Whether it was the Annihilation of Yemenchenko's troops of the Far Eastern Front in eastern Outer Mongolia or the encirclement and annihilation of the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District in western Outer Mongolia, these were two battles that Stalin expected, and the more than 300,000 troops of the Transcaucasian Military District and the 180,000 troops of the Far Eastern Front were wiped out in 20 days, and it was only a matter of time before the Third Army of more than 20,000 people was destroyed!

But then, Tang Qiuli's big moves and big strokes made Stalin restless and even a little frightened.

On 10 October, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Corps directly under the Corps, which had advanced northward, captured Irkutsk, the 3rd and 4th Brigades, captured Ulan-Ude, and the 5th and 8th Brigades captured Barnaoer, completely controlling the area around Lake Baikal.

The Soviet garrison in the area is less than 30,000 people, and before that, it has been beaten by Liu Chunbu of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army and Tong Batu Department of the Second Cavalry Brigade.

Before the six mechanized infantry brigades directly under the corps advanced northward, in view of the fact that the field airfields in Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Balnaur and other places were attacked by the cavalry units of the independent division, and the airport infrastructure was basically destroyed, in order to avoid greater losses of the Air Force, it was reported to the General Staff and the Air Force General Headquarters for approval, and Lieutenant General Jonasov, deputy commander of the Air Force of the Don Military District of the Soviet Union, commanded the remaining combat aircraft of the Outer Mongolia Air Campaign Cluster to withdraw to the interior.

October 12th. The independent division refers to Major General Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff, and Major General Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the independent division in the east, commands the 11th and 12th brigades of the directly subordinate corps, and the three mechanized brigades in the east, and the troops of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of Zeng Shiqiang of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army and the two tank brigades of the armored corps, and joins the headquarters of Liu Chunsuo of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army and the 2nd Cavalry Brigade Tong Batu, with Lake Baikal as the center, and begins to sweep up all the remnants of the Soviet Transcaucasian Military District.

On October 15, Liu Tiehan commanded the Dongzhi troops. In Lenkchita, Nerchensk (i.e., Nebuchu), Slevensk and other places, the front of the troops pointed directly at the Shilka River valley, and even vaguely formed with the Japanese Kwantung Army to form the Zhukov troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front on the front line of the Outer Khingan Mountains, surrounded on both sides. The situation of the east-west pinch.

Or with the Soviet Far Eastern Front, the situation of attacking the Japanese Kwantung Army. It's not that there is any obvious intention on the part of the east-pointing troops. The key is the location of the army, which is too sensitive, the Shilka River valley to the Nebuchu line, to the north, can fight the Soviet Far Eastern Front, and the south can attack the Japanese Kwantung Army. It turned out to be a subtle position that could be north and south, left and right.

It's really a creation that makes people, no one can imagine it, in the eyes of outsiders. Although Tang Qiuli's troops actually had the intention of strategic cooperation with the feud and mortal enemy of the Japanese, although they did not believe it, the war pattern in the eastern region of the Soviet Union was clearly laid out there!

The most unbelievable thing is that the Japanese, after the Dongzhi troops advanced to the Shilka River valley, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, General Minami Jiro, was really nervous and sweated on his spine, don't look at the Kwantung Army is now stabilizing the Soviets, that is, in the absence of other military forces to intervene, the Kwantung Army's superiority is not overwhelming.

General Nanjiro, I can't guess why Tang Qiuli transferred the main corps of Liaoxi, Liu Tiehan's eastward command troops, to the Outer Mongolia region, and after killing the troops of the four armies of the Soviet Far East Front that he deliberately released water, he should return to Liaoxi, why would he suddenly move his army eastward, attacking cities and conquering cities along the way, fighting the Soviets, and it has nothing to do with him, but when he reaches the Shilka River valley, it is not far from the current defense line of the Kwantung Army.

Tang Qiuli put a main general, nearly 200,000 troops, under his nose, understood as attacking Zhukov's troops, and it was also common sense to attack the Kwantung Army, after all, the strategic situation of the East Command Army, where is it, more than 200,000 can fight well, just killed the Soviet army with equal strength, and the independent division troops that are in full swing are all great pressure, whether it is the Japanese Kwantung Army or the Soviet Far East Front.

The commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, General Minami Jiro, couldn't sleep at night, convened a secret meeting of his staff all night, but he still couldn't see through Tang Qiuli's move, if it was Liu Tiehan's eastward command troops, they joined forces with the Soviets to attack the Kwantung Army and kill themselves.

Tang Qiuli's troops of the Independent Division and the Soviets had just been in Outer Mongolia, and the Soviets had lost more than 500,000 troops, and Stalin hated Tang Qiuli's Cheng dù, no less than His Majesty the Emperor's, so the Soviets had absolutely no possibility of joining forces with the troops of the Independent Division.

