Thinking of this, Yang Zhen shook his head. I am afraid that the Mongolian leader now has a backer behind him like a clay Buddha crossing a river. He has no confidence to challenge him. It is the backer behind them who is currently too busy to take care of themselves. Now I am afraid that as long as
If you don't attack Ulaanbaatar yourself, you won't stand up for them either.
Yang Zhen glanced at the map again. As long as the Mongolian army did not come forward and did not exert all its efforts to block Wang Guangyu's roundabout detachment, compared with the grassland terrain in Mongolia, the roundabout troops would not encounter too many difficulties. It cannot be said on the way.
No time is wasted, but the possibility of arriving at the designated area on time is still very high.
Even though the battle was in full swing, Yang Zhen still did not give up his close concern for the Soviet-German battlefield. He was pleased to see that with his efforts, after the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviets' losses were far greater.
Far greater than the history I was once familiar with.
It has only been more than a month since the full-scale battle between the Soviet Union and Germany broke out, but the losses of the Soviet army were quite huge. In the Battle of Minsk, not only the entire Soviet Western Front was destroyed, but even a group army and a mechanized army mobilized by the Soviet army.
A cavalry corps and reinforcements from two tank brigades were also wiped out. The entire territory of the Republic of Belarus was completely lost.
During the battle, the German army achieved far more significant results than the historical Battle of Minsk. The six Soviet armies participating in the battle and some of their accompanying troops, except for a few skirmishers, took advantage of the German encirclement before it was completely closed to find gaps to break through.
The entire army was wiped out, and there was almost no unit capable of forming an organized breakout.
In the Battle of Minsk, the Soviet army only captured more than 500,000 officers and soldiers. It lost more than 4,000 tanks and more than 2,000 artillery pieces. Of the six group army commanders, two died in battle, one was captured, and one committed suicide.
Only one person was able to break through. Throughout the Battle of Minsk, the Germans killed only Soviet officers above the rank of major general and captured more than 30 people.
In the history that Yang Zhen is familiar with, the commander of the front army who was recalled to Moscow to be shot is much luckier now. Because the plane that recalled him to Moscow was destroyed by the Germans before it reached the war zone. The commander who fled therefore
The general and commander of the front army who survived the disaster were annihilated by the German army together with his front army headquarters.
The general commander was captured along with his chief of staff during the breakout, becoming the highest-ranking Soviet general captured during the entire Soviet-German war. Although after the war, he only underwent a simple interrogation when he returned to the Soviet Union.
Even though he was shot, he lived for four more years.
This battle, coupled with the ongoing Battle of Smolensk, completely wiped out the Soviet Western Front, which once had nearly one million troops. It also implicated a group army reinforced by the Soviet Southwest Front, as well as the newly formed Central Committee
The two armies of the front army were not able to escape.
On the northern front, the Northwest Front Army and the Northern Front Army suffered equally heavy losses in the battle along the Baltic Sea. In the upcoming battle to defend Leningrad, the Soviet army could only rely on a few hastily formed militia divisions as the main force to participate in the battle. Because the Soviet Union
The army used to serve as the front army was already empty-handed at this time, and it was no longer able to shoulder the task of defending Leningrad.
As for the ongoing Battle of Kiev, the situation is also extremely unfavorable to the Soviet army. The aviation force of the Southwest Front fighting in Ukraine has lost embers, and two of its army groups have been encircled. The remaining group armies, as well as the Southern Front,
Under the sharp offensive of the German army, the situation was also precarious.
At this time, the Soviet army, which was already extremely short of troops, did not care about the eastern border and Mongolia. Not only had all the Mongolian garrison been mobilized, but even three-thirds of its troops in the Far East Military District had been mobilized after the Battle of Minsk.
2. For Yang Zhen, the transfer of hundreds of thousands of heavy troops from the Soviet Far East Military Region was not just a matter of being moved away with huge pressure hanging over their heads.
Without the intervention of the Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia, Wang Guangyu's roundabout operation should not cause much trouble. The so-called Mongolian People's Army, for the hundred-battle army commanded by Wang Guangyu, has a low combat effectiveness that is almost negligible.
Facts have proved that once an army is built by relying on others, once it loses the support of its master, the real situation will be the same.
In Yang Zhen's eyes, there is actually no difference between the Mongolian People's Army and the Puppet Manchu Army. Even if they are one-on-one, the real combat effectiveness of these Mongolian troops may not be as good as the Puppet Manchu Army. The Mongols are already early
They no longer have the courage and perseverance that their ancestors had when they swept across the Eurasian continent.
In Yang Zhen's eyes, these Mongolian troops are far from qualified to be his opponents. Now that they no longer have the backing of their bosses, they probably don't have the courage to intercept the roundabout troops. I'm afraid the one in Ulaanbaatar
Guys, I'm probably more worried about the real outcome of this war than Moscow right now.
