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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2230 The Difficult Retreat to the West

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    The Soviet troops in the Far East began to withdraw westward, with the Outer Khingan Range Army and the Lake Baikal Front in the front, and the Far East Front in the rear. Millions of Soviet soldiers were divided into countless groups and spread all over the muddy Far East land. Then, like a flood,  Like a stream of water, it overflowed the line from Chita to Irkutsk and headed west. As for the large towns along the westward retreat, the Soviet army did not dare to set foot even half a step and avoided them from a distance.

    The Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army, which had been lingering in Outer Mongolia, suddenly accelerated its march without the six brigades of the independent division directly under the corps, pursuing and harassing them. However, it was destroyed by Chutian's special operations detachment.  The mess of roads and bridges still posed insurmountable practical difficulties in front of the Soviet army. Compared with the other three front troops withdrawing westward from the Far East, the speed of the Outer Mongolia Front Army still seemed slow.

    This made the commander of the front army, General Vasilevsky, extremely angry. He cursed people every day. The commander of the front army's engineering unit was so scolded that he even had the urge to pull out a gun and commit suicide. However, what good could he do?  Method?

    The original roads and bridges were completely destroyed by the Chinese, and the amount of work required to repair them was staggering. Now, God has also acted against us. As the weather gets warmer, the snow everywhere has turned into mud and swamps.  , it¡¯s okay for infantry, but for tanks, artillery, and trucks, facing such road conditions is simply a nightmare. The entire Soviet Union¡¯s Outer Mongolia Front has more than one million soldiers fighting against the mud and stagnant water everywhere.  Live.

    According to the orders of the commander of the front army, most of the troops of the Outer Mongolia Front Army.  They all temporarily changed careers and served as engineers.  Building bridges and paving roads provides great convenience for the three front troops behind them. They can retreat westward along the roads built by the Outer Mongolia Front Army without having to worry about the road conditions.

    In response to this, General Vasilevsky, commander of the Outer Mongolian Front Army, felt extremely uncomfortable. Originally.  His troops were the first to start withdrawing westward, and they were closest to the Ural Mountains and Tannu Mountains. But now, they were overtaken by three other front troops coming from afar. This made Vasilevs, who regarded himself very highly,  General Ji, why are you so embarrassed?

    A telegram of complaints quietly flew to Moscow and the Kremlin.  The desk of Comrade Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Supreme Commander of the Soviet Wartime Headquarters, and the great leader of the Soviet people.

    However, Stalin's current mood is obviously much better than before.  Several million square kilometers of land were ceded to Tang Qiuli in exchange for the four front armies trapped in the east. Millions of elite troops retreated smoothly. The pressure in the face of the fierce German attack was increasing day by day.  This is undoubtedly extremely good news for Moscow's western defense line, which may collapse at any time.  The nerves that were so tense that they were about to break could finally relax a little, and Comrade Stalin could free up some of his energy to consider other national affairs.

    In Stalin's opinion, the telegram with some grievances, small complaints, and small excuses for his close and beloved generals was really a trivial matter. Therefore, Comrade Stalin smiled slightly, wrote it personally, and wrote it to Vasilevs.  General Ji replied with a comforting telegram, which was able to appease his somewhat embarrassed subordinates.

    Being forced to cede the eastern Asian part of the Soviet Union and millions of kilometers of land to Tang Qiuli, Stalin is still feeling pain. The fierce German attack is another kind of severe pain. Comparing the two,  One is permanent pain, the other is immediate pain. However, the choice between short-term pain and long-term pain finally gave the Soviet Union a chance to breathe. And Stalin was even more worried about the Soviet Union's four elite front armies being trapped in the Eastern battlefield.  uneasy.

    Stalin knew very well that if he had not been driven by greed and blindly inflated his confidence, he made the final decision at the Politburo meeting to use troops against the Japanese and Tang Qiuli in the East at the same time. The current situation in the Soviet Union would never be so bad. If  With more than six million elite troops blocking the direction of Europe, can the German army still march straight into uninhabited territory and fight all the way to the gates of Moscow?

    Can millions of square kilometers of land be ceded to that Chinese Tang Qiuli without any conditions?  Stalin knew what a serious mistake he had made. If he were really investigated, the conditions for execution would be enough. It would be enough to plunge the Soviet Union into a crisis of national annihilation. Of course, the great leader of the Soviet people was  He would not admit that he had made a mistake, and the people below would not even dare to mention a word of it, not even a look of complaint.

