Great Qing Dynasty talker

"Report to Marshal Lin, the Russian Central Asian Front Army 50 miles away is still not moving."

"understood."

The scout turned and left.

The temperature has dropped rapidly in recent days.

According to local guides, the lower reaches of the Irtysh River have entered the shore ice period, while the middle and upper reaches of the river are no more than half a month away from entering the shore ice period.

However, it will take another 2 to 3 months from the shore ice period to complete freezing.

The freezing period of the entire winter is no less than 5 months.

……

Lin Huaisheng was not in a hurry as the army had enough cold-weather supplies.

Each soldier was issued a thick cotton coat, earmuffs, high leather boots, gloves and a mask. The baggage battalion also stored a large amount of dried meat strips and baked naan as war supplies, which could be used in emergencies.

Weapons, ammunition and coal are also in sufficient supply.

He had enough patience and wanted to devour the 30 Russian troops and Suvorov himself in front of him.

熬~
Endure a decisive battle.

Suvorov wanted to avoid the war? That was impossible.

If he retreated, the Wu army would capture Qiu Ming along the Irtysh River. Afterwards, Catherine would not forgive him.

The scouts of the two armies continued to fight.

The Cossack cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry, the natural enemies, fought each other to the death.

One side is fierce and the other side has elite weapons.

The result of the scout battle was that the Cossacks' casualty rate was much higher than that of the Mongolian cavalry.

Each Mongolian cavalryman carried at least two thunder guns, and some even carried three thunder guns. The advantage of weapons made up for the disadvantage of combat effectiveness.

……

The fog of battlefield gradually dissipated.

Suvorov decided not to delay any longer and to drive Wu's army out of Central Asia as soon as possible.

Escorted by a team of cavalry, he arrived at the upper reaches of the Irtysh River, about 10 miles away from the Wu army camp, and stopped on a hill.

Suddenly asked:

"What's that black smoke over there?"

"General, that is the enemy's logistical steam fleet."

"How is the logistics supply situation of the Wu army?"

"The Cossack cavalry observed from a mile away that the Wu army used steamboats to tow wooden boats, with a minimum of three to five and a maximum of seven to eight, coming and going like the wind, and military supplies piled up like mountains on the dock."

……

Suvorov coughed softly a few times.

asked:

"What is the Wu army's logistical route?"

"They started from Yili and traveled northward by land. After reaching the east of Burqin and the south of Altay, they changed to the Irtysh River and traveled all the way to the battlefield."

Suvorov was stunned: "Map?"

The adjutant quickly took out the battle map from his briefcase and unfolded it.

Suvorov took off his gloves and used his fingers to simulate Wu Jun's logistics route on the map.

Suddenly I realized:

"They're going the far way."

The Cossack leader Onegin muttered:

"Yes, they were afraid that their logistics routes would be attacked by our cavalry, so they deliberately moved the land transport route eastward to their safe hinterland."

Kutuzov suddenly said:
"The enemy general is steady, ruthless, and very patient."

……

The wind blows across the hills.

Suvorov asked:

"If we use a cavalry group to rush to the Ili River Valley, bypassing cities and fortresses as much as possible, burning villages, towns, factories, killing people and livestock, in order to achieve the strategic goal of destroying the logistics of the Wu army, brave Cossacks, can you do it?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Onegin.

He himself disguised himself as a fur trader and sneaked into the Ili River Valley twice.

"My dear Commander, I'm afraid it's difficult."

"why?"

"There are armed garrisons of Wu people along the Balkhash Lake and the Ili River. A sneak attack will definitely turn into a violent attack, and it will be difficult to achieve a sudden effect."

Onegin's loyalty is beyond doubt.

Everyone sighed, thinking that they had really encountered a cunning thief.

……

Suvorov stopped his horse and observed for a long time, and suddenly he became excited.

"Then let's fight it out."

Everyone cheered collectively.

The next day, the letter of challenge was delivered.

Lin Huaisheng gladly accepted it, which was exactly what he wanted.

3 days later~
Hundreds of thousands of people met as scheduled in a vast area.

Hundreds of years later, this place was called Astana region, the new capital of the Kazakh Khanate, but now it is still a vast desert.

……

If the Wu army faced logistics difficulties, Suvorov wanted to delay the battle until the cold winter.

Winter is the best ally of the Rakshasas.

However, since the Wu army’s logistics are so powerful and its preparations are so sufficient.

If it drags on for a long time, it will be bad luck for us.

The reason why Suvorov became a famous general, in addition to his strategic vision and command skills, was that he was clear-headed enough: our Russia has its own national conditions.

The military rations were coarse, the muskets were insufficient, the tactics were brutal, Ula was a must, and strong liquor was a bonus.

Although the nobles in St. Petersburg never treated serfs as human beings.

but,

There must be no shortage of bayonets and liquor, this is the bottom line.

Even if there were guns but no bullets, the Russians could endure it. But if there were no bayonets and strong liquor, even the Tsar himself would not be able to suppress the mutiny.

