The sudden sandstorm saved the 24th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, and after dropping four to five thousand corpses, the acting commander Abeleschia led more than 5,000 soldiers to escape from the encirclement while the sandstorm. And the political commissar Melnikov led more than 5,000 people to break through the encirclement, which was the best time to break through in this weather, and the Chinese soldiers could only watch them flee and jump out of the encirclement.

The 13th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Chinese National Defense Army, which entered the middle of the Soviet position, pursued the Soviet Abereschia Division, and although it was already dark and the sandstorm had not abated, the 13th Infantry Brigade did not stop there.

The 9th Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Wehrmacht, which was pursuing the Soviet cavalry, also had to return in vain due to a sandstorm, and the Soviet Kazakh Independent Cavalry Division, relying on the experience of the native Kazakhs in the army, suddenly fled to the salt marshes of Ares. Another Cossack Far Eastern Cavalry Division was suddenly headed east because of a sandstorm, so that the 9th Cavalry Division of the Wehrmacht had to pursue them in the face of wind and sand. Hou Ruibing judged that if the enemy counterattacked at this time, he would definitely suffer heavy losses, so he immediately decided to withdraw to his headquarters just in case and wait for today's sandstorm to pass.

The Chinese soldiers were unprepared for the power of the sandstorm, and they had to hide behind the dunes hungry or behind their horses. The horses were also frightened at this time, and ran more than a hundred horses, and one qiē looked extremely bad, Wang Jiejun smiled bitterly and said that this was the most wolf he had ever led his troops to get up and down. He immediately reported the sandstorm to the Longcheng Headquarters and the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing, and the commander-in-chief, Ren Yuanxing, told him to pay attention to protecting himself. Don't rush into action.

By night, the 13th Infantry Brigade was still uncontactable, and Wang Jiejun truthfully reported the matter of the 13th Infantry Brigade. Ren Yuanxing's attitude was to wait for the sandstorm to pass, and he didn't accuse him, this is indeed God's problem, not a war.

"Sandstorms? The 13th Infantry Brigade temporarily lost contact? Wang Maoru, who was in Beijing, was also depressed when he learned the news for the first time, and he ordered the Secret Telecommunications Division to contact the 13th Infantry Brigade from time to time, and at the same time ordered the reconnaissance unit of the Western Regions Military Region, including the planes, to find this unit. It's really frustrating for a brigade to lose contact or go missing. They (the 13th Infantry Brigade) originally had four stations, but because of the pursuit they carried only one with the least power. It also failed in the weather of a sandstorm.

Don't fall into an ambush, Wang Maoru said worriedly, but when he thought of the sandstorm, it was blowing. Even if the Soviets were in ambush, they first buried themselves in the sand, and finally prayed that they would not be drowned in the sand because of this sandstorm.

"Report, Russian Ambassador Yulin and Deputy Ambassador Yue Fei asked to see you." The adjutant said in a high-pitched voice.

"Okay." Wang Maoru nodded and said, "You go and prepare to meet in the third meeting room." ”

"Yes."

Subsequently, Wang Maoru took Chief of Staff Yong Xingbao, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Zhang Kuian, and Secretary General Yang Du to meet with him in the third meeting room of the Ministry of National Defense. The representatives of Soviet Russia always exuded the proud demeanor of the Russians. Unlike the aristocratic pride of the British, the pride of the Russians was treated with a hint of barbarism.

You Lin saw the arrogance of Wang Maoru and the others who still held their heads high, but the deputy representative Yue Fei was neither humble nor arrogant, and smiled, and Yu Lin said: "Your Excellency, Minister of Defense, I hope you can give an explanation for the attack launched by our Soviet Russian Republic. ”

Wang Maoru gestured to Zhang Kuian, and as the spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Zhang Kuian immediately smiled and said: "Your Excellency, what is the truth?" I guess you know better than we do, right? Who provoked and attacked whom first? The purpose of calling you here is to protest to your country against your country's disregard for the provisions of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship. They crossed the border without authorization to attack our soldiers, and our troops suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Shameless! Swindler! Yu Lin was furious in his heart, and he exclaimed: "Your Excellency, we are old friends, we know more than we know ourselves, it is clear that you know who is weaving lies, and we know better who is lying. Please stop saying those useless words, the battles that are taking place in Kyzylorda in Central Asia, hum, you must know that there is Kyzylorda, there is the territory of our Soviet Russian Republic. In the war that takes place on the territory of our country, is it still necessary to argue who is righteous and who is evil? ”

"Just like the Sino-Soviet Secret Treaty, the Russian government is not allowed to accept Chinese to study Bolshevism in Soviet Russia, but according to us, study in Moscow University, isn't it?" Zhang Kuian said with a smile.

