No matter what Jebtsundamba thinks, the conditions of both sides have basically been met, Commander Yang wants the army in his hands, and he wants his own safety. After the communication was successful, Jebtsundamba immediately announced that he would accept the reorganization of the Fifth Front Army and sent a telegram demanding that all Mongolian armed forces stand on the side of the Chinese, or at least lay down their arms and stop fighting the Chinese troops.

The reorganization of Kulen had begun, and the number of the Fifth Front Army had expanded to more than 90,000 at once, and Jebtsundamba had brought 50 artillery pieces, plus dozens of armored vehicles left behind in Kulen, and the Fifth Front Army had an absolute advantage in numbers and firepower.

When Yang Xiaolin's telegram came, Zhang Dewu and Wu Peifu were making arrangements for the attack. There is still controversy about how to attack them, the Russian forces are already in a difficult situation, ammunition is scarce and demoralized, and if they attack, they will definitely drive Akpolil out of Kulen, which everyone believes.

But what Zhang Dewu wanted was to drive Akpolier out and occupy the entire Kulen as soon as possible, so that the Chinese troops could form a strategic initiative. It was safe to do so, and he was now very sure that he could do it, Wu Peifu thought a little differently, he believed that the Fifth Front Army should implement Yang Xiaolin's pre-war strategy and launch a annihilating strike to wipe out Akpolier's Far Eastern Army at Kulen.

Before their tactics could be discussed, and even before the reorganization of the Mongol troops had been completed, Akpolil suddenly abandoned his defense and took the initiative to attack the Fifth Front.

The Russians really hit Zhang Dewu by surprise, he really didn't expect that Akpolil would dare to take the initiative at this time! In order to resist Zhang Zuolin's attack. In order for Kulen to hold out until Kilensky's army broke through the defense line of the First Front, Akpolir transferred all the main forces to Major General Martinov, and the Far Eastern Army Group remaining in Kulen was only more than 8,000 people. Most of them are also civilians.

Although the Russians took advantage of it at the beginning of the battle, Zhang Dewu couldn't figure out how to think about it, as a veteran of the battlefield, how could Akpolil make the move of attacking tens of thousands of his own thousands of people in the absence of heavy firepower?

The Fifth Front Army quickly adjusted its strength to defend itself, Zhang Dewu did not dare to act rashly, he had to wait and see what kind of tricks Akpolil was playing. At the same time, he hastened to report the situation to the Supreme Operational Command.

January 12 of the first year of the Republic.

The grassland, which was still very calm in the morning, suddenly became lively in the afternoon. Yang Xiaolin's routine questioning of various units in the early morning was still normal. But after Zhang Dewu's first telegram came at four o'clock in the afternoon, the radio station of the headquarters began to ring non-stop!

The Stessel Corps on the Western Front took the initiative to attack the Fourth Front, and Kilingsky's heavy group intensified its attack on the First Front's defense line on the one hand. At the same time, Ali Wanbusky suddenly turned around and killed the Second Front with his men and horses!

The Russian units on the three battlefields gave up the defense and switched to the offensive, and judging by all indications, Lao Maozi seemed to want to take the initiative to provoke a decisive battle.

Not only did Zhang Dewu not understand, but Yang Xiaolin was also confused!

Do the Russians have the conditions to attack now? Their ammunition and food reserves were already running out. Kilingsky and Akpolil could not have been unaware. Such an attack will deplete their strained supplies faster! Although they achieved good results in this afternoon, and many of the front-line positions of the Chinese troops were lost, this is not the case in the game of war!

The ashtray in front of Yang Xiaolin was already full, and the entire headquarters was filled with smoke, and Cai Ye took the latest telegram from the operator: "Commander, I just received news that the Russian troops on the battlefield south of Kulen have also launched a counterattack, and the Russians are charging regardless of casualties. Wang Jinhan was forced to abandon all the positions he had obtained a few days ago and was pressed back by the Russians. ”

Yang Xiaolin's brows tightened: "What about the casualties?" ”

Cai Ye shook his head: "Our army has only more than 3,000 casualties. There are at least 10,000 Russians. ”

"Damn!"

Yang Xiaolin scolded softly, and then threw the ashtray into the trash can: "What does Lao Maozi want to do?" ”

Cai Yi thought for a moment: "I just discussed with Baili and thought that there were two possibilities for the Russians to do this, the first is that they realized that the situation was very dangerous after Jebtsundamba signed an agreement with us, so they made a desperate bet. ”

"Hmph, he's not desperate, he's looking for death! What about the second possibility? ”

Cai Ye said: "The second is that the Russian reinforcements are coming. ”

Yang Xiaolin didn't speak, he was not afraid of Lao Maozi coming to reinforce the army at all, and he even had a trace of expectation, hoping that the Russian side would continue to invest troops here. In the case that the Russians could not provide enough supplies for this war, they could only continue to die, Yang Xiaolin did not mind turning this place into a meat grinding factory, let Lao Maozi dry his blood here, and it would be much more convenient when he went north in the future.

