Mongolia's high-level military rearmament is in the war, and of course East China has not stopped, except for the armored motorized troops who are seizing the time to prepare for war, other preparations are also going on as usual.

Just after the New Year, the 12th Brigade of the 8th Field Army was stationed in Chifeng, and the task of this brigade was not to participate in the battle to attack Kulen, but to guard Chifeng after the KPA launched an offensive to prevent the Mongol army from taking the opportunity to storm Chifeng, and at the same time to ensure the logistical supply of the participating troops, and to send troops to garrison the strongholds after the frontal attacking army had established a stronghold.

In March, the 7th Cavalry Brigade directly under the 8th Field Army also arrived at Chifeng, which was the first participating unit to reach Chifeng in addition to the 191st Regiment of the 19th Division originally stationed in Chifeng, and after arriving at Chifeng, this cavalry brigade was responsible for patrolling within 20-50 kilometers of Chifeng's periphery. At the same time, a large number of combat military supplies are also being transported to Chifeng in a steady stream. Almost every two or three hours, a train will enter Chifeng, carrying artillery, ammunition, food, fodder, medicine, tents and other supplies.

At the beginning of April, the 19th Division ordered the 191st Regiment stationed in Chifeng to prepare the garrison of the armored troops, and on 15 April, the first batch of tanks, armored vehicles, and auxiliary vehicles, including a tank battalion and a motorcycle battalion, were shipped to Chifeng.

At this time, the vanguard of the Mongolian army also reached a range of about 50 kilometers outside Chifeng, and there were several skirmishes with the KPA patrols, the Mongol army was generally only a few dozen people, and the KPA was only a platoon size, and both sides suffered casualties on each other, and no one took much advantage. However, the Mongol army did not dare to approach Chifeng too much, generally in the position of about 30 kilometers outside Chifeng, so they did not move forward, and occasionally approached Chifeng in depth, but they did not dare to stay longer, and immediately retreated. But it also announced the advent of this war, and the countdown has begun.

Chen Jingang stayed in Chifeng for three days, and saw with his own eyes that the first batch of tanks and armored vehicles were all stationed at the base, and the fuel, ammunition, spare parts, maintenance tools, machinery and other materials transported with these tanks and armored vehicles were also put into storage, and then he left Chifeng with confidence and returned to Jinzhou City.

At this time, Liu Qinglin, the commander of the 8th Field Army, had already set up the general headquarters of the Mongolian War in Jinzhou, because although Chifeng belonged to the Mongolian region, it was currently under the management of Jinzhou City, and because the infrastructure of Jinzhou City was relatively good, that is, there were railways connected with Shenyang and Lushun, and the port of Huludao could be directly connected to the sea, most of the materials of this war were gathered in Jinzhou, so Jinzhou was the rear of this campaign.

And Jinzhou and Chifeng are only more than 200 kilometers apart, that is, there are railways connected, and the highway is built through, the train transport can be reached in 7 or 8 hours, the truck arrives in the future, the transportation time is about the same, even the carriage transport only takes 3 or 4 days, the material transportation is very convenient, and there are three telegraph lines to communicate, and the message transmission is also very convenient. In fact, the role of the first rear command is not great, and the main thing is to coordinate the coordination and logistics work of the two routes, and Liu Qinglin is also in charge of the affairs of the Eighth Field Army, so it is the most suitable choice to set up the general headquarters in Jinzhou.

Of course, even if the general headquarters is located in Jinzhou, then the local ** in Jinzhou naturally cannot stay outside this war, because it is the logistics support supply, if there is the full assistance of the local **, it can greatly reduce the burden of the army, so Gao Jin, the mayor of Jinzhou City, also joined the command as a representative of the local **.

In the previous Jinzhou War, Gao Jin already had experience in cooperating with the army, and this time he was naturally familiar with it, knowing what he should do and how to cooperate with the army. Moreover, this kind of war also has a great effect on the local economy, because the stationing of a large number of troops can promote local consumption, and at the same time, there is a large amount of material flow, and can also promote the circulation economy of Jinzhou, so Gao Jinji regarded this war as a great opportunity to improve Jinzhou's local economy.

Now Gao Jin has been in office in Jinzhou for more than 1 year, not only quickly stabilized the situation in Jinzhou, but also under the rule of Gao Jin, Jinzhou's economy has also developed rapidly, a large part of which is due to the dividends brought by the Jinzhou War, because in the Jinzhou War, East China ** occupied Chifeng, and assigned to Jinzhou jurisdiction, but also opened an important window for Jinzhou to connect the Mongolian region, on the one hand, Mongolian specialties can be transported to East China through Jinzhou ** Other areas in Mongolia, and other materials needed in Mongolia also need to be imported through Jinzhou, which will bring great economic benefits to Jinzhou.

