Major General Chu Ziye, commander of the Fourth Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, was very eager to kill a horse pistol, which could be regarded as the sullen breath held in his heart when he went out to fight a blocking war, but unfortunately, the Soviet army did not catch up.

Now, Chu Ziye's idea is to hit the direction of the second brigade again, the direction of the retreat of the two brigades is not the same, the distance in the middle, at least fifty or sixty kilometers, this is also the order of the division commander, the two brigades get together, it is possible that they are entangled by the Soviet army, and neither of them can get out, correspondingly, retreat separately, even if they are trapped all the way, the other way, they can be rescued in time, and they also thin the strength of the Soviet army.

If the Soviet army only pursued one of the two independent division units that had withdrawn from the battlefield, and there were no pursuers on their own side, then the direction of the second brigade was likely to become the target of the Soviet army's pursuit.

However, it has been more than an hour since they evacuated the battlefield, and Ouyang Yishan has not reported any situation, is it that they have not been pursued?

However, Chu Ziye thought about it, there is another possibility, the pursuing Soviet troops are not many, Ouyang Yishan can deal with it, he wants to eat alone, don't look at that guy usually doesn't talk much, he looks like an honest and harmless old man, but the belligerence in his bones is no less than that brigade commander, besides, there are many people and eyes, you can't underestimate it!

After making up his mind, Chu Ziye said to the communications staff officer: "Connect with Brigade Commander Ouyang for me immediately!" ”

The contact was quickly connected, and Chu Ziye's voice was much kinder than usual, "Brigade Commander Ouyang, I'm Chu Ziye, how is the situation over there." Did the Soviets chase after them? There's no problem on my side, Lao Maozi didn't bother with us! ”

As soon as Ouyang Yishan heard Chu Ziye's words, he understood what he meant at that time, "Brigade Commander Chu, I'm also wondering, you said, we fought a two-hour blocking battle, and we were stunned that more than 60,000 Soviet troops couldn't advance a single step and suddenly withdrew from the battlefield." Anyway, I have to catch up! I'm all set, kill the carbine! ”

Chu Ziye was like being beaten with chicken blood, and he didn't think about the meaning of Ouyang Yishan's words, so he roared and said, "That's good, Brigadier Ouyang." If there are benefits, you can't take them alone, and besides, the division commander ordered us to quickly get out of the battle. You have a brigade to deal with the pursuers. It's also difficult and time-consuming, so give us a chance to drink soup, that's your job, and I don't fight with Lao Chu, so you play the main attack. I will assist, the 4th Brigade will be under your command, and within three hours, the battle will be resolved. When it's over, hurry up and join the division commander! What do you think? ”

Chu Ziye's tone was full of eagerness and temptation, Ouyang Yishan was so happy that his stomach hurt, this old Chu was about to go crazy if he wanted to fight, "I said Brigade Commander Chu, you heard me say that, there are chasing soldiers behind the second brigade's butt?" To be honest, I was also looking forward to the pursuit of the Soviet army, and I also took the opportunity to turn around and bite him, but unfortunately, I didn't have this opportunity! ”

"Ugh!" Chu Ziye was speechless for a while, and only after half a loud voice did he yell into the microphone: "Okay, you Ouyang Yishan, honest people also have bad intentions, okay, don't talk nonsense with you, with this kung fu, I'll sleep first!" ”

These two brigade commanders were all thinking about killing the carbines, but they forgot about it and reported the safe withdrawal of their troops from the battlefield to the division commander.

Just when Ouyang Yishan and Chu Ziye were hoping that the Soviet army would catch up, Tang Qiuli, who had already evacuated first, was on a hill, looking at the troops running towards the east under his feet, with an anxious face, "Yuhe, the second brigade and the fourth brigade, is there a telegram coming?" It's been more than two hours, why is there no news yet, is it, entangled by the Soviet army? He asked in no uncertain terms.

Zhao Yuhe looked at Tang Qiuli with an anxious look on his face, and comforted: "It shouldn't be, teacher, don't worry, I'll go to the telegram to inquire about the situation immediately!" ”

A few minutes later, Zhao Yuhe came back and said with a smile: "Division commander, there is news, the second and fourth brigades, after blocking the Soviet reinforcements for two hours and inflicting a large number of casualties on the Soviet army, they withdrew from the battle and are currently on the way to join the main force of the corps!" ”

Tang Qiuli asked in surprise: "Why don't you report to the division headquarters, but we go to the telegram to ask them?" ”

Zhao Yuhe couldn't help but smile and replied: "The two brigade commanders of them are waiting for the Soviet army to chase up, pull off the stance, and prepare to kill the carbine, and forget what the reporter pointed out!" ”

"What?" Tang Qiuli didn't know what to say, so he shook his head angrily, "This must be Chu Ziye's idea, Ouyang Yishan doesn't have such a big courage, and he doesn't have so many hearts, okay, it's too late to get rid of the Soviet army now, it's good for him, and he still wants to kill the horse pistol, it's really-!" It's against the sky! Tang Qiuli finally held back a sentence.

