Of course, for the current East China **, the significance of the 08 tank is greater than the actual combat significance, and the main thing is to use the Type 08 tank to accumulate experience in manufacturing and use.

Although there is an amphibious combat vehicle unit in the crossing army, due to the different eras, there are still great differences in technology and tactics from the tanks of this era, although in the concept of armored forces, there is no change, but it is still necessary to start from scratch.

However, armored forces are not only tanks, but also a large number of auxiliary vehicles, as well as infantry to fight with armored forces, and infantry to keep up with the speed of armored forces, it is best to use motorized infantry.

Fortunately, while developing the Type 08 tank, Gao Liu Automobile Company also developed a type of truck, which is divided into two types: single-row seats and double-row seats, with a single-row seat load of 3.5 tons and a double-row seat load of 3.2 tons, with a maximum speed of 38 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 320 kilometers. Based on the double-row seat type of this truck, it manufactures many auxiliary vehicles such as troop carrier armored vehicles, command and communication vehicles, medical ambulances, furniture maintenance vehicles, fuel tank trucks, and dining cars.

Because they are based on trucks, these vehicles are wheeled vehicles, and the armor is not thick, the frontal armor is only 25 mm, the side armor is double 5 mm, and the middle is left with 50 mm basswood planks, which can only withstand rifle fire, and the load capacity is reduced to 3 tons, the roof is equipped with a 7.62 mm machine gun as a self-defense weapon, and the crew is 4 people, namely the commander, the driver, the machine gunner, and the signalman.

The troop transport armored vehicle can carry 24 heavily armed soldiers and 500 kilograms of supplies, which can not only enhance the troops' mobility capability, but also greatly increase the troops' sustained combat capability; the command and communication vehicle is to install a radio station on the vehicle, with a communication distance of 120 to 150 kilometers, and can carry 10 members, including four telegraph operators, and generally serves as a command vehicle for companies and units above the company level, so that the company-level troops can realize the function of long-distance communication, which can greatly improve the communication and command capability of the battlefield; the medical ambulance can carry six medical personnel, two ordinary hospital beds, and one simple operation bed, as well as 600 kilograms of medical supplies; the furniture maintenance vehicle can carry 8 members, 800 kilograms of tools, spare parts; only the tank truck is more special, the oil tank is made of a layer of 10 mm, A layer of 15 mm steel plates, with 60 mm basswood planks in between, has a certain defense capability against artillery of less than 50 mm caliber, but can only load 1.5 tons of diesel fuel, and the crew of 4 people also serves as refueling personnel, while the dining car is a simple kitchen, including a 6-person cooking class, and 800-1000 kg of food, which can supply a 3-4 day of food.

Although the performance and quality of all these vehicles are far from being comparable with the professional vehicles of later generations, they can still be used, and they can basically meet the needs of most of the models required by an armored motorized army, and in this era, it is definitely a breakthrough in technology and concept. Therefore, the Central Military Commission finally decided to set up 300 trucks and 200 armored troop carriers, command 50 communication vehicles, 50 medical ambulances, furniture maintenance vehicles, and dining vehicles, and form a motorized infantry regiment to coordinate operations with the tank regiment.

At this time, East China was discussing the plan for fighting against Mongolia, and some people in the staff proposed that this armored motorized unit could be used, because first, the terrain in the Mongolian region was flat, which was conducive to the operation of armored vehicles, and the previous battles proved that armored vehicles were also very suitable for fighting against cavalry; second, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army was not strong, and it was also suitable for the experimental battlefield of armored motorized troops, so as to accumulate experience for the combat of armored motorized troops. In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of troops participating in the battle.

In this way, in the tactical choice of the Mongolian operation, there is a lot of room for maneuver, after the General Staff studied and carried out military chess exercises, on the basis of the plan proposed by Ouyang Longxing, it was revised and improved, and first recognized the tactical idea of Ouyang Longxing's plan, that is, one positive and one strange, two ways to attack, although this tactic is old-fashioned, but most of the time, it is still useful.

In the frontal battle, an infantry division, supplemented by a cavalry brigade, plus a tank battalion and a motorized infantry battalion, equipped with 120 trucks, will be dispatched from Chifeng to attack Kulen, attract the main force of the Mongol army, and build a camp every 200-300 kilometers, with an infantry battalion and a cavalry company stationed in each camp, on the one hand, to serve as a base for transporting supplies and a temporary storage point, and to ensure that a convoy of trucks can travel from one camp to another in a day, without spending the night in the field, so as to reduce the chance of attack, and on the other hand, to use these positions, strengthen the control of East China ** over the Mongolian region, and wait until East China ** controls Kulun, and build roads between these strongholds, which can not only speed up the arrival and residence from Chifeng to Kulun, but also strengthen the connection between Mongolia and the interior.

