"Young Marshal, the latest intelligence, the main force of the Russian army has passed through the buying and selling city and is advancing towards Kulen!" Lieutenant General Zhao Xifu, commander of the Western Front of the Northern Army, took a telegram and reported to Wu Haoxuan.

"Is it finally here? Let the cavalry go out. From the buying and selling city to Kulun, it is only more than 200 kilometers. I'm going to keep those guys on the road for at least half a month! A hint of fierceness flashed in Wu Haoxuan's eyes.

The Russian army only carried so much war material, and if they consumed more on the road, the shorter they would be able to stay in Kulen. In addition, the cavalry of the Northern Army may cut off the logistics supply lines of the Russian army at any time, which will pose a greater threat to the Russian army. Once the Russian army reached Kulen, there was not much of a supply left. In addition, the logistical supply lines were cut off, which was tantamount to a catastrophe for the Russians. When the time comes, the Northern Army will be able to catch turtles in the urn and leave all the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops in the Mongolian steppe.

The Russian army has only a few hundred thousand troops in the entire Governorate of Eastern Siberia. Once these hundreds of thousands of troops are killed by the Northern Army, even if the Russians do not want to admit defeat, I am afraid there is no other way.

"Yes, young marshal!" Lieutenant General Zhao Xifu nodded.

Of the 12 cavalry brigades under the command of the Western Front of the Northern Army, except for four deployed in the area south of the line of Kulen and Uriya Sutai, the Russians were prevented from entering the southern part of the Mongolian steppe. The remaining eight cavalry brigades, however, were all deployed in the northern part of the Mongolian steppe waiting for fighters. Now that the main forces of the Russians have entered the Mongolian steppe, the time has come for the Northern Army to attack.

After receiving Wu Haoxuan's order, the eight cavalry brigades deployed in the northern part of the Mongolian steppe immediately took action. Like wolves roaming the steppe, they began to pounce on the Russian army. Of course, these eight cavalry brigades. The total number of troops is only more than 60,000. However, they are all cavalry that come and go like the wind, and the infantry of the Russian army cannot catch up with them at all.

What's more, Wu Haoxuan did not let these cavalrymen fight hard with the Russian army, but let them delay the Russian army as much as possible. Let the Russian army spend more time on the road. Let them consume more supplies on the way. In this case, once the Russians have cut off their logistical supply lines, they will be able to stay under the city of Kulen for a very short time. When the time comes, these Russian troops will be trapped in the Mongolian steppe and will either become prisoners of the Northern Army or starve to death.

The 4th Cavalry Brigade of the Northern Army, deployed on the east bank of the Orkhon River, is where they previously annihilated the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment of the Russian Army. After receiving the battle order, Brigadier General Zheng Diansheng, commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, immediately became excited.

"The whole brigade is ready. Twenty minutes later, sortie was made. Since Lao Maozi is here, let them see how good we are! Brigadier General Zheng Diansheng ordered with an excited face.

Twenty minutes later, more than 8,000 cavalry left the garrison and pounced on the Russians. These more than 8,000 Russian troops did not act together, but took each cavalry battalion as a unit, divided into small units, and launched an attack on the Russian army.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Crisp gunfire rang out over the steppe. The 4th Cavalry Battalion of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade and a unit of the 3rd Cossack Cavalry Regiment of the Russian Army encountered. In order to prepare for the offensive of the Northern Army, Admiral Vladimir specially asked the 3rd Cossack Cavalry Regiment to secure their flanks.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Soon. The sound of mortars also rang out. This is the cavalry of the Northern Army firing frantically at the Cossack cavalry of the Russian army with mortars. Dense shells fell into the ranks of the Russian troops, and the bombed Russian soldiers turned on their backs.

Immediately afterwards, the light and heavy machine guns also fired, and the dense bullets made the Russian army, which originally tried to charge, quickly change its tactics and retreat. But. These Russian Cossack cavalry still left corpses in one place.

After the Russian cavalry was driven away, the cavalry of the Northern Army continued to approach the Russian army. It's just that the infantry has stopped marching. Although they did not have time to build simple fortifications, the soldiers were lying on the ground. Ready for a cavalry attack. At the same time, those 76.2-mm field guns also began to fire.

"Hell! It's all the Cossack cavalry, and if they hadn't stopped us, maybe we would have succeeded. The whole battalion retreats! The commander of the cavalry battalion of the Northern Army scolded twice and led the army to retreat.

Although the cavalry attack power is strong, if you encounter infantry who are already prepared, it is better to abandon the battle plan. Otherwise, there is a high risk that you will be hit by the enemy's powerful firepower. Although the weapons and equipment of the Russian army are poor, they are still equipped with a lot of heavy machine guns. This is extremely lethal for cavalry.

