"Suzhou City? Are you referring to Kure County? ”

The whole venue was already taken aback by Liu Chang's speech, and even Zhu Jinlei, who has always been in the limelight, reminded: "Check, are you talking about Suzhou City?" That's Wu County!"

Suzhou City is the richest area in the world, and any county here is more beautiful than the prefects of other places, Zhu Jinlei didn't expect Liu Chang to have such a bold decision, he wanted to confirm Liu Chang's thoughts again: "You mean Suzhou City?" ”

"That's right!" Liu Chang already had a comprehensive plan in his chest: "Doesn't Meng Toban want Suzhou City?" Then take it for him, Napoleon conquered Moscow, but lost all of Europe!"

Fortunately, during this time, the officers of the Hong Army have been popularized in the history of European and French wars, otherwise no one knows what the allusion Liu Chang said, and Qu Jie asked urgently: "His Royal Highness King Yan, since our first division is not going to Suzhou, where will we go?" ”

"Shanghai, of course!" Liu Chang stared at several Russian infantry battalions deployed along the Shanghai border on the map: "Since the French have completely abandoned the Russians, if we don't bite down hard and bite the Russians completely, wouldn't we be very sorry for Mengtoban, this time the first division will be dispatched!"

Since the first division returned from Jiangxi, there has never been a precedent for the whole division to be dispatched, and it was just an infantry regiment that was dispatched to bite heavily on the defense line of the Franco-Russian coalition army, and Qu Jie had already understood Liu Chang's plan.

In the past, the 1st Division did not use all its strength, at most it was only the strength of an infantry regiment, and the results of destroying the enemy in this situation were very limited, but now the 1st Division was pulled up. It was simply a tiger coming out of the mountain and entering the sea in anger, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were enough to wipe out any enemy army standing in front of it: "Your Highness means that we are no longer limited to destroying a platoon of enemy troops?" ”

"Annihilate a company, a platoon of enemy troops. That's the mission of the Marine Corps!" Liu Chang said unceremoniously: "Even if the Russian army is on guard, our first division can still destroy the entire regiment and battalion of enemy troops, not to mention that in addition to the first division, we have more strength!"

"No problem!" Qu Jie has already made up his mind on behalf of the officers of the 1st Division: "Even if our 1st Division is crossed, let the Russians always remember this war ......"

……

Damn winter!

Captain Kotin watched the snowflakes fluttering down. I couldn't help but hug my body tightly, and glanced at my wine jug greedily.

In Shanghai in the Far East, it was difficult to buy vogart, the favorite of Russian soldiers, so Captain Kotin had to add some Chinese liquor to his own flask, but these inferior liquors did not suit the captain's taste, and with bits and pieces of snowflakes falling, the captain could not help but feel nostalgic for the Siberian wilderness.

It's so cold, there's no fire. There was no vogart, only a cold to the bone, and Captain Kotin felt that it was colder than Siberia in the north, and this was perhaps the coldest winter in Captain Kotin's life.

However, compared to the cold wind from Siberia, the endless offensive of the Chinese made Captain Kojing feel cold in his bones. This is not a warm feeling for Volga, it is an endless nightmare in Captain Kotin's life, and every night Captain Kotin dreams that the Chinese break into the town and mercilessly shoot the Russian soldiers under him.

Thinking of this, he stood up and took a sip of cold wine. Then he walked around the town, but all he could see was some mule-like Russian infantrymen who looked indifferently at their superiors. Then take two sips in your mouth - even if it's not vogart.

Because they knew that Captain Kojing could not solve the big problem, the bullet holes and bullet marks left by the Chinese's last attack were all parked there, and the entire garrison was killed and wounded seventeen in that attack, and finally only received a cold commendation order from the commander of Mengtoban. …,

And these soldiers from the land of Russia have endless difficulties to solve. They did not have a happy time in this distant country, and could not even find a few Russian-speaking translators. The food is very different from that of the Russian mainland, not to mention the frequent attacks by Chinese rebels here.

This sense of loneliness away from home is made even more sad by the letters, and the wife and parents in their hometown complain that it has been another painful year, and the official master has taken all the harvest, and if he does not send money back, maybe someone will starve to death this winter, and they also take such letters to ask Captain Kojing for help, but Captain Kojing can't solve any problems.

The authority and resources he had were too limited, and he didn't even know how to send death notices to the soldiers' families, let alone solve their practical difficulties, so on this winter, the soldiers avoided Captain Kojing with indifferent eyes.

