Faced with the results of the battle and the high morale of his subordinates, Zhou Xingguo's solemn expression finally showed signs of easing.

After the clenched fist hit the desk in front of him again, he said with a murderous look on his face: "Revenge is certain. If we do not retaliate, we will not be the National Welfare Force. However, we still need to discuss how to retaliate..."

Afterwards, Zhou Xingguo's eyes gathered on the communications staff again and asked: "Staff General Liu, what do Chief of Staff General Gao have any opinions? Have you sent a specific telegram..."

The communications staff affirmed: "There is... this is a telegram that Chief Gao just sent to the war... Chief Gao asked the commander-in-chief to immediately issue an order to send troops to Outer Mongolia to avenge the sacrificed soldiers..."

There was a report of the request for battle by the Chief of Staff and the commander of the Seventh Army, Gao Shuxun, who was standing in front of Zhou Xingguo, as if he was injected with chicken blood, and agreed in unison: "Please give the commander the order to send troops to avenge the sacrificed soldiers..."

Just as Zhou Xingguo's expression became more and more firm and was about to issue an order, the director of the Operations Department of the Army suddenly stood up and reminded: "Commander, send troops to Outer Mongolia. For such a large military operation, should we report to the General Command of the National Defense Forces immediately? After all, there are Soviet people standing behind Outer Mongolia. After the battle begins, the battle between the two countries is likely to break out."

In an instant, the office, which was still indignant just now, suddenly became quiet. More than a dozen officers of all sizes quickly gathered on Zhou Xingguo, waiting for Zhou Xingguo to make the final decision.

Being appointed as the commander of the group army by Li Guosheng, coupled with Li Guosheng's years of words and deeds and various combat experiences, Zhou Xingguo had already become a qualified military commander invisibly. Not only that, as the National Defense Forces became stronger and stronger, and they successively defeated the two major military powers of Japan and the Soviet Union, Commander Zhou Xingguo gradually felt a little proud in his heart.

Although the Soviets stood behind the Mongolian army, which had the support of the Soviet Far East Military Region, the total number of the entire Mongolian army was only 100,000, and the equipment was behind 100,000, and there were no heavy weapons. The cavalry that had been completely eliminated by countries around the world.

In Zhou Xingguo's eyes, even in the field battlefield facing the enemy, his national defense force only needs to dispatch a tank division to completely eliminate 100,000 Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield.

A tank division can take down all the troops of Outer Mongolia. And he commanded three main forces, one armored division and one heavy artillery division... With such a strong force, only one-third of them need to be dispatched. No, perhaps one-fifth of the troops can be eliminated cleanly and completely before the Soviet Far Eastern Army can react.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xingguo, who was confident in his combat effectiveness, no longer hesitated. He ordered with a firm face: "I won't report to the General Command of the National Defense Army... The Outer Mongolian army took the initiative to attack our Third Army and looked down on us. Since that's the case, we must let these Outer Mongolian army taste the power of our Third Army. After we truly annihilate all the Outer Mongolian army, we will report the victory to the General Command of the National Defense Army."

"Of course. Even if we report to the General Commander-in-Chief now, according to the commander-in-chief's temper, we will hand over this military operation to our Third Army for self-handling. So, we don't have to worry that the Commander-in-Chief will punish us..."

Soon, Commander Zhou Xingguo, who had already made the decision, ordered: "Now I order. The Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, and the Ninth Army to draw a main division and an armored regiment to form three attack clusters, launch an attack on Outer Mongolia from three different directions, and directly attack Qiaobashan, the commander-in-chief of the Outer Mongolia Army, to launch an attack..."

"The three attack clusters were drawn in one day and attacked Outer Mongolia on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning..."

On the white grassland that had been completely covered by heavy snow, a huge marching force of more than 10,000 people, with the help of a large number of cars and armored tanks, was like a black dragon on the white grassland, slowly advancing to their first destination, Doron, after sending troops.

