I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The reason why Kolochiyev made such a wrong decision was that he was not a real professional soldier. Like most of the middle and high-level officers in the Soviet army at this time, he had a background in political work. , Net worth is clean”, but lacks military quality and military ability, to put it bluntly, does not know how to fight at all.

The commander's ability is poor, which is also an important reason why the Japanese army was able to beat the Soviet army with fewer victories and more ground on the Black West battlefield.

On the Nanjing Army's position, Zhong Song and other commanders held binoculars and watched in disbelief as the Soviet Army rushed out of the city and rushed towards them amidst the noisy "Ula" shouts. The commanders were all puzzled: "Why is the old man fighting like this? Isn't it clear that he is going to die? Could it be that the old man has some conspiracy?"

"Whatever!" Hu Lian couldn't wait, "The old man is here! Brothers! Beat these bastards!"

"Kill!" The earth-shattering Chinese cry of killing once again resounded through the grasslands and sky of Outer Mongolia, followed by the stormy rain of bullets, bombardment of artillery groups, earth-shattering explosions, fireballs everywhere and flying flesh and blood.

It was the first time to fight with the Soviets (Russians), which made most of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army have a very wonderful psychological feeling. The proportion of veterans who have fought with live ammunition in the entire army is not high), although the Japanese are also foreigners, they are of East Asian yellow race just like the Chinese, although they are shorter and more ferocious than the Chinese However, at any rate, they look like themselves as "people", but the Soviet Russians are completely different, not just another nation, but another race.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army saw that the enemies rushing had white or off-white skin, yellow-gray or yellow-brown hair, high noses, blue or gray-blue eyes, taller and bigger than themselves, and the same stature. He is taller than himself, and the only thing he is the same as himself is that after being shot through by a bullet or hit by shell fragments, the blood that flows out of the wound is red.

"Let go!" The artillerymen roared, and the artillery group continued to roar into flames.

The Nanjing Army is worthy of the elite of the Chinese army. It already has a great combat quality of a world-class army. The division of labor between different arms is clear and they cooperate closely. Fiercely strafing the Soviet army, the infantry gunners bombarded the Soviet army with mortars and infantry artillery. Some armored troops provided fire reinforcements behind the infantry and prepared to counterattack.

The counterattacking Soviet army was drowned in the sea of ​​blood just like the previous puppet Mongolian army.

On the battlefield, Zhong Song, Hu Lian, Sun Tianfang, Wang Geng and other officers raised their binoculars together. They saw that under the heavy artillery fire, groups of Soviet troops were blown to pieces and were blown to pieces. They were shot and danced like electric shocks, and the tank groups and cavalry groups cruising on the flanks and rear of the Soviet army continued to harvest the lives of the Soviet army like files.

The tanks and machine guns fired fiercely, and steel and steel clashes broke out with Soviet tanks from time to time. The superiority in quantity and quality made the Nanjing army tanks invincible, and one Soviet tank after another was blasted into burning scrap iron , The cavalry group of cavalry danced with sabers, slashing and killing the corpses of the Soviet army in the splash of blood.

Although the opponent was not the Japanese but the Soviets, the officers and soldiers still showed bravery and tenacity, and all fought bloody battles.

It didn't take long for the officers to see that the Soviet attack formation fell into great chaos, and then began to change from chaos to rout, and finally completely disintegrated.

Of course, the Japanese army who had already fought against the Soviet army in front of the Nanjing army did not teach the Nanjing army their battlefield experience: the Soviet army was indeed very brave at the beginning, but this was a kind of "collective courage" generated by the system. , especially after officers were killed or injured, the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Soviet army would be at a loss, and then their morale and spirit would be completely deflated like a crushed balloon, and eventually it would lead to a total collapse.

After all, the Soviet Army basically did not have the personal courage of the Japanese or Nanjing Army that "even if I am the only one left, I will fight to the end".

The collectivization system made the Soviet army like a machine. Every Soviet soldier was just a part of the machine. When the machine collapsed, the parts would become waste products.

On the other hand, in the Japanese, Nanjing, and German armies, even if the main forces of the troops were dispersed, the surviving soldiers would spontaneously organize battles, and even fight hard when they were alone.

This is a very strange but well-understood phenomenon: the Soviet system made the Soviets and Soviet soldiers like a group of ants. The whole will produce a powerful force, but without the whole, the individual will fall into a state of almost no thought and no self-awareness. In a weird state.

"The Soviet army collapsed! They started fleeing!"

