Nizhny Novgorod, the headquarters of the Eighth Army of the Russian Army, nearly fifty-six-year-old Brusilov can be described as smooth sailing in his military career, although the Sino-Russian War brought huge losses to Russia, but Brusilov unexpectedly rose in this war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Five months ago, Brusilov was promoted from commander of the 2nd Janissaries Division to commander of the 14th Infantry Army, and then led the 14th Army to the front.

If, if Brusilov can turn the tide in this battle, even if he cannot defeat the Chinese Empire, as long as he can maintain the current situation, then his promotion to general is basically a foregone conclusion.

However, the sudden promotion did not make Brusilov happy, because his promotion meant the departure of the former commander of the Eighth Army, well, the former commander of the Eighth Army was ordered by the tsar to be immediately executed for unfavorable operations, command errors, cowardice and other crimes, and Brusilov, who served as the commander of the second division of the Praetorian Guards, was also an old acquaintance of the tsar, and the tsar also admired Brusilov, so he appointed him as the commander of the Eighth Army. He led the remnants of the Eighth Army of more than 200,000 troops, as well as more than 400,000 troops of the other two nearby armies, to counterattack the Chinese Empire.

Brusilov didn't know much about the Royal Army, but when he received the order to go to the front, he began to do his best to understand the Royal Army, and finally summed up a sentence, that is, this enemy is very difficult to bite, 600,000 Russian troops are not their opponents at all, and the opponent's troops may be more than them.

It took Brusilov nearly two months to come up with a plan, and although the success rate is still not guaranteed, it will at least be better than before.

Frankly speaking, Brusilov's plan was inspired by the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, and it was their every move in the war that triggered Brusilov's inspiration and gave him the idea of such an adventure.

Subsequently, Brusilov took the initiative to order his troops to retreat, causing trouble for the Royal Army along the way, delaying their march, and on the other hand, intensifying preparations for a counterattack. And the time has dragged on to the present, July 17, 1909.

"Next, we will fight back with all our might, success or failure is a matter of success, and I hope that you can do your best for the empire and not have such problems that are difficult for me to deal with." Brusilov vaguely reminded that he didn't want to threaten his generals at this time, because his promotion had already made many people dissatisfied, but in order to avoid his own guilt, although he was dissatisfied, no one spoke out against it, so Brusilov had to ensure that his orders were thoroughly implemented.

"The 14th Army will begin its maneuver to Perm tonight to attack the enemy there, the 9th Army will begin its maneuver to Cherny tomorrow night, the 17th Army will begin its maneuver to Ulyanosk tomorrow night, the 7th Army will begin its maneuver to-night to the Kamisin Generation, concealment must be ensured during the march, the march at night and concealment during the day, the 6th Army will act according to my orders, and the 5th Army will be the general reserve, and at 10 o'clock in the evening in four days' time, all units must launch an attack on the intended target." Brusilov ordered.

"So who's going to be the main attacker?" One of the generals asked, they had to figure out the direction of the main attack, otherwise how would they play? Desperately fighting to the end but a feint?

"The main attack is in charge of the Sixth Army, full attack on Kazan, but Kazan is only a relatively main battlefield, its existence is only to attract more enemy troops to come, once the Japanese army into the net, then part of the Fifth Army will quickly penetrate behind the enemy to attack, disrupt the enemy's transport line, as long as we can hold out for three days undefeated, then this battle has a great possibility of victory. Therefore, any point is the main attack, and please be aware of the seriousness of the situation, and do not take out the previous thoughts. Brusilov said.

His tactic is actually to apply the routine of punching the master to death, and attack Kazan with a relatively large number of troops to attract the enemy to Kazan. At this time, the Fifth Army in his hands will quickly penetrate the rear, making the entire battlefield a mess.

If it was in the past, what the Russian army was most afraid of was that the battlefield was too chaotic, but when the battlefield was stable, the situation was unfavorable to them, and only by disrupting the entire battlefield could they fish in troubled waters.

Historically, in World War I, Brusilov used this tactic to break through the Austro-Hungarian defense, and under the leadership of Brusilov, the Austrian army lost 740,000 troops in eight months, although a lot of credit for this result is due to the stupidity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Brusilov's command is still wonderful.

