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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2164 Encirclement (Part 1)

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    The battle on the east bank of the Aldan River broke out suddenly and unexpectedly by the Soviet army. Lieutenant General Asilov, commander of the 15th Army of the Soviet Far Eastern Front, received the telegram and suddenly felt alarm in his heart.

    The thousands of Japanese advance troops who have crossed the Aldan River are nothing to worry about. What is scary is the main force of the Japanese army behind. According to Commander Zhukov's judgment, this is part of the Japanese army trying to encircle the Far East Front, and its strength will not be high.  If the Japanese army crosses the Aldan River and uses part of its force to attack its own troops, and the other force goes straight to the Far East battlefield where the main force of the front army is located, then the defensive campaign of the Fifteenth Group Army will become meaningless.

    The Aldan River, in any case, should become a sudden barrier against the Japanese army. "Chief of Staff, convey the order. All units of the group army should immediately speed up their march. They must seize the area on the east bank of the Aldan River within an hour and establish establishments along the river."  Defense line, order, the leading division of the group army, completely wipe out the Japanese army! "

    The small-scale encounter was basically over in just forty minutes. Under the attack of two regiments of Soviet infantry and artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers of the two brigades failed to complete Commander Haruhiko's order and blocked the Soviet army.  After half an hour, the more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers retreated to their original positions. Except for the more than 100 people who fled back, the rest became bloody and bloody corpses on the ground after nightfall.  corpse.

    In the first battle, the Soviet army won a great victory. After looking at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, the commander of the leading division found the serial number of the almost annihilated Japanese army from the blood-stained uniforms. Immediately, another telegram came.  , flew into the hands of Army Group Commander Lieutenant General Asilov.  At this moment, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops were rushing towards the east bank of the Aldan River under the dim dusk.

    "The Third Army of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force?" Lieutenant General Asilov said to himself doubtfully. If this is really the case, then, in addition to the Japanese Kwantung Army, another Japanese army was discovered on the Far East battlefield.  , "The Japanese troops are pressing down on the border!" He sighed.  The order said: "Immediately report this situation to the front army headquarters and order all units of the group army to rush to the east bank of the Aldan River as quickly as possible. - Hurry!" He almost shouted the last two words.  from.

    The battlefield of the Far East.  In the headquarters of the Soviet Far Eastern Front.  Commander Zhukov looked at the telegram from Lieutenant General Asilov, the commander of the 15th Army, and frowned. The judgment was one thing, but the real confirmation was another feeling.

    Now, the situation of the Far East Front.  It was by no means wonderful. The Kwantung Army risked their lives to attack, and two Japanese troops suddenly appeared from the Burya Mountains and the Kukan Mountains.  Like three vices, they tightly clamped down on other units of the Far East Front. Even the three armies that had evacuated from the second echelon had to stop to deal with the Japanese attack on both wings. Now, on the retreat route  Another Japanese unit appeared on the left wing. What about the right wing of the retreat route?

    Zhukov did not believe that the top commander of the Japanese army on the Far East battlefield would miss a move and leave himself a gap to retreat. "This is a tolerant and cunning guy like a fox. Even the Kwantung Army is a unit under his command."  , then the status of this top commander of the Japanese army is definitely not low. Unfortunately, the Front Army Intelligence Department does not have any information on this person. If there is, we can also analyze this person's personality and commanding methods, and formulate a plan.  Take appropriate measures to deal with it!" Zhukov thought sadly.

    Since the Japanese troops were discovered on the left, the direction of the Eighteenth Army on the right is definitely not blank. "It is ordered that the Fifteenth Army on the left of the retreat channel must establish a solid defense line in the east bank of the Aldan River to ensure that the front army  To ensure the safety of the left wing of the army, the Eighteenth Army on the right wing is ordered to immediately seize the Akselegei line and establish a blocking position to ensure the safety of the right wing of the front army's retreat channel!"

    Zhukov issued a series of orders, but what he was most worried about happened. The sudden appearance of Japanese troops had an obvious intention to cut off the Far East Front's passage to the other two fronts. "All deployments are passive.  I hope the 15th Army and the 18th Army can provide a barrier for the main force of the front army!" he thought with a gloomy mood.

    The news that made him even more gloomy came again about an hour later. The 18th Army on the right side of the retreat route reported, "Comrade Commander, in the Akselegei area where our army is scheduled to launch a campaign defense, we discovered that  A large number of Japanese troops, our group army is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army. According to the symbols on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, the designation of the Japanese army is the Thirteenth Division of the Korean Garrison Army! "

    Zhukov sat down on the canvas chair slumped. At this point, all the factors that had always made him uneasy came to the surface. On the battlefield in the Far EastOn the other side, in addition to the old rival Kwantung Army, two more Japanese troops appeared, and there were still a lot of troops. The Japanese commander's campaign intentions were also clear. Two troops of the size of the battle cluster were concealed close to the Far East battlefield.  The Kwantung Army troops were used to hold back the Far East Front Army, and then sent out surprise troops from both wings. The purpose was to encircle the Far East Front Army on the Far East battlefield.