    However, the Kremlin staff discovered that Comrade Stalin seemed to be very taboo and sensitive about everything in the East. Therefore, the staff would never dare to use words such as the Far East and Outer Mongolia in their words and documents.  , all matters involving the above two regions will be handled exclusively by Comrade Molotov, People¡¯s Commissar for Foreign Affairs.

    Now, ???In Stalin's office, Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the Soviet General Staff, and Molotov, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, were studying two major matters with Stalin.

    One is about how the four front troops in the Eastern region, after withdrawing to the European battlefield, launched a full-scale counterattack against the German army and pushed the front line away from Moscow. This matter was left to the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov, to be responsible for the specific details.  Stalin did not interfere in the deployment of the campaign. Of course, he still had to make the final decision on the campaign plan!

    Stalin was talking about another matter. Regarding the selection of commanders for the war against the German army, his own Chief of General Staff said: "Comrade Petroshilov, all our hopes are pinned on the four soldiers who have returned from the east.  On a front soldier!"

    "Among them, Zhukov's Far East Front suffered relatively heavy losses in this battle against the Japanese. Your General Staff can consider replenishing Zhukov's troops as soon as possible. In addition, I personally recommend that Zhukov serve as the commander-in-chief of the newly formed Moscow Front.  The political commissar will use the former Far East Front as the backbone, supplement other units, and be responsible for the main combat mission against the German army. The total strength of the Moscow Front must reach more than three million people. The General Staff will consider the specific organization plan! "

    "The final word was made. When Mrs. Zhukov was still rushing back to the European battlefield, his new identity and appointment were already waiting for him. Stalin still had great trust in Zhukov's military command ability.

    Similarly, Zhukov is also the chief of the general staff, Marshal Petroshilov, a general whom he admires very much. At least, he is much better than Vasilevsky. Therefore, he will not have any objections. On the contrary, he will  He tried his best to replenish the muscles and bones of the Moscow Front.

    Stalin was talking about another matter with Molotov, "Comrade Molotov, regarding the issue of new border line demarcation, Tang Qiuli's independent division has dispatched hundreds of teams to take charge of this matter.  I would like to remind you that the Chinese personnel participating in the work of demarcating the border line are all from the independent divisions, and none of them are within the government system of the Republic of China. This has been stated in the documents submitted by each other.  On this point, we don¡¯t have any objections to this!¡±

    Molotov understood what Comrade Stalin meant. The land ceded from the Soviet Union was the private property of Tang Qiuli and had nothing to do with the National Government. The usual diplomatic methods were of no use. Don't play tricks. In addition, Comrade Stalin  I hope that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary complications. The implication is to try to appease Tang Qiuli so as to avoid any further mistakes.

    "Yes, Comrade Stalin, I have transferred a large number of personnel from relevant government departments to form a border demarcation team equivalent to the independent division. Starting tomorrow, we will gradually arrive in the Siberian region and start work! I will personally lead the team!" Mo Mo  Lotov said with a very haggard expression.

    After returning from Kulun with a heavy blow, Molotov seemed to collapse. He felt a deep sense of guilt. After getting off the plane, Molotov did not go directly to the Kremlin and went to Stalin.  Comrade reported, but ran back to his home, adjusted his mentality for several hours, and then rushed to Stalin's office as if recovering from a serious illness. This was also the reason why the commanders of the two Soviet front armies received the telegram from Moscow that night.

    Originally, Molotov asked Comrade Stalin for leave, but Stalin could not do without this resourceful assistant. Naturally, his wish to take sick leave came to nothing. Molotov was really ill, mainly psychologically.  In this way, he still drags his body and is full of pain to deal with the Chinese again. Comrade Stalin is worried about this matter to no one. Only Molotov, who is seriously ill, reluctantly goes into battle.

    At the end of the three-person meeting, Stalin suddenly said to Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff: "Comrade Petroshilov, wait a minute, there is something that needs to be done immediately. You must do it in the name of the headquarters.  The commanders of the four front armies are ordered to bypass all the major towns and cities in the Far East and Outer Mongolia that they pass along the way when they withdraw to the European battlefield. They must restrain their troops! "

    "This is very important, mainly to avoid any form of conflict and friction with the independent division troops. Our commanders at all levels must know this clearly!" Stalin's expression was extremely serious.

    Stalin was really afraid. At this time, it was not appropriate for any unpleasant things to happen with the Independent Division. The four front armies had not yet left the area under the actual control of the Independent Division. The smallest thing could lead to Tang Qiuli's death.  An excuse to fall out. If he makes unreasonable demands again, what will the Soviet Union do?  What should I do?

    Based on Stalin¡¯s own thoughts, Tang Qiuli believed that the greedy Chinese would really do this!

    ?(To be continued) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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