"Our aim is not to get back the land lost by the former Qing Dynasty, but to cross Lake Balkhash and fight further west. Only when we really hurt the Russians in Central Asia, and if they can't stand the beating, can our demands in Siberia be put into practice. Liu Xian looked at the group of generals under the seat and said unabashedly. He just wants to seize more land and cut more flesh from Lao Maozi.

"Russian reinforcements have reached the line of Lake Balkhash. They don't dare to come to Alahu now, so let's take the initiative to go over. Eat the 100,000 people. Keep up the good work, and then the next city. Liu Xian's gaze swept over all the people in the seat, and his sharp eyes made all the generals straighten their waists, and their faces were full of righteousness.

At this point, the military conference was completely over. The meeting summarized the gains and losses and results of the Battle of Tacheng, the losses of our own army, and the ammunition and materials consumed, and then decided on the decision to attack the new Russian army.

And when the 100,000 national defense troops dragged heavy artillery slowly towards Lake Balkhash, the cavalry team led by Liu Jintang went west first. Although the Russian army with seven full divisions has a large number of troops, they are all infantry, and as long as Liu Jintang has the heart, relying on the slow speed of the infantry, on the flat and wide shores of Lake Balkhash, Liu Jintang will not be able to borrow money at all.

Liu Xian also went to Lake Balkhash with the army. He still doesn't know who the commander-in-chief of the Russian army here is. But no matter who it is, it can't stop him from winning again. Because in addition to a defense line on Lake Balkhash, the Russian army only has about 100 ** guns, of which ninety percent are 75 guns and 54 guns with smaller calibers. The Russian army does not have many mortars, but heavy machine guns are not less.

Such a configuration of firepower, in the face of the heavy artillery clusters and rocket artillery units of the Wehrmacht. Not an opponent at all. And firepower occupies an absolute advantage, even if Liu Xian does not intervene in this war. The Russian army is also likely to lose much more than China.

Central Asia in May is no longer as cold as it had been. Liu Xian stood on the edge of Lake Balkhash and looked into the distance, and the blue surface of the lake made people feel refreshed. This land that was lost from the hands of the former Qing Dynasty. After this war, it will return to China.

Liu Xian regretted that the time he traveled was 1862, not 1802. If in 1802, when China counterattacked Central Asia, it could still find some leading parties from Kazakhstan, but now, it is really all Russian dogs.

Two hundred years of efforts by the Russians are not in vain. Their rule in Kazakhstan is deeply entrenched and is far from comparable to places such as the Seven Rivers region, which has not been established for a long time. When the Wehrmacht attacks Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people at the bottom do not need to pay attention to it, nor do they need to report any expectations. They have long been scared of being killed by the Russians. If we don't see the real defeat of the Russians, the vast majority of the Kazakh people at the bottom will not move. As for the upper nobility of the Kazakhs, let alone expect anything from them.

In the first few years after the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty on the Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary, there were Kazakh tribes near Lake Balkhash who could not stand the oppression of the Russians and fled across Tacheng into China. But in recent years, this has been the case no longer the case.

Liu Xian does not think that the Russians are strict in border management. That's the Kazakhs who have a friendship with China are gone.

So, after the Battle of Tacheng, he made up his mind to cut off the flesh from the Russians in Central Asia in the future. Just set up a provincial system, and there is no need to consider the reaction of the local Kazakh nobility. Because these upper nobles should have been liquidated before then.

The Russian defense line is in Akdouka, on the eastern north shore of Lake Balkhash. It's not far from the Russian army railway. These days, Liu Xian is watching, the Russian army is doing its best to deliver military supplies to Akdouka, and has also raised fourteen 75 guns and a large number of shells to send over. It's all out to add strength to Akdouka!

Half of the 100,000 Russian troops have also gathered here. The other half were stationed in Ayaguz and Semipalatinsk. and the city of Balkhash, home to one of the largest railway stations around Lake Balkhash.

It is impossible for the Russian army to put all its forces in Akdouka. This is not that the Russian commander did not have confidence in his troops, but before the end of the Battle of Tacheng. The Wehrmacht cavalry in the Surry Mountains, under the leadership of Ren Huabang, had already swept through Zaisangpo and attacked Ust-Kamenogorsk to the west.

If all the 100,000 Russian troops were concentrated on Lake Balkhash, as long as the Wehrmacht cavalry in Ust-Kamenogorsk moved south, captured the city of Balkhash, and cut off the logistics of the Russian army, the 100,000 Russian troops would become a turtle in an urn like the Skobelev department that had entered Tarbaghatai.

"Your Majesty. The Northeast Military District sent a telegram that its troops had captured Verkhniya Yansk and that it was expected to be able to clear all Tsarist forces east of the Lena River in June. ”

"The Mongolian Military Region called, Commander Wei personally led his troops to take Novoyeniseisk, and the upper reaches of the Yenisei River have been completely under the control of our army."

