After Li Ming read the telegram of the strong victory, he smiled and said to Lin Hua beside him: "Although the special operations team of the Eastern Army successfully sniped the leaders of the three divisions, it did not achieve the expected goal. I thought that the battle in the Eastern Theater would be the easiest to solve, but I didn't expect it to change. Fortunately, the tribes in the outer northeast sent a lot of natives, and the tens of thousands of young and strong natives who joined us spontaneously came, so that the cavalry of the Eastern Army reached more than 100,000.

Otherwise, this battle could really be a crushing battle, and if more than 100,000 Mongols were scattered on the steppe, it would be bad. The grassland is so big, more than 100,000 people sprinkle it in, it's like sprinkling a handful of sand, where can we go to chase it. Fortunately, those villagers in the Northeast were intimate with us, and the old and young masters came with their own dry food, and they were stunned to make a people's war and help us solve the battle. ”

Everyone listened to his words and was amused.

Chief of Staff Lin Hua thought for a moment and said: "The deployment of this campaign, we spent nearly half a year, and it can be regarded as very detailed, but the battlefield shape has still changed. It turned out that the Horqin Division, which we thought was the most difficult to bite, turned out to be so easy this time, but the Eastern Army was in trouble. It seems that there are still problems with the deployment of the campaign this time. ”

Li Ming nodded, and then said to Ding Weiguo next to him: "Old Ding, there is no major battle in the two directions of the Central Army and the Eastern Army in the next step, your airship detachment will assist them in sweeping the grassland as much as possible, and then draw out a part of the airships to support the Western Military Region." I don't know what's wrong, suddenly I have a bad feeling. We still have to be cautious, the Western Army has not launched an offensive so far, but there must be no surprises. ”

Lin Hua thought for a moment, then turned around and came to the sand table, frowned and said: "When our staff department was formulating the battle plan, we analyzed the judgments of the various departments of the grassland, although the three departments of Zarat, Dulbert, and Golros in the east have a vast area. However, many tribes are scattered throughout the Horqin steppe, so their strength is the weakest.

The Horqin part of the West Liao River in the central part is the largest, with abundant water and grass, a large population, and the strongest among the various grassland tribes in the south of the Great Khing'an Mountains, but the various tribes of Horqin are relatively concentrated. Although it was easy to assemble, it was also convenient for the Central Army to fight a decisive battle.

The most difficult thing to fight is still in the direction of the Western Army, where the steppe divisions are more complicated.

It includes the east of the Laoha River, the west of the Liao River, the West Lamulun River basin and the nomadic Nekhalkha Zalut, Bahrain, Ongjit, Bayute, and Uziyat to the north. Ao Han Department in the middle reaches of the Laoha River. The Naiman part on the south bank of the confluence of the Xilamulun River and the Laoha River. The Alu Korqin, Wengniut, and Keshiketeng departments near the Zhaowuda League. Northwest of Quang Ninh, on the north bank of the Da Ling River, in the East Tumut and Karaqin Departments.

Because there were so many targets, we sent two special operations teams to the west, and their targets were the 5th Inner Khalkha Division and the 2nd Al Korqin and Weng Niute Divisions. But so far, there has been no news from the Western Corps from the special operations team. The Western Corps did not go on the offensive, but the troops were already deployed in three directions of attack and were ready to attack at any time.

So we put the most of the forces we invested in the west of the three corps. It includes two brigades of the field division and its direct subordinate units, two overseas brigades, two Mongolian cavalry brigades, three indigenous cavalry brigades of the Outer Northeast, twelve Mongolian militia brigades and four Outer Northeast indigenous militia brigades. The total strength is close to 100,000. In addition, the troops directly under the corps are also equipped with an armored assault column composed of six BTR-60 armored transport vehicles, 20 UAZ-469 jeeps, 30 UAZ-452 light off-road vehicles, and more than 100 KAMAZ trucks and agricultural vehicles.

In order to strengthen the attack force in the western theater, it is also equipped with an artillery brigade directly under the corps consisting of six Type 2B11 120-mm mortars, twelve Type 2B14 82-mm mortars, and four Type 35 12-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers. The Air Force Group consists of eight delta-wing aircraft, ten quadcopter UAVs, six Type 32 twin-engine small airships, and one Type 35 medium-sized four-engine airship.

Moreover, the Western Corps' logistical projection force is also the strongest, and the inland river detachment has dispatched a large number of inland river steam deck barges to the forefront of the battlefield along the Daling River, Laoha River, and Xilamulun River to establish a front-line logistics base to support the combat materials of the Western Corps in the three attack directions. ”

Li Ming listened to Lin Hua's words, and his heart became more and more irritable. This campaign has been full of uncertainties since the Eastern Army and the Central Army launched the operation. He couldn't help but worry about the Western Legion, and the situation of the Western Legion was extremely complicated. Once there is a change, there is bound to be a ripple effect.

Three directions of attack had to deal with more than a dozen large Mongol tribes at once. And there are many small and medium-sized tribes scattered in the western steppes. The terrain of the western grassland is also incomparable with the flat Horqin grassland, and there are more hilly and mountainous terrains, which will have a relatively great impact on the combat of the troops.

Come to think of it. Li Ming turned his head and shouted to Ding Weiguo: "Old Ding, order the airship to advance in the direction of the Western Army......

At this time, the Western Army Headquarters received a telegram from Li Ming, and Hao Changfeng was very anxious. He didn't expect the battle of the Eastern and Central Legions to be so smooth, and in just a few days, he had already annihilated the main force of the Nenkorqin Fourth Division. But their Western Corps had only just deployed troops in three directions of attack.

In the past few days, he has been waiting for news from the two special operations teams, but he has not been in contact with them until now. The terrain in this area is complex, and the southern part of the special operations team is relatively large, which brings considerable difficulties to their sniper mission.

He decided that he couldn't wait any longer, after the Horqin tribe was annihilated. The Central Army is bound to sweep the grasslands, and once the Mongolian tribe herdsmen who escaped from the Horqin steppe escape to the western steppe, the steppe tribes in the western direction will definitely be on guard. Originally, the direction of the Western Army was very complicated, and it would be easy for them to get together, but if they fled west into the Duoyanwei or Chahar Division, the attack of the Western Army would be greatly reduced, and it would not be possible to complete the plan formulated by the army group headquarters.

Just when he made up his mind to give the order to attack, the communications staff officer of the headquarters suddenly shouted excitedly: "Commander, Zhang Yufei's team reports that they have successfully completed the mission, and the leaders of the three departments of Zarut, Bayout, and Ongi Thorn in Nekhalkha have been confirmed to be sniped. The special combat personnel in charge of the two departments of Bahrain and Uziyet have also infiltrated and will soon be able to get news. ”

Hao Changfeng slammed his fist on the table next to him, and shouted excitedly: "Order all troops to start attacking ...... according to the predetermined plan" (to be continued......

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