Chapter 56: The Death of Grand Duke Nicholas
No one dared to disobey the orders of Grand Duke Nicholas, and these officers could only prepare for the withdrawal of the country, and now they were powerless, and God could not save them without supplies.
At this time, the Tsarist base camp was full of fires, and the Russian reinforcements coming from behind were engaged in a fierce battle with the Chinese army, they could not tolerate the Chinese army so arrogantly sneaking into their rear, and they all frantically wanted to annihilate the Chinese army.
General Chiang Chongrui used the camps to block the Russian reinforcements after storming the enemy's base camp, and although they had the advantage, the disorganized enemy soldiers were not all cleared, and there were still a large number of scattered enemy soldiers blocking their movements.
The two Chinese armies that attacked the base camp of Tsarist Russia and the reinforcements of Tsarist Russia have been in a stalemate, and they can't take each other, and after seeing that they can't further destroy the enemy army, they decisively drag this Tsarist Russian reinforcements, so that the army of their headquarters can quickly solve the Tsarist Russian army in front.
Jiang Fangzhen looked at the firelight in the rear of the Tsarist army and was very satisfied, it seems that his rear hand has succeeded, and victory is just around the corner! After the people watching the war from all over the world saw the sky-high fire in the rear of Tsarist Russia and the reduction of Tsarist Russian soldiers on the battlefield, they knew that Tsarist Russia was about to lose.
There were only more than 100,000 Tsarist soldiers left to block the attack of the Chinese army, which greatly reduced the pressure on the Chinese army.
Just as the Chinese army was preparing to break through the minefield and enter the trenches, the Russian soldiers were retreating in an orderly manner, leaving only more than 50,000 soldiers behind. Grand Duke Nicholas and several officers looked at the retreating Tsarist army with great heartache, they didn't know how many troops would be left after the retreat to the empire, and they didn't know what the empire would do next, but they knew that they were going to die on the battlefield.
The retreating seventy or eighty thousand Tsarist soldiers passed by the side of Grand Duke Nicholas and admired it, and it was a miracle that a person from the imperial family would leave behind the mat! They also knew that those who stayed behind would never end well, and that either they would be captured or killed in battle, which would undoubtedly be the consequence.
"Are you really not going to retreat and stay? I've seen God beckoning to me, give you one last chance, stay or go home? The hoarse voice of Grand Duke Nicholas sounded, and several officers around him trembled.
"It is our glory to follow the Grand Duke to the death and sacrifice my life for the Empire, long live the Empire!" A firm voice fluttered over the Russian camp, and the soldiers who were walking were shocked when they heard it, and then accelerated their speed and retreated.
"Hahaha, I can't imagine that there is someone to accompany me, an old man, don't worry, I will send a telegram to Your Majesty to take care of your family." Grand Duke Nikolai said with tears streaming down his face.
The retreating Russian army soon rushed to their base camp, and when they saw their army and the Chinese army confronting each other, they went up to help without saying a word, and they all rushed forward with all their strength.
Seeing that the number of Tsarist Russian troops had increased, Jiang Chongrui knew that the Tsarist army was preparing to retreat, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to try their best to block these Tsarist Russian troops, and delay them until the headquarters arrived.
Just when the Chinese army continued to block the Russian army, the army led by the confidant of Grand Duke Nicholas rushed back and directly gave the Chinese army an afterthought, so that the Chinese army was instantly flanked from the front and rear.
This army was originally on the way to the Huaxia base camp, but they saw the traces left by the Huaxia army after marching on the road, and soon they knew that it was broken, and rushed back in a frenzy to try to stop the Huaxia army before it attacked. When they rushed back, all they saw was a sky-high fire, and they could only hit the back of the Huaxia army fiercely.
The Huaxia army was attacked by Yan Zòng, but after panicking for a moment, they immediately withdrew to both sides and withdrew from the attack of the Tsarist Russian army. Even so, the Chinese army lost seventy percent of its troops, and could only retreat helplessly, and holding on to the death would only increase casualties, and the fact that the Russian army retreated could not be changed.
After the sneak attack of the Tsarist army fled, only the base camp of the Tsarist Russia was left behind, and the materials were basically destroyed, and even the materials that had just been carried at the back were also damaged by Yan zhòng.
The henchmen of the Grand Duke Nicholas, who rushed back, immediately went to support the Grand Duke with people, but they were stopped by the retreating Tsarist officers, and in the end they rushed away with only two thousand soldiers willing to go to support.
The remaining Tsarist soldiers saluted heavily as they looked at the two thousand soldiers who had gone away, and without looking back, they salvaged as much as they could, under the orders of the officers, because these were all guarantees for their retreat.
"Grand Duke, we're back!"
Two thousand Russian soldiers arrived quickly on war horses, these soldiers were basically cavalry, and each horse was full of ammunition, this was their determination!
Grand Duke Nikolai was very excited when he looked at these soldiers, stretched out his trembling hand and gave them a solemn military salute, and the soldiers on the horse also returned a military salute, and then shouted: "Long live the Empire!" ”
"Pass my order, no longer defend, direct attack, the retreating army has enough time, long live the empire!" After saying this, the Grand Duke Nikolai rushed forward with his guns and a group of officers.
