Chapter 791: Outflanking

Feng Jiwu's troops fought extremely the battlefield of the Kazadewu Pass, and in one day, they disabled a main field brigade, Tang Qiuli set up a battlefield in the Hangai Mountains, and was trapped by Zhukov's cautious use of troops, and the 120,000 Soviet troops who stayed in the area of the Onen River were neither too close nor far away, and the big pockets arranged by his jīng heart, the Soviet army just didn't drill, Zhukov could afford to drag it, and Tang Qiuli couldn't afford to drag it. )

In addition, the Kwantung Army troops on the Jinzhou front line were stupid, Tang Qiuli had to do his best to solve the war in the outer méng, and he was extremely anxious, and the chief of staff Chang Feng's construction opened up a reason for him, but he was troubled by the roundabout troops on both flanks and had to pass through the swampy terrain along the Kayi River, so he couldn't make up his mind.

It is still the Changfeng Jianyì, the troops with two flanks outflanked, can advance lightly, carrying only mortars and other light artillery equipment, responsible for entangling the Soviet army, and then, the main force attacks from the front, as long as it bites, the Soviet army can not retreat even if it wants to.

Chang Feng's construction solved the problem that plagued Tang Qiuli, and also helped him make up his mind, the idea was opened, and the methods followed, and the troops attacking head-on could retreat fifty kilometers from Hangai Mountain, and the Soviet army on the opposite side was afraid that they would go to reinforce the battlefield of Kazadewu Pass, and they would definitely follow, and it also shortened the march distance of the outflanked troops on both flanks.

Immediately, Tang Qiuli issued an operational order to all units, directly under the corps troops, three brigades on the left and right flanks, a total of 110,000 troops, all of them marched lightly, quickly made a concealed detour to the two flanks of the Soviet army, and outflanked the Soviet troops staying in the area of the Onen River, and each unit must arrive at its respective destinations within 36 hours and wait for the attack order.

The rest of the troops, at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, withdrew from the ambush position at Hangai Mountain, and retreated fifty kilometers in the direction of Kulen, with great fanfare, followed by the Soviet troops, ready to attack from the front at any time.

The sky was bright, the Hangai Mountains were shrouded in golden sunshine, and the movement of so many heavily equipped troops immediately attracted the attention of the Soviet troops on the front line of the Onen River, who did not understand what was happening, and immediately sent two reconnaissance planes to fly over the troops to reconnoitre.

The undulating peaks and peaks of the Hangai Mountains, large and small ditches, shook the eyes of the Soviet reconnaissance plane pilot, and he saw that there were tanks and trucks of the squadron everywhere, raising dust all the way, rolling away in the direction of Kulun, and just waiting for a careful observation at low altitude, a series of high-altitude machine gun bullets came head-on, and a reconnaissance plane was caught off guard and exploded into fragments in the sky. Starting

The remaining reconnaissance plane, frightened and ran away, this was Tang Qiuli's order, in order to do a good job, only the next one, leaving one back to report the news, the frightened reconnaissance plane pilot, the situation he saw, detailed the situation, plus a large number of photos, can not help but the Soviet commander did not believe it.

According to the order of Commander Zhukov, this unit is the main force that sticks to Tang Qiuli, so that the Chinese cannot divide their troops to reinforce the Kazadeu Pass battlefield, and must not advance rashly to avoid being ambushed.

Now, the squadron retreated suddenly, whether to reinforce the battlefield of the Kazadeu Pass, or to have another plan, Lieutenant General Vuchkov was not sure at all, and hurriedly reported the situation to Zhukov, such a serious situation, not to report to the commander is a dereliction of duty, there is also a sense of shirking responsibility, the Soviet army regulations stipulate, according to the instructions of the superiors, if you make a mistake, you will not be held responsible, if you act without asking for instructions, you will win the battle without success, and you must lose your head if you lose the battle.

In fact, this is also a major drawback of the Soviet command system, shackling the hands and feet of the front-line commanders, according to this situation, it is not difficult to judge, as long as you wait patiently for a day, send a large number of reconnaissance planes, and constantly reconnoiter the action route of the squadron, Tang Qiuli's intentions will be violent, as long as you keep an eye on Kulen, the squadron will never dare to reinforce the Kazadeu Pass battlefield with confidence and boldness.

In the blocking position on the battlefield of the Kazadeu Pass, the Soviet army had just finished a large-scale artillery bombardment, and the original defensive position of the Fourth Brigade was overturned by a group of shells, the artillery fire was extended, and the Soviet tanks and infantry rushed to the position shouting, and not a single bullet came over, so that the Soviet soldiers who were about to be beaten up were unbelievable.

The signal flare rose again, marking that the Soviet army had finally occupied this position, not only the Soviet soldiers did not believe it, but even Zhukov did not believe that he had occupied the position of the squadron so smoothly.

Zhukov boarded this position, which had been bombarded as desolate as the moon by countless shells, and there was no joy of victory in his heart, and it could be seen that the Chinese defenders had quietly evacuated their positions last night, taking advantage of the night, and they had evacuated so calmly that not even the corpse of a dead soldier was left.

