Age of Conquest Reborn

The Chief of Staff of the Soviet Outer Mongolian Front, Lieutenant General Bozhnev, had to report the disappearance of the commander and political commissar of the Air Force's Far East Forward Command, General Jonasov, to the commander, General Vasilevsky.

General Vasilevsky's psychology was almost broken. While he regretted it, he also secretly hated General Jonasov for not listening to his own advice and insisting on doing something else.

Originally, in order to express my sincerity, reflect the harmonious relationship between close comrades in different units of the Soviet Red Army, and facilitate contact, I prepared a very good office location for the Air Force's Far East Advance Command in Yekaterinburg, where the Front Army Headquarters is located. However,

That Jonasov said, "You should live with your own pilots so that you can better understand the dynamics of the battlefield!"

What is the result? If you listen to yourself and live in Yekaterinburg, can you live without seeing anyone and die without seeing corpses?

General Vasilevsky's first reaction was that this matter was directly related to the attack on the airport by a small group of independent division troops, but these are not important. What is important is how to report the matter to Moscow.

The call of Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bozhnev woke him up from his chaotic thoughts. In an instant, early this morning, all the unpleasant things piled up together, and the pent-up anger burst out uncontrollably, "Immediately

Arrest the bastard battalion commander and battalion political commissar of the 57th Airport Security Battalion and shoot him!" he roared at the chief of staff.

Chief of Staff Bozhnev quickly replied: "Comrade Commander, before this, I have sent people from the Front Army Security Department to Airport No. 50 to investigate the situation on site, and to investigate the two battalion commanders and those who neglected their duties.

The battalion political commissar carried out the execution!"

General Vasilevsky, like a deflated rubber ball, fell down on the chair. His fat body made the chair make a painful "squeak" sound, and asked feebly: "Comrade Bozhnev,

What is the result of the investigation? How can we conclude that Comrade Jonasov disappeared and was not sacrificed?"

Chief of Staff Bozhnev, of course, knew the meaning of the commander's question. He also hoped that Jonasov would die during the exchange of fire with a small group of independent division sneak attack troops, or be killed by a violent explosion, even if

It would be nice if there was a mutilated body. In this case, at least there would be an explanation to the superiors. However, the results of the investigation were not what the commander and himself had hoped for.

The matter was of great importance. He had to tell the truth, "Comrade Commander, Admiral Jonasov's residence is quite a distance away from the oil depot where the explosion occurred. The explosion could not reach it, and our investigators found that Joe

Admiral Nassoff's orderly was killed in his room, the safe and the confidential documents on his desk were all missing, and the two sentries at the door were also killed with cold weapons."

"Also, while our investigators were questioning the soldiers of the guard, a corporal named Alyosha provided an important information. Thirty minutes before the explosion, General Jonasov, aboard

A truck, together with another truck, left the airport,

Thirty minutes later, a violent explosion occurred in the airport oil depot. Subsequently, the airport guard battalion was bombarded by mortars, causing heavy casualties. This is the whole story. Therefore, it can be concluded that Admiral Jonasov was killed.

A small group of independent division troops destroyed the airport, hijacked them and ran away."

After hesitating, Chief of Staff Bozhnev continued: "Comrade Commander, you know very well that General Jonasov has a large number of military secrets, including the specific attack time and plan of our front army, troop deployment, and other

The specific situation of the two front armies, the air force's bombing plan, the performance and number of combat aircraft, etc., are a living intelligence database. It fell into the hands of the Chinese. Our campaign plan to attack Outer Mongolia can be said to be completely useless.

It’s a secret!”

General Vasilevsky, of course, knew that the serious consequences of Jonasov falling into the hands of a small force of the Independent Division meant that the attack plan he had formulated was already on the desk of the Chinese Tang Qiuli.

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Seeing the commander's silence, Chief of Staff Bozhnev asked: "Comrade Commander, how do we report this situation to the General Staff and Air Force Headquarters?"

General Vasilevsky sighed heavily and said: "Since you can't hide it, report it truthfully. Also, issue an order to each airport security battalion and dispatch them all. According to their respective warning ranges, you must find those independent divisions.

Even if the traces of the small group of troops are traced to the ends of the earth, Comrade Jonasov must be rescued. Even if it is a corpse, it is better than falling into the hands of that Chinese Tang Qiuli alive."

"Order the troops stationed on the front line of the Ural Mountains to strictly block all passages, and order the troops stationed in Samara and Chelyabinsk to block all areas on the southern line, and cooperate with the search troops to launch a comprehensive search. Remember,

These damn Chinese must not be allowed to slip back to Outer Mongolia!"

