The grassland in July, although it is also summer, is cool and breezy, the sky is high and refreshing, quite like the ancient "Song of the Ele" described in the "sky like a dome, covering the four fields." The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. "Feelings.

But in this beautiful grassland, the clouds of war are slowly approaching.

Zhao Yun and Shao Lao Er took a transport plane to the fourth camp in Outer Mongolia.

On the plane, Zhao Yun began to check the situation in Outer Mongolia, and the situation has not been very good recently.

The so-called Asian cavalry division led by Baron Engean, who entered Outer Mongolia to make trouble, was scared to death, but there were only 800 people.

Moreover, in the first few collisions with the Mongol army, there were many folds, and in February, the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party attacked Kyakhta, where the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party is located, and then the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

After June, at the invitation of the Mongolian People's Government, the Russian army dispatched the 5th Army (with a regiment of cavalry) and the 5th Cavalry Division to enter Outer Mongolia to assist the Mongolian People's Party troops in eliminating Baron Engen's troops.

Baron Ungean was caught by the Soviet-Mongolian alliance and forced to withdraw from Kulen, and was recently betrayed by his former Mongol followers to the Soviet army, and was about to be taken to Novosibirsk to be executed.

Information on the Soviet army collected from Europe also came along. The official name of the Russian state at this time was set as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Soviet Russia.

In the spring of 1920, the Soviet army had 228,000 cavalry troops. Because of economic problems, from the end of 1920, the Soviet army had to significantly reduce its armed forces. The cavalry force was reduced to 126,000 men. In April 1921, it was further proposed to reduce the number to 100,000.

Since the civil war in the Soviet Union was characterized by a large combat space and mobility, cavalry divisions were the main arms of the army during this period. Cavalry with a high degree of rapid force and great assault power, it has a heavy tactical and strategic significance for the campaign. There is also a vast space in the grasslands and Gobi of Outer Mongolia, and the cavalry still has a great terrain advantage here. And not only here, the entire north of the Yellow River is basically this kind of open terrain, which is extremely suitable for cavalry use, and in the future, it is suitable for the use of tanks, and only after crossing the Yellow River can there be some differences in terrain.

In recent years, the Soviet army has also made some adjustments to the cavalry, dividing the cavalry into: divisional cavalry - cavalry regiments (battalions) of each infantry division and cavalry companies of independent infantry brigades; Cavalry of the army group - separate cavalry brigades and cavalry divisions; Strategic cavalry - separate cavalry corps and cavalry army groups.

The establishment of the cavalry division: under the jurisdiction of 3 cavalry brigades (2 regiments), 1 cavalry artillery battalion, 1 communications company and 1 cavalry engineer company, there are several artillery pieces. It should be said that this kind of establishment basically conforms to the nature of cavalry operations and ensures the mobility and surprise attack required by the cavalry. If such cavalry broke through to the northern boundary of the Yellow River, there was basically no team to resist. And the biggest problem at present is that there is still a warlord melee in China, and there is a lot of artillery fire, so it is no wonder that the Russians do not take the Beiyang government seriously.

To deal with cavalry, there is only cavalry. This truth was well known in the Han Dynasty.

Judging from the current situation, this 5th cavalry division should have 4,000 cavalry, 6,000 horses, 12 artillery pieces, and 200 machine guns, and the Soviets used Caucasian sabers, about 91 centimeters long.

plus a cavalry regiment under the 5th Group Army, which means that Zhao Yun has to face at least about 6,000 cavalry this time, this battle is not easy to fight! In the vast prairie, if you want to fight them, you must first find them!

If they spread too widely, they will eat them, and if they don't, they won't be found at all. Although 70,000 or 80,000 people seem to be a lot, once they are dispersed, they will not be able to form a superior force for the opponent to encircle and annihilate.

Moreover, the intelligence also specifically mentioned that the Soviet army was equipped with a weapon that was both offensive and defensive, and the four-wheeled machine gun carriage drawn by four horses.

"Machine gun carriage? That's a bit of a hassle! "The plan never changes quickly, and the main force of cavalry prepared by Zhao Yun to deal with the Soviet army is the wind cavalry, which is fast but can only attack in close quarters. If the opponent has a powerful machine gun, it will be very difficult to deal with. Especially the information of 200 machine guns, Zhao Yun was nervous when he saw it.

Fortunately, I have the intelligence of the British, and it seems that the seniors of MI 007 are also working very hard.

If they do, can't they make it themselves? The elite Korean (Goryeo) chariot produced from the castle, two horses pulled a carriage with ballistas in it.

