507 Outer Mongolia
Chobashan was very lucky. After the division of troops was completed, the bomber that had been hovering above everyone's head disappeared from his sight with the Soviet major general. However, for Chobashan, this kind of good luck could only make him live dozens of minutes more than the Soviet major general.
Ten kilometers ahead of Choba Mountain, a tank company and an infantry company of the National Defense Forces deployed in this area were forming a search formation, pressing towards Choba step by step.
At the speed of the two armies, at least ten minutes, two troops, which are disproportionately in equipment and forces, will collide together. At that time, the generals who welcomed Qiaobashan will be another unilateral massacre.
Because there were only less than one hundred cavalry around Qiaobashan, when the two armies were one kilometer apart, Qiaobashan, who was walking in the front of the team, immediately discovered the oncoming defense force.
Then, a scream full of despair came from Chobashan's mouth: "How could this happen? How could there be a national defense army here, and there are so many tanks. Is it really the end of Chobashan today, and the sky is about to destroy Chobashan..."
A confidant company commander who was following Qiaobashan frowned and exclaimed at Qiaobashan: "Commander-in-Chief, the National Defense Force has less than one battalion of troops. As long as we use the advantage of cavalry to bypass this national defense force, we still have the possibility of escaping from Outer Mongolia... Commander-in-Chief, I lead the troops to cover it. You bring a guard squad and immediately go around the other side's flanks and rush out of Outer Mongolia as quickly as possible."
After taking a deep look at his subordinates who were willing to use his life to protect him, Qiao Bashan did not hesitate and quickly led a dozen confidants to leave the team and prepare to break through the two wings of the National Defense Force.
However, this idea is obviously a daydream.
Seeing the sudden change in front of me, the Outer Mongolian cavalry, ten tanks and twenty cars lined up in rows, were also divided into two. Three tanks, carrying six cars full of soldiers, chased directly in the direction of Qiaobashan breaking through. The remaining seven tanks and more than ten cars rushed towards Qiaobashan cover troops in the same direction.
The sound of gunfire sounded, and the more than 60 cavalrymen who were abandoned by Chobashan had no time to react. They were torn to pieces by flying bullets and shells.
As for Chobashan, who was scattered and breaking through, although he tried his best to break through, the speed of the war horses was no faster than that of tanks and cars. In less than a minute, more than a dozen cavalrymen led by Chobashan entered the seven tanks and dozens of heavy-load machine guns.
The dull machine gun strafing sounded on the grassland. Before more than a dozen Outer Mongolian cavalry could react from their shock, a burst of bullets enveloped everyone. Qiaobashan, located in the front, was obviously given a key care. Whether it was Qiaobashan himself or the war horses that Qiaobashan boasted, they were instantly shot into a hornet's nest by bullets, and then they fell heavily on the grass.
As the gunfire shrouded on the Mongolian grassland gradually stopped, groups of Outer Mongolian prisoners of war began to walk out of the battlefield under the escort of the National Defense Army soldiers. Of course, there were groups of war horses who survived by luck with the prisoners of war.
When the body of the commander-in-chief of Outer Mongolian Army Qiao Bashan was sent to Xiong Shaowen, the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia, which lasted for more than half a month, officially ended with the complete victory of the National Defense Force.
Of course, the end of the main decisive battle does not mean that Outer Mongolia has fallen into the hands of the National Defense Forces. Because of the characteristics of the nomadic peoples in Outer Mongolia, coupled with the long-term religious rule and propaganda of Qiaobashan, in the eyes of more than one million Outer Mongolian people, the idea that the Han people came to the Outer Mongolia grasslands to slave themselves has been completely deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Therefore, more than one million herders scattered throughout the Outer Mongolia grassland and living in no fixed place are still a potential threat to the National Defense Forces, and may threaten the lives of national defense soldiers entering the Outer Mongolia grassland at any time. Not only that, as a small number of battlefield defeated soldiers began to spread to these tribes, the threat to national defense forces became increasingly greater.
