Age of Conquest Reborn

The Soviet troops in the Far East began to withdraw westward, with the Outer Khingan Mountains Front and the Baikal Front in the front, and the Far East Front in the rear. Millions of Soviet soldiers were divided into countless groups and spread all over the muddy Far East land. Then, like a flood,

Like a stream of water, it overflowed the line from Chita to Irkutsk and headed west. As for the large towns along the westward retreat, the Soviet army did not dare to set foot even half a step and avoided them at a distance.

The Soviet Outer Mongolia Front Army, which had been lingering in Outer Mongolia, suddenly accelerated its march without the six brigades of the independent division directly under the corps, pursuing and harassing them. However, it was destroyed by Chutian's special operations detachment.

The mess of roads and bridges still posed insurmountable practical difficulties in front of the Soviet army. Compared with the other three front troops withdrawing westward from the Far East, the speed of the Outer Mongolia Front Army still seemed slow.

This made the commander of the front army, General Vasilevsky, extremely angry. He cursed people every day. The commander of the front army's engineering unit was so scolded that he even had the urge to pull out a gun and commit suicide. However, what good could he do?

way?

The original roads and bridges were completely destroyed by the Chinese, and the amount of work required to repair them was staggering. Now, God has also acted against us. As the weather gets warmer, the snow everywhere has turned into mud and swamps.

, it's okay for infantry, but for tanks, artillery, and trucks, facing such road conditions is simply a nightmare. The entire Soviet Union's Outer Mongolia Front has more than one million soldiers fighting against the mud and stagnant water everywhere.

Live.

According to the order of the commander of the front army, most of the troops of the Outer Mongolia Front Army were temporarily rerouted and served as engineers to repair bridges and pave roads. This provided great convenience for the three front army units behind them. They could move along the Outer Mongolia Front Army.

The built roads can be moved westward without having to worry about the condition of the roads.

General Vasilevsky, the commander of the Outer Mongolia Front, felt extremely uncomfortable about this. Originally, his troops were the first to start withdrawing westward and were closest to the Ural Mountains and Tannu Mountains. But now, they are about to be

The other three front troops who came from afar caught up with them. How could General Vasilevsky, who had a high self-esteem, feel embarrassed?

A telegram of complaints flew quietly to the desk of Comrade Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Supreme Commander of the Soviet War Headquarters, and the great leader of the Soviet people, in the Kremlin in Moscow.

However, Stalin's current mood is obviously much better than before. He ceded millions of square kilometers of land to Tang Qiuli in exchange for the four front armies trapped in the east, and millions of elite troops retreated smoothly. Facing the German army

With the fierce attack, the pressure is increasing day by day. For Moscow's western defense line, which may collapse at any time, this is undoubtedly extremely good news. The nerves that were so tense that they were about to be broken can finally relax a little, and Comrade Stalin can free up some

I have no time to think about other national affairs.

In Stalin's eyes, the telegram with some grievances, some minor complaints, and minor excuses was nothing more than a trivial matter. So Comrade Stalin smiled slightly, wrote it personally, and wrote it to Vasilevs.

General Ji replied with a comforting telegram, which was able to appease his somewhat embarrassed subordinates.

Being forced to cede the eastern Asian part of the Soviet Union and millions of kilometers of land to Tang Qiuli, Stalin is still feeling pain. The fierce German attack is another kind of severe pain. Comparing the two,

One is permanent pain, the other is immediate pain. However, the choice between short-term pain and long-term pain finally gave the Soviet Union a chance to breathe. And Stalin was even more worried about the Soviet Union's four elite front armies being trapped in the Eastern battlefield.

uneasy.

Stalin knew very well that if he had not been driven by greed and blindly inflated his confidence, he made the final decision at the Politburo meeting to use troops against the Japanese and Tang Qiuli in the East at the same time. The current situation of the Soviet Union would never be so bad. If

With more than six million elite troops blocking the direction of Europe, can the German army still march straight into uninhabited territory and fight all the way to the gates of Moscow?

Can he cede millions of square kilometers of land to the Chinese Tang Qiuli without any conditions? Stalin knew what a serious mistake he had made. If he were really pursued, he would probably be shot to death.

The Soviet Union is in the crisis of national annihilation. This is enough. Of course, the great leader of the Soviet people will not admit that he has made mistakes. The people below will not even dare to mention a word, not even a look of complaint.

Dare to have it.

However, the Kremlin staff discovered that Comrade Stalin seemed to be very taboo and sensitive about everything in the East. Therefore, the staff would never dare to use words such as the Far East and Outer Mongolia in their words and documents.

