Chapter 783 is unconventional

The First Army of the Soviet Far East led by Zhukov, after a rapid formation, became a behemoth with 320,000 troops, although the overall strength was still at a disadvantage compared with the strength of Tang Qiuli and Ménggu, counting the heavy equipment under it, plus tanks and aircraft, did not fall behind at all, and in late August, began to launch a large-scale offensive.

And Zhukov, a famous general in the Soviet army, who is about to rise to the top of the head, is indeed extraordinary, and his main direction of attack is not in the mountains of the Hangai Mountains, where Tang Qiuli is waiting for the main army, but Feng Jiwu's troops who have penetrated deep into the western region of the ancient country.

Zhukov's choice of strategic offensive direction was very accurate and tricky, so that Tang Qiuli's intention to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Soviet army in the Hangai Mountains was completely frustrated, but instead put Feng Jiwu's troops in a dangerous situation, as long as they broke through the Kazadeu Pass, which stretched for nearly 1,000 kilometers, and the Tangnu Mountains, which were not suitable for mechanized corps operations, would be left behind, and the rest was the torrent of Soviet steel, which rushed to Kulen like a thousand miles, and attacked Tang Qiuli's main force in the Hangai Mountains with another Soviet army passing through Ulan-Ude.

As the creator of the Soviet army's armored cluster assault theory and practical application, Zhukov's status in the Soviet Red Army can be compared to that of Germany's armored warfare wizard Guderian, it is with Zhukov that the Soviet army's armored cluster will be used on the battlefield on a large scale, rather than scattered in the infantry divisions and regiments, and used as an assault auxiliary force.

He chose the squadron in the outer ancient west, where the troops were scattered and lacked tanks and planes, as the target of the attack, which was by no means a whim, but the most correct way to be adopted after in-depth study of Tang Qiuli's command methods and characteristics when fighting against the Japanese.

This has been fully reflected in the repeated battles with the Japanese, especially in the ambush of the Far Eastern Special Army in the Hujirt Mountains, the number of artillery, tanks and aircraft owned by the squadron made Zhukov extremely surprised, and also prompted him to change the original battle plan, from a direct attack on Kulen to the outer Méng ancient western region as the main assault direction, flanking Kulen, and jointly attacking Tang Qiuli's main army.

In this way, there are at least two advantages, in the face of weak squadrons, it can enable the troops to further run in the coordination and cooperation combat capabilities between various arms in the case of small casualties, and it does not have to be very strong with strength, and the main army under the personal command of Tang Qiuli can reduce large casualties, and Zhukov does not want to turn the battle of recovering the ancient world into a disastrous victory, and go down in the history of the Soviets.

There is also a point that he can't say in his heart, Zhukov looks down on many senior generals of the Soviet army, the front-line flat combat method, he wants to reform the tactics, boldly outflank, this time, gave him the opportunity to practice, and Tang Qiuli received information from all sides, it can be basically determined that Zhukov himself is personally commanding the troops on the Western Road.

The commanders of the two armies, who also want to divide the victory and defeat in the first battle of Wai Méng Gu and decide the future fate of Wai Méng Gu, have staggered the spearhead of the main attack for nearly 1,000 kilometers.

According to the intelligence of the special operations detachment, the Soviet troops on the western route have crossed the Yenisei River and advanced to the northern foot of the Tangnu Mountains, and are advancing towards the Kazadeu Pass.

Tang Qiuli gave an order to the special operations detachment, and all units quickly concentrated in this area, doing everything possible to destroy the roads and bridges along the way to the Kazadeu Pass, seize the Kazadeu Pass, and hold the pass before the main force arrived.

Subsequently, he began to think about how to fight this battle, Zhukov wanted to eat the weaker Feng Jiwu troops, Tang Qiuli didn't want to eat the Soviet troops from the direction of Ulan-Ude and went straight to Kulen, the comparison of two to one forces and heavy weapons, at least there was no suspense in the defeat, the key problem was that if Zhukov's main force broke through the Kazadeu Pass and entered the steppes of the ancient western part of the country, and his own troops had not solved this part of the Soviet army, it would be dangerous.

The feeling of being flanked and encircled by the front and rear will be uncomfortable for anyone, and the troops of the independent division and Tang Qiuli are no exception, which requires the troops of the main force of the Soviet army to be blocked at the Kazadeu Pass, and they must be nailed like nails to buy enough time for the direct corps to solve the attack on the Soviet troops attacking Kulen.