The ballistas on it were replaced and two Machink were installed, which was absolutely powerful. However, for the sake of emergencies on the battlefield, there are still some North Korean (Goryeo) elite combat vehicles that have not been reloaded, anyway, the ballistas are also shooting far away, and the power is acceptable, so I will try to use them first.

Forty vehicles were produced in one go, half and half of the original and reloaded, and the number of Soviet equipment is unknown, and Zhao Yun can only try it first.

The Fokker fighters in Outer Mongolia were sent to the Soviet army.

Now I am waiting for news from the Soviet army, but just waiting at home is not Zhao Yun's style, and he still left a rifle team and three mountain infantry teams in the camp like last time.

The camp consisted of twenty cavalry and a medical team, as well as twenty teams of all Mongol cavalry archers and wind cavalry, and took the group, which was composed entirely of paladins, and began to cross the Krulun River diagonally towards the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

As soon as the river was crossed, all the wind cavalry in the team were scattered by Zhao Yun, these wind cavalry are the best scouts, some situations may not be clear in the sky, the wind cavalry is just to make another trip. Moreover, there are 80,000 wind cavalry in the parchment scroll on Zhao Yun's body, and the troops are rich, if there is any emergency, the heavy version of the wind cavalry paladin is still there, so he can also use the men and horses in his hands extravagantly and wastefully.

On the way, the Soviet army did not meet, the Mongolian People's Party army met a team, and after following for a while, the wind cavalry carried out a siege, and after fighting two wind cavalry wounded, they captured this team of ten people. Look at them like signal soldiers.

This team was handed over to the medical team, which not only healed the wounds, but also had a special skill of "persuasion".

If the captives are handed over to the monks, the monks will slowly carry out ideological influence on them, eliminate the negative influences and some negative thoughts on their bodies, and make people settle. For example, eat well, sleep well, and work vigorously.

But if you are not with the monks for a long time, these benefits will slowly fade, and if you are affected by other negative factors, there is a possibility of rebellion, so Zhao Yun can only send the captives to the monks to receive probation, and the time of probation is determined according to personal faith and loyalty. In the future, after a long-term probation, Zhao Yun will still be able to have a servant cavalry by his side.

From the kraft bag they carried, Zhao Yun found a letter, but unfortunately it was written in Mongolian, and Zhao Yun couldn't read it. The last Mongolian translator followed the prince's army away, and in this era, those who can understand both languages are intellectuals, and they can't understand without a translator, and they are about to put it away, when the heroic figure on the side, Timur, spoke, "Master, can you let me see?" ”

This is the first time that the production unit in the camp has spoken to itself, Zhao Yun was very surprised, at first he thought that they couldn't speak, and handed Wen Jiàn over, Zhao Yun began to take a good look at this hero. Originally, after sending him, I forgot about him and used him as an ordinary puppet, but now it seems that the hero-level is really good.

"This is a letter of peace to Kulen, Kulen was captured, many Mongol princes did not want to accept the rule of the Russians, and were ready to flee to Inner Mongolia, in front of Hal Arag, there were 1,000 Soviet troops and 2,000 Mongolian People's Party troops, their task was to block the exit of the princes from all over the country to Inner Mongolia." Timur directly conveyed the meaning to Zhao Yun, "Our original team stationed there was routed by the Soviet army, and now it is moving closer to the direction of the camp. However, because I didn't dare to march in a straight line and expose the route of the march, it took some time. The local Soviet commander did not want to stay there, and was ready to wait for their infantry to arrive, and the Mongolian People's Party army would defend it with the infantry, and go and lead his troops to attack Sayin Shanda, which was still in the hands of the Mongol princes. ”

There's material! It seems that learning a foreign language is quite correct!

"All the army marches on, Hal Arag!" All the wind cavalry who were wandering outside began to return to the team, but the plane in the air still sailed as usual, Zhao Yun went to make other people's dumplings this time, not by others.

Several transport planes returned to camp instead, loaded with the Miè destroyers, this time requiring their powder kegs to make cameos for aerial bombs.

However, it is not far from the grassland to see the map, but it is still necessary to run for a day to actually go at a speed of 60 yards.

As for the wind cavalry, Zhao Yun used to hide it in Jiangnan, and in addition to the armor, the clothing was also simplified as much as possible, so as not to be seen differently, which can be described as a simplified version of the wind cavalry. But this time, in order to meet the requirements of actual combat, the wind cavalry produced by Zhao Yun in Outer Mongolia dealt with Russian cavalry, and maybe even Cossacks, so the simplified version could not be fully adapted, so all the full versions were produced.

