Judging by the experience of General Gregariv, the troops of the independent division will not withdraw for no reason, and they have been following their own troops for many days, and those Chinese who are short in stature, with sallow skin and round black eyes, always flashing a cunning light, withdraw without taking any advantage, and do not believe in killing themselves.

The chief of staff of the front army on the other end of the phone was also confused by the angry shouts of the comrade commander, but he still believed that the reconnaissance troops he sent out would not and did not dare to tell such a big lie, and if it was said that a reconnaissance unit lied, the dozen or so reconnaissance units that could be sent out would all tell such a big lie, and moreover, the caliber was surprisingly consistent, which was too appalling, right?

"Comrade commander, after receiving the report, I also doubted its authenticity, so I sent more than a dozen reconnaissance units, in all directions, along the route of the retreat of the troops of the independent division, to the vicinity of Chita, and found that the Chinese really retreated, moreover, did not hide the traces of their retreat at all, and the reconnaissance troops did not find that the troops of the independent division had other signs of conspiracy, so this should be true intelligence!" The chief of staff explained.

General Gregarif was even more convinced of his own judgment, and the troops of the independent division retreated with great fanfare, as if they did not know, why? It doesn't make sense, what is the reason for the Chinese to evacuate like this, thinking about it, thinking about it, thinking about it, the head hurts, and I can't think of a reasonable explanation, so it can only be explained by a conspiracy here!

"Enough, I don't want to hear such stupid words, according to my order, the rearguard troops immediately went into battle, and maybe in the next moment, the shells of the Chinese, will fall on your heads. The front-line troops are making every effort to break through the critical moment of the Japanese army's blockade, don't lead our defeat because of a false image full of deception! Admiral Gregarif rudely interrupted the Chief of Staff's explanation.

Probably feeling that his attitude was too rough, Senior General Gregarif slowed down and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, in the complicated situation of the Far Eastern battlefield, we prefer to believe that this is a huge conspiracy of the Chinese. And don't believe that the Chinese really give up the opportunity to attack us, since it is impossible to explain the reason, then follow the preparation for facing a vicious battle! ”

"Comrade Commander, the 11th Army, which attacked the Japanese blocking line, reported that the Japanese fire was very fierce. The offensive was blocked, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. The commander of the army group requested. The troops temporarily stop the attack, adjust the deployment, and then launch the attack! A staff officer reported.

General Gregarriff, who was distraught by the sudden withdrawal of the troops of the Independent Division, was furious when he heard this. said in a gloomy tone: "Give the order to the Eleventh Army, keep the offensive unchanged, no matter how much it costs, even if it is exhausted." Also die on the way to the charge, including the commander of the army group! Ordered, the 12th Army immediately entered the starting point of the attack, and immediately after the 11th Army lost its combat effectiveness, it went into battle! ”

General Gregarif spared no expense, a group army was exhausted, then another one was topped, that is, to pile up the corpses of soldiers, but also to fill the trenches of the Japanese army, today, no matter what, to break through the Japanese army's blocking line, the sudden withdrawal of the independent division troops, let him smell the smell of conspiracy, if you can't break through the Japanese army's resistance, the independent division troops behind are attacking, and the Outer Khinganling Front is really finished, let alone rescue, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect itself!

In fact, it is not to blame General Gregarif for judging this way, when Molotov went to Kulen for negotiations, he had no way of knowing what the outcome would be, and naturally he would not have informed the troops of the independent division of the inevitable withdrawal of the troops.

Even after the negotiations were completed, Molotov, who was sitting on the plane returning to Moscow, would not show off the results of the negotiations, it was a shame from beginning to end, it was all a negotiation agreement signed under the coercion of Tang Qiuli's troops, a typical alliance under the city, what to show off, to show off the millions of square kilometers of territory of the Soviet Union, ceded from his own hands?

Therefore, Molotov decided that after returning to Moscow, after reporting all the situation to Comrade Stalin, he would ask for leave to rest, and this trip to Kulen would hurt him too much, and he needed time to heal the pain in his heart, and because of this, Stalin at this time did not know the result of the negotiations, and naturally, he desperately tried to break through the Japanese resistance line to the Trans-Khingan Front and the Baikal Front, and there was no way to know about it.

On the contrary, Liu Tiehan deliberately let the Soviet commanders know that the independent division troops in the Far East would not do anything to them, but it deepened the doubts and fears of the Soviet commanders, because the hundreds of thousands of independent division troops who followed him unremittingly put too much pressure on them.

"Comrade Commander, General Kirganin, Commander of the Baikal Front, sent a telegram!" A staff officer ran over and reported.

