Although he decided to be an enemy of East China, Dzebuzundanba VIII and other Mongolian leaders also knew that Mongolia's strength could not be an opponent of East China, so if he wanted to fight East China, he still had to ask Russia for help. Although Russia had just lost to East China and was beaten to cede land and pay compensation, it was a long-term gain for Mongolia. He still believed that Russia was a powerful country, and losing to East China was just a common thing for victory or defeat. I believe that Russia would have a way to deal with East China, and would not sit idly by Mongolia.

After receiving the rescue request from Mongolia, Russia was overjoyed because after the Far East War, Russia lost the vast areas of the Ussuri River Basin and the Amur River Basin, and all the sea outlets were lost. Although Russia now has the Outer Khingan Mountains and Kamchatka in the Far East, almost all the strategic areas of the Far East were occupied by the East China, and the remaining places were probably difficult to preserve. Therefore, Russia urgently needs to find a new equal code in the Far East to balance the strategic advantages formed by the victory of the Far East War.

To change the strategic disadvantage, either by force or weaken the enemy's strength or occupy a strategic location; or simply give up some of the disadvantaged areas and take back their strength to wait for the opportunity, or by introducing foreign aid, strengthening their own strength or restraining the other party. But now Russia is powerless to directly confront the East China in the Far East, so force is an impossible option. If you give up the Far East, no one can bear this historical responsibility, and the result is that you can only introduce foreign aid. However, foreign aid is not easy to find, Britain and France are too far away, and they may not support Russia in continuing to make efforts in the Far East. Japan was also severely damaged by the East China. Now it is trying to improve relations with the East China, and it cannot be expected. As a result, after searching, only Mongolia can help.

Although Mongolia itself is not strong, it is better than nothing. Moreover, Mongolia has a vast territory and great room for strategic and tactical maneuvers. The Mongolian army is mainly cavalry and has strong mobility. Therefore, as long as it is used properly and with Russia behind the back, it can completely deal with the East China **, thereby reversing Russia's strategic passive situation in the Far East.

Of course, there are many people in Russia who oppose and support Mongolia, believing that Russia is not ready to confront the Far East and East China in a comprehensive confrontation. Therefore, supporting the confrontation between Mongolia and East China will only worsen the relations with the East China, causing Russia to lose more in the Far East. However, this opinion has been ignored by Russia.

So Russia immediately gave Mongolia a positive response. On the one hand, it took the initiative to give Mongolia 3,000 rifles, expressing Russia's support for Mongolia. At the same time, it decided to send instructors to help Mongolia train its army, formulate combat plans, etc. Mongolia purchased 15,000 rifles and 50 artillery from Russia in one breath. After all, relying solely on the weapons sent by Russia is not enough, and Mongolia also needs to spend some blood on its own. Of course, the Mongolian top leaders are still rich, and the Qing court also supported a lot of funds, so Mongolia can afford this money.

After East China controlled eastern Mongolia, it also sent a large number of intelligence personnel to Mongolia to obtain Mongolia's information, so it immediately reported to China.

After receiving the news, East China ** also immediately started a discussion, believing that the original plan was to launch a limited attack on Mongolia, which was difficult to achieve the originally expected goal, because Mongolia intends to be completely enemy of East China ** and with Russia behind the back, such a blow is not enough to create enough power to the Mongolian top leaders, and may temporarily restrain the Mongolian top leaders. However, when East China ** launches an attack on the Qing court, Mongolia is likely to have a major action, and it will inevitably restrain the energy and resources of East China **. Therefore, the best way is to expand the scale of this offensive, and it is best to aim at Kulun and completely resolve the potential threat of Mongolia in one fell swoop.

However, this suggestion also encountered many oppositions, because the expansion of the scale of the war means more investment, which is contrary to the resolution formulated by East China after the end of the Far East War to control the scale of the war and invest within a single army before attacking the Qing court, and not affecting economic operation.

Although Mongolia is not strong, its territory is vast and the Mongolian cavalry is very mobile. It is not difficult to win one or two battles. However, if you want to completely control Mongolia, at least two armies must be dispatched. In addition, it is necessary to prevent Russia from taking the opportunity to attack. Two more armies are needed to station the Sino-Russian border. The four armies in the Northeast Military Region must be mobilized, so the materials needed must be a huge number. Although the social life of East China has been completely restored, and there are compensations.