"Report to the Military Captain, the 131st Regiment reported that a patrol team of our army was suddenly attacked by a group of horse bandits while conducting routine patrols around the base. None of the more than 40 soldiers of the entire patrol team were spared. All were brutally massacred by the attackers." The commander of the 13th Army Frontier Command, Xiong Shaowen, had not yet recovered from the decisive battle that had just ended. The report from his subordinates made him shocked again.
After slamming his clenched fist on the desk in front of him, he asked the Chief of Staff with the same solemn expression beside him: "Chief of Staff, this is the first raid we have suffered in the past few days... How many troops have we lost in the past two days..."
The Chief of Staff frowned and reported, "Martial Commander, this is the third attack in two days..... The first attack we lost an infantry squad..... The second attack we lost two infantry squad..... As for today's attack, we lost a whole infantry platoon...."
"In just two days, we lost almost hundreds of troops, almost catching up with our losses in the entire decisive battle. As for the results, we only found dozens of bodies abandoned by the outsiders. Chief of Staff, tell me what our reconnaissance forces do. Haven't there been any trace of them in three consecutive attacks?"
The Chief of Staff replied with a dilemma: "Military, although the specific hiding place for this group of horse bandits has not been found yet. However, through the bodies left by these horse bandits, we have confirmed the identity of these horse bandits. The horse bandits who attacked us were not real horse bandits, but have always been beneficial to the Outer Mongolian herders around us. So far, I have ordered the reconnaissance troops to draw elite investigators to go to the residences of these herders for investigation. If nothing unexpected happens, the news will not be long before it will be heard back."
Sure enough, as soon as the Chief of Staff finished speaking, a report rang at the command office. Then, an officer with the rank of major walked in and delivered a report to the Chief of Staff.
After reading the report in his hand quickly, a trace of surprise appeared directly on the face of the Chief of Staff and affirmed to Xiong Shaowen: "Military, our guess just now is correct. All the horse bandits attacked us came from this Mongolian tribe. In the decisive battle two days ago, almost one company of Outer Mongolian cavalry fled to this tribe and was taken in. Then, the cavalry company began to recruit soldiers and horses in the tribe. In less than two days, the cavalry of one company had expanded to two battalions, almost all the young and middle-aged people of this Outer Mongolian tribe were included in the newly expanded troops."
Xiong Shaowen, who had been frustrated for two days, finally found his target of venting and shouted to the Chief of Staff: "Since that's the case, Chief of Staff, why are you still standing there? I immediately ordered the 131st Regiment to send troops and encircle this group of Outer Mongolian cavalry to me. Since they dare to remember us to launch an attack, they must pay the price for their actions."
Looking at the murderous commander in front of him, the chief of staff did not leave immediately, but advised Xiong Shaowen: "Please calm down... According to the report: 70% of the troops in this cavalry are still ordinary Mongolians. Once we send troops, it is equivalent to encircling the entire Outer Mongolian tribe. At that time, our already tense relationship with the Outer Mongolian people will definitely become even more tense, and it will even trigger a full-scale war, leading all more than one million Outer Mongolians into the war..."
"Then we just watched this group of Outer Mongolian cavalry wearing ordinary robes, constantly attacking and slaughtering our soldiers... I am unwilling, absolutely unwilling to......" Xiong Shaowen, who stared at a pair of red eyes, roared sternly.
The Chief of Staff shook his head and replied: "Military throne, revenge is certain. As for the degree of revenge, we must discuss it carefully. Avoid pushing all more than 10,000 people in Outer Mongolia to our hostile side. So, my suggestion is to report the situation here immediately to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to make a judgment. I believe that other main divisions of our army located in Outer Mongolia will also encounter our same situation."
The General Command of the Chenyang National Defense Forces, facing the telegram sent by Xiong Shaowen, Jiang Baili did not dare to be dictatorial. After all, this order was related to more than one million Mongolians in Outer Mongolia.
After reading the telegram sent by Jiang Baili, a sharp murderous aura quickly emanated from Li Guosheng. Then, he replied to Jiang Baili: "Chief of Staff, my idea is very simple. I quoted a sentence from Xiong Shaowen in the telegram. Since these Outer Mongolians dare to attack us, they must pay the price for their actions."
