Faced with the question of Wang Jun, deputy chief of staff of the Outer Mongolia Campaign Command, Tang Qiuli, commander of the independent division, said: "It's not a judgment, but an affirmation, otherwise, it is impossible to explain the reason for the sudden diversion of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, and moreover, entering from Naraltu, it is the closest point to Kulen, and the road conditions along the way are relatively good, suitable for the march of mechanized troops, and only the Ulez River is a sudden barrier." ”

"Crossing the Ulez River, leading to the Kulen direction without dangerous terrain, even if it is to block the Soviet army, it is very difficult, moreover, this route, avoiding the relatively dense areas of towns in the eastern part of Outer Mongolia, reducing the possibility of being harassed and delayed by the garrison troops in the eastern part of the Outer Mongolian border guards, the Soviet army does not want to entangle, and is eager to relieve the siege of Kulygin's troops, this route is the best choice, apart from this, Stalin has no other way."

Wang Jun nodded thoughtfully and said: "Division Commander, Deputy Division Commander Liu's eastward command troops, north out of the eastern part of Outer Mongolia, is it a secret move you arranged in advance, in order to intercept the reinforced Soviet troops?" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled dumbly, and said self-deprecatingly: "Chief of Staff Wang, I am not an immortal, I have calculated the next move of the Soviet army in advance, Deputy Division Commander Liu's Dongzhi troops went north, originally to monitor the Soviet army reinforcements, Hagen Gaole to Baiyin Chagan battlefield, can ensure that the battle will end before the reinforcements of the Soviet army arrive, but Stalin suddenly made such a move, and the troops of Dongzhi fought a big battle!" The changes in the situation on the battlefield are really unpredictable! ”

While the two were talking, Zhao Yuhe came back, holding a telegram, and said, "Division Commander, Deputy Division Commander Liu call back!" ”

Tang Qiuli took the telegram, "I know that the troops have begun to deploy and need reinforcements from three fighter regiments and two bomber regiments. In order to grasp the air supremacy, the troops of the military force are not needed in front of them, and the western Liaoning region is also extremely important. ”

"The two battlefields are hundreds of kilometers apart, and a few years later, you and I will join forces again to fight on the battlefield, and it's not too fast! Pointing to the troops in the east can ensure that not a single soldier of the Soviet army will be allowed to interfere with the smooth progress of the campaign to encircle and annihilate the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union! ”

Looking at Liu Tiehan's telegram, Tang Qiuli's eyes were in his eyes. Leaving a look of memory, at the beginning, in the white mountains and black waters, high mountains and dense forests in the northeast, he and Liu Tiehan jointly led the troops of the Bloody Hand Regiment and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese Kwantung Army for several years. Commanding tens of thousands of troops to gallop across the battlefield and laugh proudly on the battlefield, the situation at that time. It's more dangerous than it is today. The past is vivid, as if it was yesterday, a few years have passed, and the passion of the battle is still in the depths of my heart!

A telegram from Liu Tiehan, with only a few words. Evoking the memory of leaving the past, Tang Qiuli had a passion surging in his heart, he laughed a few times, and said to Wang Jun: "Chief of Staff Wang." Call back to Deputy Division Commander Liu, and fight the Soviet army side by side with my brother, it is also a pleasure, after the end of the war, my brother will prepare a little wine, and my brother can come to Kulen to talk about it, and get drunk and rest! The thing to drink should be the result of the downfall of hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops! ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe said with a smile: "Division Commander, you have issued a challenge to Deputy Division Commander Liu!" Let's see who fights beautifully! ”

After receiving Tang Qiuli's second telegram, Liu Tiehan also laughed and said to the staff officers around him: "The division commander is so heroic! With the ending of the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops as a snack, the scene is big enough! Okay, let's not fight a big battle for a few years, so we will use the Soviet troops of these four armies to sharpen their knives and practice their hands! ”

"Chief of Operations, report on the specific location where the troops have arrived now!" After laughing, Liu Tiehan said.

Colonel Li Guangjin, head of the East Command Operations Division, opened the Wen Jiàn folder and said, "Report to the deputy division commander, the Zhao Yi Division of the First Brigade, the Zhou Fucheng Department of the Second Brigade, and the Miao Zhengliu Department of the Third Brigade, as a roundabout unit on the left road, have now advanced to the area of Chahartu. ”

"Huo Shouyi's division of the Fourth Brigade, Wu Keren's division of the fifth brigade, and Zhang Wenqing's division of the sixth brigade, as the right-hand detour troops, have now advanced to the area around Hunturke, and the troops of the two routes can arrive at the designated position at about 3 o'clock in the morning tomorrow and start immediately."