"Old man, that's all!"

"It's just like the puppet Mongolian army!"

Some young officers chattered excitedly.

"Nonsense!" Hu Lian scolded, "We are three times the size of the Soviet army. If we still can't win this way, then go home and farm! Let's all launch a counterattack! Destroy them!"

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who launched a counterattack and encirclement saw that some Soviet troops continued to resist, but more were fleeing or directly raising their hands to surrender.

When the sun fell on the horizon, except for more than a thousand fish that slipped through the net, the Nanjing Army basically wiped out the 55th Army of the Soviet Army in Kulun. Colonel Minov was killed in battle. The Soviet army killed and injured more than 11 people, surrendered more than 36 people, and the Nanjing Army suffered about 2000 casualties. Kolochiev escaped from Kulun with hundreds of troops in panic, and fled with him There were also hundreds of separatists from Outer Mongolia headed by Buman Zengdi. Zhong Song immediately ordered Pei Feng, commander of the 77th Cavalry Brigade of the 77th Division, to lead the cavalry out of the city in order to "eliminate all evil". They are all vast grasslands and wild lands, and the cavalry troops are uniquely blessed to chase and suppress those remnants and defeated generals.

After the battle, many officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army still looked at the dejected and anxious Soviet prisoners in amazement. They did not know that they had created history, not only the history of regaining Outer Mongolia, but also the history of the yellow and white people. A recent history of war.

Since modern times, the Eastern yellow people have always been defeated by the Western white people, until the Japanese defeated the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War, creating a historical record that the yellow people defeated the white people for the first time in modern times. Now, the Nanjing Army has proved that Yes, what the Japanese can do, the Chinese can also do.

"Long live the Chinese nation!"

"Long live the reunification of the motherland!"

"Long live the return of Mongolia!"

When it was dark, the 77th Division of the Nanjing Army played triumphantly and drove into Kulun City.

Although the actual control area of ​​the Nanjing Army in Outer Mongolia is not large, it is the traffic belt extending from the northern part of the Suicha provinces all the way to Kulun. The total area accounts for less than one percent of the entire Outer Mongolia, but because Outer Mongolia is sparsely populated, Taking Kulun is basically equivalent to regaining the entire Outer Mongolia.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhong Song sent a good news to Jiang Weiguo in Beiping and Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan at the same time: Our troops have conquered Kulun, and Outer Mongolia has recovered!

In the headquarters of the Nanjing Army in Beiping, there was thunderous cheers. The generals and staff officers on the scene all cheered heartily. Many people even cried with joy. Jiang Weiguo also burst into laughter. Outer Mongolia has been recovered by me! Motherland, motherland, I have regained a large piece of lost land for you!"

In the headquarters of the Military Commission in Wuhan, there were also thunderous cheers, and the high-level officials on the scene were equally excited, but Chiang Kai-shek looked "mixed joy and sorrow". Naturally, he was "happy" to regain Outer Mongolia, but this move would inevitably lead to a complete enmity between China and the Soviet Union. He had already fought a big battle with the Soviet army when he attacked Kulun, so he had to feel "worried" again.

After entering the city, Zhong Song immediately saw two sculptures erected in the center of the city, one for Stalin and the other for Choibalsan.

Zhong Song laughed: "What! An old man, a national scum, actually erected statues, it's like a bitch erecting a memorial archway!" He spit a mouthful of thick phlegm at each of the two statues, and then waved his hand, "Give it to me!" I smashed it! All the gravel was thrown into the cesspit!"

Hu Lian suggested next to him: "Build two new ones, one for General Xu Shuzheng and one for Second Young Master!"

Zhong Song nodded again and again: "Not bad! Not bad! Let's do it like this!"

The 77th Division occupying Kulun immediately started a new round of work, cleaning the battlefield, counting the trophies and supplies, posting safety notices, opening the puppet government warehouses to distribute food and daily necessities to the residents, treating the wounded, burying the dead, and comforting the wounded Together with the families of the deceased, the whole city searched and arrested members of the pseudo Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and other Outer Mongolia separatists, etc., while digging fortifications, building positions, building airports, and actively preparing for war.

On a wasteland dozens of kilometers northwest of Kulun City, Pei Feng's cavalry brigade roared to catch up with the Soviet army and members of the puppet regime in Outer Mongolia who had escaped from Kulun. Di and others had to surrender.

Pei Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at the prisoners: "The old men are all prisoners of war, take them back, as for these bastards..." He looked at Buman Zengdi and other members of the puppet regime in Outer Mongolia, and his eyes flashed coldly.

