Chapter 1297: Cavalry Duel
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Less than 30 kilometers from Yekaterinburg, there is a small town called Sherdi, where there is an important strategic warehouse of the Russian army, in which there are hundreds of 37-mm anti-tank guns and 10,000 shells stored by the Russian army, as well as 200 60-mm mortars and 50,000 shells. This is the most important of all the combat readiness warehouses of the Russian army. In addition to the anti-tank guns that equip the front-line troops, almost all the anti-tank guns of the Russian army are stored here. For this reason, Grand Duke Nicholas specially arranged an infantry division to be stationed here! At this time, Yekaterinburg was still in the rear, and it was very safe when the squadron did not capture those border cities. It's just that now this combat warehouse is in ruins, and those anti-tank guns and mortars have been blown up. Even the whole town was destroyed, the houses in the town were still burning, the streets were full of corpses, and there were many Russian women who were naked, and you don't have to think about it to know what kind of humiliation they suffered before they died!
Grand Duke Nicholas, under the protection of the guards, stood in front of the battle-ready warehouse, which had been turned into ruins, without saying a word, and his face was sinking as if he could drip water! He attached great importance to this combat readiness warehouse, but did not expect that under his nose, this combat readiness warehouse was actually destroyed by someone and lost these anti-tank guns, which will have a great adverse impact on the Russian army's resistance to the Chinese!
"Grand Duke, Brigadier General Vasily has brought!" The adjutant of the Grand Duke Nicholas whispered to him. Not far behind him. Two tall Russian soldiers escorted a middle-aged soldier. It can be seen from his brief that he is a brigadier general! Merely. This general now looks very wolf, his face is covered with dust, and his hands are tied behind his back!
"Bring that guy here!" Grand Duke Nikolai said through gritted teeth! This brigadier general is none other than the commander of the Russian infantry division stationed in Sherdi, Brigadier General Vasily!
"Vasily, what the hell is going on?" Grand Duke Nikolai's gaze seemed to devour people, which made Brigadier General Vasily very frightened!
"Your Excellency, it was those lowly Central Asian minorities who did it. They attacked us in the early hours of last night, at least tens of thousands! We lost a lot of money before we could do it. The troops were also scattered by them! These Central Asians blew up warehouses and looted the town, and they slaughtered all the inhabitants of the town! Brigadier General Vasily hurriedly said!
"Bastard!" Grand Duke Nikolai kicked Brigadier General Vasily in the chest, kicked him out of the air, and scolded: "What are you eating? More than 10,000 people can't even look at a warehouse? Why was it not reported to the command in time when it was attacked? "You know, Sherdy is only more than thirty kilometers away from Yekaterinburg, and if you report to the command headquarters when you are attacked, reinforcements will be able to arrive in two hours at most! However, until this morning. It was only after the rout that fled from Serdy to Yekaterinburg that the news of the attack on Serti was reported. By the time the Russian army arrived, the combat readiness warehouse had already been blown up. After slaughtering the entire town, the minorities of Central Asia have retreated south! This made Grand Duke Nikolai almost mad!
Brigadier General Vasily bowed his head, not knowing how to answer, but kept begging for mercy. In fact, when Serdy was attacked last night, his first thought was not to report to the command, but to hide in the cellar with the adjutant, and only crawled out of the cellar after dawn. However, although he escaped his life, most of his infantry division was lost under the attack of the cavalry units of the Central Asian minorities, and all but a few of the more than 10,000 inhabitants of Serti were killed. And this account, Grand Duke Nikolai will definitely be counted on his head. This is clearly not a good thing for Brigadier General Vasily!
"Someone! Shoot him! "Grand Duke Nikolai, seeing the appearance of Brigadier General Vasily, directly gave the order to shoot!
"Ahh Your Excellency, you can't do this to me, it's not my fault! Brigadier General Vasily screamed as soon as he heard that Grand Duke Nikolai was going to shoot him. However, the Grand Duke Nikolai did not react to his pleas for mercy at all, but drove him away like a fly!
A few minutes later, a crisp sound of a rifle sounded, and Brigadier General Vasily was executed! It's just that this has no effect on the Russian army, and those killed soldiers and lost combat materials can never be recovered! Grand Duke Nicholas was very distressed by this loss. At the same time, the hatred of the Central Asian peoples who betrayed Russia was even greater. You know, those bastards blew up the western Chelyabinsk railroad two days ago, completely cutting off the connection between the Siberian Plain and Eastern Europe.
