Zhao Yuhe held two telegrams in his hand, and as soon as he came in, he said: "Division commander, the battle plan for the battle of Ulan Guben, please don't send it, the situation on the battlefield has changed!" ”

Tang Qiu got up from Huo Ran and hurriedly asked, "Yuhe, let's talk about it in detail, what's the change?" ”

Zhao Yuhe took a breath and said: "I just received two urgent telegrams, one is sent back by our reconnaissance unit in Minusinsk, the Soviet troops of the five group armies, after crossing the Ural Mountains, originally advanced in the direction of our here, but at about six o'clock this morning, the Soviet troops of the four group armies suddenly turned around and turned to the south, looking at their marching route, which was the direction of Ulan Guben. ”

"There is only one Soviet army group, which continues to come in the direction of Minusinsk in the direction of the original march, and the number is the 43rd Army of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front, with a strength of about 160,000 people, including three tank divisions and three artillery divisions."

"Oh!" Tang Qiuli's brows furrowed and twisted into a big pimple, "What is the content of another telegram?" He asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Yuhe replied: "It was the Ulan Guben Battle Headquarters, just sent, their reconnaissance troops, on the front line of the Tangnu Mountains, reconnaissance found that the Soviet vanguard of the four armies did not follow closely as we expected, but after crossing the Tangnu Mountains, rested on the spot, at about 6 o'clock this morning, most of the main forces of the Soviet army also left the Tangnu Mountains, and then, adopted a steady way of advancing, the distance between the Soviet troops of all directions, no more than 30 kilometers, more than 1 million Soviet troops, all pressed in the direction of Ulanguben. ”

Tang Qiuli was silent, walked to the military map of Outer Mongolia, stared at Ulan Guben and Minusinsk, and thought nervously. After a long time, he hadn't said a word, and Zhao Yuhe was in a hurry.

Tang Qiuli turned around slowly, his brows still not stretched, and asked, "Yuhe, did the reconnaissance troops in the direction of Ulan Guben report the current advance speed of the Soviet army?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied simply: "Yes, according to the current marching speed of the Soviet army every hour, it is about forty kilometers per day, which is not fast!" ”

"What is the distance from the Tangnu Mountains to Ulan Guben?" Tang Qiuli continued to ask.

"The distance is more than 120 kilometers. However, the road conditions were very bad, which greatly limited the advance speed of the Soviet mechanized troops, otherwise, the Soviet army would only need one and a half to two days to rush to Ulan Guben. Zhao Yuhe replied precisely.

"The 43rd Soviet Army. How long will it take to approach our first line of defense on the perimeter of Minusinsk? ”

"According to the report of the reconnaissance unit. Calculated at the current marching speed of the Soviet army. Tomorrow, around the afternoon or evening of the 18th, you will arrive! ”

"150,000 troops, tomorrow afternoon or evening, Ulan Guben, three days. That is, around the 21st, the four group armies moved south, intending to encircle," after the two hurriedly asked and answered. Tang Qiuli didn't ask questions anymore, but talked to himself in his mouth, and there were words in his mouth, all of which were incompatible, and Zhao Yuhe was confused when he heard it.

Suddenly, the light in Tang Qiuli's eyes flashed, and he slammed his palm on the table with a "snap", and said: "Yuhe, that Soviet 43rd Group Army, I will eat him!" ”

"You see, the main force of the Soviet army south of Vasilevsky is advancing slowly, with more than one million troops, close together, because he doesn't want to give us a chance to ambush again, and the ambush battle in the Tangnu Mountains made him misjudge, mistakenly thinking that our main force, after taking advantage, withdrew to Ulan Guben, and the troops in Minusinsk are just a suspicious strategy, and according to the offensive line of the Soviet army on the south road, Ulan Guben is the first target to be captured."

"Vasilevsky judged that I would defend the place to the death, and the purpose of his not rushing forward was to scare us away, and he wanted to encircle our main forces in Ulanguben, and he made a good calculation, and the Soviet troops of the five armies that originally attacked Minusinsk, four of which turned around and headed in the direction of Ulanguben, was this intention."

