Glorious Mission 1937

Chen Feng didn't know Zhukov's intentions, but in Chen Feng's view, the hundreds of thousands of Soviet Red Army gathered in the direction of Ulaanbaatar was originally a naked provocation to the Chinese Communist Party. There's no need to hold back, anyway, the little devils are now ready to go south, even if they fight in the north, the little devils will not do anything, and even deliberately create opportunities for them.

This is completely understandable. After all, for the Japanese, whether they are the Soviets or the Chinese, they are all enemies of Japan, and they are also the kind of mortal enemies that will never die once they are seen on the battlefield. There is only one idea, and that is to divide and then go fast.

Now that China and the Soviet Union are fighting each other, this is a rare opportunity for Japan. When two tigers fight, one will be injured. Now the Japanese not only hope that the two tigers will be injured, but the best ending is that the two tigers will die. Injury, or even death, is in the interests of the Great Japanese Empire.

The atmosphere in the direction of Ulaanbaatar is getting more and more tense. China, Mongolia and Soviet Union are now paying far more attention to this battle than to other battlefields. After all, this battle is related to the direction of the relationship between the three countries.If Chen Feng's troops were defeated, the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces might propose peace talks, or they might launch a large-scale counterattack.

But if Chen Feng's troops win this battle, then the problem will be complicated. First of all, Chen Feng has clearly stated his position in newspapers and magazines, and he himself does not recognize this so-called Mongolian Republic at all. With the victory in the Battle of Ulan Bator, the Mongolian Republic, which has been established for less than 20 years, is likely to be directly destroyed.Mongolia's land area of ​​150 million square kilometers will return to China's territory.

Even Chen Feng's troops will continue to attack north, until they penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Soviet Far East.Obviously there are not a few people who hold this point of view. After all, China is an oil-poor country. It is a fact recognized by the world that it does not produce oil. However, Chen Feng's troops have a large number of mechanized troops. How to obtain oil is in front of Chen Feng's troops. most important question.

Looking at the internal and external environment of Chen Feng's headquarters, only the Soviet Union can continuously provide oil for the eighth war zone. Whether it is for the dignity of the country or the oil necessary for the war, Chen Feng's troops have reasons to attack north.Once the assault force crosses the Soviet-Mongolian border, the war will develop in an uncontrollable direction.

You must know that no matter how you fight now.The battlefield is firmly controlled in Mongolia.Where is Mongolia?To put it bluntly, this is still the territory of the Chinese, and no matter how they fight, it is only the Soviet Union intervening in the civil war between the Chinese, not the Soviet Union and China.However, once Chen Feng's troops went deep into the hinterland of the Soviet Union.That would be China invading Soviet territory.The war will inevitably be escalated into a war between China and the Soviet Union that will never die.

In this situation.Neither the Chinese nor the Soviets will be too happy, only Germany and Japan are happy.Not to mention Japan, Germany's ideas are also conceivable.After all, Hitler with a mustache was already well known to passers-by about his ambitions for the Soviet Union. If Chen Feng's troops could contain the Soviet Union in Siberia and the Far East, it would undoubtedly be very beneficial for Germany's next actions.

Chen Feng didn't know what others thought. Of course, with Commander Chen's temper, he wouldn't care even if he knew.Chen Feng knew what he was doing, and he also knew his ultimate goal. Going to war with the Soviet Union was just a means. Now his stated and ulterior goals had all been realized, so it was time to negotiate peace with the Soviets.

Chen Feng has always known that the truth is only within the range of the cannon, no matter what the Soviet and Mongolian coalition army Chen Bing Ulaanbaatar thinks, but Chen Feng thinks that no matter when the negotiation is, the Soviet and Mongolian army in Ulan Bator should be completely defeated first It is the most necessary. Only in this way will the Soviet Union be honest at the negotiating table.

On June 6th, Chen Feng moved the former enemy headquarters to Zong Mod, and personally sat in Zong Mod to direct the decisive battle in Ulaanbaatar. He wanted to see with his own eyes how the invincible Soviet Red Army was defeated step by step, and then fell into embarrassment. Withdraw from Chinese territory.

Regarding the battle in Ulan Bator, Zhukov had no idea at all.Although the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces far surpassed the confronting Chinese troops in terms of military strength, Zhukov and others have already known the gap between the Soviet Red Army and Chen Feng's troops after this period of war. This is not just the difference in weapons and equipment. However, the biggest gap comes from combat thinking and tactical aspects.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, Zhukov still had to admit one thing in front of the iron-clad facts, that is, the current Soviet Red Army was no match for Chen Feng's troops, at least the troops under the Far East Front Army were not.As for whether the front armies in Europe could compete with Chen Feng's troops, although Zhukov didn't say it clearly, he was not optimistic about the Red Army in his heart.

