The Mongolian grassland is now a scene of slaughtering in late autumn. Looking out through the train window, golden grass covered the earth and extended to the horizon. The north wind blew, and the entire grass sea showed waves of ups and downs. Sheep of cattle and sheep appeared in the golden waves. The white yurts in the distance were scattered like reefs in the boundless grass sea. Smokes of smoke rose high and floated up to the clear blue sky without a single white cloud.

If there is no army that is constantly driving up and equipped with the most advanced weapons of this era, this is probably the most beautiful grassland scenery among ancient poets? But any Chinese who knows a little about history knows that the Mongolian grassland has never been a peaceful place. It is the home of the rise of grassland nations such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turks and Mongolia, which relies on barbaric killing. Their iron hooves have trampled on the mountains and rivers of the Han family countless times. Their scimitars and bows and arrows have killed many innocent Han ancestors. In history, only the most powerful dynasty can conquer this grassland in its heyday. Only by conquering this grassland can the Central Plains enjoy long-term peace and tranquility.

But this time, the enemy of the Central Plains people is no longer the string controlers of the Mobei grassland. These barbaric nations who only know how to kill and loot and do not produce have long been eliminated in the industrial era. This time, the Soviet Empire, which was also armed with modern weapons, was the Soviet Empire!

The train did not stop in Kulun, the capital of Mongolia, but drove east along the Klulun River branch of the Kuzhang Railway, and finally dragged a long black smoke. He panted and drove into the lower reaches of the Klulun River, close to the Anmeng County in Heilongjiang Province. Like most of the county towns in Mongolia, this small county town was built after the "China-Soviet land exchange" in 1920. It was directly invested and built by the central government. It was actually a military city, because there were almost no peaceful residents in the city, and the people living here were soldiers and families of soldiers. A huge military base was close to Anmeng County and was built on the wasteland on the south bank of the Klulun River.

There was a tense and busy atmosphere on the platform of Anmeng County Railway Station. The smoke from the passing trains enveloped most of the platform. The shirtless Mongolian people and the National Defense Army soldiers were busy unloading their trucks. The scale of this railway station is also surprisingly large and is not what a county railway station should have. More than a dozen railway tracks lie side by side on the grassland. On both sides are unloading platforms and rows of warehouses covered with earthy camouflage cloth. Around the warehouse, there are 20mm and 40mm anti-aircraft guns with high muzzles. On the walls of Anmeng County further away, there are 88mm

Heavy anti-aircraft guns. They are used to deal with the Soviet TB3 heavy bombers. After the declaration of war on July 3, this kind of heavy bomber load was only 2 tons, with a maximum range of only 2,000 kilometers, and a maximum speed of only 200 kilometers often used night to cover "guard" the Sino-Soviet bases on the Sino-Soviet border. Anmeng County has also been bombed several times. However, the Chinese Air Force, which claims to be powerful, has no way to deal with them. The Chinese Air Force now has neither radar nor twin-engine heavy fighter jets. Therefore, it has no ability to fight night battles, so it can only use anti-aircraft guns to deal with the Soviet bombers attacked at night.

However, the bomb load capacity and bombing accuracy of the TB3 heavy bomber are also a tragedy. An air force lieutenant colonel who came to the railway station to welcome Lieutenant General Tian Yuchen, the new commander of the 4th Air Force Division, told him: "The Russian bomber will come back to An Meng the next day. Every time he throws dozens of bombs, it is so annoying."

"Come the next day?" Tian Yuchen frowned. He was not worried about the bombing of TB3. After all, the army's base is not a big city. There are no dense buildings that can allow aviation bombs without any accuracy to exert their power. Such bombing is just a harassing nature, but Soviet bombers can actually visit each other day. It seems unusual. "How did they find this place at night?"

"There are spies! It was the Mongolians on the grassland who lit a bonfire to point out the direction for the Soviet planes!" The Air Force Lieutenant Colonel gritted his teeth and looked like he wanted to eat people. "It was all the remnants of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. I haven't eaten enough of the sufferings of the 8th year of the Republic of China. Now I'm bewitched by the Russians and have started to dream of Mongolia again."

