On 1 August, the Japanese army in the Four-Nation Coalition took the lead in launching an attack on the Han army, suffering more than 6,000 casualties, but it was still blocked by the Yalu River and could not advance an inch. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two days later, the British and French troops in the Four-Nation Coalition did not make any movement, but the Russian army in the north began to move.

This time, the four-nation alliance army attacked the Han Kingdom, and Russia mobilized a total of 93,000 people, called 100,000 troops, and the troops were divided into three routes, the Western Route Army, the Middle Route Army, and the Eastern Route Army.

At this time, the Trans-Siberian Railway had not yet been built, and it was obviously impossible for Russia to transfer a large army from its European region to the easternmost point, so the Russian army took the Western Route Army as the main force, with a total of more than 61,000 people, responsible for attacking the northwest region of the Han Kingdom, the Middle Route Army with a total of more than 25,000 people, attacking Outer Mongolia, and the Eastern Route Army with a total of more than 7,000 people, attacking the northeast region of the Han Kingdom.

On 3 August, the Russian Western Route Army, led by its commander, Lieutenant General Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin, marched towards the Kobdo region, where the Blue Dragon Regiment of the Han Kingdom was stationed.

War is on the verge of breaking out.

Comparison of the military strength of the two sides before the war:

The more than 61,000 people of the Russian Western Route Army are mainly divided into two parts, one part is four Cossack cavalry divisions, each division is about 4,300 people, mainly equipped with spears and cavalry knives; The other part consisted of four infantry divisions, about 10,000 men per month, mainly armed with Bodan rifles (single-shot breech-loading guns with black powder cartridges) and old breech guns.

The strength of the Russian infantry was comparable to that of the Japanese, and the strength of the Cossack cavalry was comparable to that of the Mongol cavalry.

On the opposite side of the Russian army is the Qinglong Legion led by Niu Dehou, which has a 105-mm howitzer regiment under the jurisdiction of the Second Division, the Tenth Division and the Artillery Division, totaling more than 27,000 people, of which the number of cavalry is about 3,500.

Although the number of the Russian army is 2.25 times that of the Blue Dragon Legion, the weapons and equipment of the Blue Dragon Legion are more advanced, and the Blue Dragon Legion as the defender has a greater advantage.

With its numerical superiority and strong mobility of the Cossack cavalry, the commander of the Russian Western Route Army, Lieutenant General Kuropatkin, was so confident for the first time that he could quickly defeat the enemy, and Lieutenant General Kuropatkin ordered four Cossack cavalry divisions to outflank the Blue Dragon Army in two ways, and then the four infantry divisions pressed on it, surrounded the Blue Dragon Army, and then eliminated it.

Lieutenant General Kuropatkin even suspected that four Cossack cavalry divisions alone might be able to wipe out the enemy, but Lieutenant General Kuropatkin was cautious and did not intend to give his "weak" enemy any chance.

In the headquarters of the Blue Dragon Legion, Niu Dehou frowned and listened to the report of the scouts, and soon understood the Russian army's combat plan.

"It's going to surround our army, haha." Niu Dehou stretched his brows and laughed, Niu Dehou understood that the Russian army was in a bright position to encircle and annihilate the Qinglong Legion, without even a little cover-up, all because the Russian army had more mobile Cossack cavalry, while the Blue Dragon Legion had fewer cavalry and weak mobility, and more importantly, there were two 105mm howitzer regiments in the Qinglong Legion, which were able to open their eyes to see the Russian army surround themselves.

However, this is exactly what Niu Dehou intended, the Blue Dragon Legion has poor mobility, and it is good to defend in place and wait for the Russian army to come and die.

Immediately, Niu Dehou ordered: "Pass the order and order all departments to build fortifications on the spot." ”

"Yes!"

The Blue Dragon Legion, which had taken the initiative to look for fighters, immediately stopped, and the Han soldiers took out their sapper shovels and began to build simple fortifications.

At this time, the Russian Cossack cavalry was less than six kilometers away from the Blue Dragon Legion, and at the speed of the Cossack cavalry, I am afraid that it would be able to meet the Blue Dragon Legion in fifteen minutes, and if it outflanked the Blue Dragon Legion, it would take another five minutes.

Fourteen minutes later, the four Cossack cavalry divisions divided into two groups and rushed towards the sides of the Blue Dragon Corps, while behind the Cossack cavalry, four Russian infantry divisions were slowly pressing in.

Another six minutes later, four Cossack cavalry divisions were about to complete the semi-encirclement of the Blue Dragon Corps.

"Boys, let the Chinese taste our awesomeness, whoever grabs the loot will go to whomever it is, Ula!" Major General Vasily, waving a cavalry knife in his hand, shouted at the Cossack cavalry behind him.

"Ulla!" The brave and skilled Cossack cavalry charged the Han positions with spears in hand.

One Cossack cavalry division charged the Han position, and the other three Cossack cavalry also charged the Han position, but the commanders of the four Cossack cavalry divisions forgot one thing: before the Western Route Army had completed the encirclement of the Blue Dragon Corps, four Cossack cavalry divisions had already launched an attack on the Blue Dragon Corps, which was obviously against the order of the commander of the Western Route Army, Lieutenant General Kuropatkin.

In fact, Lieutenant General Kuropatkin could also predict this scene that the Cossack cavalry was the least disliked unit in the Russian army to obey orders, and Lieutenant General Kuropatkin hoped that the Han army could give the Cossack cavalry a little hardship, so that the Cossack cavalry could better obey his command.

However, the next moment, something unimaginable happened to Lieutenant General Kuropatkin.

Tens of thousands of Cossack cavalrymen raised their spears and rushed towards the Han position, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Seven hundred meters

Six hundred meters

Five hundred meters, this is the distance of the Han army against the Mongol cavalry, the Mongol cavalry is equipped with bows and arrows, in the case of a dash, the range of bows and arrows can reach two hundred meters, while the Cossack cavalry is currently only armed with cavalry knives and spears.

Four hundred meters

Three hundred meters, the Cossack cavalry was getting closer.

Two hundred and fifty meters

"Fire!"

Da! Da! Da!

In the next moment, each heavy machine gun erupted a blazing serpent, sweeping down rows of Cossack cavalry more than 200 meters away.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Da! Da! Da!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Mortars, heavy machine guns, and rifles in the hands of the Han army opened fire in unison, playing a symphony of iron and blood, which is a song of killing on the battlefield and a song of death to the enemy.

The Cossack cavalry who charged at the forefront was still thinking about rushing into the Han army position and slaughtering the Han soldiers, but the next moment they were forever fallen on this land.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

The Cossack cavalry officers in the rear, seeing that the form was not right, left and gave the order to retreat.

The Cossack cavalry could quickly retreat and leave the battlefield when the battle situation was unfavorable, but the distance between the Cossack cavalry and the Han army's position was too close, only more than 200 meters, and within a thousand meters of the Han army's position, the Cossack cavalry was dead or alive.

The powerful firepower of the Han army set off a bloody storm, and even some Cossack cavalry who had turned their horses and wanted to retreat did not escape the fire coverage of the Han army.

The end of the Cossack cavalry has come! (To be continued.) )