The commander-in-chief of the Russian Far Eastern Front has changed hands from Dragomilov to Cavalry General Vladimir Alexandro Sukhomlinov, head of the Russian Imperial Cavalry Academy. He followed his uncle, Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, to the front to work in the army, but the Grand Duke himself was now lying in a hospital bed, extremely weak. It was also in desperation that Sukhomlinov took over the post of Dragomilov, who was also lying in a hospital bed. Sukhomlinov was very annoyed by the mess in front of him, and this was not the place he should be sitting.

He was unfamiliar with the situation on the Far Eastern front, which had not been his focus, and more than half of the senior staff officers in the original command had the same symptoms as Dragomilov, and several of them had died. This left him in a grim situation where no one was available and he was stretched thin, but there was nothing he could do.

But the worse situation is not in the command, but among the soldiers at the bottom.

In order to cope with the continuous pressing offensive of the Northeast Insurance Brigade, the Russian top brass panicked and in a very short period of time, a large number of soldiers from the major army divisions gathered on the Ob River defense line. The infrastructure of the entire region has not been built in time, and the sanitary conditions are extremely poor. Now the weather has started to get colder, but there is no snow and the air is very dry. The defeat of the previous campaign was too rapid, and a large amount of military supplies were left in Krasnoyarks and became the trophies of the Northeast Insurance Corps. Because the Russian army was hastily mobilized, it was too late to prepare for the winter clothing configuration in just two months. Many soldiers were stationed on the line in summer clothes, and in addition to being afraid, they had to endure the severe cold, and the lack of adequate food supplies made the epidemic a matter of course.

Compared to the upper echelons, most of the sick Russian soldiers do not receive effective treatment at all. St. Petersburg has already received relevant news, but unfortunately it is helpless. Sukhomlinov, who believed in God, felt that he must have been abandoned by the Lord, otherwise how could he have fallen into such an ominous place as Novosibirsk?

At the critical moment when Sukhomlinov was helpless, the 17th Cavalry Division, which had been mobilized from Kazakhstan, came out with a message. He said that there were medicines smuggled from the northeast in Guangfu Town, which is close to the Xinjiang region of the Qing Dynasty, and that relatives of soldiers had passed through it for business and suffered from the same symptoms as the disease prevalent among Russian soldiers. However, he received timely treatment in Guangfu Town Hospital and was finally discharged from the hospital.

This incident was originally a legend, but in fact, the soldier himself was not sure that his relatives had obtained the land in the first place, and it was the current epidemic in the army. However, he did not mean to say it, but it gave hope to other patients. The life and death of the soldiers, to be honest, although Sukhomlinov cares, is limited. Now everything is on him alone, and if he goes on a business trip, he will probably become a scapegoat for the defeat of the war at the front, and become Skobelev's second. But in addition to most of the high-ranking people in the general headquarters, there is also a grand prince at the level of imperial uncle. If this person unfortunately dies of illness in the end, it seems very likely at the moment. And Sukhomlinov, knowing that there was a legendary medical treatment in Guangfu Town, did not make the slightest move that was conducive to the prince's health. It is an exaggeration to say that he returned to St. Petersburg and was demoted to the end by Alexander III, but the possibility of losing his saint's family is still very large. However, the tragedy did not stop there, and Sukhomlinov was likely to become the object of the hatred of the entire imperial family for not doing his best to heal Grand Duke Mikhail. In addition, the death of the Great Duke was far from being the only one, and most of the senior commanders of the entire Far Eastern General Command suffered from the same disease. The vast majority of them are from aristocratic families, and when these people are united, I am afraid that even His Majesty the Tsar will be afraid of three points, let alone him.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Sukhomlinov will bring Daniel in. However, after learning about the situation in Guangfu Town, Sukhomlinov did not adopt the strategy of deploying troops to attack, after all, the other party is actually a large force of horse bandits entrenched in the Sanzhi area, although it has not reached the Cheng dù that can be attacked and retreated, but the popularity of Guangfu Town among the local herdsmen makes Sukhomlinov feel that if the army presses the border, it is not possible to leave him with a complete and complete Guangfu Town, but a northwest wind that has been burned clean. At that time, there will really be no way to seek medical treatment.

With these considerations, Sukhomlinov instructed Daniel Yevgeny Valenko to disguise himself as a caravan from Khan to the town of Guangfu. If possible, buy medicines directly from Guangfu Township Hospital, if not...... Simpler! Maozi's tradition is mine, yours and his, all mine.

"Originally, I thought that Guangfu Town was just a place where a group of horse bandits gathered, but now it seems that this is not the case!" Daniel is not stupid, after arriving in Guangfu Town during the day, he looks around. Although the terrain around the town is flat, the farther area is surrounded by mountains. It is bordered by the Alai Mountains to the north and the Trans-Alai Mountains to the south. There is also the Kyzylsu River as a barrier, so it is very difficult to capture this town by pressing the border with a large number of troops, with the current capabilities of the Russian army.

But that's not all!

"Although I haven't carefully confirmed the weapons and equipment of these horse bandits in Guangfu Town, if I am not mistaken, they seem to be using a so-called assault rifle that has recently been newly equipped with troops in the Northeast. What's it called...... That's right, Bao 2 style! ”

The Bao 2 assault rifle is the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle in later generations, that is, the AK47! The biggest advantage of this gun is that it is solid, adaptable to the battlefield, and powerful enough. However, the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, the accuracy of continuous shooting is extremely poor.

At this thought, Daniel suddenly sat up, and then his thoughts suddenly cleared up as if a layer of window paper had been torn open!

"This Guangfu Town is not a horse bandit at all, if you expect it to be good, they are a member of the Northeast Insurance Team! Oh my God, even if we people still want to do it in Guangfu Town, there is no chance of success at all! ”

Daniel is not to increase the popularity of others and destroy his own prestige! But the difference in strength is just around the corner, don't look at the elite of the Russian army under your command, but you also compare with whom!

"There's a big problem, I didn't expect that there was an ambush here in the Northeast Autonomous Region, and it seems that the strength is not small. No wonder I heard that the previous encirclement and suppression had no effect! It's strange if it's effective! ”