However, what Brusilov never expected was that just when he had given the order to attack, when he had been preparing for three months and was about to launch a counteroffensive, Moscow sent him an order that he could not accept.

"Your Excellency Commander, Moscow Urgent."

'Bang......' Brusilov slammed the emergency message on the table, his face full of anger and unwillingness.

The tsar actually ordered him to stop the offensive, stop all military activities, and appointed him as a special envoy for peace talks, in Kazan and the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire to conduct preliminary peace talks, in addition Moscow will send a special person to come to the peace talks, and Brusilov's only task at present is to ensure that the more than 600,000 troops in his hands will not suffer any losses, and contact with the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire as soon as possible, once the two sides reach an agreement on peace talks, then Brusilov must immediately transfer 200,000 Russian troops back to Moscow.

Although he was very angry, Brusilov was very clear about Moscow's purpose in doing this, to paraphrase an old saying of the former Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, when foreigners fight, all they want is money and some land, but some people want the country of the Qing Dynasty.

The current Tsarist government is almost in the same situation as the Qing court back then, and all the Chinese Empire wants is money and land, and it can't beat it anyway, so just give it to him. But those chaotic parties are thinking of overthrowing the Tsarist government, how can this be done? It must be dealt with hard, and never relentlessly.

In addition, the news that the Chinese Empire had agreed to the peace talks reached Moscow, which also made the tsar breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered someone to rule Brusilov, forbidding him to do something stupid.

If the territory is gone, you can slowly grab it back, and what do you expect to grab if the country is gone?

"Mess up the party and mislead the country!" Brusilov said with a secret hatred, and immediately lay down in his chair: "The order just now is canceled, the meeting is dismissed, and everyone goes to his own business!" ”

The offensive order was canceled, some people rejoiced and some people were happy, but most of the Russian soldiers were still happy, at least they didn't have to send them to death, two years of war, the Russian army had killed at least 600,000 people on the battlefield, otherwise, now that the war has advanced to the Russian base camp, how can they be at a disadvantage in terms of troops?

For these people who don't want to die, as long as they don't fight, they can lose their territory or whatever they want, they can do whatever they like, and they want to be like this every day.

After being depressed for a while, Brusilov sent his own adjutant and asked him to personally lead a team to Kazan to make contact with the Chinese.

Zhongjing, things are developing in a good direction, and even the situation of things is even better than they expected in the early stage.

Originally, Wang Sirui expected that the three group armies would fight the last decisive battle with the Russian army in Kazan to completely eliminate the resistance spirit of the Russian army, and then Lenin's Boer God Vik might be able to overthrow Tsarist Russia after receiving his own support.

But who would have thought that in order to delay time, they casually set up a condition that scared people to death, and the Russians actually agreed to talk about it, and at this time it is not easy for them to refuse, after all, the condition was proposed by you, and now you deny it, which is still a serious blow to prestige in the world.

And for China, the benefits outweigh the continuation of the fight. Because in this way, the Tsarist government has the energy to draw a large number of troops from the front line to return to the reinforcements, to encircle and suppress Lenin's Boer god Vik, well, let them eat dogs, let them continue to internal friction.

In fact, now that I think about it, it would be good if Russia could be turned into the scene of warlord wars in the early Republic of China, after all, Wang Sirui was still very wary of the Soviet Union formed by Lenin's Boer God Vik later.

Therefore, in order to be able to cease the war as soon as possible, Wang Sirui directly set the location of the negotiation in Kazan, so that the army would take the lead in contact in the early stage, and reach an armistice agreement as soon as possible, so that the Russian army would have the opportunity to transfer its troops back to suppress the civil strife. On the other hand, a deputy prime minister was appointed to lead a team to Kazan by train for concrete peace talks.

The talks between the two sides in the early stage went well, Brusilov's adjutant got an accurate response, and then China will stop all military offensives, and wait until the negotiating team in the rear comes over, and at the same time hope that the Russian army can refrain from it, if the two sides misfire during the armistice, then the war can only continue.

In the end, Brusilov's adjutant returned to the headquarters with this guarantee, and Brusilov was a little skeptical, but in order to appease Moscow, he could only order the 14th Army he brought to return to Moscow first, anyway, if you take the train, it will only be about a day, and you can support at any time. (To be continued.) )