Chapter 803: Pessimistic Prospects

Jin Xiangyin was very lucky, yesterday in such a fierce battle, he survived twice, the first time was to pretend to be dead and escaped, the second time was to really participate in the battle, there were several shells falling beside him, but they were blocked by his companions shrapnel, and his companions were blown up in a blur of flesh and blood, miserable, and he was not hurt much except for being thrown away by the air waves, some abrasions, which made him can't help but call the true god Bao.

At this time, seeing that the top brass of the Russian army looked at the hill made of corpses, Jin Xiangyin hurriedly explained: "Gentlemen, I have lived on the Chinese border for a long time, and I know a little about the habits of the Chinese, since ancient times, after their victory, they often use the enemy's corpses to pile up into a high platform, called Jingguan, for demonstration, but also a kind of martial arts behavior, used to intimidate and humiliate the enemy.

The Chinese piled up the corpses of our soldiers and placed them between the two armies, which was a demonstration to us and also to intimidate and humiliate us. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Russian's face became even more ugly, looking at the stiff companion, he did have a feeling of humiliation, but there was also a chill in his heart, after all, no one wanted to pile up corpses in the wilderness for people to visit after they died, and gradually decay and become the belly food of vultures, jackals and other beasts.

Whether it is the East or the West, they all pay attention to the soil for peace.

In fact, they thought too much, Li Erhu meant to demonstrate in a heap of Jingguan, but how different is the corpse scattered on the grassland and stacked into a mountain? His main goal is to burn to ashes after thawing, after all, this is Chinese land, and corpses are a big source of pollution, and no one wants to make a plague out.

"Barbarians, the Chinese are barbarians! Oh. My God, such a race should be wiped out! Vyazelsky roared.

Jin Xiangyin also hunched his waist and said, "The true god thinks so too." ”

But Khadenov glanced at Jin Xiangyin with disdain, and said coldly: "Your Excellency, it is pointless to say such things now, we must think about what to do next, we have lost half of our troops." The vast majority of the artillery will not be able to relieve the siege of Vilneburg if it remains here, and there is a danger of annihilation, and we will not be able to play any role in the consumption of the Chinese army, so I think we should retreat in time.

"Retreat? Return to Xinjiang? As if a cloud was instantly enveloped in his heart, Vyazelsky was a little distracted.

In fact, he still had a trace of illusion in his heart, fantasizing that he could turn defeat into victory with twice the number of troops, so that he would not be punished after returning home. After all, the Russian army never judges success or failure by casualties, the result is the most important, and Khadenov's suggestion pulled him back into reality.

Yes, there are only a dozen artillery pieces left, and the Chinese army has almost two hundred heavy artillery pieces, so what's the use of having 100,000 horses empty? It's also a waste of food.

Khadenov looked at Vyazevsky sympathetically and shook his head: "Returning to Xinjiang will not bring any help to the war situation, we should retreat to Kolpaburg." Reorganize the defenses and try to keep Fort Colpa alive.

I had a bad feeling. His Excellency the Governor may not be able to hold Xinjiang, but as long as the Fort of Kolpa is in our hands, there will be a gap in the blockade of Xinjiang by the Chinese army, and His Excellency the Governor can lead the main force back to the Caucasus along the north side of Zaisangpo in an emergency, and look for another opportunity. There's always a chance.

I think His Excellency the General should know that if even the Fort of Kolpa is lost, then His Excellency the Governor General and hundreds of thousands of troops will be trapped and die in Xinjiang, lacking enough food and demoralization. It was eventually wiped out by the Chinese army.

What is even more serious is the annihilation of the 500,000-strong army, which will not hurt Russia, but it will be difficult to raise enough troops in a short period of time, and a troop vacuum will be temporarily formed from Central Asia to the Caucasus, and Iran, Turkey, and other countries will also be ready to move, and may join forces with China to launch an attack on the Caucasus.

If Central Asia is lost, the Caucasus is lost again, the vast Siberia will fall sooner or later, all the achievements of Russia's expansion over the past 100 years will be reduced to ashes, the hard work of successive tsars and pioneers will also be destroyed, and Russia will lose more than 80 percent of its land and become a second- or third-rate country in Europe, and may even be destroyed.

In today's world situation, a great power has declined, its enemies will not give him a chance to stand up again, Russia really comes to this point, China, Britain, France, Turkey, Iran, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden will be happy to fall into the ground, so we must keep the army as much as possible, the consequences of losing the army, no one can bear it, including you, including me, including His Excellency the Governor. ”

Although it is somewhat alarmist, it is undeniable that the sudden loss of 500,000 troops will make the strength of the Russian army very tight, and the military power from the Caucasus to Central Asia will also be greatly weakened.

Theoretically, Russia has the ability to mobilize 10 million serfs and millions of free people, but in practice this is not the case at all, every additional source of troops means one less person to produce, tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands may have no effect, but what about millions?

Russia is a backward serfdom country, with a population of only 60 million, which is the same as the population of Britain and France, but the economic level is not a heavyweight.

And weapons are also a problem, limited by backward production capacity, the 500,000 Russian army is only equipped with three or four hundred artillery pieces, the Mini gun is only equipped in the regular army, and the serf army has its own weapons, what kind of rags are they? Flintlock pistols and even arquebuses!

Even though Britain, France, and other countries have provided aid to Russia, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and all aid comes with conditions.

Today, in addition to Central Asia, China has also launched an attack on Russian strongholds along the Pacific Ocean, most of the strongholds around the Sea of Okhotsk have fallen, Vladivostok has also fallen, tens of thousands of Russians have been slaughtered, and Russia's eastward strategy has suffered a great setback.

In the summer, Chinese marines landed on Sakhalin and, under the guidance of the Hezhelans, gradually encroached on Russian strongholds, and due to the onset of winter, China suspended its offensive, but believed that in the spring, China would intensify its offensive in the Pacific.

For these, the Russian top brass is very clear, if there is no occupation of Central Asia, Russia will do its best to compete with China for control of the Pacific coast, but it has already occupied the three Central Asian countries, and has received a large amount of weapons and food aid from Britain and France. The country's strategic goal can be changed if it wants to, and how can Britain and France agree?

Therefore, Russia's attack on China's Xinjiang is on the verge of an arrow and has no choice but to strike, while the Russian army is limited by its national strength and does not have the ability to fight two battlefields at the same time, especially when it is so far away from the European mainland, he can only attack Xinjiang first and ignore the Pacific theater. (To be continued.) )