"My personal opinion is to temporarily reinforce each of your three divisions with an infantry regiment, and then allocate an artillery brigade to you...... What do you think? ”

Rokossovsky naturally knew that these two were temporary measures taken in response to the problems that had arisen in previous exercises, but it is difficult to say whether such temporary measures would be effective, or even whether they would be counterproductive. ≡√

For example, the troops under his command have all been motorized, and the vast majority of other infantry divisions in the Red Army are really only infantry divisions, not to mention motorized, mules and horses are enough. Will it drag behind the cram of such a purely infantry division into the units that have already been initially motorized? This problem is not only the infantry, but also the artillery, and it is even more obvious.

Therefore, Rokossovsky gave the following advice: "I think that instead of adding an infantry regiment to each tank division and a motorized infantry division, it is better to add an infantry division directly under the establishment of the First Mechanized Infantry Army, so that there will be no problem of coordination." And the reinforced troops will not have an opinion. ”

There is a certain amount of truth in Rokossovsky's remarks, if the First Mechanized Infantry Army is supplemented with an infantry division, it is naturally not necessary to break the original framework, and the problems of tactics and coordination are relatively easy to solve. Moreover, compared with the reinforcement of one regiment per division, it is also acceptable for the troops to be stuffed with a full division directly under the corps establishment.

After all, soldiers have a sense of honor, and no division commander wants to see his troops dismembered and dismantled to others as junior brothers. Even if it is not dismantled from one infantry division, but from several infantry divisions, the division commanders of those units will probably be angry -- it is Lao Tzu who trains the troops. Wait for the war to start but don't let Lao Tzu lead the team?

And adjusted according to Rokossovsky's scheme. It will undoubtedly make the troops stuffed in more comfortable and comfortable. However, in Li Xiaofeng's view, this method is a palliative rather than a cure. Fundamentally, the phenomenon of insufficient infantry in the two tank divisions under the 1st Army of Mechanized Infantry was not completely cured.

Rokossovsky explained: "The reinforced infantry divisions can be used as reserves, and when the tank divisions need support, they can be flexibly deployed. ”

Li Xiaofeng just smiled at this, it is not impossible to do it according to Rokossovsky's explanation, but it is definitely problematic in terms of timeliness and flexibility to do so. To put it simply, the tank division now needs support, and then it has to apply to Rokossovsky, the corps commander, and then Rokossovsky gives orders to the reinforced infantry division. The division commander gave an order to the regiment commander below, and after such a communication, I am afraid that the fighter plane will be missed.

However, Li Xiaofeng couldn't insist anymore, because it was obvious that the top and bottom of the First Mechanized Army did not feel that there was too much of a problem with the establishment, and even Rokossovsky did not directly refuse because of the face of his old leader. This kind of thing can only be adjusted when you see the real chapter on the battlefield and suffer a loss.

Then let you suffer a little! Li Xiaofeng sighed inwardly and approved Rokossovsky's construction.

The First Mechanized Infantry Army was finally transferred eastward, and the reason was naturally to participate in the large-scale live-fire exercise of Dongfang 1935, which had not existed in the East, and at the same time it was the First Cavalry Army that was transferred eastward, and soon the strength of the Far Eastern Red Banner Front was rapidly expanded. It stands to reason that Blyukhel should be happy, but in reality the marshal was not at all happy.

Conditions in the Far East are more difficult. Moreover, the environment is completely different from that of Moscow and Leningrad, and this group of troops has been transferred all the way, which is already relatively hard, and in addition, it is impossible to guarantee how much combat effectiveness will be left. And it will take less than three months to leave the battle, so can the 1st Mechanized Infantry Army and the 1st Cavalry Corps recover?

Anyway, Blyukhel didn't have the bottom at all, and the only thing he could do was to try to give these two troops the best logistical support conditions, so that they could adapt to it as much as possible.

The pressure was high on Blyukhel, and he knew exactly who was behind the scenes of both forces. Needless to say, the 1st Cavalry Army, Stalin's descendant, its commander Timoshenko is not a lieutenant general, this is actually a group army level, he received the rank of general in the award, and even before he was transferred to the commander of the Minsk Military District. This is a sudden war, and Voroshilov and Budyonny want to give their old subordinates a chance to make war achievements, so they will be "demoted" and used.

As for the First Mechanized Infantry Army, this is even more of a storm force, which was previously a descendant of Tukhachevsky, and it was really the Imperial Forest Army. Don't look at Tukhachevsky's collapse, but Blyukherr knows very well that the backstage of this army has not collapsed, and has even been greatly strengthened, which one is easy to mess with, Li Xiaofeng, Ubolevich, or Triandafilov?

Let's put it this way, these two troops were not transferred to serve as reinforcements and reserves at all, and it is obvious that the Military Commission meant to let these two troops play the vanguard, which was to brush up the gilding of war achievements. No matter who holds these two weighty troops, they have to weigh it more, not to mention the mistakes, even if the battle is not brilliant, the bigwigs of the Military Commission can eat him alive and blyuher.

