Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 76
When Zhuo Yan and a company of cavalry rushed out of the encirclement, almost none of them was intact.There was also a deep bone wound on Zhuo Yan's back, which was left to cut off the head of a Russian officer. At this time, the blood from the wound had dyed his dark blue military uniform dark brown.

The company commander had long seen the courage shown by the more than 20 Manchus transporting food and grass in the battle just now, and he was secretly surprised.My God, this is just an ordinary, not to be ordinary, grain and grass transporter. They actually have such a powerful horse fighting ability, which is no worse than their rigorously trained cavalry.If they practice marksmanship well, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The Russian cavalry behind was still in hot pursuit, and a chase battle on the grassland began like this.

In the Russian Siberian Army, Sachkonov, commander of the 100th Cavalry Brigade of the Cossack First Cavalry Division, was about to go crazy. One of his cavalry brigades besieged a Chinese transport team, and even let them run away with nearly [-] people.

But fortunately, the supplies should still be on the hill.When they broke through the siege, they didn't take away the supplies at all. Surrounded by a cavalry guard battalion, he came to the Chinese position just now.

"Open those bags and see what it is?" Sachkonov said.

A cavalryman got off his horse, drew a sharp dagger from his riding boot, and cut a small gash in the bag.Reaching out to touch it, he actually pulled out a handful of sand.

"Report to the general, it's sand." The soldier showed the sand in his hand to Sachkonov who was on the horse.

"What?? More than 200 Chinese cavalry are just escorting these dozens of carts of sand?? Open all the other bags for me." Sachkonov said frantically.

"Report to the general, I found it in the bag at the back." A soldier handed over a note.

Sachkonov took the note, and there were some words written in Russian on it, which were not very clear because it was dark at that time.

"Bring the torch," said Sachkonov.

Under the torch, Sachkonov finally saw clearly what was written on the note.But after seeing clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat in this cold weather!
"General, what's the matter?" an adjutant beside him asked.

"Look." Sachkonov handed the note to the adjutant.

The adjutant took the note and saw that it said: First of all, congratulations that you have received some materials donated to your country by the Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Qing Dynasty was short of food and had to use sand instead.In addition, brother, I have something to tell you, you have fallen into the siege of my army.There are two options in front of you. One, enter the prisoner-of-war camp in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Qing Dynasty, and serve hard labor.[-]. Let you meet your God in advance.Yours sincerely, General Luo Ming, a subordinate of Nie Shicheng who was stationed in Mongolia by the Qing Dynasty.

"Is this a complete set? General, we have to break through quickly." The adjutant looked nervous.

Sachkonov frowned and said: "I'm afraid there is no hurry, look." Sachkonov pointed to a group that was chasing the transport team just now and was chased by a large number of Qing cavalry in turn.

In this era without cars, cavalry was the most mobile arm at that time.Just like what Luo Ming said, his ten battalions have surrounded the place.A Russian cavalry regiment that was chasing out first encountered the Qing army in the southeast direction. A row of Gatling machine gun bullets sprayed out of the barrel like rain, sprinkled on the Russian cavalry, and immediately splashed blood.Those Cossack cavalry were cut down piece by piece like leeks.And when they finally realized that something was wrong and were about to use their special skills of escaping, the shells of the 75mm battalion artillery exploded among them.The fresh life was cut with wounds by shrapnel, and blood, intestines, and brains flowed all over the green grass.

After chasing out nearly 1000 cavalry, there were only more than 400 left when they came back.But Luo Ming didn't give them too much time to adjust, the cavalry from all sides had already swarmed towards them.And Zhuo Yan, who was seriously injured on his back, also turned his horse's head and rushed towards the Russian cavalry who had just chased him.

The driving on the battlefield immediately turned around, and now it was the turn of the Russians to guard this small high ground.Luo Ming's Ten Battalion has 5000 troops and the surrounding of the hill is impenetrable, not only the cavalry with strong impact, but also the dark camp cannons.

