"Not necessary?" Yang Ketian asked in astonishment, "Deputy division commander, we are building a blockade line on the line from Chita to Irkutsk, although the purpose is to delay the withdrawal of the Soviet troops and not engage in a frontal battle with the Soviet army, but it is not a pity not to take advantage of such a great opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Soviet army, and at the same time, it does not go against the strategic intention of the division commander. He went on to make his point.

Liu Tiehan put down the binoculars, looked at Yang Ketian, and said in a relaxed tone: "Ketian, we must remember the requirements of the division commander, in the Far East battlefield, our purpose is not to give the Soviet army heavy casualties, last night, the division commander personally called, especially explained this point, if we hit the Soviet army hard, it will break the balance between the Soviet army and the Japanese army, it is not in our interests, the Kwantung Army has assembled three troops, with more than two million troops, and it is the time for the Japanese army and the Soviet army to consume each other." ”

"If we fight the Soviet Army's Trans-Khingan Front and the Baikal Front too hard and lose the ability to turn back and rescue Zhukov's troops, in the future, we will face the Japanese army with small losses, will it be beneficial to us?"

"Besides, if we make a move, we will expose our strength to the Soviet army, but instead prompt the Soviet army to make up its mind to take the road regardless of casualties, so it is better to hide and not release, the division commander means to try to promote the two Soviet troops to return to Zhukov, so that the Soviet army and the Japanese army, in the Far East battlefield, have a bloody battle, and consume each other's strength, especially the strength of the Japanese army."

"Although the two Soviet units, on Stalin's orders, may insist on returning to the European theater despite the dangerous situation of Zhukov's troops, we must be prepared for both. Don't worry, Ketian, with our mine array alone, we can wait until Zhukov's troops are surrounded by the Japanese army! ”

Yang Ketian didn't speak, obviously in deep thought, but in his heart, he was still not convinced, but he couldn't come up with a reason for not being convinced.

Liu Tiehan is near Chita. There is quite a bit of meaning to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, pointing to the battlefield, talking and laughing, with an extremely leisurely posture, General Kirganin on the side of the mine array. At the same time, he was anxious and anxious, and received a telegram from Zhukov. "The 21st Army of the Far Eastern Front, as well as the logistics troops. Now that you have left the battlefield, you will join your troops near Chita and build a passage to the Far Eastern battlefield! ”

At first glance, the content of the telegram is nothing unusual, it is nothing more than the troops of the Far Eastern Front. Evacuation of the battlefield had begun, but General Kilganen, an experienced veteran of the battlefield, was taken from this telegram. Smelled an ominous smell.

The Far Eastern Front has nearly two million troops, although after more than a month of continuous fighting with the Japanese Kwantung Army, but the consumption of troops is not large, according to the normal situation, the first troops to withdraw should have at least three or four group armies, but why is it that only one group army can reach Chita and join up with its own troops?

Based on this, General Kirganin came to a chilling conclusion, "Zhukov's Far Eastern Front is in big trouble, and the trouble comes from the Japanese!" It may not be possible to get out of the battlefield on time! ”

However, with General Kirganin's understanding of the battlefield situation, it is impossible to entangle the Far Eastern Front with the current strength and strength of the Kwantung Army alone, unless the Japanese have secretly mobilized other troops with the intention of encircling the Far Eastern Front on the Far Eastern battlefield, and after the withdrawal of their own troops and the troops of the Baikal Front, in a certain respect, the Far Eastern Front will become a lone army, and it will be very difficult for the Japanese to become the target of the encirclement.

The line from Chita to Irkutsk is more than 400 kilometers away from the Far Eastern battlefield, and such a large gap is enough for other Japanese troops to intersperse.

He carefully assessed the situation on the battlefield, and the only feasible way now was for his troops to turn around with the Baikal Front and return to the Far Eastern Front, and then, the three front armies were combined, and such a huge heavy army group, whether it was the Japanese or Tang Qiuli, could not speak, and could only stare dryly as the troops continued to retreat westward.

Turning around and returning to the aid of the Far Eastern Front was a matter of his own order, but, however, this order was difficult to make, and the General Staff urged his troops to return to the European battlefield as quickly as possible, urging their troops to return to the European battlefield as quickly as possible, and the German army had already reached the city of Moscow, and General Kirganin understood better that the order of the General Staff was the order of Comrade Stalin.

On the one hand, the Far Eastern Front is facing a dangerous situation, and it is necessary to turn back and pull it by itself, on the other hand, Comrade Stalin's order-like order, delaying Comrade Stalin's plan to save his life, what are the consequences, General Kirganin of course knows very well, he is caught in a dilemma, and the minefield laid by the Chinese at the moment is also a difficult situation that cannot be overcome in a short time.

