Ding Weiguo listened to Li Ming's words, nodded and said: "In the past few days, the windy and low temperature weather has continued to weaken, and I have analyzed that the skycraft detachment can take off in the past two days. If the battlefield situation is tense, two medium-sized airships of the 35 type and four engines can forcibly take off during the day and land before dark under certain wind conditions, and adopt a relatively safe low-altitude flight mode to provide the necessary aerial reconnaissance and vigilance for the troops. ”

Li Ming shook his head and said, "It's better not to take risks, it's not bad for these two days." We only need to hold the flocks and captives on both sides of the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River, and as for the spoils of war that are discarded on the steppe, let them plunder. The more they rob, the greater their appetite and the more time they lose. In this way, we can turn from passive to active, and they will also change from hunters to prey.

The Chahar Department is not easy to fight, this grassland was originally their former pasture, the Chahar Department is very familiar with the terrain here, and they divide the army of more than 100,000 into more than 100,000 teams, and the game is a game of catching rats with us in the grassland, without the support of the airboat detachment, we really can't do anything to others. We have to admit that the steppe is the home of the Mongols.

If we don't have the aerial reconnaissance of the airship, if the Chahar Department is broken up and we play hide and seek on the grassland, we really can't catch them, and if we can't make it, we can let them scatter and flee in a hurry. All we have to do now is do our best to stop their scouts and wait for reinforcements to arrive. As soon as the weather improves, we will attack. Use the reconnaissance support provided by the airship to provide them with a net of heaven and earth. ”

Over the next two days, the Far East and West Corps reduced its forces to the vicinity of the forward bases of the First and Second Columns, as well as along the banks of the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River, and protected the booty and prisoners on both sides of the river with the support of the inland river detachments and field divisions. Meanwhile. A large number of reinforcements from the Central and Eastern Army Corps of the Far East were galloping non-stop in the starry night and rushing to the front line of the western battlefield.

The Chahar Department has had a good time these days, wantonly plundering cattle, sheep, women and children on the grassland. Because the Far East retreated very resolutely, a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, women and children, as well as the small and medium-sized tribes and tribes in the Far East swept the steppe. All were thrown on the steppe by the Western Corps.

In the face of herds of cattle and sheep and young women and children, Erke Kongguoer was broken. If so many people, cattle and sheep are snatched back, it will not take a few years for the strength of the Chahar Department to increase greatly, and then the Chahar Department will be able to dominate Southern Mongolia again.

Although he expected that the Far East would not be able to gather troops and horses for a counterattack in a short period of time, he still sent more than a dozen thousand-strong troops to constantly harass the Far East bases on both sides of the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River, as well as a large number of ranger scouts, constantly patrolling the middle reaches of the two rivers.

Of course, the Far East could not allow the Chahar Division's ranger scouts to spy on the military situation in the Far East, and Li Ming issued a death order to Song Tao's special combat team. Intercept at any cost, absolutely not let the reconnaissance cavalry of the Chahar Department obtain information about the Far East, what are you kidding, the reinforcements of the various legions in the Far East are constantly converging on the front line, that is more than 100,000 cavalry, if this is detected by the other party, it must be pointed out and scare them away.

Song Tao received Li Ming's order. I feel like I'm scratching my head. The grassland is so big, and they want to intercept the scout cavalry of the Chahar department. That's easier said than done. Although the grassland seems to be a flat river, it is actually undulating, the Mongolians grew up in the grassland, experienced scouts, and are very good at using the topography of the grassland to carry out covert infiltration, which can be said to be invincible.

But Song Tao also knew the importance of intercepting the Mongol scouts. He ruthlessly requisitioned almost all the snipers of the field division, and formed a series of hidden sniper teams on the grassland, densely concealed in various higher places in the grassland, and annihilated the Mongol ranger scouts one by one as long as they found them.

Ten drone squads and four planes of the Air Department were also requisitioned by him and patrolled the air every day. Song Tao took the special combat team to ride a Honda CRF250R off-road motorcycle. Constantly cruising around. Not only that, but there were also a large number of elite cavalry battalions, arranged in depth into several lines of defense, and communicated with the Guò military radio, as soon as they found the traces of the Mongol scouts, they immediately surrounded them from all directions.

After Song Tao's arrangement, he really stopped the Mongolian scouts, and the sniper teams set up everywhere have sniped a lot of Mongolian scouts these days, even if there are sporadic Mongolian scouts infiltrating in, they have been wiped out by the several lines of defense arranged. As a result, the Mongol reconnaissance rangers never penetrated into the rear of the Far Eastern Army.

Reinforcements from the corps of the Northbound Army also arrived at the front line one after another during these two days. A large number of inland river steam deck barges also drove along the Xiliao River in a steady stream, moored on the river near the two forward bases, and almost covered the surface of the two rivers.

What excites Li Ming the most in the past two days is that the windy weather has gradually weakened, the temperature has gradually warmed, and the wind has slowly become smaller. In the early morning of the third day, more than a dozen airships of the airship detachment took off one after another, and the western corps of the northbound group army finally had an all-weather reconnaissance and alert capability.

With more than a dozen airships conducting round-the-clock reconnaissance, a large amount of information on the battlefield was transmitted back to the Western Army Headquarters in real time. The time was ripe for the offensive of the group army in the Far Northeast, and the commanders of all units of the group army were immediately convened for a military meeting to study and make arrangements for the upcoming campaign.

In the early morning of the next day, the troops of the Far East, supported by detachments of airboats, advanced in all directions. Twelve main cavalry brigades and more than 20 militia brigades carried out a large-scale and large-depth penetration into the western grasslands. The three brigades of the field division also boarded a large number of steam-deck barges of the inland river detachment and advanced to the upper reaches of the Laoha River and the Xilamulun River.

Li Ming led the headquarters of the group army to the north, got on a Type 35 airship, and commanded all cavalry units on the ground according to the information transmitted by the air boat detachment. More than 100,000 troops in the Far East are all moving, weaving a big net on the steppe.

At this time, the Chahar Department was still collecting cattle, sheep, horses, young women and children on the grassland, forming a long procession, slowly migrating to the west. In the face of such a huge wealth, no one can be calm, the more loot is collected, of course, a large number of cavalry guards are needed, which also involves a large number of troops in the Chahar department.

As a result, most of the cavalry of the Chahar Department were cruising near the migration team, so that the activity area of the Chahar Department could only be limited to the vicinity of the westward migration team. This also brought convenience to the interspersed troops in the Far East. (To be continued......)

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