After the cavalry of the Northern Army retreated, the Russian infantry continued to march. It's just that at this time, they have been delayed for a lot of time. Once or twice, it may not make much of a difference. But all eight cavalry brigades of the Northern Army were engaged in such operations, which was enough to make the Russian army anxious.

On the night of June 24, a battalion of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Northern Army, under the cover of night, secretly approached the camp of the Russian army. This is the camp of an infantry division of the Russian army. The secret sentry sent by the Russian army has been solved by scouts. Therefore, this cavalry battalion was able to touch less than 500 meters from the camp of the Russian army.

"Set up all the mortars and give them a hard blast!" The battalion commander ordered.

Ten minutes later, the battalion's six 120-mm heavy mortars, eight 80-mm medium mortars and 12 60-mm light mortars were ready. After the battalion commander gave the order, the more than 20 mortars immediately began to fire at the maximum rate of fire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

More than two dozen mortars fired wildly, and the effect was obvious. Dense shells fell into the camp of the Russian army, and one by one fireballs rose into the air. Countless tents were set on fire, and the Russian troops inside ran out without even having time to put on their pants. The scattered shrapnel is even more wantonly harvesting the lives of the Russian army.

"Enemy attack! Run! The Chinese called. ”

The entire camp was in a panic. Countless Russian soldiers are like headless flies strung around.

"Yes, great! Order the cavalry to prepare and charge Lao Tzu! The eyes of the commander of the cavalry battalion were full of excitement. If a cavalry battalion can defeat an infantry division of the Russian army, this is undoubtedly a great victory.

A few minutes later, the cavalry in front of the mountain launched to the fullest. The sound of horses' hooves thundered far and far under the night sky.

After discovering that the cavalry of the Northern Army had launched an attack, the Russian army that encountered a sudden attack was even more confused. No matter how much the junior officers scolded, they could not organize a favorable defense.

The cavalry entered the camp of the Russian army, slashing the panicked Russian troops with their sabers. When encountering a tent, he threw a grenade and killed a lot of Russian troops.

The Russian troops who were trampled to death by war horses, or hacked to death, are countless. There are even many Russian troops who fled for their lives in a panic, which caused a stampede and injured or died directly.

The cavalry battalion of the Northern Army, which penetrated the entire camp of the Russian army, fled at will with the help of speed. Not far from this camp, there are two more camps of the Russian army. Once they surround them, it will not be so easy for this cavalry battalion of the Northern Army to evacuate. Therefore, it is better to accept it when it is good.

On this night, the Russian army was attacked by dozens of cavalry battalions of the Northern Army, which plunged the Russian army into a panic. Although, the casualties caused were actually not large, less than 10,000 people were killed or wounded. But this is almost a devastating blow to the morale of the Russian army.

The camp of the commander of the Russian army, General Vladimir, was also attacked by the Northern Army. However, they found out in time, the attack of the cavalry of the Northern Army did not succeed, and they only received a few mortar shells. But even so, it made the Russian army panic all night.

As soon as the day dawned, Admiral Vladimir asked about the situation with dark circles under his eyes.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we were attacked last night in a total of 48 attacks, and the preliminary inference is that they were all carried out by the cavalry of the Northern Army. They took advantage of the darkness of night to approach our barracks and launch a surprise attack. We were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. A Russian lieutenant general said with a bitter face.

"How big are our casualties?" Admiral Vladimir asked.

"Killed and seriously wounded, more than five thousand. Thousands more were slightly injured. The lieutenant general said.

"Damn! In just one night, we suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. How can this work? I'm afraid we've lost more than half of it before we get to Cullen, right? Admiral Vladimir was furious.

The lieutenant general of the Russian army hurriedly lowered his head and did not say a word.

"General Anatoly, your 3rd Cossack Cavalry Regiment must take on the duty of vigilance. We can't afford to let those damn yellow-skinned monkey cavalry get into the way. Admiral Vladimir said angrily.

"Yes, General. However, my 3rd Cossack Cavalry Regiment had only 25,000 men. We have to fight with the Chinese cavalry along the way, and at the same time we have to protect the logistics supply lines, so we really can't draw too many troops! Lieutenant General Anatoly said with a bitter face.

It was a bit of a struggle for him to have only one Cossack cavalry corps to face twice as many enemies as he was.

Admiral Vladimir's face was also not good-looking, and if the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Corps had not been destroyed, their pressure would have been much less. It's a pity that the 2nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment has been destroyed, and the remaining 3rd Cossack Cavalry Regiment is also difficult to support.

"Either way, we have to guard against the attacks of the yellow-skinned monkeys!" Admiral Vladimir said through gritted teeth. (To be continued......)

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