Zhou Dingshan was also scheming, and did not seek too much damage. He only focused on killing the Russians who were gathered together. When he saw where an effective formation was about to form, he rushed directly to cut. The Russians were killed without any temper, and Yeltsin also got it.
You can put it down, but seeing that you can't further kill the opponent, you lose.
In order to completely annihilate a rectangular formation, we simply ordered the withdrawal of troops and asked the musketeers to prepare to meet the enemy. As long as these Eastern cavalry were drawn over, with the huge rain of bullets, no matter how strong the Eastern cavalry was, they would still be a living target. No.
With strong infantry and cavalry alone, do you want to turn the tide of the battle?
The Russian soldiers had no intention of fighting for a long time. After receiving the order to withdraw, they fled back without looking back. Hu Weixian was on the rise and wanted to lead his troops in pursuit. Zhou Dingshan held his spear horizontally and frowned, "Retreat quickly or if you don't retreat now."
It’s too late.”
The Yunfu cavalry followed strict orders and prohibitions, and acted consistently. After the order was given, they turned around and retreated to the Chinese army. But even so, dozens of cavalry were still left behind by the rain of bullets. Looking at the overwhelming rain of bullets behind him, Zhou Dingshan gasped.
, if the response is slower than half an hour, the loss will be huge.
The Yunfu cavalry withdrew so quickly that Yeltsin sighed deeply, but he was not discouraged. At this time, he should take advantage of the victory and pursue it, taking advantage of the destruction of the opponent's formation to further cut. At this moment, Yeltsin had no reservations anymore, nearly three
An army of ten thousand people rushed forward, and at the same time Vasilev's soldiers and horses in the east also pressed forward.
Come, within a short period of time, more than 40,000 offensive troops were invested. At this time, the total strength of the Northern Shanxi Army was less than 20,000, and only more than 17,000 people actually maintained combat effectiveness. The balance on the battlefield seemed to be
Tilt, the balance was broken. Yeltsin finally showed a smile. After enduring it for so long, he finally saw a glimmer of dawn.
The eight-sided rectangular array shrank. Within half an hour, the eight arrays were linked together to form a huge circular array. The inner Yin and Yang arrays also changed. The shield hands moved outwards, and all the musketeers were concentrated here. The circular array was naturally not as good as
The Bagua formation is flexible and changeable, but lacks lethality. It looks extremely bulky, but one good thing is that this thick circular formation has great defensive power. Even if the Russians have an absolute advantage in strength, they will not be able to survive for a while.
They couldn't break through the circular formation in time, so they could only tear holes in the periphery. With a row of shields and a row of spears, the Russians took up the ramming wood again, but this time they were not treated as well as before. The circular formation suddenly
Several holes were opened, and the cavalry rushed out through the gaps. At the same time, bullets were thrown at the enemy's rear. With the cooperation, the Russians were immediately killed and retreated step by step. The circular formation expanded outwards, and in conjunction with the cavalry, they strangled and carried the collision.
Russian soldiers on the fortress.
It sounds complicated, but in fact, the changes were so fast that the Russians had no time to react. The Russian musketeers could only stare. The people in front were densely packed with their own people, and they did not dare to shoot arrows randomly.
Yeltsin clenched his fists and wanted to fight in person. He thought that the next battle would be very smooth, but he didn't expect that the opponent would be so difficult to bite. It's not that there is no progress, but the progress is slow. Facing this kind of iron-clad defense, he can only make a little progress.
If the opponent loses a thousand people, his own side will lose three or four times. In the end, no one will win with this kind of strategy.
Vasilev was already sweating profusely and came to Yeltsin. He said with worry, "Grand Duke, we can't continue fighting like this. We will suffer too much loss if we fight like this. Even if we can break the opponent's formation, in the end we probably won't be able to."
What an advantage.”
Vasilev is unwilling to admit it, but the fact is that the two sides are already in a confrontation. If our own side has the advantage in strength, what's the use? Isn't it still unable to break through the other side's defense line?
The battle was extremely fierce. The Northern Jin Army resisted tenaciously, and the Russians were unable to advance. Tie Mo was well aware of the current situation. The Russians had a temporary strength advantage, but this advantage was very subtle. It was only twice as much, and it was far from reaching the end.
To crush the advantage, relying on the fighting qualities of the Northern Shanxi Army, they fought hard
There is no problem at all if they are evenly matched. On the battlefield, the strength advantage is actually very special. If one side has ten people and the other side has twenty people, then the side with twenty people is likely to win easily. But once the number of people reaches tens of thousands, the so-called
The advantage of twice the number of troops is not so obvious.
