Chapter 598: Completely annihilated? Just kidding?

Shortly after the New Year in 1796, when St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, had just celebrated her 70th birthday, Marshal Rumentsev, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Siberian Expeditionary Force by female Tsar Katerina II, had to lead the expeditionary force at his age at the age of 70 and embarked on a difficult journey.

Rumentsev was one of the famous generals of Russia during the reign of Ekaterina II, and also one of the lovers of the romantic female tsar. On the European battlefield, he commanded dozens of battles, and received countless honors and medals. He was deeply favored by the female tsar Caterina II. However, now that he is old this year, he is not... It should be said that the young man is old, and the female tsar prefers young young people. Although he is still a famous general marshal in the Russian Empire, he is not as favored as before.

Nowadays, the situation in Europe is turbulent. The French Revolution has not only not disappeared due to the encirclement of European monarchical countries, but has become increasingly fierce. Now, forces supported by European monarchical countries in France have collapsed one after another. The French seem to have completed their transformation, just like a wounded tiger, which has begun to show its hideous claws and fangs.

At this time, all European monarchies seemed extremely vigilant. Russia, which claims to be the most powerful country in Europe, naturally unwilling to let the people down, stationed troops in former Poland. On the current newly occupied territory of Russia, a large number of famous generals and commanders were sent to the battlefield. They were ready to join forces with other European monarchies at any time and give France a fatal blow.

Rumentsev also repeatedly requested to participate in the encirclement and suppression of France, but was left in the country by Catherine II on the grounds of being old. This made Rumentsev, who had entered the army at the age of fifteen, feel very depressed. He sighed at home all day long, quite as if Lian Po was old. However, no one expected that something happened far away in the east that surprised the whole of Russia. In the distant east, the

The tartars empire, which was not interested in the northern territory, was overthrown by the Chinese, and the emerging Chinese empire turned its attention to the north at the first time. Several military fortresses that maintained the vast land of Russia's rule in the east were all seized. More than 20 soldiers were all turned into ashes, and thousands of Russian soldiers were also turned into corpses. This naturally angered the great, wise and powerful female Tsar Katerina II.

But Russia's biggest enemy and opponent are in Europe, France, the terrifying monster that overthrew the monarchy, and the Turkish Empire, which was trying to prevent Russia from encroaching on its estuary, and the rebels who occupied territory by Russia but were always eager to restore the Polish Empire.

In addition, the distance to the east is long, and if a large army is sent, it will inevitably weaken Russia's armed forces to suppress the rebel forces in the occupied territories, and at the same time reduce the pressure from France.

Another point is that in the south, the tartars who were overthrown by the regime are being forced to migrate to the West. Now, these hundreds of thousands of tartars have crossed the Tianshan Mountains, left the border of the Chinese Empire, and arrived at the edge of the Tulan Lowlands. Ekaterina II appointed the former Lithuanian Governor General Lepning to lead an army to the Aral Sea to deter and monitor.

Therefore, after repeated consideration, Catherine II remembered the only former famous general Rumentsev who was still in the capital of the empire, over 70 years old and had entered the retirement period. After consulting Rumentsev's opinion, Catherine II decided to send a Siberian Expeditionary Force of 20,000 Cossack cavalry that were famous on the European battlefield, plus 10,000 Russian infantry, to form the Siberian Expeditionary Force.

At a secret meeting of ministers before departure, Katerina II solemnly told Rumentsev that he hoped that he would not forget the glory of his Russian ancestors. More than a hundred years ago, more than 800 Russian soldiers, relying on city defense, resisted the siege of ten times the enemy of the Eastern Tatar Empire for a year, and eventually won a complete victory at the negotiating table.

This time, Rumentsev led an army of 30,000, almost thirty times that of the Russian defenders of Nebchu back then. The Eastern Empire had just been established, so there must be many internal and external troubles. After all, the female czar still had a little understanding of the destructive things done by colonial countries such as England and Spain in the East, as well as the grudges with the Eastern pirate who established the Eastern Empire.

Therefore, she sent an expeditionary force of 30,000, and then sent Rumentsev, the famous coach who was famous on the European battlefield, who already looked down on the emerging Eastern Empire. Well, at least in the eyes of this female czar, sending such a luxurious lineup has already expressed her respect and attention to her opponents.

After performing the last supply at the Omsk Fortress, Rumentsev embarked on his final journey. Yes, this expedition will be the road to return, his former European commander and his 30,000 troops.

Just when Rumentsev led a large army from the Omsk Fortress. After more than a month, he passed through the Ob River, crossed the Yenisei River, and finally arrived at the Xiawujinsk Fortress. It was less than 800 miles away from the southwest of the Hunyuer Sea.

Along the way, in addition to the nomads I occasionally saw and the ruins of the stations that had been destroyed by the damn Chinese army, they had never seen a trace of the enemy. However, Rumentsev, who had been in the army for decades, had an unknown premonition, that is, it seemed that the whereabouts of the Russian army were under surveillance, and the feeling of being monitored made him feel very uncomfortable, but the cruising Cossack cavalry did not find any abnormalities at all.

