Chapter 61 Heavy Defeat on the Tsarist Russian Guerrilla Army
The Chinese cavalry caught up with the tail of Gaojiwensi's team and attacked, and the Russian soldiers who were caught up were either killed, or they threw their guns and raised their hands to surrender, and the surrender accounted for the vast majority. Only a small number of Tsarist Russian soldiers fought back, but they could not resist the attack of the Chinese cavalry and were killed one after another.
Only the front of the Tsarist army could "retreat" in an orderly manner according to the orders of the officers, and the Russian soldiers in the middle and rear parts of the army rushed directly and fled in all directions regardless of the commander's orders, and many soldiers squatted in place and surrendered.
Many of the scattered Tsarist Russian soldiers could not escape the pursuit of the Chinese cavalry, how could people outrun the war horses, as long as there was a small group of soldiers fleeing together, they would basically be swept by the cavalry. The Chinese cavalry did not care about the Russian soldiers who surrendered on the ground, and divided a small part of the cavalry to pursue the scattered enemy soldiers, and then left the surrendered Russian soldiers and rushed to the large army of enemies in front.
Goji Winth was shocked when he saw the army behind him collapse, he couldn't imagine that the army he led was so vulnerable, and he was glad that it wasn't a frontal battle on the battlefield, otherwise he would be a cold corpse now. While frantically urging the army to speed up, he let the Russian soldiers at the back force to fight back, he didn't want to be captured like this, it was all false to serve the country with his body, who was not afraid of death, and he did not have the courage of Grand Duke Nicholas.
Although the speed of the cavalry was very fast, it was also blocked a lot when attacking the Tsarist army behind, and the time was delayed a little, so there was still a lot of distance from the Tsarist army in the front, but I believe it would not take long to catch up.
When the Chinese cavalry and Gao Ji Wensi's army were working, Xu Shuzheng's large army also came into contact with the Tsarist army in front of them, and the 50,000 well-equipped Chinese army was much stronger than the more than 40,000 poorly equipped and insufficient ammunition Tsarist Russian troops, and the morale of these Tsarist soldiers was not very sufficient, and even many recruits were still deeply afraid of the Chinese army.
As soon as the contact was made, the Russian army began to retreat step by step, they could not parry the attack of the Chinese army at all, and the shells made their losses very large, coupled with the bombardment of the Chinese airship troops in the air, the entire Tsarist Russian army in front of the Chinese army was like a plate of scattered sand, vulnerable.
At first, the officers of the Tsarist army could command these soldiers very well to block the Chinese army, but under the crazy offensive of the Chinese army, the Russian soldiers slowly collapsed, and the commander's order was of no use.
"Damn, hold on to me, we still have a few friendly troops, Lieutenant General Sky will be coming with the army soon, don't mess up!" Seeing that the soldiers were in a mess, they had no intention of fighting at all, and the head of this Tsarist Russian army shouted at the soldiers nearby.
Some of the nearby officers also shouted, and more and more soldiers heard that they had another chance to survive, and began to slowly listen to the commanders to stop the enemy, as long as they held on, they would be relieved when Lieutenant General Sky brought the army.
Sure enough, many Tsarist Russian soldiers soon saw two more of their own armies coming in the distance, which made them even more hopeful, the general really came, and he was saved!
"Hurry, hurry, we must rescue the troops in front, and we must do our best to give them time to be freed. We are attacking the enemy in the rear, the enemy's defense is very low, and it is also a good opportunity for us, this time we must inflict heavy damage on the enemy troops, and we can't let them continue to go deeper! There is also a herald ordering officers at all levels to retreat before the enemy's cavalry units rush back, and no matter what the outcome, they must not fall in love! Lieutenant General Ski commanded loudly to the officers who were following him.
When the officers in the back heard this, they immediately divided a few to give orders, and the rest rushed forward with the general, and Ula's shouts continued to sound.
Finally, the two armies that came from behind collided with the 30,000 troops left by the Chinese army to defend, and suddenly sparks splashed, one attack and one defense were in a stalemate, and the Russian army had the advantage.
Although the weapons and ammunition of the army managed by Lieutenant General Sky and his henchmen were not sufficient, and the number of troops was more than twice that of the 30,000 Chinese army, their attack made these Chinese soldiers very difficult, and if it were not for the superiority in equipment and weapons, the Chinese army would have been defeated long ago.
The Russian soldiers are attacking the Chinese army frantically in the back wave after wave, and the Chinese army is also frantically attacking the Russian army in front.
The 30,000 Chinese soldiers who had struggled to resist the attack of nearly 100,000 Tsarist Russian troops were under great pressure, and they did not build effective military defenses such as trenches, but only used the slightly rough terrain nearby to block the attack, and they could not hold out for long.
"Report to the commander, the soldiers defending behind are almost unable to stop the enemy's attack, those two enemy armies are undoubtedly the strongest of the four enemy armies, and the number of troops is nearly 100,000, the soldiers are now very difficult, and the number of casualties is still rising rapidly." An officer ran to Xu Shuzheng to report the situation behind.
