Chapter 221: The Qing Court's Quest for Peace (4)

At this time, Ouyang Longxing and Chen Jingang did not expect that the battle commanded by the two would cause such a big chain reaction, and they were still thinking about dealing with post-war matters.

The first was of course to clear the last remaining Qing forces in Mongolia, and Chen Jingang led an army to attack the city of Sutai in Uriya. The battle went very smoothly, the People's Army killed in front of the city of Uriya Sutai, the Qing army could not resist at all, and was defeated by the People's Army, the general Kunxiu of Uriya Sutai, and the Counselor of Uriya Sutai Rong En abandoned the city and fled, and the People's Army captured the city of Uriya Sutai with almost no effort.

Later, Chen Jingang left an army battalion, as well as a cavalry company, a tank company, and a motorcycle company to guard the city of Uriya Sutai, and he led the other troops back to Kulun.

At this time, the Kulun administrative staff dispatched by East China ** also arrived at Kulun with a new batch of transport convoys.

The administrative head of Kulun is called Gong Jianyang, who was originally the mayor of Yantai City, and has been in office for almost three years, and now in East China, he can serve for two years in cities and counties below the municipal level, which is considered to be a long time in office, because the expansion of East China has been too rapid in recent years, first won the Far East War, and obtained a large area of land in the Amur River and Ussuri River basins; and then expanded along the north bank of the Yangtze River, occupying Jiangsu, Anhui's Jiangbei land, so there are a large number of local administrative vacancies, many county-level, prefecture-level and even city-level administrative officials can be promoted immediately after taking office for more than a year, this is still East China's first provision, in the local incumbency must be full of one year, otherwise not allowed to be transferred or promoted, vacant positions would rather be vacant first, otherwise the time to leave the promotion is faster.

Speaking of which, Gong Jianyang has been relatively unlucky in recent years, he was righted by the position of deputy mayor of Yantai City at the end of 1905, which was the time of the Far East War, and a year later, the Far East War was basically over, and the extra positions were occupied by others;

This time, East China ** launched the Mongolian campaign, and it was open to all the city-level mayors who were qualified to be the administrative head of Kulun as early as possible, but everyone else was afraid that the environment in Mongolia was difficult and very dangerous, and East China ** was about to launch a war against the Qing court, and there was a chance for promotion, so there was no need to take this risk.

However, Gong Jianyang believes that even if East China ** captures Beijing, his chances are not great, because he is now the head of municipal administration, and the next step is to enter the provincial or provincial capital municipal administrative agencies, and Beijing is an important place in Beijing. It will definitely send capable cadres to take office, and the weight of being the person in charge is not enough, at most it is to enter the administrative group at the provincial or provincial capital level, but there is basically no possibility of being in charge, and if you want to get ahead, you must also wait for the appropriate opportunity, after all, the person in charge of the provincial or provincial capital city, there are countless people staring, and the competition will be extremely fierce.

The administrative person in charge of Kulun is the standard leader, although the place under his jurisdiction is not large now, but in the future it is to manage the entire Outer Mongolia region, and Outer Mongolia belongs to the border area, and the working environment is very complicated, whether it is in the old time and space or in this era, the administrative officials in charge of this border area are very valued by the center, although not as conspicuous as the officials in the southeast coastal area, but it is easy to do political achievements and accumulate qualifications. Therefore, although the conditions in Mongolia are indeed a little more difficult, this qualification is very important.

East China ** also promised in the recruitment conditions that he would not be transferred for at least three years after taking office, and as long as there were no major mistakes, he would be the administrative page responsible for the entire Outer Mongolia region in the future, which was actually a reservation for the position of a provincial head. Now in the local administrative system of East China, the provincial or provincial capital city level is generally considered to be the demarcation level of the local elders, and being promoted to this step means that there is a great opportunity to serve as the responsible person of the important central department in the future, and even enter the Executive Yuan, become one of the nine elders, and if you are lucky, you may be able to squeeze into the ranks of the Big Five.

And if you can't reach this step, it means that your career has basically reached the ceiling, and even if you enter the center in the future, you will only be responsible in some unimportant central departments, and it is almost impossible to enter the Executive Yuan. However, there are more than 30 provinces in China, even if you add provincial capitals and municipalities directly under the central government, there are not more than 70, not to mention that East China only occupies 10 provinces and regions, so it can be said that this opportunity is also very rare.

