After Chen Feng's troops broke through the two lines of defense of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in succession, Zhukov became even more worried about the prospects of the defense of Ulaanbaatar. Although he still has 120,000 troops in his hands that have not been used, the defenders arranged on the periphery of Ulaanbaatar are the real elite of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army, not to mention weapons and equipment, almost all the heavy weapons have been arranged to the periphery of Ulaanbaatar, if these defensive lines are broken by the Chinese, then the remaining people are just dishes on the table of the Chinese, nothing more.

However, at this point, Zhukov had to fight whether he wanted to or not, and it was too late to retreat, after all, the Chinese's bayonets had already reached the chest of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army, and there may be a way to live if they advanced, and they would definitely die if they retreated.

July 7 marks the third anniversary of the Lugou Bridge Incident. At three o'clock in the morning of this day, just after the end of the day's fighting, in the previous day's battle, Chen Feng's army, air and infantry jointly dispatched, successively destroyed the two Soviet tank divisions, and the army once attacked the third line of defense of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army, if it were not for the critical moment Zhukov transferred four divisions of reinforcements from behind, I am afraid that the third line of defense would have been lost.

Just after the end of the battle, both the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army and Chen Feng's troops were very tired, and many people didn't care about eating at all, and fell asleep peacefully with the corpses of their comrades.

However, the lights were still bright in the former enemy headquarters of Zonmod, and the faces of the senior officers who came in and out were extremely solemn, as if something big had happened.

When they entered the combat command room, Chen Feng and the others were all there, and the mapped map of Outer Mongolia on the table was full of military icons marked with pencils, and the people who looked at it were dazzled.

Then. Yang Yi hurriedly walked in and said, "Commander, Colonel Zhou just sent a telegram saying that they are ready, as long as the commander gives the order, they will act immediately." ”

"Well, what about the other troops?" Chen Feng did not rush to give the order, but continued to inquire about the readiness of the other troops.

"It's all ready, but the only troops that can take part in the attack tonight are three infantry regiments and some of the technical arms, and the others are now exhausted, and we don't have much to supply, according to the quartermaster's report. If there is such a fierce battle as today. Supplies can last up to a week, and ammo can last up to 4 days! Yang Yi replied.

"Three regiments are a bit small, and if only three regiments take part in the attack, at most the fourth line of defense can be taken. Absolutely no way into Ulaanbaatar. The Guards Division and the 101st Division were supposed to each have one Guards Regiment that did not participate in the fighting. Transfer both regiments. In addition, our guard regiment did not participate in any battles during this time, and immediately fell to Ulaanbaatar as a reserve. Always ready to go to war. ”

"As for the provisions, don't think about it, if today's battle is fought well, it will be time for the war to end, and no matter how much weapons and ammunition there is, it won't make much sense, so tonight's battle is very important for our army."

After thinking for a few minutes, Chen Feng said again: "The technical arms are relatively not very tired, and the armored troops and artillery units are also ordered to fight, once Zhou Tiedan's side succeeds, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army is bound to panic, it is the best opportunity for our army to cover up and kill it, and it must not be missed." Send a telegram to them immediately and tell them that if they mess things up, come and see them! ”

"Yes"

"It's a quarter past 3, send a report to Zhou Tiedan and Ma Cao, and launch an attack on time at half past three!" Chen Feng said coldly.

"Yes"

At this time, the joint command headquarters of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces was also brightly lit, and unlike the tense atmosphere of the former enemy command headquarters in the Eighth Theater, the atmosphere here was obviously a little relaxed. After all, having just repelled the fierce attacks of the Chinese for more than twenty hours in a row, everyone will inevitably relax after the big war.

But as the supreme commander of the Far Eastern Front, Zhukov was frowning at this time, and today he was very irritable and restless, but he didn't know what he was doing, and the more he did this, the more Zhukov felt that there was a problem. Although this kind of uneasiness without any theoretical basis is only a personal subconscious judgment, as a veteran of more than 20 years in the army, this sixth sense directly belonging to a soldier has saved his life on the battlefield, so Zhukov believes in his own feelings very much.

"Apanashchenko, China Today. How many troops did the army devote to the attack! Zhukov asked with a frown.

"Report to Comrade Zhukov that in today's daytime battle, Chen Feng's unit invested a total of three infantry regiments in the southern battlefield, as well as about 300 tanks, 500 artillery pieces, and 200 strange small planes. On the eastern battlefield, Chen Feng's subordinates also invested 3 infantry regiments and the same number of technical troops! Apanashchenko replied respectfully.

