Chapter 876: Ueda Kenkichi's appetite

The Battle of Arsenyev, which lasted for more than two months in the Soviet Far East, ended with the remnants of Timoshenko's Second Army in the Far East, after breaking through the encirclement, turning to the direction of Kamchatka and getting out of the danger of annihilation.

The wheel of war did not stop, and with great effort, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Ueda Kenkichi, who was almost empty-handed, set his eyes on the troops of General Jinsky who came to the rescue of Timoshenko, and the troops of the Soviet Transcaucasian Front, which retained General Jinsky, led the troops of the Kwantung Army concentrated in the Far East, with more than 500,000 troops, and pursued them closely.

The retreat route of the Soviet army is quite intriguing, returning the same way, so that hundreds of thousands of Soviet and Japanese troops will inevitably pass through the Baikal region, the defense of the ancient border guards of the outer méng.

Tang Qiuli, who received a telegram from Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the ancient border guards of the outer méng, saw through the Soviets' conspiracy at a glance, which is a typical misfortune to the east, Ueda Kenkichi met Sun Zhenbang's troops, and they were strong in force, so they could still show mercy to their subordinates, and by the way, it was easy to eat, and the hatred between Tang Qiuli and the Japanese was equally clear to the Soviets.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli's order to Sun Zhenbang is a principle, the Japanese and the Soviets will fight as much as they like, get out of the way, and avoid them, if Ueda Kenkichi keeps chasing, the Ural Mountains will be in front, and after this mountain range, it will be the European part of the Soviet Union, and when I see it, I am in a hurry.

The actions of the squadron ** were unexpected by the Soviets, and it also made Ueda Kenkichi not understand the mystery of this, commanding the troops, and the more than 500,000 Kwantung Army troops chasing after him, if the commander and political commissar of the Soviet Transcaucasian Front, General Jinsky, who was about to leave, had already reached the area east of Lake Baikal.

However, there was no gunfire from behind him that he wanted to hear, and the retreat plan given to him by the General Staff did not explain how to deal with this situation, and the rearguard troops also reported that the Japanese had been pursuing in the rear, and no battle had occurred, and according to the map marking, this was already a defense area for the Chinese, and a telegram flew to the General Staff of the Soviet Red Army in a hurry.

The Soviet Union, Moscow, the Kremlin, the office of Stalin, the General Secretary of the Soviet Union **, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Comrade Stalin was angry again, and a group of senior generals of the General Staff sat silently in their chairs, looking at Comrade Stalin's frightened face.

Stalin was extremely annoyed, the retreat route of the Transcaucasian Front, which he personally formulated, did not achieve the kind of result he wanted, and the Chinese and the Japanese fought in the Baikal region, and he was disappointed, extremely disappointed, and this disappointment was like a harbinger before a storm.

Although the losses of the troops were very large, Stalin still let go of the last of his mental baggage, the loss of troops was not a big deal, the great Soviet did not lack human resources, and in time, a fully organized army group could be formed very quickly.

In Stalin's mind, Timoshenko had almost the same important position as Zhukov, and more importantly, Stalin wanted to tell the Japanese that it was impossible to annihilate any Soviet Red Army unit anywhere, and these were the two main reasons why Stalin wanted to rescue Timoshenko's troops at any cost.

Stalin did it, and although Timoshenko's Second Far Eastern Army suffered heavy losses, fighting 280,000 men to the end, leaving less than 80,000 men, the losses of the Japanese Kwantung Army were about the same, and as for the Far East, as long as Zhukov's Far Eastern Front launched a counteroffensive, it would soon be recovered.

But his next plan was completely bankrupt, the Chinese and the Japanese in the Baikal area, did not fight, after receiving the telegram from the retention of Jinsky, Stalin's stomach was angry, bursts of anger, the Chinese scoundrel and blackmailer, his troops from the Baikal region cleanly evacuated, hid in the area of the outer Méng Gukent Mountain, clearly to see the excitement.

Watching the Soviets and the Japanese fight to the death, and for being led by the nose by the Chinese scoundrel all the time, losing the Outer Méng and the Baikal region, and paying a huge economic price, this series of events made Stalin's heart full of anger and a feeling of being insulted, and this feeling was transformed into bitter hatred as the Soviets were blackmailed by Tang Qiuli for the second time.

As long as Tang Qiuli and the Japanese were on fire in the Baikal area, Stalin would have had the means to recover the Baikal region, and even the entire ancient area of Transméng, but now, there has been a huge deviation, and Stalin's follow-up tactics are all useless, and this feeling of loss is not so much anger as frustration and powerlessness.

Tang Qiuli slyly hid, and the Soviet Red Army had to make a move, and the arrogant Japanese Ueda Kenkichi did not encounter any resistance in the pursuit for several days, and should have a new ambition, that is, Chen Bing in the Ural Mountains, and incorporated the Soviet land in the east into the territory of the Japanese.

