Chapter 211: Surprise Attack on Kulen (5)
After receiving Yang Fei's report, Chen Jingang was also overjoyed, because by this time, the battle to attack Kulen had gone very smoothly, and now he had captured Jebtsundamba VIII, which could be said to be a perfect victory.
Of course, the war is not over yet, but Chen Jingang also has to start thinking about the post-war control and management work, although the combat effectiveness of the People's Army is extremely strong, but the number of people is not large is the biggest weakness, a total of more than 3,000 people, including nearly 1,000 logistics technicians, the impact on the war is not great, but after the war to effectively control Kulun, it is a difficult problem.
In fact, the problem has already arisen, and at this time the KPA has occupied most of the Kulen, and since the occupied points, strongholds, and captured prisoners need to be garrisoned and guarded by troops, almost half of the soldiers and chariots have been used, and less than half of the troops and chariots can continue to fight. Of course, the overall situation of the battle is now decided, and even if there are less than half of the personnel left, it will be enough to complete the rest of the battle.
However, after the full control of Kulun, more personnel are needed to garrison, then Chen Jingang's available mobile forces will be left, this is of course a very dangerous situation, Bi Jing's current People's Army only occupied Kulen, and the surrounding areas are still loyal to Jebtsundamba VIII, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will raise troops to rescue Kulun, so there is not enough mobile troops, it is absolutely impossible.
So Chen Jingang ordered that the armored vehicles of the Destiny Army were all driven into Kulen to replace the tanks guarding the stronghold, although the armor of the troop carrier armored vehicles was not strong, and the firepower was only a 7.62 mm machine gun, but the guarding points and strongholds were still enough, so that the tanks could be liberated and participate in the attack. At the same time, Chen Jingang also issued an order to the logistics technicians who stayed in the temporary camp, asking them to immediately abandon the temporary camp and rush to Kulen to assist the attacking troops; although the logistics technicians are not combatants, they have also received a certain amount of military training, and all of them are equipped with weapons, although they cannot go directly to the battlefield, but they can still be competent to garrison the key points and strongholds they occupy, and to guard the prisoners, so that they can liberate some soldiers and enable them to have a certain amount of mobile forces in their hands to deal with sudden accidents.
After the two orders were issued, Chen Jingang ordered to transfer the command headquarters to Kulun City, after all, at this time, the battle had entered the final stage, and he needed to be on the scene to command, and his own guard force still had 1 company of troops and 6 tanks, which could also come in handy in Kulen City, and Chen Jingang also wanted to see Jebzundamba VIII with his own eyes so that he could rest assured that he would report the victory to Chifeng.
However, when Chen Jingang led the team to the entrance of Kulen, he received a new report, at this time, Kulen was basically controlled by the People's Army, but a group of Mongolian tribal leaders and magnates hid in the Russian consulate in Kulen, which was nothing, because hiding in the consulate, the People's Army would not continue to stubbornly fight, this is an international practice, the officers of the People's Army still understand, and the Mongolian tribal leaders and magnates who hid in the consulate can't make much waves.
But when the People's Army attacked Kulen, the Russian troops stationed in the consulate also participated in the war to assist the Mongolian army in resisting, because the Russian army's responsibility was far better than that of the Mongolian soldiers, so it caused some casualties to the People's Army, but after all, it was still defeated by the People's Army, so the Russian army retreated to the consulate and hid, although the consulate has diplomatic immunity, but openly participating in the war, and sheltering the troops participating in the war, it is obviously against international conventions.
So the People's Army agreed that the Mongolian tribal leaders and magnates would take refuge in the consulate, but asked the consulate to hand over all the Russian soldiers who participated in the war, but this request was not surprisingly rejected by the Consulate Department, and the consulate also declared in a very high-profile manner that the consulate would never succumb to the pressure of East China ** and would not hand over a person to the People's Army.
The officers on the front line didn't know how to deal with this matter, and forcibly broke into the consulate to arrest people for fear of causing diplomatic disputes, but they just stopped like this, and they couldn't swallow this breath, so they could only ask Chen Jingang for instructions.
After listening to the report, Chen Jingang was also furious and said, "Let's go, go to the consulate first, I see that these ** people have the courage to dare to argue with us." As he spoke, he led his guards and tanks straight to the Russian consulate in Kulen.
After a short time, the convoy of personnel arrived at the entrance of the consulate, and at this time the embassy was surrounded by the People's Army, including more than 10 tanks, and on the courtyard wall of the embassy, the Russian soldiers were also loaded with guns and ammunition, and they were tightly armed.