Suddenly, the convoy slowly advancing forward stopped as if it had hit a wall and saw the iron wall. Lei Tianming, the commander of the 071st Division of the 7th Army, who was the highest commander of the attacking force, subconsciously frowned, tightened his military coat tightly on his body and jumped out of the car, and asked a staff officer who rushed over: "What happened ahead, why did the troops stop moving forward..."

A combat staff member whose face was red from the cold quickly replied: "The division seat is the vanguard company. Five minutes ago, the vanguard company was attacked by a regiment-level Mongolian cavalry, and suffered heavy losses. In order to avoid the ambush of the Mongolian cavalry, the chief of staff had ordered the troops to suspend their advance, and the division's armored assault battalion was drawn to the front of the troops to search for advance, and serve as the vanguard..."

The division commander Lei Tianming frowned even deeper, and continued to ask the staff in front of him: "Have the troops bitten these Mongolian cavalry and ate them... The Mongolian cavalry's raiding speed is no matter how fast it is, it is not as fast as our car..."

The communications officer shook his head and replied: "No... Although the reinforcements carried out a pursuit of the retreating Mongolian army as per order, on the grassland without any marks and completely covered by heavy snow, our transport cars could not increase the speed to the extreme. Not only that, during the entire pursuit, there were five transport cars directly lying in the snow and needed repairs."

"The transport car can no longer run in the snow. Armored tanks that rely on tracks can always run in the snow... Has the troops drawn armored troops to pursue the enemy cavalry...."

Faced with the division commander Lei Tianming's question again, the combat staff affirmed: "Yes... However, when the armored assault battalion set up its formation and was ready to pursue, the enemy cavalry regiment had dispersed and disappeared in the wind and snow. Therefore, for five minutes, except for the more than 100 Mongolian cavalry who were killed by the vanguard, they did not achieve any other results."

At this moment, the Chief of Staff, whose cheeks were also red from the cold, came over and reported to Lei Tianming, whose face was becoming more and more serious, "The loss has been counted... Except for the grenades thrown by 62 soldiers in battle and attacked by the enemy cavalry, the biggest loss is that seven transport cars were destroyed and must be given up..."

"In addition, I have drawn the armored assault battalion as our new vanguard, and at the same time, ordered the military headquarters to allocate our tank regiments in companies, scattered among the teams, and always beware of possible raids by enemy cavalry on us."

"Just do it..." Division Commander Lei Tianming nodded affirmatively. Then he continued to order: "Chief of Staff, there is another one. Since its establishment, our National Defense Forces has always advocated that attack is the best defense. During the entire march, we cannot simply rely on armored troops for defense, and infantrymen who achieve cars for advancement cannot be idle."

"Order all combat troops. During the marching of the troops, each company must ensure that one-third of the machine guns and machine gunners are on alert. Whenever they find an attack on Mongolian cavalry, they will greet me with bullets and tear them apart. Let the Mongolian cavalry know that our National Welfare is not a piece of fat meat placed in front of them, but a hedgehog full of thorns."

More than 100 general-purpose machine guns were in a state of fire at any time, and more than 100 armored tanks were ready to fire at all times. Under Lei Tianming's careful deployment, the next three rounds of raids of the Mongolian cavalry never achieved any results. Not only that, at least 800 Mongolian cavalry fell on the road of the raid.

Although the tactics are good, Commander Lei Tianming ignored an important issue: the troops' marching in this way consumed a large amount of ammunition and oil. The little movement on the marching road was dozens of general-purpose machine guns and dozens of armored tanks fired at the same time. Such a huge consumption was definitely not what Commander Lei Tianming expected.

When the new day march ended, tens of thousands of troops began to build tents based on car cars and armored tank bodies. With a bad news, the Chief of Staff hurried to Lei Tianming and reported: "There is a bad news. There is a bad news that we need to solve immediately. Before sending troops, we far underestimated the harsh environment on the Mongolian grasslands. It took less than three days. The week we carried was mostly used up because the soldiers kept heating at night. If we could not get replenished oil, the remaining oil would be consumed at the latest one day."

