1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Huo Qubing could only carry his shoes.

Although Huo Qubing had led cavalry on expeditions to the northern desert and sealed the Wolf's Lair, and had fought as far as Ulaanbaatar, the Han army had fought countless battles, large and small, along the way;

But what about Fujiwara Kanezane?

Not only did he accomplish what Huo Qubing had done before, but more importantly, he also ensured that there were almost no passive battles along the more than 1,000 kilometers of the route, and that not a single soldier among the thousands of soldiers was left behind because of him!

Water, food, medical care, weapons... everything is done to the utmost.

致!

I thought the last raid on Ordos was already very powerful, but I didn't expect that this time it was much stronger than last time. The troops' fighting will, weapons and equipment, logistics support, intelligence work and other aspects have been greatly improved.

If the situation continues to develop in this way, Tian Weiyang dare not even imagine how far the 129th Division, or at least the cavalry brigade directly under his command, can grow.

After all, I'm considered a close confidant of Fujiwara no Kanezane. Should I try to find a way to test his true intentions and see if I can bring him into the party organization?

If I can succeed, hehehehehehe..(drooling)

Fujiwara no Kanezane had no idea what kind of vexing tricks this subordinate was thinking up, so he hummed indifferently:

"Attack? What attack? I'm actually quite socially anxious and timid, and I'm not really willing to have a head-on confrontation with the Soviets..."

Let's not talk about what "perforation" is, I'm timid..

I really want the Soviets to listen to what this 37° little mouth says.

By the way, how come we've advanced to this point, but there still seems to be no defense in the Ulaanbaatar direction?

We didn't encounter any cavalry heading south along the way!

Such a big thing happened in the south, hasn't Ulaanbaatar received the news yet?

There's no way to explain it.

Having worked in an elite organization for a long time and later working in Northeast China where the Communist Party elites gathered, Tian Weiyang was influenced by the elite style and environment. He could never have imagined how poor the team in this world could be.

"But, I suddenly had a good idea..."

As if he had received some news, the corners of Fujiwara Kanezane's mouth curled up slightly:

"Tian Weiyang! Order the entire army to hide and recuperate. Seal off the canyon. Don't do anything for the next five days. Once you've recovered physically and mentally, follow me to Kulun and make a big splash!"

"???"

At this time, in the city of Ulaanbaatar, dozens of kilometers away.

Well, calling it a "city" is really an exaggeration.

If it weren't for the construction of the State Palace, the National Theatre (a miniature version of the Bolshoi Theatre), the Central Post Office and other buildings after the Soviet "invasion", which gave it traces of modern industrial civilization, this shabby place would have been a large nomadic slum.

(I found a small bug in the previous sentence. After 1924, Ulaanbaatar was renamed from "Kulun" to "Ulaanbaatar" by the Soviet Union, which means "Red Hero". However, just like "Fengtian" and "Shenyang", the Chinese and Mongolian people still mostly call it "Kulun")

As for the military, leaving aside the garrison, the city wall, which was only about 2.5 meters high, had been in disrepair for many years and was "missing limbs", was obviously unable to withstand any attack;

But the Soviets mainly lived in the north of the city, where conditions were relatively better, and the Mongolian locals lived in the south, in the desert where no enemy would come. Who would care about this insignificant defense work?

Choibalsan, Mongolia's Minister of Military Affairs and Animal Husbandry, rubbed the cow dung he had accidentally stepped on on the ground, lifted his leather boots and carefully checked to make sure there were no traces left, then carefully walked into the NKVD's representative office in Mongolia.

"Colonel Kazanin!"

"Ah, it's Choibalsan..."

Kazanin, who was giving instructions to his subordinates, didn't even turn around and pursed his lips nonchalantly:

“Sit down first.

"Yes, Colonel!"

Choibalsan, the later "Mongolian Stalin", sat upright on the sofa like a cautious student, waiting for Kazanin to finish his conversation.

About a quarter of an hour later, Kazanin finished his conversation with the officer, turned around and sat down, with his feet directly on the desk, and asked casually:

"Qiubashan, what are you doing here?"

"Colonel..."

"I told you that you should call me comrade.

"Yes, Comrade Colonel..."

Choibalsan, who was trying to please, cursed in his heart.

Hypocritical old man!

Choibalsan knew that Kazanin liked him to call him "Colonel" so that he would have a sense of superiority and control, but the Soviet Union believed in equality for all, and comrades also called each other "comrade".