Realizing that something was wrong, Bumanzendi hurriedly hissed: "We have surrendered! We will make amends..."

"Atonement?" Pei Feng laughed, "You national scum and national traitors are nothing like pigs and dogs! Keeping your dog's life is a waste of food! What's the use of keeping it!" He snapped Waving, "I'll kill it all!"

The cavalry shot and killed all the members of the puppet regime in Outer Mongolia, such as Buman Zengdi, and then cut off their heads and took them back to ask for credit, leaving more than 200 headless corpses in a pool of blood everywhere. The strong smell of blood immediately It attracted a group of wild wolves to come over one after another, and then pounced on the corpse, tearing and biting.

Behind the wolves enjoying the feast, the Nanjing Army cavalry escorted the captives, sang military songs, and returned in triumph.

Chapter 430 September Storm (4)

The military operation of the Chinese army to regain Outer Mongolia was earth-shattering and shocked the whole world at once.

The cheers that erupted in Berlin and Tokyo were no less than those in Wuhan and Beiping, and Germany and Japan were all excited.

Hitler and other high-ranking Germans were almost overjoyed and elated, because the Chinese army's recovery of Outer Mongolia was equivalent to the enmity between China and the Soviet Union, which meant that China had made up its mind to completely turn against the Soviet Union and be the enemy of the Soviet Union. China's recovery of Outer Mongolia in the area controlled by Russian forces will undoubtedly completely deteriorate the relationship between China and the Soviet Union. It is impossible for China and the Soviet Union to be as friendly as before, and the previous "friendship" between China and the Soviet Union was also a dream in the same bed, just to deal with Japan, the common enemy. for cooperation.

Originally, the top German officials were "very reassuring" about China, but there was indeed some vague misgivings, worrying that China might be double-handed or play tricks, and even be wooed by the Soviet Union, either not to join Germany, or to stand on the sidelines. Germany's hostile camp, and right now, the Battle of Outer Mongolia has completely reassured the German high-level. Through this battle, China has proved that it is impossible for China to unite with the Soviet Union, and it has completely pushed itself to the opposite side of the Soviet Union, and it has also proved itself to Germany. sincerity.

That night, Hitler specially held a high-level dinner in the Chancellery. He raised his glass with great interest and said with a red face: "First, let us celebrate that our Chinese friends took back their Outer Mongolia. Second, let us celebrate Germany from At this moment, we really have China, a firm helper against the Soviet Union!"

The Tokyo side was also celebrating. The high-level officials were all happy and elated. The Chinese army attacked Outer Mongolia, saying that China and the Soviet Union were officially at war, and it was impossible for China to join the Soviet Union to deal with Japan.

Nothing makes the high-level officials in Tokyo more anxious than this. After all, what the Japanese are most worried about is that China will suddenly turn against Japan and join forces to fight Japan.

Jiang Weiguo immediately seized the opportunity and asked Japan through German channels to "not sign a bilateral treaty or reach a bilateral agreement with the Soviet Union without telling China." Jiang Weiguo was taking precautions. In this Far East War, China did not betray Japan , but also guard against being betrayed by Japan.

Regarding Jiang Weiguo's request, Germany fully supported it, and issued a request that amounted to an "order" to the Japanese side, demanding that the Japanese side not engage in secret communication or peace talks with the Soviet Union. In the matter of dealing with the Soviet Union, China and Japan must "same strength, one heart and one mind, and advance together and retreat together", and betrayal and plotting are absolutely not allowed.

To this, Tokyo has given an affirmative answer.

On the battlefield in the Far East, although China and Japan are still not friends and are fighting on their own, they are indeed fighting against each other.

In addition, Jiang Weiguo specially asked Hitler to "do something in Europe", which made Stalin difficult to care about, thus forcing Stalin to abandon his plan to launch a large-scale war in the Far East.

Jiang Weiguo is very clear that at present, there is a full-scale war with the Soviet Union. Even if China and Japan are tied together, they may not be the opponents of the Soviet Union (the center of gravity of Japan's military power at this time is the navy, and the strength of the Japanese navy far exceeds that of the Soviet navy. However, fighting against the Soviet Union is basically a Land battles and air battles, the powerful Japanese navy is obviously "no use for heroes" in the battle against the Soviet Union), this war in the Far East cannot be delayed or expanded, and it must be closed as soon as it is good.

Hitler naturally agreed to this and put it into action.

