The Mongolian steppes belong to the Asiatic plateau. Although the terrain is relatively flat all day, there are quite a few small undulating hills. The place where the North-Western Military District decided to set up an ambush was in this hill.

Camouflage is an important training item in the Northeast Security Army, because of Feng Yong's attention, the soldiers usually attach great importance to camouflage. Therefore, more than 10,000 troops of the Northwest Military Region were hidden in this hill, and they could not be seen at all from the outside. It was the Ninth Brigade, the main force of the Northwest Military Region, that was responsible for setting up the ambush. In the face of the surging Cossack cavalry division, the new commander of the 9th Brigade, Li Ningke, was not easy.

"Brigade commander, the old commander has attracted a lot of enemies, right?" Qiao Yanan, the political commissar of the Ninth Brigade, said a little depressed. He and Li Ning were originally the deputy brigade commander and deputy political commissar of the Ninth Brigade, but after Cao Biao was pushed down by Feng Yong, political commissar Zhang Yuan also took the initiative to ask for a downgrade. The Ninth Brigade lost its military and political chief at once, and Cao Zheng straightened the two. As the main force, the Ninth Brigade must ensure its combat effectiveness. It is not appropriate to draw officers from other units. In addition, the war of the Western Military District is imminent. The change of commander on the spot is a last resort, and sending a general who does not know anything may greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Brigade. Therefore, the deputy brigade commander and deputy political commissar of the Ninth Brigade can only be corrected. As for whether Li Ning and Qiao Yanan can sit firmly on the throne of the commander and political commissar of the Ninth Brigade, it depends on their abilities and performance in this big battle.

"It's okay! They are too arrogant. The combat effectiveness of the Cossack cavalry was really not weak, but that was when the cavalry was in a head-to-head confrontation, but we are infantry, who is going to charge with them. Now it's time for automatic firepower to dominate. The status of the strategic arms of the cavalry is gone. "Li Ning didn't care about the size of the enemy's cavalry.

"But there is one thing that is important, the commander means to completely annihilate this cavalry, but after all, the enemy has 10,000 people, and it may be very difficult to tie up the pockets with us!" Li Ning said a little depressed. The biggest advantage of cavalry is that it is highly mobile, and once it finds that something is wrong, it can run away at any time. If you want to keep them all here, you have to trap them all in this hilly area. Although this hill is not small and undulating, it is not the kind of dead end where one road enters and exits, there are at least three wide exits here, and if the Ninth Brigade wants to leave them all, it must block all three exits, and it must arrange heavy troops on these three sides. Now the Ninth Brigade has placed heavy machine-gun positions on the other two exits. It was a fool's dream that the enemy wanted to rush over, but there was no obstacle in the way they came, and the Cossack cavalry, once they found out that they had been ambushed, would definitely choose to flee after losing a certain number of troops. Even if the heavy machine gun positions of the Ninth Brigade were sharp, at most they would knock out a few thousand of them at the beginning, and the people behind would definitely withdraw as quickly as possible.

"Brigade commander, why don't I take a regiment to tie the pocket! Even if I fight to the death, I will block Lao Maozi in the hilly area. Qiao Yanan said firmly.

"Commissar, how can this be done, this is too dangerous. We are all infantry, and it is easy to be crushed by a large group of cavalry at such a close distance. At that time, not only will it be impossible to hold the opening, but it may even cause mass casualties among the troops. Li Ning thought about it and shook his head resolutely.

"Brigadier, this is a good opportunity. This group of enemies, though numerous, is isolated. As long as we completely kill them, the power of Tsarist Russia in the entire Mongolian region will decline on a large scale, which is the best chance for us to take Outer Mongolia. This opportunity must not be missed. Qiao Yanan said resolutely.

looked at Qiao Yanan's expression. Li Ning did not continue to persuade him. He also knew how important the total annihilation of this Cossack cavalry division was for the entire Mongol war. What a morale boost for the entire North-Western Military District.

"Commissar, I won't stop you. You take the five regiments with you, this is the strongest regiment in our Northwest Military Region. I hope they can live up to their reputation and work with you to accomplish this initiative. Li Ning thought about it, but decided to agree to Qiao Yanan's suggestion.

"Don't worry, brigade commander, even if my old Joe dies, he will use his corpse to block the way for the Cossack cavalry to escape." Qiao Yanan swore and said.