If Yeltsin now holds 80,000 elite soldiers, even if he has ten courages, Tie Mo would not dare to fight like this. When the number of people reaches a certain advantage, a qualitative change will occur. In the face of a huge advantage, any formation and trickery is useless. Exactly,
Yeltsin did not have that many troops, but this situation gave him the illusion of having an advantage. It seemed that the Russians were attacking in waves, but Tiemo was not worried at all. All he needed was an opportunity, and these Russians would become a group of
Chickens and dogs.
"Report, Supervisor, the pressure in the northeastern rectangular formation defense area is too high. Commander Yu is requesting reinforcements." Hearing the news, Tie Mo frowned and raised the corners of his mouth, "Baixing, Fran, listen to your orders, the Long Snake Formation will go out to fight.
When forming a circular formation, be sure to expand the defensive circle by twenty feet."
Bai Xing and Fran's subordinates, the Central Army Chief Snake Formation, have not participated in the war. It can be said that they have strong soldiers and horses. After receiving the order, they quickly led the troops to fight. The pressure on Cao Yuan's side was indeed very high, and Vasilev's soldiers and horses were like vicious dogs.
He kept tearing and tearing, but when he saw Bai Xing and Fran coming to help, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Xing led the troops to fight out. With the arrival of this new force, the Northern Shanxi Army launched a fierce counterattack in the northeast. The Russians failed to respond in time and were beaten back layer by layer. Bai Xing was not reluctant to fight, but cooperated with Cao Yuan to expand the defensive zone.
After leaving the passage, Zhou Dingshan's cavalry charged out again. After resting for an hour, this cavalry showed its strength again. They followed the perimeter of the circular formation to kill the Russians who were attacking fiercely.
The chain horses cooperated with the infantry protection. The Russians once again saw the power of the Yunfu cavalry. The first thing to suffer was Vasilev's soldiers and horses. Without the cavalry, there was no way to stop the sharp chain horse cavalry without a rigorous infantry formation. Zhou Dingshan
He bravely took the lead and led the cavalry to plow the outside of the circular formation like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Many Russian soldiers were so scared that they were killed. I don't know who roared and retreated like a tide.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the Russians to retreat, the entire circular formation expanded outwards by thirty feet. Seeing this result, Tie Mo smiled with satisfaction, but Yeltsin's face turned dark, and he worked hard and fought hard.
After a long time, the encirclement did not shrink, but instead expanded. How could this happen in a strategic space of dozens of feet?
Vasilev was very distressed. In this attack, his soldiers and horses suffered the most serious losses, because their location was the counterattack point of the Easterners. They did not retreat in time and suffered heavy casualties from the Eastern cavalry. For this reason,
No matter how unwilling Yeltsin was, he had no choice but to order a retreat. More than a dozen soldiers
Chang Ye is disgraced. After this day's battle, no one has gained anything. But in fact, the Orientals have won. As long as the Orientals can hold on, there is no need for a big victory. Wait until New Nicholas comes.
With the result and the army rushing to support in other directions, the Russian warriors could only admit defeat.
For the Russians, failure to take down the Eastern Army means failure. Of course, Tie Mo's side was not happy either. Faced with the Russians' crazy attack, they suffered over 10,000 casualties again in one day, and their number had been sharply reduced to 13,000.
With more than a thousand people and such a small number of troops, it was wishful thinking to reorganize the Bagua formation. Over the past few days, fierce battles continued, which could be said to have hurt both sides. The south bank of the Suzdal River was definitely stained with blood and the plains were covered with corpses.
In the evening, the two sides called a truce. Many soldiers returned to the camp. They fell to the ground and did not want to get up. They were really tired. Everyone was tense. Once they relaxed, a sense of fatigue filled their bodies.
Tie Mo was also exhausted, lying on the couch and taking a nap, but he didn't dare to really fall asleep. At this time, he had to be more careful.
There was an inexplicable worry in Tie Mo's heart. Although he had arranged some back-ups, if he couldn't handle it, then the so-called back-ups would be meaningless. Lying on the couch and thinking about it, the feeling of fatigue gradually came over him.
Come on, even if Tie Mo is strong-willed, he can't bear it at this time.
Unable to live in chaos, Hai Lanzhu saw Tie Mo sleeping hastily, so he covered himself with a thin quilt. There was no moonlight tonight, and there was a hint of coolness in the warm wind. Under the dark night, no one could
I don’t know what is covering it. Maybe it will be rainy tomorrow?
Hai Lanzhu didn't know how he felt. Along the way, he had become accustomed to seeing killing and death, and he had long since become numb.
