Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 957

Hearing the report from the scouts of the Ming army, Zhu Youjian did not go to the sand table this time.

It is impossible to see the military deployment of the Tsarist Russian army on the sand table, so his thoughts entered the system.

"System, open the Russian Tula military deployment map."

Following Zhu Youjian's thoughts, a map of Tula Tsarist Russian military deployment appeared in front of him.

The main battlefield chosen by the Tsarist Russian army is located on the south bank of the Kolocha River, where the Kolocha River joins another small river, the Voina River.

The far right wing of the Tsarist Russian army was deployed in a ring zone between the Kolocha River and the Moskva River, and the left wing was stationed in the jungle around Ryazan Avenue.

The Moskva River is a tributary of the Oka River, while the Kolocha River flows north into the mighty Moskva River.

These three rivers intersect, and the angle between them is a low mountain ridge, and its northern end is a small mound, which is very suitable for combat.

The Russian army built a fortification bastion here. The south of the bastion is mainly flat land and swamps, and there are jungles in some places, as well as some small villages that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Of course, these small villages were destined to be destroyed by the Ming army, and their function was to serve as a buffer zone to slow down the progress of the Ming army.

But there are three other small fortifications nearby, forming the central hub of the left wing, called the central bastion.

The leftmost position in the jungle is another high ground, and there is also a bastion nearly two miles west of the center of the main defensive position.

A corps of 3 men defended there, supported by cavalry and artillery.
Before the Ming army launched an attack on the main position of the Russian army, it had to destroy the bastion on the left wing first!

Tsarist Russia should want to use active defensive means to kill and injure the enemy as much as possible, change the balance of power between the enemy and ourselves, and preserve strength for subsequent battles and annihilation of the Ming army.

Facing the narrow and long defense line of the Russian army, it was difficult for the Ming army to outflank from both wings, so they had to take a frontal assault.

In order to break through the Russian army's defense line in a narrow area, enter the Russian army's rear and annihilate it in a roundabout way, thus opening the door to Moscow!

Seeing that the emperor suddenly fell into deep thought without saying a word for a long time, Li Dingguo, Li Yan and other generals did not dare to disturb him, and they all quietly waited for the emperor's order.

Zhu Youjian left the system with his mind, and seeing all the generals looking at him stupidly, Zhu Youjian coughed twice in embarrassment:
"Cough cough..."

"According to my information, the Tsarist Russian army is deployed on the south bank. This deployment is somewhat confusing. Under normal circumstances, they should deploy their troops on the north bank.

Deploying troops on the south bank, not only can the river stop our army from advancing, but it is also more beneficial for them to defend.What they did should have the meaning of breaking the boat, and it could also make the Tsarist Russian soldiers feel that there is no way out but to fight our army to the death.

That being the case, I will fulfill them and tell the whole army to prepare for battle. The Ming army will let Tsarist Russia remember this day forever. "

Zhu Youjian's words made the soldiers dumbfounded again. The emperor was with them every day. How did he know the deployment of Tsarist Russia's military forces in Tula?
However, those who have fought with the emperor know that their emperor has always been like this, and he always has the ability to predict the enemy without fighting.

Zhu Youjian doesn't care what the soldiers think now, he directly starts to arrange the tactics of the Ming army to attack Tula.

"Send an order to ask Meng Liang and the others to stop advancing temporarily, and then retreat three miles to set up camp to strengthen defense and wait for the main force to arrive. If they take risks, they may be eaten by Tsarist Russia."

"Order Zhu Cihong on the left and Jin Shengheng on the right to suspend crossing the Moskva River and join the Chinese army immediately."

"Liu Changting, let me ask you, what is the current strength of the hot air balloon special forces team trained by your scouts?"

Liu Changting, who is responsible for the management and training of the hot air balloon special team, hastily bowed and saluted:

"Reporting to AIDS, they are all good children who love to learn, and now they are proficient in controlling hot air balloons..."

Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction:

"Okay! Immediately send two hot air balloons to check the military deployment of Tsarist Russia."

"According to the order!"

The total strength of Tsarist Russia this time reached as many as 36, of which not only Cossack cavalry, but also two hundred artillery pieces were needed.

Because the hilly area is not conducive to cavalry operations, their cavalry is basically deployed on the left-wing flat ground.

Fifty thousand Royal Guards and 130 artillery pieces were deployed in the central bastion, 100 artillery pieces were deployed on a small high ground more than [-] meters away from the left flank, and there were [-] new recruits and [-] frontier troops on the left.

However, not all frontier troops are in place yet. Once one hundred thousand frontier troops come to the left road, this road will basically be blocked.

Field Marshal Kutuzov of Tsarist Russia stood on the central bastion, looking around with a single-tube telescope.

He knew the importance of this battle. Once the Battle of Tula failed, it meant that the Tsarist Russian Empire might be subjugated.

The left wing is the main channel for the Ming army to go to Moscow. They believe that 130 artillery pieces will definitely hit the main force of the Ming army.

There is also a part of the troops distributed in the jungle in the middle, that is, the 15 cannon fodder recruits.

Only 6 of these people use firearms, and 9 of them use cold weapons, but all of them can shoot arrows.

Field Marshal Kutuzov of Tsarist Russia stood on the central bastion, looking around with a single-tube telescope.

He knew the importance of this battle. Once the Battle of Tula failed, it meant that the Tsarist Russian Empire might be subjugated.

"There is a monster, look what it is!"

Suddenly, some soldiers noticed two huge objects floating in the sky, and they immediately shouted loudly.

Following the soldier's cry, the Tsarist Russian soldiers looked up into the air, and sure enough, they found two big monsters flying above their heads.

Some Tsarist Russian soldiers who were hiding in the trees and preparing to attack the Ming army ran out of the trees to watch after hearing the squeaking noises outside.

In fact, it was the hot air balloon of the Ming army, and they were ordered to come to check the deployment of Tsarist Russian troops.

Of course, the Tsarist Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov also heard the cries of the Tsarist soldiers, and he hurriedly looked at the two monsters in the sky.

Because of the altitude problem, he couldn't see very clearly, so Kutuzov hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked at the two hot air balloons.

I saw two big oval-shaped guys floating in the air. Below the big guys was a hanging basket, and there were actually two Ming soldiers standing in the hanging orchid.

"Fuck, what kind of operation is this? How did Ming soldiers get under the monster's belly? How did they get up there?"

When Kutuzov saw the Ming army in the basket of the hot air balloon, he was dumbfounded.

Now the Ming army uses hot air balloons, more than 100 years earlier than the birth of the first hot air balloon in the world.

Of course the Tsarist Russian soldiers would not recognize it, and the Tsarist Russian Field Marshal didn't even know what it was.

But when he saw the two Ming soldiers in the hanging basket above, Kutuzov immediately shouted:

"Come here, let me take down the monster above, and let the warriors of the empire watch the trapeze show."

"Yes"

At Kutuzov's order, people immediately began to shoot arrows or shoot at the balloon.

(End of this chapter)