The commander of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front, General Gregariv, had not yet put down the phone in his hand, and the communications staff officer of the headquarters sent an urgent telegram, "The headquarters has an urgent telegram? "What could it be," he wondered in his heart, an unpredictable fear, "Nian! He commanded dryly, still holding the phone in his hand.

The communications staff officer read: "Briefing, this morning, Comrade Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, successfully negotiated with Tang Qiuli, head of the independent division, in Kulen, Outer Mongolia, and reached the following agreement: In the process of the withdrawal of our Soviet troops from the battlefields of the Far East and Outer Mongolia, all the units of the independent division must not interfere with the withdrawal of the Soviet troops and must not take any hostile actions. ”

"What?" General Gregarif exclaimed, he didn't react for a while, it was too sudden, he was still nervous and vigilant about the troops of the Independent Division, over there, the result of the negotiation was out, it turned out that the troops of the Independent Division were inexplicably disengaged from their own rearguard troops, they were fulfilling the negotiation agreement, and they made trouble for a long time, they were nervous and nervous, what the hell is going on?

Wait, this morning, it's now more than nine o'clock in the evening, that is, at least after an interval of almost ten hours, the commander of the front-line troops received a notification from the high command, "Bastard! General Gregarif shouted angrily, I don't know if he was scolding the command or that guy, nearly ten hours, for the Outer Khinganling Front, where every second counts, how many deployment adjustments can be made in ten hours that are conducive to the attack, but it was wasted like this!

"Bastard. What are those guys in Moscow doing? The flame of anger in General Gregarif's heart burned irrepressibly, and the chief of staff of the front army on the other end of the phone suddenly heard a loud shout from the comrade commander, and was startled, and immediately realized that he was scolding himself. After reliable information confirmed by many parties, he was stunned and didn't believe it, and scolded people for no reason!

There was anger in his heart, and the chief of staff spoke politely, and said in a questioning tone: "Comrade commander." Please pay attention to your wording, what is wrong with me. Feel free to be critical. Don't insult my personality! ”

General Gregarif screamed in his heart, he was fucking messed up, but the report from the headquarters confirmed the information provided by the chief of staff. That's right, the troops of the independent division really withdrew, and for the Outer Khinganling Front, which was in a stalemate with the Japanese army that was blocking. Undoubtedly, great news!

In an instant, General Gregariv's heart seemed to be a dark cloud in the sky, blown away by the strong wind, revealing a clear blue sky and a sunny day.

In a mixture of ecstasy and consternation, General Gregarif did not notice the unkind tone of the chief of staff at all, and he said hurriedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, good news, just now, the General Headquarters sent a notification that our negotiations with Tang Qiuli were successful, and the troops of the Independent Division will not take any military action against us, I order, the rear guard troops will immediately come closer, Comrade Chief of Staff, you also rush back to the front army headquarters as much as possible, assist me in adjusting the deployment, and at dawn tomorrow, we will use all our forces, Deliver a fatal blow to the Japanese troops on the opposite side! ”

After speaking, without waiting for the chief of staff to react, he hung up the phone with a "click", and on the other end of the phone, the chief of staff of the front army was also stunned, and then reacted, and his mood was similar to that of the commander, and he was pleasantly surprised, "Order the rearguard troops to move closer to the headquarters overnight!" Guard! -- Prepare the car immediately and return to the headquarters overnight! He commanded loudly.

This night, the mountains roared like a tsunami and fought for six or seven days and nights on the battlefield, unusually calm, even at night, the Soviet army, which was constantly attacking, quieted down, only large-caliber artillery, and was still carrying out artillery bombardment with significantly reduced density, and the Japanese position, any bit of light, would attract a bunch of shells, and the shelling was a one-sided situation, and the Japanese artillery could not afford to fight an equal artillery battle.

The Japanese soldiers lay in the cold and damp trenches, the snow melted under the direct sunlight during the day, and it was not frozen at night, but a thin layer of ice was formed, and the temperature of the body quickly melted the snow under them, gradually wetting the military uniforms of the Japanese soldiers, the irrepressible cold, eroding the temperature of the Japanese soldiers, in the trenches, from time to time I heard the "click" sound of teeth fighting, but for such a situation, the Japanese soldiers were obviously used to it.

On the entire blocking line, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers, under such conditions, have held out for six or seven days, blocking the Soviet soldiers with superior strength, the crazy attack like a tide, the overwhelming shelling of countless shells, the position is still in the hands of the samurai of the Imperial Japanese Army, and the competition with the Soviet army for several days has been carried out, and the self-confidence of the Japanese soldiers and officers at all levels has swelled to the extreme.