The Huaxia army, which was frantically attacking, was suddenly caught off guard by the attack of the Tsarist Russian army, but fortunately it reacted quickly, and the two sides started a fierce battle.
Seeing the sudden attack of the Tsarist Russian army, which was still desperately defending to buy time for the retreating army, Jiang Fangzhen sighed and muttered: "This is a person worthy of admiration, but it's a pity ......"
Three hours later, more than 50,000 Russian troops were killed, except for the 10,000 who surrendered, and Grand Duke Nicholas and a cadre of officers were no exception. Under the temporary counterattack of the Tsarist Russian army, the Chinese army also lost nearly 40,000 troops, dozens of tanks and hundreds of damaged tanks.
The last Tsarist Russian army turned into a death squad, attacking tanks one by one, and human bombs appeared frequently, making the Chinese army big, and they had never seen such a crazy army.
As for the airship troops of Tsarist Russia, which are being pursued and annihilated by the Chinese airships, several airships have been shot down by the Huaxia airships, and the rest immediately fled to the territory of Tsarist Russia after seeing the defeat of the army.
"Find the corpses of Grand Duke Nicholas and his subordinates, keep them and send them back to their country, after all, they are also members of the Tsarist Russian royal family, but unfortunately they can't be captured alive, otherwise it will have a great effect on the empire." Jiang Fangzhen said to his adjutant.
The Huaxia army was not in a hurry to catch up with the retreating Tsarist Russian troops, they were so tired that they didn't close their eyes for two days and nights, and Jiang Fangzhen asked them to go to rest after cleaning up the battlefield.
In this decisive battle, the Chinese army suffered nearly 200,000 casualties, consumed countless ammunition, and more than 150 tanks became a pile of scrap metal. As for the Tsarist Russian army, there were only less than 150,000 people left in the end, with losses of nearly 300,000, a prince died in battle, and the whole of Outer Mongolia was completely under the control of the Chinese Empire.
When the Tsar received the last words of Grand Duke Nicholas, he vomited blood on the spot and fainted, and it was only after some emergency treatment by doctors that the Tsar woke up weakly.
The ministers were rudely invited to the palace by the palace guards, and they didn't know what was going on, but they knew that it was definitely not a good thing, and they were very worried in their hearts.
In the palace, the Tsar sat weakly in his place, and when he saw that the ministers had arrived, he asked the guards to read the telegram of the Grand Duke Nicholas who had died for his country and the telegram of the defeat in the Far East.
After listening to this, all the ministers broke out in a cold sweat, especially the Minister of War had a face like a dead father, and his whole body was trembling, because he knew that he had set his back on this black cauldron.
"The bodies of Uncle Huang and those officers who sacrificed their lives for the country must be brought back, this war with Huaxia will not be just settled, how are the newly recruited soldiers trained?" Nicholas II said sinisterly.
"Your Majesty, the recruitment of new recruits is still in progress, and it has only been less than a week since the start of training." The Minister of War wiped his sweat and said carefully, the training of the recruits did not start at all, he could only say that the training had been carried out for a week, otherwise it would be miserable.
"Continue to recruit troops, I will drive a million troops to the Far East to compete with the Chinese Empire, if not, I will continue to recruit until I break through the Chinese Imperial Capital, and I will not die!" Nicholas II continued to shout.
This defeat was simply a shame to be thrown to my grandmother's house, the powerful Tsarist Russian Empire was defeated by the weak Chinese Empire, and the entire Outer Mongolia was taken back by China, and it was not enough to calm his anger if he did not set foot on the Chinese Emperor.
The ministers below did not dare to speak, lowered their heads and listened quietly to the roar of the Tsar, they did not dare to touch their heads at this time.
"Bang!" A fine Chinese porcelain was thrown to the ground by the tsar, and the nearby ministers were splashed and injured and did not dare to squeak, and the cold sweat of the various ministers flowed down.
"Speak, you're dumb, weren't you very good at giving advice to the army a few days ago? If you didn't ask the emperor to send troops to attack the rear of the army, how could you give the Chinese army an opportunity to take advantage of it? Where is Airy, and why is there only one army rushing back to help? The Tsar roared. He put all the blame on these ministers, and these ministers did not dare to refute that the defeat of the war had nothing to do with him.
On the same day, the Minister of War was dismissed from his post and rushed home to be a pariah, and all the relevant ministers were dismissed, and those who were demoted were demoted, and even Rasputyan was ordered not to interfere in political and military affairs in the future.
In order to continue the war with China, the Tsar increased his troops despite the opposition of his ministers, and even the taxes were increased again, urging Britain and France to pay for tanks as much as possible.
The people of Tsarist Russia soon learned of the defeat in the Far East, and only more than 100,000 of the hundreds of thousands of troops fled back to the country, which was another defeat of the Tsarist Empire in the Far East after the defeat of the Japanese Empire, and many people changed color when they talked about the Far East.
Tsarist Russia was dissatisfied with the delay in recruiting soldiers, and many people hid far away when they heard that they were going to the Far East, which led to the government's forced conscription, and unwilling people were conscripted into the army one by one.
ps:Yesterday there was a chapter of the dead friend who repeated.,But I've already notified the editor.,I believe it will be dealt with soon.,I'm sorry everyone.,Kneel and beg for forgiveness!