Luo Yue actually considered these opinions put forward by the staff officers, and of course he also thought of countermeasures, and after the staff officers finished speaking, Luo Yue said: "Everyone, I have a solution to the problems you are talking about, and it is here." Saying that, Luo Yue picked up the indicator stick, pointed to a point on the sand table, and said, "This is it." ”

Everyone looked, it turned out that the location indicated by Luo Yue was the Muling River Railway Station, the Muling River is also called the Mulun River, "Mulun" is the Manchu language, which means horse, and is an ordinary small river in Heilongjiang Province and a tributary of the Ussuri River. The riverbed is 100 meters wide on average. The Binsui Line of the Middle Eastern Railway has a railway station on the Muling River, which is located about 10 kilometers north of Muling County. However, in the current battlefield between the People's Army and the Russian army, the Mulinghe Railway Station is located in the middle of the Mudanjiang River to the Suifenhe River, so it can also be regarded as a strategic point on this battlefield.

Some nimble-minded people immediately understood Luo Yue's intentions, but most people could only vaguely understand a few points, but not completely. Luo Yue also said: "We can dispatch armored trains, and draw 2 regiments from the reserve army, march along the railway to capture the Mulinghe railway station, so that we can completely cut off the connection between the north and south lines of the Russian army, and if the Russian army on the northern line wants to reinforce the southern line, it must break through the Mulinghe railway station." ”

A staff officer said: "The occupation of the Mulinghe railway station can indeed cut off the reinforcements of the Russian army, but if the Russian army on the northern front does not reinforce the southern front, but attacks our army on the northern front, will one of our divisions be able to withstand the attack of three times the army?"

Luo Yue hadn't spoken yet, and another staff officer said: "The straight-line distance between the Mulinghe Railway Station and Shichangling is 14 kilometers, not to mention the range of 280 mm heavy artillery, even 155 mm artillery, and even the range of 125 mm artillery is enough, it can fully support the battle of Shichangling, with the support of armored trains, even if we only have one division in Shichangling, we can stop the Russian army." ”

Luo Yue nodded, and said: "Fire support is still secondary, after Guan Jian occupies the Mulinghe Railway Station, it is equivalent to inserting a knife in the flank and rear of Shichangling, even if there are only two regiments of troops, it is enough to contain the Russian army in Shichangling, so we are now basically clear about Russia's troop deployment and battle plan, but how much clear can the Russian army know about our situation? If there is an enemy army with unknown conditions in the rear of its own flank, can the Russian army still attack our army in Shichangling unscrupulously?"

After a pause, Luo Yue said again: "And the location of cutting off the retreat of the Russian army on the southern front, I think it can be located between Muling Town and Muling Dongshan, the distance from Mulingjiang Railway Station is about 10 kilometers, and it is also within the range covered by the artillery of the armored train, so the armored train can also support the operation of the southern line, and if the development of the war situation is still unfavorable to us, we can even go all the way west from the Mulingjiang Railway Station, drive in, and go straight to the Mudanjiang Railway Station, the general command of the Russian army, and fight a siege of Wei to save Zhao." ”

After hearing this, the staff officers suddenly realized that Luo Yue's move was really a wonderful move, and it could be said that he was the winner or loser of this battle, and there was a great chance of success, so everyone discussed the details again, and finally agreed with Luo Yue's plan.

So Luo Yue ordered a train to be dispatched to carry the 1st Reserve Regiment of the 1st Army, together with the remaining two battalions of the cavalry regiment, to catch up with the armored train, and then march to the Mulingjiang Railway Station overnight, and must take the Mulingjiang Railway Station before 6 o'clock in the morning, and take the railway station as the core, and arrange a defensive position; and ordered the 2nd Reserve Regiment to also set off together and rush to the Mulingjiang Railway Station on foot, requiring them to arrive before 6 a.m., because considering the armored train troops, the 1st Reserve Regiment may be very tired after the battle to capture the railway station, so the 2nd Reserve Regiment just rushed to take over the defense of the position。

The battle of attacking the Mulinghe Railway Station, as well as the later battle relying on the railway station, was commanded by Wei Hongbo, the commander of the armored train, because in the sequence of the People's Army, the armored train is a regimental-level unit, and the reserve regiment can only be regarded as a deputy regiment-level, so naturally Wei Hongbo will command the battle at the Mulinghe Railway Station.

The unit Luo Yue chose was the reserve regiment of the 1st Army instead of the reserve regiment of the Marine Corps to take charge of the task of attacking the Mulingjiang Railway Station, and then cutting off the reinforcements of the Russian army and supporting various battlefields, because considering that the reserve regiment of the 1st Army had participated in the previous stage of the battle, although there were many opportunities to fight, after all, it was a real battle, and most of the combatants had actual combat experience, while the reserve regiment of the Marine Corps had just formed an army, and only a small number of personnel in the whole army had actual combat experience. Now Luo Yue is not only the commander of the Marine Corps, but also the commander of the sub-theater, and he must consider the overall situation, so the task of Guan Jian is obviously more reliable with an army with actual combat experience.

Later, Luo Yue ordered the People's Army on the northern front to order the 2nd Marine Division to immediately move south, pass through the Mulingjiang Railway Station, and set up positions in the area between Muling Town and Muling Dongshan, so as to cut off the retreat of the Russian army on the southern front. He also ordered the 1st Marine Division to set up defensive positions on the spot and not let the Russian troops on the northern front take a single step, of course, and told them that they would be supported by armored trains.

