Knowing that Ouyang Longxing and his party had arrived at the periphery of Kulun, Chen Jingang personally rushed to the entrance of Kulun City to greet him, firstly, Ouyang Longxing was his boss, and secondly, this time Ouyang Longxing brought the oil materials he needed the most now, so whether it was public or private, Chen Jingang should come out to greet him to show respect.

After meeting, the two of them greeted each other, Chen Jingang immediately arranged personnel, put the oil and materials transported into the warehouse and preserved, and then led Ouyang Longxing and his party to the headquarters to settle down, Chen Jingang set up the headquarters of the People's Army in the summer palace, because this is the center of the entire Kulun, which is conducive to command and dispatch, and the family of Buzundamba VIII was transferred to the winter palace and placed under house arrest.

After Ouyang Longxing settled down, he immediately had an interview with Chen Jingang, Chen Jingang first briefly introduced the current situation of Kulun to Ouyang Longxing, and said with a smile: "Ouyang, you are really good this time, now I have more than half of my tank vehicles lying on their stomachs, if you don't come again, I can only send a tank company at most to deal with Haishan's team." ”

Ouyang Longxing said: "Just one tank company, it is enough to deal with the team of Haishan." ”

Chen Jingang said: "Of course, it's easy to deal with just a sea mountain, but now there are still a lot of tribal forces around Kulun who oppose us, and I need armored troops to deal with them...... But it's easy for you to come, I think tomorrow I'll take a tank battalion into battle, first clean up the seamounts, and then go around Kulen to see who dares to confront us. ”

Ouyang Longxing shook his head and said, "Then don't be in a hurry, let's deal with your affairs first." ”

Chen Jingang was stunned for a moment and said, "What is the matter with me?"

Ouyang Longxing said: "You kid have forgotten? You have copied all the Russian consulates in Kulen, and people have arrested them, thinking that this matter is over? There are many people in Qingdao who advocate that you should be dealt with strictly, and I received a telegram from the Central Military Commission the day before yesterday, and your punishment decision has been decided. ”

Chen Jingang patted the back of his head and said, "Oh! I really forgot that there is such a thing? How can you punish me? I admit to dismissal and demotion, as long as you don't transfer me back to sit on the cold bench." ”

Ouyang Longxing was also a little crying and laughing, took out a folded piece of paper from the document bag, and said, "You can go and see for yourself." Tomorrow I will announce in public, hello, you have to prepare first, and you have to do a review. ”

Chen Jingang took it and saw that the punishment for himself was a major demerit, and he was reviewed in public, and his military rank was demoted by one level, from colonel to lieutenant colonel, and at the same time, his position was changed from commander of the armored motorcycle unit to acting commander.

In fact, this punishment is not light, and the major demerit will be recorded in the file and become a lifelong stain, which will have a greater impact on future promotions and promotions, whether they take up civilian posts or engage in politics, and the downgrade of military rank by one level also means that more military exploits are needed to ensure future promotion. But for Chen Jingang, the symbolic significance is greater than the practical significance, because Chen Jingang did not have the idea of turning into civil service or politics, so the demerit did not have much impact on him, and he has the identity of a veteran, which means that he has the right to vote and be elected, even after retiring, he has a lot of political influence, and the political forces on that side cannot ignore him.

Moreover, now Chen Jin is just 35 years old, even if he is demoted to lieutenant colonel, at this age, he is already a very high military rank, not to mention that it is still a war period at this time, as long as Chen Jingang's position has not changed, there will be a lot of meritorious service opportunities in the future, and the reduced military rank can also be quickly promoted again, not to mention anything else, it is the victory of this raid on Kulun, and at the end of the war, he will be promoted back to colonel. Moreover, Chen Jingang's position this time was only changed from commander of the armored motorcycle unit to acting commander, which also shows that the Central Military Commission is satisfied with Chen Jingang's performance in this battle, so it still retains the opportunity for Chen Jingang to continue to command the army and make up for his mistakes. However, this is not surprising, Bi Jing Chen Jingang is also his own person, so he can't really put him in the cold palace, so he will be punished, but he still has to be given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

So after reading it, Chen Jingang also breathed a sigh of relief, and this punishment was basically similar to what he expected, and said: "Okay, good, I accept these punishments, accept them humbly, and review them." But after the review, I have to lead the troops into battle, and I will clean up the seamounts first. ”

Ouyang Longxing was also a little helpless, and said: "Okay, but after annihilating the Haishan Division, we will come back immediately, and we will discuss the battle in the future." ”

Chen Jingang also nodded and said, "Okay, it's decided." ”

Early the next morning, Ouyang Longxing recruited the main officers, first officially took office, which was regarded as taking over the command of Kulun, and then announced the punishment of Chen Jingang by the Military Commission, and Chen Jingang also expressed his sincerity in accepting the punishment of the Military Commission in public, and made a very profound review, and then everyone negotiated, and Chen Jingang led a tank battalion, a motorcycle battalion and two cavalry battalions to attack and meet the army of the Haishan Division.

