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Ulan-Ude, located 200 kilometers from Kyakhta, is a large city built next to the Selenga River. As one of the two largest cities in Eastern Siberia, it is the main Russian settlement in the Far East. Before the war began, the city had more than 100,000 inhabitants. After the order of Tsar Nicholas I, all the inhabitants of nearby towns rushed to Ulan-Ude, bringing the total population of the city to more than 300,000. Among them, 100,000 men were drafted into the 3rd and 4th armies of the Far Eastern Army, and the rest of the common people began to migrate to Irkutsk, west of Lake Baikal. Irkutsk's defenses are stronger than Ulan-Ude, and if Ulan-Ude is breached, these civilians will definitely suffer heavy casualties. In the propaganda of the Russian government, the Chinese* army is completely fighting with the devil who crawled out of hell.

After the capture of Kyakhta, the 1st and 2nd Armies of the Imperial Cavalry began to advance northward, capturing a number of Russian towns along the way, and the Russians who had not yet had time to evacuate suffered heavy casualties. Especially the Mongol cavalry, they were not soft on these Russians at all. The officers of the empire did not stop them. Anyway, these Russians are not good birds, and when their army invaded China, were there still fewer Chinese who died at their hands? Now is the time for blood for blood!

The distance of two hundred kilometers was not long for the cavalry, and it took only 4 days to reach Ulan-Ude. Again, this is because the snow in Eastern Siberia has not melted. If another month passes, the speed will be even faster.

More than 70,000 imperial cavalry. The entire Ulan-Ude was surrounded, and according to the intelligence from the Military Intelligence Service, there were 100,000 Russian troops in Ulan-Ude. Of course. They were all newly formed armies by civilians, and they only had cold weapons and even agricultural tools such as hoes as weapons.

"Old Qiao, although there are 100,000 Russian troops in the city, they are all rabble, and we can attack them lightly. It's April 19 now, and it's more than ten days away. The snow in Eastern Siberia will melt completely. Russian reinforcements will soon arrive, and we will have to take Ulan-Ude as much as we can. Before the Russian expeditionary force arrived, we took Irkutsk as well. Major General Monk Greenqin said.

"Hmm. I agree. Although there are many Russian troops in the city, they are just some civilians, and we can easily eliminate them. Major General Qiao Moyan also said. Although, the cavalry was not very suitable for sieges. On narrow city roads. There is a high chance that it will be attacked by enemies who are hiding. However, Ulan-Ude, a city without walls, is different from those in the interior. Although there are many Russian troops in the city, they are just some new recruits, they do not even have formal military training, and they still lack weapons, hoping that there will be such an army to defeat the imperial army, or to drag the imperial army. It's simply not possible.

"Okay, command the artillerymen. Shelling of Ulan-Ude in half an hour. Twenty minutes after the bombardment, the cavalry launched an attack on the city and killed all the Russians in the city! "Major General Monk Grinqin gave the order.

Twenty minutes later, at 2:40 p.m. on April 19, 1847, the artillery of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Corps of the Reich began a heavy artillery bombardment of Ulan-Ude. Two heavy artillery battalions, plus ten brigade artillery battalions, a total of nearly 300 cannons, began to rain shells into the city. Artillery is a technical branch, and the artillery of these two cavalry corps is drawn from other units. The Mongols were fit to be cavalrymen, but other aspects did not dare to compliment. However, their fighting prowess and skillful riding skills are their real strengths.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Dense shells exploded in Ulan-Ude, destroying buildings one by one and blowing them into rubble. The Russian officers and soldiers hiding in the city suffered heavy casualties in the shelling. Because the officers and men of the 3rd and 4th armies of the Russian Far East, except for a small number of experienced veterans sent from Irkutsk, the rest of the soldiers were only civilians. They did not have systematic military training, and they did not even know how to avoid shelling, and in such a situation, they naturally paid heavy casualties.

"Colonel Valkaski, what to do? The artillery fire of those Chinese was too fierce, and the troops under our command were just a group of farmers or lumberjacks who had just laid down their hoes, and they simply could not fight such elite troops. In addition, those guys were all stupid by the shelling of the Chinese, and if the Chinese attacked, they would definitely throw away their weapons and flee. A Russian colonel in his thirties, named Fyodor, was an officer in the Russian Far East Governor's Office, said angrily. While massively forming troops on the orders of Tsar Nicholas I, he was appointed commander of the 4th Army in the Far East. And Colonel Valkaski, who was the commander of the 3rd Army in the Far East.

