Tang Qiuli's sudden questioning made Wang Jun stunned, but he immediately reacted, and the division commander asked about the situation of the first and second brigades of the directly subordinate corps, which was probably related to Commander Sun's telegram, so Wang Jun replied succinctly: "Division commander, three hours ago, I received a telegram from Chief of Staff Zhao that the first and second brigades have entered the area around Burgan, and according to the current marching speed, they will arrive at the line of the Sesoge River by 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest.

Tang Qiuli thought for a while, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said: "Okay, Chief of Staff Wang, call back to Sun Zhenbang, agree to his request, revoke the order of flexible defense, the Outer Mongolian border defense troops, must be on the front line of the Sejingge River, block the Soviet army for five days, and at the same time, the first and second brigades of the directly subordinate corps will be assigned to his combat sequence." Commanded by him! ”

"Send a telegram to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, that the 1st and 2nd Brigades will secretly enter the blocking position on the Sesagoge River tomorrow, that is, after 7 p.m. on September 21, and that Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe will immediately return to Kulen to form the General Headquarters of the Outer Mongolia Campaign."

After Wang Jun repeated the order, he went out to send a telegram, Tang Qiuli's gaze turned to Liu Cuigang, and asked gently: "Cuigang, tell me about your situation!" ”

Liu Cuigang said: "Division commander, the situation in today's air battle is like this: we dispatched eight fighter regiments, two bomber regiments, a total of more than 600 planes, and achieved the results of shooting down a Soviet bomber division and severely damaging a fighter division, and according to the coordinates provided by Commander Sun, bombed the Soviet artillery positions, and our unit paid the price of 38 fighters shot down, three bombers, 65 fighters damaged, and 13 bombers. ”

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "Not bad, Cuigang, the result of three to one, the first battle of the aviation force." If it weren't for your help, Sun Zhenbang's life today would definitely be difficult, and he wouldn't have put forward a request to block the Soviet army for more than a week, to put it bluntly, you gave Sun Zhenbang courage! ”

Facing the praise of the division commander, Liu Cuigang did not have much joy, he said: "Division commander. It was after a few years that our aviation fought against the Soviet aviation again, and it felt different, talking about the fighting spirit and the will to fight. The Soviet pilots were not as fierce as the little devil pilots, and they did not have the strength of the outlaws. The tactical level is about the same. The overall level, which is approximately comparable to the aviation fleet of the Kwantung Army. ”

"The key is that the fighter used by the Soviet army is of the "Ilyushin" type, and there is nothing surprising about its speed, firepower, maneuverability, etc. The main thing is that the protective armor of the fighter is very thick, to put it simply, it is quite resistant to beating, and our fighter jets who were shot down and damaged. Most of them suffered from this, otherwise, the first fighter division, not a single one of them would be able to run! ”

Saying that, Liu Cuigang was still hateful, but Tang Qiuli asked another question, he asked: "Cuigang, what do you think the next move of the Soviet aviation unit will be to deal with the threat of our fighters in order to seize air supremacy?" ”

Liu Cuigang replied without hesitation: "Increase troops!" In addition, there is no other way, we now have 15 fighter regiments and six bomber regiments in Outer Mongolia, adding up to more than 1,200 planes of various types, and in terms of troops, they have already surpassed the existing strength of the air force of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Army. ”

"However, division commander, don't worry, even if the number of Lao Maozi's planes is more than double mine, I am confident that the Soviet fighters will be killed in the northern part of Outer Mongolia, but the ground fire support for Sun Zhenbang's troops will be reduced a lot!"

Tang Qiuli looked at Liu Cuigang with great approval, felt sincerely gratified, and said: "Cuigang, I'm very happy, you can clearly judge this, the current situation is like this, we have taken out nearly one-third of our strength, but the Soviets have only used the strength of one military region, the strength of the national strength can not be changed overnight, but the most advantageous aspect for us now is that the Soviets dare not use all their military strength to attack the Outer Mongolia region." ”

"Moreover, the more the war drags on, the more unfavorable it is for the Soviets, and it looks like winter is coming, which is a very unfavorable factor for the Soviet army, which has a high dependence on mechanization, so the strategy of the Soviet army is still a quick battle, Stalin is afraid that the war in Outer Mongolia will become a protracted war and a stalemate war, and the ground forces will not be able to give full play to their maximum advantages, so they can only make up their minds from the air force, so your judgment is completely correct."

