The several consecutive breakthrough battles he insisted on and commanded not only lost thousands of elite Red Army soldiers, but also brought tens of thousands of elite Red Army soldiers concentrated in Jiamusi into desperate situations. Major General Kavas, the temporary commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army of Jiamusi, sent a telegram for help to the Far East Army General Command, directly committed suicide by drinking a bomb in the command center, becoming the first senior Soviet officer to commit suicide on the battlefield in the entire Sino-Soviet War.

Faced with tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers who were depressed and almost disintegrated, although the Far East Army wanted to do everything possible to rescue them. However, when the air rescue failed and the ground rescue troops were blocked and could not move forward, the Far East Army General Command could do was to send a command to the Jiamusi Red Army to continue to persevere.

At the Jiamusi Soviet Army Command, where Major General Kavas was seated, there was an old Russian officer with the rank of colonel on his shoulders.

Although he was appointed as the temporary commander-in-chief of the Soviet Red Army by the Far East Army General Command a day ago, Colonel Skoda not only did not see any joy in promotion, but instead showed a strong look of worry and helplessness.

Just as he was sitting in his seat, frowning and racking his brains to think about the way out of tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers, a biting cold wind suddenly blew in from the door of the tent. Then, a staff officer with the rank of major walked in and brought a large bowl of steaming broth.

Smelling the smell of meat that seemed to be rapidly spreading in the air, Colonel Skoda, who had almost been out of grain for a day, subconsciously swallowed his saliva and turned his attention to this bowl of broth.

Facing the hot soup with a strong meaty aroma in his hand, the major staff officer couldn't help swallowing and showed a greedy expression. However, when he thought of the commander-in-chief who was still starving in front of him, the Red Army's almost harsh military law, the major staff officer put the broth on the table in front of Colonel Skoda with a reluctant look on his face. He spoke: "Report to Commander-in-chief, this is your lunch, please enjoy..."

Colonel Skoda, whose roundworms had been aroused in his heart, picked up the broth without any hesitation.

In less than half a minute, a bowl of rich broth was wiped out by Colonel Skoda.

After wiping the soup still left on the corner of his mouth, Colonel Skoda found that he had been standing in front of him and looking at the major staff officer who kept swallowing with his mouth. After a little embarrassed, he asked the major officer in front of him: "Comrade Major, have the other soldiers eaten? What are they all eating..."

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the army had run out of food at noon yesterday... The broth you just drank was made after the last war horse of the entire army was killed. All commanders at the school level and above in the army were all divided into a bowl of meat soup, but it was not as thick as you. As for ordinary soldiers, they had been cut off food for a whole day and could only rely on boiled water to support them... In addition, because the weather was too cold, everything that could burn around the barracks was burned. At night, maybe they couldn't even drink a bowl of hot water..." The major staff officer replied with a serious face.

"The situation is so serious..." Colonel Skoda, who was feeling much more relaxed because of a bowl of broth, stretched his eyebrows and frowned into a deep "chuan" character again, and asked in a deep voice to the adviser in front of him.

"Yes, the commander-in-chief... the situation is even more serious than we imagined. Because the troops lack fuel, many soldiers were frostbite at night. According to statistics, in just one night last year, more than 4,000 Red Army warriors were frostbite and lost their combat effectiveness. If there was no boiling water or fuel to warm the soldiers tonight, more soldiers would be frostbite tonight, or even frozen to death. At that time, tens of thousands of Red Army warriors, without the Chinese attack, would be frozen to death on the battlefield..." The major staff member's heavy facial expression did not change at all, and he continued to report.

Hearing this, a chill quickly rose from my heart. He replaced the warm current of the body due to a bowl of broth. He said with horror to the major staff officer in front of him: "How could the situation be so bad? More than 4,000 people were frostbitten in one night... Let's take me to the barracks immediately to see, I want to see the latest situation of the soldiers..."

After saying that, Colonel Skoda put on a military coat despite the guard's obstruction and walked out of the tent that had been completely covered with snow. Suddenly, the biting cold wind outside the tent began to penetrate into Colonel Skoda's military coat from all over the place, making him subconsciously tremble and tremble...

Looking around, the huge military camp could no longer see what it was.

A few days ago, there were still a barracks full of houses. Due to the endless bombing and artillery of the National Defense Forces, there was almost no complete house. In addition, a large amount of logistics supplies were destroyed or burned in this artillery fire. Groups of Red Army soldiers were gathering under a broken wall of a zinc house, close together and keeping warm to each other.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Colonel Skoda did not hesitate and walked quickly to a gathering point of the Red Army.

About one company of Red Army soldiers, in platoons, gathered in three ground nests piled up with bricks and stones. Above their heads, there was no warming measure except a waterproof rain cloth that was broken by shells.