……

Wu Jun here~
Wu Simai, who was supervising the cavalry corps on standby at the flank, pointed at the endless gray livestock on the opposite side.
laughed:

"Look, these gray animals wear robes that are more tattered than those of the grassland villagers, and their beards are longer than those of the grassland villagers."

The surrounding grassland tribal warriors all laughed along. It was okay for one's own people to tease one's own people.

If there is no poverty, who will fight for Emperor Wu?

It’s all for the pasture promised by Emperor Wu.

The merry and wild laughter of the crowd could be heard from far away.

Not far away~
Yang Yuchun, commander of the 9th Corps, who was sitting on a bench to rest, turned his head curiously and glanced at the group of illiterate people on horseback.

Although he was a warrior, he had received serious education and possessed the qualities of a half-scholar.

In addition to muskets, the 9th Legion under his command also has 2000 elite soldiers equipped with the empire's latest assembly line plate armor.

At this moment~
The soldiers put on their armor one after another and sat on the benches, putting their helmets and weapons aside.

There is a threshold requirement for selecting soldiers for the 9th Legion: a minimum of 160 pounds, and 180 pounds for excellent.

A 50-catties armor plus primary and secondary weapons would be unbearable even if one stood still for a long time.

……

The soldiers looked like primary school students sitting on small benches having a meeting. They looked very well-behaved and their mouths kept moving.

Eat~
A bite of dried meat and a sip of sugar water.

Each person also carried with them a piece of high-quality glutinous rice snack that was extremely sweet and half-cooked, so as to replenish their energy during the battle.

Yang Yuchun was originally a big, fat man, and now he looked even more muscular.

Thanks to the 9th Army, the 2nd Expeditionary Army next to it also enjoyed similar treatment.

Sugar water, dried meat.

A crunchy, high-energy snack.

The noise of these people eating could be heard from far away.

……

Suvorov looked through the telescope for a long time and couldn't help muttering: "Are our enemies a group of cows and sheep chewing the cud?"

A brigadier general next to him joked:

"Commander, in their culture, people cannot die of starvation."

The crowd roared with laughter.

Suvorov also laughed, but the next moment, the Prussian officer von Kern standing next to him spoke in horror.

"Commander, your gums are bleeding."

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Suvorov slowly took out his handkerchief and wiped away the blood.

Staring at von Kern:

"As the son of the Army's Chief Medical Officer, you wouldn't faint at the sight of blood, would you?"

The people around burst into laughter.

In the past, such ridicule would have been enough to make a Prussian nobleman furious.

However~
Today, von Kern didn't care about all this. He stared at Suvorov and was extremely worried about the commander's health.

……

The lineup of the Rakshasa Army is not complicated.

The front line width is 5 miles.

On the left wing, there were 40 phalanxes of serf soldiers, each with about 2000 people.

On the right wing were 6 standing musket regiments and 12 local musket regiments.

Several dozen feet of space were left in the middle.

The slightly higher hill 3 miles to the rear is an artillery position, which is also the command center of the Central Asian Front.

in addition,

There were also 2 Cossack cavalry and 2 Cossack musketeers waiting one mile behind the hill. Their purpose was self-evident.

Behind them were endless gunmen and spearmen. These serfs who put their weapons on the chevaux de frise were not offensive forces, but were responsible for some kind of defensive mission.

One layer of chevaux de frise and one layer of soldiers.

The chevaux de frise may be connected or have gaps between them.

……

Lin Huaisheng observed through the telescope for a long time and said:
"How strange."

But there's nothing much to say.

Attack!
The elite Imperial Army!
The mounted messenger in the long tasseled metal helmet galloped to the flag of the 2nd Legion.

Shouting:

"Marshal Lin has given the order. Commander Hu led his men to attack first and defeated the enemy's right wing. This is a great achievement."

"I will obey my orders."

Hu Zhihuang tightened his belt.

Draw the sword:

"1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th Infantry Battalions, forward."

……

Seeing that the Wu army's light infantry took the lead in launching the attack, Suvorov actually breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the thing he feared most might not happen.

What he feared most was that Wu's army would use a large number of rockets.

Since rockets can be used to attack cities, they can also be used in large-scale field battles.

The only flaw is that it is too spread out.

But a war involving hundreds of thousands of people is enough to ignore this flaw.

Fortunately, Western European arms dealers have already made a firm promise: after the first batch of rockets are successfully copied, they will be supplied to St. Petersburg first.

Use the blood and money of the Russians to maintain the country's arms research and development.

at this time,

Near Suvorov's command center, there were officers from Western European countries serving as observers, because the European powers were eager to understand the strength of the Wu army.

……

front,

The grassroots officers of Luosha wore brand new uniforms covered with military medals, raised their swords, and walked to the front of the phalanx with their heads held high.

The flag bearer followed closely behind.

March forward to the beat of the drum!

The distance between the two sides gradually shortened.

300 feet, 200 feet, 100 feet.

The skirmishers of the 2nd Legion accelerated out of line, spread out, and fired from their kneeling positions.

