Chapter Seventy-Seven: Quietly sharpening the knife
At one point, Kizerosky even tried to send a force to attack the First Front to see how Zhang Zuolin would react. If Zhang Zuolin counterattacked, Kizerosky was prepared to adopt the usual tactics of Yang Dagui and concentrate his absolute superiority to inflict heavy damage on the First Front Army and force the Chinese to stop pursuing.
But Zhang Zuolin simply ignored all the temporary dispatches of the Russian troops, and rushed forward desperately! The goal is very clear, that is, to surpass you Russians faster than you Russians on your own two legs, relying on the rhythm of the Russians' military deployment in Mongolia that has been disrupted, boldly interspersed in front of Kizerosky, blocking them, and fighting back!
You must know that the pursuit war in this era is not fought like this, even if it is interspersed with roundabouts, in the Western tactical consciousness, it is only to use a period of forced march to penetrate from the enemy's flanks when the two sides are relatively close, with the purpose of cutting through the opponent's formation and disrupting the opponent's footsteps, so as to achieve the goal of tactically beneficial to oneself.
Like Yang Xiaolin's practice of launching a long-distance attack and interspersing a large army behind his own large army, Kizerosky really couldn't find a better way to solve it except to race with Zhang Zuolin.
If the First Front Army had rushed in front of them to find a suitable terrain and calmly set up an interception position, he really had no confidence that he would be able to rush through before the Chinese troops from the other two directions arrived.
Such a march was simply unbearable for the Russian soldiers.
It was winter, and the cold wind outside the fortress was blowing the Russian soldiers in autumn clothes shivering. Don't say how many wounded Russian soldiers were killed and wounded along the way, they were not injured. I ran all day and sweated profusely during the day, but I didn't even have a chance to take a hot shower at night. The soaked clothes were wrapped around his body and blown by the night breeze, and the next morning there were not only one or two people who had a fever and a cold.
The worst thing is that the Russian troops have no way to provide these soldiers with the necessary food and medicine! The already scarce supplies could not be supplied in time for every unit after the ranks were stretched. Some Russian troops ran for a day and could not even eat a mouthful of food. Many Russian soldiers fell to the ground as they ran. There will be no way to return to Russia.
Under such circumstances, in less than half a month, the Russian army has already inflicted a large number of non-combat attrition. By the time Kizeroski crossed Drosotu and reached the Silindunle area, the entire army was exhausted.
Not to mention people, even those mules and horses can't stand it. The horses that had given the Russians the cannon were dying one by one, so much so that Kizerosky had to make the painful decision to blow up the cannon.
"Boom!"
A loud bang made the whole steppe tremble, and General Kizerosky's eyes unconsciously looked over to the place where the explosion sounded, and a huge cannon of 270 mm caliber that the Russians were proud of fell to the ground in the explosion. The entire cannon body was blown to pieces, leaving only the thick black barrel to fall to the ground with a clatter, rolling twice as if telling his unwillingness.
The corners of Kizeroski's lips twitched. He noticed that all the Russian soldiers were looking back at the blown up cannon, and there was an indescribable sentimentality in everyone's eyes. He could clearly feel that the fighters of the soldiers were even more depressed.
General Kizeroski was the same, he didn't want to do this if he had a choice, he even thought about going back and fighting Yang to the death. I also want to go over and fight with Zhang Zuolin next to me. But the Yang Fighting Ghost behind always maintained a strict formation and followed behind him. He was like a tail and maintained a distance of a hundred kilometers from his own army.
Once the two sides get too close, Yang will take the initiative to slow down and pull away a little, which makes Kizeroski unable to find a chance to punch back.
And next to Zhang Zuolin did not pay attention to any of his provocations, no matter what he did, he just stabbed forward, this tactic made Kizerosky really annoyed, he felt that China's first and second front armies were like two cunning jackals, knowing that the Russians still have the strength to fight back, so they tried their best to avoid fighting now. But shamelessly dragged his army forward, trying to exhaust the last bit of strength of the Russian troops.
Aliwan Buski came over at this time. Chong Ki Zerosky gave a military salute: "General, the emotional reaction of the soldiers in the army is very large, I think it is not a way to go on like this." We are still more than 1,000 kilometres away from Cullen, and the road is very difficult for us. If we don't have a proper plan, we may not be able to get there. ”
Kizeroski looked at him: "I know. Do you have any suggestions? ”
Aliwanbski said, "Can you let Akberil send someone to support us?" Letting Cullen's troops go south will not only allow us to run a little less, but most importantly give the lad a little confidence. ”
Kizerosky thought for a moment and said, "Well, tell the soldiers that I will send a telegram to General Akberlir at once, and that the Russian troops in Kulen will come to meet us at once, as fast as they can." ”
The Russians around them cheered.
Kizeroski also had a smile on his face and shouted at the surrounding team: "Boys, someone will come to pick you up ahead!" All you have to do now is throw off your footsteps and move forward, maybe in four or five days, maybe less, and you'll have hot coffee! ”
This news was like a stimulant that injected a little strength into the already exhausted Russian troops, and hope was once again ignited in the hearts of the Russian soldiers.