General Gregarif frowned, and said a word dryly: "Read!" ”

The staff officer read: "Comrade Gregariv, have you noticed the sudden withdrawal of the troops of the Independent Division, which is maintaining an offensive posture against us?" If so, what will you do? I hope to call him back! ”

"What?" General Gregarif exclaimed, the units of the Separate Division behind the Baikal Front, also withdrew, what is going on? What the hell are the Chinese doing, it seems that Kirganin is also full of suspicions about the sudden appearance, abnormal, not normal, all of them are fucking messed up, if the independent division troops are always staring behind their backs, at least they can feel their murderous intentions.

However, now that he suddenly withdrew, losing the threat from behind, how could he feel more and more unsteady in his heart, General Gregarif held his head in pain, and the attacks that broke through the Japanese blocking line repeatedly failed, and the Chinese behind him came with such a hand, and he felt that his brain was not enough.

The staff officer was still waiting for him, and General Gregarif forced himself to calm down, muttered, and said: "Call back, Comrade Kirganin, the troops of the independent division behind our department also withdrew suddenly, according to my judgment, this is a conspiracy of the Chinese, I have ordered the rearguard troops to prepare for the attack of the independent division troops!" ”

On the line from Chita to Irkutsk, the millions of troops of the two Soviet fronts were worried about the sudden withdrawal of the troops of the independent division, and they were full of doubts and worries, as if they were facing a great enemy, preparing for the unknown conspiracy of the troops of the independent division.

On this day, the Soviet army's offensive was unusually fierce and crazy, launching a wave-like offensive, from the sun just appeared, on the entire front, the sound of guns and artillery never stopped, heavy gunpowder smoke, filled the sky in the Far East, the Soviet soldiers went crazy, rushed up in groups, and fell under the fire net of the Japanese army.

The Japanese soldiers trembled in their hearts, and after several days of attacking, the Soviet army suffered huge casualties, and the casualties of the Japanese army were not small, in terms of overall strength comparison, the Japanese army occupied favorable fortifications, but the Soviet army had strong artillery firepower, and the shells bombarded the Japanese positions overwhelmingly, a burst of artillery bombardment, and then countless Soviet soldiers began to charge, and the cycle began again, therefore, after a few days of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Japanese army were also more than 70,000 or 80,000.

What is even worse for the Japanese army is that as the weather has warmed up in recent days, the ice and snow defense system invented by Lieutenant General Taiyi Haruhiko has been greatly challenged, during the day, under the sun, the ice and snow melt, and the Japanese soldiers can only resist the crazy attack of the Soviet army in the wet and muddy trenches, which is miserable, and at night, the temperature is no longer as cold as a few days ago, and the water poured on it can hardly be frozen into solid ice.

The Japanese soldiers also found that the ice and snow defense line they relied on was gradually losing its former role, and it was often the Soviet army that a large piece of ice would blow up as soon as a shell fell, and this was simply impossible a few days ago, and most of the casualties of the Japanese army appeared in the days when the weather warmed up, and the Japanese army that blocked the attack faced an unavoidable problem, and Zhukov, who held on to the Far Eastern battlefield, also faced the same problem.

Nature no longer favors them, and the two hostile but equally intelligent generals, whose triumph of survival they rely on, are losing their usefulness, and this is the source of the despair that Admiral Gregariv, in the telegrams exchanged with Zhukov, finds his old friend.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko returned to his headquarters from the forward position with a body of muddy water, and after a few days of hard work, Lieutenant General Haruhiko's fair face was much darker and thinner, and his beard, which had not been shaved for a long time, became more and more haggard, yes, the rear guard cluster of the Far East Campaign of the Great Japanese Empire was facing tremendous pressure, not only from the increasingly warm weather, but also from the crazy offensive of the Soviet army.

Lieutenant General Haruhiko sat tiredly on the shell box, and casually picked up the casualty statistics table of the troops, the numbers on it shocked him, just yesterday, Prince Zairen sent a telegram to himself, the siege of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, the progress was smooth, but the progress was slow, the Soviet army's resistance was strong, to exceed the pre-war expectations, originally scheduled for two weeks, can break through the Soviet army's defense system, but now it seems that at least more than a week will have to be added.

Although the battlefield space of the Soviet Far Eastern Front has been greatly compressed, the Imperial Army will pay a considerable price for every Soviet position captured, so the heavy task of blocking Soviet reinforcements must continue to be pressed on Haruhiko.

Although Prince Zaihito did not say it explicitly in the telegram, Lieutenant General Haruhiko knew that the blocking mission of the Far Eastern Campaign Rear Guard Cluster had to be extended for a week or more, and if the weather continued to be cold, this would not be a problem at all, but now, Lieutenant General Haruhiko looked at his muddy water and mud-stained riding boots, and smiled bitterly, "We must change the way of defense!" He thought.

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