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The dark red light spots are similar in appearance to the Polish hussars, but with Mongolian cavalry with feathered caps.

Although the caps of the Mongol cavalry were the same, they were divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry according to the different armor. About 40 percent of the heavy cavalry took part in the assault, and were covered in armor, usually with a leather lining and scales on the outside, or chain armor taken from the enemy, and the horses mounted by the heavy cavalry were also covered with leather armor or thick felt blankets.

The main weapon of the heavy cavalry was a spear, and each soldier carried a short scimitar or a mace, a "unicorn" stuck in his waist, and was issued a rifle either on his back or in the saddle.

Sixty percent of the Mongol cavalry were light cavalry, which generally wore only a symbolic helmet, no armor, and occasionally wore goggles. The task of the light cavalry was to reconnoitre, cover, provide fire support to the heavy cavalry, intersperse and divide the enemy forces, clear the remaining enemy at the end of the battle, and follow and pursue the fleeing enemy.

As soon as these two well-equipped cavalry appeared, Yegorov's side couldn't help but wonder if they had crossed over.

"Where did all these cavalrymen come from? This is no illusion! How is this battle fought? Yegorov shouted wildly in his heart, a nervous look appeared on his face that had been gloomy.

"Sir, how are we going to fight!" Seeing the scene in front of them, the officers at all levels of the Soviet Russian army made eye contact with each other, in addition to seeing surprise, they were nervous, and finally everyone looked at Yegorov with a dignified face.

Yegorov felt everyone's gaze, and looked into the distance, yellow dots and dark red dots of light appeared more and more, and it was obvious that the number of these two new demon beasts was also very amazing. I could only take a deep breath and say, "Avoid fighting them!" We went to Ishim."

Now is not the time for how many White Russians can be killed by their own army, these two cavalry are obviously not the five White Russian knights mentioned in the previous intelligence, and judging from the equipment of the other party, these are completely the cavalry that appeared in the legend in the 18th century, "Look, they turned!" ”

That's right, as if they hadn't seen this Russian cavalry army, the two cavalry teams suddenly turned and headed straight to the west.

While everyone breathed a sigh of relief that they didn't have to fight, Yegorov's heart chuckled. To the west, it was the Tyumen Line, although the 20,000 cavalry to attack the line was a death. But what if they intercept them on the road? Yegorov knew in his heart that if he withdrew to the Tyumen defense line at the moment, it would not be the best choice, because the long-term attack had caused a lot of loss of horsepower from the war horses under his crotch, how could he compare with the opponent's cavalry. So the best option for now is to follow the plan set before, all the way east, go to Ishim first, pack up the remnants, and then make plans.

There was nothing to say all the way, just when Yegorov and his party were still half a day away from Ishim, Yegorov had already gathered the 24,000 troops of the Soviet Russian army in a scattered manner, and since he saw with his own eyes that a large force of cavalry on the side of the White Russian army "copied" his back road, Yegorov no longer assigned a assembly place to the gathered team, and took all of them with him.

Although the number of people increased and the speed of the march slowed down, it was still much faster than some pure infantry troops, because cavalry accounted for the vast majority of the collected troops. Of course, there were not so many cavalry in the establishment of the Soviet Russian army, but when the various departments "retreated", they involuntarily brought mules and horses and other "means of transportation", so the number of "cavalry" in the Soviet Russian army soared.

And Yegorov's opponent, Rokossovsky, has also gathered 40,000 horses and marched towards Ishim. In addition, the three heroes of the camp with 60,000 cavalry of the headquarters and 20,000 cavalry of the vanguard of the White Russian army are compiling a "big net", intending to wipe out the Soviet Russian troops scattered on the two defense lines.

At this moment, a scout hurriedly came forward to report: "Report to the general, the Soviet Russian army in Tyumen is only fifty miles away from our army!" ”

After receiving the news of the personal reinforcement of the commander-in-chief of the Ural region of Soviet Russia, the White Russian army immediately began to assemble, and Rokossovsky immediately ordered the rest of the 40,000 troops to immediately move closer to his own army, except for the White Russian army, which was already fighting near Ishim. Sixty-seven tanks and three hundred armored vehicles were connected to the Far Eastern artery and marched slowly forward like a giant hedgehog.

In this battle, Rokossovsky's soldiers and horses were the backbone of the White Russian Western Expeditionary Army, and it can almost be said that everything that could be fought in the White Russian Western Expeditionary Army was stuffed into this forward army of 70,000 by Rokossovsky. At this moment, the 20,000 cavalry has dispersed to cut off the rear route of the Soviet Russian army, and the team of the other 10,000 people has also become a decoy, inducing the Soviet Russian army to rush to the Ishim for reinforcements.

