This idea of Major General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov seems unremarkable, but it just caters to a hidden advantage of Tsarist Russia, that is, Russia's huge number of cavalry reserves, not to mention, the so-called "Cossacks" alone, under the maximum mobilization, nearly a million cavalry and dragoons can be organized, and since the defeat of the Crimean War, they began to receive modern military training, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared with before, although it cannot be compared with the elite Russian Guards cavalry, But there is no longer a gradation that cannot be made up for in quantity. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In contrast, although the Chinese cavalry is brave and good at fighting, because Li Hui is not optimistic about the future of the cavalry, the number has been strictly limited, even if the "shadow troops" have appeared, there are still only more than 100,000 regular cavalry, Major General Brusilov does not believe that his cavalry cannot drown them.

As for the herdsmen of all ethnic groups in China, although the number is not small, they are limited by the difficulty of logistics and supply, and it is difficult to send a large number of them to the West to fight against the Russian army. What's more, even if they are really sent, they are either steppe cavalry who have not received much modern military training, or dragoons who can only ride horses (and they are not qualified), and they are not opponents of the Cossack cavalry, and they are purely here to send heads to the Russian army.

The Cossack cavalry was not as effective as the regular cavalry of any of the great powers, but they were much more famous in the world than the elite Russian Guards cavalry, not only because of their barbaric and brutal style, but also because "those who beat them are not as cheap as them, and those who are cheaper than them cannot beat them." ”。 Major General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov's plan was to give full play to this advantage, using the tactics of crowds to exhaust the three Chinese cavalry divisions, which had a strength of only a few tens of thousands. As long as this strategic mobile force, which is a headache for the Russian army, can be eliminated, this war will be much easier to fight.

Tsar Nicholas II was quite moved when he heard this, but like all previous tsars, he was not at ease with the Cossacks, and what if this force was out of control if a large number of people were mobilized? Especially now that the main force of the Russian army has suffered heavy losses, and there is the containment of the Eastern Front, the Tsarist government can mobilize very limited troops, if the Cossacks rebel again, it will not be as easy to suppress as before!

Major General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov knew the tsar very well, and only a few words dispelled Nicholas II's doubts, "Your Majesty does not need to filter, the Wechen did not intend to use all Cossacks, their combat effectiveness and discipline are still a little poor, and they must have elite guards cavalry as the backbone and backbone." ”

In the end, Tsar Nicholas II agreed to the plan proposed by Major General Brusilov to organize the cavalry corps, the first Russian cavalry corps consisted of a Guards cavalry division and two divisions of Cossack cavalry, and also strengthened a large number of cavalry guns and machine-gun carriages, which had good mobility and far superior capabilities to traditional cavalry units. This meant that Major General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov had become the highest-ranking cavalry general in Russia at the moment, although with his talent and the trust of the Tsar, the day had come only a few years earlier.

Under the personal intervention of the Tsar, Maozi's First Cavalry Army was quickly formed with astonishing efficiency (compared to the usual inefficiency of the Tsarist government), but Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov, who had already been promoted to lieutenant general, did not dare to use these 50,000 or 60,000 men to compete with the three Chinese cavalry divisions, even when he was satisfied. According to Lieutenant General Brusilov's plan, Russia had to form at least six cavalry corps, and then on this basis, a larger strategic cavalry group, a cavalry group, or even a cavalry front, could be able to engage the powerful Chinese cavalry forces.

But it would undoubtedly take a long time to prepare, and the Cossacks would have done it, and the Tsar's Guards cavalry had only four divisions left, and they had to keep some to defend the capital, and it would certainly not be able to meet the needs without expansion. Even though Lieutenant General Alexei Alekseevich Brusilov was prepared to increase the proportion of dragoons, which would greatly shorten the training time, the new cavalry corps would have to wait until the next year to become combat-ready.

During this period, Lieutenant General Brusilov did not blindly wait for death, but led his First Cavalry Corps into the Central Asian steppes, testing troops and discovering problems through actual combat, and at the same time brushing up some military exploits through counterinsurgency, so as not to have too many people gossiping behind his back when the tsar made himself a knight again in the next year.

By the time the Russian army returned to Central Asia, it had become a mess, because the success of the uprising was mainly due to the external force of the Bailang Cavalry Brigade, after their departure, there was no leader with sufficient appeal among the tribal alliances, and after the death of millions of Russian immigrants, the common imaginary enemy seemed to cease to exist, and the contradictions within the tribes of Central Asia were suddenly highlighted, and the fragile alliance soon collapsed, and examples of former comrades-in-arms turning against each other and even killing each other abounded.

Thus, in a sense, Lieutenant General Brusilov led the newly formed 1st Cavalry Corps into Central Asia, forcing the Central Asian tribes that had already begun a civil war to reunite against Russia, especially after the Russian army launched a heinous and brutal revenge in retaliation for the previous massacre of Russian immigrants by the rebels......

When he learned that millions of Russian immigrants in Central Asia were slaughtered by the local rebels, Tsar Nicholas II was so angry that he almost vomited blood. And that's millions of immigrants, it took decades and countless people, money and resources to relocate them, and now it's all gone?

Enraged, Nicholas II issued an order to the Central Asian Military District on the same day, shouting that "for every Russian who dies, ten Tatar lives will be paid!" But this is simply an impossible task, because at this time, the population of Central Asia is combined, and I don't know if there are still 10 million, and we have to kill all of them.

But with the tsar's will, the Russian army that came to Central Asia to quell the rebellion completely let go of its hands and feet, especially those Cossack cavalry, which were known for their barbarism and ferocity, and now they were as unscrupulous as wild horses. Even Lieutenant General Brusilov, who knew that this would provoke a revolt from all the peoples of Central Asia, did not stop it, not only because of the tsar's will, but also because he was Russian. (To be continued.) )