Lieutenant General Suzuki, commander of the 138th Division of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, who received the telegram from Captain Kato, was taken aback, and at the same time, he was also very angry.

According to the report of the General Headquarters of the Far Eastern Campaign, Zhukov's troops were all pinned down on the battlefield by the Kwantung Army, could it be that the cunning Zhukov had already perceived the plan of the Dispatch Army Command in advance, if so, it would be a big trouble.

Lieutenant General Suzuki knows very well the topographical conditions of the Burea Mountains, that is, the mountain pass where the division is going to pass to Guò, as long as Zhukov deploys a regiment of troops there, including the 138th Division, and hundreds of thousands of troops who take a shortcut, he can only listen helplessly to the sound of gunfire on the other side of the mountain.

Moreover, the main force of the 138th Division is still dozens of kilometers away from the mountain pass, don't underestimate these dozens of kilometers, in the Burea Mountain Range, it means that the snow-covered mountain road can not be walked in a day, and the key now is to control the mountain pass, for the main force of the division to arrive, to gain enough time, Kato's squadron, has become the key to outflanking the battle.

Of course, the content of the telegram, in addition to praising Captain Kato, ordering the Kato squadron to be stationed at the mountain pass, even if all the members of the team were broken, they must not take half a step back, and they also scolded him, and the reason was that Captain Kato angrily scolded the three squad leaders under him, which was amazingly consistent, "Why don't you capture the Soviet squad alive?" ”

After reading the telegram personally signed by His Excellency the division commander, Captain Kato was flattered, and as for the scolding in the back, it was his own honor. I am afraid that there are thousands of officers at the level of captain of the entire division and regiment, who can be scolded by His Excellency the division commander, only himself!

Of course, he couldn't be scolded in vain, so the three cheeks still had purple and blue slap marks, and the unlucky squad leader was recruited by His Excellency the captain, so he was naturally scolded by the commander of the division. After fermenting it, it was sent to three subordinates several times, and after scolding, Captain Kato, who was extremely balanced in his heart, gave an order. Immediately at the location of the mountain pass, build fortifications. Prepare to meet the Soviet troops that will arrive later. He didn't realize that this might be one of the few opportunities he had to give orders in his life that had entered the countdown.

After giving the order to the 3rd Search Squadron, the commander of the Suzuki Division was still relieved, and after thinking about it, he decided to take place in the skirmish of the Burya Pass. Reported directly to the General Headquarters of the Far Eastern Campaign.

After receiving the telegram from Vice Admiral Suzuki, Prince Zaihito smiled faintly, put the telegram aside without care, and sent the telegram to Major General Yamada, head of the General Staff Headquarters Headquarters. I couldn't help but remind: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the concern of the commander of the Suzuki Division is not unreasonable, since Zhukov sent a small reconnaissance force, and there was also a battle, it means that he has been aware of your plan, did he order the 138th Division to temporarily stop advancing and wait for other troops to catch up?" ”

Prince Zairen smiled more and more indifferently, and said: "Yamada-kun, there is no need to be nervous, Lieutenant General Suzuki is concerned about chaos, if Zhukov has already realized in advance, the Far East will send troops to take a shortcut, then, he will only send a small force of more than fifty people, and it will be annihilated, if Zhukov has been prepared, the troops in the Buleya Pass will not be less than one division!" ”

"Moreover, the Burea Pass has long been a heavily fortified fortress!" Prince Zaihito talked eloquently as if he was in a tactical lesson, and Major General Yamada was impressed, "Yamada-kun, call back to the 138th Division, proceed according to the predetermined plan, occupy the passage of the Buleya Pass, and leave the troops to ensure the safety of the passage, and the main force of the division will immediately launch an attack on the flank of the Soviet army!" He gave another order.

This order is also bold enough, with the strength of a division and regiment, in the case that the follow-up troops have not yet reached, take the lead in attacking the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which has more than 1 million troops, Major General Yamada listened to it, and he was sweating all over, but he knew better that His Royal Highness's thinking could not be inferred from ordinary people, and it must be reasonable for him to do so, so when the words came to his mouth, he quietly swallowed back.

Prince Zairen does have no fear, the raid force in the direction of the Bria Mountains is a surprise soldier, and it will definitely disrupt Zhukov's established deployment, if you don't want to be on the flank, you can only send troops to meet it, the key is, Zhukov, who is eager to retreat, is willing to divide his forces to meet the battle?

On the other hand, the flank attack of the 138th Division can reduce the pressure on the Kwantung Army to the greatest extent, and this is only the left flank and right flank direction of the Far Eastern battlefield. Rushing is for sure!

