Chapter 773: Choibalshan's yīn scheme

In addition to the Soviet Union and Japan, which involved the fundamental interests of their own countries, the Germans, who had other plans, and even the Americans on the other side of the ocean and the British in the British Isles, also showed extraordinary enthusiasm.

In the United States, the Washington Post, the most influential newspaper, commented at the end of a series of reports: "A battle that took place in the disputed region of Méng Gu in the Far East shocked everyone by showing through the complex geopolitics of the region and a game between countries with regional interests. ”

"And the crushing defeat suffered by Soviet Russia is absolutely unbearable for this red giant, and if the Russians acquiesce in the resumption of the exercise of national sovereignty in the disputed Outer Méng Ancient Region, it means that the beginning of the total strategic rout of Soviet Russia in the Far East, and China in the south, capable of wrestling with the Russians and more capable of resisting the all-out attack of the Japanese, where does their confidence come from?"

It is not known whether such an article, which is full of sowing discord and gloating, is not at the behest of the US government, and if it is not for the US side to deliberately penetrate such news, why the number in the report is incredibly detailed, and this is also a common trick used by American politicians.

On the contrary, the British reports and comments of the British in the British Isles were more objective, and the Times wrote in the commentary: "The fundamental cause of the battle between China and the Soviet Union in the ancient region of Méng in the Far East lies in the struggle for territorial and geopolitical interests, and it also adds to the uncertainty of the already tense situation in the region, and the Republic of China is temporarily in a relatively favorable situation in the confrontation with the Japanese, and it remains to be seen whether the battle with the Soviets can break this situation."

A battle that took place in the inland area of Méng Gu outside Central Asia has become a hot event that attracts global attention, Tong Guò this incident, Tang Qiuli also came to the front of the people, a qiē about him, became the focus of discussion and exploration, reporters and intelligence personnel from various countries in China, like hunting dogs everywhere looking for information about Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli became famous, his limelight has overshadowed Jiang Zhongzheng, the first person in the Republic of China, and has become a global celebrity, it is said that the world's most influential magazine "Time Magazine" , intending to make him a cover character.

Each country has its own mentality and intentions, and this does not affect Tang Qiuli's plan to march into Kulen, nor does it affect the plan of Lieutenant General Zhukov, former deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Far East Military District and current commander of the First Army of the Soviet Far East, to form a group army. And Tang Qiu's time to join the famous Soviet general Zhukov is not far away.

Kulun, the ancient capital of Wai Méng, the city has fallen into extreme panic, more than 125,000 Su Méng troops, defeated in the Hugert Mountains, the murderous letter of the annihilation of the whole army, like wings, spread quickly throughout the city like a plague, coupled with the news that the squadron continued to approach Kulun, the whole city, the people were panicked, and the people were uneasy, this city with a population of more than 200,000 people, but equivalent to the size of a county town in the interior, but inhabited by nearly one-tenth of the population of Wai Méng.

The ruler of this city and this land, Choibalsan, is more restless than anyone else, he is the biggest stakeholder, Wai Méng Gu is the birthplace of the Méng Ancient ** Party, is the carrier of the "Méng Ancient Republic", and it is the blessed land that makes Choibalsan climb from a descendant of a poor herdsman to the first person throne of Wai Méng Gu, no matter what, lose Kulun, lose Wai Méng Gu, he Choibalshan is nothing, falling into the hands of the squadron, it is a dead end.

The news that the entire Soviet army was annihilated in the Hujirt Mountains completely crushed Choibalshan, who was preparing for the celebration in Kulun, at that time, how could he not believe that the heroic Red Army of the Soviet Union's big brother would suffer a crushing defeat, Tang Qiuli punched and broke the backbone of Choibalshan's jīng, and the rest was fear, panic, unwillingness and despair, as well as the ruthlessness in his bones.

After the initial panic, Choibalsan did not want to sit still, he mobilized all the troops he could muster, and urgently drove to the second barrier to Kulen, 160 kilometers away from Kulen, Helenbo Fort, which is a military fortress located on the edge of the Hangai Mountain, according to legend, it was built by Genghis Khan's general Helianbo in order to transport military supplies during the expedition against the Russian Kipchak coalition army at that time.

Helenboburg is located between two mountain peaks, all rock structure, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, lying across the only road to Kulun, of course, you can detour to the east or west, to the east to bypass Hangai Mountain, nearly a thousand kilometers more, to the west to pass the only swamp area outside Guò Méng, the marshland that stretches for nearly 100 miles, can swallow a qiē.

