Outside the city, the headquarters of the Soviet Novosibirsk Front. starter
Looking at the map in front of him, Chernyakhov had a sad expression on his face. At this moment, his five infantry corps and four tank brigades only had four infantry corps and three tank brigades, and his strength had also dropped from The number of more than 200,000 has dropped sharply to more than 100,000. In terms of military strength, the Soviet army no longer has any advantage.
"Commander, how should we deploy next? Now that the assault group has lost contact with us, whether we can let them quickly return reinforcements, with the assault group and the troops we have now, we can still surround the Chinese troops." The chief of staff walked to Chernyakhov's side and carefully spoke his thoughts.
Chernyakhov looked at the map with dull eyes. Now his only hope was to find the assault group. Once the assault group failed to achieve any results, I am afraid that the higher-ups would definitely be held accountable. As the commander of the front army, Chernyakhov is directly responsible. After all, the loss of tens of thousands of troops is not a small matter.
"Don't move the troops of the assault group. They are already approaching Coulomb. As long as they capture Coulomb, it will have a great impact on the morale of the Chinese troops. The only thing I'm worried about now is that the superiors will continue to urge us to attack the Buying and Selling City. But in our situation, if we continue to forcefully attack the Buying and Selling City, I'm afraid the troops will still cause a lot of casualties." Chernyakhov slowly walked to the chair and said helplessly.
After finishing speaking, Chernyakhov sat on the chair, took out the latest casualty report and read it carefully. As he looked at the casualty report, Chernyakhov's face turned livid. .
In more than ten days of fighting, the Novosibirsk troops made little progress, but the casualties they paid were huge. This was something Chernyakhov could not accept. Although the Soviet troops were large in number, they It cannot bear such huge casualties, especially when no results have been achieved. It is impossible to explain to the higher-ups if the casualties are too great. Chernyakhov knows these things well.
"Now we don't have any reserve teams in our hands, and we don't have much confidence in defeating the Chinese troops in Buying City. The assault group has lost contact with us. Once they are surrounded by Chinese troops, we here can only watch helplessly. As they are surrounded and annihilated. We should be cautious and quickly withdraw the assault group." The chief of staff still insisted on his opinion.
Chernyakhov hesitated for a moment, nodded slowly and said, "Report the situation to Commander-in-Chief Vasilevsky and ask him what he means. If he agrees to withdraw the assault group, then we will quickly withdraw it." The assault group withdraws, and if he does not agree, we can only readjust our deployment and continue the attack on Buying and Selling City."
"Yes, commander." The chief of staff saluted and walked out.
On the Sino-Soviet border, there is an open space.
Liu Yuzhang looked at the map carefully, with a smile on his face. He had already learned from the message that the Chinese troops had surrounded and annihilated a large number of Soviet troops and achieved very good results. This made Liu Yuzhang very excited.
At this moment, Liu Yuzhang did not quickly return to the trading city. After careful consideration, Chu Xichun decided to definitely keep Liu Yuzhang's troops in the rear of the Soviet army, attack the Soviet army's strength, and cooperate with the main force of Buying and selling city to hold their positions.
But this time, Chuxichun invested a lot of troops in Liu Yuzhang. In addition to Liu Yuzhang's reorganized 74th brigade, Jiang Weiguo's three armored anti-tank artillery regiments also participated in this unit, and the ninth The engineering regiment and armored regiment directly under the Corps also participated in this unit.
Now this army has various types of arms, with a strength of about 20,000.
"Commander-in-Chief, a Soviet tank unit was found ahead, and it was accompanied by infantry. The number is about 3,000." A major ran to Liu Yuzhang and reported the situation.
Liu Yuzhang had a troubled expression on his face. Although Chu Xichun gave him a lot of reinforcements, the troops were all on the march and had not arrived here at all. Now Liu Yuzhang only has one infantryman in his hands. Battalion, an anti-tank gun battalion, an armored battalion, and an assault gun company, with a total strength of no more than 2,000 people.
"Take cover first, and the anti-tank gun battalion is ready for battle." Liu Yuzhang quickly issued the order.
This force of the Soviet army is the force that reinforces Vasilevsky¡¯s General Headquarters. In addition to a tank brigade, it is also equipped with two infantry battalions.
"Brigade commander, we found traces of Chinese tanks marching ahead. Do you want to pursue them?" A major walked up to the brigade commander and reported the situation.
The brigade commander held up the telescope and looked around, with a worried look on his face.expression.
He had already learned the news that the tank troops had suffered heavy losses. Under such circumstances, the brigade commander did not want to take too many risks. After all, he was now in an open space. Although it was conducive to the march of his armored troops, by the same token, the terrain here, It is also conducive to the operations of Chinese tank troops.
"Don't pursue, move closer to the headquarters quickly." The brigade commander was silent for a moment, and then issued the order.
Following the brigade commander¡¯s order, the Soviet tank troops quickly approached the Soviet border and did not pursue Liu Yuzhang¡¯s troops.
