Chapter 487: Pointing the Sword at Transbaikal (Second Watch)

After leaving Tomsk, Bozhtu turned on the day and night mode again, this time aiming at Yeniseisk. The Mongol cavalry, which had just been in Tomsk and could not be found in the northern capital, almost exhausted their horses to death with high morale, and galloped all the way to the east. When attacking Tomsk, they were only carrying out military orders, but now they are going to Yeniseisk, they have hope, and their subjective initiative has been greatly improved.

Unfortunately, Yeniseisk is only a small town with less than 300 defenders and a population of less than 10,000, and it is entirely because of its location on a major road and its relatively early construction that it will be marked on the map, and in fact there is no oil or water at all. Although it cannot be said that the journey was in vain, there was almost no gain, and the enraged Mongol cavalry slaughtered the entire city of Yeniseissk.

But Kratsnoyarsk, not far away, is very valuable. Kratsnoyarsk is not only an important point on the Siberian post road, but also has gold mines, and is one of the few industrial cities in Siberia, with a population of nearly 300,000, more than Irkutsk, the prime minister of Eastern Siberia. This piece of big fat meat is no longer a question of whether it is enough or not, and Bo Ritu is a little worried that he will not be able to move, so he is not in a hurry to enter the army, but first sent an airship to reconnoiter the enemy.

"Junza, Kratsnoyarsk should have received the news and is fully fortified. The local defenders were no less than fifteen thousand people, and the number of artillery pieces was quite large, and the specific equipment situation is not clear! "The captain of the airship reported the information they had detected to Bozhtu.

Bozhtu had the heart to go around, but the main traffic route is the main traffic route, and if you want to bypass Kratsnoyarsk, the Fifth Army Group will have to run wildly in the field for at least twenty days, otherwise you don't even want to touch the edge of Irkutsk. And the purpose of this Bozhtu is to cut off the traffic of the Russian army, and the more important the position of Kratsnoyarsk, the more he must take it, otherwise there is no need for him to go to Tomsk.

Bozhtu could only cautiously lead the army slowly south, and approached the outskirts of Kratsnoyarsk to see the defenders who were waiting for them. Kratsnoyarsk is really well prepared, the Russian army not only dug trenches in all directions, but also built a civil structure of artillery batteries, antlers and other defensive facilities are readily available. Looking at the dense heads in the other party's trenches from the binoculars, Bo Ritu felt that the number of airships was reduced when they were scouting, not only 15,000 people, but also 20,000.

"The whole army dismounted, prepared to fight on foot, and then called me the stick!" There is no pure cavalry in the traditional sense in Northern Manchuria, even the Mongolian cavalry is a concept of cavalry infantry, and it can be used as infantry when you get off the horse. Of course, these recruits who had just enlisted in the army for a short time, if they got off the horses they were familiar with, were very uncertain, so Bo Ritu put Ding Stick on his old subordinates.

"Junza, you're looking for me." Ding Stick, who was born as a horse bandit, is now also the commander of the brigadier general, and he took over the light cavalry brigade led by Harbara before.

"It's okay for recruits to fight with the wind, gnaw hard bones, and I have to use you, so I can rest assured! Look at the situation on the other side, and in a moment your brigade will send a regiment to go up and test the water. Bo Ritu said Ding stick, but his eyes swept to the side of the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Gil Zhanga. Ding Stick is actually an average infantryman, but he has been following Bo Zhitu for a long time, and it doesn't matter if he is used as a gun once.

The three division commanders under Bo Ritu were his own cousin Harbara, Goxinga's distant cousin and cousin Gil Zhang'a, and the former rebel leader Bai Ling'a, and the four brigade commanders were all horse bandit leaders. These people are all good at playing cavalry, but when it comes to doing infantry work, only the former special forces Halbara and the serious infantry Gil Zhanga are still reliable. Now Halbara is working as a contractor in Tomsk, and the only one who can count on the infantry is Giljana. But Ji Lezhang's identity is very embarrassing, how can he say that he is also a child of the clan, and the work of this vanguard is not easy for Bo Ritu to arrange for him directly.

"The position is very open! This fort just happened to hold the mouth of the river, so it's hard to get it! Otherwise, I'll take the cavalry from the downstream and go around behind their backs! Ding Stick really studied it very seriously, but he still didn't leave his old job in three sentences, and he didn't want to leave if he had a horse.

"Junza, I'll go! Our division's special service battalion will open a gap first, and Brigade Commander D will follow up! As soon as Ji Lezhang'a heard Ding Stick's words, he knew that this guy was unreliable, and Bo Ritu's gaze swept back and forth, so he simply stood up himself.

Gil Zhanga also has the confidence to say this, the cavalry division has the formation of a special service battalion, and the three division commanders have guided the development of the special service battalion according to their own specialties. In accordance with the crime he suffered at the beginning, Halbara turned the special service battalion into a special operations battalion, and was particularly good at conducting special operations such as night infiltration. Bai Ling'a focuses on infiltration and guerrilla, and his spy battalion is full of experts at surviving in the wild, and it is most suitable to do the work of attacking and harassing behind enemy lines. Giljana's special battalion was very ordinary, almost no different from ordinary cavalry soldiers, and Gilzhanga did not give him any special training, but he just moved the infantry drill code into their lives. Therefore, the special service battalion of Giljanga is completely an infantry battalion with excellent horsemanship.

"It's okay, it's okay, you're an infantry company commander, and you're a good hand at positional warfare, so it's up to you! The young man has the courage to do things, and he will definitely have a future in the future! Bozhtu laughed as if he was about to bite.

"Junza, I can't let people go up like this, I need your support!" Gil Zhanga is a little too lazy to take the Bo Ritu, and as the prefect, Bo Ritu is a bit cheap.

"What are the requirements? Lack of people or guns, I'll tune it for you! "Bo Ritu begged people to do things, and he was naturally very willing to do this.

"My special battalion is standard for infantry, so I don't need people and guns, but I need artillery support. The artillery of all departments is also idle, and it is better to pull them up and practice them. Our cavalry has few artillery, so I hope that Junzuo will concentrate the artillery of the whole army and provide fire cover for the special service battalion! "Gilzhanga himself has a division, he only mobilizes one battalion, where there will be a shortage of men and guns.

"No problem, you go and prepare! I'm going to arrange the cannon, and I won't make a mistake. Bo Ritu smiled and agreed, not paying attention to the petrified stick on the side.

Giljan didn't talk nonsense, returned to his 2nd Cavalry Division, and immediately issued three guns to the special service battalion. There's nothing to say about the range and accuracy of the mid-range rifle, but once in the trench melee, the rate of fire is a bit out of reach. *, light machine guns, such high-end goods, are currently only available in the Guards Special Brigade in Goxinga, so Gil Zhanga issued all fighters with additional pistols and lever rifles with a higher single rate of fire.

"Doro, my little uncle used to be a little strict with you, but today I gave you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, cherish it!" Gilzhanga could not personally charge into battle, so the commander of the special service battalion was the commander of the front-line command. The battalion commander who had just walked out of the military academy was not an outsider, but the eldest grandson of Bai Li, the son of the eldest brother of Ji Lezhang.