latelenovela Chapter 509 Meeting an acquaintance
Chapter 509 Meeting an acquaintance
Li Jingyang and Fan Xiliang knew each other when they were in Jinling, but at most they just nodded to each other when they met. They were not close comrades at all. When he saw Fan Xiliang at this moment, Li Jingyang saluted him enthusiastically. After all, according to the combat sequence of the National Army, Li Jingyang was only a brigade commander, while Fan Xiliang was the commander of the 36th Division.
"Commander Fan, you've served as Chief of Staff of both the First and Second Brigades. You're probably the only one in the world to hold this title of military observer."
Li Jingyang said with a smile that most military observers would just watch and not speak most of the time after arriving at the front line, but Fan Xiliang was different. He directly served as the chief of staff and did a very good job. Such an observer was absolutely unique.
"My life is one of hard work. I'm grateful that Commander Li thinks highly of me and is willing to let me contribute on the front lines. This can also be considered a battle to recover our homeland. I am willing to contribute to the country. It is also my honor."
Fan Xiliang spoke from the heart. If Li Shaoyi did not give him this opportunity, he could only watch from the side, like other military observers, make his own records, and return to the south when the time came. It would be impossible for him to leave any traces here.
Now under Tang Guoping's command, when some soldiers call him Chief of Staff, he even hopes that he can be a Chief of Staff here.
When he came from the south, he was still wondering why those Central Army officers who came here didn't go back. Now that he was in this situation, he finally understood. Looking at Li Jingyang, a veteran of the party and the country, who was able to work happily here, it became even more clear that Commander Li's 72nd Division was open to all kinds of people and would even give you a key position.
Take the two brothers of the Li family for example, one is the commander of the Air Force, and the other is the deputy commander of the armored forces and the brigade commander of the 2nd Armored Brigade.
It really is one family with two generals! What an honor!
"The Marshal's negotiations with the Russians failed. After receiving the order, we traveled day and night and finally arrived within the stipulated time. The roads on the grasslands are too difficult to travel. Although we have special transportation personnel to direct us, many people still fell behind along the way. After I bring the troops here, I must immediately lead some people back to find them."
Li Jingyang did not waste too much time and called the two regiment commanders under his command and asked them to deploy defenses in the surrounding positions under the arrangement of Fan Xiliang. Then he let the brothers take a short rest and at the same time remain vigilant. After the negotiation fails, the two sides may go to war at any time. Our armored brigade must stand in front of the brothers and guard our positions with a steel Great Wall.
"Hurry up and do it. I have a lot of Huns here who can serve as your guides. I'll find them for you right away. It will only take twenty minutes at most. Hurry up and eat. We won't be here for a while."
After arriving at the 72nd Division, Fan Xiliang's speed increased a lot. In the past, if he had done such a thing in the 36th Division, it would have taken at least until tomorrow. After traveling such a long distance that day, he definitely had to rest first.
But there is no such thing in the 72nd Division. We have to do it immediately. We have to squeeze out 20 minutes of meal time, and we can even finish it in 10 minutes.
As soon as the brothers from the 2nd Armored Brigade parked the car, the logistics staff brought them water for washing their faces, and then served them hot meals. The service was absolutely excellent.
Some reconnaissance planes flew across the sky from time to time, and the tense atmosphere on the battlefield became serious again. Since these Russians did not want to negotiate, we had nothing to say. However, according to the Marshal's order, we are not allowed to attack now and must strictly hold the current line of defense.
According to the intelligence we received, the attack of the Rakshasa army last night must have used up all their mobile forces. The next attack will not be launched until at least one and a half months later. During this one and a half months, we can repair a lot of our roads. It takes at least three days and three nights for a car to travel from here to the base in the rear. After the road is repaired, the travel time can be reduced by half.
The transport team in the rear has prepared more than 2,000 trucks, which can transport all kinds of supplies for us at any time. Now we are waiting for the highway. If we transport directly on the grassland, it is not impossible, but the distance will be 50% longer, and the chance of the car breaking down will more than double.
The Russians attacked last night because they knew that our logistics could not keep up. If they only relied on airplanes, they could only maintain operations and could not have any extra supplies. So they wanted to take advantage of us, but they hit a wall unexpectedly. Thousands of people were captured, and less than 20% of them returned alive.
At this moment in the camp in Ulaanbaatar, Prince Bashan has fallen silent. Apart from being a mascot during meetings, this guy no longer has any power. After all, almost all the people under your command have run away. Although some were brought back, these people are not of much use. The reason why you are still allowed to sit in this position is that we are afraid that various power struggles will arise at such a critical moment, which will be detrimental to the defense of the Huns.
Most of the people on the Rakshasa side have also been dismissed, and the commander here at the moment is Major General Helgarin.
Although he held the title of major general, he only brought two regiments of troops. The Russian side was even slower in mobilizing its troops. The transportation conditions in the Far East depended on the Trans-Siberian Railway. If they were along the Trans-Siberian Railway, their speed would be very fast, but here was thousands of miles away from the Trans-Siberian Railway. Apart from war horses and carriages, their mechanization was still on paper.
Major General Helgarin looked at the report in front of him, then looked at the listless princes, and took the report back to his account with great annoyance. If he continued to look at their bitter faces, he would not even be in the mood to stay, let alone fight.
Apart from telling themselves that they wanted to take refuge in the north, these people were only thinking about how to transfer their property. They didn't think at all about how to defend the Xiongnu grasslands. This was a disgrace to their ancestor Genghis Khan.
Currently, on the Ulaanbaatar defense line, there are less than 12,000 Russian troops, more than 60 artillery pieces, and 20 tanks.
The Xiongnu army still had 110,000 men, but Helgarin didn't dare estimate how many of them were just fillers. Even if half of them were, that was a better estimate. Maybe 80% were...