Major General Ren Zhaoquan, commander of the 11th Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, was indeed extremely hungry, and he marched to Delun in a hurry, and he was busy deploying troops and building fortifications without stopping.

Since you can't persuade the division commander to leave Delun, then have a good meal, hearing Ren Zhaoquan say this, Tang Qiuli was stunned at first, and then, "Hahaha!" ――With the chef, Ren Zhaoquan, you can figure it out! He laughed and shook his head repeatedly.

Laughing so much that Ren Zhaoquan's head was confused, Tang Qiuli suppressed his laughter, "Ren Zhaoquan, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, where is the chef, the meals prepared by the cooking class are all the standard marching rations of our independent division, as for the two dishes added, they are the beef jerky and mutton jerky I brought with me, where do you want to go!" Let's go, let's have our first meal! ”

Ren Zhaoquan made a half-red face and muttered: "If I knew this, I wouldn't have eaten it here from you, the marching rations, I have it, and I have your personal favor!" ”

Tang Qiuli, who was walking out, heard Ren Zhaoquan's muttering, but he didn't hear it clearly, so he turned around and asked, "Ren Zhaoquan, what are you muttering behind your back?" ”

Before Ren Zhaoquan could pass the pass, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe came over, took a telegram, and said: "Division commander, I have just received a telegram from Commander Sun Zhenbang of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the corps has adjusted its deployment, and the troops of the 37th Group Army of the Soviet Army will be pursued on the left and right flanks, and before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, they will reach the line of Gurbansai Khan and establish a blocking position, before the Soviet army reaches Delun. Hold them off! ”

Ren Zhaoquan and Chen Han, who were following behind, glanced at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes, "The division commander is like a god, and he really said it!" The battle of Deren can't be fought! Immediately, the hearts of the two of them were filled with a slight sense of loss, and they made great efforts, as if they were facing a great enemy. Build fortifications, arrange troops, and prepare for a bloody battle, for soldiers on the battlefield. Loss is inevitable.

Tang Qiuli glanced at the thoughtful Ren Zhaoquan and Chen Han, and said to Zhao Yuhe: "Sun Zhenbang is ruthless. But. The difficulty is very great, what restricts the pursuit speed of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps is not the layers of Soviet blockades, but the road situation, Yuhe, ordered Liu Cuigang. No less than five bomber regiments were dispatched to carry out large-scale bombing in front of the retreat of the Soviet troops, delaying the retreat of the Soviet troops. ”

"It doesn't take much, buy Sun Zhenbang about five hours. Enough, at the critical moment when the pursuit of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps is carried out, we must help them! He said in a weighted departing tone.

Zhao Yuhe called over a staff officer, handed him the order, and issued it as soon as possible, Tang Qiuli's brows were habitually raised, "Yuhe, the 35th Group Army of the Soviet Army in the direction of Kulun, is there any movement?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied succinctly: "Not yet, the special operations detachment has left a detachment around Kulen, which has always monitored the movements of the Soviet army, but in their telegram, it is mentioned that the Soviet garrison troops originally distributed in the area around Kulen have been withdrawn to Kulen one after another since the early hours of yesterday morning!" ”

"Oh! That's right, the 37th Group Army is in danger, and it is impossible for the 35th Group Army to be without action, but the action is slower, if you want to go south and reach out to the 37th Group Army, you won't be able to reach the Delun line in four or five days," Tang Qiuli seemed to be saying to a few people, and seemed to be talking to himself.

Zhao Yuhe's eyes flashed, and he vaguely grasped some of the division commander's thoughts, "Division, what are your plans?" He asked.

Tang Qiuli looked at Ren Zhaoquan and said: "Ren Zhaoquan, I'm afraid, you won't be able to make the marching rations at noon today, fill your stomach on the road, order, all the 11th Brigade immediately go south from Delun and occupy Dagurbansai Khan in advance!" ”

Ren Zhaoquan is a master who forgot everything as soon as he heard that there was a battle, and when he heard the words, his spirit was greatly boosted, Delun did not fight, and it was not bad to arrive at Gurbansai Khan, that was the Soviet army of half a group army, what a big piece of fat, if you don't know the deployment of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, you really don't have the bottom in your heart, and you won't be arrogant enough to block more than 100,000 Japanese troops with the strength of a brigade, which is similar to fighting in Delun, and you have to fight it out.

Now, the situation is different, the six brigades of the Outer Mongolian Field Corps, more than 100,000 people, caught up from both flanks, and also used Dagulban Saihan as the blocking point, what are you worried about? Thinking of this, Ren Zhaoquan's eyes couldn't help but shine, and he stood up with a "snap", and said loudly: "Yes, division commander, the 11th Brigade guarantees to complete the task!" The movement was big, and I felt panicked, and at the end, I didn't forget to glance at Chen Han, the commander of the 12th Brigade, proudly.

