Chapter 882: Eight Banners Iron Hoof

The sudden arrival of heavy artillery fire was not the fire support promised by the commander of the regiment, and the sudden appearance of the Manchurian cavalry had nothing to do with Akiyama Yoshiko. Although the sabers would also shine, the Manchurian cavalry also solved the problem with machine guns and pistols, and by the time Akiyama Yoshiko recovered from his stunned and remembered that it was time to grab the credit, everything was already settled. Most of the arrogant Cossack cavalry was annihilated, and less than 500 cavalry fled to the southeast.

After a long time of analogy, Akiyama Yoshiko, who had no substantive movements at all, was very embarrassed. His blood boiled for a long time, but he turned out to be just a spectator, which made him really not know how to face those arrogant colleagues. Fortunately, the colleagues he met this time were not particularly arrogant types, Guo Zhen thanked both sides, and the cavalry also greeted Akiyama Yoshiko in a friendly manner, and did not say anything about the crowd. The scowling Akiyama was embarrassed to stay longer, so he could only flee with his cavalry. The soldiers can go back to the station to rest, and Akiyama Yoshiko is going to have a meeting that makes him very uncomfortable.

After the short search and expulsion battle, Ji Ying summoned all the cavalry commanders who participated in the battle, wanting to analyze the situation of the Russian Cossacks in detail and deploy a strategy to deal with it. Akiyama Yoshiko is also a cavalry commander who sent troops, so when the staff gave a notice, he was naturally counted. It's a pity that Akiyama Yoshiko ran a long way, but he didn't even wave the saber, let him go to such a meeting, Akiyama Yoshiko really felt shameless. Ji Ying didn't care about the face of Akiyama Yoshiko, a small Japanese Nakasa, he had to think about the security of the entire Northern Army Group.

"Judging from the current situation, the Russian army has sent a large number of cavalry to the south of our army to intersperse, intending to cut off our contact with friendly forces in the south, and even cut off the rear route of our army, so as to encircle our army group in the north. The penetration of the Russian army this time is mainly concentrated in the gap zone between the friendly forces of our army, that is, the line from Surgut to Oryokminsk. This area, which is more than 300 kilometers wide from north to south and nearly 1,000 kilometers long from east to west, has almost no infrastructure roads, is very sparsely populated, and does not have any urban strongholds. However, the Russian army took advantage of the super survivability of the Cossack cavalry and the fact that it did not need large-scale supplies, and still completed the penetration of this area, and the current number of troops entering the area may exceed 200,000! "Jin Xi, chief of staff of Army Group North, gave a general account of the results of the summary.

"The Cossacks were not a people but a military group, and their way of life was similar to that of the Mongol herders, but all of them were fighting as their main survival skill, and they were indeed a difficult group to deal with. The most troublesome thing was that these Cossack cavalry were all light cavalry, and they believed in their sabers and spears very much, and the need for ammunition was very small. In the no-man's land demarcated by our army, there is no shortage of pasture grass and some animals and plants, and their basic survival needs can still be guaranteed. If they're hiding in the snow, it's hard to get them out. A cavalry colonel, who had been stationed in the north for a long time, gave his knowledge of the Cossacks and the current difficulties in dealing with the infiltrated Cossack cavalry.

"It's not a problem to find them, and it's not a problem to encircle them. I'm afraid that they will scatter around, and then they will carry out small sneak attacks, and then it will be difficult for us to do it! "As Ji Ying's deputy, Nash, what he is most afraid of is that the Cossacks will learn the tactics of the Manchurian Army and engage in a sabotage attack, and the Northern Army Group, which is difficult to supply, will be in trouble.

"What we have to think about is how to gather these nasty Cossacks, as long as they can gather, everything will not be a problem." Ji Ying pointed out an idea for everyone.

According to the intelligence sent back by the air force reconnaissance plane, the Cossack cavalry of the Russian army was all scattered into hundreds of squads in the no-man's land in companies, which was basically consistent with the judgment of the General Staff of Army Group North. Survival materials are scarce in the no-man's land, and if the Russian army marches in large groups, it will inevitably be unable to supply the needs of the whole army, and can only obtain more survival materials in scattered formations. But this is exactly the last thing Army Group North wants to see, the Russian army is like a broken mirror, splashing everywhere, it is really too difficult to do.

Ji Ying now has only 16,000 cavalry, and because he is equipped with a lot of heavy weapons and ammunition, his maneuver speed is far inferior to that of the Cossack cavalry. The strength of the Russian army is a mystery, conservatively estimated at about 15 to 200,000, but the specific number is probably only known to God. With 16,000 troops, it is really too difficult to capture ten times the enemy. Asking for help from Bozhtu, Actun, Mushun and others in the south, hoping that the Mongol cavalry would go north, was a seemingly good solution, but it was difficult to implement. The distance for the Mongol cavalry to go north is a bit far, and they also have to cross a no-man's land without supplies, the risk is very huge, and the best choice for Army Group North is to rely on themselves. The big guys pondered hard and there was no good solution, and the meeting fell silent for a while.

