On the battlefield of Outer Mongolia, an infantry corps of the 35th Group Army left by the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front Army was surrounded by the Outer Mongolian Field Corps of the Independent Division south of Delun, and there was no hope of breaking through the encirclement, and when there was no possibility of fighting again, the army commander, Major General Schillinginsky, chose a very wise approach and ordered the troops to lay down their arms and surrender to Sun Zhenbang's troops.

This incident aroused the infinite emotion of Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the independent division commander, and the three wars of Outer Mongolia with the Soviet Union, the first time, he was still the chief of staff of the East Command Headquarters, and he did not participate in the battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army on the Jinzhou front line in western Liaoning.

"Division commander, can you let the division point to the press office on this matter, make some big articles, publicize it widely, and break down the morale of the Soviet army?" Zhao Yu and Jian yì to.

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "Yuhe, it's not necessary, it's not very useful, Vasilevsky's whole army is in a hurry to retreat, the two group armies left behind, but more than 300,000 troops, in the face of our troops in Outer Mongolia, he also knows very well that it can't be a big deal, in the final analysis, this is likely to be his strategy of abandoning his pawns and protecting the car, and even he knows better that even Kulen can't hold it, so it can't be to leave some bait and delay our attack on the withdrawal of his main force to the greatest extent!" ”

Zhao Yuhe thought about it carefully, too, from Kulen to Saiyinshanda, a distance of several hundred kilometers, the two Soviet army group armies left behind, head to tail, could not take care of each other, and the 37th Group Army of the Soviet Army, which was ordered to block the Outer Mongolia Field Corps and the troops directly under the corps, Vasilevsky did not expect to be able to come back, he was an outcast, this trick was poisonous enough and the most effective, otherwise, he would be entangled. The Soviet Outer Mongolian Front could not leave the land of Outer Mongolia for about a few months.

However, as soon as he thought of the division commander's backhand in the Tangnu Mountains and the Ural Mountains, Zhao Yuhe couldn't help but smile, "Division commander, the five brigades of the direct corps in the Tangnu Mountains and the Ural Mountains should also be discovered by the Soviet army, the strange thing is that they have not received this information yet?" ”

Tang Qiuli was also puzzled, he had already ordered the troops directly under the corps to rush to the Tangnu Mountains and the Ural Mountains. The construction of fortifications with great fanfare was not afraid of being discovered by the Soviet troops, and moreover, the strength of the troops was exaggerated, and the formation of five brigades was disguised as fifteen brigades. After this dose of fierce medicine, Vasilevsky must have broken out in a cold sweat. Stalin would also have been restless. But seven or eight days passed, and the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front did not make the slightest abnormal move.

In the face of the stubborn fighting of the five brigades of the Corps directly under the reluctance to pursue, Vasilevsky's countermeasure was very simple, leaving enough troops to resist the attack, blocking layer by layer, and retreating while fighting. The main forces were by no means entangled, and even so, the pace of retreat of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front was not fast. Previously, the destruction of roads and bridges along the retreat of the Soviet army by the special operations detachment of Chutian greatly limited the marching speed of the Soviet army.

The five mechanized infantry brigades of the Corps directly under the Corps that followed the pursuit had battle reports every day, and without exception, they were all reports of minor casualties and considerable gains; among them, Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st Brigade, who had returned to the position of brigade commander, reported to the division to report the most battle reports and the greatest results.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe guessed that this Brigade Commander Liu Da probably had accumulated a lot of anger on the Soviet Army when he was the deputy battalion commander in the baggage department for a while, and commanded the First Brigade to fight the most fiercely and fiercely.

There are more than 100,000 troops in the five brigades of the Corps directly under the corps, and more than 1 million troops in pursuit of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front, as long as Vasilevsky is willing, he can turn around at any time and bite back, and it is not a difficult thing to counter-encircle any brigade of the directly subordinate corps, moreover, the gap between the five mechanized infantry brigades of the pursuing Corps is about 100 kilometers on average, which is even more favorable conditions for the Soviet army to counterattack.

A staff officer walked in lightly and handed Zhao Yuhe a telegram, Zhao Yuhe read it quickly, smiled bitterly, and said: "Division commander, or Brigade Commander Liu's battle report, this is the six copies received today, the first brigade is now in the forefront, division commander, the pursuit is too fierce and fast, the position is quite prominent, it belongs to the situation of a lone army in depth, this is very dangerous, after all, we only have five brigades of troops, facing more than one million Soviet troops!" ”

"I'm very worried, if Vasilevsky turns around and bites back, the 1st Brigade will be in danger! In the name of the division, should we order the 1st Brigade to slow down the pursuit and wait for the other troops to come up, so that it is safer! ”