Liu Tiehan nodded and said: "Tell the three brigade commanders of the 7th Brigade Wan Fulin, the 8th Brigade Chang Enduo, and the 9th Brigade Feng Kai, the frontal blocking position should be built fifteen kilometers away from the bank of the Ulez River, and the 1st and 2nd Artillery Brigades and the five rocket artillery regiments will send artillery observers to the other side of the river to find out all the shelling directions and coordinates, leaving no dead ends, and tell the artillery commander that the work must be done carefully!" ”

Li Guangjin asked puzzledly: "Deputy division commander, according to the basic principles of blocking warfare, the blocking position should be built on the west bank of the Ulez River, on the beachhead on our side, so that the troops can fight back when the Soviet army crosses the river, why are you deployed like this?" Once the Soviet troops crossed the river and landed on the beachhead, it was not easy to repel them! Please think about it, the deputy division commander! ”

Liu Tiehan looked at Li Guangjin with a smile and said: "Not to repel it, but to annihilate it completely, at least we must kill more than half of the Soviet army, from the beachhead on the west bank of the Ulez River to the distance of 15 kilometers deep from our blocking position, which is enough to accommodate the strength of more than one army of the Soviet army. ”

"With the strength of three frontal brigades approaching more than 50,000 people, the Soviet army will be assaulted, with the assault of our three mechanized brigades in front, and the blockade of the Ulez River and hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces in the rear, where else can the Soviet army run? Guangjin, is this another way to encircle on all sides? The Soviet troops of one army are exactly the maximum capacity of the West Bank battlefield, and there are too many of them, and we do not have enough troops to eat. ”

"The three corps of the Soviet army on the east bank of the Ulez River were handed over to the six brigades that outflanked the two wings, as well as the 10th brigade Chen Guozhu and He Zhuguo's cavalry mixed brigades that blocked the Soviet army's retreat, and the two battlefields were relatively independent and inseparable, and they could support each other."

Speaking of this, Liu Tiehan sighed, and then said: "It's a pity that Ketian took away three mechanized brigades, otherwise, it would be completely possible to let go of all the Soviet troops across the Ulez River, and the troops on the left and right flanks would not have to outflank them for a long time, especially Chen Guozhu's tenth brigade and He Zhuguo's cavalry mixed brigade, which ran farther." ”

Liu Tiehan suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said to Li Guangjin: "By the way, Guangjin, telegraph to Chen Guozhu and He Zhuguo, once the retreating Soviet troops are too strong, you must not desperately block the mouth, you can adopt the tactics of harassing along the way, try to delay the retreat of the Soviet army, let the two of them rest assured, the Soviet army can't run, especially He Zhuguo, you must tell him strictly, this guy, as soon as he hears the sound of gunfire, his eyes will be red, and he will suffer a loss, let's not fight!" ”

Li Guangjin said with a smile: "Deputy division commander, I'm afraid your worries are right, Brigade Commander He's cavalry is a mixed brigade, with eight reinforced regiments, with a strength of more than 19,000 people, and is also equipped with a mortar battalion, two bazookas and recoilless artillery battalions, and each regiment also has an organic artillery battalion, and the firepower is no worse than any mechanized brigade. ”

"If you don't let him let go of his hands and feet to fight, I'm afraid he won't be convinced! Seeing the Soviet army passing in front of him, Brigade Commander He could endure it and fight piecemeal from the flank, and when the time came, I am afraid that Brigade Commander Chen Guozhu, who commanded the rear road, would not be able to restrain him! ”

Liu Tiehan glared and said: "Send a telegram to He Zhuguo, tell him, if you don't obey Dongzhi's orders and act willfully, I will also learn from the division commander, and there is a lack of a cavalry liaison staff officer around him, ask him if he is interested!" ”

On 28 September, the 180,000 troops of the Dongzhi troops were divided into four routes, three of which were outflanked by the Soviet troops coming from afar.

Chaokeula in eastern Outer Mongolia is a small grassland town with a population of no more than 1,000 people, and the headquarters of the Soviet Far Eastern Front that rushed to the aid of the Outer Mongolia battlefield is temporarily located here, and the commander of the team is Lieutenant General Yemenchenko, deputy chief of staff of the Far Eastern Front.

Lieutenant General Yemenchenko's affection is not high, in all fairness, this is not a good errand, in history, the example of not being able to save people, but being trapped in the burial of himself, abounds, especially the opponent is Tang Qiuli, who once wiped out hundreds of thousands of troops of the Soviet Red Army in the first Outer Mongolia Campaign, which is a formidable opponent.

If it can be avoided, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko will definitely not take this errand, not to mention the uncertain future, just a long march, trekking hundreds of kilometers, to the destination, without even letting breath, he will be thrown into battle, so that he has no bottom in his heart, but what can be done, the order of the General Staff, like a life amulet, forced march at full speed, day and night, Kulygin that guy is waiting for help!

When the members of the Front Command were discussing the candidates for leading the team, Lieutenant General Yemenchenko tried his best to be in the corner, but he was still the commander of the North and Far Eastern Front, Senior General Zhukov, and he saw it at a glance, and what Comrade Zhukov said was very euphemistic and seemed to be discussed, but there was absolutely no room for shirk in his tone.

"Comrade Yemenchenko, the front army needs to go all out Due to the pressure on the Japanese Kwantung Army, several deputy commanders, each responsible for a battlefield direction, and the chief of staff wants to assist me in commanding the troops, but they can't be separated, so only you, Comrade Yemenchenko, can shoulder this arduous and heavy task, and this is also the trust of the front army command in you, the four infantry corps need to have a commander with a strong sense of responsibility and rich combat experience to unify and coordinate the command."

"I discussed with the political commissar and several comrades of the deputy commander, and decided that you would command this army, and after setting off, you will directly obey the command of the General Staff, hoping that you will be able to complete this arduous task, and it needs to be reminded that your opponent is Tang Qiuli, he is a sinister and cunning, extremely good at using stratagems, needless to say, I have been defeated under his hands, so I can give you a proposal of only four words, cautious and confidential!"

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