"Although the Cossack cavalry was brave, their fighting skills were very backward, there were almost no artillery with the army, mainly stabbing with sabers and spears, and there were also major deficiencies in the use of firearms, and our army had a huge advantage over them in terms of firepower. Now that the northern railway line is basically formed, our army can get supplies along the railway line, so our army can disperse along the railway line and drive out the enemy troops in battalions and regiments. Small forces encountered, and the Cossacks were categorically no match for our army, and could eat away at the enemy army step by step. If the Cossacks concentrate their forces for a decisive battle, our army can be discovered through the air force, and the goal of His Excellency the Commander can be achieved, and a large army can be mobilized to launch a war of annihilation against the Cossack cavalry! Akiyama hesitated for a long time, but still mustered up the courage to stand up. He had almost no military exploits, was very young, had a low military rank, and was a Japanese officer, so he was likely to be reprimanded for standing up like this.

Ji Ying, Nash, Kim Hee and other senior generals did not speak for a while, but took the map and carefully compared it, the focus of which was the railway line that had just been opened to traffic. The high-ranking generals seemed to have listened to Akiyama's words, and they were deducing the possibility of the cavalry dispersing along the railway line. Akiyama Yoshiko looked at the serious expressions of the commanders, very excited, if his opinion is adopted, it will be his first step to successfully become a famous general, and it is also the first step for him to attract the attention of the high-level. However, it was clear that there were different opinions, and the chiefs' brows furrowed, and even some arguments broke out.

"You're good, the proposal is good!" The meeting did not make a decision immediately, and several senior generals still needed to study it, but when the meeting ended, Jin Xi still came over and praised Akiyama for a while.

Akiyama Yoshiko was excited for a long time for the high-level appreciation that night, but when the next day the various ministries received the transfer order, Akiyama Yoshiko was excluded again. Akiyama Yoshigu wondered for two whole days before he could be regarded as waiting for his order to attack. The higher-ups apparently accepted Akiyama's suggestion and prepared to disperse and expel the Cossack cavalry, but their routine was very different from Akiyama's suggestion.

Army Group North left 2,000 cavalry to deal with emergencies, and the other 14,000 cavalry were all put into battle. The 14,000 cavalry were divided into three teams and cooperated with each other to complete the task of encircling and annihilating the Russian army. The first detachment consisted of 6,000 cavalry, which went directly to Oryokminsk by train, and then began to sweep the Russian army from east to west. The 6,000 cavalry of the second team got off at Bingyu, a small station 100 kilometers west of Oryokminsk, and advanced directly to the south, and then cooperated with the first team to encircle the scattered Russian troops between the two teams. After encircling and annihilating the enemy army, the two teams jumped forward alternately by railway, clearing the Russian troops in the encirclement one by one. The third group of 2,000 Japanese cavalry, all commanded by Akiyama Yoshiko, was tasked with following behind and sweeping away possible remnants of the enemy.

This strategy made better use of the technical advantages of the Manchurian Army, and the Cossack light cavalry of the Russian army ran very fast, but after all, they were in the wilderness without any infrastructure, and no matter how fast they ran, they were no match for the train. The Manchurian cavalry used trains to maneuver, which was not only faster, but also better preserved the physical strength of themselves and their horses, and saved the consumption of supplies. Moreover, the Russian army is scattered in the wilderness, and there is definitely no radio station in their hands, and their communication will inevitably be limited. The news that the Manchurian Army encircled and swept away the Cossacks in sections could be well kept secret in the early stage, and many unlucky people who were unaware of it could be blocked in the later stage.

Once the plan was implemented, it worked very well. The first and second detachments completed large-scale sweeps and encirclements of the Russian army four times, annihilating more than 60,000 Russian troops at the cost of more than 700 casualties. Akiyama Yoshiko, who was following behind to pick up leftovers, also opened, and he searched for three missed Cossack cavalry squads, and captured more than 200 stragglers. However, the Russian army also reacted on the whole, they gave up resistance, and all began to retreat westward, preparing to assemble and rush back to the Russian theater west of Surgut.

"Our cavalry maneuvered at high speed to occupy Surgut between the Russian army's breakthrough and cut off the Russian army's return route. Then the main force of our infantry advanced rapidly, and it will inevitably encircle and annihilate the main Cossack force of the Russian army! Akiyama Yoshiko once again put forward his own proposal, and it was directly sent to Kim Hee, the chief of staff of the group army group who had praised him last time.

"The idea is good, very insightful, you are a material for commanding a large army to fight, but we don't have to worry about the follow-up war!" Jin Xi actually called Akiyama back, but there was nothing substantive except for praise.

Surgut had already completed the deployment, but it was not Army Group North that advanced again, but Army Group Center and Army Group Mongols in the South went north again. Since the end of the First Far Eastern War, the Manchurian Empire has been operating the Baikal region for more than a decade, and its prosperous pastures and well-developed infrastructure have become the capital of the southern ministries this time.