In the late autumn night of Outer Mongolia, the cold wind was blowing, and a burst of tightness blew through the empty street, and the headquarters of the Outer Mongolia Frontier Guards was stationed, from the outside, it was quiet, only a few dim lights, sparsely lit in the courtyard, and there was no increase in sentry posts at the gate, so there was no tense atmosphere.

However, the rows of rooms at the back of the compound were brightly lit, a busy and tense atmosphere, from time to time there were staff officers, hurriedly entering and exiting, the "ticking" sound of the radio station, intertwined into a chorus of radio waves, the two battles inside and outside, coincidentally, all the personnel of the division commander's temporary command were in their respective posts, and no one dared to slack off.

In the division commander's office, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe put down the phone and said to Tang Qiuli: "Division commander, the radio room called, they just received a telegram, Brigade Commander Liu's troops, half an hour in advance, launched a counterattack against the Soviet army, because the time is urgent, there is no time to send a telegram, first call to report, Chief of Staff Wang Jun will take the telegram immediately!" ”

Facing the wall, Tang Qiuli, who had a large map of the Outer Mongolia region, turned around, raised his eyebrows, and did not speak, Zhao Yuhe said with worry: "Division commander, the counterattack was launched in advance, it should be the Soviet army on the front line of the Sejingge River, there has been an abnormal change, if there are factors that are unfavorable to our army, is it necessary to counterattack?" Do you need to remind Brigadier Liu Hongzhang? Or, stop this counterattack? ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "No need, interfering with the deployment and determination of the front-line commander in battle is a taboo for soldiers, I believe in Liu Hongzhang's command ability, as soon as the two brigades directly under the corps arrived at the front line of the Sejingge River, Liu Hongzhang proposed to counterattack, and from this point alone, his deployment of the battle." All possible situations should be expected, the enemy will change and I will also change, and the simple way of using troops, Liu Hongzhang will not be so confused! ”

Zhao Yuhe wanted to speak and stopped, Tang Qiuli looked at him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked: "Yuhe, the final result of this counterattack you organized against Liu Hongzhang." What do you think? Can Liu Hongzhang follow the plan and completely annihilate or expel the Soviet troops on the south bank? ”

Zhao Yuhe replied cautiously: "Division commander, I personally believe that the victory or defeat is in the number of five or five, the first brigade and the second brigade. The long march was a long journey, and the people were sleepy and the horses were tired. Heavy equipment is left behind. The troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards, facing the Soviet army, which had an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, fought for two days in a row, and also suffered losses. Therefore, a counterattack should be able to deal a certain blow to the Soviet troops on the south bank of the Sejingge River. But the results won't be too big! ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and didn't say anything, at this time, Colonel Wang Jun, chief of staff of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, came in with a telegram, which was sent by Liu Hongzhang before the battle was launched, and sure enough, the content of the telegram confirmed the judgment of Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, the Soviet army really had abnormal behavior, but the battle had already been launched, and any orders were issued, it would be useless, and Zhao Yuhe did not propose any more proposals.

Tang Qiuli walked to the map again, although the map had been read countless times, the hills and ravines in Outer Mongolia, the rivers and grasslands, and the Gobi desert were all familiar to him, he still looked at it very carefully, his heart was not as calm as his appearance, the two battlefields inside and outside were both affecting his heart, if he was not worried at all, it was nonsense, and there was one more thing that was also involving his energy.

The Soviet troops of the two infantry divisions continued to advance westward, and the direction was directed towards Kobdo, and there were still seven or eight days away from Uriya Sutai, and Li Changjiang's Fifth Cavalry Brigade was followed and harassed, but the effect was not great, and after the Soviet army reinforced an armored brigade, the restrictions on cavalry were very obvious, and the Soviet commander learned the lesson of the previous night attack, and did not give Li Changjiang's cavalry a chance to raid.

The plan to delay the movement of the Soviet troops was not very smooth, and it would take at least 10 days for the Ninth Brigade of the Ninth Brigade and the Far Mountain Division of the 10th Brigade to rush to the Sutai area of Uriya from Kobdo, and it was a matter of time before they arrived at the area where the ambush had been set up in advance, deployed their troops, and made campaign deployments.

Tang Qiuli smiled helplessly, the most lacking thing in this Outer Mongolia campaign is time, whether it is in the area north of Kulen and south of the Seshuge River, the plan to encircle and annihilate the troops of the Soviet Outer Caucasus Military District, or the battle plan to ambush two Soviet infantry divisions in Uriya Sutai, all of which forced the troops to march with their lives, but the poor traffic situation in Outer Mongolia and several heavy rains in autumn greatly limited the marching speed of the mechanized troops.