However, such a quiet night on the battlefield obviously made the Japanese soldiers and officers in the trenches very uncomfortable, the soldiers of the Imperial Army, eager to fight, like to smell the smell of gunpowder and blood on the battlefield, and prefer to see groups of Soviet soldiers, falling under their own guns!

Similarly, the quiet night of the battlefield made Lieutenant General Haruhiko, the commander of the Japanese Far East Campaign Guard Group, vaguely uneasy in his heart, it was an indescribable feeling, invisible, intangible, but real in his mind, such a feeling, which made Lieutenant General Haruhiko very uncomfortable, he had no way to judge, for several days, regardless of casualties, the Soviet troops who attacked the position of the Imperial Imperial Army, why was it surprisingly quiet on this night?

Lieutenant General Haruhiko carefully filtered all the situation in his mind, trying to find the cause of the abnormality of the Soviet army, but there was no result, and the situation on the battlefield was still the same as before, except for a surprise move, more than 8,000 elite imperial soldiers had begun to sneak into the rear of the Soviet army's position to destroy the Soviet army's artillery position, which was a sharp blow to change the battlefield situation.

Without the advantage of artillery fire, Lieutenant General Haruhiko is confident that he will block the Soviet army here for more than two weeks, for the abnormal quietness of the Soviet army, Lieutenant General Haruhiko can only explain that in the past few days, the Soviet army has launched an offensive without stopping, with heavy casualties, the soldiers are exhausted, and they have to stop the attack and recuperate on the battlefield.

"Tomorrow, there will be an even more brutal battle, and the Soviet soldiers will launch an even more ferocious attack!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko muttered to himself.

In this quiet night, more than 600,000 soldiers of the rearguard unit of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front were moving back to the front line as fast as possible under the dark night, and according to the order of the commander of the Front, General Gregariv, all troops were to march in concealment, and all tanks, artillery trucks, and trucks were not allowed to turn on their lights and drive in the dark, and the infantry was not allowed to make loud noises.

It was not a simple matter for more than 600,000 troops to march at night, followed by a large number of equipment and baggage, but General Gregarif's rich command experience made up for the shortcomings in this regard, and in order to maintain a high degree of concealment in the rearguard troops, he sent a guard division directly under the front army, as well as a large number of officers from the front military and political departments, the security department, and the intelligence department, to set up a guidance point at intervals of several kilometers along the way of the rearguard troops.

These officers also received a special order from the command of the front army, "Strictly supervise the enforcement of battlefield discipline in the marching troops, and if any soldiers and officers are found to have violated discipline, you have the right to deal with them on the spot until they are executed!" ”

The distance of about 40 kilometers was only about two hours for the highly organized Soviet rearguard troops, and more than 600,000 Soviet soldiers, like dark clouds quietly condensed in the dark night, gathered opposite the Japanese positions with a thunderous momentum, and the Japanese soldiers lying in the cold and damp trenches knew nothing.

When the commanders of the various army groups and the commanders of the various corps of the Soviet rearguard units arrived at the headquarters of the Front, they did not even have time to breathe, and were immediately told by the staff officers with stern faces, "Please go to the commander of the Front immediately and accept the task!" ”

General Gregarif was in a state of extreme excitement, and for every commander and commander of the group army who came to accept the mission, he personally explained the specific details of the task in person, and even refused the goodwill of other senior generals of the front army headquarters and was willing to share the work for himself.

General Gregarif knew too well that after adjusting his deployment and devoting all his forces to attack, this was the best opportunity to break through the Japanese blocking line, rescue the Far Eastern Front from the Japanese encirclement, and change the situation in the Far East in the near future.

"This is a historic blow that changed the situation on the battlefield!" After explaining all the tasks to the commander of each unit, General Gregarif thought excitedly, although he kept talking for more than two hours, he did not feel tired at all, and even the irritability that had accumulated in his heart for many days was swept away and no longer existed, and his mind became extremely clear, and all the qiē on the battlefield were presented in his mind like a three-dimensional picture!

General Gregarif's offensive deployment on the whole front is very simple to say, that is, to add a few more breakthrough directions to the original breakthrough directions, but the troops that undertake the new breakthrough direction are the rearguard troops that have been recuperating for seven or eight days, and moreover, more than half of the troops in the original breakthrough direction have also been drawn out and strengthened to the new breakthrough direction!

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