In Kyakhta City, Valentin and Andrei are already crying without tears, continuous adventures, including this night attack at night, are really the last desperate gamble, the size of the encounter on the side of the trading city is bloody, obviously there are not enough personnel, and it is impossible to even guard the entire trading city, their 20,000 troops are defeated by the fall, and the strength of the two divisions is now barely less than 5,000 people, including 2,000 artillery who have never been in battle.

Artillery is a soldier, but compared with the real Cossacks, the combat effectiveness is reduced by several percent, there are many wounded soldiers, and the last part of the mobile force is lost. Urgently arranged, let the soldiers guard the city wall in batches, and the two Cossack division commanders began to send a telegram to the Far Eastern Military District and Chita for help.

Originally, they would never want to do this, that is, to report their incompetence directly to the base camp, even if they were reprimanded, they also felt that they would have to take the trading city, and then report, at this moment, it has reached the time when it is impossible to hide the Cheng dù, the two divisions all fell under the trading city, this is also a big deal in the Far Eastern Military District, tonight's counterattack, in a way, is also the last gamble, but I didn't expect that it was hit even harder.

Chita, the temporary headquarters of the Russian army to attack Mongolia, gathered 80,000 troops here, of which more than 40,000 are from the Far Eastern Military District, they are four divisions of the Far Eastern Military District, and one division is from the European part of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the other troops, in addition to 2 divisions. Because it carried heavy artillery troops, it was also transported on the railway to Chita. The remaining 8 divisions have already crossed Chita. Divided into two roads and headed towards Kyakhta. The commander in charge of commanding this huge campaign was Samsolov, a veteran Cossack general who had suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, participated in the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian-Turkish War, and was currently the governor of the Russian Turkish direction, responsible for directing the Russian battle against Turkey, and the experience of the war can be said to be extremely rich.

Because of the support of Britain, France and Japan, after solving the problem of military spending. Russia has decided to postpone the attack on Turkey, which is a hard nut to crack, Russia has been fighting Turkey for many years, and it has taken a very limited advantage, but it is not the focus of China, which has gained a lot of territory in the past few decades.

Now the opportunity has come, and the goal is simply to set on China, and strive to occupy 1.5 million square kilometers of Mongolia. By the way, the so-called miracle of the northwest was also occupied, not to mention anything else. One of the biggest targets is the steel mill that has been identified by the great powers, and this steel mill has been renovated by the famous Williams. Steel group with an annual production capacity of 20 million tons, which was for the mighty Russian Empire. is a huge attraction that represents great benefits. Even if the northwest is exaggerated, as long as there is one-third of the output, it is an astronomical wealth for Russia, and the total steel production in Russia now does not exceed one-third of the reported value in the northwest.

In Samsolov's eyes, the two 173rd and 179th divisions, which were traveling day and night, and were rushing rapidly, should be able to easily take the trading city, by surprise, and the combat effectiveness is strong, as long as the first line of Kyakhta and the trading city is taken, and the passage into the hinterland of Mongolia is obtained, and then the next 4 divisions will quickly pass through the corridor between the trading city and Kyakhta, and then, the troops will be divided into 3 routes, along the three lines of Mongolia's north and east and west, and go south quickly, and finally the division will be in Kulen, After completely solving the Northwest Army stationed in Mongolia, it began to prepare for the northwest attack, the reason why it sent 18 divisions and several independent brigades, more than 210,000 personnel, is to enter China, can occupy the greatest advantage, as long as Mongolia fights down, the core area of the northwest, the area around Baotou, is under the threat of the Russian and Cossack iron cavalry, then it is just a matter of time.

The follow-up plan has already begun to be rolled out, and Samsolov occasionally even thinks that after letting him control the war situation single-handedly and finally take most of the land in Mongolia and the northwest, let Russia's Yellow Russia plan be carried out smoothly, not only may he eventually hang up the rank of general, or even the title of marshal, and even his personal title can be obtained, reaching the apex of his military career.

After a busy day's work, 80,000 troops gathered, plus the follow-up, a total of 18 divisions, from logistics to transportation, to some interests and contradictions, occupied most of Samsolov's time, and he was busy until eight or nine o'clock, and then he went back to the room to rest. The comfortable room and the hot bonfire make the cold Chita night very pleasant, but unfortunately, as long as most of the army crosses the Chita line, the next command should be in Kyakhta, or even the future Kulen, he wants to expand the territory for the great Tsar.

There was a knock on the door from outside the door, Samsolov's brows furrowed, he is the current supreme commander of the Russian army, if it were not for an emergency, he would not have come to look for him, put on his clothes and got up, but saw the adjutant holding an urgent message.