Locking himself in his tent, General Kirganin racked his brains and pondered, he had the intention of sending a telegram to the commander of the Baikal Front, General Gregariv, explaining his thoughts and opinions, and then, hand in hand, the two fronts would turn back together to rescue the Far Eastern Front.

Moreover, the weight of the commanders of the two fronts is always heavier than that of one person, and even if Comrade Stalin is angry, he must weigh it, but General Kirganin has taken it into account, and the attitude of General Gregarif is not yet clear, and who knows what he intends to do, in case he resolutely carries out Comrade Stalin's orders, or, even if Comrade Stalin knows the dangerous situation facing the Far Eastern Front, he can abandon the Far Eastern Front in order to defend Moscow, and order himself and the troops of General Gregarif not to nod back to helpAs soon as the telegram was sent, didn't it make it difficult for him?

General Kirganin sighed for a long time, his embarrassed hair was almost white, and finally, he personally drafted a telegram, "Comrade Zhukov, the speed of evacuation of our troops of the Outer Khinganling Front is temporarily blocked on the Chita front, but the problem is not big, the only thing I am worried about is that the Far Eastern Front is alone in the Far Eastern battlefield, and it is very easy to become the target of the Japanese army's mobilization of heavy troops to encircle it, therefore, I remind Comrade Zhukov to pay attention to the conspiracy of the Japanese army!" ”

"In addition, once there is a possibility that your troops will be surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, please be sure to report to Comrade Stalin and state that it is a serious matter, and our Outer Xinganling Front will immediately turn around and return to help at any cost!"

This is the greatest effort that General Kirganin can do, and he vaguely feels in his heart that Zhukov did not inform the Far Eastern Front of the dangerous situation that the Far Eastern Front is about to face, I am afraid, it is also a lot of concerns, and the most important point personally is the attitude of Comrade Stalin, he does not believe that with Zhukov's military talent, he will not be aware of the attempts and conspiracy of the Japanese army, otherwise, why send troops of a group army to communicate with his own troops, he is planning for the worst!

The Burea Mountains, hundreds of kilometers long, lie in the northwest of the city of Birobidzhan, the peaks are not high, but they are like a natural barrier, blocking a fertile plain from the Outer Khing'an Mountains to the Heilongjiang River, blocking the cold current of Siberia, turning over the rolling peaks, and confronting it, is the Kukan Mountains, the plain between the two mountain ranges, nearly more than 100 kilometers wide, is the battlefield where the Soviet Union fought with the Japanese Kwantung Army on three fronts in the Far East for more than a month.

After more than a month of desperate fighting, the Soviet Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army, more than 17.8 million soldiers on both sides, fell on this plain between the two mountain ranges, artillery fire and shouts of killing, on this wetland plain full of shallow swamps, never subsided, on the frozen swamp ground, dark red blood stains, spotted fast, although it rained a few snows, but could not hide the blood stains, the strong northwest wind blew up the floating snow, revealing a shocking dark red.

Captain Vatutin, captain of the 3rd Reconnaissance Brigade of the Intelligence Department of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, with more than 200 scouts of his own brigade, laboriously climbed halfway up a mountain peak, looking back at the battlefield where the sound of artillery was still rumbling and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, Captain Vatutin looked at the white snow on the peak, greedily inhaled a breath of fresh air, and felt unusually comfortable, which seemed to have accumulated in his lungs for many days, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood on the battlefield were all cleared out with his breathing, which made people's minds feel refreshed.

The task of the 3rd Reconnaissance Brigade is to cross the Burya Mountains and go out to the west bank of the Buleya River, to reconnoiter the enemy situation in that area, and to establish a guard post on the perimeter of the Front Army here. Report to the Intelligence Department of the Front Command.

In order to ensure the scope of the search, Captain Vatutin scattered the nine squads of his brigade in parallel directions, and the distance between each squad was about 30 kilometers, maintaining radio contact, while Captain Vatutin, leading the squads directly under the brigade, made his own way, taking the most direct route to the battlefield, and crossing the mountain pass, you could overlook the entire battlefield.

However, for this reconnaissance mission, Captain Vatutin himself, but not very concerned, as a reconnaissance veteran, he does not think that such terrain conditions, there will be a large number of Japanese troops, choose here to climb over the Burea Mountains, just the snow on the top of the mountain, empty-handed climbing is a slippery mountain road, the Japanese army can pass through here, if a battalion of troops is deployed here, plus a dozen light and heavy machine guns, can block 100,000 Japanese troops.

After walking nearly a hundred kilometers in a day and a night, even a well-trained scout was tired enough, and seeing that the troops were too tired, Captain Vatujing gave the order to rest in place for thirty minutes.

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