Chapter Forty-Seven: Victory
Yang Xiaolin glanced at Abe Shoutaro: "Minister Abe reminded is right, Mr. Sa Daoyi, Mr. Ministers, I also want to remind you of my previous identity, everyone knows that I used to be a bandit, so I know much more about those bandits than you!" I think I have more say on this matter than you do. β
Yang Xiaolin said and stood up here: "It is not enough to exterminate these wandering bandits, not just a large number of people. No one sends troops to garrison every city, they will plunder the countryside, and even if the countryside organizes manpower, they can also loot caravans! I do not think it is advisable to send troops to Russia now, as it will make the Russians suspicious of our intentions to enter their lands, and it will not be conducive to our extermination of this bandit force, nor to the future of our work. β
The gentlemen really don't know anything about such a bandit, but they feel that what Yang Xiaolin said makes some sense, and there is probably no one in this world who knows more about the habits of bandits than this guy. They exchanged glances with each other, and Sa Daoyi stood up and said, "Commander Yang, I want to hear your thoughts. β
Yang Xiaolin nodded: "First of all, we must cooperate with the local people and let the Russians stand on our side, so that we can effectively grasp the traces of those bandits, find them, and then exterminate them." Believe me, this is the only way to exterminate. β
Mr. Ssador thought for a moment: "Well, I can fully accept this reason. Can you tell me again where you plan to start looking for these people? β
Yang Xiaolin shook his head: "This is not sure yet, but as long as they don't stop their activities, there should be clues to be found." There are a lot of things we can do about it, and I can't tell you where we can make a breakthrough right now, but it will take a bit of luck. β
At this time, the American minister Conger said: "Then Commander Yang, I would like to ask another question, do you plan to cooperate with those Russians?" Is it with Trotsky? β
Yang Xiaolin immediately said: "No! There's absolutely no way that guy can be our partner. Our mission this time is to kill him, and I won't forget it. The Russians who cooperate with us must have two conditions, the first is that they must have a certain military strength of their own, they can do something for us, and at the same time be able to compete with the bandits. Second, I hope that they will not become the ones who cause us trouble, that is, if the situation in Russia changes, these people will not be a burden to us, they must have no political position. β
After saying these two conditions. The gentlemen nodded to each other. With the exception of Nicholas II, Trotsky and Kerensky, there seems to be only one so-called Siberian Republic in Russia. And among these four choices, there is only one that can be at the mercy of gentlemen, and there is no political position.
Yang Xiaolin's answer was about to come out, but he didn't say it himself, leaving the gentlemen to consider whether to cooperate with those guys.
The gentlemen were obviously still a little hesitant, after all, they were not familiar with the Siberian Republic. And no one can say whether those people are willing to rob themselves or not.
While they were thinking, the German minister MΓΌmmer stood up at this time to give Commander Yang as a support, Yang Xiaolin had already approached the Germans before, and in this Russian game, Germany and Britain and France agreed to kill Trotsky. But the inconsistency was that Britain and France demanded the continuation of the unification of Russia after the defeat of Trotsky, so that Russia could continue to maintain military pressure on Germany.
The Germans, on the other hand, were very fond of seeing a great Russia dismembered piece by piece.
"I think we can try to get in touch with the Stesar gang, and if they can meet our conditions, we can admit that they have de facto control over Siberia. Ladies and gentlemen. Note that we can only recognize their actual control over Siberia at this stage, and not their so-called Siberian Republic. This is our bottom line, any possible dispute in Russia in the future. None of us participated. β
Mr. Mumo's words made many ministers nod their heads, and before Sa Daoyi could make a decision, Bao Wo next to him said: "I think I can try, I don't care who he is, as long as he can stop those bandits!" β
Yang Xiaolin's eyes were fixed on Mr. Sadaoyi's face, the attitude of the British was really crucial, and he asked the priest and David to form a provisional regime in Cons, the purpose was to knock the British first, so that they could be mentally prepared for this model.
If they admit it, it should be easier to accept this time. Mr. Sadaoyi hesitated for a moment, he was really a little suspicious of the so-called Siberian Republic, but judging by China's performance, he found any evidence other than suspicion. If he had a choice, he wouldn't agree, but now that most countries were nodding their heads on the issue, including their allies the French, Sa Daoyi didn't dwell on anything else in the end: "Okay, you can contact the attitude over there first, and I'll ask London for instructions right away, and I'm sure this matter will be agreed." β
As soon as Mr. Sa Daoyi said this, Yang Xiaolin's heart felt like a stone fell to the ground with a bang, and his body couldn't help leaning back a little, with a smile on his face: "Then let's say so, everyone, I hope that the situation in Russia can return to normal immediately with our joint efforts, and I also wish the Japanese troops another victory." β
A smile appeared on Abe Shoutaro's face at this time, and he bowed to Yang Xiaolin: "Commander Yang, don't worry, at present, we have begun a small-scale exchange of fire with the Russians on the front line, and I believe that in a few days, you will be able to hear the news of victory." β
At this time, all the people in Beijing did not know that the Japanese and Russians had already fought an encounter in the Irkutsk region, and this time the battle was mainly attacked by General Brusinov and defended by the Japanese.
Does Russia have the ability to attack now? The answer is that they don't. When General Brusinov drew up his battle plan, he once again referred to Yang Xiaolin's practice in Beijing, and he seemed to have become addicted to learning Chinese fighting methods.