The surprise troops on the left and right flanks are not the focus of the Far East campaign, as long as they can disrupt Zhukov's established deployment, the highlight of the Far East campaign is the main force of the Imperial Far East Dispatch Army and the Korean garrison army, and only they have the ability to eat Zhukov's troops.

According to the intelligence department of the campaign headquarters, Zhukov should have taken precautionary measures, he was the first to withdraw from the three army group units on the battlefield, two of them were already in their current positions, to the left and right flanks to make a strategic deployment, and the remaining group army troops, as quickly as possible, moved closer to the direction of the Soviet Union's Outer Khing'an Mountains in the direction of Chita, Zhukov's plan was to build a passage between the Far Eastern Battlefield and the Soviet Union's Outer Khing'an Mountains Front, so as to prevent the Imperial Army from cutting off the retreat route.

Prince Jaein saw through Zhukov's plan, and he had already issued an order that the Far East Dispatch Army and the main forces of the Korean garrison must encircle and annihilate the three Soviet army group units in the area east of Chita, and completely cut off the passage of the Soviet Far Eastern Front to Chita.

The Kwantung Army took a fierce offensive in the Far East theater, with the Burea Mountains on the left flank and the Kukan Mountains on the right flank, two strange armies broke through, and the Far East Dispatch Army and the Korean garrison troops intercepted and struck five sharp knives at the same time at the Soviet Far Eastern Front.

Even if Zhukov has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and the Soviet Far Eastern Front has millions of people, what else can he do in the face of such a dead situation? Coupled with the rush to retreat and not daring to dwell on the form, Zhukov's situation, will it be wonderful?

At this time, Prince Zairen was in a very happy mood, the Far East campaign plan, there were almost no twists and turns in accordance with his own expectations, step by step development, under normal circumstances, no more than three days, you can complete the encirclement of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, and then, is the gradual annihilation, of course, this process may take a long time, however, Prince Zairen is not in a hurry, the fish that have fallen into the net, one day earlier and one day late to clean up, there is not much difference.

And enjoying the pleasure of the whole process is a more wonderful thing than seeing the result, but Prince Zairen's feeling of being confident and in control of the battle situation was very confused by the series of changes in the battle situation on the front line from Chita to Irkutsk, and he felt that Tang Qiuli, the person of Zhina, did not seem to be in his own calculations.

It has been three or four days since the Soviet Outer Khingan Front and the Baikal Front withdrew to the Chita and Irkutsk lines, and normally speaking, Tang Qiuli's independent division troops on this line are nothing more than two choices, one is that after a big battle with the Soviet army, after paying a certain price, it is still impossible to prevent the numerically superior Soviet army from continuing to retreat westward, of course, the Soviets will also pay a greater price, and that person is not easy to mess with.

Another option is to face the Soviet army that is eager to retreat westward, and after weighing it, the devil Tang Qiuli does not dare to fight the enemy head-on, get out of the way, and only do flanking and harassment, no matter which situation is, at this moment, the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front and the Baikal Front should pass through the line from Chita to Irkutsk and continue to retreat westward.

However, the current war situation, what is going on, according to the intelligence obtained from reconnaissance, the troops of the independent division did not engage in large-scale battles with the Soviet army, but only took a series of ambush actions to give the Soviet vanguard a severe blow.

In the face of a war situation beyond his expectations, Prince Zairen faintly had a little worry, he was worried that the troops of the two Soviet fronts would turn around and return to Zhukov, if the Soviet army had already passed through the line from Chita to Irkutsk and continued to retreat westward, this worry was absolutely none, even if the Soviets knew that Zhukov's troops were surrounded by the Imperial Japanese Army, they would not have time to return to help.

The current position of the two Soviet troops is very delicate, turning around to support Zhukov's troops and rushing back to the Far Eastern battlefield, that is, a matter of a week, and eating more than one million people of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, according to Prince Zaihito's own estimates, will take a month at the earliest, which makes Prince Zairen very uncomfortable.

"The damned devil of China, very cunning, showed a clear attitude, did not engage in a head-to-head confrontation with the Soviet army, but adopted tricky means to strand the Soviet army on the line from Chita to Irkutsk, leaving a great hidden danger for his Far East campaign plan, and besides, this devil of China, when the Soviet army turned around and came back to help, he was happy to see the Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire and the Soviet army consume each other, and the people of China have always been so despicable and shameless!" Prince Jaehito thought hatefully.

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