Zhukov turned around and saw that it was Seryosa, the deputy director of the Political Department. Seeing Seryosa, Zhukov was in a bad mood. If it weren't for Seryosa's existence, he might have tampered with the orders issued by Stalin, and the Soviet army
The Western Cluster had already shifted from offensive to defensive operations in advance, so there would not have been today's tragedy.
At that moment, Zhukov said sarcastically: "Comrade Seryosha, are you here again to convey the leader's instructions?"
Seryosha immediately showed a look of shame and self-blame on his face, and then said sincerely: "As for the major failure of the Far East Front in this battle, I will explain the situation to the Supreme Soviet and assume the main responsibility, but I want to
What it shows is that if I could do it again, I would still implement Comrade Stalin’s instructions without hesitation.”
"Okay." Zhukov shrugged and said, "Please convey the leader's instructions."
"There is no instruction from the leader this time." Seryozha shook his head and said, "There is only a telegram from Xu Rui."
"A telegram from Xu Rui?" Zhukov looked slightly moved and asked, "What telegram and what did it say?"
Seryosha handed over a telegram and shook his head and said: "Xu Rui said in the telegram that we must persist for another three to five days no matter what, and their Chahar Independent Regiment will launch a blitzkrieg to the northeast! What else can you say?
It must be forcing the Japanese Far East Army to return to the Northeast with heavy troops to support the Northeast. It is really naive. How is this possible?"
"What?" Zhukov's expression changed slightly after hearing this.
He took the telegram from Seryosha as quickly as possible, read it hurriedly and then read it again carefully, then returned to the war room without looking back, summoned all the dozen combat staff present, and started
After entering the war game, I originally thought it was a dead end, but it seems that there is still room for recovery?
…
Gaobeidian, the regimental war room of the Chahar Independent Regiment.
Du Junjie and several combat staff officers from the regiment had just finished the war game deduction.
Facing Xu Rui and Wang Husheng, Du Junjie said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, the results of the three war games are basically the same. The elite troops of the Kwantung Army were either transferred to Manchuria or to the newly formed Far East Front Army, Liaoning.
Jilin and even the three provinces of Heilongjiang should not have too many troops!"
"Should?" Wang Husheng frowned, "In other words, this is just your speculation."
Du Junjie said: "It is indeed just speculation, but it should not be too different from the facts."
"Speculations are just speculations and cannot be used as factual basis." Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "Old Xu, we should still send the Langya Brigade to conduct reconnaissance."
"I'm afraid it's too late." Xu Rui said, "It will be three days after the Langya Brigade completes its reconnaissance! I'm afraid the Soviet Far East Front won't be able to wait that long. We must launch this blitzkrieg immediately!"
"But Lao Xu, the enemy's situation is unclear!" Wang Husheng said, "It is too dangerous to launch a blitzkrieg rashly!"
"When it's time to take action, you must take action!" Xu Rui said, "What's more, Ajie's judgment is not unreasonable. In order to form the Far East Front Army, the Japs almost wiped out all the elite Japs on the Chinese battlefield. The Kwantung Army will certainly not be spared! Again!
In addition, we have to protect Ishihara Kanji's Seventh Army, so there will definitely not be many troops left in the three eastern provinces at the moment!"
Wang Hu said anxiously: "Even if there are not many troops left behind, there are always three or five divisions, right? And this blitz to the Northeast is different from the blitz to North China. In North China, there are hundreds of thousands of main troops of our Eighth Route Army to cooperate, but in There is not even a militia in the Northeast, so we have to rely on our independent regiment ourselves!"
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "As long as we move fast enough, we still have a chance to succeed!"
Du Junjie also said: "If we only set the target of the blitz to Shenyang, which is Fengtian, then the possibility of success is actually very high. You see, our army has already controlled Shanhaiguan. This means that this time The blitzkrieg can start directly from Shanhaiguan. The distance from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang is only 400 kilometers. If everything goes well, our armored troops can appear under the city of Shenyang in two days!"
After a pause, Du Junjie continued: "In just two days, the Japanese in the three northeastern provinces will not be able to react anyway, let alone mobilize a heavy army group to defend Shenyang. But they are not sure whether they can capture Shenyang only." The Japanese Far Eastern Army has been completely mobilized? If the Japanese remain unmoved and continue to pursue and attack the Soviet Army's western cluster, then even if we turn Shenyang upside down, it will be of no use."
"You can rest assured." Xu Rui said, "As long as we can capture Shenyang, the Japs will definitely be mobilized. Shenyang is not only the headquarters of the Japs Kwantung Army, but also the heavy industry center of the three eastern provinces! More importantly, Shenyang It was also the hometown of Feng Faction warlord Zhang Zuolin. It has an extremely strong industrial base and can even manufacture airplanes!"
