Second, the Third Army's breakout exhausted the last bit of mobility of the Russian army, and the remaining ammunition was no longer enough to support the Russian army's breakout again. This time, it was finally possible to sleep peacefully. This is Su Tong
Thoughts before bed.
When Chief Su woke up, he saw the rising sun in the sky. Although most of the winter sun was gray, it did not affect someone's good mood. Let the orderly bring a bowl of porridge and
After a few steamed buns, Su Tong started eating them.
"Report" a loud voice came from the door.
"Come in."
"It turns out to be Boyu, come and have something to eat together." Su Tong greeted Hu Lian enthusiastically and asked him to sit down.
Hu Lian had already heard about the informality of this officer in daily life. He just smiled and said: "Thank you, sir. It's too early to use this humble position." After that, he stood aside and waited for the officer to finish.
Early.
Hu Lianping is a person who pays great attention to the dignity of superiors and inferiors. He is also very good at handling the relationship with his colleagues and subordinates. In this regard, he is much better than Sun Liren. In Hu Lian's view, it is called informality for your boss to treat you casually.
But if a subordinate of yours is casual with his superior, there is no distinction between superiority and inferiority. Therefore, in later generations, he will be one of the few generals who can die a good death in Taiwan.
"Boyu, what's wrong with you coming here so early?" Su Tong put down the bowl and chopsticks and wiped his mouth with his hands and asked.
"Sir, I would like to request you to transfer the 102nd Division back to Ulaanbaatar for rest and recuperation. Our division was almost crippled during the enemy's breakout operation. This is the list of casualties that Beizhong has just compiled.
"After that, Hu Lian handed a list of names to Su Tong with both hands.
Although he had been mentally prepared for "twelve thousand casualties", Su Tong couldn't help being startled when he saw this set of numbers. The 102nd Division was a large-scale division with a total of more than eighteen thousand personnel.
Excluding logistics support and non-combat personnel, there are more than 15,000 combat personnel. The current figures show that the combat personnel of the 102nd Division are almost exhausted. Two of the four infantry regiment commanders were killed and one was seriously injured.
, one was slightly injured, not to mention the battalion company commander below, who almost changed them all over. Su Tong was silent as he looked at the list containing the blood of countless martyrs.
"It's really hard for you." After a while, Su Tong sighed softly, put the casualty list on the table and raised his head and asked, "You are here just in time. I was just about to inform you that I plan to take your division next."
What do you think about reorganizing into a mechanized infantry division?"
"Mechanized Infantry Division" Hu Lian murmured a few words, and his glasses lit up. Could it be that what Commander Su told us, all horses and livestock were abandoned and all tracked vehicles or wheeled vehicles were used to transport troops?
A new type of mobile infantry equipped with heavy weapons?
"You have a good idea," as if he could see Hu Lian's thoughts. Su Tong said with a smile: "This is an experimental unit. It is just a preliminary idea of mine. It will take a long time to turn it into reality."
We have a long way to go. I approved your request to go back to rest and recuperate, but not to Ulaanbaatar but back to Chahar, our home base. Only there are the conditions for troop reorganization. Boyu, you have
Do you have the confidence to complete this task?”
"This is the honor of humble duty, and humble duty is obligatory," Hu Lian replied with a solemn expression.
"Okay, actually you have earned this honor by yourself. Do you know what I thought when I heard about the direction Lao Maozi started to attack?"
When Su Tong said this, he gently closed his eyes and recalled, and without waiting for Hu Lian's answer, he said softly: "My first thought at that time was, thank God, there is the defense line of the 102nd Division."
Hu Lian's solemn expression did not change after hearing this. He just saluted and turned around and walked out, but Su Tong clearly saw that there seemed to be something sparkling in his eyes the moment he turned around.
The Thirty-seventh Army outside the encirclement circle was busy rescuing the wounded and re-arranging defensive positions. The Russian troops in the circle were also wailing. Since there was no medicine, and there were not enough houses and tents, some wounded had to be placed in the open air.
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The temporary hospital was filled with the screams and howls of the wounded, but the cold wind in Siberia would not be polite to anyone. In this cold winter of more than 20 degrees below zero, people were dying every moment. The only way for the living to survive was
What they did was to take off their clothes, put them on themselves, and then put the dead people into a designated pit.
Looking at the white snow outside the window, General Andrupf's mood at this time was as cold as the current weather. Since returning from the failed breakout operation the day before yesterday, General Andrupf had locked himself in the room alone.
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Admiral Andrupf's house is the temporarily requisitioned house of the former mayor of Amora Town, because this house is the best in the town. As for the original mayor, who cares about him? Now it's a war.
Everyone knows the period.
A blazing fire was burning in the fireplace of the house, but this did not make Admiral Andrupv feel the slightest warmth. His heart was already enveloped by a huge sense of fear.
Since the failure of the breakout operation, he knew that the nearly 300,000 troops here would never have a chance to break out. Even if the Chinese army released the encirclement and blew military music to send them away, it would be useless. Because of the sudden heavy snowfall today and
The sharp drop in temperature made him understand that as soon as they left the simple tents and pitifully small fires outside, it would not take long for all the hundreds of thousands of tired and hungry troops to freeze to death while marching in just one night.
On the road, the severe cold in Siberia will never show any mercy to them just because they are Russians.
As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for more than 20 years, he will not feel depressed or depressed because of a temporary failure, because he knows that there is no invincible general in this world. But he is the commander of a group army, and he and
Since General Molokov sent 300,000 young Russian boys to this cursed place, he has the responsibility to bring them home. This is a responsibility that any responsible commander should bear.
Is it really necessary to go to that point? Admiral Andrupf sighed secretly.
"Dong dong dong..." There was a knocking sound at the door.
"Come in."
"Comrade Andrupov, I heard that you have been shutting yourself in your room all day and night. This is not good." As soon as the door opened, General Molokov's voice came.
"Oh, Comrade Andrupov, why have you lost so much weight?" Admiral Molokov was startled when he saw Andrupv's deeply sunken eye sockets and jawbone when the door opened.
"Comrade Molokov, you are here, please come in." General Andrupv did not explain, and closed the door after the others entered.
"Comrade Andrupov, how much longer do you think we can hold on?" General Molokov asked straight to the point as soon as he sat down.
"Only God knows this, but I don't think it will take more than a week." Admiral Andrupv hesitated and replied.
"One week, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive even three days." Admiral Molokov said with a bitter smile.
"How is this possible?" Admiral Andrupf almost jumped up. "Didn't we calculate it a few days ago?"
"There is nothing we can't do. When you broke through the encirclement the day before yesterday, we brought most of the supplies with us, but those supplies were scattered on the way to the breakout. The only food we have now can no longer last a few days."
After Admiral Molokov finished speaking, both of them fell silent.
After an unknown amount of time, General Molokov and General Andrupv looked at each other silently, and both sides understood what the other meant.
"It seems that both of us are going to be famous in the world." It was Admiral Andrupf who broke the silence with a wry smile.
"But we have to find the right time and the right person." Admiral Molokov sighed softly.
Yes, a suitable candidate may be able to obtain more benefits for these 300,000 Russian troops.
Second update today
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