On the other side of the snow-covered Burea Mountains, on a rugged and turning mountain road, Captain Kato Masao, the leader of the 3rd Squadron of the Search Brigade directly under the 138th Division of the Japanese Far East Dispatch Army, was leading more than 100 soldiers of this squadron to march hard in the direction of the mountain pass on the snowy and slippery mountain road.

The 138th Division is the vanguard of the five first-class divisions and regiments dispatched to the Far East this time, and the search brigade directly under the division headquarters is responsible for opening the way for this division, and the third squadron is the sharp knife of the entire division, walking in the forefront of more than 100,000 troops.

Captain Masao Kato, graduated from the Imperial Army College of Reconnaissance, although he is not very old, he has not been in the army for a long time, and he has never been on the battlefield.

Now, Captain Kato held his knee with his left hand, highlighted a breath of turbidity, looked at the snow-covered mountain pass, and was discouraged for a while, the squadron went out of the entire division for more than 30 kilometers, and walked for more than a day and a night, and he was already suffering from back and leg pain, and he was tired, and he wanted to lie down and sleep immediately, but he always walked at the front of the entire squadron.

Captain Kato straightened his waist and looked back at the soldiers who were struggling to trek, he couldn't help frowning, his slender eyes showed a dissatisfied look, and a second lieutenant squad leader who followed him was obviously a veteran, much more calm and relaxed than his boss, of course, he would not be in front of his boss. The captain is still strong, a few steps behind the captain, his demeanor is relaxed, and he has the leisure to observe the surrounding terrain.

He knew that his young boss was already as tired as a bear, but he was trying to save face, and seeing the squadron leader's dissatisfied look, the squad leader followed a few steps closely, pretending to be out of breath. said: "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, the squadron has been marching continuously for more than a day and a night, during which it has only rested for thirty minutes, you see. In another hour or so, we will be able to cross that pass! ”

"And. You listen. The sound of artillery from the other side of the mountain proved that we were not far from the battlefield, and we did not encounter Soviet troops along the way, which can be seen that we were in this direction. It was not the focus of the Soviets' precautions, and they could not have imagined that our Imperial Japanese Army would make such a surprise attack and take a shortcut to the battlefield. Therefore, the squadron rested for thirty minutes, and then, in one go, crossed the mountain pass, reported the observed situation to the division and regimental headquarters, and the search task was completed! ”

To be honest, I was so tired that I was about to collapse, if it weren't for the sake of face, I would have sat on the snow with my ass, and I didn't want to be underestimated by these soldiers, but if the idea of resting in place was put forward by myself, then it seemed that I cared about my subordinates, and it was raised by a squad leader under him, wouldn't it seem that this guy cared more about his subordinates than himself, so where did my squadron leader go?

"Yaga! Nonsense, how can the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army be afraid just because of this little difficulty, we are a search force, the most elite unit of the 138th Division, you, convey my order, continue to speed up, reach the front mountain pass, control zhì, and then rest! Captain Kato bared his teeth and roared, quite righteously stern.

The squad leader who was scolded by the head nodded again and again and said yes, no way, the rules of the Imperial Army, even if the boss farts, it is all fragrant, but he secretly scolded in his heart: "What a fucking big-tailed wolf, just your tired bear, who can't see what's wrong, hold on, okay, I'll make you embarrassed and embarrassed immediately, and I've been at the forefront, compared to us veterans, you're a fart, not even a fart!" ”

The squad leader, who was holding his breath, yelled at the Japanese soldiers, which meant, "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, I suspect that the speed of the troops is too slow!" When the soldiers of the third squadron heard this, they couldn't help but pouted secretly, "What kind of big cloves of garlic, if you didn't have to succeed, walk in the front, slide like a stupid bear in one step and three times, delay the speed, and you would have reached the direction of the mountain pass a long time ago!" ”

The Japanese soldiers deliberately made this rookie, but just wanted to embarrass the squadron leader who pretended to be an old fritter, and shouted for a while, and immediately accelerated the speed under his feet, and after a while, one by one soldiers passed by the captain of the squadron, and soon, a Japanese soldier of the search squadron left the captain of the squadron far behind, and there was no soldier to turn back, let alone a soldier to help the squadron leader!

Captain Kato was dumbfounded, his face was as red as a monkey's butt as if he had been slapped a few times, "Shame on me, I went to my grandmother's house, it turned out that in the entire squadron, my own su zhì was the worst!" If you knew this, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending? The order was given by himself, and although he was angry, he couldn't get angry, and he looked at the soldiers who were getting farther and farther away, so he had to chase after them, and accidentally fell into the snow and almost knocked off his front teeth.

