Chapter 818: Coercion

Tang Qiuli was in the western region of the ancient region of Méng when he received a report on the battle situation from Feng Jiwu, deputy commander of the independent division and commander of the Niangziguan garrison corps, who had already taken control of the Baikal area and had taken a foothold, that about 120,000 Soviet troops were in the area near Lake Baikal.

At first, Tang Qiuli was stunned, could this Soviet army be here to deal with Feng Jiwu's troops? If this is the case, the situation is not too second, Feng Jiwu is at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and he will suffer a loss in the fight, he immediately called Tang Qiusheng to study countermeasures, and finally decided to send Tang Qiusheng to lead the eight mechanized brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, to immediately rush to the aid of Feng Jiwu.

After Tang Qiusheng led the troops to set off, Tang Qiuli carefully filtered the telegram sent by Tang Qiuquan, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there was an article in it, the Soviets and the Japanese were fighting tightly in the Haishanwei area, and at this critical time, the Soviets should not cause trouble in the Baikal area? There is no jīng force to fight with him, and besides, he still has Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers as hostages in his hands.

Thinking of the telegram sent by Qiuquan yesterday about the current situation of Timoshenko's Second Army, Tang Qiuli suddenly became enlightened, and this is right, this Soviet army from the Transcaucasia region went to the Far East to rescue Timoshenko, and there are more than that, there are a large number of troops behind it.

He slapped the big tuǐ and shouted loudly: "Okay, Stalin can't sit still, this is the army that went to fight the fire," which startled Chang Feng, the chief of staff who had just gone to send Tang Qiusheng back, and hurriedly asked: "Division commander, what happened?" "Chang Feng, come here, there's a good show to watch"

Looking at Chang Feng's puzzled eyes, Tang Qiuli hurriedly pulled him to the map, pointed to the Soviet troops that appeared from the direction of Transcaucasia, a curved marching route, and asked Chang Feng: "Chief of Staff Chang, do you see a little bit of mén Dao'er?" Chang Feng pondered for a moment in front of the map, and fire flashed in his eyes.

"Division commander, are you going to use this Soviet army to make a fuss?" Chang Feng asked rhetorically, Tang Qiuli nodded with a big smile, and then said: "Zhukov and hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops have been besieged for more than ten days, Stalin has not sent a delegation capable of taking charge of the matter to negotiate with us, he is afraid of signing the alliance under the city, and he is also afraid that our lion will open his mouth and make him hurt, this person, he will not cry when he sees the coffin, seeing that we have not launched a war of annihilation against Zhukov's troops, and reinforcements have come from Transcaucasia, he has an illusion in his heart. ”

"If you want to solve the problem of the ancient region without bleeding, according to my estimate, the Soviets are not extravagant in the ancient region of the outer country, but these hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers and Zhukov, he doesn't want to take it away without a child, and hang us here, he wants to turn around after solving the Kwantung Army troops, and then form military pressure on the ancient region of the foreign country, and when negotiating with us, take the upper hand, less huā or even not huā silver, Stalin has a good calculation."

Chang Feng also smiled and said: "According to the intelligence of the commander of the Qiuquan detachment, Timoshenko's Far Eastern Second Army is in an extremely bad situation, it is compressed in the Arsenyev area, hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army, surrounding him and beating hard, this Soviet army is marching day and night, it is to reinforce Timoshenko, so, in the Baikal region, there will be no conflict with the troops of Deputy Division Commander Feng at all, it is too late to hurry"

Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "He doesn't mess with us, let's mess with him, I asked him to send reinforcements to the Far East, in the Baikal area, you can't win the battle, you can't go, see who is in a hurry, the troops of Brother Qiusheng's eight brigades, this time it comes in handy, it's crooked, good luck, this time, you must bring Stalin, the old fox, to the negotiating table, and you have to bleed obediently, hahaha"

Tang Qiuli called this a proud, old fox-like laughter, which made Chang Feng feel a chill, and muttered secretly in his heart: "I also said that Stalin is an old fox, then the division commander, you are the fox of Cheng Jīng, no, a few moves in a row, you have already eaten Stalin, and you have also consumed the strength of the Kwantung Army, let's pick up the cheap here, sure enough, yīn is extremely dangerous."

Chang Feng was still recalling the division commander's series of plans, and suddenly heard Tang Qiuli shouting to him: "Chang Feng, record the order, the two commanders Tang and Feng, and the Niangziguan garrison corps should establish a blocking line on the road that the Soviet army must pass, but they must not attack first, so as to stop or delay the Soviet troops in the direction of Transcaucasia, as the primary task." ”

"After the Sulu mobile corps rushed to the Baikal area, it quickly joined Feng Jiwu's corps, and the two corps together formed a blocking line against the Soviet army, with not attacking first as the first priority, no matter whether these hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops went to pay homage or mourn, they could not be allowed to follow the main road from the Baikal region to the Far East."

