The night is getting thicker, the night wind is gradually rising, in the cold, with a little warmth, Lieutenant General Haruhiko Taiichi, commander of the Japanese Far East Campaign Guard Group, stood for a long time in the evening breeze with a sad expression, just more than an hour ago, Lieutenant General Haruhiko on the snow under his feet, farewell to the soldiers who went to attack the Soviet artillery position.

Major General Iijima, director of the Intelligence Department of the Guard Cluster, was quite efficient in handling affairs, and he was also a veteran of intelligence and knew the way of doing it, so in a short period of two hours, more than 8,000 troops were assembled, and except for the three search groups directly under the Intelligence Department, the other search units were all temporarily mobilized from various divisions and regiments, with more than 8,000 soldiers, which can be called the elite of the entire guard cluster.

This elite army of more than 8,000 people, bearing all the hopes of Lieutenant General Haruhiko, in the dark night and evening breeze, more than 8,000 soldiers, standing into a black and oppressive human wall, the scene is solemn and with tragedy, in the face of the soldiers who are about to die calmly, Lieutenant General Haruhiko feels that it is superfluous to say anything, he is just in front of the queue, facing more than 8,000 elite soldiers of the Imperial Japan, bowed deeply, and then, with a short wave of his hand, said: "Go!" ”

So simple, let more than 8,000 elite imperial soldiers, embark on a road of no return, which made Lieutenant General Haruhiko's heart bleed painfully, but he was also proud, his own soldiers, in the face of death, did not hesitate and resist at all, he was proud of this, and had more firm confidence in the plan to destroy the Soviet artillery positions, "Perhaps, tomorrow evening, there will be good news!" He thought to himself.

What Haruhiko himself didn't know was that he only saw the bravery and fearlessness of the soldiers, but he didn't expect that among the more than 8,000 soldiers, there were only a few commanders who led the team. Knowing the true content of this operation, Major General Iijima did not intend to let ordinary soldiers know the content of the operation when he assembled his troops, and he was worried that once the soldiers knew that this was a mission that would be carried out with no return and would be carried out, the morale of the troops would fluctuate and affect the morale of the troops.

As for those commanders, they were absolute cronies of Major General Iijima. In place of the original unit commander, he trusted his judgment of his subordinates, the loyalty of these officers to the Japanese Empire, and the determination to serve His Majesty the Emperor. Knowing that he is going to die, he will face it calmly. When you receive a task. It's like winning the jackpot, and their faces are full of excitement, in other words, these officers don't take their lives seriously at all!

In the rising night wind, Lieutenant General Haruhiko suddenly let out a long sigh. said: "Iijima-kun, am I too indifferent to these soldiers who are about to give their lives for the Japanese Empire, and I don't even have a word of encouragement and comfort. It hurts me to see their pride in calmly dying, more than 8,000 samurai of the Yamato nation! ”

How dare Major General Iijima tell Lieutenant General Sù Haruhiko, what he did, hurriedly took over the conversation, and said: "Your Excellency Commander, you don't have to worry too much, for these soldiers, their jade fragments are valuable, I think, when the soldiers went to the battlefield, they were already mentally prepared to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese Empire, and it was their pride to carry out this glorious and hopeless mission!" ”

Lieutenant General Haruhiko nodded silently and agreed with Major General Iijima's statement, "Iijima-kun, every officer and soldier who participated in this operation, the Ministry of Intelligence must record their personal information in detail, the Japanese Empire will not forget their feats, we need the people of the country to know their heroic deeds!" ”

Major General Iijima agreed again and again, in the face of Lieutenant General Haruhiko's rather sad tone, he did not have any psychological burden at all, people who were engaged in intelligence background, most of them are known for being cold-blooded and ruthless, and Major General Iijima is even more outstanding among them, think about it, if Lieutenant General Haruhiko knew that among the more than 8,000 people, only a few seven or eight people knew the danger of this operation, and the rest were kept in the dark, running to death in a daze, I don't know if they would still sigh and be proud of the bravery of the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire?

On the same night, General Gregariv, commander of the Soviet Outer Khinganling Front, was in an anxious mood, and in addition to dropping tens of thousands of corpses and tens of thousands of wounded soldiers during the day's attack, he still had nothing to gain, and the Japanese army's blocking position was like an iron wall, blocking more than 600,000 of his troops, blocking an inch, and his head was bleeding, and on the battlefield in the Far East, Zhukov's situation was getting worse and worse, and he was anxiously waiting for help, but he was blocked here.

Thinking of these, General Gregarif's heart was full of anxious helplessness, in the face of the current situation, he was at a loss, speaking of which, the Outer Xing'an Mountains Front had more than 1 million troops, but it was enough to nest, except in the pursuit of the Japanese Kwantung Army, the battle was both easy and won a lot, in the following time, everything did not go well, first was ordered to withdraw to Europe, in the Chita line, by Tang Qiuli's independent division troops, with mines all over the mountains, blocked out of Chita, it was difficult to move an inch for six or seven days.