So, if you call him "Colonel", he will definitely not agree, but if you call him "Colonel Sir", he will agree to you calling him "Comrade Colonel".

Lu Xun once said that the Soviets always compromise!

"Comrade Colonel, I heard that 2000 men of the great Soviet Red Army were withdrawn, and the last 2000-odd men of the 1st Cavalry Division were also transferred. This is..."

Here is a brief introduction to the general situation of Outer Mongolia's own military strength:

The 1st Cavalry Division - about 3000-3500 people, stationed in Ulaanbaatar, with the task of garrisoning the capital and taking on the role of mobile force, with some Mosin-Nagants, a small number of machine guns and light mortars or horse-drawn artillery;

The 2nd Cavalry Division - approximately 2500-3000 men, stationed in the Eastern Province, was tasked with defending against the threat posed by the 129th Division in Manchuria and the Japanese Kwantung Army. Its primary weapons were old equipment left over from the Russo-Japanese War;

The 3rd Cavalry Division - about 1500-2000 people, stationed in Khovd Province, with the mission of guarding the direction of Xinjiang and the Kazakh tribes. Their weapons can basically be traced back to the Qing Dynasty's large lifting pole and the Ming Dynasty's fire gun (really awesome).

Finally, there are some internal secret police forces and some miscellaneous border guards who are completely insignificant and even have to bring their own rations during training and fighting.

Yes, at that time, all the troops in Mongolia (including armed nomads, excluding the Soviet Red Army) added up to only about 10,000 people, and all of them were directly controlled by the Soviets:

Officers above the regimental level were required to be fluent in Russian. Company-level officers were supervised by Soviet advisors. All promotions for Mongolian officers had to be approved by Moscow. All weapons were provided by the Soviet Union. NKVD troops had supreme "guidance" over the Mongolian army and could take over command at any time.

Therefore, it is natural and smart for Choibalsan to be so cautious.

To put it bluntly, putting aside communism and such, the Outer Mongolian army is no different from the Manchurian and Mongolian puppet army in history. The latter even has slightly greater autonomy.

Prior to this transfer, more than 1000 men from the 1st Cavalry Division had been transferred to patrol the direction of Ulanqab, along with 1000 men from the 2nd Cavalry Division stationed in the east, to prevent the fighting in Ulanqab from spreading to Outer Mongolia.

Therefore, after making the judgment that "there may be danger in the East", the Soviet Union transferred the last 2000 people of the 1st Cavalry Division and half of the Soviet Red Army stationed in Ulaanbaatar to cooperate with the 2nd Cavalry Division to strengthen the forces on the Manchuria-Mongolia border.

Hearing Choibalsan asking about the army's whereabouts, Kazanin tilted his head slightly:

"Oh? Why are you asking this?

After all, I'm the fucking Minister of Military Affairs of Mongolia!

You Soviets mobilized our army without saying a word, which is fine, but when you asked a question, you were asked "why?" This is too fucking bullying!

Choibalsan could hardly hide his emotions.

Noticing the flash of anger in the other's eyes, Kazanin sneered in his heart:

Idiot, I just want to let you know who is the king.

There is only one word to describe Choibalsan Kazanin

dog.

As he wrote about Choibalsan in a report he sent back to China after last year's "Mongolian nomads' uprising against collectivization," "This sheepdog may occasionally bare its teeth at its owner, but the leash is always in our hands."

Kazanin knew Choibalsan very well, the agent he had carefully selected.

This former lama temple servant, who came from a poor family, was extremely eager for power, but his mind was relatively clear - at least, as long as the Soviet Union remained strong, he would always be loyal.

Therefore, in order to make this dog more obedient and more loyal to himself and the Soviet Union, Kazanin's various arrangements for Choibalsan were very "Soviet":

At least 2 hours of Russian language training per day;

Recite some key chapters from the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)

Imitating Stalin's speech, waving, and other public gestures;

Arranged for Choibalsan's daughter to "study abroad" in Moscow

Arrange for a private doctor to check on Choibalsan every week;

Arrange a female GRU agent to be Choibalsan's mistress:

The Mongolian herdsmen uprising was suppressed, but Choibalsan was asked to sign the execution order and later reported to Moscow that "Mongolian comrades demonstrated the firmness of the Bolsheviks"... and so on.

Kazanin once realized that doing so might cause a strong backlash in the future, but politically he was not allowed to relax the control, and emotionally he was addicted to the feeling of being the master.

