"1. The strength of the Qing army assembled in Outer Mongolia is as follows: Khalkha has four divisions and eighty-six alliance banners, including 7,800 soldiers from the Tushetu Khan tribe, 6,000 from the Chechen Khan tribe, and 3,000 from the Zasak Tuhan tribe.
There are 4,700 people from Sanyin Nuoyan tribe, totaling 22,500 people; Uliasutai has 2,000 Qing soldiers from Suiyuan City and Youwei; outside Zhangjiakou, there are 15,000 Eight Banner Mongolian soldiers stationed in Suiyuan outside Shahukou.
city.
2. The North Navy will use three regiments, the new 11th and 12th regiments to form the first division, the sixth regiment, and the new 13th and 14th regiments to form the second division. The above troops will have 16,200 people in order to annihilate all or most of the above.
The Qing army occupied Kulun, Ulyasutai, and Khovd, with the goal of completely destroying the Qing rule in Outer Mongolia. They decided to fight across the entire front across Kyaktu before July 15th to start this campaign.
3. Determine the possible changes in enemy forces after our army launches an attack as follows:
First, the Tushetu Khan and the Chechen Khan, in accordance with the orders of Song Yun, the Minister of Cullen Affairs, reduced their forces in the area south of Culun, controlled key points on the north and south of the Altai Army, and attempted to assemble when our army's front line was lengthening.
The troops and I rushed to the south of Cullen for a decisive battle.
Second, Hengrui, the left deputy general of Dingbian, retracted the Zasak Tuhan tribe and the Sanyinnuoyan tribe to the south of Ulia Sutai Road to ensure their retreat to Khovd.
Third, take the initiative to abandon the southern line of Kulun and join up with the Qing army heading north from Suiyuan City. A large mobile force of more than 30,000 cavalry will be assembled at the Uliasu Tainan Road Station Line, and then wait for an opportunity to attack our army on the
The decisive battle at the southern border of Khalkha.
4. Our army’s operational program: in the first stage of the campaign, capture Kulun, and launch the campaign according to the requirements of the next stage; in the second stage, cut off the communication lines between Suiyuan and Khalkha, and capture Talado
Lantai Station is to achieve the task of dividing and encircling the enemy, and blocking the Suiyuan Qing army from moving north to support; in the third stage, the encircling enemies are annihilated respectively to complete the entire campaign.
5. The preparation for the battle should be based on being able to cope with the first and second situations in the third item. It should be calculated that our eastern front troops may encounter serious battles after they capture Kulun, and the western front troops should be given timely and powerful measures.
Support and attract the Zasak Tuhan tribe and the Sanyin Nuoyan tribe.
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Eighth, the two divisions and seven regiments on the eastern front are under the unified command of Liu and Fan. The troops on the western front are commanded by Zhao Xin. The specific combat deployment of the two routes will be stipulated in detailed orders by the Northern Navy Staff Headquarters."
In this operational outline drawn up by Zhao Xin, all the information about the Qing's military garrison and stations in Inner and Inner Mongolia was obtained by Fan Tong from two Shanxi merchants in the trading city in the past two years, and the Northern Navy paid
The price is five thousand kilograms of ginseng and twenty thousand animal skins per year.
The so-called "military platform", also called a station, was an institution established in the northwest frontier during the Manchu Dynasty for defense, dispatching and military report transmission. It had the functions of spare horses and accommodation, similar to the military depots of later generations.
After Qianlong completely pacified Junggar, the mobilization of Qing troops stationed in Uliasutai and Khovd were controlled by Suiyuan City. As for the inspection and garrison of Kalon Station, they were handed over to the Khalkha Mongolian troops in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign.
, there has been no big change.
The closed-door meeting lasted for three days in a row, and Zhao Xin and others were a little exhausted. When having breakfast on April 9, Liu Sheng's wife Wu Xiha casually mentioned that if you were tired, you might as well go out and change.
So Liu Sheng suggested going to the Epiphany Cathedral in the city, and the other three readily agreed.
This Orthodox church was built in 1693 and was completely destroyed by a fire in 1716. By 1718, local people began to donate money to rebuild it. It took decades of construction to form a beautiful building stacked like white building blocks.
