The sky in Mongolia is incomparably clean and wide, and cattle and sheep should be everywhere in the steppe in early summer, but there are no herdsmen grazing at Nomenkan at this time, only a group of Mongolian cavalry gathered in a camp, and some cavalry can be seen patrolling from time to time.

This is the sixth division of the Mongolian cavalry, the division of Sha Ribu, he grew up on horseback since he was a child, he is still very new to science and technology, so looking at the Soviet radio corps, he is still full of curiosity and fear, in order to better control Mongolia, the Soviet Union has sent instructors and technicians in many technical arms of the Mongolian army for guidance and monitoring.

"The 57th Army is calling, they are preparing to send troops, let us hold out until July 1, they will send the air force to help us fight." The communications soldier said to Sharib in Russian.

Sharibu was originally the leader of a tribe, and in order to trade with merchants, Sharibu was very familiar with both Chinese and Russian, and even spoke a few words in Japanese.

"Very good, tell the 57th Army that we will hold at the foot of Mount Hamar, please come to support as soon as possible." After Sharibu finished speaking, he smiled at several Mongolian officers next to him, "It's okay now, with the support of the 57th Group Army, we will definitely have no problems." ”

An officer said ha, "That is, the conspiracy of the Japanese imperialists will definitely not succeed, but we will have to defend for a week, and the Japanese army will definitely take the opportunity to attack desperately." ”

Sha Ribu said without much thought, "Now our two armies are facing each other across the river, no matter who strikes first, it is easy to be attacked by Bandu, and Japan has not declared war on us, I think this time it is just a relatively large friction, and in the end it is likely to become a negotiation to solve the problem, and then whoever actually controls more places will take advantage, so that our three regiments are separated, one regiment goes to Bayinchagan Mountain on the left, one regiment goes to Sumu Burinchagan Lake on the right, and another battalion is sent to the Guogul Aobao Heights, The rest of the people stayed here and tried to ensure that they were not encroached upon by the Japanese army. ”

"Isn't that too much of a distributed? We don't have many troops. Someone said worriedly.

"Don't worry, our cavalry comes and goes like the wind, the Japanese army is coming, we can't beat it, as long as we can hold on, it's decided." Sha Ribu said confidently.

-- Beiping

When King Minoru Higashikuremiya got the conflict between Mongolia and the Mongolian army might have to reduce the number of troops participating in the North China Sweep, he couldn't laugh bitterly.

He said to Chief of Staff Yamashita Fengfumi: "At this time, the troops were dispatched to deal with the Soviet Union, and the time was too good, the troops we swept were not enough, but now they have been reduced, and I am really worried that in the end, all the Eighth Route Army will go to Suiyuan." ”

Yamashita Fengwen took a report and said, "Your Excellency the commander, you can rest assured, because of this conflict, the Kwantung Army is preparing to add additional troops into Mongolia, Suiyuan, Chahar and other places, and a large number of aviation troops will also join the operation. ”

"Oh? Let me see, well, the Kwantung Army is really cautious, is the Soviet Army really so terrible? I've also seen the soldiers of Tsarist Russia in Europe, and they are just a bunch of farmers compared to the samurai of the Empire. King Minoru Higashikunomiya touched his beard as he spoke, and said, "With so many troops to support you, what is the situation in the battle?" ”

"A battle report from the air force has just come that the Soviet planes are not the opponent of our 97 fighters at all, and the planes of our army are still less than those of the Soviet Union, which is a big victory." Yamashita Fengwen said with some doubts, "But the strange thing is that the planes that the Soviet Union supported to the Eighth Route Army have not yet appeared, I don't know why, they may want to concentrate the elite and finally give us a ruthless one." ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace touched his beard and said approvingly, "Very likely, this is indeed a good tactic, leave the Mongolian affairs to the Kwantung Army, if we remove the troops required to withdraw from the Mongolian army, how many troops can we put in this sweep?" ”

Yamashita Fengfu led King Minoru Higashikure to the map and said, "Your Excellency Commander, please see, this is the map, we plan to invest a total of 87 brigades drawn from seven divisions and 8 divisions of the Imperial Army, totaling about 300,000 people, mainly in the brigade as a unit, and our battle plan is to take three steps."

The first step was to separate the Taihang Mountains from the North China Plain, and use pillboxes, fortifications, and trenches as means to completely isolate the Taihang Mountains.

In the second step, with the brigade as a unit, the three brigades covered each other, and alternately attacked and swept the way Taihang Mountain was divided, divided into three sections: Shanxi, Hebei, and Beiping.