"Hmph" Tang Qiuli sneered and continued: "In his opinion, Minusinsk is an empty city, okay, Vasilevsky adjusted his deployment and put on a big appetite, but he created a fighter plane for us, the 43rd Group Army is the fat meat sent to the door!" ”

Zhao Yuhe's eyes lit up and said: "Division commander, are you planning to encircle and annihilate the headquarters of the 43rd Army of the Soviet Army around Minusinsk?" ”

Tang Qiuli laughed, "Why not? Our own strength is superior, 230,000 against 160,000, and we are waiting for work, this battle can be fought, this battle will be fought! ”

Tang Qiuli's eyes were cold, and he said: "Yuhe, order the Ulan Guben Battle Headquarters, cancel the original battle plan, and build fortifications around Ulan Guben with great fanfare, and then, on the night of March 20, all of them must be evacuated from the place, and on the way to retreat, the distance from the Soviet army must not be less than 100 kilometers, and the destination of the transfer is Kulen. ”

"Sue Xiao Jinshan, Fang Yuanshan, Ren Zhaoquan and Chen Han, I will kill those who dare to be greedy for merit and love war and miss the opportunity to retreat! Also, the reconnaissance troops of Ulan Guben were ordered to closely monitor the pace of the Soviet advance, and every three hours, they had to report to the division commander where the Soviet troops had arrived! ”

"Ordered the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 1st line of defense on the periphery of Minusinsk, after engaging the Soviet vanguard and repelling the first attack, to withdraw to the 2nd line of defense, and ordered the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the 2nd line of defense to immediately make a detour to the left flank of the Soviet army and stand by in the area of Barekcha, and the 5th and 6th brigades of the 3rd line of defense, immediately detour to the right flank of the Soviet army and stand by in the area of Inia.

"The 7th and 8th Brigades of the Campaign Reserve will go to the second line of defense, and together with the 1st and 2nd Brigades, they will block the Soviet army head-on.

At this point, Zhao Yuhe fully understood the division commander's campaign intention, to set up a big pocket for the Soviet 43rd Army on the periphery of Minusinsk, and after the first and second brigades engaged, they would immediately retreat, which was to lure the enemy deep and let the Soviet army drill deeper into the pocket.

After a quick repetition of the order, he immediately rushed to the radio room and gave orders to the troops.

Tang Qiuli stood motionless in the center of the room, going through all the plans in his mind again, feeling that there were no loopholes, and his mood relaxed.

I never thought that in the case of the Soviet army's pressure on the border, the local battlefield, there was a situation in favor of oneself, a group army of Soviet troops, sent to the door, this battle, the time difference, within two days, must be solved Soviet 43rd Army, can not be completely annihilated, but also heavy losses, even if the Soviet troops of the four group armies that went south to Ulan Guben to help, it is too late in time, at least one day to evacuate the battlefield.

After the end of the battle of Minusinsk, Vasilevsky will immediately judge that the real main force of the independent division is still in this direction, if nothing else, the Soviet army will definitely pounce on it, one is to rescue the 43rd Army, and the other is to encircle the main force of the independent division in this place.

In this way, the pace of the Soviet army to capture Kulen will inevitably be delayed, and the deployment of the campaign will be disrupted, more than one million Soviet troops are exhausted, and in the next few days, they will be much better.

The crushing wheel of more than four million Soviet troops, inadvertently, changed a little angle, and the light of opportunity reflected in it was keenly captured by Tang Qiuli, who originally planned to command the troops, under the heavy pressure of the Soviet army, to do his best to maneuver, avoid hard encounters, and give full play to the guerrilla warfare of Mao Weiren, Tang Qiuli, finally had the capital and opportunity to break a finger of millions of Soviet troops, not just a slight injury.

A day later, the vanguard of the 43rd Group Army of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front finally arrived at the periphery of Minusinsk, standing on a hill, the commander of the group army, Lieutenant General Bamiyanlov, put down the binoculars in his hand, at the foot of the mountain, there was a rolling traffic, the roar of iron armor, and the crowd of infantry surging in the marching scene, rolling up the dust in the sky, and there was really an indomitable momentum.

Only Lieutenant General Bamiyanlov knew that the difficulties and hardships encountered by his army group when crossing the Ural Mountains, the damned floods, muddy roads, endless winding mountain roads, and newly repaired roads became traps for trucks and tanks, and almost all the soldiers were thrown into the ranks of carts.

It stands to reason that after crossing the Ural Mountains, the troops had to rest for at least two days in order to recuperate the soldiers, wait for the artillery units that were left behind, and the baggage units carrying logistical provisions.

But Lieutenant General Bamiyanov did not have any sense of being alone, he believed the intelligence of the front army, that all the troops of the Chinese Tang Qiuli were on the line of the Tangnu Mountains on the southern front, and fought with the main forces of General Vasilevsky, and around Minusinsk, only scattered small units of the independent division and local garrisons remained.

"There is no suspense about the capture of Minusinsk, perhaps, before the arrival of the troops, those Chinese, long since they ran away, hundreds of thousands of troops, attacking a city that is almost not defended by military forces, to be precise, it should not be called an capture, it may be more appropriate to use reception," Lieutenant General Bamiyanov, secretly thought.

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