There is a document in the Ministry of War of the Central Government of the People's Army called the "Prairie Strategy Plan". The main target is the nomadic tribes on the grassland, with the focus on the Tatars and Oirats.

Earlier, Fangnan, Hu Zhuang, Wang Shengrong and other senior leaders of the People's Army were chatting, and they talked about the Tatars. As they were chatting, they talked about a "Prairie Strategy Plan", most of which came from Fangnan.

Establishing a Lancer Division to fight against the prairie is an important project of the "Prairie Strategy Plan". At present, the "Prairie Strategy Plan" is under preliminary implementation. From forming a Lancer Division to forming ten Lancer Divisions, when five Lancer Divisions are formed and the People's Army has some strength across the prairie, it will move forward to the next step, building a city.

The ultimate goal of the "Prairie Strategy Plan" is to destroy the Tatars and Oirats on the prairie or to the ends of the world, and the People's Army will completely control the prairie.

But the prairie is too big. The territory of the Tatars and Oirats together is almost as close to the area of ​​the land of China. Do the People's Army need 300,000 or 500,000 cavalry to defend the prairie?

The People's Army wants to expand the lancers to 100,000, but it is not possible in a short time. Therefore, in the "Prairie Strategy Plan", it says that when the People's Army forms five lancer divisions, it will continue to push the defense line to the grassland by building a city. Now the People's Army's defense line is the Great Wall here.

The lances went deep into the grassland to eliminate the Tatars, and the People's Army would send people to build roads in the grassland, and they could prune a city or a fortress at a certain distance.

This fortress is mainly used by the People's Army's troops. Secondly, when the enemy attacks, the surrounding herders can enter the fortress to hide.

The northward, the colder the climate is, and it is not suitable for human survival. Fangnan did not think about large-scale immigration to the prairie. The prairie is mainly suitable for grazing cattle, horses and sheep, and is not suitable for large-scale cultivation of crops.

Cattle, horses and sheep can be raised on a large scale by dispersing to each household, and others can be done, but war horses are not possible. It is difficult for farmers to raise excellent war horses at home. Only on the open grasslands can more excellent war horses be raised.

Herders can grazle cattle, horses and sheep in the surrounding area with the fortress as the center. Once they encounter an enemy, the cattle, horses and sheep give up. People fled to the fortress and were able to continue to survive under the protection of the People's Army. A fortress of three thousand firearms can even withstand 100,000 enemy cavalry.

Through fortresses and barbed wire, the People's Army's defense line continued to advance north and west, driving away the Tatars and Oirats.

Fang Nan was very confident in the "Prairie Strategy Plan". Perhaps it only took five years to form enough lancer troops to drive away the Tatars and Oirats.

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On the prairie, a new day came, and the lances division led by Tian Zhe continued to advance. After half of the morning, there were finally a scout and found traces of the Tatars, and several Tatars were grazing in the distance.

It is easy to find the Tatars, but it is difficult to capture the Tatars and even find the Tatars' residence. The Tatars' grazing area is not close to the living area, and because of the Tatars grazing outside, it is difficult for the People's Army to quietly touch the nearby Tatars' residence.

These things were thought about when entering the prairie, and after discussing them with the Lancer Division, the combat plan was determined after many discussions with officers at the regiment level or above.

For the Tatars, cattle, horses, sheep, yurts and other daily necessities are very important. When a large number of enemies attack, they have to give up most things, and only people can escape, but they have no food when they escape, and face a difficult choice to wait for death or surrender to other tribes.

Because only people pass by, if other tribes do not have enough food, they will not easily accept outsiders' joining. In the end, they will still be starved to death, or they will be badly thought by a tribe, kill all men, and stay with them for children.

If a small group of enemies attack, in order to save their wealth and food, the Tatars will stand up and kill the enemies. It doesn’t matter if some tribesmen die. As long as the food is still there, the tribe can continue to survive.

Five thousand cavalry of the Lancer Division were dispatched together, and most tribes on the grassland had no way to resist, so they chose to escape as soon as possible because the Lancer Division was the enemy of the Tatars, and most of the escaped Tatars would choose to tell other tribes that they would unite to drive the Lancer Division out of the grassland. The tribe that was stolen by the Lancer Division may have a chance to regain some cattle, horses and sheep.

According to the lush water and grass in the area, the Lancer Division only sent fewer cavalry out. Faced with Lancers, the Tatars would choose to resist most of the time, creating opportunities for the Lancer Division to wipe out this "tribe".

According to the surrounding situation, the Tatars that the Lancer Division had just discovered should be just an Awuer. It is quite large to have twenty tents and about one hundred people. Adult men and women can fight, and the number of people who can participate in the battle will definitely not exceed fifty cavalry. In the end, Tian Zhe decided to send a platoon of thirty cavalry to fight.

The first battle for the Lancer Division to enter the grassland is coming, and all five regiments want to get the opportunity for the first battle. After the lottery decision, the Second Regiment sent a platoon to perform the mission. The Second Regiment once again draws lots, and finally Wu Zhiyang's platoon can draw the opportunity to perform the mission.

When the soldiers in Wu Zhiyang platoon learned that the platoon leader had won the lottery, they were so happy that they almost jumped up one by one, and kept showing off to the comrades in the other two platoons in the company.

The Lancer Division is considered elite in the People's Army, and the possibility of accidents in dispatching any platoon in battle is relatively small, so Tian Zhe can decide the platoon to perform tasks by drawing lots at will.

"Wu Zhiyang, the task of the first battle will be left to you." Tian Zhe patted Wu Zhiyang on the shoulder and said.

"Teacher Commander, we can ensure that we complete the task!" Wu Zhiyang replied loudly.

"Okay, let's go."

"yes!"

Wu Zhiyang's platoon of thirty cavalry set out, and most of the Lancer Division led by Tian Zhe also showed new changes. They were dispersed in regiments. The division headquarters were with the regiment and were all following Wu Zhiyang's platoon, not too close. He was worried that when Wu Zhiyang's platoon contacted the enemy, the enemy would find the large troops behind him, causing all the enemies to run away.

Soon, Wu Zhiyang platoon approached the grazing Tatars.

"Look at the south!"

"Is it the enemy?"

“Unable to be sure.”

Several Tatars riding horses grazing were watching the approaching Wu Zhiyang platoon. As the distance got closer, the Tatars could see clearly the clothes of the thirty lancers in Wu Zhiyang platoon, which were grass-green clothes, which were not on the prairie!
Chapter completed!