In the distance, there was an endless depression, this town was originally a bustling small market town, but since the three hundred Russian troops stationed outside the town, the rainbow army has attacked the town seven times, and the local civilians have also decreased by seventy percent at once, and the mood of the Russian soldiers has become more and more intense, and they even fire at all suspicious targets that are close to the garrison.

All of this made Kotin, a Russian captain, nostalgic for the kindness of his motherland, but today's situation made him even more nostalgic.

The number of Chinese commonly seen in the town suddenly decreased a lot, and according to experience, this was an early warning of an attack by the Hong army, so he had to explain to the soldiers: "My soldiers, the Chinese may launch a new wave of offensive, let's wipe our rifles and give them a fatal blow, believe me, this is the strongest fortress in the whole of eastern China!"

Captain Kotin had considerable confidence in the defensive line he had constructed, which, as he himself proclaimed, was supposed to be the strongest fortress in eastern China, with three hundred Russian soldiers, sixty foreign legions from the French, and five hundred Qing troops in the town alone, and the Hong, which had attacked with the strength of an infantry regiment, but had ended in failure.

On the periphery of the defensive line, fortunately, there were some platoon-level positions, and at the rear of the defensive line, a company of motorized infantry could be used at any time to support Captain Kotin's garrison, so Cotin did not think that his defensive line was in danger of being breached, but as soon as he thought of this, he heard the sound of artillery in the distance, and a few minutes later, a scout had already reported the bad news to Captain Kotin with a panic: "A large Chinese force has been found in the west, many ......"

This was expected by Captain Kojing, and as he had received, the French had used all their forces in Suzhou Province, and the Chinese would certainly concentrate their forces as usual on striking heavy blows to the Russian garrison, and in some cases even annihilating entire companies and platoons of Russian garrisons.

"How many people? A regiment? Two battalions? ”

Captain Kotin wanted to find out whether the Chinese participated in the attack on the Russian garrison, and according to past experience, the Chinese would generally send out an infantry regiment, sometimes only two infantry battalions, although the strength was small, but it was a mortal threat to the Russian garrison at the company and platoon level.

But his reconnaissance team reported a number that made him almost jump: "Ten thousand...... There are at least 10,000 people, and within a few tens of miles are Chinese troops, all over the mountains!"

"How is this possible!" Captain Kojing felt that this scout was frightened: "Tell me, how many Chinese are there!"

"At least 10,000 people!"

He still didn't believe the number, and immediately ordered: "Prepare war horses for me, I don't believe that the Chinese will be so crazy!" ..., he wanted to confirm the authenticity of this figure, but only three kilometers out of town, he had already seen the remnants of an infantry platoon on the front line retreating: "At least 10,000 Chinese attacked us, we couldn't support it for even half an hour, so we were forced to retreat, and an adjacent infantry platoon has been eaten by the Chinese!"

The pursuing force of the Rainbow Army followed, and soon Captain Kojing saw the tide of rebels attacking the garrison's defensive line, and the outer defensive line that had been able to hold the rebels for at least a day was now completely vulnerable, and the infantry platoons and infantry companies scattered outside were almost immediately broken by the squadron that was in absolute advantage.

Captain Kotin's face was a little pale, he did not expect the situation to be so bad, the outer defense line was like paper, you must know that in the past, these positions could block the Chinese for at least a day or even half a week, so that the Russian troops in the rear had time to fully maneuver, but now the positions of the garrison have been directly under the siege of the rebels.

Therefore, Captain Kotin could only bring the remnants of the Russian army back to his garrison, but when they first entered the town, the rifles of the rainbow army had already fired at the perimeter of the town, and the donkey-like Russian soldiers began to run back to their positions, but Captain Kotin still only had the rebel troops like a tide in his eyes.

Although a company had arrived from the rear, Kotin was not confident enough in the garrison, and the scout was right, at least 10,000 rebels were attacking his line, and under his command there were at most 500 Europeans and 500 Chinese troops who were not reliable in combat.

If the Kojing garrison collapsed, the independent garrisons in the rear would be annihilated by the Chinese with a thunderous offensive, so Kotin had to dictate an order to the immediate one: "Our army is attacked by at least 100,000 rebels, and it needs urgent support, urgent support!" If the support is not in place, the garrison will be wiped out by the rebels!"

His voice became very urgent and sharp: "Tell Meng Toban, stop the battle of Suzhou, immediately stop this shit battle, Russia is on the tip of the Chinese's sword!"