It was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and it was the last reserve that won a decisive victory on the battlefield. So at all times there must be a mobile force, and they will be the force that can influence the tide of the war. Therefore, Liang Huadian sent the guard regiment directly under the headquarters and even the gendarmerie to the battlefield when the battle situation was smooth, but the 11th Division, as the general reserve, was stubbornly pressed and refused, and now it was time to put it into the general reserve.

As the 11th Division, which had almost all advantages in firepower, troops, intelligence, morale, etc., entered the battlefield, the last positions of the Russian army were also pulled out one by one. The 11th Division did not annihilate the Russian army, but only routed it and drove it away from its position, and the task of pursuit would naturally be completed by other units. When night fell, the gunfire on the main position of the Russian army for ten kilometers gradually stopped, and the Russian army was routed on all fronts, but the sound of fighting still extended in the direction of Omsk.

"Remember how the Japanese hunted down the Russians? Let's draw a scoop according to the gourd and kill all the way through. ”

"Send a telegram informing all units to pursue lightly, and when pursuing, each unit must be organized as the minimum pursuit unit according to the company level, and pay attention to keeping the distance from the surrounding friendly forces no more than an hour's march. In the event of a strong enemy, immediately report to the superiors, and his troops will either bypass the enemy and continue the pursuit, or wait on the spot and cooperate with reinforcements to defeat the enemy in front of them. It must not be stormed, and the pursuit is limited to the Irtysh River. ”

"Order the divisions and regimental headquarters to recover their direct forces as reserves, and once the pursuit of the divisions encounters stubborn resistance, their direct units will immediately engage in battle and resolutely defeat them."

"Order the regiment directly under the headquarters to immediately assist the Second Artillery Division in transporting artillery, ammunition and other weapons and baggage. The gendarmerie was ordered to escort the supply front line lightly and replenish supplies for the pursuing units. Order all personnel of the headquarters to prepare for the move of the headquarters. Early tomorrow morning, the headquarters will move forward until the banks of the Irtysh River. ”

Liang Huadian calmly issued various orders, and the ticking sound of the telegram transmitted the orders and circulars of the headquarters in all directions. Compared to the smoothness of Liang Huadian. Some people are more heartwarming.

In order to increase the firepower, he and the 1st Artillery Division carried a large number of heavy artillery from the city of Novosibirsk, and along the way, the horse-drawn people dragged many ox carts and horses, and more than 100,000 troops were reduced to convoys. looked at the heavy cannons, thinking that his army could attack the city under the cover of these cannons, and he recognized it. But Sheng Sheng didn't expect that when he finally arrived on the battlefield after a long journey. The damn railroad is open. Why bother with this kind of work?!

When Yuan Shoushan watched the first train whistling past him, he scolded on the spot. In the evening, after receiving the news from the front that the Russian army had been routed and that our army was launching a pursuit. The face is even darker. When he was eating with his lunch box, he threw away the lunch box even more angrily after receiving a telegram from the General Staff Headquarters that rejected his request for the train to load supplies on the spot and emphasized that he would immediately lead his troops to carry weapons and equipment into the war. But he knew. I have to speed up my march. Because no matter how slow it is, what if you can't catch up with the Battle of Omsk? The notice from the railway meant that Liang Huadian's corps no longer had to wait for his heavy artillery, and at the same time, he also knew that the three cavalry divisions covering the mechanized infantry division had set off.

When the results of Karachinsk's battle were transmitted back to Beijing, it was at the time of the ****** dynasty. When the news came, the officials who were pacing back to the court just congratulated each other, and did not have excited expressions. This is normal, after all, this must be a war that has been prepared for nearly ten years, if the first battle is lost, then isn't it saying that the princes of the Manchu Dynasty are all wine bags and rice bags? All they did was announce the results. But for the European powers, it was worth remembering.

Tsarist Russia is known as the gendarme of Europe. In addition to the fact that they sent troops to support those feudal kings to maintain the inherent monarch ****, more importantly, he had a strong big brother Sax cavalry. This cavalry has no rival across Europe, and even in the modern age of hot weapons, it is still one of the most powerful troops in Europe. What's more, the Slavs are fierce by nature, which makes European countries deeply fearful.

Yet it was such a country, but in the war with the dwarf Chinese of the East, the Russians, who had twice the superiority in troops, were ......

