Ulaanbaatar in March is the coldest time of the year, when the north wind is howling outside, and large snowflakes fall from the sky, turning the whole of Ulaanbaatar into a world of snow.

Ulaanbaatar City Hall, at this time a very high-level meeting is underway, and the soldier in charge of the guard has been informed that there will be a big man coming to the meeting today.

Who is this big man? Yes, it was our young master Chen, Senior Commander Chen, Chen Feng arrived in Ulaanbaatar the night before, and immediately after arriving, he informed Zhang Jingjun that he was going to hold a division-level military meeting in Ulaanbaatar on the morning of 17 March, and demanded that all division-level officers must attend, and that they should not ask for leave for any reason.

After receiving Chen Feng's order, Zhang Jingjun personally sent a report to the principal officers of the divisions of the Northern Mongolian Military Region, ordering them to immediately put down what they were doing and rush to Ulaanbaatar, and no matter what method they used, they must rush to the Ulaanbaatar City Government before 9 o'clock in the morning of the 17th to attend the meeting.

At this time, everyone in the conference room of the city government was very puzzled, although they had notified the meeting before coming, but no one told them who was presiding over this meeting, everyone thought that Zhang Jingjun was the lieutenant general commander, but when they saw Commander Zhang sitting at the head of the main seat, looking at the documents, there was no intention of presiding over the meeting, everyone wondered, it seemed that it was not Commander Zhang who presided over it.

Just when the big guy was making a noise, the voice of the guards suddenly came from outside: "Chief Chen has arrived!" ”

Hearing the sound of the guards, everyone was startled. There are many commanders surnamed Chen in Saibei Province, but there is only one person who can be directly called "Chief Chen," that is, Chen Feng, commander of the Eighth Theater and chairman of Saibei Province, and first-class general of the Army of the Nationalist Government.

Sure enough, after the guards opened the door of the conference room, it was the Admiral Chen who came in. In addition to Commander Chen, he was followed by a lieutenant general of the army, who they all knew. It was Shi Jianfei, the new chief of staff of the Eighth Theater.

After each of them sat down. After Chen Feng looked at the officers in the conference room, he asked Zhang Jingjun, "Minzhi, have all the people arrived?" ”

"Commander, they're all here. 6 division commanders plus 5 brigade commanders. Counting the three generals of our Northern Mongolian Military Region. There are 14 people in total, all of whom are here. Zhang Jingjun replied.

"Now that everyone is here, the meeting has officially begun!" Then Chen Feng said: "Your Mengbei Military Region is a newly formed strategic unit in our Eighth Theater and is shouldering an important mission. In addition to defending your current territory, you must always be ready to fight against Japan and recover the Great Northeast, which must be clear to each of you, even if it was not clear before, you should remember it now. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am here to discuss with you the possibility of fighting against Japan, and I need you to speak enthusiastically from the actual point of view in a moment! Now the people, you first talk about the deployment of the Hulunbuir Japanese puppet army! ”

Hearing Chen Feng's roll call, Zhang Jingjun immediately got up and said: "Commander, generals, I was transferred here not long ago to replace General Bilige, so I don't know much about our troops in northern Mongolia, but I really served in the 61st Group Army before, so I still know a lot about the deployment of the Japanese puppet army north of the Xing'an League." ”

"There are 1 division of the Japanese army, 1 mixed brigade and 1 puppet infantry division and 2 cavalry divisions stationed on the Hulunbuir grassland, of which the 23rd division of the Japanese army is mainly stationed near Hailar, the 39th mixed brigade is stationed in Manchuria, the 3rd Puppet Manchurian Infantry Division is stationed in Zhalantun, the 4th Puppet Manchurian Cavalry Division is stationed in Yakeshi, and there is a 7th Puppet Manchurian Cavalry Division stationed in Balhu."

However, according to the latest information, the Japanese Ninth Division, 1 tank brigade and 1 artillery brigade originally stationed in Qiqihar also arrived in Hailar not long ago, and this information has been confirmed to be accurate, that is to say, the Japanese army now stationed in the Hulunbuir grassland has 2 infantry divisions, 1 infantry brigade, and one brigade of charioters and artillery, and 1 puppet infantry division and 2 cavalry divisions. Based on our familiarity with the various formations of the Japanese army, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army should be about 70,000. ”

After Zhang Jingjun finished speaking, Chen Feng said: "With the strength of your military region, if you send troops to Hulunbuir, how long will it take to bring down this grassland?" ”

Zhang Jingjun said after thinking about it: "Our military region now has a total of 5 infantry divisions and an armored division, plus other auxiliary troops, the total strength is about 170,000, in terms of strength, it can be said that the Japanese puppet army in Hulunbuir has completely exploded, and the weapons and equipment of our army are not comparable to the Japanese army, but a large part of our army soldiers are new recruits, or simply adapted from the former Mongolian People's Army, and the combat effectiveness needs to be improved, considering the reinforcement of the Japanese army by the Kwantung Army Headquarters, The humble post is confident that he will take the Hulunbuir grassland within a month. ”

"Well, does your military region have a combat plan?"