"Hell! Aren't the Chinese who became cavalry? How could they have such artillery fire! Colonel Valkarski was puzzled. Even the Russian Cossack cavalry was armed with only a small number of artillery. But the cavalry of the Chinese* army was actually equipped with more artillery than their infantry, which completely subverted his likeness.

In fact, the cavalry of the Chinese* army is not a simple cavalry, but more like a combination of cavalry and infantry. Fighting in the northern steppes and Siberia, if you walk, the speed will be very slow, and only cavalry can maneuver quickly. The Chinese cavalry was able to maneuver at high speeds like ordinary cavalry, but at the same time had the great firepower of the infantry. This is an idea of the Emperor Long Yufei, and it is now being implemented. After the appearance of hot weapons, the threat to cavalry has become more and more great, and the previous battle of Shengjing City undoubtedly illustrates this point. If you form a cavalry equipped with simple cold weapons, then it is better not to form it. Therefore, this makes the Imperial cavalry completely different from the orthodox cavalry of other countries.

"Boom!" A 105-mm shell exploded inside a low house, destroying the entire small house, and several Russian soldiers hiding inside, were killed on the spot and buried inside.

"Oh God! It's terrible, the attack of the Chinese is really terrible, and if you stay here, there will be only a dead end. "A middle-aged soldier ran out of a building next to the street. But before he could run a few steps, he was torn to pieces by a cannonball falling from the sky.

"Mom! I don't want to be a soldier anymore, I want to go home. A Russian teenager cried. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but at the time of the mass conscription, he joined the army with great enthusiasm, ready to fight the evil Chinese* army for the sake of his country. But when they went to the battlefield, they realized that this qiē was beyond their imagination before, it was too tragic, and it was possible to lose their lives anytime and anywhere, and it was no different from hell at all, and it was even more unimaginable for these young people.

Such a situation is played out throughout Ulan-Ude. The Russians, who had joined the army with a fighting spirit, collapsed under the heavy shelling of the Imperial cavalry. They left their positions screaming, looking for a safe place everywhere, like flies without a head, and even the veterans tried their best to stop them, to no avail.

The shelling ended quickly, and such a short 20-minute shelling caused huge losses to the Russian army in the city of Ulan-Ude, at least tens of thousands of people were killed in the shelling, and the remaining Russian troops were also in a mess, and the orders of the two commanders of the Russian army could not be conveyed at all. In such a situation, how could the Russian army resist the attack of the imperial cavalry.

After the bombardment, the 1st and 2nd Imperial Cavalry Corps, each with two cavalry brigades, attacked the city from all sides of Ulan-Ude. The dense sound of horses' hooves sounded as if it was thunder, which made the Russian troops in the city panic even more.

"Rush! Kill all your old hairymen and avenge your dead compatriots! ”

Chanting such slogans, the Imperial cavalry rode their horses and charged into Ulan-Ude. In order to defend against the Chinese* army, the Russian army built a number of barricades in the city of Ulan-Ude. However, these barricades were obviously not up to standard, they were too low, and the horses of the imperial cavalry crossed over from the upper hand of the barricades. The Imperial cavalry were like tigers in a flock, slashing at the Russians.

The swords were slashing continuously, and one after another the Russians were chopped to the ground. In such a situation, the Russians were already frightened and simply could not organize a powerful counterattack.

"Run! Those Chinese cavalry are coming, they are simply devils who kill people without blinking! ”

The Russians began to scatter and flee, but the whole of Ulan-Ude was surrounded by imperial cavalry, so where could they flee? If it were a regular army, it would be absolutely impossible for the Imperial cavalry to conquer a city garrisoned by 100,000 people with such a force. But it's easy to be a rabble with no weapons and no formal training.

The battle in the city of Ulan-Ude can no longer be described as a battle, it is simply a massacre. The 100,000 Russian troops in the city did not organize a decent resistance at all, and were defeated by the imperial cavalry. After that, it's a feast of killing.

The cavalry of the empire, with their sabers in their hands, wantonly harvested the lives of these Russians. Even those Russians can't hide when they run into the house, and two grenades thrown in it can kill all the Russians inside.

From the launch of the attack to the end of the war, it took only two hours for the Imperial cavalry to conquer Ulan-Ude. (To be continued......)