Sachkonov also wanted to find the junction of the Qing army that now surrounds him just like the Qing transport team found the junction of his troops.Unfortunately, several attempts to break through were unsuccessful.Sachkonov felt the morale and personnel of his troops dropping rapidly.He finally understood why the mighty French were defeated in front of the Chinese.

But he no longer had the opportunity to report his experience, and a bullet that popped out from nowhere pierced his head.Colonel Sachkonov fell from his horse and followed in the footsteps of his soldiers.The [-]th Cavalry Brigade, devoid of morale and commander, put down their weapons, and they chose to enter the prisoner-of-war camp in Ulaanbaatar to serve hard labor.

It was only in this battle that Zhuo Yan deeply realized what is the new style of warfare today. Today's war is no longer the one that can sweep the entire battlefield with a single courage that can do nothing to me.The Russian cavalry's several breakouts just now were quite heroic, but under the command of Luo Ming, under the suppression of artillery fire, none of them succeeded.Even after the sniper shot and killed the opposing commander, the entire battle ended.

He sat on the horse blankly, forgetting the wound on his back.Recalling just from being surrounded, to holding the position and forcing the enemy to change formations, to breaking through the encirclement from the front, to countering the encirclement, and finally annihilating the opponent.The whole battle is clear and well-organized; it is basically a planned trick to lure the enemy.

"Brother, are you dying?" It was the company commander who was in charge of escorting the food and grass just now who spoke.

Zhuo Yan came to his senses, and asked an unexpected question: "All of this is planned, right?"

"Well, did you see it? This is the battle planned by our Luo Biaotong. Let's have a good time!" The company commander said proudly.

"Then why didn't you withdraw to our ambush early in the morning, so as to save many brothers from dying?" Zhuo Yan said angrily.

"Hehe, don't pretend to be a little bit, can those old men who are ghosts and spirits be fooled? Brother, your horsemanship is really good! Just watched you cut down several old men."

"I have practiced riding since I was a child, and being on a horse is like eating and sleeping." Zhuo Yan said disdainfully.

At this time, Luo Ming rode to the front and said to Zhuo Yan: "We can fight to the death behind closed doors, but against Lao Maozi, Manchus, Hans, Mongolians, we are all Chinese."

"Chinese" Zhuo Yan stared blankly at Luo Ming, that general's demeanor had to make him surrender.

Luo Ming went on to say: "I have seen your performance just now. Are you interested in joining my cavalry battalion? My cavalry battalion is short of a leader. I think it is most suitable for you to teach those bastards."

Zhuo Yan nodded excitedly, and said loudly: "The general thinks highly of me, I will definitely live up to my mission."

"Okay, let's go back and heal the injury first. Come to our barracks to report right away." Luo Ming said straightforwardly.

"twitter."

This is just a small battle, and battles like this happen all over Mongolia from time to time.The method of warfare invented by Luo Ming is called "the method of wolf packs", and the Russians turned pale when they heard about Nie Shicheng on the grassland.It even made Luo Ming's team a "Wolf of the Prairie"

Such small local battles lasted for three months. When China and Russia signed the "Sino-Russian Border Treaty" three months later, more than 2 Russian soldiers had been captured.The captured Russian cavalry equipment was enough to equip forty cavalry battalions, and Guan Xuqing directly gave these equipment to Nie Shicheng, who formed a 2-man cavalry regiment in Mongolia.

And Luo Ming strongly recommended Zhuo Yan, who joined his army at that time, as the captain of the cavalry regiment.

Because of the accelerated pace of British aggression in Burma, Guan Xuqing had to send Nie Shicheng's troops from Mongolia to Vietnam to defend together with the Black Banner Army.Liu Mingchuan's troops are also moving closer to the China-Myanmar border. The newly recruited 40 troops lack training and weapons and equipment, so they are not yet available.Chen Hengbu of Sichuan can only call out two bidders to cooperate with the Mongolian cavalry regiment to defend Mongolia.

(End of this chapter)