Chapter 214: Surprise Attack on Kulen (8)
The next day, Ouyang Longxing received the news that Chen Jingang had captured Kulen and captured Jebtsundamba VIII, and the raiding troops also achieved a complete victory. The victory of these two battles also completely established the victory of the People's Army in this attack on Mongolia.
At the same time, the command also ordered Ouyang Longxing to immediately arrange an army and rush to Kulun as soon as possible to reinforce Chen Jingang, after all, although Chen Jingang's troops are extremely combative, the number of Bi Mian is too small, and the dependence on logistics is great, it is difficult to fight for a long time, and now the surrounding area of Kulun is not stable, so it is urgent to need manpower reinforcement to consolidate the victory.
After receiving the order, Ouyang Longxing of course did not dare to slack off, so he immediately dispatched a cavalry regiment to Kulun for reinforcements, and because in this battle, the People's Army captured more than 10,000 war horses, so the soldiers who came to Kulun this time can each be equipped with 3 war horses, which can be used for mid-way transfers, as well as carrying supplies for the army, to ensure that this cavalry regiment can reach Kulen in the shortest possible time.
After the reinforcements were dispatched, Ouyang Longxing also began to deal with the post-war work. After two days of detailed interrogation, in addition to finding Damuddin ** and Babu Zabu from the captives, nearly 100 children of Mongolian nobles were found, many of whom were born in larger powerful families, and more than 10 were direct descendants of powerful people, while the rest were basically ordinary herdsmen, or slaves of powerful families.
For the captured enemy, whether it is a Qing soldier or a foreign soldier, the People's Army will not let go easily, if there is no ransom in the end, you must serve a certain number of years of prison service in East China, simply put, you have to be a few years of free labor, you will be released and free.
At the beginning, some people had objections to this way of dealing with it, thinking that foreign soldiers were also counted, but the vast majority of Qing soldiers were from poor families, and being soldiers was also forced to make a living, not to mention that they were all Chinese, and there was no need to be like foreign soldiers, it was necessary to narrow the last surplus value, it was better to release these prisoners after some education, so as to promote East China ** Second, some of these people went back to preach that when the Qing army fought the People's Army again, it would not contribute, and also cited that in the old time and space, the ancestors of the patriarchs often used this mode of dealing with prisoners, and the results often achieved good results.
However, after discussion, the Executive Yuan rejected this proposal, because the situation of the two eras was different, and the ancestors of the patriarchs lived in an era of warlords divided and fighting, and in order to expand the size of their own armies, each warlord basically adopted the mode of catching strong men, so the ordinary soldiers of the warlords did not serve in the army for a long time, and it was easier to change their thinking through simple education. And now China, although it is also full of crises, but generally speaking, it is still under the rule of a first-class, the national system is relatively stable, the army is relatively fixed, and there are very few cases of catching strong men and filling the army, although most of the ordinary soldiers are indeed born in poor families, but because of the long time they have been soldiers, they are somewhat glued with the habits of some veteran oil, which can not be changed by a simple few educations.
And it is not easy for the People's Army to capture these prisoners, not only consuming the resources of East China, but also paying a certain price for casualties, so it is so easy to let go, on their own side, they can't explain it to the People's Army, and in addition, it is also to show the prisoners the authority of East China, which can only be slightly better than the treatment of foreign soldiers, and the time of prison service will be shorter, generally 3-5 years, and the work intensity is slightly lower.
At the same time, East China will also arrange some courses for them, in addition to political brainwashing, there are literacy, basic arithmetic, and some craft skills, etc., and after the expiration of the criminal service, a service fee will be issued, although the amount is not much, but it is enough for them to go home, if the hometown is not too far, it can also save 1 or 2 months of living expenses. In addition, during the period of criminal service, they were able to learn literacy, arithmetic, and some craft skills, and develop some good habits, so that after returning to their hometowns, they were basically able to support themselves and live a life of at least food and clothing. Of course, those who are willing to stay in East China**, East China can also arrange work and residence for them.
This set of mode of dealing with prisoners, in East China has been running for 5 or 6 years, and has also achieved good results, in the previous Jinzhou campaign, the captured Mongolian soldiers, also adopted this set of models, and now that group of prisoners are still serving prison service in Jinzhou, and have contributed to the development and construction of Jinzhou.