I finally received an order to return to the Far Eastern Front, which was exactly what I thought, I originally thought that I could return to the Far Eastern battlefield in one go, but I knew it, but I was blocked by the Japanese army hundreds of kilometers away from the battlefield, and it took six or seven days to fight, and more than 100,000 casualties, but it was still difficult to move an inch, and the nest in the heart of General Gregarif could not be expressed in words.

"Since entering the East, there have been setbacks everywhere, everything is not going well, the great Soviet army, what's going on?" In the dead of night, General Gregarif asked himself more than once, but he could not think of a reason, not only him, but even Comrade Stalin was puzzled.

Lying on the marching bed, listening to the outside of the tent, the howling night wind, General Gregarif did not feel sleepy at all, his mind was still circling, following behind his own troops, why did the troops of the independent division suddenly evacuate at any time?

This question, too, bothered him, "Jingle bell!" A hurried ringing of the phone interrupted Admiral Gregariv's thoughts, "Well, I know, don't hang up, I'll report to Comrade Commander right away!" In the adjacent tent, there was a sound of a staff officer answering the phone.

General Gregarif's ears rang up, and he immediately rolled over, "Comrade commander, comrade chief of staff who commands the rearguard troops, come to call you!" Outside the tent, the staff officer shouted softly.

General Gregarif's heart suddenly lifted, "Could it be that the troops of the Independent Division that were inexplicably evacuated have finally revealed their true colors and are about to take action against their own troops?" He secretly thought to himself that his scalp was numb, what a worse situation!

General Gregarif, who was worried, rushed into the tent next door in a few steps, picked up the microphone, "Is it Comrade Chief of Staff, it's me, what's the situation, whether the troops of the independent division have started to attack!" He asked, his pulse racing.

On the other end of the phone, the voice of the chief of staff of the front army seemed very relaxed, "Comrade commander, no, there is no situation, the reconnaissance unit I sent out continued to go deep into the Chita area to reconnoitre, and the information sent back showed that the troops of the independent division had really withdrawn, and the distance from the rear guard unit of our front army had been more than a day's journey, and the speed of the Chinese evacuation was extremely fast, which was amazing!" At the end, the chief of staff of the lieutenant general did not forget to sigh.

"What?" It was the turn of General Gregarif to lose his voice, what is the situation, the rearguard troops are like a big enemy, the troops of the independent division are indeed really withdrawn, they are still very nervous, if it is really a distance of more than a day, what kind of big conspiracy is it, confused, what the hell are the Chinese doing?

"Comrade Chief of Staff, can you be sure that the troops of the Independent Division are really more than a day away from us? This is a question related to the overall situation of the Far Eastern Campaign, and you must be cautious and cautious! Admiral Gregarif asked incredulously.

The chief of staff of the front army on the other end of the phone was obviously a little impatient with the grinding of Comrade Commander, and said: "Comrade Commander, I can use the party spirit to guarantee that the troops of the independent division have really been evacuated, and the information sent back by more than a dozen reconnaissance units sent out is the same, and if there is any mistake, I personally bear full responsibility!" ”

General Gregarif held the microphone blankly, stared into the distance with dull eyes but no focus, did not hear the dissatisfaction in the tone of the chief of staff, but fell into a misunderstanding of thinking, he preconceived that the sudden withdrawal of the troops of the independent division must be a conspiracy of the Chinese, and then, all the thinking revolves around this unfounded conspiracy theory, but one by one facts prove that the so-called Chinese conspiracy does not exist at all.

The more it was proved, the more General Gregarif believed that this was a conspiracy of the Chinese, moreover, a conspiracy with great intentions, but what kind of conspiracy, he could not figure out at all, his head hurt, and he could not think of why, which brought him even greater confusion, so that he became a little nervous!

"Comrade commander, since the troops of the independent division have no threat to our rearguard troops, I will immediately put all the rearguard troops used to guard the troops of the independent division into the attack on the Japanese blocking positions, time is pressing, comrade commander, we have been blocked by the Japanese army for six or seven days, even if the Chinese have a conspiracy, we still have more than one day of preparation time, at present, to break through the Japanese blockade as the first priority!" Chief of Staff built yì to.

"What?" The movement of the chief of staff made General Gregarif come back to his senses, "No, absolutely not, the rearguard troops must remain in combat condition, because the cunning of the Chinese is something we cannot prevent, you never know, those soldiers of the independent division, will be killed from there, do not be careless!" He flatly rejected the chief of staff, and ordered angrily.

At this time, a communications staff officer rushed in and reported loudly: "Comrade commander, I just received an urgent call from the headquarters!" ”

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