The clear Tula River flows slowly, revealing the beauty of this steppe city. More than 200 years ago, the living Buddha of the Mongolian Kirk tribe, Jebtsundamba, lived here. In the forty-third year of Qianlong, Jebtsundamba set up a city defense in his station, named Kulun, which means a grassland enclosed by a fence. Before the fall of the Qing court, it was under the jurisdiction of the Qing court's general Uriya Sutai.

At present, the Mongolian princes in the Outer Mongolian steppe saw the newly rising Chinese Empire, especially the rapid fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the defeat of the Western coalition army, while the princes of Inner Mongolia submitted to the Chinese Empire one after another, and the nobles headed by Jebtsundamba were subordinate. The mind also came alive. As for the dream of trying to establish a great Mongolian state, it has long been thrown out of the clouds.

Survival in the predicament is the first element, after all, the powerful Russian army is entrenched in the steppe, and the living Buddha himself, including the princes, try to get in touch with the Chinese Empire, and temporarily restrain them, they have to wait and see the battle situation and wait for a favorable situation to appear.

The headquarters of the Russian army in the Outer Mongolian Grassland is located in Kulen, because Kulen is located in the middle of the Outer Mongolian Grassland, which is in an excellent location. In addition, Kulun's proximity to the Russian border makes it easy to maintain contact with the country. In recent years, the Russians have built a lot of buildings in Kulun, and a large number of Russian-style buildings have appeared in the city of Kulun, which can completely show the ambition of the Russians to plot the steppe of Outer Mongolia.

Frankly, the Russians were not worried about the Chinese army's large-scale attack on the Outer Mongolian steppe, and although the Kosako cavalry suffered losses in Chinese mainland, they were not injured. The Russians believed that they were capable of holding back the Chinese army in the steppe, and given the strategic position of the Outer Mongolian steppe, the Outer Mongolian steppe must not be abandoned by the Russians.

Although Tsarist Russia was pressured to abolish serfdom, the effects of serfdom remained deeply rooted. The traditional institutions of Tsarist Russia still played a huge role.

As a result, the Russian Tsar's ability to mobilize for war was far smoother than that of the Western countries, and the number of soldiers in the Russian army to the Far East has now reached 1.5 million. At present, the Russian railway has been laid to Irkutko. As a result, the ability to increase troops to the Far East has been greatly strengthened. In addition, the tsar planned to deploy 3 million troops in the Far East, with the intention of attacking the Chinese Empire in the future, and the Russians wanted to obtain the maximum war dividends.

For a long time, the Western shijie has always despised the Russians, and even regarded the Russians as barbarians, excluded from the Western civilization. This time Russia had the honor of joining the Western war group. For the Russians, it is simply unwanted. The key is that Western countries give full support to Russia, and money, a large amount of industrial equipment is constantly being shipped to Russia. It has injected a strong impetus into the closed and backward Russia, so the Russians will go all out into this protracted war.

At this moment, the command of the Russian army in Kulen, the commander of the Russian army is full of confidence. The commander took office at the beginning of the year. His name is Dakov. The guy is about 50 years old. He is a majestic figure and a very burly man. His hair was hairy but thick, and the mustache on his lips was neatly groomed. At this time, Dakov stared at the military map and pondered. He already knew the news that the Chinese army had entered Outer Mongolia in two ways, but what puzzled him was that the Chinese army that entered the grassland was actually infantry.

The Chinese army's move was simply an insult to himself and the Kossako cavalry, but Dakov did not act rashly against the treachery of the Chinese army. To this end, it concentrated 80,000 Kosako cavalry, with the aim of waiting for the Chinese army to stretch the battle line and eat the right-wing Chinese army that entered the Outer Mongolian steppe in one fell swoop. Dakov sent reconnaissance troops to reconnoiter repeatedly. Pay close attention to the movements of the Chinese army. The target on the right flank of the Chinese army was Sain Shanda, which made him overjoyed.

You must know that the conditions of Sainshanda are harsh. Water was scarce, so he decided to surround the Chinese army at Sainshanda in order to annihilate it. However, he did not expect that the Chinese army changed its subordinates and actually bypassed Saiyin Shanda to go to the sweet water well, which disrupted his deployment. There was also a point that the Chinese army was advancing very slowly, which made him very anxious and even at a loss. After weighing it repeatedly, he gave an order, ordering the cavalry to maneuver the troops, and if there were fighters, they could attack on their own, so the previous scene appeared.

The chief of staff of the Russian army hurriedly came in and reported: "Your Excellency, the Wolves and Grizzlies of the 1st Cavalry Corps, attacked a vanguard regiment of the Chinese army near the sweet water well, and suffered heavy losses as a result. At present, the two heavily damaged troops have arrived in Kulen, and the two regiment commanders are waiting outside! "Two cavalry regiments attacked an infantry regiment and suffered heavy losses, Dakov was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered the commanders of the Wolves and Grizzlies to come in and report.