Liu Yuzhang, who had escaped the disaster, had a smile on his face. Although he looked like a rough man on the outside, he was a rough man with a finesse. He knew clearly that if he were to fight the Soviet army now, his own strength would definitely be You will suffer a loss.
"Send a small group of scouts to follow this Soviet army. We don't have the ability to eat them now. When Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang Weiguo returns with his troops, we will eat this Soviet army." Liu Yuzhang quickly issued the order. .
After receiving the order, more than a dozen scouts quickly followed the Soviet troops.
Soviet Union, Soviet Far East General Headquarters.
Vasilevsky looked at the map and frowned tightly.
One million Soviet troops fought for more than ten days. Except for a assault group of the Novosibirsk Front that entered the depths of Tushetu Khan's tribe, the rest of the troops did not gain anything at all. Now the entire Far East Soviet army has paid The cost of more than 100,000 casualties made Vasilevsky very unhappy.
"How is the progress on the Baikal Front? Aren't they conducting roundabout operations? Why haven't they made any progress?" Vasilevsky asked coldly.
"Commander-in-Chief, the roundabout troops of the Baikal Front encountered a large number of Japanese troops and are currently fighting. However, they do not have more than a week, so it is difficult to make any progress. I don't know what method the Chinese government used to convince these troops. The Japanese troops participated in the war, and the Japanese troops performed very tenaciously." Chief of Staff Ivanov came over, looked at Vasilevsky and said.
Vasilevsky¡¯s brows frowned tightly, with an unhappy expression on his face.
As a senior general of the Soviet army, Vasilevsky knew clearly that the outcome of the war between Zhukov and the Japanese at Nomenkan was not as advertised to the outside world. The Soviet army did not have any advantage at all, and the troops suffered casualties. The number of people is greater than the number of Japanese casualties.
"Damn the Japanese, they have already surrendered, but they still dare to participate in the battle. Order the troops to teach these Japanese a lesson." Vasilevsky's face was full of anger, and he shouted loudly With.
Ivanov nodded and did not continue to say anything.
"Commander-in-Chief, with the current situation of our troops, it may be difficult to win the foreign war. We should continue to ask Comrade Stalin for help and ask him to increase reinforcements. As long as we have reinforcements, our battle here can continue, even Achieve victory in the battle." Military Commissioner Joseph walked to Vasilevsky's side and said.
Vasilevsky frowned tightly and fell into silence.
Peiping, Presidential Palace.
Yang Junran is in a good mood now. He is not paying attention to the war in foreign countries. Instead, he and Cui Zhengming are preparing to deal with Li Zongren. Yang Junran would not be polite to a conspirator like Li Zongren. What's more, Yang Junran gave Li Zongren a chance, but Li Zongren didn't cherish it.
"According to recent intelligence, Li Zongren has contacted Peking Garrison Deputy Commander Huang Shaohong many times, and Li Zongren has frequent contacts with people from Guangdong and Guangxi, many of whom are representatives of generals from various places. It seems that Li Zongren wants to take action, so he did it Such behavior." Cui Zhengming looked at Yang Junran in front of him and reported the situation with a serious face.
Yang Junran had a smile on his face, looked at Cui Zhengming and said, "Li Zongren wants to become the second He Yingqin, and I can help him. You have to collect more evidence of his contact with the Soviets. As long as you have this evidence, I It can ruin Li Zongren's reputation. Li Zongren will not understand one thing, that is, the position of the president. Although you look at people, when you sit down, you will find that once you sit in this position, you will be under a lot of pressure. . You have to think about whether the people's lives are good and how they view themselves. You also have to think about how the local officials far away are and how they treat the people. If it were not a special period, I would like to give this position to Li Zongren, let him try it."
¡°The president is joking, you are the one everyone expects.¡± Cui Zhengming said with a smile.
Yang Junran shook his head, looked at Cui Zhengming and said, "You are all old subordinates who have followed me for many years.We also had a lot of conflicts. But I hope you can still point out my mistakes at critical times. In this way, you are helping me. If you blindly flatter me and accommodate me, you are harming me. "
"Yes, President." Cui Zhengming said hurriedly.
"Continue surveillance at Li Zongren's place. Once he takes drastic action, he will be arrested immediately. However, the arrest process must be hidden and no one should know about it. In addition, you must also send someone to check Huang Shaohong's place to prevent him from causing trouble. What's going on? I heard that the Soviets are also conducting nuclear tests. Your people should find a way to sneak into the Soviets and try to sabotage their experiments. Once they have nuclear weapons, it will be a big blow to us. Threat. Your agents must not only develop in China, but also have our people all over the world. Only in this way will our country be safer." Yang Junran looked at Cui Zhengming and said.
Cui Zhengming nodded, saluted and said, "Don't worry, President Yang, I will take care of these things."
Yang Junran smiled and patted Cui Zhengming on the shoulder.