"No, it can't be! Kilingsky could not have been so stupid, even if reinforcements came, he would not have used such a method of counterattacking on all fronts. At least in Kulen, the Russians no longer have the slightest advantage! Anyone with a modicum of military common sense knows that Ackberil's attack on the Fifth Front had no other effect than to hasten his downfall! ”

Why didn't Cai Ye know that both of his might be a bit far-fetched? It's just that he really can't find the reason other than that.

Yang Xiaolin pondered for a while: "Send an order to Zhang Zuolin and suggest that he consume the opponent's forces in defense, it will not hurt us." In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the movements around you, the Russians are acting strangely and carefully. ”

Cai Ye answered, turned his head and went to send a telegram. Yang Xiaolin stood up and walked in front of the battle map, looking at the blue line that had been marked on behalf of the Russians attacking, although the red area of the Chinese troops had shrunk a little, but he couldn't see it, what chance did Lao Maozi have?

Just when he was puzzled, Huang Bao suddenly rushed into the headquarters, his face was very anxious: "Commander, she said it!" ”

Yang Xiaolin knew that Huang Bao said that she must be Domliksava, and he didn't torture Domliksava again in the past few days, but just locked up the injured her and the injured second pole together, Huang Bao visited every day, chatting with them every time, that's all.

Huang Bao's eyes were very excited: "When I talked to Erpolezi about the mountain of our troops today, she inadvertently interjected a sentence, she said that the factions in the Russian troops are also very distinct, and Soldov's visit this time is that the tsar wants to purge the troops." ”

Yang Xiaolin's mind turned, and he suddenly understood a little bit.

If Domliksava hadn't lied to herself, then the Russians' unusual behavior on the battlefield would have been explained.

Huang Bao continued: "Commander, this is very likely to happen! During the Russo-Japanese War, it was because of the defeat in the war that many troops were dissatisfied with the tsar and participated in the revolution at that time. Although Nikolai later secured his position with the support of Britain and France, this time he must know that once he loses, the impact will be much greater than that of the Russo-Japanese War, so it is reasonable for him to purge the troops! Also, he had to shift the responsibility for the defeat to the commanders at the front. ”

Duan Qirui felt a little excited when he heard this: "Commander, if this is the case, it will not be difficult to guess the tactical intentions of the Russians!" They are going to make a short attack to bring their troops together and fight their way out of our encirclement! ”

Cai Ye also walked over: "I think it is very difficult for the Russian troops here to break out of our encirclement, and the Russians should have a batch of reinforcements and a batch of supplies." ”

Yang Xiaolin strode to the map and looked at it carefully, Cai Ye followed up and whispered: "Commander, Russian reinforcements can not intervene in the battlefield." Because firstly, they can't draw out many people now, and secondly, they don't have much supplies. So I think they're going to wait for Kilingsky's forces to break through at some point, and then supply the Russians so that they can walk back to Russia. ”

Yang Xiaolin listened, his head was also turning rapidly, but the corners of his mouth slowly flashed a smile, just like a wolf seeing that its prey had entered its hunting range!

The explanation seems to really make things clear. The attack of the Russian army at this time may still be because they are purging the troops, in order to prevent the adverse effects of the purge from affecting the combat effectiveness of the Russian army too much, so it is necessary to use the offensive to create the illusion of victory and initiative.

If Nikolai really wanted to do such a thing at this time, it was to give himself a great gift, he would make what would have been a very cruel and long battle very easy, and he would have lost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers in Mongolia!

Everything is just their speculation, and whether it is true remains to be verified. Yang Xiaolin did not react immediately, but gave an order: "Tell all the troops that all the teams that have the conditions to launch an assault tonight try to give me a surprise attack!" Keep an eye out for catching some live mouths during the assault, especially high-ranking Russian officers! ”

Before the order was given, Jiang Baili came over with a telegram: "Commander, President Yuan is in an urgent telegram, please reply immediately." ”

Yang Xiaolin took the telegram and looked at it, and Lao Yuan was talking about the matter at the negotiating table in Beijing. Yuan Shikai said: During the afternoon talks, the attitude of the representatives of Britain, France, and the United States suddenly became tougher, and they explicitly proposed that China and Russia immediately end the war.

While Yang Xiaolin and the Russians fought fiercely in Mongolia, the Japanese also achieved good results in Indonesia, and the Dutch were defeated. Originally, this was nothing unexpected, but after the Japanese had gained absolute superiority, they suddenly turned their guns on the Indonesians who had helped the Japanese Empire a lot at the beginning of the war.

They behaved just like when the Russians were fighting, they were very respectful of their opponents and acted in accordance with international conventions, but they were cruel to the Indonesians! In a week, little Japan carried out three large-scale massacres there, and the blood shed from Jakarta made the Americans sit still in the first place. (To be continued......)