The scattered corpses that were blown up by the shells were all Soviet soldiers who died yesterday, and they paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties, and it took a day and a night to advance only a few kilometers, or the squadron took the initiative to evacuate, Zhukov could not be happy in any case.

Looking at the winding and stretching Kazadeu passage, the line of sight only stays a few kilometers away, and further on, blocked by the terrain, you can't see anything, only abrupt peaks, according to the style of play of the squadron, this is a typical one-by-one blocking, captured, just the first line of defense, and in the future, how many lines of defense are left, Zhukov doesn't know, and how many corpses of Soviet Red Army soldiers are left on this land, Zhukov doesn't know.

He only knew that if he wanted to get through the Guò Kazadeu Pass, he couldn't pass without the corpses of the soldiers, or the Chinese soldiers were all killed in battle, and in an area suitable for only a small part of the troops, even if there were 200,000 troops, they could only fight one by one, damn the terrain, the damn battlefield, and the big knives of the Chinese soldiers, and the almost primitive but effective way of fighting, Zhukov's mood suddenly became bad.

He ordered the chief of staff, "The troops will rest for an hour, and then attack again," fearing that the next few days would have passed in this repeated and brutal battle, Zhukov muttered to himself, and the chief of staff sent a telegram from Lieutenant General Vuchkov, commander of the front-line troops on the Onon River.

"Honorable Comrade Commander, the main force of the squadron that stayed on the front line of the Hangai Mountains suddenly retreated to the west of Kulen at about 8 o'clock this morning, and according to the intelligence received by the air force, it seems that there is an intention to advance westward to reinforce the battlefield of the Kazadeu Pass, please indicate the direction of our troops' next move," This is the entire content of the telegram sent by the commander of the Soviet army in the area of the Onon River.

I don't know if it was to prove that he was not incompetent, or to show his tactical vision, the commander of the Soviet army, Lieutenant General Vuchkov, added his own assumptions to the telegram, and it was based on the intelligence from the air force's reconnaissance, which had a definite basis, which was obviously misleading the supreme commander.

Lieutenant General Zhukov, who was far away from the battle line, could only make a judgment on the situation on another battlefield based on the information provided by his subordinates, he knew the approximate number of troops under Tang Qiuli's personal command, the direction of Kulen, and his own troops were slow to attack, he believed that Tang Qiuli had seen his strategic intentions, just as Tang Qiuli's strategic intentions were seen through by himself.

With Tang Qiuli's command ability, he knows better the importance of the Kazadeu battlefield to the squadron, which is the most critical point in the overall situation, and Zhukov is most worried that Tang Qiuli will divide his troops to reinforce here, even if only tens of thousands of people come, it will have a great impact on his battle plan to attack Kulun.

The commander of the First Army of the Red Banner in the Far East, Lieutenant General Vuchkov, unfounded assumptions, unintentional guidance, and erroneous conclusions, made Lieutenant General Zhukov make the wrong decision, and the defeat of the Soviet army in the ancient region of Méng began with this series of mistakes.

Zhukov called back to Vuchikov: "Comrade Vuchikov, according to the information you provided, the main force of the squadron is very likely to reinforce the Kazadeu battlefield, I order, the troops on the front line of the Onon River immediately go south, make preparations for the attack on Kulen, the specific time of the attack, you can determine by yourself, note, it is necessary to exclude a small part of the troops, do a tentative attack, in order to attract the main force of the squadron to return for reinforcements for the purpose of the campaign. ”

Zhukov was still worried that the squadron would set up an ambush, and specially reminded Lieutenant General Vuchkov that he had thought of everything, but he didn't realize that he had made another strict mistake and gave Lieutenant General Vuchkov the power to attack Kulen, if Lieutenant General Vuchkov was a competent commander, he would not have made a low-level judgment that the squadron would advance westward, let alone write his own assumptions in the telegram.

Lieutenant General Vuchkov, who received the order, immediately ordered the troops to advance rapidly, and he was really afraid that if the squadron really divided its troops to the west and reinforced the Kazadeu battlefield, the main force of the leading army would not attack well, and with the xìng style and usual severity of the commander Comrade Zhukov, he would never spare himself.

Moreover, Lieutenant General Vuchkov still has his own plans, if the squadron defending Kulen is empty, why not take advantage of the situation to capture Kulen, this is a great achievement, at about 11 o'clock at noon that day, 120,000 Soviet troops crossed the Onen River, chased the smoke and dust of the directly subordinate corps, and chased after them closely.

Under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Vuchkov, the Soviet army advanced extremely fast, and in the process of rapid advance, Lieutenant General Vuchkov, even if he did not send even a reconnaissance plane, let alone expand reconnaissance to the two wings, naturally he would not find that the two torrents were rapidly outflanking his two wings in opposite directions.

Lieutenant General Vuchkov's order sent 120,000 Soviet troops into Tang Qiuli's pocket, and the rapidly advancing Soviet troops saved more than a day for the hundreds of thousands of troops directly under the corps outflanked on both flanks, and they could also avoid the swampy areas along the Onon River.

This battle, which was fully planned by Lieutenant General Luàn Zhukov, was to be started 12 hours in advance in the area of Hadassan, west of Kulun, which was the position that Tang Qiuli had set for the Soviet army.