The Russian vanguard marched mightily to the east. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lieutenant General Maxim, commander of the Russian vanguard, learned from his predecessors and took the opponent he was about to face seriously.

Lieutenant General Maxim knew that the Chinese Empire could defeat the siege of Britain, France, and Russia, and that the Chinese Empire was very strong, although Lieutenant General Maxim had despised the Manchu Dynasty very much before, but now he had to pay attention to the Chinese Empire, and if he was not careful, the Russian vanguard army under his command would also be killed by this powerful enemy.

Fortunately, the three infantry divisions of the vanguard army have been equipped with advanced weapons, which gave Lieutenant General Maxim a lot of confidence, and he believed that if the vanguard army defended on the spot and used the advanced weapons equipped, it could completely confront an enemy several times its size.

After receiving specific information, Lieutenant General Maxim also understood that he would face the enemy's large-scale cavalry, if it was in the era of cold weapons, the infantry was far from being the opponent of cavalry, but now, there were three infantry divisions equipped with various advanced weapons, and Lieutenant General Maxim would not be afraid of any cavalry faced.

However, after the refitting of the infantry division, the logistical pressure was greater, and without railway transportation, the vanguard army needed to use a large number of horses to transport logistics supplies and various heavy weapons, resulting in the queue of the vanguard army being expanded.

Now that he had entered Central Siberia, Lieutenant General Maxim sent out all three Cossack cavalry divisions under his command in order to prevent a sneak attack by the enemy.

"Speed up, and when we get to Baikit, we can get some rest."

"Yes!"

Two days have passed, the vanguard army is about to enter Baikit, and the soldiers of the vanguard army who are in a hurry want to rest most now, and Baikit is in front of them, and the Russian soldiers seem to have more strength in their bodies and accelerate towards Baikit.

Baikit is the name of a gathering point for Russians, originally a small town with a population of thousands.

However, the Russian vanguard did not see a single Russian along the way, and when they arrived at Baikit, they saw only large areas of ruins.

Bykit has been reduced to a pile of ruins.

Seeing this scene, Lieutenant General Maxim felt unspeakable anger in his heart, and he wanted to ask his opponent: Why did you kill these unarmed civilians?

If the soldiers of the Chinese Empire heard such a question, they would definitely reply with contempt: Why don't you want to think about what you Russians have done, and kill less civilians in our country?

Putting this scene aside, Lieutenant General Maxim ordered the vanguard to rest here for two days and then set off again after two days.

Unfortunately, the Suzaku Legion would not let the Russian vanguard rest.

As soon as Lieutenant General Maxim dismounted, he heard the cavalry reply, and a large force of enemy cavalry was found in front, and then Lieutenant General Maxim received a large force of cavalry on the other three sides, and it was estimated that the number of cavalry on each side exceeded 20,000, and the total number of cavalry was more than twice that of the Russian vanguard, and the enemy could come to the vanguard in forty-five minutes at most.

After receiving these news, Lieutenant General Maxim immediately knew that his side was surrounded, and the opponents were all cavalry, and the three Cossack cavalry divisions were definitely not opponents, and could only be defended by three infantry divisions.

Lieutenant General Maxim immediately ordered three infantry divisions to build fortifications on the spot, line up all weapons on all sides, and prepare to meet the enemy.

It's a pity that the time for the Russian army to equip advanced weapons is too short, and it can't study any matching tactics at all, before the Russian army was still in line to shoot the era, and now it has been converted into positional warfare, and it is impossible for the Russians to build a more effective fortification, and the time is so short, the Russians can only dig out a simple fortification.

Thundered!

This is not the sound of thunder, but the sound of tens of thousands of horsemen galloping and trampling the earth with horses' hooves.

Lieutenant General Maxim felt bad, if the enemy rushed up in one go, it was very likely that the fire of the vanguard would not be able to withstand it, and as soon as the enemy rushed into the positions of the vanguard army, the vanguard army would be finished.

"Order the artillery to prepare, and when the enemy is in range, blow me up and kill these damn yellow-skinned monkeys."

At an altitude of 6,000 meters above Baikit, three Kunpeng-8 heavy airships, seven Kunpeng-7 medium airships, a total of ten bombing airships, and a Kunpeng-6 light airship hovered here.

Minister of the Air Force Yan Ji personally led the Air Force bomber airship formation to carry out the bombing mission against the Russian Pioneer Army, while Zhao Gang, the commander of the Suzaku Legion, took the Kunpeng-6 light airship to fight here.

This time, the altitude of the air force airship flight was relatively high, because Yan Qi had already received news that the Russian vanguard army was equipped with a certain number of anti-aircraft artillery, but these anti-aircraft guns were all modified from other types of artillery, and the firing range was not high, I am afraid that it was only four thousand meters at most.

In order to prevent accidents, Yan Di still ordered each airship to fly at an altitude of 6,000 meters, and anyway, it was a fixed target on the ground that was to be bombed, no matter what the altitude was.

The distance between the Fourth Route Cavalry Division and the Russian Vanguard Army is getting closer and closer, and it is about to enter the range of the Russian artillery, and the three Russian infantry divisions are equipped with a total of more than 100 artillery pieces of various types, once the artillery is fired, it will bring great damage to the cavalry division, and the Air Force must destroy the artillery of the Russian Vanguard Army as soon as possible.

However, the airship is at an altitude of six thousand meters, so far from the ground, seeing that the target on the ground is no longer clear, there is no way, so give the Russian vanguard army a carpet bombardment, bomb the Russian position, and it will be over.

The airship in which Yan was riding gave the signal that "the bombing had begun," and the next moment the 10 bombing airships moved slowly according to the predetermined route, and the aerial bombs weighing 250 kilograms came out of the bomb magazine one by one and fell to the ground.

But at this time, the attention of the Russian vanguard was completely attracted by the sound of "boom" coming from all directions, and they did not notice the presence of airships in the sky at all.

The aerial bomb was exploded and descended rapidly, and the tail of the aerial bomb rubbed against the air to make a sharp sound, and when the sound reached the ground, the soldiers on the Russian position looked for the source of the sound and looked up at the sky.

However, seeing that the face of Lieutenant General Maxim, the commander of the Russian vanguard army, turned pale, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten that the enemy still had an air force.

The Russian vanguard carried part of the anti-aircraft artillery, just to deal with the enemy's airships, not to mention whether the anti-aircraft artillery could hit the airships in the air, and now the bombs have fallen, and it is too late together.

"It's over, it's all over." Lieutenant General Maxim's eyes were blank and he kept muttering.

Rumble!

The first bomb exploded on the ground, and a deep crater appeared, and within a few tens of meters, there was no grass.

"Hidden! Take cover! Hide! ”

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

One bomb after another exploded on the Russian positions, with flames and shrapnel in all directions, accompanied by the screams of Russian soldiers.