Chapter Ninety-Nine: Battle Report
After ending the contact with Kudryash, Zhao Yun once again took out the copied secret letter.
Staring at the above content, Zhao Yun frowned, "If this is true, I will have to go to Mongolia again!" โ
Why is Zhao Yun suspicious? This is also related to the fact that rumors are flying all over the sky now, and the information about Outer Mongolia is a British statement, a French statement, and the news that Zhao Yun's current dispatch personnel in Europe have received is still conflicting, and it is impossible to confirm each other at all. Now it seems that only by finding the parties can we get relevant and more accurate information.
The letter reads: In 1921, the Soviet 5th Army, the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic, and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army carried out defensive operations (May-June) and offensive operations (June-August) to crush the White Guards of General Wingalen von Sternberg.
In fact, long before the invasion of the Wenganlun army, the Provisional People's Government of Mongolia (at first glance, this product was a traitor) asked the Soviet government to send troops into Mongolia on April 10, 1921, under the pretext that it was to jointly fight against the White Guards, and actually bring Mongolia into the sphere of influence of Soviet Russia, so as to prepare for the next step of independence. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party decided to strengthen the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic and instructed the Assistant Commander-in-Chief, who was in charge of the Siberian region, to pay special attention to eliminating the threat of Winganlun.
Wen Ganlun is mostly in Mongolia this time, and with this instruction, the Siberian Military Region naturally has the holy decree of invading Mongolia!
As a result, the commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Neyman, Rokossovsky of the 35th Cavalry Regiment, and other units of the Soviet 5th Army, under the unified leadership of the commander of the 5th Army, Matyasevich, were formed into a task force and sent to deal with Winganlun.
From May 28 to June 12, units of the 35th Infantry Division, along with the Selenkinkin detachment, Choibalsan detachment, and the 104th Infantry Brigade, thwarted the White Guards' attempts to break through the railway along the left bank of the Selenga River in the area south of Zheltulinskaya and Bosisky, respectively. In the Troitskosavsk region, the cavalry regiments of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army led by Sukhbaatar routed a large detachment of the White Guards that was making a detour towards Kyakhta and Troitskosavsk.
Wen Ganlun's White Guards suffered heavy losses in this battle, abandoning most of their weapons and baggage, and retreating all the way to the Mongol hinterland.
This is Wen Ganlun's active attack, for their intention of this attack, Zhao Yun also analyzed it with Shao Laoer, the only one around him who can be discussed, on the map of Outer Mongolia obtained at a high price, Zhao Yun and Shao Laoer wrote and painted, and found that this Wen Ganlun's combat intention is to cut off the Circum-Baikal Railway, isolate the Far Eastern Republic from the Russian Federation, and then strangle the Far Eastern Republic.
But unexpectedly, the Mongolian People's Army, which was supported by the Soviet Russians, also joined the battle, and the Mongolian People's Army, which was large in numbers on the opposite side, Wen Ganlun's combat intentions completely failed.
As for the Far Eastern Republic, a country that Zhao Yun had never heard of, Zhao Yun only understood it after being introduced by someone from the Zhejiang Overseer's Office.
As for this Far Eastern Republic, it is said to be an independent state, but in fact it is nothing more than a puppet republic established by the Russian government in the Russian Far East and the region east of Lake Baikal in Siberia. The republic was established on April 6, 1920, and most of the area was the Chinese land that was ceded out by the Qing court that year, although it was nominally independent, but it was controlled by Soviet Russia, and the officials and army were copies of Soviet Russia, which could be incorporated into Soviet Russia at any time. It was able to exist mainly because Soviet Russia wanted to create a buffer zone between the Far East and the Japanese-occupied places such as Vladivostok (Vladivostok).
So seeing them wearing the same pants as Soviet Russia, the army did not have to feel any problem under Soviet control.
Let's put them aside first, and look at the analysis of the Soviet Russians on the Wen Ganlun army in May 1921, Zhao Yun couldn't help but shake his head, just this point of strength dared to enter the territory of Soviet Russia to fight, and it seems that the days of Baron Wen Ganlun were also under great pressure. Wen Ganlun's army has about 10,000 cavalry, which is relatively easy to get together in Mongolia, and 200 infantry, Zhao Yun doubts that this will be one less zero! However, there are so many people, and only 21 artillery pieces and 37 machine guns are cold enough!
But think that they are actually supported by the Japanese armed intervention army command in the Far East, it seems that they are also cannon fodder belonging to the kind of Japanese!
Poor fellow, but his actions provoked the Soviet army to have an excuse to invade Mongolia.
At the request of the Provisional People's Government of Mongolia and the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Soviet High Command gave the 5th Army the task of liberating Mongolian territory from the White Guard bandits in conjunction with the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army and helping the working people of the Far Eastern Republic to establish people's power in the country.
What a blatant lie, Lenin, the head of your family, said that the unequal contract that was originally signed should be abolished! I just heard the thunder, but I didn't see any movement. Now it's okay, I've sent troops to rob Outer Mongolia again.
