One hundred and twentieth eighth chapter Dingyuan battle II
Qi Zhuang led the first cavalry brigade, a firecrackers brigade, and a spear brigade on the left wing, aiming directly at Guli River City, with a strength of 1,700 men; Hu Wang led the second cavalry brigade, a firecrackers brigade, and a spear brigade.
The brigade is on the right wing, aiming at the city of Mubinsk in Xilin, with the same strength of 1,700 people.【】
Zhao Qiang led the infantry regiment's cavalry reconnaissance team, transportation brigade, artillery team and his own personal troops as wings, with a total strength of 1,000 troops. The target was the city of Yask on the Jingqili River.
Since the infantry regiment has about the same number of experienced soldiers and inexperienced auxiliaries, its combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. Therefore, this expedition was composed of a mixed cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment. The cavalry brigade was responsible for the march and before the war.
In the event of a siege, the infantry will attack the front line.
Before facing the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Green Camp, the Guan Ning Army will definitely engage in a large-scale cavalry battle with the Russian team. This is determined by geography and the strength of both sides. Zhao Qiang has already learned from the Cossack sergeant that the total number of Cossack cavalry in Russian hands will not
More than 600 people, and in Shouyi City, they lost nearly 100 people. Most of the remaining 500 or so Cossack cavalry were used in strongholds near Nerchinsk to deal with the Mongols. To the east of Nerchinsk, most of them were musketeers.
This determines the Dingyuan operation. The cavalry regiments can be used separately. They can even be separated in teams after acquiring several Russian strongholds without worrying about being attacked by the Russian army.
The army's superior cavalry force strikes.
After the left and right wings complete their goals, they will unite in Yask City and use Yask as a base to carry out the second phase of the battle plan, which is to capture Duolunchan and Erguna City.
As for the remaining troops in Shouyi City, Guo Fei, as the chief army officer, led the 400 troops left behind by the division to guard Shouyi City. Wei Ji, as the civilian officer, was responsible for the civil affairs construction of Shouyi City and assisted Guo Fei in the logistics of the army.
Liu De was also left to assist Wei Ji, but he didn't know that before Zhao Qiang left, he specifically told Guo Fei to arrange for someone to secretly monitor Liu De.
There are 160 disabled veterans in the Public Security Department, as well as 100 auxiliary soldiers. In addition to Guo Fei's 400 troops, as well as the auxiliary soldiers who run errands and do miscellaneous tasks in each department and serve as sergeants on assigned tasks, there are a total of 700 people. Going on the expedition.
Previously, in order to ensure the safety of Shouyi City, Zhao Qiang interrogated Cooper and learned from him that the troops he led were assembled from four strongholds by Governor Nerchinsk.
A large number of Russian troops from the Far East were mobilized, but now they were completely wiped out by the attack of the Guanning Army. There is no way Nerchinsk can mobilize enough troops to attack the Guanning Army. Even if there are, they will have to recruit them from various strongholds, and then
It is impossible to appoint a commander and arrange the expedition in a matter of months. However, the first phase of the Dingyuan Plan can definitely be completed within a month. If Nerchinsk is discovered by then,
There is an incoming Russian army in that direction, and the division can completely annihilate them again with its superior strength. In addition, Cooper also confirmed what the Cossack sergeant said, that is, they have a limited number of cavalry in the Far East, and most of them are concentrated near Nerchinsk to deal with the Mongols.
people, but he also mentioned that in the Lake Baikal area, the Russian Empire has powerful Cossack cavalry, and the total number of troops is quite terrifying.
When Cooper answered Zhao Qiang's question, he seemed very candid and showed no reluctance to tell or conceal anything. Duncan, who acted as a translator, explained to Zhao Qiang that Cooper was not a professional soldier. He was just because of his wife's family.
He came to the Far East for a reason, and it was all for gilding. He never thought that he would be captured by the Qing people. The important thing is that before Duncan came, Cooper did not have the psychological quality of a professional soldier. His survival made him willing
Cooperate in the hope of being released.
When Zhao Qiang heard from Cooper that the Russian commander who escaped was Tolbuzin, his face changed drastically at first, then he was full of regret, and then he was very happy, because this Tolbuzin was the Russian commander in the Battle of Yaksa.
Army commander, under his command, several hundred Russian troops withstood a year-long encirclement attack by more than 20,000 Qing troops. From this perspective, Tolbuzin was definitely a very good city-defending general. It can even be said that
He is a military genius.
Fortunately, he was not killed or captured. Otherwise, there would be no commander in the city of Yakosa. If someone were to replace him, a butterfly effect would definitely occur. Zhao Qiang was somewhat fortunate that Tolbuzin was able to escape, otherwise Yakosa would have been replaced by a Russian commander.
, those more than 20,000 elite Qing troops might easily capture Yakosa and not spend another year in Yakosa. However, Zhao Qiang couldn't help but think again, this Tolbuzin is so timid,
He even left his colleagues and ran away. From this point alone, he doesn't seem like a very awesome person.
History is really full of mysteries.
After Cooper couldn't find anything valuable to ask, Zhao Qiang asked people to take him back to the stone house for custody. Thinking that his wife Lin Na had had sexual intercourse with him, Zhao Qiang felt that he was attracted to this cuckolded man.
Could it be better? Could Lin Na be returned to him so that the couple could be reunited? But this thought only flashed through Zhao Qiang's mind because he thought of Lin Na's alluring figure and charming figure.
When it comes to bed work, I really feel a bit reluctant to give up.
Since you and your wife are both my prisoners, and the theory is my trophy, why should I pretend to be a good person? When you come to the Far East to burn, kill and plunder, you also don't consider the feelings of the victims, Zhao Qiang thought.
After ruling out that the Russian army would not have a large force to attack in the short term, Zhao Qiang put his judgment on the Qing army in the south. In the past half month, there was no intelligence report from Qing army spies or army gatherings, and he was sent to visit near Songshan Fort.
The soldiers did not find any Qing troops coming here to investigate, so Zhao Qiang was not sure whether Ning Guta had gained the trust and re-arranged his troops to encircle and suppress the north. On the Heilongjiang side, Anmar had already gone to Aihun City, so what was going on?
The information should also be sent back within half a month.
Now it seems that the Qing army does not know what happened at Tu'erling at all, or they know it, but for some unknown reason they have not mobilized troops to fight because the spies did not dare to go deep south, so Zhao Qiang learned the specific reason. In the end, he decided to leave it alone
Whether the Qing army comes to attack or not, the Dingyuan battle plan must be carried out immediately. The entire Far East battle plan must not be delayed due to unpredictable Qing army movements.
I hope that the generals of the Qing army can carry forward the bureaucracy, or just treat Guan Ning's army as a common border trouble. The poor intelligence made Zhao Qiang feel aggrieved, and he made up his mind to control the army after the battle.
Cao's intelligence department must be quickly established and expanded so that spies can take root in every city outside the pass.