Chapter 329 Suddenly realized
~.-~ The commander-in-chief of the Russian Far Eastern Front has changed hands, and he has changed from Dragomilov to the president of the Russian Imperial Cavalry Academy, the cavalry general Vladimir Alessandro Sukhomlinov. He followed the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich to the front line to work on the army, but the Grand Duke himself is now lying on the hospital bed and is extremely weak. Sukhomlinov also took over Dragomilov, who was also lying on the hospital bed. The mess in front of him was very annoying. This was not the position he should sit.
He was not familiar with the situation on the Far Eastern front, and this has never been his focus. In addition, more than half of the senior staff officers in the command center had the same symptoms as Dragomilov, and several of them had died. This put him in a serious situation where no one was available and was stretched, but he was powerless.
But the worse situation is not in the command center, but among the soldiers at the bottom.
In order to cope with the continuous pressing offensive of the Northeast Insurance Team, the top Russian leaders panicked and dispatched a large number of soldiers from major military sub-districts to gather on the Ob River defense line in a short time. The infrastructure in the entire area was not enough to build, and the sanitary conditions were extremely harsh. Today, the air has begun to turn cold, but it has never snowed and the air is very dry. The failure of the previous battle was too fast, and a large amount of military supplies were left in Krasnoyarques, which became the trophy of the Northeast Insurance Team. Because the Russian army was mobilized in a hurry, the winter clothes were arranged in just two months, and there was no time to prepare. Many soldiers were stationed on the defense line in summer clothes. In addition to being frightened, they also had to endure the invasion of the severe cold. In addition to whether there was enough food supply, the epidemic became a matter of course.
Compared with the top leaders, most of the sick Russian soldiers were unable to receive effective treatment at all. St. Petersburg has received relevant news, but unfortunately he is helpless. Sukhomlinov, who firmly believed in God, felt that he must have been abandoned by the Lord, otherwise how could he fall into an ominous place like Novosibirsk?
At the critical moment when Sukhomlinov was helpless, a news came from the 17th Cavalry Division mobilized from Kazakhstan. It was said that there were drugs smuggled from the Northeast in Guangfu Town, near the Xinjiang region of the Qing Dynasty. Relatives of soldiers once went through there and suffered from the same symptoms as those prevalent among Russian soldiers. However, they received timely treatment in Guangfu Town Hospital and were eventually discharged from the hospital.
This matter was originally a legend, but in fact, the soldier himself was not sure that his relatives had the land that was the infectious disease in the current army. But he said this unintentionally, but gave hope to other patients. To be honest, although Sukhomlinov cares about the lives and deaths of the soldiers, it is limited. Now everything is on him alone. If there is a mistake, he will probably become the scapegoat for the failure of the front-line war and become the second Skobelev. However, in addition to most of the senior leaders of the General Command, there is also a royal uncle-level prince. If this person unfortunately died of illness in the end, it seems that the possibility is very high. And Sukhomlinov knew that
In the case of legendary Chinese medicine treatment in Guangfu Town, it did not make any moves that would be beneficial to the prince's health. It was a bit exaggerated to say that when he returned to St. Petersburg, he was demoted to the end by Alexander III, but the possibility of losing his holy family was still very high. However, the tragedy was not over there. Sukhomlinov was likely to have become the target of hatred by the entire royal family because he did not do his best to save Grand Duke Mikhail. In addition, the death of illness was far from the only one of the Grand Dukes, but most of the senior commanders of the entire Far East General Command suffered the same disease. Most of them were from aristocratic families. When these people joined forces, even His Majesty the Tsar would be afraid of three points, let alone him.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Sukhomlinov will bring Daniel. However, after learning about the situation of Guangfu Town, Sukhomlinov did not adopt the strategy of mobilizing troops to attack. After all, the opponent was actually a large number of horse bandit armed forces entrenched in the Sanyi area. Although it did not reach the level of attacking and retreating, the people of Guangfu Town among the local herders made Sukhomlinov feel that if the troops were in the forefront, what was left to him could not be a perfect Guangfu Town, but a burned northwest wind. By then, there would be no way to seek medical treatment.
With these considerations, Sukhomlinov ordered Daniel Yevgeni Varenko to dress up as a caravan from Haohan to Guangfu Town. If possible, buy medicines directly from Guangfu Town Hospital. If it is impossible... it is simpler! The tradition of the Russians is mine, yours and hiss are mine.
"I originally thought that Guangfu Town was just a place where a group of horse bandits gathered, but now it seems that the situation is not the case!" Daniel was not stupid. After arriving Guangfu Town during the day, he observed around. Although the terrain around this town was flat, the area further away was surrounded by mountains. The Alay Mountains to the north and the Outer Alay Mountains to the south. There is also the Kizilsu River as a barrier, so it is very difficult to capture this town with the current Russian army's ability.
However, Daniel saw that this is not the case!
"Although I have not carefully confirmed the weapons and equipment of these horse bandits in Guangfu Town, if I read it correctly, they seem to be using a so-called assault rifle from the newly equipped troops in Northeast China. What's the name... By the way, Type 2!"
The Type 2 assault rifle is the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle in later generations, which is the AK47! The biggest advantage of this gun is that it is solid, has good battlefield adaptability and is powerful enough. However, the disadvantage is that it is also very obvious, that is, the accuracy of continuous shooting is extremely poor.
As soon as he thought of this, Daniel suddenly sat up, and then his thoughts suddenly became clear as if a layer of window paper had been torn apart!
"This Guangfu Town is not a horse bandit at all. If I had expected it to be good, they would be one of the Northeast Insurance Team! My God, just like us, you still want to take action in Guangfu Town, and there is no possibility of success at all!"
Daniel is not going to increase his anger and destroy his prestige! But the gap in strength is right in front of him. Although his subordinates are all elites in the Russian army, they can still compare with whom!
"There was a big problem. I didn't expect that an ambush was buried here in the Northeast Autonomous Region. It seems that its strength is quite strong. No wonder I heard that the previous several encirclements did not work! It would be strange if it was effective!"
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Chapter completed!