Due to the lack of heavy weapons, Zhukov didn't think about counterattacking at all, and it would be pretty good to keep Ulan Bator.Therefore, he personally formulated the combat plan for the defense of Ulan Bator. In order to prevent a large number of troops from being stranded in Ulaanbaatar and being massacred by Chen Feng's air force, Zhukov ordered half of the troops to retreat to the north of Ulaanbaatar. A small town 12 kilometers away is fortified along the mountain.

On the one hand, it is because this small town is very close to Ulaanbaatar, and it can go south to reinforce Ulaanbaatar at any time.On the other hand, this is the only way from Ulaanbaatar to the Soviet Union. There is another purpose of deploying defenses here, which is to prevent Chen Feng's troops from going north when necessary.

The remaining 12 troops cooperated with almost all heavy weapons to deploy defenses along Ulaanbaatar. Ulaanbaatar is a city at the foot of a mountain. There are high mountains in the north and west of the city. It is very difficult to attack the city from these two places. Only the strength of 2 infantry divisions is deployed here.

On the other hand, the east and south of the city are flat plains, which are very suitable for the advancement of large-scale mechanized corps. Therefore, Zhukov arranged four lines of defense outside the city. With the assistance of the Mongolian government, he mobilized nearly 4 Ulaanbaatar citizens to assist in a short period of time. The army built fortifications, so these four lines of defense are very strong. According to the report of the inspection team of the Soviet Red Army, even if the most powerful mechanized corps of the Soviet Union came to attack with 20 elite soldiers, these four lines of defense could last at least 10 months. Of course, the premise is that the weapons and ammunition are sufficient.

Zhukov didn't take the inspection team's report seriously, but if the four lines of defense can last for more than half a month, then the negative impact of Chen Feng's troops due to the overly long front line can be fully reflected.You must know that the center of gravity of Chen Feng's rule is in the Guisui and Baotou areas, which are only a few thousand miles away from Ulan Bator. It is difficult to transport ammunition and supplies to the battlefield in a short period of time. The transportation volume of the railway is very limited, and it cannot meet the supply of 10,000+ troops on the front line.

However, Zhukov was stunned at the beginning of the war. The attack of Chen Feng's troops was too sharp. On the night of June 6, Chen Feng's troops took advantage of the darkness to launch a full-scale attack on the positions of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces. Chen Feng's heavy artillery was like paper in front of them.

And Zhukov specially put together an anti-tank regiment, ready to deal with the armored troops that Chen Feng's subordinates will appear at the end of the day, but Zhukov realized how ridiculous his idea was on the battlefield. The infantry following behind the Chinese armor was wiped out.

Although Chen Feng's troops did not achieve much results in the 30 day and night battle, let alone the first line of defense.However, during the four-hour attack, Chen Feng's troops rushed into the positions of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces three times in a row, forcing Zhukov to increase his troops to the first line of defense time and time again.

Although it is unclear how many troops Chen Feng's troops invested in last night's attack, Zhukov knew that in just half a night of fighting, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on the first line of defense had reached as many as 5000. Far exceeding his pre-war estimate of 2 people, Zhukov cast a shadow over the just-broken Battle of Ulaanbaatar.

On the morning of July 7st, Chen Feng's troops continued to attack the southern positions. After a whole morning of fighting, Chen Feng's troops still failed to break through the first line of defense of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces.

Chen Feng was very dissatisfied with the results of this battle, so he transferred the 1st Army Aviation Brigade to the front line, and accompanied the armored troops to attack in the afternoon.With the addition of the army aviation unit, the armored unit under Chen Feng, with the help of God, only took 2 hours in the afternoon to enter the Soviet-Mongolian coalition's position.Although the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces were extremely heroic at this time, fighting to the death without retreating, under the combined attack of the infantry that arrived later under Chen Feng's troops, the Soviet and Mongolian allied forces quickly retreated.

Chen Feng's troops made persistent efforts to pursue the retreating Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces, and approached the second line of defense by the evening of July 7st.

After receiving the notification of the enemy situation on the front line, Zhukov was furious. More than 4 troops did not last even a day. Furious, Zhukov executed 3 generals and 12 mid- and lower-level officers in succession. At the same time, he also executed 351 cowardly soldiers. Soldiers, in order to save the decadent fighting spirit of the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces and the morale of the army on the verge of laxity.

Perhaps this pre-war Fa-rectification has achieved results. Anyway, from July 7, although the Soviet-Mongolian coalition suffered heavy losses, they never retreated until July 2.

On July 7, Chen Feng's troops, unable to attack the southern position for a long time, opened up a second battlefield in the east. So far, the two sides have invested more than 6 troops on the frontal battlefield in Ulaanbaatar.

On the afternoon of July 7, a heavy artillery division under Chen Feng arrived in Ulaanbaatar and joined the offensive sequence in the south. With the addition of this new force, Chen Feng's troops successfully broke through the second line of defense of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition that afternoon. , and moved the front of the soldiers to the third line of defense of the Soviet and Mongolian coalition forces. (To be continued..)