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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 440: Fleeing in Fear of the Enemy

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    "Asshole! Why don't those bastards blow up the bridge? Didn't I give them strict orders? If they can't hold it, blow up the bridge?" Grand Duke Nicholas said angrily.  If the 2nd Cossack Army and the 5th Cossack Army cut off the Selenga River channel at most and interrupt the Russian army's logistics supply line in Ulan-Ude, then the Russian army can still support it and the blow will not be fatal.  The Russian army has stored a lot of strategic materials in Ulan-Ude, enough to support the Russian army for three months or more.  In comparison, as the Russian army continues to suffer casualties, it consumes less and less supplies. The supplies that could only last for three months were finally able to last for half a year, or even longer.

    "Your Excellency, what should we do now? If the escape route is cut off, there will be no way out for Ulan-Ude!" the adjutant reminded.

    "Let the 9th Cossack Legion find a way to blow up the bridge!" Grand Duke Nicholas said.  Now, the battle in Ulan-Ude has reached its most critical juncture, and there are no extra troops at all. The only troops that can be used are the 9th Cossack Legion, which was previously despised.

    "Your Excellency the Grand Duke, the 9th Cossack Legion has already suffered heavy losses in the battle of Kyactu. Now the entire legion has less than ten thousand people. It may not be easy for them to seize the bridge that is heavily defended by the Chinese!"  the adjutant said.  In addition, Grand Duke Nicholas' previous attitude towards the 9th Cossack Legion may have made the people of the 9th Cossack Legion dissatisfied. Now they are asked to fight for their lives. How is this possible?

    "Send a telegram to Major General Anatoly. If he can successfully blow up the bridge, the past will be wiped out. In addition, I will also ask His Majesty the Tsar for his merit and promote him to lieutenant general. Wait for the end of the war  After that, promotion to general will not be a problem!" Grand Duke Nicholas said.  If the crisis in Ulan-Ude can be resolved, even if he is granted an official position and makes a wish, what does it matter?

    "Okay! Your Majesty the Grand Duke!" The adjutant nodded, there was no other way.

    "In addition, about the annihilation of the 2nd Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion, we must try our best to block the news and prevent it from being known to the frontline troops. Otherwise, this will definitely have a great impact on the morale of the army. When the time comes, we will  It is even more impossible to defend Ulan-Ude!" Grand Duke Nicholas warned.  Ulan-Ude's defense was already working very hard.  It would be even worse if the soldiers knew that their way back had been cut off.

    "Yes, Your Excellency the Grand Duke!" the adjutant said.

    Soon, Grand Duke Nicholas¡¯ telegram was sent to Major General Anatoly, the commander of the 9th Cossack Legion of the Russian Army.  After receiving the telegram, Major General Anatoly was also shocked.  Although he expected that the 2nd Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion were no match for the Chinese cavalry, more than 40,000 people from the two legions were wiped out in just half a day.  And now, Grand Duke Nicholas actually asked his broken 9th Cossack Regiment to blow up the bridge that was heavily defended by the Chinese. How is this possible?  It was basically asking him to die!

    Major General Anatoly quickly summoned the three division commanders of the 9th Cossack Corps and informed them of the news.  The three division commanders immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

    "How could Grand Duke Nicholas do this? We suffered heavy losses, but he didn't give us any supplies, and now he asked us to attack the Chinese. We only have less than 10,000 troops to fight the Chinese. That's not asking for death.  ?"

    "That's right! The 2nd Cossack Legion and the 5th Cossack Legion, those guys are so arrogant, they were beaten and annihilated in less than half a day. If we go there, we will only die. Commander, you can't let this happen.  Let¡¯s go die!¡±

    "Then what do you want me to do? Grand Duke Nicholas has given an order, can I disobey it?" Major General Anatoly said helplessly.  If he disobeyed, Archduke Nicholas would definitely send him to a military court or even shoot him directly.

    "Your Excellency, Commander, how do you think the current war situation in Ulan-Ude will develop?" a division commander asked.

    "Does this need to be said? The Chinese have already cut off Ulan-Ude's retreat. The entire Ulan-Ude garrison is about to be surrounded. Now hundreds of thousands of Chinese are surrounding Ulan-Ude.  We simply can't hold on for long. I can guarantee that Ulan-Ude will fall in a week at most!" Major General Anatoly said.

    "Isn't this the end? Since Ulan-Ude will definitely fall, we don't need to stay here and wait to die. Let's go north immediately, bypass the Verkhovna Baikal region, and return to Irkutsk!" the division commander suggested  .