Jiang Baili frowned and asked Li Guosheng: "Master. What do you mean is to send troops to encircle these sneak attackers... But I am worried that after the battle begins, all Outer Mongolians may be pushed to the opposite side of us."
Li Guosheng shook his head and replied: "Chief of Staff, let's not discuss this issue for now. I ask you, if we do not encircle and suppress these Outer Mongolians, with the current situation, how long will it take to truly incorporate Outer Mongolia under the control of our defense force?"
"Five years, it takes at least five years. As far as I know, Outer Mongolians are deeply influenced by religion. Without five years, we cannot change the impression of the Han people in the hearts of Outer Mongolians, and we cannot truly make Outer Mongolians return to their hearts. After all, these Outer Mongolians have been a foreign race since ancient times and have always wanted to establish an independent country." Jiang Baili replied.
Li Guosheng nodded and said, "Five years are considered small. In this way, we will calculate it based on five years. Before the Outer Mongolians really returned to their hearts, in order to prevent the Soviet Far East Military Region and more than one million Outer Mongolians, we must deploy at least two army forces within the Outer Mongolia territory. Faced with a long logistics supply line and various rebellions that more than one million Outer Mongolians may launch at any time, how much military expenditure will be consumed by the two armies in five years? Have you calculated this account?"
Seeing the murderous aura emitted from Li Guosheng, Jiang Baili's heart was shocked and couldn't help but exclaim: "Master, what do you mean is to bring all the more than one million Outer Mongolians in Outer Mongolia..."
Seeing a murder gesture made by Jiang Baili, Li Guosheng quickly shook his head and denied it: "Chief of Staff, I, Li Guosheng, are not so cruel... Besides, it is too cheap to kill more than one million traitors who have been thinking about rebelling against the country. In addition, after killing all the Outer Mongolian people, what's the use of us when we want a piece of the uninhabited Outer Mongolia grassland."
"Then what you mean is...Master, don't keep it from being kept in a silence. Tell me if you have any ideas right away." Jiang Baili, who was full of confusion, asked anxiously.
"Start from two aspects..." Li Guosheng affirmed.
"First, find ways to reduce the number of Outer Mongolians in Outer Mongolia, especially the number of young and middle-aged people, and increase the proportion and number of Han people in Outer Mongolia. As long as the proportion of Han people in Outer Mongolia exceeds that of Outer Mongolia, the entire Outer Mongolia will completely fall into the hands of our defense force and become another treasure land for our defense force."
"Secondly, build railways from the three eastern provinces to Outer Mongolia, connecting Outer Mongolia with the entire three northeastern provinces and Lake Baikal region by railways. As long as Outer Mongolia has a complete railway network, no matter what weather or season, we can quickly transport troops and materials to Outer Mongolia through railways."
"The two plans go hand in hand. I believe that within two years, Outer Mongolia will truly integrate into our defense force."
Seeing Jiang Baili with a shocked look in front of him, Li Guosheng continued to speak: "If we want to achieve the above two goals, we must make good use of this contradiction in front of us... More than one million Outer Mongolians, even after the two expansions of the army in Qiaobashan, the entire Outer Mongolia is conservatively estimated that there are still more than 200,000 of our continued young and strong laborers."
"My idea is to make good use of this opportunity and take advantage of the remnants of Qiaobashan scattered in Outer Mongolia..."
Seeing Li Guosheng who was still keeping his mouth shut, Jiang Baili continued to ask: "Master, what are you going to do?"
Li Guosheng replied with a sneer: "Qiaobashan is dead. I believe that the remnants of Qiaobashan who were scattered in Outer Mongolia will not be stupid enough to continue to work hard for a dead person. And the reason why they expanded their army among major tribes is simply to preserve their power and status, especially their own lives."
"Since that's the case, we will give them what they want. Let them bring their soldiers and the Outer Mongolian Army to our National Defense Forces for the freedom and money they want. Think about it. Even if we exchange them with these defeated soldiers at the price of a 50-yuan-yuan-a-long Mongolian young man and pull all the young and middle-aged people in Outer Mongolia who may threaten us to the railway to build the railway, we only need to pay ten million oceans."
