Chapter 696: In the first round, the Taiping Army won
In this battle with Russia, Huang Xu is ready to use an army of 1.2 million, and he wants to completely defeat the Russian army with an overwhelming advantage.
As for the main general who leads the battle, Huang Xu still chooses himself.
Huang Xu has also rested for a long time, there is no fighting, he feels so uncomfortable, he feels that his body is rusty, and it is time to move his muscles and bones, so he still decided to drive in person this time.
Although the Chinese Empire has been established for so many years, the army of the Chinese Empire is still called the Taiping Army, and what Huang Xu seeks is the word Taijun, besides, he has the status of today, and the Chinese Empire can have the status of today, everything comes from the Taiping Army.
Therefore, he never thought of changing the army of the Chinese Empire to the Chinese army, and he still called it the Taiping Army.
Moreover, Huang Xu has always believed that the name of the Taiping Army is good.
The 1.2 million troops arranged to fight against Russia this time included infantry, cavalry, firearms and other legions, which can be said to have gathered the most powerful force of the Taiping Army.
After the completion of the war against India, the establishment of the Taiping Army was changed from a mixed organization to the previous regimental establishment with the arms and services as the main army building ideology, so as to facilitate command and command.
Huang Xu believes that it is better to return to the current corps establishment, which is more in line with the actual situation of the Taiping Army.
In this battle, Huang Xu selected the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh, a total of six legions to fight with him.
And Huang Xu was also superstitious this time, and specially selected the odd legion to fight against Russia, and it felt that the odd legion would be the best choice in this battle.
Sometimes that's the case, as if there is a destiny in the dark, and everything seems to have been planned for you.
It's just that I don't know if Huang Xu's leading army this time will be as smooth as the previous times.
I hope so.
And specifically the situation of the several major armies that participated in the battle this time. That's pretty much it.
The 1st Legion was the ordinary infantry, the 3rd was the hoplite, the 5th was the light cavalry, the 7th was the heavy cavalry, the 9th was the Archery, and the 11th was the Firearms.
And the military division that accompanied the army. Huang Xu chose Zhao Xiaofeng this time, Zhao Xiaofeng is resourceful, has followed Huang Xu for the longest time, and Huang Xu is the most convenient to use, so Huang Xu named Zhao Xiaofeng again this time and ordered him to accompany the military counselor.
All major domestic affairs are entrusted to the cabinet.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and it's time of separation, at times like these. The most reluctant to separate are still Huang Xu's wives, but they are also used to Huang Xu's foreign battles, they also understand Huang Xu, understand the ideals in his heart, and are willing to support him and obey him, so. Although he couldn't bear to be separated, he still sent each other off happily and wished you victory.
And Huang Xu also waved goodbye to his relatives in reluctance. said goodbye to his friends, said goodbye to his ministers, and then led his army on the road to the battlefield.
The army marched overnight and finally arrived at the northeastern front a little earlier than expected.
Before they arrived, the Russian army had already carried out several rounds of offensives. and defeated the border army of the Chinese Empire.
Although China's border army has good combat effectiveness, it is not as good as the Russian regular army with strong combat effectiveness, so under the attack of the Russian army, several important border towns have fallen into the hands of the Russian army.
The Russian army saw that the border army of China was so vulnerable. It was very arrogant, and it drove all the way in.
In this invasion of China, Schikov divided the Russian army into three routes, one to Suifenhe in the southeast of Heilongjiang, the second to attack Manchuria in the north, and the other to encircle Hunchun City in eastern Jilin.
The Russian army is menacing and sharp.
The three armies of the Russian army are under the command of the three marshals of the Russian army.
The first route was commanded by Dimillov.
The second route was personally commanded by Schikov.
The third route was commanded by Wasky.
As soon as Huang Xu led the army to the front line, he heard these news, so he also hurriedly planned to send troops to fight, and after some discussion, Huang Xu divided the army into three ways to meet the Russian army.
Hunchun City was the most dangerous, so Huang Xu's most elite First Legion and Fifth Legion went to meet the enemy, and the two legions were temporarily commanded by Cui Min, and Zeng Guoquan, the commander of the Fifth Legion, was the deputy commander.
The Suifenhe Road was dealt with by the Third Army and the Ninth Army, with Hu Linyi, the commander of the Third Army, as the commander, and Yang Yiqing, the commander of the Ninth Army, as the deputy commander.
The Manchuria Road was personally commanded by Huang Xu, commanding the seventh and eleventh corps, the seventh regiment was the heavy cavalry, and the eleventh regiment was the firearms corps.
The plan was decided, and the three-way army packed up and set off immediately.
And not long after the Taiping Army's three-way army divided its troops to meet the Russian army, good news came.
After the Russian army led by Wasky left the Russian border, it made rapid progress, and soon surrounded Hunchun City, an important town on the northeast border, and it was precisely because the previous march was too smooth, so after they surrounded Hunchun, they forgot to attack as much as they wanted, but forgot to pay attention to someone sneaking up from behind.
Since ancient times, arrogant soldiers will be defeated.
And Zeng Guoquan took advantage of the psychology of the Waskis and led the light cavalry to carry out a surprise attack from behind Waski's brigade.
In the end, unexpected results were achieved.
Zeng Guoquan led the cavalry raid this time, which not only lifted Huasky's encirclement of Hunchun in one fell swoop and forced it to retreat, but also dealt a powerful blow to the arrogance of the Russian army and made them realize the strength of the Taiping army.
And the reason why Zeng Guoquan was able to win this battle so quickly and easily was that the Taiping army came quickly, and second, that Wasky was too light and unprepared, which gave Zeng Guoquan a chance.
It was the existence of these circumstances that gave the Taiping army a chance for a quick victory, half of which was determined by heaven and the other half by man.
In any case, along the way, the Taiping army won, and if it wins, it can boost its own morale while suppressing the arrogance of the Russian army, so as to lay a solid foundation for the next battle.
And just when Cui Min and Zeng Guoquan led the army to achieve an unexpected victory, the army commanded by Hu Linyi and Yang Yiqing also collided with the army commanded by Dimillov.
These people are quite resourceful and brave and good at fighting, as soon as they fight, it becomes a close match, however, the Taiping army is much better than the Russian army in terms of numbers and equipment, in the short term, Diminov can also lead the army to resist, but after a long time, the Taiping army's superiority in numbers and equipment is reflected, and the Russian army is not the opponent of the Taiping army.
After the fight, Dimiliov knew that there would be no good fruit to eat if he continued to fight, so he decisively ordered the withdrawal of the army, but the Taiping army was unwilling to stop, they grabbed Brother Mao and let Brother Mao get rid of the pursuit of the Taiping army on the basis of paying a considerable price.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Dimiliov directly led his troops to withdraw towards Russian territory.
The victory of the Taiping Army's two-way army was so fast, it was really a bit unexpected by Huang Xu, it seems that he still overestimated the strength of the Russian army, and now it seems that he only has one word for the Russian army, but that's it.
What Huang Xu said should be placed on the previous Russian army, which may be a bit exaggerated, but it is too appropriate to put it on the current Russian army, after all, today's Mao Zijun is not what it used to be, and it is not as good as before.
After the victory of the two armies, Huang Xu ordered them to continue the pursuit, directly to the territory of Russia, and take advantage of the situation to conquer the Russian polar bear.
The two Taiping troops received the order and followed the Russian army in pursuit.
In the first round of the battle between the Chinese and Russian armies, the Taiping Army won a big victory.
Next, it's up to Huang Xu to go along the way.
And Huang Xu's opponent is Schikov, and he hopes that this Schikov will not disappoint him. (To be continued......)