The third part is to completely wipe out the troops of the Eighth Route Army of Taihang Mountain in Hebei and Beiping, block the exit of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, and let the Imperial Association Army be stationed at various points in Taihang Mountain, and our army will return to the plain to prepare for the next step of the plain sweeping operation.

The whole operation will take about three months, and the time is scheduled to begin on 15 July, and now most of the troops are in place and ready to attack, and in addition, the Central China side will also provide air forces as our covering force. ”

King Minoru of the Higashikure Palace nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, approaching step by step, tightly linked, not impatient, punctual and steady as Mount Tai, attacking like a tiger, Yamashita Jun, you can become a commander." ”

Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly said modestly, "You are too high-spirited, and your subordinates are afraid." ”

King Minoru of the East Kyure Palace waved his hand to show that he didn't care, touched his beard and said, "We can't just look at the Eighth Route Army, there are still a large number of troops from Chongqing in Hebei, Shandong and other places, right?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen nodded and said, "That's right, and there are quite a few of them, they all occupy some towns and villages, and they are stubbornly resisting the imperial army." Due to the rapid development of the Eighth Route Army in North China, many of them were very disgusted with the Eighth Route Army, and their subordinates also thought that they could use it. ”

King Minoru Higashikure's eyes quickly turned a few times and said, "I think we can make a divisive plan, in this way, this operation should be carried out with great fanfare, and tell everyone that our operation is to cooperate with the Nanjing government, only fight the Red Party troops, not the Chongqing Front, as long as the national army does not attack us, we will not only not attack them, but also give benefits, money!" Woman! I will give them whatever they want, and I will also win them over to attack the Red Eighth Route Army, and we must win them over to provide us with information, and it is still the most effective person to deal with the Chinese people. ”

Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly clapped his hands and said, "Your Excellency Commander, this attack is clever, and the national army will definitely be fooled." ”

-- Taiyuan

Mr. Zhu put down the telegram and said with a smile: "It's the same as we expected, this little devil is still in contact with the Soviet Union." ”

Zuo Quan filled in some of the latest information on the map and said, "It's all the credit of the intelligence department, the Japanese army will not be the opponent of the Soviet army, and when the Japanese army is defeated, our army can take advantage of the weakness and attack Suiyuan." ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "This is naturally the best, but it cannot be ruled out that the Japanese army will win, we have to make two copies of the plan, what if the Japanese army loses, and what if it wins." ”

Zuo Quan replied, indicating that he understood.

After speaking, Mr. Zhu said to Mr. Peng next to him, "This is information from the intelligence department, the devil has prepared plans and troops, and is ready to give us a big sweep." ”

Mr. Peng snorted, "Who sweeps and who doesn't know, Taihang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, do they say that it can be cut off?" However, just in case, I think it is best that we also prepare troops, and we can go out to rescue Taihang Mountain at any time. ”

Mr. Zhu agreed, "Yes, is this a defeat and then a victory?" ”

-- Mongolian steppe

Sharibu waited for four days, and found that the Japanese army did not move, except for a few planes falling from time to time in the sky, the whole battle situation was quiet as if it was on vacation, Sharibu became more and more convinced that the Japanese army was actually not prepared, and this time it was just a big friction.

As soon as this person relaxed, he wanted to have some fun, Sha Ribu's hand involuntarily touched the wine jug next to him, as an athlete on the grassland, this day without wine is really difficult.

"Report to the division commander, the Soviet army is calling, their vanguard, an armored reinforced battalion is still a day away, let's be prepared." The communications soldier said as he handed the telegram to Sharibu.

Sha Ribu saw it, and said with great confidence in his heart, "Okay, wow, this is much faster than I thought, send a telegram to all troops, and let all departments draw half of their troops to move closer to me tomorrow, and prepare to counterattack back." ”

After issuing the order, Sharibu found his own soldiers again and said, "Our Soviet friends are coming soon, they like to drink the most, go and prepare some wine immediately, well, it can't be too bad, so after finding it, send some wine to my tent." ”

When Sharibu saw a plump Mongolian woman coming in with a pot of wine in the evening, his eyes lit up, and he said that his personal soldiers would do things.

And only twenty or thirty miles away from the Sharibu camp, a Japanese army was advancing rapidly.

This Japanese army, which was a small force, consisting of more than 600 cavalry and more than 20 armored vehicles and tanks, did not hesitate to move, and at a glance it was clear that they had been prepared.