And after the victory of this war, East China will be able to occupy Kulen and strengthen the overall control of Mongolia, Jinzhou as a node connecting Mongolia, will definitely get greater benefits. Therefore, after the New Year, Gao Jin also began to prepare, on the one hand, to support the preparations for the war, and on the other hand, to prepare to receive and maximize the dividends brought by the war. Of course, both Gao Jin and the entire Jinzhou City** were convinced of the result of the People's Army's victory.

After Chen Jingang returned to Jinzhou, the General Headquarters also held a meeting, at which two things were formalized: the first was the time for the frontal attack force to attack, which had already been set for April 26, while the time for the attack of the assault troops at Kulen had not yet been determined, because it depended on the progress of the frontal troops, and it was best for the frontal troops and the Mongol army to have a large-scale war, so as to successfully attract the attention of the Kulen and the Mongol army and create a chance for the assault force to succeed; therefore, the assault force could only endure it for the time being。 Of course, the tanks and armored vehicles of the assault force have not yet been transported to Chifeng, and it will take a certain amount of time, and it can just be a time lag with the frontal troops.

The second is the command after the capture of Kulen and the meeting of the two armies. When the two armies advance separately, they will naturally be under the command of the general headquarters, and there will be no major problems, but after the Kulen division, it is obvious that they can no longer fight separately, and there must be a unified command, so that they can be coordinated. And this commander was finally determined to be Ouyang Longxing, mainly because Ouyang Longxing had the experience of being in charge of his own affairs, and Chen Jingang had never held the position of a front-line commander before; in addition, after occupying the place, the role of the armored forces also decreased significantly, and the ground forces were the leader, so after the occupation of Kulun, it was also a very reasonable arrangement for Ouyang Longxing to be the unified commander.

Chen Jingang has no objection to this, after all, the armored forces have just been established, and they cannot compete with the ground forces for dominance on the battlefield, and the value of the armored forces is mainly reflected in the offensive aspect, not in the localities, and it is really meaningless to compete for the command of the garrisoned localities.

And the first target of the frontal troops' advance was the area of Lake Dalinor in the Keshketeng banner. Dalinuoer Lake, also known as Dali Lake, is one of the four major lakes in Inner Mongolia, but the Dalinuoer Lake area includes Gangennuoer Lake and Duolunnuoer Lake on the east and west sides, as well as the Sulai River, Gongger River and Shali River that connect these three lakes, forming a water area with a total area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers.

Located about 220 kilometers from Chifeng, the Dalinor Lake area is a low-concentration saltwater lake, and the rivers connecting the three lakes are all freshwater rivers that provide sufficient drinking and domestic water, so it is here that the first stronghold of the frontal troops can be set up. In addition, according to Kulun's intelligence, the Mongolian army also set up a large camp in the Dalinor Lake area, after all, people and horses need drinking water, and this is the nearest large-scale water area to Chifeng, and it can maintain a certain distance from Chifeng, so it is also a very normal choice for the Mongolian army to set up a large camp here.

In this way, it is also very likely that the People's Army will fight a large-scale war with the Mongol army here, so as to achieve the goal of attracting the attention of the Mongol army.

After confirming these things, Ouyang Longxing said goodbye to everyone the next day and rushed to Chifeng by train, and in the following three days, other troops of the 19th Division also arrived at Chifeng one after another.

On April 24, Zhang Zuolin led the 191st Regiment to set off first and rushed to Zhuosuo, an outpost stronghold about 20 kilometers away from Chifeng, to be stationed as the leading army of the army. A day later, Ouyang Longxing led the army and set off from Chifeng.

In addition to the 19th Division, the army dispatched this time also had one cavalry regiment, two tank companies and motorcycle companies, three warrior vehicles, and 20 trucks, while the remaining one cavalry regiment, as well as a tank company and a motorcycle company, stayed in Chifeng for the time being, waiting for the trucks to arrive and escort the trucks to carry logistics supplies.

Ouyang Longxing led the army to march in the direction of Kulun in the early morning of April 26 after the 191st Regiment of Zhuo Suo and Zhang Zuolin converged.

On the afternoon of the first day of the march, the People's Army was attacked by the Mongolian army, but the People's Army was also prepared for this, and there were cavalry troops covering the periphery of the army, and there were not many Mongolian troops attacking, only more than 300 people, and a cavalry company of the People's Army fought about 3,000 meters away from the People's Army brigade.

However, only 6 or 7 minutes later, two more cavalry companies of the KPA arrived to reinforce them, and the KPA outnumbered the Mongol army. The Mongolian army saw that the reinforcements of the People's Army arrived, and immediately took the initiative to retreat, and the People's Army did not catch up, the battle was not long, only more than 20 minutes, the Mongolian army left more than 10 corpses, and the People's Army also killed 11 soldiers, and another 20 were wounded.