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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 457: Siege of Irkutsk

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    "Your Majesty the Grand Duke, General Augusta was defeated. There are more than 80,000 people, and only a few thousand cavalry are left. Now, General Augusta is retreating to Irkutsk, with the Chinese Army in hot pursuit!  "Grand Duke Nicholas' adjutant reported to him anxiously.  He never imagined why something so sure would turn out like this.

    ¡°Damn it, I¡¯m going to send that guy from Augusta to a military court!¡± Grand Duke Nicholas was furious.  Before launching the attack on Megt, he had repeatedly asked Lieutenant General Augusta, but he didn't expect that it would end up like this.  How could this keep him from being angry?

    "Your Excellency, the Chinese Army is now pursuing Lieutenant General Augusta. What should we do now? We must send out troops to stop it! Otherwise, the Chinese may come all the way from the bridge in Nueva Losica.  Ah!" the adjutant reminded.  The railway bridge between Irkutsk and Novorosika is an important link between Irkutsk and the west.  And now, if this railway bridge is captured by the Chinese *** team following Lieutenant General Augusta, then Irkutsk will directly face the Chinese *** team's attack!

    "Order the front line to blow up the railway bridge!" Grand Duke Nicholas hesitated for a moment, and then said.  Although the railway bridge is expensive to build, the most important thing now is to defend Irkutsk.  The railway bridge was blown up and can be rebuilt later.  If Irkutsk falls, Russia will definitely lose this war. This large area of ??land may no longer belong to Russia in the future.

    "Yes, Your Excellency the Grand Duke!" The adjutant quickly went down to deliver the order.  The Russian army had already planted enough weapons on the railway bridge, and they only had to wait for Lieutenant General Augusta's remaining troops to cross the bridge.  You can blow up the bridge.

    "General. The Grand Duke is calling. Let us pass the bridge as soon as possible. The bridge will be blown up later!" the communications officer reported to Lieutenant General Augusta.

    "I know! Order everyone to speed up. Once we cross the bridge, we will be safe!" Lieutenant General Augusta said.  Now, he looked like a defeated general, looking very embarrassed.

    Soon, thousands of defeated soldiers rushed towards Irkutsk.  Behind them is the cavalry brigade of the First Army Corps.  The First Army wanted to fight a battle of total annihilation, but thousands of Russian troops escaped.  therefore.  In pursuit.  On the one hand, it is naturally to eliminate these Russian troops. On the other hand, there is also the intention to use this to build more railway bridges.

    The Cossack cavalry lost to the Chinese cavalry on the battlefield.  But their riding skills are indeed very good.  In addition, the horses used by the Cossack cavalry are all tall Don horses, which are faster than the horses of the Chinese cavalry.  When the cavalry brigade of the First Army arrived at the railway bridge, Lieutenant General Augusta had already led the remaining defeated troops across the bridge.

    At this time, the Russian troops guarding the railway bridge.  The bomb planted on the bridge was detonated.  Under the powerful impact of hundreds of kilograms of gunfire, the seven to eight hundred meter long railway bridge collapsed.  It collapsed suddenly and fell into the Angara River.

    "It's a pity that Lao Maozi blew up the railway bridge, and we have to take a detour to attack Irkutsk. If this land becomes our territory in the future, we will have to rebuild the bridge. Such a railway bridge costs a lot.  It must be expensive! These old fools are really prodigal!" The brigade commander of the First Army's cavalry brigade said with some regret.

    After the Russian army attacking Meget was almost completely wiped out, the army attacking Meget from the west also retreated wildly and did not dare to attack again.  Their troops are already sparse, and even the more than 80,000 Russian troops sent by Irkutsk have been wiped out. Can they still get some relief?  Along the railway, these Russian troops retreated westward until they stopped at Cheremhovo, hundreds of kilometers away from Meget.  And, began to pass the Trans-Siberian Railway, began to accumulate troops here, and prepared to plan the next attack.

    The railway bridge west of Irkutsk was blown up, forcing the Chinese troops to detour through Meget so that they could launch an attack on Irkutsk.  Although it requires a detour of dozens of kilometers, it is also very beneficial to a certain extent.  The bridge was blown up, and although the Chinese army was unable to launch an attack on Irkutsk, at the same time, wasn't the Russian army also trapped in Irkutsk?

    According to the order of Army Minister Cai Yun, the First Army left two divisions in Meget, on the one hand to defend the Meget Bridge and ensure the safety of the bridge, and on the other hand, to deal with the Russian army coming from the west of Meget.  The remaining troops, together with the 3rd Cavalry Army, attacked Irkutsk.

    As for the Third Army and the Fourth Army, they must first completely annihilate the Russian army south of the Angara River before they can bypass Meget and launch an attack on Irkutsk.

