Brusinov was very careful, especially after the last defeat, he knew that the Northwest was not an idle person, so he did not rush forward as before, and before the war began, he did not attack Mongolia quickly, but fought steadily, striving to do a good job of reconnaissance, and then attacked.

The result of the reconnaissance was that the other party was very tightly defended in some locations, and in some other locations, there was almost no defense, and after the report came up, his first feeling was a trap, and sent a large number of reconnaissance teams to investigate, but when more and more information was fed back, Brusinov hesitated, saying that it was a trap, the other party's gap was too big, more than 100 kilometers without people, the reconnaissance force had penetrated to more than 150 kilometers, such a big trap, and how many people could be pitted, huge depth, It's enough to make the Great Army move, and if he sends a million-strong army to drive straight in, what can he deal with?

More and more information has been collected into Brusinov's hands, everything around has been investigated, and Russia, through reconnaissance and small-scale contacts, has found that most of the other party's military strength is in the direction of the city of Buying, and near the northeast, more than 200 kilometers wide, 150 kilometers long, as long as they break through here, it will be difficult for them to react.

The previous war made it clear to Brusinov that the Northwest is relatively professional, and even the tactical literacy of the soldiers is okay, would such a unit make such a mistake?

Hesitation, this is the performance of Brusinov at this time, once upon a time, Admiral Brusinov, who was decisive in killing, faced the northwest, would actually become a forward-looking person. This is not known to those who don't know, and they think it's a joke. It's a pity that you can't help but fight. After 2 days of hesitation, after investigating more information. Eventually, he ordered his troops to go on the march. The Russian army came here to attack China, in order to realize the great dream of Yellow Russia, to concentrate 3 million troops in vain, to eat the cold wind in Siberia, after entering September, the temperature in Siberia is dropping, at most more than a month, after November. Siberia is a land of ice and snow, and it must go all the way south along Mongolia, and only after reaching the warm Yellow River valley, or after achieving their goal, will it be time to stop, not only a big war, but at most more than a month, it must be over because of the weather, which is not in the interests of Russia.

There is such a big flaw on the opposite side. And after investigation, it was found that this flaw may be set up a little too big and break the sky, which is for the Russian army. It's a good opportunity, how can you not seize such an opportunity, even if it's a trap. An army of millions marched straight in, with no line of defense ahead. Under the premise of no blockage, it can at least continuously advance hundreds of kilometers. If there is really any problem, you can go back, the million-strong army in a group is a powerful point in itself, such a point that even the powerful German army is not willing to touch, let alone the northwest, in Brusinov's heart, although the north-west army is strong, it is not the opponent of the German army that swept across Europe.

The Russian army has nothing to fear, the fighting nation, what is there to dare to, that is, the northwest gave them a huge blow 3 years ago, and they are so careful, otherwise, even in the face of Germany, after the attack order is issued, they will rush forward bravely.

The mobilization of a million troops showed Brusinov's strength, in fact, when he hesitated, he was ready, and it only took 3 days to complete the preparations, and then the army was opened, and millions of troops set off from Chita, along the area released by Yan Xishan, and drove straight in, the speed was very amazing, with the march of this era basically relying on feet, a speed of 35 kilometers a day, and this speed is still averaged by a million troops, on this point, it can be seen that the Russian army under Brusinov is strong.

After the start of the war, because of the secrecy, the planes were used less, but with such a large gap, it was impossible to arrange a reconnaissance post, which was a food delivery for a million Russian troops, even if the northwest was strong, it was impossible to take a reconnaissance post of hundreds or thousands of people to confront a million army, unless these were not infantry, all war mechas, it was possible to compete with a million army. So even if it was risky, even if it was discovered, it sent a high-altitude reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance, fortunately, in this era, the Russian army did not have an intuitive concept of aircraft, and the planes did not stay too much where they were, and after a little reconnaissance, they left, and for the time being in the world, there were no rumors about aircraft.

In Yan Xishan's war room, all the staff officers were jubilant, and finally waited, forcibly leaving a flaw, which has made the operation of the entire Mongolian Northern Military Region, there are a few problems, everyone knows that such a process can not continue, if Russia is not fooled, according to the current intensity, has maintained high pressure and temptation, once the two armies face each other, Russia's army of more than 2 million will pose a huge threat to the entire northern China, even if China wins, it will also need to pay a huge price. Fortunately, in the end, Russia still made a choice, and it was easier for them to choose, which would also bury them completely.

"Where are the armored units!" The armored troops Yan Xishan mentioned are not hundreds of armored vehicles and light tanks drawn from the Northern Mongolian Military Region, they are at best followers, and if the opponent's heavy artillery clusters concentrate their firepower, they will also make their attacks ineffective regardless of the cost of covering the attack, what they are talking about are heavy tanks sent from the northwest.