"The Henan Provincial Government called, and there is a possibility that the summer grain in Henan will decrease this year. Xuzhou and Puyang have been experiencing severe drought for months, and not only the summer grain harvest has been greatly reduced, but there are also signs of locust plague in the local area. ”

"The New River City Telegraph in South Africa, the Boers are unstable, and the trend of usefulness is strong. More than 3,500 British gold prospectors poured into the river area in April......"

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The war on Lake Balkhash is still being prepared. A large number of Wehrmacht troops were already in place, but many artillery pieces were still lagging behind, especially large-caliber heavy artillery. For the Russians' defense line in Akdouka, these large-caliber heavy artillery pieces are the real nemesis. Therefore, even though the Wehrmacht had already driven its main battle forces to Akdouka, the fighting did not break out immediately.

Artillery, shells that match the cannon, bullets, grenades, grain, vegetables, etc., all military supplies need time to be gathered.

To this end, the Xinjiang provincial government recruited more than 10,000 local young and strong people in the Tacheng area, including men and women, all of whom were driving horse-drawn carriages to deliver supplies to the front line every second.

Other matters were still being reported to Liu Xian at all times, and fortunately, the sappers had already set up telegrams along the way of the westward march of the army.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Outside Verkhniylyuisk, a tributary of the Lena River, on the veryui River. Wehrmacht artillery is roaring. Although these cannons are only ordinary 80 mortars. It can be used to deal with the ancient city walls like Veryliuysk, which have been built for more than 200 years, and it is still very easy.

Little by little, the Russian army has been pressed to the lower reaches of the Lena River. Although it is still the height of summer in May, the temperature here is as cool as autumn.

There were not many defenders in Verninyyuysk, and the total number of Slavic militias, including those who participated in the resistance, did not exceed two thousand. As for the Wehrmacht outside the city, the total number of attackers did not exceed two thousand.

-- The supply lines are too far and long, and the transportation is too difficult and difficult. Don't look at the fact that this attacking force is less than 2,000 people, but the cost of maintaining their combat is no less than the cost of fighting a brigade in Xinjiang. With all the strength of the entire Northeast Military Region, there are only four offensive forces of this size thousands of miles away. The total number of troops is more than 8,000!

During the day, there was a burst of artillery bombardment, and the Wehrmacht launched two tentative attacks, injuring more than 30 people. Wu Silang, that is, the Japanese team before naturalization, Muto Toshiro, now that he is Chinese, he is still a hereditary earl, and his name will naturally be changed to Chinese.

He is a very trusted general in the army, and his style is tough and tough. It was he who led the Wehrmacht outside Verninyyusk.

The real offensive of this battle was in the night. The tentative offensive during the day was, first, to give the Russians 'peace of mind', and second, to test the firepower points and firepower configuration of the Russian army.

At one o'clock in the morning, the sky outside was pitch black. There is no moon, no stars, this one is a cloudy day.

Wu Silang naturally did not sleep, and the time for the attack was set at two o'clock in the morning, and it was just before the battle.

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound in the distance. Then, closer away, a violent explosion was heard. The Russians opened fire.

"The troops have been discovered?" Wu Silang became nervous. However, he soon heard that the position of the Russian shelling was far from the place from which the troops had started. Not to mention the position of the vanguard. But soon after the cannon sounded, there was a new loud noise. Wu Silang immediately understood that the Russians had adopted the method of artillery fire on night duty.

The two wars with the Chinese army taught the Russians a lot. This artillery night duty fire is one of them. It is aimed at firing artillery shells at the area where the enemy is likely to pass in anticipation of a night attack, and at an approximate period of time. To be able to hit the enemy, that is, the blind cat meets the dead mouse. Even if it misses, this kind of irregular artillery bombardment can very effectively disrupt the enemy's deployment and put tremendous psychological pressure on the enemy.

With the strength of the Russians, even if they are very down-and-out now, they still have the capital to engage in this kind of 'artillery night duty firepower'.

This tactic is now common internationally.

"Change the time of the attack. The troops were ordered to immediately begin the offensive. Performed according to the standard of a class of combat. With a sigh of relief, Wu Silang gave the order to carry out. And the so-called first-class combat standard is the general combat standard, that is, the idea that there are no civilians in the theater of operations. Where the forces consider a threat, the primary objective is to eliminate the threat. According to the more popular interpretation method of later generations, it is 'shoot first, then shout.' ’

As soon as Wu Silang's order was given, the sound of eighty-zero mortars was heard in his ears. Then there is a correspondent to report. "Report to the detachment commander, our artillery began to return fire!"

The command is already busy. The time has changed, and a series of combat steps will be brought forward. The staff officers were using field telephones to inform the troops to pay attention to the time and start the attack, and at this time, the commander-in-chief Wu Silang could be a little more relaxed. He got up and walked quickly out of the headquarters, and all he could see was the last stage of rocket artillery firing, and he saw more than a dozen bright flames running in the air at high speed. Immediately after that, the positions of the Russian army outside the city exploded violently. The bright flashes of light even make people feel like the sky is about to dawn.

This is another type of individual rocket artillery that the army is equipped with! (To be continued......)