Seeing that the commanders of the other units had left, the commander of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union, the commander of the Command of the Campaign for the Restoration of Outer Mongolia and the commissar of the political council, General Kulygin, whispered a few words to the chief of staff, and then, unusually kindly, said to several division commanders of the Air Force: "Comrades of the Air Force, please be seated!" ”

It was a small-scale meeting, and the venue of the meeting was moved to the makeshift office of General Kurekin, and at the same time, at the door of the office, two heavily armed lieutenant officers were standing guard, and it was clear that the contents of the meeting were top secret.

A major adjutant poured a cup of fragrant coffee for a few people, and then, withdrawing, closed the door tightly.

General Kurygin groaned for a moment and said solemnly: "Comrades of the Air Force, I want to talk about the tasks of the Air Force by leaving you alone, as you know, I am very short on time, and I am about to set off to the front line to command the troops to fight, let's talk about it briefly." ”

"According to the information obtained by the intelligence department of the military region, the Northern Flying Group of the Independent Division has sent a large number of additional combat planes to the Outer Mongolia region in the last few days, the specific number of which is unknown, and this Northern Flying Group is very strong and has been in China's Manchuria region and is shouldering combat missions with the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Force, and the comrades of the Air Force of our military region are no strangers to it."

Several division commanders of the air force units of the Transcaucasian Military District nodded, acknowledging the words of Comrade Commander, and General Kurygin continued: "Your task is to send bombers at dawn tomorrow and when visibility permits, to violently bombard the positions of the Chinese army on the south bank of the Sejingge River, including the logistics supply line of the Chinese army to the Kulen line, and Tang Qiuli's aviation will obviously make a desperate counterattack. Therefore, I hope that comrades will be mentally prepared, this is a big battle, a bad battle! ”

"There is also a more important secret mission, that is, while fighting against Tang Qiuli's Northern Flying Group group, you must preserve considerable strength and not have an excessively high battle loss rate, and the specific content of the secret mission is to send a large number of bombers and fighters to bomb Kulen at 11:30 p.m. on September 22. It's a task that has to be done. ”

"Because I have just received an order from the General Staff and personally signed by Comrade Stalin, the comrades of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, will cooperate with our Soviet Red Army at 0:00 o'clock on September 22. Liberate the whole territory of Outer Mongolia and hold armed insurrections throughout Outer Mongolia. Our bombing. It is to create chaos in Cullen and cover their riot! ”

The commanders of several Soviet air divisions were silent, and the commanders of the two fighter divisions transferred from other military districts had never heard of the independent divisional aviation because they were not stationed in the border area. The prestige of the Northern Flying Group did not know that in the recently concluded air battle in Liaodong Bay, it defeated the Third Air Force of the Japanese Kwantung Army. The record of almost the annihilation of the whole army does not have much psychological burden, and it should have been inherited in one bite, but the war is coming!

However, a few colleagues of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military Region had a solemn look on their faces, and they choked their words back into their stomachs, and when they looked at their words and expressions, they knew that this was not an easy job to do, otherwise, the faces of several people who were sitting on the ground would not be as ugly as dead fish.

The commanders of several fighter divisions and bomber divisions of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military District of the Soviet Union have a very good understanding of the Northern Flying Group of the Air Force of this independent division; in the First Outer Mongolian War, they held the post of commander or captain of a flight regiment in the Air Force of the former Far Eastern Military District of the Soviet Union, and they also personally participated in several large-scale air battles and several tragic battles over Outer Mongolia.

The flying skills, combat will, and tactical level of the pilots of the Chinese Independent Division were a terrifying memory for themselves, especially the Great Kulen Air Battle, which was the beginning of the folding of the wings of the Air Force of the Far Eastern Military District, and the result of the war ended in a crushing defeat for the Soviet Union, and it was precisely because of this defeat that Stalin was outraged that the Far Eastern Military District was revoked, disappeared from the ranks of the strategic military districts of the Soviet Army, and was assigned to the Transcaucasian Military District.

And Liu Cuigang, commander of the Northern Flying Group of the Independent Division's Air Force, is no stranger to them; although they have not fought with the pilots of the Independent Division for several years, their achievements with the Kwantung Army Air Force have been widely spread in the Far East, and these division commanders have also commanded their subordinate units and participated in Zhukov's Far Eastern Front, and they have a personal experience of the Japanese Kwantung Army's campaigns and the Japanese pilots' plain and fighting style.

In all fairness, it was a group of fierce, bloodthirsty, and fearless opponents, and under the command of Liu Cuigang, if they were able to defeat such an opponent repeatedly, how could they not let the commanders of several fighter divisions of the Air Force of the Transcaucasian Military Region feel terrified in their hearts.