    "What? Isn't this an unauthorized escape? If pursued, he will be beheaded!" Major General Anatoly's eyes widened.

    "General, how could we escape without authorization? The ChineseA large number of troops were sent out to attack us, but we were defeated and had no choice but to retreat north!  "The division commander said with a smile. Everyone understood the meaning of his words. They used the attack by the squadron as an excuse to escape from the battlefield. In this case, their safety would be guaranteed.

    "What's your opinion?" Major General Anatoly asked.  He would not dare to do such a blatant disobedience to military orders.  If you want to do it, let¡¯s do it together.

    "Commander, we agree. Rather than staying here and waiting to die, it is better to retreat immediately!" The other two division commanders also agreed.

    "Okay, then we will rectify the team immediately and evacuate. I will send a telegram to Grand Duke Nicholas, claiming that we have been attacked by the Chinese!" Major General Anatoly said.

    Soon, the 9th Cossack Regiment withdrew northward. Before retreating, they sent a telegram to Grand Duke Nicholas, claiming that they had been violently attacked by the Third Cavalry Corps of the Chinese Army. With no other choice, they had to send a telegram to Grand Duke Nicholas.  Retreat north.

    After receiving the telegram, Grand Duke Nicholas was even more furious.  How could he not know what was going on?  It was obviously Anatole who was afraid of the enemy and ran away!  However, he had no evidence.  This made Grand Duke Nicholas very angry, and he secretly swore that after this battle was over, Anatoly and those in the 9th Cossack Legion would not be let go.

    The Third Cavalry Army annihilated the Russian 2nd Cossack Regiment and the 5th Cossack Regiment and achieved a huge victory. This made the Chinese Army very excited and its morale soared!  The First Army and the Third Army, which were responsible for the attack on Ulan-Ude, attacked even more fiercely.  Although the Russian army in Ulan-Ude is still resisting, with the retreat now cut off, everyone believes that it won't be long before the Chinese ** team can achieve the final victory.  At the same time, after cutting off the retreat route of the Russian army in Ulan-Ude, there is no need to worry about the Russian army escaping.  If these 200,000 Russian troops are eaten in one bite, the Russian army's vitality will be severely damaged again.  Even if the Russian army has sufficient soldiers, it cannot be lost like this!  The Russian army has millions of troops, and if it loses 200,000 at a time, how many such battles can it go through?

    Wang Yuze, who was far away in Beijing, was also very happy after receiving the battle report from the northern battlefield.  The Russian army in Ulan-Ude was later captured, and the Russian army has become a turtle in the urn.  The Chinese ** team will once again achieve a great victory.  Wang Yuze specially sent a telegram to the front line to reward the soldiers who fought hard on the front line.

    The most brutal fighting in Ulan-Ude is still the street fighting in the urban area of ??Ulan-Ude.  Although, every time before launching an attack, the artillery of the Chinese ** Corps would conduct a large-scale shelling of Ulan-Ude. The entire Ulan-Ude had become a ruins under the fierce shelling, but,  The lives of these Russian soldiers were like mice, still holding on tenaciously.

    In the West, many people are accustomed to digging a basement under their house to store food or other things.  The same is true in Ulan-Ude. Almost every house has a basement.  Even if the houses above collapsed, through the previously reserved passage, when the Chinese artillery launched a fierce bombardment on Ulan-Ude, these Russian troops could crawl into the basement like mice.  After the bombardment is over, come out of the basement and fight the squadron.  They even managed to penetrate into the rear of the squadron and attack the supply troops and even field hospitals in the rear.  These Russians are ruthless, and they will kill even the wounded soldiers without hesitation if they are discovered.  This forced the Chinese ** team to withdraw all the field hospitals to the back.

    After the battle on April 18, thanks to the efforts of the First Army and the Third Army, one-fifth of the main urban area of ??Ulan-Ude was already under the control of the Chinese Army.  According to this progress, the battle may be over in another three to five days.  Of course, casualties have always been a big trouble for the Chinese team.  In addition to casualties, there are also logistical supplies.  Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in Ulan-Ude, and they consumed astronomical amounts of food every day.  Coupled with the artillery's bombardment regardless of cost, ammunition is consumed very quickly.  The battle has only lasted two days, and most of the ammunition stored near Ulan-Ude has been consumed.  If this continues, we can last for two or three days at most.  If the Russian army's fighting will is stronger and the battle drags on longer, there will be a big problem.

    Various materials, weapons and ammunition shipped from the country can only be transported to the trading city.  Then they had to be transported to the Ulan-Ude front line by cars and mules.  Although the logistics department has concentrated hundreds of vehicles, it is still somewhat unsustainable.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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