Ming Zuo

Chapter 1725 Trustworthy Defense Force
Lord Andrey left the decision to Moscow.

But the distance is too far, obviously he can't get anything in a short time.

The Wehrmacht would not give him time.

Under the city of Yakutsk, Dahu, Gu Dahu and others no longer hide their figures, but show up openly.

The Russians in the city didn't know the situation outside the city, so they dared not come out at all.Even in order to strengthen the defense, Franzbekov ordered several city gates to be blocked.

With just one company of troops in Dahu's hands, plus Gu Dahu's expedition team, and without heavy weapons, it is naturally impossible to attack the city rashly.

Fortunately, the follow-up troops didn't make him wait too long, and it was a division as soon as they came.

"Report to the teacher, this is a summary of the situation in the city."

Facing the teacher Lu Zhiqian, everyone else was extremely nervous, but Dahu was very calm.

Just kidding, he grew up in the palace, and he doesn't know how many high-ranking officials he has met.

Of course Lu Zhiqian knew his identity, after taking the document and examining it carefully, he burst out laughing.

"Okay, well done. Taking down Yakutsk is your first achievement."

Dahu was very happy, and felt that this time he should be able to go one step further than other friends.

With detailed information in hand, and knowing that there are no Russian reinforcements nearby, how could Lu Zhiqian be polite.

"It's going to be winter soon, and the high command ordered us to follow the trend. The city in front of us is pretty good, it can be used as our base. Tell the ministries to pay attention when fighting, and don't destroy the city."

Everyone knows how terrible the winter in Siberia is.

Once the snow starts to fall, if you don't have a strong, warm house to hide from, you will die.

It was less than a month before winter, so it was obviously too late to build a base.Then snatching Yakutsk and using this place as the bridgehead for the Fourth Division to move forward is the best choice.

"Then don't besiege four and attack one, only destroy one side of the city wall."

Military and political Xie Qian proposed a solution.

To attack the bastion, even though the fourth division has strong soldiers and horses, it is obviously impossible to keep the city from being damaged at all.

In order to ensure that the whole division can have a house before winter comes, it is necessary to minimize the damage to Yakutsk.

Attacking only from one side of the city wall, even if the city wall is blown down, repairs can be completed within a month.

In the city, Franzbekov finally regretted it.

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't understand why there were tens of thousands of troops in such a remote place?

Wait, what happened to that cannon that can't see the end?

He could not help but stare at Stepanov.

"Damn it, didn't you say that the Khitans only have small cannons that are not very powerful?"

Even from a distance, you can see that the caliber of those cannons is very scary.

He was very sure that the walls of Yakutsk would never be able to stop such a cannon.

As everyone knows, he was very angry, and Stepanov was even more desperate.

"I warned you."

Stepanov now has only regrets.

If I had known that the Wehrmacht was so powerful, I shouldn't have taken care of Franzbekov and ran away alone.

Anyway, he is an explorer, not a subordinate of Franzbekov, so he doesn't have to take responsibility if he runs away.

Now, the two of them are already grasshoppers on the same rope.

"Send someone to negotiate with the Khitan people to see if there is room for maneuver."

Fighting is definitely not enough, Franzbekov decided to implement a strategy of delaying the attack.

Even if you can't delay the time, if you can get a better surrender condition.

But as soon as the words fell, an earth-shattering roar sounded.

"Damn it, these Khitan people are so immoral!"

It was too late to say anything, and countless shells thundered on the city wall.

A city wall made of wood and mud is useless no matter how thick it is.Amidst the tragic explosion, large sections of the city wall were torn apart.

The Russians on the wall didn't react and went to see God.

Franzbekov and Stepanov were originally standing on the highest point, but after all they had rich experience, they hurried down when they heard the sound of the artillery was wrong.

In fact, they are unfounded.

The Wehrmacht wanted to keep Yakutsk as intact as possible, so it didn't do anything to the very conspicuous watchtower.

If so, the whole city is completely in chaos.

Seeing that the city walls continued to collapse, dust and smoke filled the air everywhere, and broken arms and stumps were flying all over the sky, the Russians completely lost the will to resist.

They ran wildly, trying to find a place to hide.

An hour later, the Fourth Division began to enter the city.

The course of the battle was lackluster, and when the shelling stopped, the Russians surrendered in large numbers.

Franzbekov and Stepanov disguised themselves as civilians in an attempt to get away with it.But under the torture of the National Defense Forces, he was quickly found out.

The two also became the highest-ranking Russian prisoners captured by the Wehrmacht so far.

The National Defense Forces in Siberia are progressing smoothly, but they have not received the attention of the center.

Now everyone's eyes are on the Western Regions.

The military operations in the Western Regions have reached the most critical time.

Just when Abdullah rushed back to help, Liang Yue led the army and finally crossed the Tianshan Mountains with difficulty, and rushed into the Yili River Valley from the valley between Tormu Peak and Khan Tengger Peak.

Although the remaining forces of the Yarkand Khanate deployed defenses at the exit of the valley, it was useless.

How can the old, weak, sick and disabled defenders compare with the elite of the Liang army?

But the Iraqis are really crazy, even if they are not the opponents of the Liang army at all, they still rush forward one after another.

Their desperate resistance is still very useful.

The Liang army only advanced fifty miles in half a month, but they still failed to rush to the city of Yili.

After paying the price of more than 10 deaths, Abdullah finally came back.

Abdullah's eyes turned red as he watched the fertile land turned into wilderness.

Regardless of the exhaustion of the army's long journey, he vowed to use the Liang army to avenge the dead subjects.

By this time, the Liang army was also a little tired.On top of that, the consumption of ammunition and weapons is serious.

Facing the nearly 20 Yarkand army, Liang Yue was also a little timid.

He is very clear that in the flat and wide Ili River Valley, our side is at an absolute disadvantage.

Before discussing with Jiang Chaoyun, Zhao Silie, Duoyun Shanhai and others, he ordered to retreat.

Withdrew to the valley of the Tianshan Mountains, relying on the narrow terrain to block the front of the Yarkand soldiers.

Although it is very cold and barren there, there is no supply.But things have come to this point, and Ili has not been able to take down, so they can only retreat and save their troops first.

How could Abdullah allow the Liang army to retreat easily?

The people of Yarkand were all soldiers, and began to harass frantically.

The retreat of the Liang army became extremely difficult. On the one hand, it had to deal with the ubiquitous attacks of the Yarkands, and on the other hand, it had to avoid the frontal attack of the Yarkands.

In five days, they only retreated 1000 miles, but paid the price of [-] sacrifices.

The whole army panicked, thinking that the whole army might be wiped out here.

But at this moment, a group of messengers rushed into Liang Yue's camp.

"King Liang, our troops are already two hundred miles behind, and we can reach the battlefield in at most three days. You don't need to retreat, just hold on."

The appearance of the Fifth Division brought the Liang army back to life like a shower of rain.

(End of this chapter)