After the communications officer confirmed that there were no signs that the letter had been opened privately and that the wax seal on the surface was completely correct, he opened the letter and took out the letter paper inside.
At the same time, he took out a correspondence book from his arms and compared the handwriting of the letter and the authenticity of the seal.
After identification, it was determined that it was indeed Deng Weifang's handwriting, followed by Deng Weifang's personal seal, fingerprints, exclusive general seal, and the division headquarters seal of the 3rd Cavalry Division.
If handwriting can still be imitated, then with the current engraving technology, it is difficult to imitate seals, because in addition to the words on the surface, seals actually have many irregular fine lines. Basically, the fine lines of each seal
They are all different and therefore difficult to imitate.
In addition to the seal, there is also the insurance of fingerprints.
Compared with handwriting and seals, fingerprints are more difficult to imitate.
The combination of various anti-counterfeiting methods has formed the current anti-counterfeiting methods used by Datang in top-secret official documents.
At the same time, even if seals, handwriting, and fingerprints can be forged, there are still passwords.
The transmission of these important military information is all done through coded letters.
For example, the current letter from Deng Weifang contains thousands of words, but in fact they are all a combination of Arabic numerals, Chinese numerals and ordinary characters.
Without the codebook, it is completely incomprehensible.
At this time, the communications officer decrypts the code through the code book, so that the real information can be obtained.
Not long after, after the decoding was completed, the communications officer handed the translated letter to Lieutenant General Dai Yaxin!
Lieutenant General Dai Yaxin took it and took a look. After a slight pause, he said: "This time, Brother Deng has dug out a big fish!"
After saying that, he handed the letter to Major General Qi Lianzhong who was standing aside.
Major General Qi Lianzhong glanced at it after taking it, and then nodded slightly and said: "I didn't expect that the Tatars were so resourceful this time. I originally thought they were a small-scale harassment, but now it seems that these Tatars are plotting
It’s not small, I’m afraid it won’t just damage the railway!”
Lieutenant General Dai Yaxin said: "What other plots can there be, they are just aimed at us!"
"Of course, they probably don't want to devour our entire army in one go. They probably just want to eat part of our forward troops!"
"Third Cavalry Division?" Major General Qi Lianzhong asked with doubts: "According to the current situation, the Third Cavalry Division is closest to them, and the Third Cavalry Division has penetrated deeper. I am afraid that their target is the Third Cavalry Division.
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"Will there be any danger over there with the Third Cavalry Division?"
Dai Yaxin waved his hand: "It would be okay if we didn't know in advance, but now that we know it, the danger will naturally disappear. They are all cavalry. If they can't be beaten, they can't run away. Is it possible that they can still catch up?"
With that said, Dai Yaxin walked to the edge of the map, then stared at the map and said: "Based on the current situation, there are probably a lot of Tatar cavalry over there. If there are only five, six, or seven or eight thousand troops, they are
If you don't have the guts to make such a tactical arrangement, you may still have a main force of Tatar cavalry behind you.
A conservative estimate is that there are tens of thousands of riders!”
"Then what should we do now?" Major General Qi Lianzhong said: "Otherwise, let the 3rd Cavalry Division stabilize and wait for the 2nd Cavalry Division to get closer!"
Dai Yaxin did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment and then said: "No, now we have guessed that there are more Tatars over there, but they don't know that we already know!"
"In this case, let's use the trick and let the 3rd Cavalry Division continue to move south tomorrow to raid the enemy's two thousand forwards. Since they have released the bait, there is absolutely no reason to give up.
Let the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 13th Cavalry Division quickly move closer to the 3rd Cavalry Division and try to support the 3rd Cavalry Division tomorrow morning!"
"Here at the military headquarters, start your journey in the early morning and head south as soon as possible!"
Everyone else heard what Dai Yaxin said clearly, and they knew that Lieutenant General Dai Yaxin wanted to devour their forwards, and even wanted to directly engage in a large-scale strategic decisive battle.
Since the Tatars made the decision to send two thousand cavalry to the north, it was most likely to lure the enemy deeper, attract the 3rd Cavalry Division to go south to attack them, and then use the 2,000 enemy cavalry forward to entangle the 3rd Cavalry Division, and finally wait for their southward attack.
The main cavalry swarmed forward and severely damaged and even swallowed up the 3rd Cavalry Division.
But Dai Yaxin wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Directly let the 3rd Cavalry Division attack their forward. If the enemy's main force goes north and wants to eat the 3rd Cavalry Division, then the nearby 2nd Cavalry Division and 13th Cavalry Division, as well as the troops directly under the military headquarters, can directly rush forward and directly
Attacking their main force, the battle between the forward troops turned into a large-scale strategic decisive battle.
If the enemy does not move north for reinforcements, then their 2,000 forwards will be eaten, and there will be no loss no matter what.
