General Gregariv, commander of the Soviet Union's Trans-Khing'an Ridge Front, said that the adjusted offensive deployment was, to put it simply, the original main breakthrough direction turned into a feint attack, which continued to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and the real big killer was that in the new breakthrough direction, more than 600,000 soldiers of the rearguard troops, plus more than 300,000 soldiers of the troops who had been attacking, and more than 70 percent of the troops of the Trans-Khing'an Ridge Front were all thrown into the new offensive direction.

Moreover, more than 90 percent of the artillery and tanks are attached to the new offensive direction, which will be the big killer of General Gregarif to penetrate the Japanese blocking line, "It should be over!" He looked at the Japanese position opposite, hidden in the darkness, devouring the lives of hundreds of thousands of his soldiers, after dawn tomorrow, the Japanese position on this blocking line will no longer exist!

"Comrade Commander, have we reported this offensive plan to the High Command? Seeking approval from the High Command? In a sense, the headquarters of the Outer Khingan Mountains Front no longer has the power to conduct campaign operations alone, and Comrade Stalin is the supreme commander of the two front armies.

Moreover, such a breakthrough plan was an earth-shattering blow to break the stalemate after being stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army and held back for a few days, and the success rate was very high, and it was even said that there was no suspense, and it was necessary to let the high command and Comrade Stalin know that it was good for Comrade Commander and for himself, after all, there was still the Baikal Front where it was compared.

General Gregarif, of course, understood the Chief of Staff's intentions, but he shook his head. said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, don't report it, the offensive has not yet begun, the result is still unknown, wait until we arrive in the Far Eastern battlefield, and then report to the high command!" After days of setbacks, we can no longer afford to fail! ”

Two simple words: "Low profile!" "A series of blows, first forced to madness by the troops of the independent division, and then hit the Japanese army's blocking line, and the head was broken and bleeding. More than a million troops, like grinding, wandered around the narrow area between Chita and the Far Eastern battlefield, and the past was unbearable, and General Gregarif did not dare to show off. The so-called low-key is also in a series of failures. Lessons learned!

Take advantage of the darkness of the night. More than 1.2 million Soviet soldiers quietly entered the starting point of the attack, sharpened their bayonets in the dark of night, especially the troops that had been serving as the rearguard. The cat has been in the rear of the battlefield for many days, and when it first enters the battlefield, it naturally has a sharp spirit, which is the main attack force to break through the Japanese blocking line.

Commander of the Front, General Gregarif. After receiving that all the troops had arrived at their designated positions, he breathed a long sigh of relief, although the night was dark, but he had no sleep, and his heart was dominated by an exuberant feeling, although there were still a few hours before the time of the attack, he simply sat on the canvas marching chair, stared at his watch, looked at the hour hand, and made a slight "ticking" sound unhurriedly.

On the opposite side of the Soviet army, Lieutenant General Haruhiko, commander of the Japanese Far East Campaign Rear Guard Group, also lost sleep, with the intuition of the soldiers, he could not feel that this unusually calm night, hidden unknown variables, but where the variables came from, but there was no way to know, more than 8,000 elite soldiers who had set off sent back telegrams, the progress was smooth, did not alarm the Soviet army, and was making a long-distance detour in the direction of the right flank of the Soviet position.

There is no way, the width of the Soviet frontal position is amazing, and the small troops who sneak into the Soviet artillery positions must make a detour and try to avoid the Soviet positions, otherwise, the plan will fail if the Soviet troops are alarmed, and similarly, the small troops will have no possibility of returning.

After listening to the report of Major General Iijima, the head of the Intelligence Department, Lieutenant General Haruhiko did not say anything, and the doubts in his heart did not decrease, and he stayed in the tent for a while, and he instructed the orderlies to arrange a quiet place for himself in the shelter department, and to order incense for the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, if it is not an urgent military situation, do not disturb it, Lieutenant General Haruhiko feels that his heart is a little unquiet, and he needs an atmosphere to seek some inspiration from His Majesty the Emperor!

At dawn that day, the wind from the Sea of Okhotsk brought chilly water vapor to the land of the Far East, turning into a biting clammy cold, tightly wrapping the bodies of nearly two million soldiers on both sides.

When the needle pointed to 5:30 a.m., Senior General Gregarrif, who had been sitting with his back upright for several hours, suddenly opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The chief of staff of the front army stepped forward lightly and said in a low voice: "Comrade commander, the time for the offensive has come!" ”

Admiral Gregarif raised his right hand, slammed it down with lightning strikes, and said dryly, "Begin!" ”

Thousands of large-caliber guns of the Soviet artillery, at the same time, let out a roar, the shells whistled, piercing the air before dawn, with a screaming sound, flying towards the Japanese position, on the Japanese position, suddenly exploded countless sparks, mud and snow splashed everywhere, the smoke of gunpowder immediately steamed, and the huge explosion sound echoed in the open field.