"Buy ten million oceans to buy peace in the entire Outer Mongolia, buy a perfect railway line, and buy a prairie with a radius of hundreds of square kilometers. No matter what aspect of calculation, such a transaction will benefit us without any harm."
"Of course, we don't need to be polite to those stubborn and unscrupulous soldiers. As long as we do not actively surrender to our defense force within the prescribed time limit, we will send troops to wipe them out. The stubborn elements will be eliminated on the spot. All young and middle-aged Outer Mongolians who participated in the operation will be treated as prisoners of war and handed over to our construction corps for handling."
"In addition, it is absolutely impossible to truly consolidate the grasslands of more than one million square kilometers in Outer Mongolia, with millions of young and strong labor alone. My other idea is to establish Outer Mongolia Province, and the government will immediately form the Outer Mongolia Provincial Government. The first priority after the establishment of the Outer Mongolia Provincial Government is to immigrate to Outer Mongolia. Try to make the proportion of Han people in Outer Mongolia exceeds Outer Mongolia within two years. At the same time, develop Outer Mongolia into the main production area of meat and leather products in the three northeastern provinces of our country."
Faced with Li Guosheng's almost decisive order, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili strongly supported: "General Secretary, I will call back the front line immediately according to your wishes. At the same time, a joint meeting was organized to form the Outer Mongolia Provincial Government with the help of Chairman Li of the government. At the same time, the railway department was required to organize manual exploration and design a railway line to the Outer Mongolia grassland immediately."
After two decisive battles in Outer Mongolia, which were almost unilaterally massacred, the defeated soldiers scattered among the major tribes of Outer Mongolia were full of fear of the National Defense Forces. Under such circumstances, the reason why these defeated soldiers continued to attack the National Defense Forces patrol forces was to use this method to arouse the hatred of the Outer Mongolians towards the National Defense Forces, encourage young and middle-aged tribes to join themselves, and expand their military strength. On the other hand, in order to encourage the low morale of the troops, they also obtained the weapons and equipment of the National Defense Forces patrol team.
However, no matter what, the fear of the National Defense Force has completely penetrated into the hearts of these defeated soldiers. In the eyes of these defeated soldiers, they would rather flee abroad alone than fight a decisive battle with the main force of the National Defense Force.
Therefore, after receiving the notice of surrender from the National Defense Force, most of the defeated soldiers who saw hope chose to lead their newly recruited subordinates to the National Defense Force for the ocean. Then, they went to Inner Mongolia with rich wealth to be their own wealthy family and left the army from then on.
Of course, there are also a few hard followers of Qiaobashan who are not grateful and still continue to attack the National Defense Forces with their newly expanded subordinates, and continue to confront the National Defense Forces under the slogan of "drive the National Defense Forces out of the Outer Mongolia Grassland".
At the front command of the 13th Army, the commander Xiong Shaowenzheng listened to the reconnaissance troops' report to an Outer Mongolian tribe fifty kilometers away with a hot face, and interjected a few words from time to time to ask about something that he was interested in.
"You mean that the total population of this Outer Mongolia tribe is directly more than 10,000, and there are almost 2,500 Outer Mongolian cavalry who can ride on the battlefield. Among these 2,500 young and middle-aged people, half of them have joined this defeated army and launched two raids at us..." Xiong Shaowen asked with a murderous look on his face.
"Yes, the military captain... Our army soldiers died in the hands of these defeated soldiers. If we don't talk about the defeated soldiers, our troops patrolling outside will be unable to defend themselves." The battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion affirmed.
A strong murderous aura emanated from Xiong Shaowen. Without any hesitation, he ordered the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, since this defeated soldier is stubborn, we don't need to be polite. Order the 131st Regiment, the 131st Division, the Armored Assault Battalion and Reconnaissance Battalion, immediately attacked. The 131st Regiment commander was the commander-in-chief of the operation, and I destroyed this Mongolian tribe within one day and captured all the young and middle-aged people involved in the rebellion in the tribe. As for the finances of this tribe, in addition to leaving necessary living supplies, the remaining cattle, sheep and finances were also confiscated... I want all Outer Mongolians in the territory to know that the result of confrontation with the National Defense Forces is definitely not something they can bear."
Chapter completed!