"According to our observations during this time, China on the periphery of Ulaanbaatar. The army should have 2 divisions, and it should be the most elite guard division and the 101st division under Chen Feng's department, although these two divisions are division-level establishments, but the actual strength far exceeds one division, and we have recorded more than 7 infantry regiments with different numbers alone, according to this calculation, the two Russian infantry divisions under Chen Feng's command should each have at least 4 infantry regiments, and today they have invested 6 regiments, that is, there are at least 2 regiments that have not been put into battle. ”

Before Zhukov's words were finished, Deputy Commander Shiteln interjected: "Could it be that Chen Feng wants to rely on these two infantry regiments to sneak attack us?" ”

Zhukov said: "Not necessarily, if the Chinese really plan to sneak attack, then the strength is not just 2 regiments, do not forget that each division should have at least one or more guard regiments, or even guard brigades, these guard units generally do not participate in battles, should be full of energy!" ”

"Even if you count those troops, they are only 4 or 5 infantry regiments, and there are more than 10,000 people when they are fully fought, you must know that our front-line troops have 5 divisions, how can they succeed!" Shiteln said again.

"Chen Feng is really a bit evil, he is a person who can't be inferred by common sense, if we use common sense to measure him, then we will definitely suffer a big loss." Zhukov said.

"Evil Sect ???"

"Yes, in addition to this word, I don't know that there is also a word that can describe the Chinese general, I have studied in detail in the past few days this Chinese general's several amazing performances in the Sino-Japanese War, in addition to using the art of war to describe it, there are only words like evil and weird, many things this Chinese general seems to be unpredictable, so we can't be careless!" Zhukov said.

Shiteln was silent for a while and said: "No matter what conspiracy the Chinese have, we just need to order the troops to strengthen their defense, according to the information we have received, the Chinese are no longer fed, and they will have to retreat if we hold out for five days at most!" ”

"What Šteln said is reasonable, whether the Chinese really have a conspiracy or not, we should strengthen our precautions to cope with all changes!" Pass me the order: all the troops will rest in shifts tonight, all soldiers are not allowed to take off their clothes, all weapons and equipment are within reach, and in addition, Shistern you personally select 500 soldiers to form a battle team, if anyone dares to disobey the order, immediately execute on the spot! ”

"Yes!"

In fact, Zhukov's hunch is still very accurate, Chen Feng is indeed preparing to attack the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army tonight, this war has been dragging on for more than a month, and it is time to end. After coming to Ulaanbaatar, Chen Feng originally planned to completely crush the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army on the opposite side with a devastating momentum, but found that this was too difficult, mainly because Zhukov was indeed worthy of being a famous general, and his command was very orderly, although he could win if he fought hard, but the casualties were too great.

Therefore, during this time, Chen Feng has been looking for flaws in Ulaanbaatar's outer defense, but unfortunately Zhukov took everything into account when arranging Ulaanbaatar's defense, and he has not found a suitable starting point.

A few days ago, the commander of the special forces, Zhou Tiedan, reported that they had found a shortcut to climb up under the cliffs in the north of Ulaanbaatar, and the most important thing was that there was no Soviet and Mongolian army guarding it, which made Chen Feng suddenly enlightened.

According to the topographic map drawn back by the special forces, Chen Feng found that the northern part of Ulaanbaatar was full of high mountain cliffs, and the highest part of these cliffs was hundreds of meters, and ordinary people could not climb it at all, so the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army did not garrison here at all.

But that's just relative to ordinary people, for Chen Feng's department, a few hundred meters of cliffs is not an insurmountable moat, you must know that the shortest point of the cliff is only fifty or sixty meters, which is too insignificant for the specially trained special forces.

Therefore, Chen Feng personally formulated a sneak attack plan for tonight, according to this plan, Chen Feng will launch a continuous attack on the positions of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on July 6, with the intention of dragging down the spirit of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces, and then send a special brigade to sneak attack the northern positions of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces in the middle of the night, mainly to destroy the headquarters of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces, and at the same time the ground troops will cooperate with the attack, and as long as the defense line in the northwest region is broken, the situation of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on the southeast side will be dangerous, and they will face the dangerous situation of Chen Feng's troops being attacked from two sides, or even three sides.

Chen Feng did not plan to completely annihilate the 200,000 Soviet-Mongolian troops on the periphery of Ulaanbaatar, after all, Zhukov's troops were more than three times his strength, and it was likely to suffer from indigestion if he ate it, and if he killed all the more than 200,000 Soviet Red Army troops in the Far East, wouldn't it force Stalin to fight hard with himself, it was not cost-effective. But just by crushing all these forces on the periphery of Ulaanbaatar and taking Ulaanbaatar, the Soviet Union will definitely propose peace talks, and then it will only need to sharpen its knives to the Soviet Union. (To be continued......)