Chapter 497: Mi Liujing's Tricks
Karsakov, who was blocked by Bi Yuntao in Udiskoye, had no time to reflect or make any deployments, it would be good for him to survive under Bi Yuntao's fierce artillery fire. However, Malevich of Kilensk was very free, and he enjoyed a precious peace in Kilensk.
The remnants of the Russian army that fled to Kiliansk with Malevich were only more than 2,000 people in total, and things like counterattacks and defenses were not at all something they had the ability to consider. All they could do was collect cotton clothes and grain and grass, and then enter the post roads in the tundra to return to Europe. Of course, Malevich still thinks about it, and there is no need to make any summary, an important reason for the defeat of the Russian army this time is poor communication. Otherwise, no matter how strong the Manchurian army is, it will at most be rampant near the Trans-Khingan Mountains, and the Transbaikal and Yenisei valleys will not suffer such heavy losses at all. Even if Tomsk and other places have a little defense, Bozhtu cannot run rampant as if he were in a no-man's land.
Malevich is not a god who has crossed over, so he can't invent an emergency radio either, but communication must be restored. So Malevich wrote numerous bulletins of war, and then sent signal corps in many directions, hoping to get assistance from friendly forces. Even if there is no help, it is good to have other places on guard.
After Milyutin received Malevich's briefing, there was also a layer of cold sweat on his back, which was too dangerous. The Armu River valley and the Transbaikal region have all fallen, and if he throws off his baggage and crashes headlong, he will definitely fall into the encirclement of the Manchurian army, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The situation was already very bad, and from Malevich's introduction to the Manchurian Army, as well as Milyutin's own observations, he knew that the Russian army was now in dire need of supplies.
Milyutin's army of more than 200,000 people did not bring a lot of supplies from Europe, because Europe did not have many ammunition reserves. Russia is currently unable to produce the ammunition for advanced weapons aided by the British, and all of it needs to be imported from Britain. The British did not fully trust Russia, they sent only a small amount of ammunition to Europe, and most of the supplies were sent to the Far East. In this way, the Russian army has advanced weapons, but it has no way to provoke Britain in Europe, and can only fight desperately in the Far East and the Manchurians. Therefore, although Milyutin brought all the stocks in Europe, it was still not enough to fight a big war, and once the war fell into anxiety, the Russian army would soon be cut off from supplies. Regardless of whether Irkutsk was still in the hands of the Russian army, Milyutin would also have to march east to the sea to receive ammunition supplies.
It is unrealistic to fight all the way along the Transbaikal region, where the Manchurian army is heavily armed, and it is close to the border line of Uriya Sutai, the Manchurian army can fully obtain all kinds of supplements, and the Russian army can only send them to death if they attack it. Milyutin had no choice but to make a detour to Kiliansk to join Malevich. Although Kilensk's status has been seriously reduced, it is also the main transportation route of the former post road on the central route, where Milyutin can continue to advance eastward to support Karsakov. After turning around and walking for another half a month, Milyutin finally arrived in Kilensk, but the expression of Malevich, who greeted him, was even more ugly.
In the past half a month of Milyutin's long journey, the situation of the battle has changed a lot, and this time Malevich got news from the north. Although the Russian army in Temple Street was still holding out, the Manchurian army had already entered the city, and the two armies were caught in a very fierce street battle. Under the cover of the British, the Pacific Fleet risked sending 10,000 Cossack militiamen from the north to Temple Street, but when it returned, it was intercepted by the Manchurian North Sea Detachment, which was completely disabled, and could only flee to the Sakhalin military port. The Pacific Fleet military port at Temple Street was also captured by the Manchurian Army, and now Manchurian destroyers have advanced into the harbor and begun to shell the city. Now the situation in Temple Street is basically cut off from foreign aid and completely suppressed, and the soldiers can only rely on their tenacious will to support themselves.
The mountain city of Udiskoye had also fallen, and Karsakov and Kohl fled again, running all the way to Yakutsk. The Trans-Khing'an Mountains were no longer a barrier for the Russians, it returned to the embrace of the motherland, and Bi Yuntao's First Army Group also crossed the Trans-Khing'an Mountains to launch an attack on the northern regions of Russia. Fortunately, the lofty mountains of the Trans-Khingan Mountains blocked the Manchurian railway. Although the Manchurian railway soldiers bravely attacked and sent an additional 1 million migrant workers to help in the rear, and even the Transbaikalia region was opened to traffic, the Manchurians still could not gnaw at the Outer Khingan Mountains. Opening tunnels and building bridges is not something that can be done in ten days and half a month, so subject to supplies, Bi Yuntao's attack speed is not fast.
Milyutin spread out the map and looked at it for a while, only to feel top-heavy, almost fainted, and the situation in the Far East was basically hopeless. Milyutin's heartache was not over, and an even more terrifying news came, the loss of the Kamchatka Peninsula. After Bi Yuntao crossed the Waixing'an Mountains, because of the lack of supplies, Chengtai returned to Tan Shaoguang with his three divisions to reinforce Acton to attack Temple Street. But Temple Street has become a squatting pit, the Russian army has become a ground mouse, the city is full of rat holes, there is no need for a large number of troops, and there is no battlefield to accommodate troops. Tan Shaoguang decided to carry out Goxinga's follow-up plan, and before the temple street could be taken, he led the Fourth Army back to Vladivostok, where he took a boat to the rear of the Russian army.
Baranov, the commander of the Russian army in the northern region, was still studying how to send reinforcements to Temple Street, but he did not expect that after the loss of sea supremacy, the Manchurian Army would surprise the rear of the Russian army, and without even organizing a decent resistance, the Manchurian Army landed on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The total strength of the Manchurian Army was almost equal to the total population of Kamchatka, so naturally there was no surprise, and soon swept across Kamchatka and launched an attack on northern Russia from the rear. Russia's last frontier in the Far East was immediately caught in the north-south attack of two heavy military clusters in Manchuria, and it was only a matter of time before it fell completely.
Milyutin knew that he had little time to think about it, but he really couldn't find a feasible way for a while, he had two army groups of the Manchurian Army on each side, and he didn't have an advantage in finding anyone desperately. However, Miryukin is also a famous player of a generation, and after thinking hard, he still found a very dangerous path, and he decided to take a desperate gamble.
On today's map, you can see two iron fists of the Manchurians, one punching at Transbaikalia and the other at the northern region. Milyutin went to fight these two fists, and he would definitely be beaten on the head and bleed, but Kiliansk, where he was, seemed to be facing the chest in the middle of the two fists. After the two northwestern routes were opposed, the Manchurian Army's strength in the Amur River valley was somewhat thin, with only one second army group, and it was still entangled on the front line of Temple Street. If Miryutin can swing his army and smash Huanglong, maybe he can make a breakthrough in the center. Although it could not solve the problem in the Transbaikal region, it could cut off the rear route of Biyuntao's 1st Army Group, and flank the 2nd Army Group of Acton from behind and relieve the siege of Temple Street. Although it can't be won with one hit, it can at least save this dead game.
Milyutin, who had to race against time, immediately marched into Oryokminsk, preparing to enter the Amur River basin through the valley of the Transkhingan Mountains. At this time, Goxinga retreated to Yaksa, Milyutin had to guess everything, and Goxinga had six airships in the sky, so Milyutin's every move was in his eyes.