Chapter 547: Conquering Kyakhta
More and more countries began to pay attention to the war situation in the Far East, Britain and France even put considerable energy into the Far East war situation, they must determine the truth of the war situation in the Far East, so that they can be sure that the next China policy, China is a semi-colony, Britain and France have huge interests in China, the reason why they do not take China comprehensively, on the one hand, is that there are many contradictions between countries, on the other hand, the production is not China is huge, and from thousands of years ago to the present, it has always been a unified country without breaking the dynasty.
Germany also got first-hand information, but it was not very detailed, the northwest still left a hand on Germany, this battle was very sudden, there was no offensive for a long time, Cai Ye selectively let those German observers, retreat to the second line, and wait until the battlefield started, still asleep, really woken up by the fierce war, when he arrived at the front line, it was already the late stage, but he saw that the Northwest Army did not know what method to use, broke through the camp of the Russian army, divided and surrounded and annihilated a large number of Russian troops, and did not see that it was with armored vehicles.
Armored vehicles, for the First World War, is still too advanced, although the northwest even if it leaks out, the other party can not imitate, the engine is a big problem, not only the design, but also the materials and processing, if the northwest does not have an integrated machine, even if there is Yang Yuanzhao's vision of later generations, layer by layer of material progress and processing technology, it will definitely not be solved.
But no matter how you say it, this is a new thing, especially after this battle, the top of the Northwest Army, including Cai Yi, began to realize the huge role of armored vehicles, for the systematic defense line and trench groups, this is a sharp weapon for attacking fortifications, the Russian army is not not strong, and the previous battles also made the Northwest realize that in addition to weapons, the Russian army is not weak in training and organization, but the appearance of such an artifact as armored vehicles has changed almost instantly.
The tsar is through the news of the northwest, knowing the news of the front, the battle report of the front line has not even arrived, almost vomiting blood in anger, the precious porcelain in the house, I don't know how much he fell, two war reports in a short time, both about the Far East, this time counted, plus the last time, the 210,000 troops that set off before were almost lost, even if the rest were not combative, they had to be trained through guò to be able to come in handy.
At this time, the Tsar, completely did not spare Samsolov's mentality, and directly telegraphed the order to Brusinov, who had already set off, so that he must reach Chita as fast as possible, for Samsolov, directly executed on the spot, this is still the reason why Samsolov's death did not come, from Chita to the trading city of hundreds of kilometers, the Russian army that has no morale, and there is no chase, they go faster, not even as fast as Baotou release, from the beginning of the battle to Baotou release, at most 7 days.
When the world situation is turbulent because of this battle, the front line of the buying and selling city, Cai Ye is still as stable as Mount Tai, although he did not continue to pursue the Russian army and expand the results, but for the nail of Kyakhta, he will never let go, these 12,000 Russian troops, at the moment, are the turtles in the urn, but if they are eliminated before the Russian army increases, these will become nails in the encirclement, which is very unfavorable for the next war.
The network of special forces began to spread, and the main task was not a combat mission, but a reconnaissance mission, to ensure that Baotou had a buffer period of about 3 days, so that Cai Ye could smoothly arrange combat missions, in his opinion, even if it was a strong attack, a day and a half was enough to capture Kyakhta.
In the next time, the artillery fire almost covered Kyakhta, and the artillery fire in the northwest can now be said to be extremely strong, because there is no shortage of logistics in the northwest, all the shells that have been knocked out can be replenished in 3 days at most, and the previous impact of the night leakage, the captured Russian artillery is extremely large. In the rout battle, the Russian army that fled was smart, and they still had guns, and the rest were only afraid of running slowly, and they would run away if they lost their guns, as for the artillery, the artillery of the Russian army was originally enlarged and thick, which was synonymous with bulkiness, for fear that the Russian army would not be able to run away, how could it still take it, most of the artillery was left on the front line, and there was no chance of destruction, 180 and 150, and even most of the 120, were captured.
These equipment, in addition to more than 150 artillery, other Northwest Army does not look down, and may be repaired in the future and sold to other countries and regions, and now it is just right to use these to concentrate almost all the artillery of the Russian army and the Northwest Army, and bombard a city of several square kilometers like Kyakhta, the intensity of the shelling is so great that it is simply a landslide and a crack, this is still Baotou scruples about face, and did not choose a thorough covering attack, but only chose military points and army concentration areas, Otherwise Kyakhta would have been razed to the ground long ago.
