Chapter 221 Both sides suffer

The battle situation on land was in a stalemate. After paying the price of heavy casualties to capture Chu Kuberxing, Ding Ruchang was a young man who was 62 years old and actually played the style of a young general. He brought the commander's squad to the newly recovered Chaktu. The easternmost end of the diagonal defense line also extended to Chu Kuberxing. Every day, he either inspected the defense line himself or inspected the wounded. A field hospital was built in Chaktu. Sun Wen, who came from reinforcements, was responsible for the shelter of the wounded. The large-scale war was stopped, but every day was sporadic battle never stopped. The Cossacks on the opposite side, who were good at large-scale cavalry fighting, were also helpless in front of such a defense line. In addition, in the colder weather, the winter clothes were gone, and the morale plummeted. Even the young master Nicholas who were supervising the battle in the rear was useless.

The Russians on the Western Front were wearing robes, but since Nie Shicheng launched a large-scale attack on the whole line, he suffered heavy losses. The facts proved that the Russian troops were weak in the face of the superior firepower of the Qing army. Although it took a long time to rest after this large attack before there was another next time, the Russian troops on the Western Front were unable to bear such consequences, so they had to retreat the defense line.

After receiving reports that the Baltic Fleet was wiped out and the sand was destroyed, and the two armies suffered losses, Nicholas II's mood, which had just been better off by the prince's condition, quickly turned to furious again. After asking the General Staff for the possibility of a resurgence and the feasibility of a large-scale counterattack, the Tsar's anger was even more uncontrollable. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the French. As allies of the Russian, French and Japanese alliance, they were both obliged to attack China at this time. Therefore, he ordered his diplomatic department to send a request to the above two countries as soon as possible, asking them to fulfill their obligation to jointly defend.

Of course, the Japanese did not have time to pay attention to them. Although in their original intention, the Japanese hoped to start a war against the Chinese at the right time, it was definitely not now. Under the covetous eye of the Northeast Asian fleet, Yuan Shikai's 150,000 troops could also cross the narrow Seto Inland Sea at any time and launch an attack on the large Kansai area where there was not much military defense. Although Gyeonggi might be able to ensure that they are safe, but even self-protection is still difficult, how dare the Japanese have the courage to attack the Western giants? In that case, it may not be able to get rid of the fire, but instead it will burn the fire. They originally planned to give the Russians a sweet spot. If the Chinese oppose it, let the Russians fight against them. If they don't oppose it, then the Russians can be handed over to the Russians at sea to ensure safety, which will have a good ending for Japan, but no one expected that the Russians who looked arrogant were not as powerful as they imagined.

Moreover, they had more than 30,000 troops fighting against the Tianhai Kingdom army that crossed south on the front line of Aomori Prefecture. The Tianhai Kingdom army troops were not as weak as they thought. Although the equipment was slightly worse, their morale and courage were admirable. In addition to the natives of Hokkaido's main island, this army also attracted a large number of personnel from the former Meiji government. For example, the commander of the sea, Togo Hirahachiro, there were also some basic officers on the land who were originally from the Meiji government army. Once these people defected, they were determined to work with the government army to the end. They did not leave at a certain level. Moreover, after going there, the relatives living on Honshu Island were all

The hatred was basically unrelieved by fanatical civilians. Therefore, although these two armies are small in scale, they are cruel wars of attrition, like religious wars. Moreover, both sides have almost the same mass base, and ordinary people have almost no desire for both sides. Whether it is the Meiji government or the Shogunate of the General, they are all the same. Therefore, the total scale of 40,000 to 50,000 people has been fought for a month or two in Aomori Prefecture, and the winner has not been completely decided. Both sides are also recruiting their own troops, trying to decide the situation here. Under such circumstances, the Yama Prefecture Akito government certainly cannot warmly respond to the call of Tsar Nicholas II.

But considering that this Sino-Russian War was almost initiated by oneself, out of politeness, the Shan County Government still delivered a speech and verbally supported the Russians. Of course, this was also cautious, because soon, someone in the Congress asked him to explain what if such a move offends the Chinese, it would be enough for him to work hard.

At this time, the Japanese people were flooding with a large number of Chinese warriors from somewhere, and various merchants with the xx branch of Far East Co., Ltd. were collecting various strategic materials and labor companies. Every year, they transported a large number of workers from Japan according to the contract that year and went to the Manchuria region of China to engage in infrastructure construction. This was the source of wealth for Far East Co., Ltd. Therefore, it was already difficult for the Japanese government to maintain a standing army of about 250,000 people, and there were often proposals for disarmament in the parliament, which relied on the tough party controlled by Yama Prefecture to barely suppress it.