After several years of development, especially the strength of the Northwest in the field of engines, it is possible to have a heavy tank of more than 50 tons, a 900-horsepower diesel engine, which can support the speed of a heavy tank, can not be compared with the speed of light armored vehicles of more than 80 kilometers, and the off-road performance is not good, in the swamp, it must be considered, but in the unobstructed steppe, this is simply like an offensive and defensive integrated weapon.

Strong frontal protection is enough to withstand the attack of artillery up to 120 mm, the ultimate speed of 45 km, on the battlefield, it is possible to dodge the attack of artillery above 120 mm, 105 smoothbore guns. It is possible to carry out attacks on stationary targets and vehicles, in short. It's a war machine armed to the teeth, compared to the tanks that were still in the minds of some people in this era. I don't know how much stronger it is, the relationship between generations, a heavy tank, even against countless people, is the result of a complete victory.

"They have arrived at the predetermined area and are in the process of maintaining the equipment." The combat staff officer replied, standing up.

Yan Xishan nodded and said, "Very good, call them to inform them that the enemy has entered the urn." We follow the plan. ”

The Russian army, which crossed the Sino-Russian border, advanced towards the Mongol side without resistance, and the 150 kilometers of no-man's land were divided into three armies, each of which was about 300,000 people, that is, in the vicinity of Chita, leaving almost 150,000 people. Used to protect Chita, the rest poured out, and the distance between each army was no more than 25 kilometers. Any attack along the way can be echoed in time, according to Brusinov's understanding of war. This is already peace of mind, not to mention the empty uninhabited grassland. It is difficult to build fortifications, even if they are built. The million-strong army that was huddled together could be retreated in time, and at most the attack was unsuccessful.

The gap between generations made Brusinov not think at all that there were also large armored clusters, and the division and encirclement of armored clusters was also an unsolvable proposition in World War II 20 years later, not to mention that there was not even the slightest preparation, in this era, even the tank tank temporarily assembled with a tractor could dominate the era, in the steppes with unobstructed and unobstructed covers, the tank would become a big killer.

When the Russian army spent five days and penetrated about 100 kilometers into Mongolia, the entire Northern Mongolian Military Region, including the adjacent Northeast Military Region, also moved, and the troops mobilized by Yan Xishan were very large, involving three military regions and thousands of kilometers of defense areas.

The Northeast Military Region, the main force of the 24th Division of the 157th Regiment, after some study and investigation, Wu Peifu was appointed as the commander of the 157th Regiment to command the division. In the former sequence of the Northwest Army, at the beginning it was divided according to the time of its establishment, the smaller it was, the earlier it was established, and later after some reorganization, in terms of history, combat effectiveness, and even military competitions, and many other aspects, a comprehensive evaluation, and finally formed the Chinese National Defense Force, which ranked in the forefront, either has a long history and outstanding military achievements, or has strong combat effectiveness, especially the top 30, is not a strong main division, and cannot stand at all.

Wu Peifu in Beiyang, has achieved the town system, even slightly higher than the general town control system half a level, can command 3 to 5 towns, it stands to reason that to run to be the head of the regiment, that is downgraded to the extreme, but the real contact with the northwest, contact with the northwest army, Wu Peifu knows, they are really defeated and not wronged, whether it is the quality of soldiers, weapons and equipment, logistics support, and even low-level officers and non-commissioned officers, the northwest has completely exploded Beiyang, and the proportion of technical arms in the northwest is 10 times higher than that of Beiyang, Because of the non-stop training, the power of the technical arms is also quite strong.

Not to mention the equipment and logistical supply system of the Northwest Army, which are simply two concepts from the Beiyang Army, the army's salaries do not need to be considered by the officers at all, they are all directly allocated by the Central Military Commission, and are distributed to everyone's account, completely put an end to the phenomenon of empty salaries, training expenses, and combat expenses, as long as they are reasonable, the government only needs to go through a formalities to approve them, and there is no need for officers to find a way to get money to urge salaries, what the officers have to do is to do a good job in training in peacetime, so that the army's combat effectiveness will be stronger. In wartime, it is to fight a good war.

Not to mention that the officers are all from professional classes, and there is a complete set of perfect training mechanisms, even the low-level non-commissioned officers, and low-level officers are the same, it is these perfect systems that make the army in the northwest particularly professional, and many times, it is good to just give orders, compared to Beiyang, there is even less work to be done, but the combat effectiveness of this regiment is very strong.

The combat effectiveness of a regiment is at least equivalent to a town in Beiyang, and more, Wu Peifu is a proud person, who can stand out from the talented Beiyang, as an old man who is not a small station training era, but he can stand out in Beiyang, becoming second only to the middle and high-level of Beiyang Sanjie and Cao Kun, the core high-level of Beiyang, is to rely on him to fight.