After a while, Buchlin and the Grizzly Bears team leader walked in with a scruffy beard and some embarrassment. After listening to the report, Dakov suddenly realized: "No wonder the Chinese army boldly used infantry to enter the grassland to fight, it turned out to be prepared, and we were fooled." You have paid a heavy price, let us know about the situation of the Chinese army, the responsibility is not on you, go down and rest! The commander did not hold him accountable, which made the two regiment commanders breathe a sigh of relief.

After the two regiment commanders left, Dakov said: "The wooden chariot is equipped with powerful firepower, and the Chinese have thought of a way to deal with us." The chief of staff suggested: "Wooden chariots cannot withstand artillery bombardment, and we can be attached to artillery units in the cavalry, as long as we knock out the enemy's chariots, we can give full play to the impact power of the cavalry." Dakov shook his head and said: "The cavalry belongs to the artillery unit, and it is also called the cavalry, how to maneuver and fight?" ”

Dakov sighed and continued: "The Chinese army thought of this, so they made ancient wooden chariots. Three heavy machine guns were placed on one chariot, and the firepower was so powerful that it was intended to deal with cavalry. Immediately order all units to temporarily cancel the siege and annihilation of Jihua, we cannot let the soldiers die in vain. Fortunately, we did not launch a large-scale attack to encircle and annihilate Jihua, otherwise it would have been a massacre. ”

Dakov looked around and continued: "No wonder the Chinese army is advancing slowly, it turns out that it lured us into taking the bait. Therefore we must change the combat jihua. At this time, the adjutant said: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army is dispatched by infantry, and it needs strong logistical support, and we can attack his convoy." If the Chinese army cannot keep up with the supplies, it will naturally retreat, and we will also achieve the goal of containing the Chinese army's attack. ”

Dakov's eyes suddenly lit up and said: ", this suggestion is good, immediately plan a sneak attack on the Chinese army's transport team, and order all cavalry units not to attack the Chinese army without authorization, attack the transportation line with all their might, and cut off the logistics supply of the Chinese army." "The Russians have a glorious tradition of surviving in the face of adversity, and for hundreds of years they have come through this with perseverance, overcoming any difficulties, and never giving in.

Captain Vasily was a captain company commander of a regiment of the 2nd Kosako Cavalry Regiment in the Russian Far East, and their cavalry regiment had been operating in the area east of Zaranzada for three days. On this day, the reconnaissance unit received information and dispatched a convoy from Zaranzada to Guqin Wusu to deliver supplies. The commander decided to immediately launch an attack on the transport units of the Chinese army.

They followed a Chinese transport unit for a day, and seeing that there was no cover, the cavalry commander decided to launch an attack on this convoy

At the dawn of the day, Vasily's cavalry regiment appeared in the attack position. Vasily saw through the telescope that there was a long convoy of first-class troops, no covering troops, and only a few Chinese soldiers on each wagon, which seemed to be defenseless, and Vasily secretly decided to avenge his brother troops.

The order to attack was given, and Vasily drew his saber and shouted: "For the Tsar to advance!" "Ulla!" The soldiers attacked with a cry of blood. Vasily rode on his horse, and saw that the other party did not panic at all, but quickly aimed the carriage in the direction of his own charge, and suddenly a dense rain of bullets swept towards him, and the terrifying gunfire rang out.

The comrades-in-arms around him dismounted one by one, and Vasily attached himself to the horse to avoid the rain of bullets. Getting closer and closer to the carriage, a dense black ball suddenly flew out from the opposite side, Vasily didn't see what was going on, and fell off his horse with a series of explosions, and instantly lost consciousness. When Vasily woke up, he found himself lying in the car, surrounded by wounded Russian soldiers. There was no cavalry attacking, and there was no gunfire.

Vasily saw a bandage around his left shoulder, blood seeping through the bandage. With a piercing pain, he fainted again. Awakening again, Vasily found the carriage heading south, and the carriages in front and behind were full of Chinese soldiers, talking and laughing, apparently discussing the battle. Vasily realized that Fang Cai's battle was a decoy for the Chinese army, and the Russian cavalry was fooled again.

Vasily underwent surgery in Zaranzada and was sent to the mainland. After recovering from his wounds, he was sent as a prisoner of war to a Russian prisoner of war unit to lay the railway. For eight years, they moved to various parts of North China. Eight years later, Vasily was released, and when he returned to his homeland, to his homeland, where he had been thinking about it day and night, he never imagined that the Russian land had changed beyond recognition.

After listening to the report, Li Tianxiang of the First Army said: "The Russian army has fallen into our trap, and in the near future, the Russian army will intensify its attacks, and order the transport troops to be vigilant and not slacken." We just want to annihilate a large number of Russian cavalry units piecemeal, and constantly expand the results of the battle. ”

Li Tianxiang continued: "You can't be impatient when dealing with the Russian cavalry, and you can't be impatient when you plot against the Outer Mongolian grassland. We just want to use changeable tactics to make the Russian army crazy. The Russians are crazy so that we can capture the bigger fighters and crush the mighty Xhosako cavalry. ”

The key is that Deng Zixuan is not in a hurry, especially to give the front-line commanders full autonomy, which greatly releases the high efficiency of military strategy. (To be continued......)

PS: War requires wisdom, and without wisdom it is a dead man.