Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 382 The Plan of the Decisive Battle

"There are only 1 people, and you dare to take the initiative? Ming people are crazy?"

Musayev paced back and forth, a look of shock on his face.

"They are coming for Abakan. If Russia is driven out of Abakan, our Asian territory will be lost!" A colonel said with a cold face.

"I suggest to base ourselves on Abakan, and let them wipe out this Ming army after a bloody scalp on our defense line!"

"Yes, we must let the Chinese know that Russians are not sheep that can be bullied casually by them! If we don't give them a hard time again, we will have no face in Asia!"

"With the loss of part of the territory in Asia, all the achievements of the empire's expansion of more than 100 years will be gone!"

A group of Russian officers yelled, their faces were very aggrieved.

Last time.

They lost the battle of Irkutsk and Eastern Siberia.

But in the past two years, the Russian Empire is also summing up the reasons for its defeat.

They believe that the key to failure is that "tools are not as good as people".

Therefore, in the past two years, the Russian Empire has also desperately replenished rifles for front-line officers.

Bottom expansion bombs do not have much technical barriers.

Therefore, in terms of weapons, it can be regarded as leveling the gap.

In terms of tactics, the Russian Imperial Army also imitated the Ming Army and carried out new tactical reforms.

Therefore, now, the "phobia" of the Russian army has basically disappeared.

As soon as they heard that the army was coming, they all started clamoring to fight again.

"The past two years of battlefield experience tell us that the current military technology and tactics are beneficial to the defending side, and our troops are far more powerful than the Ming army!"

"As long as we stand on the defensive, if the Ming army dares to attack, they will smash their heads in front of our barbed wire and trenches!"

"But Abakan doesn't have much food. If the Chinese surround us, our army food will not be enough!"

"We don't have enough food, so don't the Chinese have enough? They have traveled hundreds of kilometers!"

"That's right, it's just a waste of time."

"Is there more food than anyone who is fighting now?"

"Isn't it? I don't think the Chinese have the audacity to attack barbed wire and trench defenses!"

"We can't compare to them. They have Mongolians to help herd sheep and cattle, and they are also equipped with a large number of Mongolian horses. If it is impossible, they can kill horses for food... This is the best tactic for grassland warfare! In comparison , we rely too much on the logistics line to ensure supply!"

A group of Russian officers were arguing.

Let Commander Musayev have a big head.

"Enough! We can't be surrounded in our position! They have the entire Mongolian grassland as a logistics supply base, and we can't consume them!"

Musayev said coldly: "Hiding in the trenches is a safe approach, but this approach is not enough to win the war, nor is it enough to help the empire keep part of the territory in Asia. We must take the initiative! We must use superior forces, Hit them hard on the steppes of Abakan! Break the greedy claws of the Chinese to the west!"

Musayev said loudly.

It's hard to imagine that it's time for the Russians to fight against imperialism and aggression
"Old Yang! Old Yang!!"

Outside Yang Yuchun's military tent, the voice of Chen Dewang, chief of staff of the regiment, came in from outside the tent.

The chief of staff has no right to speak in the newly formed West Expedition Corps, and even Yang Yuchun doesn't dare to offend him.

Because this man followed Song Guogong Zhao Dashuai to recover Shandong and Zhili, and he was also one of the three hundred old brothers, so he could be said to have a very stable position in the court.

This time, he and Yang Yuchun led the Western Army Corps. The reason why Yang Yuchun became the commander was because he considered that Yang Yuchun and some high-level people from the Manchurian and Mongolian Plains were old, and they could live with face.

"Old Yang! We have found a large army of Rakshasa ghosts!"

Yang Yuchun was studying the enemy's situation with his staff, when he heard this, he immediately stood up and asked, "How many people?"

"Tens of thousands! I don't know the exact number. The Cossack cavalry of Raksha Ghost are getting harder to deal with. They won't let us get too close!"

Yang Yuchun walked towards each other for two steps.

"How dare you take the initiative to attack by putting on a tortoise shell?"

"They are afraid that we will take the strategy of besieging and cutting off food!" Chen Dewang laughed.

"That's fine, no matter how many people they come, they can't go back anyway!"

Yang Yuchun's hand clattered twice on the map.

"In this case, this place cannot be left to them!"

He looked up at Li Sheng and Wang Dayong.

