The Republic of Heroes

After Wu Xiaoliang and Chu Qixiang divided their forces, they still led their troops westward. According to common sense, since their whereabouts have been discovered by the enemy, they should not continue to attack.The guide Dolji raised objections to this, thinking that this trip is like sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth. It is the best policy to immediately change the strategy and go west to occupy Kulun and then wait for work at ease.

Many senior military officers agreed with the young guide's opinion, and believed that it would be very unwise to insist on looking north for Semyonov's main force for a decisive battle after his whereabouts were exposed and the weather was getting worse.Wu Xiaoliang heard the discussions among the staff officers, most of them were opposing voices, and said with a smile:

"Do you all think that the strength of our Suidong Army is not enough to destroy this bandit gang?"

"This……"

Everyone stopped answering, no one was willing to say in front of the commander something that would hurt the morale of others, but they didn't take it seriously.

Wu Xiaoliang also saw everyone's disapproval, so he explained patiently: "If you think so, the gangsters will also think so. They will not really prepare for a fight to the death just because we exposed it. According to common sense, since The intention of the military operation has been exposed, so a military officer with a little military common sense will adjust the strategy in a timely manner, and it is impossible to carry out the original plan. So we are still facing a group of bandits who are not ready for a decisive battle .As long as the Suidong Army arrives at Aksha as quickly as possible, the suddenness of tactics will still remain."

The officers were silent after hearing this. This is a gamble. Who can be sure that Semyonov is not ready for a decisive battle?Just when someone wanted to refute, Wu Xiaoliang spoke again.

"Even if they are ready, I still plan to gnaw on this hard bone. Since our Suidong Army is here, we must make the name of the Suidong Army and let those mandrills, wild ghosts, ghosts and monsters be frightened. The Soviet Russian army, which was in absolute dominance, was beaten to the bum just like the Japanese army, and these bandit soldiers were Cossacks in name, but in fact they were completely different from the well-trained Japanese army. "

Wu Xiaoliang finally persuaded the senior military officers present at the meeting, and the troops continued to move northward. After leaving Kundulin, the population became less and less populated, with almost no herdsmen in sight, and the grassland terrain became steeper and steeper.

Dorji stood on his horse, pointed to the mountains in the distance and introduced: "General, there is Mount Kent in front of you. After crossing this mountain and crossing the Onan River, you will completely leave Mongolia."

The withered grass is falling, the north wind is blowing up, and the birthplace of Genghis Khan is in front of him. His descendants have long lost the domineering arrogance of their ancestors who despised all things in the world, and are caught between various forces and compromise.Wu Xiaoliang suddenly felt emotional, no matter what, this piece of land cannot be taken away by the Russians.

The sound of breaking through the air sounded without warning, followed by crackling shots, and the infantry artillery joined the battle group.Just when Wu Xiaoliang was surprised, the messenger hurried over.

"Report to the commander, there is a large group of Japanese troops ahead, and the first regiment has already exchanged fire with them."

The Japanese army appeared here, which surprised everyone. Outer Mongolia has always been the sphere of influence of the Russians, and outsiders will never be allowed to interfere. Now that the Tsar has fallen and the Empire State Building across Europe and Asia has collapsed, power has emerged in these marginal areas. In a vacuum, the Japanese came buzzing like flies with a keen sense of smell and eyeing the blood.I just didn't expect it to come so fast and so blatantly.

The Japanese army landed in Siberia, and then controlled the vast area of ​​the Far East, and their attempt to link their sphere of influence with the three eastern provinces was terminated by the Suidong Army. They did not expect that they would have their goal so soon.

"How many people are there in the Japanese army? How many light and heavy weapons are there?"

The orderly replied:

"Looking at the scale, there is only one regiment. The heavy firepower probably consists of more than ten [-] mountain guns, several infantry artillery, some Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns, and some light machine guns."

When investigating the enemy's situation, if the number is too large to be estimated for a while, it will be replaced by some.After Wu Xiaoliang heard so much at once, he knew that the Japanese army in front of him must be armed to the teeth, and it was an extremely difficult bone.

The staff quickly spread out the map. Since the Outer Mongolia had been independent for many years, they did not have a detailed map of Outer Mongolia. The map in their hands only had some simple terrain descriptions, as well as the approximate scope of the towns and tribal areas at the beginning.The Beiyang government issued such a map to the troops as a marching map, so how could the Beiyang army be undefeated.Wu Xiaoliang looked annoyed for a while, and he estimated the battlefield situation. Although this place is located at the foot of Kent Mountain, there are no trees and jungles, and it is still a meadow that can't be seen as far as the eye can see. This kind of terrain has no advantages whether it is offensive or defensive. to speak of.

Therefore, the best way to deal with the Japanese at present is to fight slow with fast, and fight with more and less.The Suidong Army has all these two advantages.So he sent a cavalry regiment to attack from the rear of the Japanese position from the flank, and ordered the second regiment to bypass the left flank to attack the frontal battlefield.

The first regiment fought fiercely. When they encountered the Japanese army on the first day of junior high school, they fired the first shot first.The head of the first regiment was a Peking University student who joined the Suidong Army when Wu Xiaoliang was engaged in the student army movement in colleges and universities. He had no good impression of Japan, and even Commander Wu hated the Japanese deeply, so he saw the plaster turned over on the other side of the hillside. flag, he ordered to open fire without hesitation.

That group of Japanese soldiers was obviously also very surprised by the sudden appearance of a Chinese squadron. They wanted to send someone to negotiate, but who knew that the other party would go to war without declaring it, so the Japanese commander hesitated for a while and sent the entire Japanese army together. The team was brought into a very unfavorable situation.But it is worthy of being a well-trained Japanese army, not comparable to those of the Semyonov gang. After the chaos of the first division, the Japanese army quickly launched a counterattack, and even made several charges, killing the first regiment. suppressed.

Wu Xiaoliang's location happened to be in a depression, so he could only hear the crackling sound of guns and shells, but he couldn't see any changes in the battlefield situation.After the battle is deployed, we can only passively wait for the result of the battle.But he still insisted on leading the headquarters to advance to the battlefield until there was only a high slope between them and the battlefield.

The exchange of fire between the Suidong Army and the Japanese Army became more and more intense, and snowflakes like goose feathers began to float in the gray sky. As the frequency of snowflakes fell, the visibility began to become extremely low, and it was difficult to see clearly ten steps away.

Wu Xiaoliang wanted to go up to the high slope several times to find out, but he was dragged back by his subordinates. When he went up to the high slope, he was on the battlefield. It was so close to the battlefield, and stray bullets had no eyesight. Morale will inevitably plummet, and the entire army will be in danger of being wiped out.

During the dispute, the messenger galloped back on his horse, turned over and rolled off the horse, staggered a few times, and then stabilized his figure.Wu Xiaoliang was worried about the situation of the battle, so he asked questions without waiting for his report.

"How's the result of the cavalry regiment?"