The commander is Qin Zhaoyu, the battalion commander of the 1st Tank Battalion, although his position is only that of the battalion commander, but because he is a veteran and his military rank is colonel, it is enough to actually be a brigade commander, so the troops besieging the consulate are under his command.
Seeing that Chen Jingang was coming, Qin Zhaoyu immediately greeted him and said, "Old Chen, you are here." β
Chen Jingang said: "Lao Qin, how can you admit it, you kid is cowardly, he was stopped by a few ** people, just let me in." β
Qin Zhaoyu's expression was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Isn't there an international convention? I'm afraid of causing an international incident." β
Chen Jingang said: "Fuck the international convention, when you use it, it's an international convention, when it's useless, it's the same as a paper towel, is it really an international convention? β
Qin Zhaoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't don't, it's better to salute first and then soldiers, salute first and then soldiers, at least give the Russian Consulate a chance to choose!"
Chen Jingang nodded and said, "Okay, call someone from the consulate to come out, and I'll talk to him." β
Qin Zhaoyu had no choice but to nod and hurriedly sent someone to the consulate to report. After a short time, I saw a few people coming out of the consulate, led by a ** man who was almost 1.9 meters tall, wearing a top hat, wearing a tuxedo, and holding a civilized stick, followed by a Chinese appearance, it seems that it should be a translator, came to Chen Jingang and Qin Zhaoyu, and said: "Mr. Officer, I am ......"
Chen Jingang didn't wait for him to finish, then interrupted and said directly in Russian poetry: "What are you about my bird, now I am speaking, you just listen, you don't need to express your opinion." β
Na Maozi listened, and was also a little confused, because this was the first time he had encountered such a horizontal Chinese, although he had also heard of the tough attitude of East China **, but after all, he had never dealt with East China **, so he was still a little unconvinced, and now he understood a little. Of course, this Mao Zi is also a person who knows the practice, and when he saw the surrounding People's Army soldiers loaded with guns and ammunition, he didn't dare to make a mistake, although he was a little unhappy, but he could only endure it.
Chen Jingang said: "I give you 1 hour to immediately hand over the Mongols who hid in your consulate, as well as the soldiers who have participated in the war, I also respect the interests of your consulate, and can also ensure the safety of the consulate personnel, and after 1 hour, if you still don't hand over, I will order an attack on the consulate, and I don't care if you are dead or alive at that time." β
Na Maozi couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "This doesn't match ......"
Chen Jingang interrupted again: "If you want to tell me that this is not in line with international conventions, then don't speak, international conventions are useless to me, so don't mention it, it's useless to mention it." That's all I have to say, don't say anything, I'm not interested in listening, go back and report the news, the time has begun, you only have an hour, don't waste it. β
Na Maozi wanted to argue a few more words, but the guards around Chen Jingang had already driven away, so he had to return to the consulate and report Chen Jingang's request to the Russian consul.
After hearing this, the personnel in the consulate were also surprised, but they did not expect that the People's Army would completely ignore international conventions, in fact, in this era, the powerful countries are ignoring international conventions, and the purpose of formulating international conventions is, firstly, the result of a compromise in the balance of power; second, it is used to restrain other countries, Russia is the most typical country that ignores international conventions, but I didn't expect that East China ** also came to this set, I don't know if they saw through the tricks of the great powers, or really don't understand what international conventions are at all.
East** Of course, I know what an international convention is, but in this era, first, the binding force of international conventions is limited, and the authority in the international community is not strong; second, because of the lack of a unified international organization, the international conventions actually lack extensiveness, generally more than a dozen or twenty countries are meeting together to formulate a convention, but this kind of convention is obviously not binding on other countries that did not participate in the meeting, and at the same time, there is not enough coercive force for countries that do not respect international conventions, so in this era, whoever honestly respects international conventions will only be regarded as fools by other countriesγ
In fact, Chen Jingang is not a simple-minded and reckless person, it is because he has seen through all this, so he dares to adopt a tough attitude towards the Russian consulate, of course, it is also because Chen Jingang holds his identity as a patriarch, even if he commits a big taboo this time, he will not be punished too heavily.
Soon the people in the consulate were divided into two factions, one faction believed that at this point, the consulate could no longer shelter the Mongolian magnates and Russian soldiers, in order to ensure the security of the consulate, they could only sacrifice this group of people, after all, there were many confidential documents in the consulate, almost all of them were plots against China, once the People's Army invaded and seized these confidential documents, not only would Russia suffer a major loss, but also make Russia fall into great passivity in international public opinion; while the other faction believed that the People's Army was deliberately intimidating, and they would never take such a big risk of attacking the consulate, and they must not be fooled, as long as the consulate showed that it would stick to the end, an uncompromising attitude, the People's Army will eventually take it back.