On the other battlefield, two tank battalions and two motorized infantry battalions were concentrated to form an armored motorized unit, with a total of 84 tanks, 52 armored troop carriers, 56 auxiliary vehicles, 32 trucks, more than 1,300 infantry, and more than 800 logistics personnel to make a detour to attack Kulen.

The straight-line distance from Chifeng to Kulen is about 1,200 kilometers, because the detour will increase the distance by more than 100 kilometers, theoretically the armored motorized troops can travel about 300 kilometers a day, but considering the loss time in the middle, it can be calculated as a 200 kilometers journey in 1 day, plus the stopping time of other unexpected events, it is expected to take 7-10 days to reach Kulen, in this era, this is quite a considerable speed, according to the speed of the infantry, it will take at least 25-30 days, even if it is a cavalry unit, it will take 15-20 days。

And with the combat effectiveness of this armored motorized unit, of course, it is impossible for Cullen to withstand it, and once the armored motorized unit occupies Cullen, the tank battalion and motorized infantry battalion on the frontal battlefield, plus a cavalry regiment, will immediately escort 120 trucks to form a transport team to transport a batch of materials to the army occupying Cullen, which can send more than 300 tons of materials at a time, and at the same time increase the strength of the troops guarding Cullen, which is enough to support the large forces on the frontal battlefield to rush to Cullen. And the rest is the work of the administration.

After this battle plan was submitted to the Executive Yuan, it was supported by the majority of the people, after all, this plan required a small number of troops, even if the troops stationed in various strongholds, that is, an infantry division, an infantry brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a motorized infantry regiment, were less than the strength of one army, which could greatly reduce the consumption of materials and manpower.

However, some people think that the use of armored forces in the war against Mongolia will not reveal the secrets of armored forces from now on, after all, technically speaking, there is no difficulty in manufacturing armored vehicles in this era, what is lacking is only ideas and ideas, and once there are armored vehicles first, other countries can imitate them, but the Military Commission believes that this probability is not large, because Mongolia is landlocked, except for Russia, other countries basically have no power in Mongolia, and Russia's technology is relatively backward, even if it is found, it may not be able to imitate, and the relationship between Russia and other European countries is not very good, that is, with its allies Britain and France, they also have their own ghostsTherefore, it is unlikely that this will be told to other countries.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if it is known by other countries, it is not a big deal to imitate, first, in the old time and space, the emergence of the tank is 8 years later, and the tank manufacturing and tactical experience mastered by East China are not comparable to other countries, just from the 08 type tank, for example, its comprehensive technical level has reached the standard of the early stage of World War II in the old time and space, and it has long been far behind other countries.

After some discussion, the Executive Yuan finally approved the battle plan.

After the approval of the Executive Yuan, the operational plan against Mongolia was also put on the agenda, and first of all, of course, it was necessary to determine the commander of this operation, and since it was the 8th Field Army of the Northeast Military Region that was in charge of this operation, the commander naturally fell on the head of Liu Qinglin, commander of the 8th Field Army.

As for the specific candidates for commander on the two fronts of Zhengqi, the frontal battlefield was commanded by Ouyang Longxing, commander of the 19th Division, because this plan was originally proposed by him, and Chifeng was also under Ouyang Longxing's jurisdiction, and he was also familiar with the situation in Mongolia, so of course he was the most suitable candidate; the candidate for the commander of the armored motorized unit was Chen Jingang, who was originally the battalion commander of the amphibious armored unit and had experience in commanding the armored unit, and he was originally planned to be the commander of the tank regiment after it was established, so in this operation, of course, he was in charge of the armored motorized unit。

The selection of the commander is determined, that is, the specific combat preparation arrangements, and the infantry can of course go into battle at any time, but the armored motorized units are different; first of all, the necessary tanks and armored vehicles are manufactured; according to the production plan of the Gao Liu Automobile Company, it will be at least until January next year to complete the production of all the tanks and armored vehicles needed to equip the armored motorized troops.

The second is the selection and training of personnel, the armored motorized unit is a brand-new unit, and the technical content is extremely high, the military commission plans to use as much as possible the past armored troops through the soldiers, after all, they have experience in this area, but now the scale of the armored motorized unit is not large, that is, two regiments, and now the soldiers who cross are basically the rank of lieutenant colonel or above, the military rank of regiment commander, to be an ordinary tank soldier in the armored motorized unit, how many people are willing to say it, so the military commission finally decided that each vehicle group should use 2+2 formation mode, that is, the commander and driver are served by crossing soldiers, and gunners, machine gunners, and liaison officers are selected from the local fighters, which can reduce the need for crossing fighters, cut half of the people at once, and also cultivate local tank soldiers.