For example, the four tank brigades of Batel were still fighting mud and swamps in the area south of Saiyinshanda, and several other brigades, including the three mechanized brigades commanded by Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the East Command, were also trapped in natural conditions and could not quickly advance to the designated position; otherwise, with the long-distance divisions of Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan, their strength and firepower were weaker than those of the Soviet army, they would definitely not approve this counterattack plan.

However, the situation on the battlefield forced him to approve Liu Hongzhang's counterattack plan, to annihilate the Soviet troops occupying the beachhead on the south bank or drive them back to the north bank, otherwise, even if they could block the Soviet army on the south bank of the Sejingge River for more than four days, the troops on the front line would pay a great price for casualties, and it would be another battle that had to be fought.

"Jingle bell!" The red phone on the table rang urgently, interrupting Tang Qiuli's thoughts, and Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe picked up the phone, "Well, okay, I know, report to the division commander immediately!" ”

Zhao Yuhe put down the phone and said, "Division Commander, Director Shen of the Investigation Department reports, the arrest operation has officially begun!" ”

Tang Qiuli looked at his watch, at two o'clock in the morning on September 22, he suddenly let go of all his worries, laughed and said: "Okay, Liu Hongzhang has started to fight for half an hour, Shen Jun and they have started again, there is a difference of half an hour, it seems that today is destined to be an unusual night, just let a few of us wait for the good news here!" ”

In the dark night of the streets of Kulun, the gates of several secret locations quietly opened, and groups of heavily armed soldiers appeared, which soon dispersed and disappeared into the night, silently rushing towards the intended target.

Hu Jitu, the backbone member of the "Outer Mongolia Independent League" and the squad leader of the guard company of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army, quietly returned to the training brigade of the advance sergeant after holding a secret meeting from the lama monastery, and lay on the bed with his clothes together, without the slightest sleep, staring at the dark roof with wide eyes, the sweet sound of his comrades-in-arms sleeping soundly made his heart full of irritability, and outside, the footsteps of the sentries from time to time made him feel nervous.

On the way back to the camp, it was very smooth, in Hujitu's opinion, it did not arouse anyone's suspicion and interrogation, and he did not find that there was anything different in the training camp, as usual, but, I don't know why, Hujitu's heart had a strong feeling of uneasiness, where this feeling came from, he couldn't explain, he always felt that in a dark corner somewhere, there were countless pairs of eyes, staring at him.

Originally, after the meeting was adjourned, it was already more than one o'clock, and according to the plan, the backbone elements of the "Outer Mongolia Independent League" should disperse and leave the lama monastery and sneak back to various places quietly, but the martial law of Kulen disrupted their plans, and it was possible for one or two people to find an opportunity to sneak out, but the fifty or sixty people scattered and slipped away during the martial law, which was similar to throwing themselves into a net.

If a person is captured by the troops of the independent division, tortured to extract a confession, and is not allowed to shake out all the information he knows, then none of the key members who participated in the meeting will not want to run, Nimuya Dorji has not yet been ignorant of this kind of process, so he ordered all the members who participated in the meeting to hide in the lama monastery, wait for tomorrow dawn, after the martial law is lifted, and then go out generously.

However, Hujitu can't do it, he is a soldier, once he doesn't return at night, there are no doubts and there are doubts, so only Hujitu himself left the lama temple, but when he jumped out over the wall, he didn't notice that around the lama temple, there were dozens of pairs of eyes, staring at this place tightly, his every move, did not escape the surveillance.

At two o'clock in the morning, a rapid whistle sounded in the corridor of the dormitory, in the dark, particularly harsh, without the slightest random Hujitu, a spirit got up, suspiciously raised his ears, listening to the movement outside, however, this kind of late-night emergency gathering is the daily routine of the training brigade, and it will come back and forth in less than two days, and the time is not fixed.

The whistle woke up all the sleeping soldiers, everyone silently turned over and jumped out of bed, quickly put on their military uniforms, and ran outside, Hujitu did not take off his clothes at all, so he saved these processes, and could have been the first to go out, but he hesitated, deliberately rubbed, reached out from under the bed, took out a sharp dagger that was secretly hidden, tucked it around his waist, and quietly pulled the five comrades who were in the same dormitory with him, and whispered a few words in a low voice.

When the six people went out, they consciously stood together, and after gathering on the big playground outside, Hujitu found that the situation was not quite right, the usual emergency assembly at night was carried out in the dark, everyone was a veteran, and they couldn't hear any sound, only the sound of hurried footsteps, but today it was different, a few bright gas lights, illuminating the playground as bright as day, shaking people's eyes.

And the instructors and district captains who usually do not carry weapons are also fully armed, standing in front of the queue with a stern face, Hujitu also found that there are many unfamiliar faces in the queue, all of them are big men, from the breath of their bodies, you can smell that they are people who have seen blood, Hujitu's heart suddenly tightened.

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