"Wait!" Ren Zhaoquan, who turned around and left, was stopped by Tang Qiuli again, "Ren Zhaoquan, I ordered your troops to occupy Dagulban Saihan in advance, not to ask you to go to war, to block the Soviet army, your main task, but to build a position on the front line of Dagurbansai Khan, wait for the arrival of the pursuing troops on both flanks of the Outer Mongolian border guards, and then, hand over the fortifications and return to Delun, understand?" ”

Of course Ren Zhaoquan didn't understand, Delun was only sixty or seventy kilometers away from Dagurbansai Khan, and he could arrive in two or three hours.

Full of enthusiasm, he was suddenly poured a basin of cold water, Ren Zhaoquan replied with a slumped head like a deflated ball: "Commander, I understand, is it to dig fortifications!" Chen Han, who was very angry in his heart, looked at him gloatingly, "I was so angry that my nostrils were facing the sky just now, but now it's okay, it's like a frosted eggplant!" I thought to myself.

"You don't understand," Tang Qiuli looked at Ren Zhaoquan with an uncomfortable face, "Don't think that this task is easy, what you have to do is very important, for the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, the most favorable conditions for the encirclement of the Soviet Army, it is related to the success or failure of the battle, the casualties of the troops, you don't want to see the soldiers of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps helplessly blocking the Soviet army, right?" ”

"If you think that this task is not important, and I am not reluctant, you can change to the 12th Brigade to carry it out, anyway, the two of you troops want to go to one, how about it?" Tang Qiuli stared at it again, with some agitation.

Ren Zhaoquan put away his unhappy mood, seriously pondered the words of the division commander, his expression became serious, he raised his hand to salute, did not say a word, turned around and left like a gust of wind.

After lunch, Tang Qiuli took a few special guards to take an aimless walk in the small town of Delun, according to the previously formulated strategy of implementing strong walls and clearing the wilderness in Outer Mongolia, the residents of Delun have long been withdrawn to the interior, here, it is already an empty town, the situation on the battlefield, there is no major change, the troops directly under the corps to pursue the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front, step by step.

The troops that went to the Donnu Mountains and the Ural Mountains to establish a blocking line have not yet reached the designated position, and the only possible variable is when the Soviet 35th Army around Kulen will leave Kulen.

In the Far Eastern Theater, according to Liu Tiehan's telegram, the Soviet Army's Trans-Khinganling Front and the Baikal Front had already begun to advance in the direction of Chita, while Zhukov's Far Eastern Front was still in a posture of fierce attack on the Japanese Kwantung Army, and the two sides were inextricably linked, and without the pressure of the superior forces of the Soviet Army, the Japanese Kwantung Army could fight with Zhukov's troops.

Maybe I don't know, blocking the Far East and retreating to the northeast, there is no Soviet army to block it, or for some other reason, the Japanese Kwantung Army is not in a hurry to get out, and Zhukov's Far Eastern Front has been fighting fiercely for days, and in the local battlefield, it has taken the initiative to attack, which makes Tang Qiuli a little incomprehensible.

If Yu Deshui's intelligence is learned by the Japanese domestic high-level that the movements of the Japanese Kwantung Army should be obvious: First, it should immediately get rid of the pursuit of Zhukov's troops and retreat to the northeast region; second, it will dispatch part of its troops to pursue the Soviet Army's Outer Khinganling Front and Baikal Front, which are eager to withdraw, and the intelligence of the intelligence department shows that the Japanese troops reinforced from the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese troops reinforced from the Japanese mainland have reached the Far East.

According to the strength of the Japanese army now assembled in the Far East, it is fully capable of doing so, the Kwantung Army entangled Zhukov's Far Eastern Front, other reinforcements of the Japanese army, and the retreating Soviet army, if so, the Soviet army and the Japanese army will be a bloody battle, and the East Command troops on the Chita line, the North China Field Corps and the Niangziguan Garrison Corps will not have to bear the pressure of the Soviet army, but the current actions of the Japanese make Tang Qiuli unable to figure it out.

"In the Far Eastern Battlefield, the situation is treacherous, the actions of the Japanese are obscure, the Soviet troops who retreated in advance have two front troops, and in no more than seven days, the vanguard will reach the Chita line, is it inevitable that the battle between the East Command troops and the Japanese army will be inevitable?" Tang Qiuli thought hard. "What if the East Finger and North China Field Corps plus the troops of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps entangle the Soviet army, and the Japanese still don't do it?"

The north wind blows strongly, raising the sand and dust in the sky, Tang Qiuli's eyes look at the desolate land outside the town, the grasslands of northern Outer Mongolia in April, there is no trace of spring, the eyes are full of withered yellow pastures, swaying in the wind, and the sand and gravel all over the place, rolling with the wind, making people's hearts, suddenly rise a sense of sadness.

Tang Qiuli retracted his gaze, "The Japanese are not moving clearly, I hope it can't all be on those bastards, Sun Zhenbang's troops, as much as possible to end the battle, is the key, at that time, take advantage of the situation to capture Kulun, or strengthen the troops in the direction of Chita, you can deal with it easily!" He thought to himself.

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