Rao is so, artillery fire plus snipers, Kyakhta still held out for 2 days, at sunset on the second day of the shelling, announced surrender, more than 9,000 Russian troops, and more than 20,000 Russian civilians, became prisoners, which is equivalent to this battle, a complete victory, Russia sent 210,000 troops to the Far East, only 30,000 or 40,000 escaped, leaving almost 200,000 people, annihilated and captured......
reaped the results of the battle, attacked Kyakhta, and completely defeated the Russian army, but Cai Ye and others knew very well that the next thing was to test, Kyakhta, as a sudden front part, was not suitable for layout, even if it was arranged by the Russian army before, it was also aimed at the direction of the buying and selling city, and the buying and selling city had a fixed defensive line, after careful consideration, Cai Ye chose to blow up the entire Kyakhta, and fill in the trench defense line arranged by the Russian army before.
Kyakhta was destined to be unoccupied, and could not be left to Russia, a city that had a huge role and influence in the history of China, Mongolia and Russia, became a historical city, almost replacing the trajectory of later generations of buying and selling cities.
The northwest won a victory on a certain distance, annihilating nearly 100,000 regular troops, and annihilating the powerful Russian army with 18 divisions in Kyakhta in one fell swoop, occupying and destroying Kyakhta.
That's it, on the grassland, there are more than 1,000 special forces, the vast grassland and a slightly more developed means of observation, or make this a paradise for special forces, before coming to the trading city, it is with the help of the special forces, only to hold the trading city, the two sides are facing each other, the Russian army has gained a firm foothold, forming a military confrontation situation, the role of the special forces is not easy to play, now, with fortress-level protection, as long as it is stubborn, several times the enemy army, can not be broken, It is equivalent to that the special forces have a stable rear, as long as they go out to act, if they are really tired or lost, they can just come back and repair it.
Brusinov probably wouldn't have thought that before he arrived at the front line in the Far East, he was served such a dish by Cai Yi and others, but unfortunately he didn't have the time and interest to think so at all now, and the crisis in the Far East almost touched his heart.
From Kyakhta to Chita, the distance of hundreds of kilometers, all plains or grasslands, there is no danger to defend, this is a barren land, no cities, no minerals, no profits, except for a few small villages, there is no other important place.
This is a good thing before, don't worry about it and manage it, but now, it's a big deal, Russia doesn't have enough troops to set up a defensive line, there is no danger to defend hundreds of kilometers, if Baotou wants to attack, there is a possibility of blocking the entire Siberian Railway, the Russian army in the Far East has experienced huge losses, you must know that among the 18 divisions, 10 divisions are from the Far East, 110,000 troops, almost the vast majority of them have been annihilated, which makes the Far East already weak to a certain extent, It is very difficult to stay near Vladivostok, let alone the entire Siberian region.
Now, Brusinov is still on the road, not thinking about increasing the number of troops, but how to hold the situation in the Far East. Russia panicked, the tsar could make a desperate bet, but other officials and nobles couldn't, and most importantly, there were problems with the border, and the Germans began to deploy troops on the German-Russian border.
Because the northwest has come out to be able to put pressure on Russia, of course, Germany cannot let Russia use all its national strength to kill the northwest, or even obtain benefits from the northwest, the heavy industry in the northwest, not to mention anything else, if the steel plant with an annual output of 20 million tons is robbed by robbers like Russia, even if it is discounted, it can only produce 10 million tons, or even only seven or eight million tons, which is a great boost for Russia.
You must know that Russia is the largest army in the whole world, with an army of 5 million, most of the army is walking in all directions, and its combat effectiveness is insufficient, but the torrent of 5 million, if it is divided into several aspects to attack China, the northwest will not be able to resist even if there are three heads and six arms, and if Germany does not exert a little pressure at this time, it will be too late.
In itself, the Russian tsar would not have thought of fighting a full-scale war with the northwest, he sent Brusinov, all he wanted was to defeat the Russian army, no matter how confused the tsar was, the basic discernment and recognition were still there, it was impossible to be so stupid, put all 5 million troops in China, in that case, Germany would definitely not be polite, and Turkey, they have a greater grudge against Russia, if Russia is empty, they will definitely take a bite.
In this way, Germany's help on the other side was tantamount to a little support to the northwest, so that the northwest avoided the possible desperate Russia, and at most only had to deal with the troops drawn from the Far East and even the Urals, which would not exceed 700,000 at all, and the equipment and training process were far inferior to the first batch of armies, although that group of troops had 11 Far Eastern divisions, but they were also battlefield and strictly trained. R1152