Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 383 Shooting Speed ​​and Projectile Surface
"What? Rakshasa ghosts moving south? What are they going to do?!"

The Russian army is preparing for a decisive battle here.

The commanders of the Ming army had more guesses about the movements of the Russian army.

Due to the continuous victories these years, almost all the Ming army became proud soldiers.

They don't quite believe that the Russian army really dares to fight them face to face in a decisive battle.

So when the Russian army suddenly turned to move south.

The staff officers of the Ming army, the stars, are a little overthinking.

"What is the purpose of their southward movement? Could it be that they want to attack Pingxi Fan?"

One of the staff officers frowned and said.

Yang Yuchun frowned when he thought of this possibility.

Pingxi Fan occupies the Fergana Basin, and in the past two years, many immigrants have flowed in, with a large population and abundant products.

If the Russian army really captured Fergana, then they could get a stable food supply.

"Can they beat Pingxi Fan?"

Some people think that the 3 Russian troops went south to attack the Fergana Basin.

"What if they feinted and went to make peace with the Kazakh Khanate and form a coalition force to fight back?"

A staff officer said.

The Kazakh Khanate is in the cracks of the Pingxi Fan, the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty, and Russia.

If they were to say who they were most wary of, it would definitely be Daming.

The Fergana Basin occupied by the Pingxi Fan was snatched from the Kazakh Khanate.

The Kazakh Khanate can organize [-] to [-] cavalry.

If they make peace with the 9 Russians, then the [-] or [-] people will not be able to deal with Zhengxi Dusi.

"We can't let them go to Kazakhstan! If they merge with Kazakhstan, and there are 8 to [-] people standing on the defense, then we can't do anything to them!"

Chen Dewang looked at the map and said.

"I suggest an early attack. You can dispatch a cavalry infantry brigade to bite them first!"

"Yes! If they want to cross the river, they will attack halfway!"

Yang Yuchun nodded and said.

The Syr Darya is definitely not a small water stream.

This is one of the largest rivers in Central Asia.

In the absence of bridges and ferries.

It is impossible for an army of tens of thousands, as well as a large number of luggage and horses, to cross the river easily.

Therefore, if a cavalry infantry brigade is dispatched to pursue at full speed, it is absolutely possible to take a bite before the opponent crosses the river!
That night.

The camp of the Western Expedition Army was brightly lit.

The generals did not rest.

All commanders at all levels came to the big tent.

Orders are issued level by level through the staff departments at all levels.

The whole army was divided into three parts.

The first part is the third cavalry infantry brigade of the First Army of the Western Expedition Army, led by the commander of the First Army Li Sheng himself, and pursued at full speed.

The second part is the main force led by Yang Yuchun, the commander of the Western Expedition Army, and Chen Dewang, the chief of staff. It will set off later and head south along the Syr Darya.

The third part is an infantry brigade left behind in the camp, as well as the entire army's supplies, grain, cattle and horses.

Following the orders of the General Staff.

The Western Expedition Army is like a war machine, running rapidly.

Although it is said that the source of soldiers for the Western Army mainly comes from the original Manchurian children.

But its system is a completely explicit system.

Staffs range from regiments to battalions and companies.

In the past two years, a large number of "formerly the second generation of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia" who entered the Beidu Army Academy for further studies have been added as grassroots officers.

In addition, the training syllabus is also carried out in full accordance with the methods of the regular army of the Ming army.

And because Zhengxi Army is eager to make meritorious service and leave the grassland to live in the interior.

His will to fight is also unquestionable.

So after the order was given.

Less than half an hour.

The whole army has been reorganized.

Early in the morning of June 6.

A mounted infantry brigade took the lead in attacking southwestward.

In order to avoid being discovered by other enemies.

No torches were used during the march.

These Mongolian warriors with very proficient horse control skills melted into the night like a stream of black iron.

And almost at the same time.

Another large army was marching northeast.

They were the troops of the Kazakh Khanate coming from the southwest.

Due to the expansion momentum shown by the Ming Empire.

The chaotic interior of the Kazakh Khanate also showed an obvious stress response.

Same as Russia.

The Kazakh Khanate was originally part of the Golden Horde.

It was a country split from the Golden Horde after the mid-15th century.

It was founded by Sultan Kerekhan and Janibek Khan of the Jochi lineage.

