A new year, a new thrust...
1937 has been a good year for the fledging rebirth of the Mongolian empire! Mongolia has doubled in size in two years since the ‘peaceful revolution’!
Amar (Head of State): Things are going so well, do we need some fresh faces in our war cabinet?
Luvsanshara (Head of Gov): Yep, a change of minister of security to whip up the pitiful population of Sinkiang and Xibei San Ma to be more loyal to us will be useful here. I need a Prince of Terror!
Chimid (Chief of Staff): Dagva as chief of the ground troops spending time mostly in the new lands should be suitable as your weapon of terror shouldn’t it?
Luvsanshara (Head of Gov): Oh, another brilliant nomination! Now the people of the Chinese warlord states shall know who their master is!
Golmund is safe in Mongol’s hand but a recently captured adjacent province of Jinchang could not be held.
Mj Gen Tsendenbal (Commander of Mongol 4th Div): Under heavy fire! All the retreated Chinese troops from Golmuind has regrouped in Xining and is mounting a counterattack at our position! Have to retreat to the deserts of Inner Mongolia!
Jan 10th, 1938
Luvsanshara (Head of Gov): Oh great, out 4th modern infantry divisions! Got to beef up the grunts! Stalin still got lots of these wherever it comes from!
Feb 7th, 1938
Choybalsan (Intel): Intelligence shows that the Japan try to mimic a Mongolian thing in Nanjing but is giving them bad press in the West. Not anyone can pillage and kill enemies in cities in the name of Khan like we do, it ain’t the same! We never have an URUMQI MASSACRE or GOLMUND MASSACRE despite all the killing we do because it is the right thing to do! The Japanese got to learn this! When killing, you got to kill ALL that resist, spare all that do not! When you did not kill all that suppose to be killed, these are the people that gonna give you a bad name! Those fools!
Feb 11th, 1938
Chimid: Gosh, the Chinese moved all their divisions from Xining to Jinchang that we abandoned! It shows it takes them 7 divisions to defeat our lone 4th Mongol Division. We really inject fear to them such that there commit obscene amount of infantry to defeat a militia group!
Gen Luvsan: Xining, here we come! Whoohoo!! There’s a big swimming pool you can chill yourself in! First come first served!
Upgrade completed on Feb 30th on Mongol 1st Nayramdakh Armija commandeered by Gen Chimid, the last remnant of 1918 infantry in Mongolian Army.
Chimid: Finally I can retire my WW1 rifles! It’s has been more effective as walking stick than anything else!
Feb 14th, 1938
Choybalsan (Intel): Wow, things close to the heart do happen on Valentine Day! The Nazi and Japs are cozying to one another. I wonder if their love is eternal or just convenience!
Luvsanshara (Head of Gov): Good for us though, Chiang has one less foreign expert!
Mar 2nd, 1938
Choybalsan (Intel): Looks like things ain’t so rosy back in Moscow. Stalin is looking for traitors among his midst! General Chimid you should be thankful you’re with us!
Chimid (Chief of Staff): Feel sad for my brother comrades! Well, you only need to always say yes to Stalin to ensure your head in not on the chopping board! Got to know always who’s da boss!
Hmm, maybe more promotion chances when I return back to Moscow with so many gone
Luvsanshara (Head of Gov): Hey, we got a big job to do here, Asia campaign just started! HellooooOOO!!
Chimid (Chief of Staff): Oh! Yeah! Let’s get a piece of Chiang’s ass!
Mar 7th, 1938
Chimid (Chief of Staff): Gen. Shicai, you have been an asset to us! The Human Wave Doctrine have lifted troop morale to new heights!! I sense an almost tripling of morale! (30% to 80%)
General Sheng Shicai (deposed Sinkiang leader): Thanks, but everything good comes at a cost.
Chimid: Like what?
General Sheng Shicai: Well, with high morale they tend to take some self-initiative or daring moves that may not always tally with operational command… leading to some organizational losses! I say about effective 25% loss of your capability now.
Chimid: What kind of stupid training you have done to my army! You better figure out way to fix this fast before this year is out or else…!
General Sheng Shicai: Oh no!!! Gimme a chance to teach them Large Front Doctrine to give them back the lost organizational capability.
Chimid: With this blueprints from mother Russia, you better get it done in double time! You fool! One more folly like this, you gonna get it!
Mar 9th, 1938
Frontline HQ tent, Xining...
Chimid (Chief of Staff): Haha! Xining is ours! Choibalsan, you need to take your horses south to cut off retreating Chiang’s army from the west.
Kangding sole Chinese garrison was driven off and Keshik Mongol Korpus raced to it under the helm of Lt. Gen Choibalsan.
Chimid: Lanzhou that are garrisoned by four divisions are too strong for our exhausted army that has been marching for a month thru mountain range of Xining. But I see am even more valuable targets to the south that may be lightly defended!
Gen Luvsan: Yes, Chiang’s capital is just south-east of this position. If we get there, it is like sneaking up into their backdoor!
Choybalsan (Intel): Intelligence has shown that Chiang has been moving a lot of his industry away from the coastal region from Japanese into the interior, in other words closer to OUR position! It is all ripe for our takings! Straight into our hands! They rather have them fall into our hands and into our rule than the Japanese! The industrial powerhouse in this region alone is triple of that our total empire! It must be used to serve us! Their immense population must be swayed to support us as well!
Chimid: It is agreed then, we shall head towards the Sichuan Valley across Ya'an mountain range to get our hands on Chiang’s safe retreat! Chongqing, capital of China shall be soon ours! All other yellow star markers on the strategic map are our secondary objective as they also hold the key to China’s war industry and should be seized when the opportunity arises! The rest of the industry centers to the further south will be next.
