After Volkov's order was issued, the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Railway Garrison set off from the Mudanjiang Railway Station and advanced in the direction of the Mulinghe Railway Station, while the 35th Division of the Russian Army on the northern front also left Shichangling and went south to camp in the area of Yanhegou, about 5 kilometers away from the Mulinghe Railway Station, and only the Russian troops on the southern front did not respond.

However, there is no way to do this, because Volkov's orders are transmitted by manpower, and the Russian army on the southern front is also the farthest away because it broke too far forward at the beginning, and now the armies of the two sides are staggered, and there are many small reconnaissance teams and patrols, you have me, I have you, and there are often small-scale battles, and the signal corps naturally has to avoid these small troops, so it will take longer to pass the order to the hands of the Russian army on the southern front. Of course, Vorkov didn't have any good ideas, so he could only wait patiently for the result at this time.

After the 2nd Brigade of the Russian Army on the Southern Front was annihilated by the People's Army, the Russian Army began to retreat westward, but there were two divisions of the People's Army pressing step by step behind, and the Russian Army did not dare to retreat in stride.

The two divisions of the People's Army were also afraid that the Russian army would withdraw too quickly, and they withdrew across the Muling River at once, so while pressing on the Russian army, they constantly sent small troops with battalions as units to attack the Russian army, either frontal assault, or flank detours, and the two sides had many small-scale battles in a row, which also made the Russian army have to be careful step by step and dare not be careless, and the speed of retreat is naturally slow, and it can't even go 10 kilometers a day. It was only after the People's Army occupied the Mulinghe Railway Station and the People's Army on the northern front had rushed to Mulingdongshan to set up positions that the People's Army reduced its attack on the Russian army, and just like that, another day later, the Russian army withdrew to Xinglong Village, which was only 7 or 8 kilometers away from Mulingdongshan, and met the Russian army's communications troops, and learned that the Mulinghe railway station had been lost, and the People's Army sent troops to the south on the northern front, intending to annihilate the Russian army's southern front troops.

However, it was too late at this time, Xinglong Village was about 12 kilometers away from the Mulinghe Railway Station, and it was still within the strike range of the armored train, but now the Russian army was intercepted in front and pursued in the rear, and it was obviously too late to change places, so it was obviously too late to reluctantly move 4 or 5 kilometers to the south, stationed in the area of Xingwangtun, and arranged positions in the nearby Xingshengtun, Xinglong Nantun, Dongjiagou and other places, the entire range is about 3.2 kilometers long from north to south, and about 2.3 kilometers wide from east to west. On the whole, the positions of the Russian army are still all within the strike range of the 280-mm main guns of the armored train, and some positions are even within the strike range of the 155-mm secondary guns. And the KPA pursuit force was also stationed near the positions of the Russian troops.

After all, if you want to attack the enemy, you must first build your own position, and of course, the KPA's position does not need to be very well fortified, as long as there is a front, a level, a depth, a firepower point, and the basic functions are complete, after all, the KPA is not a defensive party.

The troop movements of the Russian army's northern front and the general headquarters were soon discovered by the scouts of the People's Army, and it was determined through the military flag that it was the 35th Division of the Russian army, which was immediately reported to Luo Yue. And Luo Yue also immediately judged the battle plan of the Russian army, which was to attack the Mulinghe Railway Station.

It should be said that the commander of the Russian army does still have some ability, and he has grasped the key points on the battlefield at once, if the Russian army can capture the Mulinghe Railway Station, it can indeed reverse the current situation at once and change from passive to active, but Luo Yue thinks that the actions of the Russian army are still too conservative, and at this time they should mobilize as many troops as possible to attack the Mulinghe Railway Station with an absolute superiority of troops, after all, the Mulinghe Railway Station is the main point of this battle, and at least one more brigade should be sent, not just now

an incomplete division.

Even if the Mulinghe railway station is small and the army cannot be fully deployed, it can still form an uninterrupted attack to consume the energy of the defenders. Even if only one division remains, it still has a certain strength advantage over the KPA. The cavalry brigade should have come back and forth on both fronts to provide support, and should not be used to attack fortified positions.

Now, although the Russian army has a 2:1 advantage in the strength of Shichangling, this advantage is not enough for the Russian army to defeat the KPA in a short time, so it really makes no sense.

At present, the Russian army on the southern front has not yet entered the battlefield of the People's Army, but the positive and enterprising combat ideas pursued by Luo Yue will certainly not wait for the Russian army's attack like this, but think about how to take the initiative to go out and give the Russian army a head-on blow first. It can not only hit the morale of the Russian army, but also provoke the Russian army, so that the Russian army can launch an offensive as soon as possible.

Of course, it is impossible to attack on the northern front, after all, the KPA is obviously at a disadvantage in the strength of the northern front, and it is good to hold the position, so the sortie can only be in the direction of the Mulinghe railway station.