General Vasilevsky is really on fire. He wants to form a big net as wide as possible to trap Chutian's special operations detachment in the net.

Chief of Staff Bozhnev reminded: "Comrade Commander, are we using too many troops? Our front army is responsible for guarding more than 70 airports. If we add the troops on the southern front, there are probably more than 90,000 troops."

Is human strength necessary?"

General Vasilevsky, with blood-red eyes, said with a fierce look: "It is absolutely necessary. This is just the first batch of troops. In addition, you give an order to the 37th Group Army to allocate one division of troops and take all the troops.

Armored vehicles, formed into mobile units, participated in the attack on those damned

In the search operation for the Chinese, even if we search every inch of land west of the Ural Mountains, we must find them and eliminate them all. Tell all the search troops to try to catch them alive. I really want to know what these independent divisions are like.

Soldier, how did you sneak into the rear of our army!"

General Vasilevsky never expected that just because of this order, Chutian's special operations detachment would be given the opportunity to survive the desperate situation, and break out of the Soviet encirclement again and again, and finally

It took more than two months to get rid of hundreds of thousands of pursuing troops, and finally returned to the battlefield in Outer Mongolia.

After issuing these orders, General Vasilevsky said to Chief of Staff Bozhnev: "Order the engineering troops to build all the roads in the Ural Mountains within five days. If the task cannot be completed, the engineering troops will

The commanders and political commissars will be sent to military courts and the orders from the front army headquarters will be conveyed to each group army. The attack time will be postponed to 6:00 a.m. on March 16th!"

Chief of Staff Bozhnev asked: "Comrade Commander, the offensive deployment has definitely been exposed. Does it need to be modified, especially the plan to attack Minusinsk and Kulun, as well as the coordination of Air Force combat aircraft, these are all

It takes time, five days, isn’t it too stressful for the engineering troops?”

General Vasilevsky's eyes showed a cold light like a gambler, and he said: "The offensive deployment does not need to be adjusted. After getting the information, the Chinese Tang Qiuli will definitely think that it will take longer for me to change the deployment.

I have time to prepare. Well, I will keep my plan and launch the attack as quickly as possible to catch him off guard. More than a million troops will press forward together. No matter how cunning the Chinese is, in the face of absolute superiority, any

All conspiracies and tricks will be useless!"

"As for the Air Force, we have no right to interfere. It will take longer to repair the airport. We don't have time to wait. Moreover, our Outer Mongolia Front Army has not reached the point where it cannot fight without the aircraft. Give the order! And

, as soon as the reply call from Moscow comes, send it over immediately!”

Chief of Staff Bozhnev saluted and left in a hurry. General Vasilevsky leaned on the table weakly, rubbing his aching temples with both hands, feeling a little uneasy because he didn't know what Moscow had received.

What will be the reaction after the report?

Moscow responded quickly. More than an hour later, telegrams from the General Staff and the Air Force Headquarters arrived almost at the same time. Chief of Staff Bozhnev hurriedly sent them over. After reading the telegrams, General Vasilevsky finally

Breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was no serious self-blame in the telegram, nor was there any intention to pursue responsibility. Moreover, the opinions of the General Staff Headquarters and the Air Force General Headquarters were surprisingly consistent. They both urged the Outer Mongolia Front Army to use all means to

To rescue Admiral Jonasov, he must see him alive and his body dead. This coincides with his own intention, which is to never let Jonasov fall into the hands of the Chinese Tang Qiuli.

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However, there is a sentence in both telegrams, "After Comrade Stalin heard about this matter, he was extremely concerned and gave special instructions. On the premise of not affecting the plan to attack the independent division troops, this matter should be handled by the commander of the Outer Mongolia Front Vasilevs

Comrade Ji, have full authority to handle it and report the progress of the search at any time!"

Pressure, huge pressure. The fact that General Jonasov was kidnapped by a small force of the Independent Division caught the eye of the Supreme Leader. In the eyes of General Vasilevsky, this is not a good thing. It means

, there must be a result, otherwise, you will not be able to explain it to the leader, and the consequences will be serious.

Putting down the telegram, General Vasilevsky, with a worried look on his face, looked at Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bozhnev and said: "Comrade Bozhnev, Comrade Stalin has given instructions. It is up to us to search for Comrade Jonasov."

The front army is responsible, but there are no results and cannot be explained to Comrade Stalin."

"It seems that a special command organization must be established to uniformly command the search force. No matter what, the whereabouts of Comrade Jonasov must be found. Based on your experience, who is more suitable to send to command the search force? This person needs

He has strong coordination skills and rich reconnaissance experience!”

(To be continued)(To be continued.)