Dong Babaizang was the commander of this unit, which was a mixed unit of cavalry wings and tank squadrons, and the target was the division headquarters of the 6th Cavalry Division of the Mongolian Army.

"Twenty miles from here to camp, and now it's getting dark, shall we rest?" It was a Mongolian who spoke, and he wiped the sweat from his face and asked Dong Babaizang.

Dong Babaizang took the binoculars and looked at it, shook his head and said, "The soldiers are very fast, we are very dangerous here, the best way is to destroy the enemy army as quickly as possible, continue to move forward, and do not stop!" After speaking, he patted the Mongolian on the shoulder and said, "Hold on, you provided information in a timely manner this time, and after you go back, we will let King De reward you heavily." ”

When the man heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "It is right to serve the imperial army, please continue to follow me." ”

Sha Ribu's barracks was already in chaos at this time, the upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked, Sha Ribu himself drank in the tent for fun, and the people below followed suit, some also secretly drank wine, some gambled, some wrestled, so it was not lively, and the cavalry who should have gone out to patrol also went out perfunctory and went out casually and hurried back to have fun.

Sha Ribu was lying on the bed, holding the beauty in his arms, his face was flushed after passion, and then he heard in a daze that there seemed to be some noise outside.

"These little bunnies, sheer sheep again!" As he spoke, he remembered to scold, and felt a little dizzy, and then he was hugged by the beauty in his arms, and suddenly he had no strength again, and said, "That's it, it's so late, let's talk about it tomorrow, beauty, let's be happy again." ”

Dong Babaizang lay in the grass and looked at the chaotic barracks, and said with great joy, "God help me, order the cavalry to be in front, and the armored troops to be behind, and the cavalry will immediately set fire to their headquarters after entering the barracks!" ”

The Japanese cavalry cautiously approached the Mongolian military camp, the horse's legs were tied with cotton cloth to reduce the sound, the Mongolian sentry who was dozing suddenly felt that there seemed to be some dark shadows in the distance, and thought it was a wolf pack, and was not afraid, and threw a torch into the distance, and the torch flew around, just illuminating the figure of the Japanese cavalry.

"It's cavalry!! Enemy attack! Ah~" As soon as the sentry shouted, he was shot dead by the Japanese cavalry on the guard tower, and a few lassos lassoed around one end of the antlers, and when they pulled and pulled, the antlers flew up.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!! Kill!! Dong Babaizang shouted excitedly, and took the lead in rushing into the barracks, holding a saber in one hand and a pistol in the other, and killed anyone he saw. The cavalry also rushed to kill in the same way, many people took out torches and lit them, and threw them into the tents, and some lucky people found the accumulation of forage for the Mongolian army, which made the fire even more vigorous.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The mortars carried by the Japanese cavalry began to exert their power, and they opened fire at the depths of the Mongolian military camp, and no matter what they hit, as long as they could cause chaos, the Japanese armored vehicles also started, and they crashed into the Mongolian military camp, and the machine guns fired wildly, and from time to time they fired at those guard towers, and within a few minutes, the Mongolian military camp had been beaten into a mess.

Sha Ribu sat up in a daze, listened to the chaos outside, and scolded, "Why did it make such a fuss, the little rabbit cubs are fighting again." ”

As he spoke, he walked out with a gun in his breath, and was surprised to find that there were gunshots and shouts of killing everywhere.

"Division commander, it's not good, the Japanese army is coming in, we can't resist it, let's run." An officer saw Sha Ribu and hurriedly ran to say.

"What's going on? How did the Japanese army suddenly arrive? Did it fly? Sha Ribu asked in disbelief, a stray bullet hit Sha Ribu's side, startling him, he didn't ask anymore, and rode the horse brought by his own soldiers next to him and prepared to run.

Before he could move, he heard the sound of a motor behind him, and Sha Ribu watched in amazement as a Japanese armored vehicle pressed over his tent, machine gun pointed at him.

Sha Ribu pulled out his saber and cut it at the armored car, the Japanese armored car was the 94 tank, and the weak armor was really cut into Sha Ribu's treasure knife, Sha Ribu was also stunned, he just wanted to resist, but he didn't expect this to be the result. He'd cut down Soviet tanks before, but he'd never been there.

The Japanese soldiers in the car looked at the blade exposed next to their seats, swallowed their saliva, and faced Sha Ribu is a shuttle, Sha Ribu was shot several times, and fell to the ground in pain and struggled for a while before moving again. (To be continued.) )