"Get General Sergei!" Grand Duke Nicholas ordered. Now, the cavalry of those Central Asian peoples are wantonly burning and looting on the Siberian plain, causing great losses to the Russian army and the Russians, and if left unchecked, Russia will definitely not be able to support it! Therefore, Grand Duke Nicholas must fight back!
Soon, a tall and powerful middle-aged general came to Grand Duke Nikolai, his name is Sergey, the lieutenant general of the Russian cavalry, a famous cavalry general in the Russian army, and the 7th Cossack Cavalry Corps under his command is also a rare jīng sharp unit in the Russian army!
"Your Excellency!" Lieutenant General Sergei was very humble in front of Grand Duke Nikolai. After all, Grand Duke Nicholas was also a cavalry general at one time and his immediate superior. It's just that now he has become the commander-in-chief of the Russian army and has been promoted to marshal!
"Sergey, I want you to find out those despicable Central Asian minorities and hang all those betrayers!" Grand Duke Nikolai said through gritted teeth. This Central Asian nation has completely aroused the anger of Grand Duke Nicholas, and he is eager to kill them all! It's just that there is no such opportunity in Russia now! These Central Asian minorities have become subordinates of the Chinese, and unless China is defeated, Russia will no longer have the strength to destroy these betrayers!
"Yes, Your Excellency, the brave Cossack warriors will kill all those who betrayed!" Lieutenant General Sergei immediately patted his chest and reassured! He didn't seem to care that the 7th Cossack cavalry of the Russian army was only more than 25,000 people at full strength, but the cavalry of the five Central Asian tribes he had to face had 15 brigades and a total strength of more than 120,000 people!
"Sergey, don't talk big, there are more than 100,000 people you have to deal with! That's 4 to 5 times as many as you! Nikolai admonished. The 7th Cossack Cavalry Corps is the only mobile force in his hands, and if it is lost, it will have a serious impact on his next strategy!
"Your Excellency, please rest assured, those lowly minorities will not fight at all, and the brave Cossack cavalry is enough to block ten by one!" Lieutenant General Sergei said confidently!
"Haha! I also believe that the brave Cossack cavalry is enough to defeat the lowly Central Asian peoples! Grand Duke Nikolai also laughed! Once upon a time, the Russian Cossack cavalry was a formidable force that made the rest of the world tremble. However, after the application of automatic weapons such as machine guns, the Cossack cavalry began to go downhill. The dense charge of the cavalry could not resist the sweep of the machine guns, and the fragile human body was torn to pieces by the dense machine gun bullets, and in the battle with China, the Russian Cossack cavalry suffered heavy losses. However, this did not give up hope for the Russians, and the Russian cavalry generals still believed that the Cossack cavalry was invincible, and they expected the Cossack cavalry to return to its former glory. And now, dealing with the cavalry of those five tribes in Central Asia has undoubtedly become their opportunity!
On the night of May 4, the 7th Cossack Cavalry Corps of the Russian Army left Yekaterinburg and, according to the information they received, began to pursue the cavalry of the five tribes of Central Asia. After all, the Siberian Plain is the world of the Russians, and although the cavalry of the five Central Asian tribes come and go like the wind, it is not easy to hide from the Russians! Moreover, the five tribes of Central Asia have been enslaved by the Russians for hundreds of years, and they have always wanted revenge. Therefore, after attacking the Siberian Plain this time, they brought disaster to these Russians, and the goal was to kill all these Russians! As long as they do not encounter the main forces of the Russian army, with the speed advantage of the cavalry, they have nothing to fear!
Eighty kilometers east of Serdi, Kamensk, a small Russian city on the Siberian plain. At this moment, the whole small city has turned into a flight, a large number of cavalry of the five Central Asian tribes are galloping in the city, they use the sabers in their hands, cut off the heads of those Russians, and there are many cavalry of the five Central Asian tribes, brutally kicking open the door of the Russians, robbing the wealth inside. If a Russian woman is discovered, it is even more insulting. And those Russian men, all of them were killed, not even the children were spared! For the nomadic cavalry of the five tribes of Central Asia, the entire Siberian plain has become their hunting pasture, and those Russians who used to be high above are their prey!
"General, having received an order from the marshal, the Russian Cossack cavalry has been dispatched and is rushing towards us, and it is expected to be there tomorrow morning! Marshal, let's get ready for battle and fight to eat the 7th Cossack Cavalry Corps of the Russians! "A junior officer reported to the commander of the Kazakh cavalry, Major General Karimov!
"Oh? Did the Russian Cossacks come? Send a telegram to the other cavalry brigades and tell them to gather with us and prepare for a big fight with the Russians! "There was a hint of excitement in Major General Karimov's eyes!