For Russia, such a Japan would be good if it would not cause trouble for him. How could it be for him to help him?

The French have considered a lot. From the perspective of jointly dealing with Germany, Russia's strength is very beneficial to France's security. The Germans leave one more division on the Eastern Front and one less division on the Western Front to deal with France, so the French still hope to help the Russians at this critical moment. Although the two countries still have some small conflicts on the African issue, they are all minor issues in detail. Coping with the aggressive Germany is the most critical issue. Therefore, France is very interested in increasing troops to Vietnam, on the one hand, it is used to deal with the increasingly unstable situation in Vietnam, and on the other hand, it is also to express a position to the Chinese.

However, after soliciting the opinions of the British, the French quickly saw the ambiguous position of Britain in this war. In fact, France's addition of one or two divisions was not as effective as the British verbal words. However, France quickly received an official reply from the British Empire: The British Empire took a neutral position on the conflict between the two countries, but for the sake of maintaining peace, I hope that the two countries can return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. Any action that is unfavorable to peace is unhappy to see.

Therefore, France's troops also stopped. After expressing its helplessness to the Russians in a tactful manner, France officially announced a neutral position in the Sino-Russia conflict.

The Russians finally lost their temper. At this moment, the Tsar's intelligence department suddenly received a mysterious Swiss wealthy businessman's rumor. A very important situation was noticed by them. A radical organization was secretly developed among the lower-level Russian soldiers in Central Asia. Now this organization has grown very strong and mutinies may occur at any time. This kind of thing is better to believe in it than to believe in it. After carefully inspecting the names of the leaders mentioned in the letter, it was indeed discovered that a former political prisoner who was incorporated into the logistics corps was released in advance and organized into the baggage force due to his outstanding performance in Georgia. The investigation team sent by the emergency carried out an investigation during the gaps of the war. It turned out that more than 300 lower-level soldiers had been involved in this verdict.

The vigorous and decisive suppression quickly began. After following the investigation, a judgment without trial was immediately executed. The group was organized into a training company, and all were secretly executed after disarming. The bloody action also affected St. Petersburg. A dozen important organizational members quickly left St. Petersburg with the help of external forces. Of course, after traveling half of the earth, these people would arrive at Hokkaido Island, where there was a China, and there was no need to worry that the secret police of the Tsar would pose a danger to them. However, Trosky was persuaded to stay. Due to his gentle tendency, he was not in danger of life for the time being.

This storm did not have a substantial impact on the situation. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides were still firing at each other frequently every day, and occasionally there was fierce firefighting, but they were just a accumulation of numbers, and they could not gain much for each other. The Russian army was dealing with responsibilities, while their opponents were accumulating profits. Due to the underdeveloped transportation lines, large-scale transportation of shells, supplies, supplies and other logistics supplies since the railway line was taken, it basically relied on manpower and animal power. Therefore, large-scale attacks in those days were not achieved every day.

Of course, Nikola opposite them.

Grand Duke Nikolayev was far from satisfied with such a situation. As the uncle of the Tsar, he was also the highest-ranking person on the front line. He could not accept a draw, especially after losing face. Therefore, in addition to asking for additional supplies to the rear every day, he was also planning a big counterattack. The guard cavalry units he personally commanded were also sent to the ancient Sinushsk city (now Ulan Ude), which was only more than 100 kilometers away from Chukuboxing. He himself also moved the headquarters here strongly and made a strong confrontation with Ding Ruchang in the southeast.

But the Russian New Year is coming soon, and the soldiers in single clothes do not have the heroic spirit of his. Under the cold weather that day after day, the soldiers are increasingly unable to command, and the calls for going home are getting higher and higher. In desperation, the little Grand Duke Nicholas made a promise to the soldiers on the front line for the last stop.

In this battle, the Grand Duke of Nicholas mobilized nearly 150,000 troops. The troops besieged Chukuboxing alone commanded reached 50,000, and the remaining 100,000 people would respond on the long front. For the honor of the Tsar and Cossacks, they would fight to the end. As a reward to the soldiers, a large number of wintering supplies began to gather in Yekaterin Arbor, crossing the long ice and snow, and transporting them to the south.

