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Chapter 479 A tiny place

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    Li Du was determined to fight to the death.

    He is a famous general in suppressing bandits. When Zhang Hanqing defeated Babu Zabu, he was the leader of the 114th Regiment under Wu Junsheng.  In Zhang Hanqing's famous battle to annihilate the Pakistani bandits, he really helped as an ally.

    After the death of the Ba bandits, the remaining bandits continued to harass them.  Li Du witnessed the coming and going of bandits and the suffering of the people, so he personally wrote a plan to suppress the bandits and submitted it to the authorities, asking him to ride directly into the bandit's lair alone and persuade them to surrender, so as to avoid conquests by both sides and the death of the people.  His colleagues in the army were afraid that he would be harmed and tried to dissuade him in every possible way. Li Du said: "If we can calm down the border situation, what's the use of our body?"  He resolutely rode alone into the bandit's lair, with a righteous mind and a calm attitude. He negotiated with the bandit leader for more than 20 days amidst mountains of swords and swords. Finally, he persuaded the bandit leader to surrender, and handed over the weapons and ammunition funded by the Japanese, the portrait of Emperor Xun of the Qing Dynasty, and the dragon.  flags etc.

    Li Du¡¯s great wisdom and bravery were highly praised by officers and soldiers with a sense of justice. Zhang Zuolin also included him in the list of rewards for those who made great achievements in suppressing bandits.  However, after Wu Junsheng was brought up as a scapegoat by all parties, he was angry at Zhang Hanqing's "shuzi's fame" and brought disaster to himself but did not dare to take action, so he brought out Li Du, who "loved the young marshal", for questioning.

    Of course, Old Wu was also a little jealous. After all, at that time, he was just a brigade commander and a garrison envoy.  Li Du has great achievements and fame, which is detrimental to his "growth". He is also not a close confidant, so he is naturally rejected by everyone.

    Talented people will not let their superiors give in, so Li Du submitted his resignation in the autumn of 1917 and left.  However, Zhang Zuolin still appreciated him and personally asked him to serve as the captain of the Fourth Transport Team of the Fengjun General Headquarters.  Zhang Hanqing entered Mongolia. As the backbone of logistics, he paved the way for the victory of the "An-Mongolian Army" and made a lot of contributions.

    After the pacification of Mongolia, the guards of the two strategic places Tangnu Ulianghai and Maimaicheng were selected. Li Du won Zhang Hanqing's favor with his honesty and prudent attitude. In addition, he had certain experience in civilian governance, so the guards of Maimaicheng and northern Mongolia were selected.  Just leave it to him.

    Although there is only a team of more than a thousand people, the military rank is major general - which is already enough in terms of qualifications, and he also holds the position of garrison envoy of northern Mongolia.  When he first took office, he followed Zhang Hanqing's proposal to build the trading city into a major trading town in northern Xinjiang and at the same time turned it into a major military town, so he put a lot of effort into holding on to it.

    The shopping city has a pure Chinese style. There are two main streets in the city, with crosses running through them. The streets extend in straight lines and courtyards are distributed on both sides.  By the end of the 1760s, more than 200 houses and two temples had been built here.

    Considering that the trading city was built with wood and had four gates around it, such a city wall was basically a model for guarding against gentlemen but not villains. Li Du arranged to build a Great Wall paved with large stones beside the outer wall. Although it could not stop the infantry from jumping over,  But it is enough to form a good hindrance to enemy cavalry attacks.  The earthen walls were supported by stone piles, which gave the defenders some psychological comfort.

    In addition, it is a rectangular city, only 640 meters long and 366 meters wide. For the People's Army with a smaller number, it is more advantageous in terms of defense. At least the unit firepower is sufficient.

    ??And the north gate is opposite the south gate of Kyaktu, and the distance is only 130 meters.  Taking into account the common interests of China and the Soviet Union in suppressing bandits, this direction did not require special attention, which made Li Du feel slightly better about arranging troops.  Therefore, as soon as the battle order was issued, Li Du deployed two companies in front of the south gate, together with four machine guns, and began to set up fortifications, preparing a desperate defense posture.

    But what made him a little heavy was the crowd of people fleeing outside the city.  Because the incident happened suddenly, and when they heard that the White Russian bandits were coming, everyone naturally thought of a trading city that could act as a barrier. In the past few dozen miles, Mongolian people and Han merchants have spontaneously rushed here, numbering seven to eight thousand people.  So many.  Considering the small area of ????Business City, it is really unbearable to have so many people pouring in all at once.

    Based on the area of ??the small city, it is equivalent to one person per fifteen square meters. This density should be the highest among cities not only at the time but also in later generations. Of course, the world-famous Mumbai slums are not counted.

    The White Army has artillery in its hands. If it is unleashed here, the casualties will be considerable.  However, with such a small number of people, there is still a slight chance to defend the city, and this stronghold cannot be given up.

    Li Du thought about it, and he remembered that the young marshal once told them how trenches were used to fight positional warfare in the European War.  With the three-foot trench dug into the ground, the warring countries suddenly turned the maneuver warfare into a war of positional attrition, which lasted until the end of the battle.  Although the attackers deployed new weapons such as aircraft and tanks, they rarely made any qualitative breakthroughs.  Therefore, after the war, the defensive model of strong fortresses coupled with intensive firepower began to occupy a place in the world's military system. France, a powerful army, even later developed the "Maginot Line".