In fact, Luo Yue was eyeing the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Russian Army. Although in this era, the cavalry is no longer the branch of the army that determines the outcome of the battlefield, but it can still play a huge role, so the powerful countries basically retain a certain number of cavalry establishments, and the Russian army is among the powerful countries, the country that retains more cavalry troops, first, Russia's geographical territory is vast, which is conducive to the mobile combat of the cavalry, and can be organized; second, the cavalry has a glorious tradition in Russia, and the famous Goksa cavalry was once the signboard of the Russian army. The traditional inertia is naturally not so easy to eliminate, of course, Russia has a large population, and is rich in high-quality war horses, and also has the conditions to form a huge cavalry army.

In this Far Eastern War, the Russian army was equipped with a large number of cavalry units, and each "corps" level would be equipped with at least one cavalry brigade and several cavalry regiments. However, at the moment of the war, the cavalry units of the Russian army have hardly played a role, and they have occupied a large number of establishments in vain.

In fact, in recent years, the People's Army has captured on the battlefield, purchased a lot of horses, and built two professional horse farms, and most of the farms also have horses, but most of the horses are used to pull artillery, after all, the proportion of artillery of the People's Army, in terms of the army of this era, is absolutely second to none, so there are not many war horses that can be left to form cavalry, and now only one cavalry brigade is formed, and each division is equipped with only one company of cavalry.

This time, there is a cavalry regiment in the Far Eastern Theater, and it is also the only mobile force in Luo Yue's hands at present. Of course, Luo Yue knows very well that it is obviously impossible to confront the cavalry brigade of the Russian army by relying only on his own cavalry regiment, not to mention the inferiority in terms of troops, the combat experience and quality of both sides are not at the same level, and the cavalry of the People's Army has never really participated in actual combat!

However, Luo Yue dared to make such a plan, naturally he had his own confidence, that is, the 9 warrior armored vehicles that had just been sent from Qingdao.

It turned out that the Qingdao War Working Group had received the war plan drawn up by Luo Yue, and they all believed that this plan was feasible, and if this operation was won, then the People's Army would basically be sure to win. In order to support this operation in the Far Eastern Theater, the working group decided to send a Warrior armored vehicle to the Far Eastern Division. The East China government only has a total of 18 warrior armored vehicles, and even the Northeast Theater has only allocated 5 vehicles.

Strictly speaking, the Warrior armored car is only a type of military off-road jeep, and the armor thickness is only enough to defend against 7.62 mm bullets, which is the window part, which is the biggest weak link in the whole car. However, after the East China government entered the war, Diao Shan transformed the 18 warrior cars, first adding a layer of 20-40 mm thick steel plate to the car body, and adding 25 mm movable steel plate to the window. The overall defense of the Warrior car was greatly improved, and by the standards of this era, the whole car could defend against 14.5 mm bullets, and some could defend against 37 mm rapid-fire shells, followed by the addition of a rotating locomotive tower on the roof, equipped with a 14.5 mm machine gun, and two 7.62 mm machine guns and a 45 mm* launcher inside the car.

Although the weight of the Warrior was increased by nearly 1 ton, the mobility of the Warrior was greatly weakened, and the maximum speed dropped sharply to 80 yards per hour, but the People's Army did not use it for off-road maneuvers, but for battlefield operations, so it was acceptable.

After Luo Yue received these 9 warrior armored vehicles, he had the idea of using the warrior vehicles to fight the Russian cavalry, and now he finally found an opportunity, Luo Yue believes that these 9 warrior armored vehicles are the main force, supplemented by the cavalry regiment, which is enough to inflict heavy damage on the cavalry brigade of the Russian army.

And Luo Yue's plan was also strongly supported by the cavalry commander Zhao Lijun. Zhao Lijun is one of the founders of the cavalry of the People's Army, after nearly four years of hard work, finally made the cavalry of the People's Army have the initial scale, and Zhao Lijun also spent a lot of heart. However, although the cavalry has also participated in many military operations of the People's Army, it is basically an auxiliary task such as patrol and cover, and has not really participated in a real battle, which is also Zhao Lijun's only regret, this Far East War, the People's Army cavalry also participated in the war, Zhao Lijun naturally also wanted to find an opportunity to let the cavalry really fight, and now that the opportunity has come, Zhao Lijun will naturally not let go.

Of course, Zhao Lijun is also very clear that there is indeed a considerable gap between the cavalry of the People's Army and the Russian cavalry, but with the backing of 9 warrior armored vehicles, Zhao Lijun is naturally full of confidence. So soon Zhao Lijun drew up a battle plan and handed it to Luo Yue.

After reading it, Luo Yue also basically agreed, only supplemented and improved some of the details, and then ordered Zhao Lijun to lead the cavalry regiment and the warrior armored car into battle.

After receiving Luo Yue's order, Zhao Lijun led the cavalry regiment and the warrior armored car to cross the Muling River and camp in Houshigou, which is about 10 kilometers away from the Muling River Railway Station, and if the war horse runs at full speed, it only takes 15 minutes to come back, so the safety of the cavalry regiment can be basically ensured.

After settling down, Zhao Lijun ordered the warrior car to hide and move, and sent two cavalry companies, scattered into platoons, to patrol within a radius of 30 kilometers, and once they found a small group of Russian troops, they immediately attacked. Inflict as many casualties as possible on the Russian army.