On the other side of the Breya Pass, more than 40 soldiers of the 3rd Reconnaissance Brigade of the Intelligence Department of the Soviet Far Eastern Front were almost rested, and the captain of the group, Captain Vatutin, took the lead, got up from the snow, and continued to climb in the direction of the mountain pass with difficulty.

The Soviet soldiers rested for more than 30 minutes, but the Japanese soldiers on the other side never stopped, and there was a half-hour difference between the two, and Squadron Leader Kato would never have imagined that because of his ability to save face, he inadvertently sent the vanguard of the army to the entire Japanese Far East and won a slight opportunity for the 138th Division.

Otherwise, Captain Vatutin's squad, which reached the mountain pass before the Japanese troops, occupied a favorable terrain with a small team of more than 40 troops, threw a few grenades, and the snow alone could block this only mountain road and block more than 100,000 Japanese troops for at least two days.

After hearing the news, the experienced Zhukov will definitely mobilize forces to plug this gap, at least, the vanguard of Prince Zairen's two outflanks will be blocked on the other side of the Bria Mountains, perhaps, for this reason, to change the current dangerous situation of the Far Eastern Front, it may not be known.

The situation on the battlefield is indeed delicate and unpredictable, no one knows, because a small person or a small thing can change an outcome, and similarly, if the Japanese soldiers occupy this mountain pass first, they can also block the Soviet army on the plain.

The Japanese soldiers of the third search squadron climbed up the mountain pass out of breath, and finally let out a long breath, the Japanese squad leader, with sharp eyes, found that on the mountainside, dozens of figures, were struggling to walk in the direction of the mountain pass, he immediately realized that from which direction it came, it must be the Soviet soldiers, and immediately raised the binoculars, sure enough, in the telescope, the figures of more than 40 Soviet soldiers appeared clearly in front of him.

There was a sly smile on the corner of the squad leader's mouth, and he looked back at His Excellency the Squadron Leader who was far behind, there was no thirty or forty minutes, His Excellency the Squadron Leader did not come, and when he arrived, the Soviets had already arrived, the squad leader's eyes rolled around a few times, and the other two squad leaders muttered for a while, and then, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers immediately quietly dispersed and hid in the snow, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed at the Soviet soldiers who were not aware of the danger at all.

Of course, this qiē has nothing to do with Squadron Leader Kato, who is cursing the soldiers, the snow, and the mountain roads, while panting and moving forward with a salty throat and eyes.

Captain Vatutin's team, after spending more than thirty minutes, finally approached the mountain pass, the snow-covered Burea Pass, quietly, over this mountain pass, and further on, there was a plain of a flat river, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Operator, immediately set up a radio station and report to the Intelligence Department, my third reconnaissance brigade has arrived at the Burea Pass, and no enemy situation has been found!" He commanded.

The radio ticked softly and began to chirp, and then, Captain Vatutin, waved his hand, and the other soldiers, continued to move forward, occupying the mountain pass a few dozen meters away.

Suddenly, in the thick snow, snow was splashed everywhere, and figures jumped up one by one, and then, "Bang-Bang!" The peculiar gunfire of the Japanese-style 38 guns rang out like bursting beans, and more than 20 Soviet soldiers who were at the forefront fell headlong on the snow, red blood and white snowflakes intertwined into a contrasting and shocking picture.

Captain Vatutin's head: "Boom! "Japanese army!" This terrible thought suddenly flashed through his heart, "Operator, send a report immediately, the previous information is wrong, my third reconnaissance brigade has found the Japanese army!" ”

When the Soviet telegraph operator was hurriedly pressing the electric button, the Japanese troops on the mountain pass had already begun to charge, and Japanese-style grenades were thrown over like raindrops, "Boom!" - Boom! "The sound of a violent explosion echoed in the mountain pass, blowing up clouds of snow mist, and where the snow fog started, the blood of Soviet soldiers was sprayed in the air.

Two grenades landed less than a meter away from the radio station, whistling shrapnel, grazing Captain Vatutin's body, before his life disappeared, in his last consciousness, he still had a question, "Has the headquarters received information?"

When the telegram of General Kirganin flew to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Front, General Zhukov was sitting in the tent with a pale face and a gray face, and he was surrounded by a large group of staff officers with equally ugly faces.

In Zhukov's hand, there was a few pieces of information, which were urgently sent back by a reconnaissance unit sent by the Intelligence Department of the Front Army more than 10 minutes ago, "The Headquarters of the Front, I am Captain Vatutin, the commander of the Third Reconnaissance Brigade of the Intelligence Department, and our brigade discovered the vanguard of the Japanese army at a remote mountain pass in the Buleya Mountains on the left side of the Far Eastern battlefield, and the place is less than 90 kilometers away from the battlefield where our Front troops are located...... The telegram came to an abrupt end.

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