In 1456, he officially broke away from the Golden Horde and migrated to Mughalstan, Chuhe, and Talas. The Eastern Chagatai Khanate did not spend the second and Yunusi to Qiqi, a place in Mughalstan. Bash set aside for their residence. In 1465-1466, a large number of nomads broke away from Abu Haier. He died in battle this year, and his land was taken over by the Kazakh Khanate.Formed a purely nomadic nation.They officially became a nation in 1470.

The current Kazakh Khanate once surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and Russia at the same time, but it is clear that the Russian aggression was more aggressive before that.

From the beginning of the 18th century, the Russians began to build fortresses along the three major rivers of the Ural River, the Ishim River and the Irtysh River on the pastures of the Kazakhs.

Most of these fortresses are in the border areas of the Kazakh Khanate.

Since the Russians rebuilt Siberia, the capital of the Siberian Khanate, into the Tobolsk Fortress, and during the more than 1865 years since the formation of the New Kokand Line in 100, Russia has successively built the Yamesh Fortress (in 1715, it was later destroyed by the Junggars. , rebuilt in 1716), Omsk fortress (1716), Zheletinsk fortress (1717, between Omsk and Lake Yamesh), Semipalatinsk fortress (1718), Ukrainian fortress Sti-Kamenogorsk Fortress (1720, on the north shore of Lake Zaisan in the upper middle reaches of the Irtysh River), etc.

All these fortresses became the starting point of the military border line on the Irtysh River, which later became a reliable base for the gradual advance of the tsarist army towards the Kazakh Khanate.

And laid the foundation for the eventual demise of the Russian Empire to the Kazakh Khanate.

But now with the rise of the Ming Empire.

These fortresses were not the advancing bases for the tsar to invade Kazakhstan, but instead became a group of fortresses for the Russians to shrink and defend.

The Kazakh Khanate originally planned to pay tribute to the Ming Empire-just like in the past.

But the vassals of the Ming Empire didn’t do what they wanted. In addition, Emperor Zhu didn’t pay much attention to the Kazakh Khanate, so he easily gave the Fergana Basin, one of the most important territories of the Kazakh Khanate, to the Pingxi Fan , which led to the Kazakh Khanate being forced to keep warm with the Russians.

Now leading an army of more than 2 people to the east is the cavalry led by Nulari Khan, the young Yuzihan of the Kazakh Khanate.

Nulari Khan is the eldest son of Hassar Abul Khaier Khan. In 1748, his father succeeded to the throne after his death. He was supported by Russia and was canonized by Russia.

As just overhead a series of Russian fortresses.

Nurari had to take orders from the Russians.

Now he is leading his troops eastward to join Musayev's Russian army.

In fact, they were also worried that the Kazakhs would be wiped out in the process of the Ming Dynasty's westward march.

Just now.

Bright rockets pierced the sky.

"It's a Chinese rocket!"

A Kazakh commander said in horror.

"We have been found!"

"It's normal to be discovered, we are already close to the battlefield!"

"Continue to go to the Syr Darya, if the Russians are defeated, Kazakhs may not be able to survive alone"

The Kazakh army now ignores the sentry of the Ming army who discovered them.

The sentries of the Ming army were generally equipped with rockets. On the one hand, rockets could be used to deliver news, and on the other hand, rockets could also be used to harass the enemy's army and damage the morale of the enemy.

soon.

The news that the Kazakhs also sent troops reached the base camp of the Western Expeditionary Army.

"Report! There are about [-] Kazakhs, most of them are cavalry, some are equipped with muskets, some are equipped with rifled guns, and some of them are traditional archers equipped with bows and arrows!"

"Report, the troops of the Kazakhs and Rakshasa ghosts are heading towards each other, and they have the intention of reuniting!!"

The sentries of the Ming army continued to pass the news to the account of Li Sheng, the first army account of the Zhengxi Army.

He was originally the first brigade commander of the Guards Cavalry Brigade of the Ming Army Guards Regiment.

With his qualifications, he is qualified to be the commander and chief of staff of the Western Army.

But because of a command error in a battle last year, he was downgraded to one level.

Now he was sent by Emperor Zhu to conscript the Western Army to take his crimes and make meritorious deeds.

In fact, this is also a good thing for her.

Because now the one who has a chance to fight is the Zhengxi Army.

Neither the Russians nor the Kazakhs are easy to deal with.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry infantry brigade at hand was not the top in the battle sequence of the Ming army.

If he is still the brigade commander of the Guards Cavalry Brigade.

He will definitely lead the [-] cavalry guards to make an assault.

In the First World War, first defeat the Kazakh cavalry from the west.

But now he has five thousand mounted infantry on hand.

