Wu Peifu followed the 24th Division, together from the junction of Mongolia and Heilongjiang into Mongolia, this is the staff according to the actual situation, after loading countless parameters, the final calculation, taking into account the possible problems, the fault tolerance rate is high, when notifying the 24th Division, there has been enough margin, the 24th Division went smoothly, it only took 4 days, crossed 560 kilometers, and the daily speed was as high as 140 kilometers, the reason why it was so fast was because when it was in the Northeast and Inner Mongolia, it was transported by car, The first 480 kilometers were all by car, and only the last 60 kilometers were walked down by foot.

This is the back road of the Russian army, the large army of the Russian army has passed here for more than a week, the desert is so uninhabited, the traces of the Russian army are still clearly visible, more than 70 kilometers in depth, divided into 3 parts, each part is quite huge.

There are 10,000 people in the vast vast, and millions of troops cross the border, even more so, Wu Peifu was in Beiyang back then, and at the last time, the total strength of Beiyang was more than one million, and it has never been gathered together, after joining the Northwest, most of the Beiyang has been reorganized, of course, it is not the kind of reorganization that fights for power and profit, all enlistments are a standard, and they do not look down on you because you are from Beiyang, nor do you raise a hand because you are from the Northwest, under the unified enlistment standard, it is just the body, cleaned up more than 8 percent of the Beiyang soldiers, those who have smoked big cigarettes must not want it, they have dark diseases, they are not strong enough, or even those who are not tall enough, they will not want it. In the end, no more than 50,000 people joined the ranks of recruits, and it is precisely this strictness. It made the Northwest Army strong.

But after arriving, even Wu Peifu wanted to make a contribution. I am also a little at a loss, 70 kilometers of width, even if it is a division in the northwest, it is far larger than Beiyang, one is more than 28,000 people, divided by 70, there are only three or four hundred people per kilometer, and the opposite side is a million army, once it is turned around. They are not enough to see at all. In Wu Peifu's view, 300 people guarding the kilometer, in the desert where there is no danger to defend, it is not difficult, it is impossible.

Soon, the order was given to the division, and the battalion was used as a unit to build positions on the spot. The battalion in the northwest is basically about 1,000 people, and if such troops build positions, the degree of protection should be enough. However, there are only more than 20 battalions in total, and it is difficult for each battalion to protect several kilometers.

The next order made Wu Peifu even more confused. They had more than 20 battalions, including 4 within his regiment. All of them are relatively concentrated places, which is equivalent to a regiment protecting a section of about 5 kilometers. The width of more than 70 kilometers is only about half of the key protection, and the rest is left alone.

Isn't this a blocking mission, why is this happening, is it difficult, they are only partially blocked.

I have to say that Wu Peifu's sensitivity is very strong, his guess is that you are not responsible for the guess, but it is close to the final fact, there are a total of 3 defense lines similar to the 24th Division, which play the role of blocking part of the enemy army, if the armored forces can break through the Russian army and break the overall camp of the Russian army, the first wave of pursuit will place a division of troops, Wu Peifu where they are located, is the second wave, three iron cables intercepted, plus there is also the raging of armored forces, there are not many people who really run back.

The reason for this arrangement is that Yan Xishan has insufficient troops on hand, to say that the main attack is armored forces, and three divisions are seconded from the Northeast Military Region to be responsible for blocking, while the main force of the Mengbei Military Region, the main force of almost 600,000 people, is not used for pursuit and blocking, they are used for attacking.

According to Yan Xishan's plan, using armored forces to assault the main force of the Russian army, even if it cannot be divided and encircled, and the Russian army can be completely annihilated, it will at least be able to disperse the other side, and divide the other party into small military groups, distributed in a vast area of more than 30,000 square kilometers, and it will not be able to organize an effective attack and counterattack, as for the main force of the Mongolian Northern Military Region, it will turn to the north, and it has never been what Yan Xishan wants to defend and not attack, from the very beginning, he has formulated a strategy of defensive counterattack, and the annihilation of the Russian army's living force is only the beginning, His aim was to attack the cities in the middle section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, take a series of large and medium-sized cities along the Siberian Railway, such as Novosibirsk and Chita, and completely cut off Siberia into two sections, one east and one west.