Wang Maoru took out a cigarette on the side and lit it, and after taking a puff, he said slowly: "I believe that Soviet Russia will definitely abide by all the agreements between us, but it will take time, and likewise, our Chinese army will need a certain amount of time to evacuate the Kizil fortress." But isn't your country's eagerness to drive away my soldiers a provocation to the endurance of the Chinese? ”

Yu Lin said angrily: "The bell of war has been sounded by your country, are you shirking your responsibility when you say these now?" I think you will regret angering the great Soviet government. Your country should be held solely responsible for this, even if it suffered defeat. The bell of war, I don't know whose death knell it is. ”

Wang Maoru shrugged his shoulders and said: "I am very much looking forward to the results you expected, if your country wants to tear up the Sino-Soviet Friendship Treaty, you should reflect on it, the Chinese are not soft persimmons, you can pinch them if you want." ”

"I hope you like the sound of the death knell." Zhang Kuian took the opportunity to say.

"We'll see, then." Yulin said.

"Sending off!" Wang Maoru said angrily, and after You Lin and Yue Fei left, Wang Maoru laughed instead, and said to his subordinates: "Guess, what is the Kremlin doing now?" ”

In the Kremlin on the evening of May 17, the great leader of Soviet Russia, Comrade Lenin, lay on his hospital bed and read some of the materials that had been secretly transported in about Stalin's actions when he launched the revolution in Georgia, but which went beyond the progressive significance of the revolution itself, such as the persecution of other Bolsheviks. At the end of reading the information, Lenin was so angry with his series of actions that he struggled to do it, but suddenly felt that the right half of his body was paralyzed, his right hand and right foot could not move, and his speech was a little unclear.

When the nurse walked in, Lenin pointed to his mouth but could not speak, and the nurse was so frightened that she spilled the medicine in her hand on the ground, and Comrade Lenin was speechless.

Stalin was given urgent notice, and he immediately sensitively withheld the news, sending his own personal physician to examine Lenin's health, and received the news that Lenin was suffering from hemiplegia and various complications, and was in a serious illness that was sometimes confused and sometimes sober.

"Do you need to sue his wife?" The doctor asked cautiously.

Stalin took a few steps left and right, and said coldly: "No, this is the time of war, and if this vexatious woman Krupstaya puts forward any more damn ideas that will affect the stability of the great Soviet Russia, you must control him and her, and you must not let them meet." Behind him, the Minister of Internal Affairs Yakubu immediately nodded. Stalin looked at the paralyzed Lenin, his face was hideous, and his heart quickly calculated.

The roaring sandstorm stopped at about nine o'clock in the morning during the day on May 18, and before the sandstorm stopped, the squadron was slow to discover that Melnikov had already fled with his men. The Wehrmacht 3rd Division cleared Soviet positions and dug up 3,000 corpses from the sand, but it was not certain that the Soviets had lost only 3,000 men, and many Soviet corpses were buried in the dunes due to large-scale sandstorms. Chief of Staff Li Gujian could float 3,000 reports to 6,000 people when he reported them, and the other officers also agreed that they should report more, but Wang Jiejun said: "I don't need to fake the war exploits, just report 3,000 people." Li Gu looked regretful, in fact, everyone knew that their results were more than that, but after the sandstorm, these results were buried in the sand and could not be found.

The unexpected sandstorm also affected Blyukhel's army, and on the afternoon of May 17, he planned a large-scale feint at night to drain the Chinese's ammunition, especially the fortress artillery. However, as soon as the feint attack began, it was blown away by the strong wind, and several soldiers were even blown onto the Chinese defense line and captured alive by the Chinese.

Blyukhel was also depressed, it was really bad luck tonight, Kolchak repeatedly asked the guards to see him, so he asked Kolchak to report. As soon as he entered the tent, Kolchak said excitedly: "Now is the best time for a general attack, God is helping us." ”

"What did you say?"

"In such visibility, the enemy's artillery is useless, the enemy's bullets cannot hit us, it is only necessary for our fighters to run into the enemy's trenches and engage them in hand-to-hand combat, they will definitely collapse. Believe me, this is a godsend, and we must not miss it. Kolchak was so excited that he almost jumped up and said excitedly.

"Attacking in this weather?" "It's a joke, and I don't even know if my soldiers will kill each other by mistake because they can't see each other clearly, no, I don't agree." And we were attacking against the wind, which made it even more difficult. ”

"It's better to kill each other by mistake than to be tortured by the enemy, now is the best chance, now! Your Excellency, Commander, please listen to me, the enemy would never have imagined that we would attack in such a situation, and we would certainly be able to achieve the effect of surprise. Kolchak's eyes showed ambition, he was an excellent commander, and his ability to capture fighters was far better than the cavalry general in front of him, who was not tall but had a lot of legs. In Kolchak's opinion, Blyukhel was more suitable to command an army or a cavalry division than an army group, but the reality was so helpless, a better command was a prisoner, and a stupid commander was the one in power.

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