In the three days after the KPA attack, the cavalry units of both sides had a total of more than 10 battles, each battle was not large, the KPA participated in the battle at the battalion level, and the opposing enemy forces were Russian and Mongolian, the number ranged from 200 to 500, the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the KPA, which was responsible for protecting the railway line, all participated in the battle, a total of 327 soldiers were killed, 253 were wounded, and more than 1,000 enemies were annihilated, and more than 400 people were captured.

Although it did not leak, there were not many opportunities for the Russian army to attack the railway line, only 2 times in total, but the train transporting supplies was also guarded by soldiers, and a certain amount of self-defense weapons were installed, and the KPA cavalry also arrived quickly, so the Russian army's attack did not cause much trouble to the KPA, overall, under the protection of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the KPA's transportation line was basically safe.

In the past three days, the People's Army has sent trains 21 times, assembled three divisions, two regiments and 50,000 laborers and logistics personnel in Yakeshi to transport artillery, ammunition, and materials, and built a perfect defensive position in the Yakeshi area. Although the Russian army launched a tentative attack on the positions of the KPA, the KPA was well guarded and was completely invulnerable, so the Russian army did not attack and soon withdrew its troops back.

Linnevich, the chief general of the Russian army, was also worried at this time. Originally, after the fall of Harbin, some people in Russia advocated removing Linnevich from the post of governor-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the Far East and electing someone else from within Russia or from the Far East army. But everyone in Russia knows that the Far East is a mess, and there will definitely be no good fruit to eat when they take over, and the Russian army in the Far East cannot find a qualified candidate to replace Linnevich, because he was either killed or captured by the People's Army. In addition, there are a few people who still have a little illusion about Linnevich, hoping that he can create another miracle to recover Shenyang.

Although he was lucky enough to avoid the result of being dismissed, Linnevich did not have much joy in his heart, because he also knew that the longer he stayed in this position, the deeper he would fall, and now that he was dismissed, he could still find a place in an idle department, mix a salary, and maybe find an opportunity to be used again in the future, and if it was not a big deal, he would retire, relying on the wealth he had accumulated in the Far East in the past few years, as well as his pension, he could also live a happy life. But now that he is still in this position, if he experiences another big defeat, then what awaits him is not dismissal, but imprisonment.

Britain and France decided to send troops, which gave Linnevich a glimmer of hope, and it seemed that he might be able to operate from time to time, but at this time, the People's Army launched an attack on Manchuria.

Although the Russian army has now gathered about 120,000 troops in the Far East, because neither Manchuria nor Hulunbuir was previously a key area for Russia, the foundation is weak, and the Russian army has set Chita as the rear of Manchuria, and finally the Russian army has less than 80,000 troops on the Manchurian-Huhu front, and there is a serious shortage of artillery, and the total army is less than 200 artillery pieces.

In addition to the frozen regions of Siberia and the inefficiency of organizational capacity and efficiency in Russia, another important reason for this situation is the economy. To a certain extent, modern warfare is a fight for logistics, and fighting for logistics is essentially fighting for the economy. After the "Bloody Sunday", Russia's economic situation was very bad, although France has been giving Russia blood transfusions since then, but only to allow Russia to maintain itself without force, and insist on not allowing Russia to return to normal, so in such an economic situation, Russia naturally cannot reinforce the Far East on a large scale.

After the breakdown of the Portsmouth negotiations, Britain and France decided to send troops to the war, which strengthened economic aid to Russia, and the Russian government had enough ability to reinforce the Far East, but the time was too short, and now it can only be such a situation, if Russia is given another 1 month, Russia can at least send 100,000 troops and 300 artillery pieces to the Far East, so that the Russian army has the capital to confront the People's Army, but unfortunately the People's Army did not leave enough time for Russia.

Although Linnevich also sent an urgent telegram to the country, he also knew that distant water could not quench his thirst, and at least for a short time, he could only rely on his existing forces to block the KPA attack. However, Linnevich also knew that if the KPA was allowed to gather troops, he would not be able to hold Manchuria at all, and the only way was to use the KPA's battle line to stretch and attack the KPA's logistical support line to delay time and delay the KPA's offensive.

Such tactics are also relatively beneficial to the Russian army, because the Russian cavalry is higher in number and quality than the cavalry of the People's Army, and in the previous battles, although in the battle of the Musuo River, a regiment-level Russian cavalry was defeated by the People's Army, but on the whole, the Russian cavalry still has a certain advantage in the competition with the cavalry of the People's Army. It's just that in the battle between the Russian army and the People's Army, the proportion of the cavalry army is very low, so such a small advantage is really insignificant in the entire war situation.