In the Kremlin, Stalin was completely furious.

Stalin was furious because his "Far East Plan" basically failed. First, the Soviet army did not defeat the Japanese army in a decisive manner. After fighting for a month, they only occupied some areas in the west of Heilongjiang Province, which was far away from the "Lightning Plan" in Stalin's plan. Occupying Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province in general” is obviously a big difference. In the war against Japan, the Soviet army has lost the opportunity and strategic initiative; second, China not only was not wooed by the Soviet Union, but stabbed the Soviet Union in the back. , taking advantage of the Soviet Army in the Far East and the Japanese army in a fierce battle, taking advantage of the unpreparedness to take Outer Mongolia, it is obvious that the Chinese and the Japanese are in the same group, and the previous diplomacy was to deceive the Soviet Union; thirdly, the Soviet Army launched this The fundamental purpose of this war is to obtain a large strategic buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Japan. This buffer zone is the provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin in the Chinese territory (Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang are both Soviet strategic buffer zones between the Soviet Union and China). Unexpectedly, the Japanese army was not weak, and forcibly withstood the Soviet army on the Black West battlefield. The most serious thing was that the Chinese army also captured Outer Mongolia, which was the two major strategic buffer zones between the Soviet Union and China. After the loss, the negative impact on the Soviet Union was too great, and the Soviet army failed to win the second province of Heiji, failed to obtain the third piece in the Far East, the strategic buffer zone between Japan and the Soviet Union, but lost Outer Mongolia , It's a chicken-and-egg fight, nothing.

Stalin hoped to improve the security situation of the Soviet Union in the Far East, but he did not expect the fact to be the opposite, which made him, who "lost his wife and lost his army", fall into extreme rage and rage, and he was really desperate to the extreme.

"Damn Japanese dwarf! Damn Chinese pig!" Stalin couldn't bear it any longer, yelling curses regardless of his image, gnashing his teeth, furious, and his eyes were as red as a brown bear trying to eat people.

The hysteria of the supreme leader made several senior Soviet military and political leaders in the office all shudder.

Stalin despised or even despised the Orientals. Although he was wary of China and Japan, he looked down on the Chinese and Japanese at all. In his mind, the image of the Japanese was "short, bow-legged, short-sighted dwarfs", while the image of the Chinese was It is "sallow and emaciated, muddle-headed, with a pigtail-like braid on the back of the head", which is a mentality born of strength and race, but right now, he is furious because he deeply feels that he has been "suppressed by the Chinese people". The Japanese two groups of yellow-skinned monkeys played it hard, especially the Chinese. Before the war in Outer Mongolia, they deliberately deceived the Soviet government and even defrauded a batch of heavy artillery from the Soviet army. This made Stalin hate it more and more. .

"We must teach Chiang Kai-shek a good lesson!" Stalin gritted his teeth, and the joints of his right hand holding the cigarette butt turned white due to excessive force.

Marshal Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, a member of the Politburo, a member of the People's Commissar of Defense, and one of the main commanders of the Soviet Red Army at this time, mustered up his courage and asked tremblingly: "Comrade Stalin, Excuse me...are we going to start a war against the Chinese too?"

Stalin looked at Voroshilov sharply, and two icy fires shot out from his eyes, making Voroshilov's face turn ashen.

Voroshilov was the main planner and active promoter of the Soviet Army's "Far East War" (historically, he was also the main planner and active promoter of the Soviet-Finnish War in which the Soviet Union invaded Finland), and he was Stalin's The most loyal confidant, so loyal that he has no conscience. During the Great Purge, he did not hesitate to follow Stalin's orders, swung the butcher's knife at his colleagues, friends, and subordinates, and stepped on other people's corpses to make himself better He gained more and more trust from Stalin. When those comrades who were arrested and executed asked him for help, he completely ignored the previous friendship, ruthlessly refused and even informed Stalin. He even publicly declared that " Stalin is the greatest man on our planet.” Although he was the marshal of the Soviet Army and was relatively brave in battle, he was not a military strategist at all, but a warrior, but he absolutely obeyed Stalin and held a high position.

Before the Far East War, when Stalin put forward his idea, Voroshilov immediately and actively supported it as always, praising "Comrade Stalin's farsightedness, insight, and unique insight", and then set up this large-scale war.

Because his military ability was not high, he only knew how to obey and go along with Stalin blindly, so Voroshilov was full of loopholes in organizing the war, which was also a major reason why the Japanese and Nanjing troops on the front line were able to defeat the Soviet army.