Chang Feng went to give an order, Tang Qiuli turned around the tent a few times with his hands behind his back, and he was in a very comfortable mood, Brother Qiusheng plus Feng Jiwu's troops, there was no need to really fight, as long as this Soviet army was dragged for three days, Timoshenge didn't wait for anyone, Stalin would be anxious to get angry, and he would come to beg for himself, and the negotiation conditions would be increased.

Thinking of this, Tang Qiuli shook his head again, Stalin is really, why bother, Lili Suoso sat down to negotiate and saved more trouble, he had to have a bad idea, this time let him take advantage of his old book, this deal, he will not lose money

The Transcaucasian Front under the command of General Paulpelyusky traveled day and night, and did not dare to delay at all, for fear of missing the leader's errand and losing his head.

The route chosen by the Transcaucasian Front was through Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, and via Chita Zhichārāvsk (Boli), which was the closest route from Transcaucasia to the Far East, almost the border between Transcaucasia and the Soviet Union.

The commander, General Paulpilyusky, was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the avant-garde troops reported that the troops could not walk, the road ahead had been blocked by the squadron **, and the comrade commander was furious, and at this critical stall, the Chinese also jumped out to pound Luàn, and he ordered without thinking: "Order the avant-garde troops, forcibly pass guò, and when encountering obstacles, immediately crush the squadron **"

Admiral Paulpiliusky thought more simply than eating tofu, this ghost place, how many squadron **** can there be, at most the size of the regiment and battalion, he has 120,000 people in the vanguard alone, and there are more than 230,000 people behind, and thousands of squadron ** soldiers want to block, do not measure themselves, they do not have time, otherwise, annihilation on the spot, even if they step on it, they can trample the Chinese to death.

The order was given, and after more than twenty minutes, no gunfire was heard in front, and General Paulpilyusky was wondering what to do, when the chief of staff of the front army ran over with a sweaty face and whispered to him: "Comrade commander, it is not a small number of squadrons that block our way, looking at the scale, there should be at least two armies or so, and a large number of artillery." ”

Admiral Paulpilyusky was stunned, "Two armies, sure?" He asked, the chief of staff nodded affirmatively, the commander comrade thought nervously for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Then also fight, the front army can't afford to delay time," he was ruthless, even if he broke through a bloody road, he couldn't be blocked by tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers, the leader was a ruthless person, and he couldn't save Timoshenko's Far Eastern Second Army, and his fate would be miserable.

The face of the chief of staff of the front army became more and more ugly, and he did not convey the meaning of the order, General Paulpilyusky was furious, when was it, he was still hesitating, now he was racing against time, every second was very precious for himself, "What are you still stunned for?" Don't hurry up and convey my order, order the innate troops, concentrate all the tanks, break through the positions of the squadron, and the artillery units prepare for shelling"

The chief of staff marched with the avant-garde troops, and he personally saw the number of artillery pieces owned by Feng Jiwu's troops from the telescope, and the squadron was obviously prepared, and the depth of the position was dozens of kilometers.

Also, the bridges along the way, the squadron commander can let go, as soon as the cannon is fired on this side, it is equivalent to blowing up all the bridges, just repairing these bridges, it will take four or five days, and the Far East will go to a ball? Just wait for someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to escort the commander and himself back to Moscow to go to a military tribunal to lose his head

The chief of staff of the Transcaucasian Front does not advocate fighting, and no one can go out of this fight without distinguishing between victory and defeat, but the comrade commander in anger, ignoring the hesitation of the chief of staff, and as soon as he thought about completing the death mission given by Stalin, he did not think about it, with less than 50,000 or 60,000 troops, he dared to stop more than 300,000 Soviet troops equipped with a large number of tanks, and without preparation, could the squadron commander put on this position?

At this moment, a communications staff officer rushed over in a hurry, "Report to the chief of staff, important information transferred from the air force reconnaissance plane" The chief of staff opened it and looked at it, and immediately his face turned pale and he was speechless, and General Paulpilyusky looked at the chief of staff's face like a dead fish, and couldn't help but wonder, and snatched the telegram.

After reading the telegram, Comrade Commander put his head on the lid of the car, and his face was no better than that of the chief of staff, and the telegram read: "The Transcaucasian Air Force Reconnaissance Brigade reports that a large number of this force has been found in the area of Ulan-Ude, estimated at more than 100,000 people from four armies, and is building fortifications. ”

Admiral Paulpiliusky was deflated at the time, and he still played a ball? The Chinese is deliberately not allowing himself to pass, counting the squadron in front of him, the other side already has nearly 200,000 troops, plus preparations in advance, this place does not fight for a month, count himself blind.

This matter is too much to do, and he is afraid that he will not be able to hold it, so he ordered the chief of staff: "Immediately send a telegram to the General Staff that the troops of our Transcaucasian Front, on their way to the Far East, have encountered interception by a large squadron in the Irkutsk region south of Lake Baikal, and there has not yet been a battle of Jiāo, please ask the General Staff for an order to dispose of it." ”