Of course, the premise is that the 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Cavalry Division and the troops directly under the military headquarters can arrive smoothly, otherwise, the 3rd Cavalry Division will be in danger.
Especially the troops directly under the military headquarters must arrive as soon as possible.
Because the troops directly under the military headquarters are very powerful, stronger than any simple cavalry division.
The First Cavalry Army has been fighting in the northwest many years ago, but it seems that it has always been in the northwest and Central Asia. But in fact, the troops in it have been rotated several times, and even the commander has been rotated several times.
This is for the sake of balance within the Army. At present, the Army's large-scale external campaigns have only opportunities to gain military glory in the Central Asian battlefield. However, there are actually not many troops participating in the Central Asian battlefield. First of all, the limitations of railway transportation power, the Empire
The number of troops stationed in Tumi Province and Central Asia can only be maintained at about 250,000 people.
About 50,000 of them are stationed in Tumi Province, and the remaining 200,000 are in Central Asia. But Central Asia is very large, and the troops of the Western Expeditionary Army in Central Asia are also divided into three main directions. One is towards
The direction of the Persian Safavid Dynasty in the southwest and the other south directions, one is to the northwest, and the other is to the Caspian Sea.
Among them, the northwest has the smallest number of troops, because there are no people, no indigenous residents, and no Tatars in the area too far north. The vast tracts are open no-man’s land, and the climate is harsh, so they have never been Tatars.
The key direction of the war with the Tang Dynasty.
Further south, the Tatars have basically disappeared, and many of the remaining ones are actually local indigenous people. Therefore, there are actually not many garrison troops in the south, and quite a few are infantry troops, not too many cavalry.
The Western Expeditionary Army in the direction of the Caspian Sea is the main force, with nearly 150,000 troops, and the cavalry is the main force. In addition to the 67 infantry and artillery units covering the railway lines and the supply stations in the rear, there are still 100,000 troops.
Field cavalry in this direction.
There seem to be a lot of troops in all directions in Central Asia, but the Tang Army is huge.
The war in Central Asia has lasted for many years. In order to balance the various units, the army's top brass adopted a rotation policy.
In the past few years, the various units participating in the war in Central Asia have actually rotated through three waves.
The same is true for the troops under the First Cavalry Army. The three subordinate cavalry divisions and two independent cavalry regiments were gradually transferred to Central Asia to fight.
Among the five field cavalry groups, it seems that the first three cavalry divisions have large establishments and large scales, but in fact the core combat strength of the First Cavalry Corps is not these three divisions.
Instead, there were two independent cavalry regiments.
That is, the 6th Cuirassiers and the 7th Cuirassiers.
Because these two cavalry regiments are independent cavalry regiments.
The independent cavalry regiments in the Tang Army have always been large-scale cavalry regiments that can fight independently, and only the most elite cavalry can be selected.
For example, the 6th Cuirassiers are different from the cuirassiers in the usual cavalry divisions.
For example, the 3rd Cavalry Division also has a cuirassier regiment, but there are only 800 light cuirassiers with two horses.
But as for the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment, in addition to a thousand heavy-armored cuirassiers, they actually have a thousand additional auxiliary cavalry. These auxiliary cavalry help these heavy-armored cavalry wear heavy cuirassiers during war and help support them.
Mount your horse and wait.
But after doing this, they can transform directly into light cavalry.
In addition, in order to maintain the ability to fight independently, the 6th Cuirassiers also has additional light cavalry artillery and heavy baggage troops.
The entire 6th Cuirassier Regiment actually has a total strength of 3,000 men, with more than 4,000 war horses for riding and more than 4,000 service horses.
The entire Sixth Cuirassier Regiment has more than 8,000 horses attached to it!
The Sixth Cuirassiers not only have more people and horses, but the cavalry inside are also elite, and the horses are also good horses!
The Sixth Cuirassier Regiment is one of the few ace cavalry units in the entire army. Not to mention its reputation within the army, the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment is also famous among the people of the empire.
This cavalry regiment is famous not only because they are cuirassiers. In fact, there are many cuirassiers in the Army of the Tang Dynasty, not just the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment. This regiment is famous naturally because of its military exploits.
In the Battle of Hetao that year, the regiment defeated many with fewer troops, staged many wall-mounted charges, and finally defeated the enemy.
The cavalry wearing cuirass waved their sabers and launched a collective charge. This scene became a typical image of the Tang Army cavalry. It was precisely because of the heroic performance of the Sixth Cuirassier Regiment that the Tang Army later developed on a large scale.
Cuirassiers. Nowadays, it is more common for cavalry to be equipped with breastplates, but the breastplates are divided into light and heavy ones.
The 6th Cuirassiers Regiment has outstanding military achievements and has naturally become the most well-paid unit in the army in all aspects.
This is especially true when it comes to equipment and war horses!