Chapter 588: October 21
On September 25, the Russian army launched the most fierce attack on the Kuitun defense line since the beginning of the war.
The Russian army suffered 2,000 casualties, and the defenders suffered more than a regrouped brigade.
On September 27, the Chinese defenders of the Tsarin River defense line suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Russian army under General Kirilenko, and the fierce battle lasted for two days and nights, with the Chinese army losing more than 1,000 and the Russian army suffering three battalions of casualties.
On October 3, the soldiers of the Xinjiang Independent Division and the Sixth Cavalry Division of the two brigades set out from Gongchen City encountered the Russian cavalry on the bank of the Ergosi River. After an hour of fighting, more than 800 Russian cavalry were annihilated, and the remnants of the Russian cavalry fled. The Independent Division set up camp on the banks of the Horgos River, and on the morning of the 5th the large army continued its march towards the Kuitun Line. On the way, it was blocked by the Russian cavalry led by Lieutenant General Shirokov. After a day of fierce fighting, the independent division lost more than a brigade, and the troops retreated to a camp on the banks of the Ergos River.
The Russian cavalry lost 2,000 cavalry. Shirokov did not have artillery in his hand, so he could only use the cavalry to fight fiercely, or ask the Central Asian cavalry to dismount and fight, although the number was more than that of the Xinjiang Independent Division, but the Xinjiang Independent Division counterpressed the Russian cavalry during the battle. The low-cost flying thunder cannon is amazingly powerful, and the combat effectiveness of the Xinjiang Independent Division is not very strong, and the losses of the Russian cavalry will be even greater.
Shirokov did not dare to let such a large force of Chinese troops enter Kuitun, so Nikolai . Grand Duke Nikolayevich's plans will be completely ruined. He had only one side with Nikolai in the rear. Grand Duke Nikolayevich contacted while calling up the approaching cavalry units.
As a result, on October 9, when Shirokov led 16,700 Russian cavalry and the Xinjiang Independent Division led by Le Shan were still facing off. The 6th Cavalry Division, which had concentrated 3,000 troops, was assisted by the 2,000 Xinjiang Army. In one fell swoop, the Russian cavalry broke through the division and encirclement of the first line of Yanguoer Mountain, and the two Chinese armies converged. On the next day, a counterattack was launched against the troops of General Onochelsky, who were weak.
On the 11th, when Nikolai on both sides of the Kuitun battlefield. Grand Duke Nikolaevich and Lieutenant General Shirokov, respectively, received urgent reports from Major General Nochersky, and General Nochersky's troops had already been completely defeated. The defeated Russian troops were again pursued by the troops of the 6th Cavalry Division along the way, and were completely routed at noon on the 13th!
The situation on the Ili battlefield has undergone a major reversal. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Nikolai . Grand Duke Nikolayevich, limited to the inconclusive Kuitun War, and suffered another great defeat on the front line of the Bago Mountains, ordered Lieutenant General Shirokov cavalry to lead the troops to disengage from the contact of the Chinese army on the opposite side, taking advantage of the speed of the cavalry. Bypassing this outnumbered Chinese army, bypassing Gongchen City, to the northwest to attack Guangren City, one of the nine cities of Ili.
Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolayevich believed that the Chinese army had impulsed two counterattack forces in a row, and it was bound to be very empty internally. Shirokov's cavalry troops could kill China's henchmen in one fell swoop by sticking a knife in the weak side of the Chinese.
Nikolai did not know at all what the concept of the Separate Division was of the troops. Grand Duke Nikolayevich blindly regarded the independent division as the original unit of China's Xinjiang Military Region. And he himself knows very well how many troops there are in the Xinjiang Military Region. So it was logical that Nikolai. Grand Duke Nikolayevich thought that now the whole of Xinjiang was empty. The Ili Nine Cities is a noblewoman who is completely powerless, waiting for Shirokov's cavalry corps to ravage.
On October 16, the Russian cavalry corps, more than 15,000 people, appeared under the city of Guangren.
"God really helps. It's been a great snowfall! "In the city of Guangren. Ma Jinfu and Le Shan's number one general, Feiyangu, stood at the head of the city, looking at the Russian army galloping outside the city, with a natural smile on their faces.
Did Shirokov really enter the 'treasure land'? Guangren City is a piece of flesh and blood. And the entire southern foothills of Mount Talechi. That's a big pocket. Since the Russian army has already killed Guangren City, it must be that the cavalry troops of Yanguo Mountain have also reached the Heergos River. As long as they lock up Taleqia and Daxigou, this group of cavalry of Shirokov will be in the pocket of the Qin army.
As for whether these cavalry of more than 15,000 people will put pressure on Guangren City. Ma Jinfu and Feiyangu all scoffed, without the slightest worry.
What about more people? There are no cannons, not even enough bullets, and grenades are scared of very little. Will such a force be able to break the city of Guangren, which was garrisoned by a cavalry brigade of the Qin army, an infantry brigade, an artillery brigade, and six integrated brigades under Feiyangu? That's 5,000 troops!
Wang Guosheng did hollow out the troops in his hands, and also pulled the more than 3,000 independent divisions formed under Feiyangu to the front line, if the Russians can really break the Guangren City, the entire northern Xinjiang and not talk about him, the entire Ili Nine Cities can indeed be used by the Russian cavalry at will.
