Looking at Tong Batu's eyes, all of them were in these words, Tang Qiuli didn't say anything more, just patted Tong Batu's shoulder, and then shook his rough big hand tightly, and said, "Go back and prepare!" ”

Tong Batu saluted and left, looking at his striding meteor's back, Tang Qiuli smiled, he believed in this Mongolian man, and also believed in the officers and soldiers of the Second Brigade, the Second Brigade is a strong force from China to Outer Mongolia, centripetal force and cohesion, extraordinary, and after many cruel wars test, you can fully believe that what I just said is nothing more than to prevent accidents, to give Tong Batu a wake-up call, it seems that the effect is very ideal, with these more than 5,000 sharp sabers, Kulun can't mess up!

Of course, Tang Qiuli can take the simplest and most direct way to issue an order in the name of the division commander to order the Tong Batu Brigade to carry out the task of martial law Kulun City, and I believe that the officers and men of Tong Batu and the Second Brigade will not refuse to carry out the order, after all, this unit, under his own command, will be transferred to the northern provinces, but Tang Qiuli does not want to do that, the simple reason is that it is still the same sensitive factor as the aborigines of Outer Mongolia.

He didn't want to block the Soviet army in the front and put down the riots in the rear, because of the internal reasons of his own troops, and Kulen fell into chaos and turmoil.

Tang Qiuli was in the city of Kulun, adjusted the battle deployment, and talked with Tong Batu about wine at night, in the north of Outer Mongolia, on the north bank of the Sesagoge River. The command of the Soviet army's campaign to regain Outer Mongolia, the commander of the command, General Kulygin, was also holding a military meeting, the scale of the meeting was very large, and all officers above the regimental level were eligible to participate, including the troops of the Fifth Army of the military district who had just arrived at the front a few hours earlier, all the officers of the four infantry divisions of the second echelon, more than 100 officers of the rank of general and colonel, and a huge tent. Packed to the brim.

The current General Kulykin, perhaps for the first time in a few days, felt in a good mood, and good things happened one after another, with a total of nine infantry divisions of the Fifth Army and the Second Echelon. Arrive at the front line in advance, so that it goes. Can be used for offensive troops. It reached thirteen infantry divisions, more than 200,000 troops, thirteen infantry divisions, taking turns to carry out non-stop attacks, and still could not tear apart the defensive positions of the troops of the independent division?

The second good thing is that the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov. In the telegram, Comrade Marshal fully agreed to his request and would transfer from the Caucasus Military District, the Western Military District, and the Don Military District. Four fighter divisions and three bomber divisions were respectively transferred to the Outer Mongolian battlefield and placed under their own command; although the number of fighter divisions was less than what he required, it could also be seen that the chief of the general staff attached great importance to the war in Outer Mongolia.

Moreover, the information revealed by the Chief of the General Staff in the telegram made General Kurygin very happy, "Comrade Kurygin, with regard to the war in Outer Mongolia, Comrade Stalin has given the latest instructions to mobilize forces that can be mobilized to support the military operations of the Transcaucasian Military District under the existing conditions, and my only request is to end this war as much as possible, preferably by the end of this year, so that the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District can control the entire territory of Outer Mongolia." ”

This means that the current Soviet Union is all around its own troops, in order to recover the Outer Mongolian region, to provide convenient conditions, of course, with Kulykin's position, knowing how difficult it is for Stalin to do so, the center of gravity of national defense, in Europe, in the Outer Khingan Mountains.

However, Comrade Stalin's deadline for recovering Outer Mongolia also made General Kurygin feel tremendous pressure, and there are still more than three months to go, and the burden is not light, facing the second-rate troops of the independent division, if Tang Qiuli's main army comes up with a steady stream of reinforcements, the outcome of the war is very unpredictable! Perhaps, in the end, there will be victory, but not in three months!

If General Kurygin had known that Tang Qiuli's plan for the Outer Mongolian campaign was to completely annihilate the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District north of Kulen and along the Sejingge River, he would not have been troubled by the fact that he could not end the war in Outer Mongolia within three months as Comrade Stalin demanded.

There were two other things that made General Kurygin's mood very happy, and one was that the report he sent a special person to the Air Force General Headquarters was rejected, and the Air Force General replied that "judging from the report of General Konev, commander of the Air Force Command of the Transcaucasian Military District, there were no mistakes in General Konev's command and countermeasures in this air battle, and he did not take responsibility for the defeat in the air battle." ”

"The reason for the defeat in the air battle was entirely caused by the loss of Senior Colonel Djuganovsky of the 1st Fighter Division of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District, who delayed the fighter plane and mishandled the plane on the spot, and Commander Konev has been ordered to deal with him severely, and the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Air Force General Headquarters has intervened in the investigation of this matter, and in view of Comrade Stalin's concern about the war in Outer Mongolia, the post of commander of the Air Force is still held by Comrade Konev."

