The troops of the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, which attacked Irkutsk, had the ultimate goal of occupying Irkutsk, and the second cavalry brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army of the independent division was the secondary goal.

Moreover, the commander of the army, Major General Sergeyev, did not want to take the risk to pursue the retreating troops of Tong Batu, and victory would be the icing on the cake, and defeat would be the root of the curse, not to mention, Stalin's original intention was not to fight a few battles with the troops of the Outer Mongolian border guards in the Outer Mongolia region when the civil strife had not begun, the reason was very simple, the capital was insufficient, and the form did not allow it.

In a sense, in the face of the battlefield situation of being outnumbered by the enemy, Tang Qiuli ordered the Tong Batu Brigade and Li Changjiang's Brigade to abandon Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, also hoping that after the Soviet Army occupied the two places, he would not pursue the two cavalry brigades and hit them by mistake, which also hit the mind of Commander Sergeyev.

Unexpectedly, Colonel Nikolagsky, commander of the armored brigade of the Third Army of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union and member of the political committee, did not know which tendon he had committed, so he insisted on asking for orders and led his troops to pursue the retreating Tongbatu brigade.

In the judgment of Commander Sergeyev, this guy is strong, in other words, he wants to show that he is different, as long as he is himself, he is the most loyal to the Soviet Union, and Nikolagsky's request cannot be disapproved by himself, but as for this guy who started by playing tricks and suppressing rebellion, an armored brigade is in his hands, who can rest assured? In the headquarters of the Third Army, all the officers of the Soviet Army, not to mention in their hearts how tired this political work colonel is extraneous and discreet.

In fact, everyone, including Sergeyev, did not guess what Nikolagsky really thought in his heart, and he was removed from the Military District Suppression Committee. The reason for the parachute into the armored brigade of the Third Army was the opinion of the commander of the military region, and the reason was not complicated; during his work in the anti-counterterrorism committee, he was ruthless and offended too many people, almost to the point where everyone shouted and beat him, and his future in the organs of the military region was worrisome, and there was very little room for improvement, although the comrade commander was very strong. However, we must not ignore the opinions and feelings of other high-ranking generals of the military region.

And away from the organs of the military region, parachuted into the armored brigade of the Third Army, with the intention of gilding and curvy promotion, working for two or three years, promoted to the rank of major general. Not a problem, but after the armored brigade. Nikolagorsky felt love. In a pure combat unit, your previous tricks of lip service and showmanship don't work, and the soldiers wear Cheka hats on their heads, regardless of your background.

For the uninitiated, give merciless ridicule and ignorance. Moreover, this practice, when directing the troops for daily training, looks at the number one person of the armored brigade. Bullshit orders, incomprehension of technical terms, this ridicule and disregard escalated into undisguised contempt, Brigadier Nikolagsky, although he was very angry in his heart, but he was helpless, he couldn't all the soldiers of that brigade be sent to the concentration camp, right?

Wouldn't he have become a bare-bones commander, so Colonel Nikolagsky, anxious to establish his prestige, for the combat troops, the simplest, direct, but very effective way to establish danger is to command the troops to fight a great victory.

Now, the opportunity has come, with an armored brigade, against a Chinese cavalry brigade that fled in a hurry, there is no need to waste your brains to think about the victory or defeat, can those war horses be the opponent of armored vehicles covered in armor and armed to the teeth? Despite being a layman, for this, Brigadier Commander Nikolagsky, is well aware.

Seeing that Commander Sergeyev was still hesitating, Nikolagsky stepped forward and said solemnly: "Comrade Commander, the enemy opposite us is the aggressor who has occupied the territory of the great Soviet Union, and there is no reason for our Soviet Red Army troops to let them go, Comrade Stalin once said that we must strike at our enemies mercilessly until they are all wiped out, and Comrade Commander of the Military District also said that the only task of our troops of the Transcaucasian Military District is to recover the Outer Mongolian region and plant the red flag on this land!" ”

"Therefore, I hope that Comrade Army Commander can satisfy the determination of all the Red officers and men of our armored brigade to resolutely destroy the invading enemy, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers to kill the enemy.

God knows whether the great leader who is far away in the Kremlin has said such naked and almost brainless words, and as for whether the comrade commander of the military district also said these words, there is no way to verify it, and he does not dare to verify it, Brigadier Commander Nikolagsky, if he brings out these two great gods in a row, and the sneezing of that one can make every officer present shatter his bones, and he cannot help Commander Sergeyev hesitate any longer.

For crimes committed against the motherland, it is not easy to convict the space hole, but if you don't respect the two gods, it will be a catastrophe, Nikolagsky, this guy, fabricated a few words casually, reported to the Military District Suppression Committee, Commander Sergeyev, immediately moved his head, and also affected his family and colleagues, and the consequences were very severe.