At the same time, Luo Yue ordered the People's Army on the southern front to put pressure on the Russian army, forcing the Russian army to retreat within the strike range of the armored train. Together with the 2nd Division of the Marine Corps, they will encircle and annihilate the Russian army.

At 10 o'clock that night, the 1st Reserve Regiment of the 1st Army set off from Suifenhe by train and the remaining two battalions of the cavalry regiment, while the 2nd Reserve Regiment also set off on foot, and at 12 o'clock in the evening, the train of the 1st Regiment and the cavalry regiment caught up with the armored train, and the two armies converged, so the two trains and the cavalry regiment set off overnight and advanced towards the Mulingjiang Railway Station.

At 3 a.m., the People's Army arrived at a position about 2,000 meters away from the Mulingjiang Railway Station, at which time the drones released on the armored train had already reconnoitred the Mulingjiang Railway Station and determined that the station was not well guarded. In fact, this is not surprising, because the Russian army left behind the railway station is not much, only one company, at this time it is at night, most of the Russian soldiers have fallen asleep, leaving only two squads of soldiers to keep vigil, and now the People's Army and the Russian army are facing each other on the north and south lines, so the Mulingjiang Railway Station is not threatened by the People's Army, naturally there is not much vigilance, and the Russian army has not thought at all that the People's Army will use the railway to directly attack the Mulingjiang Railway Station.

At this time, both trains stopped, the armored train deployed its artillery on the spot and entered a state of imminent battle, while the 1st Reserve Regiment got off the train and marched towards the Mulingjiang Railway Station, the regiment commander Lu Yan personally supervised the battle on the front line, and the cavalry regiment was scattered around the perimeter to guard.

When the 1st Reserve Regiment was 1,000 meters away from the railway station, the regiment commander Lu Yan ordered to immediately divide the troops, and personally led the first battalion to advance along the railway line, and the second and third battalions outflanked the railway station from the left and right sides respectively, forming a semi-encirclement formation for the railway station, and striving to take the railway station in one fell swoop. At the same time, Lu Yan also ordered that mortars should not be used as much as possible.

Mulingjiang Railway Station is a small station, with only one platform, two railways, and the length of the whole station is only more than 300 meters, just enough to stop a 12-car train, so a regiment of troops is enough to form an encirclement of the railway station. And since the armored train has to rely on the movement of the railway, it is better not to carry out artillery fire on the railway station, once the railway is damaged, it is quite troublesome to repair.

However, the battle process was greatly unexpected by Lu Yan, the People's Army did not say that it opened artillery, and even the guns were not fired a few times, because the Russian army's garrison of the railway station was really lax, and it was simply said that there was no garrison at all, and the People's Army marched in three directions, and only needed to kill a few soldiers who were asleep at night, and it was very easy to attack the railway station, and at this time, most of the Russian soldiers and the staff of the railway station were still sleeping, and of course they all became prisoners of the People's Army. The whole process took less than 20 minutes, and it was so smooth that even Lu Yan couldn't believe it.

However, it is of course a good thing to successfully take the railway station, not only has it made a contribution, but also in Luo Bing's plan, the Mulinghe railway station has a very important role, so the commander Wei Hongbo was also very happy after receiving the report, and immediately reported the results to the Suifenhe railway station, and then ordered the troop transport train to return, while the armored train advanced, stopped on the second track of the railway station, and put down the artillery support frame, and prepared for war.

The railway station was temporarily taken over by the escort of the armored train, and the 1st Reserve Regiment could not rest at this time, so it chose a suitable place to set up a defensive position at a position of 2,000 meters to the left and right of the railway station overnight.

After the assignment was completed, Wei Hongbo began to inspect the Mulinghe Railway Station. This railway station is not big, and it is not a major road, so there are not many supplies in the subordinate, although the most stocked materials in the station are actually coal.

Then Wei Hongbo counted the prisoners again, and the Russian soldiers guarding the railway station basically became prisoners, only 3 people were killed, another 6 were injured, and the total casualties were less than 10 people.

However, the staff of this railway station except for three Russians and one translator are all Chinese, a total of 102 people, including 24 station service managers, 37 railway technicians, and the rest are porters, although the appearance of railway trains makes the traffic more convenient and saves a lot of manpower and material resources, but the goods still need manpower, and the train needs to replenish a lot of coal and water along the way, which also requires manpower to carry so each railway station has a large number of porters.

However, although these people are all Chinese, they cannot be released yet, after all, Russia has occupied the northeast region for 5 years, and the construction of the Middle East Railway has been nearly 3 years, these people are working under the hands of the Russians, who knows if there is a party leading the way?

Of course, if the People's Army wins in the end, as long as these people have not made any major mistakes, they will basically be retained, and they will also be reused, after all, what the East China government is currently lacking is all kinds of technical personnel, and this kind of railway technical personnel is naturally one of them. Therefore, after the inspection was over, Wei Hongbo only told them that they would obey the orders of the People's Army, that they would not embarrass them if they did not resist, and that when the war was over, they would all be released, and then the Chinese and Russian personnel would be separated and detained.