"Give you two days, can you take Kyzylorda of the Rakshasa ghost?"

Kyzylorda is the frontier of Abakan, an older fortress consisting of several bastions.

"Isn't it just a few bastions, why two days, one night is enough!"

Li Sheng laughed.

"Don't give Luocha ghost a little thought?" Wang Dayong said with a smile.

With Kyzylorda in hand, the Russians probably wouldn't have too desperate a plan—at worst, they would enter the fortress and defend to the death.

"It doesn't matter if you give or not!" Chen Dewang said, "Old Maozi doesn't have many Cossacks on hand. Most of their Cossacks have been transferred to the western battlefield. They are all a group of infantry. How could they outrun us!"

'Why not rely on trench barbed wire to fight positional warfare? '

Yang Yuchun shook his head again and again: "Our goal is to wipe out these tens of thousands of Rakshasa ghosts. Only by keeping their lives in Abakan can we truly get the central and western Lia, otherwise tens of thousands of troops will be troublesome, and they will You're not an idiot, seeing our barbed wire slamming into us!I let you dig trenches and pull barbed wire around the perimeter just to be invincible.Don't expect them to bump into it stupidly. '

"Then let's fight in the field!" Li Sheng clapped his hands and said.

The Ming army was never afraid of field battles.

"Take down the fortress in one day!" Chen Dewang said to Li Sheng.

Li Sheng nodded immediately: "Of course!" '

Yang Yuchun said to Fu Kang'an on the side.

"Mr. Fu, the camp will be handed over to you, and the cattle and sheep will be driven into the barbed wire. '

He turned to look at the generals.

'It's June 6rd now, attack at sunrise on June 3th, and fight to the death with Rakshasa ghosts in the Abakan grassland! '

Boom boom boom! !

The roar of the artillery sounded in the Kyzylorda Fortress, which the Russians have painstakingly managed for more than half a century.

After half a night of fierce fighting.

The battle at this time was drawing to a close.

With the advent of high explosives.

Gone are the days of impenetrable bastions.

At least for the Ming army.

The Ming army, which has a staff department and an army officer school, has summed up a complete set of procedures for attacking bastions.

It is different from the traditional army.

As long as standard tactics can be summed up, the Ming army with a staff system and a military academy system can quickly spread the tactics to the entire army.

However, the progress of the traditional army is very slow, and the old tactics are often used for hundreds or even hundreds of years without formulating corresponding new tactics according to changes in opponents and weapons.

For example, the Huai army in the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-] was like this. Their failure was certainly related to the backwardness and corruption of the feudal army, but the backwardness of their tactics was indeed an important reason.

The tactics of the Huai Army were learned from Western instructors during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In fact, it is the Western style of queuing and shooting.

When loading guns in the rear, this tactic has long been eliminated by the modern armies of the West and Japan, but the Huai Army brought this style of play to the battlefield of the Sino-Japanese War.

However, the current Ming army's organization, command, and officer training methods are all very advanced and standard modern military systems.

This is a modern army with a strong learning ability, so on this night, the Ming army easily eliminated the Kyzylorda Fortress with textbook-style combat.

With the fierce battle over.

Outside Kyzylorda Fortress.

clap clap clap!
There were bursts of crisp sounds.

A large number of captives were tied up, kneeling on the ground, and then shot in the back of the head by soldiers of the Ming army with muskets.

In modern times, executing captives is very inhumane and violates the rules of war.

But in this era, especially in the steppe desert.

Such behavior is commonplace.

It has nothing to do with being cruel or not.

In fact, if the soldiers of the Ming army were captured by the Russians, they would be treated in the same way.

Because this place is too far away from the grain-producing areas of both sides.

Logistics supply is very difficult!

To keep captives is to add unnecessary burdens to oneself.

After a burst of gunfire.

Hundreds of Russian soldiers were all executed cleanly.

As soon as Guan Shanyong, the company commander of the First Dragoon Division of the Zhengxi Corps, waved his hand, some soldiers dragged the tall Russians and threw them into the dug pit.

Honestly.

Instead of choosing to bury alive, but wasting a bullet to send the Russians back to the west, the Ming army is already very civilized.

Guan Shanyong was originally a bannerman, but now he is a successor officer of the Ming army who has worked for the emperor.