, all matters involving the above two regions will be handled exclusively by Comrade Molotov, the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs.

Now, in Stalin's office, Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the Soviet General Staff, and Molotov, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, were studying two important matters with Stalin.

One is about how the four front troops in the eastern region, after withdrawing to the European battlefield, launched a full-scale counterattack against the German army and pushed the front line away from Moscow. This matter was left to the Chief of General Staff, Marshal Petroshilov, to take charge of the specific details.

Stalin did not interfere with the deployment of the campaign. Of course, he still had to make the final decision on the campaign plan himself!

Stalin was talking about another matter. Regarding the selection of commanders to fight against the German army, his own Chief of General Staff said: "Comrade Petroshilov, all our hopes are pinned on the four soldiers who have returned from the east.

On a front soldier!"

"Among them, Zhukov's Far East Front suffered relatively heavy losses in this battle against the Japanese. Your General Staff can consider replenishing Zhukov's troops as soon as possible. In addition, I personally recommend that Zhukov serve as the commander-in-chief of the newly formed Moscow Front.

The political commissar uses the former Far East Front as the backbone, supplements other units, and is responsible for the main combat mission against the German army. The total strength of the Moscow Front must reach more than three million people. The General Staff will consider the specific organization plan!"

Once the deal was finalized, while Mrs. Zhukov was still rushing back to the European battlefield, his new identity and appointment were already waiting for him. Stalin still had great trust in Zhukov's military command ability.

Similarly, Zhukov is also the chief of the general staff, Marshal Petroshilov, a general whom he admires very much. At least, he is much better than Vasilevsky. Therefore, he will not have any objections. On the contrary, he will

He tried his best to replenish the muscles and bones of the Moscow Front.

Stalin was talking about another matter with Molotov, "Comrade Molotov, regarding the issue of new border line demarcation, Tang Qiuli's independent division has sent hundreds of teams to take charge of this matter.

I would like to remind you that the Chinese personnel participating in the work of demarcating the border line are all from the independent divisions, and none of them are within the government system of the Republic of China. This has been noted in the documents submitted by each other.

On this point, we don’t have any objections to this!”

Molotov understood what Comrade Stalin meant. The land ceded from the Soviet Union was the private property of Tang Qiuli and had nothing to do with the National Government. The usual diplomatic methods were of no use. Don't play tricks. In addition, Comrade Stalin

I hope that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary complications. The implication is to comfort Tang Qiuli as much as possible to avoid any further mistakes.

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I have transferred a large number of personnel from relevant government departments to form a border demarcation team equivalent to the independent division. Starting tomorrow, we will gradually arrive in the Siberian region and start work! I will personally lead the team!" Mo Mo

Lotov said with a very haggard expression.

After returning from Kulun with a heavy blow, Molotov seemed to collapse. He felt a deep sense of guilt. After getting off the plane, Molotov did not go directly to the Kremlin and went to Stalin.

Comrade reported, but ran back to his home, adjusted his mentality for several hours, and then rushed to Stalin's office as if recovering from a serious illness. This was also the reason why the commanders of the two Soviet front armies received the telegram from Moscow that night.

Originally, Molotov asked Comrade Stalin for leave, but Stalin could not do without this resourceful assistant. Naturally, his wish to take sick leave came to nothing. Molotov was really ill, mainly psychologically.

In this way, he still drags his body and is full of pain to deal with the Chinese again. Comrade Stalin is not worried about this matter. Only Molotov, who is seriously ill, reluctantly goes into battle.

At the end of the three-person meeting, Stalin suddenly said to Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff: "Comrade Petroshilov, wait a minute, there is something that needs to be done immediately. You must do it in the name of the headquarters.

Order the commanders of the four front armies to bypass all the major towns and cities in the Far East and Outer Mongolia that they pass along the way when they withdraw to the European battlefield. They must restrain their troops!"

"This is very important, mainly to avoid any form of conflict and friction with the independent division troops. We must let our commanders at all levels know this clearly!" Stalin's expression was extremely serious.

Stalin was really afraid. At this time, it was not appropriate for any unpleasant things to happen with the Independent Division. The four front armies had not yet left the area under the actual control of the Independent Division. Even the smallest thing could lead to Tang Qiuli's death.

As an excuse to fall out, if he makes unreasonable demands again, what will the Soviet Union do? What will you do?

Based on Stalin's own thoughts, he speculated about Tang Qiuli. He believed that the greedy Chinese would really do this!

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