Glorious Mission 1937

Ulaanbaatar in March is a relatively cold time of the year. The north wind is howling outside, and large flakes of snowflakes fall from the sky, making Ulaanbaatar a world of snow.

Ulaanbaatar city government, a very high-level meeting is going on at this time, and the soldiers in charge of security have been informed that a big person will come to attend the meeting today.

Who is this big man?That’s right, it’s our Young Master Chen, Commander Chen. Chen Feng arrived in Ulan Bator the night before, and immediately informed Zhang Jingjun that he would hold a division-level meeting in Ulan Bator on the morning of March 3. The military meeting requires all officers at the division level to participate, and no leave is allowed for any reason.

Chen Feng's order is an imperial decree in Saibei Province, and no one can disobey it. After receiving Chen Feng's order, Zhang Jingjun personally sent a report to the main officers of the divisions in the Mongolian North Military Region, ordering them to immediately put down what they were doing and rush to Ulaanbaatar No matter what method you use, you must arrive at the Ulaanbaatar City Hall to attend the meeting before 17:[-] am on the [-]th.

At this time, everyone in the city government meeting room was very puzzled. Although they had been notified of the meeting before they came, no one told them who would host the meeting. Everyone thought Zhang Jingjun, the lieutenant general commander, but when they saw Seeing that Commander Zhang, who was seated at the head of the chair, was looking at the documents, and had no intention of presiding over the meeting at all, everyone was puzzled. It seemed that Commander Zhang was not presiding over the meeting.

Just when the big guys were making noise, there was a sudden communication from the guard outside: "Mr. Chen is here!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the guard's communication.There are many officials with the surname Chen in Northern Saibei Province, but there is only one person who can be directly called "Chief Chen".That is the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth War Zone and the Chairman of Saibei Province, the first-level general of the Army of the Nationalist Government Chen Feng, and the fact that Commander Zhang Da, the largest commander of the Mongolian Northern Military Region, took the initiative to sit in the second place. Everyone knows today's meeting who hosted it.

Sure enough, after the guards opened the door of the meeting room, it was General Chen who came in.In addition to Commander Chen, he was followed by a lieutenant general who they all knew.It was Shi Jianfei, the new Chief of Staff of the Eighth War Zone.

After each sat down, Chen Feng looked at the officers in the meeting room, and asked Zhang Jingjun, "Minzhi, are you all here?"

"Commander, all are here, 6 division commanders, 5 brigade commanders, and three generals from our Mongolian North Military Region. A total of 14 people are here." Zhang Jingjun replied.

"Now that everyone is here, the meeting will officially begin!" Then Chen Feng said: "Your Mongolian North Military Region is a newly formed strategic unit in our eighth war zone, and shoulders important missions. In addition to guarding your current territory In addition, you must always be prepared to fight against Japan and regain the Great Northeast. This must be clear to every one of you, even if you didn't know it before, you should remember it now."

"Everyone, I am here this time to discuss with you the possibility of fighting against Japan. I need you to speak out from the actual situation later! Now, Minzhi, please talk about the deployment of the Hulunbuir Japanese puppet army!"

Hearing Chen Feng roll call.Zhang Jingjun got up immediately and said: "Commander, generals. I was transferred here not long ago to replace General Bilig, so I don't know much about our troops in northern Mongolia. The deployment of the Japanese and puppet troops north of the Xing'an League is still very clear."

"On the Hulunbeier Grassland, there are 1 Japanese division, 1 mixed brigade, 1 puppet infantry division and 2 cavalry divisions. Among them, the 23rd Japanese division is mainly stationed near Hailar, and the 39th mixed brigade is stationed in In Manchuria, the 3rd Division of the Puppet Manchurian Infantry was stationed in Zhalantun, the 4th Division of the Puppet Manchurian Cavalry was stationed in Yakeshi, and the 7th Division of the Puppet Manchurian Cavalry was stationed in Barhu.”

"However, according to the latest information, the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army originally stationed in Qiqihar, as well as a tank brigade and an artillery brigade also arrived in Hailar not long ago. This information has been proven to be accurate, which means that now The Japanese army stationed on the Hulunbeier Grassland has 1 infantry divisions, 1 infantry brigade, and a chariot soldier and artillery brigade. There is also a puppet infantry division and 2 cavalry divisions. Based on our familiarity with the various establishments of the Japanese army , The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops should be around 1.”

After Zhang Jingjun finished speaking, Chen Feng said: "With the strength of your military region, if you send troops to Hulun Buir, how long will it take to knock down this grassland?"

