The field camps of the cavalry divisions were all set up by battalions, and rows of neat tents were set up in squads. Because of the limited conditions, the field food is also extremely simple, mainly compressed biscuits, dried vegetables, and dried meat, boiled together with water, made into a paste, and eaten simply with canned food.

This convenient combination of field food was developed by the Far Eastern Logistics Department, which contains meat, grains, vegetables, animal fats, beans, vegetable oil, sugar, sesame seeds, salt, dairy products and other raw materials, and the nutrition and taste are very good.

Although the taste of this field food is not bad, but after eating it for several days in a row, no one can stand it. Even farting at night is the smell of compressed biscuits. Fortunately, after several days of marching, the physical strength of the officers and men reached the limit, and as long as they had filled their stomachs, they basically fell asleep.

Although the officers and men of the field division were all good riders, they were all selected from the prisoners of war of the Daming border army, homeless people, military households, and Han slaves on the grassland, but they could not be compared with the nomads on the grassland at all.

The officers and men of the main Mongolian cavalry division could stay on horses for days and nights and march, they grew up on horseback, and were natural cavalrymen, who could sleep on horses, eat on horses, and even pull on horses. These Mongol cavalrymen changed horses frequently along the way, and could march more than 100 kilometers a day.

In this era, the speed, organization, and ability to convey information of the Mongol cavalry were definitely the most powerful. It's just that with the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongolia has returned to its previous state, and the major tribes of the steppe are fighting bloodily, and there is no strongman like Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan who unites the Mongols tightly.

It took several years for the Far East to conquer the Mongolian tribes in the grasslands of Liaodong and Monan, taking advantage of the contradictions between the poor herdsmen at the bottom and the tribal aristocracy, and using various means such as killing, deterrence, and brainwashing, to quickly integrate the Mongolian herdsmen who were scattered on the grassland.

In fact, the ideas of these Mongols are very simple. It is to regard the Far Eastern Company as a powerful tribe, and in this era, if you want to survive in the harsh northern steppes, you have to join the tribe. Either you want to survive a few months of harsh winter, it's simply impossible.

The next day, it was still dark. Zhao Lianhe and they set off. Once again, they embarked on the journey north, and there were at least two or three days to go from the destination they interspersed, which was definitely unbearable suffering.

The troops interspersed with the various attack starting positions will annex all the small and medium-sized tribes they encounter along the way, and if they dare to resist, they will kill all the men of this tribe who are higher than the wheels according to the rules of the steppe.

Zhao Lianhe's unit is not a forward assault force. Although there were no small or medium-sized tribes, several small tribes that were burned down were also found.

Everyone knew in their hearts that a tribe of this size did not have the courage to resist at all, but the tribe was still destroyed. Except for the cattle, sheep, horses, and young women, the rest of the tribe, including the elderly and children, were all slaughtered.

Strings of young women tied up in a row, and wagons full of supplies. Escorted to the rear. The cattle and sheep were left to the nomadic detachment behind, and they followed the large army all the way north.

The steppes of this era were very cruel. The Mongols on the steppe are scattered. If the white plague catches up with the winter season, the entire grassland can be stained with a layer of blood. In order to survive, people had to rob other tribes, except for women and booty, and the rest had to be killed.

For the brutality of the main assault forces at the front, the Theater Command and the Commander of the Singing Corps. Because this is the most critical moment of the battle, they all pretend not to know. The top priority of the troops now is to rush to the starting position of the attack, and as for the death of some Mongols, everyone really doesn't care much.

Countless iron horsemen of the various corps of the Far Eastern Army. Crazy interspersed to the north and west, the focus was on encircling the Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, and Chechen Khan, and annihilating the elite main forces of the three.

As the troops continued to deepen, the tribes along the way became more and more numerous. Battles have become more frequent. Under the command of the Far Eastern airboat detachment, the troops were able to arrange the Mongolian units in front in advance, and of course there was no suspense in the battle.

Even if there are a few tribal herdsmen who escape, they can't escape the pursuit of the airship. Moreover, the cavalry of the Northwest Field Army has already penetrated into the deep area of the Mobei grassland unconsciously, and even if someone escapes Gaomi, it will be too late.

When Zhao Lianhe's unit arrived at the assembly site, it was already late at night three days later. It was nearly half a day later than the original estimate of the troops. And the troops that were interspersed at the same time, including the Mongolian reserve militia brigade, rushed to the area of departure of the attack in advance.

Even so, the officers and men of the two cavalry divisions were tortured to ********, and a layer of skin was worn off the inner thighs. But they did not have time to rest at all, because the combat order of the Northern Corps had already been given, and the time for the general offensive was less than four hours.

Zhao Lianhe and his comrades-in-arms simply rested on the spot, slept for a while, and tried their best to recover their strength. However, the heads of the various units did not have this treatment, and they had to hold operational meetings overnight.

The Mongolian herdsmen who accompanied the army were responsible for taking care of the horses, feeding them some water and concentrate feed to replenish their physical strength. The two war horses that the officers and soldiers rode overnight could only be placed in the logistics brigade because of the excessive consumption. In the next battle, the officers and men of the cavalry division had only three war horses left, and they could only use the captured war horses to replenish the battlefield in the next battle.

The garrisons of the two newly built cavalry divisions were quiet, and countless exhausted officers and men of the newly built cavalry divisions lay on the ground densely. They slept for more than two hours without their clothes undressed, and they were called up, and everyone's physical strength could not fully recover at all.

Zhao Lianhe and his comrades-in-arms brought back the war horses, rearranged and inspected all kinds of equipment, then sat on the ground, and then took out compressed biscuits, dried meat and dried vegetable packets, and gnawed on the water.

Compressed biscuits are fine, the meat is hard enough to kill people, and the taste of dried vegetable buns is like chewing dry firewood. But at this time, I can't care so much, I have to eat some to replenish my strength anyway, and in addition to compressed biscuits, we should try to eat as much as possible in jerky and vegetable packets.

The next big battle may have to be fought all day. The battlefield is set in the vast Mobei grassland, and it is very easy to fight into a rout. Once the Mongol divisions in Mobei were completely routed and fled, the corps of the Far Eastern Army would face arduous pursuit operations. At that time, it will be possible to catch up for days and nights. Not to mention eating, even has to be pulled in your pants. (To be continued.) )