Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

For his own life, but also for his dream of building a nation, Qiao Bashan has made a decision to break out of the encirclement.However, for the sake of the so-called face and the morale of the remaining soldiers in Outer Mongolia, Qiao Bashan, as the commander-in-chief, would definitely not be the first to agree to this idea.

As soon as the gaze from a pair of eyes shifted to the chief of staff, the chief of staff who understood God said in a timely manner: "Commander-in-Chief, I fully support Comrade Major General's ideas. For the future of Outer Mongolia, please call in the commander-in-chief to immediately mobilize the entire army." The elite, to break through the Soviet Union. Only if we keep the most elite troops in Outer Mongolia, we will still have a chance to defeat the Han army."

"Commander-in-Chief, please immediately mobilize the entire army to break through the siege..." Under the signal of the Chief of Staff, a group of senior officers from Outer Mongolia who were able to stand in the command headquarters said in unison, as if they had been beaten to death.

Under the instigation of his subordinates, Commander-in-Chief Choibalsan did not hesitate any longer, and ordered decisively: "Order, the staff immediately dispatched [-] elite troops from all the city defenders to follow me to break through from the north gate and enter the territory of the Soviet Union." .As long as we enter the territory of the Soviet Union, the final victory will still be ours."

"Chief of Staff, after dispatching 3000 elite troops from the entire army, there are still [-] remaining troops in the city defense. You will be in command of the remaining [-] troops. Continue to defend and cover the main force to break through. .I allow you to voluntarily give up the makeup of the troops and withdraw from Outer Mongolia after the main force successfully breaks through the encirclement, and join me in the Soviet Union."

"The list of senior officers who broke out into the Soviet Union with me is as follows: Commander of the New First Division, Commander of the New Second Division... Commander of the First Artillery Regiment..."

In Nuo Da headquarters, the general who heard Qiao Bashan read his name.A gleam of joy quickly covered his face.Of course, even if you didn't read your own name.These generals did not show any ugly expressions on their faces, because.The commander-in-chief Choibalsan in front of him has already made a promise, agreeing that they will evacuate Outer Mongolia under unwarranted circumstances.

In this way, a battle plan that all the soldiers of Outer Mongolia had never thought of began to slowly unfold in the city.

Under the orders of the staff, the elite troops quickly moved to the north of the city.The armies that were ready to stay and die were quickly filled to the forefront of the battlefield.In addition, in order to keep the elite as much as possible, a large number of Outer Mongolian civilians living in the capital were also recruited by the army without any conditions.Sent to the forefront of the battlefield as cannon fodder.

Choibalsan's bold plan not only deceived all the low-level soldiers in Outer Mongolia, but also deceived tens of thousands of National Defense Forces.

When Qiaobashan personally led the [-] Outer Mongolia elites under the cover of wind and snow.After leaving the capital without breaking a sweat.The three combat groups of the National Defense Forces still followed the predetermined tactics, step by step to compress the living space of the Outer Mongolian army, and eventually trapped them to death in the capital.

The 071 Division of the National Defense Forces attacked the position. The division commander, Lei Tianming, was holding a binoculars, watching the frontline attacking troops break through one defense line after another of the Outer Mongolia Army with a confident face.At this moment, the chief of staff, who was also standing by to observe the battle situation, suddenly said.

"Something's wrong... Commander, today's battle is a little bit wrong. According to reason, the defense line deployed by the Outer Mongolian army around the capital will only become more and more difficult to fight. But right now, the Outer Mongolian army stationed in front of us has not only not strengthened their defenses. On the contrary, there is a feeling of being defeated in one blow, not as good as the Outer Mongolian army we encountered yesterday..."

Lei Tianming frowned, and asked a combat staff officer: "Commander Zhou, how long has the army been attacking? According to the air force's reconnaissance. How far is there, our forward can approach the city..."