……

Once a Rakshasa soldier was shot and fell, the people behind him would immediately take his place and continue to move forward.

The casualties caused by the scattered soldiers of the Wu army did not affect the formation of the Rakshasa people at all.

They are silent, tolerant and cruel.

This is a reflection of strict military discipline.

For the military, rigid tactics are often the most effective tactics.

The serf army phalanx watching the battle~
An officer suddenly turned and shouted, "Ura."

The serfs in his square raised their guns and shouted, "Ultra!"

Ulla is a high-level phenomenon.

It is contagious and can be spread from person to person.

The "Ura" of 40 serf formations one after another sounded like waves.

now.

The eyes of tens of thousands of ragged serfs were filled with joy. Their faces, deep as ravines and filled with suffering, were filled with the desire to expand the territory.

……

Distance 40 feet.

According to the prior agreement, the second lieutenant, commander of the 2st Light Infantry Battalion of the nd Corps, shouted at the top of his voice:

"Stop, stand at attention."

"Get ready~"

The drums stopped abruptly.

The soldiers quickly glanced around, then formed a straight line, shoulder to shoulder, like a game of pass the parcel.

The other nine second lieutenants shouted the same military order one after another.

Not long~
Ten square formations of 3 men were lined up in a row, with three rows in each square formation. Looking down from the air, they looked like a thin red line.

……

The first lieutenant continued to give orders:

"First row, get down."

"Second row, kneel."

"Third row, stand."

Military orders were passed down one by one until the last phalanx completed the transformation.

The battlefield was in an uproar.

The originally neatly-organized Rakshasa soldiers were stunned, and some of them even lost their concentration and fell down suddenly, causing a small chaos.

In the rear, Suvorov was also stunned.

He couldn't believe his eyes. Could it be that the disease had entered his eyes?

The generals and foreign observers around him all reacted in the same way, collectively shouting: Oh my God.

……

Suvorov first saw a cloud of smoke coming out of the Wu army formation.

Two seconds later, gunshots were heard.

There was an exchange of fire!
No one discussed whether Wu Jun was a coward or possessed. They all opened their telescopes and held their breath.

in the lens.

The Wu army who were squatting and lying down were also shooting.

This is not surprising.

The strange thing is that they can actually shoot twice, no, three times.

moment,

Everyone lost their former composure.

Observers from various countries even saw "fear" on the faces of the Rakshasa generals, who were known for their thick nerves and love of blood plasma.

……

At the front line, the Rakshasa officers also discovered something was wrong.

A captain broke his superior's pre-arrangement and arbitrarily modified the military order:

"Stop, form a formation."

"Shoot, shoot! Shoot!"

The flintlock company he commanded opened fire first, leading the entire infantry regiment in firing.

Gunshots are also contagious.

Soon, all the infantry regiments stopped and fired at the Wu Army's 2nd Corps at a distance of 20 feet.

Smoke filled the air.

It was soon blown away by the cold wind.

The well-trained elite soldiers repeated the actions without stopping.

Load and shoot.

Load and shoot.

……

The firepower density of the 2nd Corps' 5000 guns was far higher than that of the Rakshasa Army's 10000 guns.

Because the first and second rows of the linear array were equipped with flintlock breech-loading rifles, it might be more appropriate to call them breech-loading carbines.

A shorter barrel means more flexibility.

The larger caliber is to offset the leakage of gunpowder gas and ensure relative power.

If the amount of powder is larger, it is the soldier's personal decision.

The fearless 2nd Legion would not take the mere risk of barrel explosion seriously.

People in northern Anhui dare to risk their lives.

The most enthusiastic are the new recruits who have been in the army for about a year. The reason is simple: they have just tasted the sweetness, but are not yet rich.

穷~
It is the driving force behind human beings gamble their lives.

……

The sound of gunfire was continuous.

People on both sides were shot and fell.

Line up and be shot. Whoever gives in first is not a man!

In the first round of shooting, 300 Wu soldiers were shot and 500 Russian soldiers were shot.

In the second round of shooting, 200 Wu soldiers were shot and 400 Russian soldiers were shot.

In the third round of shooting, 100 Wu soldiers were shot and 300 Russian soldiers were shot.

In the fourth round of shooting, 80 Wu soldiers were shot and 300 Russian soldiers were shot.

……

A quarter of an hour later~
In terms of the number of projectiles fired per unit time, the Wu army is three times that of the Rakshasa army.

Two quarters of an hour later~
The Wu army was four times the size of the Rakshasa army.

Suvorov put down the telescope, feeling his hands and feet cold and his whole body weak, and pointed at Kutuzov:

"You, go to the front line and take over command!"

"Don't fight the enemy with firepower, try to fight with bayonets!"

"Ulla!" Kutuzov shouted wildly, scaring the foreign observer next to him so much that he dropped the telescope on the ground.

This is the prelude to a Rakshasa going crazy.

Kutuzov turned over, mounted his horse, and rushed down the hill to the front line.

...(End of chapter)