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At one o'clock in the morning on October 10th, Lin Yuan ordered the mine-sweeping tanks to enter the scheduled mine-sweeping position and began to carry out operations on the minefields. After the previous defeats, the Russian army also knew that Lin Yuan's troops would definitely attack them, so they strengthened their pre-war For the reconnaissance work, Lin Yuan's tanks had big targets and made loud noises. These sounds spread so far in the empty and quiet night that the Russian army knew the news of the arrival of Lin Yuan's troops very early.

Lin Yuan's judgment was not wrong. Adkins, the commander of the Russian Cossack No.15 Cavalry Division, did intend to stick to Mount Kent and prepare for the follow-up troops to build fortifications. What Lin Yuan didn't know was: Adkins' style of play , was formulated by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II himself.

The reason why Nicholas II would personally intervene in the command is very simple, that is, although the Russian army deployed three Cossack cavalry divisions on the border, with a total of more than 6 people, these three cavalry divisions did not have a unified command organization , If you go to war, you can only act on your own.

The command structure was unknown, which was originally a taboo for military strategists, but the Russian army didn’t care at all, because first: they didn’t think war would break out, the reason was the same as Yuan Shikai’s analysis, Mongolia’s winter was coming, and the Qing court didn’t dare to send troops; Second: They felt that even if the Qing court sent troops, it would not need the Russian army to do it themselves, because the combat effectiveness of the Qing court army could only let Zhe Buzun Danba's troops fight.

However, the Russians never figured out that Lin Yuan actually sent troops, and the speed was so fast, their intelligence agents didn't even realize that Lin Yuan was making preparations, and Nicholas II was still there at the beginning. There was nothing about Lin Yuan's dispatch of troops. It was not until Lin Yuan sent the telegram that Nicholas II realized that it was too late. Gilles had already been shot, and Zhe Buzun Danba fell into Lin Yuan's hands and became Lin Yuan's puppet, they paid for the instructors to build the Tianyu Legion, and they surrendered to Lin Yuan.

But Nicholas II was not reconciled to failure. He immediately took command of the three divisions in his own hands, and then ordered troops to rush to Kulun, defeat Lin Yuan, and split Mongolia again. The army was very relieved, because they were all elite Cossack cavalry, but the first news he got about the battle was that one battalion of the 15nd Brigade of the 102th Division disappeared during reconnaissance!

Then came the news: the 15nd Brigade of the 102th Division was defeated by the reorganization system in the battle on the evening of September (Sunday, and only 9 people came back. Less than 5000 people fought against Lin Yuan several times. He was so arrogant before, he knew that Lin Yuan was terrifying, so he began to speculate on Lin Yuan's strategic intentions, did Lin Yuan just want to keep Mongolia and prevent the Communist Party?

When Lin Yuan was in Russia, he once said that the Lena River should be used as the border between the two countries. Gilles told the Tsar about Lin Yuan’s point of view. Into Siberia?The Tsar finally started to get scared. If Lin Yuan's troops took the whole of Siberia as their own, the achievements of Russia's crazy foreign aggression since the 16th century would be in vain!

So Nicholas II no longer thought about splitting Mongolia. He felt that being able to keep Siberia was a very good thing!That's why he ordered the troops to set up positions along the Selenge River to prevent Lin Yuan from attacking.

Will Lin Yuan attack Siberia?The answer is yes!

Lin Yuan sat in the armored command vehicle, looked at the map in front of him, and thought silently: "If our troops take Kent Mountain, we can conquer the important city on the border between Russia and Mongolia - Kyakhta. Here, you can bypass the Russian army's Selenge River defense line and surround them from behind! More importantly: from Kyakhta to the entire Siberia is a plain, and there is no danger to defend!

Therefore, the focus of the entire battlefield is concentrated on Mount Kent. This may be a battle that will determine the fate of the two countries, and the key to the victory of this battle is whether Lin Yuan's troops can break through the minefield in front of them!

The crew of the hedgehog-like mine-sweeping tank would not realize that the fate of two countries was on their shoulders. The mine-sweeping tank slowly drove towards the minefield. They didn't order to shoot because they didn't know about Lin Yuan's modification of the mine-sweeping tank. They thought that Lin Yuan didn't know anything about the minefield, and they were waiting for Lin Yuan's armored troops to drill into the minefield.

The mine-sweeping tank then arrived at the edge of the minefield in tacit silence. The commander Zhang Yaowu reported to Lin Yuan: "Report to Commander Lin that the hedgehog has reached the edge of the minefield! Do you want to start clearing the minefield? Please give instructions!" Since Zhang Yaowu was After encouraging Lin Yuan, he immediately took the ridicule of others as an honor, and even changed the name of his tank to "big hedgehog".

Lin Yuan ordered decisively: Start minesweeping!Zhang Yaowu then connected the grenade launch circuit, and a grenade was fired when the button was pressed. The grenade launchers are located in different positions of the turret. Some shoot far and some shoot close, so the choice depends on the commander. that's it.

Zhang Yaowu used the one with the shortest range in order to determine whether there were artillery shells and landmines in front of the minefield. The grenade fell into the minefield. It can lift a large piece of soil, and of course, the shells and mines buried below will also be detonated.

The first grenade fell into the soil and kicked up a piece of soil, but it did not cause a large-scale explosion, indicating that there were no artillery shells and mines here. Zhang Yaowu calculated the range and fired the second grenade. This grenade landed farther away. This time, it happened to hit an underground shell and landmine, and only heard a loud "boom", and the whole sky was illuminated red by the flames!

At this time, the Russian army finally understood that the big Chinese things were here to clear mines, not to be bombed. The commander on the periphery of the minefield shouted heartbreakingly: "Fire! Shoot back the big Chinese things." !" The term "tank" appeared in the First World War in Lin Yuan's era, so the Russian army at this time did not know the word "tank", so they called it "big thing". Draw messy curves in the dark night sky and shoot at the minesweeper tank.

Lin Yuan decisively ordered: the tanks accompanying the mine-sweeping tank fired for cover. With one command, the five tanks behind the mine-sweeping tank opened fire immediately. The shells roared out and landed on the enemy's position. Suddenly, they fired wherever they could, and the Russian gunfire weakened in an instant.

The length of the entire minefield is a full three kilometers, and the range of the modified grenade is only 300 meters. Therefore, if the minesweeper tank wants to open a passage, it must drive forward and then launch the grenade at the front position. Zhang Yaowu saw that he had already met After finding out where the shells and mines were laid, he ordered the driver Zheng Qiang to drive inside!

Zheng Qiang didn't dare to deflect the tank to other places, because he didn't know if there were shells and mines buried in other places, so he carefully drove the tank to the edge of the crater, and then drove the tank down. The Russian officers and soldiers on the opposite side cheered excitedly, and they all said: "The big Chinese thing fell into the pit! They are finished!"