If it is said that it is to join forces with the Kwantung Army to fight Zhukov's Far Eastern Front, Nanjiro himself feels that this is an extremely absurd and ridiculous idea, how is it possible, the Great Japanese Imperial Army and the Bloody Hand Regiment, the predecessor of the Independent Division, have been fighting an endless war since 1932, from Manchuria to Kannai, and from Chinese mainland to the Indochina Peninsula, and how many famous generals of the Great Japanese Empire and samurai of His Majesty the Emperor have died in the hands of that Shina devil.

Could it be that the independent division was going to attack the Soviets and the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Empire at the same time? This is even more unbelievable speculation, the combined strength of the Soviet Far Eastern Front and the Great Japanese Kwantung Army exceeded 3.8 million people, and the troops sent by Tang Qiuli were only more than 200,000 people.

Senior General Minamijiro was unable to draw conclusions, and a telegram reported the situation to the General Staff of the base camp.

Minamijiro's telegram made Japan really nervous for a while, and Emperor Hirohito convened a military meeting in front of the emperor for several days in a row to discuss the purpose of the devil's move.

After countless discussions and quarrels with a red face and a thick neck, the Japanese army base camp came to a conclusion, "General Minamijiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, in view of the current situation in the Far East, His Majesty the Emperor convened a military council in front of the Emperor and came to the following judgment: The troops of the Devil of China, advancing to the Shilka River Valley, have no intention of attacking the Kwantung Army of the Great Japanese Empire, and the possibility of joining forces with the Soviets is almost non-existent." ”

"The main enemy of the Kwantung Army at present is still Zhukov's Far Eastern Front, and as for the Eastern Command of the Independent Division, your department can adopt the principle of not taking the initiative to provoke, or send personnel to negotiate with the Chinese to agree on the demarcation of the military demarcation line in the Far East of the Soviet Union."

After receiving the telegram from China, General Minamijiro had a bottom in his heart, since the troops of the independent division had no intention of attacking him, he could not take the initiative to provoke this difficult opponent, but he did not want to negotiate with that devil Tang Qiuli, so not only did he show weakness and fall into the name of the Great Japanese Kwantung Army, but also, according to the lessons of history, all the results of negotiations with Tang Qiuli ended with the Great Japanese Empire suffering losses and paying money.

Therefore, Nanjiro only sent a small number of search troops to the area near Nebuchu, or dressed in civilian clothes to monitor the movements of Liu Tiehan's Dongzhi troops, and before leaving, General Nanjiro solemnly warned these officers and soldiers, "You are here, shouldering the heavy trust of more than one million soldiers of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Empire, and you must not be careless, and in addition, your identity must not be exposed." ”

The most important thing is the following passage, "Gentlemen should remember that you must not provoke the soldiers of the Independent Division, even if you are attacked and treated rudely by them, you must endure, this is my strict requirement for you Emperor Xià samurai, whoever fails to do this must be punished by disembowelment and apologize!" ”

The appearance of General Zhukov, commander of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, is remarkable, calm, and he analyzes and looks at the independent division's eastward command troops with the eyes and mind of a pure soldier, and the troops are on the line from the Shilka River valley to the Nebuchu, which is enough to affect the strategic pattern of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and even the Far East.

Zhukov believes that Tang Qiuli was by no means arrogant enough to attack Cheng Dù of himself and the Japanese Kwantung Army at the same time, and the comparison of forces is a clear proof that the Far Eastern Front Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army combined are more than 3.8 million, and the number of independent divisions is more than 200,000, and the ratio of troops is 40 to 1.

According to Zhukov's understanding of Tang Qiuli, this Chinese is neither crazy nor idiotic, on the contrary, he is a terrible opponent with a lot of brains and strategic vision, cunning as a fox and fierce as a tiger, and the generals and soldiers under his command are also veterans who have been tested on the battlefield for a long time.

In a telegram to the General Staff, he analyzed: "The fundamental intention of the General Staff to transfer Comrade Stalin and the independent division to the eastward command of the troops to launch a large-scale military operation in the area from Chita and the Shilka River valley to Nebuchu is to eliminate the threat of China's border in the eastern region of Outer Mongolia. ”

"The Chita region, which is a necessary place to attack the eastern part of Outer Mongolia and a key point of garrison, is a great threat to the eastern border of Outer Mongolia, and the military action taken by the troops of the Independent Division in this area is undoubtedly made to eliminate this threat, and according to various indications, the troops of the Independent Division in the east did not join forces with the Japanese Kwantung Army to flank our Far Eastern Front, and Tang Qiu left the troops to reach Nebuchu, that is, he did not advance to the east, which is evident."

In all fairness, Zhukov's analysis and judgment were absolutely objective and realistic, and were in line with the situation in the Far East, but when his telegram reached Stalin's desk, he was furious.

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