As Liu Hai's order reached the airport on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Xiao immediately dispatched three bombers, each carrying reconnaissance pods, and began flying north.
Each of these three planes was about 100 kilometers apart, and then they swept across the earth at an altitude of 3 kilometers.
When Liu Hai sent a plane to search for the remnants of the Rakshasa Kingdom, Lieutenant General Strelnikov was leading the remaining defeated soldiers to move northward.
It should be said that this time, the lieutenant general made up his mind to break out of the encirclement, which was very successful in tactics. Although the losses were very heavy, at least he avoided the fate of being completely annihilated.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov held a wooden stick in his hand and asked the staff beside him as he walked forward.
"How much food do we have?"
"Commander, although we have lost a lot of food due to enemy bombing, the remaining food is enough to feed our troops for seven or eight days."
Lieutenant General Strelnikov nodded and felt relieved.
After all, if there are no physical objects during the retreat, then the tens of thousands of people will not be able to hold on for long.
"How long will it take before I can leave the country?"
The staff officer thought for a while and then replied hesitantly: "According to our journey, I'm afraid it will take about 10 days to walk."
Lieutenant General Strelnikov is now a little dissatisfied. The speed is too slow. If he cannot leave the country before the food is exhausted, and there is no supply, his troops will have no choice but to wait and die if they encounter another attack.
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"Order the troops to speed up, and at the same time, starting from today, everyone's food distribution will be halved."
The staff officer hesitated after hearing this, "Commander, I'm afraid it's not good to do this. If we speed up the retreat, it will consume a lot of energy. If there is no food supplement, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to hold on for long."
"If you can't persist, you will have to eliminate them. I hope everyone can persist."
After Lieutenant General Strelnikov said this, he stopped saying anything.
The staff officer looked very unhappy, but he could not disobey his superior's order, so he had no choice but to pass on the order.
By the time we took the lunch break, everyone's food was half less than before.
At this time, the tired and hungry soldiers couldn't stand it anymore. These people gathered together in small groups and muttered, seemingly complaining.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov had already expected this situation. He stood up, took the food in his hands, and said to the soldiers in the four weeks: "Soldiers, you are all heroic warriors of the empire. Now our
The environment is very difficult, and there are still 10 more days before we can cross the border and return to our land, but there is not much food left."
"In order to be able to persist until you return to your hometown, I ask you to persist for a while. As long as you return to the country, everything will be fine."
"Long live the King, long live the Kingdom."
After Lieutenant General Strelnikov's propaganda, the soldiers below finally understood the environment they were facing now.
Under normal circumstances, when soldiers know that there is no food and grass, their morale will definitely be in chaos.
But now they are facing a desperate situation. After knowing this news, these soldiers have strengthened their unity, and their dissatisfaction with the reduction of food has been subsided.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that the soldiers were finally stabilized by him.
In fact, although what he just said was impassioned, he was still beating the drum in his heart. If the soldiers did not accept his explanation, once a turmoil broke out, it would be out of control. Fortunately, things turned out to be good.
Just when the Rakshasa soldiers had just finished eating and were sitting there to rest for a while, there was a sudden roar in the sky as they headed north again.
This voice is very familiar to the Rakshasa Army, from the top general, Lieutenant General Strenikov, to the ordinary soldiers below.
Because of the disaster caused by this sound, their commander was directly sent to the sky, and they were left in this dilemma of lack of food.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov looked up at the flying objects in the sky, his face turned livid. He did not think that he had just escaped from the enemy's sight, and within two or three days, the enemy had discovered his attack again.
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It seems that he really needs to speed up his march and get rid of the opponent's surveillance as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the pursuers arrive, there will be no way to resist in the current state of his army.
"Everyone speed up, we must march another 30 kilometers before dark."
Although the soldiers below heard that they still had to walk such a long distance, they were more or less complaining in their hearts, but seeing the planes in the sky constantly roaring, they could only grit their teeth and use their own will to move forward.
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After the reconnaissance plane in the sky discovered the remnants of the Rakshasa Army led by Lieutenant General Strelnikov, it immediately sent a telegram to Liu Xiao in the capital to inform Liu Xiao of the enemy's specific coordinates.
And this news soon spread from the capital to the hands of Ye Faguang, who was ready to go.