Now that the war situation in the Far East is deteriorating, Stalin naturally poured his anger on Voroshilov. Stalin did not forget that he was the one who supported and organized the war.

"Comrade Voroshilov!" Stalin was furious, "I solemnly remind you! It is not we who are going to war against the Chinese! It is the Chinese who are going to war against us! Don't you see? They are already attacking us ! It’s in Kulun, Outer Mongolia! Their hands are already stained with the blood of the Soviet Red Army! Are we going to pretend that this didn’t happen? This is war!”

Voroshilov's legs trembled slightly, his face was ashen, he was out of his mind, and he dared not speak at all.

Molotov bite the bullet and said: "Comrade Stalin, we are already at war with Japan, if we go to war with China again, and China and Japan are very likely to join forces, and at the same time start a war with China and Japan, our difficulties will definitely increase greatly.

On the other hand, Germany is also eyeing Europe, sharpening its knives. If we fall into the quagmire of war with China and Japan, Hitler will wish for it..."

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Molotov is right!" said Marshal Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, deputy member of the People's Commissar of National Defense, and Boris Mikhailovich, chief of the Soviet Army's general staff. General Chi Shaposhnikov agreed.

Stalin's face was so tense that his features were ferocious, and his expression was murderous.

Stalin was able to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union. It was definitely not enough to be ruthless and ruthless. He had many advantages such as vigorous iron-handed methods, far-sighted and shrewd vision, and strong self-control. Although he was in an extremely bad mood at this time, he almost lost control of his emotions. , but he has quickly regained his sanity, knowing that what Molotov said is indeed right.

After taking a deep puff on his cigarette, Stalin's face turned livid: "According to your ideas, what should we do next?"

Shaposhnikov sighed lowly: "Comrade Stalin, please forgive me, we were not well prepared for this war in the Far East, and we seriously underestimated the Japanese army and the Chinese. The Chinese did not join us in attacking the Japanese army." , It was indeed beyond our expectations. It can be seen that China and Japan have reached some kind of agreement secretly, and it is very likely that it was carried out under the auspices of Germany. This important situation also made us seriously miscalculated.

If it is true that China and Japan are secretly obeying Germany, then Hitler is watching us fight with China and Japan with complacency at this time, and Hitler is likely to seize this opportunity to launch an attack on us or even a full-scale attack on us. war.

For today's plan, we must stop in time and get out of the Far East as soon as possible!"

Stalin puffed out a puff of smoke: "Comrade Shaposhnikov, what does 'stop in time' mean?"

Shaposhnikov paused, and said bluntly: "Give up the war with the Chinese, and immediately negotiate a peace and truce with the Japanese. The Far East troops of our army will withdraw from Heilongjiang Province, and also withdraw..." He said with difficulty, "Outer Mongolia! "

"Nonsense!" Stalin was furious, "Comrade Shaposhnikov, what you said is simply irresponsible! According to what you said, we have paid such a heavy sacrifice and loss, not only did we not get Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province Province, and we will lose Outer Mongolia, which has been controlled by us so hard! Isn’t the blood of the Red Army soldiers at the front all shed in vain! Isn’t the Soviet Union and the Soviet Red Army the laughing stock of the whole world? The national dignity of the Soviet Union and the dignity of the Soviet Red Army Where is the honor? More than that, the security situation in the Far East of the Soviet Union will further deteriorate! The Chinese get Outer Mongolia, and the Soviet-Chinese border is the former Soviet-Mongolian border! The Chinese pushed their northern border northward by more than 500 miles Kilometers! More than 500 kilometers! The main line of the Siberian Railway was suddenly exposed to the blades of the Chinese! Our crucial main line of the Siberian Railway will be close to the Soviet-Chinese border from now on! How dangerous it is! Ulan-Ude (Soviet city in Siberia, an important hub of the Siberian railway line) How far is it from the border of Outer Mongolia? Two hundred kilometers! Borja (a Soviet town in Siberia, a transit station of the Siberian railway line) is far away How far is the Mongolian border? Thirty kilometers! Thirty kilometers! If this is the case, can you sleep peacefully in the future?"

Stalin was almost furious. Although he tried his best to control the anger in his heart, he still couldn't bear it.

Stalin was like a gambler. He already had Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang in his hands, but he was insatiable and wanted to get Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. In the end, not only did he not win anything extra, he also lost half of his capital. Although Outer Mongolia was desolate, it was an important strategic buffer zone for the Soviet Union. Stalin could not accept losing it.