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The thousands of troops who harassed the Japanese army were his special forces.

Song Laohu's troops have been following the Japanese army. Initially, before the start of the battle, his troops were arranged on the route where the Japanese army might flee south, and after waiting for a long time, it was indeed the Japanese army. The large army took a train to Lake Baikal and then changed buses to Ulaanbaatar. All the troops planned to rest in Ulaanbaatar for two days and move west into the intended battlefield.

The task of Song Laohu's troops was to harass the Japanese army, reduce the speed of the Japanese army's march, and prevent the Japanese army from going to Ulaanbaatar, so as not to cause harm to Outer Mongolia.

Today, Ulaanbaatar is still a very small city, with a population of less than 200,000, no temples in the city, and buildings with Soviet characters, although some merchants have added Chinese characters and Mongolian characters.

Surprisingly, the streets of Ulaanbaatar are full of shops selling liquor. In order to replenish supplies, he asked the logistics staff to buy dry food, canned dried meat, etc., but there was no one, and there were either candles or liquor in the store.

Soon, Song Laohu's troops ran out of food. The local government has a very good way to allocate a few flocks of sheep to them, and kill them when they eat them. Rushing with the flock of sheep undoubtedly reduced the speed of marching, Song Laohu ordered to kill a batch of sheep and cook them on his back. Afraid of bad smell? Add salt.

Song Laohu's command has been in front of the Japanese army, and now he has arrived at Mulun City, and after receiving the news of the encounter with the vanguard of the Japanese army, he immediately ordered Mulun City to retreat quickly, and he still has those 3,000 people in his hands, and he can't stop the Japanese army.

A local cadre was reluctant to retreat, so he asked, "How many people are there in the Japanese army?" ”

Song Laohu said: "Two hundred and fifty thousand." He didn't know the exact number, but according to the initial estimate of about 300,000, minus the number of Japanese attrition, plus the insurance factor, it was roughly like this.

When the local cadre heard this, his face turned white and he said, "Are they not leaving?" ”

Song Laohu said: "No, as long as everyone hides and doesn't let the Japanese army find food, they have to leave." ”

He didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he had to say this in order to let the cadres cooperate.

At this moment, the enthusiasm of the local cadres was aroused, and some cadres took their soldiers to the pastures with abundant water and grass, and told the herdsmen to drive their cattle, sheep and horses to retreat into the mountains.

At present, Outer Mongolia has implemented public ownership, and cattle and sheep are collective property. It is autumn now, it is a good season for livestock to get fat, and the herdsmen are reluctant to go, but fortunately, Song Laohu has brought many Mongolian cadres and can explain clearly.

Although Mulun City was originally a provincial capital in Outer Mongolia, it was a small town with only a few hundred households, and many old people were unwilling to retreat, and when all the retreats were completed, it was already night.

The next morning, the Japanese army set out from the camp and marched towards the city of Mulun. They hadn't had enough to eat for a long time, and the town ahead was their hope. Because there were no planes bombing for several days, the Japanese gradually forgot to be afraid, and formed a dense formation, running along the river valley, only thinking about moving forward.

On the top of the hill on the north side of the river valley, several soldiers dressed in khaki clothes were sending telegrams, and the telegraph operator finished receiving the telegram, translated it, and said: "The plane is dispatched, wait to see the show." ”

Before the words fell, the roar of the planes was already heard, and a dozen bombers, protected by several fighters, soon flew up to the river valley.

Thinking that the planes of the Northeast Coalition Army had arrived again, the Japanese army hurriedly scattered and hidden, hurriedly set up anti-aircraft machine guns, and prepared for air defense.

Several people shouted: "It's our plane, the plane of the Imperial Army." Everyone else saw the sign that the plane was down, relieved, and stood up one after another.

The planes circled over the team, flapping their wings as if to greet them.

The Japanese army regrouped, and a captain felt strange in his heart: the planes from North China came to reinforce him, why didn't he hear the brigade commander talk about it?

Looking up at the plane, I saw a corner of the sun flag logo under the wings of an airplane, which was blown away by the wind at once, and the five stars on a red background and yellow edges were exposed. This plane, one wing is the logo of the Japanese aircraft, and the other wing is the symbol of the Northeast Coalition Army.

The captain, who suddenly understood, shouted: "Enemy planes! Take cover! ”

Late, the plane began to drop bombs, and a few seconds later, the bombs exploded in the crowd.

The bombers dropped a round of bombs, the fighters began to strafe with machine guns, and the valley was full of Japanese troops hiding from the bombing.

A few minutes later, the plane was gone. The valley slowly returned to calm.

The plane flew from Ulaanbaatar. In order to increase the efficiency of the bombing, the fighters remembered the method of disguising themselves as Japanese planes, painting the emblems of Japanese planes on white cloth and tying them to their wings with ropes. This deception really worked, and the effect of this bombing was better than the previous ones.

The Japanese army finally arrived at Mulun City, only to see that Mulun City was similar in size to the Manchurian town, very quiet, and it seemed that there was no one, not even a dog barking. Since the Japanese army entered Outer Mongolia, as long as they heard a dog barking, they knew that there were people, because almost every house in Mongolia had dogs, and dogs were very fierce. Now, the dog doesn't bark, what does it mean? Empty city.

The vanguard entered the city, and the large army waited outside the city.

The large army waiting outside the city heard a few gunshots coming from the city, and they didn't pay much attention to it, because it was normal to go into the village and fire guns. After a while, the gunfire suddenly exploded in one place, and soon, the gunfire stopped.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the Japanese troops outside the city knew that something had happened to the Japanese troops entering the city.

The Japanese army attacked and entered the city, and there was nothing but the bodies found in the well. Searching for food, there is nothing at all, and there are no livestock.

After searching for half an hour, an elderly man was found at home on the street corner, and her family only had a little food. When robbing her of food, the old Mongolian lady did not do it and was killed.

Unable to find food, the Japanese army rested for the night, and the next day sent a small unit out of the city to look for food, and several small troops returned, some carrying the corpses of their partners, some carrying wounded soldiers, and some hitting wild beasts, and none of the small teams found the sheep.

The Japanese had no choice but to leave on the third day and continue on their way, hoping to find food on the way.

The journey out of the city was later referred to by Japanese historians as a journey of suffering. The herdsmen along the road have taken refuge, and they used to be able to find scattered homes, but on this section of the road, not a single family can be found, not a single sheep. There was only hunting, but there were many people and few prey, so in the end the horses were killed, and except for a few generals who also rode horses, the rest of the people went on foot.

The closer you get to Ulaanbaatar, the more planes are in the sky, and even the old planes with double wings are sorted. As long as it is daytime, there are planes that come to bomb and bomb without stopping.

Japanese historians say that on the road from Mulun to Ulaanbaatar, the bodies of soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army can be found almost every few steps.

The surviving Japanese veterans said that it was really unbearable to look back on this part of the journey. The officers tried their best to find the Mongolian herdsmen who were hiding, but the planes in the sky had already told the people on the ground their whereabouts, and the troops who went out to find cattle and sheep had almost no gain.

Despair is spreading, and many soldiers can't stand it and commit suicide, suicide, suicide.

When recalling the suicide, the surviving Japanese veterans had a look of fear on their faces. When the reporter asked if you had eaten the corpses of your comrades, the veteran hid his face and cried.