Although Chita is a fortress operated by Russia for many years, it has always been the support of the Far East and the Middle Road, even if Brusinov risked the attack and led a million troops to break into Mongolia, but Chita still retains two elite army groups of 150,000 people, relying on Chita's perfect fortress, which is enough to withstand several times the enemy's attack.

Yan Xishan has already taken this into account, the location of Chita is too critical, and the protection is tight, only by taking Chita, the established purpose of this defensive battle will be achieved, although the northwest from top to bottom to avoid casualties as much as possible, but Yan Xishan knows that in the face of a big country like Russia with strong strength and strong mobilization ability, if you are afraid of sacrifice and casualties, then you don't have to fight at all, you are afraid of hands and feet, and you will definitely not be able to fight a big battle.

According to the discipline of the northwest, this battle plan, of course, will be handed over to the general staff for review, after the plan was reported, it immediately caused an uproar, many people objected, the plan to storm Chita, the staff also made it, but after a detailed reconnaissance of the protection of Chita, it was found that this is a powerful fortress second only to Vladivostok, if the air force and strategic artillery are not used, at least more than 150,000 must be sacrificed before it is possible to take this fortress.

This was done when Chita's defenders did not exceed 100,000, and if the number of Chita's defenders increased, the casualties of the attackers would increase further.

Not to mention 150,000 casualties, even if it is 15,000 casualties, in the northwest, this responsibility is not something that ordinary people can bear. But this battle plan has been supported by some military high-level officials, Chita's strategic position is quite important, they also considered this problem before, more to consider the question of whether the people below will carry it out, the northwest attaches importance to casualties, which makes every commander not consider the choice of large casualties. To perform this task, it is necessary to take the initiative below. Otherwise, if the top is pressed down, it will not only have no effect. Instead, there will be a huge backlash, which is not conducive to the execution of the plan.

Now Yan Xishan took the initiative to formulate this plan, according to the rules, the General Staff even checked the consent of all the commanders above the regiment level, at least 75% of the commanders must agree to the formulation of this battle plan, obviously, the entire Mengbei Army is to agree to this plan, which means the most difficult place. It has been resolved.

The reason why the top brass of the military and the general staff believe that even if they violate the northwestern tradition and use casualties to obtain Chita, the reason is very simple, the location of Chita is too important, connecting the central core of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway, although Russia occupies the vast Siberia, but Siberia in the alpine zone. At this time, the level of science and technology is not yet able to survive on a large scale in a higher dimension, even if it is Russia, it only guarantees along the Trans-Siberian Railway. There is no government power elsewhere at all, which creates a relatively single zone of prosperity, on the Chita side. It is even more important, so Russia built the Chita Fortress here.

But it can be plugged too. The Chita Fortress protected the Chita and Siberian Railways. Once the fortress is breached and occupied by someone else, then the entire Trans-Siberian Railway will be cut off, and the Russian Far Eastern Corps, located in the east, will be in a state of isolation.

Several arguments, even alarmed Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao heard that there may be 150,000 casualties, shocked, asked to use the right to stop the plan, but than Feng Yuxiang, Jiang Baili, Cai Yi and several others joined forces to persuade, it seems to conquer Chita, casualties, but in the long run, this casualty is nothing, the solution is he, the border between Russia and China, at least nearly 1,000 kilometers less, Russia and Japan have completely cut off contact, the entire core area of China has been protected, after all, from Xinjiang to enter, The biggest difference with Mongolia is that after Xinjiang enters, it still needs to fight the entire northwest before it can enter the core area, while Mongolia and the northeast, as long as they break through them, are the Beijing-Tianjin region, or even the northwest core area.