Tang Qiuli said: "Don't worry about him, don't worry, Liu Hongzhang is naturally measured, he has been a veteran of the battlefield for many years, and the scale will not be bad, not to mention, the way he pursued is the farthest part of the Soviet army's flank, belongs to the most marginal unit of the Soviet army, and is not afraid of being counter-surrounded, Liu Hongzhang's intention is obvious, it is to bite a big piece of meat on the more than one million retreating Soviet troops!" ”

"Moreover, to surround the troops of one of our brigades, Vasilevsky must mobilize at least five times more troops, and more than 100,000 people are almost the strength of a group army, do you think that the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front, how many other group armies can be consumed on the battlefield of Outer Mongolia? Can it be ripped out? ”

"What's more, once one of our troops is surrounded by the Soviet army, Vasilevsky will also think, I will not sit idly by, I will definitely go all out to rescue, and the Soviet army will inevitably increase its strength again in order to achieve the goal of completely annihilating our encircled troops, so snowballing, more and more troops are fighting, and in the end, the entire Soviet Outer Mongolian Front will be involved, then, the Soviet army, which is in a hurry to retreat, can it still go?"

"Liu Hongzhang saw what Vasilevsky was most worried about, so he dared to use a brigade of soldiers to cut into the depth of the Soviet army, let go of his hands and feet, he was not afraid of being surrounded, maybe, this restless guy, still wish the Soviet army would surround his troops!"

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli was very emotional, "Among the twelve brigade commanders directly under the corps, if you talk about the accurate grasp of the battlefield situation, keen insight, the boldness and fierceness of the command style, and the belligerent process, no one can beat Liu Hongzhang, even Chu Ziye, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, who has always been known for his courage and good fighting, and dares to fight all kinds of tough battles, is not as good as him, such a chaotic and chaotic battlefield is just right for him, can he win in chaos, let's worry about it here, maybe Liu Hongzhang is addicted?" ”

Zhao Yuhe smiled, and thought deeply of the division commander's analysis and judgment, and was eager to evacuate the battlefield in Outer Mongolia, which was Vasilevsky's biggest weakness, obviously, Liu Hongzhang grasped this, so compared to the other four brigades, it was much more!

"Report, Battle, commander of the armored corps of the Independent Division, has been ordered to report for duty!" Outside, there was a clear report that Battle had arrived.

In Tang Qiuli's eyes, a flash of joy flashed, "Come in!" He whispered.

Dressed in a straight military uniform, with a body full of dust, the heroic Bartel, with a standard military posture, strode in, and when he saw Tang Qiuli's face, he grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Division commander, chief of staff!" He said hello.

Tang Qiuli didn't speak, but got up, poured a cup of steaming milk tea himself, and handed it to Battle's hand, "I haven't had time to eat yet, I'll let the cooking class prepare, let you come to the teacher's point, don't be in a hurry, come back after eating, it's not good for your health, remember!" In the tone, with reproach, the love from the heart, even Zhao Yuhe on the side felt it deeply.

Battle's heart warmed, smiled innocently, and said: "Brother, it's okay, I've eaten marching rations on the road, and the field rations you personally designated taste really good, and you never get tired of eating them!" ”

Hearing this voice, "Brother! Tang Qiuli's heart swelled with a strange feeling, as if he had returned to the Sanchahe town by the Songhua River in the northeast, under the winter sunset, on the streets covered with residual snow and ice, in the cold wind, the little Mongolian boy who was only eight or nine years old, after buying him a big bag of food, his stubborn eyes revealed infinite gratitude, and it was also like this, he shouted to himself for the first time, "Brother!" ”

That scene will always be engraved in the depths of Tang Qiuli's heart, from then on, in his life, there is a younger brother with a different surname, warm tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't help but raise his hand, just like when Battle was a teenager, every time he ran back from outside, he would throw himself into his arms, and he always gently stroked his hard and unkempt black hair, and the words sounded in his ears again, "Brother, is there anything delicious?" ”

Halfway through his hand, he suddenly came back to his senses, his younger brother has grown up, and has grown into a heroic young man, no longer the little boy who threw himself in his arms at every turn a few years ago, but a commander who commands thousands of tanks and has the rank of major general across the field, and is a man who stands up to the sky!

Such an intimate gesture is obviously inappropriate for the current Battle, Tang Qiuli smiled slightly embarrassed, his arm stiffened a little and then put it down, took off an inconspicuous small straw stick from Battle's military uniform, and gently threw it on the ground, the whole process was very cleverly disguised.

But Battle felt it, saw it, and felt a pain in his heart, "Could it be that my brother is estranged from him?" Or the long-term battle, the smell of blood is too strong and too heavy, which extinguishes the warmth in the bottom of the heart, or the distance left by the years, the inference of youth, there is a thin estrangement, perhaps, on the surface, there is no attachment to my brother in the past, are they strangers to each other? ”

In an instant, a trace of pain crossed Battle's heart, and suddenly spread all over his body, and his nose was a little sour.

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