The defeat of the Eighth Division was entirely the responsibility of China's Supreme Operational Command, and to put it bluntly, there was a problem with Yang Xiaolin's tactical arrangement. He underestimated the fighting power of the Russians too much! If it weren't for the fact that the Eighth Division had gone deep alone, and there was an accident that there were no teams around to cooperate with them, the Russians would not have achieved such a result!

At this time, the first year ceremony is about to be held, and the defeat of the Chinese army is a serious blow both militarily and politically.

Lao Maozi's newspapers made a big deal of the battle, and although they couldn't publish the photos of the battlefield right away, the Russian newspapers this morning, as well as the newspapers of Britain and France, gave a detailed description of the battlefield, and the newspapers made it clear that the Russians had killed the supreme commander of the Chinese battle and captured the flag of the Eighth Division.

Duan Qirui was really angry the moment he saw this newspaper, and when he rushed to Yang Xiaolin's headquarters with the newspaper, he really wanted to ask Yang Xiaolin why he had to make such a tactical arrangement!

Why is it the Eighth Division?

But when he rushed to Yang Xiaolin's headquarters, he found that Yang Xiaolin's appearance looked so calm, as if the fate of the Eighth Division had not stirred up the slightest wave in his heart. After seeing Duan Qirui come in, Yang Xiaolin said very calmly: "Zhiquan, you came just in time, now that the battle has gone a little wrong, I am thinking about what to do next." Let's discuss. ”

Duan Qirui, who was already about to swallow the question on his lips, slowly approached the battle map in front of Yang Xiaolin. It was found that Yang Xiaolin had drawn several circles and dots on Kulun's location.

"If the Eighth Division does not achieve its intended tactical objective, then the First Front will face great difficulties after reaching Kulen, and if there is no good foothold under the two-line attack of the Russians, it will be difficult to prevent the Kizerosky and Akberlil rounds, and if Kizerosky jumps back to Kulen, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the entire strategic objective may not be achieved. Shibaquan, do you think we need to make tactical adjustments now? ”

Duan Qirui glanced at Yang Xiaolin, and suddenly understood in his heart what Yang was fighting ghosts, as soon as he made a move, Xiao Japan was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. This guy is a cold-blooded beast in the truest sense of the word! He has always been known for his ferocity among the Beiyang Army, but his fierceness is on the battlefield. Fierce to the enemy.

For their own people. An order not to retreat made Duan Qirui blame himself until now, and he couldn't do it like Yang Xiaolin. Yang's ferocity is that as long as you are his enemy, he will fight you to the end at all costs, and he doesn't care how much blood he sheds!

Duan Qirui sighed: "Commander." Now it's not that we don't need to adjust. It's that we simply don't have time to adjust. Now the 1st Front has reached the Kulen border. Even in the face of great difficulties, we must take this step. ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded, straightened his waist and took out a cigarette from his pocket: "I think so too." We played a big game of chess, and losing a chess piece really made our steps a little messy. But that doesn't mean the offensive can be pulled back. Lose it, we can't lose momentum anymore. What's more, Wu Peifu has already blown up the Russians' railway, and it is impossible for Lao Maozi to have the ability to repair it in a short time. Therefore, the time of the decisive battle remains the same, the place remains the same, and the strategy remains the same. ”

Duan Qirui was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Yes." ”

Yang Xiaolin's afterglow looked at him for a moment, and then said very calmly: "The matter of the Eighth Division is my fault. I know that many of your generals in Beiyang must have ideas in their hearts, you go and help me appease them. Tell them that it's okay to hold them accountable, and wait until the battle is over. ”

Yang Xiaolin is not as cold-blooded as Duan Qirui thought. It's just that now this game of chess is still playing, and he has to think about how to move next, how to checkmate the Russians at once. He will definitely not come to hold a memorial service for Qu Tongfeng now, let alone send a telegram to explain to Beijing. He didn't care how much trouble this defeat caused to the rear, it was up to Yuan Shikai to solve it.

Duan Qirui said: "Commander, rest assured. It's just that I have a suggestion that I hope the commander will take up. ”

"You say."

Duan Qirui immediately said: "As the commander said, if the first party wants to have a more stable foothold immediately after entering Kulun, someone must do some work for them in advance. The Eighth Division was not able to complete this task, and it was not realistic to send any more troops, and it was too late. I wonder if we can ask Zhang Xun to make some preparations for us now? Let him cooperate with the First Front? ”

Duan Qirui said this, firstly, because at this time, if Zhang Xun can help, it is indeed very beneficial to the Chinese troops, and it can make up for the negative impact caused by the defeat of the Eighth Division. Second, they used to be brothers, and Duan Qirui wanted to give Zhang Xun a chance to give Zhang Xun a better way out.

Yang Xiaolin thought about it for a while, this thought had appeared in his mind, and judging from Zhang Xun's current performance, this person's loyalty was not a problem. But the question is, does he have the ability?