The situation was not very good for Ding Ruchang, and his soldiers also faced the test of severe cold. This year seemed particularly cold. In addition to the local Mongolian soldiers, even the troops transferred from Manchuria seemed to have some signs of disagreement. Every day, in addition to the wounded, a large number of sick soldiers were sent to medical centers. Kulun's battlefield rescue center was almost overcrowded.

Therefore, in addition to the daily fragmented and intermittent artillery attacks, Ding Ruchang also ordered the suspension of cross-line attacks.

Time passed day by day, and the war between China and Russia formed a sharp contrast with the Spanish-American War on the other side of the earth. Under the fierce offensive of the Americans, the Spaniards had almost no profit to resist, Puerto Rico quickly fell, and Cuba was in danger under the dual offensive of the Cuban Revolutionary Army and the Americans. Unable to do so, the Spaniards formally decided to give up Cuba.

After signing a decent and well-conditioned surrender with the United States, the Americans paid some money to buy Cuba's dominance from Spain and began a war of conquest against Cuba.

After Christmas and New Year, the world became more and more uneasy. The offensive initiated by the Little Nicholas was officially launched on January 2, with 150,000 troops attacking on the whole line. In a climate where combat can still be fought, this is the last opportunity for full-scale combat. After this time, the cold will fully control the land. Only the devil with the strongest will can move and attack the enemy in such a climate.

The 50,000 siege troops met the two divisions of Chu Kuberxing. To the southwest of their country was Ding Ruchang's Chaktu Base Camp, where there were 72,000 central troops. Therefore, both sides carried out fierce offensive and defensive battles around Chu Kuberxing. The Russians seemed to be shameless and brave. Although they were strangled by machine guns, grenade launchers and rifles, under the personal command of the little Nicholas, the 50,000 troops attacked in turn, and finally tore a big hole in Chu Kuberxing's outer defense line. The successor troops of both sides also launched a strangle battle on the riverbed valley about two kilometers wide between the Orhun River (called the Selena River) southwest of Chu Kuberxing and the hilly belt in the east. The Russian cavalry troops formed an advantage under this terrain, and once defeated Ding Ruchang's reinforcements to be unable to raise their heads.

The attack and defense of both sides had almost no change of hands, and they were strangling continuously. When Chu Kuberxing had been captured, both sides even invested all their forces. On the valley on the east side of the Orkun River, the two sides launched a large-scale cavalry duel. The three thousand Mongolian cavalry of Robuzabu served as vanguards, and then the reinforcements of various Mongolian units. With the support of artillery fire from the rear, the 20,000 cavalry of both sides rushed towards each other at full speed. In such a large-scale duel, almost no one used guns. Some of the elite guard cavalry equipped with rifles also put away their rifles, and faced the Mongolian cavalry who also used sabers together with their partners.

At this moment, time seems to have flowed back to the era of Genghis Khan. Courage and morale occupy an important decisive factor in this duel of cold weapons. When a sabre is facing a sabre, a moment of fear will take away a life. Amid the shouts of rushing, accompanied by the neighing of horses, life is taken away by the light of swords, and war horses lose their masters. The cavalry duel lasted for nearly two hours, was a melee between the infantry and artillery on both sides, for Russia.

For people, as long as you hold this defense line for one more minute, you can give the siege troops behind one more minute of decisive time. Once the defense line is lost, not only will they be dead, but the siege troops personally commanded by the little Nicholas in the rear will also fall into a crisis of internal and external difficulties. This is also the calculation that is placed in front of Ding Ruchang's middle army reinforcements. Under such a severe situation, there is no second way to choose besides using iron fists to shake iron fists.

In this battle, Ding Ruchang almost devoted all the reserves, but no one expected that the 20,000 Russian troops and 10,000 cavalry and infantry were divided by the Little Nicholas on the opposite side, plus more than 16,000 divisions crossing the river to the west, which totaled only 36,000. It actually resisted the nearly 90,000 of its own attacks for nearly two hours. Although they had a good wind and had to brave the biting cold wind when attacking, it was a bit difficult for them to open their eyes, but this situation fully demonstrated the determination of the other side. On the bed of the Orhun River where corpses were everywhere, almost every Russian on the opposite side was covered in blood, and some were still thin. This battle allowed Ding Ruchang to truly see the bravery of the Russian guard cavalry unit, and the Russians' fearlessness in danger in the danger.