Li Ning's eyes were a little moist. He grabbed Qiao Yanan's hand and said, "Brother, you just need to hold on for an hour, as long as you have an hour, I will be sure to annihilate them all!" Brother, you must come back alive. ”

As soon as Major General Rururudev stepped into this vast canyon, he suddenly had an ominous feeling. But he looked around carefully, and finally came back to what was wrong, and shook his head, thinking that he was suspicious.

"Pass my orders! Travel through this valley in the fastest possible time. "The cavalry is most afraid of such terrain that cannot be charged. Although there were hills to obstruct them, the vanguard regiment that fled ahead could not escape their tracking, and now the distance between the two sides was less than ten miles, and the dust raised by the vanguard regiment could be seen from afar.

The valley is really big. Cavalry of 10,000 men entered it and did not fill it. Just as the vanguard of the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division was about to leave the valley, the muzzle of a heavy machine gun suddenly appeared at the mouth of the valley. Then the sound of mortar fire rang out on the mountain beam.

"Not good! There is an ambush, retreat! "Major General Rururudev saw the frightening row of heavy machine guns in Taniguchi ahead. Advancing only made the cavalry a target for heavy machine guns. Surrounded by mountain beams, retreat is the only way to survive.

"Fire!" With the sound of gunfire, heavy machine guns began to spray tongues of fire. The vanguard of the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division immediately fell. The clatter of heavy machine guns was like a magic sound, and the Cossack cavalry seemed to think of the phenomenon of bullets flying in the air on the battlefields of Europe. After they arrived in the Mongolian steppes, the fear that they gradually suppressed was completely aroused by the heavy machine guns.

Escape, there is only one thought left in their minds.

"Hurry, hurry! Be sure to block the exit! The soldiers of the Fifth Regiment, under the command of Qiao Yanan, the political commissar of the Ninth Brigade, bravely rushed to the mouth of the valley where the cavalry entered. Not to mention, because of the chaos of the cavalry in the valley, they really occupied the wide valley pass.

"Quickly build a defensive position and set up the heavy machine guns. Mortars fired, retarding the cavalry. Qiao Yanan, who had occupied the mouth of the valley, looked overjoyed. But by this time, the Cossack cavalry had also turned their horses' heads. Quickly approaching Taniguchi.

"Fire! Hand grenade! Do not keep, fire them all. Qiao Yanan shouted anxiously.

Boom Boom!

Da-da-da-da!

Mortars, heavy machine guns are finally starting to wield. The speed of the cavalry was invisibly stagnant, but then they looked at the scarce number of heavy machine guns and mortars. The Cossack cavalry regained hope. As long as they break through the defense line in front of them, and behind them are the vast Mongolian steppes, they will be really safe. In order to survive, the Cossack cavalry showed astounding courage. After all, it is an old cavalryman, and the level of training is not comparable to the current Mongolian cavalry. Their frantic attack inflicted considerable casualties on the 5th Regiment. After all, there was no time to build a full-fledged defensive position, and the improvised positions could not stop the enemy's rifle bullets. At such moments, the warriors can only use the corpses in their possession as cover to fight the enemy to the death.

"Resist Lao Tzu!" Qiao Yanan yelled, where did he still look like a political chief now. The enemy is already closing in. If they can't stop them, they will all die.

At the same time, the heavy machine-gun positions in the other two directions were still frantically tilting bullets, and on the other side of the valley, the corpses were already piled up. There were even corpses that were directly torn apart by heavy machine guns. Stumps and severed bodies are flying all over the sky.

The mortars on the ridges of the mountain never ceased fire, and the entire cavalry group continued to appear one by one with blood.

"Blow the trumpet!" Li Ning said anxiously. I don't know what happened to Old Joe. Looking at the enemy's performance, it seems that the enemy is temporarily blocked.

As the blazer sounded, the soldiers on the ridge rushed down. When the cavalry was limited in speed, it became a living target on the battlefield. Major General Rururudev's face was like ashes. He really didn't expect that the enemy in East Asia would have such a powerful firepower. The scale of the heavy machine guns in front of me is probably in the hundreds. Oh, my God! This kind of large-scale use of heavy machine guns will only appear in the European theater, and when will Asia have such great firepower.

Although the price of heavy machine guns is high, it is not too difficult to get them, the difficult thing is the supply of bullets for heavy machine guns, they are like a monster that devours bullets, and the pressure on logistics is too great. In order to deal with the cavalry on the grassland, Feng Yong actually transferred all the heavy machine guns that the arsenal prevented from succeeding to the Western Military Region and the Northwest Military Region, and the arsenal began to focus on the production of heavy machine gun ammunition after the Japanese army was withdrawn. Feng Yong knew that only a heavy machine gun with powerful firepower could ensure the firepower of the westward advancing troops, and only in the face of the Russian Cossack cavalry would there be a chance of victory. For Feng Yong, a soldier's life is as important as rifle bullets. Therefore, Feng Yong is willing to spend a lot of money to continuously improve the firepower level of the troops.