    The situation on the battlefield in the Far East suddenly became clear. However, the almost transparent battlefield situation was of no help to Zhukov. He could only watch helplessly. After careful planning, Prince Zai Ren had already arrived in the Far East.  The region has woven a huge net for himself and the Far Eastern Front's more than a million soldiers. Now, this big net is beginning to tighten, and it is gradually suffocating Zhukov. It is one thing to understand that the war situation is powerless.  Returning to heaven is another matter!

    There were hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army troops behind, entangled like desperadoes. On the left and right flanks, there were two more Japanese troops that suddenly appeared. In front of the planned evacuation route, there were two newly discovered Japanese battle groups. Zhukov sadly discovered that the Far East  The current situation of the front army is like a big fish nailed to the ground by five sharp knives. It can only struggle in place but has no ability to break free.

    With a long sigh, "The current dangerous situation of the Far East Front should be reported to the General Staff and Comrade Stalin, and Comrade Stalin should be asked to allow the Outer Khinggan Mountains Front and the Baikal Front to suspend their return to support the European battlefield, and turn around and pull the Far East  A front man!" Zhukov thought sadly.

    What I was least willing to do, I finally had to do, "Comrade Godaev, immediately record the contents of my following telegram and send it to the General Staff in the most urgent military way. Also, send it directly to Comrade Stalin.  One portion!" Zhukov, with a hoarse voice and eyes full of exhaustion and helplessness, called over to the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Godayav, as if he had aged a lot in an instant, and ordered.

    Zhukov's voice was hollow and dry, as if it came from another time and space, with an unreal mist. After the telegram was dictated, neither of them spoke. In the tent of the front army headquarters, the silence was oppressive. Outside, there was a burst of silence.  A sound like a burst of gunfire roared in my ears like a solid.

    For a long time, Chief of Staff Godaev's face twitched in pain, "Comrade Commander, do we have to do this? Is the war situation really so bad that it is irreversible?" He said in a more painful voice, with a hint of unwillingness.  asked.

    Not hearing General Zhukov's answer, Chief of Staff Godaev saw that Comrade Commander, whom he had always admired, buried his head deeply between his arms, motionless like a statue that had been coated with vicissitudes of life and loss in reality.

    On the east bank of the Aldan River, in the shelter of the headquarters of the Third Army of Japan's Far East Expeditionary Force, Commander Lieutenant General Haruhiko, after listening to a staff officer's report, there was a slight fluctuation in his calm face, "Hani? The two brigades?  The entire army was almost wiped out in less than forty minutes, and only about 130 people were withdrawn?" He widened his eyes in surprise, and then asked, "What is the specific reason?"

    "Commander, according to the reports of the soldiers who retreated, the main reason is that the Soviet artillery fire was too fierce! Most of the casualties of the soldiers in the two brigades were caused by this!" the staff officer replied cautiously.

    Of course, for Lieutenant General Haruhiko, who lost nearly two brigades of soldiers, there was no emotion in his heart. "Artillery fire? - Very good!" Two unrelated words came out of his mouth,  The staff officer was puzzled, "What are the main forces of the Soviet Fifteenth Army doing?" Lieutenant General Haruhiko asked abruptly.

    The staff officer woke up from his dazed state and hurriedly replied: "According to the report of our search force, after being blocked by the imperial army on the east bank of the Aldan River, the main force of the Soviet Fifteenth Group Army sped up.  The marching speed is coming to this area!"

    "Yo Xi!" Lieutenant General Haruhiko shouted excitedly.

    About an hour later, the main force of the 15th Army of the Soviet Far East Front, which hurried over, with more than 100,000 troops, arrived at the east bank of the Aldan River. Before the troops had time to deploy, their forward troops were suddenly attacked by the Japanese army.  The fierce shelling of artillery fire and the overwhelming shells exploded into balls of orange fire in the hazy night, covering the ranks of Soviet soldiers.

    The shells tore apart the bodies of Soviet soldiers, mixed with mud and snow, and flew into the air. The explosions roared and echoed in the open grassland. The assembly area of ??the First Army, which belonged to the 15th Army, was covered by Japanese artillery fire.  .

    The situation report was reported to the group army commander, Lieutenant General Asilov. His head swelled up with a "bang". His first reaction was that the main force of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Force had crossed the Aldan River and was on the way.  Positions have been preset on the east coast, which means that the Fifteenth Army's defensive campaignIt becomes meaningless and will have to engage in a head-on battle with the Japanese army.

    (To be continued) (To be continued.)
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