He couldn't use [-] cavalry infantry to wipe out the [-] Kazakh cavalry on the opposite side.

Li Shengli sat on the horse in a straight military uniform, with a polished steel helmet on his head and a shiny breastplate on his chest.Dressed as a heavy cavalry, as if he is still the commander of the Guards Cavalry Regiment.

"At first I thought it was a Raksha ghost, but I didn't expect it was a Kazakh"

Li Shengzhou frowned and said.

"Now we can only destroy these 2 Kazakhs first!"

"The Raksha ghosts can only let them go to the Syr Darya River. It seems that this battle is difficult to win, and the Kazakhs are also involved."

at the same time.

On the banks of the Syr Darya.

The Russian army of the brigade has begun to assemble, ready to attack and push the approaching division of the Ming army.

Although the main force of the Ming army had not yet arrived, thousands of Ming army reconnaissance cavalry and Russian troops arrived at the Qiyili Grassland.

Of course they will not fight the Russian army, after all, the number is too small.

But the Ming army is not without ways to attack.

Dense rockets continued to fall into the Russian army formation, and the Russian army did not fight back, but just covered their heads and built fortifications! ,,

Because they knew that the purpose of these Ming army reconnaissance cavalry was to delay the time for them to build fortifications.

obviously.

The main force of the Ming army is coming here, and the decisive battle will soon begin.

Two days and two nights down.

The eyes of Musayev, Andrei, and Holcart were all red from the boil, and they hadn't closed their eyes for three days.

This war can be said to be a collection of Russian forces in Asia, and even the Kazakhs were pulled over by them.

If it can't win, then the Russian Empire will lose its Asian territories and beg for peace.

The three of them are now surrounding the map, discussing the upcoming battle.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 12th Division has been assembled and is ready to attack!"

A bearded Russian major general came to report to Musayev.

Musayev said indifferently: "Okay. Major General Lermontov, this is a tentative attack, and it is also the most critical initial battle!"

The Russian major general surnamed Lermontov nodded and gave a military salute: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the 12th Division will not shame the Pan-Slav flag."

"No, in this battle, you can only lose, not win!"

Musayev looked back at the map.

"This...Your Excellency Commander, did I hear correctly?"

"Of course you heard right, that's what I said."

Musayev turned his head,

"I need to convince the Chinese that they can easily beat us in the field, and at the same time convince them that we still have a lot of food, so they can't wait to attack, because they will definitely worry about us building a solid barbed wire defense !"

"Understood! Your Excellency, Commander!"

Lermontov already knew the intentions of the Governor General.

For the Russian army, in fact, they are also very worried about the delay of the war.

Because the supplies they have on hand can't last too long!

If the Ming army adopted delaying tactics, the Russian army would have to be forced to retreat.

Therefore, they need a small defeat to confuse and paralyze their opponents.

Musayev nodded, "Very well, let's do it."

……

"How many people are there? It seems that there are more than 3 people!"

Standing on a high ground outside the Russian army camp, Chen Dewang raised his binoculars to observe the huge camp.

"It seems that the Russians have mobilized all their troops in the major fortresses of Xiaoyuzi!!"

Standing beside Chen Dewang, Fang Yu, the teacher from Tiandihui, frowned.

"It looks like there are at least 4 Russian troops!"

"The Russians are out!"

At this time, Chen Dewang had already discovered that the Russian soldiers of the brigade had already lined up and walked out of the half-dug trench fortification.

"Looks like a whole division! Zaza, the queue is really neat!"

Chen Dewang asked with a smile: "Can you beat them?"

"It's hard to say, their foreign guns have a long range, and ours has a fast rate of fire, and I have a lot of cannons, it seems that they have been specially strengthened."

Fang Yu calmly analyzed the strength and weakness of the two sides.

Honestly.

This is the first time the Ming army fought a large-scale rear-loading gun.

Whether the breech-loading gun with short range and fast fire rate wins, or the rifled gun with longer range is better.

There are still many disputes within the Ming army.

"If that's all they have, we're sure to win!"

Chen Dewang said with a smile.

"Is it sure to win?"

Fang Yu frowned.

"how you said that?"

"You know we can attack in a creeping stance?"

"Yes, Chief of Staff."

"The rate of fire of our guns is more than six times that of theirs, and they have to stand up to reload. We can lie down on the ground to reload, which means that our bullet-receiving surface is one-eighth of theirs!"

"Six times the rate of fire, and one-eighth of the projectile surface." Fang Yu seemed to understand a little bit.

(End of this chapter)