Chapter 613 Cutting off the Russian army's logistics
Chapter 613 Cutting off the Russian Army’s Logistics
Author: Feng Xiaomu
Chapter 613 Cutting off the Russian Army’s Logistics
On the Kazakh grassland, a cavalry force of ten thousand people was running wildly towards the west.
They wore grass-green military uniforms, which were similar to the background color of the grassland.
This kind of clothing helps hide yourself.
The Russian army used telescopes to observe and could not see the traces of the army in the distance.
Each soldier in this cavalry has three horses.
Most of them wore normal clothes, but there was a cavalry force of about a thousand men, all wearing chainmail.
There was also a war horse wearing chainmail beside them.
The horses, with nothing on their backs, ran with the soldiers.
Among the light cavalry, there were a thousand heavy cavalry mixed in, which seemed strange.
This unit was the Fourth Cavalry Division responsible for attacking the rear of the Russian army.
Zhong Liang, commander of the 4th Cavalry Division of the Royal Army of China, observed that the soldiers looked tired and the horses they were riding were panting heavily.
Zhong Liang issued an order: "Order the soldiers to rest in this area.
After regaining physical strength, change horses and continue marching."
Zhong Liang's order was issued, and the soldiers of the 4th Cavalry Division, except for a small number of people responsible for security, began to rest.
Zhong Liang held the steamed bun in one hand and occasionally took a few bites.
But he put all his attention on the march map.
Of the four cavalry divisions in the theater, the Fourth Division has the heaviest task.
They are responsible for cutting off the Russian army's supplies and cutting off the Russian army's retreat.
They are also the most dangerous army. Once the four-sided encirclement is formed, their traces will be exposed.
The Fourth Division will be encircled and suppressed by hundreds of thousands of Russian troops.
Zhong Liang chose to implement this tactic despite the risk of annihilation of the entire army.
That is, once this tactic is successful, it will bring massive benefits.
Cutting off the supply lines of the Russian army, the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on the front line were left without food and grass supplies.
This does not require the Dahua Empire to take the initiative to attack, they will naturally collapse.
The situation of encirclement on all sides was achieved, and the Russian army was blocked in the encirclement of the Great China Empire. They had no hope of escaping and ascending to heaven.
They completely eliminated the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on the front line. After that, there was no force that could resist the Great China Empire in this Central Asian grassland.
The empire will completely occupy this area of Central Asia.
To the north, you can directly attack the heart of Russia, and to the south, you can seize South Asia, Persia and other regions.
To the west you can attack the Ottoman Empire.
Central Asia is in a war zone, which is not conducive to defense.
But once it was captured by the empire, it would be the most important strategic location.
The scenery on the grassland is not very different, and Zhong Liang can't even judge where they are now.
He looked at Zhu Peng, who looked bookish next to him.
"Chief of Staff, I estimate that we will run three to five hundred miles this time and be almost close to our goal.
Use a sextant to determine the specific location, and don't go astray."
Chief of Staff Zhu Peng swallowed the cookie in his hand in two mouthfuls.
He put on his gloves, opened his suitcase, and took out a precise sextant.
At the same time, take out a desk clock for accurate timing.
He used a sextant and the position of the sun to determine his latitude and longitude.
Knowing the approximate latitude and longitude, you can determine his location.
Zhong Liang watched the operations of Chief of Staff Zhu Peng. He held his breath and did not dare to disturb him at all.
The sextant is such a precise instrument that only a few people in the military can master it.
Most of these talents are absorbed by the navy, and they need to determine the location of warships at all times.
Only a small number of talents come to the Army for various reasons.
This is also the mission of the 4th Cavalry Division. Only Cai Gong and Wu Jie transferred talents to the 4th Cavalry Division and appointed the Chief of Staff of the 4th Cavalry Division.
Without a sextant to determine your position, and running on unfamiliar grasslands, it is easy to lose your way.
Zhu Peng put away the sextant and marked his own position on the military map.
When Zhong Liang saw that the chief of staff had finished marking, he immediately stepped forward to observe.
He couldn't hold back the smile on his face, and said in surprise: "We have crossed the Russian camp thirty kilometers away.
The most dangerous journey for our army has finally passed. From now on, even if we are discovered by the enemy.
We can at least destroy the Russian army's material transfer center and run in circles with the Russian army on the grassland."
Zhong Liang casually drew a large arc on the military map, which was their marching route.
In order to prevent being discovered by the Russian army in advance, they ran at least an extra hundred kilometers.
They bypassed the Russian army camp to the south and would not encounter the Russian army coming from Siberia.
Once they are discovered, the Second Cavalry Division will turn from darkness to light and take the initiative to expose its position.
They made the Russian army mistakenly think that this army was the 2nd Cavalry Division, covering up the traces of the 4th Cavalry Division.
Zhu Peng pointed at the location sixty kilometers northwest on the military map.