All fools know that once Moscow's support is lost, in a world that is already in chaos and where sovereignty and territorial integrity are empty words, it is impossible for this regime that no one except Moscow recognizes.
It exists. If others don’t tell you, and if you don’t take action, you will be sorry for yourself.
Sometimes Yang Zhen secretly hopes that the Mongolian People's Army will dare to intercept the outflanking troops. Then he will have a good excuse to regain this land that was forcibly split from China.
But Yang Zhen also knew that this was just a thought.
Unless Jiangbei completely loses everything in this war, he cannot afford to fall out with Jiangbei now. He is not one of those angry youths. As the military commander of the largest strategic area within the party, he should be calmer.
Think about it. If you don’t take advantage, you will ruin the hard-earned foundation. You still need strength to challenge.
However, it was precisely because of his accurate judgment on the Soviet-German battlefield that Yang Zhen chose to take a roundabout route and chose to go through the so-called Mongolian People's Republic. Because he was certain that the current Soviet army was absolutely incapable of standing up for the Mongols.
, to intercept his own detour. When he was exhausted, he just made a few protests.
But at this time, Yang Zhen didn't know that Wang Guangyu, who was traveling through Outer Mongolia, really encountered a lot of trouble. But this trouble was not caused by outsiders, let alone the so-called Mongolian People's Army. This time the trouble
, but it was caused by the outflanking troops led by Wang Guangyu themselves.
As Yang Zhen expected, after using tanks as the guide to break through the Mongolian army's border defense area in Aershan, Wang Guangyu's roundabout action did not encounter any interception. Those who guarded Aershan were facing a border defense corps of the Mongolian People's Army.
After discovering the actions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, facing the Anti-Union tanks, he neatly surrendered without firing a shot.
However, the smooth implementation of the first step does not mean that the subsequent actions will be too smooth. After breaking through the so-called national border, there was no blockage from the Mongolian army along the way. When a small number of Mongolian cavalry encountered the roundabout troops,
Those who could avoid it stayed far away, and those who couldn't avoid simply surrendered. The rest monitored the movements of the outflanking troops from a distance, not even daring to fire a shot.
In the previous battle in Hailar, the Anti-Japanese Alliance had already completely wiped out the courage of the so-called Mongolian People's Army. Facing the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which was now armed to the teeth, they no longer had the original courage. In addition, after the battle in Hailar,
Their internal counter-revolutionary actions meant that these Mongolian troops basically did not cause any trouble to the outflanking troops.
However, Wang Guangyu, who was now anxious, had time to manage these prisoners? He just disarmed these people, collected their horses, distributed some dry food to each person, and simply let these Mongolian troops go to sheep. The few Mongolian troops encountered, and
It didn't cause Wang Guangyu too much trouble.
It's just that after he released these Mongolian soldiers on the spot, they did something that he, including the entire roundabout army, did not expect. Basically, these people did not return to their own army, and most of them crossed the border.
He ran away to China. No matter how much the people left behind tried to persuade him, he would never go back.
Many people claim that they are Mongolians in China, not residents of the so-called Mongolian People's Republic. Now it is natural for them to ask to return to the country. When the Anti-Japanese Alliance prepared to force repatriation, these people cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves.
He was beaten to death in a temporary shelter and refused to return to the country.
After the battle ended, Wang Guangyu, who returned to Qiqihar, was faced with the Mongolian military representatives who came to ask for help for a long time. Of course, these things were not what Wang Guangyu could think of now.
If he had thought of it earlier, he would probably hate his current caution. Just fire a few shots at these Mongolians and drive them away. Why do you have to disarm them?
Although potential enemies did not cause him any trouble, this combined force, which has an armored brigade, a cavalry brigade, and an integrated infantry division, has continued to suffer from its own problems since leaving the country. Although it passed the Hala
After the Ha River, the terrain in Mongolia is basically a flat plain compared to the terrain in the Daxinganling on the east bank of the river. Logically speaking, this terrain is conducive to the rapid assault of armored groups.
However, the speed of the outflanking force cannot be improved. The main reason is that the armored brigade assigned to the outflanking force always has problems along the way. Compared with the American-made trucks, which are much thicker, the brigade can't cover a distance of several hundred kilometers.
As the main equipment, the T-26 tank has constant problems, large and small.
Although these tanks had undergone extensive maintenance before departure, it does not mean that various malfunctions would not occur during the long-distance attack. The tank brigade assigned to Wang Guangyu suffered from malfunctions shortly after entering Mongolia.
Either the engine overheated, the tank stalled due to cylinder explosion, or the tracks fell off, causing the tank to lie down. Or various other mechanical failures caused the tank to be unable to move.
The large and small failures of these tanks have slowed down the progress of the armored brigade. If the armored brigade cannot speed up, the progress of the entire unit will undoubtedly be slowed down. Looking at the tanks that continue to fall behind along the way, Wang
Guangyu almost lost his breath and bit his teeth. If he goes at this speed, when will he be able to reach the designated place as required by the headquarters?