"Old Guan, arrange for the troops to rest after finishing off the prisoners, and continue to attack westward tomorrow morning!"

It was Lu Fuhai, the staff officer of the [-]st Cavalry Division who was speaking.

This Hakka hunter who joined the Ming army in the Battle of Nanxiong has now graduated from the military academy and has become a division staff officer.

He now holds the title of a lord. He has [-] acres of paddy fields in his hometown and [-] acres of Junlu fields in the northeast.

It can be said that this life is completely sold to Da Mingzi.

"clear!",

Guan Shanyong nodded excitedly, and then said to his subordinates: "Hurry up, hurry up, gather the spoils in 10 minutes!"

The loot is of course collected from the dead!Shoes, coats, watches, jewellery, gold teeth, purses, swords, etc. are all trophies that can be attributed to an individual.

However, all firearms must be returned to the public.

"Yang Shuai, Kyzylorda has been defeated."

At this time, Li Sheng was reporting the results of the battle to Yang Yuchun with a look of pride.

"More than 1000 enemies were killed. Our army killed 211 people, injured 436 people, seized 22 cannons, 365 smoothbore guns, 155 rifled guns, more than 3000 catties of gunpowder, and seized hundreds of thousands of catties of wheat. Maozi's defenders set fire to several large warehouses..."

While Li Sheng was talking, he handed Yang Yuchun a rifled gun.

"This should be a copy of the Guangfu [-]nd Year rifle. The workmanship is not bad, and the bottom expansion sheet is also equipped. The accuracy of the bullet processing is a little rough, but it is not bad. This kind of firearm has a better range than the breech-loading gun we use. Farther away, our advantage lies in the rate of fire and design posture!" Wang Dayong said.

In the middle of the night of June 6th, the raging fire ignited by the Kyzylorda Fortress, which was in the middle of fierce fighting, reflected half of the sky red, and it was faintly visible hundreds of miles away.

The Russian commander Musayev, who was riding on a Don horse, looked at the night sky with a serious expression on his face.

“The bastion is outdated”

He said.

It was more of a repetition than a surprise.

The era of invincible bastion defense has passed so quickly.

The past war experience has said that it is not very useful now.

The Chinese always have new weapons emerging in an endless stream.

This time.

They took the initiative.

Is there anything new?

Musayev thought.

He reined in his horse and turned to look south.

"map!!"

he said aloud.

The adjutant next to him hastily pulled out the military map carefully stored in the copper pipe, opened it and handed it to Musayev.

Musayev looked at it for a while.

Pointing to a river to the south.

"Dyr Darya! We move to the banks of the Syr Darya!"

Musayev is looking for a suitable battlefield.

But Lieutenant General Andrei, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division beside him, asked the Governor of Orenburg in puzzlement: "Your Excellency! The Kyzylorda Fortress may still be saved. If we rush there immediately..."

Musayev snorted: "Lieutenant General, do you want the Chinese to taste the victory in Irkutsk again?"

Holcart, the commander of the No.11 Infantry Division who had suffered in Irkutsk, echoed bitterly: "Even if the Kyzylorda Fortress is not breached, it is useless... Are we going to attack the Chinese?" Barbed wire and trenches?"

"You can't fight like this."

Holcart said: "This will cause us heavy losses! The best way now is to fight on the grasslands. Our rifles have twice the range of their rear-loading guns."

Musayev nodded: "So the decisive battle in the open area is the most advantageous... Pass on the order, we must rush to the bank of the Syr Darya as soon as possible, we are not far from the Kyzylorda Fortress, the decisive battle may be tomorrow night It's about to start! We must establish a position before the Chinese, relying on a solid position, and fight an upright battle with the Chinese! We have an army of [-], and the Chinese only have [-], [-] against [-] , on the open bank of the Syr Darya, the advantage is on our side!"

This time, Lieutenant General Andrei finally nodded in conviction, "Great, General, you have checked your cards properly. Tomorrow's victory must belong to us, to Russia!"

Holcart hesitated, "Maybe they will fight against each other... Now in the western battlefield, such things are very common."

"Then let's go and retreat to the west coast of the Aral Sea!"

Musayev smiled helplessly, "If we want to keep the land in Asia, we must first keep this army."

"If there is no army, the land cannot be kept anyway."

(End of this chapter)