Seeing Colonel Skoda coming in a hurry, dozens of Red Army soldiers squatting in the ground did not stand up and salute themselves as usual. Instead, they looked at Colonel Skoda with a numb look on their faces, like a walking corpse.

Skoda waved his hand and stopped the guard behind him who wanted to scold the soldiers in front of him. He did not speak, but walked quickly to another gathering point. At this moment, a company commander with the rank of captain walked over with weakness. After saluting Colonel Skoda, he said, "Report to the chief, the company commander of a certain company of the Soviet Far East Army came to report..."

After returning a military salute, Colonel Skoda asked, "Comrade Commander, how is the situation in the army?"

"This..." Faced with Skoda's question of being a fool, the captain's company commander suddenly showed a melancholy expression on his face.

However, after a brief hesitation, the captain company commander decided to tell the truth. After a brief silence, he replied: "Report to the commander, the situation in the army is not optimistic. So far, the entire company has reduced 12 soldiers due to frostbite, and five people are directly sacrificed... If the entire company does not get food to replenish energy tonight, facing the attack of Bianxue, the entire company will have more people due to hunger and frostbite. At that time, the entire company will completely lose its combat effectiveness."

Colonel Skoda nodded heavily and continued to ask: "How is the situation of the wounded..."

"It's not optimistic..." The captain company commander replied without thinking about this question.

"Because the troops lack medicines. In addition, these wounded people cannot receive nutritional supplements, and they don't even have a tent that can keep warm. In this ice and snow, if they are not treated in time, these wounded people can last for up to one week, thank goodness..."

Seeing the miserable scene in front of him, Colonel Skoda knew that he had no need to continue watching. The soldiers around the command center were like this, let alone the soldiers far away from the command center...

With a heavy mood, Colonel Skoda slowly walked towards the tent where the command center was located. Then, he decisively ordered a guard behind him: "You, notify all the commanders of the army immediately. Come to the command center for a meeting quickly, hurry up..."

In less than half an hour, a Red Army commander with the rank of colonel and lieutenant colonel walked into the command center in the wind and snow. Although it was only a day apart from the last meeting, Colonel Skoda could clearly feel it. The complexion on the faces of more than a dozen commanders was much ugly. Of course, the bigger change was not the complexion on everyone's faces, but the morale emitted by more than a dozen commanders.

From everyone, Colonel Skoda not only did not see the slightest spirit that the Red Army should have, but instead saw a strong expression of frustration. What's more, some commanders had already looked desperate on their faces.

After sighing, Colonel Skoda said in a heavy tone: "Comrades, it has been a day since the army was out of food. Let's report on the situation of their own troops first..."

Unexpectedly, Colonel Skoda finished speaking and did not receive any response from anyone present. More than a dozen officers, all lowered their heads and sat in their seats without saying a word. Finally, under Colonel Skoda's repeated shooting, a commander Su, who was carrying the rank of colonel, mustered up the courage and asked Colonel Skoda.

"Commander-in-chief, on behalf of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the regiment, I take the liberty to ask you a question, when will the aid commander-in-chief of the Far East Army arrive?... If the aid is not enough, the troops will not receive material and food support. Whether the troops can hold on until tomorrow morning is still a question..."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves. As soon as the colonel commander's voice fell, the remaining dozen commanders raised their heads and asked Colonel Skoda: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, when will our reinforcements arrive... The troops have not eaten for a day. If they cannot get food supplements, tomorrow, the soldiers may not even be able to pick up guns. How can they resist the attacks launched by the surrounding Chinese army on us..."

"Commander-General, when will the assistance from the Far East Army General Command arrive? Has the Far East Army General Command given up on us..."

Colonel Skoda, who had originally planned to continue to hide the news of this equipment, had to say with a wry smile: "Comrades, since you want to know, I will tell you..."

After saying that, after taking a few telegrams from the folder in front of him, he spoke: "The air support sent to us by the Far East Army General Command was devastatingly hit by the Chinese Air Force as soon as he entered China. None of the more than 100 fighter jets of an air division escaped, and the entire army was destroyed... Therefore, before the Far East Army was supplemented by advanced domestic fighter jets, the Far East Army General Command would no longer send us any air support..."

"As for the two armies that reinforced us by land, they were blocked by the Chinese National Defense Forces in Yilan and Huanan respectively. In a short period of time, they were unable to provide support to our headquarters..."

Speaking of this, a long sigh came out from Colonel Skoda's mouth again. He continued to ask to the more than a dozen regiment leaders with increasingly serious expressions in front of him: "Comrades, everyone knows the situation. It is certain that in the next two days, everything will depend on us. Everyone speaks freely. First, report on the specific situation of their respective troops and see how much our overall strength is left..."

