The battle situation was inspiring, and everyone in the command was full of spring breeze, and He Meng said lightly: "The 1st Division of the Nilek German Army is already under our strategic encirclement, and a series of layouts some time ago are just to eat this tough opponent in front of you. In this battle, I want to make the Germans frightened, completely destroy the conceit and arrogance of the Germans, and make them frightened when they see the Chinese army. General von Lautz, the only way out in front of him is to surrender, and retreating or holding on is a dead end. ”

"Commander, if the Germans do not choose to retreat but hold on!" Chief of Staff Lei Zhensheng made an inquiry. He Meng smiled: "If Feng Laotz chooses to hold on, we will completely surround him and trap him, I want to see how long he can hold out without eating or drinking." The Germans are good at fighting defensive battles, so why should we attack there, the highest strategy is to surrender without a fight. If the Germans choose to flee, we will annihilate him on the outskirts of the field. In short, von Lautz couldn't run. ”

A war horse galloped over, "Report to the commander, the 6th Cavalry Division reports that the Russian army has abandoned Zhaosu and withdrawn to Yining." "Order the 6th Cavalry Division to take over Zhaosu and maintain military pressure on Yining. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Cavalry Divisions were ordered to form a defensive line between Yining and Nilek to prevent the Russian cavalry from coming to the rescue. "Commander, the Germans are slow to act, and Weishenme does not give the order to outflank the Germans?" The Chief of Staff asked. Give von Lautz another three days and let him decide. ”

At the headquarters of the German army in Nilek, von Lautz put down the phone and sat in a chair. "General, is it difficult that Gongliu has been captured?" Chief of Staff is in a hurry. "Not only was it captured, but one division and one brigade of the Gongliu defense force were all wiped out. The Chinese army made a surprise attack and set up an ambush in the southeast direction of Zhaosu. cleanly ate the reinforcements of two brigades of the Russian army, causing the battle situation to collapse. "General, what are we going to do?" "Dzerzhinsky, bastard. It was a complete mistake on his command, and this stupid donkey actually made us retreat? ”

"General, retreat is a dead end, but we have no choice." Von Lautz sighed and said: "Dzerzhinsky, stupid pig, let us retreat quickly, retreat and die faster." On our western flank were active powerful Chinese cavalry units, and on our front there were three divisions eyeing us. A powerful offensive will be launched at any time, and I am afraid that they have now divided their forces to surround us, and in the blink of an eye we are in a Jedi. ”

Everyone's face was gloomy when they heard it. Von Lautz continued: "I decided to stick to it. As a soldier of the Reich, one cannot disgrace the Reich, the German nation is invincible. Immediately tell Dzerzhinsky that retreat now is a dead end. His cavalry units were asked to open the retreat route. "Von Lautz decided to hold on to half of Nilek. Expect the tide of battle to change. Three days later, He Meng ordered the 7th Division of the 3rd Army to surround Nilek from the west, and the Germans suddenly became a turtle in an urn.

"Report to the general, our telephone line with Yining has been cut off!" A subordinate hurriedly reported. "We are surrounded by regiments, and inform all the troops that we will fight to the end for the honor of Germany." Von Lautz made up his mind. The Germans were surrounded. Dzerzhinsky ordered the 38th and 39th Cavalry Divisions to storm and relieve the siege, as the 6th Cavalry Division occupied Zhaosu. The Russian 32nd Cavalry Division had to assist in the defense. Two Russian cavalry divisions faced four cavalry divisions and tried to break the siege, which was undoubtedly a fantasy.

The commander of the Russian cavalry division wisely could not have succeeded in the rescue, but he could not disobey the order. However, they knew that after launching a few attacks, they reported heavy losses and could not open the way to rescue. Dzerzhinsky knew in his heart that it was useless to blame the cavalry commander, so he had to report to the headquarters to explain the situation and let the headquarters decide the fate of the Ili Valley.

After listening to the report, He Meng said slyly: "Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, order the artillery unit to fire 5 shells every two hours, so that the German army can not stop for a moment, I want to mentally destroy them and defeat them." ”

Throughout the night, von Lautz was awakened by the shells, and in the morning he was still asleep, presumably accustomed to the roar of the shells. For a few days, the Germans were nervous and nervous, because they were constantly worried about the Chinese army attacking. Ten days later, the Chinese army still did not attack, but the Germans had problems with supplies. In the German division headquarters, the chief of staff said: "General, the Chinese army is besieging but not attacking, this is to trap us." ”

Feng Lautz said depressedly: "Yining has not moved for a long time, is it difficult for the Russian army headquarters to give up on us?" "Report to the general, our food will only last for three days, and after three days we will be hungry." A quartermaster came in to give a report. "The Chinese are too smart, this is for us to automatically lay down our arms and surrender." "General, if there is nothing to eat, the soldiers will collapse, please ask the general to make a quick decision on what to do." Von Lautz closed his eyes in pain.

At the headquarters of the Russian army in Yining, Kraut hurriedly entered, and said angrily as soon as they met: "General von Lautz has been besieged for half a month, and he is still fighting and holding the city, where are your reinforcements, it is difficult to watch an integrated division annihilated?" In half a month, your reinforcements should have come up. "General Kraut, please calm your anger, I am also anxious about the delay in the news from the headquarters, and we can't rescue at the moment, so we can only wait for reinforcements." Dzerzhinsky was telling the truth, and Kraut judged that the problem was with the headquarters of the Russian Front. Immediately after Kraut returned, he wrote a report and sent someone to report to the German command in Turkey, which laid the groundwork for the future confrontation between Germany and Russia.