In less than half a minute, the combat staff officer who briefly analyzed the map and the telegram reported: "Report to the division. Today's offensive has lasted for three hours. Within three hours, the forward troops attacked and broke through the three lines of defense of the Outer Mongolian Army. Breaking through a line of defense almost every hour. According to air force reconnaissance, the forward is still five kilometers away from the capital of Outer Mongolia. In this five-kilometer attack distance, there are still six lines of defense left. However, none of these six lines of defense have any terrain to use , are all deployed on the plains, and the trenches are the main line of defense.”

"Yesterday, we only broke through the three defense lines of the Outer Mongolian army. In three hours today, we achieved the same results as yesterday. According to this attack speed, we will be able to approach the city by noon tomorrow at the latest. Could it be that the Outer Mongolian army that is standing here is planning to give up all The outer defense line, fight an unprecedented street battle with us..." Lei Tianming said to himself.

However, after only two seconds, Lei Tianming vetoed this idea himself: "Impossible, unless the commander-in-chief of the Outer Mongolian Army is a fool, otherwise, he will never concentrate all his troops in the city to fight us in the streets. You know, Now we not only have strong artillery strength, but also have absolute air superiority. Concentrating all our forces in the city is tantamount to providing our artillery and air force with a perfect live target."

Speaking of this, Master Lei Tianming, whose eyes quickly flashed a sharp gaze, ordered decisively: "There is a problem, there is definitely a big problem...-...the Outer Mongolian army guarding the city must be planning a huge conspiracy against us. Chief of Staff Immediately contact the commander of the forward force and ask about the specific battle situation. At the same time, order the forward to capture as many prisoners of war as possible, and through these prisoners of war, we can learn what we want to know..."

In less than 10 minutes, a piece of news that surprised Lei Tianming was brought before him: the Outer Mongolia army standing in front of him was not a real army, but armed civilians who had just been recruited from the common people.

When Lei Tianming was looking at the report and fell into deep thought, the chief of staff analyzed in a timely manner: "Division, according to intelligence analysis, the total strength of the Outer Mongolian Army stationed here is 3. After continuous operations, including the other two operations Including the group, we only wiped out about [-] Outer Mongolian troops. In other words, so far, there are at least [-] Outer Mongolian troops stationed in the city. Twenty thousand troops defending here are absolutely sufficient in terms of strength, not at all. It requires the use of armed civilians who have little combat effectiveness."

"And right now, Choibalsan unexpectedly used armed civilians to hide [-] elites. They are nowhere to be found. Master, I can be sure. Choibalsan must be brewing a conspiracy, a huge conspiracy against us."

The solemn Lei Tianming nodded first.Then he shook his head and asked: "Chief of Staff, what specific thoughts do you have? What do you think is Choibalsan's conspiracy?" "

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "I don't know, there is no sign of this conspiracy at all, and at this point, Choibalsan's strategic space is only so big, I really can't think of any other conspiracy. But .Master, I think we should report this matter to the headquarters immediately, we didn't expect that the headquarters with a broader vision might think of it."

"Yes..." Lei Tianming nodded affirmatively, and ordered again: "However, our offensive cannot be stopped. Even if Choibalsan has conspiracies, in the face of absolute strength, these conspiracies will be blown up by our steel shells." Therefore, not only cannot the offensive of the troops be stopped, but we must seize this excellent opportunity to further speed up, and use the time of daytime air reinforcements as soon as possible to push the front line outside the city. See what Choibalsan is playing What means."

The Shenyang National Defense Army Staff Headquarters received Lei Tianming's telegram as soon as it received two telegrams sent by Jiang Baili himself.They were sent to the two commanders of the 081 Division and the 091 Division through radio waves.

Soon, three almost identical telegrams appeared in Jiang Baili's hands.

"What exactly is Choibalsan planning to do? Do you plan to use these armed civilians as cannon fodder to kill and injure our army's vital forces as much as possible. Then wait for the right time to gather all the elite and launch a counterattack against us..." Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, who was reading the three telegrams Said to himself.

