Just when so many things were happening inside and outside Chen Han, the battle of Astrakhan was finally decided.

The Russian army, supported by strong artillery fire, led by major generals, lieutenant generals and even generals in person, took turns to storm the positions of the Wehrmacht. Although there were many dangerous situations on some positions, the Russians were never able to make a breakthrough.

Of course, Bagration did send shells to the fortress of Astrakhan, but not from land, but from the Volga. The warships of the Russian Caspian Fleet, which went down the river from Tsaritsyn, often appeared on the water outside the Astrakhan fortress in the middle and late stages of the Battle of Astrakhan, and even raided the Caspian Sea. You must know that the city and fortress of Astrakhan stands on the shore of the Caspian Sea. In the 21st century, the level of the Caspian Sea has dropped dramatically, and Astrakhan is only 200 meters away from the waters of the Caspian Sea.

Therefore, when the warships of the Caspian Flotilla appeared outside the city of Astrakhan, they directly broke through the obstruction of the Chen-Han battleship and entered the Caspian Sea on the first day, and then shelled Astrakhan.

So much so that Chen Han had to urgently transfer more warships to Astrakhan.

Chen Wei was accustomed to the adjutant running to him to report the gratifying results of the battle after the battle began. However, in this battle, the news of the failure of the attack/assault/counterattack came frequently, and the various units asked for reinforcements one after another.

If it was like the previous battles - against Spain, Chen Wei would also send reserves to reinforce it. But at this moment, he was undecided and hesitated. He did not reply to Pan Chang and others' requests for reinforcements many times, and only paced back and forth in contemplation. I finally made up my mind to send in reserves, but soon changed my mind again. In his mind, this battle was no longer a battle that could be won by sending out reserves.

The courage and tenacity of the Russians in this battle were unparalleled.

Chen Wei did not move his command post during the operation as usual, let alone go to the front line to observe the battle situation.

It's not that he's become cowardly, it's that it's too dangerous to do so. As the commander-in-chief of this battle, his personal safety is related to the entire war and the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers.

Shen Shiying, chief of the general staff of the entire war against Russia, went to the front line once, but as a result, General Shen, who had not been injured for 20 years, walked to the front line and was carried back lying down.

Last night, Chen Wei also discussed with him the prospects of this fight.

Now he asked, "Old Shen, what's the situation ahead?" ”

"Shouldn't the Praetorian Guard Division be sent?"

"Don't, don't, don't destroy this elite!"

The First Praetorian Guard Division is the emperor's top treasure, don't waste it on defense and impact again and again.

During the period of time when Shen Shiying was on the front line, he saw with his own eyes that the Russian army launched fierce attacks on the positions of the Wehrmacht again and again, and the defenders also launched counter-charges against the Russian army again and again. The front-line soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people who could hold on to the battle was getting smaller and smaller, but they still heroically repelled the Russian attacks again and again.

With the Wehrmacht as the main body and the infantry cavalry of the Seven Khanates as vassals, the model won the biggest test in this battle. The armies of the Seven Khanates were now getting weaker, and they were frightened by the severe casualties and brutal fighting.

Whether it is an infantry cavalry, their performance in this battle is worse day by day. This also forced the Wehrmacht to take on a greater burden.

The reason why Shen Shiying was injured was because the Russian army on the opposite side gathered at least 2,000 soldiers, and when they launched the fourth charge towards a section of the Wehrmacht's position in a scattered formation like a starry sky, Shen Shiying was hit in the thigh by a stray bullet.

But this is Shen Shiying's own request.

When the Russian army charged, the defenders of course used intensive firepower to block them, but the Russian soldiers showed a fearless spirit in the rain of bullets, and the officers and soldiers at the top and bottom completely ignored the huge sacrifices, stepped on the corpses of their comrades, and approached the position step by step.

Although Shen Shiying was in the position of the enemy, he couldn't help but praise them for being good. Then he took the initiative to move forward his observation position, is he the chief of staff, he is very concerned about the army's will to fight, fighting courage, he wants to understand the Russian army more realistically, which will help him estimate the war strength of the Russian army in the future.

Shen Shiying's age is not young. When he played Spain for the second time in the Americas, he was still in the prime of life, and now he is an old man. After this battle, Shen Shiying was about to withdraw from the front-line command post, and the position of chief of the general staff was prepared for him.

There are also Wei Baocheng and Chen Wei, who are also going to take a back seat.

Pan Chang, the youngest of their wave, will take Wei Baocheng's place, and then a large number of new talents in the army will begin to be updated.

Iron-clad battalions and flowing soldiers, that's the case.

As far as the entire battle of Astrakhan is concerned, Shen Shiying's injury is naturally an accident, but it is also a turning point in the war. Since Shen Shiying was injured, the Russian offensive has been declining day by day, but the warships of the Caspian Flotilla fought with Chen Han's Caspian division at the mouth of the Volga River.