According to the instruction of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Siberian garrison from 14 to 18 June, the organization, deployment, and campaign tasks of the Soviet Russian expeditionary force commanded by Neiman were stipulated.
The expeditionary force consisted of 7,600 infantry, 2,500 cavalry, 20 artillery pieces, 2 armored vehicles, and 4 aircraft.
But Zhao Yun was very skeptical of this figure, and some intelligence said that the Russian army that entered Outer Mongolia had reached 40,000 or 50,000.
All right! Zhao Yun calculated it himself, and this number is true! He just knocked out Rokossovsky's 35th Cavalry Regiment, a thousand old cavalry regiments, and two armored cars. The bits and pieces are not counted, and only one-tenth of the strength of their invading army has been knocked out.
"It's only a tenth! It seems that the future is uncertain! Zhao Yun couldn't help but worry about his form of combat in Outer Mongolia.
If you say that Zhao Yun is 100% sure of this battle, then Zhao Yun can sue you now, no!
Why? 80,000 cavalry can't do it, 10,000 horses?
If you just look at the number jรน on paper, it will definitely be able to be pushed down, but it will consume more, but if you really fight, these are people not counting, waiting for you to cut, they will move, and once the war is unfavorable, there will be a steady stream of troops in Siberia to drive, don't forget that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and the military strength is not only 80,000 people!
And on Zhao Yun's side, there is not even a shadow of the Beiyang Army at present, which means that except for those wavering Mongolian nobles on the grassland, Zhao Yun is fighting alone! I don't even have a friend!
That night, after nine o'clock, Kudryash came with the latest news.
I heard this from a captain who had just gone to carry out an order for the Siberian Military District, and this captain was also a person close to Kudryash, and he should have received the most authentic first-hand information. However, it is not good news, this time the Soviet Russian army carried out a "decapitation" tactic against Mongolia.
The offensive began on 27-28 June.
The commander of the 5th Russian Cavalry Division, Pisarev, commanded the main force in the center, the 5th Cavalry Division, the 103rd Brigade of the 35th Infantry Division and the Mongolian cavalry regiments, carried out an offensive along the Mamaicheng (Altan Prague)-Kulen (Ulaanbaatar) road, and directly penetrated into the Mongolian political center.
The right flank was supported by the 105th Infantry Brigade attached to the 35th Cavalry Regiment (that is, the cavalry regiment that was later destroyed by Zhao Yun), the Xie Jingjin Cavalry Guerrilla Detachment and the Choibalsan Cavalry Detachment, and the left flank was supported by the 2nd Sredensk Cavalry Brigade.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic, Blyukhel, on June 29, the 1st Troitskosavsk Cavalry Brigade was tasked with cutting off the enemy line of communication on the Kulen-Kruren River. Due to the distance from the supply base, the scorching heat of the steppe, the exhaustion of the sun on the steppe, and the lack of transportation, food, and drinking water, the expeditionary force fought for about 350 kilometers in ten days and liberated Kulen on 6 July.
"The 1st Cavalry Brigade? 2nd Cavalry Brigade? 5th Cavalry Division? "Zhao Yun knew from hearing these names that there were definitely more than 2,500 cavalry this time! There are nearly 1,000 cavalry in one cavalry regiment, and those two cavalry brigades, no matter how bad they are, must have 4,000 Russian cavalry!
In Zhao Yun's eyes, the Russian cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry are two different concepts, and it can be seen from the previous battles that the Mongolian cavalry can be fought for, and the Soviet Russian cavalry will never surrender if they don't kill them!
"That's so much!" Zhao Yun has a headache now!
However, the troublesome Wen Ganlun escaped, and there is no news of him for the time being.
He did not flee when Kulen was captured, but led about 4,000 cavalry, 6-8 artillery pieces, and 18-20 machine guns to a place 75 kilometers away from the Soviet border, and only after three days of fierce fighting did he get rid of the pursuit. But a few days later, he did the opposite, and on July 24, along the valley of the Jeddah River, he again counterattacked the Russian army, and invaded the area north of Lake Gusinoye.
This time he lost even more! Two big defeats in a row caused his men to begin to split, and his closest assistant Lezukhin was killed by his Cossacks, and he also began his journey to the outlaw. However, Zhao Yun is very optimistic about him, according to the gossip that Kudryashna got, his side has been "stumbled" by Soviet and Russian agents, and he is not an uncle who pulls the lamp, so he will definitely not be able to escape.
However, Zhao Yun still agrees with his combat intentions, if the connection between Siberia and Mongolia is not severed, the Soviet Russian army in Mongolia will only gather more and more, and it will become more and more difficult to fight.
Of course, if it was not in Outer Mongolia, but in Western Siberia, Zhao Yun would have hoped that there would be more and more of them, and then grind them to death, but now he was fighting on the land of Outer Mongolia, and Zhao Yun was unwilling to destroy this place, and even some industrial cities in Eastern Siberia were unwilling to destroy. Why? You know why!
(It's New Year!) How do you feel so busy! ๏ผ