This is the final opinion of the Air Force General Headquarters, which means that the idea of taking down Admiral Konev by himself is completely in vain, and General Kurygin viciously cursed the bastards of the Air Force General Headquarters, but there is nothing to be done, obviously, let Konev continue to stay in office, and some bigwigs of the Air Force General have also won the opinion of Comrade Stalin, but it is not his original intention to get rid of a small colonel and division commander.

Senior General Kurygin's original intention was to take the opportunity of this defeat in the air battle to completely reorganize the command organ of the air force of the military district and replace it with a commander who can sincerely cooperate with him and listen to his command, instead of being like the current General Konev, who has his own set of things in everything and does things according to the air force's system at every turn, rather than the will of the commander of his own military district.

Another thing is the telegram from the annoying Major General Sergeyev of the Third Army Military District, the two infantry divisions under his command, according to his own orders, marched westward along the north bank of the Sejingge River to seize the important town of Kobdo in the western region of Outer Mongolia, and it has been more than two days since this guy has walked less than 80 kilometers, and at this rate, the Third Army may not be able to reach the vicinity of Kobdo until next spring.

In addition, stressing difficulties and objective factors, Senior General Kulygin first gave an unceremonious and violent lecture to Commander Sergeyev, and then ordered: "The difficulties encountered by the Third Army can be overcome, and it will definitely arrive at the attack area designated by the campaign headquarters on time. ”

Regardless of the reaction of Commander Sergeyev after seeing the telegram, General Kurygin, according to the original plan, convened a military meeting on time, at which he first informed the good news that the General Staff would transfer four additional fighter divisions and three bomber divisions to join the Outer Mongolian battlefield.

This news, for the Soviet officers who witnessed the fierce fighting style of the independent division air force during the day, was tantamount to overjoy, and no one was willing to fight against the bombs of the Chinese, and there was a round of warm applause at the venue.

Subsequently, Commander Kurygin announced: "After a day of fighting, we have initially figured out the defensive characteristics of the positions of the troops of the independent division, and the General Staff has come up with a tactic with a specific target, that is, two bomber divisions, carrying heavy aerial bombs, to carry out intensive bombing of an area more than 20 kilometers wide on the south bank of the Sejingge River, so as to completely destroy the enemy's underground hidden fortifications." ”

"After that, the troops that are responsible for today's offensive tasks will still be responsible for the task of the first offensive, and the strength will be increased to one reinforced regiment in each breakthrough direction, and the new troops that arrive today will be the second attack wave, and the strength will reach two regiments in each direction, and the artillery will also provide effective fire support for the attacking troops."

"The engineer troops, after the assault troops seize the breakthrough, quickly erect pontoon bridges, the 1st and 2nd tank brigades, quickly open the Guò Se Tunge River, attack the depth of the independent division troops, the time for the start of the battle, for tomorrow morning at five o'clock sharp, comrades go back, hurry up and prepare, adjourn the meeting!"

There is nothing new in the way of fighting, it is still the same old routine during the day, but now in the hands of General Kulygin, there are many generals, and twelve infantry divisions can take turns to go into battle, constantly attacking Sun Zhenbang's position with new troops.

After the meeting, the Soviet generals were gone, and General Kurygin said to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Zirnenko: "Comrade Zirnianko, inform the commander of the Air Force of the Military District Konev about the content of the meeting, and at the same time order him to dispatch two bomber divisions to carry out bombing missions!" ”

Lieutenant General Zirnenko, chief of staff of the Military Region, said with concern: "Comrade commander, in order to ensure the victory of the battle, it is necessary to dispatch bombers, but should we first coordinate with the commander of the Air Force of the Military Region, General Konev, to solicit the opinions of the Air Force, and the specific scale and method of the operation, or should the opinions of the Air Force be the mainstay? ”

General Kurygin sneered and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, you just need to tell Sù Konev and carry out my order, as for the issue of escort, if he can't even think of this simple question, he is not worthy of being the commander of the Air Force of this military district." ”

Lieutenant General Zirnenko shook his head helplessly and went to send a telegram to Admiral Konev, "The big war is imminent, and it is a taboo for soldiers to be at odds with the generals," he thought to himself.

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