Before his execution in 1937, Kazanin reported that "Choibalsan can now light matches by himself, which is very dangerous." A few years later, Choibalsan resolutely purged the Soviet advisory group.

But for now, Choibalsan is still the useful Choibalsan.

狗:

"Haha, I don't mean anything special. It's just that the First Cavalry Division is the capital's defense force, as well as the great Soviet Red Army. If they're all transferred, it might affect..."

"You don't have to worry about this, new Soviet troops will arrive soon to replenish our forces.

Qiao Bashan's heart trembled.

New troops?

Are the Soviets sending more troops?

From the perspective of personal security interests, the Soviet Union's troop increase will undoubtedly help protect Mongolia, but in this way, the Soviet Union's control over Mongolia and the harm it poses will continue to deepen...

"Protecting Mongolia" and "harming Mongolia" may sound contradictory, but they are not.

Because, although the Soviet Red Army and the Chinese Communist Red Army are both called the "Red Army", the external performance and internal characteristics of the two armies are, if not completely different, at least extremely different.

Especially for the Red Army, which was far away from Moscow and far away from the emperor, if it lacked a strong person with sufficient prestige and high moral character to suppress it, its degree of rampant violence would be no better than that of the feudal army.

For example, the Soviet Red Army stationed in Outer Mongolia, which was considered by most Soviets to be a "backward region occupied by backward nations," had extremely poor military discipline:

Machine-gunned herders who resisted collectivization or were disobedient, including the elderly, women, and children;

Any Soviet officer or even soldier could arbitrarily execute Mongolian civilians based on their personal judgment;

Without any compensation, they directly confiscated livestock and food, and looted temples and cultural relics to sell for money;

Mass rape of Mongolian women, forcing them to become "temporary partners" and then abandoning them;

They wantonly insulted, beat, and bullied Mongolian soldiers, officers, and even ordinary officials...

In the words Choibalsan later reported to Stalin: "We are like their dogs, even walking with our heads down... This behavior has seriously damaged the prestige of the Soviet Union..."

To be honest, apart from not killing so many people (probably because there were fewer Mongolians), how much difference is there in essence between this and what the Japanese army did when they occupied China in history?

However, does anyone care?

No.

Not to mention that Choibalsan was just a small Karami at that time. Later, when Choibalsan ascended to the throne and held great power, he was also helpless before the Sino-Soviet contradictions intensified and the status of Outer Mongolia rose sharply.

After separating from China, the fate of Mongolia and the Mongols has never depended on the Mongols themselves.

Therefore, Choibalsan didn't dare to say anything more. He could only ask indirectly about some information that Kazanin was willing to reveal to him, and then retreated with a lot on his mind.

Looking at his dog's unwilling back, Kazanin snorted coldly and waved his hand, commanding:

"Tonight is the last dance! Tomorrow morning, the whole army will set out!"

"yes!

A night of partying.

The Soviet Red Army soldiers, who had fully enjoyed the black faces, black breasts and black pussies of Mongolian women, had their morale slightly improved, but were still a little depressed. They left Ulaanbaatar with a total of about 4000 people from the Mongolian Cavalry First Division, whose morale was even lower and they were even hungry.

ε=(o *))) Well, although Ulaanbaatar isn't great, at least there are Soviet-style apartments with heating and water to live in. Who wants to go to the Manchuria-Mongolia border and fight the Japanese?

Damn, I hope there is no fighting on the Eastern Front.

Without such a large number of "elite" defense forces, will the entire Ulaanbaatar be more vigilant?

not at all.

On the contrary, they became even more lax.

You really can't expect much sense of responsibility and loyalty from a group of soldiers who were so hungry that they could only eat the raw meat of dead horses during the "Great Mongol Famine" caused by collectivization and climate last winter.

Damn it, I heard Kazanin personally sent that support unit away. Anyone who still works seriously is the biggest idiot!

"Hiss... Eternal Heaven, it's so cold...

"By the God of Heaven, you will surely die this winter.

"Haha, then I'll definitely die after you, you bastard who even eats rotten flesh... Okay, stop drinking the medical alcohol. If you're caught, you'll get whipped again!"

On the city wall, the sparse Mongolian People's Army soldiers gathered around the stove, drinking stolen medical alcohol, smoking cheap tobacco, and chatting casually, without the slightest bit of vigilance, even though it was abnormally quiet outside the city.