Even more so than just the pressure within the party, Blyukhel was in the Far East, but this did not mean that he was completely ignorant of the party life. There is no political idiocy who can become a marshal, and Blyukhel knew very well that as soon as he did not show himself perfectly, Trotsky would immediately attack Stalin and Sverdlov's accusations against the Military Commission. Even if he didn't do it well, Stalin and Sverdlov would never mind letting him carry all the black pots alone.

There are many military problems, and there is a mess in politics, and if Blyukhel can be happy and relaxed, it will be a hell of a sight.

"Comrade commander, several outposts around the Haraha River have been attacked by Japanese troops again."

Even when Blyukhel had a headache for the 1st Cavalry Army and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Army, the Japanese did not let him stop. In fact, for more than a month, the Japanese have not stopped, constantly attacking and harassing the outposts of the Mongol army with small forces, causing a lot of bloodshed.

"Are there many casualties?" Blyukhel asked, rubbing his forehead.

"The Mongolian army said that a post was burned down, and more than 100 people were killed and wounded......"

Blyukhel snorted, this result really did not satisfy him. In accordance with the instructions of the Military Commission, he ordered the Mongolian army to strengthen its vigilance very early. Particular attention should be paid to the infiltration of small Japanese forces and interspersed assault operations. But it is obvious that the Mongols did not heed his warning, and a post was burned down, killing and wounding more than 100 people.

Blyukhel sighed in his heart, and on the one hand he ordered to raise the level of security again, especially to sternly warn the Mongolian army that it must be taken seriously, and on the other hand, he had to write a review telegram to the Military Commission, and of course, the most important thing was that he gave an order to the GRU: "At least two Japanese outposts will be uprooted in the near future." Wipe out at least two hundred Japanese troops! ”

Some comrades may wonder how the GRU, which is not the team of the KGB, was handed over to the command of Blyukher? This has to start with Li Xiaofeng, since the Japanese provoked the incident and caused friction, he knew that this matter could not be good. The large-scale punitive operation was in May, and there were still many months to accompany the Japanese to grind slowly, and it was definitely not okay to blindly wait for foolishness, and it was necessary to take the initiative to attack and fight against each other to show the Japanese color. And this kind of raid and counter-harassment operation belongs to the category of special operations, in which neither the regular Red Army nor the border troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are good at it, and only the GRU is best suited for this task.

As the boss of KGB. The dispatch of the GRU to the Far East is a matter of one sentence, and in fact begins with Blyukhel's departure to the Far East. A GRU special operations brigade was transferred to the Far East at the same time. In the past year or so, the GRU has become familiar with the surrounding area, and even went to the Arshan anti-Japanese base area more than once to serve as a military adviser.

"Our target is two adjacent posts, J21 and J22, which, according to the reaction of the aerial reconnaissance and reconnaissance squads, each have a reinforced squad of Japanese troops, each with two heavy machine guns and two grenadiers, with a total strength of about 200 men...... Our mission is to completely destroy these two posts and destroy all enemy soldiers...... Please note that this operation should not be live, do you understand? ”

Tonya glanced at his brother, and when everyone had made it clear, he continued: "Wickenti's squad is in charge of the J21 post, Raffl's squad is in charge of J22, and we will be airdropped behind enemy lines in a DC-1 transport plane, and we will start the operation at ten o'clock!" ”

"What about fire support? Captain? Raffle asked.

Tonya pouted and said, "This is the task of destroying the enemy post, so the regular army can't do it, and we won't have artillery support." The only support is the Vissarion helicopters, but as you know, the S11 isn't as good as it gets, there's no heavy weaponry, and we have very few helicopters at our disposal...... The only thing to be thankful for is that the firepower of the Japanese army is also weak! ”

To be honest, Tonya didn't like the task of uprooting the outpost very much, he preferred the previous hit-and-go mission that used helicopters to quickly enter and exit, without the need to attack the fortifications or gnaw at the enemy's firepower points, and the casualties were almost negligible. And now, even if the firepower of the Japanese army is not strong, he has little interest in attacking the fortifications. But an order is an order, especially since this order comes directly from Marshal Blyukhel, and they cannot refuse an order of this level.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, ten DC-1 transports came out with a hundred GRU, flew all the way low, bypassed the Japanese observation post and airdropped the GRU to the rear of the enemy, and when the boys of Tonya landed safely, the devil did not react at all.

"I don't like the daylight sky, it's too easy to be exposed!" A GRU babbled.

"It's better than not seeing anything at night, not having any reference at all!" Vikendy slapped the steel helmet and said, "You don't like to be alone in the wilderness, do you?" ”

"Why can't we come by helicopter, it's a little too noisy, but honestly it's safer and faster than parachuting!"

Vikendy glared at the cargo again: "We only have twelve helicopters in total, and they also have to shoulder the task of fire support, do you think we can transport so many brothers?" Okay, stop chattering, hurry up and gather the brothers, we still have to hurry! ”

The parachutes were hastily buried, and soon hundreds of GRU disappeared into the depths of the forest, they still had five kilometers of mountain road to catch, and the attack started at 11 p.m., and five hours to get close to the target was not enough.

