Chapter 279: The Second Phase of the Sino-Russian War

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In mid-June, the last six cavalry divisions set out from Mongolia and entered the Central Siberian region, while fourteen cavalry divisions scattered in Central Siberia and Eastern Siberia in Russia were also massing in the same direction.

After nearly four months of campaigning, 14 cavalry divisions swept through Central Siberia and East Siberia in Russia, and there were basically no Russians left in the area they passed, except for some Mongol tribes.

During the campaign, with the assistance of the air force, the cavalry division lost no more than 1,000 men, and more than 1,200 were wounded and had to return to the rear to recuperate.

The cavalry divisions were reduced, but each cavalry division overrecruited a large number of auxiliary troops, which were composed entirely of Mongols living in Russia, which solved the problem of insufficient Russian troops in the Chinese Empire, and it did not cost the empire too much money to recruit auxiliary troops.

It is estimated that the number of co-operatives recruited by each cavalry division will be more than 60,000 together.

On 6 July, the Russian vanguard led by Lieutenant General Maxim marched into Central Siberia.

The Russian Vanguard Army had three infantry divisions and three Cossack cavalry divisions, one infantry division of about 10,000 people, one Cossack cavalry division of about 4,000 people, and a total of 42,000 people in the vanguard army.

The Russian Cossack cavalry divisions were still dominated by cold weapons, but the Russian infantry divisions were equipped with more advanced weapons: repeating rifles and Maxim heavy machine guns, as well as a large number of advanced artillery.

The Maxim heavy machine gun is a great weapon against cavalry, and in the face of such an enemy, the Suzaku Legion must be cautious.

At the same time, the 20 cavalry divisions of the Suzaku Legion were assembled in Central Siberia, accompanied by 60,000 auxiliary troops, bringing the number of troops of the Chinese Empire in Russia to 160,000, and as many as 15 bombing airships on standby, ready to support the Suzaku Legion.

If necessary, the Suzaku Legion could also continue to recruit co-operatives in Russia.

Of course, there are also many Russian troops opposite the Suzaku Legion, in addition to the vanguard army of 42,000 people, there are eight infantry divisions and four cavalry divisions with a total of 100,000 Russian main forces to follow behind the vanguard army, and after that, there will be more than 100,000 Russian troops in the Asian region of Russia from the European region of Russia to confront the army of the Chinese Empire.

The Suzaku Legion, with the help of air force airships, was able to clearly observe the actions of the Russian troops.

Because the Suzaku Legion was ravaging Russia, the Russian vanguard army was ordered to speed up to Central Siberia to stop the Chinese Empire. The army plundered, so that the vanguard army and the main forces of the Russian army behind are getting farther and farther away, and once there is a problem with the vanguard army, the main forces of the Russian army behind will not have time to support.

This is a good opportunity for the Suzaku Legion to eat the Russian vanguard in one bite.

The Chinese Empire did not want to increase its troops in Russia for a short time, and the Chinese Empire hoped that the twenty cavalry divisions of the Suzaku Army would be able to drag the Russian army to the death in the Siberian region.

Maintaining an army of 100,000 people to fight is still within the support of the Chinese Empire, after all, the Chinese Empire is developing rapidly in an all-round way, and it cannot blindly start a war, which will delay the development of the Chinese Empire.

Russia has always been a large country with a population of more than 100 million, and if necessary, Russia can arm tens of millions of troops, which is a very large number, and if it were Russia itself, of course it could not do it, but Russia had Britain and France behind it, and with the help of these two countries, Russia could do it.

However, the regular army of the Chinese Empire against Russia could only be maintained at the size of 100,000, which required the Suzaku Legion to fight flexibly and destroy more Russians at the minimum cost. Army.

The number of people is the disadvantage of the Suzaku Legion, but the Suzaku Legion also has a lot of advantages, for example, the Suzaku Legion has air force support, the Suzaku Legion is all cavalry, high mobility, and the weapons equipped by the Suzaku Legion are also more advanced than the Russian army, and the cavalry armed with advanced equipment is countless times stronger than the traditional cavalry.

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In the eighty-kilometer area east of the Baikit region of Central Siberia, the Suzaku Legion gathered here, and Zhao Gang, the commander of the Suzaku Legion, personally summoned the commanders of twenty cavalry divisions to deploy the first battle of the second phase of the Sino-Russian War.

In the plan of the Chinese Empire, the first stage of the Sino-Russian War was for its Suzaku Army to raid the Russian Central and Siberian regions and the East Siberian region to eliminate the Russian armed forces in these two regions, but with the "help" of the Cooperative Army, there were not many Russians in these two regions, and the first stage of the Sino-Russian War ended perfectly.

The first stage was relatively simple, the Suzaku Legion would not encounter a large Russian army, and those Russian fortresses, with the assistance of the air force, could easily break through.

The second stage is different, the second stage of the Suzaku Legion needs to fight a large-scale Russian army, a small mistake will cause heavy losses to the Suzaku Legion, and the Suzaku Legion needs to be careful.

The Russian Pioneer Army went deep alone, giving the Suzaku Army a very good opportunity, and Zhao Gang wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Russian Pioneer Army was lone and isolated, and wiped out the Russian Pioneer Army at a very small cost.

Through the reconnaissance of the airship, the Russian vanguard marched in a straight line to the east, and Baikit was exactly on the route of the Russian vanguard, so a battle plan was quickly formed:

The Suzaku Legion was to launch a surprise attack on the Russian vanguard with 20 cavalry divisions, supplemented by an air force and 60,000 allegiants.

Twenty cavalry divisions were divided into four lanes, each with five cavalry divisions:

The 1st Road is under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th Cavalry Divisions;

The second road is under the jurisdiction of the 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th cavalry divisions;

The 3rd Road is under the jurisdiction of the 3rd, 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th Cavalry Divisions;

The 4th Road is under the jurisdiction of the 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th Cavalry Divisions.

The other 60,000 enlisted troops were also divided into four equal parts to follow the Fourth Route Army.

The Fourth Route Army will be divided into four directions to surround the Russian Vanguard Corps in the Baikit area, and after the air force has bombarded the Russian Vanguard for one round, under the cover of artillery, the Fourth Route Army will launch an attack on the Russian Vanguard.

The battle plan of the Suzaku Legion against the Russian Vanguard Army is very simple, in the face of absolute strength, the Suzaku Legion is sure enough to destroy the Russian Vanguard!