"On the one hand, the ammunition reserves, especially machine gun ammunition and armored tank ammunition, also consume a huge amount. Just one day of march, we used 30% of these ammunition reserves. If we continue to consume this, we will not reach our destination and fight the final decisive battle with the Mongolian army. The machine guns and armored tanks in the hands of the soldiers will turn into piles of scrap iron."

After taking the list handed over by the Chief of Staff and browsing it carefully, the division commander Lei Tianming's face became solemn. He put down the material consumption list and affirmed to the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, you are right. We not only underestimated the harsh environment on the Mongolian grasslands, but also underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry. Although we knew that we could not cause any damage to us through the raid, these Mongolian cavalry still tirelessly launched attacks on us to achieve the purpose of consuming a large amount of our ammunition and material reserves. Now it seems that we must stop here and wait until the subsequent supply materials arrive before continuing to attack to the final destination..."

The Chief of Staff followed and added: "When the division seat is asked for supplies from the military headquarters, we also need to remind the military headquarters to specifically strengthen the troops and automatic firepower to escort this batch of supplies. The Mongolian cavalry can attack us regardless of casualties, and will also attack the logistics forces regardless of casualties. Because, compared with our field troops, logistics troops and various material reserves carried by the logistics troops, it is even more tempting..."

According to the latest organization of the National Defense Forces, a logistics regiment has only one infantry battalion for escorting at most. However, after receiving a reminder from Lei Tianming, Gao Shuxun directly arranged two infantry battalions to escort a hundred cars full of supplies to Lei Tianming's troops.

Such a vast convoy, as soon as it entered the Mongolian grassland, was discovered by the ubiquitous Mongolian cavalry. Then, Mongolian cavalry seemed to gather in the rivers of the sea and began to concentrate on the predetermined battlefield.

In less than two days, a large area of ​​Mongolian cavalry appeared on the only way for the Seventh Army’s baggage regiment.

In order to destroy this batch of materials and ammunition and to cut off the 071st Division's retreat, the 071st Division was trapped to death on the white Mongolian grassland, and the Soviet Far East Military Region also paid a huge price.

A total of 100 large-caliber artillery that are difficult to find in other warlords in China were sent to the Mongolian Army General Command, which is the military camp where the Mongolian Army Commander-in-Chief Qiaobashan is located.

At the temporary command of tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, a cavalry general with the rank of lieutenant general, was scanning the dozens of officers in front of him with a majestic look on his face. Then, he ordered with a murderous look on his face as if his parents had died.

"Great Mongolian warriors. Now I order all cavalry troops to enter the position immediately. As long as I receive the offensive order, I will attack the Han convoy at all costs and kill all the Han people who are escorting... The commander-in-chief has an order: During the entire battle, the cavalry of a Han soldier will be eliminated, and one hundred cattle and sheep will be rewarded, and two hundred cattle and sheep will be rewarded... The cavalry warriors who died on the battlefield will be rewarded with fifty cattle and sheep and one hundred cattle and one hundred cattle and one hundred ocean will be used as pensions."

"Long live the Commander-in-Chief...Long live the Commander-in-Chief..." People don't care for themselves. Heaven and earth are destroyed. Faced with such generous rewards, the entire Mongolian cavalry unit was in full swing. You must know that the generous rewards offered by Qiaobashan are enough for a family of three to spend several years on the Mongolian prairie.

Taking advantage of the high morale of the troops, more than a dozen cavalry regiments quickly disappeared on the white Mongolian grasslands.

Time passed by minute by minute, and a hundred supplies were slowly appearing in everyone's sight in the face of the wind and snow. Three signal flares, like a train whistle, quickly took off, forming three gorgeous fireworks over the battlefield that was about to explode.