Fortunately, the road was quite smooth, and the Japanese did not expect the GRU to stab them in the back at all, and their attention was completely focused on the front.

"Remember. Don't fight hard. If the enemy's fire is too strong. Instructions were given to the helicopters for them to solve and minimize casualties! ”

Tonya looked at his watch one last time, and in ten minutes the battle was about to begin, and he was more reassured that his boys were well concealed, and all of them were in attack positions, just waiting for the helicopter to arrive. It's time for a big deal.

There was not a single star in sight in the dark night sky, and the biting cold wind and snow on the ground reminded Tonya that it was still winter, but he didn't feel cold, and the effect of the GRU's winter suit was still very good, even a little too good, and the heat generated after the long march was all wrapped in his clothes, making him sweat.

Tonya only joined the GRU in 1926, when he had just finished three years of military service and was considering whether to return to his hometown to work as a farmer or enter a military academy, when he was recommended to the GRU by chance. After a series of near-harsh tests and rigorous political scrutiny. He entered this unit that had never been heard of.

At first, Tonya thought she was joining a Tsunzài similar to the Red Guards. But then he learned that it was quite wrong. At least the Guards don't need to learn to drive cars, tanks and learn to parachute, the Guards don't need to master at least one foreign language, and the Guards can't be sent abroad on secret missions from time to time, and of course the Guards don't have strict secrecy rules to the extreme.

All GRU must keep their jobs and the nature of their work secret, and must not reveal even the slightest hint to anyone, even their relatives, otherwise they will be punished for treason. Tonya, however, knew the nature of treason, and in 1928 he and his squad infiltrated Paris through secret channels and assassinated Stalin's former secretary Baranov, costing the despicable traitor with his life.

Tonya was speechless by this suffocating secrecy, for the simple reason that every time his youngest son Polis asked about his job, he could only awkwardly tell Sùpolis that he was just a troop breeder, whose main job was to feed the pigs. Conscience of heaven and earth, Tonya has never had any dealings with pigs in her life except for eating pork. The main thing is that Tonya feels that her son has been disappointed by her answer, what child doesn't want his father to be a big hero who stands up to the sky, and as for the breeder, what else can he have but to be full of stench?

How Tonya wished that Polis would be proud of him, and that he could brag to his little friends about how great and amazing his father was, like any other child. You must know that the Red Flag Medal he won is no less than the old fat man of the little fat man's house next door, isn't that the goods just a car for a division commander and mixed with a Red Flag Medal, what is there to show off?

At the thought of this, Tonya was a little indignant, he received three orders of the Red Banner with real knives, as well as the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin, and these awards could only be hung in the brigade headquarters, but could not be taken home, how infuriating it was!

"Captain, captain!"

Tonya slammed a spirit, what was wrong with him, he was cranky while on a mission, and it was really a mistake. He cursed himself in his heart and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The helicopter is almost here!"

Tonya listened attentively, and sure enough, there was a faint low-frequency vibration sound in the night sky, which was very noisy. This is also the only thing where the helicopter makes these GRU people unhappy, it is too noisy!

"Signal, get ready to fight!" Tonya immediately gave the order.

The messenger beside him immediately conveyed the order to Raffl on the other side, and a few seconds later, Tonya's boys loaded their guns and aimed their crosshairs at the enemy in the distance.

A few minutes later, when the roar of the motive became louder and louder, under the command of Tonya, the grenadier fired two red flares in the direction of the outpost, and in an instant, the gunfire rang out, and countless fires intertwined into a large net in the night sky.

"Bazooka, take out the enemy's machine guns, Vikendi, you take a detour from the right side with a team of brothers, and get the Demoman ready!"

Tonya's orders were carried out in an orderly manner, the Japanese did not expect to be attacked from behind, and the helicopters hovering in mid-air also destroyed their worldview, especially when these large iron birds floating in the air constantly greeted them with machine guns and rockets, and the devils thought that they were being attacked by aliens.

Sou...... Rumble!

The bazooka hand took advantage of the attention of the Japanese army and was attracted by the helicopter in the air, and quickly aimed and fired, accurately knocked out the only heavy firepower of the Japanese army, the Taisho three-year heavy machine gun, and then waited for the devil to be one-sided slaughter, especially when the GRU received the order not to live at the beginning, no devil would survive.

Half an hour later, with two loud bangs, two Japanese posts were blown into ruins, while Tonya and his boys retreated quickly, and by the time the Japanese reacted, they had already returned to their barracks and fell asleep.

The attack was a success, and apart from a few minor wounds, no one was killed in the GRU, and more importantly, the poor devil had no idea how he had been smeared by the Japanese army's communications.

And this news made Blyukhel "dragon-faced", and with a stroke of the pen, he asked the GRU for credit, and if nothing else, each member of the team who participated in the operation could receive a Red Banner Medal. It's just that for Tonya and his boys, no matter how many medals there are, they can't take them out and show them, which is tantamount to a night walk in brocade...... (To be continued!)

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