The Northwest Military District has a total of more than 300 heavy machine guns. This time, all of them were drawn. It was to teach the Mongol Cossack cavalry a bloody lesson. At the same time, the enemy's combat effectiveness is greatly weakened.

Changchun City Marshal Mansion.

"Young marshal, the eldest brother should enter Mongolia now. The front line is also fighting. Cao Zheng concentrated all his heavy machine guns and surrounded an integrated cavalry division of the enemy. Now the battle has begun. I don't know if they'll be able to eat it. Li Jun was a little worried, after all, this was the first large-scale collision between the Northeast Security Army and the Russians. Victory or defeat is a matter of battle.

"Don't worry too much. With so many heavy machine guns, even if it could not completely annihilate this Russian cavalry division, it would be able to greatly weaken its combat effectiveness. There is no absolute victory in war, and we must be patient. Third brother, you have to be careful about the work of the government. During this time, the Korean army in Japan was too quiet. They don't know what's going on! Moreover, there must be a lot of their spies infiltrating the government, so let the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Intelligence join hands to secretly investigate every senior cadre and find suspicious elements, so that they can be monitored, and these bad elements must not be allowed to sabotage our great cause of westward expansion. Feng Yong knew that now was not the time for a woman's benevolence, and he knew the infiltration ability of the Japanese. The government is different from the army, and the senior generals of the army are all single-handedly pulled up by Feng Yong. Regardless of ability, there is no problem with loyalty. The Northeast Public Security Army has strict military discipline, and their high-ranking generals rarely go out, which greatly reduces the infiltration of foreign spies. But not on the government side. In order to carry out its work, the government has hired on a large scale in non-critical sectors the talents who have returned from studying abroad and the management personnel who have been displaced from abroad. In this case, it is impossible to find out where they came from. It's easy to be infiltrated by foreigners. To say that there is no foreign spy infiltration in the army now, I don't believe that Feng Yong is killed. At the very least, there will be Russian and Japanese spies in the government. The British, who love to meddle in everything, probably will not be left behind.

These Feng Yong and Li Jun are clear. The reason for this is that the Northeast lacks its own talents, and there is no way to hire outsiders.

"Don't worry, I'll do it. However, I am opposed to mass killings in the government, and we can give away anyone whose identity is not in danger of our interests and whose identity is suspicious. This not only ensures our safety, but also avoids a bad international reputation for murder. ”

The current Northeast Governor's Office is already a significant regional force in East Asia. The things involved in the Republic of China have gradually developed from the Republic of China to the international community, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Northeast has finally begun to have a place to play. Of course, although Feng Yong set up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Northeast Governor's Office, it was a branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China in the Northeast. After all, the meaning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is too sensitive, and Feng Yong doesn't want to be too showy and provoke the dissatisfaction of the Republic of China government at present. Regarding his westward expansion into Mongolia, both President Li Da and General Duan were very face-saving. At this stage, of course, Feng Yong will not turn his face with the government. His focus was on the entire Mongolian steppe.

The size of the country determines the strategic space, why Tsarist Russia was able to defeat the invincible Napoleon, and why the Soviet Union was able to defeat Hitler's German army. In a chaotic era like China, why did little Japan, a military power, fight for eight years and still not fight it? The fundamental reason is that Russia and China have vast lands. The Northeast is rich in resources and is a good place to base itself, but the Northeast Security Army is still very weak, and if there is no large strategic space as a backing, as a mainland country, it is bordered by military powers, which is a very dangerous thing at this time. The Northeast is too small, and the strategic space is not enough to deal with the attacks of the great powers. Only with the vast Mongolian steppe as his foundation can Feng Yong have the confidence to deal with the big risks that may occur in the future.

"You and your father can do the government's affairs! The north is not very stable, if we really eliminate this cavalry division this time, the strength of the Russians on the steppe will be weakened by a third, I am afraid that the Russian Far East Army will take the opportunity to attack our northeast hinterland, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao. During this time, Feng Yong received a telegram from the Northeast Military Region, and the plundering troops from the Far East Army suddenly disappeared during this time. Merchants who could have obtained arms from the Far Eastern Army were also completely cut off. All this indicates that the Far Eastern Army is afraid that it will take action. And the opponent needless to say, there is no one else except the Northeast.

(To be continued)