At about 6 o'clock in the morning, the 2nd Marine Division and the 2nd Reserve Regiment of the 1st Army also arrived at the Mulinghe Railway Station one after another, and the 2nd Marine Division only rested at the railway station for an hour, ate some dry food, and then set off immediately and continued to rush to Muling Town; while the 2nd Reserve Regiment took over the 1st Reserve Regiment and continued to set up positions around the railway station.

The cavalry regiment was all stationed in the railway station, and sent a small force to patrol the area around the railway station, even Muling Town, Shichangling and other areas, on the one hand, to be vigilant, on the other hand, to be familiar with the surrounding environment, roads, terrain, etc., which were extremely helpful for future operations.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, a train arrived at the Mulinghe railway station, and unloaded a large number of weapons, ammunition and military supplies, as well as a part of the logistics personnel, it can be said that only at this time, the People's Army was completely in control of the Mulinghe railway station, and also won the initiative for the next step of the war.

After receiving the results, Luo Yue was also very happy, and immediately ordered all troops to act as planned, and at the same time pulled out a regiment to protect the railway line from Suifen River to Muling River.

Although this section of the railway is now under the control of the People's Army, because the war has not yet ended, the small army of the Russian army is very tolerant of penetrating deep and destroying the railway, and now the People's Army's troop movement and material transportation are largely dependent on this railway, so it is necessary to ensure the absolute safety of this railway line. Luo Yuecai did not hesitate to use one more regiment to protect the railway, so that only one regiment remained in the reserve of the People's Army.

The commander of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Volkov, received the news of the loss of the Mulinghe railway station at about 1 p.m. Because the Russian army does not have the most advanced communication equipment of the KPA, the telegraph must also rely on telegraph lines. Of course, there was a telegraph line at the railway station, but the People's Army occupied the Mulinghe Railway Station, so naturally it would not send a telegram to the Russian army, and because the personnel and guards of the Mulinghe Railway Station were captured by the People's Army, no one sent the news back.

As a result, the Russian army did not respond to several telegrams to the Mulinghe railway station, and only then did it find that something was wrong, so it hurriedly opened the telegraph line of the nearby railway station and mobilized scouts to reconnoitre, so it was a toss-up, and the result was delayed for nearly 10 hours to know the news of the loss of the Mulinghe railway station.

When Volkov received this news, he was also speechless for a long time, because he did not expect at all that the People's Army would capture the Mulenghe railway station at this time.

At this time, of course, Volkov already knew the news that the Russian army had suffered defeats on both the northern and southern fronts, losing a regiment on the northern front and a brigade on the southern front. But in Volkov's view, after the People's Army won victories on both the north and south fronts, it was natural to take advantage of the victory to attack, how to suddenly occupy the Mulinghe Railway Station, and now Volkov certainly did not dare to despise the People's Army, because it also dispatched the trump card of armored trains, and it must be reasonable for the People's Army to do this, but what is the reason, Volkov can't think of it if he wants to break his head,

This is not that Volkov's IQ is not enough, or his military quality is insufficient, but that the Russian army has not received enough intelligence information, so naturally it is impossible to judge. Compared with the People's Army, the Russian army is lagging behind not only in communication technology, but also in reconnaissance means, not to mention UAVs, not even propeller fixed-wing aircraft, in the old time and space, the use of propeller fixed-wing aircraft was still in the Italian-Turkish War 6 years later.

At present, the reconnaissance means of the Russian army are basically completed by people, and there is almost no difference from the era of cold weapons hundreds of years ago, at most the scouts are equipped with telescopes, of course, not only Russia, but also other countries in this era, the difference is only in the training quality and ability of the scouts.

Before Luo Yue went to war, he had a headache because of the lack of intelligence, and in the end he was a little bit hard-headed to send troops, in fact, the Russian army is even more than that, but Russia's foreign wars are more, so it is more accustomed to fighting in this situation of insufficient intelligence, to be honest, until now, the Russian army has not even figured out how many troops the People's Army has, only knows that the People's Army has invested two divisions to fight on the north and south fronts, as well as an armored train, and a number of reserves, but it is not clear how many reserves there are, and naturally it is even more unclear about the battle plan of the People's Army。 It can only be determined by waiting for further intelligence information to arrive.

Of course, Volkov also has a formal military education after all, and has been in the army for many years, so he can sort out some clues, first of all, since the People's Army has dispatched an armored train, it is naturally going to do a big job, and it is very likely to take the armored train as the core, form an army, advance westward along the railway line, and go straight to the Mudanjiang Railway Station to destroy the general headquarters of the Russian army, and after losing the general headquarters, the Russian army on the north and south lines will inevitably be in chaos, and will also lose its logistical support, so the People's Army has a great chance to win this battle.