At 3 p.m., the two sides met about 50 kilometers southwest of Kulen and immediately began a fierce battle.

Although there are more than 5,000 people in the Haishan Division, far more than the People's Army, they are basically a rabble of patchwork, and more than half of the soldiers do not even have guns, and can only use cold weapons such as spears and sabers, that is, the Russian army still has some combat effectiveness, but the number of the Russian army is not much, only more than 300 people, which does not play much role, and even the Russian army cannot be the opponent of the tank. As a result, the two sides only looked at each other, and the tank battalion of the People's Army only launched a charge, which was completely overpowering, and immediately scattered the Haishan Division, and then the cavalry and infantry of the People's Army followed up to cover the killing, and immediately defeated the team of the Haishan Division, and the people and horses scattered and fled, and the People's Army then pursued, killing the Mongolian army corpses all over the field, bleeding into canals, and killing countless casualties.

In the end, the Mongol army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, including Haishan and Haishan, who were captured by the People's Army and only 500 escaped.

When Chen Jingang returned to Kulen with the captives, Ouyang Longxing also summoned Jebtsundamba VIII and other powerful people to the entrance to greet the victorious returning warriors.

Looking at the dejected captives who were being held by the People's Army, including dozens of Russian soldiers, Jebtsundamba VIII and other dignitaries also had a lot of expressions on their faces, including disappointment, surprise, fear, regret, despair, and so on.

It turned out that Haishan had recruited an army and was preparing to recapture the news of Kulun, and Chen Jingang did not deliberately conceal it, so Jebtsundamba VIII and other powerful people knew about it, so everyone seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, full of expectations for this army, and fantasized that Haishan could lead the army to expel the People's Army, recapture Kulen, rescue his people, and restore his former power.

But now this illusion has finally been completely shattered, and Jebtsundamba VIII and other powerful people have finally understood that the strength of the People's Army is not at all something that the Mongolian army can resist, and the overall situation has been decided, and it is impossible to change anything, and no one can move and save their own group of people, and they can only fully cooperate with the actions of East China ** in the future, in order to be able to save their lives.

In the evening of the same day, Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang discussed the next battle plan, Chen Jingang still advocated that the Qimeng tribes around Kulen should be attacked and subdued, in order to consolidate the rule of the People's Army in Kulen, and with Kulen as the core, to expand, and then rule the whole Mongolia, only in this way can we make full use of the advantage of the People's Army after occupying Kulen, because now Jebtsundamba VIII is also in the hands of the People's Army, and the military and political combination will have an overwhelming advantage over the surrounding Qimeng tribes, otherwise if the People's Army only occupies one Kulen, it will not make much sense。

However, Ouyang Longxing believed that the top priority now was to attack the city of Uriya Sutai and drive out the Qing court's presence in the Mongolian region. The Qing court set up three positions in Mongolia: the minister of Kulun, the general of Uriya Sutai, and the counselor of Uriya Sutai, and now the minister of Kulun, Yanzhi, has been captured by the People's Army, and the general of Uriya Sutai, Kunxiu, and the counselor of Uriya Sutai, Rong En, are stationed in the city of Uriya Sutai. This time Haishan can pull out more than 5,000 troops in a short period of time, and the support of Uriya Sutai General Kunxiu is also an important factor, and the power of the Qing court still exists in Mongolia, which is a great threat to the rule of East China ** in Mongolia, after all, the Qing court is still orthodox, so it must be uprooted as soon as possible.

As for the area around Kulun, Ouyang Longxing thinks that there is no need to worry about it for the time being, because after these two wars, it is almost impossible for any local Mongolian forces to dare to challenge the People's Army, so it is already their luck that the People's Army does not go to them for trouble, who would dare to provoke East China**. And now Jebtsundamba VIII is still in the hands of the People's Army, you can first issue an order to the alliance tribes in the name of Jebtsundamba VIII, ordering them to surrender to the People's Army, I believe that at this time, some tribes should be able to see the situation clearly, if there are tribes who take the initiative to surrender to the People's Army, they can set an example for other banner tribes in Mongolia, for East China ** In the future, to create favorable conditions for controlling the Mongolian region, of course, if the allied tribe refuses, after expelling the forces of the Qing court, they can justifiably send troops to conquer and slaughter a few chickens, which is enough to deter other groups of monkeys.

After listening to Ouyang Longxing's opinion, Chen Jingang did not insist anymore, firstly, Ouyang Longxing's consideration was determined to be more comprehensive than his own, and secondly, to attack Uriya Sutai City and expel the existing forces of the Qing court in the Mongolian region, or to lead the troops by himself, and Ouyang Longxing was stationed in Kulun, anyway, as long as he led the team to fight. So the two quickly reached an agreement, and reported their opinions to the Jinzhou Headquarters and forwarded them to the Qingdao Military Commission.