Unbeknownst to the Russians, Kizerosky had given them this hope, but had not sent a telegram to Akberil. He knew that Kulen was in the same difficulties as himself, and the Chinese armed forces in Kulen would definitely not be too stable in this situation, and once the Russian troops did not have enough troops to deter those guys, it was estimated that Kulen would immediately have unexpected changes.
It's too important for me there, and now the Russian soldiers are willing to run, and if there is a problem with Kulen, then they really can't run.
Therefore, the troops of Akburier must not leave Kulen.
The situation is quite dangerous for the Russians now. I don't feel hope here. The soldiers there in Cullen didn't feel it. In this state, there is no way to fight with the Chinese. But that doesn't mean you don't have a chance at all.
Kizeroski thought that as long as he could bring his troops to Kulen, either to Akberlil or to his own troops. will get rid of this current desperate mood, as long as the soldiers have a little faith in fighting, he has a chance to turn over.
When they arrive in Kulen, they will have fortifications to rely on, and they will be able to immediately transfer supplies from within the country to support them. On the contrary, the supply lines of the Chinese will be lengthened, and Yang will face the problems he once faced, when the two sides will exchange advantages and inferiors. Hopefully, the Russians will be able to fight a face-saving war.
It's not impossible, the key is whether you can bring the team back to Cullen. Where does Yang Dagui plan to set the battlefield this time? Is he going to chase after him like this?
When the stars hung again in the steppe sky, the footsteps of the Second Front also stopped. Yang Xiaolin's face was relaxed now. Walking in the night with this cigar in his mouth, Yuan Zhongzhen snuggled up to him, and more than ten meters behind him, the guards of Tai Wangu were scattered.
"Zhong Zhen, you look at the night of the grassland compared to Beijing. Which one is prettier? ”
Yuan Zhongzhen thought for a moment. Shaking his head, he said, "I don't know." I don't think there's any difference, it's all the same moon, what's the difference? ”
Yang Xiaolin was suddenly a little depressed, he originally thought of the song Moonlight on the Prairie, and wanted to come up with a sentence "The moonlight is like water, the sky and the earth are the same color, and it is also illusory and true like poetry and song" to show his literary and artistic style, but Yuan Zhongzhen didn't know how to cooperate with him.
This girl can't match herself, it seems that there is really a generation gap.
"Tell me what you're thinking right now?"
Yuan Zhongzhen put his arm around him. The head looked up at him, "Can you really say that?" Did you tell me to do it? ”
Yang Xiaolin's footsteps stopped: "You say it first, I will at least think about it when I say it." ”
"Good. Then I said it. I want to ride a horse, I want to shoot! ”
"It's not good to shoot guns, the troops are marching, the soldiers are tired and have just rested after a day, you thunderbolt and go out, it is estimated that there will be a large area. But there's no problem with horseback riding, will you? ”
Yuan Zhongzhen nodded desperately: "Hmm! Studied in France before! ”
Yang Xiaolin didn't say anything more, turned around and waved at Tai Wangu, and immediately led two horses, one for Yuan Zhongzhen, and the other was ridden by a guard with better riding skills, who followed behind to protect.
"Slow down, don't run too far."
Yuan Zhongzhen suddenly kissed Yang Xiaolin's face at this time: "I know uncle!" ”
After saying that, she flew to the horse, and Yang Xiaolin saw that her posture on the horse was okay. When the two horses gradually walked away, the relaxed smile on Commander Yang's face slowly faded: "Wan Gu, do you have any faith?" ”
Tai Wangu nodded and said, "Yes." Mr. Yang said that he has now mastered Lei Zhenchun's five crimes, the first of which is to ignore the law; second, deceive the people; third, to use power for private gain; fourth, abuse of power; The fifth strong robbed the people's daughter. ”
Yang Xiaolin was stunned after hearing this: "He still robbed people's daughters?" ”
"Well, and the taste is not ordinary, the woman is almost forty."
Yang Xiaolin was shocked when he heard this, this taste was really a bit heavy.
In fact, almost all of the people around Lao Yuan are doing these things. Including Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, who went out with him, are the same. In the eyes of these people, Lao Tzu has worked hard to bring down the country, is it okay to do this?
He didn't want to take Lei Zhenchun to operate, after all, Yang Xiaolin still had some personal feelings for this Yuan Shikai's general manager. But there was no way, it was precisely because Lei Zhenchun was very important to Yuan Shikai that Yang Du aimed the finger at him.
At this time, Lao Yuan focused on how to deal with Sun Wen. After Yang Xiaolin left Beijing, he was still wary of the Northeast forces, but Yuan Shikai was wary of Chen Tianhua.
The ceremony is about to be held, Chen Tianhua and Sun Wen are arranging the activities of sacrificing holes for Lao Yuan on the first program of the ceremony, arguing with Yuan Shikai quite fiercely, no one noticed that Yang Du had begun to quietly sharpen his knife at this time. (To be continued......)