Thinking of this, Stalin sneered, temporarily left the annoying Chinese Tang Qiuli behind, and said: "Comrades, the current shape is very serious, the Japanese already have the ambition to occupy the territory of the great Soviet Union, well, let the arrogant Japanese, taste the iron fist of our Red Army soldiers." ”

Stalin finally spoke, and the oppressive atmosphere in the office immediately disappeared, as long as the supreme leader spoke, he already had a countermeasure in his heart, Stalin continued: "The General Staff immediately ordered Zhukov's Far Eastern Front to carry out a counterattack on all fronts against the Japanese Kwantung Army troops that were chasing and retaining Jinsky. Completely drive the Japanese back to the northeast and regain the lost territory. ”

Stalin walked up to the entrance and added: "In this campaign, Jiāo gave Zhukov command, and all the troops in the Far East will be under his leadership, so be it," Stalin's words were the decision of the meeting.

Ueda Kenkichi pursued and kept Jinsky for a few days, but did not encounter any resistance at all, and more than 500,000 Kwantung Army troops, as if entering a no-man's land, rapidly advanced on the territory of the Soviet Union, and as time passed, Ueda Kenkichi's originally depressed mood became surprisingly better, and gradually became excited.

He found that the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army were getting closer and closer to the Ural Mountains, and in the Far East of the Soviet Union, several main forces of the Soviet Army had been dealt a heavy blow by the Imperial Army, and they could not pose a threat to the Kwantung Army.

Could it be that Apayasu gave himself another chance to create a miracle, Chen Bing in the Ural Mountains, and incorporated the territory of the Soviet Union in Asia into the territory of the Japanese Empire.

As for the other high-ranking generals reminding that they had already arrived at the defense area of the Devil Tang Qiuli and the Outer Méng Ancient Frontier Army, they should pay attention to the sudden attack of the Chinese Army, Ueda Kenkichi was very disapproving, he knew that Tang Qiuli's forces only had a few multilateral defense forces in the Outer Méng Ancient Region, and if it was convenient, he would not mind taking these small fish and shrimp with him in a net.

Fighting against several main corps of Tang Qiuli's troops, Ueda Kenkichi was not sure in his heart, but he could deal with such a force as the Independent Division, Ueda Kenkichi did not think that there was any difficulty, if the Soviets retreated all the way to the west of the Ural Mountains, he even wanted to occupy the ancient area of Wai Méng in one fell swoop, and stabbed Tang Qiuli's flank, threatening Pingjin and even North China, in order to avenge many arrows.

Kenkichi Ueda felt very good about himself, swept away his previous state of anxiety, ordered the Kwantung Army troops, accelerated the march to the Ural Mountains, put the sun flag on the peak of Salehard, and completed the occupation of the eastern territories of Soviet Russia, and it is very likely that the Ueda family will have the first governor of the occupied area.

The other senior generals of the Kwantung Army, but not as optimistic as Kenkichi Ueda, seeing that they continued to penetrate deep into the territory of the Soviet Union, the strange thing is that the Soviets did not carry out even one blockade, which in itself is abnormal, except for the troops of the Second Army of the Soviet Far East, which was destroyed and had no ability to attack, the other Soviet troops, whose strength basically remained intact, did not move, which is very strange.

But looking at the exuberant expression of His Excellency the Commander as if he had eaten *yào, these senior officers knew that any word of opposition or doubt they had now would be ruthlessly attacked by His Excellency the Commander, and it was impossible to say that they would be killed by this already crazy guy.

As the Kwantung Army troops rapidly advanced in the direction of the Ural Mountains, getting farther and farther away from the logistics supply base, except for Ueda Kenkichi, the mood of the other high-ranking officers of the Kwantung Army became more and more uneasy.

On 26 November, the troops of the Soviet Far Eastern Front commanded by Zhukov suddenly launched a large-scale counterattack on the troops of the Kwantung Army from the three directions of Chelyabinsk, Kirov, and Turukhansk.

The Soviet troops of the Fourth Route, with a strength of more than 600,000 troops, fought head-on against the Kwantung Army troops, among them, Zhukov's Far Eastern Front troops were the absolute new force, with a strong murderous aura that had been suppressed for a long time, and pressed over like a sea of mountains.

What is even more severe is that the Timoshenko troops who retreated to the Kamchatka direction, together with the troops of the Kamchatka Front of the Soviet Army, launched an attack on the Khabarovsk region, with obvious intentions, cutting off Ueda Kenkichi's retreat and leaving more than 500,000 Kwantung troops in the Ural region, so as to make a replica of the Arsenyev campaign.