China and Russia have declared war on each other for more than half a year, but large-scale wars between them on land are rare. The Battle of Vladivostok, which was China's absolute advantage in using airships, was completely destroyed by the Chinese with thousands of tons of bombs before the Russians saw the Chinese. Then there is the encirclement of the Russians by the Chinese army in the long cold of Siberia, and even the offensive and defensive battles of the city of Novosibirsk are just sneak attacks by the Chinese taking advantage of Russia's unpreparedness. The Russian Navy was completely annihilated in the Battle of Riau, and it must be possible to find all kinds of objective reasons for the Russians. For example, the Russian Navy is exhausted from a 10,000-mile expedition, the sailors and gunners have no experience in big wars, and the Chinese ships have an absolute advantage in firepower speed defense, etc., not to mention that the Russians are facing the Chinese who have a complete victory record in naval battles with ironclad ships in the world, and must defeat the weak in every battle, and so on.

The Battle of Karachinsk was the first large-scale head-to-head confrontation between the Chinese and Russian armies. Before the war, both China and Russia had enough time to deploy and maneuver, and the Russian army was twice as large as China in terms of strength. But the Russian army, which was deeply feared by the European countries, was completely defeated three days after the Chinese attack. Was this an accident or an inevitable event? Is it that the Russians have begun to sink, or are the Chinese too strong?

Because the Chinese government has not communicated the details of the fighting, it is impossible for any country to guess how it happened. So everyone suddenly closed their mouths and turned their eyes to the war between the two largest countries in the world.

At this moment, in the area west of Karachinsk, the Russian army is covered with a rout. In front of and behind them, the shouts of Chinese echoed everywhere. They panicked and fled westward in the thick of the night, completely forgetting that their 70,000-strong men had only more than 30,000 Chinese troops by their side. The army is like this, when the morale is strong, the rabbit also drives the wolf, and once the army is defeated, it is also defeated, and its momentum is unstoppable.

Denikin dragged his wounded leg and mingled with the retreating Russian army, and he took off the epaulette and collar badge that represented his rank of colonel, but did not discard it. He kept it close to him, and this was the only evidence that he could prove that he was a colonel officer yesterday when he returned to Omsk. Denikin's leg injury never healed, and after running at high intensity for most of the night, his leg broke again. The pain was so intense that he had to stop and rest. Denikin looked sadly at the soldiers fleeing from him, and no one thought to pull him. The most taboo thing in the dark night is to run blindly, but the Chinese who are chasing after them do not give them even a little rest. Denikin had to rest several times on the way because of a leg injury, so he was chased by the Chinese many times. In the rush of escape, there was even a matter of rushing headlong into the Chinese army in the front. Fortunately, there were too few Chinese, and he escaped.

Denikin knew that the army had completely collapsed, and the soldiers were on high nervous strain. Even in quiet times, as soon as someone shouts "the Chinese are coming," the troops that have just been assembled will immediately bomb the camp and flee in all directions. So after Denikin looked around. He walked alone into the night in the distance. Because after observing in the middle of the night, he found that the Chinese would only pursue people in crowded places, so it was safest to be alone. His pistol is still strong enough to deal with wild beasts, and the weather is suitable for spending the night in the wilderness. There is also enough food in the spring fields. The only thing you need to worry about is whether your leg injury will be worse.

Denikin was right, he headed west and walked alone towards Omsk, ten days later he arrived at the Irtysh River, and finally drifted down the river and was picked up by the Russian army and entered Omsk. But the fate of the entire army was completely finished, although there are no specific figures, but the number of Russian troops who escaped from the Karachinsk position still exceeded 70,000, but less than 20,000 finally crossed the Irtysh. Half of the personnel were killed, and some were taken prisoner. But there are still many people who end up disappearing into the vast wilderness.

The commander of the Russian army, Alekseev, after learning of the news of the total rout in Karachinsk, did not organize forces for a counteroffensive. Although he had sufficient troops, he still chose to defend, and at the cost of abandoning the area east of the Irtysh River, he wanted to rely on the Irtysh River to hold off the Chinese army.

Alekseev built a strong defensive line on the Irtysh River. He worked hard to gather troops, and even ordered the Central Army Corps led by Zalubayev in the south to abandon Pavlovl and lead his troops north to reinforce the main battlefield in Omsk. Alekseev thought well, the Central Army Corps would reinsert the rear into Karachinsk, cutting off the retreat and supplies of the Chinese army. As long as Zarubaev held the defensive line, he had enough time to eat the 70,000 Chinese troops that broke through. It's just that Zarubaev doesn't think so.

It is no secret that the Northeast Chinese Corps was sending reinforcements to the west, it was a main army of 100,000 men with all kinds of heavy artillery, and Alekseev wanted to sacrifice him in exchange for victory in the Battle of Omsk. This kind of business is an absolutely loss-making business for Zarubaev, and it must never be done.