This made Rumentsev, who was already full of confidence, become alert. In particular, in order to protect his food channels from being cut off by his enemies, Rumentsev left behind a thousand soldiers and 2,500 Cossacks to protect his supply lines.

Rumentsev temporarily stationed in Uginsk and sent a battalion of Cossack cavalry to start reconnaissance south. Five days later, the reward was that the city of Ehrkou, besieged by the army of the Eastern Empire, was still under the flag of the Russian Empire. They sent several brave and fearless Cossack cavalry to enter the city, and were welcomed by the Russian people and soldiers in the city as heroes. Moreover, the officers and officials in the city brought the news of the knights' request for help. Now, there was no crumb in Ehrkou, and the war horses and livestock in the city had been slaughtered. Now, they can support it for up to ten to twenty days. After that, they may even be completely fed with the hungry rats and cockroaches.

After receiving this news, it was confirmed that the total number of Chinese Empire soldiers besieging Erkou City was about 20,000 to 30,000, which was equivalent to the total number of his own army. The long-hanging stone in Marshal Rumentsev's heart finally put down. At noon on the day he received the information, he led a large army to move quickly towards Erkou City, intending to defeat the Chinese Empire's army with lightning speed and forcing the Chinese Empire to give up its ambitions for the northern territory.

At this time, in the camp of the Northeast Field Army General Command of the Chinese Empire about five miles away from Earkou City, An Kequ, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army, Liang Guodong, Chief of Staff, Shang Jianxi, and a division, regiment-level officers and staff members were gathering here to hold a very important military meeting.

Chief of Staff Shang Jianxi pointed at the map and issued the latest combat order: "It can be determined that our goal has begun to take action. They will go south along the Angara River and head straight to Erkou City. According to the combat plan formulated by our staff, the 51st Division of the Northeast Field Army and the North Korean servant division will remain in Erkou City and continue to siege the city. The 52nd Division and the 53rd Division, which are hiding on the beach of Hunyuer, will set off in the early morning of tomorrow. Within two days, they must arrive at the Pianovo Soldier Station for defense."

"Chief of Staff, we are not attacking, but forging defense?" Yin Junrui, commander of the 52nd Division of the Northeast Field Army, was stunned when he heard the military order. His 52nd Division and Di Xiqing's 53rd Division had already wandered around the damn fishing sea for almost half a year. Every day, he was not only competing with wild beasts, but also training. Yin Junrui felt that if his army had nothing to do, he would have to put the 20,000 soldiers who had been trained to scream and screaming.

"That's right, your 52nd and 53rd Divisions are going to fortify defenses around the Pianovo Soldier Station. Now that the Russian army has arrived, what you need to do is not attack, but to make a defensive posture. Remember, you are absolutely not allowed to attack without authorization." At this point, Chief of Staff Shang Jianxi even emphasized his tone.

"Why?!" Di Xiqing, the commander of the 53rd Division, also stood up to express his doubts.

"Because, what we need is to wipe out this Russian expeditionary force, not just defeat or defeat." Encore put the cigarette butt in his hand out in the ashtray, and his eyes swept over all the participants present, with a calm voice with a hint of coldness.

"Total annihilation?" After hearing Enke Qu's words, the officers who seemed very lazy couldn't help but sit up straight. The 30,000 army was not 30,000 rabbits, but the Russian army with 10,000 pure firearms plus 20,000 famous Cossack cavalry.

Although they were confident of defeating this army and even dismantled the Russian Expeditionary Force with large scores, if they wanted to wipe out the entire force, they were afraid that the difficulty coefficient would be at least equivalent to the difficulty of diving above 8:00.

After all, it was a bit nonsense that he had just dispatched two infantry divisions to eat the army of one infantry division and two cavalry divisions of the opponent. At least most of the officers present had such thoughts in their minds.

Enkequ looked at these subordinates who were full of doubt and distrust in his eyes and grinned. "Do you think I am just kidding you?! Tell you that in addition to your two divisions, there is also an independent brigade who will be responsible for copying the retreat of this group of Russians. In addition, young master, oh no, it's time to call His Majesty. In addition, Your Majesty has sent us reinforcements, two divisions of reinforcements."

"Who? Could it be another North Korean servant, right?" A regiment-level cadre curled his lips and muttered unhappily.

"Isn't that equivalent to two transport brigades?" The other one also looked contemptuous. It was really uneasy for the combat effectiveness of the North Korean vassal army.

Enkequ rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, of course not, it's two cavalry divisions. Elite cavalrymen with a total of more than 20,000!" Enkequ raised his eyebrows proudly. "And, Your Majesty specially sent us five heavy machine guns."

"Damn! Commander, give it to me! Give it to our 51st Division!" Zhao Shang, commander of the 51st Division, jumped up immediately.

Di Xiqing, the commander of the 53rd Division, who was sitting next to him, immediately glared at his eyes and looked like he was about to chop people: "Fuck, you are going to besieged heavy machine guns, give us the 53rd Division, commander..."

Everyone present had golden eyes, and the military meeting, which was originally quiet, instantly turned into a vegetable market where two dealers quarreled. Looking at the performance of this subordinate, Enke opened his mouth and finally turned into a helpless sigh, knowing that these guys' robbers who were immersed in their roots could not change.
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