However, if this is the battle plan of the People's Army, Volkov can also breathe a sigh of relief, although he also admits that the armored train is a powerful weapon, but it is not absolutely invincible, and the Achilles ankle of the armored train is that it can only rely on the railway to fight, so as long as the railway is destroyed, the armored train will be useless.

Of course, the people's early tactical choice is not the only one, the Mulinghe railway station is located in the middle of the north and south lines of operations, so it is very likely that the People's Army will occupy this place in order to cut off the connection between the north and south lines of the Russian army, then the People's Army will take the Russian troops on one line as the target of attack, but the People's Army will take the Russian army on that line as the target of the attack? This requires corresponding intelligence to determine, and Volkov is powerless, what he can do now is to send people to arrange the railway along the line from the Muling River to the Mudanjiang River* , and if the armored train kills it, blow up the railway.

Until dusk, Volkov found two pieces of valuable information from the dozens of pieces of information he received, one was that a large number of KPA troops were found to be moving south on the northern front, and the KPA holding the Russian army at Shichangling had abandoned two peripheral positions, and the other was on the south side of Mulingdong Mountain, where a large number of KPA troops were stationed and were arranging positions.

At this time, Volkov was finally able to determine that the target of the People's Army was the Russian army on the southern front, and the People's Army stationed on the south side of the Mulengdong Mountain was transferred from the northern front to cut off the retreat of the Russian army. After the People's Army occupies the Mulinghe Railway Station, the strike range of the armored train can include both the northern and southern battlefields, so it has to be said that this tactical concept of the People's Army is indeed very ingenious.

Of course, it is not difficult to crack this battle plan of the People's Army, and the construction point is the Mulinghe Railway Station, as long as the Russian army regains control of the Mulinghe Railway Station, it can reconnect the battlefields on the north and south lines, and resolve the offensive of the People's Army through the optimal deployment of troops.

What if the army was only to be transferred from there to recapture the Mulinghe railway station? Now Mudanjiang has only one cavalry brigade and railway escort unit, and then its own guard force. Obviously, the cavalry brigade cannot be used as a fortification, but can only be used as an auxiliary, and the railway escort actually has only one battalion of troops, and its own guard strength cannot be moved, and then ask Harbin to send more troops, not to mention whether Harbin can still squeeze out the army now, even if there is, it will take at least 2 or 3 days to concentrate, prepare, and pull out the troops to reach the Mulinghe railway station, and I am afraid that it will be too late by then. Therefore, troops can only be drawn from the front.

Volkov thought about it, and now only the northern front still has the strength to withdraw troops, because the People's Army is drawing troops from the northern front to fight on the southern front, although I don't know how many troops the body is, but at least it will not be less than two regiments, or even a division, if it is only one regiment, it is impossible to block the Russian army on the southern front. In this way, the pressure on the Russian army on the northern front is greatly reduced, and of course part of the troops can be transferred to attack the Mulinghe railway station.

After figuring out these situations, Volkovian also issued an order, first ordering the 35th Division to be transferred from the northern front to attack the Mulinghe Railway Station.

The 35th Division turned out to be Volkov's unit, the division commander was Major General Toburkinsky, under the command of the 1st and 2nd Brigades, and the regiment that the Russian army on the Northern Front was annihilated by the People's Army was the 138th Regiment under the 1st Brigade, so now this division is actually only one and a half brigades. In this way, 1 division and 1 brigade are still retained on the northern front, and the strength of the KPA on the northern front should be 1 division or 1 division plus 1 regiment, and the Russian army still has a 3:2 or 2:1 advantage in soldiers.

The area of the Mulinghe railway station is not large, and the 3 regiments of the 35th Division, plus the cavalry brigade and the railway escort are enough, because it is difficult to fully deploy the number of troops. The distribution of the body was that the 1st Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade and the Railway Escort would converge and attack from the east, and the 2nd Brigade would attack from the west, and the two lines would be flanked at the Mulinghe Railway Station.

And the remaining 9th Division and 2nd Brigade on the northern front could not be idle, and immediately launched an attack on the People's Army on the northern front, if they could defeat the People's Army, it would be the best, even if they could not defeat the People's Army, they could contain the remaining People's Army on the northern front and prevent them from reinforcing the Mulinghe Railway Station.

The Russian army on the southern front is to find a suitable place to station as soon as possible, and as far away from the Mulinghe railway station as possible, in order to avoid the heavy artillery attack of the KPA armored train, arrange defensive positions, and then hold on to wait for reinforcements.

At the same time, Volkov also sent a telegram to Harbin, hoping that Harbin could send some more troops to him, even if it was only one regiment. Although it will take time for reinforcements from Harbin to arrive, Volkov believes that this war may not end in one or two days, and it is not impossible to fight repeated battles, and now he has no reserves in his hands, so he must prepare for a long battle, and the reinforcements sent by Harbin are likely to become the winners and losers of this war.