"So that's it." Tian Yuchen nodded, and without comment, he followed the Air Force Lieutenant Colonel to the 7th Army Command in Anmeng County. Along the way, he could see all kinds of supplies loaded on trucks, carriages, donkey carts or human trolleys to warehouses of different sizes or open-air materials piled up like flowing water. The entire county town almost became a warehouse. Tian Yuchen knew that this would be the base camp of the 7th Army of the Army. Two armored corpses, two infantry corpses and an air force division, nearly 200,000 troops, 760 tanks, attack artillery, more than 600 aircraft, more than 1,200 various artillery, and 2,3,000 various vehicles will need to be replenished in the next few months.

"Report! Tian Yuchen, commander of the 4th Air Force Division, came to report!"

The 7th Army Command was not far from the station. When Tian Yuchen arrived, General Li Zongren, the commander of the 7th Army, happened to hold a military meeting.

"No need to introduce, they are all old and similar." Li Zongren raised his hand and interrupted Tian Yuchen who was preparing to introduce himself. Since he had worked as a deputy general by Chang Ruiqing for several years, the senior military generals did not know this deputy general. "Are the Fourth Air Division ready? Are the newly established 120 He111s in place? Can pilots master this new bomber?"

"Report to De Gong, four aviation regiments under the Fourth Air Division, three reconnaissance aircraft brigades, and four anti-aircraft artillery brigades have all arrived at designated front-line airports, including 120 German-made He111 medium bombers of the newly equipped troops. All aircraft are ready for attendance, just waiting for De Gong to give up the order."

"Did you know the deployment information of the Soviet Air Force?"

"I already know a little, and when I left Beijing, I received a summary of the Air Force Command."

"Very good, are there any preliminary plans for air cover and air strikes?"

"It's already there, here."

Tian Yuchen placed a thick combat plan on the table with a proud expression on his face. This plan was formulated when he was also the chief of staff of the Air Force. This battle was the first real air-ground coordinated operation in the history of the National Defense Force. It was also the first time that the National Defense Force Air Force played an important role! He also firmly believed that in the future war, the status of the Air Force will become more and more important, and finally become the decisive force that can win and lose the war.

Li Zongren did not pay attention to the expression of the Air Force lieutenant general in front of him, but just took the plan carefully and handed it back, frowned slightly, "The Air Force is really that powerful? Zhenghui, I remember that your Air Force has only 240 attack 2 and 120 he111s... Such a small number of aircraft can make the Russian military dispatch and logistics line semi-paralized during the day? Also, how does the Air Force plan to deal with Russian bombers who come to Anmeng to throw bombs in every three days? Hailar, Sun Wu, Kulun, and Boli have been bombed a lot. Is there no way to do it?"

Tian Yuchen frowned. It seemed that an army general like Li Zongren still did not believe in the power of the Air Force. Even in the past few years of military exercises, the Air Force had played a huge role. However, as long as there is no real practical effect as proof, the Air Force will still be difficult to get universal recognition. Fortunately, the Prime Minister has always been a staunch supporter of the Air Force, otherwise the Chinese Air Force would never have such a scale. Thinking of this, Tian Yuchen's mouth slowly curled up. When this battle is over, you should know that this world war will be decided in the air!

...

Just as Li Zongren, commander of the 7th Army of China, was busy attacking and deploying, the Soviet Red Army Central Asian Front General Command, located in the Karaganda concentration camp in Kazakhstan, was a noisy and busy scene. Fu Longzhi, commander of the Central Asian Front who had just arrived from Moscow, stood in front of the map platform, holding his arms and talking loudly with his staff around him about military information.

"Yes, I mean to dismantle the tank army into tank brigades and then incorporate into the infantry group army. This is also the instructions of the People's Committee of Labor and National Defense and the General Staff of the Red Army... The lesson of the Middle East Battle tells us that the tactic of gathering tanks to form a tank army is outdated. Due to the strengthening of the anti-tank firepower of the enemy infantry, the practice of forming a powerful tank cluster is quite stupid. The latest tactic is to turn tanks into tools to cover infantry assaults, and rely on powerful Red Army infantry and artillery to defeat the enemy!"