Dozens of Su-made mortars that followed tens of thousands of cavalry to the battlefield roared together. Although the shells that fell into the snow and exploded were limited in lethality, even if the blind cat killed the mouse, there were still a few shells that were filled with various ammunition.

With a deafening roar sounding in the middle of the convoy, a ball of orange-red fireballs that soared into the sky quickly rose from the ground. A large number of shells and bullets loaded in the car compartment flew at an extremely high speed amid the explosion of shells. It was like a celestial girl scattering flowers, and quickly flew towards the surroundings.

More than a dozen National Defense Forces soldiers scattered around the car were covered by orange-red fireballs that quickly spread around before they could react from their surprise. Of course, the soldiers who were farther away were not spared. They were either hit by a large number of bullets flying at high speed or covered by flames produced by shells.

When the two-kilometer convoy began to undergo rounds of artillery fire, tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry scattered on both sides of the road were directly lifted up the white cloth draped on their bodies like heavenly soldiers and generals. Then, they jumped onto the war horse, pulled out the savage from their waists, kicked the war horse's belly, and rushed towards the convoy with the faster and faster cavalry charge speed.

Although the counterattack firepower of the two infantry battalions was very fierce, the Mongolian cavalry who received generous rewards were like chicken blood, and launched round after round of attacks on the convoy with no chance. The Mongolian cavalry in front died on the battlefield and was trampled into meat sauce by messy horse hooves. The Mongolian cavalry behind not only had no fear, but showed the Mongolian intentions of the Mongolians, stared at their red eyes, waved their sabers, and continued to charge against the bullets.

Two hundred meters...one hundred fifty meters...one hundred meters...eighty meters...

On the offensive road paved with Mongolian lives and blood, the remnants of the Mongolian army, which had lost thousands of cavalry, finally rushed to the range of grenade throwing.

With the help of war horses, bundles of cluster grenades emitting smoke flew towards the transport convoy like it was raining.

The heavy explosion sounded, and the counterattack firepower of the National Defense Forces scattered around the convoy seemed to have been severely damaged, and was instantly weakened by more than half.

Thousands of Mongolian cavalry who had already killed red-eyed, in order to get more rewards from their families in this war, seized this opportunity immediately, regardless of the injury of the war horse under their crotch, and stabbed a dagger into the horse's buttocks and bleed, completely firing out the potential of the war horse.

Suddenly, the Mongolian cavalry who had just slowly advanced forward turned into a sharp sword with a sharp sword and quickly plunged into a convoy that had been completely shrouded in the smoke of gunpowder.

The sound of metal collisions, the sound of grenade explosions, the neighing of war horses, the screams of soldiers... It was like a war symphony, which quickly rang out in the middle of the two-kilometer convoy of the National Defense Forces.

All combat supplies for a mechanized infantry division for ten days, all the baggage car and personnel of a baggage regiment, and two infantry battalions in the National Defense Forces responsible for escorting disappeared on the battlefield under the attack of the Mongolian cavalry without any consumption. At the same time, tens of thousands of troops of the National Defense Forces 071st Division, which had lost all fuel, were surrounded by at least 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, and had to stand firm with increasingly scarce material reserves.

The news reached the ears of the commander of the Seventh Army, Gao Shuxun, who was shocked and smashed the rice bowl in his hand that was eating. Then, regardless of his identity as Lieutenant General, he roared at the chief of staff in front of him: "Bitch, why are you still standing there? Report the damage to the war immediately to the Army Command and request reinforcements. It is best to get air force support, drop logistics supplies to the 071st Division, and continue to stand firm and wait for assistance. At the same time, he ordered the 072nd Division to assemble immediately and prepare for reinforcements of the 071st Division..."

"Yes, the military..."

Gao Shuxun, the troops of the Seventh Army, underestimated the harsh environment of the Mongolian grasslands and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry. The Eighth Army and the Ninth Army, which also sent troops to Outer Mongolia, were also in this dilemma.
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