    "Sir, the battle report is out. The Third Cavalry Army and the First Army destroyed a total of more than 73,000 Russian troops, including more than 38,000 prisoners. The Third Cavalry Army suffered more than 4,000 casualties.Among them, 1,700 were killed and more than 1,100 were seriously wounded.  The first group army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, more than 300 were killed, and more than 200 were seriously injured!  "A staff officer reported to Cai Yun the battle report compiled after the Battle of Megget.

    "I understand, let the Third Cavalry Army and the First Group Army act as planned!" Cai Yun said.  During the Battle of Megt, the 3rd Cavalry Corps lost half of its brigade's equipment, most of which was paid by the 11th Cavalry Brigade guarding Megt.  Especially in the night attack launched by the Russian army last night, although it repelled the Russian attack and caused very heavy casualties to the Russian army, the 11th Cavalry Brigade also paid a heavy price.  For high-ranking people like Cai Yun, the casualties of soldiers are nothing more than a number in their eyes.  It's not that they don't care about the lives of soldiers, but because they are used to it.

    If there is a war, there will be casualties. This is an eternal theorem.  In the process of China's rise, many people will inevitably pay their lives for it.  This is the price that must be paid in the process of rising.  Their sacrifice is worth it.  When the Chinese nation became the most powerful nation in the world, their contribution was indispensable.

    The successful capture of Meget is equivalent to opening the way to attack Irkutsk.  The next step is to completely annihilate the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops entrenched in Irkutsk, break the backs of the Russians in one fell swoop, and force them to surrender.  After winning the land battlefield, China will truly be invincible!

    At the same time, Grand Duke Nicholas in Irkutsk was also making tactical adjustments.  The failure to recapture Meght cut off Irkutsk from supplies to Europe.  The failure to blow up the Meget Bridge made Irkutsk's plan to rely on the natural danger of the Angara River also come to nothing.  There is no doubt that the Russian army will have a head-on confrontation with the Chinese army next.  Even though Grand Duke Nicholas still had nearly half a million troops in his hands, he had no confidence at all.  When in Ulan-Ude, the Chinese Army easily broke through the Russian army's solid defense line, which shocked him greatly.

    "Your Excellency, Grand Duke, I'm sorry, because of my mistake, tens of thousands of troops were lost!" Lieutenant General Augusta stood in front of Grand Duke Nicholas dejectedly.  Originally, among the Russian generals in Irkutsk, he was second only to Grand Duke Nicholas.  However, because of this failure, his status was greatly affected.  If Grand Duke Nicholas refused to let him go, he would even pay a heavier price, such as going to a military court or being shot directly.  After all, Grand Duke Nicholas is now the highest military and political officer in Irkutsk. Even if Lieutenant General Augusta is shot, Tsar Nicholas II will not have any objections.

    Grand Duke Nicholas did not speak, his hawk-like eyes stared closely at Lieutenant General Augusta.  The measured anger in his heart, the 80,000-strong army, including two elite Cossack regiments, was just gone.  There were only three Cossack regiments in the entire Irkutsk, so two were lost, which made his heart seem to be bleeding!

    The attitude of Grand Duke Nicholas made Lieutenant General Augusta very uneasy. He didn't know how Grand Duke Nicholas would deal with him.

    "From now on, you are dismissed! All your faults and mistakes will be decided by the military court after the war is over!" Grand Duke Nicholas said coldly.

    "Your Excellency, please let me go this time! The Chinese are too powerful and I should not bear this responsibility!" Lieutenant General Augusta shouted.  He knew that if he went to court-martial, his whole life would be over. Even if he wouldn't be shot, he probably wouldn't be able to break out of prison in his lifetime.  As for his family, a small aristocratic family, it will decline because of this.

    Grand Duke Nicholas waved his hand, and several guards rushed in and pulled Lieutenant General Augusta out.  Grand Duke Nicholas needed to use Lieutenant General Augusta to warn other generals, so Lieutenant General Augusta was doomed this time.

    After that, Grand Duke Nicholas once again made adjustments to the Russian army.  He ordered all the 120,000 Russian troops stationed in Binschoten and Burwell to withdraw to Irkutsk, and blew up the bridge south of Irkutsk, completely cutting off the traffic from the south of Irkutsk.  Opportunity to cross the Angara River.  In the opinion of Grand Duke Nicholas, since the Russian army is now at a disadvantage, the remaining forces are very well contained, and there is no need to lose them outside Irkutsk.

    The retreat of the Russian army left the Chinese army in vain.  The Fourth Army deployed a division to defend the southern coast of the Angara River. The rest of the troops bypassed Meget and attacked Irkutsk.

    By June 9, the Chinese troops arrived in Irkutsk and completed the siege of Irkutsk.  (To be continued.)

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