"Old Xu, this is just your wishful thinking." Wang Husheng frowned and said, "What if it is only the Japanese Kwantung Army that returns to aid, and the Japanese Far Eastern Army remains unmoved at all? By then, not only will the intention of assisting the Soviet Army's Western Cluster be gone, If it can be achieved, it will even put our independent group into a desperate situation. We must be cautious, we must be cautious in this matter!"
"If the Japanese Far Eastern Army doesn't return reinforcements, I really can't do anything to them, but the Japanese Kwantung Army alone may not be able to do anything to us!" Xu Rui said with a ferocious smile, "If the little Japanese really dares to do this, then we will destroy him. The Kwantung Army, and within three months, a heavily armed group of 500,000 people will appear in the three eastern provinces!"
After a pause, Xu Rui said again: "At that time, it's time for us to counterattack!"
Xu Rui really wasn't talking nonsense about this. Historically, after the Soviet Red Army annihilated the main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army, a company of the Eighth Route Army made an emergency exit from Shanhaiguan, marched for five days and nights to Shenyang, and then was integrated into the army in just two days. He captured a large number of puppet troops in Shenyang and expanded them into a division!
Therefore, if the Chahar Independent Regiment is really allowed to capture Shenyang with lightning speed and completely take over the Japanese and Fengjun heavy industry manufacturing bases in Shenyang, then with the CCP’s organizational and mobilization capabilities, it will be able to This will put the industrial system in Shenyang and surrounding towns on the right track.
Shenyang's heavy industry system is much more complete than Baotou's, and its scale is much larger!
At that time, the Chahar Independent Regiment will be able to obtain a steady stream of weapons and equipment. As for people, there are many hot-blooded men in the three northeastern provinces who are willing to die generously. With just an order, the hot-blooded young people who stayed in the northeast will flock to them. If someone has a gun, the size of the Chahar Independent Regiment will expand rapidly like a balloon.
Expanding to 500,000 people in three months is conservative!
By the time the Japanese Far Eastern Army finishes up the Soviet Far Eastern Army and moves south from Mongolia to occupy Baotou, another heavily armed group more powerful than the Soviet Far Eastern Army will already be standing in the Northeast. At that time, the Japanese Far Eastern Army should cry, because After losing the heavy industrial base in Northeast China, they had no logistical support.
Therefore, Xu Rui wished that the Japanese Far Eastern Army would ignore it.
Therefore, as long as the Chahar Independent Regiment shows its sword, the Japanese Far Eastern Army must come back to rescue! Because the heavy industrial base in the Northeast is the lifeblood of little Japan, and Shenyang is the center of the Northeast! This is a must to attack the enemy. , as long as the sharp sword of the Chahar Independent Regiment is unsheathed, the Japanese Far East Front Army must save itself!
Wang Husheng was convinced and said nothing more.
Xu Rui then ordered Du Junjie: "Ajie, immediately order all the battalions to march secretly towards Shanhaiguan. However, in order to deceive others and achieve the tactical intention of bullying the enemy, the order issued to each battalion should not openly mention the blitz to the northeast, just say It’s just to bypass Rehe and attack the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia from outside the Pass!”
Du Junjie nodded and said, "Operation code name?"
Xu Rui thought for a moment and said: "Unsheath the sword!"
…
In Irkutsk, Far Eastern Front Headquarters.
The intense war game is finally over, and the results have come out!
But Seryosha was a military layman, and the various symbols and marks on the map gave him a headache. He immediately asked Zhukov directly: "Commander? What was the result?"
Zhukov shook his head gloomily and said, "Just a little bit."
"Just a little bit?" Seryozha said, "Does that mean we didn't succeed?"
"Yes, we didn't succeed." Zhukov sighed, "Comrade Xu Rui's tactical command skills are beyond words. The combat effectiveness of the Chahar Independent Regiment is also very strong. However, the strength is still too thin, especially in aviation. The strength and armor strength are too weak. With just one flying regiment and one tank regiment, it really cannot support a large-scale offensive operation."
Seryosha said eagerly: "Commander, can we provide them with some assistance within our capabilities?"
"Assistance?" Zhukov was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he perked up. Just now, he had entered into a fixed mindset and believed that the Far East Front Army was at the end of its rope, so he never thought of providing a certain amount of support to the Chahar Independent Regiment. assistance, but in fact, they are still capable of providing some assistance.
At that moment, Zhukov's eyes began to move quickly on the map.
After a while, Zhukov's eyes settled on the northeastern direction of the map - Vladivostok!
Vladivostok! Almost at the same time, Seryosha's eyes also fell on Vladivostok, and then said: "Commander, we still have a flying group hidden in Vladivostok. If this flying group can join, the attack of the Chahar Independent Group Will the cluster be able to capture Shenyang and threaten the entire Northeast?"
"There is no problem!" Zhukov picked up an airplane model from the table and placed it heavily on the map, then turned to the correspondent and said, "Call Vladivostok immediately and order the Vladivostok Independent Flying Regiment to join the Chahar Independent Regiment's battle order. Then call the Chahar Independent Regiment and ask them to launch an offensive to Shenyang as soon as possible!"