(There was a power outage for a day today, and the call just came, so it was late!) Zhao Yun, who had notified all the liaison stations to pay attention to the varieties in the fruit markets in various places, was actively researching and preparing to develop new markets, but was disturbed by the group of Soviet and Russian troops in Outer Mongolia.

Outer Mongolia in December was very cold, but it was not the worst for the Soviet Russian army that had almost run out of supplies.

The Soviet 5th Army was almost all composed of Russians in the Far East, Siberia and other places, and after the Outer Mongolian army sent troops into Siberia to make a big fuss, some differences began to appear within the 35th Infantry Division stationed in Kulen. And as time goes by, the logistics supply continues to be ineffective, and these differences are getting bigger and bigger!

The 35th Infantry Division was originally composed of nine regiments, but at this time there were only seven regiments and one division headquarters stationed in Kulen. The other two regiments, one stayed in Siberia and was annihilated by the Outer Mongolian Army, and the other stayed in the Western Mongolian Expeditionary Army as a logistical force, so in the snowy and isolated Outer Mongolia, this was already the largest army that the Russians could gather at this time.

"Good news!" The commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Neyman, gave a shot in the arm to many generals of the 103rd, 104th, and 105th Infantry Brigades: "In Kyakhta, 7,000 new reinforcements transferred from the Siberian Military District have been stationed. They left 2,000 men in Kyakhta to strengthen the local forces, and the rest of the troops marched to the aid of Chita and Kulen in two ways. In other words, our reinforcements are heading towards us with food and grass supplies. ”

"Ulla!" The command room immediately erupted in a shout of joy!

"The Russian army in Kyakhta sent a convoy of baggage to Kulen!"

"The Russian army in Kyakhta sent a convoy of baggage to Chita!"

Timur and Shubutai, who were sitting in Siberia and Outer Mongolia respectively, received news from the gray wolf Kelu.

However, the decision-making power of whether to fight or not is not in their hands, and finally Zhao Yun, who listened to the opinions of many parties, calculated and decided to intercept the reinforcements to Chita, add another fire in the chaotic Siberia, and create a crisis situation in Chita!

Sure enough, half a month later, this fire began to burn in Outer Mongolia and Siberia.

Although the west side of Chita was almost surrounded by sending troops, and all kinds of intelligence, neither the signal corps nor the military pigeons, could send information into the city, but as the center of the Far Eastern Republic, the city received the news that reinforcements were coming from the telegraph machine distributed from Moscow.

But even if they waited for the sight, they couldn't wait for the supplies they urgently needed.

And the Soviet Russian army in Outer Mongolia, after getting heavy supplies, the Kulen side began to no longer cower in the city, sharpening their knives and eager to try to the east, ready to fight a bloody road at any time to reinforce Chita!

"At the beginning of January, the 35th Infantry Division, Manchuria." After getting the information from Chita City, although there was only a small number, Zhao Yun immediately notified the relevant people, "The fish is hooked!" ”

"Yes! Master! Timur and Shubutai received Zhao Yun's instructions at the same time and made the final preparations before the war!

As early as the end of December, Timur had begun to gradually lead the Outer Mongolian troops south from Siberia and return to the Outer Mongolian camp for rest and replenishment.

The Ministry of Writing organized the Chechen Ministry to mobilize before the war, and Mongolian men from all families began to be drawn out, either as servant troops or preparing to guard the Chechen Ministry.

The gray wolf Kelu also began to send all kinds of gray wolves to come to Outer Mongolia for dinner, and the largest number of them were the local natives, Mongolian wolves.

The gray wolf is an ice age survivor that originated 300,000 years ago and is currently the largest member of the wild canine family in the world.

The Mongolian wolf is a subspecies of the gray wolf and is good at running fast and long distances. With brownish-yellow fur and a slightly whitish belly, it is smaller than the North American gray wolf, but it is more conducive to fast running, reaching speeds of up to 55 kilometers per hour. The body length of males (tail length) is generally about 1.5~1.7 meters, females are about 1.3~1.5 meters, and the average weight of males is 25~30 kg, and females are 20~30 kg. It can be difficult to deal with a heavily armed soldier alone, but they usually hunt large prey in groups.

The head and palate are pointed, the face is elongated, the nose is prominent, the ears are pointed and erect, the sense of smell is sensitive, and the sense of hearing is well developed. 4~5 toes on the forefoot, 4 toes on the hind foot; The claws are thick and blunt, not retractable or slightly retractable. The hair on the whole body is coarse and long, and the tail is hairy. Carnivorous, feeding on herbivores and rodents (voles). It is widely distributed in Inner and Outer Mongolia and is commonly known as the Chinese wolf.

Wolves are extremely social species. A typical pack of wolves is between 5 and 12 individuals, but can gather up to a group of around 40 in the cold winter, usually led by a dominant pair.

Wolves are territorial, and this territory is usually the range of their activities. The range of fields between groups does not overlap, and the range is announced to other groups with a howl.

