After the efforts of the Far East, the spring ploughing in 1641 was finally successfully completed. Far Eastern Group has also completed one of the most important tasks of the year. Next, all aspects of the company's work will also be carried out one after another.

As soon as the spring plowing work in the Hetao area was completed, the garrisons in various places began to take action one after another. In the entire Hetao area, an extremely heavy atmosphere can be felt, which makes people breathless.

Li Ming rushed to the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army in the northern grassland by airship, and now on this grassland, there are rows of continuous military camps, huge airship take-off and landing fields, and huge airships taking off and landing non-stop.

Everywhere there were teams of elite cavalrymen, whistling and galloping across the steppe. The supplies in the camp were piled up, and the four-wheeled carriages full of supplies were advancing to the west and north respectively, and there was no end in sight.

The airship landed slowly, and as soon as Li Ming stepped down from the airship, Song Tao, Gao Qiang, Wang Yaowu and others walked up.

"Big brother, you can be regarded as ...... here"

Looking at Song Tao with a frosty face, Li Yi punched him hard, and said with a smile: "How is your kid preparing, don't give me the chain this time." ”

Song Tao said with a bitter face: "Big brother, I have been on the grassland for almost a year, looking at maps and studying the sand table every day, and my hair is about to fall out. Don't worry, buddy leads hundreds of thousands of iron horses, and he can't clean up a bunch of turtles on the grassland. ”

They came to the headquarters of the Northwest Army together, and then everyone gathered in front of a sand table in the war room. Song Tao reported to Li Ming on the operational deployment of the northward campaign and the westward campaign.

"In the two battles that will be launched, Wang Yaowu will lead the main force of the northward corps to sweep the Mobei steppe and fight all the way to the north shore of Lake Baikal. General Gao Qiang led the main force of the Western Advance Corps, swept through the northwest, and fought all the way to the Kashgar and Tacheng areas. The main forces of the Northwest Field Army, in addition to some of the field armies remaining in the Hetao area, are cavalry assault armies and reserve cavalry armies. Almost all of them went to war.

In addition, the two main corps will be accompanied by a large number of combat and logistical support units directly under the field army. The CMC also strengthened four airboat wings and six ********** aircraft groups for the Northwest Field Army. After more than a year of preparation, the Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission set up two corps logistics divisions to follow the main force to the north and west to provide supplies for the troops.

At present, the airship unit has penetrated deep into the theater of operations. Conduct large-scale aerial reconnaissance. A large number of front-line nomadic detachments have begun to move forward and infiltrate on a large scale, developing as far as possible the starting positions of the main forces from which they attacked. The two main corps of the Northwest Field Army are all ready, and all kinds of supplies for each unit are in place and ready to move at any time. ”

Li Ming nodded, he glanced at Gao Qiang and Wang Yaowu, and then said in a deep voice: "After the army attack is launched, it is in the early stage of the battle. Try your best to annihilate the enemy as a whole system. Especially Lao Gao, the situation in Xinjiang is complicated, and history has told us that we must not be soft.

Since they could preach with a scimitar back then, then we must use a bayonet to pay tribute, and if we don't kill him, Xinjiang will be in turmoil sooner or later. And in the future, we will go west to west, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian iron horsemen. It is a sharp butcher's knife of our Far Eastern Army. ”

Gao Qiang nodded and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief." The Western Corps promises to keep the northwest at peace forever. ”

Wang Yaowu also said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, the Northern Corps will also make the entire Mobei grassland forever the pasture of our Far East." ”

After listening to the words of the two, Li Ming nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Song Tao: "Song Tao." The army is outside, you can weigh it yourself, I just want the result, I don't want to listen to your chirping. Also, be a little more mature. Put away your set of Madonna mentality. ”

Song Tao stood up and shouted loudly: "All the officers and men of the Northwest Field Army will do whatever it takes to open up territory for our China." ”

Li Ming suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile: "How are the Dongye assault troops led by Qiang Quansheng preparing now?" ”

Song Tao stretched out his hand and pointed to a position on the sand table, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Dongye has won the power and has formed the Eastern Corps, which is currently under the command of our Northwest Field Army. After the attack is launched, the Eastern Corps will cross the Great Khingan Ridge, sweep across the ******** steppe, and then move westward to join the Northern Corps in the area on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. At present, the main forces participating in the war are all ready to launch an offensive at any time. ”

Li Ming listened to Song Tao's words, and a wave of pride instantly rose in his chest.

The Far Eastern Army has developed to this day, and it is finally beginning to take shape. It is finally possible to launch a campaign on the scale of a large corps of hundreds of thousands of people. It's a pity that I will return to Shenyang, and this time I am not in command of the troops, what a pity.

The scale of this battle was unprecedented, but the main assault units of the Far Eastern Army were also very difficult. They will go deep into the enemy's territory for thousands of miles, and they will have to encircle and annihilate the enemy, and then they will have to launch a second phase of the campaign to sweep away the routs on the grassland.

The Central Military Commission also attached great importance to these two campaigns, and every officer and soldier of the unit participating in the battle was assigned five war horses, and each of them carried a month's rations, including jerky, cheese, roasted naan, dried vegetables, fried noodles, nutrition bars, tea, canned food, and other field food, as well as concentrated fodder for the horses. Other equipment such as medicines, first aid kits, tent covers, a change of underwear and socks, raincoats, goggles, and more.

The company has carried out a general mobilization of the reserve forces of the northern steppe. A large number of herdsmen put on military uniforms, took weapons, and rode war horses, rushing from all directions to various regions, slowly gathering into a huge cavalry force, and came to various assembly sites.

In order to ensure the smooth running of the campaign, the Military Commission allocated three war horses to each reserve cavalry, and in addition to weapons and equipment, other logistical supplies were basically the same as those of the main force. Moreover, the Northwest Field Army drew some small detachments from the main forces of each corps and strengthened them to various reserve militia brigades.

According to the situation in the theater, the size ranged from one platoon to one battalion, and the reserve militia units that went out to the deep positions were even attached to heavy firepower units, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the militia units as much as possible.

The main reason is that the area of the two-direction campaign launched this time is too large and the depth is also very far, and sometimes the battle line of the same regiment can reach more than 1,000 kilometers, or even more. It is very likely that some reserve militia units will be encircled by the other side because they are too violently interspersed, and because of the vast area of the theater of operations, they will not be able to provide timely support. (To be continued.) )

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