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Chapter 204 Frontal Attack (Part 2)

That night, the Mongolian army took advantage of the night to launch an attack on the People's Army's camp. This time, the Mongolian army invested more troops, reaching more than 800 people, and attacked the People's Army's camp from three directions.

However, in the camp of the People's Army, not only are the guards tightly, but also on the periphery of the camp, there are firepower and lighting points arranged by tanks and armored vehicles. When the Mongolian cavalry reached a range of hundreds of meters, the headlights on the tanks and armored vehicles were bright. Although it cannot be said that they were illuminated as bright as day, it was enough to prevent the Mongolian cavalry from using the cover of the night to break through the last distance.

Then the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles launched fierce shooting at the Mongolian cavalry. Because the traces had been exposed, the machine gun caused a lot of damage to the Mongolian cavalry and successfully delayed the advance of the Mongolian cavalry. Even when some Mongolian cavalry rushed into the vicinity of the armored vehicles in the rain of bullets, the machine gunners only used to retract back into the vehicle and covered the steel plates in the window. The Mongolian cavalry had no choice but to use these steel giants. They could not cut the sabers and could not shoot through the rifle, so they could only circle around these armored vehicles.

At this moment, the cavalry of the People's Army also broke out of the camp and launched a counterattack on the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry was sniped by machine guns, with heavy casualties and a sharp drop in morale. Naturally, it was no match for the People's Army. He was killed and defeated by the cavalry of the People's Army, but in the dark, the People's Army was inconvenient to pursue, so he stopped fighting.

After dawn, the battlefield was counted and nearly a hundred corpses of Mongolian soldiers were left behind, as well as basically the same number of war horse corpses. In the battle last night, only 6 soldiers of the People's Army were injured, and none of them were killed. It can be said that they achieved a great victory.

After clearing the battlefield, the People's Army continued to set out and on this day, the Mongolian army launched two attacks on the People's Army, each of which was about 500 people. However, the People's Army was closely guarded and did not give the Mongolian army any chance at all. It also learned to rely fully on armored combat vehicles to resist the attacks of the Mongolian cavalry rather than take the initiative to fight. The machine gun firepower on 1 or 2 armored combat vehicles was enough to cause a large amount of losses to the Mongolian army. Therefore, in this day's battle, the Mongolian army was killed by about 60 more people, while the People's Army only killed by 3 people.

As a result, on the third day, the Mongolian army no longer attacked the People's Army. So after four days of march, Ouyang Longxing led his troops to the Dalinor Lake area. After the army was stationed, Ouyang Longxing began to arrange surveys and measurements of the terrain, positioning and laying lines to prepare for the future construction of the fortress, and also sent reconnaissance personnel to find the Mongolian army's garrison.

Two days later, the scouts came back to report that they had discovered the Mongolian army's garrison, about 50 kilometers northwest of the People's Army camp, and also drew sketches of the Mongolian army's garrison, which could roughly see the arrangement of the Mongolian army's garrison.

However, in order to solve the details of the deployment of the Mongolian army's garrison, Ouyang Longxing brought two warrior cars and drones the next day and rushed to observe the Mongolian army's garrison in person. Of course, he did not need to approach the Mongolian army's garrison. He only needed to reach about 10 kilometers away and release the drone for aerial photography.

After a day of observation, Ouyang Longxing was also basically aware of the deployment of the Mongolian army's garrison. Overall, the Mongolian army's garrison was still quite standard. The basic elements, such as retaining walls, trenches, sentry towers, high points, internal and external bunkers, firepower points, etc., were all set up in moderation. Obviously, the main general lacked enough experience, or was arranged according to the map, knowing the reason but not the reason. Therefore, it is not difficult to break such a garrison, not to mention that the People's Army has two tank companies and a total of 30 tanks in the battalion headquarters. However, Ouyang Longxing hopes to encircle and annihilate the Mongolian army and annihilate the living forces of the Mongolian forces in one fell swoop, rather than fighting a defeat.

So after some thought, Ouyang Longxing generated power to the Jinzhou Command, explained his plan, and asked the remaining tank company to be transferred, because in this way, he could concentrate more than 42 tanks to ensure the encirclement and annihilation of the Mongolian army.

But the next day, Ouyang Longxing received a reply from the command center. The command center promised that within 5 days, the remaining tank company would escort the transport convoy to the station in the Dalinol Lake area, but asked Ouyang Longxing to postpone the encirclement and annihilation of the Mongolian army by 10-15 days, and at least wait until the troops raiding Kulun set off before taking action.