In this war, more than 12,000 prisoners were captured, which is a huge number of laborers, and the People's Army chose to garrison in the Dalinor Lake area, on the one hand, it was against the Mongol army, and on the other hand, it was also here to build the first stronghold fortress from Chifeng to Kulun, and now the fortress has reached the initial scale, but since there are so many prisoners, of course, it cannot be wasted, such a good free labor, not at this time, when will it be. Therefore, Ouyang Longxing ordered that the captives be formed into formation, and the powerful and their children were also dispersed, and they were incorporated into the labor force to participate in the construction of fortresses and roads.
But on the first day of the prison service, the children of the powerful among the captives seemed very reluctant, although they were all arrested, but they were not worried, because they were waiting for the family to pay for ransom, just thinking that they could not endure here for a few days, and they would be able to regain their freedom, Bi Jing has been such a rule for hundreds of years, but he never thought that the People's Army would actually send them to work as coolies, and they also worked with the inferior people in their eyes, so many of the children of the powerful took all kinds of non-cooperation, some were passive and sabotage, some complained, and some instructed other prisoners to do things for themselves while working, and even some incited the prisoners to make trouble。
However, the People's Army has always been unrelenting to this kind of uncooperative captives, and will not exchange these powerful children for ransom money, on the contrary, their families are exactly the objects to be eliminated in East China, and now they just take a few typical knives, and they killed 2 people who incited the captives to make trouble on the spot, and severely punished more than 10 other people who were passive and slacking off and complaining.
With the addition of these captives, the progress of the works was greatly accelerated, and not only were there enough men to build the fort, but half of them could be used to build the roads, and both works were not delayed.
Ten days later, a convoy of 120 trucks arrived at the camp with a large quantity of ammunition, fuel, spare parts, and other supplies, 50 of which were for the camp and 70 for Coulom. And now the matter here has been almost handled, so Ouyang Longxing also decided to go to Kulen in person this time, after all, the primary target of the Mongolian War this time was Kulun, and Ouyang Longxing is still the supreme commander of the front line, whether it is reasonable or reasonable, Ouyang Longxing should also go to Kulen. At the same time, this time to Kulun, Ouyang Longxing also had to inspect the locations and locations of other garrison fortresses along the way.
Of course, Ouyang Longxing will not just take these dozens of trucks with him when he goes to Kulun this time, but also brings a regiment and an armored motorcycle company, and since there are 50 vacant trucks, all the soldiers he brought out this time will go by truck. The rest of the army remained in place, overseeing the construction of the fort and the roads.
After Ouyang Longxing set off with the convoy, he was safe and sound all the way, so he did not deliberately speed up the march, and after 7 days, the convoy arrived near Kulen and encountered the outpost stronghold arranged by the People's Army.
Ouyang Longxing was also a little surprised, and when he asked, he knew that there was really an enemy coming, Haishan, one of the five main generals of the Mongolian army stationed in the Dalinor Lake area, because he turned back to Kulun, so he escaped, but he had not yet arrived in Kulen, he received the news of the loss of Kulun, Haishan couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't expect Kulen to be lost like this, so he hurried back, and wanted to return to the Dalinor Lake area to move the rescuers and recapture Kulun, Nazhi went back for 2 days, and met the deserters who fled back from the defeat of the Mongolian army, Haishan knew that the original Mongolian army was also defeated by the People's Army。
After thinking about it all night, Haishan was able to sort out his thoughts, and at this time, he could only go around and ask for helpers, and before the KPA army entered Kulun, he would first recapture Kulen, and then find a way to resist the KPA.
So Haishan immediately set off for the city of Ussuri Taicheng, where there was not only a garrison of the Qing army, but also a Russian consulate, and a Russian army of about 200 people was stationed.
After arriving at Ussuridae, Haishan first met with Ussuridai General Kunxiu and presented him with his stakes. In fact, the relationship between Kulun and the Qing court has been very tense in recent years, and Kunxiu and Haishan have not looked at each other, but after all, the Mongolian region is the jurisdiction of Kunxiu, and Kulun is occupied by the People's Army.
After convincing General Ussuritai, Haishan rushed to the Russian consulate for help, but before that, Russia had a clear order that the Russian troops in Mongolia should not participate in the battle between Mongolia and East China, so the consulate could only help Haishan. However, the military attache of the consulate was Haishan's old friend, Russian Army Colonel Popov, who was interested in helping Haishan, so he sent telegrams to Russia continuously, asking the country to agree to help Haishan and recapture Kulen. Three days later, the country replied to Popov's proposal and ordered the Russian army to be under Popov's command.
After receiving the help of the Qing court and Russia, Haishan ran several tribes, and finally gathered 4 or 5,000 troops, and then rushed to recapture Kulen.