After thinking about it, Zhang Jingjun said: "Our military region now has five infantry divisions and one armored division, plus other auxiliary troops, with a total strength of about 5 troops. In addition, the weapons and equipment of our army are not comparable to that of the Japanese army, but a large part of our soldiers are recruits, or are simply reorganized from the original Mongolian People's Army, and their combat effectiveness needs to be improved. With the reinforcements of the Japanese army, Beizhi is confident that he can take the Hulun Buir Grassland within a month."

"Well, do you have a combat plan in your military region?"

"There is no new battle plan, but General Bilig and General Qiaobashan have previously formulated a battle plan against the Japanese army in Hulunbuir. I feel that this battle plan is very good, and it can be implemented with a little modification!"

"Oh, then please ask Deputy Commander Qiao to talk about this battle plan!" Chen Feng said.

Qiao Basan couldn't speak Chinese. After the translator told him what Chen Feng said, Qiao Basan immediately got up and said, "Everyone, fighting on the grassland is different from fighting on the plain. Because the grassland is sparsely populated and there are not so many big cities, so we fight in the grassland. Combat in this environment focuses on occupying large and medium-sized cities and destroying the enemy's vital forces, and those Sumu Gacha and even some less important banner counties can be completely regarded as non-existent."

"Therefore, my battle plan is divided into three steps. The first step is to infiltrate in the early stage. Taking advantage of the geographical features of the Hulunbuir Grassland, which is vast and sparsely populated, we can send a force to infiltrate Hulunbuir before the war begins. , but it is required that the number of this unit should not exceed one regiment, the combat effectiveness should be stronger, and it must be familiar with the terrain and know how to avoid the Japanese patrols! The second step is to station troops at the border to attract the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops to the border area, causing Hailar The places such as Yakeshi and Yakeshi are empty of troops. The third step is to directly capture Hailar and hold it there, and then use the Japanese military airport in Hailar to continuously transport troops there. On the battlefield, attack the Japanese army together with the main force, and we will definitely win a complete victory!"

When Qiao Bashan was explaining his battle plan, Chen Feng used a pencil to rehearse the plan on a piece of white paper. Although there were certain risks, the success rate was still very high.

"Deputy Commander Qiao, where are you going to put the border battlefield? Barhu Banner or Manzhouli?" Chen Feng asked. [

"Manzhouli!"

"Tell me your reason!" Chen Feng said.

"Manzhouli is the only way for our army to go to Hailar. It is also the largest supply point and station for the Japanese army in the border area. As long as our army continues to increase troops there, the Japanese army must increase there whether they want to or not. Send reinforcements, otherwise, as long as our army captures Manchuria, the nearby Baerhu Banner will be safe to defend, and our army can even drive straight into Hailar. The Japanese army cannot afford such a loss, so they will definitely do as we imagined Constantly adding troops to Manchuria." Qiao Bashan said.

Chen Feng commented: "Although this battle plan has certain flaws, it is still a feasible battle plan. However, if we want to truly implement this battle plan on the battlefield, we must modify two places. The first is the early penetration. Can't follow what Deputy Commander Joe said, because this season is the season of heavy snow, the road is almost impassable, it is impossible to go directly to Hailar through the weakly defended area of ​​the Japanese army, and it will take a month to march alone Time. So at this point we have to change it to airborne operations, and directly use transport planes to drop airborne troops near Hailar, or directly airdrop them into the city of Hailar."

"The second point is that our army can't just fight in one place. In addition to Hailar, we can also drop troops in Zhalantun, Chenbaerhu Banner, Yakeshi, Mo Banner and other places at the same time."

"Commander, this is better and has a higher success rate, but does our army have so many airborne troops and transport planes? Most importantly, we only have a large military airport in Ulaanbaatar. The straight-line distance from Ulaanbaatar to Hailar is about 1200 kilometers, and the round trip is 2400 kilometers. Is the range of our transport plane enough?" Choibalsan asked.

"Hehe, don't worry about this, the airborne troops of the two brigades will arrive in Ulaanbaatar soon, and they took off directly from Guisui to fly here!"

After speaking, Chen Feng asked the officers in the conference room: "Do you have any other opinions on this battle plan?"

Shi Jianfei said: "In general, this battle plan is perfect, but we must consider the reinforcement of the Kwantung Army Command, so I think it is necessary to mobilize some more airborne troops. In addition, the Japanese troops currently stationed in Hulunbuir are full 7 people, and Hailar is the most important city in the Hulunbeier Grassland. There will definitely be a large number of troops stationed there. As long as they station a brigade there, an airborne brigade of our army may not be able to take down Hailar, so I suggest first Yakeshi or Zhalantun carry out airborne operations to force the Japanese and puppet troops in Hailar to reinforce, and then carry out airborne operations to Hailar!"

"Is this suggestion a good one? Let's do it!" Chen Feng said decisively. (to be continued...)