But will Shirokov be able to break the city of Guangren? 3 to 1 troops, but the former are all cavalry, no artillery, no sufficient logistical supplies, Ma Jinfu and Feiyangu have already regarded Shirokov's troops as dead!
The only hope of the Russians under the city of Guangren was a sudden rebellion by the forces of Feiyangu. However, it is even more difficult for these more than 3,000 bannermen, prisoners of war-turned, independent division soldiers to suddenly rebel regardless of the lives of their families, than to kill them all in battle.
Five days!
Five days later, on the evening of October 21, in a snowy field, Lieutenant General Shirokov of the Russian cavalry officially announced the surrender of the Russian army and handed over his saber to Colonel Kong Cai, the supreme commander of the Chinese army in Daxigou.
In five days, the Russian army ran back and forth between Guangren City and Daxigou. In the first two days, they hit their heads and bled under Guangren City, and there was no way to break through. Three days later, they quickly retreated to Daxigou, and were stubbornly blocked on the east side of Daxigou by Kong Cai's army.
After two days of day and night, the Russian soldiers were hit to the ground by machine guns and mortars and torn to pieces, the Cossacks were frightened, and the cavalry in Central Asia had no will to fight.
Shirokov knew when the attack under Guangren was frustrated that he had fallen into a trap. The hateful Chinese deliberately suppressed their forces and firepower on the first day of the war, otherwise Shirokov would have led his troops back to the west on the same day. It was he who was deceived by the illusion of the Chinese on the first day, and the team stayed under Guangren for an extra day, and there was no benefit at all except for the blood and sacrifice in vain.
And then there's Daxigou!
Desperate Daxigou. A hell made of human flesh and blood!
As soon as Shirokov closes his eyes now, what appears in front of him is a world of blood, a blood-colored sky, a blood-colored earth, a blood-colored mountain, a blood-colored lake, a blood-colored person, an animal, a plant, and a blood-colored qiē......
"Coward! Shirokov, you coward! ”
"You don't deserve to be a Cossack!"
At the same time that Shirokov officially surrendered to Concai, his deputy, Nikolai . Ivanovich, yes, this is a man of the Russian royal family, and a noble count.
As a representative of the resolute opposition to surrender, Shirokov, at the moment of making up his mind, ordered his men to arrest Nikolai. Ivanovich. Now this honorable Russian count, with the blood of the tsar in his body, has become a gift from Shirokov to show his sincerity to Confucius.
Because the battle that took place on the battlefield on the other side really had nothing to do with Shirokov.
More than a thousand Cossack cavalry, these people who were absolutely loyal to the Tsar and Russia, or these Cossacks and Slavs who were unwilling to bow down at the feet of the Chinese, accompanied by thousands of Central Asian cavalry still under their control, were carrying out the final attack on the positions of the Chinese army in Daxigou.
The snowy cavalry knife pointed diagonally upward, and Orlov shouted loudly, "Brave Cossacks, for the sake of His Majesty the Tsar, for ourselves, charge—"
"Charge—"
More than two thousand cavalry launched a charge, a death charge that was doomed to failure.
"Ulla—"
"Ulla—"
Loud slogans were shouted among the Cossacks.
This group of people put their lives on the line, brandishing cavalry swords, urging the war horses under their crotches to gallop at high speed.
And what about the Chinese army opposite them. Kong Cai went to surrender and took a considerable number of troops with him, but it did not mean that the front was weak. God is helping China, and a heavy snowfall has brought sleds and plows to use, and the speed of material transfer and personnel transportation is far faster than horse-drawn carts.
Shanzar was at the helm of the artillery team, and after Kong Cai's departure, he was the supreme commander of the defensive line. He was originally called Sanzar. Maksha's, but after entering the military academy of Han for two years, Sanzar took the initiative to change his name to Shangzar, and Sangzhal became Shang, and Shang was his Han surname.
Eight 80 medium mortars opened fire first, followed by 60 mortars, and a deafening explosion sounded in the Cossack cavalry and the engulfed Central Asian cavalry group in a shrill whistle.
A 'whoosh' sound sounded in his ears, and a bullet grazed Orlov's cheek, and he immediately felt a heat on his stubble left cheek.
"Don't stop, don't stop, the Chinese are right in front of us, let's rush up and tear them all to shreds." Let them all go to hell......" Orlov was undaunted, his face covered in blood, still shouting at Godsa behind him, and always charging at the front.
The sound of gunfire rang out like fried beans, and the Russian cavalry who were staring at the artillery fire rushing to the front line fell in rows, and the bloody corpses and souls fell to the ground.
The Cossacks in front of Orlov suddenly fell off their horses without a snort, as if they had been stripped of all their bones.
The clatter of horses' hooves continued to approach.
"Da Da Da, Da ......" The chain of fire fired by the heavy machine gun is the same as the scythe of death, and if it is brushed, it is death.
The black clouds did not obscure the white sky, but were engulfed in grass green.
"Count. See? That's the consequence of your insistence. At least five hundred brave lads fell on the battlefield. They could have gone home. (To be continued......)