When the Chinese army completely abandoned its position and retreated to the east, the total number of casualties of the Russian army has exceeded 300,000, of which more than 100,000 are dead and missing. www.biquge.info What worries Admiral Brusilov even more is that the artillery shells are depleted too quickly during the offensive, and with the current supply efficiency, it is impossible for the Russian army to repeat such an offensive for at least a month.

In addition, although the Chinese army was defeated, it retreated in a strict and orderly manner, and no troops above the regiment were annihilated in formation, and many Chinese cavalry rushed to meet them in time. Based on the information gathered so far, Admiral Brusilov estimated that the Chinese army had suffered a maximum of more than 100,000 casualties (less than 100,000 in fact, even if the losses of the 1st Cavalry Army were taken into account). Although it is enough to deprive it of the ability to attack on a large scale, it should still be enough to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

However, to the surprise of Admiral Brusilov, the Chinese army did not enter the city after the defeat to Kurgan, but continued to retreat eastward, which made him immediately frown, suspecting that this was a trap of the enemy.

However, General Brusilov's qualifications are not enough, in addition to the cavalry front created by one hand, the commanders of the other three major fronts are a little inappropriate to his orders, obviously the command strictly ordered not to be greedy for merit when pursuing, but the Caucasian front, which had not suffered the great losses of the Chinese army, completely turned a deaf ear and pursued hundreds of kilometers in one go, while the Russian Ural Front, which had suffered many heavy losses and knew that the Chinese army was powerful, was too slow to advance. There was a gap of nearly 100 kilometers between the two heavy army groups......

After Admiral Brusilov found out that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the only obedient cavalry front that was close to the enemy (originally he wanted it to move to the rear of the enemy to cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway) to rush over to plug this huge gap, but he did not expect that this only strategic cavalry group in Russia at present was the target that the Chinese Xianbeilian Military Region wanted to eat the most, and after the reconnaissance cavalry confirmed their identity, the Chinese Second Cavalry Army, which was closer, immediately dispatched and intercepted it on the way, The two sides launched a cavalry battle in the northern part of the Kazakh steppe, which is likely to be the largest in human history since entering modern times.

Due to the wrong intelligence, General Brusilov still thinks that there is only one cavalry army deployed by China in Western Siberia, so it is natural to mistake the second cavalry army for the nightmare of the Russian army, and the underestimation of the overall strength of the Chinese army has made it make a second mistake, since the Chinese army has lost more than 100,000 in the previous battle, and now these 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry are entangled with the cavalry front army, then the remaining available troops of the Chinese Simberia Military Region are less than 200,000 people, according to this analysis, The continuous retreat of the Chinese army is not really a trap to be set, but a helpless move due to insufficient troops.

Thinking that he had seen clearly the reality of the enemy's army, General Brusilov decisively changed his original plan and agreed that the Caucasian Front would take advantage of the victory to attack Omsk, while the Ural Front, which was still struggling, was asked to divide a part of the troops to the south to cooperate with the cavalry front to destroy the great enemy of the "Chinese First Cavalry Army", while the remaining troops were to serve as the reserve of the Caucasian Front.

However, the Caucasian Front finally encountered a hard stubble, although the Fourth Infantry Army, which had experienced the test of war, was far less powerful than the First Field Army, but with the defense line that had been built long ago, the Russian Caucasian Front, which was almost seven times its own strength, was desperately blocked west of the Irtysh River......

In just a few days, the Caucasian Front suffered nearly 200,000 casualties, and even worse, their shells were almost used up, and the commander of the Caucasian Front finally calmed down completely, realizing that he could not take Omsk with his own troops and horses alone, but at this time he learned a bad news, a powerful cavalry unit with at least one army force inserted between the front and the Ural Front at an unimaginable speed, so that the former's army of more than 700,000 fell into the rear road cut off, supply interruption, And the treacherous situation of being attacked on both sides......

At this time, the forward troops of the Tsarist Ural Front were less than 10 kilometers away from the nearest Chinese army, but after confirming that the enemy was the Chinese First Cavalry Army, which they feared the most, they immediately stopped moving, did not dare to attack to the east to rescue the Caucasian Front, and even made preparations for retreat......

The friendly army could not be saved, and the Caucasus Front of Tsarist Russia could only return to the division for a counterattack, trying to take advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese First Cavalry Army to gain a stable foothold and open up the line of communication behind it, but because there were few shells left, they could only take human lives to pile up, and as a result, in a short period of time, more than 100,000 Russian troops fell under the fierce artillery bombardment and machine gun strafing of the Chinese First Cavalry Army, and the casualties of the latter were negligible compared to them.

Just when the people of the Caucasus Front of Tsarist Russia were panicking, its frontal enemy suddenly launched a large-scale counterattack, and even the Chinese First Field Army, which was once defeated by it, also killed a horse pistol, and the Chinese First Cavalry Army also cooperated in a timely manner, under the two-sided attack of nearly 500,000 Chinese troops, the Caucasian Front Army only held out for a few hours before the whole line collapsed, except for a very few lucky ones who successfully escaped, the vast majority of officers and soldiers were either killed in battle or reduced to prisoners.

After learning that another army of Chinese cavalry had entered the war, Admiral Brusilov finally realized that there was a serious mistake in his own situation, but it was too late to remedy it at this time, Admiral Brusilov could only give priority to keeping his descendants, and he urgently ordered the Russian cavalry front that was fighting fiercely with the Chinese Second Cavalry Army, asking it to retreat immediately, once the Chinese First Cavalry Army freed up, this only strategic cavalry group in Tsarist Russia at present will follow in the footsteps of the Caucasian Front!

However, the Tsarist cavalry front was inextricably linked to the Chinese Second Cavalry Army, and the Tsarist army had never been known for its superior organization and high morale. (To be continued.) )