At present, their number is about 40,000, and the Mongolian wolf was once endangered in later generations, because the wolf's fur is of good quality, and some of its organs can be used for medicine, so it was hunted in large numbers. However, with the protection and efforts of human beings, the number has recovered to about 4000~6000, and it is listed as a national second-class protected animal in China.

This time they will be on guard duty, as well as chasing down the fleeing enemy.

In the spring of 1922, the war did not wait for the snow to pass.

In January, the Russian army stationed in Kulen was ready to go to war, and marched through the snow to the Chechen Khan to open the route from Kulen to Manchuria. Eliminate the stronghold of the White Russian bandit army in the territory of China, Manchuria, support Chita from the flank. Of course, the official explanation given by the division commander Neiman is that only he and the three brigade commanders and several other high-ranking officials know that the decision to abandon Kulen is because Kulen, who has not been replenished with supplies for most of the winter, no longer has the conditions to hold on to help. There are not only the armies of the Soviet Russians in the city, but also the armies of various tribal forces in eastern Outer Mongolia, and with the shortage of materials in the city, the relationship between the parties has reached the point of tension. If you wait for another half a month, it is estimated that there will be no attack from the Chechen Ministry, and Kulen will have to fight a battle first. So there is only one way left for the division commander Neiman, to break through!

However, the breakthrough is not a rout, and the breakthrough also requires a strict plan. As the Russian army survived December, the Western Expeditionary Army into Mongolia also transferred back some troops and the main force of the Mongolian People's Party Army to join the army sequence of Kulen.

With this huge number of reinforcements, the number of Soviet-Mongolian troops in Kulen reached 29,000 people, 8,000 Soviet Russian troops, more than 20,000 Mongolian People's Party troops, pro-Russian Mongolian princely troops, Mongolian horse bandits in Outer Mongolia who were subdued by the Russians, and so on.

Of course, there is another account in the heart of Commander Neyman.

Neyman, commander of the 35th Infantry Division, had a shrewd political mind and a sharp strategic vision. Originally, the various ministries in Kulen City were not interested in the Chechen Ministry of the Eastern Expedition, and there were many voices opposing the war among the Inner Mongolian courtiers in Kulen City, including the current Mongolian prime minister.

This is because the Chechen Ministry used to support the independence of Outer Mongolia and belonged to the kind of powerful supporters. If it was defeated by the Russians, the throne of the Mongol emperor would be equivalent to breaking a foot.

However, Neiman saw through the inevitable relationship between the Chechen Ministry and the previous attacks, and decided to attack against public opinion. Of course, even if the Chechen Ministry has nothing to do with those attacks, they still belong to the hardcore royal faction, and it will be a big trouble to expel the Mongol emperor and implement the Soviet Russian system in the future.

At that time, whether the credit will still fall on his head, Neiman is not sure. By this time in distant Moscow, Lenin had already begun to hand over part of the power to his successor, Stalin. In Moscow, the struggle for power has been raging. If you don't seize this opportunity to make a lot of military achievements, you won't be a marshal in the future, and you won't know if you have your own place even if you are a general. According to reliable information from Moscow, next year the military department will reduce military spending and abolish several military regions, and there will definitely be more generals in time and space than those on active duty.

What is even more troublesome is that after the resurgence of the Siberian White Russian Army, although Neiman strongly opposed the return to the north, let his trip to Outer Mongolia end without a problem. However, Chita is the political and military center, and it must not be lost, and the Soviet Russian army entering Mongolia and the Soviet 5th Army are almost all composed of Russians in the Far East, Siberia and other places, and the delay in returning will also cause unstable military morale.

Seeing that his military exploits were not to mention the icing on the cake, and even the struggle in Outer Mongolia was about to turn into nothingness, Neiman had no choice but to plan for himself, and desperately chose to attack the Chechen department in the east and open up Manchuria. Think about why the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Division refused to return for a long time, isn't it because he is afraid of losing his military merits?

As for the news coming from the east, there is a large build-up of troops in the Chechen Ministry.

Neiman is also very attentive, as for how many people there are on the other side, because there are troops joining the camp of the Chechen Ministry one after another, so there is only an approximation. Some say there are 300,000, which is obviously a bit exaggerated. How many Mongols are there in Outer Mongolia? Some people speculate that there are 100,000 combat troops and 30,000 logistics troops based on the size of the Chechen camp, which is more than four times the advantage of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces.

This person was directly slapped in the mouth by Neiman, isn't this nonsense? Unless the teams from the three eastern provinces of China are drawn over, where can there be so many people?

But Neiman thought that even if they had so many people, they didn't take it to heart, and it was not that he had not fought with the Mongols after entering Mongolia, and the equipment of the Outer Mongolian soldiers determined their combat effectiveness, even if the warriors in various tribes did not have more than five times the number of troops, they could not shake the great Soviet Russian soldiers! This is no longer the era of bows and arrows!