"There is no new operational plan, but General Bilige and General Choibalshan have formulated an operational plan against the Japanese army in Hulunbuir before, and I think this operational plan is very good, and it can be implemented with a slight modification!"

"Oh, then let's ask Deputy Commander Qiao to talk about this battle plan!" Chen Feng said.

Choi Bashan couldn't speak Chinese, and after the interpreter gave him Chen Feng's words, Choi Bashan immediately got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, fighting in the grassland is different from fighting in the plains, because the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not so many big cities, so fighting in this environment is about occupying large and medium-sized cities and destroying the enemy. ”

"Therefore, my battle plan is divided into three steps, the first step is to infiltrate in the early stage, using the geographical characteristics of the Hulunbuir grassland, the vast and sparsely populated border line, we can send a force to infiltrate Hulunbuir before the war begins, but the number of this force is not more than one regiment, the combat effectiveness is also strong, and in addition, it is necessary to be familiar with the terrain and know how to avoid the Japanese patrols! The second step is to station troops on the border to attract the main force of the Japanese puppet army to the border area, resulting in the emptiness of troops in Hailar and Yakeshi. The third step is to directly capture Hailar and hold there, and then use the Japanese airfield in Hailar to continuously transport troops there, and after Hailar's troops have cleared the surrounding enemy forces, they will directly return to the border battlefield to support the Japanese army with the main force, and they will be able to win a big victory! ”

Just when Qiao Bashan expounded his battle plan, Chen Feng used a pencil to continuously deduce this plan on a blank piece of paper, and although there was a certain risk, the success rate was still very high.

"Deputy Commander Joe, where are you going to put the border battlefield? Bal Tiger Banner or Manchuria? Chen Feng asked.

"Manchuria!"

"Tell me your reasons!" Chen Feng said.

"Manchuria is the only way for our army to lead to Hailar Russia, and it is also the largest supply point and cantonment place for the Japanese army in the border area, as long as our army continues to increase troops there, the Japanese army must send reinforcements there whether they want it or not, otherwise, as long as our army captures Manchuria, then there is no danger to defend the nearby Balhu Banner, and our army can even drive straight into Hailar, such a loss the Japanese army cannot afford, so they will definitely continue to increase troops to Manchuria according to our assumptions." Choibalsan Road.

Chen Feng commented: "Although this operational plan has certain flaws, it is a feasible operational plan, but if you want to really plan this operational plan on the battlefield, you must modify two places, the first is the early infiltration, this cannot be as Deputy Commander Qiao said, because the current season is the season of heavy snowfall, the road is almost impassable, and it is impossible to go directly to Hailar through the weakly garrisoned area of the Japanese army, and it will take a month to march alone." Therefore, we have to change this point to airborne operations, and directly use transport planes to airdrop airborne troops near Hailar, or directly airdrop them into the city of Hailar. ”

"The second point is that our army cannot fight in one place alone, in addition to Hailar, we can also airdrop troops at the same time in Zhalantun, Chenbalhuqi, Yakeshi, Moqi and other places."

"Commander, this is better, and the success rate is higher, but does our army have so many airborne troops and so many transport aircraft? The most important point is that we only have a large military airport in Ulaanbaatar, and the straight-line distance from Ulaanbaatar to Hailar is about 1,200 kilometers, and the round trip is 2,400 kilometers. Choibalsan asked.

"Hehe, don't worry about this, soon the two brigades of airborne troops will arrive in Ulaanbaatar, and they will fly here directly from Guisui!"

After speaking, Chen Feng asked the officers in the conference room, "Do you have any other opinions on this operational plan?" ”

Shi Jianfei opened his mouth and said: "Overall, this operational plan is perfect, but we must take into account the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, so I think it is necessary to mobilize more airborne troops." In addition, the Japanese army is now stationed in Hulunbuir with 70,000 troops, and Hailar is the most important city in the Hulunbuir grassland, where a large number of troops will definitely be stationed, as long as they station a brigade there, an airborne brigade of our army may not be able to defeat Hailar, so I suggest that the airborne operation should be carried out on Yakeshi or Zhalantun first, forcing the Japanese puppet army in Hailar to reinforce, and then carrying out airborne operations to Hailar! ”

"That's a good suggestion, so do it!" Chen Feng said conclusively. (To be continued......)