When Jiang Baili turned his eyes to the Chief of the Operations Department, the Chief of the Operations Department, who was frowning tightly, said, "Chan Zuo, besides this, I think there is another possibility... Qiao Bashan is about to escape, and the remaining All the elite forces gathered together to break through the siege. Nuoda’s Mongolian prairie, including a large number of border lines between Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union, may become the base for Choibalsan to make a comeback in the future. Break out with support, and continue to lead more than 100 million people in Outer Mongolia to fight against us in the new base."

Jiang Baili's eyes lit up, he quickly shifted his gaze to the map next to him, and then said, "Both situations are possible. However, I prefer to lead. Because only Qiaobashan intends to fight us here. Only then will we be able to wipe out all the resistance forces in Outer Mongolia in one fell swoop, and Outer Mongolia will truly be included in the sphere of influence of our National Defense Forces."

"However, we have to guard against the latter. If we can't take Choibalsan at one time, relying on the position of Choibalsan in the hearts of more than 100 people in Outer Mongolia, we can completely command the domestic people from abroad and fight with us on the prairie of Outer Mongolia. Fighting a people's war, through unprecedented huge consumption, trapped us to death in the prairie of Outer Mongolia, forcing us to retreat and return Outer Mongolia to Mount Choibal..."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Baili's eyes and clothes flashed two fierce murderous looks, and he ordered to the chief of the combat department in front of him: "Director Chen, you should immediately notify the Air Force to dispatch a fighter brigade and a reconnaissance aircraft brigade, and immediately report to Qiaobashan. Carry out low-altitude reconnaissance covering all routes and areas in the Soviet Union, and it must be fast..."

Under the signal of the Chief of Operations, a combat staff officer quickly rushed out of the war room with an order.

Looking at the solemn Jiang Baili in front of him, the director of operations continued to ask: "Sensei, if Qiao Bashan really intends to break out and has already done so, how can we pursue and intercept..."

Jiang Baili replied confidently: "Director Chen, don't forget that in Outer Mongolia, apart from the three troops of our army that are fighting, there is also a troop that is on its way. Commander Xiong Shaowen of the Thirteenth Army At this moment, the tens of thousands of troops are heading towards the direction where Choibal Mountain may break out. As long as Commander Xiong Shaowen knows the route of Qiaoba Mountain's breakout, the Thirteenth Army will be able to surround Choibal Mountain on the vast prairie with an absolute advantage. Annihilate them."

On the white grassland completely covered by the university, in order to avoid exposing the target, Qiaoba not only gave up his own car when he went up the mountain, he didn't even bring an ordinary car or armored vehicle.Like ordinary soldiers, Choibalsan and the Soviet major general wore white cloaks, rode on horses, and marched towards the Sino-Soviet border with great difficulty in the face of wind and snow.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes suddenly reached Qiaobashan's ears, and then.A cavalryman whose cheeks were red from the cold stopped in front of Choibalsan.First of all, after paying a military salute to Choibalsan, he took out a telegram and reported: "Commander-in-Chief. At noon tomorrow, the city will fall. In order to prevent the main force from exposing the target, the chief of staff asked us to speed up our march, stay as far away from the battlefield as possible, and enter the territory of the Soviet Union..."

The Soviet major general who was eager to escape suddenly turned pale, and without thinking, he suggested to Qiao Basan: "Commander-in-Chief, the National Defense Forces attacking your army must have discovered something, otherwise they will not suddenly speed up the attack. I think we should Speed ​​up the marching speed immediately, otherwise. According to the current marching speed, it will take at least two days before we can enter the territory of the Soviet Union and get rid of the encirclement and suppression operations that the Chinese National Defense Forces may launch against us."

Qiaobashan, who often lives on the grassland, knows how to hide the entire army in heavy snow. Once the army speeds up the march, the entire army will be exposed.You know, just half an hour ago, the reconnaissance plane sent by the National Defense Forces just flew over everyone's heads, if it weren't for the white cloaks of the whole army.Choibalsan can be sure that at this time he has been completely exposed to the watchful eyes of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces.

Therefore, in order to hide from the Air Force of the National Defense Forces that may come over us at any time, the marching speed of the troops must not be accelerated.but.Even if he doesn't speed up his march, the Wehrmacht will know the news of his breakout by tomorrow at the latest.They will also use various means to find themselves, chase and encircle themselves.

