Tsarist War Minister Milyutin was very worried about the situation in the Tomsk and Irkutsk directions, fearing that a large-scale Mongol tribal rebellion would shake the rear of the Russian army and give the Manchurian army an opportunity. For the Cossack cavalry pursuing the enemy far away, Milyutin had nothing to worry about, and the more than 10,000 brave Cossack cavalry would certainly not encounter any danger, and there was no such thing as a threat to their existence in the steppe.

But the actual situation was destined to make Milyutin waste his brain cells, the Transbaikal region had already fallen, and the Cossack cavalry was in great trouble. In the open steppe, the cavalry was indeed not dangerous, and even if they encountered an ambush, they could calmly escape, but Milyutin thought less of a possibility, that is, the Cossack cavalry would crash into the iron plate by itself.

Kharbara did not have many men, but the territory under his command was not small, so the fortifications on the Tomsk line were not particularly complicated. Harbara concentrated all the cement and built a bunker, and the rest were civil trenches and deep fortifications, and the firepower for defense was still limited. Therefore, in order to make up for the lack of defense line, Halbara built a large number of defensive minefields and barbed wire on the periphery of the trenches to ensure that his firepower points, mainly machine guns and rifles, could be used.

Li Qiao's cavalry brigade scattered as it ran, and finally divided into regimental units, and the troops retreated into Tomsk in three directions. The Cossack cavalry was taken aback when they saw that Tomsk had fallen into the hands of the enemy, but the thought of the cowardly cavalry that kept fleeing made them confident and ready to retake Tomsk in one fell swoop. In the Crimean War more than ten years ago, the Cossack cavalry stormed the trench positions of the British army and achieved good results, so the commanders of the Cossack cavalry did not pay much attention to the defense line of Halbara.

The three Cossack cavalry division commanders got together and deliberated, found a few unsheltered roads on the Khalbara line according to the route of the retreat of Li Qiao, and then mobilized their troops and launched a full-scale charge against the Tomsk line. In their eyes, all the Eastern Siberian regions are backward Mongol tribes, and although they are also very brave, they do not understand any science and technology at all. This kind of barbarian defense line can at most slow down the speed of their attack, and will not pose any threat to them at all.

The Cossacks were still too reckless, he did not carefully observe the situation in Tomsk, so they did not see the eight-star flag flying in the city of Tomsk, and did not think about why there were deliberately some gaps in the defensive line. So when the cavalrymen rushed into the position with their sabers in their tales, the Cossacks inevitably fell into the trap of death. The gaps in the line of defense discovered by these Cossacks were all dense minefields, and those who could not read the signs were no different from looking for death. And there is not only * here, but also the area where the firing boundaries of each firepower point meet, that is to say, once the Russian army enters this area, it will be blocked by fire from multiple directions, which is equivalent to walking into the fire net by itself.

The "Boom Boom Boom ......" Cossack cavalry was densely packed, and as soon as they entered the minefield, they immediately detonated a large number of *. No matter how good the Donhippo was, he couldn't bear the mutilation, and his leg was immediately blown off. Terrifying preset fragments flew everywhere, wounding more men and horses, and then the fallen cavalry and panicked horses triggered more*. The Manchurian Army did not fire a single shot, and the Russian army had already suffered heavy casualties. And the speed of their impact was too fast, the forward was horrifically killed, but the rear team was difficult to stop for a while, and the cavalry could only helplessly go to the trap of death.

"Change course, they're burying a lot of *!" After losing a large number of soldiers, the Cossack cavalry finally reined in their horses, and the division commanders immediately adjusted the direction of the attack.

Turning in at any time is an offensive method often used by traditional cavalry, but when it is used in a defensive position researched by the Manchurian academy, it is completed as an act of seeking death. In the military universities in Manchuria, there are a large number of academy officers who study Qimen Dunjia every day, and in addition to educating the students, they study how to combine traditional Chinese formations and other black technologies with modern military technology. Therefore, most of the defensive positions cultivated by the Manchurian army are fused with many things such as gossip arrays, and they are all like a labyrinth, and if there is no master to guide them, they will get lost in it and cannot get out of it in minutes.

"Da ......" The Manchurian Army doesn't care what the situation of the Russian army is, as soon as the Russian army leaves the minefield, they start the 10,000-bullet shooting mode.

Although the machine gun is a sharp weapon to restrain the cavalry, whether the cavalry can be annihilated in a specific battle actually depends on the density of the two sides. If the number of machine guns is limited and the cavalry can withstand the casualties, the cavalry may still break through the machine gun position. Halbara has a lot of machine guns, but his defensive range is somewhat large, and after spreading the machine guns evenly into the position, the density of a single position is not so large. And the density of the Cossack cavalry is not small, they are more than 10,000 people, although the formation of their charge is not a wall charge, but it is only a little loose, and it is still very concentrated in a single space. The Cossack cavalry, already dazed, could not fight to the end, they were already lost in the positions of Manchuria, and the defeat of the enemy was their only way out.

Luckily, Halbara was able to rely on not only machine guns, but also a lot of barbed wire. The 1st Cavalry Division's mission was to defend Tomsk, so in addition to ammunition, the largest of their supplies was barbed wire, and Goxinga was very fond of tinkering with such low-cost gadgets. Inside and outside the positions of Halbara, all were densely covered with barbed wire, and even the Manchurian army had a hard time passing through it. Although the Cossack cavalry had not yet penetrated into the depths of the Manchurian position, they entered the stagnation zone composed of barbed wire and *, and were also embarrassed by these barbed wire.

The cavalry encountered barbed wire and had to reduce their speed, and the stupid hats that ran too fast were all entangled in the barbed wire. These slow cavalry, or simply standing still, were far less concealed than infantry. The tall horses lifted the cavalry high like tall targets, and it was easy to kill them.

The three division commanders led more than 16,000 cavalry to chase and kill, and after two hours of fierce fighting, they withdrew with 5,000 cavalry, leaving behind a large number of corpses of men and horses in front of the Manchurian position. The Mongolian cavalry, who were not yet accustomed to infantry life, made a good start, at least their confidence was much stronger.

Of course, Kharbara would not let go of these Cossacks so easily, and Li Qiao, who had just taken the lead, stepped on his horse again after resting in Tomsk for two hours. The Manchurian cavalry launched a relentless pursuit of the Cossack cavalry, which also galloped across Eurasia.