    Because there were so many participating countries in the war, only the Germans could produce better quality optical equipment, and other countriesMost of them also use mechanical aiming.  Shelling was not good against trenches. The purpose of trenches was to avoid enemy shelling, so the shrapnel from shelling was meaningless to the people hiding in the trenches, and the accuracy of artillery at that time was also very limited.

    Digging trenches is beneficial and cost-effective. It can also limit the role of cavalry to the maximum extent and can delay the movement of artillery. Its function is similar to that of ancient moats.  Li Du decided to mobilize manpower and build as many such "moats" as possible inside and outside the city.

    " Nowadays, having more people is a blessing among misfortunes. In line with the principle of resting people and not resting things, hundreds of engineering shovels have played a great role under the uninterrupted work of hundreds of people at the same time.  Within a few days, several shallow trenches one kilometer long and two to three meters wide were opened on the front five miles outside the south gate, and then they were widened and deepened when the opportunity arose.

    And people without tools were not idle either. Under the organization of the Buying and Selling City County Committee and County Government, they made do with simple things, using stones, bricks and soil wrapped in sacks or waste felt, and built strongholds on the trenches.

    In these precious few days, this line of defense was quietly formed, but it was still not deep enough and not wide enough for a flying horse to leap.  However, the advantage is that there are many gaps. Between several ravines, it is not easy for the cavalry artillerymen carrying artillery to jump over.  The threat to the trading city from the Asian Cavalry Division without artillery will be significantly weakened.  After the vanguard of the bandits arrived at the front line of the position, the "migrant workers" quickly withdrew into the city and began to set up defenses along the streets.

    But the purpose at this time is only to reduce the damage of enemy shelling. When the building cannot withstand the sharp shells, at least the common people still have a place to hide.  The "migrant workers" who understood this relationship became more enthusiastic about digging in the city. During the battle at the front, they worked overtime and dug ditches all over the small trading city, even their normal  Walking is a problem, just because the trading city is too small and cannot accommodate such a large population otherwise.

    This kind of unselfish behavior also unexpectedly severely hindered the movement of the bandits. This was reflected in a series of subsequent battles. It was an unexpected surprise.

    However, on the front line, Li Du couldn't be happy at all.  As the head of the front-line guards, Li Du also understood the strategic vision of the People's Army Headquarters, which is why he was so worried.

    ¡°It¡¯s not all about my own safety, but knowing the family background of the People¡¯s Army.

    ¡°Mongolia plus Tangnu Ulianghai covers an area of ??more than 1.7 million square kilometers, which is larger than Xinjiang and the size of Jiangsu. However, there is only one 26th Cavalry Division guarding it.

    Don¡¯t think that one division is too much, and don¡¯t compare it with the Beiyang Army Division of the Republic of China.  Different from them, the cavalry division had a special organization at that time, and its number was much smaller than that of the infantry.

    According to the "Allied Forces Chronicle", in the Jiangnan area, because there is little room for cavalry to move, each infantry division is used to send orders and search, and one company is enough to cope with it. However, in Manchuria, Mongolia and Xinjiang, due to inconvenient transportation and vast territory,  Since the number of people is sparse, the number of cavalry should be large and large, and a cavalry division should be established.  The cavalry divisions in the Northeast were set up based on this principle.

    ??According to the upper limit, the cavalry division of the Fengcheng Department is under the jurisdiction of 2 brigades, 4 regiments and 1 cavalry artillery company. The regiment does not have a battalion and directly manages 4 cavalry companies, and 1 machine gun and mortar company each.  Each cavalry regiment takes the upper limit of 4 companies, so that each division has 16 cavalry companies.  Because the cavalry company has a four-four system, the standard company has 204 people, and a regiment plus the regiment headquarters has 1,062 people. A full division is worth more than 4,000 points.  With this number of troops, spread equally across the country, one company would be assigned to every 100,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to having only one cavalry company in Jiangsu in the mainland to maintain public order

    Therefore, after Zhang Hanqing entered Mongolia, he reorganized the cavalry division in his own way.  Considering that the cavalry force is also an independent offensive force in the north, its number cannot be too small. Therefore, the People's Army's cavalry division is the first to have one division and three brigades, which is one-third more strength than the old system.  This was also the precursor to the subsequent reform of the people's military system.

    Despite this, when part of the division was assigned to garrison in Kobdo and Ulyasutai, the only troops that could be placed in Cullen were a cavalry brigade and several infantry and artillery units, and the number of troops that could support the trading city was limited.  Unless the cavalry from Tangnu Ulianghai can arrive as soon as possible and the northwest army reinforcements can enter Kulun as soon as possible, his army will have to face the fact of fighting alone.

    Having said that, there is still a large area to be guarded in the Tangnu area, and the only ones who can be dispatched for rescue are probably only a thousand-man cavalry regiment, right?  Calling it a rescue, I'm afraid it's just a morale booster at best.  As for the reinforcements of the 1st and 4th Divisions, they are not of immediate help, and there is no hope.

    After thinking about this, Li Du focused on perseverance.  While the fortifications were basically in place, he placed the only three artillery pieces along the back of the trench, preparing to give the bandits a heavy blow at this artificial "horse-rejection" point.  Although the number of cannons is small, fortunately the location is convenient and the cannon shells are sufficient, so there is no need to worry about logistics. This is the benefit of defense.

    Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)Since the location is convenient and the artillery shells are sufficient, there is no need to worry about logistics. This is the advantage of defense.

    Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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