Commander-in-Chief Qiao BaSan immediately fell into a difficult choice.but.Seeing that his suggestion was not adopted, the Soviet major general didn't care about it.In the eyes of this Soviet major general, when the troops are exposed, they are exposed.At worst, only a few senior generals from Outer Mongolia, such as Qiao Bashan, were withdrawn into the Soviet Union. After all, life-saving is more important than anything else.

Seeing the hesitant Commander-in-Chief Choibalsan, he suggested again: "Commander-in-Chief Qiao, as long as you are alive, most of the senior officers of your army may retreat to the Soviet Union. With your influence in Outer Mongolia, I believe it will not take long. Then you can form tens of thousands, or even [-] elite troops. At that time, with the help of various weapons and equipment that our Soviet government provides free support to you, you can completely fight back to Outer Mongolia and establish a country in Outer Mongolia... So, our current The most important thing to delay is a successful retreat to the Soviet Union, not to keep these troops in our hands..."

The major general of the Soviet Union finally persuaded Choibalsan. When a resolute expression appeared on Choibalsan's face, a command full of majesty had already blurted out from Choibalsan's mouth: "Now I order that the entire army immediately throw away all influence Heavy equipment for marching speed, speed up the marching speed, advance at full speed to the territory of the Soviet Union...."

The order was issued, and more than 1 Mongolian cavalry quickly accelerated.All of a sudden, the deafening sound of horseshoes began to sound in the Mongolian prairie. Even with the cover of the sound of wind and snow, it was very easy to spread several kilometers, even more than ten kilometers away.

Of course, in addition to the deafening sound of hooves, the large number of flying snowflakes produced by the galloping horses directly enveloped the entire marching army.Although more than 1 Mongolian cavalrymen have white cloaks for cover, the large amount of snowflakes rising cannot be covered by the white cloaks.

Lieutenant Wu Xuebing, the captain of the Fighter Squadron of the First Regiment of the First Division of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces, as a very good pilot, was supposed to fly a fighter plane to fight the enemy on the battlefield.However, Naihe and his opponents have no air force that can be used at all. As an excellent air combat pilot, I can only let go of my own ideas and fly a fighter plane as a temporary reconnaissance plane.

He had just patrolled this area, for the sake of safety, and also to see if he could bump into a dead mouse blindly. In his patrol area, he bumped into Mount Choibal, which might break out of the siege, and used the ammunition he carried to get some results.Squadron leader Wu Xuebing and his wingmen cruised to this area again.

Just as Wu Xuebing was driving Zhan Ji to search for something on the vast white grassland, an exclamation suddenly sounded in the earphones.

"Squadron leader, look at the ground, there are possible targets..."

"It's a cavalry unit, definitely a cavalry unit, without tens of thousands of cavalry passing by, it is absolutely impossible to produce so many snowflakes on the ground... Squadron leader, I request a low-altitude reconnaissance of ground targets, and launch an attack on suspicious targets to confirm Guess if it's true..."

Under the reminder of his deputy, the excited Wu Xuebing also found snowflakes like a long dragon.

Without the slightest hesitation, he decisively ordered: "Yes, attack the target immediately, and I will cover you..."

"Wooooow..." A roar of engines sounded over the grassland, and the fighter jet carrying only two bombs roared towards the ground like an eagle venting its prey.

"Boom..." Two violent explosions sounded on the ground, and then two thick black smoke rose from the ground.Under Wu Xuebing's gaze, the gunpowder smoke surrounding the impact point had just dissipated, and a large number of torn horse corpses and Mongol corpses appeared around the bomb crater.

"Sure enough, they are Mongolian cavalry. Judging from the length of the team, this group of Mongolian cavalry must have 5000 people...No surprises, this is the target we are looking for..." Wu Xuebing said excitedly to himself.

Then, subconsciously turned on the airborne radio and began to report the situation to the headquarters..."(To be continued..)