Chen Wei judged that the Russian army's strength had been exhausted, and now was the time for him to switch from defense to attack. Then there was the bloody storm on the Russian line.

But the Russian army's defense line is also very high-quality, and if you want to attack this defense line from the front, you have to prepare for it with great sacrifices.

Moreover, it is necessary to cut off the convenient water transportation of the Russians, and the continuous flow of logistical supplies from the rear of the Russian army will bring a huge threat to Chen Wei's counterattack operation. Moreover, after controlling the Volga, the Wehrmacht can also outflank the Russian army from the rear, cut off their land routes, and finally trap them to death even if they do not fight.

Now Chen Wei has asked Chen Ming for help, first, he needs more troops, even if it is the army of the Seven Khanates; Second, more warships are needed, and if we want to win this battle as soon as possible and pay the smallest price possible, we must wipe out the Russian Caspian Flotilla.

After Chen Ming received the request for help, he did not hesitate, and soon decided to send an additional 100,000 troops to Chen Wei. Of these, 50,000 were cavalry of the Seven Khanates, and the other 50,000 were two integrated divisions of the North-Western Military District.

The latter will be very happy. As one of the two largest first-class military regions in China, the other is the Jinling Military Region, and the total strength of the infantry and cavalry artillery of the Northwest Military Region has reached 300,000. Counting the logistical and engineer, medical, and guard troops, the entire Northwest Military Region is no less than 350,000.

In the past wars, less than half of the mobilized force of such a huge army was mobilized, and only 20 percent of the actual troops were invested, and the 1st Praetorian Guard Division, which was transferred all the way from Nanjing to the Northwest Battlefield, although not all the divisions had arrived, but also half of the troops. Together with the cavalry units transferred from the Mongol region, they divided the proportion of the 100,000-strong army.

At present, the two integrated divisions are only 50,000 people, which is a piece of cake for the Northwest Military Region.

Even if Chen Ming dared to pack a ticket, if he did more than three or two days, the Northwest Military Region's war petition would be handed to him, and the second batch of army formations might have been discussed within the Northwest Military Region.

Just when Chen Ming was attracted by the new military situation in the Northwest Theater to combat effectiveness, there were also new changes on the Caucasus battlefield.

The Wehrmacht, which had been greatly enhanced by the Ottomans landing on the Sea of Azov, encountered new troubles.

Platov seems to have been inspired by the difficult predicament to have stronger energy, and when faced with a desperate situation, he either resigned himself to death or exploded. Platov is clearly the latter!

His use of troops became more flexible and flexible, and he boldly launched a direct attack on the principality of Hachimas and the principality of Bakuba without authorization, these small countries are all subject countries of Persia, which is taking the initiative to provoke Persia, which is not a weak country. But it is precisely this move that opens up a new situation for the Russian army.

- This greatly disrupted the logistics and supply of Chen Han's army.

Because Chen Han surrounded the tens of thousands of troops in the fortress of Vladikavkaz, the logistics and supplies all depended on Hachmas and Baku, as well as Persia behind them.

Although this made Chen Han pay a large sum of money to them, it saved time and effort.

The harassment of the Caucasus by the Cossacks led by Platov was successful. The information was soon reported to Wei Baocheng.

From the generation to the cognition of the information that the area south of the Caucasus Mountains was attacked by the Cossacks, and then to the failure of the local defenders of Baku and Hachmas, after verifying the battle report, they had to ask Deng Yun under the Vladikavk fortress for help, and then the battle report was quickly sent by Deng Yun to Wei Baocheng, which took a total of three days. In the course of three days, more than three thousand Cossack cavalry had passed through the lands of the Baku principality and slaughtered the Nakhichevan principality.

Located in the southern part of Transcaucasia in Europe, bordered to the north by Armenia, also known as the Ottomans, and to the south by Persia, Nakhichevan has existed for many years as a small, semi-independent state attached to the Kingdom of Persia.

While the Ottomans and Russia fought on a much smaller scale in the Black Sea, they fought on a much smaller scale in the Caucasus. And more around the war between Armenia and Georgia.

The sudden appearance of several thousand Cossacks in Nakhichevan and in the rear of Armenia, that is, in the Ottoman rear, was a threat to the Ottoman army in Armenia.

And a horizontal line from Bakula connected Nakhichevan to Nakhichevan, which almost cut off the land connection between Persia and the Chen-Han army.

The main thing is that these small Caucasian states are sparsely populated and have a sparse number of troops, and a few thousand Cossacks are already a great threat to them. Just like Baku, without external factors, these Russian troops under Platov could have broken the city of Baku.

But Platov's devastating move, which would have given Persia an excuse to declare war on Russia, was more significant in deterring these small principalities in the southern Caucasus and disrupting their plans.

The armies of the various principalities retreated to the important cities and defended them, the communication was blocked, the communication was blocked, and the overall operation and circulation came to a standstill.

This, of course, will affect the logistical supply of Chen Han's army.

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