After receiving Liu Hai's order, Ye Faguang had organized 200 tanks, 500 vehicles, and some support vehicles, ready to go at any time.
Now that the telegram of the enemy's position was passed to him, Ye Faguang waved his hand, and the 15,000-man army left Harbin and advanced to the northwest.
Since Ye Faguang's side was marching mechanized, the march was very fast. It only took more than a day to reach the area where the remnants of Tsarist Russia originally rested.
Because the troops of Tsarist Russia, after all there were tens of thousands of them, the traces they left behind on their marching route and during their rest periods were almost indelible.
Therefore, Ye Faguang followed the information left by the enemy and pursued north. It only took half a day for them to discover the remnants of the Rakshasa Army.
At this time, Lieutenant General Strelnikov had also received information from the investigators that a Qing army was rapidly approaching his troops.
Under normal circumstances, Lieutenant General Strelnikov would not be too worried, because it would be impossible for the Qing army to catch up with them.
After all, they had been marching in a hurry for several days. In this era, with large-scale troop marches and without a large number of transport vehicles, it was very difficult to close the distance between the two sides.
As a result, his scouts told the lieutenant general that there were some steel monsters following behind.
When Lieutenant General Strelnikov heard this, he slapped the scout directly, "Are you dizzy from hunger? It's almost the 20th century. If you believe in science, how can there be monsters?"
The scout covered his face and said with great grievance: "General, they are indeed monsters. The rumble of these steel monsters when they walk is very scary."
Lieutenant General Strelnikov saw that the scout didn't look like he was lying, and he felt a little nervous now.
If any monster appeared on the ground in the current Qing army, he would not dare to be alarmed, because these days, the steel flying object in the sky kept spinning above their heads.
Now it makes sense for a monster on land to appear.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov stood there thinking for a long time. According to the news from the scouts, the steel monsters following behind were moving very fast, and it seemed that he could not escape.
Since that's the case, it's better to fight to the death.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Strelnikov immediately ordered to stop the march and build fortifications on the spot.
But it was freezing cold now, and they were in such a hurry to escape that they had no tools to dig trenches.
Therefore, these Tsarist Russian soldiers could only grit their teeth, use stones to dig a shallow layer on the ground, and then lie down behind.
They had just established a simple fortification here when they heard rumbling sounds in the distance, which became more and more like what appeared in front of the Tsarist Russian soldiers were steel monsters.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov looked at the monster on the opposite side through the telescope, his brows furrowed like a mountain.
The monsters on the opposite side don't look like monsters, they should be mechanical creations.
Looking at the long barrel in front of this monster, it should be a large-caliber artillery mounted on the steel body.
The army led by Ye Faguang stopped advancing when it was 1 kilometer away from the Rakshasa Army.
Because their purpose this time is to monitor the Rakshasa troops leaving the country, there is no need to conflict with them.
Ye Faguang summoned his staff, asked him to take a copy of the contract, and then approached the Rakshasa Army with a white flag.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov saw an officer coming out from the opposite side with a white flag in his hand, and knew that the other party was here for negotiations, so he did not let anyone shoot.
The staff officer of the Hunan Army came to the position, gave a military salute to the several Tsarist Russian soldiers who greeted him, and then said in pure Russian: "On the orders of Commander Ye Faguang, the commander of the Second Army of the Hunan Army, I salute the soldiers of your army.
The commander sent me the political memorandum of understanding reached between the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty."
The soldier opposite looked the staff officer up and down and returned a military salute, then took him to the rear of the position and met Lieutenant General Strelnikov.
After Lieutenant General Strelnikov learned what had happened, he felt a little secretly happy. If the other party did not come to fight and monitor him, it would be God's blessing, because he knew in his heart that the current troops were simply useless.
No fighting ability.
“Where is the text of the contract?”
The staff officer of the Hunan Army hurriedly took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Lieutenant General Strelnikov with both hands.
Lieutenant General Strelnikov took the document and looked at it, and he felt completely relieved.
It turned out that what was in his hand was a copy of the military document reached between the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Qing Kingdom. It clearly stipulated that their troops could leave the Qing Kingdom safely, but they must be monitored by the Qing Army.
After Lieutenant General Strelnikov relaxed, he smiled and said to the young staff officer: "I have received the document, and I will fully abide by this treaty."