At the beginning, when the Russian soldiers pressed the border, China also had no supplies, no weapons, no supplies, only people. At that time, Yang Xiaolin's strategy was to set up five lines of defense outside Beijing, adopt a strategy of gradual resistance to thwart the momentum of the Russian attack, and then China slowly raised supplies, so that the balance of victory began to tilt in China's favor.
Brusinov felt that he had to fight like this this time too! And what he has more advantage over the Chinese troops is that Eastern Siberia is originally mountainous. Resistance positions can be set up everywhere here. When he came, he told Trotsky that it was impossible to defeat the Japanese in this battle, and that we were here to consume the Japanese war materiel by constant fighting, and then slowly retreat, opening up the Japanese supply lines and putting the Japanese army in the same predicament that the Russians had faced.
At the same time, competent proletarian comrades were immediately dispatched to carry out local work in Eastern Siberia, all the villages were burned, all the inhabitants were forcibly evacuated, and all adult men joined the partisans!
Brusinov told the leaders of the Russian proletariat with great certainty. If they are able to do what they want, then he can hold out in Eastern Siberia for more than three months, after which the Japanese attack will be suppressed, and the two sides may form a stalemate in Central Siberia.
He said that what Trotsky should do now was to turn northern West Siberia into a Russian war industrial base, so that he could better support the whole situation of the war and wait for the opportunity for a counteroffensive.
Brusinov's style of play can be said to be no different from the traditional Russian combat thinking, and it is still the same word: drag!
There's nothing wrong with that, anyone would use such a strategy, but how to drag out the war. It depends on the command level of the general.
When the Russian army arrived in Irkutsk, only cavalry came, and the artillery of the infantry was still behind them. Brusinov originally wanted to build fortifications here, but he did not expect the Japanese to come as quickly, and his fortifications had not yet been completed. The 4th Cavalry Brigade of Little Japan was killed.
After a small contact between the two sides, Brusinov found that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was indeed much higher than before, and the Russian troops seemed to be really a little behind them, so he decided to withdraw the troops a little further and abandon this place.
The Russian cavalry retreated if the Japanese did not pursue. Then the war may not be fought so quickly. However, little Japan was obviously a bit of a bully, and it may be that the battle for a while made them feel that the Russian troops were easy to bully, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade actually chased after Brusinov. Do not let the Russians get rid of them.
This really made Brusinov angry enough! You must know that a cavalry brigade of the Japanese is only 4,000 people at full strength, and although the Russian troops have not come all, there are more than 20,000 cavalry here! Having never seen such a bully, Brusinov sent cavalry to reconnoiter the surrounding situation as he retreated.
Little Japan was originally a long snake formation, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade wanted to take the lead, but there were no Japanese troops on the left and right, and the nearest Japanese Guards Division was also more than 100 kilometers away. After finding out the situation, Brusinov rolled up his sleeves and took you to win a battle to boost the hearts of our army!
To say that the Japanese dared to use 4,000 men to chase the Russian 20,000 cavalry, they are really not foolish. As soon as the two sides fought, the Japanese cavalry suffered a big loss from Russia, and 4,000 people on horseback could not cut down 20,000 people.
Later, as soon as little Japan saw that the situation was not right, he immediately got off his horseback, found a hill to defend on the spot, and called the surrounding troops to come over to support.
General Brusinov was determined to kill this Japanese brigade, and all of them surrounded them on the hill and rushed round after round!
They were also cavalry, and the artillery fire was not brought over, and the firepower of the small arms in their hands was simply not enough for the Russians to break through the Japanese defenses, and the battle between the two sides became a stalemate, seeing that the Guards Division was getting closer and closer, the Russians felt that they might not be able to kill this Japanese soldier, and when Brusinov was ready to withdraw his troops, a dramatic scene occurred.
When the Japanese Guards Division approached the battlefield, they found that the Russian troops here were all cavalry, and they did not dare to get too close. So they decided to give some support to the cavalry brigade with artillery fire, as long as the Japanese had another division, then these Russians would not be able to escape.
They didn't know where the Ludao Cavalry Brigade was holding its position, so they telegraphed to the Cavalry Brigade to get in touch and ask the Cavalry Brigade to report their position. The cavalry brigade just found a hill to defend, and they didn't know the specific coordinates of the road! If they tell the Guards Division that they don't know the way, forget it, the key is the personality of the little Japan, then the brigade commander feels that he is already very embarrassed to ask for tactical guidance, and if he doesn't even know the coordinates of the road, he will be afraid of people laughing at him in the future. So, he guessed a rough one.
The Japanese artillery began to bombard according to this target, and thousands of shells were all smashed on the heads of the soldiers of the cavalry brigade in one shot! To make matters worse, a shell landed in the headquarters of the cavalry brigade, killing the brigade commander and the telegraph machine.
The artillerymen fought excitedly for more than two hours, and the Japanese staff officer of the cavalry brigade released a carrier pigeon in the most primitive way, and the carrier pigeon was hit by a shot by the Russians as soon as it took off.
"For the sake of the Emperor's sake, don't fire any more cannons!"
Only then did the Japanese artillerymen realize that they had made a mistake, but it was too late. The positions that the Russians could not attack were blown to pieces by themselves, and those brave soldiers of the Japanese Empire were killed under their own shells, Brusinov and the Russian troops stood at the bottom of the hill and did not know what was happening. (To be continued......)