What the army wants is what it can fight, this is what I knew as soon as I came to the Northwest Army, the army of the Northwest Army is relative to Beiyang. Purer, albeit slowly. There are seniority according to seniority, but it is not obvious. Strength is still a huge aspect, in the Beiyang, they all rely on their own strength to play a piece of the sky, and in the more huge northwest platform, it is not a problem.

In the short period of five months after coming here, Wu Peifu sorted out the regiment, followed the training outline in the northwest, and then relied on his own strength. This regiment has formed more and more detailed tactics, which are enough to bring the strength of this regiment to a higher level, but there is no stage for display.

However, the opportunity seemed to have come, and in August China was founded, and in September Japan and Russia intervened, and the war finally began. And the dominant is in the north, the 24th Division is stationed in Heilongjiang, which has become the forefront of dealing with the Russian army, and the generals are afraid of death. The same is true for Wu Peifu, millions of Russian troops, which looks quite scary. However, according to the intelligence of the intelligence services and the knowledge of the Northwest, this is not a problem at all. Even just by fighting the number of people, the northwest can completely blow up Russia.

Military recruitment in the Northwest. But the direction has been established since 1909, except for the 54 mixed concord and earlier eras, the era of the factory protection team, because of the cripple in the general, there is one person who is counted as one person, and they must all be on it, but after Jiang Baili and the other three arrived in the northwest, they worked with Feng Yuxiang to regularize the Northwest Army, and the tradition of the Northwest Army was fixed, at least after 3 months of recruit training and 9 months of professional training, that is, one year later to be able to enter the army, just like that, the army, It is not the main force of the first line, the main force of the first line, at least two years, or the skills in all aspects are particularly outstanding.

Take Wu Peifu's 157th Regiment as an example, the latest recruits have been in the army for more than two and a half years, and the longest is almost the same as the time for large-scale conscription in the northwest, about four years.

Time, in other places, is just an ordinary qualification, but in the northwest is different, the soldiers in the northwest are completely out of production, with the support of strong logistics, the use of one-day double training, this is not a simple queue and basic training, although these are there, but they are the focus of the new barracks, to the combat units, more live ammunition, from marksmanship to coordination, small group tactics and these

Practice makes perfect, this is the truth everywhere, soldiers are even more so, once a week training in Beiyang, it is already considered diligent, the town where Wu Peifu was located back then, but also barely guaranteed a week of double training, just like his town has been called a trump card, similar to the northwest, unheard of, because most of the soldiers are not able to eat meat, or even be full, strenuous physical activities, will make them tired, but will affect combat effectiveness.

However, in the field troops in the northwest, every day's food will be formulated according to the amount of training, and there are special military trainers to ensure that the soldiers absorb enough nutrition, and even the luxury of the food, even Wu Peifu is speechless, you must know that this kind of food, even if he was the town commander back then, he can't eat it every day, in the northwest, this is the food that is eaten every day.

Rich and nutritious food ensures that the soldiers have nutrition, muscles and strength, and they have talent, but more of them still have to eat meat, eat well, and practice a lot of exercise, as for military literacy, it is also growing in a day of double training, such a troop can be called the elite of the elite in Beiyang, but in the northwest, at least Wu Peifu knows, more than 2.5 million regular troops, basically like this.

With these as pillars, Wu Peifu does not believe that Russia can defeat the northwest at all, at most it will only invade part of the territory, and then be blocked by the northwest, gather and annihilate it, when Russia loses this 3 million army, what awaits it is a nightmare, and the whole of Siberia will open its arms to him.

With these realizations, after receiving the order, Wu Peifu not only did not feel apprehensive and uneasy, but many years of experience told him that this was an opportunity, after coming to the northwest, he was looking forward to the arrival of this opportunity, and now the opportunity has finally come, as long as he seizes this opportunity, he can have a bigger stage.

The 24th Division is not a rapid reaction force, and the tradition of the northwest also made it take only 24 hours to complete the preparations, and was about to enter the Heilongjiang defense line, but was told that the Heilongjiang defense line had been stabilized, and they had to obey the command of the Mongolian Northern Military Region, and stayed in the Heilongjiang defense line for 3 days, and a new order was issued, they needed to enter Mongolia from Heilongjiang after 7 days, and strive to march 100 kilometers in 5 days, build positions on the spot, and strive to isolate the retreat of Brusinov's corps.

Unable to get the task of the main attack, Wu Peifu was slightly disappointed in his heart, but it was more strange, a million army, huddled into a group, even if it was under the combat effectiveness, it was a difficult bone to gnaw, just with the 24th Division, there were some other troops, at most they blocked a small number, or lost their fighting spirit, that is to say, the Mengbei Army seemed to have the strength to eat such a huge cake, what method did he use, Wu Peifu thought about all the methods he knew, but he didn't find the answer, he could only wait, Perhaps from this battle, we can see some new tactics, which are very important for a general like him who leads troops. (To be continued.) )