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After hearing the news, the chief priest bowed to say hello to Zhao Xin and others, and enthusiastically wanted to be a tour guide. For this sixty-year-old chief priest of the Orthodox area, the city of Baibai was occupied by the Chinese for two years.
It has been more than a year, but this is the first time for their high official to visit here. Maybe this is a good start, the high priest obviously hopes to hold a private mass for Zhao Xin and the others.
But what disappointed him was that Zhao Xin and the others just wanted to look around and not pray. Except for Zhang Jingxuan, who was busy with civil affairs, the others knew very little about the Orthodox Church.
Walking into the door of the church is like walking into another space. Orthodox Christianity worships images, so there are no sculptures in the church, but rich and exquisite murals on the surrounding walls and even the dome. The exquisite lighting and patterns on the door eaves, look up close.
They are all extremely detailed. Everything here is definitely a life-long effort.
Zhao Xin looked at the portraits for a while and found that most of the portraits were the same. He lost interest after looking at them too much, so he walked outside the church and lit a cigarette. After a while, Liu Sheng, Fan Tong and Zhang Jingxuan also came out and joined
There was a procession of people spraying clouds and spraying mist.
Zhao Xin walked slowly at his feet and suddenly said: "Liu, this time we send troops to Outer Mongolia, you have to fight a few big battles. When those princes and princes see how powerful we are, the follow-up work of civil affairs will go much smoother.
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Liu Sheng retracted his gaze from the distance and said decisively: "Kulun, Uliasoutai, and Khovd, running from east to west for 2,500 kilometers, the logistics pressure is not small. My opinion is that if Suiyuan and
When the Qing army in Dihua goes north, they will attack these two groups first."
Zhao Xin said "Huh" and then said: "The three generations of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong have invested a lot of effort in Khalkha Mongolia from the pacification of Junggar to the present, and will never give up lightly. I guess the line from Xi'an to Dihua was left to Qianlong for himself
As a retreat, he would not risk sending the most elite Tianshan Banner Battalion to Khovd.
Fighting opportunities are fleeting. When the time comes, you can make decisions on the fly without asking for instructions on everything. As for Tangnu Ulianghai, I will send two battalions south along the Yenisei River to try to get from Kemukmuzik and Shabinai.
Da Bahan attracted the troops of seventeen assistant leaders of the Sanyin Nuoyan tribe."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, Zhang Jingxuan said with emotion: "Three-pronged attack, Khalkha Four, Tangnu Ulianghai, Khovd, 1.8 million square kilometers
; Adding in the Heilongjiang General Area, this is more than two million square kilometers."
Zhao Xin patted Zhang Jingxuan on the shoulder and sighed: "The gold is intact and the mountains and rivers are unified. It is not that easy. Xiao Zhang, you have stayed in Lake Baikal for more than two years. This time after fighting in Khalkha, go to
Let Chen be my assistant for two years."
"Okay." Zhang Jingxuan smiled slightly, and did not ask who his successor was. He had endured hardship in the wind and snow for two years in Irkutsk, and today he really entered the inner circle of Beihai Town.
Fan Tong came over and said to Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, can't you give me more armored vehicles? Fifty vehicles are not enough!"
"I'd like to take out a hundred of them. The problem is that there need to be so many people who can drive them! Two cavalry battalions have been transferred to you."
In fact, Zhao Xin still has 3,000 Cossack servants in his hands, all of whom are cavalry. However, he does not want these foreigners to interfere with China's own internal affairs. It is the mission of the Cossacks to cause trouble for Tsarist Russia.
Zhao Xin almost vomited from looking at the map these days. All the roads and stations of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the northwest frontier were stored in his mind. He smiled and said: "Fat Fan, it is 480 kilometers from Kyaktu to Kulun.
It is 240 kilometers from Kulen to Taradolan Station, and 1,248 kilometers from Taradoran Station to Ulyasutai. There are nearly two thousand kilometers of road, and this does not include the road to Khovd.
You should first think about how to solve the logistics supply problem."
Fan Tong roughly summed it up and thought that if the rich man Zhao didn't follow the troops this time, the fuel supply would be a big trouble.
The fuel tank capacity of a BMP2 is 460 liters. It can run 600 kilometers once filled up. Fifty vehicles are 23,000 liters. According to Zhao Xin, the distance from Kyaktu to Ulyasutai is 1968 kilometers, assuming it is non-stop.