After the shelling began, the tank clusters of the Soviet rearguard units, covering hundreds of thousands of soldiers, appeared on the horizon, the motors roared, the tracks "rolled" up the soil, roared, pressed towards the Japanese positions, lying in the trenches, the Japanese soldiers who had not closed their eyes almost all night, indifferently raised their guns, the muzzles of the black holes, pointed to the front of the position, for the Japanese soldiers, such a scene is not surprising.

For six or seven days, which day did not start like this, and then it was desperate shooting, until the sun set and night fell on the earth, but today's Soviet offensive was much earlier, and the Soviet tanks that had not appeared for several days appeared again, of course, this was the intuitive feeling of the Japanese soldiers on the front-line positions, and those Japanese officers who had quite a lot of combat experience smelled a different taste from this.

The trembling of the earth woke up Lieutenant General Haruhiko, who was in a state of shallow hypnosis, he slowly opened his eyes and listened carefully to the outside, like a continuous thunderstorm, his brows furrowed slightly, "The Soviet army's offensive has started again, an hour earlier than before, and the scale of the shelling seems to be larger, but it doesn't matter, by tonight, eight thousand imperial warriors will turn the Soviet army's artillery into piles of scrap metal!" He thought to himself.

Facing the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, surrounded by sandalwood, nearly a night of meditation and contemplation, Lieutenant General Haruhiko's inner uneasiness did not dissipate, in his mind, there were still many doubts, many confusions, lingering, he looked up again at the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, in the portrait, His Majesty the Emperor Xià with gloomy eyes, as if looking at himself, Lieutenant General Haruhiko knelt down deeply, towards his Emperor Majesty, the highest courtesy.

"Bang bang bang!" A loud bang on the door disturbed Lieutenant General Haruhiko from this solemn ceremony, and he was annoyed for a while, he had ordered that he should not disturb himself without the most urgent military situation, it was just a routine attack of the Soviet army, it was nothing more than a fierce artillery fire, what was the fuss?

Lieutenant General Haruhiko let out a low cry of displeasure, "Who is it?" ――What's the matter? ”

Outside the decorative door, a voice with panic came from, "Your Excellency Commander, I am Sakai Nakataka, Chief of the Operations Division of the Headquarters, please forgive me for disturbing you, there is an urgent military intelligence report!" ”

Lieutenant General Haruhiko pushed open the door, and the head of the Operations Division, Sakai Daisa, who was sweating profusely, was staring at himself with anxious eyes, and he didn't have time to salute, so he hurriedly reported: "Commander, the situation is not good, I received a report from the front line, this Soviet offensive is unprecedented, in addition to the original Soviet offensive direction, in other areas of the defense line, it has also been attacked by the superior forces of the Soviet army, and the combat department has roughly counted that the strength of the Soviet army will reach more than double the scale of the previous attack!" ”

"What?" Lieutenant General Haruhiko stared at him and exclaimed in a low voice, "What else is the situation?" He asked, a shiver of unease rising in his heart.

Sakai Dasa replied: "Commander, according to the report of the front-line troops, the Soviet army also dispatched a large number of tanks, and the number of artillery has also increased significantly, and many of our positions have been severely destroyed by Soviet artillery fire!" In several key areas, Soviet tanks have already broken through to the front of our positions! ”

The situation is serious, I don't understand, why after six or seven days of fighting, the Soviet army suddenly more than doubled the assault force, and there will be a large number of tanks and artillery, the only explanation is that the Soviet commander put all the troops used to defend against the independent division of China into the attack of the most imperial army, could it be that the China and the Soviets reached some agreement?

If this is the case, the battle rearguard cluster is in danger, and the blocking line is in danger! Lieutenant General Haruhiko's body shook and his eyes turned black, but he still asked with luck: "Sakai-kun, is it a separate offensive operation of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front?" ”

Sakai Daisa's face was gloomy, and he shook his head and replied: "No, Commander, our blocking line, including the Sulu-Baikal Front, is under unprecedented fierce attack!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko's head "boomed", and the whole world lost its original color.

At the same time that the Soviet Army's Trans-Khingan Front was launching a fierce attack on the Japanese blocking line with all its might, General Kirganin, commander of the Baikal Front, who was also experienced in command, adopted the same tactics as General Gregarif after receiving a notification from the high command and threw all his forces into the attack.

Coincidentally, he did not report the battle plan to the high command, perhaps, after many days of anxiety, the two commanders of the Soviet Front chose to keep a low profile!

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