Commander Sergeyev gritted his teeth and decided to hand over an armored brigade to this guy to show off, however, out of consideration for the safety of the troops and his own future and fate, he sternly admonished the brigade commander Nikolagsky, "Comrade Nikolagsky, I approve your request, and I hope that the armored brigade will fight a big victory under your command, but I must tell you that the final limit of the pursuit is on the north bank of the Seguge River, and it will never be allowed to cross the river to pursue, otherwise, I will dismiss you!" ”

Since the military order was obtained, for the words of Commander Sergeyev, Brigadier Nikolagsky did not pay much attention to it, from Irkutsk to the north bank of the Segge River, even mechanized troops, they had to run for three or four days, and during this time, they had already killed the Chinese cavalry units that fled south in a hurry, and you are so wordy, the war horses of the Chinese can run through the wheels and tracks of armored vehicles?

Watching Nikolagsky's triumphant back leave, Commander Sergeyev's heart was aggrieved for a while, he was a dignified major general commander who commanded more than 40,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, but he was actually coerced by a colonel and brigade commander, and moreover, he was still a political and engineering officer who was playing lipsticks, what the fuck, where can I be reasonable?

At this point, Commander Sergeyev, the city of Irkutsk, which was about to arrive, was diluted by that guy to less than three points, and he roared, "Clean up, the military command will enter the city immediately!" ”

As soon as the words fell, in the sky, there was the roar of the engine, and the face of Commander Sergeyev changed greatly, and he could hear it, it was the sound of a large number of aircraft, and a captain rushed over in a hurry and shouted: "Comrade commander, the enemy's air raid is a Chinese plane!" ”

Bombs falling from the sky, piercing screams, filled the eardrums of this Soviet soldier, "Boom, boom! "A series of explosions resounded in the area around Irkutsk, the flames flashed, shrapnel flew sideways, clouds of smoke mixed with mud, on the flat steppe, exploded, and the fighter and bomber groups covering the retreat of the Tong Batu Brigade and Li Changjiang Brigade of the Northern Flying Group arrived in the Outer Mongolia patrol area.

Because of the telegram received from the two units, there were no more units of their own in the vicinity of Irkutsk, so the mixed aircraft group in the Outer Mongolian patrol area could free their hands and feet to use the heavy aerial bombs on the heads of the Soviet troops, and in the setting sun, the bombing targets were easy to identify, as long as they were moving objects, they were the targets of strafing and bombing.

"Boom!" Several heavy aerial bombs exploded not far from the headquarters of the Third Army, and more than a dozen Soviet soldiers in charge of guarding flew flesh and blood, and the residual value of their broken arms flew into the air.

It is no wonder that the command of the Third Army has become the object of the focus of the aviation of the independent division, and in the area around Irkutsk, this small plateau is the most prominent and conspicuous target, and a large group of people are comparing and drawing there, and there are more than a dozen cars parked around, even if the pilot of the Outer Mongolian patrol area is a novice, he can judge that this is a command post of the Soviet army, and moreover, it should be a big leader.

Fortunately, Commander Sergeyev, who was not wounded, but only scratched a little skin when he was rolling, and with the support of several staff officers, he hurriedly hid behind a small rock, looked at the sky, the fighters and bombers of the independent division who were wantonly dropping bombs and strafing, did not care about patting the dirt off his body, raised his binoculars, observed the situation, and the more he looked, the more gloomy his face became.

Their own troops were completely in a state of being beaten, and the target was trucks and artillery trucks that burned and exploded with a "boom", groups of soldiers, fell in pools of blood, a bomb fell, and on the ground, a huge crater appeared, and the newly turned dirt was mixed with the blood of the soldiers, and in the sunset, flashing scarlet dark light, and in the smoke of gunpowder, the soldiers of the Third Army, under the bombs and bullets of the Chinese, paid one life after another.

In the midst of a huge explosion, Commander Sergeyev shouted to the communications staff officer: "Convey my order, ground anti-aircraft fire, immediately shoot into the air!" Send a telegram to the military region, explaining that our Third Army was violently bombed by the aviation of the independent division, and request the air force of the military region to provide support! ”

The anti-aircraft firepower of the Soviet army was far more fierce than that of the Japanese army, and the soldiers who fired at the air were also well-trained, under the order of Commander Sergeyev, after a short period of confusion of the Soviet troops, ground anti-aircraft fire, began to fire intensively against the air, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns fired together, and tongues of fire flew into the sky one after another, weaving a net of fire.

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