This task is none other than Feng Jiwu's troops, the moment Tang Qiuli decided, there was a lot of unbearable in his heart, more than 80,000 troops without planes, tanks, and only one artillery brigade, in the face of the fierce attack of 200,000 mechanized Soviet troops, hundreds of aircraft, more than 1,500 tanks, and more than 2,000 mén artillery, volcanic eruption-like artillery fire, and overwhelming bombs, how long can they support?

Tang Qiuli didn't know, and he couldn't judge, the Soviet army was not the Japanese army, and the difference in equipment level was not only one grade, especially in heavy equipment, maybe Feng Jiwu's troops would be wiped out, this was a blocking battle that could not judge the result, but Tang Qiuli could only deploy like this, and it was also the only combat method that could be chosen.

The main army in Hangai Mountain pulled to the Kazadeu Pass, even without the slightest delay, it would lag behind the Soviet army commanded by Zhukov in time, and what about the 120,000 Soviet troops attacking Kulen? Tang Qiuli's telegram to Feng Jiwu was delayed for more than three hours before it was sent.

This is a battlefield that sends more than 80,000 soldiers to a battlefield with almost no chance of survival, "Commander Feng and the commanders of all brigades, after receiving the order, immediately led all the troops to station in the Kazadeu Pass, build a blocking position, and must complete the task of blocking the main mechanized force of the Soviet army for five days, remember, at any cost," Tang Qiuli was already mentally prepared for the annihilation of Feng Jiwu's troops or heavy casualties when he issued this order.

When he received the order from the division commander, Feng Jiwu was leading two brigades of troops on the way to the Kazadeu Pass, and Tang Qiuli forwarded the information of the special operations detachment about the movements of the Soviet army to Feng Jiwu every day, and after learning about the specific direction of the Soviet army's actions, Feng Jiwu immediately realized that his troops were about to face a severe situation.

The 200,000 Soviet troops came for themselves, and after defeating or destroying themselves, they would attack the division commander's direct corps, staring at the map for a while, Feng Jiwu immediately grasped the key point of the entire campaign, that is, the only passage from the Tangnu Mountains into the ancient area of Outer Méng, the Kazadeu Pass, pinching this passage will buy time for the division commander to kill the Soviet troops who are directly attacking Kulen.

Feng Jiwu did not hesitate, nor did he consider the consequences, as the senior commander of the independent division for many years, he has been accustomed to thinking about the problem from the perspective of the overall situation, the only thing to fight and block is his own troops, besides, there are no other troops to move, he immediately ordered the two brigades in the vicinity to set off immediately and rush to the Kazadeu Pass, and the other troops left the station, carrying all the heavy weapons, ammunition and supplies, and quickly concentrated in the area, and the cavalry two brigades took over the defense of all areas of the field infantry brigade.

After receiving the order from the division commander, Feng Jiwu only replied with a six-word telegram "Resolutely complete the task" without saying a word, he knew that when the division commander gave this order, his inner thoughts struggled, otherwise, he would not have added a sentence at the end of the order, "Remember, at any cost." ”

Feng Jiwu led the first two brigade troops, and when they arrived at the Kazadewu Pass, it was already dusk, and the two detachments of the special operations detachment had already arrived a few hours ahead of schedule and completed the survey of the nearby terrain.

The Kazadeu Pass, which crosses the Tangnu Mountains and extends more than 20 kilometers to the south, leads to the hinterland of the Outer Méng Palewest, is a narrow and rugged mountain road, the width of which can lead to guò tanks and artillery carriages, but the speed of passage is limited, and the mechanized troops can only march in a single column.

On both sides are the high bottom undulating hills, which are completely different from the natural conditions of the mountains in the interior, there are no steep peaks, no cliffs and broken walls, the altitude of the hills is not high, some hills, tanks can even climb up effortlessly, there are few natural concealments such as mountains and soldiers, and there are no tall and dense trees to cover the blocking positions and avoid air attacks.

The only powerful condition for such terrain conditions is that multiple blocking positions can be deployed, increasing the depth and thickness of the blocking line, and under the guidance of the soldiers of the special operations detachment, all the terrain has been turned around, and Feng Jiwu already has a rough plan in his heart.

After following Tang Qiu for a long time, Feng Jiwu also learned a whole set of tactics for positional resistance warfare, he ordered the troops who arrived to dig anti-artillery dòng on various highlands and hillsides overnight, and asked to be able to resist the three-day shelling of an artillery division of the Soviet army.

At the request of the commander, more than 26,000 soldiers of the two brigades, after a short rest, worked overnight, and in the dark night, one section of the Tangnu Mountains became a hot construction site.