Liu Cuigang got up and said: "Please give an order from the division commander, even if the strength of the Soviet aviation exceeds me by several times, I will kill Lao Maozi's planes one by one, and ensure that Kulen will not be attacked by any air raids!" Guaranteed air supremacy! ”

Tang Qiuli smiled slightly, motioned for Liu Cuigang to sit down, and said: "Cuigang, how can I let you fight hard with the superior Soviet aviation, this is not in line with the principle of war that I have always advocated, I have already given Le Yiqin an order, in addition to the four fighter regiments and two bomber regiments originally scheduled to be transferred to the Outer Mongolia region, six more fighter regiments and two bomber regiments will be transferred, a total of ten fighter regiments, four bomber regiments, and more than 800 aircraft, all under your command!" ”

"Le Yiqin replied to the telegram, but he was complaining that I was eccentric, the Southern Flying Group, a total of twenty-one fighter regiments, eight bomber regiments, most of them were transferred to the north, and it was natural for him to be reluctant, but he still obeyed the overall situation, there was no war in the Indochina Peninsula in the near future, however, Le Yiqin had a condition!"

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli consciously stopped talking, looked at Liu Cuigang, Liu Cuigang suddenly became nervous, leaned forward, and asked: "Division commander, isn't this guy Le Yiqin personally leading the team and coming to Outer Mongolia to compete with me for command, right?" After speaking, his eyes were firmly fixed on the face of the division commander, looking for the answer.

Tang Qiuli was so happy that his stomach hurt, who said that Liu Cuigang was a rough man, you see, how sensitive, too, the commanders at all levels of the independent division, when it comes to the problem of fighting, they are all ghosts and ghosts, for fear that they will not be able to fight.

Tang Qiuli couldn't help laughing, and pointed at Liu Cuigang and said: "Cui Gang, it's really clever enough, that's what Le Yiqin means, after arriving in Outer Mongolia, the air combat command will be formed, and the two of you will serve as the chief and deputy commanders respectively, he should be the right, you will be the deputy, Cui Gang, what is your opinion?" ”

Liu Cuigang thought for a while, suddenly smiled, and said: "Division commander, okay, that's it, it's all old brothers and old guys, it doesn't matter who is right and who is deputy, anyway, since he joined the independent division aviation, he is right, if it weren't for the separation of the north and the south, I wouldn't still be his deputy!" Our brothers can fight side by side again, what could be happier than this, good guys, the Southern and Northern Flying Groups combined, more than two thousand aircraft, division commander, what a big deal! ”

Tang Qiuli waved his hand and said: "Cui Gang, what I was about to say is this matter, before the reinforcements of the Southern Flying Group arrive, you are still under a lot of pressure, you must master the troops, you must not be careless, in addition, so many planes, field airfields have also become a problem, I have ordered Zhou Yushan, deputy director of the logistics department of the division, to urgently build a temporary field airfield in Outer Mongolia to solve the problem of landing so many planes, okay Cui Gang, after going back, seriously sum up the lessons of today's air battle!" ”

Liu Cuigang left in good spirits, Tang Qiuli looked at his tiger-like back, smiled, he understood Liu Cuigang's temper, after returning to the army, it must be a pre-war mobilization, the brothers of the Southern Flying Group are coming, you must give me a good fight, don't lose the face of our Northern Flying Group, etc.

However, Tang Qiuli likes this kind of competitive atmosphere, only the troops who are not willing to lag behind and accept defeat are a team with combat effectiveness, vitality, and can win battles.

After thinking silently for a while, Tang Qiuli picked up the phone, "Second Cavalry Brigade?" I am the temporary headquarters of the division, looking for your brigade commander Tong! ”

After a while, on the other end of the phone, Tong Batu's angry voice came, "I'm Tong Batu, may I ask who one?" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled, this Mongolian man, Chinese is quite fluent, but in the syllables, there is an indescribable taste, "I am Tang Qiuli, Brigade Commander Tong, it has been a day since the troops returned to Kulun, and I haven't found time to see you, so let's do it, it's getting late, so I won't disturb the soldiers, please come to the temporary headquarters, I have a task to explain!" ”

On the other end of the phone, Tong Batu stood up and replied: "It's the division commander, Tong Batu will be there soon!" ”

Putting down the phone, Tang Qiuli shouted: "Snow! Snow! Come on! ”

Mei Xue came in when she heard the voice, her beautiful eyes widened in surprise, and she said angrily: "I don't know if it's a little louder, the staff officers are all working, what's the matter?" Yelling! ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and ordered: "Boil a pot of good milk tea, heat up today's hand-grabbed mutton again, and tell the cooking team to make a few small dishes, and in a while, Brigade Commander Tong will come, by the way, take out the bottle of Xifeng wine I brought from China!" ”

Mei Xue was puzzled and asked: "Aren't you the most opposed to drinking in the army, and you also gave a special order, especially on the front line, why did you ...... today?" ”

Looking at his wife's big black and white eyes, full of questions, Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "Entertaining Mongolian men, how can you not have wine, isn't that not fun, the scenery is very bad, today's situation is special, make an exception, go and prepare, Mongolian men are fast, just come when you talk about it!" ”

Mei Xue muttered, "I can't say you, it's always you who are reasonable," and then, twisting her graceful waist, she glanced at her husband, turned around and went out to prepare.

Sure enough, in less than twenty minutes, outside the temporary command department, there was a rush of horses' hooves.

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