Running down, it will consume 75,000 liters of fuel alone.
In fact, this is simply impossible. It is not a rally, but a battle. If calculated based on 2.5 times, at least 180,000 liters of diesel must be prepared. A tin oil drum is 159 liters, which is 1,200 barrels of diesel.
Okay, two hundred tons!
You Zhaoxin has been prepared and stored in the Beihai Navy Logistics Warehouse outside Baiber City. The problem is that Fan Tong has to find a way to take it away this time.
Zhao Xin said with a serious face: "Since you want to use armored vehicles to deal with the Mongolian cavalry, you have to consider the issue of fuel supply. There are 12 stations from Kyaktu to Kulun, and the seventh station is Tashal.
A supply depot must be built at the station. There are 60 kilometers between there and Huqigan Station. The location is very critical and we must not think about it until we reach Kulun."
Fan Tong and Zhang Jingxuan were in awe of Zhao Xin's admiration. If nothing else, they felt inferior just because of his memory of cherishing maps.
Zhao Xin warned worriedly: "The battle against Outer Mongolia is about supplies. As long as the supply lines are continuous and there are no problems with the supply of ammunition and oil, everything is a foregone conclusion. Xiao Fan, you are Liu's deputy, don't always think about fighting.
"Political propaganda matters are your responsibility, so you should focus more on this aspect."
When everyone walked to the carriage outside the church yard, Liu Sheng said casually: "Go back now?"
Zhao Xindao: "No, go to the regiment headquarters of the third regiment. Don't they have a drill at night?"
In mid-April of the Gregorian calendar, Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia is still an endless white ice field. The midday sun shines through the thick ice like a mirror, and between the countless bubbles, the sunlight refracts like sapphire.
Like light and shadow, calm and clear, extremely beautiful.
The Angara River that never freezes and the frozen lake stand out like white flies. On the snow-covered hills on the shore, the first flowers of spring have quietly emerged from the ground. Purple Cream
Flower-like petals and golden spherical stamens, covered with soft silver velvet, are scattered across the mountains and fields.
Pan Xiucheng jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the guard beside him, then picked up the binoculars and looked at the training ground and exercise positions.
"What are you doing today?" Pan Xiucheng asked.
"Fire live!" replied Zhou Monk, commander of the Second Battalion.
"Are you ready for the night drill?"
"It's almost there. Just wait and see when the time comes!"
"Don't brag!"
"Captain, go and have a look!"
Pan Xiucheng and Monk Zhou were talking and walked towards the shooting range in the valley.
At this time, Batu, a new Mongolian soldier, was taking aim at the half-length target erected under the cliff. Pan Xiucheng walked to Batu's side and looked at it in concentration.
Batu stood up straight, with his cheek pressed against the butt of the gun, holding his breath, and with two consecutive small movements, he pulled the trigger and fired the bullet. Then a red flag was raised behind the target, and the flag meaning was
, hitting the middle part of the head slightly lower.
"One more shot to show to the leader!" Monk Zhou said proudly.
Batu was ready to shoot again and was about to pull the trigger when Pan Xiucheng suddenly ordered: "Hit the heart!"
Batu moved the aiming angle, then aimed the gun, and fired the bullet. Then he fired another bullet without stopping. Pan Xiucheng could see clearly in the telescope, and the wooden target trembled twice in succession. Semaphore report
He said he was hit in two places on the right side of his chest.
Pan Xiucheng pulled Batu in front of him, looked at his body and face carefully for a moment with surprise, and asked, "Have you ever shot a shotgun before?"
"Garrisoned in Karen, hunted, used bows, arrows, birds, and shotguns." Batu saluted. He had never spoken to an official as big as the regiment leader. He used to be an archer in Karen.
Ding, when you see a knight riding school, you have to kneel down and answer.
Pan Xiucheng understood that the opponent should be talented in shooting. This ordinary person could not compete with him without hard training. He asked kindly: "How did you become a soldier?"
"The service was too heavy. I owed Qili five or five taels of silver. I couldn't survive, so I ran away and came here. Last year, Kyaktu recruited troops, so I signed up."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "How old are you this year?"
"nineteen."
"Have you got a wife?"
"If you don't have enough food to eat and you owe so much debt, who would want to marry someone like me?"
"Who else is at home?"
"Eji and my brother."
Pan Xiucheng stretched out his thick hand and patted Batu hard on the shoulder. Batu's short and stocky body almost did not tremble at all, and his eyes looked closely at Pan Xiucheng's bearded face.
"Good job, young man! Who is your monitor?"
Kang Youcai, who was standing aside, said hurriedly: "It's me!"
"It's called Kang Youcai." Monk Zhou added.
"I remember you from Rongcheng, Shandong. How is your shooting skills?" Pan Xiucheng asked.
"I'm not as good as him." Kang Youcai's face immediately turned red.
Pan Xiucheng stared into Kang Youcai's eyes and said seriously: "You must learn from him! You, a veteran, are not as good as a recruit."
"I know."
"what do you know?"
"Learn from him! Captain!" Kang Youcai replied loudly. Monk Zhou glared at him with hatred.
Pan Xiucheng watched the shooting range for a while, and asked Monk Zhou about the camp's preparations for the night offensive and defensive combat drills, and then mounted his horse and returned to the regiment headquarters. He heard that Zhao Xin had been here for several days and had been talking to him.
Liu Sheng held a meeting. He estimated that the army was going to make another big move.
As soon as he entered the gate of the regiment headquarters, on the road hundreds of meters away, a group of people and horses rushed towards the regiment headquarters surrounded by two carriages. Pan Xiucheng raised his binoculars and saw the carriages of Liu Sheng and Zhang Jingxuan, as well as a group of guards.
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When everyone entered Pan Xiucheng's residence and office, Zhao Xin asked straight to the point: "How is the team training? Can they compete?"
"I can fight! I guarantee to complete the mission." Pan Xiucheng replied.
"Tell me, how was the training?" Zhao Xin continued to ask.
"The old and new soldiers average 38 meters when throwing grenades, and the hit rate of rifle and machine gun shooting is also good." Pan Xiucheng said this, and he saw the new soldier Batu hit three out of three shots at the Second Battalion shooting range.
Describe it vividly and vividly.
"Is there an offensive and defensive drill tonight?" Fan Tong asked.
Deputy commander Cao Chao replied: "The second battalion confronted the cavalry battalion at night. The cavalry battalion attacked and the second battalion defended. We made an agreement with the cavalry battalion and the three battalions will conduct confrontation exercises for three days."
"The second camp is Monk Zhou's camp, right?" Zhao Xin looked out the window as he spoke. He was deeply impressed by Monk Zhou.
At this time, Liu Sheng said: "Don't tell the people below that we are here to observe the exercise, so as not to affect their combat psychology."
The arrival of Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and others made Pan Xiucheng and his deputies immediately more nervous. They had a premonition that Zhao Xin, who was not going to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, might have a mission in the near future.
At night, the cold wind howled on the hills, and the bright stars danced with cold light. All the lights in the military camp were extinguished, and the offensive and defensive battle drills began on the plains in the dark night.
Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and Fan Tong were sitting in the regiment command post, observing the progress of the exercise through the footage returned by the drone. Explosions, shouts of death, and horn sounds echoed in the valley. The atmosphere of the battle,
It floods the plains of the Angara River and the shores of Lake Baikal in early spring.
The North Korean navy's current combat drills are almost exactly the same as real battles, except that the bullets are blank ammunition. Because they have not conducted night drills for a long time, accidents of various sizes have occurred.
Deputy leader Cao Chao's waist flashed, so for the entire second half of the exercise, he had to put one hand on his waist when walking. He was completely in the posture of a "great man", but his face was exposed.
He had an embarrassed expression of pain and grinned.
The commander of the second battalion, Monk Zhou, had his right ear cut by thorny weeds on the hillside. He was tied with a bandage and had two thin streaks of blood on his face. His squad leader Kang Youcai had his calf injured by a cavalry horse's hoof.
After rubbing it, a large amount of blood was bruised, and the red and swollen area was as big as a steamed bun.
The most unfortunate thing was Bai Yin, a new Mongolian soldier in Kang Youcai's class. When he saw the cavalry retreating, he knew it was a drill and didn't take it seriously. He jumped out of the trench and chased after him, but he tripped over a stone.
He fell down and hit the back of his head on a hard stone, killing him.
Monk Zhou and Monitor Kang, who had become one-eared, were severely scolded by Pan Xiucheng the next morning.