"Let them hold on a little longer, as long as the enemy army in front of them is disabled, they will immediately come back to their aid, you must hold on!" Xu Shuzheng looked at the battle in front of him and said.
The Chinese army in front has already eliminated more than half of the enemy army, and as long as they hold on a little longer, they can completely cripple the enemy army, and the guerrilla of the Tsarist Russian army will not dare to be so arrogant in the future, and they can also complete the task smoothly.
Half an hour later, the Chinese army in the back began to be unable to support and retreated slowly, and the Chinese army in front quickly abandoned the Russian army that was like a lost dog and rushed back to support, and the completely disabled Russian army was able to escape with less than 10,000 people at this time.
With the returning army, the Chinese army and the Tsarist Russian army fought inextricably, the Chinese army had sufficient and advanced weapons preparations, and the Tsarist army had a large number of troops, and both sides had their own advantages.
"Report, the Third Army has retreated, but the losses are strict, and there are less than 10,000 troops left, and they ask what to do next?"
"Immediately let them go and help the Fourth Army (the army of Gogivins), and then act according to the previous plan, well, let them send a part of the men to meet the army from the Caucasus, it should be almost there." Lieutenant General Sky said with a blank face.
A few hours later, the Russian army, which had little advantage, retreated under the orders of Lieutenant General Sky, and the Chinese army did not pursue, because they did not have a detailed map here and did not dare to wander around.
The retreat of the Tsarist Russian army was afraid that the Chinese cavalry would rush back and give them a flanking attack, so the losses of the Tsarist Russian army would be even more severe, so they had to withdraw.
On the other side, the battle between the Huaxia cavalry and the army of Gao Ji Wensi was nearing the end, except for the fastest Gao Ji Wensi and other teams in the front, the rest either surrendered or were killed, Gao Ji Wensi was running wildly with an army of about 15,000, and there were many cavalry chasing them behind.
This time, Lieutenant General Sky's army suffered heavy losses, and in the end only two of the four armies remained, and they suffered so many losses under this guerrilla tactic that he was too embarrassed to tell Commander Brunov. Such a big loss is not without gain, at least the time for the Chinese army to enter Siberia has been delayed a lot, and the Chinese army has suffered 30,000 casualties All the troops, it seems that no other Chinese army has penetrated here, I have to say that it is also good news.
The Chinese cavalry finally completed their mission, and Gao Ji Wensi fled back to the hinterland of Siberia with less than 10,000 men, and they did not dare to go deep alone, so they had to rush back by the same route. Unexpectedly, the surrendered Tsarist soldiers were still there waiting for them to take prisoners, so they rushed back with nearly 10,000 prisoners.
Xu Shuzheng also has nearly 10,000 prisoners there, and the two add up to 20,000 prisoners, these prisoners are a huge trouble for them, their actions are not suitable for carrying these prisoners, and these prisoners are also a burden, so Xu Shuzheng is also very troubled.
Some of his subordinates killed these prisoners, but the massacre of prisoners in the hinterland of the Far East of Tsarist Russia was bound to be condemned and interfered with by European countries, and the killing of prisoners was too strict to be carried out unless it was absolutely necessary.
Just when Xu Shuzheng had a headache, a telegram was sent from China to solve his concerns, these captives will be accepted, and the people of the Red Party in Tsarist Russia will come to bewitch these prisoners, and those who are willing to follow the Red Party will be released, and those who are unwilling will be coolies.
Among the captured Tsarist soldiers, there were many members of the Red Party, who deliberately surrendered in order to incite these captured soldiers to join the Red Party, and the Red Party leaders also came in order to build up their own army.
In the end, nearly 10,000 captured Russian soldiers were pulled away by the Red Party, and it was up to them how they went and how they escaped from the Russian army. The remaining 10,000 captives were quarantined, unaware that part of the army had been pulled away by the Red Party, and thought that the Chinese army had deliberately separated them.
Of course, the remaining 10,000 Tsarist Russian soldiers were also co-opted by the Red Party, but they did not join, rebellion is not a good thing, death is possible every minute, and they can live a little longer here. They didn't expect the Red Party to have something to do with the Chinese army, it seems that the relationship is still very unusual, but they can't escape, even if they escape without evidence, they don't dare to talk nonsense, and they must have died miserably when they were discovered by the Red Party, because the Red Party is too deeply hidden, and it is very likely that their relatives and friends are one of them.
The Chinese army was also very strict in the management of these captives, and did not hesitate to kill them as soon as they found signs of escape, and the number of people who were finally captured to the Chinese Empire may not be one in ten.
Xu Shuzheng received more than these telegrams, and some of them asked them to withdraw to the Novosibirsk region as soon as possible, because the reinforcements of Tsarist Russia were about to arrive, and this time the reinforcements were not recruits, but the elite army of Tsarist Russia.