When you look at the insignia of the Polish Panzer Forces from World War II, you will find an almost vertical, slightly curved abstract wing, which is reminiscent of the glorious Polish military tradition from which the emblem is derived, as the huge wings made of wooden frames and feathers were once the symbol of the Polish hussars.

Yes, the wind cavalry is actually the hussar, the Polish hussars originated in Hungary, but they are different from the Hungarian cavalry in that they combine the cavalry elements of Eastern and Western Europe, and are no longer just lightly armed skirmishers defined by the European light cavalry, they are both heavy cavalry and light cavalry, with conical hats on their heads, and their armor is solid and fast and light.

The cavalry spear is their basic weapon, and unlike the heavy cavalry lance, this cavalry lance is the same thickness at the front and back, similar to the cavalry lance of the Song Dynasty, when charging, the cavalry spear is either mounted on the gap deliberately left by the shield, or held as such, "half above the horse's ears".

The shields they use are typical of rondaches, made of wood and painted with black and red stripes.

The sabers used were of the Hungarian type, and most of them were inserted in large scabbards covered with gold and silver. The stirrup is also different, the whole stirrup is almost circular in shape, with a small ball underneath. The spurs have a strange appearance, being attached to the boots with a large piece of metal covering the rider's feet. Their horses are adorned with an eagle's wing, a real eagle's wing, and the eagle's wing is used to boast of their elite status.

In Europe, hussars were often formed into squadrons of 150 to 200 men, arranged in two knee-to-knee columns, and their superior equestrian skills allowed them to charge in dense formations, and the long cavalry spears guaranteed to pierce the opponent first, so that the huge impact brought a devastating blow to the enemy. After the charge, they use swords or firearms to enter the melee. The cuirassiers and carbines of that era in Western Europe were too accustomed to the rigid tactics of constantly riding in front of the formation to fire firearms, and then galloping back to the rear of the squadron to reload, and the desperate charge of the hussars always crushed them.

The hussars have the speed of light cavalry, and can also launch a regular cavalry charge and are armed with a pistol by Zhao Yun, although it is inferior to the horse pistol, but once it is close, the rate of fire is incomparable.

This was better suited to the medieval heavy cavalry, which was heavily armored from head to toe and heavily armed with spears, and was better suited for pursuit and combat in the vast grasslands divided by swamps and rivers. Of course, if it is used to charge the battle, Zhao Yun still thinks that it is better to use heavy cavalry, but this also requires the other party to provide opportunities!

It was the cavalry regiment under the 5th Army, the commander of which Rokossovsky was stationed in the city. I was very angry when I took the order to be stationed. I arrived here first as a cavalryman, and when the infantry arrived behind, I could go out to "hunt".

But the days of waiting are hard, and now I am in the city every day, and I feel like I am about to get moldy.

Now I have just had lunch, and the group leader who is idle and hurts can only take a nap in the quilt.

"Report!" The guards walked in!

"What's the matter?" Rokossovsky asked sleepily, didn't he say that there was nothing to bother?

"Fifteen miles to the east, a caravan of horses, numbering about a thousand people, is rapidly approaching us."

"Where is the team, is it the Mongolian People's Party army?" As soon as he heard that it was a military situation, the momentum of the soldiers was revealed.

It's a good thing to have a battle, but it's better to ask clearly, last time it was such an oolong, and it didn't take long for me to hear the horse team approaching, thinking it was the reinforcements of the Mongolian princes, and they could fight a good battle, and they ran out to know that it was a friendly army, and the battle became a welcome.

"No, our sentries leaned in to inspect and they shot them away. They were armed with a large number of bows and arrows, like the armies of the Mongol princes. The guard just finished speaking.

Rokossovsky jumped for joy, his favorite is such a team, not even equipped with a carbine, each time with a small casualty can bring a lot of merit, "Lads, here comes the medal!" Hurry up and prepare your weapons, this time it is the team of the Mongol princes, they must be trying to pass through us to reach Inner Mongolia. Let's intercept them! Go ahead and prepare! ”

What a pity! The team that came this time was indeed not much different from the team of ordinary Mongolian princes in terms of clothing, but the strength was very terrifying.

More than ten miles, it doesn't look far on the grassland, and when the Soviet guards reported to their regimental commander, the cavalry troops led by Zhao Yun could already clearly see the walls of Har Ailag.