For Rokossovsky, among the 500,000 troops of the Western Expedition, it is these old White Russian troops who can be called "soldiers", and Soviet Russia surrendered. The rest of the young and strong still need the team supported by Huaxia to maintain, so if they are defeated this time, then the Western Expeditionary Army will not need to go west again, immediately run back to pack up, and prepare for the counteroffensive of the Soviet Russian army!

Therefore, although Rokossovsky was attacking, he was very cautious, did not dare to advance, let alone let his subordinates fight in the field, and strictly ordered the army to act according to the order, and the army should stop every mile, so as not to fall in place one after another between the battalions, so that the Soviet Russian army could take advantage of the gap. And Yegorov was also cautious, afraid that a "retro" cavalry would suddenly appear behind him, so he also turned back step by step.

After a long morning, the armies of both sides were five miles apart and arrived less than eleven miles from Ishim. The main forces of the warring Soviet Russian and Belarusian armies finally looked at each other from afar.

After seeing the horse corps and flags of the Soviet army from afar, Rokossovsky's heart was settled. Although the White Russian army claims to be 500,000 and has a large number of people, it thinks that it consumes a lot of grain and grass. In this raid, the White Russian army marched all the way, and it had long been out of the scope of Zhao Yun's camp to supply it. In addition to ammunition and other supplies, which could be relied on by the army, food was only backed up for five days. If the Russians had adopted delaying tactics, the White Russians would have no choice but to withdraw their cavalry and consolidate their current gains, thus abandoning the Russian territory west of the Ishim Line.

Seeing that Rokossovsky, who was the main general, was calm and relaxed, a group of old Maozi generals of the White Russian Western Expeditionary Army could not be idle, and asked Rokossovsky to fight.

In fact, it is no wonder that they are eager to fight, in the past few days of raids, they have fought with Soviet Russia on the two lines of defense in Omsk and Ishim, and the two sides have a tie in the proportion of casualties, but this has greatly boosted the morale of the White Russian Western Expeditionary Army, which was originally afraid of the enemy. The secret path of Soviet Russia in Europe is nothing more than this, and it is not as terrible as the legend says.

And today, unlike the usual encounters, the White Russian army came prepared, and this vanguard officer could not ask others to rob it under any circumstances. If you can show your face in the Western Expedition this time, after the war, the position of division commander of the Western Expeditionary Army will be a sure thing. Since the establishment of the Western Expeditionary Army, only Rokossovsky has been the commander of the corps, and with the continuous expansion of the territory of the Western Expeditionary Army, cities with more than 100,000 people have accounted for two or three, including the commanders of front-line operations, then at least three or four division-level cadres who are guarding various places must be appointed to sit on one side, so that the Western Expeditionary Army can operate normally and Rokossovsky will be removed from miscellaneous affairs. And because the generals of the Russian army under Rokossovsky were all mediocre and had no particularly prominent figures, this matter has been delayed, but when he went to the Urals, Rokossovsky notified the generals of this matter "in a low-key" manner.

Therefore, everyone in the Russian army is staring at this vanguard officer who has made achievements! The two sides have just changed from marching to confrontation. The soldiers began to dig trenches and prepare field fortifications, and immediately a Russian general came to Rokossovsky to ask for battle: "General, the front is the main force of the Ural region of Soviet Russia, the enemy army is far away, and the last general is willing to lead his headquarters as the vanguard of the army and defeat the Soviet army in one blow!" ”

Rokossovsky held a telescope in his hand, stood on a high ground and looked motionlessly at the Soviet position, and the Russian general asked several times, but he did not answer.

It wasn't until the Russian generals of the regiments under his command came one after another to ask for instructions on how to move next, that he put down the clairvoyant mirror, glanced at the first Russian general who came to ask, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle, there is no striker. ”

"No strikers?"

The generals were stunned: there is no forward to open the way, how can the army continue to advance?

Rokossovsky ignored the doubts of his generals, but directly ordered: "My army is the vanguard, and the vanguard is my army." The order went down, the artillery pushed the artillery to the front of the position, and the armies pressed it up regardless of the order before and after! ”

"Just pressed up?"

The generals were shocked again, and tens of thousands of people rushed forward in one go? Who is responsible for this centering scheduling? In the event of a mistake in the attack, the elite of the Western Expedition army will be wiped out!

Those present were either generals or veterans of White Russia, who had fought more or less, but they had never heard of this army fighting, where could the whole army be pressed without temptation and contact? If you encounter a few bunkers that are beyond reach, then play Dafa. How can you test the enemy's reality and determine the weak point of the opponent's firepower, and if you don't probe it, the whole army will press it, which is simply a joke with the lives of 40,000 soldiers!

At the moment, the generals look at me, I look at you, and in the end, a Soviet Russian military officer who was older and surrendered came under the signal of everyone's eyes, out of duty, stepped forward and persuaded: "General, do you want to leave some men and horses to suppress the formation, if the offensive is not smooth, it is better to have a support team?" "The words were very tactful, and I didn't dare to directly say that Rokossovsky was blindly commanding.