After a minute of silence, the colonel commander who had just opened his mouth stood up again and reported: "Commander-in-chief, comrades, then I'll report first... According to the last statistics before I came, the entire regiment had lost 359 soldiers due to frostbite and food shortage, of which 67 were directly sacrificed. So far, there are 2,480 soldiers left in the regiment. However, even these 2,480 people were very weak because they didn't eat for a day. In this case, by dawn tomorrow, it would be thankful that half of the soldiers who could still pick up weapons would be left..."

As soon as the words fell, a lieutenant colonel commander sitting next to him stood up and followed him to report: "Commander-in-chief, the situation in our regiment is even worse. Because most of our regiment's tents were destroyed by Chinese military artillery bombardment. Just one night last year and one day today, the total force of frozen and frostbite reached 520. In addition, those who lost their combat effectiveness due to hunger had less than 2,000 soldiers left in the regiment. If the troops still cannot get the tent and fuel tonight, by tomorrow morning, the remaining 2,000 people will be frostbite or lose their combat effectiveness... "

Faced with casualties that were completely beyond his expectations, Colonel Skoda was shocked and could not speak.

When the combat staff handed over the last counted data to Colonel Skoda, a look of despair quickly enveloped Colonel Skoda.

He murmured to his subordinates who were also heavily-faced: "That is to say, so far, the entire army has reduced more than 6,000 people due to frostbite and hunger. In addition, if these more than 6,000 Red Army soldiers cannot be treated in time, they will all be sacrificed on the battlefield at a few days at the latest..."

The major staff officer who handed himself the final statistics result affirmed: "Yes, commander-in-chief... When we don't get any reinforcements, after tonight, the reduction of 6,000 people will become 16,000 people, or even 20,000 people... At that time, without the need for the attack of the outside Chinese army, the entire army will lose its combat effectiveness due to hunger and become prisoners of war in the Chinese National Defense Forces."

"Can't the tens of thousands of elite Red Army soldiers really be ruined in Jiamusi and cannot return to the Soviet Union..." Colonel Skoda, who had no clue, quickly turned his expectant gaze to more than a dozen regiment commanders, hoping that more than a dozen regiment commanders who have been through the battlefield could come up with a feasible solution for themselves.

However, under his own gaze, more than a dozen commanders who were carrying the rank of lieutenant colonel on their shoulders did not do any extra moves except bowing their heads and saying nothing.

The major staff officer who had been standing next to Colonel Skoda said in a very low voice: "Chief. Instead of waiting to die by being frozen and starved here, it is better to fight with the Chinese army. Investigate attacks on the surrounding Chinese army again and try all its power to open a breakthrough. Even if we cannot open the breakthrough in the end and die in the battlefield, we are also warriors of the Soviet Union..."

"Yes, if you fight with the Chinese army, immediately launch an attack on the Chinese army and continue to break through..." A young lieutenant colonel leader shouted with a ferocious look on his face.

However, except for three young regiment-level commanders who echoed the suggestion, the remaining commanders not only did not support him, but instead showed a look of disdain full of ridicule.

Colonel Skoda, who was also moved by this suggestion in his heart, asked in a low voice: "Where are other comrades, I don't know what you think about the suggestion of continuing to break through..."

Compared with the silence just now, facing this suggestion that almost made the troops commit suicide. More than a dozen veteran Soviet soldiers who had been on the battlefield stood up without hesitation and asked back: "Start an attack on the Chinese army and break through. I don't know what these comrades think. What else can we do to let the heroic Red Army soldiers die..."

"Yes, the soldiers were hungry for a whole day. Not to mention whether they still have morale to break through, even the remaining physical strength of the soldiers is not enough to make them attack the Chinese army... I can be sure that as long as this order is issued, even if the Red Army military law is restricted, the Red Army soldiers who are forced to resist..."

"So, for the sake of the unity of the Red Army and in order not to let these soldiers die in vain, I firmly disagree to break through..."

Colonel Skoda, who looked desperate, muttered to himself again: "It's not okay to break through, it's even more impossible to continue to stick to it. Could this be the doomsday place for tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers, and the doomsday for tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers is coming..."

Seeing the people who were silent again in front of him, Colonel Skoda, who was full of despair and felt great pressure, finally got angry. After clenched his fist and smashed it hard on the desk in front of him, he asked everyone: "Are you all deaf? What should we do next for tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers? Are you really staying here and waiting for the arrival of the doomsday..."

After saying that, a pair of eyes that emitted murderous aura outward quickly searched for something among more than a dozen regiment-level commanders. After two rounds, Colonel Skoda's eyes finally stopped on the colonel leader who had been leading the conversation. He asked, "Captain Breya, you usually have the most ideas. You said, what should we do, how to bring the tens of thousands of Red Army warriors back to the Soviet Union successfully..."
Chapter completed!