Detailed evidence, perfect theory, and finally persuaded Yang Yuanzhao, Yang Yuanzhao finally agreed to this plan, but there is only one requirement, at all costs, even if the existence of the air force is exposed, it is necessary to disintegrate the Chita defense system, Chita's strategic position is not entirely given by the fortress, even if it is in ruins, the northwest also has strength, in a short period of time, the rebuilt Chita, so that he has enough defense.

Yan Xishan's plan was finally implemented perfectly, which made him feel agitated, and he immediately ordered that the troops of the entire Mengbei Military Region, and even as far away as the northeast and Xinjiang Military Region, were passively used.

In the north of Mongolia, no one is deserted, only the plants of the dryland can survive here, the community of animals and plants is very small, and the environmental remediation project that began in the northwest can only meet the needs of the industrial areas next to the industrial area and more inland places, such as the Loess Plateau, Mongolia is too remote, there is still no way to take care of it.

Such a desert is a place on the verge of a forbidden area for people, but it is very suitable for the march of a large army, especially if the reconnaissance team has already reconnoitred the situation in this area, they mark the places where there is a water source and send people to guard it.

Desert or desert, the importance of water is the first, Brusinov is also worried that the northwest is poisoned in the water source, fortunately, these are not wells, but underground rivers, such a water source, if you want to poison, it is really difficult to go to the sky, even if the arrival time of the Russian army is accurate, if the poison is in advance, they only need to control the upstream, and then drink it after waiting for the previous river water to flow away.

In fact, after arriving at the water source, all the Russian military officers first checked the water source, after all, it is more than 100 kilometers, it takes several days, and each water source is quite important, but this is living water, and the fish that keep swimming in the water tell them that the water is very clean, and the other party has not chosen the method of poisoning the water.

The method of poisoning in the water, in the battle plan of the Northwest General Staff, has this plan, but in the end it was rejected, because the plan is too unreliable, there are too many places that need coincidences, it is easy to be discovered by the other party, at best, it is just to make the other party lack water, but there is more than one underground river all over the wasteland, to poison all of them, the damage to this environment is irreversible, China has begun to notice the environmental problems, with manpower to transform the environment, how can it be in order to annihilate a part of the enemy, And the choice of such an approach, which is actually rejected.

Mongolia is not close to the sea, all are inland, and there are many desert climates, there are not many mountains, more than 150 kilometers away from the Russians, there is a small mountain range here, in the valley, at least 700 armored vehicles, of which 400 are armored vehicles, due to the superiority of the northwest in power, these armored vehicles can actually be used as tanks, as long as they do not suffer from artillery fire, the most striking is the heavy tank, on the basis of the appearance of the T32, the northwest with more powerful power, Better protective armor, even the computer has been introduced into the tank, and the special aiming system can greatly improve the hit rate of the tank, in short, this is a murder weapon armed to the extreme.

As for the heavy artillery with more than 120 mm, most of these are strategic artillery at the level of group armies or front armies, and they are generally not arranged in the front line, from the time the artillery is sent out to the target, even if the hit rate is 100%, it will fly out for a few seconds, or even more than ten seconds, and at a speed of 45 kilometers per hour of the tank, one minute is enough to run 750 meters, more than ten seconds, more than 100 meters away.

Although heavy artillery also has a certain lethality for targets more than ten meters or tens of meters away, it is an unprotected target, and it mostly refers to infantry, very tightly protected tanks, and only artillery above 120 mm can be broken through the armor when using armor-piercing shells, and it is almost impossible to hit targets close to 10 kilometers away with armor-piercing shells with armor-piercing shells, and they are moving at high speed.

These heavy tanks, in this plan, will rush to the forefront, they are attracted to the forward division artillery, ordinary armored vehicles and light tanks, about 50 mm combat anti-aircraft guns, can pose a threat to it, can only follow the heavy tank assault.

Advanced radio, can transcend space, integrate all aspects of the forces together, armored clusters are only used in the valley, waiting for the news of the arrival of the Russian army, and in the vast Mongolian land, in addition to the Russian million army, the northwest also used a million troops, especially near the northern trading city, Yan Xishan with the main force of the Mengbei army, straight to Chita. (To be continued.) )