So Gong Jianyang decisively applied to the Executive Yuan, willing to be the administrative head of Kulun, and became one of the three candidates, after all, not all the city-level leaders and elders are afraid of hardships and dangers, and there are always people who want to make meritorious achievements. After the review and evaluation of the Executive Yuan, Gong Jianyang was finally determined, of which his experience in Yantai City for 2 and a half years was the biggest bargaining chip, because in East China, there are not many officials who have worked in one place for such a long time and accumulated local experience.

Subsequently, Gong Jianyang went to Jingdao to participate in a three-month pre-job training, not only to understand the situation in Mongolia, but also to carry out necessary physical training, etc., and then went to Kulen to take up his post.

The convoy that arrived at Kulen with Gong Jianyang this time had a total of 129 vehicles, including 120 trucks, and the escorted army did not have tanks, only one motorcycle company, and the veteran was also arranged with a warrior car and an Iveco bus, and some of the trucks were equipped with machine guns, as well as four 50 mm rapid-fire guns, and the escorted army also included an army company and a cavalry company.

This is because considering that the Mongol army has almost been completely annihilated by the People's Army, it is basically impossible for the convoy to encounter a large-scale army threat on the way, and even if there is a small group of bandits and horse thieves, the number is only about a few hundred, and the escort force and firepower are enough to deal with it. Moreover, the troops escorted this time, except for the motorcycle company, the rest are the troops who will be stationed in Kulen in the future.

Some people believe that Kulen is a border area with an extremely vast area, and there is a long border with Russia, and if there is a war with Russia in the future, it can attack from Kulen and attack Russia's flank, so the strategic value is extremely great, and one army should be stationed and a sub-military region should be established.

But another opinion is that in the next 2 or 3 years, the main target of East China is not the Mongolian region, but the Qing court, and Russia is only a diplomatic toughness, whether there is no war or no war, so it is enough to maintain the necessary military presence and deterrence in Kulen. The area controlled by the Mongols is not large, and if there is no large-scale expansion, there is no need for too many troops, and the distance of Kulen is long, the transportation is inconvenient, and even if there is truck transportation, both the cost and efficiency are not high, so it is not easy to garrison too many troops in Kulen now.

After consultations, the Executive Yuan finally decided to garrison one army brigade and one cavalry brigade in Kulen, plus an armored motorcycle battalion, including a tank battalion and a motorcycle battalion, and an army aviation flying squadron.

Compared with the brigade and division, there is not only one less combat regiment, but also a large number of artillery units and logistics personnel, no heavy weapons, can be lightly armed, which is suitable for the current garrison in Kulen. In addition, the Kulen region was also more suitable for cavalry combat, so the cavalry accounted for half of it. The armoured motorcycle battalion is designed to be used in case of emergency. On the one hand, deterring the Mongolian Banner League tribes, because in the Mongolian campaign, the armored motorcycle troops played an important role, and also brought huge shock pressure to the Mongolian Banner League tribes.

On the other hand, it is also to prevent the Russian army, although East China does not want to start a war with the Russian army, but whether to fight or not is a matter of two parties, and it is impossible to prevent the outbreak of war if only one side avoids the war, not to mention East China** The diplomatic strategy against Russia is to be strong against strong, to be tough against hard, this countermeasure can certainly avoid being blackmailed by Russia in diplomacy, but it also increases the risk of war, Bi Jing is on the Sino-Russian border, there may be too many ignition points for war, so if there is a day when both sides are tough against tough, and are unwilling to back down, it is not impossible for war to break out again, leaving an armored force, in order to prevent the Russian army from advancing from Mongolia when China and Russia go to war in the future, there are armored troops, even if the Russian army comes, it is enough to resist for a while.

The flight squadron of the Army Aviation is a newly established branch of the People's Army, and although it is now considered to be an aviation unit belonging to the Army, it is actually the predecessor of the future People's Army Air Force.

In the Far East War, East China dispatched planes to participate in the war, mainly responsible for aerial reconnaissance missions, as a supplement to unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and also played a relatively important role in the war. However, the aircraft dispatched in the Far East War were made with the engine of a modern car as the power of the aircraft, and it had a considerable experimental nature, and the use of the engine of a modern car as the power of the aircraft was not a long-term strategy after all, so East China has been developing a special engine for the aircraft.

At the end of the Far Eastern War, two types of mature engines had been developed, and based on the data and experience gained in the Far Eastern War, two types of aircraft were manufactured, one was a single-seat type, which was mainly responsible for reconnaissance missions, because at this time the research and development of the machine gun linkage had been completed, and there was no machine gun installed in the nose, and no weapon could only be used as a reconnaissance aircraft; the other was a two-seat type, equipped with a machine gun in the back seat, and could also carry 12 airdrops** , which is hand-dropped by the pilot in the back seat, can be used for ground attack and bombing.