Unfortunately, he had no choice. The outer defense line of the 24,000 defending troops in front had been broken, and both sides were also engaged in hand-to-hand combat. They were also facing the Imperial Guard Cavalry Division commanded by the Little Nicholas himself. Compared to this side, the situation there was worse. These dozens of kilometers had become a city wall that could not be broken through! I am afraid that in another hour, he would have no other choice except retreating!

At such a moment, the airship that took off from Coulon was still halfway, and it would probably take several hours to arrive. It was no longer realistic to wait for that, so Ding Ruchang had no choice.

Apart from continuing to attack, he had no other way. Looking at the retreating stick Buzabu, he said with a grim face: "Beizi! I won't be polite to you! Tell me the truth! Can you still fight!"

"Are you scolding me?" Lanbuzabu pulled off his shirt and spat hard on the ground, took off his helmet and slapped on the ground, and said to Ding Ruchang: "Look at me! Even if you are willing to sacrifice your life today, I will open this road for you!" After saying that, he bowed and pulled off all the clothes on his upper body while walking. He roared twice at the gray sky, rode on his war horse, which was also exhausted, and raised his sabre and shouted a few times in Mongolian words. All the Mongolian cavalrymen quickly took off all their shirts and still on the ground, raised their sabres and roared a few times, and roared a few times. More than 6,000 Mongolian cavalry who had just come down from the battlefield turned their horses and roared to the north with the neighing of the horses.

Ding Ruchang spat hatefully, looked at the backs of the cavalry, and murmured in a low voice: "You Mongolians can!" He had been in the border area for a long time and could understand Mongolian words. He knew that the Han people were muttering just now that he should not let the Han people look down on them. After thinking about it, he felt unsatisfied. He pulled off his helmet and fluttered in the wind. He stood up and stepped onto the war horse, held up the sword and raised it high, "The whole army has listened! The Mongolians said that they can't show us a joke! Can we give them a joke? Those who are afraid of death are left behind! Others are with me! Kill!"

Almost all the cavalry and infantrymen were dispatched and launched a full-line attack on the two-kilometer-wide hole. The infantry's rifles fired from a long distance with the enemy's infantry on the hills, intermittently calling on the enemy below the riverbed.

This battle was simply courage and determination and military strength. Finally, after nearly four hours of fierce fighting, the victory and defeat were decided. The Russian army's 36,000 troops blocked the reinforcements were almost wiped out. The number of prisoners was very small and only more than 600. The rest were either killed or injured. Ding Ruchang's 90,000 reinforcements also paid nearly 30,000 casualties. Among them, more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry were almost killed in battle. The remaining 400 bare-shirted Mongolians looked at their companions and horses on the battlefield and burst into tears. Fortunately, the gangbu Zabu was very lucky, among the more than 400 people.

Ding Ruchang rode his horse to him, and without saying a word, he dismounted the horse and bowed with his right hand holding his chest, raised his body, and gave him a thumbs up. Looking at the sad eyes of the Mongolians, Ding Ruchang was not willing to let them take another step north, and said to Shunbuza: "Beizi, I won't say much nonsense, and I will leave the captives to you. The brothers in the north are still waiting for me. You are all bloody men, I, old Ding... I believe you!"

After saying that, he hurriedly got on the horse and was about to leave, and Junbu Zabu said rudely behind him: "I'll follow you if you ask your people to guard the prisoners!"

As he said that, perhaps because he saw the dilemma in Ding Ruchang's eyes, he added: "They are also good men, so save their lives! Lao Ding, let's go!"

The group continued to go north to rescue Chu Kuboxing, who was more than 30 kilometers away.

At this time, Chu Kuberxing's defense reached the last moment. Relying on the not-so-solid fortifications, after paying the price of a standardized system being destroyed, less than 15,000 people were left to make the final resistance. The attacks continued on the outside were two dissatisfied imperial guard divisions of more than 24,000 people who were personally supervised by Little Nicholas.

Little Nicholas was just making the final effort. Once the southwest blocking war failed, he could not continue to fight. The offensive started at 7 o'clock in the morning and reached almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The troops on both sides were all tired, especially his troops, who were no longer able to fight. When he saw the flag of Ding Ruchang in the southwest, he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops.

On this day, the Russian army's full attack on the 150,000 Russian troops did not receive ideal results. In addition to a slight victory on the Western Front, the Eastern Front was basically a complete defeat. Nicholas little tried his best. The Russian army was killed and injured and captured in the battle that day, and the number of the opponent was not much different. It was a situation where both sides suffered losses.
Chapter completed!