Seeing the commanders of several fighter divisions and bomber divisions, who were silent, with embarrassment on their faces, General Kurygin was unhappy, his face was gloomy, and his tone was under pressure, and he asked: "Why, comrades of the Air Force, are embarrassed about their own tasks?" Comrades are reminded that this is an order issued by Comrade Stalin himself, and the consequences must be considered! ”

The colonel of a fighter division stood up and said: "Comrade commander, it is not that we have a difficult situation, bombing the positions of the independent division troops on the front line of the Sejingge River, and we guarantee to complete the task, the key is that this secret mission involves the constraints of too many factors, first, our pilots have no experience in night air raid operations, and second, how to evade the interception of the independent division's aviation units and safely reach the target after a long-distance attack on Kulen are all problems to be solved. ”

Senior General Kurygin did not know much about the Air Force's tactics and the performance of the aircraft, and he also believed that the words of this senior colonel and division commander were telling the truth, but even if there were 10,000 reasons, they could not complete the task personally assigned by Comrade Stalin and delayed the plan to recover Outer Mongolia.

Therefore, General Kuregin's face sank, and he said undoubtedly: "I understand your practical difficulties, but, no matter what the difficulties, the task of attacking Kulen at night must be completed, and the specific measures and plans must be studied by your air force, and what I want is to hear the explosion in Kulen City at midnight on September 22, okay, this is the end of the meeting, and I will rush to the front line immediately!" ”

After saying that, General Kurygin did not give them a chance to explain at all, and got up without looking back; Leaving the office, leaving a few air force division commanders, looking at each other with a wry smile on their faces, the commanders of the two fighter divisions transferred from other military regions hurriedly asked their peers, Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Flight Group of the independent division, why Xu Renye?

The night became thicker, the strong wind blew through the empty grassland, bringing a biting chill, the grass gradually withered and yellowed, swaying in the wind, and in the sky, a layer of lead clouds shrouded the stars, so that the earth was more and more immersed in darkness, and in such a night, visibility was extremely low.

In the area on the north bank of the Sejingge River, on a low hill, under a few low bushes, more than 20 soldiers from the first company and second platoon of the Third Infantry Brigade of the Outer Mongolian Frontier Army of the Independent Division and the brigade's reconnaissance battalion lurked here, and the chilly night wind blew through the soldiers who had not yet put on winter clothes, making people cool from the heart.

The platoon commander, Second Lieutenant Srigulen, tightened the belt on his body, stood up, held a telescope, and looked at the north in the vast night, in the lens, in addition to the boundless night, or the boundless night, a row of two platoons, in the area of the north bank of the Sejingge River, has been active for four or five days, the most recent one, has touched the city of Irkutsk, less than 20 kilometers, if not for the order of the command, the platoon commander Srigulen, maybe take his brothers, sneak into the city, casually grab a tongue and bring it back.

For these scouts, sleeping in the wild is commonplace, but the night of the Outer Mongolian grassland in late September is really difficult, put down the binoculars, did not find anything, rubbed his sour eyes, and ordered in a low voice: "The first shift is on duty, pay attention to the movement, the second and third shifts seize the time to rest, and tomorrow we will continue to expand the reconnaissance range!" ”

Liu Suozhu, a communications soldier, followed behind the platoon commander with the radio on his back, and couldn't help muttering: "Platoon commander, we have all been reconnoitring in this area for four or five days, and we haven't even seen the shadow of an old man. ”

Si Riguleng lightly patted Liu Suozhu's steel helmet, and scolded in a low voice: "You kid has a lot of ghosts, the command command's order is reasonable, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops are gathered in the Baikal region, if the situation is unclear, we boldly touch it, what if we bump into the pile of Soviet troops in the brigade, just 20 of us, we have not been dumplings by the Soviet army, when the time comes, it is too late to run, okay pillar, you put down the radio station, and go to sleep!" ”

Liu Suozhu muttered, took off the radio on his body, gently put it in a place with dense grass, groped and checked the canvas bag containing the radio again, and then, buckled the steel helmet on his face, held the submachine gun in his arms, and after a while, he let out a sweet breathing sound.

Si Rigu smiled slightly, took out a grass-green military blanket from his backpack, covered Liu Suozhu's body, and found a short tree nearby to lean on, stretched his legs comfortably, and silently thought about his thoughts.

After a while, drowsiness came up, his eyelids were dry, and he kept fighting, and in a hazy state, Sri Gu Leng fell into a light sleep, and his right hand was still holding the submachine gun tightly, and his right hand was close to the place where the pistol holster was.

Just two kilometers away from the second row of lurking sites, in the dark night, more than thirty black shadows suddenly flashed out of a small forest.

(To be continued) (issued on August 7, 2013) (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )