"1. The Qing army gathered in Outer Mongolia as follows: Khalkha had four 86 alliance flags, including 7,800 soldiers from Tushetu Khan, 6,000 soldiers from Chechen Khan, 3,000 soldiers from Zasaktu Khan, 4,700 soldiers from Sanyinnuoyan, totaling 22,500 soldiers from Ulya Sutai; 2,000 Qing soldiers from Suiyuan City and Right Guards; outside Zhangjiakou, there were 15,000 Mongolian soldiers from Eight Banners, stationed in Suiyuan City outside Khahukou.

2. The Northern Navy formed the First Division with the Third Regiment, the New Eleventh Regiment, the New Eleventh Regiment, the New Eleventh Regiment, the New Eleventh Regiment, and the Second Division, with 16,200 troops above, with the purpose of annihilation of all or most of the above Qing troops, occupying Kulun, Ulyasutai, Kobdo, and completely destroying the Qing Dynasty's rule in Outer Mongolia. It was decided to fight across the entire line before July 15th to start this battle.

3. It is determined that the possible changes in enemy troops may occur after our army launches an attack as follows:

First, the Tushetu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe, in accordance with the order of Songjun, the Minister of Service of Kulun, reduced their troops to the areas south of Kulun, controlled the key points of the Altai Army in the north and south of Tai, and planned to gather troops to advance to the south of Kulun as our army's front line was lengthened, and they gathered forces to advance to the south of Kulun to carry out a decisive battle.

Second, the left deputy general of Dingbian, Hengrui, general Zasaktu Khan's tribe and Sanyin Noyan's tribe retreated to Ulya Sutai South Road to ensure that they retreat to Kobdo.

Third, he voluntarily gave up the Kulun South Line and joined with the Qing army heading north of Suiyuan City. He formed a large number of mobile forces with more than 30,000 cavalrymen and gathered at the station line of Ulya Sutai South Road, and then waited for an opportunity for our army to fight in the southern border of Khalkhan.

4. Our army's combat program: In the first stage of the battle, we will capture Kulun and implement the campaign according to the requirements of the next stage; in the second stage, we will cut off the station traffic routes between Suiyuan and Khalkha, and seize the Taradoland station to achieve the task of cutting and encircling the enemy, and block the Qing army from Suiyuan to support it; in the third stage, we will annihilate the encircled enemies separately and complete the entire battle.

5. The preparations for the battle should be based on being able to cope with the third item first and second two situations. It should be calculated that our Eastern Front troops may encounter serious battles after capturing Kulun. The Western Front troops should provide timely and powerful support to attract Zasaktu Khan tribe and Sanyin Noyan tribe.

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8. The two divisions and seven regiments on the Eastern Front were under Liu and Fan. The Western Front troops were commanded by Zhao Xin. The specific combat deployments of the two routes were stipulated by the General Staff of the Northern Navy with detailed orders."

In the combat outline, all the information about the Qing Dynasty's troops garrison and stations in the inner and outer Mongolia was obtained by Fan Tong from two Shanxi merchants in the shopping and sales city in the past two years, and the price paid by the army was 2,000 kilograms of ginseng and 6,000 animal skins per year.

The so-called "military station", also known as the Taiwan Station, was an institution for defense, dispatch and military newspaper transmission established in the northwest border in the Qing Dynasty. It has the functions of backup horses and accommodation, similar to the military station in later generations.

After Qianlong completely pacified the Junggar, the mobilization of the Qing army stationed by Ulya Sutai and Kobdo were all controlled by Suiyuan City. As for the patrol and garrison of Karen Station, there has been no major change since the fourth year of Qianlong's reign.

After three days of closed doors, Zhao Xin and his friends were unable to bear it. During breakfast on April 9, Liu Sheng's wife Wu Xiha said casually, saying that it would be better to go out and change your mind when you are tired. So Liu Sheng suggested going to the Epiphany Cathedral in the city, and the other three agreed happily.

This Orthodox church was built in 1693, and a fire in 1716 burned it all. In 1718, locals began to donate money to rebuild it again. After decades of construction, it formed a beautiful building piled up like white building blocks.

The Grand Priest who heard the news bowed to Zhao Xin and others and enthusiastically wanted to be a tour guide. For this Orthodox priest in his sixties, Baiboer City has been occupied by the Chinese for more than two years, but this is their Grand Priest who visited here for the first time. Perhaps this is a good start, and the Grand Priest obviously hopes to hold a separate mass for Zhao Xin and others.

But to his disappointment, Zhao Xin and the others just planned to take a look and didn't want to pray for anything. Among the few people, except Zhang Jingxuan, who was busy with civil affairs, everyone else knew very little about the Orthodox Church.

When you walk into the church gate, it is like walking into another space. Orthodox worship portraits, so you can’t see sculptures in the church, but the rich and exquisite murals on the surrounding walls and even the dome. The exquisite lighting and patterns on the eaves of the door are extremely detailed when viewed close. Everything here is definitely devoted to your whole life.

After reading it for a while, Zhao Xin found that most of the portraits were the same. After seeing them too much, he lost interest. 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 the ranks of squirting clouds and mist.

Zhao Xin walked slowly under his feet and suddenly said, "Liu, this time you send troops to Outer Mongolia, you have to fight a few big battles. Those kings and kings and Taijis saw our strength, and the follow-up work of civil affairs will be much smoother."

Liu Sheng withdrew his eyes from the distance and said decisively: "Kulun, Ulya Sutai, Kobdo, east-west raids 2,500 kilometers, and the logistics pressure is quite high. My opinion is that if the Qing army from Suiyuan and Dihua heads north, we will fight these two teams first."

Zhao Xin said "hmm" and said again: "The three generations of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong have invested a lot of effort in Khalkha and Mongolia since the pacification of the Junggar to the present, and they will never give up easily. I guess the Xi'an to Dihua line was the retreat left by Qianlong for himself. He would not send the most elite Tianshan Banner to Kobdo to take the adventure.

The fighter's opportunity is fleeting, and you will make a decision at that time and do not need to ask for instructions in everything. As for the Tanuwulianghai, I will draw two battalions along the Yenisei River to move south, and strive to attract the troops of the seventeen subordinates of the Sanyin Noyan tribe from Kemukemuchik and Shabinida Bahan."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! At this time, Zhang Jingxuan sighed: "Three attacks, the four Khalkha tribes, the Tangu Ulianghai, Kobudo, 1.8 million square kilometers; plus the jurisdiction of the Heilongjiang General, this is more than two million square kilometers."

Zhao Xin patted Zhang Jingxuan on the shoulder and sighed: "The golden cup is inseparable, and the mountains and rivers are unified, so it is not that easy to make. Xiao Zhang, you have been in Lake Baikal for more than two years. After fighting Khalkha this time, go and be the deputy to Lao Chen."

"Okay." Zhang Jingxuan smiled slightly, and did not ask who the successor was. He had been struggling in Irkutsk for two years in the wind and snow before he really entered the core circle of Beihai Town today.

Fan Tong came over to Zhao Xin again and said, "I said Mr. Zhao, can't you give me more armored vehicles? Fifty cars are not enough!"

"I think about taking out a hundred vehicles. The problem is that there must be so many people who can drive it! Both cavalry battalions have been transferred to you."

In fact, Zhao Xin still has three thousand Cossack servants, all of whom are cavalrymen. However, he doesn't want these foreigners to get involved in the internal affairs of China. It is the mission of the Cossacks to cause trouble for Tsarist Russia.

Zhao Xin was almost vomiting when he looked at the map these days. All the roads and stations in the northwest border of the Qing Dynasty were put into his mind. He smiled and said, "Fatty Fan, it is 480 kilometers from Chaktu to Kulun, 240 kilometers from Kulun to Taradoland Station, and 1,248 kilometers from Taradoland Station to Ulyasutai. There are nearly 2,000 kilometers of roads, and this is not counted as the road to Kobdo. You should first think about how to solve the logistics supply."

Fan Tong roughly planned and thought it was a big deal. This time, the rich man Zhao did not follow the troops, and the oil supply was really a big trouble.

The fuel tank capacity of a BMP2 is 460 liters. It can run 600 kilometers per fill once, and 50 vehicles are 23,000 liters. According to Zhao Xin, 1,968 kilometers from Chaktu to Ulyasutai, assuming that it keeps running, the fuel alone will cost 75,000 liters.

In fact, this is impossible. It is not a rally race, and it has to fight. Calculate at 2.5 times, at least 180,000 liters of diesel must be prepared. One iron oil barrel is 159 liters, which is 1,200 barrels of diesel. OK, it’s 200 tons!

The oil Zhao Xin was prepared for it and stored it in the North Navy logistics warehouse outside Baiboer City. The problem is that Fan Tong had to find a way to take it away this time.

Zhao Xin said with a serious expression: "Since you want to use armored vehicles to deal with the Mongol cavalry, you have to consider the issue of oil supply. There are 12 stations from Chaktu to Kulun. The seventh station, that is, the Shirtai must build a supply station. There are 60 kilometers from there to Huqigantai. The location is very critical. You must never think about getting to Kulun."

Fan Tong and Zhang Jingxuan were so impressed by Zhao Xin that they were full of thoughts. Not to mention anything else, just this memory that made the map look like a family, the two of them sighed that they were not as good as they were.

Zhao Xin reminded him worriedly: "When fighting Outer Mongolia, you are fighting for supplies. As long as the supply line is continuous and there is no problem with the supply supply, everything is a foregone conclusion. Xiao Fan, you are Da Liu's deputy, don't always think about fighting. Political propaganda matters are under your control. You should start from this aspect more."

Everyone walked to the carriage outside the church yard, and Liu Sheng casually said, "Go back now?"

Zhao Xin said: "No, go to the 3rd Regiment headquarters to see, don't they have an exercise tonight?"

In mid-April of the Gregorian calendar, Lake Baikal, located in East and West Siberia, is still an endless white ice field. The noon sunlight passes through the thick ice surface like a mirror. Among the countless bubbles, the sunlight reflects the light and shadow like sapphire, calm and clear, and extremely beautiful.

The never-freezing Angara River and the frozen lake are as eye-catching as white jade and green flies. On the hills still covered with snow on the shore, the first flower in spring has quietly emerged from the ground. Purple creamy petals, golden spherical stamens, and soft silver velvet coats, dotted with mountains and fields.

Pan Xiucheng jumped off the horse's back, handed the reins to the guard beside him, then picked up the telescope and observed it on the training ground and exercise positions.

"What are you doing today?" Pan Xiucheng asked.

"Live ammunition shooting!" Zhou, the battalion commander of the Second Battalion, replied.

“Are the night exercise ready?”

"It's almost done. You'll be optimistic then!"

"Don't brag!"

"Captain, go and have a look!"

Pan Xiucheng and Monk Zhou were talking, and then walked towards the shooting range in the valley.

Mongolian recruit Batu was shooting straight at the target of the half-body standing under the cliff. Pan Xiucheng walked to Batu and looked at him intently.

Batu's body stood up straight, his cheeks pressed against the butt, held his breath, and used two consecutive small movements to pull the trigger and shot the bullet out. Then a red flag was raised behind the target, which means that it hit the middle of the head, which was a little lower.

"Go another shot to the regiment commander!" Zhou said proudly.

Batu was about to shoot again and was about to pull the trigger, Pan Xiucheng suddenly ordered: "Hit to the heart!"

Batu moved the aiming angle, then aimed at a gun, and the bullet shot out. Then he shot another bullet without stopping. Pan Xiucheng could see clearly in the telescope, and the wooden target trembled twice in a row. Flagyu reported that two parts of the chest were hit.

Pan Xiucheng pulled Batu in front of him, looked at the other person with a surprised look and looked at him carefully for a moment on his face, and asked, "Have you ever shot a shotgun before?"

"I have used all the bows and arrows and birds in Karen's garrison, and used them." Batu saluted. He had not spoken to an official as a commander as a commander. He used to be an arrowhead in Karen, and when he saw a cavalry school, he had to kneel down and answer.

Pan Xiucheng understood that the other party should have talent in shooting, and this ordinary person could not compare without hard training. He asked kindly: "How can you be a soldier?"

"The servants were too heavy. I owed five or five taels of silver in the flag. I couldn't survive, so I ran away and escaped. Last year, I recruited soldiers from Caktu and signed up."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "How old is this year?"

"nineteen."

"Have you married a wife?"

"If you don't have enough food and owe so much debt, who would marry me like this?"

"Who else at home?"

"Eji and my brother."

Pan Xiucheng stretched out his thick hand and slapped Batu's shoulder vigorously. Batu's short and strong body was almost trembling at all, and his eyes were tightly looking at Pan Xiucheng's face full of beards.

"Do it well, young man! Who is your squad leader?"

Kang Youcai, who was standing aside, hurriedly said, "It's me!"

"Call 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 at Kang Youcai's eyes and said seriously: "Learn from him! You are not as good as a new soldier."

"I understand."

"What do you know?"

"Learn from him! Leader!" Kang Youcai replied loudly. Monk Zhou glared at him with a grudge.

Pan Xiucheng looked at the shooting range for a while, and asked Zhou Monkshang about the preparations for the night offensive and defensive combat exercises in the camp, and then returned to the regiment headquarters. He heard that Zhao Xin had been here for several days and had been having a meeting with Liu Sheng. He estimated that the troops would make big moves again.

As soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, on the road hundreds of meters away, a group of people surrounded two carriages and rushed straight towards the regiment headquarters. Pan Xiucheng raised his telescope and saw that it was Liu Sheng and Zhang Jingxuan's carriages, as well as a group of guards.

Everyone entered Pan Xiucheng's residence and office, and Zhao Xin asked straight to the point: "How is the team practicing? Can you fight or not?"

"Can fight! Ensure the completion of the task." Pan Xiucheng replied.

"Tell me, how is the training?" Zhao Xin continued to ask.

"Grenade throwing, the average of new and old soldiers is 38 meters. The shooting rate of rifles and machine guns is also good." Pan Xiucheng said this and described the situation where he saw the new soldier Batu on the shooting range of the second battalion, and made a vivid description.

"Will there be an offensive and defensive exercise tonight?" Fan Tong asked.

Deputy Regiment Commander Cao Chao replied: "At night, the Second Battalion confronts the Cavalry Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion attacks, and the Second Battalion defends. I agreed with the Cavalry Battalion that the three battalions will be in confrontation exercise for three days."

"The Second Camp is the camp of Monk Zhou, right?" When Zhao Xin spoke, he looked outside the window and was deeply impressed by Monk Zhou.

At this time, Liu Sheng said: "Don't tell the following: let's observe the exercises, so as not to affect their fighting psychology."

The arrival of Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and others immediately increased the tension between Pan Xiucheng and his deputy. The two of them had a premonition that Zhao Xin would not enter the Three Treasure Hall without any trouble, and they might have a task soon.

At night, the cold wind roared on the hills, and the bright stars were leaping with cold lights. All the lights in the military camp were extinguished, and the exercises of offensive and defensive battles began on the plains in the dark night.

Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and Fan Tong sat in the regiment command post, and observed the progress of the exercise through the pictures sent back by the drone. The sound of explosions, shouts of killing, and horns echoed in the valley. The atmosphere of battle filled the plains of the Angara River and the shores of Lake Baikal in early spring.

The current combat exercises of the North Navy are almost exactly the same as those of real combat, except that the bullets are made of empty bullets. Because there has been a long time since the night exercises are conducted, there are constant accidents of major and small.

Deputy Commander Cao Chao's waist flashed, so in the second half of the exercise, this man must hold one hand on his waist and eyes when walking, and he was completely "great man", but his face showed an embarrassing and painful expression and grinning.

The right ear of the second battalion leader Zhou was cut by the thorny weeds on the hillside, tied a circle of bandages, and there were two thin blood marks on his face. Kang Youcai, the squad leader of his subordinate, had his calf rubbed by the horse's hooves of the cavalry, and a large piece of blood was sludge, and the red and swollen area was as big as a steamed bun.

The most unfortunate thing is Bai Yin, a new Mongolian soldier from Kang Youcai squad, saw the cavalry retreating. The boy knew it was an exercise and didn't take it seriously. He didn't even wear a helmet and jumped out of the trenches and chased out. As a result, he tripped by a stone, and hit a hard stone on the back of his head, and died.
Chapter completed!