"If the intelligence obtained by the empire is correct, this is the Russian army's logistics material transfer center, a small town called Park.
By breaking through the Russian defense line, burning the Russian army's food and grass, and completely destroying Parker, half of our strategic goals will be achieved."
Zhong Liang said excitedly: "It's so close, so close!
It was only sixty kilometers away, so we marched all night and happened to break through the Russian defense line in the early morning."
Chief of Staff Zhu Peng asked with some concern: "Would the soldiers' combat effectiveness decrease if we march overnight?
We still have to be cautious and don’t be unable to capture it for a long time.”
Zhong Liang put down the military map and said confidently: "I have confidence in my soldiers. Night is the most relaxed time for the Russian army.
We, the cavalry, attacked during the day.
Breaking the Russian camp will cost you even more.
Night attacks are the method with the lowest casualties, and the Russians must not be allowed to get the news in advance and prepare for defense."
Zhong Liang and Zhu Peng briefly discussed the next tactics, and Zhong Liang was mainly responsible for the battle.
After the 4th Cavalry Division was repaired, they slightly corrected their direction and continued running wildly on the grassland.
The setting sun in the sky has disappeared into the clouds.
The dim sky tells people that it is already dusk and darkness is about to begin.
A fast horse came to Zhong Liang.
"Reporting to the division commander, we found a Russian transport team camping ahead. What should we do?"
"Approximately how many people?"
"Looking at the scale, there are about two thousand people."
"Inform the Second Brigade and the Third Regiment to annihilate all these Russian transport teams and let one person go. I will remove Shi Dashan from his position as regimental commander."
Zhong Liang did not hesitate at all and immediately decided to annihilate the transport team.
More than 10,000 people were galloping across the grassland. The Russian transport team was not blind, so how could they not see it?
Before completely seizing Park City, the Russian logistics material transfer center, the news of the 4th Cavalry Division's presence here must not be leaked.
The 4th Cavalry Division traveled hundreds of kilometers, and they also encountered indigenous tribes.
These indigenous tribes were all annihilated by the Fourth Cavalry Division. This ensured that the traces of the Fourth Cavalry Division would not be leaked to the indigenous tribes along the way.
After receiving the order, Commander Shi Dashan took the cavalry under his command and immediately launched an attack on the Russian transport team.
These transport teams are resting around the transport carriages.
Many people are cooking food in horse dung.
Most of the team were civilians, and the number of troops was very small.
Commander Shi Dashan immediately ordered the entire army to surround the transport team and continuously compress it inward.
Transport will annihilate everyone and never let anyone escape.
The regular army and civilians launched a surprise attack. It couldn't even be called a war, it was just a massacre.
From time to time there were gunshots and Russian screams.
The Russians looked very different from the Han people, and the soldiers could not understand the Russians' pleas for mercy, so they did not feel much guilt.
Captain Shi Dashan rode his horse and came to Commander Zhong Liang. He saluted and said: "Sir, our three regiments have fulfilled their mission and have cleaned up the entire transport team without letting anyone go.
May I ask, sir, what should we do with the materials left behind by the Russian army?"
"Let each regiment carry some urgently needed supplies and destroy all the rest."
Zhong Liang's order was issued, and the 4th Cavalry Division was organized into regiments to collect some materials left behind by the Russian transport team.
They then followed the path of the transport team and headed towards Park City.
It was completely dark, and the cavalrymen held pine oil torches in their left hands to illuminate the surrounding direction.
By the light of the fire, they continued to move toward Park City at a moderate speed.
Running quickly at night is too risky, so the cavalry can only be slowed down.
Zhong Liang estimated that the Fourth Cavalry Division should be able to reach Park City before dawn.
The clock on the horse rang, and the time set by Zhong Liang had arrived.
He immediately issued an order, and all the cavalry extinguished their torches and approached Park City by moonlight.
He estimated based on the speed of the cavalry that he was not far from Park City now.
It would be too obvious to continue lighting the torch, so we could only slow down and move forward by moonlight.
The sound of the horse's hooves treading on the grass was very soft.
Zhong Liang looked up at the small city ahead. Several bonfires were lit on the low walls, pointing them in the direction.
The small town in front is the logistics material transfer center of the Russian army.
A large amount of supplies shipped from the Russian army are stored here.
The Russian army's frontline supplies of food and fodder, even if they were saved, would not last for half a month.
Once the 4th Cavalry Division takes Park City, it will cut off the Russian supply line.
The hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on the front line are just lambs to be slaughtered.
Chief of Staff Zhu Peng saw Park City with its earth and stone structure and five-meter-high city walls.
This Park City looks very new. It is obviously a newly built city by Russia for this war.
This is not a tall city wall, but it can provide shelter for the Russian army.
Especially the artillery on top of the city, if attacked by force, would bring huge casualties to the Fourth Cavalry Division.