This is because the command center is worried that encircling and annihilation of the Mongolian army will alarm the enemy at this time. After all, Ouyang Longxing’s task is to attract Kulun’s attention and create conditions for the assault troops to attack Kulun. It is best to be able to capture all the Mongolian senior leaders in one place. Therefore, a large-scale war with the Mongolian army, but the Mongolian army cannot be completely defeated. If the Mongolian army is completely wiped out at this time, then the Mongolian senior leader Wen Xun in Kulun may choose to escape after the raid of Kulun. In this way, even if the raid of Kulun is successful, the full result cannot be achieved.

Although there is no war with the Mongolian army now, the goal of attracting the attention of the Mongolian army has basically been achieved. Therefore, it is best to wait until the assault troops approach Kulun before launching an attack. In this way, the news that the Mongolian army was encircled and annihilated could not be reached at extreme times. Kulun still has hope for the Mongolian army, and the chance of escaping Kulun will be reduced a little.

The People's Army launched an attack on both fronts at the same time, not only defeating Kulun in one fell swoop, but also destroying the Mongolian army. This battle can establish a victory. As for whether the Mongolian senior leaders can be defeated in one place, it depends on whether luck is on the side of the People's Army. You can only do the things you can do well. The command center will notify Ouyang Longxing of the attack time of the whole body, and you can build a fortress first during this period.

After reading the command center's reply, Ouyang Longxing was somewhat unhappy. After all, once the attack time was delayed, there were variables. What if the Mongolian army retreated within the delayed time? However, the command center's orders cannot be disobeyed, and the command center is making overall considerations for this war, so it is understandable that he can only wait patiently now.

Of course, starting from the next day, Ouyang Longxing mobilized more personnel and devoted himself to the construction of the fortress. In fact, Ouyang Longxing was not unfamiliar with the construction of the fortress. During the Jinzhou War, the battle to attack Chifeng was built along the way to offset the mobility of the Mongolian cavalry. However, the distance of the fortress was only about 30 kilometers, and the scale was not large, and the troops stationed were all company-level.

Now the distance between the fortresses has increased to 200-300 kilometers, which is due to the advancement of transportation technology. After all, East China has entered the automobile era, so it is naturally possible to increase the distance of transportation. Moreover, the size of the fortress has also expanded several times, with a single-sided length of 100-120 meters. It is usually stationed in a battalion, and at most it can accommodate an army of a regiment. The height of the fence has exceeded 3 meters and a thickness of 4 meters. Of course, the structure is the same, and it is mainly built with mud and sand bags, but wooden columns are added to reinforce it and a little cement is used for bonding. Now the cement plant in Jinzhou City has been completed and put into production, which can provide sufficient cement for the construction of the fortress.

Such a fortress is much stronger than previously built and can withstand artillery bombardment of less than 75 mm. After all, the fortress built this time is ready for long-term use, rather than temporary construction, so it is naturally different.

Originally, the People's Army had already started the preliminary preparations for building a fortress. After investing more manpower, the progress suddenly accelerated greatly. It took only 3 days to start to scale.

The People's Army sent people to reconnaise the camp of the Mongolian army, and of course the Mongolian army would also send people to reconnaise. Although the People's Army had strict protective measures, it was impossible to completely prevent it. Therefore, the news was soon discovered by the spies of the Mongolian army and reported to the camp.

Of course, the Mongolian army does not know yet. In fact, the People's Army can attack at any time and break through its own camp, but is just waiting for the raid of Kulun's army. Now seeing the People's Army building a fortress with great fanfare, it seems like it is a long-term persistence and a protracted war, which has caused misunderstandings among the head general of the Mongolian army, because the Mongolian army cannot withstand the protracted war. After all, the consumption of 20,000 troops is a huge number.

The Mongolian region itself is not rich in cane. It cannot produce its own weapons and ammunition, and all of them have to be provided by Russia. However, Russia's own situation is not very good now, so it can only give a little symbolically. Most weapons and ammunition still need to be purchased by Kulun for his own money, and the price is not cheap. After all, many Russians are still counting on making a fortune in these transactions. If it weren't for the extreme treatment of Mongolians in East China, almost all the Mongolian nobles and leaders, so everyone united and paid for money and profits. At the same time, the Qing court also supported some of them, which led to the army of more than 20,000. However, the war could not last too long, and it could only last for half a year at most. If it continues, Kulun would have no money.

The tactics used by the Mongolian army were formulated by Russian officers. The original plan of the Russian officers adopted the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields to lead the People's Army to the vicinity of Kulun, lengthening the People's Army's front line, and taking advantage of the Mongolian cavalry's strong mobility to attack the People's Army along the way, attacking the People's Army's transportation team, and even attacking Chifeng. When the People's Army's troops were exhausted and the logistics supply was not available, launching another attack and you could defeat the People's Army in one fell swoop.
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