Zhao Yuhe finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "Division Commander, you are wrong to blame Brigade Commander Chu this time, and Brigade Commander Ouyang also reported the same when he explained the reason, and both of them had the same idea - kill a horse gun!" ”

Tang Qiuli was dumbfounded, even an honest person like Ouyang Yishan ......, he had nothing to say, and in the end, he could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Zhao Yuhe raised another question, "Division commander, in the battle ......of Minusinsk, we captured more than 40,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and now, these prisoners of war are transferred with the troops, which is very inconvenient and affects the speed of the troops' marching. As he spoke, Zhao Yuhe made a gesture to wipe his neck.

Tang Qiuli's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Yuhe, the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war is different from the Japanese prisoners of war, which does not leave prisoners, and does not apply to Soviet prisoners of war, immediately send a telegram to tell the commander of the escort unit, if a Soviet prisoner of war dies unnaturally, he will go to the military court and order them to escort all the prisoners of war to the Pingjin area of North China and hand them over to the Pingjin Garrison Command." ”

After a pause, Tang Qiuli's gaze looked at the ice-blue sky of Outer Mongolia without a trace of clouds, and in his tone, he was quite emotional, "Yuhe, I am not a person who loves to kill, except for the Japanese prisoners, these Soviet prisoners of war can be regarded as free labor, keep them, useful!" By the way, from the Pingjin Garrison Command, you convey my meaning to the past, the conditions in the prisoner of war camp are better! ”

At this time, the jeep of Chen Feng, director of the communications office, came from a distance, rolled up the dust all the way, and stopped in front of him with a "bang" sound, Chen Feng jumped out of the car and trotted over, "Report to the division commander, I received information from the intelligence department that the Soviet Baikal Front has begun to move south, and its vanguard is divided into two roads, and they are rushing in the direction of Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude!" ”

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, read it carefully, and said with a sneer: "Stalin has such a big appetite, he flanked and wanted to cut off my retreat, but it was too late, order the troops, speed up the march!" ”

The 12 mechanized infantry brigades and four armored corps of the independent division directly under the corps, plus the artillery units and air defense units, withdrew to the Kulen direction from the north and south routes at the fastest speed, leaving behind a mess of the Minusinsk battlefield, the 43rd Army, which was almost completely wiped out, and the mess of more than 10,000 remnants of the army, was cleaned up by General Vasilevsky, commander of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front.

At this time, the 60,000 reinforcements of the Soviet army had arrived in the area of Barekcha and joined the remnants of the 43rd Army, and the commander of the group army, Lieutenant General Bamiyanov, who had escaped death, was accompanied by the chief of staff, Major General Khabarovsky, who was frightened, greeted with blue lips and white faces, and the commander of the reinforcement army who ran almost collapsed.

When the commander of the Soviet Army's fourth-route reinforcement unit saw the tragic situation of the 43rd Group Army, he was all startled, and he could only use the word "miserable" to describe the current situation of the 43rd Group Army.

The 43rd Group Army, which was fully manned, had 1560,000 men and horses when it set out, but in a few days, it was beaten to death and shattered by the troops of the independent division, and the two armies were completely annihilated, and the casualties of one army were reduced to just over 15,000 people, most of whom were still wounded, and the 43rd Group Army was completely finished, not far from the annihilation of the entire army.

However, they would not have said these words, and although the result of the rescue of the 43rd Army was very unsatisfactory, no matter what they said, they also fulfilled the order given by the command of the Front, and as for the rest, Lieutenant General Bamiyanov, explain it to General Vasilevsky himself.

But this explanation, did not make Lieutenant General Bamiyanov's embarrassment hanging, tangled almost crazy, the troops were almost exhausted, not the strictest zhòng problem, the Soviet Union did not lack of personnel replenishment, the strictest zhòng problem, was that it failed to entangle the troops of the independent division, so that these hateful and cunning Chinese, after taking advantage, went along the way, to be precise, did not fulfill the order of General Vasilevsky.

What are the consequences, Lieutenant General Bamyyanov and the chief of staff, Major General Khabarovsky, know better than anyone else in their hearts, and they tremble when they think about it.

Obviously, this matter could not be hidden, so it could only be reported truthfully, waiting for the thunderous anger of the comrade commander of the front army, the two of them locked up in the tent, racked their brains, and then drew up a long telegram, the situation of the battle of Minusinsk, explained in detail, of course, there is no lack of self-exculpatory plots, but also full of endless grievances, in the final analysis, this qiē mistake, all in the intelligence department!

After the telegram was sent, the two sat in the tent, staring at each other, anxiously waiting for the verdict of fate!

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