Zhong Liang looked at Park City and analyzed: "Based on my experience, the current defenders of Park City have found no trace of our army.
According to local time, it should be three o'clock in the morning, and it will be dawn in more than an hour.
After daybreak, the Russian army will definitely find traces of our army, and it will be very difficult to attack the city again.
We can only cut off the Russian army's supplies by transporting supply lines in stages.
Doing so will trigger a violent counterattack by the Russian army.
The primary purpose of our army is to launch a surprise attack on Park City while the Russian army in Park City does not understand our army.
Let Xiao Yuan's heavy cavalry regiment be responsible for attacking the camp.
This is grassland, there are no shrubs around it, so it is definitely impossible to build siege equipment.
This is also the reason why Russia is very relieved to build the small city of Park.
But our army can use hook locks to scale the city wall.
Xiao Yuan's heavy cavalry regiment has specially conducted this kind of training.
Wearing armor, they can also protect themselves from attacks by the Russian army's hot and cold weapons."
Zhong Liang directly issued an order to Xiao Yuan, the commander of the heavy cavalry regiment, asking him to open the gate of Park City before dawn.
Xiao Yuan also made his own request, requesting the assistance of the artillery battalion, and also requested the division headquarters to support a large number of weapons and ammunition.
Zhong Liang agreed to Xiao Yuan's requests one by one.
Xiao Yuan returned to the army and conveyed the order from the top.
He excitedly said to the soldiers: "Our opportunity has come to make a contribution.
Usually it is the light cavalry who perform meritorious service, but we usually put in much more effort in training than those light cavalry.
There was just no opportunity for our army to perform before.
Our army wears cotton armor as an inner layer and chain mail as an outer layer.
Cotton armor can withstand Russian muskets, and chain mail can withstand bows, arrows, and sword cuts.
As long as everyone is not hit by artillery head-on, safety can be guaranteed."
The soldiers of the heavy cavalry regiment wore armor. In order to ensure the flexibility of the body, many soldiers took off the protection on their joints.
Each soldier carries two pistols and a dozen grenades, ready to climb the wall.
Xiao Yuan made a gesture towards Zhong Liang preparing to attack.
The artillery battalion of the 4th Cavalry Division has set up mortars.
The mortar's curved trajectory makes it easy to throw the shells from the bottom of the city to the top of the city wall.
The artillery battalion received the order and fired several mortars at the same time, causing the Russian soldiers to collapse on the city wall.
The artillery battalion's artillery fire began to extend into the city, preventing the Russian army from supporting the battlefield on the city wall.
While the artillery battalion was firing, Xiao Yuan led the soldiers of the heavy cavalry regiment and rushed to the bottom of the Park City wall.
The soldiers on the city wall are dodging the cannonballs. No one will light the cannon on the city wall at this time.
They arrived at the foot of Park City successfully, and experienced soldiers stuck the hook on the city wall.
Wearing gloves, they climbed onto the city wall along the thick hemp rope.
Xiao Yuan personally led the team and climbed up the city wall along the rope.
Before climbing over the city wall, he threw three grenades into the city wall.
When the grenade exploded, he climbed over the city wall and immediately pulled out the gun from his waist with both hands.
Xiao Yuan saw the remains of Russian soldiers and corpses everywhere on the city wall.
Some Russian troops were already climbing up the city wall along the wall ladder.
Xiao Yuan immediately fired back with a pistol and occasionally threw grenades at the entrance.
The soldiers who came up together followed the regiment leader to block Russian reinforcements.
The soldiers of the heavy cavalry regiment kept climbing up the city wall.
They took advantage of their weapons and gradually gained the upper hand.
Wait until the number of people reaches 300.
Xiao Yuan immediately led everyone and rushed down the city wall to occupy the city gate.
They opened the gates of Park City and let the comrades outside enter the city.
When Zhong Liang saw the city gates wide open, he knew that the planned strategy had been successful.
When the army eliminated the resisting Russian troops in the city, Zhong Liang led the team to the storage area of Park City.
A large number of warehouses were built here to store materials shipped from Russia.
As long as the supplies here are destroyed, even if the 4th Cavalry Division evacuates, the Russian frontline will not have enough supplies.
Zhong Liang issued an order: "Food and other flammable materials should be poured with kerosene and burned with a fire.
Use muskets, artillery and other unignitable materials, and use gunpowder from Park City to blow them all up."
A large number of soldiers of the 4th Cavalry Division were all busy with this matter.
It was already noon the next day and everything was ready.
The Fourth Cavalry Division gradually withdrew from Park City. Commander Zhong Liang personally set fire to a warehouse and rode out of the city on horseback.
As soon as he reached the city gate, he saw a raging fire burning in the city, and there were constant explosions.
Park City would soon be engulfed in flames, a large amount of Russian army supplies were burned, and the 4th Cavalry Division successfully cut off the Russian army's logistics.