"What, is it news that part of the Northwest Army has been annihilated!" Samsolov said a little calmly, but he didn't see the adjutant's face, which was almost white and transparent, full of frustration.

"Your Excellency General, it's news from Kyakhta, but the 173rd and 179th Divisions have been heavily damaged, losing more than 70% of their strength and are shrinking and waiting for reinforcements."

"What, this can't be!" Samsolov took the telegram with his hand, the message had been translated, and the adjutant said a detailed figure, two divisions of more than 20,000 people, less than 5,000 people remained, and the remaining 16,000 had completely lay under the city of trading.

"This is impossible, it is difficult for the city to be a fortress, when the Chinese army was stationed in it, we didn't get any news!"

"It was not said in the telegram, but Division Commander Valengin and Division Commander Andrei said at the same time that reinforcements are needed, otherwise, even Kyakhta will not be able to be saved!"

Samsolov is a mature soldier, and he was born in the Cossacks, it can be said that among the Cossacks, one of the few high-ranking generals, the 173 and 179 divisions, although he has not served, he has heard that they are the first-class cavalry divisions belonging to the sequence of the Far Eastern Military District, well-equipped and well-trained, Valentin and Andrey, are also one of the few young officers in the Far Eastern Military District, and even Andrei was under Samsolov when he was in the Russo-Japanese War, He is also one of the very steady division commanders.

These two as the vanguard troops, was hand-picked by Samsolov, but I didn't expect that it would be such a result, heavy losses, should have been captured a few days ago, but the Chinese army was controlled, and even Kyakhta has the possibility of loss, this is a big deal, Kyakhta is not only an important town in the handover between Russia and Mongolia, it has been operated by the Russian Far East for many years, once captured, it is equivalent to the nearest city from Kyakhta to Russia, within a full range of 150 kilometers, there is no danger to defend, Everywhere there will be frontlines and battlefields.

"Where are the 156th and 122nd divisions?" Samsolov is a clear-headed man, the general position of the 18 divisions is in his mind, and the first thing that comes to mind is the 156th and 122nd divisions.

"It may take them another day to get to Kyakhta!" The adjutant was familiar and immediately replied

"Order them to set out overnight, and give me contact with the Selenga River Patrol Battalion, I need to use their gunboats, and by the way mobilize all the ships that can be mobilized!" Samsolov said immediately.

The Selenga River is a famous river in Mongolia and the Russian Far East, one of its tributaries runs to Kyakhta, and its own army marches from the river is the fastest, but the Far East does not prepare enough ships, only on the Selenga River, a patrol battalion with only 12 gunboats.

Lost about 7 percent of the troops, only less than 5,000 people remained, including I don't know how many wounded soldiers, at this time, if you want the 173rd and 179th divisions to hold on, you must use unconventional forces, 12 gunboats, if you just follow lightly, can transport 600 soldiers, by the way, 12 gunboats and 12 120 guns help, enough to stabilize the situation in Kyakhta, and on the other hand, the 122nd and 156th divisions, also need to speed up, must arrive in Kyakhta quickly.

The order was sent, and 11 flat-bottomed sand boats were temporarily requisitioned, these sand mining and transportation motor boats could keep up with the speed of the gunboats, and the patrol battalion was not far from the distance between the two divisions at present, and at about 11 o'clock in the evening, 3,200 heavily armed fighters were picked up, and 2,600 people were concentrated on 11 flat-bottomed sand boats, and then the formation of the flotilla, at a speed of 21 kilometers per hour, rushed to Kyakhta.

It was late at night, both sides of the north and the south, were doing their best, in the night sky of the south, two huge airships, under the impetus of powerful propellers, overcame the air resistance and moved quickly towards the north, Lan Rongzeng sat in the cabin with his eyes closed, the ground below was pitch black, every 15 kilometers, there would be an eye-catching bonfire, the airship traveled according to the target, rarely detoured, the journey of 350 kilometers from Kulen to Kyakhta, is expected to arrive in about 7 hours, it is 4 o'clock in the morning, and there are 3 hours, You can arrive at the buying and selling city, Wu Jian of the second battalion, you must resist it.

In the Selenga River, gunboats and flat-bottomed sand boats were also roaring with the sound of engines, and the order issued from the general headquarters made the patrol battalion and the two divisions move, which originally needed to march during the day, but instead marched at night, and the 122nd and 156th divisions were all pulling out the camp overnight and quickly heading towards Kyakhta. (To be continued......) R1292