Almost all the ships were destroyed, and with the remaining thirty or forty ships at hand, it was not at all possible to transport the troops and weapons and baggage, even for ten days and half a month

Valerian was completely dumbfounded, what to do now

General, otherwise, we will abandon all heavy weapons and cross the river lightly with the whole army

Jangovic asked.

Monkey business

Valerian shouted: "Without heavy weapons, let's advance lightly, cross the Ussuri River, if the main force of the Chinese People's Army turns around and goes north, with only our four divisions, there will definitely be no one left who will be completely annihilated by the other side."

The corners of Jangovich's mouth twitched, thinking about it, even if he was fully armed and all the artillery was carried by his side, he did not have the ability to compete with the main force of the Chinese People's Army, not to mention that all the artillery and shells were abandoned, and the two corps of the Chinese People's Army were really swarmed up, and in less than three days, the Russian army would have 50,000 people in four divisions, and the whole army would be annihilated

So what do we do next?

Jangovic is also helpless now.

Valerian asked in a deep voice: Is the cavalry back now?

Jangovich smiled bitterly: Come back, however, there is no way to leave the enemy at all, the other side is all cavalry, almost a regiment of troops, we only sent out a cavalry regiment, there is no way to help others, in the end the two sides have casualties on each other, and the cavalry of the Chinese People's Army retreated

Impossible, if the other side is cavalry, then how did their artillery come over

Valerian roared.

Jangovich shook his head and replied: General, this time the artillery used by the Chinese People's Army seems to be different, and it can even be carried by individual soldiers, the cavalry fights with the opponent, several Chinese cavalry are killed, and the artillery remains, and their artillery is only thirty or forty catties, and the shells are even smaller, much smaller than ordinary shells, so that they don't have to pull their horses at all, and the direct rangers can carry them

Damn, damn the reconnaissance battalion, they didn't even notice that a large force of cavalry had touched our noses, and they wanted them to use the damn bastards to destroy all our plans to cross the river

Valerian was so angry that he shouted at the Germans, it was so infuriating, it didn't make any difference if this reconnaissance battalion had roots

General, there are dense mountains and forests near Boli, there are mountains and forests everywhere, not to mention hiding a cavalry regiment, that is, two cavalry regiments have drilled into the mountains and forests, and it is difficult for our scouts to find it, there is no other way now, but to do our best to cut down trees and build ships, anyway, we now have soldiers, and we can also capture local fishermen to build ships for us, and within half a month, we can build more than 100 ships, there should be no problem

Jangovic replied.

Valerian nodded, there was no other good way now.

Valerian ordered all his engineers to cut down trees, capture fishermen, and build ships for the Russian army, more than a hundred ships, which are not so easy to build, wood, paint, rivets, oars, sails, all have to be prepared, even if there is no shortage of manpower, it is difficult to build in a short time.

Moreover, Valerian had just ordered the construction of ships for only ten days, and another incident happened that made Valerian dizzy, and one night the north wind howled, and the snow fell heavily, and the entire river was covered with ice and snow, and it was white

The next day, before dawn, Jangovich came to look for Valerian.

General Valerian, something is wrong

Jangovic said with a wry smile.

Valerian frowned and asked, "What's going on again?"

Jangovich replied: General, a cold wind overnight, just after the soldiers came to report, the entire Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River, there are large areas of freezing, and there are even ice floes, if this continues, in another three or four days, the entire river will be completely frozen, even if we build a ship, it is useless, and the ship cannot sail on the ice

Valery was dizzy and roared: Go, go to the Ussuri River immediately

The two of them rode fast horses and quickly came to the pier of the Ussuri River, and sure enough, the Ussuri River was frozen for thousands of miles, and even the waves were frozen.

Valerian shouted: "Come, bring me the equipment, smash the ice open, and see how thick the ice is frozen here."

Several Russian soldiers carried hammers and hammers in their hands, and smashed a large hole in the ice in a few clicks.

General, this ice is almost five or six inches thick, and if there is no extremely warm weather, this ice will not melt

The commander of the engineering battalion, Kirilenko, said in a low voice.

Valery was completely desperate, it was impossible for the weather to warm up, look at the heavy snow that has not stopped, if the snow stops another day, the weather will be even more cold, and it is impossible for any ship to sail on the ice, and even if it is rowed, the Ussuri River is full of ice, once it hits the wooden boat, it will definitely be broken

Jangovich gritted his teeth and replied: General, otherwise we will wait a few days, as long as the weather gets colder and colder, the ice on this river will become thicker and thicker, and the ice will exceed a foot, and I think our artillery will be able to pass directly over the ice

One foot

Valerian said discouragedly: Jangovich, it is impossible that even if the ice is more than one foot thick, it may not be able to withstand the weight of artillery, you must know that the weight of a cannon is as high as several tons and a large number of soldiers march on the ice, it will not take long for the ice to become less solid due to the vibration, and when the time comes, we will even fall into the ice cave with people and artillery, and none of us will think about survival

Valerian is right, with the current severe cold, once it falls into the river, the probability of survival is too low, and it is extremely dangerous to be able to withstand the rapid march of artillery and large armies, without more than two feet of ice, and it is extremely dangerous to freeze two feet, but I am afraid that it will have to wait until at least half a month later

Jangovic also had no choice.

Valerian was silent for a while, and suddenly said fiercely: Since we can't go east, then we will give up the eastward advance, assemble the army, and attack Vladivostok again, fuck, fight, as long as we take Vladivostok and occupy the entire Jiangdong, that is also our victory Now the main force of the Chinese People's Army is also unable to cross the Ussuri River, this is our only chance to capture Vladivostok

Jangovich's heart was shocked, the Chinese People's Army attacking Vladivostok is definitely insufficient, but then, when the war is over and the spring of next year, the Chinese People's Army will make a comeback, but what to do

To be continued.