Perhaps because it was too dark, the Northern Shanxi Army, who had been tired for a day, inevitably relaxed their guard. After a day of fierce fighting and high-intensity fighting, everyone was tired and weak. After relaxing, their energy was no longer strong.
Concentrated. In the distance, the Russians were also complaining. To be honest, they were even worse than the Northern Shanxi Army. Not to mention heavy casualties, insufficient supplies, lack of medical treatment, and many injured soldiers could not receive treatment.
In the Russian camp, there was a special camp where the wounded lived. At this time, under the night, the wounded soldiers were wailing in the camp. The people around them could not help but panic when they heard the painful sounds. There was a lack of medical treatment.
Medicine, and there were not enough doctors, and Yeltsin had no good solution. The Omsk army did not have dedicated doctors accompanying the army, which was far inferior to that of the Northern Shanxi Army.
The camp was full of wounded soldiers, and the war was going badly. Yeltsin's hair was almost turning gray with worry. He knew clearly that he could not afford to be careless at this time. The war situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for Omsk. He failed to defeat the Easterners quickly and wounded soldiers.
More and more, the morale of the army will inevitably become lower and lower. It is able to hold on now because there is still hope of victory. Once this hope is shattered, Omsk Erlang will want to block the flood from bursting the embankment.
It can't be stopped either.
He was exhausted physically and mentally, but Yeltsin did not dare to close his eyes at all. He wanted to use all his energy and try to find some way to check and balance. He was afraid that if he closed his eyes, he would fall asleep. Faced with the current war situation, he
Those who are not qualified to sleep, "Come and find Jerome. In addition, make preparations for the wounded soldiers. Those who are seriously injured and cannot be cured can spare them the pain."
The soldier had a look of astonishment on his face and said nothing in the end. In fact, he should have thought of this a long time ago. With the current situation, we cannot afford to feed so many wounded soldiers, especially the seriously wounded ones. They cannot be treated with medical treatment and they can only suffer.
It was a relief to hold on and send them on their way. Soon after, the wailing in the wounded soldiers camp became much quieter, but the thick smell of blood filled the whole world, and the dark vault was impacted by resentment.
The living people are just lamenting the death of rabbits and foxes. Normally, this kind of cleaning up of seriously wounded people is often seen. This is not only the habit in Omsk, but also in the whole of Europe. Cleaning up seriously injured people is to maintain combat effectiveness and maintain morale.
, which was left over from the early Romans. When the Romans crossed the sea to conquer Scotland, many Roman soldiers died of serious injuries and chose to commit suicide.
After Yeltsin dealt with the injury problem, his whole mood became much heavier. Even though he knew that doing so was purely helpless, he could not survive the test of conscience. However, as Yeltsin's most loyal wolf dog, he would never
Those who would question Yeltsin returned to the commander's tent and saw Yeltsin still sitting in front of the case, holding his chin with one hand, "Grand Duke, what other orders do you have?"
"Yeroma, I have a mission. You may never come back. Do you dare to do it?" Yeltsin had a bold idea in his mind. When this idea came up, he couldn't stop it. He also knew this.
How crazy the idea was, but there are some things in life that you have to give it a try. Jerome was stunned, but he quickly stood up straight with a look of determination on his face, "Grand Duke, no matter what the task is, I am
I will try my best to complete it. No matter how difficult it is, whether life or death, I will always be your most loyal subordinate."
Yeltsin looked at Yeltsin intently, with a lingering reluctance in his eyes. After a long period of fierce fighting, Yeltsin looked unkempt, with an unkempt beard. He was no longer as elegant as before. He smiled faintly, but looked extremely sincere.
He has never hidden anything from Jerome, and he does not need any lies when facing Jerome. This is his most loyal retainer. "Jerome, no one knows the outcome of this battle. Even I don't have much confidence."
.I can’t guarantee anything to you. I can only say that if we win in the end, your family will be well taken care of. If we lose, we will all have nothing.”
"Grand Duke, don't talk anymore, all my subordinates understand." Jerome may seem rough, but in fact he is very careful. Although he doesn't say many things, he understands them very well.
He and Yeltsin are grasshoppers on the same rope. Everything they have is based on ruling Omsk. Without Omsk, there is nothing. Therefore, those thousands of ordinary Russians
The disciples could surrender, but he and Yeltsin could not. "No matter what the task is, the grand duke just gives the order directly."
"Very well, Yeltsin. I'll give you three thousand soldiers and horses. Your mission is to sneak attack the Easterners' camp under the cover of night." After Yeltsin's words came out, Yeltsin couldn't help but be moved. No wonder the Grand Duke's face was so solemn.
It was a night attack on the camp of the Easterners.
