Chapter 280: Staying behind after the withdrawal
Vasilyevich's division, along with three other divisions, was left behind to defend the eastern bank of the Yenisei River and cover the retreat of other troops across the river. Of course, Dragomilov will not withdraw them until he has to.
Everyone knew that this was not a good errand, and the main thing was that the divisions that remained to block the attack of the Northeast Insurance Corps were all hardcore supporters of Skobelev. And Vasilyevich is not really counted among them, although he does feel that his former superiors are more suitable to command the situation in the Far East, and the army in the hands of Dragomilov, in the face of such a powerful opponent as the Northeast, is tantamount to sending the soldiers to their deaths.
But it is precisely because he has this kind of rebellious idea, in order to preserve the strength of his division and regiment, in order to prevent his soldiers from losing their lives in vain, Vasilyevich actually adopted an extremely shameful fake attack on the 205 heights occupied in the northeast in broad daylight. And such a blatant act of prevaricating the order of the upper peak naturally could not be concealed from Dragomilov's ears and eyes. For this old stubborn who absolutized and polarized the will of the imperial soldiers, Vasilyevich's fraud would probably be directly sent to a military court to be hanged. It was also thanks to the great enemy that his evil deeds were temporarily forgiven. Of course, it is impossible to blame the past, and this kind of scandal that tarnishes the image of the military and severely damages the morale of the whole army can only be washed away with blood, either by one's own or by the enemy.
Vasilyevich did not regret this, although he also wanted to be in a high position one day, have the opportunity to change the backward face of the imperial army, and personally preside over the revenge of the Northeast, and avenge the death of the Imperial civilians at the hands of the Northeast Insurance Team. However, even so, even if he went back to a day ago, he would still make the same choice and would not add weight to his exploits with the lives of soldiers.
In the time of Skobelev, Vasilyevich once personally experienced the strength of the Northeast Defense. If both sides are on the plains, the Russian army will need at least two to three times as many troops to attack the defensive line built by the Northeast Insurance Corps. And if the Northeast occupies a favorable position, along the banks of the river, or builds fortifications on the high ground, then the number of Russian attacks will have to be doubled, provided that the Northeast Insurance Team does not receive air support.
The gap between the two sides in terms of weapons can no longer be described as a generational difference. The level of training of the soldiers is even more not on the same level, as for the commander...... There are gaps everywhere, and this is how this war feels for Vasilyevich.
"If you stay on the east coast, stay and stay, as long as you don't take the initiative to attack the highlands in the northeast. However, the old stubborn in the headquarters should not let us go lightly, he has already offended him today, and I don't know what arrangements will be made in the future. God forbid, old stubbornness, don't let us go to death again. Vasilyevich comforted himself and tried to calm his mind as much as possible, after all, he carried the life of a division soldier on his shoulders, and his breathing was a little heavy due to the heavy responsibility.
Huazi looked at the position of the Russians in the distance, and thought about the strange behavior of the Russians during the day. Haji, Hudson, and Kim Geun Suk were making small talk, they didn't have that much energy to think about these things. The company commander Zhang Sanxiang came over at this time, he knew his soldiers very well, and the people of this era valued learned people very much, and Zhang Sanxiang was no exception. He is just a rough man, and although he has also learned some basic cultural knowledge in the army now, there is still a huge gap in level compared with students like Huazi who came out of the Dashang Affiliated School. Of course, Huazi himself is not a top student, otherwise he would not have entered the insurance team, and he did not continue to go to high school. In general, the school system of education and examination is very unfair to boys who are late in their development. But even so, Huazi did not give up, not only often asked his former classmates to order books for him, but also signed up for the advanced classes held by the military region to prepare for the military academy in the future.
It is precisely because of Huazi's tireless learning spirit that although Zhang Sanxiang is a company commander, he also attaches great importance to Huazi, and whenever there is any major or minor matter, he will come to him to discuss.
"Huazi, what do you think of the Russians' trouble today?"
"Company commander, I guess too." Huazi is very modest, when he was in school, he was not a popular figure, and he was an orphan since he was a child, so he has a bit of introverted personality.
"Let's talk, we are all in the same pot, speak freely, exchange opinions, and improve together."
"That's it, company commander, I'll just say it...... The Russians came out of their positions today and did not attack us, but were only trying to attract our attention. We can see this as a feint, but what is the purpose behind them? At that time there were our airships in the sky, and the Russians wanted to take the opportunity to send a hidden force for a sneak attack on us at night, which was obviously impossible. ”
"Makes sense!" Zhang Sanxiang nodded.
"Then we can think that the behavior of the Russians on the other side is not directed against us. In other words, they are just acting, and they are acting for their own people. ”
Zhang Sanxiang listened to it and pondered carefully, it was really like this.
"You mean, it's not directly related to us...... Could it be that they let them attack us, and they don't have the guts, so they put on this big show? ”
"I'm really confused about the specific reason for this, but listening to what the company commander said, it's really a little possible." Huazi deliberately slapped Zhang Sanxiang with a sycophant.
Zhang Sanxiang smiled after hearing this, and was praised by others, but he was quite shy.
"Company commander, I heard that yesterday the Air Force blew up all the bridges over the Yenisei River?"
"I've heard about it, too." Hudson, who was talking to Kim Geun Suk and Haji, came up at this time, and the other two were the same.
"Company commander, the supply of the Russian army on the east bank can be transported on the west bank, and now that the bridge has been bombed, I heard that there are 100,000 Russian troops on the east bank, do they have so many ships for supply transportation?"
"What do you mean...... Is it possible for them to withdraw their troops from the East Bank? ”
The sun sets, the night, the beginning.
Wang Yi just came out of Lin Taixi's room, although the girl's body was fine, but Wang Yi was still a little uneasy, and after seeing her sleeping peacefully, he left gently and closed the door. The housekeeper Fran was standing outside the room, and Wang Yi asked, "Where is Yazhi?" ”
"Back to the young master, the eldest lady is talking to the second lady in your room, and the other girls are also over there."