The special funds, but the war will inevitably affect the economic operation of East China **, and even affect the war against the Qing court. Therefore, now is not the best time to use troops against Mongolia. It is better to focus on defense for the time being. With the strength of East China **, there is basically no problem in defending the existing Mongolian region. Other places will be able to make trouble with Mongolia and Russia. Even if Mongolia really declares independence with the support of Russia, it can still be recaptured after East China ** is unified.

After the Executive Yuan discussed, it believed that Russia's direct troops were not likely to be sent directly. After all, Russia's vitality has not yet recovered, and various social contradictions have only been temporarily eased, but have not been eliminated. In fact, Russia cannot afford this battle. Therefore, as long as East China is prepared to prevent the border, it can completely deter Russia's military adventures, and only prevent it at the border. The resources consumed are not large, East China is acceptable. Of course, if Russia insists on fighting another battle, East China will not be able to take into account the determination to control the war and can only stay with it to the end.

However, when Russia does not participate in the war, the East China ** should still control the scale of the war. Therefore, the Executive Yuan requires the Military Commission to formulate a plan that can only use one army's troops to achieve the goal of completely resolving the potential threat of Mongolia in one fell swoop. If it can be done, the Executive Yuan will approve the battle. If it cannot be done, it will be temporarily endured.

So the General Staff of the Military Commission immediately started research. When checking the relevant information, he found the 8th Field Army of the Northeast Military Region. Ouyang Longxing, the commander of the 19th Division, proposed a plan, which was to use Chifeng as a base to attack Kulun, and could use one division and part of the auxiliary army as a frontal offensive force, be responsible for attracting Kulun's attention, restraining the main force of the Mongolian army, and sending a small number of elite troops, mainly cavalry, assault Kulun, striving to capture or kill Mongolian seniors in one fell swoop, and force some Mongolian seniors to surrender, and then issue commanders in the name of Kulun to control the entire Mongolian region. Even if some Mongolian seniors run away and go to other places to start a new job, after losing Kulun, Mongolian seniors lose their own foundation and cannot make a lot of trouble.

In this way, even if East China cannot fully control the entire Mongolian region in a short period of time, it can eliminate the threat from Mongolia and gradually carry out social reforms in Mongolia, fully liberate the vast number of Mongolian herders, and ultimately achieve the goal of controlling the entire Mongolian region.

This plan has strong implications, so the General Staff decided to make modifications based on this plan and will use the latest military technology breakthrough in East China - tanks and tanks.

Before the far war, East China ** established a special working group in Gaoliu Automobile Company to start the research and development of armored vehicles. During the Far East War, although East China once carried out comprehensive social distribution system, the research and development of armored vehicles did not delay, and a total of 18 prototypes were built. After many tests and improvements, it was finally developed and formed the first main battle tank of East China ** in May 1908. In September of that year, it passed the test of the Military Commission and was named the ztz08 light main battle tank, referred to as the Type 08 tank. 200 were ordered at one time, and a tank regiment was planned.

The Type 08 tank has a total length of 4.85 meters, a width of 2.25 meters and a height of 2.45 meters. Its size is slightly shorter than the length of an 11-seat van, but its height is larger; the total weight is 16.5 tons, and the crew is 4 people, namely the vehicle head, driver, gunner, and machine gunner; the power is a 120-horsepower diesel engine, with a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour and a maximum travel of 285 kilometers.

The armor is made of homogeneous steel plates, with a thickness of 60 mm, a turret of 50 mm, a 35 mm front, and a 25 mm back. The front armor can withstand all artillery below 50 mm caliber at 150 meters, a 60 mm caliber artillery outside 400 meters, and a 75 mm caliber artillery outside 700 meters. Of course, this is in this era when small and medium-caliber artillery in various countries are generally not equipped with armor-breaking warheads.

The weapon equipped is a 60mm 18-diameter main gun, with 50 rounds of ammunition, a 12.7mm roof machine gun, 800 rounds of ammunition, two ammunition boxes, a 7.62mm front machine gun, 1,500 rounds of ammunition, and three ammunition boxes.

The first type of tank developed by East China ** is positioned as a light tank, mainly because of the lack of engine technology in this era, so we can only choose to manufacture light tanks. However, overall, the parameters of the Type 08 tank are placed in the light tanks during the War 2 period. In addition to the insufficient engine technology, which makes the speed slower, other weapons such as armor and weapons are quite considerable, much stronger than Japanese Xiaodouding, and basically on the same level as the US m3 Stuart. Moreover, considering that this is the only main battle tank in the world at present, there is basically no opponent, so the light tank is completely sufficient for East China ***.
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