The cavalry of the Far Eastern divisions, which had been raided, retreated to the east one after another, and reported the situation to the corps headquarters by radio. More than ten telegrams were received one after another, and the entire Western Army Headquarters was suddenly in chaos.

Everyone was confused by this sudden change, could it be that the remnants of the defeated Mongol coalition army gathered together and gave the Far East a return gun. But everyone thought it was unlikely, those frightened Mongolian tribal cavalry were chased by the Far East for nearly a hundred miles, and they wanted to rely on those tens of thousands of remnants of the army, how could they be so ferocious.

Li Ming frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly ran to the side of a map in a few steps, pointed to the map and shouted: "It's the Chahar Department, it must be the Chahar Department, they have entered the west ......"

Everyone listened to Li Ming's words, and they were all stunned, the Chahar Department is in the west of the Xilin Gol grassland, and there are more than six or seven hundred kilometers of grassland from the east and west of Liao, and the weather in the grassland has changed suddenly during this time, how did these guys go west.

"Hao Changfeng, send a report to the cavalry of all departments, and let them abandon all the booty and prisoners, and retreat east at any cost."

Hao Changfeng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran to the radio station next to him, and the Western Army Headquarters suddenly became busy. Li Ming turned to Ding Weiguo and shouted, "Old Ding, the plane of the Air Force Department will take off immediately, and we will do our best to figure out the situation on the front line." ”

Ding Weiguo hurriedly ran out of the headquarters to arrange for several planes to take off.

Li Ming thought for a moment, then walked to the side of a radio station next to him in a few steps, and shouted to the signal soldier: "Contact Song Tao for me." ”

After a while, Li Ming took the microphone from the communicator's hand, and then said in a deep voice: "I am Li Ming......"

"Dude, what's the situation?"

Li Ming took a deep breath, and then said, "The Chahar Department has moved west, right...... They raided us. At present, I don't know the situation on the front line, so you should immediately contact other reconnaissance teams, find out the situation on the front line at any cost, and report to me at any time. ”

Next, Li Ming issued orders to the Central and Eastern Army Corps, and three Outer Northeast Indigenous Cavalry Brigades, eight Outer Northeast Indigenous Militia Brigades, and six Mongolian Militia Brigades were reinforcing the Western Army Corps. The main cavalry brigade and militia brigade of the first column of the Western Army were also speeding up in the direction of the Laoha River.

The 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade of the Field Division boarded a large number of inland steam-deck barges of the inland river detachment to blockade both banks of the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River. Protect a large number of cattle, sheep, women and children in coastal pastures. Once you find out that there is an unknown horse team, you will be killed! The 3rd Brigade of the Field Division also boarded the barge on the river deck and rapidly advanced along the Xiliao River toward the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River, reinforcing the Western Military Region at the fastest speed.

Li Ming also contacted the Military Commission and reported the news of Chahar's westward expansion to the Military Commission. Gao Jianguo also made arrangements immediately, mobilizing several garrison brigades and a large number of musket militia to go north to the grasslands in the direction of the Central Army Corps and the Eastern Army Corps, to make up for the lack of troops there caused by the reinforcement of the Western Army Corps by the main cavalry troops.

As telegrams were sent. The cavalry scattered across the steppes in the Far East began to retreat frantically to the east, and all the troops were converging towards the forward bases of the first and second columns. Fortunately, all units of the Far Northeast Upper Group Army participating in the war were equipped with radio stations, and after receiving the order, they retreated very resolutely.

The timing of the Chahar raid was very good, and the cavalry units of the farthest western corps were shattered by the storm. Two of the Mongolian militia battalions were completely dispersed, and a large number of Mongolian militias lost contact with them with very heavy losses. Several other main cavalry brigades. Because of the well-trained and advanced weapons and equipment, the encirclement was highlighted at the first time.

Four aircraft under maintenance by the Air Ministry. All took off at the fastest speed. Song Tao also contacted all the special operations reconnaissance teams and rode a motocross motorcycle to the western front. At present, the most important thing to know is the situation on the battlefield, and only with accurate intelligence can the Western Army Corps make a positive response deployment.

A few hours later, as one piece of information was transmitted back to the Western Military Region Command, Li Ming basically grasped the general shape of the battlefield.

"According to the Air Department and the Special Operations Squad. As well as the information fed back by the front-line troops, the current situation has basically become clear, and it is more than ten thousand horses and horses that attacked us, and it is preliminarily judged that these cavalry are from the Chahar department. Although we have deployed three main cavalry brigades in the west to keep guard, the other side is very familiar with this steppe. There were many directions of attack, and the alert units of the three main cavalry brigades did not find any trace of the enemy.

The Western Corps suffered certain losses at the beginning of the enemy's raid, and two of the Mongol cavalry brigades were routed by the other side and lost more than half. After receiving the order, the other troops retreated more resolutely, and the losses were relatively small. The opponent's 10,000-strong horse team also raided the advance base of the second column, but was repulsed by our field division. The enemy's offensive is fierce, and it comes and goes like the wind, and it will never be entangled. The combat effectiveness is also significantly stronger than that of the Mongolian divisions in Lingnan. ”

Lin Hua, chief of staff of the Northbound Group Army, made a statement on the situation on the battlefield. After listening to this, everyone's hearts were heavy, and the timing of the opponent's surprise attack was too good, which caused confusion in the early stage of the enemy's surprise attack.

Li Ming saw that the atmosphere in the headquarters was rather depressing, so he smiled and said, "Why the Chahar Department appeared in the grassland of western Liaoning, let's not think about this first. But their purpose is by no means to fight a decisive battle with us on the grasslands, and I analyze that they are here to take advantage. It seems that the remnants of the Mongol coalition army, which we have defeated, have joined them, and they may be more familiar with our situation, and know that there are large numbers of cattle, sheep, women and children in various parts of the steppe. A surprise attack on us from different directions by a contingent of more than 10,000 men and horses may be aimed at disrupting our deployment and then plundering the booty, women and children we have left behind on the steppe. ”

When he said this, he smiled and said, "I can't help but say that the timing of the attack of the Chahar Department is very good, and the attack plan is perfect. In this era, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Later Jin, if they come to such a surprise attack, if they want to organize their soldiers and horses to counterattack, it will take at least ten days and eight days, so that they can calmly bring the booty and women and children back to the Xilin Gol grassland.

It's a pity that they don't know what radio is, they can't imagine that in just ten minutes all the troops received the order to retreat, and it may be that now the troops have completed the assembly of the two forward bases and can counterattack at any time. But I'm not going to launch a counterattack now, a counterattack now may be able to defeat them, but the other side will never fight a decisive battle with us, and once we counterattack, they will not hesitate to retreat.

Hehe...... bit us hard, and wanted to pat our ass and leave, how could there be such a good thing. Now that the weather is slowly improving, we might as well wait for two days, and when the weather improves, we will rely on the air support of the airship detachment to launch a war of annihilation against them and completely wipe out the main force of the Chahar Division. (To be continued......)

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