At the headquarters of Nilek, He Meng was leisurely sipping tea, and a subordinate came in to report: "Report to the commander, the front-line troops report that they found that the German army was slaughtering war horses." ”“haha！ The Germans ran out of food, and immediately found a German translator. After a while, the German translator hurriedly entered, and He Meng dictated the German translation and writing, and a letter of persuasion was waved away. He Meng ordered to find a captured German soldier and send the letter of surrender to von Lautz.

At the headquarters of the German division in the city, Feng Lautz was gnawing on horse meat, and an officer hurriedly entered: "General, He Meng, commander of the Chinese army's Western Expedition, wrote a letter to you." When Von Lautz heard this, he immediately took the letter and inspected it: "Honorable General von Lautz, He Meng, commander of the Chinese Western Expeditionary Army, greets you. You have reached the point where the mountains and rivers are at the end of the mountain, and there is no hope for rescue and no future. Now that your unit has run out of food, I hope that the general will show mercy to the lives of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, lay down his arms and surrender. The Commander pledged to give preferential treatment to prisoners of war and not to shoot innocent soldiers??????。 ”

Von Lautz put down the letter and was silent, and the chief of staff picked it up and examined it. After looking at the chief of staff, he said: "General, Commander He guarantees that the prisoners of war will be treated preferentially, according to the information we have, the prisoners of war of the coalition forces have indeed not been killed in China, please think twice." Von Lautz said weakly: "You go to negotiate with the Chinese army, if you really give preferential treatment to prisoners of war, we will lay down our arms and surrender." "After negotiations, three days later, von Lautz decided to commit the surrender of weapons.

It was a sunny day, and outside the gates of Nireksi, German officers and soldiers lined up unarmed and waiting to be surrendered. The surrounding soldiers were armed with bullets and guns, and they were eyeing each other. Soon, He Meng rode a war horse and entered with the generals. He Meng handed the reins to the guards, straightened his military uniform briefly, and walked towards Von Lautz. Seeing He Meng Feng Lautz was deeply shocked, he did not expect that the commander of China's Western Expedition Army was so young??????。

Dzerzhinsky received the news of the surrender of von Lautz's troops, sighed deeply, seemed to be relieved, and then he ordered the entire line to retreat. In fact, Dzerzhinsky had long received an order from the headquarters of the Front, which believed that the situation in the Ili Valley was so rotten that the situation could not be recovered. If there is no point in sending reinforcements again. The Chinese army's delay in launching an attack on the German army was to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and this kind of refueling tactic was a taboo for soldiers. Taking into account the feelings of the German allies, the headquarters demanded that Dzerzhinsky give the order to retreat depending on the situation.

At the headquarters in the capital, Chen Jintang walked in excitedly with a telegram: "The German army has surrendered, a reorganized division." He Meng demanded that the German prisoners of war be quickly sent to the mainland. "He Meng is good, he has a whim, he has won battles and battles, I didn't expect He Meng's military talent to reach the point of perfection." Deng Zixuan was very excited, walked a few steps on the ground and said: "Order He Meng, all German prisoners of war will be released, without any additional conditions." Chen Jintang was surprised and said: "Release them all, president, don't say that He Meng can't figure it out, I can't figure it out." ”

Deng Zixuan said with a deep gaze: "This shijie has no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The Germans were besieged in Nilek for more than 20 days, and the Russians did not carry out a large-scale rescue, and the Germans would not fail to understand the mystery, so there was a rift between them, which is exactly what I needed. Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, and disintegrating the enemy camp, I will not let go of such an opportunity. Isn't it just 10,000 people, we must learn to give up. This shijie needs allies, and if this tough enemy can become friends, do you think it's worth it? ”

"I'm worried that He Meng can't figure it out, can you explain?" "No need to explain, if He Meng doesn't understand what I mean, he is not worthy of being the commander of the Western Expedition!" Deng Zixuan said decisively. In order to avoid public opinion, Deng Zixuan demanded that Pei Gejin's results of the surrender of the German army be kept secret, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to the release of German prisoners of war. Deng Zixuan's purpose is very clear, the Germans will definitely become a pawn that will change the whole of Europe, and the reason is the ambition of the Germans.

After the withdrawal of the Russian troops, the headquarters of the Front Army was stationed in Yining. "Release all the German prisoners of war in custody, this is weishenme?" Chief of Staff Lei Zhensheng was taken aback after reading the telegram. He Meng didn't squeak, and after a long time, He Meng said: "The president once said that the military is a continuation of politics, and the release of German prisoners of war is a stroke of genius, and he is planning a bigger attempt." In the future, it is of immeasurable significance that it can dismantle the coalition camp, especially in Europe, and produce major changes. Chief of Staff, you make arrangements, I will meet with General von Lautz immediately. ”

He Meng held "friendly" negotiations with General von Lautz, saying that the release of German prisoners of war was the government's will, and that there was no absolutely serious conflict between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire, and that General von Lautz would convey this will to Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany. Subsequently, the two sides agreed to release German prisoners of war in three batches.

After taking the Ili River Valley, He Meng ordered the cavalry troops to march to southern Xinjiang. It can be said that it is easy to capture the key areas in the Ili River valley and recover southern Xinjiang. (To be continued......)

PS: The relationship between the local and the global.