Zarubaev may not have much military talent, but decisiveness is his fine quality. From Semiy to Pavlovl, although he was defeated all the way, he did not let the Chinese take advantage of much, and he fought back several times during this time. This depends on his decisive character. So when he learned the news of the total rout in Karachinsk, his first reaction was to run, but where to run was a question. Going northwest along the Irtysh River to Omsk is naturally the first choice, and it can also flank the first Chinese division with the Omsk defenders. But there are two problems here, one is the question of whether it can win the first division of China, the Chinese army is assisted by nearly 100,000 troops of the former Kazakh Khanate, no matter how poor the combat strength is, the number of people is there, what if the first division turns south and first fights with the Sixth Army to kill him on both sides? The second is that it is not a good idea for the whole situation to abandon the central line to fully support Omsk. As soon as the Chinese penetrate behind Omsk from the south, the blow to Omsk is even more deadly.

After Zalubayev made up his mind not to go to Omsk, he set his sights on Astana. Astana was a stopover for businessmen from Asian countries on their way to Europe, so it was an important commercial center and hub on the Eurasian continent. At the same time, Astana was also a military fortress with complete fortifications and ample ammunition supplies, and it was also the supply base of Zalubayev's regiment. If you can hold on to Astana, you can also echo the north and south of Omsk. So Zarubaev, after studying the map for a night, decided on a breakthrough plan, and when he was at light, he ordered all his troops to assault westward.

This time the attack of the Russian army was ferocious. In two days, Zarubaev led his troops to break through the three lines of defense composed of 70,000 troops of the former Kazakh Khanate, and marched west towards Astana. The Kazakh army was in hot pursuit. was beaten by Zalubayev's counterattack. Zalubayev was even more worried because he found that the Chinese were missing.

On the fifth day, Zarubaev received the news that made him desperate - two days earlier an organized riot had been launched in the city of Astana, and the insurrection was strong and the defenders were in a strong position. While the defenders were busy quelling the rebellion, the Japanese 5th Division suddenly suffered heavy losses and the defenders subsequently fully occupied Astana. And the Japanese army, which had been well supplied, swooped down on him Zarubaev head-on.

This is a conspiracy of the Chinese, and the Chinese just want to leave the position and go into the wilderness. Zarubaev didn't say a word, and then turned around and returned from the original route. This time the Kazakh army was caught off guard and scurried in the head. Fortunately, the Russians were in a hurry to return Pavlovl, so the losses of the Kazakh army were not serious. But the actions of the Russian army also disrupted Nie Shicheng's strategy. So Nie Shicheng asked the main Sixth Division to be stationed in Pavlovl to use and expand and strengthen the positions that the Russian army had built. At the same time, the 189th Division was ordered to continuously attack and harass the Russian army in the north and south directions as a regiment, delaying the speed of the Russian army, and then ordering the Japanese Fifth Division to march lightly and quickly to reinforce it. And forced the Kazakh army to ensure the logistical needs of the main force.

It took Zarubaev another five days to finally arrive in the evening on the west bank of the Irtysh River in Pavlovl. Across the river was the Chinese army, which was on high standby. Ten days of high-intensity marching had already exhausted Zalubayev's corps. Therefore, Zalubayev decided to rest for the night, but he still made the posture of storming Pavlovl early the next morning, in fact, he wanted to go north along the west bank of the Irtysh early the next morning.

However, Nie Shicheng did not give him a chance, and the Sixth Division, which had already completed the construction of the Hedong position, had already crossed the river to the west bank, and the entire Hedong position was garrisoned by the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Kazakh Army and the regiment directly under Nie Shicheng's headquarters. By nightfall, the three main divisions of the Chinese army had quietly completed the encirclement of Zalubayev in Hexi.

Before Zalubayev's dinner was finished, the Chinese launched a massive artillery bombardment, followed by the cooperation of three Kazakh divisions that had just been reorganized. The Chinese launched a fierce attack on the Russian army. Zarubaev's composure commanded the battle, relying on the tenacity and bravery of the Russians. Repelled the attacks of the Chinese many times. However, he forgot that his regiment had been fighting for ten consecutive days, and that weapons, ammunition, and other materials had been seriously depleted, and that it could not withstand the needs of high-intensity operations, and the fierce fighting continued all night, and the Russian army had run out of ammunition and food by the afternoon of the next day. After several positions were broken through by the Chinese, Zalubayev distributed the last ammunition and gave the order to break through each other. Since then, the organized resistance of the Russian Central Route Army has completely ended, and at the same time, the Japanese Fifth Division, which has rushed to the front, has also entered the battle after a short rest, and the armies of China, Japan and Kazakhstan have carried out the final annihilation of the Russian army.