"Go to tell Comrade Konev. The order to split the tank cluster has no room for bargaining, it must be completed before the end of September! Don't find any more reasons, this is the order and must be implemented firmly!"

"By the way, has Comrade Budunny arrived?" After Fu Longzhi arranged the split of the tank army, he remembered Budunny, who had been the commander of the cavalry group army in the Central Asian Front for many years. Since the Red Cavalry will play a decisive role in this battle, Budunny, the number one cavalry commander in the Red Army, has a place to use his skills again.

"Report to Comrade Commander, Comrade Budonie has arrived." The staff officers around him replied.

"It's great, let him come in quickly." Fu Longzhi was very happy. He was quite confident in a cavalry general like Budjonny. In this era when cavalry was declining and cavalry generals changed their careers to play tanks, perhaps only this person had the ability to command large-scale cavalry cluster operations.

As Fu Longzhi finished speaking, Malinovsky, the Chief of Staff of Central Asian Front, walked in with Budonnie with a big beard. Obviously, Budonnie has not been very satisfied over the years, his eyes are a little dark, and his face is filled with an unnatural smile. When he walked to Fu Longzhi, he stood attentively and saluted respectfully, saying, "Comrade Commander, Budonnie, the acting commander of the 10th Cavalry Group Army, was ordered to report."

Fu Longzhi and Budunny have always had a good relationship. He really wanted to go up and hug him with his old friends, but when he thought of the daunting hat of the "Stalindirrensky element" he held back. During this period, in order to create a stable internal environment for the world revolution, the political atmosphere in the Soviet Union became severe again, and many old friends of Stalin and Derrensky entered concentration camps. Of course, this political sanction did not affect the Red Army. Trotsky was the father of the Red Army and many "Stalinists" were created in the Red Army. He, as a man, was not good at face value. However, many people within the Soviet army who had connections with Stalin have now tied their tails and were honest.

Fu Longzhi nodded slightly to Budunny, invited him to the map platform, and said to his chief of staff: "Comrade Malinovsky, let me introduce the latest situation."

"Yes." Malinovsky immediately walked to the front of the map: "Since the end of August, there have been many small-scale military conflicts on the Sino-Soviet border. On the Far East and Baikal, the Chinese side took the initiative, and their air force often crossed the border and bombed our transportation lines and airports. This shows that the Chinese are about to launch an attack in the Far East and Baikal!

In Central Asia, China's Northwest Front Army seemed very quiet. Not only did it not conduct cross-border military operations, but it also contracted its troops backward from the border area. According to the precise information currently available, they have withdrawn the 15th Army, which was previously stationed on the southeast bank of Lake Balkash, to Tardikurgan (Chinese name: Gongqingcheng), transferred the 46th Army, which was originally stationed on the northwest of Lake Sassoko, to Almaty, and also transferred the 2nd Armored Cavalry Army, which was originally stationed in Dihua to Yining. Now, China's foreign provinces have five armies, including the 13th, 15th, 16th, 2nd Armored Cavalry Army, the 6th Cavalry Army, the 7th Cavalry Army, and there may be two to three unidentified armies.

In addition, around Jaisang Lake, which borders my country in Northern Xinjiang Province, we also found the numbers of the Chinese Army's 11th Army, 12th Army and 14th Army. These three armies are currently showing signs of shrinking towards Tacheng and Karamay. In addition, there are reports that the Chinese are forming 20 to 25 reserve troops of a large number of Northwest militias, and plan to equip them with more heavy weapons and equipment.

What is certain now is that the Chinese will adopt a strategy of contraction defense and maneuver defense in northern Xinjiang and foreign provinces. They may form a separate maneuver cluster to fight with the tank cluster they imagined in decisive battles with the Kuwait Campaign in July, but this time we will not give them any chance." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!