Now the Russian army has a complete cavalry division, which has just been transferred from the country, and the remaining Russian cavalry in the early battle has also been reorganized into 3 cavalry regiments by Linnevich, and the Russian army has been operating in Mongolia for many years, or to support **** Tempted, or bribed with money, so Lalong had a considerable number of Mongolian magnates and people who were dissatisfied with the Qing court, and a Mongolian cavalry army could also be mobilized to participate in the war, while the cavalry of the People's Army only had 2 brigades, and the Russian army had an obvious advantage in terms of strength.

So Linnevich ordered to send 1 cavalry regiment and mobilize more than 10 troops of Mongolian nobles who had defected to Russia, totaling about 5,000 people, divided into small armies, to attack the logistics line of the People's Army.

But the results of these days show that this tactic of the Russian army is not successful, because the KPA has also organized a large number of cavalry troops to protect the railway line, plus the KPA not only has armored trains, but also has machine guns installed on freight trains. Small-caliber rapid-fire guns and other weapons, coupled with the prohibition of sabotage of railways in China, also made the Russian army's attack somewhat restrictive, and as a result, the cavalry troops sent out to attack suffered heavy casualties, but basically did not cause much damage to the KPA's logistics line, but on the contrary, the KPA gathered a large number of troops and materials in Yakeshi, and if the KPA was allowed to accumulate strength in this way, it would be quite unfavorable to the Russian army

And now the only way is to increase the attacking army, preferably the cavalry units capable of annihilating the KPA. So Linnevich decided to put the only cavalry division of the Russian army into battle.

The commander of the cavalry division is Major General Zelensky, because he has just been transferred from the country and has not fought with the People's Army, although he also knows that in the early battles, the Russian army is basically defeated, but Zelensky has not personally experienced these wars after all, so he has no psychological burden on the People's Army in his heart, and like other Russians, Zelensky is an Asian to Chinese, and he has a natural sense of superiority in his bones, thinking that they are all inferior, and the Slavs are superior, so how can superior people lose to inferior peopleTherefore, in Zelensky's subconscious, there is still some idea that the early defeat is that the Russian army in the Far East is too incompetent, and if he leads the army, he will never let the yellow-skinned monkey be arrogant to this point.

After receiving Linnevich's order, Zelensky was more excited than worried, and finally had the opportunity to fight and teach these arrogant yellow-skinned monkeys a lesson.

The cavalry division had long been ready for battle, so the day after receiving the order, Zelensky left the camp in Hulunbuir with the cavalry division and entered the steppe.

On the way, Zelensky's army gathered several Mongolian cavalry armies, although in Russian history had submitted to Mongolia, but Zelensky also looked down on the Mongols, first, the current Mongols have long lost the bravery and blood of the Genghis Khan era, first submitted to the Qing court, and now surrendered to Russia, there is still a little bit of Genghis Khan's great spirit, and Russia is now recognized as a fighting nation; second, the current Russia is not a nomadic tribe conquered by the Mongols, but a powerful industrial civilization country, and the Mongols have hardly changed in the past 600 years, and they are still a primitive tribal nation, compared to the time of Genghis Khan, the only difference is that there is one more suzerain.

And look at the horses that the Mongols ride, they are thin and small, not much bigger than donkeys, while the war horses of the Russian army are tall and mighty, and the horses are extraordinary, and they are really inferior people, and they are only worthy of riding inferior war horses.

However, after all, the Mongols are the masters of this land, they are familiar with the environment and terrain, and they are going to fight this time to find the main cavalry of the People's Army to enter a decisive battle, so they still need the help of these Mongols. So Zelensky ordered the Mongolian army to disperse all sides and search for the whereabouts of the People's Army.

And just a day later, a Mongol army reported to him that it had found traces of the People's Army, and there were quite a few of them, about 3 or 4 thousand horsemen, and they were still being assembled.

After Zelensky received the report, he was also very happy, because 3 or 4,000 cavalry is at least the main force even if it is not all of the People's Army, and his 1 division has more than 8,500 cavalry, plus the converging Mongolian army, a total of more than 9,000 cavalry, so he has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and his current position is on the Hulunbuir grassland, the terrain is flat, so it is impossible for the People's Army to set up any ambush, this is a cavalry army that annihilates the People's Army

The great opportunity for the troops is also the big battle that they have been waiting for for a long time, but I didn't expect it to come so soon.

So Zelensky immediately ordered the whole army to attack in the direction where the KPA cavalry was located.