The Russian army is still strong, and even if the Russian army that broke through the encirclement was scattered, a small number of troops still broke out of the encirclement and scattered in the night. This battle made Nie Shicheng disgraced, and Liang Huadian on the northern front fought smoothly like a pack of wolves and rabbits, and he had an advantage in both strength and firepower, although he finally completed the annihilation of the main force of the Russian army, but he was also beaten by the Russians. Happily, however, Zalubayev did not escape in the end and was captured by the Japanese, which may be the only thing he can explain to the General Staff Headquarters. However, the General Staff Headquarters, which received news of Pavlovl's victory, gave him a new plan for the war - to the west and to occupy Kostanay.

"Do you know what that place is?" In front of a small city where the Russian army was waiting for him, Liu Shengxiu gathered all his regiments above the school level in the sunset, including the Japanese Third Division and he pointed to the city wall in front of him and asked.

All the school officials didn't understand what Liu Shengxiu meant, the map clearly marked the city of Jiangbul, why did the chief ask this?

"This city is marked on our combat map as the city of Zhambyl, but all of you must remember that there is also a great name here. His name was Talus. There was a war between the two great empires of the East and the West. Liu Shengxiu recounted a war thousands of years ago in a deep voice.

In the thirteenth year of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions vassal country Shiguo "no courtesy", Tang Anxi Jiedu made Gao Xianzhi lead the army to conscript, capture the city of Shiguo, capture the king of Shiguo, in the first month of the following year, Gao Xianzhi entered the court, and the captured king was beheaded after being presented in front of Xuanzong. The prince of Shi, who had escaped by chance, appealed to the Abbasids of the Great Eclipse (then the Arab Empire) for help. The Great Food reinforcements planned to attack the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, and Gao Xianzhi took the initiative to attack the Great Food. In April of the tenth year of Xuanzong Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, led the army from Anxi, and after a trek of more than 700 miles in March, he encountered the army of Dashi. Historical records "All the beards are angry, and they lure the big appetite to attack the four towns together." When Xianzhi heard this, he hit the big food with 30,000 people from the Fan and Han dynasties, and went deep into more than 700 miles to the city of Talas to meet the big food. After holding each other for five days, the Grolu tribe rebelled, and attacked the Tang army with Da Shi, Xianzhi was defeated, and the soldiers died slightly, and there were only thousands of people left."

"At that time, Gao Xianzhi led only 20,000 Tang troops and 10,000 Grolu vassals. Do you know how many Great Food Eaters there are? There are 200,000 people, seven times the strength of the Tang Army. However, even so, my Tang soldiers fought with seven times the enemy's strength for five days without retreating, if it were not for the rebellion of the Grolu Division, our Tang army could retreat calmly even if it was not victorious. It's a pity to be hateful. But even so, there are still thousands of soldiers in our Tang Army who stand out from the encirclement of more than ten times the enemy, which shows the heroism of our Tang Army. Liu Shengxiu's voice changed: "Today, I will wait for the younger generation to inherit the foundation of our ancestors, and then I will lead the army here." The generals told their own officers, how is the appearance of our army? ”

"Back to the general's words, the strength of the two divisions of the 7th and 16th Divisions, the main force of the Chinese Imperial Army, is more than 30,000 people, accompanied by more than 10,000 people from the Third Division of the Japanese vassal states, and more than 85,000 troops from the Kazakh Khanate, the Blut Khanate, the Kokand Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, the Aiukhan (present-day Afghanistan), the Badak Mountains, the Qianzhut and Ladakh vassal states, and other vassal states with more than 85,000 troops distributed on various fronts."

"Yes, if my Chinese soldiers are stronger than our ancestors, how many enemies are there in front of me?"

"The Russian army has deployed troops in the south, but there are only 60,000."

"How many days do you think it will take for our army to wash away the defeat of our ancestors?"

"One day is enough." "Half a day is about the same." "As long as you attack overnight, you can go to the top of the mountain tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise." ……

A sentence came out in the chaotic voice: "Why do you need to count the day, the Russian army has already become a frightened bird, but it is just a drum." ”

"That's a good point, this sentence is uplifting." Liu Shengxiu waved his hand to signal the whole army to be quiet: "Our army is working day and night, and we will rest tonight and have breakfast tomorrow." (To be continued.) )