Yang Xiaolin took two puffs of his cigarette and said, "Yes." can let Zhang Xun do some cooperation, but there is no need for Zhang Zuolin to pay attention to this situation, let him do things according to his own way. If Yixun can't do it, it won't make Zhang Zuolin mess up. If you do, it's an unexpected surprise. ”

"Report!"

Cai Ye walked in from the door, holding a telegram in his hand: "Report to the commander, the first side of the Commander Zhang calls, they have arrived in Kulen, and they will attack horizontally tonight, sweep away the outer line troops of Akpolier, and cut off the northward escape of the Kilingsky Corps." ”

Yang Xiaolin snatched the telegram with one hand and read it carefully: "Okay! Where has Zaitao gone? ”

Cai Yi walked to the map and clicked on the position more than 200 kilometers southwest of Kulun: "The Fourth Front Army has arrived here, is on standby, and can be put into the battlefield at any time." ”

Yang Xiaolin's eyes looked at the blue color of the large regiment representing the Kilingsky Corps on the map, and the hand on the table couldn't help but clench into a fist. The final battle was finally coming, and he was really a little nervous at this moment. It's also a little exciting.

The fist slammed lightly on the map and landed south of Cullen: "Send a telegram to the president, saying that the attack will start as scheduled, and I will definitely give him a big gift when the ceremony comes." ”

"Yes."

Cullen.

The victory exaggerated by the Russians seems to have really had a certain effect, and when the news came, Lao Maozi here spontaneously held a grand celebration ceremony, and those pro-Mongolian Russians also expressed their so-called congratulations to the Russians under the leadership of Guangxu.

Ordinary soldiers and those who don't know the truth really think that things are just as advertised in the newspapers in the Russian leadership, and that the next node to turn the tide of the war may be in Kulen. However, General Akpolier, who is well aware of the situation of the Russian army, is very frightened by this kind of remarks, and does not know where to start, and Russia is just like China. The expectation that one game would not be enough to affect the victory of the entire war.

Akpolil had already consulted with General Kilingsky. They agreed that when Kilensky's forces retreated to Kulen, the Russians would have to take the necessary rest here, possibly fighting the Chinese who were unwilling to let them continue to occupy the area, but it should be a defensive battle to gain more favorable conditions for peace talks.

Russian troops should withdraw from Mongolia right away! Because of this war, they were not fully prepared. They despised China. So I have to go back and prepare again. Wait until the time is right to fight again.

The idea of driving the Chinese out of Mongolia with a powerful attack, as Nikolayevich said, is really not feasible, and he will have terrible consequences for the Russian troops. What's even more terrifying is that there are many people who are echoing this kind of remark.

The Tsar had just sent a telegram asking how much time the stockpile of combat materiel would last here. Akpolil told the tsar about the last two months! If the battle is fierce, it may run out of a month. And the situation with General Kilingsky is definitely worse.

The Tsar said that it was okay, that he had sent another group of troops to support the battlefield, and assured Akpolil that the Russian engineering troops would repair the railroad as soon as possible, and that they would be able to provide them with the supplies they needed as soon as the roads were clear.

General Akpolier really didn't know what to say. Sending troops again? This indicates that the tsar did not intend to withdraw his troops from Mongolia. And will the engineering troops be able to repair the railway? Maybe, but Wu Peifu is still wandering around here, are you repairing fast or are you blowing up fast? This speed is not calculated on paper.

Akpolir tried to explain something to the Tsar, but Nikolai brutally refused. Nicholas II gave him a death order to defend Kulen and launch a counterattack as soon as his supplies arrived.

Akpolil was not a tsar, and he did not know the predicament that Nikolai was facing. Although the body of this Russian polar bear is very large and looks frightening, all kinds of contradictions inside his body are very acute.

During the battle with the Japanese, the Russian side was forced to stop the war because of the domestic revolution. Although Nikolai extinguished those rebellions, the entire Tsarist Russian Empire was already in shambles. Otherwise, how could they be willing to be the thugs of the French for the sake of those billions of francs?

This time, Nikolai insisted on launching a war against China despite Sa's dissuasion, on the one hand, because of Lao Maozi's greedy nature, and on the other hand, he also wanted to alleviate the anger of the domestic people through the victory of the war against China.

As a result, the war has become like this, all the problems have become more acute, and the lives of the common people have become more difficult. Nikolai had no choice, his only hope was that the front could win. Therefore, when his uncle Nikolayevich proposed to attack, even though Nikolai understood that this was not very likely, he did not hesitate to expand the war again for the sake of that possibility.

General Akpolil knew very well that the Tsar was joking with the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops in Mongolia!

He had already contacted General Kilingsky, who said very happily: "Leave him alone! When I get to Cullen, we'll see what to do. All you have to do now is to keep Cullen stable, don't have any problems, I'll be there in four or five days at most. ”

But before Kilingsky arrived, Domliksava sent General Akpolil a very bad news that the Chinese troops were coming. (To be continued......)