Of course, Tang Qiuli will not waste time on this, he also hopes to fight with Tong Guò to solve the Wai Méng Ancient Army, so that the separatist government will lose its military support, and also clear the way for the final recovery of the Wai Méng Gu, before that, the three special operations detachments joined forces, and once used the tactics of sneak attack, intending to take Helian Bobao and open the road to Kulen for the main force, the plan was almost successful, but because of the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the Wai Méng Gu, and the success fell short, and the special operations detachment escaped along the way, Helenboburg also became the place where all the ancient armies of the outer méng were concentrated.

On the afternoon of August 8, the troops of the Corps directly under the Independent Division arrived at the Helianbo Fort, Tang Qiuli led the corps generals to check the terrain, this fortress really deserves its name, if it is in the era of cold weapons, as long as there are 1,000 people to defend, with enough bows and arrows, food, and drinking water, even if it is a million troops, it can not shake this fort, it can be seen that the danger of Helenbo Fort, open this fortress, the road to Kulun, is a flat river, and there is no danger to defend.

Before dusk, Tang Qiuli dispatched a tank brigade, with two infantry regiments and an artillery brigade, to carry out a tentative attack on Herenbobao, the tank drove to the bottom of the castle, the steep terrain made it impossible for the tank to advance, and could only be used as a fixed battery, and the shells beat Herenbobao to the point of rubble, and then, the large-caliber artillery of the artillery brigade poured a dense rain of bullets, and the whole castle was shrouded in a world of gunsmoke and rubble.

The infantry took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the whole line, and the Helenbo Fort, which was shrouded in smoke and fire, seemed to be resurrected, and dense bullets came out from each bullet hole, and the infantry suffered casualties, Tang Qiuli immediately ordered to retreat, and from this tentative attack, Tang Qiuli saw that the ancient army guarding Helenboburg was mainly light weapons, and the number of light and heavy machine guns was not much, and it was only equipped with a small number of mortars.

At this time, Helenboburg had gathered more than 70 percent of the strength of the ancient army, which was four light infantry divisions, numbering about 56,000 people, but the firepower was not strong, which was also blamed on the big brother of the Soviet Union, who did not look down on this little brother, and did not issue heavy weapons such as large-caliber artillery and anti-tank guns at all, on the grounds that the ancient army of Wai Méng belonged purely to the territorial guard, and it was not pulled out to fight in the field, so it was not needed at all. It is enough to be equipped with self-defense weapons.

In this regard, Choibalshan and other foreign méng ancient leaders are helpless, even the bullets are provided by the big brother, people give what they want, in a popular saying "if you want to eat, don't be greedy," the result is that the foreign méng ancient army, in addition to the open supply of war horses, some soldiers also hold the old rifles used by the Russian ** team during World War I, and the rifling is almost smoothed.

In addition, the ancient army of Waiméng has only been in army for more than ten years, and it has copied the cào of the Soviet army, holding the old antiques of the First World War, and using mechanized theory and tactics to guide the troops.

Choibalshan knew what the strength in his hands was, the mother country in the south, if he raised the strength of a province, it would be enough to set foot on the outer Méng Gu, without the support of the Soviets, he would not be able to live a day, Tang Qiu left the command of the troops, and just finished the tentative attack on Helenboburg, he urgently convened an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Méng Gu in the "Prime Minister's Palace".

Before the meeting, he had reached an agreement with several major generals of the military, these people, all of whom were beneficiaries of the ancient independence movement of the Outer Méng, without which they were still grazing cattle and sheep on the steppes, although poetic, but it was a bleak life, and when they tasted the sweetness of power, they would never give up, even if they made a final struggle.

In the telegram, General Zhukov demanded that the Outer Méng Ancient Army hold out for at least 15 to 20 days in Helenboburg and Kulen, and that the First Far East Army would be formed soon, and that it would counterattack the invading squadron in the outer Méng Ancient Area on all fronts, restore the inherent territory of the Outer Méng Ancients, and even attack the Inner Méng Ancient Army.

Choibalshan has the bottom in his heart, the purpose of his meeting today is to cheer up all the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and hold on for twenty days, which is an almost impossible mission for the ancient army of Wai Méng, and Choibalshan's plan is to use Kulen as the final support, turn the whole city into a fortress, and use more than 200,000 residents as human shields.

In order to realize this vicious plan, it is necessary for all party members to play the role of agitation and incitement, go deep into the homes of all the residents of Kulun, even intimidate and deceive, do a good job of political and ideological work, and push men and women to the battlefield, which is the fundamental purpose of his emergency Central Committee meeting.