that, and they can only let a few small units of the independent division toss vigorously, tearing off a piece of meat from their own troops from time to time!" General Vasilevsky thought depressedly that this breath was blocked in his chest, and he couldn't go up or down, and he felt uncomfortable.

"After defeating the Germans, I will definitely command the army again, level the steppe of Outer Mongolia, and fight to the death with that hateful Chinese Tang Qiuli to avenge today's humiliation!" General Vasilevsky secretly gritted his teeth and swore an oath.

It's just that he didn't expect that the fate of the Soviet Union in the future had already been doomed when Tang Qiuli secretly visited Germany, and he was also destined to have no chance to return to the Outer Mongolian steppe and fight with Tang Qiuli, even if all the Soviet troops in the East returned to Europe without any hindrance, in the face of Germany's preparations, Tang Qiuli made plans and tried his best to attack, how much could he do, after all, at the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union had already fallen behind!

General Vasilevsky stood depressed in the evening breeze, his mind was as upset as a pot of boiling hot porridge, "Comrade commander, why are you outside the tent, let me find it!" The voice of the Chief of Staff of the Front, Lieutenant General Pozhnev, was heard in the faint sound of artillery fire.

General Vasilevsky quickly collected his thoughts, "Comrade Pozhnev, is there anything important about finding me in such a hurry?" He asked with a calm face.

Lieutenant General Pozhnev, the chief of staff, who may have been outside for too long and his face was a little blue, exhaled and said in a somewhat heavy tone: "Comrade commander, I have received bad news that the 37th Group Army, which we stayed in the battlefield north of Seyinshanda and was responsible for blocking the troops of the independent division, has been completely wiped out. ”

"Hmm!" General Vasilevsky's face did not change, and he agreed lightly, such an ending of the 37th Army had long been expected, leaving behind to block the main force of the independent division, which itself had the task of going and not returning, "Are there any other situations?" He asked again.

Chief of Staff Pozhnev was silent for a while, his feelings became more and more melancholy, his thoughts, like Comrade Commander, knew that the 37th Army was a mortal end, this decision was still agreed upon by himself and Comrade Commander, but the result appeared, it still made him heartbroken, it was hundreds of thousands of elite Red Army units in the combat sequence of the Outer Mongolian Front, and after a few days of hard work, it disappeared!

Pozhnev's chief of staff spoke in a low tone, and then said: "I received a telegram from the commander of the 35th Army, Lieutenant General Gerpnin, that his two corps, on the way south to rescue the 37th Army, were surrounded by the superior forces of the independent division in the area north of Delun and the area south of Kulen, and the second army of the second army, after two days of fierce fighting, was annihilated, while the third army, under the leadership of the commander of the army, Major General Silyginsky, with more than 30,000 troops, surrendered to the troops of the independent division!" ”

"What? ――Why is this happening? General Vasilevsky was finally moved, and asked angrily, the 37th Army and the 35th Group Army, the annihilation of the whole army is something that he has long expected, since he gave Tang Qiuli bait, then he must come up with some capital and enough bait, otherwise, with the cunning and treachery of that Chinese, he will definitely not take the bait.

Even if nearly 300,000 people of the two armies were killed in battle, General Vasilevsky was not surprised, the two outcasts who had planned to give up were originally planned, and when he personally gave the order, in fact, the fate of the two armies had already been decided.

However, the troops of an army, without much losses, more than 30,000 people said that they surrendered to the Chinese, and this is definitely something that they expected with their mouths full of teeth; you know, Comrade Stalin hated the commander of the troops who surrendered on the battlefield the most, and General Kuregin, former commander of the Transcaucasian Military District and member of the political council, after surrendering to Tang Qiuli on the battlefield, what happened to his family and relatives is not a lesson from the past?

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